Resident Spotlight: Harry and Nellie Roberts
Harry and Nellie Roberts gravestone is one of the most memorable in this cemetery. Harry was born in 1886 and Nellie in 1888. They died on August 23rd and 24th …
Resident Spotlights
Resident Spotlight: James A. Skelton
James A. Skelton was born on March 19, 1848, here in Kennesaw. The town was known as Big Shanty at the time. Skelton was born in a dirt-floored railroad shanty …
Resident Spotlight: Dr. John W. Ellis
On December 20, 1950, an article appeared in the Marietta Daily Journal about “‘Doc’ Ellis,” recently deceased. In this memorial article, the late doctor was described as someone who “saw …
Resident Spotlight: Rev. William McCollum
William E. McCollum was born November 12, 1867 in Cherokee County, Georgia. He grew up with his mother on his grandparents’ farm. He married Mary Chastain on October 28, 1888, …
Resident Spotlight: Lucy Booth
While not a veteran, Lucy Booth has strong connections to the Cold War. Lucy Gibson Booth was born on March 25, 1886, here in Kennesaw. Her parents, Isham and Mattie …
Resident Spotlight: Pearl McEachern
Pearl Hale McEachern was born in Fayette County on April 20, 1899. Her parents were Dr. John and Pearl Hale. She had three years of college. In 1920, she married …
Resident Spotlight: Essie Roberts Thomas
Essie Roberts Thomas, the mother of three veterans, was born on October 28, 1878, to Charles and Emma Roberts. Her future husband, Earle Dallas Lewis Thomas, was born four years …
Resident Spotlight: Gaspard T. Carrie
One of the most distinguished residents in Kennesaw history was Judge Gaspard Theodore Carrie, who served as postmaster, Justice of the Peace, owned an early Kennesaw hotel, and was the …
Resident Spotlight: J. Glenn Lewis
While countless drivers travel down Lewis Street in Downtown Kennesaw each day, few realize who the road is named after. A century ago, he was one of the most important …
Resident Spotlight: The Summers Family
Thomas Summers and Casandra Tomlinson were originally from Iredell County, North Carolina, and married on September 22, 1837. We can show that the Summers moved to Georgia before July of …