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Gottlieb Hauser was born in Germany, but died a full blooded Athenian. He was a son, Father, Soldier, and cigar dealer.

Maria Nickerson was the wife of Reuben Nickerson and a member of the Oconee Street Methodist Church for 54 years. She is buried in plot WH103 in Oconee Hill Cemetery.

The Grave of Thomas Evans, who lived from 1786 to April 10, 1861. He fought for his country in the War of 1812, where he was injured.

Lucy Phelps Lampkin lived the modest, but long, life of a planter’s wife in Clarke County, GA. The mother to five children, Lucy Lampkin raised a family in the chaotic period Civil War period, outliving her spouse, Lewis Lampkin, and passing away…

The death of Alonzo S. Church was mourned by many in the Athens and University of Georgia communities, as Church had great influence in both. As a Presbyterian minister, Church often assisted poor churches who could not afford a minister by offering…

Oliver Hillhouse Prince Jr. and his wife, Sarah Maria Rootes Jackson were members of the prominent Prince family in 19th century Athens. Their economic importance stemmed from the large plantations that they operated in the surrounding counties and…

The Long brothers were a notable part of the Athens community during the late 19th century. Their dedication to medicine impacted not only the city of Athens, but the world as well.
Plot WH164

Chester P Adair was a private with the U.S. Army and served with the American expeditionary forces during World War I. He contracted pneumonia while in Toule, France and died in a French hospital on September 18, 1918 at the age of 25. He was the son…

Sampson W. Harris, a prominent political figure from Athens, lived until the age of 48, from 1809 to 1857.