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About Marcia Van Ness (Burnes)
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Marcia Burnes Van Ness was the wife of John Peter Van Ness & the daughter of David and Anne Wight Burnes. She inherited land from her father in 1799 that became the downtown area of DC, as her father inherited from his father. First woman to have a public funeral in DC.
The Gettysburg Times, March 14, 1955 Marcia Burns: The Story of Washington's First Belle and Hostess by Leighton C. Taylor, Marcia Burns Van Ness died in 1832. Her husband [John Peter Van Ness] built a mausoleum for her at a cost of $30,000, modeled after the circular Temple of Vesta in Rome. It was located first on H Street, between Ninth and Tenth, where it remained until 1872 when the city's growth necessitated its removal to Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown. In the meanwhile, [John Peter] Van Ness died, and his body was placed in the building by the side of his wife.
On September 25, 1826, Marcia and her husband conveyed all of her property to two trustees, William Bainbridge and Thomas Swann, and on the same date, these trustees reconveyed all of this property back to John Van Ness. The most conservative estimate of the value of her property at this time was $1.5 million. In 1847, after John Van Ness had died, a lawsuit was filed by the descendants of her sister Innocent Moore in an attempt to recoup some of the estate, as John Van Ness did not have a will or a living offspring. The lawsuit failed.
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Marcia Van Ness (Burnes)'s Timeline
| 1782 |
May 9, 1782
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Prince Georges County, Maryland, United States
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| 1803 |
June 12, 1803
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Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
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| 1832 |
September 9, 1832
Age 50
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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