Evening journal., 1888-05-22

'fourteOus, HOspitable, never disc0ntented
With an incOma narrow a. very uncertain.
He spent much time In Prayer s. Medita-
tion.r
Alexander MoClemant was former resi-
dent OF Dover and visitors to the Presbytsr-
ian church yard there are attracted hy the
gravas af bis throe wives. Each has a sep.
crate grave, esoh being less than % yeara
OF oga ~ the time OF her death and All X
aniir himself was only 81 when his last
spouse departed. The care exercised BY him
IN tho burial OF his tbrse wives is 20 be
mmondad, clesrly indicating that be was
O very cautious man. The first 10 buried
about 40 feet from the fence. and upon her
stone are q few lines tes;ifyiag bis grief; 20
feet further along is buried Mrs McClem-
ent No. 9, and Alexander upon the stone
addresses death aud says: iInsrtiate archer,
was nos one caough.p Thirty feef further is
the grave % Nc. 8, and ia anguish the thrice
bert ft husbsni exclsims: "Thrlcs thv ar
row isv nnd thrice my peace was siain
Alexander was apparently satisfied after
this and did not run tho risk OF having his
peaco slain q fourth time, buslived 81 years
after the death OF BIZ third wife, thor
ougbi7 hrcken-hearted man. His remoins
reposa as closa 20 tho tomb OF his third wife
as the stones could be placed.
In this same church.yard at Dover is tho
magnificent tomb OF John M Clay ton, and
10 the north ol the church ia the column
erected by the Legislature to Col. John
Haslet who led tho Delaware line 10 the
Revolution, and also that OF Chancellor
K,llen. Standing on a email bill, ia the
mids. Ct a corn d4ld as one enters the town
of Salshury, K'nt county. Del are two
old stones wi the inscriptions ''iu memory
OF Capt Samuel Lloyd, E.q., who departed
this life the 90 day OF August. 1867, in the
Goth year Of his age. Behold, he 10 dead
o yes, he is gone Lamented Here, bus
welcomed home. Let us content ourselves
and seek TO meet him at Emanuel's Feet
There with the Heavenly Hosts to sing,
Eternal Praise to our King.n On the other
stone his wife is remembered The lament
II the captain has long since ceased, 70
just who he WIS ia yelled 10 obscurity
The oldest inhabitnnt never heard OF him.
His il not a Delaware name and it appears
nowhere in the history OF the state But
he must have heen prominent man OF his
day for the reason that he was captain
and thai esquire followed his name. TIC
latter term being applied at that time only
to gentlemen Of blue blood.
Ia the Episcopal grave yard. a short dis
tenee below these stones, two governor are
buried Governor Clark, who died Ia l7gJ
and Governor Temple, 10 1868
In the Presbyterian Cemetery, south Of
Smyrna, are buried Gov. John Clark, u.
S. Senator Presley SpruaDce, father Of
William Q. Spru nee, ESQ. of this city and
two Revolutionary uetriots. Copt. John
Matthews and David Kennedy. who was
formerly merchant OF Old Duck Greek
Cross Roads, now Smyrna.
A unique stone Is that In the MurderkiI
Presbyterian yard:
ITO the memory Of
George Craig
and laabella his wife
He departed thip Life
Ia the year l78S
Aged about SO Years
Alsn 3 OF their Children
Virtue a. Pietv give way to Death
Else the hnt1mnd had ne'er resigned
their BREATH
la South Murderkill hundred, upon the
farm Of the Rev. Mrs John Dowuham is
the grave OF Governor Truitt and family
Ia Mispiliion hundred the only public grave.
yards are those connected with the Har-
rington churches. Nearly every family has
its own private burying place. In the
n W. end OF the town Of Milford is the old
home Of the Rev Sydeuham Thorne, 10y
elist Of the Revolution and one Of the nblest
| Episcopal ministers in Delaware He is
buried in the rear OF the house. The prop.
erty was subsequently, owned by James
Clayton and Benjamin Potter James
Clayton was the father Of John M. Clayton
and here repoae the remains OF the latter's
family, the statesman erecting the tombs.
Benjamin Potter devised most Of his prop
erty 10 the poor OF Kent county. A story
is told Of Clayton while be lived here The
future Statesman was admitted to the
bar while his widowed mother and him
self occupied this house The family
finances had reached low ebh. Court was
In session at Georgetown ard thither
young Clayton joupeyed and secured q
client His fes was his fret and was $50
With this money he returned 10 Milford
and found bis mother sitting before the
worrying over the condition OF the family
estate and received the young barrister
with some remark respecting It. He at
once made her mind easy by dropping the
money into her lap. Near Milford are
buried Governors Burton, Causey. Sharp,
Rogers and Haslet.
To the old town OF Lewes, on the Thomai
Rowland place, is probably the oldest
graveyard In the state. As early as 1857 il
, IA mentioned 10 the court records as To,
"Ancient Burial Place. IL appears e
have fallen into diause as = public buria
ground and to have become a privat,
ground, and for the dead OF the Bailey,
! JAG bs and Art families A few OF thes,
stones sill remain, the Oldest being "Johr
Jacobs, died 17Sl.n The Oldest stone prob.
ably in the state Is one in another yard il
the same town upon which is the inscrip
tion;
"Here lyeth ye body
Of Margaret. widow
OF James Huling
1907
The first monument Of any sizs that wa
erected in ths yard is that OF Cart jaime
Drew, who commanded "his Britapni
Msjesty's sloop OF w8r DeBraak, in whicl
be was lost 10th Of June, 179S The D.
Break was supposed to contain an immeus
amount Of treasure. for which DIR. Il
Pancosst Of Philadelphia is now searching
small memorial, by an Italian artist }
child of Captain Stotesburg. attracts al
teution. 1t is a small block Of Italian ma.
bic. on which is carved a mantel, hall