Find A Grave - Laurel Grove Cemetery

Bartow, Francis S. b. 1816 d. July 21, 1861
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as a Colonel, and was killed along with Gen. Bernard Bee while defending Henry House Hill during the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Two markers are on the hill marking where he fell. The new one has a bronze plague, but if you look at the base of a large cedar tree you will find the origional stone marker almost covered over by the growth of the tree. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Berrien, John Macpherson b. August 23, 1781 d. January 1, 1856
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1825 to 1829. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1810, Member of the Georgia State Senate from 1822 to 1823, United States Attorney General from 1829 to 1831, and Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court in 1845. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Bulloch, William Bellinger b. 1777 d. May 6, 1852
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1813 to 1815. Also served as Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, in 1812, Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, and Member of the Georgia State Senate. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Charlton, Robert Milledge b. January 19, 1807 d. January 18, 1854
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1852 to 1853. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, State Court Judge in 1832, United States District Attorney for Georgia from 1839 to 1840, and Mayor of Savannah, Georgia. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Confederate Memorial, Laurel Grove [memorial]
The sculpture known as "Silence", was originally part of a Confederate memorial erected in Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia in 1875. In 1878, the sculpture was relocated to the Laurel Grove Cemetery to mark the graves of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. The figure stands in the middle of Soldier's Circle, a grassy knoll with the remains of twelve Confederate soldiers. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Cuyler, John Meck b. March 9, 1810 d. April 26, 1884
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A native of Savannah Georgia, he lived his entire adult life serving as a soldier in United States Army. After attending Athens College, his army career began on April 1, 1834 as an Assistant Surgeon. It was on February 16, 1847 and 13 years later that a promotion to Major came while he was a member of the United States Medical Corps. During the Civil War, his responsibilities increased on June 11, 1862 when he became the Medical Inspector with the rank...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Lot 124
Cuyler, Richard R. b. 1798 d. 1869
Attorney. City Alderman, Savannah, Georgia, 1848-1849 and 1851-1852. President of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company in Savannah.
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Elliott Sr., Stephen b. August 31, 1806 d. December 21, 1866
Episcopal bishop of Georgia and a founder of the Universty of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Father of Confederate General Stephen Elliott, Jr.
Laurel Grove Cemetery (North), Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Fleming, William Bennett b. 1803 d. 1886
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1879. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Gilmer, Jeremy Francis b. February 23, 1818 d. December 1, 1883
Civil War Confederate Major General. He graduated from West Point in 1839, was commissioned a US Army Engineer officer, constructed fortifications and conducted surveys until 1861, when he resigned in support of the southern cause. In September 1861, he was appointed Major of Engineers in the Confederate Army and served as Chief Engineer on the staff of General A. S. Johnston. He was promoted Colonel of Engineers in 1862 and assigned to the Office of Chief of Engineer Bureau in Richmond...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Hartridge, Julian b. September 9, 1829 d. January 8, 1879
US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during th Civil War. Elected to represent Georgia's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 until his death in 1879. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives in 1858, and Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Low, Juliette Gordon b. October 31, 1860 d. January 17, 1927
Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA - She came from a prominent Savannah, Georgia, family, After being educated at private boarding schools in Virginia and New York, she spent many years traveling the world. Juliette met and married William Mackay Low, a wealthy Englishman, and moved to England. She returned during the Spanish-American War, to aid in the war effort. At the end of the war she returned to England to a disintegrating marriage. They were separated at the time of her husband’s...[Read More]
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Martus, Florence b. August 7, 1868 d. February 8, 1943
American Folk Figure. She was the daughter of a Civil War veteran, George Martus, who was keeper of the lighthouse on Elba Island on the banks of the Savannah River. After her father died, she went to live on Elba Island with her brother, whp assumed the duty of lighthouse keeper. In 1887 she met a Naval Lieutenant and fell in love. Soon after, his ship sailed but he promised to return to Florence. Months went by and she heard nothing from him. She began to stand on the river's edge and...[Read More] (Bio by: cayley)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
McLaws, Lafayette b. January 15, 1821 d. July 24, 1897
Civil War Confederate Major General. A graduate of West Point in 1842, he was serving as a Captain in the US Infantry when he resigned his commission to join the South as a Colonel in the Confederate 10th Georgia Infantry. Promoted Brigadier General in September 1861, he commanded the 2nd Division, Department of the Peninsula and Department of Northern Virginia. In July 1862, he was promoted Major General of the 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia serving until September 1863. From November...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Millen, John b. 1804 d. October 15, 1843
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Georgia's At-Large District in the Twenty-Eighth Congress, he served for seven months, from March 1843 until his death. Millen was born in Savannah, Georgia, where he was admitted to the bar and maintained a law office for nearly 20 years. Between 1828 and 1840 he served six terms in the State House of Representatives, and he was also appointed a Colonel in the State Militia. He died at 39 in Savannah; there is a cenotaph for him at...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Norwood, Thomas Manson b. April 26, 1830 d. 1913
US Congressman, US Senator. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Georgia's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1889. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State Legislature from 1861 to 1862, Candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1880, United States Senator from Georgia from 1871 to 1877, and State Court Judge in 1896. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Owens, George Welshman b. 1786 d. 1856
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1835 to 1839. (Bio by: K)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Pember, Phoebe Yates b. August 18, 1823 d. March 4, 1913
Medical Pioneer, Author. Phoebe Pember was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, as the child of wealthy and respected Jewish merchants Fanny and Jacob Levy. The family was prominant in K.K Beth Elohim Synagogue, which is still in use today. Mrs.Pember was married to Thomas Pember, a gentile from Boston, who died of Tuberculosis in 1861. Mrs. Pember then rejoined her family, who had relocated to Marietta, Georgia, at the start of the Civil War. Desiring to make a contribution to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Phillips, Philip b. December 13, 1807 d. January 14, 1884
United States Representative from Alabama, 1853-1855.
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Pierpont, James b. 1822 d. 1893
Musician. Composer of the world's most enduring song "Jingle Bells". James Pierpont was born in Medford, Massachusetts the second son of a Unitarian minister, poet and fervent abolitionist. At the age of 14, he joined the crew of a whaling vessel serving as a seaman until the age of 21. His travels before returning home to his home town have him prospecting in California during the Gold Rush in 1849. Returning East about 1851, he wrote the song for which he is known, "Jingle Bells." The...[Read More]
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA

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