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Historic Cemeteries Highlighted in Joel Lane Museum House Lecture
Emily Grant presented “Historic Cemeteries and Our Heritage” as part of the Joel Lane Museum House lecture series Her talk focused on an overview of Raleigh’s public historic cemeteries, their importance as sacred spaces, and stories about the city’s past. Other information shared by Emily Grant, RCCP board member, included highlights of our restoration and […]
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Raleigh City Cemetery Labor Day Tour
The annual Raleigh City Cemetery Labor Day tour in 2015 was conducted by Betsy Shaw, a local historian who led tours in City Cemetery for many years before she retired from doing this event. Betsy was fluent in the local history of our founding fathers as well as a researcher of African-Americans interred in the […]
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Children of J. T. and S. A. Cole
“House Burns…. Points to Burglary.” News & Observer. Wednesday, July 6, 1904T. Cole was a spinner at Caraleigh Mills. He and his wife, S. A. Cole and their four children, son Gowan, 14, daughters, Flossie Jane,5; Myrtle, 8; and Minnie Lee,10 attended the 4th of July fireworks at Cameron’s Field on Monday and returned to their […]
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Box Tomb Restored
The box tomb of Julia Rowan Taylor Busbee was restored thanks to a generous donation from the 1789 Questers. Julia Taylor Busbee, (April 19, 1828- February 27, 1858), was the first wife of soldier Quenten Busbee. She died at age 29. Although we know little about Julia’s background, her portrait, painted by an unknown artist, is […]
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Restoration Workshop at City Cemetery
The restoration workshop at City Cemetery with Dean Ruedrich included a tour of key restoration projects completed by RCCP. The event provided an overview of work and recommended reading for those interested in cemetery preservation. Long-term landscape plans for City Cemetery were shared by David Brown. The poignant life story of Whitson Safley, the young […]
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