J.W. Davis Woodman of the World
Marker
Such stylized tree trunks indicate that the deceased was a
member of the Woodman of the World fraternal insurance organization, which erected this
marker. Such memorials were a common feature of southern cemeteries.
J.W. Davis "tree trunk headstone"
Louis Haiman
A Jewish tin smith from Posen who produced excellent swords
for the Confederacy and excellent agricultural implements after the Civil War.
View of Louis Haiman Family Gravesite
Confederate Soldiers
Men who died in the Columbus hospitals
during the war. (On both the southwest & southeast corners of the cemetery).
One of sites of buried confederate soldiers
Dr. Francis Orray Ticknor
A local physician who wrote the Civil War
poem "The Little Giffen of Tennessee.
Dr. Francis Orray Ticknor Burial Site
Chappell Family Lot
A.H. Chappell served as Congressman in the 1840's; L.H. Chappell was elected mayor for 6
terms; and Miss Loretto was the city's most beloved librarian.
Chappell Family Lot
John S. Pemberton
A wholesale druggist who developed the formula for Coca-Cola.
John S. Pemberton developed Coca-Cola formula
Tabitha Lamar
The wife of Mirabeau Lamar, who founded the Columbus Enquirer, and served as
the second President of the Texas Republic.
Tabitha Lamar Monument
H. Augusta Howard
Founder of Georgia's Woman Suffrage Association; her tombstone reads "Martyred".
H. Augusta Howard's Grave reads "Martyred"
Jones-Benning Lot
Seaborn Jones, an early Columbus lawyer, built the mansion known as St. Elmo.
His son-in-law, Henry L. Benning, was a lawyer and Confederate General for whom Fort
Benning is named.
General Henry L. Benning's Headstone
Margaret Traylor
Her grave stone shows a willow tree next to
an obelisk as a single image. This icon came from Germany and was first used in
Charleston, S.C. By 1849, it had traveled across the South to Columbus.
Margaret Traylor's "Willow Tree" Headstone
Garrard Lot
Contains perhaps the tallest obelisk in the cemetery; L.F. Garrard served as Speaker of
Georgia House of Representatives and developed the Weracoba neighborhood to the east of
the cemetery.
Garrard Lot "Tallest Obelisk" in Linwood Cemetery
Georgia Mustain
A memorial to a five year old child, this monument , with its child asleep, dove and arch
of rose blossoms, is one of the more elaborate tombstones in the cemetery.
Georgia Mustain elaborate memorial
W.C. Bradley
Cotton farmer, wholesale merchant, steamboat owner, industrialist, and investor who served
as Chairman of the Board of Coca-Cola for over two decades.
W. C. Bradley obelisk
Fishburne Lot
Provides an excellent example of the elaborate cast-iron fences used to mark the family
plots.
Fishburne Lot
Noble Leslie DeVotie
A Baptist minister and newspaper editor who was one of the founders of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity.
Noble Leslie DeVotie Plot
Francis Joseph Springer
A grocer who was the primary investor in the Springer Opera House (1872).
Springer Lot
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