Eliza C. Walling Donnely

Eliza C. Walling Donnely (also spelled Donnelly) was born in 1808. Though her foot stone remains intact within the Bethlehem Baptist Churchyard, her headstone had fallen over and broken into three principal pieces. It is one of the stones has been restored through the efforts of the St. James Goose Creek/Bethlehem Baptist Church Historical Site committee. (Learn how you can help restore and interpret this sacred site.) It reads:

Sacred

To the memory of

Mrs. Eliza C. Donnelly

Who departed this life

The 18th October 1858

Aged 49 Years 9 Months

And 18 Days

    



Text by Leigh Jones Handal of Charleston Raconteurs. 
Source: Donnelly/Campbell/Chinnis/Johnson Family Bible

Second image by FindAGrave.com

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