U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
May 23, 1882 -- MISS MARGARET E. PRYOR, [aged 60 years] a lady residing on Fenchurch street, had occasion yesterday morning to go to a dress-making establishment and had scarcely been there a minute before she became very ill. She was taken at once to her residence and expired in a short time, the cause of her death being congestion of the lungs. Miss Pryor had sole charge of two orphan children who were at school at the time. The funeral will take place at 10 a.m. today from the residence of Mr. George Sikes, corner Fenchurch and Bermuda Streets.
May 23, 1882 -- Mr. CLARENCE M. COLE, [aged 21 years] son of Captain J. J. Cole, of this city, met his death on the 6th instant at Barranquilla, South America, under painful circumstances. Some days previously he became caught in a hoisting machine and received such serious injuries that after lingering in pain he died on the 6th as stated. Mr. Cole had gone down chiefly for the benefit of his health with the wrecking expedition sent by the Baker Salvage Company to save stranded British steamship Chilian and cargo and his sad death will be greatly lamented by his many friends. His father, who is at the Delaware Breakwater, has been informed by wire of the occurrence. The funeral took place at Barranquilla on the 7th inst.
May 23, 1882 -- HOWARD WHITING BARNES Departed this life on Wednesday, May 10, 1882, at LaRaysville, Pa., after a short illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, HOWARD W. BARNES, in the 21st year of his age, son of Mrs. Hannah E. Barnes and Grandson of our townsman, Mr. James Simmons. ......... A dutiful son and obedient grandchild, his sudden demise has created a void in the bleeding and broken heart of the dotting mother which cannot be filled and bowed the heads of the aged grandparents (whos locks are whitened by the touch of time) in deep sorrow and mourning so that they remind us of Rachel "weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted because they are not."..........[this is a long obituary, if you wish a copy, please email me.]
June 8 1882 -- HODGES -- At the residence of her Brother-in-law in Norfolk Co., on Wednesday evening June 7, 1882 at 8 o'clock MISS ELLA T. HODGES. Funeral will take place Friday at 12 o'clock from the residence of John M. Hodges, Norfolk Co. Friends and Acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.
June 10, 1882 -- Between 7 and 8 o'clock yesterday a.m. a colored boy named EMMERSON MORGAN and aged about 18 years died suddenly on Charlotte Street near Church St. Deceased lived on Bute Street with his mother and was employed by one of Nottingham & Wrenn's wagons to carry Ice into houses along the street, and he had just finished a delivery and gotten on the step of the wagon as it drove off. The driver noticed him reel and fall; and by the time he could get to his assistance Morgan was dead. Dr. John M. Galt, City Cornor, caused a Jury to be summoned and held and an inquest over the remains -- a verdict being rendered of Death by Appoplexy.
June 13, 1882 -- Mr. ROSCOE HENRY BROWNE, eldest son of Mr. Thomas H. R. Browne of Sewell's Point, and a brother of Mr. Wm. B. Browne of the firm of B. F. Baxter & Co., of this city, died at his father's residence on Sunday last of consumption contracted during the late war. Mr. Browne was a native of Norfolk County and in the 41st year of his age. Prior to the war he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Norfolk and was for some time connected with the firm of Rowland & Reynolds. During the war he served with credit in the 15th Virginia Cavalary as sergeant of Company F., and received a wound at Spottsylvania Courthouse, at which time were sown, the seeds of the malady which caused his untimely end. Of late years the deceased had been in business at Fort Worth, Texas. He left that place about the middle of last month to return to his native State in expectation of recruiting his health, a hope which was destined to be blighted. Mr. Browne was in the prime of life and being endowed with a cultivated mind, fine presence and genial address, was a general favorite in businesss and social circle and among his many friends. His funeral will take place at 11 a.m. today from the residence of his father and interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
June 14 1882 - Death of a Former Citizen of Norfolk. -- The New Orleans papers announce the death of Mr. EDMUND DORNEY, in that city, on Wednesday, May 24 h. His funeral took place from the church of the Immaculate Conception, on the next day and was largely attended. Mr. Dorney was a native of Norfolk, but has been a resident of New Orleans for many years. It was his custom to visit Norfolk every year during the Summer, spending several months. His death will be greatly regretted by his many friends in this citdy. He was a gentleman of the old school, an upright man, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
July 8, 1882 Death of MR. WILLIAM WALKE, Norfolk's Oldest Citizen -- Some days since we were upon to refer to the severe illness at the Hospital of St. Vincent de Paul of Mr. William Walke, Norfolk's oldest citizen. The painful announcement must now be made of his death, which took place at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, at the institution, after a long illness, during which, and almost up to the last, his mental faculties remained undimmed, and which was the result of the natural wasting away incident to extreme old age rather than of disease of any kind. Mr. Walke was born April 30, 1786, on the plantation of Mr. William Walke, his father, which was situated in Princess Anne County, and known as "The Ferry." His father died when the subject of this mention was but eight years of age, and at the time of his death was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. The late Mr. Walke was sent early in life to Litchfield, Conn., to school, and upon entering business life became a clerk in the olf Virginia Bank of this place. During the war of 1812 he was one of the custodians of the funds, books &c., of the bank, carrying them for safety to Richmond by what was then a tedious and almost dangerous journey. It is stated that in speaking to his friends of this trip, he would mention that while traveling with the money, he met hundreds of rough men working on the public roads. The journey to Richmond was made in the carriage of Mr. Thomas Williamson and Mr. Walke returned home on horseback. The deceased was for a long time city collector of Norfolk, and was also agent for the Mutual Assurance Company of Virginia. From his great age and knowledge of events which transpired long before the existence of the several generations succeeding him, Mr. Walke possessed a remarkable store of reminiscences, personal and otherwise, of Norfolk and her people in the days long gone by, which having a memory of great clearness and tenacity, he was always able and willing to impart. It is probable that no man in Norfolk was more intimately acquainted with the history of the city for eighty odd years back than was Mr. Walke. He leaves numerous descendants, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren; he leaves a record of integrity and a memory which will always be respected. The funeral will take place at 6 p.m. tomorrow from the residence of Richard Walke, Esq. No 92 York street. July 11, 1882-- FUNERAL of MR. WILLIAM WALKE The funeral of Mr. William Walke, the aged citizen of Norfolk, of whose death on Friday last, in his ninety-sixth year, mention has already been made, took place at six o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence of his grandson, Richard Walke, Esq. No 92 York Street. A large number of the relatives and descendants of the deceased, and friends and acquaintances of the family, were in attendance, signifying by their presence the universal respect in which the venerable dead had been held by the people of the city whose growth he had watched for nearly the full measure of a century. The religious services were conducted by the Rev. Robert Gatewood, rector of St. Paul's P. E. Chapel, Berkley and by the Rev. N.A. Okeson, D.D., rector of St. Paul's P.E. Church, this city. The former in the course of a tribute to the worth of the deceased, made several historical allusions to his life, mentioning the facts that he had seen the first President of the United States inaugurated and had been living at the inauguration of the last on and that from a confederation of thirteen original and independent States, he had seen the nation rise to its present proportions. The speaker also dwelt on the high character of Mr. Walke and the unblemished record which he leaves behind him. The discourse was listened to with marked interest throughout. The Hymns "Alseep in Jesus" and "Jesus Lover of My Soul" wer sung and the remains were conveyed to their last resting place in Cedar Grove Cemetery, followed by a considerable concourse. The coffin was borne from the house to the hearse and from the latter to the grave on the shoulders of eight colored men. The following gentlemen, friends of the deceased, though with perhaps one exception, all of a younger generation, acted as the pallbearers: Charles Reid, Cincinnatus Newton, George Blow, S. S. Dawes, Richard Dickson, Richard Bagnall, Samuel Marsh, and Jacob Vickery.
December 1, 1882 The Killing of a Former Resident of Norfolk. The Lynchburg papers give full particulars of the unforunate killing of CAPT. E. D. CRADDOCK, well known in Norfolk, in that city Wednesday morning by Booker Robertson, a miner. The unfortunate occurrence took place at the car ses of the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad, on the Upper Basin. It originated in a quarrel between two men named about shortage in the weight of several car loads of ore which had been shipped from the Sleepy Hollow mines, Nelson county, via the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad from Norwood by Robertson, a speculator in ores, recently operating at the place indicated. It seems that Robertson came to Lynchburg early in the morning to have the matter rectified, and while about this made himself offensive to Captain Craddock, who attended to the weighing of cars. In the dispute, bitter words appear to have been used on both sides, but the first blow was struck by Captain Craddock, who, exasperated at an objectionable epithet applied by Robertson, chastised the latter very severely. Robertson submitted to his castigation with ill grace, through sheer necessity, being a small man, while his assailant was a perfect giant physically compared with him; Craddock then proceeded to weigh the cars, when Mr. D. R. Dunn, local agent of the railroad company, then arrived on the ground, and Robertson at once made complaint to him of the yard master's conduct. Craddock seems to have resented this, and there was a renewal of the difficulty, which culminated in Craddock's being shot through the heart and almost instantly killed, after having hurled a large weight at Robertson's head. Captain Craddock was well known in Norfolk, having been for a number of years connected with the Norfolk and Western Railroad in the capacity of yard master at this point. He was a native of Christiansburg. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was generally esteemed by all who knew him. His friends here will greatly lament his death. He leaves a wife with six small children.
December 5, 1882 - Mr. ETHAN ALLEN, JR. Son of Ethan Allen, Esq., died at the residence of his father about 1 o'clock Sunday morning of consumption. Mr. Allen was about 26 years of age, and was in the employ of the Clyde Line here for about six years or more. He had been in delicate health for some time past, and about two years from last Summer, went to Colorado in hopes of recuperating, but not improving very much, he returned some four months since, and stopped for some time at Roanoke, on the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Mr. Allen was highly esteemed by the Clyde management, and leaves many personal Friends in the city to mourn his loss. His funeral took place yesterday afternoon from his father's residence on Bermuda street, the services being condutced by Dr. J. L. Burroughs.
December 8, 1882 [Norfolk Virginian] Richmond Dispatch: A distressing accident happened at Waynesboro last night, by which Miss LOU KIRBY lost her life. She with her sister Ada and tow Misses Morrison, of Afton, were on their way to the town to preaching, when, as they attempted to cross the railroad bridge near the Chesapeake and Ohio depot, a Shenandoah Valley freight train having stalled on the steep grad east of the river, backed rapidly down towards the bridge, in order to make a run forward. The ladies seeing it coming started back, attempting to reach the east bank before the train could get upon the bridge. Three of them seeing they could not make it, stepped aside on the ledge of the bridge, but Miss Lou Kirby, still trying to reach the abutment, was struck by the rear car and knocked off, falling thirty or forty feet upon her head on some rocks, crushing her skull and rolling into the water. She died in a few minutes. The other ladies were unhurt. Miss Kirby was highly respected in the community in which she lived. Her body was taken to Afton today.
August 2, 1884 JOHN A. WILSON - Remarkable Suicide: It was mentioned in the morning papers several days ago, that a boy named John A. Wilson had fallen from a three story window and sustained fatal injuries. The boy died on Thursday afternoon and an inquest held yesterday revealed the fact that he had jumped out of the window of his own free act. A number of witnesses were introduced, among them Drs. Galt, Baxter and Shepherd, also Wm. A. Coleman, with whom the boy lives, and the boy's father. The evidence all went to show that Coleman's story was the correct version, and his statement is given as follows: Coleman keeps a barber shop on Church Street, and the boy was an apprentice. On Monday last, he went on a parade and on his return, was informed by his wife, that the boy had run away. He went up stairs and found that the boy had packed a valise and left, taking $15 in money with him. Coleman then hurried to the New York Steamer, thinking the boy had gone thither as he had spoken of going to see his mother in the North. Sure enough, he found him on the ship and carried him home. On the way he made the boy give up the money, and when he got him to his room, made him strip and gave him a sound thrashing with a rope. He left the boy in the room and told him he would get a policeman and have him locked up. He had not been downstairs but a short time, when the boy came tumbling out of the window. Coleman believed that the boy jumped out in an effort to escape. The boy's father testified that he was very headstrong and would jump overboard rather than take a whipping. Coleman also said he was very proud of the boy and much attached to him; that he gave him such a whipping as he would have been his own child, and told him about the police simply to frighten him. After hearing all the evidence, and all the points were brought out by Dr. Newton, Coroner, and Mr. James P. Britt, Foreman of the jury, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by his own hand, and Coleman, who had been arrested, was discharged.
May 26, 1885 Mr. Chas L. BROWN, a well known resident of Norfolk, and formerly the owner of the restaurant on Hill street, now known as the Morrisett house, died at his residence, No. 157 Chapel St., yesterday morning after a very breaf illness.
May 26, 1885 Ex. Senator JONATHAN E. BOUSH of Norfolk country, who had been sick for a long time, expired at his residence in Brambleton, yesterday about noon. His funeral will take place from his late residence, in Brambleton, at 4p.m.
