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August 10, 1869 DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN LADY By a notice in another column it will be seen that the venerable Mrs. CAROLINE JOHNSTON departed this life yesterday morning, in the 76th year of her age, leaving behind her a large family to mourn her loss. Her funeral will take place at 5 o’clock this afternoon from the Cumberland Street M.E. Church.

August 24, 1869 - MAJOR JAMES C. DOBBIN, of North Carolina, we regret to say is dead. We had a pleasant acquaintance with him during the war and lament to make this announcement. The Fayettheville Eagle gives the following account of the manner in which he met his death:

Mr. DOBBIN accidentally fell from an upper window in the rear of his dwelling in this town about 8:15 o’clock last Friday night the 13th inst., and was instantly killed. No one was immediately with him at the time, and his body was discovered a few minutes afterwards, with the neck bone broken and several other bruises. His house was on the steep bank of Cross Creek, and the distance from the window down to the rugged rocky ground near the wather’s edge is probably over 80 feet.

August 28, 1869 - MELANCHOLY SUICIDE We learn that Mrs. MARY NUNNALY, of this city, wife of William Nunnaly, who sometime ago was employed as an engineer on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, committed suicide on Tuesday night last, by taking laudanum. The husband, it seems, had deserted her, and his whereabouts are unknown. It is reported that he had married again, and these trials were too great for the injured wife to bear, and she therefore committed the rash act of self destruction. As soon as it became known to her friends that she had swallowed poison, every effort was made to relieve her of its influence, but without avail, death putting an end to her troubles about an hour from the time the fatal dose was taken. Lynchburg News.

Aug. 31, 1869 In Memoriam Died suddenly on the 19th of August WILLIAM WALLER DIGGS, aged 30 years. Thus another of those who obeyed his own convictions of right has gone. Entering the service in the outbreak of the war, he attached himself to the 16 h. Virginia Regiment, and served as a private in Company D. Virginia Defender; and was one of those who escaped with out any serious wound - to die in the prime of manhood surrounded by weeping relations and mourning friends. Like all of us, he was not without his foibles: but those who knew him, know him for a kindhearted, upright man, and firm and staunch friend. The deepest pang which rends the human heart. The worst to bear is when from friends, we part; The hardest task which human tongues can thee. The hardest word to utter, is farewell

Aug. 31, 1869 Horrible Murder in Norfolk County News reaches us of an atrocious murder in Norfolk county, about fifteen miles from this city [Portsmouth], in which a man named WILLIAM ROGERS, murdered his wife for alleged unfaithfulness. The circumstances as we gather them are as follows: William Rodgers and his wife attended Thursday a camp meeting on Western Branch. Among the crowd was a colored man named FRANK HARROW, who was very assiduous in his attention to Rodgers’ wife, but no outbreak occurred until night when Rogers says that he went home, and alleges that he found Harrow in his house taking improper liberties with is wife. He attacked Harrow who quickly fled, and then turned enraged upon his wife. On Friday morning his wife was found in bed with several wounds upon her body and almost dead from loss of blood. Medical assistance was hastily procured, and all that medical skill could desire was done for her recovery, but in vain. Suspicion fell immediately upon the husband, and in a short while a search was instituted by the crowd of enraged negroes who had collected at the scene of the tragedy, which being steadily prosecuted resulted in his capture when about seven miles from home at Bower’s Hill. He was brought in town and delivered up to Marshal Hutchinson, the county jailer. We learned that after lingering in agony for several hours the woman expired. Rogers appears to be perfectly indifferent in regard to the whole affair, and says that he stabbed his wife with a pen knife, and he would have shot Harrow could he have found any gun caps.

July 23, 1870 Death of a Prominent Citizen -- We are pained to record the death of Mr. D.D. FISKE, which took place yesterday morning a few minutes past 4 o'clock, after a painful illness. Mr. Fiske has long held a prominent place in our city, and no one hero was more highly esteemed. He was Mayor of this city in 1855, when the yellow fever made its ravages, and stood his ground bravely, while the invisible shafts of death were falling around him. He was an Odd Fellow, and a Mason, also; and will be buried with the ceremonies of both orders. His funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

July 23, 1870 Another Veteran Gone -- After a lingering illness, Mr. CHARLES A. GRICE one of our oldest citizens, died yesterday afternoon at twenty minutes to three o'clock. Mr. Grice was a veteran of the war of 1812; was in his seventy-eighth year, and organized the first fire company ever formed in our city. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and stood high in the order, having occupied the position of "Grand Commander" for the State of Virginia. He was also one of the founders of St. John's Episcopal Church, and until sickness confined him to his bed, answered regularly every summons by its bell. His funeral will take place tomorrow morning, at 10 o'clock, from St. Paul's Church, and he will be buried with Masonic honors. The different Masonic organizations of Norfolk and Portsmouth will be in attendance.

January 7, 1871 - Death of an Aged Lady We are pained to announce this morning the death of one of the oldest and most respected ladies of the city, MRS. ROSALIE LEPAGE which took place on Thursday last, in the 84th year of her age. Mrs. Lepage was the relict of the late Louis Lepage, Sr., land was widely known and universally beloved. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock this morning, from the St. Mary's Catholic Church, and the friends and acquaintances of the family are invited to be present.

January 12, 1871 - READ HIS OWN OBITUARY - In our issue of yesterday morning, we stated that a member of the police force, Mr. John T. EDWARDS, had died with typhoid pneumonia, and that his funeral would be attended by the force. We got our information from one of the policemen, who, we are glad to state, was misinformed, and had no intention of misleading us. To show his innocence in the matter, we will state that he had prepared a string of resolutions, as long as the morale laws, containing the usual sentiments of regret and condolences, which were to be offered at a called meeting of the force. We sincerely hope that he resolutions may not be needed at this time, and that Mr. Edwards may recover.

January 17, 1871 - Sudden Death About four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a colored woman by the name of LUCINDA WILLIAMS, while attending one of the negro churches was taken sick and carried into an adjoining house, where she expired in a few moments. A physician who was called in stated that she died from heart disease. She was one of the most respectable of her race in the city, and has resided in the rear of Umstadther's store on Church street for the past 40 years. 1/19/1871 FUNERAL - The funeral of the negro woman Lucinda Williams, whose sudden death we noticed a day or two since, took place yesterday, from the Buthe Street Methodist Church. It was one of the largest and most respectable we have ever seen over one of that race, and shows conclusively the high esteem in which she was held. The body was enclosed in a handsome burial case, literally covered with wreaths of rare flowers and the hearse was preceded by two female societies of which the deceased was a prominent member. The hearse was followed by a large number of hacks, containing the friends and relatives of the deceased.

February 1, 1871 - Funeral of JOHNNY STOUT - The funeral of this little fellow who was killed Monday by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of one of his playmates, will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The deceased was a member of the Middle Street Presbyterian Sunday School, and his funeral will be attended in a body by the teachers and scholars of the school, who will assemble for that purpose at the church at half past 2 o'clock. This sad accident, from its suddenness and the tender ages of the participants, has cast a shade over our entire city, and the heart of the public tenders its sympathy not only to the family of the deceased, but also to the family of the little fellow who fired the pistol, who are, if possible, equally distressed at the calamity.

February 3, 1871 - MURDERED -- On Wednesday last, a man was found dead near the residence of Capt. Thomas Gaskins, on Nansemond river. Papers found upon his person indicate that his name was NATHANIEL MOORECOOK, an oysterman, belonging to the sloop "Wather Witch." An inquest was held, and the jury rendered the following verdict; "That the deceased came to his death from a blow received just above the nose, by some weapon in the hands of some person or persons unknown to the jury." Fifteen dollars were found upon the person of the deceased.

Feb. 7, 1871 - Terrible Death -- We were shocked yesterday morning by the announcement that a white woman had died in Metcalf's lane, the night previous, and that the immediate cause of death had been starvation and the cold weather. A visit to the house showed us that both statements were incorrect, and that there was an abundance of fuel and food on the premises, contributed by a few charitable and Christian gentlemen, who would feel hurt were we to make public their names in connection with their philanthropic deeds. The woman, whose name was WILSON, lived in one of the low, dingy, filthy dens on Metcalf lane, occupying one room with a door but no window which we could see in the obscurity. She has been suffering with dropsy, and her case has been made known to the congregation of one of the churches through its excellent pastor, whose attentions to the poor and suffering are unremitting. The room contained a bed, but no other furniture which we could discover, and she lived with her two children, one a boy of about then years of age, and the other some years younger, both of whom must have occupied the same bed with the sick woman; indeed the smaller one was found in the bed after she had died. On Sunday night she was much worse, and her older son sat up the whole night with her, and was found yesterday morning, bathed in tears, standing by the bedside of his dead mother. The body was taken in charge by the humane gentlemen of whom we have spoken, and decently interred, who we learn are endeavoring to provide for the well being of the two children. We have been requested to call attention to their destitute and forlorn condition, with a view to getting them a home, either in some one of the orphan Asylums or elsewhere.

February 8, 1871- SEAMEN DROWNED - Captain Thomas Hudgins, of the schooner Lucy Virginia of Matthews county, Virginia, arrived in Baltimore Sunday, and reported to the Sun that on Saturday, while going into the harbor, when off Fort McHenry, ALEXANDER LEWIS, a hand on board, while engaged in furling the jib, was taken with a fit and fell overboard and was drowned, although every effort was made to save him. He was a young man, about twenty years of age and hailed from Matthews county, Virginia.

A colored man named GEORGE DIPP - was drowned from on board the oyster schooner Jacob S. Barnes, Captain Benjamin H. Leach, on Saturday, between Barn Island and Cove Point, by accidentally falling overboard. The body was not recovered.

February 9, 1871- at Hackwood, Princess Anne Co., after a lingering illness of several months, Mrs. GEORGIANA M. WOODHOUSE, aged 45, wife of Henry F. Woodhouse. Her funeral will take place from the Dinwiddie Street ME. Church, Portsmouth on Saturday 11th inst. at 1 o'clock p.m. Friends and acquaintances respectfully requested to attend. Thus has passed from earth to heaven one of earth's loveliest daughters, leaving behind a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their irreparable loss.

March 9, 1871 - Death of Miss Leigh - We are pained to announce the death of this lady which occurred yesterday, after a long and lingering illness. It is no empty eulogy to say that she was fully prepared for the journey on which her quiet spirit has departed. She was indeed, an ornament to her sex, an earnest Christian, and we know where of we speak when we say that the poor will miss her kindly charities and tender ministrations. Miss ELIZA LEIGH was the daughter of John P. Leigh. She was buried in St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

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