Southern Graves

I was surprised at the number of ceramic photos (sometimes known as porcelain pictures ) I found while traipsing through Forsyth Cemetery and its subdivision called Rest Haven in Monroe County, Georgia. Young soldiers and children were prevalent. From the 1940s to the 2000s. Below are the nineteen I photographed. J. Ponder Carson (1868-1943) H. Walter Carson (1873-1943) *brother of J. Ponder Calvin Clifford Hudson (1946-1967) James T. Pritchett (1881-1941) Bessie W. Pritchett (1884-1967) *wife of James T. Joseph D. Pritchett (1917-1940) *son of James & Bessie John W. Martin (1943-1966) Samuel F. Anderson, Jr. (1929-1954) Joyce A. Belknap (1953-1970) James Floyd Mitchell (1901-1962) Ozella McCord Mitchell (1903-1990) *wife of James Floyd William Raymond Maddox, Sr. (1918-1984) Lucille Bates Maddox (1919-1996) *wife of William Raymond Gail Eugenia Maddox (1946-1959) *daughter of William & Lucille Sharron Crutchfield (...

to the Memory of ROBERT MITCHELL of Queens County in New York who died March 22 nd 1808 [9?], in his 32 nd Year. He left his home in search of health, but sunk under his disease at Augusta. St. Paul's Church Cemetery Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia

In Memoriam MRS. MARY ANN MITCHELL buried near this spot Born March 21, 1809 Jackson County, Georgia Died March 20, 1836 Lawrenceville, Georgia daughter of Colonel Tandy Key and Ann Cochran Key wife of Madison Redd Mitchell and their children Sarah ?elton 1827-1916 wife of Moses W. Dobbins Thomas Hanby 1830-1876 Tandy Key 1832-1923 Martha Virginia 1834-1835 It went unnoticed to me at the time of the visit and photograph. But when I sat down to see if I could find out a little bit more about Mrs. Mary Mitchell, she seemed a little familiar to me. The name on the stone that leaped out at me was Madison Redd Mitchell, Mary's husband. I went back through my files and found the connection. Madison Redd and his (and Mary's) son Thomas Hanby was buried at Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Lawrenceville, GA. The graveyard is not far from Mary's burial location of Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery. Both are in Gwinnett County, Georgia. I actually wrote a...

The remains of Thomas Hanby Mitchell rest in Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Lawrencevile, Gwinnett County, Georgia. His gravestone inscription begins with the following: Sacred To the memory of Thomas Hanby Mitchell, Son of Madison Redd Mitchell and Mary Ann Key Mitchell, Born June 7, 1830, Departed this life September 19, 1876. "It is not death to go to heaven, our Father's home." Farther down young Mitchell's stone is an epitaph partially seen before on this Southern Graves blog. It was on the tombstone for R. W. Clements down in Irwinville, Georgia. Both epitaphs begin with - What to us is life without thee? Darkness and despair alone. While Mr. Clements' epitaph continues with a sorrowful tone of When with sighs we seek to find thee, This tomb proclaims thou art gone. Thomas Mitchell's ends on a hopeful note: But we hope ere long to meet thee, In our Father's home above. There are two more MITCHELLs buried nearby Thomas. O...

Mary Jane, wife of John Mitchell, died on this date 115 years ago. She was born 6 April 1824. Mrs. Mitchell was buried in Sardis Cemetery ; Bibb County, Georgia.