The Manassas Journal Reports of Deaths Manassas, Virginia 1911-1915 Compiled and Transcribed by Morgan Breeden RELIC Volunteer Bull Run Regional Library Manassas, Virginia November 2010 The Manassas Journal Reports of Death, 1911 - 1915 January 6, 1911 Crawford, Mary Mrs. Mary Crawford, eighty-three years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles McCroskey, in Baltimore, Md., on Sunday [December 31, 1910] morning, of heart failure. Mrs. Crawford was a cousin of Mrs. R. W. Merchant and of Miss Ida M. Lickle, of Manassas. The Manassas Journal, January 6, 1911, p-4 January 13, 1911 Berkeley, Norborne COL. N. BERKELEY DEAD A Confederate Veteran Passes Peacefully Away in His Home at Waterfall Col. Norborne Berkeley, eighty-two years old, died at his home, near Waterfall, yesterday [January 12, 1911] afternoon, following a stroke of paralysis on Monday. He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and at the beginning of the Confederate war, was made Lieutenant Colonel of the celebrated eighth Virginia Infantry commanded by the late General Eppa Hunton. When Colonel Hunton was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Col. Berkeley was promoted to the command of the regiment and led it, with gallantry, through many hardfought battles. Though Col. Berkeley had attained over four score years of age, he manifested the vitality and energy of one very much younger, and took much interest in caring for the details of his rural home at the foot of the romatic Bull Run mountains. When stricken he was engaged in pruning his well-kept orchard, and death claimed him without his re-gaining consciousness. The deceased is survived by an elder brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Berkeley, who, upon the promotion of his brother Norborne, at Gettysburg, was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment. The funeral took place this afternoon from St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Haymarket, the Rev. Mr. Grinnan, rector of the church, officiating, and interment was in St. Paul’s church cemetery. Thos acquainted with the deceased will attest his many amiable qualities of mind and heart, and who will mourn his loss. The Manassas Journal, January 13, 1911, p-1 Compiled and Transcribed by Morgan Breeden, RELIC Volunteer, Bull Run Regional Library, Manassas, VA - 1 - The Manassas Journal Reports of Death, 1911 - 1915 Lunsford, John S. Mr. John S. Lunsford, sr., died at his home near Bellefair Mills, in this county, on Sunday [January 8, 1911]. Mr. Lunsford was a gallant Confederate soldier and was in many hard-fought battles. In the death of Mr. Lunsford, the county has lost a good citizen, the community in which he lived, a sympathetic, kind and useful friend and neighbor, and his family a fond and devoted member. His remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground on Monday afternoon. The Manassas Journal, January 13, 1911, p-4 January 20, 1911 Chinn, Edmonia Little Edmonia Chinn, the two-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bailey Tyler, died at the home of her parents, near Hickory Grove, yesterday [January 19, 1911] morning, of diphtheria, after a brief illness. The interment was made in the family burying ground yesterday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Grinnan, rector of St. Pauls Episcopal church officiating. The Manassas Journal, January 20, 1911, p-4 Hixson, Mrs. Leland Mrs. Leland Hixson, who died in Washington Friday [January 13, 1911] night following an operation, was buried in the Moses Hixson family burying ground, near Blandsford, on Sunday. Mr. Hixson was in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. James Florance, near Manassas, in apparent good health, a few weeks ago. The Manassas Journal, January 20, 1911, p-4 Triplett, Haywood While eating his breakfast, at his home near Gainesville, on Wednesday [January 18, 1911] morning, Mr. Haywood Triplett, a Confederate veteran, fell from his chair and immediately expired. Mr. Triplett had made no complaint of feeling unwell and his death came as a shock to his family and friends. The Manassas Journal, January 20, 1911, p-4 Compiled and Transcribed by Morgan Breeden, RELIC Volunteer, Bull Run Regional Library, Manassas, VA - 2 - The Manassas Journal Reports of Death, 1911 - 1915 January 27, 1911 Beckwith, Kitty “Aunt” Kitty Beckwith, a respected colored woman of near Bull Run, and a lifelong member of the Old School Baptist church, died Wednesday [January 25, 1911] at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Elder John Farr officiating and interment was in Cub Run cemetery. The Manassas Journal, January 27, 1911, p-4 Fox, Addison Dr. Addison Fox, sixty-five years of age, died at his home, 313 N. Carry street, Baltimore, Md., last Saturday [January 21, 1911] night, of congestion of the brain. The funeral too place from the home on Wednesday morning and interment was in the family burying ground near Leesburg. The deceased, who was a native of Loudoun county, was a brother-in-law of the late Dr. John D. Lickle, of Baltimore, who was a brother of Miss Ida M. Lickle and Mrs. R. W. Merchant, of Manassas. The Manassas Journal, January 27, 1911, p-4 Green, John “Uncle” John Green, 76 years old, died at his home on Quarry street in this place Thursday [January 26, 1911] night of dropsy. The funeral will take place from the home tomorrow afternoon Elder Smoot of the Occoquan Primitive Baptist Church officiating and interment will be in the colored cemetery, near Manassas. The deceased is survived by his widow and by three sons and four daughters. His wife was a house servant of the late Robert C. Weir. The Manassas Journal, January 27, 1911, p-4 Holmes, Cynthia Miss Cynthia Holmes, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes, died at her home, near Fayman, on Wednesday [January 18, 1911] of last week. The interment was in the family burying ground, Friday. The deceased, who was blind from birth, is survived by a twin brother, Lucian, with whom she had spent her lonely life, together with another brother, William Henry, and a sister, Mrs. T. A. Able. The Manassas Journal, January 27, 1911, p-4 Compiled and Transcribed by Morgan Breeden, RELIC Volunteer, Bull Run Regional Library, Manassas, VA - 3 - The Manassas Journal Reports of Death, 1911 - 1915 Potter, E. H. Mr. E. H. Potter, sixty-eight years old, died at his home near Orlando, Wednesday [January 25, 1911] morning of heart failure followed by pneumonia. The funeral took place from the family home this afternoon the Rev. Mr. Brill officiating, and interment was in Valley View church, cemetery. The deceased is survived by a widow and two sons, Mr. F. E. Potter, of Washington, and Mr. L. H. Potter of this county. The Manassas Journal, January 27, 1911, p-4 Taylor, Thomas Owen DEATH OF MR. T. O. TAYLOR Ex-Mayor of Manassas and Confederate Veteran Passed Away Last Night With only a few moments warning to his family, Mr. Thos. O. Taylor sank into unconsciousness at four o’clock yesterday [January 26, 1911] afternoon, at his home in Peobody street, this place, and died at eleven o’clock. Although having been in ill health for the past two years, and quite feeble from the infirmities of age, his persevering energy enabled him to appear upon the streets of Manassas, with no alarming change in his condition, the afternoon of the day before his death. Yesterday afternoon he put on his overcoat and attempted to make his customary trip to the postoffice for his mail, but overcome with feelings of languor, after going a half square, he returned to his home and seated himself in a chair by the stove. Throwing up his hands with an outcry that told in no uncertain words of his dying condition, he was tenderly carried to his bed chamber and his family physician, Dr. J. Marye Lewis, summoned. The anxious expression of the loved ones, who stood around the deathbed, was answered by the physician with a solumn glance which revealed the sad fact that the soul of his patient would soon be with his Maker. So short was the warning of the “grim monster” that the friends of the deceased had no intimation of his unusual illness and his death came as a surprise. Mr. Taylor, who was a son of the late Joseph D. and Frances Rosseau Taylor, of the upper portion of Prince William County, was born October 12, 1834, and was thus in his 77th year. At the outbreak of the Confederate war, he joined the Fifth Texas Infantry and fought in the battles of The Wilderness, Seven Pines and numerous other minor engagements. Subsequent to the battle of Seven Pines, he was assigned to Chimborazo hospital, in Richmond. He was with the hospital’s corps of surgeons upon the bloody fields of the Seven-days-fight and his ministrations of mercy were attested by the wounded and dying, from that great struggle, who were removed to the hospital after the tide of battle had swept over those memorable fields, in defense of the Confederate Capital. After the close of the war he returned to Prince William county and engaged in the mercantile business at Hickory Grove, of which place he was chosen postmaster by the Federal government, though an avowed rebel, through his eminent fitness for the position and the wishes of the patrons of the office. He was also a merchant, for two Compiled and Transcribed by Morgan Breeden, RELIC Volunteer, Bull Run Regional Library, Manassas, VA - 4 - The Manassas Journal Reports of Death, 1911 - 1915 Taylor, Thomas Owen (Cont.) years in Charlestown, W. Va., removing from that place to Manassas in 1892.