Many of the lovely monuments you see in Shockoe Hill Cemetery and elsewhere in Virginia were the product of John…
Just south of the Cemetery, just behind the curb near the intersection of Bates and 3rd streets, is this modest…
From The Times Dispatch 28 January 1909, page 10 column 4
Imagine my surprise at discovering I not only have an ancestor buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, but that he was…
While some cities in the U.S. had already adopted the practice of funeral processions via automobile, Richmond did not follow…
From Richmond Times-Dispatch 5 April 1915, page 6 column 4 The Voice of the People Shockoe Cemetery Neglected To the…
Quoits is a game similar to horseshoes that is played in various formats including lawn, indoors, and tabletop. It typically…
Recently, two Shockoe Hill Cemetery visitors introduced us to another resident gem. In year 1868 sixteen-year-old Ellen Gertrude Tompkins Kidd…
The ongoing maintenance of historic Shockoe Hill Cemetery is a daunting task today. The monuments are showing their age and…
From The Times, 27 September, 1900, page 5, column 4 Funeral Services The funeral of Miss Elizabeth L. Van Lew…