Carole Johnson wrote:
>> Carrie Camp Memorial Library
>> ===============================================
>> Barbara:
>> His name was Andrew J. Camp son of E.F. and S. Camp born Aug 14 1861
died July
>> 13 or 15, 1863. Sadly underneath it says "gone but not forgotten" but
it
looks
>> like he was.
>> I was talking to a historian at the Dekalb Co Historical Society today
and he
>> said the grave sounded too old to be in that cemetery, that the cemetery
didnt
>> start til around 1880 but his tombstone was against a tree there and
there are
>> no other cemeteries around so...
>> I hope you can help. It's so sad to think of a child forgotten.
>> Mary
>Mary,
>
>I too would like more info on the tombstone. My Great-Grand-Father was
>Andrew Jackson Camp, son of James "Seaborn" Camp and Mehaly Beavers,
>born May 9, 1834, died March 24, 1907. Seaborn was married a 2nd time
>to Elizbeth Parish. Children I have of this marriage were born in the
>time frame you mentioned.
>Questions; Could the "E F" you mentioned be "E P"? Would someone
name a
>child of a second marriage the same as one by the first marriage?
>Bob
>
Bob,
I am descended from Seaborn and his second wife Elizabeth (Sissillia)
Parish. As far as I can tell, they lived their entire married life
in Clayton County, Georgia near the Flint River. There is a small
cemetary on the property that has a number of graves with the only
one marked being Seaborn's. Elizabeth was buried in the Baptist
Church cemetary in nearby Riverdale, Georgia. They had a son of
approximately 18 months old to drown after falling into a well and
Elizabeth had to retrieve his body. I believe that child (also
Seaborn) was buried in the Riverdale cemetary also. Elizabeth was
the granddaughter of Hinchey Mitchell who shares an ancestor in
common with Margaret Mitchell.
Carole Camp Johnson
Hi Carole,
Have seen your post many times. You do a good job.
A couple of points about what Mary said;
1. Based on her conversation with DeKalb Historical Society, the
tombstone may not have belonged in the cementary she found it in. It
could have been found somewhere else, and later placed there. Example; a
CSA marker on Andrew's grave was stolen about 1985 has never been found.
2. Andrew and his wife Drucillia Huie lost 5 children to a dipherra
epidemica about the same time Mary mention. I do not know the burrial
site of any of these children. Of 8 children, only 2 lived to adulthood.
The oldest son died the day he graduated from college from
indpendsities.
3. While my great-grand-father was Andrew Jackson, the "J" on the
tombstone Mary found could have stood for a another name (ie: John),
this could make quite possible.
Comment: Intersting quote on Andrew's tombstone;
"Tis' not all of life to live, nor
all of death to die"
not sure where this comes from, but always liked it.
Bob