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Was born In King George County,
Virginia, July 17th, 1860,
and died at Colonial Beach March 10th,
1908. Your committee acknowledges
thanks to Dr. M.M. Walker, the honored
president of the Northern Neck Medical
Society, for the subjoined facts
relative to our deceased fellow and
brother.
His parents were Dr. Frederick Folger
Ninde, who was originally of
Ridgeley Hall, Talbot County, Maryland,
but who soon after his graduation in
medicine, removed to King George County,
Virginia, where he formed a partnership
with Dr. Fernando Fairfax, the father of
the late Dr. William A. Fairfax and
married Miss M. Louise Brown, of
Middleboro, King George County, a
daughter of the late S.J.S. Brown,
clerk of the courts of that county,
whose wife was a Miss Saunders,
of Caroline County, Virginia. On
her fathers' side his numerous relatives
reside mostly in the Middle West, one of
whom was the late Bishop Ninde, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and a
resident of Michigan, and all of whom
were people of prominence and
distinction in their several States.
Dr. F. F. Ninde graduated with
the degree of M.D. at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore,
Maryland. In the spring of 1884, he
settled in King George County, Virginia,
at Middleboro, where, with his sisters
and widowed mother, he lived and
practiced his profession with great
success.
A Democrat, he took from the start an
active part in politics, and was soon
chosen because of his executive ability
chairman of the Democratic County
Committee. He was elected
treasurer of the county for three
consecutive terms, and when he finally
left the office, his affairs and
accounts were in perfect shape.
February 1st, 1899, he was
married to Miss Lucy Pratt Ashton,
daughter of the late Lewis Ashton,
of King George County, who survives him
with four children.
In the spring of 1902, he removed to
Colonial Beach, where he at once entered
upon a large and lucrative practice. In
connection with tills he erected a
handsome and commodious hotel, known as
the King George House, and
opened the thriving drug business under
the name of Reh & Ninde. He took great
interest in everything that pertained to
the upbuilding of the Beach, being a
member of the town council, a voluntary
member of the Fire department, and aided
largely in the forming and encouraging
the new telephone line and the
establishment of private phones in the
town.
In religion, Dr. Ninde was an
Episcopalian, and was greatly interested
in the establishment of a church at the
Beach, for which purpose he contributed
liberally of his means.
He joined the Medical Society of
Virginia In 1886, and became a member of
the Northern Neck Medical Association
December 6th, 1905. He had
been anxious to entertain the Society,
and it is upon his urgent Invitation
that we to-day enjoy the hospitality
which he had planned and which his
family and friends insist shall not be
dispensed with, notwithstanding his
death.
His personal qualities were those of a
high man. Gentleness and kindness were
predominant characteristics. The home
and family ties were strong as "hoops of
steel.” Public spirit was manifest in
his entire life. He was a leader of men
and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of
the community in which he lived. He was
a member of the P.O.S. of A., and the
Jr. O.U.A.M., who buried him with
appropriate honors. |
