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Vaiden Monument Inscriptions West Side: Elizabeth The devoted wife of C.M.
Vaiden Born March 18, 1819; Died
October 6, 1886 _______________________________________________________ East Side: (Statue and
relief faces east) Sacred to the Memory of Dr.
Cowles Mead Vaiden Born in Charles City Co.,
VA, April 21, 1812 Removed to Mississippi in
1837 Died in Carroll Co., Feb 6,
1880 In early life an Instructor
of the Young, he afterwards became successively a Physician, an Agricultural Land Merchant
in all of which vocation in integrity and industry were joined with wanted success as well as
with the esteem of all who knew him. As a husband he was gentle
and loving, as a friend sincere and unchanging, as a citizen generous public spirited and devoted to the
interests of his adopted state. In an
ardent zeal for the more general education of our youths he
showed the true spirit of the Philanthropist.
The wealth which rewarded
his labors was dispensed both publicly and privately with no sparing hand. Through many ordeals of a long and varied
life, he bore himself bravely and came out at the
last, that Noblest Work of God, An Honest Man. Town Namesake -- History of the Vaiden Statue Daily Clarion Marker
Description – 07/07/1881 Story of the Vaiden Monument From the W.P.A. Files, 1936-1938 At
Dr. Vaiden’s Funeral on February 8, 1880, a horse
belonging to Joe Colmery, hitched in front of Rev.
T.L. Haman’s home near the cemetery, was stolen. Mrs. Haman, who was at home, saw the man get
the horse and gave the alarm. When he
refused to halt at her order, she sent a message to the cemetery. The casket was being lowered into the grave,
and the resulting confusion caused delay in the rites. Several men left the cemetery to overtake the
thief. He was caught near West,
Mississippi, and taken to the jail in Vaiden.
When tried, he gave as his reason for stealing the horse, a hungry
family that had to be fed. He hoped to
sell the horse to buy food. He was not
convicted. _______________________________________________________ North and south sides have
NO inscription. Dr. Vaiden -- The Angel “Resurrection” Today
-- Wide-Angle View of Grave North Side of Monument -- South
Side of Monument -- West Side of Monument |
