Decatur Cemetery

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Cathy Vogel, president of the Friends of Decatur Cemetery, shares the history of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, also knows as the Lost Poet of Georgia. Chivers was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe through literary circles of the time, their works of the mid 1800s have distinctive similarities. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

The grave of Emily E. Pittman, a young woman who died in 1852 at the age of 21, is found in the old section of the Decatur Cemetery. The above ground memorial is protected by iron work, most of which is original to the site. Pittman's grave has been restored. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

The grave of Emily E. Pittman, a young woman who died in 1852 at the age of 21, is found in the old section of the Decatur Cemetery. The above ground memorial is protected by iron work, most of which is original to the site. Pittman's grave has been restored. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Many of the craftsman who work in marble and granite headstones mark their work, as is seen here, this stone is from a Marietta craftsman who worked on the Powell gravestone in the old section of the graveyard. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

The grave of Emily E. Pittman, a young woman who died in 1852 at the age of 21, is found in the old section of the Decatur Cemetery. The above ground memorial is protected by iron work, most of which is original to the site. Pittman's grave has been restored. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Decatur Cemetery is 58 acres just off the Decatur Square and is the final resting place since 1827 for the Decatur community. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)