Archive for December 2008
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“Little Martha” Ellis – remembered in stone and song
Martha Ellis was only 12-years old when she died in 1896. Her parents obviously loved and sorely missed her as they erected this marker at her grave. Little Martha is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia.
The cemetery was laid out in the 1880s with the idea that it would be a resting place [...]
Young, John Freeman
John Freeman Young served as priest at Jacksonville’s St. Johns Episcopal Church from 1845-1847. In 1859, while serving as assistant priest at Trinity Church in New York City, Young translated in to English the Austrian hymn, Silent Night, Holy Night. The song has become the world’s favorite Christmas carol. in 1867, Young returned to Jacksonville [...]
