Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-12
DEATHS ROLL CALL.
xue WORLD OF THE GREAT REAPER
THROUGHOUT The STATE.
.,.nv victims 81 tho Grip-pneuno nia
snd Consnmpt,on-peash and fonerai
ofR.v. james ~. wright.


mary consumption. Yesterday after
.oor. in accordance with his request. the
,roernl services were held in the West-End
,t,,ch--a charge which he had served
s-.a.fouv and earnestly until iucapacitated
h, illness. The dcaoons OF the church
l,.I "a pali. bearers. and, despite heaVy
49,. CONN. a great congregation crowded
~. chofcn ia testimony OF the love ana
.,..rt I'M which the devoted minister was
ilt All denominations were represent
"a As the PROCESSION entered the chufch
Sr' arprcpriatc solo was behutituuy Sung
iy ~ Taylor. Of tho choir OF the FIRST
Baptist church
vn. WEIGHTS sISIsrRY.
prv. John A. Barker. the pastor OF the
,frrrt spoke fcolingy Of his ministerial
....e with Mr. Wright and OF the good
..rs wrought by the latter. lie then III
,.s,oed Rev. j. IS HutsOn. Of the Plne-
80, Bsptist church, Of Richmond. who
,r.achoi the funeral sermon. selecting as
f.s fexf Matthew XIV. -; wen zone,
e.,i and faithful servant" Mr.. Hutson
Guclt most tendefit ana eionuehtsiy up ,pn
a.. ne and work II Mr.. Wright from the
,'rr vtsn. NJ q lad Of sixteen, he was con-
,-rtaI at the Plne-Street church IN Rich
,,.rl fo the end Of his ministry ia TINS
-.t, Feeling tributes we're also delivered
nov John 81 Pitcher, Of the Baptist
itiiS Board. Rev. w. w. Lear, OF the
irgrS Street Methodist church. and Rev;
ia Goodwin, Of ST. Johns Episcopal
'rnrcb zach Of whom testified In appreci.
s..re and culogistic terms of their love and
Elimination for the young pastor.
PROMISING CAREER.
VII. Wr,obt was a young pastor Of great
,-.rise. devoted 20 his life work, and an
orrnr laboTer as long as his health per,
rt,t.d AZ "A preacher he was direct ana
,.rareous ia cxpOunding the truths or
,t@f,.epel. rs well as tender and persua-
sre As pastor he was ever diiigent III
is lutes and jealous IN promoting tne
vn.iara of his mock. lie was batiNe VI
ln.umord and IN that city served his OPP.
.rfire.hfp A. printer. Then he studied
th. ministry az Richmond College, ana
-.l..,ueutiy CONNECTED the theological
cs,r.e M no Southern Baptist Seminary
"a Louisville.
MS VARIOUS CHARGES.
Tor ile first two years OF hrs ministry he
vs. ana assistant pastor OF the walnut.
Sfrrft Baptist church IN Louisville OF
who'll Rev DR.. A. L. Eaton had charge.
TlaellY had church ~ Alabama, and then
et,.rUards pastorate at Rockville, Md,
whence he came 20 Petersburg and took
,larre of the Wcst-End church. There
g. wnrfed faithfully and successfully until
elorf o. wear ago, when, on account OF ms
feeble health. no went TO Lake Meln, RIA
with flc hope II Tegaining bis strength;
Tlo change did him no good. however ana
b.. praduuily grew weaker. lie came bhck
~ Nlrrina aud after spending several
month. m Aibemarle county with MS
sroud. be returned 20 Petersburg ana
er.nf the balance of his days at the resi-
d.nca of Mr. J. w. Whitehorne. whose ten
an care aud attention have been most
touching and exemplary.
HIS FAMILY.
Mr. Wright married daughter OF rev.
Nr Kittenhouse. of Albemarle county,
ami she survives him with one child. His
remains were taken TO COvesyille. Abe
marie county. for burial, one OF his last
ruursts being that be might be Inferred
ly the side OF two OF ms children VINO
died some time since. Mr.. Wright knew
that his end was near at hand, and lew
dnvs before his death he called bis little
son. David. to his bedside, presented the
DAB his Bible, and urged him to study II
carefully aud follow ITS oOunsels. In re-
epeot To Mr. Wrights momOry the pulpit
ana choir gallery OF the West-End church
we're heavily draped in mourning; MT.
Mrignts end was calm and peaceful. lie
passed away as though IN a gentle sleep,
and in his death an unusually large circle
of symuathetic friends find cause for sor-
row.
nUBIED IN DnANDroRD.
The remains Of the late James ". Bryan.
OF baltimore formerly a merchant tailor
of this city, were brought here to-day ana
inferred in Stamford cemetery. Mr..
Bryan was formerly member OF the ffm
of Ouicke a Bryan, merchant tailors, OF
Petersburg. The remains were met at the
depot by a Masonic escort. MIR. Bryan
married n daughter OF the late Samuel
Dmmmond, Of this city. and lived here
many years.
The remains Of Officer Mabry. of the
Roanoke police force. who was fatally IN
jured IN Roanoke by negro while making
an arrest, were brought 10 Petersburg tins
morning. and thence taken to Mdeeway.
y. c.. for interment. The body was IN
charge Of officer Ialley, Of Roanoke.
In Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
NORFOLK. January 1l.-William Gabriel
Naupin. a prominent businessman and
leading citizen Of Portsmouth, died yesterday
after two weeks Illness from an attack OIL pheu-
fnonia. Deceased married Miss Anna foley, OF
Petersburg, who survives him with nine grown
children. among them DIR. j. Grimm Moupin, OF
Nes York; W. c. Maupin, teher oil tne Mei-
chants and Farmers Bank, and James A. MAUI
DIN general agent OF the Norfolk and carolina
fair0ai. Deceased was city treasurer council
mon. Justice OF the peace, etc, for many years
ana WAS greatly respected by tho community
generally. lie was a son Of the late George W.
Maupin and was IN his seyenty-iourth year.
ur. James sawyer, II Great Bridge, Norfolk
county. died u grip on Saturday.
Ni.s Annie De Cormas Hughes, daughter OF
Nf Thomas Hughes. who died IN IN the the grip,
was buried yesterday afternoon from the FIRST
lrtsuytcran church, Rev; Mr.. vance; tho pas
Coz. conducting the rites She was only twenty
$40 years OF age and q popular and charming
,oguE lady
intelligence has been received In Berkeley OF
tlo death Of Mrs. May Martin Perry, eldest
daughter % Colonel George A. Martin, VINO died
in Pulaski county last Friday. few months
ago shc lot her home, In berkley, as priae' she
was " ty-tlrcc years OF age.
Tho Record in Albemarie.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispstch.l
Cnam0rrEsuLIE, Va, January 11.-Mrs.
Elizabeth NJ. Johnson. widow OF the late
William =. johnson. died at the residence OF her
tfH-u-laW, Mr.. william II. Pr0ut, yesterday
morning az few minutes 20 o'clock, IN the
frtrufy-seventh year Of her age She was born
Iu leashurg and came 20 Charlottesville nfty-
fyn years aFo, where she has resided ever since-
She arl been q consistent member OF the Metho-
.lf church here for over half century. she
lelfts tnrte chllir .n--GeOrge I. johnson, Mrs.
-. Naudcguff, and Mrs. William ii. Prout. all
- tharu,tesyllo The funeral services took
l- nom the Methodist church THIS afternoon
oi.ucl1rk.
OTHERS CALLED.
Nr John Valentine. sged seventeen, con OF
We iaie DOM &. Valentine, died az the residence
81 tis mother Yesterday afternoon.
hr Joseph a. Matthews, aged eighty-five, died
s'-.frlaY at his residence AT Fabers Mills, after
tsol illness with pneumonia. jus! one week
ESQ ls AGED wife died.
.H John ID. Moon died Sunday near Carriers
hrlfe, this cOlnfy, Of paralysis OF the heart !;
axe sr,euty-six. lie wss tho owner Of a large
'f.aie. wen stocked with nne horses.
Dir. G0oIsby. OF Fiuvanna, Gone.
lCorfospo1denco Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
ScoTNyuIE, January 1l.-This morning
az 1880 Sir. John A. Goolsby, OF Fluvanna
county good cd Christian gentleman, passed
u ne ftpard. he was IA mis- eighty-sixth year,
iul Dad been q consistent member OF the Bap-
1T cLurch Tor sixty years. lie will DO buried
~ Nc htptsi-Nhurch Dufying-ground here to-
tQuuN.
Isle ~ Wight's Oldest Citizen Gone.
Especial telegram 70 tho Dispatch.l
hon, Va. January 1I.-Mr. X. Ii. Pulley,
g isle Of Wight county, father Of MIR. 4.
-tcf Of this county, died OF IA grippe at his
iliif' about nine miles from this place, saiur-
~ morning. SIT. Pulley WAS about eighty
GER Oh, and i 10 said that he was the Oldest
i-'n in Tue county. lie had been married not
llr liy years and leaves wife seyenty-one
f't.t 90 and four chiidren-tso sons and two
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