Shockoe Cemetery
Information about Shockoe Cemetery in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1900-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; keeper of Shockoe Cemetery responds to criticisms about the condition of the cemetery by promising to employ more men if more funding comes his way
1900-09-26, Richmond Dispatch; Elizabeth Van Lew has died, will be buried Friday. Details on relatives and friends attending as well as details on her home
1900-09-26, Richmond Dispatch; Miss Van Lew to be buried Friday – excellent details about the funeral. List of pall-bearers, including Franklin Stearns. Morbid curiosity attends her death – many seek to view her body, but are turned away unless they are c
1900-09-27, Richmond Times; Funeral of Elizabeth Van Lew tomorrow from her home – interment in Shockoe Cemetery. List of pall-bearers, including Franklin Stearns
1900-09-28, Richmond Dispatch; the funeral of Elizabeth Van Lew will be held today, interment of Shockoe Hill Cemetery. Will to be read after the funeral – estate valued at $25,000, and likely to be bought by a Boston syndicate
1900-09-28, Richmond Times; Miss Van Lew’s funeral will take place from her home today, interment in Shockoe Cemetery. List of pall-bearers, including Franklin Stearns
1900-10-25, Richmond Times; “The personal property, bric-a-brac, and other portable belongings of the late Miss Elizabeth Van Lew” have been shipped north for sale – her northern friends will erect a monument over her grave
1902-06-29, Washington Times; long article about the Van Lew house in Richmond and Elizabeth Van Lew’s wartime career as a spy – many biographical details
1902-07-18, Richmond Dispatch; description of the granite boulder sent by Massachusetts friends to mark the grave of Elizabeth Van Lew
1902-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; description of the Van Lew monument to be placed over her grave in Shockoe Cemetery and brief summation of the events of her life – includes important image of where her now-unmarked grave is to be placed

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