Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Savannah Stillwell Robison July 28 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 7:52 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph619savannah.jpg Image file size: 11.8 Kb Savannah Stillwell wife of Rev. W. F. Robison Born June 20, 1843 Died October 3, 1888 She hath done what she could Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Seay Tombston July 28 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 7:36 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph618seaytomb.jpg Image file size: 9.8 Kb Jno J., Son of Rufus Morgan and Laura Wadsworth Seay. November 10, 1844. August 17, 1916 Co C., Cobbs Legion, C.S.A. Florida Bayard, Daughter of Nicolas James and Sarah Glenn Bayard of Savannah, GA, Wife of John J. Seay. August 19, 1834. September 30, 1917. Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Fannie S. Seay July 28 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 7:29 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph617fanniess.jpg Image file size: 11.1 Kb Sacred to the Memory of Fannie S. Seay The affectionate Wife and Devoted Mother who came to her rest on the 25th of July 1874. Aged 28 years. Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....John Berry Tippin August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 6:57 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph616johnberr.jpg Image file size: 11.1 Kb John Berry Tippin BORN April 9, 1881 DIED April 16, 1905 TIPPIN Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo place.....Rome August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 6:52 pm Source: Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/ph615rome.jpg Image file size: 13.1 Kb A view of downtown Rome taken from the top of Myrtle Hill. The Clocktower and church steeples can be seen in the distance. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo place.....Clocktower August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 6:49 pm Source: Rome, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/ph614clocktow.jpg Image file size: 15.2 Kb The Clocktower, on Clocktower hill, one of the 7 hills of Rome, is a landmark in Rome, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....The Known Soldier August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 6:43 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph612theknown.jpg Image file size: 10.2 Kb Here lies in honored glory an American soldier PVT. Charles W. Graves In March, 1922 the troopship Cambria returned the final 1,065 bodies of the known dead to the United States. The last body removed was Charles W. Graves, designated as Representative of the Nations Known Dead of the World War. On April 2 a memorial service was held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Four Army generals and four Navy admirals carried the body of Private Graves. Thousands of Gold Star mothers, U. S. Senators, Representatives and Governors attended. President Warren G. Hardings eulogy, delivered beside Graves flag draped casket contained these lines: They have set for all of us the perfect example of service and sacrifice and it is well that their associates should, through this tribute, remind the nation of its eternal obligation to prove worthy of the devotion its sons have shown for it. National plans directed that Americas Known Soldier be placed beside The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The Graves family requested his body be returned to his native Georgia. Graves was interred at Antioch Church Cemetery, Callier Springs Road on April 6, 1922. Hundreds marched from Broad Street and Second Avenue to the small wooden church. Armistice Day services were conducted there November 11, 1922. On September 22, 1923 Graves body was removed from Antioch and interred at Myrtle Hill his third burial. On the fifth anniversary of the end of The World War, Armistice Day 1923 was observed at the Myrtle Hill site. Shanklin Attaway Post 5, The American Legion, provided the marble slab and two bonze tablets which are Graves memorial. Three 1904 model machine guns have stood guard at the site since that date. Hundreds attended the service, including Governor Clifford Walker, every civic group in Rome, and most of Rome / Floyd Countys school children. Graves commanding officer, Gen. C. F. Spence, attended the memorial service, together with Gen. E. M. Lewis, Commander, 8th Corp. Area, who delivered the Address of Dedication, saying, He has given all that he had what could any man do more? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* In Memoriam Byard Gordon Quigg, USMC Killed in Action WWII 1944 Given By Julia Quigg Dodd and Family This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....George W. Rozell August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 5:21 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Confederate Graves, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph599georgewr.jpg Image file size: 134.2 Kb George Rose G 5 TEX. Additional Comments: I believe the name is misspelled on this marker. A distant cousin of my husband George W. Rozell was a bugler for Company B with the 'Wood County Rebels' of the 10th Texas Calvary. He is listed on the rosters along with his brothers, James Rozell, Jr. (2nd Lieutenant, Co. B); John W. Rozell (Privae, Co. B); and Peter Rozell (Private, Co. B). Only three of the brothers returned home after the war. George W. Rozell was injured and died of his injuries in Rome, Georgia. His last muster roll lists him as having died in Rome, Georgia on May 19, 1863. There are also no records of a George Rose in the Texas armies who were involved in battles around Rome, Georgia. I believe this marks the grave of George W. Rozell of the 10th Texas Calvery. George W. Rozell, b. 1834, Jackson County, Alabama; d. May 19, 1863. Enlisted as a Private, Buglar, in John, W. Wilson's company in Sibley's Brigade of the Texas Militia, August 5, 1861. He was the son of Peter Rozell (b: 6/3/1803, Davidson County, Tennessee - d: 4/20/1895, Lamar County, Texas) and Frances Miller (b: 1804, Franklin County, Tennessee - d: 3/25/1885). This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Virginia Wade Holmes August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 4:40 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph598virginia.jpg Image file size: 16.4 Kb Virginia Wade Wife Of Gamaliel Wyatt Holmes August 12, 1841 July 1, 1925 Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia *I had some trouble reading the death date - I believe it is July 1 but it may be July 11, 1925 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Jennie Linton Printup August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 1:34 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph597jennieli.jpg Image file size: 14.1 Kb Printup To The Memory Of Jennie Linton Wife Of Jos. J. Printup, Jr. Born March 9, 1831 Died May 11, 1876 Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Julia Bass Leavell August 2 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 7, 2004, 1:27 pm Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph596juliabas.jpg Image file size: 10.6 Kb Julia Bass Leavell Dec. 9, 1853 July 27, 1932 Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
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Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Ada Allen July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 1:48 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph595adaallen.jpg Image file size: 17.5 Kb Mrs. Ada Allen DIED May 11, 1838 Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Ella D. Curtis July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 1:39 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph594elladcur.jpg Image file size: 12.4 Kb Ella D. Curtis DIED February 1, 1956 Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Oliver Curtis July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 1:34 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph593olivercu.jpg Image file size: 11.6 Kb Oliver Curtis SGT CO H 8 ILL INF SP. AM. WAR MORTICIAN Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Carl S. Bryson July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 1:26 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph592carlsbry.jpg Image file size: 14.2 Kb Carl S. Bryson February 17, 1907 August 8, 1927 We will meet again Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Columbus Samuels, Jr. July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 1:18 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph591columbus.jpg Image file size: 12.7 Kb Columbus Samuels, Jr. October 30, 1929 September 1, 1950 GEORGIA CPL 159 FLD ARTY BN 25 INF DIVISION KOREA Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Alex Branch July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 12:54 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph590alexbran.jpg Image file size: 13.2 Kb Alex Branch April 25, 1899 April 1, 1949 GEORGIA, SUP SGT 157 DEPOT BRIG WORLD WAR I. Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Gussie Platt Wood July 28 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 6, 2004, 12:34 am Source: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/floyd/photos/tombstones/ph588gussiepl.jpg Image file size: 13.6 Kb Gussie Platt Wood November 8, 1894 May 8, 1936 Mother She hath done what she could having finished lifes duty, She now sweetly rests. Additional Comments: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Floyd County GaArchives History - Schools .....The First Annual Report of the Commissioners for the Georgia Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Cave Spring (cont'd) July 1 1850 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Avery txsvalley@aol.com February 5, 2004, 9:32 pm As the second step towards the establishment of an Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in the State, a bill passed the legislature which convened in the winter of 1847, locating and endowing the "Georgia Asylum;" locating it near the village of Cave Spring, and endowing it by continuing the annual appropriation for school purposes, with an additional special appropriation for building purposes. At the same time a Board of five Commissioners was created, under whose supervisory control the Institution was placed. The Board consisted of DR. GEO. D. PHILIPS, DR. L. B. MERCER, DR. I. N. CULBERTSON, S. J. JOHNSON, Esq., and O. P. FANNIN. This Board was duly organized by the elections of DR. I. N. CULBERTSON, President, and S. J. JOHNSON, Esq. Sec'y and Treas. Dr. L. B. MERCER having declined to serve as Commissioner, Rev. JAS. DAVIS was appointed to fill the vacancy in the Board. As the first step towards the dispatch of its business the Board elected Mr. O. P. FANNIN, a Georgia by birth and education, the Principal Instructor, and Mr. J. B. EDWARDS his Assistant. The next thing which engaged the attention of the Board was the selection of a suitable site for the erection of proper Buildings for the Asylum. This they did in the purchase of a lot of eight acres, pleasantly located in the immediate vicinity of Cave Spring; for which the sum of near $30 per acre was paid to the Trustees of the Hearn School. The lot is finely watered by a large limestone spring; having also its western boundary within 30 feet of a bold limpid stream, known as Little Cedar Creek. The entire grounds belonging to the Asylum lie within a short distance of a cave of the mountains, commanding a fine view of the fertile lands and picturesque scenery of Van's Valley. A plan for a commodious building was projected, and the building contracted for, which, in the opinion of the Board of Commissioners was well adapted to the wants of the inmates of the Institution. The building was built of brick, two stories high, and fronting the west: being 75 feet long and 40 feet wide, having a passage running through the middle from west to east; the lower story, divided into school rooms and rooms for the accomodation of the Steward and his family; the second story, divided into two large rooms by a cross wall, one of which is to be appropriated to sleeping apartments for the girls, and the other to sleeping apartments for the boys. Before, however, these necessary buildings could be completed, the Board was compelled to make arrangements for the accomodation of the pupils who had formerly been taught in the deaf mute department of the Hearn School. Some unoccupied buildings belonging to the Hearn School were rented, in which they were instructed during the time the Asylum buildings were being completed. It was in these rented rooms that the pupils were taught for one year and a half, still laboring under the disadvantage of boarding at a distance from the scool rooms. In the mean time the main Asylum building was verging towards a completion, and in the spring of the year 1849 the contractors announced to the Board that the building would be ready for use on the 1st of July. Accordingly the Board preceeded to the selection of a gentlemam amd lady who should fill the responsible stations of Steward and Matron of the Asylum. Mr. JOHN M. CARROL, a gentleman whose energey of character well qualified him for the discharge of its duties, was chosed Steward; and his lady, Mrs. SARAH CARROL, whose urbanity and gentleness were finely adapted to her station, was chosen Matron. The Board also deemed it expedient to set apart the 29th of June, and the Sabbath following, for a public examination of the pupils, and for a dedication of the building. The Hon. A. R. WRIGHT was chosen to deliver the Dedication Address on the 20th, and REV. N. G. FOSTER the Dedication Sermon on the following Sabbath. At the appointed time a large concourse of people were in attendance to witness the exercises of the occasion, which were quite novel to most of them, and, we hope, interesting to all. The high standing and acknowledged ability of Messrs. Wright and Foster render it unnecessary for the Board to remark of their discourses, farther than to say, they did ample justice both to the theme and to the occasion. On the 1st day of July, 1849, the Institution commenced its first legitimate operation. The foregoing brief account has been given to present a complete and connected history of the labors of those who were early engaged in promoting the welfare of the deaf mutes of Georgia. A continuaiton of this history will bring us to the 1st of July of the present year. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb