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Noble Leslie DeVotie

Story ID:1016
Written by:Mark R. Lupo
Organization:Business Consultant
Story type:In Memory
Location:Columbus GA USA
Year:2006
Person:Noble Leslie DeVotie
Noble Leslie DeVotie
Noble Leslie DeVotie
Noble Leslie DeVotie
GPS Coordinates: 32.47757Deg N, 084.98118Deg W

Noble Leslie DeVotie is buried in Linwood Cemetary in Columbus, Georgia, right off of 17th Street and 10th Avenue. His gravesite is located nearer the 10th Avenue entrance on a small hill.

Noble DeVotie was one of eight founders and the first leader of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is considered the first casualty of the Civil War after he accidentally drowned.
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