Please join us at the Fredericksburg Masonic Cemetery on Saturday, April 11 at 10am for the cenotaph tombstone placement ceremony of Elizabeth Spooner (c.1776-1803). A reception will follow at Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge No. 4 at 803 Princess Anne Street.
Elizabeth Spooner was the daughter of Lt. Col. Gustavus Brown Wallace (1751-1802), the wife of merchant and Councilman George W. B. Spooner (1763-1849), and the mother of seven children.
Much of Elizabeth’s life remains unknown and was largely forgotten until her tombstone was discovered in the 1980s. Broken and abandoned, the tombstone was recovered and donated to the Fredericksburg Area Museum by Mr. and Mrs. John H. Prasse. Many people worked tirelessly to locate her resting place and learn more about her life. Although her original burial site was never found, through collaborative efforts among the Fredericksburg Area Museum, Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, and the community, she is now being given a final resting place alongside her father, Lt. Col. Wallace, and near her son, Henry A. A. Spooner.
