FIRST -- Mayor of Atlanta, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta GA
N 33° 44.907 W 084° 22.367
16S E 743363 N 3737366
The grave of Moses W. Formwalt, Atlanta's first mayor
Waymark Code: WMWPN7
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2017
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This elaborate roughhewn gray granite monument was erected at the gravesite of Moses W Formwalt in 1916. Formwalt served as Atlanta's first mayor in 1848.
The engraving on the monument reads as follows:
"Erected by
the city of Atlanta
to the memory of
Atlanta's first mayor
MOSES W. FORMWALT
1848"
A bronze plaque beneath reads as follows:
"Erected by
Cemetery Commission
Atlanta, GA 1916
[list of names]"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1848
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