Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure records, 1873-1907.
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Estill, John Holbrook, 1840-1907.
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Col. John Holbrook Estill was born October 28, 1840 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1851, he moved with his father William Estill to Savannah, Georgia. William was a bookbinder, bookseller and printer and Estill became involved in his father's printing business at a young age. When Estill was eleven years old he started working in the office of the Evening Journal. During the Civil War, Estill served as a private in the Confederate Army and was wounded at the First Battle of Manassas. Followin...
Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure (Savannah, Ga.)
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The Bonaventure plantation tract along the St. Augustine Creek was purchased from Commodore Josiah Tattnall by Peter Wiltberger in 1847. Wiltberger began developing the property as the Evergreen Cemetery of Bonaventure and it was opened for burials in 1850. Peter Wiltberger's son, William H. Wiltberger, was involved with the operation of the cemetery and following his father's death he formed the Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure. Wiltberger sold the property to stockholders of the compa...
Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, Ga.)
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Wiltberger, William H., 1825-1872.
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