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William Lambert

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Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
24 Mar 1853 (aged 63)
Richmond, City of Richmond, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond,City of Richmond,Virginia,USAGPS-Latitude: 37.535099, Longitude: -77.459886
Plot
Same plot as Geo. E. Pickett, Find A Grave Memorial# 6381621
Memorial ID
7051253View Source

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War of 1812 patriot. Freemason. Brigadier-General of 19th Militia Regiment, lawyer and former Mayor of Richmond, Virginia from 1840-1852. Lambert was originally buried in the Pickett family cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, but was reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond in 1892.

War of 1812 patriot. Freemason. Brigadier-General of 19th Militia Regiment, lawyer and former Mayor of Richmond, Virginia from 1840-1852. Lambert was originally buried in the Pickett family cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, but was reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond in 1892.

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MONUMENT IN HOLLYWOOD, RICHMOND
FLAT PEDESTAL WITH PLATE
In memory of GEORGE PICKETT and MARGARET SANDERSON, his wife, whose remains were disinterred from the family cemetery on the north line of Marshall Street between 22nd and 23rd streets, this city, on 16 FEBRUARY 1892 and reinterred at this spot with full Episcopal service on 13 April 1893, Rev. Landon Mason officiated. Their children and their descendants were reinterred at the same time, viz:
GEORGE (E. or B.) PICKETT and his two infant children
MARY A. and GEN'L WILLIAM LAMBERT, her husband, and their 2 infant children
MRS. CAROLINE R. CURRIE
ELIZABETH H. and CHARLES J. McMURDO, her husband and their children, viz:
CATHERINE A., BOLLING, HELEN P., and RAVENSCROFT.

Mitchell, Mary H., "Hollywood Cemetery, The History of a Southern Shrine." Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 1999. pp. 115-116:
"In February 1892, Hooper transferred to Hollywood the remains buried in the old Adams-Carrington burying ground and the adjoining PICKETT CEMETERY AT TWENTY-THIRD AND MARSHALL STREETS. Members of Richmond's earliest families were represented there. Colonel Richard Adams, who had offered the state some of his property on Church Hill for the site of the Capitol; William Marshall, the brother of Chief Justice John Marshall; General William Lambert, a longtime mayor of Richmond; and George Pickett, the grandfather of Confederate generals Henry Heth and George E. Pickett..."
Note: All bodies were interred in Section 12 - Lots 1 thru 7.

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  • Originally Created by:Cinnamonntoast4
  • Added: Jan 3, 2003
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    This grave is in section 12.In memory of Geo. E. Pickett & Margaret Sanderson, his wife, whose remains were disinterred from the family cemetery on the north line of Marshall between 22nd & 23rd Strs. this city on the 16th Feb. 1892 & reinterred at this spot with full Episcopal service on the 13th April 1893. Rev. Landon Mason officiated. Their children & their descendants were interred at the same time viz:Geo. E. Pickett & his 2 infant children.Mary A. & General Wm. Lambert her husband & their 2 infant children.Mrs. Caroline P. CurrieElizabeth and Chas. J. MacMurdo her husband & their children vis: Catharine A. Bolling, Helen P. & Ravenscroft.

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