9501 OLD COLCHESTER RD., LORTON
This small cemetery was located on part of the Lower
Potomac Sewage Treatment Plant where several
mature trees shaded the area. A 1922 survey
by Carrie White Avery recorded the presence
of only one gravestone. The inscription as recorded
was taken from a 1968 photograph of the stone.
There appeared to be 10+ burials, as well as
the marble base of the aforementioned gravestone,
but the stone was not found by the 1990 survey.
The cemetery was overgrown, but not hard to
locate. The Boggess/Ward House, "La Grange,"
which stood nearby burned Feb. 2. 1972.
Date of Survey: 2/16/1990
REBECCA KIRBY MARDERS
Born: 1825c
Died: NOV 27, 1882
Wife of: JAMES S. MARDERS
A 1922 survey by Carrie White Avery recorded the
presence of the gravestone. The following inscription
in taken from a 1968 photograph of the stone "Until
the day breaks and the shaddows flee away To our
mother ...." The stone was not found by the 1990
survey.
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