LYNCHBURG, VA - CEMETERIES – Colonel Maurice Langhorne, Jr. Grave

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The grave of Colonel Maurice Langhorne, Jr.:
                  1937 Nov. 23
                  Research made by Susan R. Beardsworth

Cemetery Location:  Presbyterian Cemetery, 2400 Grace Street, between Ann and 
                    Globe Streets
                    Lynchburg, Virginia


DATE:

February 21, 1865, aged 78 years.

OWNERS:

The descendant of Colonel Maurice Langhorne, Jr.

DESCRIPTION:

A plain stone, about two feet wide and three feet high, with a scroll top.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Sacred to the memory of
Maurice Langhorne, Jr.
Died February 21, 1865
Aged 78 years
Distinguished in life for these attributes which
enoble human nature, he died trusting in Jesus Christ;
in humble confidence of a resurrection with the Saints.


On a marble slab resting on the ground, is the following:

Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. Elizabeth Langhorne
wife of Colonel Maurice Langhorne
She was born 3rd June 1787
Died 9th April 1843
She lived the life of a Christian, and was
conspicuous for all the domestic virtues; 
a most devoted wife, affection mother.
A kind mistress, a warm and generous friend.
She left behind her a memory respected
by all, and preciously dear to her family
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”


On a flat stone with a half blown rose across the top is the following 
inscription to the memory of the first wife of Maurice S. Langhorne, son of 
Colonel Maurice Langhorne, Jr.

Here lie the remains of
Ann Maria Langhorne
late consort of Maurice S. Langhorne
To whose memory he consecrated this tribute of affection.
Her life beautifully illustrated the courage and christian
virtues, and her death the triumph of a living faith.
Her ashes repose in this mournful solitude at the
feet of her sainted mother’s grave, whom doubtless
long are this, she has rejoined in a happy clime,
until their dust shall be reunited and readorned in
the bloom of eternal life.
She was born April the 4, 1827
Married November 22, 1843
Died May 18, 1847


Mrs. Elizabeth Langhorne was Elizabeth Cary Allen.

Ann Maria Langhorne was Ann Maria Rodes, daughter of General David Rodes, of 
Lynchburg, Virginia, and sister of General Robert Emmett Rodes, C.S.A.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mrs. Elizabeth Giles Appleton
             Sharingham Place, Lynchburg, Virginia, daughter of Maurice S. 
             Langhorne and his second wife, Elizabeth Giles Morris.  Mrs. 
             Appleton was raised in the home.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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