Southern Graves

Edith Howard Owen was a daughter of John Grant and Carrie Boykin Owen, born 5 September 1898. Edith would live just eight years. Macon Telegraph (Georgia) Tuesday, 5 February 1907 - pg. 3 [via GenealogyBank ] Died. WAVERLY HALL, Ga., Feb. 4. -- Little Edith Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Owen, died this morning after a brief illness. She was an unusually bright and attractive child, beloved by all. Upon her death on 3 February 1907, Edith was laid to rest in Waverly Hall Cemetery at Harris County, Georgia. A portion of her epitaph reads as follows: Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair little spirit, rest thee now! E’en while with us thy footstep trod, His seal was on thy brow. These lines are from a "death and burial" hymn written by Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans about 1823. The second stanza: Dust, to its narrow house beneath! Soul, to its home on high! They that have seen thy look in death No more may fear to die. Years later, a third stanza was ad...

An arch which bears the word Constitution is over three pillars, representing the three branches of government, on the State Seal of Georgia.  Banners around each pillar contain the words Wisdom , Justice , and Moderation – Georgia's official motto.  Here is the simplified version of this seal on Captain Tom Owen's tombstone. Capt. Tom Musgrove Owen was born in Coweta County, Georgia 10 October 1834.  He enlisted in the 4th Texas Regiment, C.S.A. 7 May 1861 at Grimes County, Texas.  His service proved fatal when little over a year later the captain received a gunshot wound in the Battle of Gaines Mill (noted as "farm" on his tombstone) near Richmond, Virginia.  Capt. Owen died as a result 3 August 1862 at Richmond. The following is from Sid Johnson's Texans Who Wore the Gray as transcribed and shared by James Douglas here : Just before we were ordered into line of battle, and while heavy firing could be heard in our front and on each flank, Captain Owens of o...

Needham Smith's Will. [continued] Ardella Smith (1803-1872) ... Fourth I desire that the residue of my Estate be kept together and that my Wife Ardilla, my daughters Drupina Smith, Elizabeth Smith and Martha Smith and my Grand Children William Tho s Speight, Franklin Bryant Walker George Henry Walker and Betsy Joel Walker, be supported out of the income or product of the Estate until my youngest daughter Martha shall arrive at the age of twenty One or marries provided they all remain single until that time, the support to cease of each one at their marriage and the education of those not completed to be completed and the expences of the same be paid out of the products of my estate, the remainder of the income to be laid out by my executor as they may Judge most conducive to the interest of said Estate. I m Fifth I desire and will that each of my daughters Drupina, Elizabeth and Martha whenever they shall arrive at the age of twenty One years or marries, shall shall rece...

This ledger marker placed in memory of little 8 year old Edith Owen can be found in the Waverly Hall Cemetery at Harris County, Georgia. Transcription: In Loving Memory of Edith Howard Daughter of J. C. & C. B. Owen Born Sept 5, 1898 Died Feb 3, 1907 "Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair little spirit, rest thee now! E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow." Edith's epitaph is the first verse of a dirge written by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835). Here's the second verse: "Dust, to its narrow house beneath! Soul, to its place on high! They that have seen thy look in death No more may fear to die."