Isle of Wight County-Newport News Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Lemuel C., 1937 

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LEMUEL CALLCOTE BRANCH 

  Lemuel Callcote Branch, auditor of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry 
Dock Co. died at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday at a hospital following an operation on 
Feb. 9, for appendicitis.

  He was born January 3, 1860 [sic; 1880] at Windsor, son of the late J.O. 
Branch, former treasurer of Isle of Wight County and a member of the House 
Delegates from that county, employed by the local shipyard in 1899, he of 
remained in the company's employ except for an interval of several years, 
rising to the position of auditor in 1928, which position he held at the time 
of his death.  He attended Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Estelle Branch; a daughter, Mrs. Ezra Cornell 
IV of Ithaca, N.Y.; four brothers, Charles G., Talmage E. Clifford C. and J.H. 
Branch, and four sisters, Mrs. R.S. Irby and Mrs. H.B. Irby, and Ida May 
Branch all of Norfolk; Mrs. A.H. Knechet of Montreal, Canada, and S.C. and an 
uncle G.F. Batten of Hampton.


Lemuel Callcote BRANCH, auditor - Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., 
b. 3 Jan 1880, Windsor, d. 17 Feb 1937*, Newport News, 
interred in Peninsula Memorial Park*, Newport News, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 17, No. 50, Feb. 25, 1937, p. 1, col. 1 

*Additional information: 

Typo on his Find a Grave Memorial (#8473260) gives d. 18 Feb 1937.  A photo 
   of his gravestone is included, and shows the correct date. 

His parents, James Orson & Ida May (BATTEN) BRANCH, are buried in 
   Shiloh Cemetery, Shiloh Dr., near Windsor. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #4: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His maternal grandmother's bro Lt.Col. Alexander Daniel Callcote [spelled 
   variously] was slain leading the 3rd Va. Infantry during Pickett's Charge 
   at Gettysburg, and was buried on the battlefield.  He was reinterred after 
   the war in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. 


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