Sunday, September 29, 2019

Sunday's Obituary: Sarah A. (Fairfax) Hunter

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)
27 August 1897

Fairfax Notes

Mrs. Sarah A. Hunter, widow of the late Dr. James Hunter, a former well known physician of this county, died of pneumonia at the residence of her nephew, Mr. Henry Lynn, with whom she had resided for many years past, near Catharpin, Prince William county, on Monday last, aged 83 years.  She was the daughter of the late Capt. Henry Fairfax, of Dumfries, and sister of Col. John W. Fairfax, of Loudoun county. She possessed a kind and gentle disposition, and had many friends who are pained to hear of her death. Her remains were brought to "Moidone," her husband's late residence, near Vienna, where they were interred on Wednesday, Rev. John McGill of the Episcopal Church officiating.

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