Age 26 years. Buried May 24, 1881.
Remains removed from Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The National Republican
Saturday Morning, April 9, 1881
The brief announcement in a recent Republican of the death on March 27, of Thomas a Kempis Ringgold, aged twenty-seven, son of the late Lieutenant Colonel George H. Ringgold, Paymaster General United States Army and eldest grandson of the late Colonel Thomas Conde of Charleston, South Carolina, chronicled the passing away of a rare and gifted spirit. His graces of person and character were the riches of the home circle he has left and equally precious to a tender and devoted friend of his young life's closing years. In inherited culture and refinement, he had few equals and in devout beauty of life and resignation in death he was worthy of the saintly name given him at the Catholic altar, in whose communion he lived and died. Life was sweet to him, though sometimes overshadowed by the fallen fortunes of his family and by his inability, through a consumptive's feebleness, to be the architect of new and brighter days. His paternal grandfather, General Samuel Ringgold, who then owned Fountain Rock, one of the finest landed estates in Maryland, won the hand of Miss Marie Antoinette Hay, one of the most beautiful women of her time and they were married at the White House, her home during the administration of President Monroe. Her step-mother was the daughter of the President and her father was a United States District Attorney under his administration. The bereaved mother of Mr. Ringgold is an estimable clerk in one of the executive Departments. His remains were temporarily deposited at Mount Olivet, but will be finally interred at Oak Hill.
Remains removed from Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The National Republican
Saturday Morning, April 9, 1881
The brief announcement in a recent Republican of the death on March 27, of Thomas a Kempis Ringgold, aged twenty-seven, son of the late Lieutenant Colonel George H. Ringgold, Paymaster General United States Army and eldest grandson of the late Colonel Thomas Conde of Charleston, South Carolina, chronicled the passing away of a rare and gifted spirit. His graces of person and character were the riches of the home circle he has left and equally precious to a tender and devoted friend of his young life's closing years. In inherited culture and refinement, he had few equals and in devout beauty of life and resignation in death he was worthy of the saintly name given him at the Catholic altar, in whose communion he lived and died. Life was sweet to him, though sometimes overshadowed by the fallen fortunes of his family and by his inability, through a consumptive's feebleness, to be the architect of new and brighter days. His paternal grandfather, General Samuel Ringgold, who then owned Fountain Rock, one of the finest landed estates in Maryland, won the hand of Miss Marie Antoinette Hay, one of the most beautiful women of her time and they were married at the White House, her home during the administration of President Monroe. Her step-mother was the daughter of the President and her father was a United States District Attorney under his administration. The bereaved mother of Mr. Ringgold is an estimable clerk in one of the executive Departments. His remains were temporarily deposited at Mount Olivet, but will be finally interred at Oak Hill.
Age 26 years. Buried May 24, 1881.
Remains removed from Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The National Republican
Saturday Morning, April 9, 1881
The brief announcement in a recent Republican of the death on March 27, of Thomas a Kempis Ringgold, aged twenty-seven, son of the late Lieutenant Colonel George H. Ringgold, Paymaster General United States Army and eldest grandson of the late Colonel Thomas Conde of Charleston, South Carolina, chronicled the passing away of a rare and gifted spirit. His graces of person and character were the riches of the home circle he has left and equally precious to a tender and devoted friend of his young life's closing years. In inherited culture and refinement, he had few equals and in devout beauty of life and resignation in death he was worthy of the saintly name given him at the Catholic altar, in whose communion he lived and died. Life was sweet to him, though sometimes overshadowed by the fallen fortunes of his family and by his inability, through a consumptive's feebleness, to be the architect of new and brighter days. His paternal grandfather, General Samuel Ringgold, who then owned Fountain Rock, one of the finest landed estates in Maryland, won the hand of Miss Marie Antoinette Hay, one of the most beautiful women of her time and they were married at the White House, her home during the administration of President Monroe. Her step-mother was the daughter of the President and her father was a United States District Attorney under his administration. The bereaved mother of Mr. Ringgold is an estimable clerk in one of the executive Departments. His remains were temporarily deposited at Mount Olivet, but will be finally interred at Oak Hill.
Remains removed from Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The National Republican
Saturday Morning, April 9, 1881
The brief announcement in a recent Republican of the death on March 27, of Thomas a Kempis Ringgold, aged twenty-seven, son of the late Lieutenant Colonel George H. Ringgold, Paymaster General United States Army and eldest grandson of the late Colonel Thomas Conde of Charleston, South Carolina, chronicled the passing away of a rare and gifted spirit. His graces of person and character were the riches of the home circle he has left and equally precious to a tender and devoted friend of his young life's closing years. In inherited culture and refinement, he had few equals and in devout beauty of life and resignation in death he was worthy of the saintly name given him at the Catholic altar, in whose communion he lived and died. Life was sweet to him, though sometimes overshadowed by the fallen fortunes of his family and by his inability, through a consumptive's feebleness, to be the architect of new and brighter days. His paternal grandfather, General Samuel Ringgold, who then owned Fountain Rock, one of the finest landed estates in Maryland, won the hand of Miss Marie Antoinette Hay, one of the most beautiful women of her time and they were married at the White House, her home during the administration of President Monroe. Her step-mother was the daughter of the President and her father was a United States District Attorney under his administration. The bereaved mother of Mr. Ringgold is an estimable clerk in one of the executive Departments. His remains were temporarily deposited at Mount Olivet, but will be finally interred at Oak Hill.
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