Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller TazewellGrigsby, Hugh Blair
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Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell
Grigsby, Hugh Blair
Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860
To state more particularly the details of the funeral, for future
reference--the religious services were held at the family residence on
Granby street, and a large number of our most respectable citizens were
present on the occasion. Among them were three of our adopted
fellow-citizens, who had been on terms of friendly intercourse with the
deceased for nearly sixty years, and who walked from their respective
abodes in the city to pay the last act of respect to his memory. The
eldest of these venerable men, GEORGE MCINTOSH, Esq., was in his
ninety-second year, and the others, WILLIAM H. THOMSON, Esq., and JOHN
SOUTHGATE, Esq., were over eighty years. When the religious services
were ended, a procession was formed, and the hearse was escorted to the
steamer Northampton, Captain McCarrick, and the coffin was placed on
board. The steamer then left for the county of Northampton, across the
bay of Chesapeake, having on board the Rev. Mr. Rodman and the Rev. Dr.
Okeson, of the Episcopal church, JOHN N. TAZEWELL, Esq., the only
surviving son of the deceased, three of the daughters of Mr. Tazewell, a
number of his grandchildren, the bar of Norfolk and its vicinity, and
many of our most venerable fellow-citizens. From accident, the steamer
did not reach the landing-place on the opposite shore till nearly dusk,
and when the corpse was taken on shore the night had gathered in, and
the burial service was read by candle-light. The last scene was one of
deep and impressive solemnity.
The vault, which was made only large enough to receive the coffin, was
composed of solid slabs of granite united by hydraulic cement, five feet
below the surface, and was covered by another slab of granite. The vault
was then covered with earth, and was ready to receive the monument,
which is soon to be erected. The grave was in an enclosure bounded by
iron rails, and containing the tombs of Mrs. Tazewell, the wife of the
deceased, of HENRY TAZEWELL, Esq., his eldest son, and of LITTLETON
WALLER TAZEWELL, Esq., his youngest son. The burial-ground is on the
estate of King's creek, which was given by the deceased to his son, JOHN
N. TAZEWELL, Esq., who still owns it, and which holds the remains of a
number of the ancestors of Mrs. Tazewell--this last circumstance having
led to its selection as a place of sepulchre for the family.
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