Southern Graves

GeneralsandBrevets.com Since this year marks the beginning of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, I thought I'd give you a little more information about Mr. Alfred Iverson. The following is an 1898 biography from the American Civil War General Officers database online at Ancestry: Brigadier-General Alfred Iverson Brigadier-General Alfred Iverson was born at Clinton, GA, February 14, 1829, the son of Senator Alfred Iverson, who married Caroline Goode Holt. Young Iverson spent his childhood in Washington City and in Columbus, Ga. He was at the military institute in Tuskegee, Ala., when the Mexican war began. Though only seventeen years of age he was so eager to go to the war that his father allowed him to leave school and enter a Georgia regiment that he had been largely instrumental in equipping. After his service in Mexico he commenced to study law in his father's office at Columbus, GA, but soon grew tired of that and began contracting on railroads in...

AFFECTION'S TRIBUTE In Memory of HARRIET HARRIS Wife of A. Iverson J'r. Daughter of NATHAN L. & MARY D. HUTCHINS Born at Lawrenceville, Ga. March 7th, 1837 Died July 29th, 1861 Harriet, a sister of Clarence Linden , as well as John Mitford and Polk Franciso Hutchins , rests in Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery at Gwinnett County, Georgia. I don't know much about Harriet beyond what information is on her tombstone. I do know that she and Mr. Iverson had two daughters, Julia and Minnie. It appears that Minnie was born about the time of her mother's death, so the two events may be closely related. When photographing Harriet's tombstone, I had no idea who A. Iverson, Jr. was. Turns out he was a well-known brigadier general during the Civil War. Upon his death in 1911, I think he was laid to rest in Oakland Cemetery at Atlanta, GA (though a newspaper item says different). An obituary from the 1 April 1911 Columbus Daily Enquirer (Georgia) follows: ...