Sunday, October 6, 2013

Sunday's Obituary: John H. Milstead

Washington Herald (Washington, DC)
October 30, 1913

John H. Milstead, seventy-one years old, a former resident of this city, died this morning at his home in Washington.  The body was brought here this afternoon and taken to the home of his son-in-law, J. Edward Shinn, 26 South Royal Street, where the funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon.  Services will be conducted by the Rev. R. P. Phillips, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Mr. Milstead was a native of Occoquan, Prince William County, Va., and had lived forty years in Alexandria.  At the time of his death he was an engineer at the laboratory at Benning.

 Besides his wife Mr. Milstead leaves the following children:  John, Bruce, Wilton, and Mahlon Milstead, Mrs. J. Edward Shinn, Mrs. Grace Talbot, and Mrs. Marguerite Fisher.


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