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Classification: Cemetery
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RNJ.2ACIB/74
Message Board Post:
The following is inscribed on their monuments, Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
William Izard Clopton
Captain of Richmond Fayette Artillery,
Cabell's Battalion, Picketts' Division, A. N. V.
He served his country with signal gallantry and devotion
throughout the war, from April 1861 to April 1865 and
surrendered at Appomattox.
Born May 27, 1839 - Died July 25, 1909
He sleeps the sleep of the brave and just, and his rest shall be glorious.
Lawyer, Legislator, Judge, Friend and Christian Gentleman.
Alice his wife, her monument reads:
In Memory of
Alice
wife of Judge William I. Clopton
Born March 31, 1848 - Died January 2, 1893
Note: Inscription was not recorded, which was very lengthy.
Transcribed Sept. 3, 2003