Sunday's Obituary: James Newton Carter

Evening Star (DC)
23 August 1923

VETERAN VIRGINIAN DIES

James Newton Carter Served in Confederate Army

James Newton Carter, a native and a life-long resident of Prince William county, Va., died at his home in Occoquan, Va. yesterday. He was eighty years old. Mr. Carter served in the Confederate army in the civil war as a member of Company H, 15th Virginia Cavalry. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Turner Carter and these children: Thomas I. of New York, Henry H. of Washington and William Minor and Samuel N. of Baltimore, and five daughters, Mrs. C. A. Macomb, Mrs. J. W. Ayres and Mrs. W. R. Ersfeld of Washington, Mrs. Warren P. Clarke of Woodbridge, Va., and Mrs. George Saufley of Hazard, Ky., as well as eleven grandchildren.

Newspaper Tidbit: PWCo Items (31 January 1874)

Alexandria Gazette
31 January 1874

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY ITEMS
[From the Manassas Gazette]

A few days ago Mrs. R. M. Waters, who resides with her father Mr. R. M. Weir, of this place, heard her child, a little over a year old, crying, in an adjourning room, and on going to its relief, found it on the hearth very near the fire, and a bird dog belonging to her husband with his fore paws holding on to its clothing and a determined look in his eyes as if he understood the peril the child was in.

We are informed that the imported Hampshire Down flock of Mr. Lywood, of Gainesville, Prince William county, have commenced lambing, the first three ewes of that noted breed producing seven lambs. These sheep appear to be particularly adapted to this country being hardy, prolific and of great weight for mutton, also producing a heavy fleece of fine wool.

A horse belonging to Mr. Willie Ayre, of Fairfax county, who visited this place on Sunday last, had its mane more than half cut off by some person or persons as yet unknown. The penalty for such an offence is fine and imprisonment.

The M. E. Church, South, for Prince William Circuit, will hold their quarterly meeting at Brentsville on Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th of February.

Deed: Myer & c. to Ayers: Stone House

Myer &c. to Deed. Ayers
PWCo Deed Book 51, pg. 26

THIS DEED made this 20th day of September, in the year 1902; between Henry A. Myer and Irene E, his wife, William H. Cather and Mary E, his wife, Benjamin N. Merchant and May B. his wife and John B. Pridmore, the heirs at law of Benson L. Pridmore decd. of the first part, and Henry J. Ayres, of the second party;

Witnesseth:- that the said parties of the first part in consideration of the sum of One thousand six hundred dollars in hand paid to them by the said Ayers, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have given, granted, bargained and sold and do by these presents give, grant, bargain, sell and convey with general warranty, unto the said Ayers, all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situate in the county of Prince William, containing 164-3/4 acres, and is composed of the following tracts of land, to wit:

1st. a tract of land lying in the said county, known as the "Stone House property" on both sides of the Warrenton and Alexandria turnpike, and adjoining the lands of Henry F. Lynn, James Robinson, Martin Matthew, and others, and on the east of Sudley Mill and Manassas road and containing 137 acres more or less; and is the same land conveyed to the said Benson L. Pridmore decd. by George E. Starbuck by deed of bargain and sale recorded in the county court of the said county in Liber 33 page 147.

2nd. A certain tract of land lying in the said county on Youngs Branch, and containing 21 acres and 31 poles, and is the same land conveyed to the said Benson L. Pridmore decd. by Q. L. Sanford, by deed of bargain and sale recorded in the said county in Liber 32 page 614, and

3rd. A part of the tract of land known as "Rosefield" of which John D. Dogan died seized and possessed, and contains 6-1/2 acres more or less and is the same land conveyed to the said Benson L. Pridmore decd. by John Cross and wife by deed of bargain and sale recorded in the said county court in Liber 34 page 509.

And the parties of the first part covenant that they have the right to convey the said tract of land, that they have done no act to encumber the same, and that they will execute such further assurances as may be requisite.  Witness the following signatures and seals.

Henry A. Meyer (seal)
Irene E. Meyer (seal)
William H. Cather (seal)
B. N. Merchant (seal)
M. B. Merchant (seal)
John Benj. Pridmore (seal)

In Clerks Office Prince William County, September 20th. 1902.

This deed from Meyer wife &c. to Ayres, was received, acknowledged by the grantors, and was admitted to record.

Teste.

Edwin Nelson, Clerk

Amanuensis Monday: Deed: Meyer/Cather/Merchant/Pridmore to Ayres (Stone House) (1902)

Deed:  Meyer to Ayers
PWCo Deed Book 51, page 26
20 September 1902

THIS DEED made this 20th. day of September, in the year 1902; between Henry A. M[e]yer and Irene E, his wife, William H. Cather and Mary E., his wife, Benjamin N. Merchant and May B. his wife and John B. Pridmore, the heirs at law of Benson L. Pridmore decd. of the first part, and Henry J. Ayres of the secon dpart;

Witnesseth: -- that the said parties of the first in consideration of the sum of One thousand six hundred dollars in hand paid to them by the said Ayers, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have given, granted, bargained and sold and do by these presents give, grant, bargain, sell and convey with general warranty, unto the said Ayers, all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situate in the county of Prince William, containing 164-3/4 acres, and is composed of the following tracts of land, to wit;

1st. a tract of land lying in the said county, known as the "Stone House property" on both sides of the Warrenton and Alexandria turnpike, and adjoining the lands of Henry F. Lynn, James Robinson, Martin Matthew, and others, and on the east of Sudley Mill and Manassas road and containing 137 acres more or less; and is the same land conveyed to the said Benson L. Pridmore decd. by George E. Starbuck by deed of bargain and sale recorded in the county court of the said county in LIber 33 page 147.

2nd. A certain tract of land lying in the said county on Youngs Branch, and containing 21 acres and 31 poles, and is the same land conveyed to the said Benson L. Pridmore decd. by Q. L. Sanford, by deed of bargain and sale recorded in the said county in Liber 32 page 614, and the

3rd. A part of the tract of land known as "Rosefield" of which John D. Dogan died seized and possessed, and contains 6-1/2 acres more or less and is the same land conveyed to the said Benson L. Pridmore decd. by John Cross and wife by deed of bargain and sale recorded in the said county court in Liber 34 page 509.

And the parties of the first part covenant that they have the right to convey the said tract of land, that they have done no act to encumber the same, and that they will execute such further assurances as may be requisite.  Witness the following signatures and seals.

Henry A. Meyer
Irene E. Meyer
William H. Cather
Mollie E. Cather
B. N. Merchant
M. B. Merchant
John Benj. Pridmore


In Clerks Office Prince William County, September 20th. 1902.

This Deed from Meyer wife & c. to Ayres, was received, acknowledged by the grantors, and admitted to record.

Teste.

Edwin Nelson, Clk.

Wedding Wednesday: Mr. and Mrs. [Charles] Love Married Fifty Years

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

8 June 1917

MR. AND MRS. LOVE MARRIED FIFTY YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Love are to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow at their home, 1210 Euclid street northwest. Mr. and Mrs. Love were married June 9, 1867, in Stafford county, Va. Mr. Love was born and raised in Dumfries, Va. Mrs. Love was formerly Miss Ellen M. Coakley of Stafford, Va., a daughter of Daniel and Susan Coakley.

The couple have nine children living, four sons and five daughters. They are Lucien Love of Fairland, Va.; Charles H. Love, jr., of this city; J. J. Love of Colesville, Va.; Luther Lee Love of this city; Mrs. H. Hopkins of Fairland, Va.; Mrs. Irene Plaskett of Alexandria, Va.; Mrs. D. Z. Ayers of Mount Vernon, Va.; and Mrs. E. Thompson and Miss Mary Love of this city. They have fourteen grandchildren.

Mr. Love, who is a Confederate veteran, served with Company A of the 49th Virginia Infantry.

Military Monday: Instructions for Ration Book

Evening Star (DC)
17 October 1943

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RATION BOOK

Registration for War Ration Book No. 4 will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, according to Richard C. Haydon, Prince William County registration chairman. County schools will be closed all day Friday in order that the work may be completed. Teachers in the following schools designated as registration places will have charge of issuing the new books:

Osbourn High School, Manassas, R. Worth Peters, chairman; Haymarket New School, Mrs. Nelson Lynn, chairman; Nokesville High School, C. O. Bittle, chairman; Occoquan High School, Mrs. Mae T. Sanford, chairman; Woodbine School, Miss Sue Ayres, chairman; Dumfries Graded School, Mrs. Wallace Lynn, chairman; Quantico Masonic Hall (for civilians), Miss Margaret Powell, chairman. A registration place within the Quantico Military Post for military personnel will be announced later.

Mr. Haydon requests that residents make applications as early as possible to avoid last-minute congestion. One member of a family, 18 years of age or older, may register for the entire family. The registrant must present War Ration Book No. 3 for each member of the household for whom application is made.

Sunday's Obituary: Mary (Lynn) Ayers

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
8 June 1904

Mrs. Mary Ayers, whose death occurred last night at Providence Hospital, Washington, was a resident of Prince William county and had many friends in that city.  She was twenty-one years of age and was a daughter of Mr. Lewis Lynn of Prince William.  Her husband, Mr. George Ayres, and three children survive.  The funeral will take place from her late home in Prince William tomorrow afternoon.

[Mary Elizabeth Lynn, the daughter of Lewis Craig Lynn and Hannah (Bonham) Lynn, married George Ayres on 16 January 1900 in Ellicott City, Maryland.  She is buried in Sudley Methodist Church Cemetery.  --cgl]

Military Monday: Fort Warren Prisoner Release

Alexandria Gazette
June 15, 1865

On Friday last, orders were received at Fort Warren to release all the prisoners at that place under the rank of Captain, after taking the oath of allegiance.  The following parties were accordingly released, and brought up to Boston, to be furnished with transportation:

John M. Agler, residence, Madison county, Va
George H. Ayre, Loudoun county, Va [also found in PWCo ~cgl]
Thomas R. Baker, do [Loudoun county, Va]
Samuel C. Beach, Fairfax county, Va
Thomas Beach, do [Fairfax county, Va]
Stephen G. R. Bishop, Loudoun county, Va
Richard T. Boarman, Charles county, Md
Wm. H. Bozzell, Loudoun county, Va
Robert H. C. Caldwell, Jefferson county, Va
William S. Coffman, Page county, Va
Henry C. Chamblin, Loudoun county, Va
John L. Cornwell and George Cornwell, Prince William county, Va
Barney Crowley, Fairfax county, Va
Chas. E. Davis, Loudoun county, Va
Philip Key, St. Mary's county, Md
James H. Maddox, Fauquier county, Va [also found in PWCo ~cgl]
John R. Massie, do [Fauquier county, Va]
Henry Richards, Loudoun county, Va
Philip E. Roach, Alexandria county, Va
George W. Smith, Loudoun county, Va
William A. Lee, late of the Confederate States navy
H. Duttons, 34th Virginia
George W. Noland, a citizen of Loudo[u]n county, Va

took the oak and were discharged by Colonel Ingraham, in Washington on Monday.

Sunday's Obituary: John Thomas Maloney

Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 8, 1912

Charlottesville, Va., June 7 - John Thomas Maloney, aged forty years, one of Fairfax's most respected citizens, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Maloney, at North Garden, this county.  Accompanied by friends, the remains will be taken to Fairfax C. H., where the interment will take place to-morrow afternoon from his late residence.  Mr. Maloney married Miss Anne Washburne Ayres, of Prince William county.  She survives, with two daughters, Misses Julia and Louise Maloney, and one son, John Jr., aged ten.

Sunday's Obituary: John Walter Fairfax

Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
March 23, 1908

Member of Longstreet's Staff Passes Away

Colonel John Walter Fairfax

Colonel John Walter Fairfax, who died yesterday at his residence, at Freestone, Prince William county, Va., after a long illness in the eightieth year of his age, was born in June 1828.  At an early age, Colonel Fairfax married Miss Mary Rogers of Loudoun county, and shortly thereafter purchased Oak Hill, the former home of President Monroe, from the latter's son-in-law, Mr. Gouverneur.  Here Colonel Fairfax resided until the close of the war, when he removed to Belle Grove, also in Loudoun county, and later he went to Freestone, which he inherited from his father, Henry Fairfax, of Dumfries.  At Freestone, Colonel Fairfax resided without intermission until his death.  Colonel Fairfax was a man of great personal charm and courage and of a most lovable character.  During the war Colonel Fairfax served with distinction on General Longstreet's staff, for whose military genius he had a high admiration.  Colonel Fairfax is survived by five children, the Hon. Henry Fairfax, who married Miss Eugenia Tennant, of Richmond; John W. Fairfax, Jr., unmarried; Hamilton R. Fairfax, who married Miss Elea nor Van Renneslear, of New York; Lindsay Fairfax, who married Miss Grace Bradford, of New York; and one daughter, Elizabeth Fairfax, who  married Col. Chas. G. Ayres, U.S.A.

Richmond Times-Dispatch
March 23, 1908