Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-12
4 SOUTHERN WOMAN.
III. Noble Daughter Of q Noble Race
Of American Patriots.
MARTHA cambridge BIBB.
49,, Family and Ancestors Have for Gene
ration. illustrated the south In Camp,
Council Field. and Forum.
......,.,erv AIS. ) Correspondence Of New Or
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w. leans 1imesDcmocrat)
~, Oh, eth Of January. 1857, there died
,.. ,,ty "A woman OF whom the Mont
-, Advertiser. In chronicling her
., end burial said;
.... oath OF no woman who has lived
,..l,ma would carry a message OF
q, So many hearts as does that of
...i lady. Because more than others
So vomanly. the model Of her sex
...,. ali We set her on hill above
q and point 90 her feet as place
.. I'D m!eht so md learn the virtues
.. .ir. "a useful. and an unselfsh life.
... no zen 20 tell how patient and
.. .rr patient with the faults OF
living an for hunanity's sake-how
,. very duty and how ready at every
anon her charity-how a patriots fire
.. .n "a wcman's breast. and wo-
..... e.nue ways and acts made patri-
. holy thing. The last work
...h Ter heart was set was the monu-
...t. Aiahama's Confederate dead. LOT
Vhi,Cr than she ever dreamed
... bIuded in the hearts OF them
d.. loved her. Never in the history Of
... a have so many marks Of public
be.n paid TO the memory OF
Eoth the Supreme and Circuit
... ad burned in honor 20 her virtues
.. ..i-ic services. as did also the Code
-fe, If the General Assembly. A
,..... war veterans marched in the pro
and the ladies OF the Memorial
.,u attended in a body. No grave
ND cemetery whore sleep so many
- rromerys best and noblest sons
. t...hters Is a more honored spot
. $3.50 %. through all time the grave
,.r' Sophia Bibb.'
fSON DAVIS AT THE DYING
BEDSIDE
Az .-rrrcss,vo incident was at the same
,.. t..- related by the Advertiser;
-..r Jefferson Davis made his last
tI visit 20 Montgomery the most
.r incident OF the many that made
..as time Of tears az well as JOY
.. meeting with Mrs Bib. He had
.-. l.r as his friend during his brief
in this. his first capital, and
.....--1 AS the nurse and guardian Of
.. and wounded soldiers who had
.... him 10 defeat He called on her
. t..- her sick I'm bed, and when he
... her side and leaned above her she
...r AIMS around his neck and drew
.t. l.rs Every heart was fun. and
.. was silent. and every eye was
Kiss 10 WAS eloquent Of love. and
... ROW. and trust. and patriotic
r.- Jefferson Davis never had
...r.r tribute than the feeble touch
... loving lips 20 his.
~ this typical southern woman.
MO- ha typical southern gentleman
me sie bore. and Of the living
..- Martha Dandridge Bibb-upon
. Dor mantle has descended. and OF
.. -... rrom which mother and daughter
.. mat am minded to-day-m sight
., LOFTY monument on Alabama =
.,.,. rl with which their names are
|.Irr a-sociated-tO pen this com
.. 1851. sketch which. il seems 10 me.
....r-lv find place In the columns of
t tapor of the chief city Of that
..t which they and generations OF their
....... -- hayc SO gloriOusly illustrated. II
..t. breed Of noble bioOds that / would
readers Of that paper. the inteih-
..+... thpuChtfll OF whom, ] am sure,
r. failed 20 appreciate It's course
.h.rg. from time to time, biograph-
bA Ilf+Al hiiA Fsti'+' -
.....r.s. lives and examples are WORTHY
--. interpolation and emulation OF
.-.. ..r, live to-day. II IS well to turn
.... oftencr the better from the
... ~ if. to-day-from the mad, cha
- -sl f.r pelf and paltry pieasures-
r.-. 90. mental pabulum afforded by the
...... novel; ard the society and amuse-
r.t .lmn Of the daily journal the prize
... ... the criminal courts-and read OF
. ... and women whose lives have
t. ara refined humanity instead OF
.... p,.rssned and dragged II down,
... public Journal that contributes 10
... renders y public service or very
..l. Who can doubt that the con-
.'..u % such life as that to when
.. tho impressive tribute OF a
homage that WAS witnessed IN this
-f.r au that vas mortal of Aunt
... .ifh" was consigned 10 the tomb
.. doubt that the contemplation OF
.t. d.. worth far more to the young
. .... .rtrring upon womanhood IMAM
.. ling 81 80 society" novels. or
...- detailing the trifing existence
F. ms be-iizened butterflies? VINO
....t that tho reading by the youth
t...s " the record OF the men VINO
.. .rh Washington In the field and
..H Henry. and jefferson, and Madl-
. ff- couucil--Of the men whose
... H.arts strong arms and clear heads
... ~ atest republic this world has
.r-who can doubt that the readlns
. record by the American youth
t.. more worth to them far fairer
for the progress Of civilization.
...l o.. the reading Of the record
.lurgcr and criminal who mas
.-Ir
HN HISTORIC NAME.
.r, f-., names IN American annals
watch cluster more and richer MS
Citations than are brought TO
tte name Of Martha cambridge
-I th. persistent and unbroken
Hn from generation 10 genera
... ancestry and kindred Of her
10. ~ the qualities Of courage.
Patriotism. and all the senu-
.t most cnnoble humanity, fur
striking example Of heredity.
.. Iy the hallOwed spot around
mat winters day seven years
... people OF Montgomery gathered
p tle memory OF her whose dust
rc there. my thoughts wan
.. mother spot. far To the north
.. t1 "a burial there more than
years before.
rATRIOTS GRAVE.
.t .nte. near stanton. in the
.t4t valley which 80 charmed
tue golden horseshoe knights
rpIe with Spottswood round
grave over which Is =
. with this inscription:
.U. Die the remains or
JOHN LEWIS.
Irish lord settled Augusta
county.
flc town OF stanton,
,i eve sons 10 Tight the bat
ttc American Revolution
.t- son OF Andrew Lewis, Esq,
s .-s calhoun. and was born In
CO.. ireland, 1913. ann
Virginia Feb, list. lI62
~- brave man. a true patriot. ana
.f" friend OF liberty throughout
the world
A.'' relicta. whit immOrtalitats
inductus
t De grave Of the great-ereat
&c. ..r - Martha cambridge Bib,
u3t.crs side. We'll has II been
t more glorious epitaph could
'.. been Inscribed upon the tomb
..'5 o. and a nobler fraternal hand
t,w blade in libertys behalf. The
tat patriot slre and the mother
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