The Washington critic., 1885-06-20

trving 10 embrace the dead in its cool, dark
shade. On the stone under Mr.. Hoover's
name is written Sarah Il. Hoover VINO
had gone before him just one year. seven
months and twenty-five days.
THE QUITS MEMORIAL.
a pretty design marks the grave of
James Madison Cults, once Second Comp
troller of the Treasury, and the father of
the beautiful Ada Cults. Four slender
pillars uphold n quaint roof with sloping
gables. An angel in the centre with a
wreath III one hand and trumpet in the
other symbolizes the crown ofglory await
ing the Just Mt the last day.
Over the remains of Major John y. Hag
ner, second son of Peter d. Hagner who
died at Fort Brown in 1856, not quite
forty years old, rests a cenotaph whose tip
has q quaint resemblance to military
cap.
An old oak at the corner keeps umbra-
gcous watch over the lot where sleep the
dead ones of Thomas V. Ball; violets hide
the grassy turf in wanton profusion. Here
rest Thomas V. Ball, Jane, his wife, and
Mary V. Hay, wife of Charles G.. Ball,
whose loving care erected the monument.
II is III shape like tuncatcd pyramid,
bearing shaft with q cross.
A beautiful memorial marks the grave
of Peter Won Essen, who was born in
Hagcrstown, Md, inf 1902, and died in
Georgetown in 1866; and of his son, John
Peter Won Essen who died in Georgetown
in 1878, aged 49, The son lived but half
as long as the father. marble base up
holds slender shaft engraved with a
cross and wrcathed with flowers.
DEAD IN THE LORD.
Ninion Bcall who bore one of George
towns historic names, rests beneath u
pyramidoidal stone, from whose top a
marble curtain falls in graceful folds. We
read, Born August, 1892 died July, 1856"
Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord"
~ like that phrase" SAID Maude,
softly. ut takes away the sting from
death. love to think that, as u little
| child goes TO sleep on the bosom of its
| mother, so |, when am called, shall sink
| into my final slumber in the arms of
| the Lord"
A pyramid of marble typiiies the inn
mortality into which Elizabeth Il. Hop
| kins, Eliza J. Hopkins and George w.
Hopkins, have entered; and near by rises
| tail marble shaft, whose white surface
| has been discolorcd by the years that have
| passed over it,. IL marks the grave OF
Catherine Ann Tschiciiely, who was born
November 26. 1876, and died December q,
| 1857. Only eleven years of earthly life,
| but twenty-eight years in Heaven. Upon
| the face OF the base we read
| Hope looks beyond the bonds of Time.
| When what we now deplore
| Shall rise to fiji immortal prime
| And bloom to fade no more"
| One of the handsomest of the plain,
simple monuments lies little to the south
west on the terrace above the myrtle-cov-
cred receiving vault. Upon its faces are
inscribed the names of Elizabeth Simms
died Nov. s, 1861; Sampson Simms, died
May g. 1862; Harriet Simms, beloved wife
of Sampson Simms, died Nov. 2l, 1857
Horatio Beall, died March y, 1865; Eliza
beth Ann Beall died August I, 1867 Har
riet Virginia Beall, Lloyd Simms Beall
Will, died Oct. 10, 1891" Death delighted
to wound this family, and for over twenty
years the scars Of one wound were no
healed before another was inflicted.
TIE coRcoRAY MAUsoLEUM.
Not far from the latter monument Their,
rises u beautiful dome-like hillock, crowned
with Il Grecian temple, on whose top il
the figure of an angel. This temple is thu
malsoleum of Mr.. w. w. Corcoran. Tn,
circular hillock, on which it is placed
slopes down to the north rather abruptly
1t IS surrounded by white oaks, with Il few
cedars here and there, lending their palm
like beauty to the scene Several bushy
spirmas relieve the smooth turf of the hill
lock, and four classic vases of flowers com
pletc the floral and arborcal attractions
This mausoleum is classically severe
nothing ornate being revealed except il
own simple beauty 1t is of pure whit
| Italian marble and cost $40, 900 a rust
chair on the south edge of the hllock in
vites the tired stroller to sit down and ex
| anime the monuments at his leisure. i,
the south of the hillock rises marbl
ccnotaph upon n rectangular base, sur
rounded by Il cross. Plainly cut upon it
face are these simple words sin memoir,
of Thomas Corcoran, who died January ~
1850, aged 76, and Hannah, his wife, VIII,
died June ,, 1928 aged 5S."
Next TO tins monument is one to the phil
anthropist's sister, Ella Corcoran Hill
who was born January -, 1907 and dice
May II, 1879 aged y. 1t is u cross sup
ported upon square layers and surrounded
by an entwining garland, on which /
craven "Simply to Thy Cross ] Cling.
From one corner depends wreath. BE
low the cross is the one word Mother
To the north of the elder Corcoran'
monument rises Il plain shaft with groove,
edges, and cross in relief upon the face
The inscription is TO the memory of DR.
William Jones, who died June %, 1857
aged II years, and to his wife, Sarah Cor
coran, who died September q, 1873, age'
49, Another tall, plain shaft, in shap
Thomas Corcoran, died October ~, lSiC
aged 81 Emily Corcoran, died Febru
airy Il, aged A. F" On the reverse of tn
Hill monument is the inscription; Fathe
born April IL 1906, died September Il
1881" In this lot, also, is the monumen
OF the Matthews family, who are cor
nected with Mr.. Corcoran by marriage
The date of the first death recorded
1888, the last 1884, But between thes
dates the shafts of death fell thick an
heavy in the Matthews family,
We were struck by the fact, as recorde
on their tombs, that the Corcorans are nc
generally long-lived people. None q
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