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County: Woodford

Calmes Tomb

Marker Number: 

1921

Location: 

Paynes Mill Rd., off US 60, Versailles

This stone mausoleum was built in family cemetery of "Caneland" plantation by Gen. Marquis Calmes, a friend of Lafayette during Amer. Revolution. Calmes (1755-1834), born in Va. of Huguenot ancestry, assisted in laying out Versailles and named it after French city. He and wife Priscilla Heale buried here. Tomb restored in July 1990. Presented by Genealogical Society of Versailles.

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