tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47581456262621555222024-03-13T01:28:32.253-04:00Prince William County GenealogyPrince William County, Virginia is rich in history. Formed in 1731, it was named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II. This blog is intended as a place for descendants and researchers of PWCo families to find and share information.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-31257776115123766322024-01-21T00:30:00.008-05:002024-01-21T00:30:00.129-05:00Sunday's Obituary: Martha Alice Corder<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />18 January 1924</b></p><p><b>MRS. CORDER DIES</b></p><p><b>Nokesville Resident Succumbs to Lingering Illness</b></p><p>Mrs. Martha Alice Corder, wife of Mr. Phillip Corder, died on Tuesday at her home between Nokesville and Aden, after an illness of twelve months. Funeral services took place this morning from her late home and interment was at Greenwich. Rev. T. D. D. Clark, of Manassas, conducted the funeral service.</p><p>Mrs. Corder was seventy-eight years old. She is survived by her husband, who is extremely ill, and by two sons and a daughter, Mrs. Bare, of Washington; Capt. Corder, of No. 10 Engine Company, Washington, and Mr. Amos Corder, who lives at the family home near Nokesville.</p><p><i>[NOTE: Martha and Phillip Corder both died in 1924 and are buried together in Greenwich Presbyterian Church cemetery. ~cgl]</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNKX_MQsO1Pxihu0jIz-nqPbaY0zNQ-slx9M_85Jj245mMyE3Wl3J2PFES-yDFZwEjKj7Q0vBkHcC_VFOAZzrIYnOZCkDoJ-_ctgUkH-AqPYqDfS5F8AtlCvzDlg56Llseu0KWjYTy10nH4TE5V4ClmGmPscZ5XG9fyqy6OsVU9jFMVDu1irZiWBTFuI/s512/1924%2001%2018%20MJ%20-%20Alice%20Corder%20-%20Obit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="257" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNKX_MQsO1Pxihu0jIz-nqPbaY0zNQ-slx9M_85Jj245mMyE3Wl3J2PFES-yDFZwEjKj7Q0vBkHcC_VFOAZzrIYnOZCkDoJ-_ctgUkH-AqPYqDfS5F8AtlCvzDlg56Llseu0KWjYTy10nH4TE5V4ClmGmPscZ5XG9fyqy6OsVU9jFMVDu1irZiWBTFuI/s320/1924%2001%2018%20MJ%20-%20Alice%20Corder%20-%20Obit.png" width="161" /></a></div><p></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-58295147807475758472024-01-18T00:30:00.001-05:002024-01-18T00:30:00.129-05:00100 Years Ago Today: The Spanish Swindle<p><i>100 years ago and relevant today. Seriously, how long has this been going around? ... </i></p><p><b>Manassas Journal<br />January 18, 1924</b></p><p><b>SWINDLER TESTS MANASSAS MAN</b></p><p><b>Man "Imprisoned" in Spain Offers Reward for Aid in Recovery of Hidden Fortune</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA08G_Sr4FtJ5qxecvEST1tro-PsrIBwKGz0WKxjusM1v4C2Y81DdScpzGTeYGVaZ7tVsh60HNZ5SeLuDTK6PkFZo3KVP6-wZiNElCPByXaBy8X_bAYWYN8c7E8jugBPmy29fhYVRye6maSVMmmT7Jv7Ro8F2PHSQCj6664gjw8QqpVz4BZ58zi76zzHA/s796/1924%2001%2018%20MJ%20-%20Swindler%20Tests%20Manassas%20Man.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="203" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA08G_Sr4FtJ5qxecvEST1tro-PsrIBwKGz0WKxjusM1v4C2Y81DdScpzGTeYGVaZ7tVsh60HNZ5SeLuDTK6PkFZo3KVP6-wZiNElCPByXaBy8X_bAYWYN8c7E8jugBPmy29fhYVRye6maSVMmmT7Jv7Ro8F2PHSQCj6664gjw8QqpVz4BZ58zi76zzHA/w102-h400/1924%2001%2018%20MJ%20-%20Swindler%20Tests%20Manassas%20Man.png" width="102" /></a></div>The "familiar Spanish swindle" has appeared in Manassas again.<p></p><p>Rev. J. M. Bell, in a polite letter from Madrid, Spain, is importuned to aid the writer -- to recover a sum of $360,000 hidden by him in America, for which act of goodness Mr. Bell is offered "the third part; namely, $120,000."</p><p>The letter, in careful script on a single sheet of paper ruled both ways in blocks, is evidently a very good piece of printing giving the impression of a hand-written letter.</p><p>"I cannot receive your answer in prison," the writer informs Mr. Bell, "but you must send a cablegram to a person of my confidence, who will deliver it to me."</p><p>"Awaiting your answer, to intrust you all my secret," he signs himself only "R. de S., " while prominently displaying at the bottom of the letter these instructions:</p><p>"First of all answer by cable, not by letter as follows: Andres Cruiz, Lista Telegrafos. Orduna Gizcaya. Samples received. 91. Bell."</p><p>Although relieved even of the small responsibility of wording the cablegram Mr. Bell up to the time of going to press had not sent it. When interviewed by The Journal he showed no distress over the plight of his Madrid correspondent and no signs of curiosity concerning the get-rich-quick "secret" which doubtless has swindled many simple-minded folk of all their savings.</p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-88870324224897949402024-01-15T09:33:00.005-05:002024-01-15T10:00:27.345-05:00Will: William Howison<p><b>William Howison's Will<br />PWCo Will Book I, pg. 65</b></p><p><b>Washington Nov. 15th 1804</b></p><p>Most honored parents,</p><p>Our departure has been delayed from Monday 'till friday, very much to my satisfaction as it has given us time to breathe a little before commencing so long a journey. Our preparations are now compleated, and we are to set out early in the morning. Every thing promises an agreeable journey if the weather is favorable, and the accommodations will be such that we cannot suffer much even by the worst weather. </p><p>Although I have great hopes of revisiting this Country before the expiration of many years, yet as the great distance to be traveled must make my return uncertain, I wish to provide for the disposition of what little property I leave behind, in case circumstances should call for it: This I shall do by simply signifying my wishes, assured that they will be as much respected as if expressed in the most binding form. </p><p>The property I shall leave in this part of the country consists of. Five shares of stock in the Bank of Virginia worth at par $500. </p><p>To fill up these shares <b>Mr. Trone</b> is to pay <b>Saml Howison</b> $150 when called for ... $500</p><p>A Debt of $200 due from <b>Samuel Howison</b>, which if he finds it convenient is to be likewise invested in Stock ... $200</p><p>A Mahogany press and Book case left in the care of <b>William James </b>Esquire to be sold if it will bring $35 ... $35</p><p>Several small debts left with <b>W. Boyd</b> Esquire to collect, amounting to about ... $15</p><p><b>John Howison</b> owes me $750 which I may possibly collect on my way ... $17.50</p><p>$707.50<i> [subtotal]</i></p><p>The money and property I shall take with me after paying every debt, are supposed to be worth $500 ... $500</p><p>$1267.50<i> [Total]</i></p><p>Should I not return, I wish the following distributions to be made. The debts due from my brothers <b>John</b> and <b>Samuel</b> are to be relinquished to them, if remaining unpaid.</p><p>My parents, if they or either of them survive me are to enjoy whatever else I may leave, during life. At their death let it be equally divided between my sister <b>Mary ann</b> and my brother <b>Robert </b>after giving my Brother <b>Stephen</b> $200.</p><p>It is to be understood that this arrangement is only to take place if I die leaving no family of my own or without making a future disposition of my estate. I have neither time nor paper to add more. May you all merit and experience the Guardianship of that providence on whom we all depend.</p><p>With lasting and dutiful affection,<br />Yours,</p><p><b>Wm. Howison</b></p><p>(Directed to Mr. Stephen Howison for P. Wm. County, Virginia)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>At a Court held for Prince William County, Sept. 2d 1805</i></p><p>This last will and Testament of Wm. Howison decd was presented to the Court and the said Will being proved by the Oath of <b>John Williams</b> to be all in the hand writing of the said <b>William Howison</b> the same was ordered to be recorded. And administration with the said Will annexed is granted to <b>Stephen Howison </b>he having taken the Oath of an admor. and entered into and acknowwedged a bond with Security according to Law.</p><p>Teste, <b>J. Williams</b><br />Ct. Cur.</p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-9598901670800488682024-01-07T00:30:00.004-05:002024-01-07T00:30:00.134-05:00Sunday's Obituary: Mrs. M.M. Russell (Jeannette Keys)<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />January 4, 1924</b></p><p><b>DEATH OF MRS. RUSSELL</b></p><p><b>Aged Independent Hill Resident Buried New Year's Day</b></p><p>Mrs. M. M. Russell died on Sunday at her home near Independent Hill. She had been ill about seven months and for three weeks had been in a critical condition. She was in her eightieth year.</p><p>Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday at Oak Grove cemetery by Elder W.M. Smoot, of Occoquan, who took his text from the eleventh chapter of John. The pallbearers were Messrs. Andrew Kincheloe, Eli Kincheloe, Bence Cole, Charles A. Barbee, Thomas Holman and Robert Cornwell.</p><p>Mrs. Russell, who before marriage was Miss Jeannette Keys, was born December 8, 1844, at Occoquan. At the age of eleven she moved with her parents to their place near Nelson's mill. She was married to Mr. Russell, December 22, 1878, and up to the time of her death made her home within two miles of Independent Hill.</p><p>She is survived by her husband and by three sons and a daughter, Messrs. Thomas M. and James M. Russell, of Canova; Mr. G. Cleveland Russell, of Agnesville,. and Mrs. Ruth Russell, of Minnieville. She also leaves ten grandchildren, one little grandchild (Walton, baby son of her granddaughter, Mrs. Max Weber), two sisters, Mrs. Sophie Abel, of Quantico, and Mrs. Nellie Posey, of Hoadly, and two brothers, Mr. Jack Keys, of Dumfries, and Mr. Evandon Keys, of Joplin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8lkgjn2crna3ycPP_BMU5A64M_fb7GWdreHx5iRcXyJLntRiFrYIQpo8s35kIFbvvoimgACzhPRqCCjcf3wiTOGUTRu6sEtO37tr6HTXiTECxTWuSMk7JqwML9oOAniC4aRMbKZhNHYu0VGSsOdk55RLPP8iLZX9a3Lh3aGj_osOYMf3SBpR_z-8uMs/s825/1924%2001%2004%20MJ%20-%20Mrs.%20M%20M%20Russell%20obit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8lkgjn2crna3ycPP_BMU5A64M_fb7GWdreHx5iRcXyJLntRiFrYIQpo8s35kIFbvvoimgACzhPRqCCjcf3wiTOGUTRu6sEtO37tr6HTXiTECxTWuSMk7JqwML9oOAniC4aRMbKZhNHYu0VGSsOdk55RLPP8iLZX9a3Lh3aGj_osOYMf3SBpR_z-8uMs/w174-h640/1924%2001%2004%20MJ%20-%20Mrs.%20M%20M%20Russell%20obit.png" width="174" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-51688064556897851622024-01-06T00:30:00.001-05:002024-01-06T00:30:00.131-05:00Society Saturday: New Year's Eve Dance<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />January 11, 1924</b></p><p><b>NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE</b></p><p>A New Year's Eve dance attended by a large company of young people was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Raymond Ratcliffe, in Grant Avenue, with their young son, Master Jack Ratcliffe, as host.</p><p>Among the guests were Misses Nancy Waters, Anna Bruce Whitmore, Virginia Conner, Elizabeth Coleman, Susie Gibson, Wilhelmina Wenrich, Anne Davies and Dabney Waters, Hawes Davies, Jenkyn Davies, Ned Bradford, Ashby Rogers, Henry Lee Lewis, Charles Walton Lewis, Charles Armistead Sinclair, Wallace Lynn, Preston Lyon, Robert Morris Henry, Robert Weir and Beverly Adams.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsSvIk1iR-GmrOcOCmJRYY9waGUULX25rjDXdsf7074GkqCy1V0PsKThxH9MZV-g8sSfu8aDXvF6QwBFl0lX58PemirAXcrmzqonCOu-g5jKU_uC6kYy2I8vdZnOc8MPBgvAxjv6upGTix7lE5jTB8_EO782g8g6xWWHsEe6NPOpDz_E7dfPsTHJ4v8I/s443/2024%2001%2011%20MJ%20-%20New%20Years%20dance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="258" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsSvIk1iR-GmrOcOCmJRYY9waGUULX25rjDXdsf7074GkqCy1V0PsKThxH9MZV-g8sSfu8aDXvF6QwBFl0lX58PemirAXcrmzqonCOu-g5jKU_uC6kYy2I8vdZnOc8MPBgvAxjv6upGTix7lE5jTB8_EO782g8g6xWWHsEe6NPOpDz_E7dfPsTHJ4v8I/s320/2024%2001%2011%20MJ%20-%20New%20Years%20dance.png" width="186" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-66862777373486262302024-01-04T00:30:00.002-05:002024-01-04T00:30:00.131-05:00100 Years Ago Today: J.M. Bell/Larkin & Athey<b>Manassas Journal<br />January 4, 1924</b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs88MHakO0jFIWR0cSiONICsKIUj4tkf7lm5HsFo8N6eNwCEfR9Biqv5RwoWTXxO4eLZRap-iY-ybLtnBOS_LLB6UjjKVP-006OpYAAmXUwOypDEGenLkFey7qD2EyvFOt2JLmFxNkW8Su5Y4dbH39QsNwyr8fyGWrpNZpuZAdKH6boORDsIp2zdNnZJc/s475/1924%2001%2004%20MJ%20-%20Larkin%20&%20Athey%20-%20shopping%20Saturday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="445" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs88MHakO0jFIWR0cSiONICsKIUj4tkf7lm5HsFo8N6eNwCEfR9Biqv5RwoWTXxO4eLZRap-iY-ybLtnBOS_LLB6UjjKVP-006OpYAAmXUwOypDEGenLkFey7qD2EyvFOt2JLmFxNkW8Su5Y4dbH39QsNwyr8fyGWrpNZpuZAdKH6boORDsIp2zdNnZJc/s320/1924%2001%2004%20MJ%20-%20Larkin%20&%20Athey%20-%20shopping%20Saturday.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><div><br /></div><div>WISHING YOU</div><div><br /></div><div>all the joys of the season, we beg to announce that we have purchased the grocery and meat market of Mr. J. M. Bell and are ready to offer for your selection</div><div><br /></div><div>A FINE LINE OF GROCERIES AND CHOICE MEATS</div><div><br /></div><div>At various times we shall be in the market for fat cattle and hogs. Fresh country produce wanted at all times. We shall be glad to serve you.</div><div><br /></div><div>LARKIN & ATHEY</div><div><br /></div><div>C.M. Larkin<br />T.H. Athey</div><div><br /></div><div>Manassas, Virginia</div></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-5266845605264776602024-01-01T10:53:00.000-05:002024-01-01T10:53:08.431-05:00Happy New Year! (1924)<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />December 28, 1923</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br />(1924)</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgxXeWOhbIRJn0CmUdPx7bPHbNurTezykvt-TGfj0x307ONfk2ScmfnJ4eUdsKNCbVuUdPZw646pOjVx4walLgk5iiZRL0A7XYe_stq7-8-Sf91ibjFn6Lde5mbzS-BTBrn-qr_dm9JhFvrWt_iqoHq0I8NpbQrWkQWHV-rtHabA7X3pJRSCM47Y_SOM/s708/1923%2012%2028%20MJ%20-%20New%20Year%20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgxXeWOhbIRJn0CmUdPx7bPHbNurTezykvt-TGfj0x307ONfk2ScmfnJ4eUdsKNCbVuUdPZw646pOjVx4walLgk5iiZRL0A7XYe_stq7-8-Sf91ibjFn6Lde5mbzS-BTBrn-qr_dm9JhFvrWt_iqoHq0I8NpbQrWkQWHV-rtHabA7X3pJRSCM47Y_SOM/s16000/1923%2012%2028%20MJ%20-%20New%20Year%20.png" /></a></div><br /><p>In The New Year that is dawning<br /> May you find each passing day<br />A little time for work and rest,<br /> A little time for play,<br />A little time for friendship,<br /> For gladness and good cheer--<br />But not a single moment<br /> For worry or for fear.<br />---Katherine Edelman</p><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-77161693330459186162023-08-03T00:00:00.001-04:002023-08-03T00:00:00.128-04:00100 Years Ago Today: PWCo Farmers' Annual Picnic<p><b>Manassas Journal (VA)<br />27 July 1923<br /><br />PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY FARMER'S ANNUAL PICNIC</b></p><p>The Prince William County Farmers Annual Picnic will be held at the Courthouse, Manassas, Va., on FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923.</p><p>This is to be an all-day Basket Picnic with speaking, both in the forenoon and in the afternoon. While held under the auspices of the County Farmers' Union, every farmer, his family and his friends are invited. Hon. G. A. Lambert, State President, and Geo. H. Bowles, State Secretary, will be with us. U.S. Senator Fletcher and other prominent speakers are expected.</p><p>Let this be a great "Home-Coming" anniversary for all farmers of the county. As there is to be no county fair this year, this is the only county "get-together" the farmers will have. Let's make the most of it. COME--meet and greet your friends, talk crops, politics, the weather, eat a good dinner, hear the addresses, and have a good time. </p><p>Please advertise the picnic among your friends.</p><p>J. H. DODGE, Secretary-Treasurer<br />County Farmers' Union</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfUClZpciyGY6BkLdbiXsyuDAlFK6pAaqarsOlly-K4-HhYIugEpMXQVq7UtYfxYjMayQN_CgdjFnmXIAW2amTw7qS5tBxZ-kYNIeSZaLsmuihKrbR6LeSddX8VqU940KcYSGMhTJ2-FRRqijwdZ_fiqTKPgDXM6sf1GnepV9EV-zMu2tklxxF3wlVpk/s901/2023%2007%2027%20MJ%20county%20picnic%20on%203%20August%20ad.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="901" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfUClZpciyGY6BkLdbiXsyuDAlFK6pAaqarsOlly-K4-HhYIugEpMXQVq7UtYfxYjMayQN_CgdjFnmXIAW2amTw7qS5tBxZ-kYNIeSZaLsmuihKrbR6LeSddX8VqU940KcYSGMhTJ2-FRRqijwdZ_fiqTKPgDXM6sf1GnepV9EV-zMu2tklxxF3wlVpk/w400-h288/2023%2007%2027%20MJ%20county%20picnic%20on%203%20August%20ad.png" width="400" /></a></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-35523110823139709772023-06-05T00:30:00.001-04:002023-06-05T00:30:00.137-04:00Will: Alexander Reid<p><b>Will of Alexander Reid<br />PWCo Will Book S, pg. 376<br />Dated 31 October 1874; Proved: 5 April 1875</b></p><p>I <b>Alexander Reid</b> of the County of Prince William State of Virginia being in sane mind, but in declining health do make this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking all other Wills in the following manner to wit:</p><p>1st I will to my Brother <b>Silas Reid</b> two notes on <b>J. Warder Davis</b>, amounting to $200 - and falling due as follows. One note due 1st December 1875 the others due 1st of December 1876 and lastley I constitute and appoint my Brother <b>Silas Reid</b> executor of this my last will and testament.</p><p>Given under my hand & seal this 31st day of Oct. 1874</p><p><b>Alexander Reid </b>[x his mark] {seal}</p><p>Signed sealed & acknowledged in the presence of </p><p><b>Thomas J. Simpson<br />Silas Simpson</b></p><p><i>In Prince William County Court April 5th 1875</i></p><p>The last Will & Testament of <b>Alexander Reid</b> decd was this day produced in Court by <b>Silas Reid</b> the Executor therein named and being proved by the Oaths of <b>Thomas J. Simpson</b> and <b>Silas Simpson</b> the subscribing witnesses thereto was ordered to be recorded. And on motion of Silas Reid the said executor who made oath and together with <b>Joseph B. Reid</b> & <b>John L. Reid</b> his securities who justified as to their sufficiency entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $500 conditioned according to law which bond is ordered to be recorded. Certificate is granted the said Reid for obtaining a probate of said Will in due form.</p><p>Teste, <b>L. A. Davis</b>, Clerk</p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-49184794403200649952023-06-04T00:30:00.002-04:002023-06-04T00:30:00.144-04:00Sunday's Obituary: Albert Beavers<p><b>Manassas Democrat (Va)<br />12 June 1913</b></p><p>Albert Beavers, of Brentsville, who shot himself in the head with a shotgun last Wednesday morning died early last Sunday morning. It is said that Beavers left his home to hunt squirrels, and soon after he left the house a shot was heard, but little attention was paid to it and when he failed to put in his appearance at bed time a search was instituted which was a failure that night. Early next morning the search was renewed and Beavers was found in a lonely thicket, within two hundred yards of his home, lying near a fallen tree, with the shotgun by his side. Beavers was unmarried and had been in a melancholy mood for several months.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJmfuZWrGFrFZ_Yu-oXfrUHB8g7WYIjQcuvxih6jEUsuGNqgJH8T9TuUYVoLA35qZ-QWz-yuDv1WA0tVu4jDPuYzteqUxdducS0bMFeA3Um75fm7AlgMk9uv4ykhv_8Lqu48gbo2WtPQbZ_12O3-88vNK3JHv8IYdWh3bi4GMUbzhdVq4q7QjAdOJ/s372/1913%20June%2012%20-%20Manassas%20Democrat%20-%20beavers%20-%20suicide.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJmfuZWrGFrFZ_Yu-oXfrUHB8g7WYIjQcuvxih6jEUsuGNqgJH8T9TuUYVoLA35qZ-QWz-yuDv1WA0tVu4jDPuYzteqUxdducS0bMFeA3Um75fm7AlgMk9uv4ykhv_8Lqu48gbo2WtPQbZ_12O3-88vNK3JHv8IYdWh3bi4GMUbzhdVq4q7QjAdOJ/s320/1913%20June%2012%20-%20Manassas%20Democrat%20-%20beavers%20-%20suicide.png" width="213" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-58806079943667529612023-06-03T00:30:00.001-04:002023-06-03T00:30:00.142-04:00Shopping Saturday: Metz & Weir<p><b>Manassas Journal (Va)<br />23 March 1923</b></p><p><b>DISSOLUTION NOTICE</b></p><p>The firm of Metz & Weir has been dissolved by mutual consent this day. Mr. H. Elmer Metz will continue the lunch room business and Mr. R. M. Weir will continue the livery business. All bills due the firm of Metz & Weir will be received by H. Elmer Metz.</p><p>H. ELMER METZ<br />R. M. WEIR</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulLspKKdcrvMP5_5Jl5L-4oDMhwF0FwL2_4Nsnb8sXj6dgmRyr6Sg_-5hXyWKwRG3L7q0K6GXmV12RvqJTXHKrX4J6dt2KHJDym1_quaUSzGXCwLFKWcuBC5J4nqOr3a9K7XT9rM85lu_4YpauiSOPefs3tWUDlUdHd3FxvkiqFPB_yS9Bo4Wb8-o/s317/Metz-Weir%20Dissolution%20Notice%20-%20MJ%2023%20March%201923.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulLspKKdcrvMP5_5Jl5L-4oDMhwF0FwL2_4Nsnb8sXj6dgmRyr6Sg_-5hXyWKwRG3L7q0K6GXmV12RvqJTXHKrX4J6dt2KHJDym1_quaUSzGXCwLFKWcuBC5J4nqOr3a9K7XT9rM85lu_4YpauiSOPefs3tWUDlUdHd3FxvkiqFPB_yS9Bo4Wb8-o/s16000/Metz-Weir%20Dissolution%20Notice%20-%20MJ%2023%20March%201923.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-66982036204883938652023-05-31T00:30:00.001-04:002023-05-31T00:30:00.157-04:00Wedding Wednesday: Minnie & Bennett B. Smith<p><b>Washington Post (DC)<br />1907</b></p><p>Mrs. Minnie Smith of 924 New York avenue, filed for partial divorce against her husband, Bennett B. Smith of 617 Sixth street northwest. She asks that the husband be required to contribute toward the support of herself and their two children. The marriage took place in Prince William County, Va., April 19, 1892, and the couple separated eight years ago. Mrs. Smith says her husband makes about $100 a month, and has never contributed to her support or that of their children since the separation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpNwOfCkMDw_2V8-9jLV6a3gNQwon6a92GBYgDrW6kv1h8SqWF4rFvWGBcEhXVKQ_4BGPPLYF3g-TPjjJrtqdj6zp-7ItnoiQHsZyKT8sTQ7nhXfYH5bKV8iizaqsoBfg4i8gOJUVIGMTOXBg2Uo6RfBE1baKih3BN_epxuShl18Nz993mbzjcwCF/s406/1907%20washington%20post%20-%20divorce.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="406" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpNwOfCkMDw_2V8-9jLV6a3gNQwon6a92GBYgDrW6kv1h8SqWF4rFvWGBcEhXVKQ_4BGPPLYF3g-TPjjJrtqdj6zp-7ItnoiQHsZyKT8sTQ7nhXfYH5bKV8iizaqsoBfg4i8gOJUVIGMTOXBg2Uo6RfBE1baKih3BN_epxuShl18Nz993mbzjcwCF/s320/1907%20washington%20post%20-%20divorce.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-50244794587789721592023-05-22T00:30:00.005-04:002023-05-22T00:30:00.133-04:00Military Monday: An Error Corrected (Major R. S. Keyser)<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />13 April 1923</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmL4XeFuELjEVauqf2IyMgkc6_HZQzEjOhvjAc8cYgmhMVg2nyMRPg4Hc77fQTKsZXhh6uf3O8Ec7xSS-FaIgq2fKxlxQZHkI8uUDgrpNyHT256pkryJhBSK35G1F1KMqyQYdeP3FcmcMrP5rB8VG6ThxXWXuWuutRdsxyKOAiBAbyNSGefXUvHUyJ/s560/Keyser%20-%20error%20corrected%20-%20MJ%2013%20April%201923.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmL4XeFuELjEVauqf2IyMgkc6_HZQzEjOhvjAc8cYgmhMVg2nyMRPg4Hc77fQTKsZXhh6uf3O8Ec7xSS-FaIgq2fKxlxQZHkI8uUDgrpNyHT256pkryJhBSK35G1F1KMqyQYdeP3FcmcMrP5rB8VG6ThxXWXuWuutRdsxyKOAiBAbyNSGefXUvHUyJ/s320/Keyser%20-%20error%20corrected%20-%20MJ%2013%20April%201923.png" width="181" /></a></b></div><b>AN ERROR CORRECTED</b><p></p><p><b>Major R. S. Keyser Native of Thoroughfare, Not Front Royal</b></p><p>We wish to correct an error made in The Journal of last week in which we stated that "Major R. S. Keyser, of Front Royal, was recently presented with a distinguished service cross by Major-General Lejuene, commandant of the Marine Corps at Quantico, for bravery in action."</p><p>We have since been informed that Major Keyser is the son of Mr. Eugene Keyser, of Thoroughfare, and was born and reared in this county. We learn with pride that so distinguished a soldier is a native of Prince William.</p><p>Major Keyser is now the possessor of six medals: A Congressional Service Spanish War medal, an International Sharpshooters' Rifle medal, won in the World War in France, a Loyal Leopold, two French Honor medals, won in battle, and the one recently presented at Quantico.</p><br /><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-70946665597603798362023-05-15T00:30:00.001-04:002023-05-15T00:30:00.137-04:00Military Monday: The Belle of the Battles (Lucinda Dogan)<p><b>The Breckenridge News (Cloverport, KY)<br /></b><b>27 September 1905</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“THE BELLE OF THE BATTLES”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>RELICS OF THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BULL RUN</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Two Ancient Citizens Who Viewed the Slaughter and Cared
for the Wounded – Both Still Living on the Battleground</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePLAYJFhGwpc20QHccVo_V9X5Zd-b6MNnULIZoR9bf4lqQ55LapXHQlqtGOIBYNSnRG44nA8w44z5s075xKMrnESSGOjIy3FzY-ReBDaqURDvlVFmgH333VTnOULnCe8CfS6WYAu4WcALLGPSWqk5W5KOhC-Y76Bg940lwQ3Mn2R8FuKuiNcgjjcV/s879/The%20Breckenridge%20news%20September%2027%201905%20belle%20of%20the%20battles.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="229" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePLAYJFhGwpc20QHccVo_V9X5Zd-b6MNnULIZoR9bf4lqQ55LapXHQlqtGOIBYNSnRG44nA8w44z5s075xKMrnESSGOjIy3FzY-ReBDaqURDvlVFmgH333VTnOULnCe8CfS6WYAu4WcALLGPSWqk5W5KOhC-Y76Bg940lwQ3Mn2R8FuKuiNcgjjcV/w166-h640/The%20Breckenridge%20news%20September%2027%201905%20belle%20of%20the%20battles.JPG" width="166" /></a></div>“The Belle of the Battle” is a title—a sort of a nom de
guerre—borne by a venerable woman who lives at Groveton, Prince William county,
Virginia, a war-worn hamlet in that blood-soaked region wherein the first and
second battles of Bull Run and scores of less sanguinary engagements were
fought. Groveton is a hamlet of tragic memories. It is on the Warrenton
turnpike five miles west of Centreville, three miles east of Gainesville, five
miles north of Manassas and two miles south of Sudley. These were important
names in the heroic age of the Republic.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Though the old lady was known to the men of the Federal
armies of the Potomac and Virginia, and to the Confederate army of Northern
Virginia, and is still known the country round as “The Belle of the Battles,” her
name is Mrs. Lucinda Dogan. She is ninety years old, has an excellent memory,
good teeth, does not wear eye-glasses and can walk miles at a stretch.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b>Ninety Year Old Witnesses</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">August 28, 29 and 30 are the battle days of the Second Bull
Run. August 30 was Mrs. Dogan’s ninetieth birthday. The forty-third anniversary
of the defeat of Pope by Lee and Jackson will be celebrated on the field of
Groveton, the centre of the opposing armies, by a reunion of veterans and a
birthday celebration for the Belle of Battles. The two observances will be so
interwoven that it would b heard to separate one from the other. Another
feature of the observance will be that particular prominence will be given to
an old-time colored man whose name is Jim Redmond. Redmond is also ninety years
old.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Groveton is a group of three houses at a crossroad. Mrs.
Dogan lives in one house, Redmond in another and the third is occupied by a
tenant farmer of the Dogans. Both Mrs. Dogan and Jim Redmond saw the battles of
Bull Run and looked upon the fields in all their gory horror. When the firing
had ceased, Mrs. Dogan and her children, and Jim Redmond walked among the dead
and wounded carrying buckets of water and “gourd” dippers, giving drink to the
moaning soldiers, many of whom, of course, were dying. All the old folk in the
battle region of Virginia say that the most horrible sound that comes from a
battlefield is the chorus of cries for water that come from the wounded. After
his labor as a volunteer water carrier, Redmond worked with a burial party
digging the long, deep trenches in which the Confederate dead were laid.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Groveton is on high ground, but near the Dogan house is a
hill from which a good view may be obtained of Henry Hill, the junction of the
Warrenton pike and the Sudley road and the valley of Young’s Branch, all a mile
to the east of Groveton and the real red fighting ground of that red Sunday,
July 21, 1861. It was from this hill that Mrs. Dogan and Jim Redmond watched
the first battle. It is interesting to let Mrs. Dogan tell the story of the
fight in her own way. She said: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNnvTD5pHY2MhuWe8BqwAdXV_V412r7UfbKcrhmmsBJwNe-wQl7ltHOSIBGCuQ8edI96AKuYky4SNcGvrOGDoQCzUzfpUYwbNnForuU2TRZgVzXlZCjkFZuQJ_DcOrUeNZ2mmGms4oZMddSuqeJ71FQ-gWT4nYjqtvpUnpdv6gcXL4sOH1y5qCfCA/s314/The%20Breckenridge%20news%20September%2027%201905%20belle%20of%20the%20battles%20-%20Lucinda%20Dogan%20(photo).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNnvTD5pHY2MhuWe8BqwAdXV_V412r7UfbKcrhmmsBJwNe-wQl7ltHOSIBGCuQ8edI96AKuYky4SNcGvrOGDoQCzUzfpUYwbNnForuU2TRZgVzXlZCjkFZuQJ_DcOrUeNZ2mmGms4oZMddSuqeJ71FQ-gWT4nYjqtvpUnpdv6gcXL4sOH1y5qCfCA/w170-h200/The%20Breckenridge%20news%20September%2027%201905%20belle%20of%20the%20battles%20-%20Lucinda%20Dogan%20(photo).JPG" width="170" /></a></div><b>By an Eye Witness</b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“The Yankees were all around Centreville and our boys were
laying along Bull Run. Some of our troops kept coming through Gainesville from
the Valley.” (This was Johnston’s army which had slipped away from Patterson’s
troops in the Shenandoah Valley and was re-inforcing Beauregard.) “Early Sunday
morning we heard shooting down the pike towards the Stone Bridge, and my
husband called out that the Yanks were coming. We went up to the top of that
hill yonder and some of the neighbors also came up. We could see the smoke
rising above the trees about the Stone Bridge.” (This was Tyler’s division of
the Union army engaging Cocke and Evans’ brigades posted on the extreme
Confederate left.) “Off towards Sudley
we could see clouds of dust rising over the woods.” (This was McDowell with the
divisions of Hunter and Heintzelman executing the flank movement.) “After the
shooting had been going on for half an hour we could see crowds of men running back
from the Stone Bridge to the Sudley road and then going north towards Sudley.
Southern troops were coming up from towards Manassas, marching across the Henry
farm, then over Buck Hill and on towards Sudley.” (The Confederates had
discovered the Union turning movement and were preparing to check it.) “Not
long after all this, the shooting began between the pike and Sudley. We could
hear the sharp cracking of the muskets and the loud reports of the cannon, and
could hear men shouting. Not long after, the men who had marched towards Sudley
came running back through the woods and over the fields, stopping to shoot now
and then. More Confederates were coming from Manassas and were forming on Buck
Hill and the Matthews farm.” (These were the brigades of Bee and Bartow of
Johnston’s army fighting to stay the Federal advance.) “After fighting there
for some time our boys ran back from Buck Hill over to the Henry place, and the
Yankees after them. More men kept coming from towards Manassas.” (The whole of
Beauregard and Johnston’s armies were taking position on the Henry farm.)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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got so furious now that we couldn’t hear any single musket, and the firing of
the cannon was so fast that only once in a while could we pick out a single
shot. The country down there was now so covered with dust and smoke that we
couldn’t see the men, and though they were shouting we could not distinguish
the shouting from the shooting. Now and then we could see lines of men running across
the Chinn place, this side of the Henry farm, as though they were running to
get into the smoke and dust and shooting. It was an awful sight. Every little
while a cannon ball or shell would come over our way, but we were all too
interested and excited to mind it. About four o’clock in the afternoon the
noise was at its loudest, and we could see small bodies of men going back
across the Matthews’ place and on towards Sudley. Then more went back that way,
and finally the field got so full of them and they made such a dust running
that we couldn’t see them. The shooting quieted down so we could hear single
shots, and the dust in the Henry field got higher and thinner. We knew the
Yankees were running. About six o’clock that evening my husband and I drove
over to the Henry place. The old house was a heap of smoking ashes. My old
friend Mrs. Judith Henry, who was sick in bed, had been killed that morning by
a shell which broke through the house and burst in her bedroom. All the trees
about the place had been shot down so that only the stumps were standing.
Parties of Confederates were picking up dead men and burying them, but plenty
of corpses were still lying around. We saw a great many wounded men, and many
of them were begging for water. Dead horses were lying around everywhere, and
the field, pretty well turned up by shells and was just littered with artillery
wheels, muskets, bayonets, belts, caps, knapsacks and coats.”<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b>Warned of Second Battle</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was more than a year later, August 29, 1862, that Mrs.
Dogan, after clearing up the breakfast dishes, was told by a staff officer of
Stonewall Jackson to move off her farm, as there would be fighting there that
day. There had been heavy fighting the day before around Gainesville, three
miles down the pike, and the night before Jackson had taken up his position
along the abandoned railroad bed from Gainesville to Sudley, and which passes
about 800 yards back of the Dogan house, there to await the coming of
Longstreet through Thoroughfare Gap and the approach of General Pope with the Union
army from the direction of Manassas. Mrs. Dogan had not reached her father’s
house, two miles away, when a Union battery and supports took station near the
Dogan house and opened on Jackson’s line. All that an the next day there was
fierce and bloody fighting around Groveton.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Of the conditions there she said: “Funeral parties of both
armies were burying the dead, though they had not long been at this horrible
work. The Confederates dug long, deep trenches and laid their men in the ground
that way. The Union burial parties only shoveled mounds of dirt over the bodies
where they lay, and two or three days later a heavy rain made the field
hideous. When the children and I got home parties of men were collecting the
wounded and putting them in rows here and in the yard and wherever there was
shade. Doctors were cutting off legs and arms and the moaning was awful. They
hadn’t brought in all the wounded. There were hundreds scattered all around the
farms. The children and I took buckets of water out into the fields and we
worked that way all day and into the night, doing what we could for the poor
fellows. Most of the wounded on our farm were Yankees, but that didn’t make any
difference to us after they got hurt. All our bed sheeting and table linen went
for bandages.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Famous Moseby’s Men</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mrs. Dogan’s house was the rendezvous of Moseby’s “Rangers,”
“scouts,” “bushwhackers,” “pirates,” variously called, many of whom are still
living, scattered throughout Northern Virginia. The morning after Moseby took
General Stoughton and staff, prisoners at Fairfax court house, the whole party
ate breakfast at Mrs. Dogan’s. The old lady was a star witness in the
Congressional inquiry into the Fitz-John Porter case. She testified that
Longstreet and staff took breakfast with her on the morning of August 29 and
that regiments of his corps were marching down the pike from Gainesville. This
did much to establish Porter’s contention that when he and his division lay
behind Dawkin’s branch on August 29 Longstreet’s whole corps was in front of
him extending from Jackson’s right at Groveton.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-5388577972063897972023-04-23T00:30:00.003-04:002023-04-23T00:30:00.200-04:00Sunday's Obituary: L. F. Thompson<p><b>Belington Progressive (W.Va)<br />26 April 1923</b></p><p><b>OLDEST B. & O. VETERAN DIES</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72Bn6No2nVz1dSiQmYBilpmHVOZq8Tv-xq-65BVwYeSvbRxBRX00G8jKHQzqZ_os760uYZcOo2xru2eEnMPVeRLEf6XrxASYx9TczLeHQewaH6pnorUX8GIlx_KNP19KrUN0q2Z5ShxyRb1i9au6YRx-o8CFD7cYOtjaDjLAyRpMW0qFaJ4OX_jYt/s575/Belington%20progressive%20-%20WV%20-%2026%20April%202023%20-%20Thompson%20-%20Obit%20(a).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="292" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72Bn6No2nVz1dSiQmYBilpmHVOZq8Tv-xq-65BVwYeSvbRxBRX00G8jKHQzqZ_os760uYZcOo2xru2eEnMPVeRLEf6XrxASYx9TczLeHQewaH6pnorUX8GIlx_KNP19KrUN0q2Z5ShxyRb1i9au6YRx-o8CFD7cYOtjaDjLAyRpMW0qFaJ4OX_jYt/w163-h320/Belington%20progressive%20-%20WV%20-%2026%20April%202023%20-%20Thompson%20-%20Obit%20(a).jpg" width="163" /></a></div>Parkersburg, W. Va., April 22 -- The acknowledged oldest living former employee of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the first railroad in the United States, died here tonight in his hundreth year. He is L. F. Thompson, who would have rounded out a century if he had survived until next fall. He was born in Prince William county, Virginia, September 22, 1823 and had been a resident of Parkersburg since 1862. After many years' service he was long ago placed on the retired list by the railroad, and only a few months ago was given a medal by the company and publicaly proclaimed its veteran of veterans. Mrs. C. A. Swenfingen of the city is a daughter. Homer P. Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George Thompson of Findlay, Ohio, are his sons.<p></p><p>Thompson had been employed by the Baltimore & Ohio for forty-five years and had been on pension fifteen years. At the time of his retirement he was passenger conductor between Parkersburg and Grafton.</p><br /><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-69374417039898213462023-04-09T00:30:00.008-04:002023-04-09T00:30:00.380-04:00Church Record Sunday: Special Easter Program (1923)<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />30 March 1923</b></p><p><b>SPECIAL EASTER PROGRAM</b></p><p><b>Rev. J. M. Taylor, of Manassas Baptist Church, to Make Address</b></p><p>(Superintendent)</p><p>Bristow Sunday School is preparing for a special Easter program for Sunday, April 1.</p><p>The children are planning a series of recitations and readings. The Rev. J. Murray Taylor, pastor of the Baptist Church in Manassas, will deliver an Easter address. Misses Margaret and Catherine Taylor will give some special music.</p><p>An Easter offering will be taken for the benefit of the Children's Home Society of Virginia.</p><p>All, regardless of church affiliation, are invited to attend the services. Now that winter is over and the bright spring days are here it is hoped that all who are convenient to the church will come out and help make Bristow Sunday School one of the best in the county.</p><p>Service at three o'clock in the afternoon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iByLXbV5YAYQyQk88m_qhXl2NvmRTExmroQIG_K6QYtutJ4PkEpJKDT6h2qBhR-lYZNRhemtCDlKM3jv6teJKkvFa_jy5oxzNdT0VTGfZGVGf-SghQLB_asb0YDLeVRb9mXDODA1MMX4dx_lKUem0R42lNk7eDTYr_Z6SMAFboamp_OYfyg4CZ1l/s426/Manassas%20Baptist%20-%20Easter%20-%20MJ%2030%20March%201923.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="239" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iByLXbV5YAYQyQk88m_qhXl2NvmRTExmroQIG_K6QYtutJ4PkEpJKDT6h2qBhR-lYZNRhemtCDlKM3jv6teJKkvFa_jy5oxzNdT0VTGfZGVGf-SghQLB_asb0YDLeVRb9mXDODA1MMX4dx_lKUem0R42lNk7eDTYr_Z6SMAFboamp_OYfyg4CZ1l/w225-h400/Manassas%20Baptist%20-%20Easter%20-%20MJ%2030%20March%201923.png" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-80797622049652168552023-04-06T00:30:00.004-04:002023-04-06T00:30:00.190-04:00100 Years Ago Today: Candidate Cards<p><b>Manassas Journal<br />06 April 1923</b></p><p><b>CANDIDATES' CARDS</b></p><p><b>-----------------------------------------</b></p><p>For Commissioner of Revenue</p><p>To the Democratic Voters of Prince William County:<br /> I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Commissioner of the Revenue, District No. 1, of Prince William county, subject to the Democratic Primary of August 7, 1923. If elected, I promise to discharge faithfully the duties of the office. I feel sure I can render more efficient service in the coming than in the preceding term, as my past experience will mean a great deal to the people of the county.</p><p>Respectfully yours, R. M. WEIR<br />45-te</p><p><b>-----------------------------------------</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMdyzTFSQcUgsz_ndaom8fgeOZ29V7QKE3KwKfB_7hGh3u_tYpLXqtypQMhqYo7A2dUHGTzPZaqjDRrY5WDchlEs-hQanCDZ_FFZmeENCk7-ul3mqzClvfXV6lKUSLJqsQwgqBnomZavkhKNu8LtoWNphVM9jIm6kYgYHoFrVIHUI9iNEa2NCVg7q/s757/Candidate%20Cards%20-%20MJ%2006%20April%201923.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMdyzTFSQcUgsz_ndaom8fgeOZ29V7QKE3KwKfB_7hGh3u_tYpLXqtypQMhqYo7A2dUHGTzPZaqjDRrY5WDchlEs-hQanCDZ_FFZmeENCk7-ul3mqzClvfXV6lKUSLJqsQwgqBnomZavkhKNu8LtoWNphVM9jIm6kYgYHoFrVIHUI9iNEa2NCVg7q/w170-h640/Candidate%20Cards%20-%20MJ%2006%20April%201923.png" width="170" /></a></div>For Commissioner of the Revenue<p></p><p>To the Democratic Voters of Prince William County:<br /> I hereby announce myself a candidate for Commissioner of the Revenue, District No. 1, subject to the Democratic Primary of August 7, 1923.</p><p>BAILY TYLER<br />45-e</p><p><b>-----------------------------------------</b></p><p>For Supervisor</p><p>To the Democratic Voters of Prince William County:<br /> I hereby announce myself a candidate for Supervisor of Gainesville District, subject to the Democratic Primary of August 7, 1923.</p><p>ROLFE ROBERTSON<br />45-te</p><p><b>-----------------------------------------</b></p><p>For Supervisor</p><p>To the Democratic Voters of Prince William County:<br /> I hereby announce myself a candidate for Supervisor of Gainesville District, subject to the Democratic Primary of August 7, 1923.</p><p>R. A. RUST</p><p><b>-----------------------------------------</b></p><p>For Sheriff</p><p>I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of sheriff of Prince William county, subject to the democratic primary. If elected, I shall retain my present deputy.</p><p>CHAS. A. BARBEE</p><p><b>-----------------------------------------</b></p><p>For Sheriff</p><p>At the solicitation of my friends, I announce myself a candidate for the office of sheriff of Prince William county, subject to the democratic primary to be held in August, and hereby make an appeal for your support. If elected to the important office, I will give it my undivided attention.</p><p>Respectfully, BERNARD C. SMITH</p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-91586272956978055552023-04-03T00:30:00.013-04:002023-04-03T00:30:00.185-04:00Will: Elizabeth F. Cannon (1845)<p><b>Will of Elizabeth F. Cannon<br />PWCo Will Book P, pg. 165<br />Dated 28 May 1829; Proved 3 March 1845</b></p><p>I, <b>Elizabeth F. Cannon</b>, of the County of Prince William and State of Virginia, do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following, that is to say:</p><p>I give and bequeath unto my brother <b>John P. Cannon</b> one half of the whole of my estate of every nature, kind and description whatsoever, including all money on hand and all debts due & which may be due unto me; also all my right title and interest in and to the undivided part of my father's estate, lately held in right of dower by my now deceased mother to be held and enjoyed by him my said brother, and by his heirs forever.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-Nlrq_ECKUNTWoFJHPDrLnW_jvTyCElrJ_AiwJPN3FgL1ETmHEThFp7KbnJXOw3cnFfeeuyGMkEo_qB_EomGjPB7ZooVx3Wi_6W4T-TDT9FKoSysyG15Yen6gyZwLGDgPmP61w_LiApvB5oRLWLKbJhKvqOpGEaA87Na1eCC1xixyA5MyYX-6si4/s840/_Cannon%20Will%20-%20WB%20P%20165.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-Nlrq_ECKUNTWoFJHPDrLnW_jvTyCElrJ_AiwJPN3FgL1ETmHEThFp7KbnJXOw3cnFfeeuyGMkEo_qB_EomGjPB7ZooVx3Wi_6W4T-TDT9FKoSysyG15Yen6gyZwLGDgPmP61w_LiApvB5oRLWLKbJhKvqOpGEaA87Na1eCC1xixyA5MyYX-6si4/s320/_Cannon%20Will%20-%20WB%20P%20165.png" width="193" /></a></div>I give and bequeath to my said brother <b>Jno P. Cannon</b> the other remaining half of all my estate, as above described, to be held by him in trust, for the sole benefit and behoof of my sister <b>Sarah E. Phillips</b>, and to be managed and disposed of by him, in such manner as she my said sister may from time to time by writing duely authenticated, or by her last will and testament direct or appoint, notwithstanding her coverture, to the intent that the same may not be subject to the control, debts, forfeiture, or engagements of her husband <b>William F. Phillips</b>, and in default of such direction, or appointment by will it is my will and intent that the same shall descend to and be enjoyed by my said brother <b>Jno. P. Cannon</b> and by his heirs forever. <p></p><p>But nevertheless, should my said sister <b>Sarah E. Phillips</b> survive her husband <b>William F. Phillips</b>, then and in that case, it is my will and intent that the above trust vested in my said brother shall cease and all right and title in and to the estate therein described be as firmly vested in her as though her husband were dead at the time of this bequest, and said estate had been directly bequeathed to her.</p><p>Lastly, I constitute and appoint my brother <b>Jno. P. Cannon</b>, sole executor of this my last will and testament, requiring no security of him, either as trustee or executor, hereby revoking all other or former wills or testaments, by me heretofore made.</p><p>In witness whereof, I have set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty eight day of May in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine.</p><p><b>Elizabeth F. Cannon </b>{seal}</p><p>Signed, sealed, published and declared as and for the last will and testament of the above named <b>Elizabeth F. Cannon</b> (with the word, "by will" injected over the twenty ninth line) in presence of us</p><p><b>Ann Sowden<br />John Sowden<br />May P. Cannon</b></p><p><i>At a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for Prince Wm. County, March 3, 1845</i></p><p>This last will & testament of <b>Elizabeth F. Cannon</b> dec'd was presented to the Court & being proved by the oath of <b>John Sowden</b> & <b>May P. Cannon</b>, subscribing witnesses thereto, was ordered to be recorded; and on the motion of <b>John P. Cannon</b>, the executor named therein, who made oath thereto & entered into & acknowledged a bond without security (according to the request of the Testatrix) in the penalty of $7000 (the Court being of opinion that she has left property more than sufficient to pay her debts) certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form.</p><p>Teste, <b>J. Williams </b>c.c.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>[William F. Phillips and Sarah Edith Cannon were married on 14 May 1817 in Prince William County. Evidently, Sarah's sister Elizabeth was not a fan of the union. ~cgl]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-2270712785379131392023-04-02T00:30:00.002-04:002023-04-02T00:30:00.200-04:00Sunday's Obituary: Donald Lee Wilson<p><i>I think it is safe to say that all PWCo history and genealogy roads eventually lead to Don Wilson, <a href="https://www.pwcva.gov/department/library/RELIC-about">RELIC</a>'s Virginiana Historian and long-time employee. Don was more than just knowledgeable; he was passionate about historical research and sharing that knowledge and expertise with others. He was up to any challenge, no matter how daunting it might seem, and was instrumental in solving many a RELIC patron's brick walls. Including my own. His passing marks the loss of a historical treasure and he will be greatly missed. ~Carolyn<br /><br /></i></p><div class="tabs__panel__content" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;"><div class="obit-and-service__obituary" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;"><div class="obit-and-service__obituary__text" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;"><div class="obituary edit-container" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;"><div class="obituary-text edit" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;">Donald (Don) L. Wilson, 79, of Manassas, Virginia, passed away on March 6th, 2023.<br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" /><br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" />Don was born on August 5th, 1943, in Anderson, Indiana. After high school, he spent four years in the Air Force and then attended and graduated from Ball State University in 1968 with a Bachelor's in history. Directly after, he attended and earned a Master's in Library Sciences from Indiana University in 1971. In late 1970 he took a job as reference librarian at the Oxon Hill Library in Prince George's County, Maryland. In September 1979, he accepted a position with Prince William County in Virginia and started working at the Central Library in Manassas.<br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" /><br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" />Don spent the rest of his life devoted to local and family history in the Northern Virginia area while working on his own family’s extensive genealogy, which he documented in spiral notebooks and cue cards written with small, but perfect penmanship.<br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" /><br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" />Don was the hallmark of The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC), at Bull Run Library and later Central Library of the Prince William Public Libraries, where he was known as the “Tree Doctor” for his extensive knowledge, experience, and patience with helping visitors build their family trees. He was also instrumental in providing research on old houses, cemeteries, events, roads, and local families. He was always up for a new and exciting research project that so many people benefited from.<br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" /><br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" />Don was involved with or served on the board of several local historical groups, including the Manassas Museum Historic Resources Board; Historic Prince William (Historical Society); and the Prince William County Historic Commission. He also had a fondness for local theaters, including the Prince William Little Theatre, where he played roles in a number of their productions.<br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" /><br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" />Don was preceded in death by both of his parents Cecil Lee Wilson, Jr. and Betty Eloise Wilson (Bailey) and a younger brother, Timothy Wayne Wilson. He is survived by his brothers, James Edward Wilson and Steven Ray Wilson; sisters, Susan Jane Sanderson, Patricia Ann Sexton, and Christine Diane Buckles; and several nieces and nephews.<br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" /><br style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none;" />Don touched the lives of many people, far and wide, but the residents of Prince William County had the honor of him calling this county home for over four decades while offering knowledge and friendship to all. There will never be another Don Wilson but we should all strive to be like him.</div></div></div></div></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-41042860278376733152023-04-01T00:30:00.001-04:002023-04-01T00:30:00.201-04:00Shopping Saturday: Larkin-Dorrell Co., Inc.<b>Manassas Journal<br />23 March 1923</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>ANNOUNCEMENT</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Having made an addition to our business by the purchase of the Mill and Feed Business of C. M. Larkin & Co., we take this opportunity to inform our patrons and the public that we are now in a position to serve them better than ever before.</div><div><br /></div><div>We hold that only by looking after the interests of our trade in the matter of prices as well as in service and the quality of goods sold, can mutual confidence be maintained and our trading remain upon a secure foundation.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many of our customers can testify that they have saved money, acting upon our advice in "buying ahead" when we deemed the market outlook favorable and satisfactory. Our fingers are constantly on the pulse of the market and we will be glad to give you the benefit of any foreknowledge obtainable. Our motto is SERVICE--Let us serve you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Larkin-Dorrell Co., Inc.</div><div>Manassas, Va</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwQQ0vZf3Ou-RYlVdlfNGNJvi5R2W4AN45_gKr-xBP-mptmyoCNPIKafeq8BqSnARzr1_G38PEjoyBX4__nXvKc3HEmdgZVRgZeSpQ-C6ccp4HvVtcZad-KWz-_1i7m_mDNNIOjq2aGUREj4MVZPT94t85IsVi3DSDd6hUslygjpuD5HWJ-Ahm0f8/s803/Larkin-Dorrell%20Co%20Announcement%20-%20MJ%2023%20March%201923.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwQQ0vZf3Ou-RYlVdlfNGNJvi5R2W4AN45_gKr-xBP-mptmyoCNPIKafeq8BqSnARzr1_G38PEjoyBX4__nXvKc3HEmdgZVRgZeSpQ-C6ccp4HvVtcZad-KWz-_1i7m_mDNNIOjq2aGUREj4MVZPT94t85IsVi3DSDd6hUslygjpuD5HWJ-Ahm0f8/w268-h400/Larkin-Dorrell%20Co%20Announcement%20-%20MJ%2023%20March%201923.png" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-85155708178940942992023-03-30T00:30:00.004-04:002023-03-30T00:30:00.210-04:00100 Years Ago Today: Dixie Theatre: "Rags to Riches"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Manassas Journal<br />30 March 1923</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YKWANSVzXt5YLhr_R_fqn1jQd6M2WY4gvr_K7BxDJQw-7-dkXa5vvRQFbvCtLySQF2vk7Vc5MLCiZ1WLEJy1lP-33lUjaLQHoBSQcY9ySMVSfjgiNr7semYWZf0KLAqApL2i4SYdlvwvQ99jwpJbCdP5i0dhEo1k2WUMS217OdW6E8DsGs2YgBr6/s729/Dixie%20Theater%20showing%20Rags%20to%20Riches%20-%20MJ%2030%20March%201923.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YKWANSVzXt5YLhr_R_fqn1jQd6M2WY4gvr_K7BxDJQw-7-dkXa5vvRQFbvCtLySQF2vk7Vc5MLCiZ1WLEJy1lP-33lUjaLQHoBSQcY9ySMVSfjgiNr7semYWZf0KLAqApL2i4SYdlvwvQ99jwpJbCdP5i0dhEo1k2WUMS217OdW6E8DsGs2YgBr6/w474-h640/Dixie%20Theater%20showing%20Rags%20to%20Riches%20-%20MJ%2030%20March%201923.png" width="474" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rags_to_Riches_(1922_film)">Wikipedia</a>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><b>Rags to Riches</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> is a 1922 American silent comedy film released by Warner Bros. on September 24, 1922. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $418,000 domestically.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><b>PLOT:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Marmaduke Clyde, a wealthy boy in search of adventure, leaves home to join a gang of crooks. He and Dumbbell strike out by themselves and find work on a farm. Dumbbell falls in love with Mary Wilde, but they incur the wrath of the Purist's League delegation, the sheriff, the Clarkes, detectives hired by Mr Clarke, and the gang of crooks intent on kidnapping Marmaduke, Dumbbell, and Mary all meet up together, Dumbbell reveals himself to be Ralph Connor, Secret Service agent, and turns the gang over to the sheriff.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span></span></p><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-17033656376334138912023-02-26T00:30:00.009-05:002023-02-26T00:30:00.193-05:00Sunday's Obituary: Judge W. E. Lipscomb<p><b>Free Lance (Fredericksburg, Va)<br />28 March 1911</b></p><p><b>JUDGE W. E. LIPSCOMB DEAD</b></p><p>Judge W. E. Lipscomb, aged 78 years, died at his home at Manassas Sunday, after an illness of two weeks.</p><p>Judge Lipscomb is survived by his wife and three sons, W. N. Lipscomb and Philip Lipscomb, of Manassas, and Charles E. Lipscomb, of Plainfield, N.J., and two daughter, Mrs. Ella Weedon and Mrs. F. E. Garrison.</p><p>Judge Lipscomb was born in Brentsville, Va. At the age of 14 he entered the clerk's office of Prince William county, as an assistant. In 1861 he was elected clerk. Under the advice of Col. Eppa Hunton, he resigned his commission of lieutenant in the Confederate army to take chare of the office, in which he remained until shortly before he was elected judge of the county court in 1882. He remained upon the bench until the judgeship was abolished in 1904.</p><p>In 1904 he again entered the clerk's office as deputy clerk and later became clerk.</p><p>In 1859 he married Miss Henrietta Holland.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgg8pvKFrtQB2MOnzk-DW-00O4LjTdrmIjd1cva5wZyuqKY8v5U7beBgWbAkLG4T64fu0ZhlSZsFLAAc5UhSNZWlmBAtpIhhUTT40JBsWEbATDC_lRhHYr6rovuc7w-0QrmGZ8yy9OOcxFgGFSYN1T2kvZkVmaQAwW4-GRfrJrGd-7x0qD6aIaTaj/s849/Free_lance_1911-03-28_3%20-%20obit%20-%20Lipscomb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgg8pvKFrtQB2MOnzk-DW-00O4LjTdrmIjd1cva5wZyuqKY8v5U7beBgWbAkLG4T64fu0ZhlSZsFLAAc5UhSNZWlmBAtpIhhUTT40JBsWEbATDC_lRhHYr6rovuc7w-0QrmGZ8yy9OOcxFgGFSYN1T2kvZkVmaQAwW4-GRfrJrGd-7x0qD6aIaTaj/s320/Free_lance_1911-03-28_3%20-%20obit%20-%20Lipscomb.png" width="204" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><i>(Judge William Edward Lipscomb is buried in Manassas Cemetery beside his wife.)</i></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-64665662401853073992023-02-10T00:30:00.001-05:002023-02-10T00:30:00.236-05:00Friend of Friends Friday: Ranaway - Thomas & Suana Bredon<p><b>Alexandria Gazette (Va)<br />19 August 1848</b></p><p>$30 REWARD -- Ranaway from the subscriber's farm, lying on the Potomac river, near Alexandria, on the night of the 11th instant, two negroes, THOMAS BREDON and his wife SUANA. Thomas is between 45 and 50 years of age, and about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches in height; he is of dark complexion and has an impediment in his speech, and is a little gray. Suana is of a ginger color, and is about 35 or 40 years of age, and about 4 feet 6 or 7 inches in height. The jawbone of the right side of her face has no flesh on it. They were formerly the property of Miss Tolson, of Prince William county, Virginia. The said negroes I purchased from Dr. Alexander H. Tolson, of Prince George's county, Maryland, who brought them from near Haymarket, Prince William county, Virginia. These are the same negroes which I advertised on the 27th of March last. I will give the above reward if returned to me, or secured in jail so that I get them again.</p><p>Zachariah Berry</p><p>Blue Plains, near Alexandria, Va.<br />aug 17--eo3t</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs66W0xUSoH7JP6UGEeBpYXPHI7vNhly9l5Tvawe4uMenNOyDKrUKOL0qk4UtwOEhVdrM81N97cOehhLINNxvIw-_G0r-GB-g-BSDWjQu5efIL5if69E_qXem66SFbWBcApJXfaVoYyNd0XZ_LdRF-skpPUWONqurw0B7rK9IvE3-29w8jNLBWKEKr/s1226/Alexandria_Gazette_1848-08-19_4%20(1)%20ranaway%20from%20Tolson.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1064" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs66W0xUSoH7JP6UGEeBpYXPHI7vNhly9l5Tvawe4uMenNOyDKrUKOL0qk4UtwOEhVdrM81N97cOehhLINNxvIw-_G0r-GB-g-BSDWjQu5efIL5if69E_qXem66SFbWBcApJXfaVoYyNd0XZ_LdRF-skpPUWONqurw0B7rK9IvE3-29w8jNLBWKEKr/s320/Alexandria_Gazette_1848-08-19_4%20(1)%20ranaway%20from%20Tolson.png" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-53284719490226256322023-02-03T00:30:00.001-05:002023-02-03T00:30:00.220-05:00Friend of Friends Friday: Sale of Negroes (1816)<p><b>Alexandria Gazette (Va)<br />24 January 1816</b><br /><br />Sale of Negroes</p><p>WILL be sold for cash, on Tuesday 6th day of February next if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the tavern of George Williams, in the town of Dumfries, 25 or so likely young slaves, men, women and children--among them are a parcel of most valuable house servants, male and female; and, also, valuable plantation slaves. At the same time and place will be sold for cash, a tract of land, near Dumfries, containing about 170 or 80 acres.</p><p>The sale is made under two several decrees of the county court of Prince William.</p><p>T. Harrison,<br />T. Chapman,<br />P. Harrison,<br />R. H. Henderson<br />Jno. Gibson,<br /> Commissioners</p><p>Dumfries, January 5-6. eots</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiwhsMzVsAt7VbFpfJNQC7Hw2vw5K0YY2dcJTEI8nPY2bx1NC2ePZvsv8DE-8kuNF8dqni0oZ4gRazQlYXPhuwF4SPbNfl9VIl1yOh6MaPiJwow6yxLSbhpbR7mubNOT2xvjEzc16eFjRCpWAxtdKHBB1Z3jJOmvs53wcU71ibGi-X9D_c2dWsJ9O/s1435/Alexandria_gazette,_commercial_and_political_1816-01-24_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="1012" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiwhsMzVsAt7VbFpfJNQC7Hw2vw5K0YY2dcJTEI8nPY2bx1NC2ePZvsv8DE-8kuNF8dqni0oZ4gRazQlYXPhuwF4SPbNfl9VIl1yOh6MaPiJwow6yxLSbhpbR7mubNOT2xvjEzc16eFjRCpWAxtdKHBB1Z3jJOmvs53wcU71ibGi-X9D_c2dWsJ9O/w283-h400/Alexandria_gazette,_commercial_and_political_1816-01-24_4.png" width="283" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436697638639483587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758145626262155522.post-29691885011654151462023-01-29T00:30:00.001-05:002023-01-29T00:30:00.181-05:00Church Record Sunday: Deed: Johnson to Bethlehem Church<p><b>Johnson to Bethlehem Church<br /></b><b>PWCo Deed Book 28, pg. 433<br /><br /></b>This deed made and entered into
this 15<sup>th</sup> day of November 1871 between <b>Emily E. Johnson</b> of
the one part, and <b>F. A. Weedon, George W. Hixson, Francis M. Lewis, Henry C.
Steers</b> & <b>Benjamin F. Lewis,</b> <b>Trustees </b>for the <b>Bethlehem
Church</b> of the second part all of the County of Prince William & state
of Virginia, Witnesseth, that the said Emily E. Johnson hath this day sold to
the said Trustees a certain lot or parcel of land (being a part of the land
bought of Geo. W. Mitchell adjoining the land belonging to the heirs of Joseph
Johnson) as site for a meeting house for the exclusive use of the old school or
Primitive Baptist church called Bethlehem, for and in consideration of the sum
of one hundred dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and bounded
as follows, viz., Beginning at A (on plat) a stone at the angle of the road a
corner to entire lot thence along the west side of the road with a line of said
lot S20’ W31 poles to B a stone S30 ½ W12 poles to C another stone in a line of
the entire lot, thence leaving the road N29 ¼ W52 pole to D a large water oak
& gum on the east side of a branch, thence w/i the said branch making the meanders
thereof the boundary N11 ¼ W10 poles N23E15 poles, N46E12.32 poles to F w gum
on the east bank of the branch, thence leaving the branch N68 ½ E7 poles to the
beginning, containing two acres and nineteen poles, to have and to hold the
said lot of land for the only proper use & behoof of the said Bethlehem Church,
and I the said Emily E. Johnson do hereby warrant and defend the said lot of
land against all claims or claim whatsoever.
Given under my hand and seal the date above written.<br /><br />Emily E. Johnson {seal}<br /><br /><i>Prince William County Court to
wit</i></p>
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</span>I hereby certify that Emily E. Johnson whose name is signed to the
within deed bearing date on the 15<sup>th</sup> day of November 1871,
personally appeared before me in my said County and acknowledged the same.
Given under my hand this 5<sup>th</sup> day of December 1871.<br /><br />W. McLean J.P.<br /><br /><i>In the Clerk’s Office of Prince
Wm. County Court Decem. 11<sup>th</sup> 1871</i></p>
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</span>This deed from Johnson to Weedon & others Trustees for Bethlehem
Church with certificate annexed was received and admitted to record.<br /><br />Teste, L. A. Davis Clerk</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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