PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Marks Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Marks graveyard at Eley’s:
                  1937 June 10
                  Research made by Jennie S. Harrison

Cemetery Location:  6.4 miles northeast of Disputanta, Virginia, on Route #625; 
                    thence 1.2 miles on Route #616; thence .2 mile north of 
                    Route #616, on private road.
                    Prince George Co., Virginia


DATE:

1856, date of oldest grave [marker]

OWNERS:

This home was owned by Peter Chamblis Marks in 1840, he having bought it from a 
Mr. Eley.  It was inherited by his son Peter Fletcher Marks.  By the will of 
Peter Fletcher Marks, dated July 17, 1928, it was inherited by his niece and 
nephews, Marie H. Marks, Benjamin H. Marks and Robert C. Marks, the children of 
Chester Marks.  They are the present owners. [1937]

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard is a plot of ground twenty feet square, enclosed by a wood fence.  
It is located in an open field, with several cedar trees growing in the square.  
There are two tombstones, but there are other graves unmarked.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Inscriptions:


To the memory of
Alonza H. Marks
son of Peter C. and Henrietta M.H.H. Marks
born May 9, 1840
died Aug. 23, 1856
Age 16 yrs. 3 mo. 14 days
Insatiate! Arches! Death!
Thy shaft selected a bright victim one whose early and remarkable genius thirsty 
for knowledge suavity of disposition and gentle deportment won for him the 
admiration and esteem of all who knew him, gave signs of future greatness, and 
excited the proud hope of his parents and relatives.
Earth bright transient
Chaste as the morning dew,
He sparkled, was exalted
and went to heaven.


Mary  E. Adams
Born July 23, 1823
Died Aug. 16, 1888
Our sisters left this world of woe
For regions of eternal love
Twas God who called her from below
To join in praising him above.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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