Burial ground, 4 sites in Washington DC belonging to Beverley Kennon, 1844 March 11
File — Box: 9, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.
Dates
- Creation: 1844 March 11
Creator
- From the Collection: Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 (Person)
- From the Collection: Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 (Person)
- From the Collection: Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831 (Person)
- From the Collection: Law, Thomas, 1756-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Costin, William, 1780?-1842 (Person)
- From the Collection: Law, John, 1784?-1822 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rogers, Edmund Law (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Robert, 1726-1806 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854 (Person)
- From the Collection: Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, George, 1779-1861 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (46 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911 (Person)
- Kennon, Beverley, 1793-1844 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Repository
Contact:
PO Box 3600
Mount Vernon VA 22121
703-799-3600
PO Box 3600
Mount Vernon VA 22121
703-799-3600
