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Weekly Nevada State Journal
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Contributed by Eileen Gillette

Description: A Handsome Monument

Date: April 30 1892

Newspaper published in: Reno

There is completed, ready for shipment, at J.M. McCORMACK'S Marble Works, a handsome monument for the grave of the late Charles D. WARREN of Virginia City. It is made of Butland, Vermont, marble, rose, and is five feet eight inches high, the shaft being a square block draped, the drapery being in relief and embellished, with vines, also in relief. On one of the faces of the block are Masonic and I.O.O.F. emblems, and in relief, the legend, in raised letters, " C.D. WARREN, Died May 12, 1891, aged 39 years. W.M. Escurial Lodge No. 7, F. & A. M., Virginia City."
The monument will be erected in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Virginia City, deceased at the time of his death having been Grand Master of the I.O.O.F. of Nevada. The workmanship is first class and the design unique as well as appropriate.

Submitted: 06/30/07

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