Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-02-07
The Death Record.

DR.. Samuel Brown Morrison, father
of Mrs. Charles Ghiselin, of Shepherds
town, died Monday night at his home
at Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge
county, Va. He had been sufferer
from Bright's disease, but the imme-
date cause of his death was the grip.
DR.. Morrison, who was in the 73d
year of his age, was one of the most
prominent physicians in Virginia.
For over twenty years he conducted
a aanitarium at Rockbridge Baths, and
also had an extensive practice in the
county. He was a graduate of the
University of Virginia. When the civil
war began DR.. Morrison enlisted in
the Seventeenth Virginia Cavalry,
and two months later was made sur
geon of the Fifty eighth Virginia In
fantry, and Is months afterward he
was made medical inspector, Second
Corps, Army of Northern Virginia,
General Ewell's division. DR.. Nor
rison was present at the death bed OF
Gen. Stonewall Jackson and was the
one who made known to Mrs. jack
son the approaching death Of her hus-
band, and she informed him that Gen
eral Jackson must be informed of the
fact. DR.. Morrison was a relative Of
Mrs. Jackson and had been called in
consultation by the late DR.. Hunter
Mcclure. When he was making an
examination of General jackson the
patient looked up at him and said :
That's an old familiar face" DR..
Morrison's wife was Miss Mary L.
Gold, who survives him, with the fol-
lowing children Mrs. Mary Moore
Hutcheson, of Rockbridge Baths vi
cinity Mrs. Emma Gold McPheeters,
wife of the Rev. w. NJ. McPheeters,
of Columbia, S. c.; Mrs. Fannie
Brown Ghiselin, wife of the Rev.
Charles Ghiselin, of Shepherdstown
Mrs. Mamie Jane Glasgow, wife DR..
Robert Glasgow, of Lexington DR..
Henry Rutherford Morrison, of Rock
bridge Baths Mrs. Harriet Newell
Waite, wife of Prof. Charles Waite,
of Knoxville, Tenn. ; William Gold
Morrison, of Norfolk, and Miss Bette
Walker Morrison, of Rockbridge
Baths.
The Charlestown Advocate says
that news has been received of the
sudden death of Mr.. David Cockrell
eldest son of the late David H. Cock
rell, aged about 60 years. Mr.. Cock
rell went West years ago, locating at
Chaldron, Nebraska, where he followed
his trade as wheelwrght, in which
place his family now resides. He met
his death in Arizona last week after
an illness of only FIVE days from acute
pneumonia, where he was engaged in
taking up Indian claims. Mr.. Cock
rell married Miss Regina Hilbert,
eldest daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Hilbert, former residents of Charles
town.
Mr.. Joseph Mansfield died Friday
evening, in this place, of pneumonia,
aged about so years, leaving widow
and several children. He was
native of Berkeley county. A son,
George Mansfield, aged about % years,
died with the same disease Thursday
night. Both funerals took place Satur-
day afternoon, Rev. H. H. Kennedy
officiating, and interment in Edge Hill
Cemetery. Both were worthy men,
and we understand leave families in
very needy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
torn Spirit.
Mr.. John A. Ware. highly re-
spected farmer of the vicinity Of
Myerstown, this county, died last
Monday, at the age of so years. He
is survived by his widow, three sons
and one daughter.
Mrs. Mary J. Wilson, mother OF
John B. Wilson, formerly Of Martins
burg, died in Morgantown last Sat-
urday, aged II years. She was the
widow of DR.. John G. Wilson.
Mr.. Jacob Eversole. a well-known
Berkeley county farmer, died Monday
after brief illness from pneumonia,
aged rs years.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson died last
week in Hedgesville, Berkeley county,
aged 80 years.