The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-11
EDMUND WADDILL'S DEATH.
THE VENERABLE CLERK Or
CHARLES CITY COUNTY.

Ending of n Long aud Useful Life-sketch
~, nj. Career. Marriage, and Family
Counect,ons-The Funeral to Take Place
TODAY.
Mr.. Edmund Waddill, the father Of Judge
Waddill. who holds the seat in the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES from this district, died yes
terday afternoon at o'clock Mt his home.
near Charles City Courthouse, after pro-
longed illness. The remains Will be buried
today AT halEpast O'Clock. Mr.. Naddlll
wns Lorn in Charles City county on the I'D
ot Nav. 1871. lie received a limited cduca-
ton such as was afforded by the common
schools in the early part OF TINS century;
Being giftCd With q reientiye memory ana
a foudness for reading he Oyercame the
lack Of better advantages in early lie, ana
attained for himself store Of knowledge
not onen found IN ,hose Of liberal cduea-
! ton.
CANE TO RICHMOND.
Leaving his home in lNjj. he came to
Richmond. and was engaged in mercantile
bu,ines. for three wears. Returning 10 his
native county. be- again entered business
ON his own account. and continued therein
until his election % the clerk-hip Of the
county. lie was married hrst on the lib
Of April 1871. 10 Mary Louisa Redwood
daughter % John and Elizabeth Christian
Redwood.
After the war he occupied his farm called
'~Oldiers Rest" in hi, native county, a
short distance below the Forge bridges, on
the ChckahOminy river.
There were seven children 10y the iirst
marriage. Bette. who died i'm 1850: John
H.. samuel T.. Edmund, Jr.. Lucie t.
Mary Louisa and Mamie r., all Of whom
are now living.
BECAME CLERK.
| I'm the spring of 1856 the death Of Mr. Ed
mund 4. Christian caused vacancy IN
the clerkship of the county. Mr. Waddill's
wife desiring him 90 give up hi, mercan-
| tile business. he became a candidate for
/ the Office. he bad "a gelcral know
! ledge Of the business derived from
| being member of the Court OF
Justices for eight wears. The election was
an exciting ore. Mr.. Waddill being elected
J Dos majority of siNty-lye votes. AZ the
precinct near bis home DE received every
/ vote bat one. He had never had any 0ppo-
sition, and was no the time Of his death en-
! tering upon tine thirty-seycnth year of his
official duties.
HIS POLITICS.
/
| that time onward ho sided with the Demo
cratic party. Ina 1850 he Went with the
! Douglass wing of the party and voted for
| the Douglas electors. He was strongly
opposed To- the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Union,
| and hoped the war would Doe aycited. hen
the war began, being past military age, he
Wa, not engaged in service. he saw much
0f the conflict. as the peninsula Of Virginia
/ was occupied by one army or the other
| throughout the war.
On the ,d of November Mr. Naddlll was
arrested by the Federal forces. as were a
number ofthe older citizens OF tine county
/ They were carried tO General Buffers head
quarters near arina. kept there awhile,
/ and then transferred tO Fort Hamilton, near
! Fortress Monroe.
ON the 18th Of June, 1852 Mr.. Waddill
was married t0 Miss Annie l.. Wright
daughter of John and Margaret &. Wright
/ OF this union six children -uniye-Nii-
| liam ~. Charles G.. Margaret v, Emily g.,
Julia j.. and Leouora.
FIRM FRIEND.
Those who applied 90 Mr. Waddiil found
| in hm a safe counsellor and friend. ALWAYS
ready 90 help those n adverse and trying
! circumstances with "a Kind word Of advice
and often iu pccuniary way. lie vas
called upon hy the Conservative party
| of the county 900 l@, % repre-
sent the county ODD the convention
| called t0 frame "A constitution for the state.
/ ~ was tle first election iu Virginia atWhich
| the right Of suffrage wa, exercised by The
| c0lOrcd people. They supported the n0mi-
nee 0l The Republican party, and that party
having Tie majority boo tle county, Doe was
! defeated.
/ ln figure Sir. addill correspondod 20 the
wcii-ku0wn descriptions OF stephen A. DoC-
/ elas. &c has been the Kind husband, iu-
/ duigent father and good neighb0r. He bee
| longed ton class " men s0 well known iu
| Eastern Virginia. The circumstances
which produced such men have passed
away.