Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-02-13
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The death of Mr.. George D. Fisher in
his S7th year, tie oldest citizen Of Rich
mond, on Saturday last, is announced in the
Richmond papers. He was brother OF
the late Dr.. Edward G. Fisher for so many
years Assistant Physician at the w. l..
Asylum. He leaves four children-Messrs.
Robert II. and Edward II. Fisher and Mrs
Annie Camp and Mrs. Peyton Randolph.
He was for many years the most prominent
man in the great four-milling industry OF
Richmond OF his death the Dispatch
says Zone Of the best, most lovable, and
most dearly beloved men that ever graced
the business, social and religious circles of
this OF any other community has passed
away" Mr.. Fisher was an uncle of
Messrs. A. f., Jno. NJ, and q. G. Kinney
of Stanton, and of Mr.. Henry Harrison
of Augusta.
The death Of Mrs. Annie Donaghe Snow,
formerly of Staunton, which took place in
Philadelphia on Wednesday of last week,
was sudden in it's character She was ap-
parently recovering from a second and
oOFSIO eeOottOh VI UiIC S,I1ppC,NiIu Neto PISP"i
ing to go out for a drive. She had just
washed her hair and after sitting by the
stove to dry it, laid back on the bed again.
Her attendant who was preparing breakfast
for her in another room, heard a groan and
going in found Mrs Snow dead. Like so
many cases of grippe it had attacked her
heart In accordance with request made
during her life, her remains were cremated
and the ashes placed in an Urn in the ceme-
terry at Philadelphia.
DE-. r. L. Ogg. a practicing physician at
Swoopes in this county, died suddenly IN
Georgia last week. He had gone there to
see after a sick brother. and while there
was himself taken with a congestive chill
and died in a few hours. He was thirty
five years of age, graduate of the Medical
School of the University of Virginia, and
unmarried. He moved to SWoopes from
Highland county and had established a good
practice HIS remains were inferred at
Gordonsville, Va, his native place, last
| Wednesday.
Nh. Jas. L. Bray for many years the
Deputy Sergeant of the city OF Richmond
and later well known resident Of Augusta
county, died on Tuesday last at the resi-
dence of his son-in-laW, MI. Ed. B. Dolan,
in Roanoke He had been living with his
son, Mr.. J. d. Bray, at Mill Creek, W..
Va, and was, at the time Of his death ON a
visit to his son-in-law. He was in his 9th
year. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. II. IL.
aCourt and Mrs. Dolan, and one son.
Mrs. Catherine Beatty, widow of the late
Rev. Jas. Beatty of the Baltimore M. E.
Conference, South, died a few days ago in
Moorfield, w. Va. She was a daughter Of
the late DR.. Chambers, a residentof Staun-
ton, who afterwards located in Parkers-
burg, w. v, and she was relative of the
late Capt Thos.'P. and w. C. Eskridge Of
Staunton.
Dr. Darwin Stocking, an old and wealthy
physician of Binghampton, N. Y, died
there on Monday last. He was a brother
of Mrs. Harvey Risk of Staunton.
MI C. T. Fitz, brother of Capt. j. E.
Fitz of the G. & 0. Ry., died at Low-moor
few days ago. His remains were taken
to Albemarle for interment.
Mrs. Alice Nee. Houston, wife of Rev.
Mark Hale Houston, Secretary of Foreign
Missions OF the Southern Presbyterian
Church, died a few days since.