Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-03-29
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tired) for sixty-ei hit yes rs an officer OF IN
! u. S. Army, died in Detroit. Mich, OF
Wednesday afternoon Of last week. H'
was the father Of Mrs. j 3. Is. Stuart
Principal of the Virginia Female Isstl
| tute Of Stauntol. and widGw o. the famous
Confederate caval y general, and was also
the father of 81 g..der General John X.
Cooke of the Confet crate States army. lie
was Virginian, born in Loudoun
county eighty-siX years ago. He
served through the Black IIawF Indian and
Mexican wars. When the crisis came, he
published letter III Jun e, 1851, declaring
his allegiance to the general government to
be superior to that to the State OF Virginia.
He served with ability through the war as
Brigadier General OF ca 7alry, and his COM
mand often fronted that of his distinguish
ed sOn-in-law, Gen. Jeb Stuart. Being on
different sides he was estranged from his
son, Gen. Cooke of the Confederate service,
all estrangement that WIS not reconciled
until short time before the death Of the
son four years ago. He was an author and
wrote several books about army life and
campaigning.
Rev. VIM. Brown Y once, D. D., PHI. D.,
for forty years Professor of Ancient Lam
guages at Roanoke College, died of
apoplexy in the Lutheran church at
Salem, Friday evening at 8 o'clock,
just as the services were about
to begin. He was sixty eight years OF age
and leaves three sons, one Of them Rev. e.
N. A. Yonce, pastor OF Mt. Tabor church
in this county, another is Prof. Glossbren-
ner Yonce of Lutllerville Seminary, and the
third is Mr.. Irwin Yonce of Salem, with
whom he made his home.
Prof. Yonce was born in Wythe county,
Va, was educated at Wittenberg College,
Ohio, and about the year 1867 married E.
Victoria Glossbrenner, daughter of the late
Bishop J. j. GlossbrenEer of Churchville,
one years ago. During the last six months
Prof. Y once had lost two sisters by sudden
death-Mrs. Hudson of Wythe, of par
alysis, and Miss Ella Yonce of the same
county, of heart disease. Rev. Nh. Yonce
of Mt. Tabor received telegram annOunc-
ing his father death and left on Saturday
last to attend the funeral.
1t is a rather singular coincidence that
Prof. Y once is the third professor of Roa-
noke College that has died Il sudden death.
All died at night after hearing their reci-
tations as usual during the day. The first
was DR.. Biting and the second was Prof.
! Fry. 1t is also singular that every death
of persons connected with the college has
been sudden. Mr.. Robert Holland, who
kept the large college boarding house for
many years, died there very suddenly eight
years ago.
Capt. Robert b. Norman of Roanoke
died ON Saturday last at Stafford Springs
Miss, whittier he had gone for his health.
For twenty years he owned one Of the finest
farms in Roanoke county, on a portion OF
which is now located a large part of the city
of Roanoke. He was Il prominent citizen OF
Roanoke and one OF the leading Pres6yte-
rians of the town. He was a son of the
late DR.. John Norman who was once {
practitioner at Mt. Sidney. and afterwards
for many years resident physician at thu
White Sulphur. Capt. Moor.nan wa:
closely related to Mrs. s. II. McCue. Mrs
Charles S. Roller and Mrs. John FL. ParkiE.
of this county.
Capt. II. G. Richardson, youngest son O
Capt. John D. Richardson, who command
ed at Craney Island in the war of 1872
died OIL the 18th Inst. at Smithville
Charlotte county. This leaves Rev. DR.
VIM. Z. Richardson, formerly of Staunton
and now editor Of the Central Prespyte
rian, the only survivor of five brothers
; OF the five sisters, two are living-Mrs
Martha T.. Edmunds, near Farmville, nov
in her S7th year, ard Mrs. Lucy A, Bel
| also living in Prince Edward county
Capt IL. e. Richardson leaves a widow
and two daughters.
Rev. DR.. r. A. Fink, for many year
pastor of the Lutheran church at Johns
town, Pa, and who, with his wife, made
narrow escape in the great flood there, die
On Sunday night. He WAS the father Of
Mrs. G. g. Berry of this city, who was al
his bedside at his death.