APPOMATTOX COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – O’Conner Grave
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Grave of Mr. Dennis O’Conner:
                  1936 Oct. 19
                  Research made by Alpha Higginbotham

Cemetery Location:  East of Appomattox, Virginia, 1 mile in Liberty Cemetery on 
                    Route #631.
                    Appomattox County




DESCRIPTION:

Dennis O’Conner is my name,
Ireland is my nation,
Virginia is my swelling place,
And in Heaven, I expect salvation.

When I am dead and in my grave
And all my bones are rotten,
This Blessed Book will tell my name
When I am quite forgotten.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Mr. O’Conner was born in Ireland, March 1, 1824, died at Appomattox, July 25, 
1883.  He was being educated in Ireland for a priest, but disliked it so much 
that he ran away and came to Virginia, at the age of nineteen.

Two of his daughters and several grand-children are living here now (1936).  He 
wrote this epitaph before his death and requested it to be put on his tombstone.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

The grave itself.




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