Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-18
THE PILGRIMAGE ENDED.


dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Fannie M
Robinson.
In shaded vale of the silent wood,
Faint and weary we pause to rest;
While the deepening shadows lengthen
ing grow,
And the sun sinks down in the west
Through the tree-tops CLEAN the COLDER
bars
OF evenings glorious light:
While the soft winds chant their vespel
hymn,
And the day fades into the night.
To the end of life's journey all must
come,
When our eyes shall close to earth'l
light;
But to open again in the City of God,
The city where cometh no night"
There the angel host the redeemed viii
greet,
With their songs of glorious praise;
And Heaven shall be ablaze with loves
light,
From the face of the Ancient Of
Days"
p. M. BELL.
A beautiful earthly life ended when
Mrs. Fannie Moore Robinson, of Nuts
vile, Va, went to sleep in the arms OF
infinite love on January 10, 1910.
An account of her sudden death has
been given, but the lovable character
and noble ancestry of this true Virginia
gentle woman deserves more than pass
ing notice.
The person of Mrs. Robinson was
marked by daintiness and grace, in
manner. gracious and dignified, her
generosity only limited by her means.
Our friend possessed vigorous mind,
was conversant and~interested in all the
affairs of the times. She kept her
mind fresh and sweet with books and
flowers with which she was surrounded.
Fragrant white lilies and byacinths of
her culture followed her to the end. She
was an adept with the needle and de-
lighted many with her beautiful en-
broidery.
Her sweet and hospitable home was
hallowed by her long presence, where
gathered from time to time friends and
relatives to enjoy her society, to profit
by her rare judgment and rich exper-
fence; but now these with her children
sadly miss 1.-THE touch of the vanished
hand and the sound of voice that is
STILL"
Mrs. Robinson married the late Capt
7. Beverly Robinson of King William
County, coming to Lancaster after the
war as an educator. Capt. Robinson
won distinction serving with the cadets
of Lexington at the battle of New
Market. He also graduated from that
institution.
The subject of this sketch was the
daughter of Peter L. and Jane Moore
Hull, Of Hull's Neck, Northumberland
County. and granddaughter of Col.
James Moore, of Revolutionary fame.
The history of this family compiled
and edited by Judge Gilmore, of Balti-
more. and G. Heide Norris, of Phila-
delphia, records that ''since 1859 there
is an unbroken line of distinguished
ancestry who have occupied high social
positions and given years of service to
their country at the time of her greatest
need"
Col. Moore served the entire time of
the Revolution with Gen. Anthony
Wayne. His regiment, lst PennsyI.
vania, carried off the hQnoFs'' at
Monmouth c. H., and participated in
many other battles. He wintered at
Morristown and Valley Forge and his
name appears several times as appointed
to official duty by Washington. He
followed Gen. Wayne to Virginia to join
Lafayette, his regiment doing valiant
service at Yorktown, Charleston and
in the siege at Savannah. In 1872 Col
Moore became member of the society
of The Cincinnati and was member of
the General Assembly from l784-'8S.
In 1887 Col. Moore married Sally,
daughter of Col. Sharp and Margaret
Delaney, a prominent belle of Philadel-
phia, and came to his home, Northum-
berland House, near the mouth of the
Potomac river, where to-day interesting
tombs mark the graves of the dead.
Among the fourteen children born to
this couple was Catherine Moore, mother
Of Mrs. R. T. Pierce of huntsville, Va,
Elizabeth Moore, mother of the late
Mrs: Eliza Gillian of Northumberland
County, and Youngest daughter Jane
Moore. the mother of the subject of this
sketch, DR.. Peter l.. Hull, of Jamaica,
N. T., and two sisters now deceased =
Mrs. Martha Gaskins Watts and Mrs.
Bette Parker. Through her father,
Peter L. Hull, Mrs. Robinson was q
llneal defendant of Rev. Joseph Hull.
In John Camden Hotlen's Original
List of Emigrants" is this interesting
entry. Weymouth We 20" of March,
1856. 'The Hull Colony" this com.
pany of adventurers. bound for New
England. A complete list of the 1Ot
names follow. The names Eweh ane
Gaskins of the Northern Neck, HUH
Moncure, Herndon and Ashby, of Stat
ford County, are among the we'll known
descendants In Virginia.
In paying this just tribute to our de-
parted friend we find that her kiad wer,
brave in adversely. loyal in service t.
country and home. while unaffected
modesty and piety are chief character