Southern Graves

Till Christ Himself shall call thee To lay thine armour by. Marietta Journal  (Georgia) Friday, 10 March 1911 MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST. JAMES CHURCH LAST SUNDAY. The memorial service at St. James Church last Sunday morning by the rector, Rev. E. S. Doan, was impressively tender and comforting to all present. It began with tributes to the two little girls who were members of St. James Sunday-school, and who have passed away from us. One was Louise Weems, barely four years old, and the other Lois Cole, who was aged eleven. Louise was a tenderhearted, loving child, devoted to her Sunday-school and exercising a sweet influence over other children. She was the only daughter of her parents. Lois Cole was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Cole, and was the constant companion of her elder sister, Georgia. Both were exceptionally bright and beautiful children and were dearly loved by every one. As the rector talked, near the retable, on which stood vases of calla lilies, he took as his sub...

Henry and Susanne He had been receiving treatment at Walter Reed Hospital. Newspaper coverage of his death, burial, and tribute follows. (I tried to keep the overlap to a minimum.) Washington Times  (District of Columbia) Monday, 14 October 1912 MAJ. HENRY COLE SUCCUMBS TO TYPHOID FEVER Well-Known Army Officer Dies at Hospital on Sunday. After nearly a month's illness with typhoid fever, Major Henry G. Cole, U.S.A., assigned to duty in the subsistence department in Washington for the past four years, died at Walter Reed Hospital yesterday. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at St. Thomas' Church , and the body will be taken to Marietta, Ga., his birthplace, for burial. Major Cole was born May 6, 1869, and was appointed a cadet at West Point from Georgia on June 16, 1888, graduating four years later. He was assigned to an infantry regiment, and was stationed in the Southwest until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, when he was transferred to...

Henry Greene Cole (1815-1875) provided the land for the Marietta National Cemetery in Cobb County, Georgia. Per the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs -  Henry Cole, a local merchant who remained loyal to the Union throughout the war, offered land for a burial ground for both Union and Confederate dead. His hope was that by honoring those who had fallen together, others might learn to live in peace. Unfortunately, both sides clung to their bitterness and neither North nor South would accept Cole's offer toward reconciliation. When this effort failed, 24 acres were offered to General George H. Thomas for use of a national cemetery. In 1867 a second offer of land by Cole was accepted and a subsequent purchase of additional acreage in 1870 brought the cemetery to its present size of a little over 23 acres. A stipulation of the land transfer was the Cole family would retain a burial plot on the property. Marietta Journal  (Georgia) Friday 23 April 1875 Death of Henry G. Cole. Mr...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today To-morrow will be dying. (17th century poet Robert Herrick) Small buds are often used to represent the death of a child.  A tender start to life cut down before it really begins.  But the stanza above shows that a rosebud also symbolizes simply the passage of time.  So this display on the tombstone placed for 84-year-old Elizabeth Cole is really not out of place. Elizabeth, according to FindAGrave, was the daughter of Anderson Fambrough.  She died 12th August 1863.  Her remains rest next to those of her husband in Oak Hill Cemetery at Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. Robert Cole was a veteran of the War of 1812, and the 1850 U.S. Federal Census shows he held the occupation of "Cooper" two years before his death.  A cooper is a maker or repairer of casks and barrels. Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Bl...

Pete left us 60 years ago today. Duluth Church Cemetery Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia Photo © 2010 S. Lincecum

Cullen E. Grant Co. A 3 U. S. V. Inf. Sp. Am. War [at foot of grave] Cullen E. Grant March 29, 1874 March 29, 1927 --------------- Louella Jones Grant Cole Feb 6, 1884 Sept 3, 1979 Byron City Cemetery; Peach County, Georgia According to his death certificate found on FamilySearch , Cullen's full name was Cullen Edward Grant. He was the son of J. T. Grant, and he was born in White Plains, Georgia. Cullen's occupation was listed as farmer. His place of residence at the time of his death was Unadilla, Georgia, and he was the husband of Louella Grant. Phil C. Grant, Cullen's brother, was the informant. Cullen Edward Grant died at the U. S. Veterans Hospital in Atlanta, De Kalb County, Georgia. He was admitted on the 23 of March 1927, and his date of death was given as 30 March 1927 (a day off of the death date on his tombstone). Cullen's body was released for burial in Byron, Georgia 31 March 1927.