Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilliam, Thomas Q., 1900 

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    SOME SHORT SAYINGS. 

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  Word from Crittenden to-day says Captain T. Q. Gilliam is thought to be 
dying. 

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    CAPTAIN GILLIAM IS DEAD. 

  Captain T. Q. Gilliam died early this morning at his home in Crittenden, 
aged 72 years.  He had been ill several weeks.  The burial will take place 
at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning from St. Luke's, Isle of Wight county, the 
oldest church but one in the United States.  The funeral will be preached 
at home.  Captain Gilliam was well known in this section and in Norfolk, 
to which city he ran vessels many years.  Mrs. T. A. Barbee, of Suffolk, 
was a daughter of the deceased. 
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     DIED AT CRITTENDEN. 
  Mrs. Sarah C. Bagnall died today at her home in Crittenden, Va., 
aged 54 years.  The funeral will take place from the Christian Church 
at Crittenden at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.  Rev. J. T. Kitchen 
will conduct the services. 
... 
    LINES OF SMALL NEWS. 
... 
  Mrs. W. H. Holland, of Elwood, died on Tuesday of this week. 

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DIED IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. 

  Captain Thomas Quincy Gilliam, a highly respected citizen of Isle of Wight 
county, died at the family home on Chuckatuck creek last night.  He had been 
sick for nearly five years.  He leaves eleven children, among whom are Mrs. 
Rosa Lee and Miss Fannie Gilliam, of Scottsville, this city; also many grand 
and great-grandchildren, a number of whom live in this county.  He was one of 
the oldest Masons in the State, and also a member of the Red men.  The funeral 
will take place from Benn's M. E. Church this morning at 10 o'clock. 

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     BURIED BY RED MEN. 

  The remains of the late Captain T. Q. Gilliam were laid away about 1 o'clock 
this afternoon in St. Luke's historic burial place, in Isle of Wight county, 
near Smithfield.  The funeral sermon preached at Crittenden about 10:30 
o'clock by Rev. Dr. Newton.  The obsequies were in charge of the Red Men, of 
which order Captain Gilliam was a member.  A cortege of relatives and friends 
followed the remains to old St. Luke's. 

     MRS. BAGNALL'S FUNERAL. 

  The funeral of Mrs. Sarah C. Bagnall took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon 
from the Christian Church at Crittenden.  In Rev. Mr. Kitchen's absence the 
services were conducted by Dr. Newton.  These were pall-bearers: H. H. 
Harrell, William M. Britain, W. T. Matthews, G. D. McNal, T. H. Beale, B. L. 
Coggins, J. E. King, A. L. Mackey. 

  The deceased, whose husband preceded her to the grave, is survived by these 
children: Mrs. Nora Anderson, Mrs. Anna Mason, Miss Julia Hewy, Edward, 
Willie, Ernest and Joseph Bagnall. 

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  The funeral of Captain Thomas Quincy Gilliam, of Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight 
county, took place from Benn's M. E. Church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, 
attended by the orders of Masons and Red Men, to which the deceased was a 
member. 


Captain Thomas Quincy GILLIAM, retired steamboat captain, 
d. 16 May 1900, at home, Crittenden, on Chuckatuck Creek, age circa 72*, 
interred in Historic St. Luke's Cemetery*, Benn's Church, 18 May 1900, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Thurs., May 17, 1900, p. 8, col. 2; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Fri., May 18, 1900, p. 10, col. 1; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Fri., May 18, 1900, p. 8, col. 1; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., May 19, 1900, p. 8, col. 1-2; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., May 19, 1900, p. 10, col. 1 

Additional information: 

*Cemetery list gives d. 16 May 1900, age 71; 
   his middle initial is given as O, in error. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} St. Luke's list: 
http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Old%20St%20Lukes_Benns%20Church%20Blvd_Cemetery.doc 

Crittenden, and most of Chuckatuck Creek, actually lies in Nansemond Co. 


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