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HISTORIC LINWOOD FOUNDATION, INC.
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SPRING 2013
The Linwood Legacy
Historic Linwood Foundation EXEClITIVE COMMlTfEE President Page 2 Dear Linwood Members and Friends,
Spring has arrived, and with the nice weather, visitation to the
cemetery has increased. We have our usual visitors; the "Linwood Lunch
Bunch" as we affectionately call the people who come to Linwood to eat
lunch on a daily basis and OUT friends who come looking for a quiet place to
do paperwork or just fmd a quiet place to get away from it all for a few
minutes.
The announcement of the photography contest has the
photographers out in numbcc, and on any given day you can see people out
in the cemetery with their cameras taking photographs of om lovely
monuments. I have always said that Linwood was an outdoor museum, and
it is being proven over and over again each day.
February brought the first ever Home School Week in Columbus.
This event was planned by the Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau as
a way for children who are homescbooled to have field trips, much like
their counterparts who attend traditional schools. The students went to
various attractions in the city, and we were fortunate enough to be inclnded
on the list of places to visit. We welcomed over 50 homeschoolers and their
parents over a 4 day period After- the week was over,the CC&VB sent out
8 questionnaire to all who participated, and you will be glad to learn that of
all the places visited by the children, Linwood Cemetery was their favorite
place! Who knows, we may have created some future taphophiles!
In March, we welcomed over 325 9 1h graders from Columbus High
School. For three days. tours were conducted twice daily in the cemetery.
and following the tours. the students conducted a scavenger hunt
throughout the cemetery. We could not have done this without the help of
om volunteers: Chuck Fessenden. Brian Luedtke. Doug McLeod, Sally
Plott, and Pat Walters. We owe a debt of gratitude to all of you!
High school students were not the only academics we had in the
cemetery. The CSU Ecology class had a toUT, and later was left to roam the
cemeter), in search of information needed for 8 researclt paper focusing on
mortality rates in Columbus before 1910. I have been asked by the
professor if this can become part of her cwriculum, and of course I said
JoOO Page Vice-President MimiChiJds Secretary Linda Kennedy Treasurer Donald Sando I nunediate Past President Pat N. Walters Advisors Scott Boyce John S. Holt, Jr. Katherine J. Waddell JoOO W. WaJden, Jr. Historian Mary Jane Galer Chairman Emeritus Warren W. Foley Historic Linwood Foundation BOARD OF DlRECfORS Alec CoUier Stephen Howard Frazer Loomis Edward Lummus Dixie Olson Julia Lumpkin-Sando Carter Schoodelmayer Elizabeth A Taylor Kathryn Vaught Executive DU. & Newsletter Editor Jane Brady Alit Executive Director Callie McGiJmis City Cemetery Division Mgr. Deborah Abraham Restoration Brick Mason
Jeremy Smith Elite Masomy Monument Conservator David Via Slone Faces and Sacred Spaces I
Our first Easter lily sale was 8 success. The cemetery was beaotifol
with the lilies on numerous graves.
If you missed the Easter Sunrise Service, you missed 8 very
interesting and enjoyable SCl"\-ice. We had 62 attendees who heard Dr.
Richard Gardiner preach an 1896 style sermon. It really was 8 time to stop
and think that even though times change how much they stay the same.
Rest assured that you will have another chance to attend an Easter Sunrise
Service in Linwood because we are aheady making plans for Easto- 2014.
The Foundation has fmally arrived into the 21" cennuy; we now
accept credit and debit cards! We accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover.
So now if you wish to pay your membership, make an honorarium or
memoriam, or buy 8 Linwood book, you ha\'C another allemative besides
cash or check
The hours the cemetery gates are open have changed to 7:00 am
to 7:00 pm. This was done in an effort to put all the city cemeteries on the
same opening and closing schedule. Now you won't have to worry about
someone's interpretation of"sundowo" and getting locked in the cemetery!
Until next time,
Jane Brady
The Linwood Legacy
Page 3 2013 ANNUAL MEETING
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Members will be held on
Thursday, May 16th , 5:30 PM in the Lummus Chapel.
All HLF members are invited to attend.
Our speaker will be Linda Ames, who will present a program on Find-A-Grave.
Linda is an active Find-A-Grave volunteer, who spends many hours exploring local
cemeteries - including Linwood.
Light refreshments will be served.
Welcome New Members January 11 to April 10, 2013
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Fessenden
Ms Helen Hobbs
Ms Mary Herschel Kinney
Ms Carol A. Martin
Member Renewals for January 11 to April 10, 2013
Mrs. Marcia J. Abernathy
Mr. Thomas Ed Adams
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mizell Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Arch V. Arnold m
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Atwood
Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Bickerstaff m
Mr. Richard H. Bickerstaff Sr.
Ms Estelle Y. Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. R. William Brooks
Mr. Michael Bush
Mr. Rick CaldweU
Mr. John R. Cargill m
Ms Jan McGlaun Caves
Mrs. Mary Anne Chappell
Mr. and Mrs. W. Garner Cheney
Mr. & Mrs. Lovick Corn
Mr. William J. Cunningham Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William DesPortes
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Dismuke
Mrs. Sarah Patterson Fair
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Fay
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fields
Mr. Warren W. Foley
Mr. & Mrs. Madden Hatcher m
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Huston, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth S. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh G. Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. John Kennedy
Dr. & Mrs. Edward B. Kinner
Mr. & Mrs. EUiott Kirven
Judge & Mrs. John T. Laney ill
Mrs. Judith J. Linenfelser
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Link
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. McGurk
Ms Susan Blanchard Metcalf
Mr. Edward W. Neal
Mr. & Mrs. J. Edward Norris Jr.
Mrs. Barbara B. Page
Ms Celia G. Page
Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Passailaigue Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim D. Pate
Mr. & Mrs. WiU Peek
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Plott
Mr. Robert T. Price Jr.
Dr. Nancy E. Pruitt-David
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Puckett
Miss Dee Rainey
Mr. Albert M. Redd Jr.
Ms Joan Swift Redmond
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Schladensky
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schley
Mr. & Mrs. Heath Schondelmayer
Ms Gloria T. Stover
Dr. & Mrs. Richard K. Staus
Mr. & Mrs. Trip Tomlinson
Mrs. Lois Tryon
Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Van Ness
Col. M. Reid Wallis
Lynn & Nancy Weekley
Mr. & Mrs. Sam M. Wellborn
Mr. Robert E. WilJett
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Williamson
Ms Elizabeth W. Willis
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Winn
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Wood
Mr. William C. Woolfolk ill
Mrs. Dorothy M. Young
The Linwood Legacy
Page 4 Memorials & Gifts ..•
January 11 - April 10, 2013
Historic Linwood Foundation is grateful/or the generosity and support 0/ the following donors: In Honorarium
In Honor 0/ Mr. John Sheflall
Lizzie Rutherford Chapter No. 60 United Daughters of the Confederacy In Memoriam
In Memory 0/ PatriciD Hurst Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. Gardiner Garrard
In Memory 0/ Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Russell Mrs. Louise B. Thomas From our President:
John Page
Recently, Margaret and I were at a dinner party in Savannah, and seated at our
table were a couple from Mobile. They mentioned that they had stopped in Columbus on
their way to Savannah, to visit Linwood Cemetery. Naturally, I was interested, and asked
about the experience. It happened to be Jane Brady who greeted them, but it could just
as easily been Callie McGinnis. They could not say enough good things - about the
cemetery, the upkeep, the restoration and the hospitality and courtesy they received
from Jane. They had relatives in two lots, and Jane took them right there and made their
visit a real pleasure.
I hear about people visiting our cemetery from out of town, but I had never
actually spoken to any of them about their visit. This was a wonderful validation of the
work of our Foundation. It was a pleasure hearing such compliments on our grounds
and our truly excellent staff. We're doing good work!
Best,
John
THIRD SATURDAY TOURS
Beginning next month, we will be offering monthly THIRD SATURDAY TOURS of Historic
Linwood Cemetery. The first tour will be Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 AM and will be a
general tour (no special theme or focus). The tour will begin at the Lummus Chapel and
last about an hour. These tours will be free and open to the public. (Donations will be
accepted.)
We now accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover!!! The Linwood Legacy
Page .5 Three Columbus Worthies: Unmarked Graves
Over the last few months we' ve had queries that led us to some very interesting research.
Two of these queries involved three people who are buried in Linwood. It is curious that
these three individuals, Walter Terry Colquitt, Alfred Iverson and Randolph Lawler Mott,
were prominent Columbus citizens in their day - yet none of them have marked tombstones.
Most people know the name Mott - Randolph Mott, the owner of the famous Mott house
which still stands today on the banks of the Chattahoochee, on the Total Systems Campus.
Mott is known for being a Unionist during the Civil War; his house served as headquarters for
General Wilson after the battle of Columbus. Mott was also an "aggressive pioneer"
according to Etta Worsley (Columbus on the Chattahoochee, Columbus Office Supply Co.,
1953). He owned stage lines with his wife's brother-in-law John Mustian (Mustian and
Mott had married the Jeter sisters), as well as the Palace Mills and the Rock Island Factory
(bought and sold in 1857). Mott served as a Georgia Representative from 1857 to 1858 and
was Mayor Pro Tem during the Ashburn murder case. He was struck and killed by a train in
the Atlanta train yard in 1881; h is remains were buried in Linwood Cemetery in Section 1,
Lot 140.
Walter Terry Colquitt is probably best known to locals as the father of Peyton Colquitt, who
married the beautiful Julia Hurt (daughter of Joel Hurt who lived at Dinglewood). Shortly
after their marriage, young Peyton was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga. Walter T.
Colquitt had a very full and successful life. Educated at Princeton, he became a highly
successful Columbus attorney, specializing in criminal law. He was elected Judge of the
Chattahoochee Circuit in 1826; served in the Georgia Senate from 1834 - 1837; and served in
the U.S. Senate from 1842 - ) 848. Colquitt died in 1885 while visiting Macon. His remains
were returned to Columbus and interred in Section I, Lot ) 96 (this information via Linda
Kennedy).
Like Colquitt, Alfred Iverson was a successful Columbus attorney who had graduated from
Princeton and gotten into politics, being elected to the Georgia House in 1827 (served till
1830), the Georgia Senate (1843-1844), the U.S. House (1847-1849) and the U.S. Senate
(1855-1861). Iverson also served as a judge in the State Superior Court. He married the
daughter of Governor John Forsyth ; they lived at 527 1st Avenue in what is now called "the
Octagon House." After the War, Iverson moved to Macon, where he engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He died there in 1873; his remains were returned to Columbus and buried in
Section C, Lot 634, which contains 3 unmarked slabs.
Grave of Randolph L. Mott
Grave of Walter T. Colquitt
Plot of Alfred Iverson
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The Historic Linwood Foundation Membership Form
MISSION STATEMENT
TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN LINWOOD CEMETERY AS AN HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITE OF IMPORTANCE
TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND ITS CITIZENS. TO ASSIST THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IN RESTORING,
PRESERVlNG, IMPROVING, MAINTAfNING AND MANAGING LINWOOD CEMETERY, AND TO EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC WlTH RESPECT TO THE CULTURAL AND HISTORIC VALUES OF LINWOOD CEMETERY, AND FOR OTHER
EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
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