Q: I have a relative that was wounded in a Civil War battle near Stone Mountain, and was taken to a hospital in Atlanta, where he died a few days later. We are confident of this information, because we have the original journal written by another relative who was fighting with him. The family has been trying to find where he is buried. Is there a list of the Confederate soldiers buried at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery, and if so, how can I get it? Also, in what other local cemeteries might Confederate soldiers be buried?
--Lem E. Wiggins III, Duluth
A: There is a list of soldiers buried at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery on its website at www.mariettaga.gov/departments/parks_rec/cemeteries.aspx#3. The list is broken down by state and the website also includes a brief history of the cemetery. The Genealogy Society of Cobb County -- www.cobbgagensoc.org/index.htm -- also has published “Cobb County, Georgia Cemeteries,” Volumes I, 2 and 3, which lists the names of those buried in cemeteries throughout the county. There are several cemeteries throughout the Atlanta area where former Confederate soldiers are buried, including Stone Mountain City Cemetery, Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery in Jonesboro, Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery in Riverdale, Fairburn City Cemetery, Atlanta’s Utoy Cemetery, Westview Cemetery and Oakland Cemetery, New Hope Cemetery in Dallas, Milner Confederate Cemetery and the Greenwood Confederate Cemetery in Barnesville. Some of these cemeteries have lists of those who are buried there.
Q: Who was/is the Clark Howell of Clark Howell Highway in Clayton County? Isn't it also Ga. 85?
--Lance DeLoach, Thomaston
A: Clark Howell, not to be confused with renowned cheapskate Clark Howard, grew up in Atlanta, went to the University of Georgia and became a journalist, rising to editor of the Atlanta Constitution in 1897 before buying controlling shares of the paper to become its owner in 1901. As if he didn't have enough to do, he also served three terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and then two terms in the state senate. He suffered a bitter defeat in his bid for the governorship in 1906, losing a hotly contested campaign against Hoke Smith, who had owned the rival Atlanta Journal. Howell was appointed to national posts by presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Atlanta Constitution won a Pulitzer Prize under his watch in 1931. Oh, in his spare time, Howell founded radio station WGST as a gift to Georgia Tech, and somehow managed to have have buildings named after him at both UGA and Georgia Tech. The DOT told me that Clark Howell Highway goes from I-285 and ends when it merges with Ga. 85 and Forest Parkway, north of Riverdale.
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