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Note: N1141 The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia), Monday, 7 March 1904
Mrs. Mildred Nelson Macon, widow of Mr. George W. Macon, died at her home "Clover Hill", near Keswick, this morning at 8:30 o'clock. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
The deceased was a member of one of the best known Albemarle families, being a descendant of Thomas Macon (sic) who came to this county from New Kent. In 1833 he purchased the plantation containing a thousand acres which had once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, and which has since been the home of the Macon family.
The surviving children are four sons and one daughter — Thomas S. Macon of Richmond, L. S. Macon, Jr., and Dr. W. Douglas Macon of this city, George W. Macon of Albemarle county; and Mrs Frank Randolph of "Clover Fields", this county.
[Note: The paragraph which says she was a descendant of Thomas Macon is incorrect. He was, in fact, her father-in-law. The survivor information is correct.]
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Note: N1142 The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia), Thursday, 10 March 1904
Mrs. M. N. Macon
Services at old Grace Church were conducted by the Rev. E. Valentine Jones.
The funeral of Mrs. Mildred N. Macon took place from old Grace Church Tuesday afternoon. Services were conducted by the Rev. E. Valentine Jones. The pall-bearers were Philip W. Nelson, W. C. Shackelford, Frederick W. Page, Thomas W. Lewis, Richard O. Morris, H. E. Magruder, Louis T. Hanckel, Jr., and Dr. Frank L. Thurman.
Mrs. Macon was a daughter of the late Dr. Thomas W. Meriwether and the widow of George W. Macon, Sr. She was very highly esteemed by a host of friends and dearly loved by those whose privilege it was to know her intimately.
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Note: N1143 Newspaper unknown (Virginia) Date unknown [died March 7, 1904]
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Mildred Nelson Macon
In the death of Mrs. Mildred Nelson Macon on March 7, 1904, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Randolph, the ancestral homestead "Clover Fields," Albemarle county, Va., there passed away the last of the children of that noble character of the past, Dr. Thomas Walker (sic) Meriwether, of "Kinlock," Albemarle county. Born January 18, 1828, she had but recently entered upon her seventy-seventh year, and had given promise for many years yet, by her wonderful vigor of mind and body, but for an accidental fall, which hastened her end. In 1856 she married the late George W. Macon, of "Tufton," Albemarle, a descendant of the noted Macon family, of New Kent county, Va., He died May, 1884. The surviving children by this union are: Thomas S. Macon, of Richmond, Va.; Lyttleton S. Macon, Jr., and Dr. William Douglas Macon, of Charlottesville, Va.; George W. Macon and Mrs. Frank Randolph of Albemarle. Mrs. Macon possessed in an eminent degree all the fine qualities of the Walkers, Nelsons and Meriwethers, gifted with a love of the beautiful and poetical in literature and all nature; having a remarkable memory, stored with the choicest of all that she read, none of which could fail to be attracted by her conversation, or won by her gentle, loving disposition. But chiefly it was her earnest Christian character which showed forth so prominently through her long life. Her Church was always first in her heart, and next she clung to her kindred and friends with cords of love, firm and lasting to the end. Her tender heart was ever in sympathy with the suffering and needy around her, being ever ready with her benefactions, to be doing some good, and smoothing the paths of others less fortunate. She will be truly and sadly missed by the Church, the community and a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who will ever cherish her beautiful character as one of God's true children that has passed into His heavenly fold.
[Purportedly writteh by Edward C. Mead]
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