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Rev. Robert W. and Mary S. Barnwell Tombstone
Photographer: Brian Scott
Taken: July 25, 2011
Caption: Rev. Robert W. and Mary S. Barnwell Tombstone
Additional Description:
In Memory of
Rev. Robert W. Barnwell
Ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church,
he was elected Chaplin and Professor
of History to the South Carolina College
and became pre-eminent alike in the
pulpit and the lecture room.
On the breaking out of the War he
followed his pupils to the front
still devoting himself to his State by
his labors in the Hospitals for her Sons.
He died in Virginia of Typhoid Fever,
worn out by his ceaseless toil for the
sick and wounded soldier.
June 23rd 1863
aged 32 years.
And of his beloved wife
Mary Carter Singleton
Born Nov. 9th 1837
Died June 25th 1863
They were lovely and pleasant in their
lives and in death they were not divided.

Submitted: July 27, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p164344
File Size: 0.082 Megabytes

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