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Abbeville in Abbeville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Trinity Episcopal Church
Abbeville's Gothic Revival Church
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
1. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker
 
Inscription.
Trinity Episcopal Church is the oldest standing church in Abbeville. With its classic Gothic architecture and 125-foot steeple, it dominates the Abbeville skyline. Built by a congregation made prosperous by the economy of cotton in the antebellum period, it was constructed in 1859-60 as clouds gathered for a war that would radically change their way of life forever.

Marshall Memorial
Memorial to Colonel and Mrs. J. Foster Marshall. Colonel Marshall is one of three lost colonels of the Confederacy buried at Trinity but the only one buried in the churchyard.

Trinity's Architectural Heritage
The congregation engaged Columbia architect George E. Walker to design a new church to replace its 1843 wooden structure. Mr. Walker found his inspiration in the Gothic cathedrals of France. Designed to hold 400 persons, the church was consecrated on November 4, 1860 and still retains many of its original elements. The organ built by John Baker of Charleston dates back to 1860. The bell in the tower is also original and it remarkable because it survived Confederate requests to be melted down into cannon balls. One can still see the original artistic graining on the pews. The boxwood gardens were planed in 1859-1860 by Rev. Benjamin Johnson from the nursery at Pomaria, South Carolina.

Trinity
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -<br>Marshall Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
2. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -
Marshall Memorial
 
Church Today

While a major restoration took place in the mid-1970s, the congregation is committed to the church's care and maintenance as well as the preservation of trinity as a house of worship.
 
Erected by South Carolina Heritage Corridor.
 
Marker series. This marker is included in the South Carolina Heritage Corridor marker series.
 
Location. 34° 10.617′ N, 82° 22.833′ W. Marker is in Abbeville, South Carolina, in Abbeville County. Marker is on North Church Street, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is located just inside the main gate, to the left. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 North Church Street, Abbeville SC 29620, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. "The Liars Bench" (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Bank Building (ca. 1865) (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Abbeville County Confederate Monument (about 500 feet away); Abbeville Square (about 500 feet away); "Big Bob" (about 600 feet away); Humane Society Alliance Fountain (1912) (about 600 feet away); Major Thomas Dry Howie (about 600 feet away); The Law Offices of John C. Calhoun (about 600 feet away); Maj. Thomas D. Howie (about 600 feet away); Abbeville Opera House (1908) (about 700 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in Abbeville.
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -<br>Trinity's Architectural Heritage Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
3. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -
Trinity's Architectural Heritage
 

 
Regarding Trinity Episcopal Church. Trinity Episcopal Church was included in the initial application to list the Abbeville Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places. It is also the 15th stop on the Historical Abbeville South Walking Trail.
 
Also see . . .
1. Trinity Episcopal Church. Trinity Episcopal Church is an example of Gothic Revival architecture in South Carolina that remains as originally constructed and contains handmade interior woodwork. (Submitted on September 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
2. Trinity Episcopal Church. Official church website, includes more photos in its history section. (Submitted on September 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
3. James Townes Robertson. A native of Abbeville, Robertson was born on August 19, 1832. (Submitted on November 22, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
 
Additional comments.
1. Trinity Episcopal Cornerstone Laid
Independent Press
June 24, 1859

The ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the new Episcopal church in our village was performed with becoming solemnity on Monday morning last at 10 o’clock by the Rt. Rev. Thos. F. Davis, D.D., the Bishop of the Diocese in the presence of the attending clergy and quite a number of spectators. Seats had been provided in the pleasant shade of the trees in front of the present edifice…prayers were then offered by the Rev. B. Johnson, and the 100 Psalm of David was then sung to the tune of Old Hundred -- after which followed the addresses of the Bishop, and the Rev. Thos. S. Arthur of Greenville…

The plan of the new church was prepared by Mr. G.E. Walker, architect of Columbia. It is a beautiful design in the Gothic style, and has occupied the site of the present edifice. It will be a large and imposing edifice, and will when completed be truly an ornament in our village.
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -<br>Trinity Church Today Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
4. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -
Trinity Church Today
 
    — Submitted September 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.

2. Trinity Episcopal Church Dedication
Independent Press
November 9, 1860

The church is a beautiful Gothic structure, and is one of the handsomest edifices in the upper country; reflecting great credit in its design and construction upon the architect, Geo. A. Walker of Columbia, and the contractors, Blease & Baxter of Newberry. The symmetry of its exterior and the convenience of its interior arrangements have been very generally admired. Entering by the ample doorway, a spacious centre aisle and two side aisles, conduct you to well-cushioned seats, and to the rear of the building. On either had are the large Gothic windows of stained glass, through which the “dim religious light” falls in rays of many a fantastic hue; whilst in the rear is the beautiful chancel with its soft carpeted floor, its stuccoed ceiling, and rich stained glass window. This window had been admired, and is one of the finest in the state; representing the figure of Christ bearing his cross, and surrounded with many appropriate devices.

An attractive feature of the church is the beautiful marble slab of the communion table, a handsome present to the church from the generous donor, Mr. J.D. Chalmers
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
5. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker
 
of the village. Mr. Chalmers has furnished other specimens of his skill in a fine marble baptismal fount and an exquisitely polished tablet, which has been erected to the memory of the late Thomas Parker, the founder of Trinity church.

In a recess to the right of the reading desk has been placed the new organ – a sweet toned instrument from the well known establishment of Mr. John Baker of Charleston. The organist is Prof. Aichel of the Cokesbury Masonic Female College, assisted by a fine choir of young ladies and gentlemen.

The church bell is a present from the Hon. J. Foster Marshall and is a fine specimen of Southern manufacturing skill from the well known foundry of Messrs. John Alexander & Co. of Columbia, S.C.

The interior decorations of the building, the cushions, the curtains, the carpet, etc. have been furnished by the ladies of the congregation…The painting of the interior of the church has been executed by Mr. John Corbett of out village, and for taste and finish the graining and frosting could scarcely be excelled.
    — Submitted September 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.

3. Trinity Episcopal Church, 101 North Church Street (1859-60)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 101 North Church Street (1859-60): Monumental, brick church which
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -<br>Boxwoods Planted 1859-1860 Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
6. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker -
Boxwoods Planted 1859-1860
 
is stuccoed and scored to resemble stone. The facade is dominated by a multi-level, square tower which contains the double door main entrance set in a multiple archivolt, four-centered arch. The arch is surmounted by a crenelated parapet, above which is a tripartite, lancet window contained within a single, pointed arch surround with applied wooden crockets above. Two single lancet windows pierce the third level of the tower. Corner buttresses rise through the third level to form octagonal spires, between which are stepped, lancet panels on each elevation. A tall, octagonal spire, sheathed in imbricated and sawtooth wooden shingles and terminating in a cross finial, crowns the tower. The side elevations are five bays long, with shouldered and gabled buttresses between bays and at corners. There is a crenelated parapet. The building has a gable roof. The interior displays the wooden, scissors truss roof support system with reinforcing, iron tie-rods. The chancel has a pointed, barrel-vaulted ceiling with ornamental ribs. Original wooden pews remain intact. There are three stained glass windows. A massive pipe organ, built by John Baker of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1860, is still in use. The church was designed by George E. Walker of Columbia, South Carolina, in the Gothic Revival style. The church yard is surrounded by an iron fence and contains a boxwood garden. (Source: National
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
7. Trinity Episcopal Church
 
Register nomination form.)
    — Submitted November 20, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.

4. About Jehu Foster Marshall
Born in South Carolina on August 28, 1817, Marshall attended and graduated from South Carolina College in 1837. He then became a lawyer in Abbeville. A man of "acute intelligence, great tact, of affable and cordial address," Marshall then served a stint with the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican War. After the War, he married and served in the South Carolina legislature from 1848 to 1862.

Marshall became the lieutenant colonel of the Rifles on July 20, 1861. He rose to the rank of colonel on January 29, 1862. While leading the regiment against a "furious assault", he was mortally wounded in the fighting at Second Manassas on the day after his 45th birthday. He survived but an hour. He had earned the "highest regard of the brigade" and his loss was considered great. Marshall was buried in Abbeville.

Col. Marshall was a figure of some prominence in Abbeville. In the pre-Civil War years, Marshall was a captain in the Mexican-American War, serving in the famed Palmetto Regiment. He donated the steeple that crowns the city's Trinity Episcopal Church. He is one of only two people buried in the church's gardens (the other being his wife). Battery
 
Trinity Episcopal Steeple and Spires Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
8. Trinity Episcopal Steeple and Spires
 
Marshall, on the west end of Sullivan's Island in Charleston, was named for him. He was a lawyer who represented Abbeville as a state senator in Columbia and he was one of the presidents that oversaw the Secession Convention held in Abbeville on Secession Hill, November 22, 1860.

In addition to his South Carolina connections, Marshall was owner of a large sugar plantation in Florida. Located in Marion County, near the city of Ocala, this plantation was established in 1855. After Marshall's death, the plantation was run by his widow, Elizabeth Anne DeBrull Marshall, until Union troops under the command of Sergeant Major Henry James burned it on March 10, 1865. The plantation was the last in Florida to provide sugar to the Confederacy. The plantation is now home to the 2.5 mile Marshall Swamp Trail. (Source: http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/markers/markers.cfm?ID=marion, http://hiking.meetup.com/270/calendar/7237927/, and http://www.aphillcsa.com/marshall.html.)
    — Submitted November 20, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.

5. Armistead Burt (1802-1883)
Armistead Burt, a Representative from South Carolina; born at Clouds Creek, near Edgefield, Edgefield District, S.C., November 13, 1802; moved with his parents to Pendleton, S.C.; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and practiced in Pendleton; moved to Abbeville, S.C., in 1828 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the South Carolina house of representatives, 1834-1835, and 1838-1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses); served as Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives during the absence of Speaker Winthrop in 1848; was not a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed the practice of law in Abbeville; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868; died in Abbeville, S.C., October 30, 1883; interment in Episcopal Cemetery. (Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.)
 
Trinity Episcopal Church - Spire Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, January 17, 2009
9. Trinity Episcopal Church - Spire
 
    — Submitted November 22, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.

6. Obituary of William Campbell "Willie" McGowan
Laurensville Herald
March 4, 1898

Capt. William C. McGowan died at his home at Abbeville, on the 27th ult. The deceased was a young man of brilliant intellect and bright promise of future usefulness and distinction. He was the only son of the late Judge Samuel McGowan. Perhaps no young man had more warm admirers and strong personal friends than did Willie McGowan.

The proceedings of Court were brought to a sudden termination at noon on Thursday of last week by the receipt of a telegram to Judge Benet, conveying the sad intelligence that his brother-in-law, Capt. W.C. McGowan, was extremely ill, and not expected to live more than a few hours. A recess was ordered and the Judge left for Abbeville. He returned Monday last, Capt. McGowan having died the evening previous, ordering an extra term to begin on April 19th.
    — Submitted November 22, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.

7. Colonel James Townes Robertson
Colonel James Townes Robertson, born in Abbeville county, S. C., August 19, 1832, is the son of Captain Francis P. and Elizabeth
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Postcard<br>Sold by the McMurray Drug Company Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott
10. Trinity Episcopal Church Postcard
Sold by the McMurray Drug Company
 
(Holleman) Robertson. He was reared in Abbeville county, in which his entire life, except during the war period, has been spent, his chief pursuit having been that of a merchant, though of late his attention has been given to farming. At the beginning of hostilities, in January, 1861, he volunteered and went to Charleston, as a private in Company D, First South Carolina volunteers, and was therefore one of the very first to volunteer in his State. He enlisted for six months or until Fort Sumter was taken or surrendered. He was stationed with his company on Morris island during the bombardment of Fort Sumter and saw the first shot fired at the fort, upon the surrender of which his company and regiment disbanded. He returned home and shortly after helped to organize Company B, Orr's regiment of rifles, and was elected third lieutenant. He was immediately promoted to second lieutenant, and at the battle of Second Manassas was promoted to captain of his company, and was subsequently promoted to major of his regiment, after having once before declined to accept the office, over a warm friend of his. His friend, however, was killed in the battle of Fussell's Mill, whereupon he accepted the promotion. A few months later he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of his regiment and was leading it when surrendered at Appomattox, the colonel having been captured a few days before. He was in
 
Trinity Episcopal Church -<br>From the Boxwood Garden Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
11. Trinity Episcopal Church -
From the Boxwood Garden
 
every battle, skirmish and march, in which Orr's regiment of rifles was engaged during the entire war. He was wounded at Fredericksburg, through the left wrist, and in all participated in about one hundred battles and skirmishes. Since 1872 Colonel Robertson has resided in Abbeville, where he has one of the most beautiful homes to be found in South Carolina. He is a member of Secession camp, U.C.V., and has served two years in the State legislature. He was married in 1872 to Miss Eugenia Miller, who died in 1894, leaving five children, three daughters and two sons. (Source: Confederate Military History by Ellison Capers, pg 818.)
    — Submitted November 22, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Entrance Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
12. Trinity Episcopal Church Entrance
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church - Rear Side Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, January 17, 2009
13. Trinity Episcopal Church - Rear Side
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Exterior Wall Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
14. Trinity Episcopal Church Exterior Wall
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Cornerstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
15. Trinity Episcopal Church Cornerstone
Trinity Episcopal
Church
Parish Organized
-- 1842 --
Present Church
Built - 1859
 
 
Rev. Octavius Theodore Porcher Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, May 2, 2009
16. Rev. Octavius Theodore Porcher
Sacred to the Memory of
Rev. Octavius Theodore Porcher
The Founder and First Rector of this Church,
Born June 9, 1829 Died Dec. 30, 1873
A man who, above most men of his Time, walked with God by Faith, was sustained by a living and Holy Hope, and exercised towards his fellow men, without respect
Of persons,
An active and self denying Charity.
This tablet is erected in grateful and affectionate remembrance of his character and services,
by his former pupils and the members of this church.
 
 
William Campbell McGowan Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
17. William Campbell McGowan
In Memory of
William Campbell
McGowan

Born 16 March, 1858.
Died 27 February, 1898.

Near the Choir
In Which He Sang so Long
His Sisters Place this Tablet.

I Will Sing a New Song
Unto Thee, O God
 
 
William Campbell McGowan<br>(1858-1898) Photo, Click for full size
Abbeville County by the Abbeville County Historical Society
18. William Campbell McGowan
(1858-1898)
 
 
Thomas Walter Thomas Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
19. Thomas Walter Thomas Memorial
In Memoriam
Thomas Walter Thomas
1798 --- 1855
Who Served on the First Vestry of
Trinity Church in 1842
and His Wife
Elizabeth Hamilton Kirk Thomas
1811 --- 1868
Devoted Member of Trinity Church
 
 
Edwin & Eugenia Parker Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
20. Edwin & Eugenia Parker
In Memory of
Edwin Parker, M.D.
May 14, 1823 - Oct. 5, 1884
His Wife
Eugenia Calhoun
Parker

Oct. 10, 1825 - May20, 1873
Blessed Are the Pure in Heart.
 
 
Thomas Parker Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
21. Thomas Parker
Erected
to the Memory of
Thomas Parker
the founder of the
Episcopal Church
in
Abbeville District,
by this Congregation.
----------
"The righteous shall be in
everlasting remembrance."
 
 
J. Townes Robertson Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
22. J. Townes Robertson
In Memory of
J. Townes Robertson
1832 --- 1905
Colonel of Orr's Regiment
His Wife
Eugenia Miller
Robertson

1852 --- 1894
Erected by the Children
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church -<br>Towering Over Trinity Street<br>During Abbeville's Spring Festival Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, May 2, 2009
23. Trinity Episcopal Church -
Towering Over Trinity Street
During Abbeville's Spring Festival
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
24. Trinity Episcopal Church
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church -<br>Looking West Along Trinity Street Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, February 3, 2009
25. Trinity Episcopal Church -
Looking West Along Trinity Street
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Interior (Southwest Wall) Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
26. Trinity Episcopal Church Interior (Southwest Wall)
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Cancel Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, May 2, 2009
27. Trinity Episcopal Church Cancel
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Gallery Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, May 2, 2009
28. Trinity Episcopal Church Gallery
 
 
Interior of Stained Glass Window in Gallery Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
29. Interior of Stained Glass Window in Gallery
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church - Stained Glass Window Detail Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, May 2, 2009
30. Trinity Episcopal Church - Stained Glass Window Detail
The large chancel window was a gift from a "Greenville church" and was ordered from England to be placed at the time of consecration. Unfortunately, the window did not arrive until 1863, having run the blockade in Charleston harbor.
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Chancel Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
31. Trinity Episcopal Church Chancel
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church -<br>Stained Glass Window Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
32. Trinity Episcopal Church -
Stained Glass Window
 
 
John Baker Organ -<br>Dates from 1860 Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
33. John Baker Organ -
Dates from 1860
 
 
Jehu Foster Marshall<br>(1817-1862) Photo, Click for full size
34. Jehu Foster Marshall
(1817-1862)
South Carolina Senate (1848-1862)
 
 
J. Foster Marshall Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
35. J. Foster Marshall Memorial
J. Foster Marshall and his wife are the only people buried in the Trinity churchyard. (Other early members of the church are buried in the cemetery southwest of the church.) Their grave is located on the west side of the church property.
 
 
J. Foster Marshall Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
36. J. Foster Marshall Memorial
Jehu Foster Marshall
Born Aug. 26, 1817,
Killed in Battle Aug 29, 1862.
Served thro the Mexican War
as Captain of the Abbeville
Volunteers Palmetto Reg.
On his return from Mexico
elected state senator for
Abbeville Dist. which office
he held until his death.
 
 
J. Foster Marshall Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, September 27, 2008
37. J. Foster Marshall Memorial
At the commencement of
the war he offered his services
to the Confederate
government as Colonel
of their First Regiment of
Rifles South Carolina
Volunteers. He fell at the
Second Battle of Manassas.
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott
38. Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott
39. Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott
40. Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
 
 
Major Armistead & Martha Calhoun Burt Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
41. Major Armistead & Martha Calhoun Burt Tombstone
 
 
James Townes Robertson Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
42. James Townes Robertson Tombstone
Aug 19, 1832 -- Aug 31, 1905
Lieutenant Colonel
Orr's Regiment of Rifles
McGowan's Brigade
C.S.A.
 
 
Eugenia Miller Robertson Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
43. Eugenia Miller Robertson Tombstone
Wife of J.Townes
Robertson
Born Oct. 11, 1852,
Died May 30, 1894.
 
 
Francis LeJau Parker Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
44. Francis LeJau Parker Tombstone
Brigadier General United States Army
Son of
William Henry & Lucia Garvey Wardlaw Parker
West Point 1894
Spanish War - Philippine Insurrection
World War I
24 June 1873 -- 16 May 1966
 
 
Lucia Wardlaw Parker Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
45. Lucia Wardlaw Parker Tombstone
Daughter of
William Henry and Lucia Garvey Parker
November 3, 1875 - April 21, 1948.
 
 
Thomas Drayton Parker Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
46. Thomas Drayton Parker Tombstone
Commander United States Navy
Son of
William Henry and Lucia Garvey Parker
Spanish Campaign - Philippine Campaign
World War I
August 3, 1871 - January 5, 1950
 
 
William Henry Parker Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
47. William Henry Parker Tombstone
Son of Thomas and Ellen Frost Parker
1 January 1828 -- 7 February 1905
A Man of Few Honours but Honored Much
Much Trusted Even True
With Singleness of Aim Unselfish Loyalty and Wise Judgement
In Camp and Hall He Served His Country Well
He Stood for What was Right
In Scorn of Consequence
Through All His Life He Never Stooped for Gain or Place
Truth Justice Mercy Swayed Him
An Honest Man, an Earnest Christian, an Unsullied Gentleman
His Children Gratefully Record His Worth
And Their Devotion
 
 
Lucia Garvey Wardlaw Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
48. Lucia Garvey Wardlaw Tombstone
Wife of William Henry Parker
Daughter of David Lewis and Sarah Allen Wardlaw
22 April, 1833 - 29 October, 1897
A Perfect Wife and Mother, A Most True Friend
Many Sought Her Loved Council
Many Were Comforted by Her Tender Sympathy
She Trod the Path of Duty
Shedding Round Her a Gracious Influence
In the Love of God, In Uplifting Faith, In Charity With All.
The Memory of Her Sweet Life is a Rich Heritage.
 
 
Augustus Marshall Smith Tombstone -<br>South Inscription Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
49. Augustus Marshall Smith Tombstone -
South Inscription
Here
Lies the Body of
Augustus Marshall Smith
Born October 22, 1827,
died in Richmond, Va.
June 30, 1862,
of a wound received in the
battle of Gaines' Mill.
 
 
Augustus Marshall Smith Tombstone -<br>East Inscription Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
50. Augustus Marshall Smith Tombstone -
East Inscription
His high spirit made him
one of the earliest devotees
to the Confederate cause.
His gallant demeanor raised him
through intermediate grades
from a private to Lieut. Colonel
of the First (Gregg's Regiment)
So. Ca. Volunteers.
 
 
Augustus Marshall Smith Tombstone -<br>North Inscription Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
51. Augustus Marshall Smith Tombstone -
North Inscription
He Asked much and gave all.
A Widow and two sons
??? his reputation
as their only ???.
 
 
Allen Wardlaw Parker Tombstone Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, November 21, 2009
52. Allen Wardlaw Parker Tombstone
16 June, 1867
3 Aug. 1891
He that hath clean hands
and a pure heart -
who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity.
Nor sworn deceitfully -
he shall receive
the blessing from the Lord.
What I do thou knowest not now,
but thou shall known hereafter.
 
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