The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04

ladies in the diocese OF Richmond was
established was the Convent OF Monte
Maria on Church NM Colonel Rich
ard Adams purchased ia 1891 from
the Colonel Byrd who founded Kich-
mond. ltisht hundred ana nuy
acres. virually the greater part
OF church HE 4 few years after he.
bought from John coles. the founded
OF that family Ia Virginia. tho site on
which the convent stood. It is PRO
nable that the oliost part OF .hc cor
vent was In the eighteenth century.
tho home OF colonel Adams The
school itself. therefore. was his;ori-
'ally as we'll as cducationaly inter-
cs,ins. dating back. as it did. 80 tho
very beginning of affairs in Richmond
'onnet icd witN tine old churches were
IN" old buryinS grounds. family bury
ing grounds located in convenient
proximity to the great houses of oarlv
days surrounded with substantial
prlck walls nnd defended by stout iron
gates from the assaults of vandalism.
hut there Is ono vnndal-rimc-w
lh IN" cnd gets his way with even
burial grounds That laid on, b,.
Colonel Richard Ndams and known as
me Adams and Darlington" cemetery
was at th" corner OF Twenty-third
ana Marshall Streets. For Years the
'''''''"'i '' pcdccfully IN this
quiet spot Then tho wall began to
,rumhie, tho hinges or the gates to
loosen ana deprodations Of all sorts
were carrie Finally. in 1885, it
vas decided THAT the dead shouId he
removed TO Hollywood and in 1921.
SIN N-s"von bodies were carried thither
under tho careful direction Of povton
- irrinston lmone tho bodies re-
Iro,on Wa 'H' Of William Lambert.
"N"' "i liNhnond in ante bellum
Gays. h" beine the immediate prcdc-
ccssor of Joseph MAYO, Thc nic,,a,,
"u,lal lot adjourned the old adams
ana Darlington hnrying ground
mile or two below Richmond.
standing SOMEWHAT back from mo riva,
Inn stool lovnntan House. a sub
| S'"n'i'l 'wo-sioricd brick residence.
'e''d on l"ni bought from the In
c ,',i,S. ma in 'ne possession Of the Mayo
l"i'''ly lor mHrg years. Growing tho
rSt "i 'he hili below the Chemlcal
"'NH OF NORTH Carolina and Virginia,
""S SITUATED 900 ancient graveyard I'm
"i1" 'aY lN" bodies of Colonel John
M'Eo. nus wife Mrs Abigail Mayo. two
rem OF General ana Mrs Winfield
.''"' ann ui.'r members OF tho Mayo
l""liy- u Re- sinund on which the com
"'''N lay wH sold to the chemical
company no laNI as site for the cree
no" "i new fertilizer works and tho
remains buried there were likewise re-
moved To hollywood by Mayo descen-
n"h's IN Richmond An interesting re-
ininder of tDe Indian tales which sur
rounded fowhatan with an atmosphere
oi romance ANA tradition, was n grave
sa'a 10 be Chat The great Indian chicr.
f"whatan the stone was Inscribed
WIN l"Hinn symbols and for years the
Indians came ana chanted invocations
above 49,
ono OF thD Oldest burying grounds
IN the city built in 1871. was the He
"IeW Ceincicf3 on Franklin street. be
Tween fwcutlcth ana Twenty nrst
which was roiodicated some years ago
by prominent icwish citizens. under
| 'Nr auspices or Temple Beth Ahabah.
lhe decd conveying the land on which
'Nc cemetery WIS situated to trustees
is to be found Ia Deed Book No. Of
Tie liustints Court Of Richmond Tho
sfan'or ~ thc laud was Isaiah Isaac.
ana tho principal trustee and partner
OF Nj Isaac was Jacob I Cohen. Tho
Land conveyed was originally q part