Cemetery Records
Blandford Cemetery
Petersburg, VA
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Headstones in section I
(more pages to be uploaded as I transcribe the photos)
(more pages to be uploaded as I transcribe the photos)
Listed in the order that I photographed the headstones.
| [Img_5412.jpg] [can't read] MARTHA EDMONIA Wife of E. A. Broadnax, BORN April 21, 1836, DIED May 23, 1913. "He giveth His beloved sleep." |
| [Img_5413.jpg] EDWARD A. BROADNAX BORN June 21, 1821. DIED July 27, 1865. "Numbered with thy Saints" |
| [Img_5414.jpg] ALFRED SIDNEY NALLE APRIL 17, 1899 -- AUGUST 9, 1965 --- VIRGINIA LASSITER NALLE DECEMBER 14, 1902 -- JUNE 25, 1973 |
| [Img_5415.jpg] LASSITER [entrance to plot] |
| [Img_5416.jpg] CHARLES TROTTER LASSITER JAN. 20, 1870 -- MAR. 17, 1930 --- SALLIE HAMILTON LASSITER JAN. 3, 1874 -- JULY 17, 1967 UNTIL THE DAYBREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
| [Img_5417.jpg] MARGARET PARKER LASSITER |
| [Img_5418.jpg] LEWIS SCHILLING MORGAN OCTOBER 20, 1892 FEBRUARY 18, 1956 --- LELIA LASSITER MORGAN OCTOBER 18, 1895 FEBRUARY 9, 1978 MARRIED JUNE 25, 1920 |
| [Img_5419.jpg] A. S. N. |
| [Img_5420.jpg] LEWIS SCHILLING MORG[A][covered by grass] OHIO 2D LIEUTENANT INF - RES WORLD WAR I OCT 20, 1892 FEB 18 1958 |
| [Img_5421.jpg] MARGARET Daughter of CHARLES TROTTER AND SALLIE HAMILTON LASSITER Born October 14, 1898 Died January 26, 1925 The strife is over, the battle done The victory of life i[s] won The song of triumph has [can't read rest of inscription] |
| [Img_5426.jpg] IN MEMORY OF DANIEL WILLIAM LASSITER SON OF WILLIAM and MARGARET PAR[pic cut off] LASSITER BORN MAY 2[?] 1827 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DIED JULY [?] 18[8?] PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA --- IN MEMORY OF ANNA RIVES LASSITER, DAUGHTER OF [H. P.] and ELIZA C. HEATH OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA AND WIFE OF D. W. LASSITER BORN JUNE 5th 1835 DIED FEBRUARY 6th 1888. |
| [IMG_5431.JPG] DEPOSITED HERE The remains of HARTWELL PEEBLES HEATH In early life he was poor, indus= trious & saving success attended his efforts as a merchant in the Town of Petersburg; and in his latter days was one of the most zealous & efficient supporters of all schemes connected with the [stone broken across this line] improvement of the Town; as Husband he was affection- ate, as Father tender and gene- rous, a master humane & in- dulgent. He was born near this spot on the 21st day of March A.D. 1794. And died at his residence on Old St. in the town of Petersburg [3]0th January, A.D. 1837. Only this stone removed from the death grave yard about 8 m[iles] [e]ast of here for preservation year 1927. [Plaque attached to marker:] 1765 1850 Jesse Heath SON OF WM. HEATH 1731 - 1771 AND MARGARET BONNER HEATH WIFE OF JESSE HIS COUSIN AGNES PEEBLES DESCENDENT OF WM. HEATH OF SURRY CO. VA. PIONEER 1653 DIED 1681 REMAINS IN PRIVATE BURIAL GROUND NEAR PETERSBURG, VA. MARY MASON HEATH 1935 |
| [Img_5437.jpg] SURGEON John F. Heath C.S.A. of Petersburg Va. died at Smithville N. C. Oct. 7th, 1862 of yellow fever. Those who knew him best loved him [most] |
| [Img_5439.jpg -- Img_5440.jpg] In memory of ELIZA CURETON HEATH, Daughter of BRIGGS & ANN RIVES. of [Pri]nce George County, and Wife of HARTWELL P. HEATH, of Petersburg, Virginia. Born October 17, 1799. Died January 2, 1885. [Img_5441.jpg] [Plaque attached to marker:] 1827 -- 1863 Roscoe Briggs Heath SON OF HARTWELL PEEBLES HEATH AND ELIZA CURETON RIVES HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MASON REMAINS IN HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, RICHMOND, VA. LOT 21 SECTION Q MARY MASON HEATH 1935 |
| [Img_5442.jpg] IN MEMORY OF VIRGINIA HEATH LASSITER DAUGHTER OF D. W. and ANNA R. LASSITER BORN FEBRUARY 5th 1874 DIED SEPTEMBER 12th 1902 [possibly bottom of same marker] [Img_5445.jpg -- Img_5446.jpg -- Img_5444.jpg] IN MEMORY OF FANNY PAGE LASSITER DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND HELEN LEAVENWORTH McGILL, AND WIFE OF FRANCIS RIVES LASSITER. BORN MARCH 20, 1866, DIED JANUARY 1, 1906. [cut off in pic] VICTORIOUS BUT TRIUMPHING." |
| [Img_5448.jpg] FRANCIS RIVES LASSITER |
| [Img_5450.jpg] [illegible old stone w/ confederate flag in ground beside it & small white footstone.] |
| [Img_5452.jpg -- Img_5453.jpg -- Img_5454.jpg] ELIZA JANE RIVES, Relict of the late FRANCIS E. RIVES, Born in Sussex County V[cut off in pic] Died in Petersburg Va Jan 18, 1871 In her 7[3rd] year. [didn't photograph inscription] |
| [Img_5457.jpg] J. M. WYCHE BORN IN SUSSEX Co. Va. JUNE 8, 1811, DIED IN GALVESTON TEXAS MAY 19, 1892. [BLE]SSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART [F]OR THEY SHA[LL SEE GOD] |
| [Img_5462.jpg] SALLIE B. PARKER DIED Aug. 16, 1869. Aged 70 years. |
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Submitted by: Susan Shields Sasek. Inscriptions from photographs by Susan Shields Sasek, 17 Feb 2006.
Items in brackets [ ] are those that were difficult/impossible to read or my notes.
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