The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-30
LOCAL MATTERS.

| egramS Monday evening announced the
death that dav, at the residence OF her son.
Coonel f. w. Jones, at Louisa Courthouse,
Of Mrs. Glllc Marshall Jones, relict Of the
late Colonel John X. Jones, of CharOtteS-
vile, in the ninetieth year OF her age.
Mrs. Jones was in many respects notable
woman. OF strong, practical sense, wondei-
ful energy, aud rare domestic virtues, ge-
NAL. loving. and beloved, her home in
! Charlottesville was titly called Social
Hail." and was for many years tue scene OF
princely hospitality. which it seemed 10
give her husband and herself real jov Ia
dispense. During a meeting Of The Baptist
General Association upon one occasion they
had over forty regular guests, while visitors
at each meal ran the number up to over
sixty.
But il was in her church and family that
she was especially beloved and appreciated
One Of the original constituents OF the
I Charlottesville Baptist church, it is not too
much to say that lis after prosperity was
due largely TO her untlring zeal, liberal con-
tributious. and ferYent prayers.
She numbered among her descendants
II children. ~ grandchildren, and A.
| great grandchildren and 1t was beautiful
TO see the warm affection with which she
was regarded bv this circle Of l04. whom
she bound 10 her nv her genial manners and
cheerful sympathles.
She had a checkered life, with many
trialS-lo>ing her husband IN 1860, having
two sons Uhe gallant General John NJ. J0neS
and Captain Thomas X. Joues) and three
grandsOns killed in the war, and losing IN
quick succession two daughters (MrS. Mary
+. Danlel and Mrs. George j. summer and
a son, DR.. James Lawrence Jones, and hav-
ing other severe trials but she bore it all
with Christian f0rtitude. and never lost her
cheerful resignation TO Gods will.
| Remarkably active all OF her life, even 10
within q few weeks Of her death she would
90 TO church two or three times every sun
day, and during the week entertain her
friends, and knit away from morning until
night. During the war she knit for the sol-
diers 120 pairs OF socks, besides keeping her
large family well supplied, and at the time
of her last illness she was at work on her
twenty-fourth counterpanc, which she was
accustomed to knit OF most beautiful de-
signs and rare finish for her children and
married grandchildren.
Taken i'll a week ago. she had constantly
at her bedside all OF her living children, ber
son,in-aw (Rev. DR.. w. ID. Thomas, OF
Norfolk George j. sumner. Esq, and Cap
ltlU w dlttl DONNs w AN Nbhi'h'.J "hNi
manv of her grandchildren, and was ena.
bed to recognize them all, and to give the
most emphatic assu rance that the prophtc cy
OF her long life Of Christian faith was beau
tiiuIly fulfilled in her triumphant death.
She will be buried to-day at II O'Clock
from the Charlottesville Baptist church
Rev. Charles II. Ryland Rev. j. W. Me-
Gown. and Rev. William Harrison Williams
conducting the funeral services-and will
be followed to the grave by a large circle OF
old friends. while all over the land there
Will be many who eniOyed the friendship
and will mourn the loss OF this noble
Christian woman. whose life Of almost Il cen
tury has bad so fitting 9n end.
ACTUAL. MORTALITY IN THE CITY OF RICH
NOND, showing ages OF dccedent>, sex, anC
color, with nativity, and annual death-rat'
per 1000 inhabitants for the week ending
March Goth
cause Of Death: ApopleXy, l white
brain disease, ! cOlOred; brighI's disease,
white; consumption, white; c0nVulSl0n'
linfanlie), ! white; diarrhUa, l Whte
hemOrrhage-rrom lungs, l cOlored; lnanl
ton, / colored; infantcide. l colored; In
fantiIe lockjaw. colOred o.d age, white
2 coored; pneumonia, white, 3 colored
Whole number OF deaths in the city (cXclu
sive OF still-birihs), %. Stll-bir;hs, whi't
male, | white female-total,2 ,. age: one
day 70 thirty, | white, > cOlored-tOtal, ,
lone month to six. cOlOred; six months
to twelve, 3 cOlored; three years 10 five,
white: ten wears to twenty, / white; TWEEN
lty wears TO thirty, . c0lOred; thirty year
to forty, 3 white; forty years to hity,
white; fifty years to sixty, colored; se'
enty years 10 eighty, white, 3 coIored-
total, ). Condition; Single. white, ) co
lored-total, u; married, white, color
ed-totaI, 4; widowers, | cOlored; wldows
= white. 3 colOred-tOlal, ,. NdtcHy
Richmond, 9; other parts OF the nlteC
states. 13. Locality: Marshall Ward,
white; Jefferson Ward, white. , colored-
total. 3: Madison Ward, | white, color
ed-total, 3; Monroe Ward, white col
ored-total, 3 Clay Ward, white, color
ed-total, 4; Jackson Ward, white, col
ored-total, ,; almshouse, white, color
ed-tOtal, }.
COMPARATIVE WEEKLY MORTALlI1'
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