Dr. John de la Howe Tomb Site - MCCORMICK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA ********************************************************************** SCGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, provided this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor(s) of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed SCGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Contributed to The SCGenWeb Archives by: John Hofman 19 Aug 2000 ---------------------------------------- Dr. John de la Howe Tomb Site, McCormick County, South Carolina, USA location: At John de la Howe School, 8 miles NW of McCormick Dr. de la Howe in the second paragraph of his will left instructions for his burial as follows: "In premis, it is my will and desire that my remains shall be buried as near as can be to the spot where those of the late Miss Rebecca Woodin are deposited on the hill opposite to the dwelling house wherein we both resided together and I still do reside on my plantation or farm named Lethe, as the last mark and testimony of my friendship and sense which I ever have retained of her merit. And it is further my will that as soon as it can conveniently be done after my decease a substantial brick wall shall be build around our sepulchres not less than ten feet square in the clear, eight feet above ground, and two bricks thick with a substantial door and lock and that the whole of it shall forever be kept up and in good order and the area within clear of bushes and weeds and that the following inscription in large iron capitals shall forever be kept incased in the door: Rebecca Woodlin Obit 4th Oct. 1788. Joes de la Howe Fundator Hujas Seminarii Agriculturalis, with the date of my decease." Rebecca Woodin Obit, MDCCLXXXVIII (ALL LETTERS IN CAPS), Joannes DE LA Howe, hujas agriculturalis, Seminarii Fund Atiir, OB Januario II MDCCXCVII Rev. James Bennett Branch, Aug. 2, 1882 - July 8, 1931, Superintendent of the de la Howe School, 1919 - 1931, his wife, Nora Pryse Branch, Apr. 3, 1881 - May 4, 1983, Christ's faithful soldiers and servants unto their life's end James Bennett Branch, Born November 13, 1921/died May 10, 1945; He gave his life in the service of, his country at the battle of, Okinawa in World War II. Mary Naomi Beard/March 12,1909, June 9, 1936, wife of, P. B. Moragne, Gone but not forgotten Ernest Gray, born July 28, 1916, died May 18, 1929; Suffer little children to come unto me. In memory of, Clifford, Williams, January 1, 1919, January 23, 1929, Little ones to, him Belong Two unmarked graves August 10, 2000 The information above was copied with permission from "McCormick County Cemeteries" prepared by the McCormick County Historical Society in 1987, whose members I deeply thank. John Hofman johnhofman69@hotmail.com **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************