Col. Edward Digges

Son of Cole Digges and Elizabeth Folliot Power.

Married Anne Harrison on Aug. 9, 1739.

Children:

1. Edward Digges (26 May 1740-26 Jan 1741) 2. Edward Digges (1 Dec 1741-4 Jul 1743)

3. William Digges (29 Dec 1742) heired and sold "Bellfield", m. cousin Elizabeth Digges

4. Cole Digges (11 Oct 1744-20 May 1777)

5. Capt. Edward Digges #34061036 (22 Jan 1746-29 Oct 1818) m. Elizabeth Gaskins

6. Mary Digges (25 Dec 1748-7 Feb 1814) 7. Thomas Digges (17 Aug 1750-15 Aug 1818) 8. Elizabeth Digges (14 Nov 1752) 9. Hannah Digges (1 Dec 1754-10 Jun 1756) 10. Anne Digges (5 Sep 1756-20 Sep 1756)

11. Sarah Digges (17 Dec 1757) m. William Fitzhugh (wife #2) on 16 Feb 1778, Fauquier County, VA.

12. Dudley Digges (15 Jan 1760)

During the Civil War, Wisconsin soldiers reportedly desecrated graves in the cemetery in search of jewelry which had been buried with corpses, as a source of barter with army sutlers in the town of Falmouth. Soldiers vandalized existing markers for material to make makeshift memorials for their own dead.24 Headstones may have been utilized as makeshift fire hearths for winter huts during the 1862-63 winter occupation. The potential for many unmarked graves is significantly high.

An older section of the cemetery is situated northeast of the Union Church and contextually associated with the first Falmouth Anglican Church site. An apparent wide and odd distribution of earlier grave markers seems to indicate the probability that existing unmarked burials lay in between. Random low protruding stones without inscriptions may indicate a headstone or a plot boundary marker. This area contains one raised horizontal stone tablet and six horizontal stone tablets at grade.

References

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 18 2020, 15:38:24 UTC
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