DEKALB COUNTY, GA - Cemetery  Arnold Family

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ARNOLD FAMILY CEMETERY



Name and location of the property.  The only
directions we have to the Arnold Family Cemetery are
those Franklin Garrett left us: "south side of Old
Covington Road just east of Lithonia, near Georgia
Railroad, 16th District." 1 Unfortunately, that is
not enough of a description to locate the cemetery
considering he gives no land lot and considering how
much the Lithonia area has changed since he visited
the cemetery in 1932.  Old Covington Road in that
area has numerous junkyards, used car dealers,
automotive repair shops and the like, making the
discovery of this cemetery very difficult.  When a
cemetery is out in the country, it is sometimes
discovered when developers accidently discover it
while clearing land. But this area is already
developed.

A brief description of the property.  Again, all we
have to go on is Franklin Garrett's work.  He
reported three grave: Sallie Arnold who died in 1882,
her son William F. who died the same year in infancy
and Iler Jenkins who died in 1886.

A brief description of the people buried on the
property.   Sallie Arnold was the first wife of Rev.
W. H. Arnold. We know she lived in Lithonia in 1880,
according to the census.  She was then 27, her
husband was 31 and their daughter Mary was 10.  Their
son William was born in 1881, so he did not show up
on the 1880 census.  Sallie and William died with two
weeks of each other (he was 4 months old), so we can
assume some disease common to the age killed them
both. In that time period it could have been thyphoid
fever, yellow fever, or any of a number of
communicable diseases.  Rev. Arnold probably
remarried and is buried somewhere else with his
second wife. 2

Continuing efforts to locate cemetery.  We will
continue to search for this cemetery.  Inquiries will
be posted on the internet on various message boards
in hopes there is someone out there who may know
where it is.  The historic planner for DeKalb county
(David Cullison) also informs us of any information
that may be useful.

References:
1. Franklin Garrett's Necrology, 1932
2.  1880 U.S. Census, DeKalb County