Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-08
FIRE FOLLOWED BY DEATH.
Mr.. Frazer Dies After the Burning Of His
Home-Grant's Rendezvous.

Mr.. Fr.rer Dies After the Burning Of His
Home-Grant's Rendezvous.
RICHMOND. April Z. 1894
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In your paper OF this date your cor
respondent from Fredericksburg Informed
me and many other friends OF the Frazer
family OF Spotsylvania OF the complete
destruction OF their beautiful residence
and its entire contents. including oheir
wearing apparel. Coventry Is the name
of this old family place. and here Genercl
Grant rendezvoused during the bloody
fight at Spotsylvania Courthouse ana
g., ,,htch he retreated after the de-
fe,t of his blg army--whipped by ragged
Rebs. whose valor was as conspicuous
ON this field of carnage as IL was on that
of Bull Run, Chanceliorsviiie, &c. Inns
Frazer family, rich In the possession vi
noble thoughts and good DEEDS. ana pro-
fuse in that genuine hospitality which
shane out in courteous style as oistihcl
az tho brilliancy of jewels IN a kihsy
crown. lived at Coventry. noharchs ~
the consciousness of .void Oh ohe"eo ~
God md man" until Thursday last, Wheh
q snark of the fiery element, famed into
q dare nv the rushing wind, consumed
the 0Welll0R dDl ito
NJ oId-,ine and handsome furniture.
The general public passes by such ac-
counts of destruction with simple ex-
,,rassion NJ CHATS bad" but to the
intimate friends OF those whose worluly
possesslons have been swept away. II Is
a source Of sore regret that passes not
away quickly as a fleeing cloud Is us
PEELED by the queenly moon In Its orbit
mt. sadder still is the later Information.
Ono of INV daughters Is in receipt OF q
TELEGRAM which states that Mr.. James
T. Frazer. the head OF this family, has
inst died. He was troubled with some
affection Of the heart, and in the absence
of particulars we conclude That, possibly
exertion at tho conflagration ana excite
ment attendant upon the same mas caused
that heart, which pulsated Win every
throb OF sincere and generous nature
10 be- stIlled. and those lips that spoke
none else but earnest and truthful well
comes. and that hand whose grasp was
nothing else than the responsive pres
sure OF his warm heart, had been chilled
by the Icy hand Of death. This good man
has gone 10 his reward. He leaves
wife and three daughters, two OF whom
are married and three sons, types OF
natures nobility I'm all that make
true man and womanhood I know there
IS mourning in and about old Spotsyl-
vania Courthouse, where this Borrowing
family has gone for temporary home.
and where the remains OF this worthy
exemplar sleeps his last sleep. soon to be
placed beneath his mother earth near
the spot where the blood Of Confederate
heroes flowed like showers OF rain upon
the sod. that Is now kept green by will
ing hands and loving hearts. The writer
OF this extends his sympathy and re-
joices in the blessed assurances that he
and the heroes Of the Lost Cause rest
from their labors. and will rise In
triumph. Yours, &.r..
J. BELL BIGGER.
FURTHER DETAILS.
A special TO the Dispatch from Frede-
ricksburg gives further details regard
ing the death OF Mr.. Frazer. He was
taken III with heart disease Just after
IL O'Clock Friday night and died in less
than an hour. He was about 60 years
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