The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18


Captain.
| The Lord gave and the Lord hath
taken away: blessed be the name OF
| the Lord.--He died respected. beloved,
and mourned by his family and his
! fellow citizens
Others Of Dnvis Family.
/ On another section OF the outer cir
! Gle is a modest stone which says:
Sacred to the memory of Samuel
Emory Davis--born July 80. 1852
! Died June 1s. 1s54--Let the little
ones come unto Me"
On the third section is another little
tomb, which says:
Joseph. son OF our beloved Presi-
/ dent, Jefferson Davis-Erected to the
memory of Joseph Evan Davis. Born
1 April is. 1s59--Died April 90, 1864.
OF such is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Erected by the little boys and girls Of
4 the Southern Capital"
On the fourth section Is horizontal
| slab bearing tits:
Sacred to the memory OF william
Howell Davis Born. October 16, 1861
| Died October 10, 1ST1-Angels to
beckon me nearer my God to Thee
There are two fine black oak trees
one on each OF two of the sections
1 and on two sections the blue grass
sod is nicely cut, but unbroken.
Daughter of the Confederacy.
But TO the inner circle has been
added three new graves-one. the
wife, as yet unmarked,-the other is
/ the image of very beautiful woman
sitting with wings and a wreath of
| flowers In her left hand. This is the
1 inscriptions:
I'm memory of Varina Anne Davis.
I Daughter of the Confederacy-The
beloved child of Jefferson Davis. Presi-
/ dent of the Confederate States of
America. and yarina Howell Davis
| The whole country touched by her
| blameless and heroic career mingled
its tears with those who knew and
| loved her-He glveth His beloved
sseep-Erected by the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy November 9.
1Ses-In the bower Of her beauty. rare
ly gifted in intellect, this noble wo-
j man trustfully rendered up her stain
less soul to the God who gave it
Brave and steadfast her loyal spirit
was worthy of her peoples glorious
history-Born in the Executive Man.
j sion, Riehmond Va. Died September
IS. 1895. at Narragansett Pier. Rhode
| Island"
When a stone shall be cut and in
! scribed to Mrs. Davis this little circle
! of graves-lt Is eighty:-two PAGES
/ around them-will give a very accur-
1 ate biography of the love and affection
| of Jefferson Davis and his family. That
there is still daughter living is evil
| denced by another little grave at rest
in the inner circle. 1t says:
| Jefferson Davis Hayes, born March
| %. 1877. age three months and three
4 days-He is not dead but sleepeth."
This is the actual resting place of
| Jefferson Eavis and his family and
| has nothing to do with the great
| monument erected down In the city
of Richmond by the Southern people.
| and Just unveiled by the Confederate
! veterans.
Flts Lees Grave.
| Near this home place is the newly
| made grave of General Fitzhugh Lee.
and little nearer the finely kept
| hedge of-privit. that runs along the
| summit of the great rocky side hill
/ that borders on the James River is
an odd and exquisite idea for tomb.
| tits the base of monument, cut Off
about four feet high with an inclined
flat stone-so inclined that the in
1 scription can be read from halfcircle
marble seat perhaps fifty feet in dia-
i mo ter-where tic weary yet living
/ visitor can rest and read--it has in 1T
a sympathy and regard for the living
! unusual in graveyards. where all the
i sympathy and all the love and all
!. the tears go out from the burdened
4 and sorrowful hearts OF the living to
i the dead.
But the tablet says to you as you
I rest. y,
4 rs9s-AIary w. Curry, died May %.
is33-They that wonder shall 73ra'gn.
4 and they THAT reign shall rest.
i And so as rested I wondered and
/ tried hard to grasp the real meaning
1 that this tomb intended to express.
4 The tablet seemed like teachers
desk. and the marble circle like the
body of a schoolhouse. and the in
scription was like lesson from the
4 tomb. What was 1t saying-that Is the
4 wonder. and each weary visitor over
come with life's struggle resting here
A will wonder, why--will hear different
voices; but If they are acquainted With
| Curry they will know he presldent
of the Peabody Educational Fund OF
two million dollars donated by an
American philanthropst. George Pea
body, in 1867 to found common schools
In the southern United States. And so
4 the very marble seat about this tomb
4 shouts philanthropy and sympathy for
tfa living, and we are rested now and
thankful Of this new idea OF tomb.
Education and rest for the living. we
move on.
Here is a plain shaft about twenty
five feet high, The inseription says:
.Major- General j. f, B, Stuart, Com
A federate States alry---wounded May
nth, died May 10, 1S6d--aagad thirty
4 one years.
Ar. now we come to aspyramid of
rough stone--shaped exactly like the
ones in Egypt--this one. is about fifty
feet square at the base and rises more
than twice as high, u built'of rough.
large stones, but there are tablets.
4 and from they l rea Y:
..ro the Confederate Deadr-Memor-
4 lam Aeterna--Numlni and Patriae Asto
I5--E,rected by the Hollywood Memorial
A Association, A. d, CO."
Hollywood ,lakes Richmond glor-
Iious. 1t speaks louder thai, words that
4Ethey are Christians and aspiring peo-
4 pie, And I'VE loath TO Fay good bye, as
A we havea9not seen the half of At, and
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