Dr Rene Lewis Ravenel MD (1826-1875)

Dr Rene Lewis Ravenel MD

Birth

13 Nov 1826

Death

27 Jul 1875 (aged 48)

Burial

Pooshee Plantation Cemetery

Bonneau, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map

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Inscription

Side two of four:
Their Huguenot ancestors settled and lived in this immediate neighbourhood. Here they lived and died And their descendants still continue to occupy the soil. It is to honour their last Resting place that this stone is erected by one of their descendants. A.D. 1855

Ravenel, Susanah Eliza LeNoble
Ravenel, Rene
Ravenel, James
Ravenel, Daniel
Ravenel, Elizabeth
Ravenel, Susanah
Mazyck, Stephen
Mazyck, Susannah
Ravenel, Elizabeth Jane Ravenel
Ravenel, Rene Lewis
RAVENEL, RENE LEWIS 2nd Son of RENE THE EMIGRANT, And his Wife SUSANAH ELIZA LeNOBLE. And their Sons RENE JAMES & DANIEL. And their Daughters ELIZABETH & SUSANAH. Also STEPHEN MAZYCK husband of SUSANNAH and ELIZABETH JANE daughter of DANIEL RAVENEL of Somerton And Wife of the above named DANIEL. They died successively between the years 1740 & 1787
[Sorry we were just beginning to photograph headstones and it was a very bright day so hard to see screen, if you have better photos please post.]

Gravesite Details

Pooshee Cemetery is now under the waters of Lake Marion.Rene Ravenel's marker was moved to the new Black Oak Reinterment Site. His remains were left undisturbed and were covered with a concrete slab.