The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
OBITUARY.
Roy. Charles u. Stebbins.

| KEY CRarIeS T.. SteDDlllS pdSIol VI me
| Presbyterian church of Chester, Va, died
| Yesterday morning at his home. Though
| he had heen i'll about a week, his death
! came quite suddenly.
! Mr. Stebo:ns was well known through
| out Virgin:u, and had a wide acquaintance
! in Richmond, where he has paid numer-
| Gus visits. He leaves his widow and one
| son. who resides with him In Chester.
| Mr.. Stebbins came TO Virginia ABOUT
| thirteen years ago from New York
and took I'D his residence at
| C-laremont About five years ago
he begar his pastoral work IN TINS
| State and since that tine has been pastor
! ut Chester and also of two churches in
POwhatan county.
Mr. Stebbins was an excellent preacher
! and a man of marked ability. He was
| very quiet in his demeanor and had
gentle and lovely character, which won
| the regard of all who knew him. His Work
| at Chester had been very successful ana
| his death came as a great blow to MS
congregation.
Charles Minson.
! Mr.. Charles Ninson, I we'll known young
| white man, about twenty-stN years OF
! age dropped dead Yesterday about y
! O clock at hi board ng-h 2use No. 1877 North
| Seventeenth Street. Az. Minson. who
| was employed, at the Trigg shipyard. left
| there in excellent health fer his dinner at
his boarding house, and when in the store
kept by his boarding-mistress he fell
| suddenly to the floor. He was picked
up and taken into the dining-room and
! placed upon the sofa.
DR.. w. A. ellis answered the call. and
upon his arrival he found the young man
dead. and pronounced his death due to
heart trouble
DR.. Taylor held an examination over
the remains and approved the verdict
that the death was due to heart trouble.
Mrs. n. f. Williamson.
Mrs Nellie E. Williamson died Tuesday
at her residence, 2tl0 Venable Street, at Ii
A M, in the thirty-eigith year OF her
age.
The funeral will take place from the
above residence to-day at IL A. NJ. The
internent will be in lakewood.
infant Chil'.
DR.. and Mrs. c. w. MassHa have the
sympathy Of their many friends in the
death of their infant child. which occurred
this afternton froIl the residence,
about ) O'Clock yesterday morning.
The funeral viii take place at 8 o'clock
Twenty-eighth and Broad Streets. The
interment Will be in Callwood.
Charles Sc tt.
Especial Dispatch to The Tnes)
IYNCHBUEG, VA, December r.
Mr.. Charles Scott died this morning af-
ter a lingering illness at his home, in
Bedford. His wife was Miss Katie Du-
val, sister of Mrs. Colonel Radford; and
he was brother of Augustus w. Scott,
Robert c. Scott, Henry Scott and Mrs.
r. H r. Adams, all we'll known in this
section.
\ telegram was received here this morn
ing, announcing the death in hospital in
~ % Oft Le,1ln
owner of the Beaumont (TeNas) Journal.
Mr.. Kelley worked on the Old Republic
can here for years. and then on the State,
of Richmond and in the latter city mar
ried Miss Hamilton. He is survived by
his wife and one son.
James w. Johnson.
Especial Dispatch 10 The Times)
wARRENTON, VA, Dec. ia tele-
gram reached here yesterday announcing
the sudden death of James W. Johnson
in Bryan Texas. He was a native of this
place. but went to Bryan in early life
about twenty-five years ago. He had
achieved considerable prominence in bust
ness, being a member OF the firm Of John
! son & Saunders.
In addition to his wife and three chill
dren. all of which are about grown he is
survived by his mother Mrs. William
johnson. and his two ssters-A1rs. George
Slililii ana NILS D. NOiNli!-et4i u tiiiS
place, and Chiffon c. Johnson, of Roanoke.
Carries Hardy
Especial Dispatch to The TimesO
NORFOLK. VA. Dec. l2-Mr. w. Chas.
Hardy died to-day at St Vincents Hos
pital. He was fifty-eght years Old. and
death came unexpectedly Mr. Hardy
was a graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute. He was a famous society man
at White Sulphur. Springs twenty-five
years ago. One of his sisters is the wife
of General Macarthur, commanding the
American army in the PHILIPPINES.
ID. S. Sheppard.
Especial Dispatch to The Timesl
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. Dee. 12.--Mr. D.
S. Sheppard died at his home at Ho!stead's
Point last night, aged forty-four, after
an illness of several months. Mr.. shep-
pard was born in Fluvanna county, but
has been merchant in Warwick county
for "a number of years. His widow ana
three children survive him
The funeral took place at Lebanon
Church st O'Clock this Afternoon.
Th mus Taylo-.
Especial Dispatch 70 The Timcs,l
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Dec. 12.-Thomas
Taylor. prominent citizen. died last
evening at his home In Alexandra
county, aged tifty-four years