Linwood Cemetery Historical Marker [Side 1]

Located at entrance to Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.

(Text)

LINWOOD CEMETERY

 

A part of the 1828 plan of Columbus, Linwood contains graves of pioneer citizens and their descendents, as well as the tombs of some 200 Confederate soldiers. Among those buried here are Anna Caroline Benning (1853-1935), who formed the "Columbus Committee" of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia; General Henry L. Benning (1814-1875), Confederate leader for whom the military post was named; industrialist and philanthropist W.C. Bradley (1863-1947); Dr. Edwin DeGraffenried (1798-1871), one of the city's original five commissioners; Noble Leslie DeVotie (1838-1861), Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity founder;

(Continued on other side)

 

ERECTED BY THE COLUMBUS TOWN COMMITTEE OF

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA

TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE NSCDA IN GEORGIA

1893 - 1993

Go to Georgia Historical Markers website