There are several windows from Scotland. Some colors are faded. There are symbols, portraits, and script. This is an incredibly poignant and sad story. The story is that like a novel, or a movie; something similar to All's Quiet on the Western Front. Two brothers-in-law are memorialised. One, Virgil J. Robinson, died at the confederate prison camp at Andersonville. Andersonville was a hideous destination where men wasted away from starvation. The other soldier, Benjamin F. Weary, was the first volunteer from Akron. Robert E. Lee surrendered on the 9th of April 1865, at Appomattox Court House Virginia, to Ulysses S. Grant. Later that day, Weary was shot dead.
I spoke to a friend about what i read that day on that window. He said, "that's war". I said, "No, that is murder".
that is our ancestor benjamin franklin weary. he was a brave soldier. the first to join the war and the last to die. virgil was his brother in law who died in prison. benjamin wrote a letter to his sister in law rosella inmann before he died. letting her know how they were doing in the war. benjamin was shot when he tried to capture the confederate flag. the soldiers did not know at time that Lee surrendered. he was shot 9am in morning . Back then they didnt have proper foods to feed their soldiers to be feeding the prisoners. so our troops and poor dear virgil died of malnutrition .
ReplyDeletethe chapel was desined by our other ancestor frank orlando weary. in honor of civil war troops.
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