A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . sta,whose geographical position gave hinia decided advantage over the othersand who got to the point of acceptanceof his proposal. However, parentalobjection was raised, and Dick Gar-nett went to his death at Gettysburgin 18C3 with the image of lovely Ce-celia Stovall graven on his heart; hehad never married, and when theGrim Reaper cut him down he was ageneral and one of the bravest men inthe army of Northern Virginia. It may have been a coincid
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . sta,whose geographical position gave hinia decided advantage over the othersand who got to the point of acceptanceof his proposal. However, parentalobjection was raised, and Dick Gar-nett went to his death at Gettysburgin 18C3 with the image of lovely Ce-celia Stovall graven on his heart; hehad never married, and when theGrim Reaper cut him down he was ageneral and one of the bravest men inthe army of Northern Virginia. It may have been a coincidence thatWm. T. Sherman, then a lieutenant,was assigned in 1845 to detached dutyat this same arsenal at Augusta; hemay have wanted to see his old room-mate, but more than likely he pinedfor sight of Miss Cecelia. However,if he sang the old love song over again,her answer was the same, and here wasone citadel, at least, that an irrepres-sible West Pointer could not take bystorm. So with Dick Garnett, a noble sonof old Virginia, who could trace hisancestry back to Adam; but he wason a salary that would little morethan care for two. Miss Cecelias. GKN. MARCELLUS A. STOVALL, roommateat West Point of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, whobecame the sweetheart of Miss Cecelia Sto-vall. 240 A History of Rome and Floyd County proud parent, Pleasant Stovall, oncea resident of Athens, desired that sheshould marry a man of wealth and in-fluence. She was forbidden the pleas-ure of young Garnetts company andsent to visit relatives in South Caro-lina. There she met Capt. Chas. Shell-man, whose suit was favored by daugh-ter and parent, and so they were mar-ried. Lieut. Shermans stay in Augustaterminated abruptly; in 1850 he mar-ried _ his adopted fathers daughter,Nellie Ewing, and his biographer re-corded many years later that she washis first love. Marcellus A. Stovallmoved to Rome in 1846, and he wassoon joined by his young half-brother,George T. Stovall, who became asso-ciate editor of the Rome Courier
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