Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-06-20

ident of the Mountain View Cemetery
Company. he is survived by the sor
at whose homejhe died.
Nathaniel Hiberger dropped dead
last Thursday morning in the Office Of
the City Hotel in Sharpsburg. The
hotel is conducted by his SON, aud
while conversing with friend Mr..
Hibsrger fell over dead. He was
for many years past well-known
resident of Sharpsburg. but for the
past fifteen years had lived in Wash
ington. BE had gone to Shsrpsburg
the previous Sunday for a visit of a
few weeks. The deceased, who was
81 years old, is survived by his wife,
four sons and four daughters.
Mr.. James T. Freeman, former
resident Of Jefferson county, died last
week at Pitcairn. Pa, aged "a years.
He moved to Pit.sburg from Halitown
two years ago, making his home with
lis son. The deceased was a Confed-
crate veteran, having served in the
Stonewall Brigade during>the Civil
War. He is survived by his wife,
three sons and three daughters.
Lewis Bragonier Moore, eldest son
of the late Col. Lewis T. Moore, Of
Winchester, died in New York last
week and was buried in Winchester.
he was a nephew of ]. S. Bragonier,
of Shepherdstown.
William Gray, a young man of
Charles Town district, died last Thurs
day in DR.. Venning's hospital. He
was 20 years old.
Mrs. Sarah D. Byers, wife of Ben
jamin w. Byers, died at her home
in Martinsburg last Thursday, aged
55 years.
Mrs. Martha Joy, wife of Martin
Joy, died of paralysis last Saturday
night in Martinsburg, aged SO years.
HonOring DiXie's Dead at Hagerst0wn.
Confederate memorial day exercises
were held in Washington Cemetery,
Hagerstown, last Sunday afternoon,
under the auspices Of the recently or
ganized Confederate Memorial Asso-
citation of Washington County. The
exercises, which were in charge of s.
Lewis Lamkin, were very impressive,
and were participated in by Henry
Kyd Douglas Camp, Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans, of -Shepherdstown.
More than 1000 persons were present.
The address of the day was delivered
by Capt. R. S. Parks, Of Luray, Va,
and at the conclusion OF the exercises
the graves Of the soldiers were strewn
with flowers. The Confederate SOL
diers who are buried in Washington
Cemetery were nearly all unidenti-
fed when they were inferred. After
the governments final decision to ex-
clude the bodies of Confederate sol.
diers from the Antietam National
Cemetery at Sharpsburg, the Legisla-
ture of Maryland, in 1870, decided to
appropriate $1,000 for the proper
burial of the Confederate dead. For
10 years the bones of the Confeder.
ates lay at Autietam in trenches so
shallow that frequently farmers
plowed up portions Of the remains.
In 1872 the remains of l,72l Oonfed-
crate soldiers were removed from An
tietam battlefield and buried in Wash.
ington Cemetery, a portion Of Rose
Hill Cemetery, which had been pur.
chased by the trustees out of the State
appropriation. The money appro-
priated was nearly exhausted, and
the Confederate dead that lay buried
at South Mountain and in other parts
of the county were not at that time
removed. IN 1874 the Legislature
made another appropriation and the
Legislatures of Virginia and West
Virginia each appropriated $500. In
the same year the remains of 2.474
additional Confederates were exhumed
and buried in Washington Cemetery.
Two thousand dollars was set apart
to keep the cemetery in good repair
by the use. of the income, and mon
umeot costing 81, 450 was erected.