The Cotting – Burke sarcophagus type mausoleum stands in Oakland Cemetery at Atlanta, Georgia. It contains a couple of prominent individuals, and also temporarily housed another. Today, I'd like to share the obituaries for David and Frances Cotting. He was Secretary of State for Georgia, and she was a "leading social light." They both died of pneumonia, though 29 years apart. Savannah Daily Advertiser (Georgia) Friday, 9 October 1874 -- [via GenealogyBank ] Death of David G. Cotting. Mr. David G. Cotting, who has been suffering for sometime [sic] from a complication of disorders, died on Sunday night. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia. Judge Cotting was born in Delham, Massachusetts, on the 28th of September, 1812, and was, therefore, over sixty years of age. After graduating he devoted four years to the study of Greek and Latin. He moved to Washington, Wilkes county, in this State, where, for a short while, he engaged in school teaching....
Telling the Tales of Tombstones