Virginia Deaths 1897-1912
1898
ACREE, William H. "Willie"-W, November 10 in Richmond city, age 23
ADAMS, George F.-W, January 5 at the Soldiers' Home, Richmond city, age 63
ADAMS, Rosa H.(nee Hamner)(Mrs. Richard H.)-W, May 20 in Lynchburg, age 27
ALBERTS, Henry-W, October 10
ALLEN, Thomas S.-W, November 24 in Hanover Co., age 60, paralysis
ALLEY, Adeline V.(Mrs.)-W, November 26 in Richmond city
AMOS, Roscoe W.-W, May 19 in Albemarle Co., age about 22, consumption
ANDERSON, James A.-W, September 20 at the Soldiers' Home, Richmond city, age 50
ANDERSON, Sidney J.-W, December in Norfolk, buried in Richmond city
APPERSON, John G.-W, late April/early May in Lunenburg Co., age 70
ARMSTRONG, Dorathea-W, June 9 in Henrico Co., age 4 months, 10 days

BALL, G. H. A.-W, April 30 in Richmond city
BALL, Hester H.-W, July 9 in Richmond city, age 1 year, 5 months and 21 days
BARCLAY, William H.-W, November 9 in Bedford
BARKER, William N.-W, November 12 in Richmond city, age 70
BATTE, Mary A. E.-W, May 14 in Petersburg, age about 75, resident of Richmond city
BAUGHAN, Mattie B.-W, November 20 at the Virginia Hospital in Richmond city
BAUR, Charles C.-W, January 2
BEASLEY, Mary J.(Mrs.)-W, June 29 in Richmond city. age about 61
BEATTIE, Frances Marion-W, July 3 in Manchester, age 12
BERNSTEIN,Helene(Mrs.)-W, March 30 in Richmond city, age about 71
BLANKS, James R.-W, May 18 in Clopton, age 25, killed by a train
BLANTON, John S.-W, January 26 at the Soldiers' Home, Richmond city, age 72
BOISSEAU, James-W, September 9 in Richmond city, age 68
BOISSEAU, James W.-W, May 2 in Crewe, Nottoway County
BOSCHEN, Theodore Elbert-W, January 13 in Richmond city, age about 45
BOSHER, Fannie A.(Mrs. Thomas J.)-W, May 8 in Mt. Pleasant, King William Co., age about 63
BOZE, William T.-W, September 6 in Richmond city, age about 51
BOWLER, Mrs. Kate-W, September 19
BRADLEY, Walter M., February 22 in Richmond city, age 31
BRIEL, Casper-W, June 29 in Richmond city, age about 67
BRISTOW, J. Washington, February 22, age 67
BROOKING, Dr. Judson-W, September 20 in Orange Co., age about 40
BROWN, Martha A.(Mrs. Valentine)-W, September 22 in Richmond city
BRYANT, Lucie E.-W, January 7 in Buckingham Co., age 10
BRYANT, William A.-W, May 2 in Nokesville, age 79, stroke of paralysis
BUCKLEY, William, May 18 in Richmond city
BURNETT, "Doc"-W, May 8 in Pittsylvania Co., age about 50, shot and killed

CABELL, WIlliam Meredith-November 2, age 74
CAMPBELL, Rev. Dr. James R.-W, May 2 in Woodstock, Shenandoah Co.
CARTER, James L.-W, May 12 in Clarke Co., age 67
CARTER, Sarah Jane(Mrs. Frank), October 29 in Green Bay, Va., age 80
CARY, Col. John Batops-W, January 13 in Richmond city, age 78
CHALMERS, Mary E.(Mrs. James F.)-W, June 8 in Richmond city
CHAMPLIN, Frances A.(Mrs.), May in Richmond city
CHAPPELL, Maggie(Mrs. William H.)(nee Lewis)-W, May 12 in Richmond city, age about 28
CLARKE, Elsie Edwards-W, November 12 in Richmond city, age 4 months, 9 days
COCKE, Lucia Cary(nee Harrison)(Mrs. Capt. Edmund R.)-W, March 31 in Cumberland Co.
CONQUEST, Alfred-W, April 26 in Accomack Co., age 75
CONRAD, Dr. Daniel Burr-W, September 20 in Winchester
COX, Mary E.(Mrs.)-W, May 10 in Richmond city
CREW, Thomas S.-W, April 1 in Richmond city, spinal meningitis
CRUMP, James-W, July 4 in Charles City Courthouse 
CUMMINGS, William Hugh-W, Richmond city, age 7 months, son of John & Annie Cummings

DALY, Michael J.-W, Oct./Nov. in Richmond city, age 42, formerly of Ireland
DAVIS, Thomas Marion, November 1 in Richmond city, age 3 years, 4 months
DAVISON, Thomas-W, May 6 at the Soldier's Home, Richmond city, age about 72
DIAMOND, Cornelia(Mrs. Dr. Samuel)(nee Binga)-AA, May 14 in Richmond city, congestion of the lungs from riding a bicycle
DOLAN, Thomas, October 30 in Richmond city, age 16
DONALDSON, William, Sr.-W, November 24 in Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., grippe
DORSETT, Dr. Thomas P.-W, May 19 in Manchester
DUNSTAN, Mrs. Thomas W.-W, May in King and Queen Co., buried in Richmond city

EDWARDS, (Mrs.) John C.-W, April 30 in Petersburg, consumption
EMMS, Mrs. S. A.-W, May 11, age 49
EPPS, John Temple-W, July 2 in Henrico Co., age about 67
EUBANK, Martha(Mrs. James)-W, July 7 in Henrico Co., age about 71

FLIPPIN, Thomas-W, June 17 in Richmond city, age about 21, cerebro-spinal meningitis
FRIEND, Mary A.(nee Harrison)(Mrs. Charles)-W, May 10 in Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., funeral in Petersburg, buried in Blandford Cemetery
FRITH, Susan(Mrs.)-W, June 30 in Chesterfield Co., age about 95

GALLAGHER, Mrs. Charles H.-W, April 29 in Newport News
GIFFORD, Lottie(Mrs.)-W, June 9 in Richmond city 
GILLIAM, Martha Lizzie(Mrs.)-W, January 3 in Richmond city, resident of James City Co.
GRAHAM, John V.-W, April 1 in Danville, formerly of Baltimore
GREEN, Charlotte-AA, May in Petersburg, age 100
GREEN, Julian F., Sr., October 31 in Richmond city, age 65
GREEN, T. Ritchie-W, November 10 in Warrenton, age 63
GRIFFIN, Emory W.-W, May 14 in Richmond city, age 2 months, 16 days
GRIGGS, Mollie E.(Mrs. T. E.)-W, May 17 in Richmond city, buried in Portsmouth
GRIM, Thomas-W, April 4 in Harrisonburg, age 42, a suicide by gunshot
GUNN, Alice B.(Mrs. William S.)-W, April 30 in Richmond city

HADEN, Mrs. William A.-W, November 25 in Crozet, Albemarle Co., age 65, hit by train cars while crossing railroad tracks
HALEY, William Wirt-W, November 11 in Richmond city, age 15 months
HALL, Henry Wade-W, May 5 in Richmond city, age 3
HARGRAVE, Nathaniel B.-W, November 10 in Richmond city, malaria, formerly of Prince George Co.
HARMAN, Blanche E.(Mrs. Charles H.)-W, June 6, age about 33
HARRISON, Dr. Benjamin-W, May 11 in Clarke Co., age 76
HARRISON, Lorton-W, November in Newport News, age 16, overdose of morphine, buried in Richmond city
HART, William T.-W, January 12 in Caroline Co., age about 58
HAYS, Capt. John S.-W, May 8 in "Chestnut Ridge"
HILL, Corene M.-W, May 2 in Richmond city, age 18 days
HUFFMAN, Maj. George-W, November in loudoun Co., age 78

INDROSKY, Moses-W, November 11 in Roanoke, age 31

JACKSON, Peter, November 3 in Richmond city, age 76
JACKSON, Capt. T. A.-W, May 7 in the Soldier's Home, Richmond city, apoplexy, buried in Petersburg
JACOBUS, J.-W, May 18 in Richmond city
JAMEISON, Leonard-W, April 30 in Petersburg, age 26, meningitis
JENNINGS, George W.-W, January 16, age 19
JENNINGS, James Brown-W, July 2 in Powhatan Co., age 58 
JOHNS, Laura(nee Stuart)(Mrs. Dr. Kensey)-W, May in Alexandria
JONES, Caroline-AA, May in Petersburg, age about 102
JONES, Lucy E.(Mrs. Peter B.)-W, January 11 in Richmond city

KAEMPF, Laura Ritchie-W, May 11 in Richmond city, age 9 months, 27 days
KEIL, Mary A.(Mrs. Robert)-W, July 7 in Richmond city, age about 62
KELLAM, Martha Burgess-W, October in Richmond city, age 19
KELLY, infant-AA, in Manchester, child of John Kelly
KELLY, John-AA, April off Mosquito Point in the Rappahannock River, drowned sailing boat
KENT, Sarah Jane-W, February 2 in Richmond city
KERSE, Margaret(Mrs.), October? in Richmond city, age 62
KIDD, Harry Vivian-W, Novemer 22 in Richmond city, age 26, typhoid fever
KROUSE, Andrew, Jr.-W, February 22 in Richmond city
KUHN, John J.-W, January 11 in Richmond city, age about 75

LAUNDER, John Mann, May 20 in Richmond city, age 4 months, 13 days
LAWTON, John C.-W, January 6 in Richmond city
LEFFLER, Lizzie S.(Mrs. Charles J.)-W, November 12 in Richmond city
LEWIS, Mrs. Charles H.-W, September 19 
LICHTENSTEIN, Caroline(Mrs.)-W, January 4 inRichmond city, age 71
LIESFELD, William Adam-W, May 9 in Richmond city, age about 32
LIGGAN, Earl Hobson-W, November 12 in Richmond city, 4 months, 5 days
LIPSCOMB, A. B.-W, May 10 in Richmond city, age about 66
LUMPKIN, Dr. N. W.-W, November 10 in Danville, accidental shooting

MARSHALL, Maragret Brydson(Mrs. John)-W, November 14 in Richmond city, age 61
MARTIN, Rebecca(Mrs.)-W, January 13 in Manchester city
MAUCK, Daniel T.-W, May 16 in Richmond city, age about 66
MAXWELL, Mary F.(nee Robertson)-W, November 14 in Richmond city, age 89
McCANCE, Emily(Mrs. T. W., Jr.)(nee Gill)-W, January 2 in Manchester city
McCHESNEY, Mary C.(Mrs. Dr. W. S.)(nee Baylor)-W, June 7 in Staunton, age 70
McDOWELL, Ruby-W, April 1 near Richmond city, age 2, drowned, buried in Maury Cemetery
McGEHEE, Willard-W, July 4, age 4  
McKENNEY, Hanson H.-W, March 30 in Norfolk city, age about 40
MINER, Miriam-W, November 25 in Richmond city
MONCURE, Dr. J. D.-W, November in Williamsburg, malarial fever leading to congestion of the brain
MOON, James N.-W, September in Scottsville, age 61
MORRIS, Eliza V.-W, May 2 in Richmond city
MOTLEY, Mary(nee Coke)(Mrs. John)-W, September 20 in Warsaw
MYER, Frederika Marie-W, May 7 in Richmond city, age 4 months, 23 days, a twin
MYERS, Capitola A.(Mrs.)(nee Charters)-W, June in Roanoke

NEW, Herman-W, May 2 in Richmond city, age 46
NORTHINGTON, William Boisseau-W, October

O'DONNELL, Peter-W, November 9 in Richmond city
O'NEILL, Frederick-W, October, age 22

PANKEY, John-W, May 16 in Manchester
PARKER, J. W.-W, April 26 in Northampton Co., railroad accident
PARKER, James-W, April 28 near Bloxoms, Accomack Co., age 75
PARKES, Parker W.-W, April 30 in Leemont, Accomack Co., age 83
PENCE, Nettie-W, April 3 in Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., thrown from carriage by a frightened horse
PHILIPS, Georgianna(Mrs. Charles)(nee Smith)-W, January 18 in Richmond city
PHILLIPS, Mary Dunn(Mrs. Dr. A. G.)-W, July 9 in Manchester, age about 73
POLLARD, Lucy(Mrs. Isaac)-W, September 321 near Fredericksburg, age 78, paralysis
POWELL, S. G. "Dick"-W, November 14 in Richmond city, age 32, pneumonia
POWERS, Eliza Hyde(Mrs. Spencer B.)-W, November 19 in Clare, Cumberland Co.
PRESTON, Joel L.-W, December at the Soldier's Home, Richmond city, age 75
PRICE, William J.-W, January 14 in Springwood, age 74
PUCKETT, Joseph-W, May 19 in Chesterfield Co., age about 78
PUGH, Wheeler Perkins-W, September 2, age 3
PURDIE, John Robinson-W, November 10, age about 90

RANEY, R. H.-W, June 21 in Richmond city
READY, Annie Lee(Mrs. W. J.)(nee Butler)-W, November 25 in Richmond city, age about 34
REDD, James Taylor-W, April 4 in Barton Heights, age 58
REDFORD, John Thomas-W, January 17 in Manchester city, age 75
RICHARD, John-W, May 1 in Shenandoah Co., age about 80
RICHARDSON, Lorenza A., May 18 in Louisa Co., age 10 months, 7 days
RICK, Henry-W, November 26 in Richmond city, age 29
ROBERTS, Henry Fletcher-W, November 12 in Richmond city, age 45
ROBERTSON, Mrs. J. A.-W, May 1 in Richmond city, age 83
ROBINSON, Mary Ann Elizabeth(Mrs. Edward)-W, July 7, age 65
ROSSON, Elvira(Mrs. B. G.)-W, May 13 in Culpeper, age 71
RUCKER John H.-W, May 19 in Deatonville, Amelia Co., paralysis
RUFFIN, Francis Gildart, February 12 in Chesterfield Co., age 24

SAMPSON, Mary(Mrs. Lewis), October 31 in Richmond city
SAUNDERS, Mrs. Richard(nee McGee)-W, September 19 in Wythe Co., age 68, pneumonia
SCOTT, Maj. Fred R.-W, May 15 in Richmond city
SEAY, Thomas Bernard-W, July 9 in Richmond city, age 15 months and 3 days
SELLERS, Justice Valentine Walker-W, November 25 in Alexandria Co.
SHACKELFORD, Dabney O.-W, July 7 in Albemarle Co., age about 78
SHELTON, Marion Douglas-W, May 2 in Richmond city, infant
SILLICOTT, William C.-W, October 30 in Leesburg, age 13, killed with a knife by his older brother
SIMCOE, Upshur B.-W, November 12 in Richmond city, age 20
SIMPSON, Ward-W, January 11 in Powhatan Co., age about 20
SMITH, Roy Quintard, November 1 in Henrico Co.,age 17
STRICKLAND, Susan(Mrs.)-W, November 26 in Richmond city
STUART, Rev. R. H.-W, January 1 in Pulaski Co., age 62, heart failure

TALBOTT, Spencer, November 17 in Danville, killed on the railroad by an engine
THOMAS, Lester H.-W, November 8 in Clifton Forge, typhoid fever 
THOMAS, William Robert-W, November 8, age about 85
TRICE, George W.-W, September 5 in Richmond city
TURPIN, Amelia-AA, July in Manchester, age about 65
TWYMAN, Etta May-W, January near Gordonsville, age 32
TYLER, John-W, July 7 in Fredericksburg, age 36

WAGNER, Friedrich Wilhelm-W, May 1 in Richmond city, age 56
WALTON, Benjamin-W, June 29 in Richmond city
WATKINS, Ann(Mrs.)-W, May 19 in Chesterfield Co.
WHALEN, Margaret(Mrs. Dennis)-W, June 9 in Richmond city, a native of Ireland
WHITEHEAD, Silas C.-W, May 2 in Richmond city, age 38
WILKINSON, Mary E.(Mrs.)-W, June 8 in Powhatan Co., age 78
WILLIAMS, Alfred-AA, November 4 in Perryville,  killed by gunshot
WILLIAMS, Arthur Carlisle-W, September 21, age 5, diptheria
WILLIAMS, George W.-W, January 
WILLIS, Lester-AA, April off Mosquito Point in the Rappahannock River, drowned sailing boat
WILMOUTH, Thomas J.-W, November in South Boston, Halifax Co., killed by a fall
WILSON, Willie James-W, November 13 in Richmond city
WISE, Charles J.-W, May 9 at the Exchange Hotel, Alexandria, age about 71
WRIGHT, John-W, March 30 in Marion, Smyth Co.

YARBROUGH, William N.-W, June 9 in Richmond city, age 70
YOUNG, William J.-W, September 5 in Richmond city, age 33
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