On the grounds of the French Camp Academy, Mile Marker 180.7, the Drane House is found. Colonel James Drane built the home in 1846. The house was moved to this site in 1981. Their family cemetery was located about 12 miles northwest of the French Camp in a area called New Haven. In July 1991 the gravestone markers were moved here, the family was not re-interred here.
James Drane
Born
Feb. 24, 1808
Died
Mar 9, 1869
Here, lies an honest man.
(James has a Find A Grave Memorial here.)
(James has a Find A Grave Memorial here.)
Mrs. Matilda B.
Wife of
Col.
James Drane
BORN
In Columbia Co, Ga
Mar7, 1813
Died
in Choctaw Co., Miss.
July 27, 1859
(Her Find A Grave memorial shows a verse, here.)
Sarah Ida
Staples
Born
Dec 25, 1856
Died
Aug. 13, 1857
Alas How Changed
Thou Lovely Flower
Which Bloomed And
Cheered Our Heart.
Fair Fleeting Comforts
Of An Hour, How Soon
Were Called To Part
(The inscription for Sarah Ida Staples was found on her Find A Grave memorial.)
Please see the Find a Grave cemetery listing for this cemetery. The listing shows the old burial place with new stones AND these older stones that were moved here to the French Camp site.
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