Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-09-07
DEATH Is EVER BUSY.

NN>H Nhn urct1liC POISONING
~hlie he Vas asleep Tuesday night,
Capt. Milton Rouss, notable figure
IN the military and industrial life OF
tne county, passed away at Shannon
Park. his home FIVE miles south of
SharleS Town, Thursday at noon, with
out reGaining consciousness after the
attack, Capt. RouSs had been failing
IN health for several years past. his
ieeoleneSs becoming quite noticeable
within the last few months. Capt.
kouSs was born AT WooiSboro, Md,
october Is, 1910, the second son of
Peter Hoke and Belinda Baltzell
RouSS, both Of whom died within few
weeks of each other al shannon Hill"
TINS county, in the spring of 1887. His
Parents moved TO Berkeley county,
W. Va, when he was a child of five
years Of age, buying Runnymede, a
noted old home four miles west Of
Bunker Hill. where they resided till
1882, when they bought Shannon Hill,
fine estate on the river opposite
Shannondale Springs The DAYS of
his early boyhood spent at Runnymede
made a lasting impression upon him,
and were frequently the subject Of de-
liGhtful "reminiscences in his old age.
About the time he completed his stud
les at the Virginia Military Institute,
the Civil War broke upon the country.
Early in the struggle Capt Rouss
volunteered in the cause of the South
ern Confederacy. ASsocian,d with
his classmate, the late R. p Chew,
he was active in recruiting a COM
panv Of lipht artillery in this county,
Of which the latter was elected cap
tain and young Rouss first lieuten-
ant. After serving year in the ar
tillery, Lieut.. Rouss was transferred
to the 18th Virginia Cavalry, becom-
ing a lieutenant in Company h. com
manded by Captain George Baylor, in
that regiment. His service in the cav
alrv continued till he was Cartured
Nv the Federals At the battle Of Brandy
Station, June 9, 1868. Then followed
2 long term of imprisonment, the great
er part of the time being spent on
1ohuson's Island, in Lake Erie, near
Cleveland. Ohio. The war over, Capt.
ROuss addressed himself with dill
gence to the pursuits Of peace. While
engaged in farming, he was one Of the
first men in the county to realize the
possibilities Of apple culture in this
plant out a commercial orchard As
an orchardist he was eminently sue
ceSsful, the management OF the busi-
ness being taken over by his sons as
the father became enfeebled with age
He leaves widow who was his second
wife. and who was the only daughter
OF Mrs. Mamie and the late POstmas-
ter-General VIM. l.. Wilson. Surviv-
ing also are four sons, the children
OF Capt Rouss' first marriage: Milton
o., George w.. Frank H., and Dr. Alex
II. S. Rouss, all residents Of this coun-
ty.-Advocate.
John Murnan, who died recently at
his home in Winchester, Va, was a
brother of Mrs. Chas. E. Walters, af
Shepherdstown. and Of Mrs. Vim. NJ
Sheetz, Of Martinsburg. He was in
the 10th year of his age, and had been
in the service of the B. & o. Rail-
road for 50 years. He was highly re-
garded by officials Of the company and
by his fellow-employees Besides his
wife, he is survived by five sons and
four daughters. Chas. E. Walters, Of
this place, attended the funeral, which
was held in the Catholic Church in
Winchester.
Miss Emma GRAY, one of Berkeley
countv's most estimable women, died
last Friday at her home in Gerards-
town. following long period Of failing
health. She was sister of the wife
of Congressman Geo M. Bowers, who
is seriously i'll from typhoid fever
Miss Gray was a lifelong resident of
Berkeley county and a member Of a
prominent family of that section.
Aaron Thomas Hess, lifelong res
ident of Martinsburg, died at his home
in that place last Sunday, aged 81
years. He was a Confederate veteran
of the Civil War, having entered the
army in 1861, where he served cred
itably until its close in 1865. He
is survived by his wife, two sons and
four daughters.
Mrs. Kate Snyder, of this place, re-
ceived word recently of the death of
her sister, Mrs. Eliza Eustice, Of Ply
mouth, Pa. Mrs. Eustice visited Mrs.
Snyder in this town in former years.
DR.. Thomas Fleming Lanham, a
prominent resident OF Grafton, died
last Friday, aged rs years,
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