Somerton Monthly Meeting
Suffolk City, Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosToday the Somerton Friends Meeting takes place in a newer building and is surrounded by a newer cemetery dating from the mid 1800's forward. This cenotaph is established as a place for memorials predating that era since early Friends were buried in graves that were marked by simple fieldstones or left entirely unmarked, in keeping with their values of humility and simplicity.
Friends did keep meticulous records in their Monthly Meetings of life events, including death dates, but did not note burial locations. Because of this practice, it is impossible in modern times to know where individual graves are. Consequently, this cenotaph was created to remember the early Friends who attended the Somerton Meeting and their prominent role in early Virginia history.
Today the Somerton Friends Meeting takes place in a newer building and is surrounded by a newer cemetery dating from the mid 1800's forward. This cenotaph is established as a place for memorials predating that era since early Friends were buried in graves that were marked by simple fieldstones or left entirely unmarked, in keeping with their values of humility and simplicity.
Friends did keep meticulous records in their Monthly Meetings of life events, including death dates, but did not note burial locations. Because of this practice, it is impossible in modern times to know where individual graves are. Consequently, this cenotaph was created to remember the early Friends who attended the Somerton Meeting and their prominent role in early Virginia history.
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- Added: 16 Sep 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2465730
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