The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-26
TIE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered About
Town.

uu"NO W ~ w. aye, Iuc lTSS oupcTlD-
teadent Of tho East Hill Cemetery, con-
corning the twenty. eight Confederate
soldiers buried there. Tho following
is an accurate copy of the meagre
record which is spread upon the minute
book: b. Lambert, Eighth regiment
Virginia cavalry, died March 81, 1868;
ID. 5. Showers, company f, Fourteenth
Virginia cavalry, died January. 'G3,
residence Calhoun county, w. Va;
third grave unknown from Mcdowell
county, w. Va; S. Cotter, Fourteenth
regiment Virginia cavalry, died April
Z, 1862 residence Calhoun county. w.
Va. The second row contains nine
graves, first, w. Buchanan; second,
Charles Garrett, company L, thirty sixth
battalion Virginia cavalry; third,
fourth and fifth unknown; sixth, =
Phelps, company f, sixteenth regiment
1868, residence Wayne county, W.
Va. Tho third row contains eight
graves, first and second unknown;
third, Godson Walker. died January.
1863, residence Boone county. w. Va
four and five, no name. Six, ID. L.
Douglass. The fourth row contains
seven graves, all unknown. Tho first
is the eastern row; they are nun bered
from east to west and from south to
north After copying the above thu re-
porter, in company with Mr.. Oakley,
viewed tho graves which are SITUATED
in that portion of the cemetery which
is Immediately at that point where the
roads fork-one to Hollins and the
other to Roanoke. They occupy &. tri.
angular piece of ground measuring
about ITO feet to the side, and are
Somewhat apart from the rest of the
rfr &,1I IL
spot, and standing on this hallowed
ground one gets b4autiful view Of the
town in The valley below. Right
ACROSS tho road from tho soldiers
graves used to stand a largo house in
pine grove, built by Nathaniel Burwell,
deceased, for u hotel, but which was
torn down after the war. During the
war the Confederate government
used this house for hos.
Ii5al, and so as the wounded
soldiers gave up their earthly fight they
were carried across tle road and buried
in the enclosed field opposite, inst above
which stood the crumbling Tt nains OF n
brick Baptist Church. Somewhere
ABOUT 1865 the Roam ike Cemetery Com
pany was formed. and in 1869 the first
interment-that Of Capt. ii. II. Lee, who
had Represented the county in the Legis
laturo-was made. Since then IN any
have been laid TO rest in East Hill, sew.
eral costly monuments have been
erected, whilst as all the money re.
ceived for lots has been used for i'm
proving the property it is now a beauti.
full spot. The affairs of the present
East Hill Cemetery Company are so ar
ranged that all monies received must be
used for mprovemepts and no dividends
can be declared. Thus should Watts
Camp of Veterans desire to mark III @
last resting place Of these soldiers il an
appropriate manner it will benefit only
the memories of the dead and the senti-
ments of the living. Tho present OIL
GERS of the East Hill Cemetery are:
James Chalmers, president; d. q. Arm
strong, secretary: w. McCauley. treas
urer, and John NJ Oakley, superintend
ent. The board of directors, which is
-perpetuatiDg with the approval Of
tho circuit court, is composed as fol-
lows: Messrs. James Chalmers. w. Nc.
Cauley, ID. q. Armstrong, j NJ Har.
low, ID. Is. Strouse, K. III. Logan and j.
NJ Oakley.
In the county court yesterday the es.
tate OF DIR. John s. Deyerle, deceased =,
was committed to G.. w. Zirkle, sheriff,
for administration, his widow, the al
The will of Giles Logan was admitted
to probate; Anderson Williams and W.
r, Watkins examined as witnesses and
testified that they signed it in the pres =.
cnco Of Giles Logan.
The Schubert Quartetto. concert was
we'll attended and the entertainment
gave satisfaction. Quite Il feature OF
the evening was the entrance OF about
n1rn al
dressed in conventional black, and each
carving a cane on which were tied the
college colors. TIE boys Coupled the
front row, behaved very nicely, and at
the conclusion Of tho whistliDg solo by
Miss Mac Corkle they showered her with
white carnations, compliment which
she gracefully acknowledged. The con-
cert was somewhat marred by the racket
raised overhead by Shanks chapter,
which seemed to DO comforting tho
Royal Grand Bumper degree most Of
the evening.
j. l.. Walker has returned from 4
weeks visit to Dublin.
f. C. Glass, superintendent. of the
Lynchburg public schools, was in town
yesterday.
Fleming Wright, well-known farmer
OF this county, died last Thursday and
was buried near his home, on Catawba,
Friday.
Mrs. c. f. Mccormick, whose long i'll.
ness has been frequently mentioned in
these columns, died early yesterday
morning at her home, on Burwell street,
from consumption, aged 49, The funeral
will take place at $3.50 this q ternoon
from the Baptist Church.
James Truxell, we'll known as an herb
doctor" and great believer in ,he
efficacy OF ginger tea, died at his home,
near Hanging RICK, in this county,
Thursday night and was buried yester-