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Explore Victorian-era monuments at Bonaventure Cemetery Leslie Alwiel For Savannah Morning News This is the time of year when we reflect on what we are thankful for as we plan for the new year ahead. We here at the Bonaventure Historical Society are thankful for the opportunity to tell folks about the history of Bonaventure Cemetery. Way back in 1846, Peter Wiltberger bought the property and incorporated a portion of it as the Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure Plantation. The following year, 1847, Evergreen Cemetery became the third public cemetery established in Savannah, after Colonial Park and Laurel Grove. The city of Savannah acquired Evergreen Cemetery and renamed it Bonaventure Cemetery in 1907. ....
Leslie Alwiel / For Savannah Morning News Sculptor John Walz is probably best known in Savannah for his “Little Gracie” statue created in 1890, memorializing Gracie Watson in Bonaventure Cemetery. He has over 70 sculptures in Bonaventure Cemetery and others in local cemeteries, as well as in Savannah. His own marker is another story in itself. Walz was born in Germany in 1844. He came to the United States as a young boy, originally to live with family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after the death of his parents. He returned to Europe to study his craft and eventually settled in Savannah in 1890. He married a local widow, Sarah Bell Gilmore, in 1907 when he was 63. When Walz died Nov. 27, 1922, he was buried two days later in Bonaventure Cemetery in a plot originally purchased by Charles Gilmore, Waltz’s wife’s first husband. His wife died in 1931 and was interred between her two husbands. Walz however didn’t receive a marker until April 30, 2015, ....