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Almanse for Baltimore,
January 12, 1888
Mrs.
Mary O. Newton, widow of the Hon.
Willoughby Newton, of Westmoreland county,
Va., died Tuesday last at the residence of
one of her sons, Mr. W. Newton, in
Alexandria, aged 77 years. She was a
daughter of the late Judge William
Brockenbrough of the Virginia Court of
Appeals. Deceased was the mother of
the Rev. Dr. John B. Newton, rector of
Monumental Episcopal Church, Richmond, and
grandmother of Mr. Willoughby N. Smith, a
member of the Baltimore bar. She had
been a member of the Episcopal Church nearly
sixty years.
New York Times, January 18, 1894
Mrs.
Lucy Beale, widow of the late general
and ex-congressman R.L.T. Beale died Tuesday
night at her home in Westmoreland county,
Va.
The Free Lance Star, May 29, 1897
The Announcement of the death of
Right
Rev. John Brockenborough Newton,
Bishop Coadjutor, of the Episcopal Diocese
of Virginia, died at his residence in
Richmond early yesterday morning,
unexpectedly. The deceased was
stricken with heart failure at 1 a.m., and
died in four hours. He was born at
'Linden', in Westmoreland
county, and leaves behind him a brilliant
career. On November 5, 1862 he was
married at Orange Court House to Roberta
Page Williamson, with a number of children
survive him.
The Daily Star, February 3, 1900
A
fourteen-year-old son of Martha Wormley,
colored, of Nomini Grove, Westmoreland
county, was burned to death a few days ago
at his home. He had been afflicted since
birth, being unable to walk or talk and
could make no alarm when his clothing caught
fire.
The Daily Star, February 6, 1900
Walter Marth, colored, was shot at
a negro fair near Hague, Westmoreland
county, Saturday night by George Newman, at
whose house the fair was held. The shooting
was done with a shotgun. The entire load
took effect in the leg, which had to be
amputated. Marth died Sunday night.
Baltimore Sun,
August 14, 1900
A Mr. C.
Edmonds, a young man 23 / 25 years old,
died suddenly from sunstroke Saturday near
Carter's Wharf, Westmoreland
county.
Baltimore Sun, March 26,
1905
A Mrs.
Annie C. Crabbe, wife of Mr. John K. R.
Crabbe, died Saturday at her home, Mount
Pleasant,
Westmoreland
county, Va., after an illness of several
weeks. She was born in Baltimore and
was a daughter of the late James Biscoe[?].
Mr. Crabbe was formerly of this city.
Body
removed to Baltimore for burial.
The Free Lance Star, Tuesday October 8, 1901
Mrs.
Bettie Sanford, mother of Mr. Oscar
Sanford, of near Templeman’s Westmoreland
county, died in Washington, September 30th
and her remains were taken to Westmoreland
for interment. Mrs. Sanford left
Westmoreland several weeks ago to visit
friends in Washington and was taken sick
while there.
The Daily Star, May 31, 1902
Edwin James Gresham, for
twenty years a well-known resident of
Washington, died in that city Friday. Mr.
Gresham was born July 1831 in Westmoreland
county, Va. He is survived by a widow, and
10 children.
The Baltimore Sun, January 9, 1904
Mr.
Charles Havener died Thursday morning at
his home 1823 East Pratt street of the
infirmities of old age. Mr. Havener
was in Westmoreland county, Virginia and was
73 years old. His parents died when he
was young and he came to Baltimore after
their death. He was a mariner, two
years ago, when his health began to fail.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eliza Havener, but
no children.
Richmond Times Dispatch, July 12, 1910
Fredericksburg, Va., July 11--Clarence
Minor, publisher
of the Westmoreland Enterprise and the
Colonial Beach Record, at Colonial Beach, in
Westmoreland county on the Potomac River, in
the Northern Neck, died at his home in
Colonial Beach Thursday night of typhoid
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Washington
Post, September 9, 1913
September 8th-Mr.
Edward C. Newton, one of the most
prominent citizens of Westmoreland county,
died at his home, near the Hague, of
paralysis, aged 64 years, yesterday.
Interment will be in the cemetery of the
home place. Funeral services will be
conducted by the rector of Cople parish, the
Rev. Mr. Cruso. He is survived by his wife,
three sons, and two daughters.
Mr.
William Marsh Hall, of Nomini Grove,
Westmoreland county, died yesterday, aged
about 58, at his home. He had been an
invalid for several years.
Washington
Post, June 7, 1914
Heathsville,
June 6.—Watt Tyler, a brother of
Bishop John P. Tyler, of the Episcopal
Church, died suddenly at the Hague,
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John W. Barnes Passes Away
Mr. John W. Barnes, of Coles Point, Westmoreland
county, died in this city (Fredericksburg, VA) Sunday night
while here for treatment for kidney disease, which later
resulted in blood poisoning. He was a native of Accomac county
and was in his 41st year. Surviving him are his widow, who was
before her marriage Miss Ella Bransom, of Westmoreland; 4 grown
sons, Messrs. Walter, William, Frederick and Harry Barnes, all
of whom made their home with him; 2 brothers, Messrs. George and
Frederick Barnes, of Accomac; 2 sisters, Mrs. Cora Shrives and
Mrs. Grace Taylor, of Accomac, and his mother, Mrs. Wm. J.
Barnes, of Accomac.
Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock from Carmel Church conducted by
Rev. Mr. Luck. Interment in the Church cemetery. From the
Fredericksburg Star, Monday 7 February 1921, pg. 1, col. 3 |
