Find A Grave - Rose Hill Cemetery

Allman, Duane b. November 20, 1946 d. October 29, 1971
Musician. The Allman family was living near Norfolk, Virgina, when Army Sergeant Willis Alllman was murdered on the day after Christmas, 1949. His widow, Geraldine, took her sons Gregg, two, and Duane, three, to live in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1959 while on a family trip the boys saw B.B. King perform. Their musical dreams were born at that show. They both started playing in local groups and Duane soon quit school to work on his music. They formed a band called The Escorts and later changed...[Read More] (Bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson)
Cause of death: Motorcycle accident
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Anderson, Clifford b. March 23, 1833 d. December 19, 1899
CSA Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Represented Georgia in the Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. Also served as a State Court Judge from 1856 to 1858, as a member of the Georgia State House of Representatives in 1859, as the Georgia State Attorney General from 1880 to 1890.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Bacon, Augustus Octavius b. October 20, 1839 d. February 14, 1914
US Senator. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). Served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1895 until his death in 1914. Also served as a Candidate for Presidential Elector from Georgia in 1868, and Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1871 to 1883. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Bartlett, Charles Lafayette b. January 31, 1853 d. 1938
US Congresman. Elected to represent Georgia's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1915. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State Senate from 1888 to 1889, State Court Judge from 1893 to 1894, and Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1882 to 1883. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Blount, James Henderson b. September 12, 1837 d. March 8, 1903
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1893. Also served as United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands in 1893. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Bracken, Peter b. October 31, 1833 d. May 26, 1909
Engineer of the locomotive 'Texas' during the great locomotive chase on the Western and Atlantic Railroad on April 12, 1862.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Colquitt, Alfred Holt b. April 20, 1824 d. March 26, 1894
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, Georgia Governor. Along with Brigadier General Joseph Finegan, he was in command of the defense of Florida from Union troops at the Battle of Olustee on February 20, 1864. The battle, while small compared to other battles of the war, was the largest in Florida. After their defeat at Olustee, the Union forces remained in Jacksonville until the end of the war, not venturing out in a significant force again. The Union had casualties of 1,861 and the...[Read More]
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Enter main gate, go to 4th Street on left, turn and take right fork. Site is marked with Georgia Seal. magnolia Ridge Section
Cook, Philip b. July 31, 1817 d. May 21, 1894
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. The son of transplanted Virginians, he was educated at Oglethorpe University, near Milledgeville, and later at the University of Virginia, from whose law school he graduated in 1841. He led an uneventful life in Madison City, Georgia, until early 1861, when he volunteered as a private in the 4th Georgia Infantry, whose adjutant he became after being sent with the regiment to Portsmouth, Virginia. His military experience in the Seminole War stood him in...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Enter main gate, go to 4th Street on left and turn down. Go down to sharp curve, site is on left in
Edwards, Harry Stillwell b. April 23, 1855 d. October 22, 1938
Author. He wrote a number of poems, articles, and novels, as well as being the editor of the Macon (Georgia) Telegraph newspaper. His most famous work, "Eneas Africanus," sold over 3 million copies. His home, the "Kingfisher Cabin," was restored and now sits on the grounds of Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Honeysuckle Ridge
Gove, Samuel Francis b. 1822 d. 1900
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia's 4th District in the United States House of representatives, serving from 1867 to 1869. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Harris, Nathaniel Edwin b. January 21, 1846 d. September 21, 1929
Georgia Governor. He served as Governor of Georgia from 1915 to 1917.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.8489494, -83.6321030 (hddd.dddd)
Jackson, James b. 1819 d. 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1861. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State Legislature and State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Lamar, Henry Graybill b. July 10, 1798 d. September 10, 1861
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1833. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court, and State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Lamar, John Basil d. September 15, 1862
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as a Colonel and aide-de-camp to General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend. He was mortally wounded on September 14, 1862 by men of the Army of the Potomac's 1st New Jersey Brigade while vainly trying to rally Cobb's Brigade at Crampton's Gap, Maryland. After temporary burial in Charles Town, Virginia, he was later reinterred at Rose Hill.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Adjacent to Gov. Colquitt grave in Magnolia Ridge
Nisbet, Eugenius Aristides b. December 7, 1803 d. March 18, 1871
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1827 to 1830, Member of the Georgia State Senate from 1830 to 1837, Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court from 1845 to 1853, Delegate to Georgia Secession Convention in 1861, and Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Oakley (Oakley), Berry (Raymond) b. April 4, 1948 d. November 11, 1972
Musician. Raymond Berry Oakley, bass player and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band with Gregg Allman, Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks, Jr., Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johannson, Richard "Dickey" Betts and the late Duane Allman. He died as a result of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. (Bio by: Jim Adams)
Cause of death: Killed in a motorcycle accident a block from where Duane Allman was killed
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Prince, Oliver Hillhouse [cenotaph] b. 1787 d. October 9, 1837
US Senator from Georgia. He helped layout the town of Macon. First compiler of Georgia's colonial and state laws. He and his wife perished in the wreck of the steamship Home. A tablet has been erected to perpetuate his memory. (Bio by: Scott and Priscilla Butler Fraser)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Reed (Napier), Elizabeth b. November 9, 1845 d. May 3, 1935
Folk Figure. She is distinguished as being the inspiration for the Allman Brothers Band song, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed". In the early days of the Allman Brothers Band, the members would frequent Rose Hill Cemetery to relax and write songs. In 1970, guitarist Dickie Betts composed "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" which was the first instrumental for the group. The original studio version appeared on the band's album, "Idelwild South" (1970) and on the live album, "At Fillmore East" (1971). In...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Reid, J. Neel b. 1885 d. 1926
Noted Architect. Considered in his day to be a "Southern icon," many of the homes and buildings he and his firm designed in the South have become landmarks. Each year the J. Neel Reid Prize honors rising architects in Georgia. Two books about him and his work have been published, "Architecture of Neel Reid in Georgia" by James Grady and "J. Neel Reid, Architect." by William R. Mitchell, Jr. His career was short-lived when he died of brain cancer at the age of 41. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Cabaniss Ridge
Towns, George Washington Bonaparte b. May 4, 1801 d. July 15, 1854
US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia's 3rd District and At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1835 to 1836, 1837 to 1839, and 1846 to 1847. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State Senate in 1832, Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives in 1829, and Governor of Georgia from 1847 to 1851. (Bio by: K)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA

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