The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
". E,B|BB D|ESAS
RESULT OF INJURY
Assistant Attorney Generals Ac-
cident Results Fa-
tally.
BURIAL TO-DAY At LOUISA
Served State in War and Was
Successful as Legal
Practitioner.
BURIAL TO-DAY AT LOUISA

AS the result OF injuries received In
fall on the morning OF November rs.
William Emmett Bibb, Assistant ,Attor-
ney-General of Virginia, died yester-
day morning at 6 o'clock at his homo
at 25oS Grove Avenue.
While his death had been feared for
several days, 1t was great shock to
the officials at the State Capitol and
to his many friends in this city. AL
though he had been resident OF Rich
mond only few months. he was well
known to many people here. who :hor-
oughly admired him.
The fatal injuries were received at
his home. In the dim early morning
light he was moving about the house.
and made a misstep. which precipitated
him down a stairway. Internal In
juries were the result.
Burial To-day.
The body will be taken to Louisa
for burial, leaving at s o'clock tNis
morning. The burial Will be at noon
in the family section in lakewood
Cemetery. The services Will be
Masonic. and probably the local lodge
of Odd Bellows will take part.
Members OF William Kean Camp Of
Confederate Veterans, OF Louisa. OF
which organization Mr.. Bibb was adj
jutant, will attend the services.
William Emmett Bib was born al
shadwell. in Albemarle county, in No
vember. 1S4s. His grandmother on the
maternal side was Nancy Worth, sister
of Major-General William jenkins
Worth who won distinction in the In
dian and Mexican wars. and whose
body lies buried beneath monument
erected by the city Of New York, on
| Fifth Avenue, in the American
metropolis.
On his mothers side he was de-
scended from the Virginia Taliaferros.
Leaves Family.
In 1879 Mr.. Bib married Miss Kate
Cammack, daughter of the late John
Chew Cammack and Mrs. Jane Pen
dleton Cammack. She is connected
with the Chews, Herndons, Pendletons
and Aisops of Virginia.
Mrs Bib survives him with four
ctildren-Miss Janet Herndon Bibb.
Miss Katherine Duer Bib. William
Chew Bibb and John Pendleton Bibb.
He is also survived by one brother.
James E. Bibb, editor of the Gordons-
Vile Gazette, and by four sisters =
Mrs. John Woodson, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs.
Clarence Bibb and Mrs. Frank Bick-
ers.
In the last year of the War Between
the States Mr.. Bib then child OF
sixteen. enlisted in the reserves. com
posed of old men and boys, and saw
service around Richmond. He was on
guard duty at Belle Isle for a time.
Prncticed at Louisa.
He studied law in the same class
with Attorney-General Samuel W. Wiz
liams and the two have been close
friends ever since. Settling at Louisa,
he has lived there most of his life,
becoming successful practitioner. III
law and in politics he has always
been known as hard fighter, giving
and seeking no quarter. He has al
ways taken an active part in the
duties of citizenship.
Personally he was of generous dis
position, helping every one wherever
he saw an opportunity.
Judge Williams, upon assuming the
office Of Attorney General, appointed
Mr. Bib as his assistant, and the iat-
ter had already taken an active part
in the preparation of the important
litigation in which the State is en-
gagged few months ago he moved
to Richmond.
He was a member and vestryman OF
st. James's Episcopal Church, IN
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