Tombstone inscription deciphered in Alexandria graveyard
Special correspondent recalls Christchurch Yard Alexandria where a ruined marble slab survives for an actress Anne Warren and a public benefactor while Confederate soldiers lie nearby. The observer traces the time worn inscription with help from a local worker and records the context of Washington and Lee associations in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Logan
Alexandria
Anne Warren
Pewa
Lee
Washington
Old Christ Church
Cartas Georg Moxyonp, Bate
New London
Connecticut
George Town
Charles Bennett
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Darky
Mas
Brunson
William Warren
Anne Brunson
England
Merry
America
Wignell
Fairfax Parish Adds Notable Name to Honor Roll
In 1734 the Fairfax parish added an illustrious name to its church roll of honor. A note reads Dr. to Williams Shakespeare for keeping a poor child £800, marking a curious entry in the old postry book alongside other dry, musty pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
To Williams Shakespeare
Outside Waking Amid Grim Five Points Coffin Wake
Special correspondent reports in Baxter Bend a notorious Five Points undertaker shop where cheap coffins and a basement wake with criminals’ bodies draw crowds. A bartender says wakes cost five to ten dollars, with beer, spirits, and no priest, as crooks, debtors, and lodging-house tenants use the morbid ritual to cope with poverty and death in the district.
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New York
Baxter Bend
The
Five Points
Green Goods
Flinfiain
Potters Field
Co Trout
Dawn William TE
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Toms
Washington's Church
Alexandra
Christchurchyard
Heiss
Milwaukee
United States
Gerry
Wis
Ieiss Limself
Germar
New York Sun
Frieni
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil
Patti Rosa
Hartford
R. L. Scott
Patterson
Nick
St. Nick
Patterson's
Wyman & Davin
Dr. Lloyd's Family
Goss
Saxony
Dr. Bull
Ely
R. H. Cressengham
18Th St
Brooklyn
the Olivet Baptist Church
B. F. Liepsner
Luxador
Tack
Gill
Pulee
Thia
DE. Thompson
DR. Ridpath
GEQ
A. Macbeth
Pittsburgh
Morck ‘Drug Store
BF. Morris
TH .Sandborn
Union
Democratic Party
Weekly Post
Ita
the Post
Ai. Schenck
J. Hf Sebenck
Beenee Sia
Kentucky
Yennu'a
Arnheim & Co
Second Avenue
Burgh
Geneva Nursery
Mat W.& Z. Smith
Geneva
N. Y
M. Mead
Corry
Old Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Boss & Smite
Guinness
Warren, Pa
P.O
Corry, Penn's
Oath
Greenland
Chiffanbars, Etc
Barty
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Block
Next Hoor
Exchange Hotel
Warren
Atcre
PRK
W. H. Pickett & CO
HL A. Jamieson & Co
Geary and Shelf Bardrare
Sherman
Dewett’s Stove Ranges
Syracuse
Gale
Maple City Chair Co
Oshkosh, Wis
M. C. Holmes
M. C. Hholmes
Boston Shoe Store
W. H. Zuern
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