About Magnolia Cemetery
Magnolia Cemetery is a cemetery near Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. It lies about 1.2 mi northwest of Augusta. The grounds sit at about 128 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 26 notable people buried here, including Edward Porter Alexander, James Ryder Randall and Patrick Walsh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 317605. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cedar Grove Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is C A Reid Sr Memorial Funeral Home in Augusta, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 96 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Augusta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Magnolia Cemetery
Among them: 8 Civil War veterans, 3 journalists, 3 Mexican-American War veterans, 3 US representatives, 3 writers, 2 physicians, 1 artist, 1 aviator or astronaut.
- Edward Porter Alexander1835-1910Confederate Army general
- James Ryder Randall1839-1908American journalist
- Patrick Walsh1840-1899American politician
- Paul Hamilton Hayne1830-1886American editor and poet
- Ambrose R. Wright1826-1872Confederate Army general
- Benjamin F. Conley1815-1886Governor of Georgia (Republican)
- Goode Bryan1811-1885Confederate Army general
- William Duncan Smith1825-1862Confederate Army general
- George Thomas Barnes1833-1901American politician
- James C. C. Black1842-1928Confederate Army soldier and American politician
- John K. Jackson1828-1866Confederate Army general
- Marcellus Augustus Stovall1818-1895Confederate Army general
Show all 26 notable burials
- Victor Girardey1837-1864French-born Confederate States Army brigadier general
- A. Viola Neblett1842-1897American temperance activist, suffragist
- Thomas Glascock1790-1841American politician
- Jennie Hart Sibley1846-1917American temperance leader
- John Troup Shewmake1828-1898American politician
- Paul F. Eve1806-1877Surgeon
- Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas1834-1907American educator and diarist
- John S. Davidson1846-1894Member of the Georgia State Senate
- John Usher Jr.1831-1913American photographer and Stereo card publisher
- William Tracy Gould1799-1882American lawyer, founder of the Augusta Law School
- Ethel Hatton Leitner1859-1910American folklorist
- Henry Fraser Campbell1824-1891American physician
- Lawton Vasque Smith1894-1963American mail pilot
- William H. Tutt1823-1898American physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Magnolia Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Magnolia Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Cedar Grove CemeteryAugusta, GACemetery0.2 mi
- Thankful Baptist Church CemeteryAugusta, GABaptist cemetery0.4 mi
- Milton Antony Burial SiteAugusta, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church CemeteryAugusta, GACatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Church Cemetery & Burial GroundAugusta, GAChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Lutheran Church of the Resurrection Ash GardenAugusta, GALutheran cemetery1.0 mi
- Tabernacle Baptist Church CemeteryAugusta, GABaptist cemetery1.4 mi
- Walker Memorial ParkAugusta, GAMemorial park1.4 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Burial SiteAugusta, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Augusta University CinerariumAugusta, GACemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Magnolia Cemetery
- C A Reid Sr Memorial Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 724-7594
- Peoples Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 724-1885
- W H Mays Mortuary1.0 miMortuary · Augusta · (706) 722-6401
- Elliott Sons Funeral Homes1.3 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 722-5566
- Williams Funeral Home Inc1.7 miFuneral home · Augusta · (706) 722-5551
- G L Brightharp & Sons Mortuary2.5 miMortuary · North Augusta · (803) 279-0026
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