The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-04
OBITUARY.

OBITUARY.
Col. William Willis Blackboard.
Colonel william Willis B1aekfo I'D q DIED d
lit, at the age OF rs. and was buried at ut
Abingdon. Va, vest erday.
5I7$ He was a graduate of the University OF
Virginia, and by rofession civil vi e. a
4 During the war in 1851 he entered the
service Of the BConfe derates army as first
lieutenant Of tho shington Mounted
Rifles from Abingdo lon. a. He afterwards
|sequently he was appointe engi neer off
cor on the Staff Of General y. p. q.
Stuart. Afterwards was promoted TO the
rank Of leutenan Of the e, reg 3
Tal cott He served continuously through
out the war \. from the " first bat Ito OF
Manassas to Appropriations. and his war
record in the scores Of engagements In
He was one OF the engineers Of con
Sstruoton on the Atlantic 4 Mississippi and
Ohio Railway. now a part Of the & Nor
engineer in charge OF tho struotion OF
the Lynchburg and Durham Railroad.
For the past twenty years he has been
living on his place at Lynnhaven..a,w where
work for the United States Government.
! He was married in Richmond before
the war began to Miss Mary robertson
DAUGHTER Of the late Governor Wynd ham ~ =
lowing sons and daught ers:
81 Mrs Arthur s. Lloyd, as o + "a Navy ork;
Mr.. yndham r. Blackford, OF Bali tmore;
and Mr.. Pelham Blac ford, Of this city. 81
Louis Keppler, Sr.
Louis Keppler. ST.. died at his late
county, Tuesday, 8 May ., 1905. at 1850,
O'Clock. In his seventy year.
&ss Mr.. Keppler5 was born in 5Marburg, Ger
many. and came to- this countryilin the
mond and Henrtco since that time. 81
He leaves five grand flildren-Louls, Jr,
Charles. Nora, Josephine and Phillip Keep
3 Funeral from his late residence this
afternoon at s O'clock. ls
Interment will be mado in Oakwo cd. ag
William 3. Shelley.
Mr.. William Erwin Shelley died yester-
day morning, In the stxtieth year OF his
age. The funeral viii take place from
No. East Clay Street q II o'clock this
morning. and the interment will be in
Shockoo Cemetery. e ii
Mrs. Dufy's Funeral.
The funeral of Mrs. cat,arlne Duffy
Peter S Cathedral with requiem mass.
Mrs. Martha j. Baker.
The funeral Of Mrs. Martha J. Baker,
will be from No. 410 North 'Thirty-t third
Street this fternoon at $3.50 clock and
the interment will be ut Elko Va.
Major w. M. Robbins.
fspecnl to The Tlmes-D isratch,)
AL1SRSTRY n e. May Is WI vii
5Carolina's most distingu ished tesmen
RobbRs this eitythis afernqon
fatal stomach trouble. and the end was
expected. All members, OF his Immediate
family were ppssens w ent
q onfederate soldier, and ter as a lead.
Ing politician and statesman For q nuns
Der Of years he had been actively ON
Battlefield commlssl ion. Z, Tho 5interment
Miss Emily Nelson.
I RERRYYlLI,E VA, May s..-M!ss Emily
Nelson daushte,r Of the lr.e
Of the late Judge John u, Page, of Page
Brooks, Clarke county, died at Bryton,!
thehhome Of her aunts, Misses Mary and
Jane Paget Miss Nelson Il was the niece
OF Dr.. Robert Powell Page and John
y, Page. of BerryYille.
Guy Smith.
sfc's! gSe May ss.-lstSa Smith
died at tho eyof his grandfatherE DR.,
William b.. christian, IN Nrpallu, yester-
day evening and his body was laid to
rest In the, family cemetery, before
large crowd of Borrowing friends and
relatives to-day. Ho was twenty. years
old and had been great suffered from
Lee Tyler.
c11AR fnis5a' & IT, m May s!'s.ss Leo
Tyler, g nephsW q Dr;.J i r. Brides and
teacher at the Presbyterian College, Is
dead at Black Mountain, His body will
be taken to Richmond, Va. for burial
Two years ago Mr. Tyler held n position
In the Southern Railway offices lii this
city and Is pleasantly remembered by
many friends, lie was about % years
Mrs. Julia Samuel.
lspeeial to Tho ,rlmes,D ispatch)
Mrs JuiIa Samuel died died Monday night At
her home u Caroline county after q long
Ylved by her husband. is 5fg 81
Ephram Shelton,
fspscisl tn The Times Loispatch.l
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