Lewis Ginter's Final Resting Place

by Melissa Messick

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Lewis Ginter's Final Resting Place

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Melissa Messick

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Photograph - Photography

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Lewis Ginter's Final Resting Place - Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia - Born April 24, 1824 New York City, In 1842, at the age of eighteen, Ginter located to Richmond, Virginia to open up a shop selling toys.Ginter gained the rank of Major in the Civil War under Generals Joseph R. Anderson and A.P. Hill, and retained this title from affectionate Southerners long after the war ended. Ginter was present during Lee�s surrender at Appomattox Court House, and returned to Richmond several days laterIn 1873, Ginter joined John F. Allen to form Allen & Ginter, a partnership selling foreign made tobacco. Then Ginter hired architects Carrere and Hastings in 1892 to design a world-class hotel known as the Jefferson Hotel.Ginter died on October 2, 1897. and his remains interred in a private mausoleum in Hollywood Cemetery overlooking the James River.

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