- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Elizabeth Church Robb's Headstone
- Creator:
- Jarrett Martin
- Contributor to Resource:
- From the Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab
- Publisher:
- Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab
- Date of Original:
- 2015/2021
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Elizabeth Church Robb died in 1868 and was buried in a family plot at the Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens. Though Robb died from ovarian cancer, her obituary was embellished and reprinted to bolster Lost Cause mythology.
Photo of Elizabeth Church Robb's grave, located in a family plot in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, Georgia. The headstone is additionally inscribed with the names of her father Alonzo Church, her mother Sarah Tripp, and her husband, James Robb. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/elizabeth-church-robb/elizabeth-church-robb-headstone_001/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://digilab.libs.uga.edu/cemetery/items/show/20
- Original Collection:
- Death and Human History in Athens
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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