Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-12-14
The Death Record.

Mr.. J. Will Taylor, well-knowl
resident of this vicinity, died thu
moi ming at 2 o'clock at his hom
about three miles south OF Shepherds
town, in the 64th year Of his age. Mr.
Taylor's entire life was spent in thu
section, save the four years of the ClV
il War, in which he was an active
participant. Throughout that Ions
and bloody struggle he served IL
Company B, Second Virginia Regi
ment, Stonewall Brigade, and no brav'
er man followed the stars and bars
than Will Taylor All the world
knows the gallantry of the Stonewal
Brigade, and he was. with it, in the
thickest of the fighting, from Bull
Run to Appomattox. His utter fear
lessness in battle carried him into
constant danger, and he was wounded
many times, being shot twice through
the neck and a number of times in
other places. A wound would scarce
ly be healed before he was with his
company again and at the front. He
beneved in the righteousness of the
Southern cause with all his heart and
was as ready after the war as during
the conflict to defend it with his life
blood if necessary. He was an un-
reconstructed Rebel to the day OF
his death. His interest in all mat
tiers pertaining to the Confederate
veterans was unfailing, and no trouble
was too great when it was a matter Of
serving the Lost Cause or its defend
ers. 1t was singular thing that
with all his reckless bravery be had a
heart as tender as a child's, and any
reference to Southern affairs touched
him deeply. When he saw at Shep-
herdstown last spring, for the first time
in forty years, the old battle-fag of
the Second Virginia the tears streamed
down his cheeks.
Mr.. Taylor's death was caused by
kidney trouble, from which he had
suffered for long time. He is sur
vived by his wife and four children :
Harry D., Mrs. Charles Koontz, Mrs.
Emma Moreland and Mrs. Douglas
Butler. The funeral services will be
held at his late home Saturday morn
ing at half-past ten o'clock, and the
body will be inferred in Elmwood
Cemetery. The funeral arrangements
will be in charge of the Henry Kyd
Douglas Camp of Sons OF Confederate
Veterans. and all the members are re-
quested to attend in uniform.
James w. Greenwood, well.known
resident of Shepherdstown, died at
his home in this place last Friday
morning, after brief illness from
pneumonia, III the cd year Of bis
age. The deceased was a genial,
kind-hearted man, with many excel
lent traits of character, and probably
had not an enemy in the world. The
funeral was held at his late home
Saturday afternoon, Rev. G. F. Bonn
conducting the ceremony, and the re-
mains were buried in the Reformed
Cemetery. He is survived by son
and a daughter, Harry Greenwood
and Miss Clara Greenwood. Four
brothers also survive him: Thomas
and Frank, of Roanoke, Benjamin, of
Portsmouth, Va, and Shepherd, of
Bedington.
Mr.. Harvey N. Dorsey, formerly of
Charles Town, died in Denver, Colo.
RADIO, on Thursday last, in the 35th,
year of his age. Mr.. Dorsey was a
deserving young man, and by dint of
industrious application qualified him
self as a frst.class stenographer and
typewriter, and held important posi-
tons in New York. Five years ago
failing health compelled him to go to
Colorado, where he for some time
served With the staff of the National
Guard of that State. He leaves a
wife and three children, besides a
mother, two sisters and three BROTH
ers.
Miss Sarah J. Nadenbousch, an es-
Unable Martinsburg lady, died at her
home in that place last Friday, aged
99 years. She was sister Of the late
Col. ]. @. A. Nadenbousch.
George E. Bowers, former resi-
dent of Berkeley county, died at his
home in Brunswick last Sunday, after
a long illness, aged 80 years,
John Hicks, a Confederate veteran,
died at his home in Martinsbnrg last
Saturday, aged 69 years. He was a
native of Georgia.
A three-year-old child of Samuel
Barron, of Dufields, died Tuesday
and will be buried at Uvilla today.
Louis R. Ambrose died in Martins
burg last Thursday from consump-
ton, aged So years.