Elizabeth Church Robb’s Headstone

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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.

From the Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab, Death and Human History in Athens.

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Elizabeth Church Robb's headstone at Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, Georgia.

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