Southern Graves

He was in Virginia when Lee surrendered... Atlanta Constitution  (Georgia) Tuesday, 8 June 1926 J. B. GLOVER, VETERAN, PASSES AT MARIETTA Marietta, Ga., June 7. -- (Special.) James Bolan Glover, 85, Confederate veteran and pioneer citizen of Marietta, died at his residence on Whitlock avenue Monday morning at 11 o'clock following a short illness. Born in Walterboro, S.C., August 14, 1841, son of John Heyward Glover and Jane Bolan , he moved to Marietta when a boy and worked with his father at the tannery business for several years preceding the civil war. When his native state, South Carolina, seceded from the union he immediately joined the colors and enlisted in the Palmetto Guards of Charleston, S.C. He was the first man to leave Cobb county for the war, and the last surviving member of that company, which was commanded by Colonel Renshaw. He was afterwards transferred to General J. G. Walker's staff and later to the seventh Georgia cavalry, which was composed almost entirel...

Still working my way through the Glover family lot in St. James Episcopal Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia. In the image below, the third large monument from the left was placed for John Heyward Glover and his wife Jane Porter Bolan. John was born 14 February 1816 in New York City, NY; and died 26 March 1859 in Marietta, GA. The following was published in the 28 March 1859 Augusta Chronicle  (Georgia): COL. JOHN H. GLOVER, a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Marietta, died suddenly, on Saturday last, from disease of the heart. Jane Porter Bolan was born 14 August 1820 in Beaufort District, South Carolina. On 13 April 1838 in New York City, she married John H. Glover. On Friday, 20 January 1911, the Marietta Journal and Courier  (Georgia) published the following: -- Mrs. Jane Glover is ill in bed but her condition is not considered critical. Ironically, 20 January 1911 is listed as Jane's date of death on the gravestone in St. James Episcopal Cemetery. On 24 January 1911, ...

Yesterday, I shared the peculiarly sad story of the death of mother Marielle Nesbitt Glover and her 19-day-old daughter. Here you'll read two obituaries for the husband and father of that family -- Thomas Worth Glover. Atlanta Constitution  (Georgia) Wednesday, 24 June 1903 MORTUARY. Hon. Thomas W. Glover, Marietta. Marietta, Ga., June 23. -- (Special.) -- Hon. Thomas W. Glover died at his home here at 6 o'clock this evening, after an illness of several months. Mr. Glover was one of Marietta's most prominent citizens. He was a successful business man and has been a leading figure in politics. He served many times as mayor and for twenty years has held some official position in the county. He was 45 years of age at the time of his death. He was the youngest son of the late John H. Glover. He is survived by his mother and two brothers, Hon. J. B. Glover, of Marietta, and Hayward Glover, of Atlanta. Atlanta Constitution  (Georgia) Thursday, 25 June 1903 The End of a Strong Ma...

My Wife, My Child, My All. God's Will Be Done. Atlanta Constitution  (Georgia) Saturday, 9 May 1896 MRS. T. W. GLOVER IS DEAD. WIFE OF HON. T. W. GLOVER DIES AT MARIETTA. Great Grief in Her Home City and Many Houses Close -- Will Be Buried Tomorrow Morning. A death that will touch many hearts with grief occurred at Marietta yesterday afternoon. It was the death of Mrs. T. W. Glover, the young, beautiful and lovely wife of Hon. T. W. Glover, many times mayor of Marietta and one of the most popular citizens of the state. The death was one of peculiar sadness. Mrs. Glover was just in the bloom of youth and beauty and would not have been twenty-one years old until next July. She was a favorite in a wide circle of friends and the news of her death will fall as a terrible shock among those who knew and loved her. Her death was not unexpected, as she had been critically ill for some months, but her family and friends never gave up hope to the last. She was given the benefit of the very be...