Fredericksburg, VA - Obit: Edgar Mersereau, June 1916 Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Paula L. Delosh ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ From the Fredericksburg Star - EDGAR MERSEREAU DEAD Edgar Mersereau died Friday night in Petersburg Hospital, after a long illness, in his seventy-ninth year. The family went to Petersburg about four years ago from Fredericksburg. The deceased is survived by two sons, C. B. and E. B. Mesereau, and six daughters, Misses Deborah P., Anna L., Columbia J., Mary J. and Ellen S., and Mrs. Alfred Skinner, all of Petersbarg [sic] ---- Mr. Meserau came from Staten Island, N.Y., years ago and located in Spotsylvania County. Later he moved to Fredericksburg and then went to Petersburg. He married a Miss Snellings, of Stafford, [sic] ----