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Gordon County, Georgia
Cemeteries
LONGSTREET CEMETERY
Source: "History of Gordon County, Georgia"
Calhoun, Ga.: Press of the Calhoun Times, 1934
Submitted to Genealogy Trails by K. Torp
LONGSTREET CEMETERY
Longstreet cemetery, 1 ¼ miles west of Calhoun on a wooded knoll near the Calhoun-Rome road, was selected
by the owner for a family burial ground because of its proximity to the Oothcaloga mill property, or Longstreet
mill, as it was then called, established and operated prior to the War between the States by James C. Longstreet,
formerly of Augusta, Ga., and a member of the prominent Georgia family bearing that name. It is said that he took
great pride in the mill which he had developed to such a high degree, and often expressed a desire to take his
eternal sleep within sound of the falling waters. The first grave to be placed there was that of Mr. Longstreet.
The most pretentious marble shaft in the cemetery-bears this inscription:
Sacred to the memory of
James C. Longstreet
Born Sept. 25th, 1829
Died July 8th, 1859
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit
that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.
Among others who lie here, tombstone records show
the names of:
Edmund Glascock
Only child of Mary Arrington Glasock and Aaron Roff
July 9, 1838—February 14, 1875
Sallie A. M. Camfield
Died Dec. 6, 1882, aged 56 years
He giveth his beloved sleep
Rebecca L. Roff
Sept. 13, 1818—Apr. 29, 1891
V. W. Boisclair
Died April 22, 1872, aged 54 years
Lydia H. Boisclair
Wife of V. H. Boisclair
Died June 11, 1884, aged 62 years
Ellen E. Boisclair
August 4, 1826—Dec. 5, 1900
Ellen M. Harkins
Oct. 1, 1883—Apr. 25, 1904
Rebecca Winnifred Baird-Jackson
July 8, 1837—February 25, 1905
James W. Jackson
Aug. 4, 1831—May 9, 1891
Camfield M. Jackson
July 14, 1871—Oct. 21, 1908
Mary Lou Jackson
Died April 15, 1887, aged 26 years
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