"1833-06-01"^^ . . "Elizabeth \u201CLizzie\u201D Rutherford Ellis"@en . . . . "Columbus, Georgia, United States"@en . . "1114981363"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Lizzie Rutherford (later known as Mrs. Roswell Ellis) was an American woman who is associated with the founding of Confederate Memorial Day, which itself is the forerunner of Memorial Day an annual holiday to decorate soldiers\u2019 graves. The basis for most biographies of Lizzie Rutherford is A History of the Origin of Memorial Day as Adopted by the Ladies\u2019 Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia, a revised history of the Memorial Day holiday published in 1898. These biographical sketches include the one in the New Georgia Encyclopedia by David S. Williams and Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends by Lucian Lamar Knight as well as shorter references like that in Race and Reunion by David Blight. Few delve any deeper."@en . "Capt. Roswell Ellis"@en . "1873-03-31"^^ . . . "9829"^^ . . . . "1873-03-31"^^ . "1833"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia"@en . "Elizabeth \u201CLizzie\u201D Rutherford Ellis"@en . . . . "250"^^ . . "1873"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Columbus, Georgia,"@en . . . . . "Lizzie Rutherford (later known as Mrs. Roswell Ellis) was an American woman who is associated with the founding of Confederate Memorial Day, which itself is the forerunner of Memorial Day an annual holiday to decorate soldiers\u2019 graves."@en . . "--05-01"^^ . . . "59133604"^^ . . "1833-06-01"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Lizzie Rutherford"@en .