The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-20
CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 1892
NEW VIRGINIA DIOCESE.
ORDERED TO BE ERECTED BY THE
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.

ORDERED TO BE ERECTED BY TIL
/ EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
A List of the Counties Included in tn
, New Division and Church Stats
tics-Its Seat.
The New Diocese in Virginia ordere1
to be erected by the Triennial Episcopa
council on Saturday comprises the fol
lowing counties:
Accomac, Northampton, Princes
Anne, Norfolk, Nansemond, Isle o
Wight, Surry, Prince George, Sussex
Southampton, Greenesville, Chester
field. Powhatan, Amelia, Nottoway. Lu
nenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Char
lotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox
Cumberland, Buckingham, Nelson, Au
gusta, Highland, Bath, Allegheny
Rockbridge, Amherst, Bedford, Pitt
sylvania, Campbell, Henry. Franklin
Patrick, Carroll, Floyd. Montgomery
Roanoke, Botetout, Craig, Giles, Pulas
XII, Bland, Wythe, Grayson, smyth
Tazewell, Buchanan, Dickinson, Rus
sell, Washington Scott, Wise, Lee
Elizabeth City, York. Brunswick, Dim
widdie and Warwick The division was
stated by the Virginia delegates to be
desired by the bishop and the great ma
jority of the clergy.
In the new diocese of Virginia there
will be IS clergymen, $3.50 commune
cants. 143 congregations and 80 self sup
porting parishes. The contributions
amounted to 1857, OS0.47, of which S.
709 81 went to the contingent fund, thus
ensuring ample provisions for the sup
port Of the new bishop. In the old do
cese there will be 60 clergymen, 1906
communicates, 155 congregations and 80
self-supporting parishes. The contribu-
tions from this section were $149, 093 81,
of which S., $3.50 went to the contin>
gent fund.- thus ensuring ample provi-
sion for the support of the bishop. In
the new diocese there was in 1890 a pop
ulation of 1854 $3.50, while in what will
now be the diocese of Virginia there was
population of 572, AT.
Lynchburg will be the seat Of the new
diocese.
The Longfellow Family.
From the Portland, (Me9 Press.
The death of the Rev Samuel Long
fellow leaves but three of the brothers
and sisters of the famous poet. They
are Mr.. Alexander Longfellow of this
city, for many years connected with the
United States Coast Survey; Mrs Mary.
Greenleaf Of Cambridge, Mass, and Mrs.
Ann Longfeilow Pierce, whose hone is
the old Longfellow mansion in this city,
the quiet brick house which stands back
from Congress street, crowded in be-
tween the Preble House on one size and.
the business blocks on the otler Mr.
Stephen Longfellow, another brother
the poet, died many years ago and is
buried in the family tomb in the West
ern Cemetery. sister, Miss Ellen
Longfellow, also died many years ago in
her youth.
The old colonial mansion on the cor
ner of Fore and Hancock Streets is
pointed out to visitors as the birthplace
of the poet but the brick house on Con-
gress street was the family home. The
house at the corner of Hancock and Fore
streets was owned by Captain Stevenson,
father OF the late Stephen Stephenson of
Gorham. Captain Stephenson was go
ing away for a long voyage and desired
Stephen Longfellow, then recently mar
ried to the daughter of General Peleg
Wadsworth, to occupy his house during
his absence. 1t was while they were
living there that the poet was born. The
home of Mr.. Stephen Longfellow was
the brick house, which his wife's father
had built in 1856. 1t is said to have been
the first brick house in Portland. 1t was
undoubtedly one of the finest of the old
mansions of Maine. Commodore Preble
had not then built his mansion, the
present Preble House.
Mr.. Stephen Longfellow, the father of
the poet, died in this city in 1849, and 1t
was about the time of this event that the
family tomb was built in the Western
Cemetery. 1t is one of ten tolnbs along
the western side, all of which were built
within the twenty years following $780,
There are tombs of the Hosach- Kins-
man, 1856; the Edward Ingraham, 1858;
the Nathan Dyer, 1858; L. and G. e.
Sawyer, 1858; Means Cummings, Long
fellow, and Ten Brock families-all in
one line or block and similar in archi
lecture.
This tomb is the resting place of the
members of the family who have lived
and died in Portland, and Rev. Samuel
Longfellow will be buried here. The
poet is buried in Cambridge.
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