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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/31/19
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    • Oct 31, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/31/19

    "Ms. Penelopy Simmons" When we were going threw some of the paperwork used to file "Crescent Hill Cemetery" on the National Historic...
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/29/19
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    • Oct 29, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/29/19

    "The Ideal Widow" Part One By: Michelle Lane In 1881, on completion of his book, "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government",...
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/25/19
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    • Oct 25, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/25/19

    "Emerson H. Conner" (Updated 11/19/19) It's easy to let Mr. Emerson step into the background with a wife as dynamic as Ms. Laura Conner! ...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/24/19
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    • Oct 24, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/24/19

    "A Good Education is Never Forgotten - Monument to Ms. Laura Conner" By Bonny Gregory The monument for Emerson H. Conner and Laura C....
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/23/19
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    • Oct 23, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/23/19

    "The Conner Monument" By Bonny Gregory The Conner Family monument stands near the marker for Mr. Emerson and Ms. Laura. The Conner Family...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/22/19
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    • Oct 22, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/22/19

    "The Temple on Crescent Hill" By Michelle Lane One of my favorite places as a child is what I always called, "the temple"! I loved greek...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/21/19
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    • Oct 21, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/21/19

    "Freemasons on the Hill" By Michelle Lane The Masons are recognized as the largest fraternal organization in the world. Also called...
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/17/19
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    • Oct 17, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/17/19

    "A Pillow on Which to Rest My Head" By Michelle Lane I admit it - I love the fall but yesterday the annual fall head cold got me and I DO...
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/15/19
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    • Oct 15, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/15/19

    "R.I.P." By Michelle Lane “Requiescat in Pace“ - Latin - Requiem Mass ”Rest in Peace” Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine ℟. Et lux perpetua...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/14/19
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    • Oct 14, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/14/19

    "My Love for a Mausoleum" By Rebecca Lane Boyles Ok, so maybe she didn't say that.. But, having young children, Shoup soon married a...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/13/19
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    • Oct 13, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/13/19

    "Shoup's Early Years" By Rebecca Lane Boyles Daniel Pound "D.P." Shoup was born on August 7, 1851 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. ...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/12/19
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    • Oct 12, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/12/19

    By Rebecca Lane Boyles In the middle of Augusta Memorial Park / Crescent Hill is a small brick building. See as this is the only one in...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/11/19
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    • Oct 11, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/11/19

    We've spent the week hearing about Crocker / Quantrill - today let's visit the man himself! The Crocker grave site is found on the top of...
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/10/19
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    • Oct 10, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/10/19

    "Was L.J. Crocker Really William Clark Quantrill?" By Rebecca Lane Boyles Part Four And so Crocker began to tell Ferguson Quantrill's...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/9/19
    Michelle Lane
    • Oct 9, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/9/19

    "Was L.J. Crocker Really William Clark Quantrill?" - By Rebecca Lane Boyles Part Three Today another Augusta resident enters our story. ...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/8/19
    Michelle Lane
    • Oct 8, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/8/19

    "Was L.J. Crocker really William Clark Quantrill?" By Rebecca Lane Boyles Part 2 William Clark Quantrill was a member of the Confederate...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/7/19
    Michelle Lane
    • Oct 7, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/7/19

    "Was L.J. Crocker Really William Clark Qauntrill?" - By Rebecca Lane Boyles Part One In 1867 a man by the name of Leonard Joshia Crocker...
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    Good Mourning Augusta!  10/4/19
    Michelle Lane
    • Oct 4, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/4/19

    Ever wonder why so many tombstones are made to look like trees? Some cemeteries look like they're a forest! Crescent Hill / Augusta...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/3/19
    Michelle Lane
    • Oct 3, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/3/19

    "Bury me on Crescent Hill, my troubles will rest softly" ~ Southern Hymn, Origin Unknown I think many of us have memories both sweet and...
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/2/19
    Michelle Lane
    • Oct 1, 2019
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    Good Mourning Augusta! 10/2/19

    By: Rebecca Lane Boyles "Who is buried at The Presbyterian Church - later known as The Heritage Center?" If you walk behind the old...
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