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Abercrombie, James b. February 18, 1792 d. July 2, 1861
US Congressman. He served during the War of 1812 as a Corporal in the Georgia State Militia Cavalry. He was elected to represent Alabama's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1855.
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Autry, Lottie Dolores b. January 9, 1936 d. June 10, 1997
Author, Historian. She was a noted genealogist, author of "Linwood Cemetery" and several other books of Georgia and Alabama local histories. She was the first uniformed female law enforcement officer in Columbus,Ga and served in all three branches, Marshals Office, Sheriffs Office and the Police Department.
The Historic Linwood Foundation has named their annual award to the person who has contributed most each year to the Linwood Cemetery's benefit and legacy the "Dolores Autry Award". (Bio by: Marshall Autry)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Old Cemetery Lot #59
Benning, Henry L. b. April 2, 1814 d. July 10, 1875
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. After graduating from Georgia's Franklin College in 1834, he moved to Columbus, Georgia, where he excelled in law and in states -rights politics, rising to associate justice of the Georgia supreme court and serving as a delegate in the 1860 Democratic conventions. A vocal secessionist, he argued vigorously for the state's supremacy in almost all government matters, and while on the state bench he endorsed that court's authority over Federal court...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Blandford, Mark Harden b. July 13, 1826 d. January 31, 1902
CSA Congressman. Blandford served in the US Army in the War with Mexico. While with the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he was wounded (losing an arm). In 1864, he became a Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Chappell, Absalom Harris b. December 18, 1801 d. December 11, 1878
US Congressman. Chappell was a Georgia State senator (1832 - 1833, and 1845), then a Georgia State Representative. (1834-1839). He served as a US Representative from Georgia from 1843 to 1845. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Colquitt, Col. Peyton H. b. October 8, 1831 d. September 22, 1863
Civil War Officer. During the Civil War, he became the commander of Gist's Brigade. On September 20, 1863, during the Battle of Chickmauga, he was mortally wounded. He died two days later. He was one of four Confederate Army commanders killed at Chickamauga. A large monument now marks the place where he fell. He was the son of United States Representative Walter T. Colquitt, and the brother of Brigadier General Alfred Holt Colquitt, who was a United States Senator and Georgia governor. In his...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Colquitt, Walter Terry b. December 27, 1799 d. May 7, 1855
Democrat Congressman from Georgia. He served in the House of Representatiives from 1839-1840 and from 1842-1843. Also served in the US Senate from 1843-1848. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Crawford, Martin Jenkins b. March 17, 1820 d. July 23, 1883
US Congressman. Confederate Congressman. Crawford served as a US Representative from Georgia from 1855 to 1861. He withdrew, and was elected to the Confederate Provisional Congress (1861-1862). President Davis appointed him as a special commissioner to the Government of the United States at Washington. He left that post to serve with the Confederate army's Third Georgia Cavalry Regiment. He then served on the staff of General Howell Cobb. In later years, he was on the Georgia Supreme Court...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Foster, Thomas Flournoy b. November 23, 1790 d. September 14, 1848
US Congressman. Foster was a Georgia state representative (1822-1825) before serving as a US Representative from Georgia from 1829 to 1835. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Holt, Hines b. April 27, 1805 d. November 4, 1865
US Congressman, Confederate Congressman. Holt was a US Representative from Georgia in 1841, then a member of the Georgia State Sentate in 1857. During the Civil War, he was a Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1863. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Ingram, Porter b. April 2, 1810 d. December 3, 1893
CSA Congressman. In 1864, he served as a Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Iverson Sr., Alfred b. December 3, 1798 d. March 4, 1873
US Congressman, US Senator. The father of Confederate General Alfred Iverson Jr., was elected to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849. He was then elected as a Democratic Senator from George to the United States Senate, serving from 1855 to 1861. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Johnson, James b. February 12, 1811 d. November 20, 1891
Georgia Governor. US Representative. Elected as a US Representative from 1851 to 1853, Johnson was appointed the Provisional Governor of Georgia by President Andrew Johnson at the end of the Civil War. As governor, he rescinded the Act of Secession, and adopted a new state constitution. He later ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate and US Presidency. He also served as a Georgia superior court judge. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Jones, Seaborn b. February 1, 1788 d. March 18, 1864
US Congressman. Jones was a US Representative from Georgia from 1833 to 1847. Before that he was the solicitor general of Georgia. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Nelson, Capt. Thomas Maduit b. September 27, 1782 d. November 10, 1853
US Congressman. Nelson served as a Captain in the War of 1812. After his military service, he was a US Representative from Virginia (1816-1819). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Pemberton, John S. b. July 8, 1831 d. August 16, 1888
American physician and chemist from Georgia who invented the popular soft drink Coca~Cola. After attending pharmacy school, Dr. Pemberton opened up his own drug store in Columbus, Georgia. He later served as a confederate lieutenant in the Civil War. After moving to Atlanta, he begin selling his medicines. His best selling product was wine of coca which was sold as a cure for nervous disorders, disturbances of internal plumbing, and impotency. It was in 1885, in the backyard of his home on 107...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Philips, Pleasant J. b. July 3, 1819 d. October 12, 1876
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Played major role in the Battle of Griswold, Georgia while trying to stem General William T. Shermans March to the Sea. (Bio by: Jack Skoch)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Rutherford, Lizzie b. January 1, 1833 d. March 31, 1873
Creator of Confederate Memorial Day. While cleaning the graves of Confederate soldiers buried in Columbus, Georgia, she was struck with the idea of creating a specific day for decorating the graves. As secretary for the Columbus Ladies' Memorial Association, she presented the idea to them. The date of April 26 was set aside. The custom soon spread around the former Confederate States as a direct result of Rutherford's work. Many historians believe that the observance of Confederate Memorial Day...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Semmes, Paul J. b. June 4, 1815 d. July 10, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born on a plantation in Wilkes County, Georgia, he served as a Captain in the Georgia Militia, 1846 to 1861. After the start of the Civil War, he was appointed Colonel of the 2nd Georgia Infantry and was promoted Brigadier General in March, 1862. During the Peninsula Campaign, he was a brigade commander for the Army of the Northern Virginia which participated in the Battle of South Mountain, Sharpsburg and at Chancellorsville. While leading his brigade...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Mortally wounded at Gettysburg
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Ticknor, Dr. Francis Orray b. November 13, 1822 d. December 18, 1874
Author. He worked as a surgeon during the Civil War, treating wounded soldiers who came through his hospital in Columbus, Georgia. Sixteen year old Isaac Newton Giffen from Tennessee was brought there after being wounded in the war. Ticknor and his wife admired the boy's courage and brought him to recuperate at their home. While there, they taught him to read and write. After recovering, the boy returned to the Confederate Army and was reportedly killed in battle. To express his grief, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA

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