HISTORIC
LINWOOD CEMETERY
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Last
Updated January 16, 2007
***
IMPORTANT UPDATE ***
The
Linwood Cemetery Index of Names (that this web site is based upon) is being revised
and reprinted. Additional genealogical information is being added by my good
friend Lea Dowd to make this new printing better than ever. Volume One is
available now with Volume Two soon to follow. Please follow this link to purchase your own
copy to add to your Genealogical Collection.
Please
note that not all of the names listed below are buried within Linwood Cemetery.
Some of the names are listed as references in obituaries of those buried within
Linwood Cemetery. The names listed on this web page are from the Linwood
Cemetery Index of Names compiled and published by Dolores Autry (c) 1994.
History
In 1828,
Edward Lloyd Thomas and his son Truman were surveying land in West Central
Georgia for what would become Columbus, Georgia. Working in the harsh
conditions of the winter of 1827 - 1828, Truman became ill in March. Suffering
for over a week, Truman passed away on March 26, 1828. The next day, Edward
buried his son. The following month, Edward surveyed the four acres surrounding
the grave of his son for use as a cemetery for Columbus.
Located
behind the Old City Hospital, now the Medical Center, Linwood Cemetery was included
in the 1828 plan of Columbus, Georgia as the first public cemetery. Known as
the 'City Cemetery", Linwood did not receive its current name until City
Council action on November 7, 1894. Rich in tradition and history, Linwood is
the final resting-place for some 500 Confederate soldiers, sailors, Columbus Guard and Columbus Artillery as well as several nationally notable
persons. Linwood Cemetery is also listed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
Columbus,
Georgia is the site of the last Civil War land battle east of the Mississippi
River. On Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865 (a week after the Surrender at
Appomattox), Wilson's Federal Raiders, being 4,000 strong, overran a
Confederate entrenchment over a mile long in Alabama, crossed the Chattahoochee
River entering Georgia and captured Columbus.
Notables
Buried in Linwood
Brigadier General Henry L.
(The Rock) Benning - 1814-1875, Confederate General whom Fort Benning is
named after.
Brigadier General Paul J.
Semmes
- Confederate
General killed at Gettysburg.
W. C.
Bradley
- Industrialist and Philanthropist.
John Pemberton - 1831-1888,
Originator of the formula for Coca-Cola.
Lizzie Rutherford - Suggested the
observance of a National Memorial Day.
Noble
Leslie DeVotie
- 1831-1861, Founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
S.M.
Ingersoll, M.D. -
Helped to establish a ferry spanning the Chattahoochee River. It is said that
Samuel Morse obtained his first idea of the magnetic telegraph from Dr.
Ingersoll while travelling in a stagecoach in Lee County, Al.
Ulysses
Lewis -
First Indentant (Mayor) of Columbus.
James
Jeremiah Slade -
Son of the Reverend Thomas B. Slade, co-founder of Wesleyan College. James
served as Mayor of Columbus 1892 - 1895 and was a member of the Georgia
Assembly 1907 - 1913.
Daniel A.
Wallbohm -
Soldier under Napoleon the Great in the Russian campaign and at Waterloo.
James
Fleming Waddell -
Fought in Mexican and Civil Wars. Appointed as Consul to Matamora by President
Millard Fillmore.
Acknowledgements
I would like
to acknowledge the tireless work of the late Dolores Autry for undertaking the
great task of indexing the names of all of the graves at Linwood. As a co-founder
of the Historic Linwood Foundation, she extended her love for Linwood to ensure
the preservation and continued remembrance of all those at rest within. Also, a
special thanks to her husband, Marshall Autry, for continuing her work and
persevering to ensure the vision stays alive.
Dolores Autry
January 9, 1936
June 10, 1997
And this is my memorial to all generations; that the
generations to come might know them. Exodus 3:15
***Please note that names are grouped by Surnames
only for convenience of research. No assumptions can be made as to family
associations within a specific Surname group unless declared on the
inscription. Index includes names of persons referenced in associated
obituaries and Sexton records.
Index
Please
click on the letter corresponding to the FIRST letter of the surname:
The Sexton of Linwood Cemetery can be reached
at (706)653-4579 for further information.
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For further information about a name
that is listed, to add your link to this page, to report broken links or to
help support this page:
e-mail CGAutry@knology.net
For more information about Muscogee
County, visit Lea Dowd's
Muscogee Genealogical Society Home Page.
Note: This web site is not
affiliated with or supported by The Historic Linwood Foundation, the City of Columbus
Georgia, The Board of Historic and Architectural Review, The Muscogee
Genealogical Society nor any other government, civic, historical or non-profit
organization. This web site is the intellectual property of CGAutry and
reflects the public information available about Linwood Cemetery as well as
information contained in The Linwood Cemetery Index of Names compiled
and published by Dolores Autry, copyright 1994.
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