Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-22
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O.. r.,e the daily news. and when the
,...-houso door was the chief bulletin
t. The information o. the people Of an
Isolated society. the tombstone was an
.-e,r.ant adjunct 90 history. Many a
name would have been lost TO the knowl-
...e of present times Il the faithful
...e-s carved in the stone had not de-
f,. tlc Keen teeth Of the storm and the
o[.te of the years. The strongest in
..--t 90 man is 20 live-not IN the body
trrs nor yet in the spirit. but I'm the
memory O. his fellow beings. II cannot
p. SAID that this instinct always mani
tests itself In good works. Living has
r, moral character OF its own. and 1t
..er rises strong and high above the
rrr.i.o ~ right and takes the path
rt vanity and OF crime. To live in the
memory ~ man spurred Napoleon on in
f- h.ooi-sta!ned career Of victory and
s.h. and raised the mighty but use
loss monuments OF Egypt and Assyria.
Ft when combined with firm. moral
directing power. this same instance gives
IT'S ttc worlds Observation-Disclosures and
r.. There can be no doubt that as there
IS more gooi than evil in this world the
for posthumous fame has produced
rre eood than bad results. II we take
..e language Of the tombstones. there
..- be- no doubt OF this.
o-r ancestors were nearly always kind
-hb'rs." tender parents" and "duti-
% citizens" ! may cite a few instances
Gwen h!gher merit OF Colonel Joseph
css died in 1850 the epitaph runs:
ere lies the great minister Of state,
V-' royal virtues had and royal fate"
.t colonel William Cole ,died in 1920
rt tcll:
was ln all his stations lust and great,
tr stood as firm pillar Of the State:
" ru may this De loudly sounded far:
le was unspotted on We Bench, un-
tainted at We Bar"
lines on the tombstone Of Governor
Euari DISCS. son % Sir Dudley Digs.
Master OF the Rolls % King Charles l..
--oIncei him 90 have been "the only
l-ce- and promoter Of the silk man
re n Virginia. and In everything
pattern worthy OF all pious imita-
dear EVELYN Byrd. we are told
'- The various and excellent endow-
-'s O. nature. improved and perfected
an accomplished education. formed
--r Tho happiness Of her friends and
ar ornament ~ her country"
seldom. indeed, does the verse incline
t-e frankress OF that OF William
s'-Tood formerly Attorney-General Of
Gle colony
Here lyeth William Sherwood.
That was Born in the Parish
~ White Chappell. Near
London. 4 great sinner.
Waiting for a joyful
Resurrection"
'- Zap az our records &c. the career
r. William Sherwood was highly honor
t % h.m' but there is letter pre-
served from him 20 ST. joseph williamson.
r ne back Of which IS endorsed by the
fr zone Of those who robbed ne"
s the shadow OF a youthful error
90 have rested % the last on the
70 the poor man. The nob,er events
ire were trusted 20 papers. but
bis sin ~ stone. After such
-ss-on William Sherwood could con-
wait for 'Joyous resurrection"
IBID OLDEST TOMBSTONE.
P. started TO tell about the oldest
--'ne.' and VIII notice. first an
which has crept into the writings
--.-sble authors ore Thomas Hurd
-r.-'y copied" in October. 1887, an
.I-cn lQurp1rting 20 be 20 years
r- tombstone Of usual size"
standing cu the banks Of the NeabscO
Ceak 3D. Prince William county. Mr..
Charles Campbell gave currency 20 his
staten sl- tv publishing 10 In the Southern
Literary Messenger Tor October, 1873
ease lr l%o Mr. Alexander Brown
rei at=- 1lr. Campbeirs language IN his
Ert HrrE "rte Genesis of the United
states He numbered 20 Document XIV.
b-t s-.-. give This without comment
~ -r- .Se Br0wn Vol. J.. page
lHJ 10 .s f-r. that the authenticity OF
me late Claimed -sN had been denied in
me Ae"
DETERMINED 20 get AZ the truth OF the
matter The writer. in company with Mr..
D.. l- Tray ..r ~ Ri-lmorl went up 10
f-esi9ne Depot on TIE Qgantico D.vis-
JOB ~ the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
ioa-. and walked over 20 the tombstone.
Neatsco Mills. some three miles dis
DE found 10 without difficulty, and
tlll-slze fra-ir~ The stone was
c.-ttess covered With moss when Thomas
1926 visited &c. AID the letters were pro-
cf tscrrel. But the proprietor OF the
had -o-s.ierateiy Ia late years pro-
Gle tomb with a shelter from the
weather. ana The inscription was de-
- without difficulty. There is no
i-a' what was taken Tor the year
i9s WIS Ies
&c up-on is as follows:
1LYEs
BODY OF LIUT
"rLLEANE.
FERRIswHO
I-ED May.
81 1898.
AGED 60
YEARS:
RY BIRTH 4.
BRITANNICA
GOOD SOLDIER
As GOOD HUSBAND
o. KINDE:
NEIGHBOUR.
no ra'ent-books IN the Land ONCE
c~ ta.s view Of the matter. An ex-
a-atCn shows that = grant was made
ono william Harris May 5o 1919, OF
100 acres ll Stafford county, beginning
Wte oak standing by an indian
@ which divides this land and ye land
r Nathaniel Barton al We head OF
9 creek and ye Maine Runne there
On February y. l6sO-'Sl. William
and Lewis Markham got a coniir-
70 this grant from Philip Lud-
agent for the pr0prietors OF the
bern Neck. The tombstone OF VII
Harris lies at a place al the head
Aapsco CNeabsco) creek and the Maine
r n Prince william county. which
haa formed cut Of Stafford In 1870 re
r1ogbteliy the william Harris or ths
iaieris who was probably an oificer IN
',e regimeut OF Colonel Herbert Jenryes
eng over from England % subdue Bacon
on. in those days the vowel e
yes pronounced "a"