The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-15
LOCAL MATTERS.
John Marshall Ofcy.
DEATH OF THIS GALLANT SOLDIER AND WELL
KNOWN CITIZEN oP ptcIruoxp

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KNOWN CITIZEN or RICHMOND.
Night before last between IL and
O'Clock Colonel John NJ. Otey died ut hi.
! residence, No. i0i east Cary street. Iii,
disease was congcstive fever, complicated
with valvular disease OF the heart, and in
this last Illness he was sick only sixteen
! days. With him Richmond loses an
honorable and valuable citizen. lie was
born in the city OF Lynchburg August
.. 1889, and was the son OF Captain John
VI. Otey. cashier OF the old Bank OF
Virginia at that place. July 90, 1856,
he entered the Virginia Military In
stltutc, and was graduated July 4,
1860. He came from the Institute Ia
Richmond. and received employment
in the clearinghouse Of lsaacs Il Taylor.
and was with them when the war broke
out. He was then by Governor Letcher
commissioned second lieutenant IN the
Provisional Army Of Virginia. and assigned
to duty on the staff of Brigadier-General
Philip st. George Cooke. and acted As his
Assistant Acknowledgement. With Gene
raj Cooke he remained but short time
and was transferred 10 the staff OF General
Beauregard, and was with him at the bat
tie OF Manassas and was his assistant adj
iutant-gcneral.
Colonel Otey remained with General
Beaurcgard until after the battle OF shiloh
(where for gallant service he was prOmotcd),
and was thereafter for some time on the
staff of General Bragg. and was finally re
assigned 10 the stan OF his old friend and
commander. General Beauregard. lie was
with him in Charleston, and came on to
Virginia in 1864, when General Beaure-
CARDS forces, or large portion OF
them, were withdrawn from Charles
ton to repel Ben. Buffers army, which
had landed at Bermuda Hundred and
forced its way as far up aS the Rich
mOnd aud Petersburg railroad. Follow
ing the fortunes OF General Beauregard,
Colonel Otey and comrades Joined General
Joseph l.. JohnSton's army, and was
with him at the surrender, when he laid
down his sword and commission as lieu-
tenant-colonel. In all the four years OF the
war Colonel Otey was absent from his post
scarcely day. His record throughout was
OF one who WAS always ready for duty, al-
ways prompt 10 venture upon the most
hazardous enterprises, and as modest i'm
his own claims as he was generous in
awarding credit to others.
After the war Colonel Otey took up his
residence in Lynchburg, but stayed there
only few months, when he came back TO
Richmond and entered the insurance buSi-
ness a. clerk for O. +. Bresce, and subSe-
Quently. n Il member OF the firm Of ID. y.
Walker 4 Co.. succeeded TO the business OF
Mr.. BrCSee. For seven or eight years past
Colonel Otcy'S business has been that of
general agent for the Southern Atlantic
States Of the PheniX Insurance Company,
OF Brooklyn, with headquarters at Rich
mond. one OF his brothers was Castor
Otey, commandant Of the Otcy Battery
long since dead. His surviving brothers
are Colonel Kirk Otey, Auditor OF Lynch
burg: W. ii. Otey, who is in the insurance
business in the same city. and Peter j.
Otey, cashier OF the Lynchburg National
Bank. He leaves one sister-thc widow Of
John Stewart Walker. His funeral Will
take place at II O'Clock this morning from
the Centenary Methodist church.