The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-19
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Lewis was evidently proud OF tho
Bacons-his first wifc's mother was
a Bacon. The next tomb reads.
ITO the sacred memory of Abigail
the loving and b owed wife OF Mai
Lewis Burwell. Of the county of Clos
ter. in Virginia, gent, who was de-
scended of the illustrious family of the
| Bacous, and heircss OF the Hon. Ma
thaniei Bacon, Esq., President OF Vir-
! gInia, who, not teing more honora bic
! in her birth than r:r:uous in her lite,
| departed this world the I2th day Of
| November, 1899, aged thirtylsix years.
having blessed her husband with four
| sons and six daughters"
on this tomb are lmpaled the arms
OF Burwell and Smith.
The second Lewis's second wife is
thus memoralizcd:
TO the perpetual memory OF the
ylrtuous. loving and beloved Martha,
daughter of Jonn Lea, Esq, of Nansc-
mond. in Virginia; married TO Colonel
William Cole. by whom she had TWO
sons and Two daughters; and after
wards married to Major Lewis Bur-
wen, oil the county OF Gloucester. by
whom she had TWO sons and six dauEh-
| ters. VINO not more worthy In her birth
IMAM virtunus in her lifc resigned this
Hloltdl Ire lnf hnotHcE immortal ono
OF bliss and glory on the 18th day OF
August iIU!, in the thirty-siXth year
or her age
on this tomb there were arms, but
they are ohliterated. 1T was in fras-
ments ana they We're pieccd together
ey Mr.. Stanard like a picture puzzle
The next tomb is thus Inscribed:
Here lyeth the Body of Lewis, son
OF Lewis and Abigail, hiss wife; on th,
left hand OF his brother, Bacon. ana
Il. dom 1T I'D LII
| lth day of September. 1926, in the
10Th year Of his age"
and beside this is another exquisite
iittig altar tomb, which reads:
Ga1shtor OF LeNis and Martha, his
Wife. size departed this life in the
HrSi year OF her age, on the Goth CT
The last tomb erected in the old Car
ter's Creek graveyard is this:
Beneath this tomb lies the body of
Major Nathaniel Burweil, eldest son
OF Major LeWis Bulwell. who by a
wcll-regulated conduct aud firm integ-
Iity, justly established a good reputa-
loit lie died i'll the forty ana nrst
year OF his age, leaving behind him
three sons and one daughter by
Elizabeth, eldest daughter OF Robert
CSarter, ESD III ye year OF our Lord
Were not these tombs worthy of per
pctuNl care! They are portions or Vir-
Siild history. They point to a time
when there was a distinguished and
wealthy Gentry--a formidable aristoc-
racN; when caste Was as well defined
as color. Right or wrong il existed
and the witnesses of it Should he pre-
served.
October 10, 1911.
Editor Genealogical Column, Times.
Dispatch. Richmond. Va
Dear Sir-Will you kindly give me
wiIdt Information YOU can i'm regard to
The Anderson family, of Chesterfield
county? Also was there a Major An
, dcrson in The War of 1879 WHO was
e member Of this family? thanking
you in advance, 1 am.
Very truly yours.
a READER.
We havo never searched the Ches-
terilsid records for tho name Anderson.
There is roster OF 1919 soldiers at
/ the state Library.
To-day there are so many notes ana
queries, corrections, etc. that we
shall have to give tho column up to
| them-Ed.
Fort Republic Va,
Editor OF the Genealogical Column:
feel most grateful TO "S. o." Your
correspondent, who. in last Sundays
Times-pispdtch. helps to relieve me
out OF tho "tuhgle" | haze cotton into
IN my efforts to trace my lineage In