Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-06-29
Personal.

Miss Estelle Asst, of this city, is on a visit to
her cousins, the Messis Wolfe ,<Buena Vista.
Mr.. Chas. McKemy. son of the late Capt.
W. c. McKemy, of Moffett's Creek, was ill
last week from hemorrhages of the lungs.
Prof Chas. E. Young who has been for the
past five years Principal of the Lewisburg
CIV. Va.) Female Institute, has accepted the
position of Principal of the Charlottesville
Female Seminary.
Prof. Chas. J. Kemper of the University of
Kentucky, at Lexington, KY, with his wife
and three sons, is on visit to his brother,
DR.. Geo. W. Kemper of Port Republic,
Rockingham county Va.
Miss Henrietta Brooks and Josie Richard
son, formerly of this city, who spent most of
the past winter in Richmond, have returned
to their home in Harrisonburg.
Cadet Lawrence Peyton, son of Col. John
Lewis Peyton, of this city, who has dis
tinguished himself in his studies at the V. NJ.
l., has been promoted to First Lieutenant of
Co. D.. and elected President of the Society of
Cadets.
Mrs. Susannah OFT, who was the daughter
of Frederick Shuey, and born near Green
vile in this county, and the wife of John
OFT, the oldest brother of Enos OFT, of this
county, died at her home in Rockville, In
diana, on the 18th inst, aged IS years She
is survived by her husband, and 8 children
With her husband, she removed to Indiana
from the neighborhood of Moffetts Creek in
this county, about so years ago.
The two following paragraphs are from the
Shenandoah Valley of the 23rd inst
''Mrs. AL. G. Henkel, accompanied by her
little son Holt, and niece Carrie Henkel,
of Waynesboro', Va, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hottie, Cedar Creek,
Va, having gone there Tuesday-to remain
several weeks.
Miss Anna Henkel left here last Thursday,
to visit her brother, DR.. F. /. Henkel of
Staunton, Va, and friends near Waynesboro /,
at Salem, Va. and other points. She expects
to be absent several weeks"
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