Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morgart, J. Addison, 1918 

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J.A. MORGART 

LOSES LIFE IN RIVER 

Proprietor of Hotel Bearing His Name, Near Smithfield Drowns

  Suffolk, Va., Aug. 1 - J.A. Morgart, the proprietor of the hotel at 
Morgart's Beach, on the James River, near Smithfield, widely known 
throughout that section, was drowned in the James yesterday afternoon 
in front of the hotel, as he was swimming back from his motor boat to shore.


John Addison MORGART [Sr.], hotel proprietor, 
d. 31 Jul 1918, Morgart's Beach, age 68, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 4 Aug 1918, 
"The Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Vol. 134, No. 182, Aug. 1, 1918 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list (#48): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

An account of his death - which gives d. 31 Jul 1918 {which agrees with the 
   article} - is included with a section explaining the name Morgart's Beach, 
   in the following source: 
   Helen Haverty King, et al. 
   "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." 
   Isle of Wight: Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors, 1993. 
   pp. 450-51 

The 1910 Census gives b. PA, but his D.Cert. (#17492) b. Cumberland, MD, 
   and d. 30 Jul 1918 {though Dr. Parker did not sign until 3 Aug}. 

His widow Olive Blanche (MACURDY) MORGART (1870-1941) returned to PA and 
   is emtombed in the Versailles Mausoleum, McKeesport and Versailles Cem., 
   McKeesport, Butler Co., PA. 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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