The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13
OBITUARY..


| dreds Of millions OF lire.
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OBITUARY..
Jordan ~. Martin.
Mr.. Jo--.. H. Martin died at the Retreat
for tn Sal. Yesterday morning at 4
O'Clock E vs brought here some time
| ago from Er.inia Beach. where he was
taken slc.- while visiting his daughter
| Mrs. II. r. Fitzhugh.
His funeral will take place from the
! second Baptist church this afternoon at
| o'clock o-,,
! Mr. Martin was born I'm Chesterfield
! county about scventy-seven years ago,
and was the son of the Rev Jordan Mar
| tin. q prominent BAPTIST divine % th4l
! district. During his early life he was a
| commission merchant in Lynchburg. at
| which place he married daughter OF
| Captain Wilson Peters. Of Nelson. ABOUT
| forty-five years ago he moved THIS cty
| where he engaged in the tobacco ana COM
! mission business until recent years Dur
| ing fne war he was a member Of the we'll
! known Ambulance Corps Of Richmond. lie
was I'm former years. an active Mason,
| and was at the time Of his death a mem
Der Of the Fraternal Lodge no. 3d. which
lodge win attend his funeral and perform
the last rites AZ the burial.
lie leaves to mourn his loss. his wife.
end a daughter. Mrs. II. =. Fi'zhugh, or
! this city.
Mrs. Il +. COrnwcll.
Mrs. b. i. Cornwen. wife of Mr.. p. T.
| Cornwen formerly with the firm OF
now with John Turnbull & Co. Of Ralu-
more = i'm that city yesterday 40 lib
| o'c'l.r
Nj. orwell was the daughter Of the
| late e mes Morrissey. who was TOR SIX
| teen years inspector OF the internal r've-
nue. ~ the port of Richmond. she has
| two brothers living i'm Richmond-Mr
Frank NJ J. Morrissey and Mr.. y. \.
Morrissey. of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Coal Agency Company.
Mrs Cornwell was I'm the twenty-siXth
year OF her age. She had been married
six years. and leaves one little girl, three
years old.
night at Z O'Clock. and the funeral will
fake place tomorrow morning az 10
o'clock from ST. Peters cathedral, with
requiem high mass.
Robert l.. Rice.
Mr.. Robert l.. Rice. a well-known resi-
dent of this city, died at his home at
200 Randolph street. yesterday morning at
o'clock, in the thirty-lfth year of his
age.
Mr.. Rice has long been engaged In the
blacksmith trade of this city. He was
born near Enfield King William county,
in 1864 and about fifteen years ago re-
moved TO this city. He leaves wife
and two children.
The funeral will take place from Pine
Street Baptist church this afternoon at
9 o'clock. The interment will be in River
View Cemetery.
George IA. Green.
x.~a11- ls1an
farmer Of AtLee's. Hanover county. died
! at the Virginia Hospital last Tuesday
night. lie had been in i'll health for about
a year, and was brought TO R2cbmOnd
for treatment on Monday.
Mr.. Green was fOrty-two years OF age
and unmarried. He was a son OF Air
Marion Green, and Il member OF the
Methodist church.
The remains will be taken to Hanover
county this morning for burial
MIR. James 4. ReId.
Mr.. James r. Reid, a well-known resi-
dent OF this city. and "a prominent member
OF the Lee Camp Confederate Veterans,
died at his residence. NO. 11Oi Beverley
street. OF paralysis, yesterday morning at
S:45 o'clock, in the seventy-fourth year
of his age. He leaves two sons and four
daughters to mourn their loss.
The funeral will take place from St.
Andrews church this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
W. Melvin Read.
Mr.. w. Melvin Read. formerly OF Rich
mond. but more recently Of Houston,
Texas IS dead. He served with the
Howitzers during the war.
Richard l.. Bryant.
Richard L. Bryant, an old and highly
respected oo.ored citizens. died yeste. day
al his residence, No. 20 east Jackson
street He had been III for months.
JuhnG Hamilton.
LEXINGTON, VA. oct. l2.-Special.-
Mr.. John @. Hamilton, who was Dorn IN
kockDrldge county, near ben Sdiem
church, February 3. $50. dled IN Chlcago
sunday Of heart failure, after rev Gays
illness. He was widely connected with
he most prominent families OF Rock
bridge county, and was son OF Robert
Hamilton. Mr.. Hamilton until 1850 was
ranked as the foremost and most pro-
eresslVe farmer IN the county, when ne
located In Chicago and assumed the man
agership OF the wOrld-iamed Mccormick
Reaper Works.
lie was a brothcr-in-law Of one of the
owners Of the plant, Robert McCormlck'
the McCOrmicks also being SONS OF ROCK
When The North and South began hos
tillties he returned 10 Virginia and enter
ed the Confederate army, ana gave ms
native state the benefit OF MS services
during the bloody struggle. In 1863 he re-
turned 10 Chicago and resumed his con-
nfctton with lie Mccormick works. but
retired from active business life I'm 1887.
lie never lost his interest in the events
and welfare OF his nrtive county, and
each summer spent several months among
his many friends ana relatives ana AZ
Rockbridge Alum Springs lie married
a daughter of Captain Reuben Grigsby,
OF Hickory Han. She died about twelve
wears ago. He is survived by three
daughiers-Mrs. F. II. Noyes, OF ShicaSo'
al whose home he died; Mrs. w. T. Keen,
and Mrs. Il. III. Pope.
Nrs. Annie =. Hall.
PETERSBURG. VA, Oct. i2-N-s. ~
ME s Hall. widow OF the late Charles $
Hall. OF the Virginia Methodist Episcopal
| Church Conference. and AZ one time pas
( tor OF the Washington-Srect VI. L.
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