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Lonnie Adams

Birth
Death
1885 (aged 13–14)
Burial
Dunwoody, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Sourced from http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dekalb/cemeteries/r5000001.txt

BENNETT RAINEY CEMETERY (SMALLPOX CEMETERY) DeKalb Co. GA

This cemetery is at 4661 N Shallowford Rd off the parking lot of a business at that address. The graves are at the base of some cedar trees. There is one uninscribed marker lying flat on the ground.Note from Chryse: This marker is no longer visible.

According to Franklin Garrett’s list the following children are buried there:

Fannie Adams
Lonnie Adams
Maggie Adams
Minnie Adams

They all died of smallpox during the epidemic around 1885. Even in 1931 when Mr. Garrett did his transcription there were no inscribed markers.

The following adults are buried here:

Bennett Rainey
Nancy Rainey
They did not die of smallpox. Mr Rainey died around 1884 or 1885 and Mrs Rainey died in 1899. They too had no inscribed markers.

Mary West June 1999
Sourced from http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dekalb/cemeteries/r5000001.txt

BENNETT RAINEY CEMETERY (SMALLPOX CEMETERY) DeKalb Co. GA

This cemetery is at 4661 N Shallowford Rd off the parking lot of a business at that address. The graves are at the base of some cedar trees. There is one uninscribed marker lying flat on the ground.Note from Chryse: This marker is no longer visible.

According to Franklin Garrett’s list the following children are buried there:

Fannie Adams
Lonnie Adams
Maggie Adams
Minnie Adams

They all died of smallpox during the epidemic around 1885. Even in 1931 when Mr. Garrett did his transcription there were no inscribed markers.

The following adults are buried here:

Bennett Rainey
Nancy Rainey
They did not die of smallpox. Mr Rainey died around 1884 or 1885 and Mrs Rainey died in 1899. They too had no inscribed markers.

Mary West June 1999


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