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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224F_dr-elizur-and-esther-butler-missionaries-to-the-cherokee-indians_Rome-GA.html
Buried in the grave sixty feet south of this point is Esther Post Butler. Born in Connecticut on September 15, 1795, Post married Dr. Elizur Butler, physician and minister, in October 1820. The Butlers were sent by the American Board of Commission…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1109_general-thomas-edwin-greenfield-ransom-1834-1864_Rome-GA.html
Thomas E.G. Ransom enlisted as captain of Company E, 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. Wounded four times, he won honors at Ft.Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Red River. Rising steadily through the ranks, Ransom lead 17th Corps, Army of T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVYL_berry-college_Rome-GA.html
Starting with a Sunday School in a log cabin one mile south of here, Martha Berry founded a boarding school for rural boys in 1902 on 83 acres of land, adding a school for girls in 1909. From this humble beginning, Berry College grew and, during M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQD3_ellen-louise-axson-wilson_Rome-GA.html
Born in Savannah, Georgia, May 15, 1860Moved to Rome, Georgia, March 1866Graduated from Rome Female College, 1876Attended New York Art Students League, 1884-1885 Her father, The Rev. Mr. Samuel Edward Axson was pastor of Rome's First Presbyteri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYY_original-cabin_Rome-GA.html
This cabin, birthplace of The Berry Schools, (now Berry College and Berry Academy) was built as a playhouse for Martha Berry and her brothers and sisters shortly after the Civil War. Here, in the late 1800's, three small boys from Lavendar Mountai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYX_martha-berrys-birthplace_Rome-GA.html
Martha Berry, founder of the Berry Schools, was born and lived here at "Oak Hill." Daughter of Capt. Tom Berry, wealthy plantation owner, she devoted her life to providing educational opportunities for the children of her less fortunate neighbors …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLZ_frenchs-div-at-rome_Rome-GA.html
May 16, 1864. Maj. Gen. S.G. French, in person, reached Rome from Ala., enroute with his div. (Polk's A.C.), to join Johnston's army [CS] at Cassville. Sears' brigade was sent to Kingston that night. May 17. Ector's, resisting Davis' approach o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLX_federal-occupation-of-rome_Rome-GA.html
May 18, 1864. Davis' div., (14th A.C.) [US], moving from Resaca via W. bank of the Oostanaula, forced passage of the river against Confederate opposition & captured the city. Davis' seizure of Rome was incident to a move E. toward Kingston upon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLW_davis-march-to-rome_Rome-GA.html
May 16, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.C. Davis' div. (14th A.C.) [US] left Sugar Valley via roads west of the Oostanaula River to outflank Johnston's forces [CS] retreating from Resaca. Davis had been informed that Farmer's Bridge on Armuchee Cr. was an …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHV_floyd-county_Rome-GA.html
Floyd County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 out of Cherokee County. Originally, it included parts of Chattooga, Polk and Gordon Counties. Early settlers came from Tenn., S.C., and older parts of Ga. The county was named for Maj. Gen. John Floy…
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