PORTSMOUTH COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Etheridge Tombstone

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Etheridge tombstone:
                  1938 Apr. 12
                  Research made by Sarah F. Moore

Cemetery Location:  Oak Grove Cemetery, north side of Glasgow Street, between 
                    Armstrong Street and First Avenue 
                    Portsmouth Co., Virginia


DATE:

1856.

OWNERS:

Maria Ashbury Etheridge estate.

DESCRIPTION:

Tall marble slab with an open book carved on the top.  On one side the writing 
is illegible, on the other is this inscription: “He gave my soul a living hope, 
That I should never die”.

The main inscription reads:

In Memory of
Maria Ashbury Etheridge
who was born Dec. 19-5
Died Oct. 8, 1856
Aged 50 years, 9 mos. 28 days
Faithful mother, may this spot never be by us forgot
Thou the Christian path hast trod
Dearest Mother rest with God.


HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Mrs. Etheridge was the grandmother of Mrs. Norman R. Hamilton whose husband is 
Representative in Congress from this District at the present time. [1938]

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. N.R. Hamilton, Portsmouth, Virginia

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