Roswell's Distinguished Men

Roswell's Distinguished Men is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1958.

At the intersection of North Atlanta St. and Oak St. in Roswell.

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In this cemetery lie some of Roswell's leading early citizens, most of whom came here from Georgia's coastal counties: FRANCIS ROBERT GOULDING (1810-1881), clergyman, inventor, author of The Young Marooners and other juvenile classics; BARRINGTON KING (1798-1866), Roswell King's son, first settler, president of Roswell Factories, and his wife, CATHERINE MARGARET NEPHEW KING (1804-1887); NATHANIEL A. PRATT, D.D. (1796-1879), graduate of Yale and Princeton Theological Seminary, founder of the Roswell Presbyterian Church, its pastor for 40 years, and his wife, CATHERINE BARRINGTON KING PRATT (1810-1894); ARCHIBALD SMITH (1801-1886) and his wife, ANNIE MARGARET MAGILL SMITH (1807-1887). In the old cemetery, at the top of this hill, lie: ROSWELL KING (1765-1844), founder of Roswell, for whom the town is named; JOHN DUNWODY, ESQ. (1786-1858), and his wife, JANE BULLOCH DUNWODY (1788-1856); JAMES S. BULLOCH (1793-1849), Major in the Mexican War, father of Martha (Miss Mittie) Bulloch, wife of Theodore Roosevelt. Her sons were President Theodore Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt, the father of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Historical maps covering this location

1755 · (Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises. Southeast section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

(Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises. Southeast section), 1755, covering the location of Roswell's Distinguished Men, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — (Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises. Southeast section), 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Roswell's Distinguished Men

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