Southern Graves

She was a daughter of Samuel Graham and Kate Moore Hardy. Little Mary lived just thirteen months. A stone memorial placed for her in Myrtle Hill Cemetery at Rome, Floyd County, Georgia is a sculpture of a little one reaching up, waiting to be carried to Heaven. Rome Tri-Weekly Courier (Georgia) 26 August 1879 -pg. 3 [via Georgia Historic Newspapers ] Little Mary Hardy. 'We have gathered up her toys, We have hid away each sad memento That reminds us of our joys; Not because we fain would banish From our eyes the tears that swell, But we would our hearts could whisper, Heavenly Father, It is well.' Only a baby's grave, and yet how a sight of the little mound will cause the hearts of the grief-stricken parents to swell afresh with the great sorrow that overshadows their lives. How lonely is their home without their treasure. None but He who reads our innermost thoughts can realize how they will miss their 'blue-eyed Daisey,' as she was wont to be called ...

Front page of the 20 June 1913 Athens Banner (Georgia): A LADY KILLED INSTANTLY BY THE LIGHTNING (Special to the Banner.) Comer, Ga., June 19. -- Mrs. Jim Moore, formerly Miss Mamie Guest, was instantly killed by a stroke of lightning, at her home near Watson's Mill Wednesday afternoon at six o'clock. Her remains were laid to rest in the Old Ford [sic] cemetery Thursday at 4 p.m. Mamie Guest Moore (1880 - 1913) The next day, the same newspaper reported the following: Went to Attend Mrs. Moore's Funeral Mr. Ed J. Arnold and family and Mrs. J. G. Power and children left Athens Thursday morning on the 10:45 Seaboard Air Line train to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mamie Moore who was killed by lightning Wednesday evening about 5 o'clock while moving flower pots on the back porch of her dwelling. She was killed instantly. She was buried at the old Fork cemetery in Madison county near Carlton. A large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends attended the funeral. S...

Wyatt Sulzer Moore, whose middle name I've seen spelled more than one way, was born 26 July 1835 in Paulding County, Georgia to Arbin Moore and "Harrett" (Harriett?) Casper.  By the taking of the 1850 U.S. Federal census , Wyatt and family were living in Gwinnett County, Georgia.  Mr. Moore would spend the rest of his life in this county, farming all the while. Wyatt S. Moore was married three times.  He married first Elizabeth Brogdon.  She was just a few years his junior, born in 1838.  They had at least nine children together, before Elizabeth died in 1881.  She was just 43. Wyatt next married Ellen / Ella Jane Whitehead in 1882.  She was ten years younger than he, and died in 1900 at the age of 55. Thirdly, Wyatt married Rachel Elizabeth King.  She was twenty-one years his junior, and died 8 May 1925 at the age of 68. Though each wife was younger -- and lived longer -- than the one prior, Wyatt S. Moore outlived them all.  Almost four mor...

Dora (1869-1942) and J. A. Moore rest at Hopewell Church Cemetery in Suwanee, Gwinnett County, Georgia.  Dora lived almost 24 years after her husband died in 1918. I found a poem printed in 1852 that contains the phrase found as part of the epitaph on Dora's side of the headstone she shares with her husband.  Unfortunately, I didn't find the author. Souls of such witchery and worth Are never long to nature given; 'Twill recompense the woes of earth To think we'll dwell with her in heaven ! Now for some reflections.  Last month, I participated in the Blogging from A-to-Z Challenge and really enjoyed it.  (You can see all my entries here .) I'll admit, using this blog as a theme, was kind of easy.  Kind of.   There definitely were some letters that gave me pause. I learned – for sure – that should I join in the future, posting ahead will be a must.  I decided to join in at the last minute this year.  My goal was to get and stay a week ahead....

The newspaper confirmed what I saw at the cemetery. Mr. Moore has lost two wives and four children within six years. This sad commentary was added to the Vienna Progress (Dooly County, Georgia) when J. C. Moore lost his eight-year-old daughter Maggie in June 1902.  Less than two years before, in September 1900, J's daughter Zola died just before reaching the age of ten.  The mother of Zola and Maggie had died in 1896.  A tribute to Effie Folds Moore was printed in the same newspaper that would later carry the death notice for her daughter: IN MEMORY Of a Dear Sister Mrs. Effie Moore, wife of J. C. Moore died at her home Jan. 10th 1896.  She was the daughter of E. J. and M. J. Folds.  Five times within six months the angel of death has visited our midst and snatched from us a loved one.  It seems that the brightest flower is often plucked. She had been confined to her bed about five weeks with malarial fever and pneumonia, but died very suddenly.  She...

Anyone with a fondness for cemeteries will know what I'm writing about.  You visit a sacred place -- maybe it's a single tombstone, or maybe it's a family lot -- and you can't help but feel a tug of emotion.  Nothing too crazy, mind you.  A lot of times I simply and softly utter, "Wow." Something moves you enough that you can't simply pass by without acknowledgement. This happened when I visited Ida Herring and Leonard Wilson Moore at Mt. Olive Cemetery in the Pinehurst area of Dooly County, Georgia.  Ida (d. 1949) lived to be almost 73, and Leonard (d. 1955) almost 89.  But not long after they came together (about 1896-8?), they began losing children.  At least eight of them were buried in the family lot at Mt. Olive.  Yep.  I typed eight . A stone for the eighth child cannot be seen above, as it is located to the right of the infant in the back row.  You can see there are three stones behind Ida and Leonard in this photo: Ida and ...

© 2012 S. Lincecum Yesterday, I shared a post about Pvt. G. W. Dupriest , who rests in the Confederate Memorial Grounds of Oakland Cemetery at Atlanta, Georgia. Visible in the photo included in that post (and shared here) is the tombstone placed for Alphius J. Moor. Pvt. Moor(e) served in the Confederate States Army with Company E of the 51st Alabama Regiment, Partisan Rangers. His death occurred 14 April 1863. In reviewing his compiled service record on Fold3 , I discovered A. J. Moore was on a list like the one on which Pvt. Dupriest was found -- "Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States who were killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease." I couldn't quite make out everything written regarding his death, though. His date of death and place being a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia were the only parts clear to me. A Google search informed me about what I believe to be the cause of A. J.'s death -- Erysipelas . Yet I sti...

In Memory Of Mary Moore Wife of Dr. John R. Moore Born July 31, 1823 Died May 19, 1888 She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. In Memory Of Jon Victor Worth Moore Son of Dr. John R. & Mary Moore Born Aug 20, 1866 Died May 17, 1888 In Memory Of Andrew Liston Moore Son of Dr. John R. & Mary Moore Born April 30, 1843, Died June 30, 1888 He was a member of the Presbyterian Church a true Christian, a more kind harted man never lived, would do any thing in his power for a friend. Asleep in Jesus. All are resting in Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery at Gwinnett County, Georgia. The father, John R. Moore, M.D. (1812-1884), and sister Mary E. Moore (1846-1875) are also nearby. All photos © 2010/1 S. Lincecum.

Snow Spring Cemetery Photos from Snow Springs Cemetery are now online. This church graveyard is also known as Snow Cemetery as well as Snow Methodist Church Cemetery. It is located near Unadilla in Dooly County, Georgia. Surnames included in the online photo album are Carroll, Clewis, Fitzgerald, Ivey, Kimsey, McCorvey, Moore, Peavey, Sangster, Sentelle, Sullivan, Sumerford, Sutton, Thompson, and Woodruff. To view the images individually or in a slideshow, click the image above or here . Stop by! You'll see all the sights I saw, and they're not all tombstones. :-)