Location: At John de la Howe School, 8 miles NW of McCormick
Dr. de la Howe in the second paragraph of his will left instructions for his burial as follows:
"In premis, it is my will and desire that my remains shall be buried as near as can be to the
spot where those of the late Miss Rebecca Woodin are deposited on the hill opposite to the
dwelling house wherein we both resided together and I still do reside on my plantation or farm
named Lethe, as the last mark and testimony of my friendship and sense which I ever have
retained of her merit. And it is further my will that as soon as it can conveniently be done
after my decease a substantial brick wall shall be build around our sepulchres not less than ten feet
square in the clear, eight feet above ground, and two bricks thick with a substantial door and lock
and that the whole of it shall forever be kept up and in good order and the area within clear of
bushes and weeds and that the following inscription in large iron capitals shall forever be kept
incased in the door: Rebecca Woodlin Obit 4th Oct. 1788. Joes de la Howe
Fundator Hujas Seminarii Agriculturalis, with the date of my decease."
Rebecca Woodin Obit, MDCCLXXXVIII, Joannes DE LA Howe, hujas agriculturalis, Seminarii
Fund Atiir, OB Januario II MDCCXCVII
Views outside of John De La Howe's crypt: View One, View Two, View Three
Views inside of John De La Howe's crypt: View One, View Two, View Three, View Four, View Five, View Six, View Seven
Additional graves on site:
Grave 1 - Rev. James Bennett Branch, Aug. 2, 1882 - July 8, 1931, Superintendent of the de la
Howe School, 1919 - 1931, his wife, Nora Pryse Branch, Apr. 3, 1881 - May 4, 1983, Christ's
faithful soldiers and servants unto their life's end
Grave 2 - James Bennett Branch, Born November 13, 1921, Died May 10, 1945; He gave his life
in the service of his country at the battle of Okinawa in World War II.
Grave 3 - Mary Naomi Beard, March 12,1909 - June 9, 1936, wife of P.B. Moragne, Gone but
not forgotten
Grave 4 - Ernest Gray, Born July 28, 1916, Died May 18, 1929; Suffer little children to come
unto me.
Grave 5 - In memory of Clifford Williams, January 1, 1919 - January 23, 1929, Little ones to Him
belong
Grave 6 - [unmarked]
Grave 7 - [unmarked]