The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26
Hero lie the remains OF
Colonel Sam'l Meredith.
who departed this life Dec. %, 1903.
Aged rs years.
BY his side Is buried his wife. Her
I:y his stcu is buried his wife, lane
Henry. Her tombstone records the fol-
ITO the memory Of Jane Meredith,
who departed this life Aug. IL, 10.
Aged 81 years, month, ~ days.

i founder OF Princeton Theological semi
4 mary. in his "Reminiscencesl or Patrlck
/ Henry" says: Patrick Henry had sew
eral sisters, with one Of whom, the wife
of Col. Samuel Meredith. OF Amherst,
/ i was acquainted. Mrs. Meredith was
4 not only Il woman of unfei gned piety,
nor have 7 ever met lady her equal
IN powers Of aconversation.' The issue
/ of this union&were Sarah, married WI
liam Armistead; Samuel married eliza
lheth, daughter OF General John BraCk-
linridgc .sof Kentucky; Jane Henry, mar
ried David S. Garland.
In the family graveyard Mt Winton
are also buried Jane Horny Meredith
land and four other members OF the
Henry family.
vember l5. 1902. married Mildred Jor-
profession q lawyer. When quite g
young man he represented Amherst In
the eglslatnre: was a member or the
Reform Convention of 1S50-'bl, and of
advocated tho severe gnty OF the States
| and voted for the ordinance OF #seces-
sion. IN his latter years he was clerk
OF the Amherst Court. He was univer-
sally beloved and respected; was q lay.
died in $50, and Is buried at Kenmore.
In Amherst county. Mark TIL e perfect
man. and behold the sapri ght. for the
end of that man IS peace" The issue
who married 81 Colonel John n. Ellis:
Martha Henry, who married. Colonel
Thomas whitehead Rev. James Powell
Garland, .: d. who married Cd Lucy
sranddaughter or Garter Braxton.
Fstgner Of tho Declaration Of Independ-
sence. from Virginia t2o Narcissa r..
3 !, cot Lynshburg;; ts) Lucy Lee
Rose who married Henry Wills; Jane
Meredith who married willis Nills;
Sally, died In infancy; David Shepherd
died single; Samuel Meradit It'll, died sim,
Powell. who married Lucy ELLIS; Bessie
Powell, W no married Rev. DIR. n, IT. /.
Roy. James Powell Garland, b. d.
5lege June 10, S57. and TONED the Nir-
.ginia Methodist Conference 1858. and
was forty seven years In the active
ministry or his church, holding post
His long and useful life came TO a
close January ! 8, L 06. a fl
I.5 We cannot close this imp erfect and
inoNo9mplete sketch OF tho Gar1ands
a. Garland and Hon. Augustus ii. Gar
land. WI Hugh A. Garland was a brother
OF DR. Landon G, Garland lie was a
;mem M, tile Virginia Leg islature;s
representatives; n man or vast and
varied learning: q writer ofgdistinction:s
author OF The Llfe OF John RandolphN;S
81 Augustus Fl, Garland was "a solomon
tho Lunenburg branoh was n LAWYER
OF national repute; g Governor OF Arkaan-.
sas; United States Senator and Attor- A
ney;Generalsin CleVeland's 'Cabinet. M
eiarlnnd Connection With the pentIlc-
Il tons md the CnbelIs. 5g5 \, NJ
J, I.ettia. B, Psadleton married Hudson
Mlaatah PsaSlstoal ana s Mary aassh eabe Il
llogsley, Aricaiah Pendleton was son
or Phillip Pendlston and nephew of the
famous 1nristg Edmund Pen aleton.
dren, aud Mica ah--sn traaltion has ss' III
~ addressed Mary IIorsley seventeen
times before she would consent to
lnarry hlin-she. Ind to do / to get
rld % him, Mary Horsley was the: