Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-25
RlNAlTIc LIFE ENDS.
.r,rn or MRS KATHERINE d.
CONRAD IN WINCHESTER
SUNDAY.
NOTED Foa Her GOOD weeks.
-,,pIr.acd n Training school for
co,orca Girls aud Supervised the
s,atcr r"na-onee Reisnins
re,Ir-rta"eee OF Gallant "pica"
A,Ihg.
ra1ED Foa Her GOOD weeks,
..nIr.ncd Training school for
,or,s Girl. and Supervised the
s,.frr Tund-ancc n Rcignin,
r,,rr-ftanccc OF Gallant "plc,''

,rrNs- ,STER. VA. November "a.
Miss katharine b. Conrad. a
one of the Oldest and most
ca Virginia families. died at
r- Of her brother, Major Holmes
Yesterday morning after brief
ee6 tj Years. She is survived by
.al.s Hon. Holmes Conrad, ex-
~. general CT the Cnited States in
s cabinet, and Charles Z. Coz
ef Slauntca, and one SISTER.
49,, ~ Taumtlcroy. also of Staun;on.
o. sugs.d WAS a daughter o; the late
- }earg Conrad. one of the fore
y,.slrs Of ante beilum days. Nj.
- aas prominent in the con-
OF the cid whir parry.
sty opposed the secession OF Nir
M remained neutral during the
Net because he refused TO take any
e.. srhs offered him, or TO. recognize
- s.5.ai authority, he was repeatedly
III Fe1eTai prisons. In 1888 he
..greI "a Congress but was refused
~ hal body under The rule of eS-
... z1 btYarily applied 10 all repro
,rs from the southern States.
s,r..s SID THE SLATER FUND.
ms; forty Years Miss Slater has
49, gniuently Identified with church
III .Fsr,.t}la work, and was well-knUwu
49, ...r sft State Among the monuments
work were The Establishment
,-= ms .r.ienauce Of training school for
-. a..ared girls in Winchester and the
So, In OF the Slater fund for carry
a. - 4s work. This was a fund set
s---, lv The terms OF the will OF a mil
f resident OF the North for the
rrrnasl of giving instruction to young
Iaa-d girls in The culinary art. Mss
al leo Identified
viii ID Presbyterian church in Winch.s-
a. having been a member for over forty
,.g.S II the old KeDt-Street church.
Her former pastor. Rev. DR.. James r.
G. aam. former pastor of kent-Street
church now pastor emeritus OF the Unit
a Is, sUyte.ian church, VIII oficiate at
The funeral services, which will be held
Tue=3ag afternoon at the old home OF the
Cor-aas in this city.
During The war between the States.
ue 5urad deGacu"-. atod her passionate
Ias...s 10 the cause of the Southern arms
q, msty wolthy deeds contributing to
thu welfare of the soldiers Of lie" and
!sasgn IN neld and hospital. While
h.r father c0Gld not conscienUouslN
ssa ap arms against the North, yet
..a5agiziIlE MS duty to his native State
ard ueople his six stalwart sons per-
formed distinguished services in the Con-
s.t. rate arrlS. all OF Them hoidlnS conf
Missions. and one, Powell Conrad, dying
% la seTvicc. The eldest son. the late
Or Daniel Is. Conrad, performed duty as
est surgeon for Adn1ra! Buchanan. ana
,s yn board the Confederate ram, Ten
during the fierce fight in Mobile
brg when that gallant ship withstood
sal "oadGd Is Of thirteen ironclads. only
str zus her colors and surrepGering 10
aalfrsel l'arraSut when her crew had been
teanarcd and her batteries Silenced. DIR.
Gnsrad amputated Admiral Bucnanan's
lag during the thickest of the enlargement
Matgr Holmes Conrad another brother
already mentioned was i3reyeited for con-
sH.aeus gailantry on the field OF battle
IL b. famous struggle at Trevillian Sta
zion vhun General Rosser led his intre--
I1J men ,o victory. Major Conrad was
iasncct yr-genGal in General Rosser,s (the
tamaus IaueD brigade
in ANTE bellpm days Mss Conrad was
ono ST the rcigning bellies in THIS section
I'd. Virginia, being equallssIfaneh' fer her
s gtv and her horsenanship. At the
GU eeaa ii tie war she was the affianccd
81 Tie gallant Dick" Ashby. the younger
Of The famous "Ashby b.others.' the
saFstest lavalrymen Virginia ever pro-
ba,cu, the other being General Turner
asa.y. the dashtllS cavalry leader. Dick
asa@y tragc death 1.-THE beginning: Of
Jae great sl!.uggl. terminated the romance
S. Happily Jegun. and was a severe shock
10 thg Young Nj ginia beauty, who has
aver remained faithful 10 his memory.