[rdickson]: William is my paternal,2ndGtGrandfather.
Just 3 months after Wm's death his wife wrote a letter to their five year old daughter, Cornelia Lenoir Tate, so she would know something of her father later in life. In part, she wrote: "on the 9th of March 1867, you were left fatherless"...
[LSP]: "Col. Wm P Tate, of Augusta, who married first Miss Kayser, of Alleghany, by whom he left two daughters, Isabella and Margaret. He married second Sarah Christian, and by her left one daughter, Cornelia Tate. His widow married Rev. W T Richardson, editor of the 'Central Presbyterian,' Richmond." [per Peyton's History of Augusta Co,VA,1882,p313]
Just 3 months after Wm's death his wife wrote a letter to their five year old daughter, Cornelia Lenoir Tate, so she would know something of her father later in life. In part, she wrote: "on the 9th of March 1867, you were left fatherless"...
[LSP]: "Col. Wm P Tate, of Augusta, who married first Miss Kayser, of Alleghany, by whom he left two daughters, Isabella and Margaret. He married second Sarah Christian, and by her left one daughter, Cornelia Tate. His widow married Rev. W T Richardson, editor of the 'Central Presbyterian,' Richmond." [per Peyton's History of Augusta Co,VA,1882,p313]
[rdickson]: William is my paternal,2ndGtGrandfather.
Just 3 months after Wm's death his wife wrote a letter to their five year old daughter, Cornelia Lenoir Tate, so she would know something of her father later in life. In part, she wrote: "on the 9th of March 1867, you were left fatherless"...
[LSP]: "Col. Wm P Tate, of Augusta, who married first Miss Kayser, of Alleghany, by whom he left two daughters, Isabella and Margaret. He married second Sarah Christian, and by her left one daughter, Cornelia Tate. His widow married Rev. W T Richardson, editor of the 'Central Presbyterian,' Richmond." [per Peyton's History of Augusta Co,VA,1882,p313]
Just 3 months after Wm's death his wife wrote a letter to their five year old daughter, Cornelia Lenoir Tate, so she would know something of her father later in life. In part, she wrote: "on the 9th of March 1867, you were left fatherless"...
[LSP]: "Col. Wm P Tate, of Augusta, who married first Miss Kayser, of Alleghany, by whom he left two daughters, Isabella and Margaret. He married second Sarah Christian, and by her left one daughter, Cornelia Tate. His widow married Rev. W T Richardson, editor of the 'Central Presbyterian,' Richmond." [per Peyton's History of Augusta Co,VA,1882,p313]
Inscription
In Memoriam
William P Tate
March 9,1867
Sarah A Christian
( no date )
Gravesite Details
Since there is no date for Sarah she may not be buried here at Thornrose Cemetery. Her name on the gravestone was probably pre-inscribed at the time of William's death.
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