Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Spivey, Augustus R., 1897 

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[...] 

SLENDER SHAVINGS. 

  They say another somewhat startling event is about to happen.  The signs 
are in the air, but matters may adjust themselves without culminating into a 
sensation. 

  Mr. A.R. Spivey, died yesterday in Scotland Neck, N.C.  The remains arrived 
in Suffolk today and were sent to Antioch Christian church, in Isle of Wight 
county for burial. 

[...] 


Augustus* R. SPIVEY, 
b. ca. 1862*, Isle of Wight Co., 
d. 26 Feb 1897, Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., NC, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 53, No. 84, Sat., Feb. 27, 1897, p. 6, 
   posted with Find a Grave Memorial #214333010 by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked?  Not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Augustus appears with his parents, Jacob & Elizabeth (CRUMPLER) SPIVEY, 
   in the 1870 Census - Windsor Dist., IoW.Co. - age 9. 

J.C., 19, & A.R., 17, appear with farmer "Ludlow Watkis" [sic; Ludloe WATKINS] 
   in the 1880 Census - Windsor Dist., IoW.Co. - as laborers. 

His father (b. ca. 1829) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in the first organization of the 61st VA Infantry. 

Augustus, age 21, & "Mattie" Martha Frances LEWIS (1860 - 1957), daughter of 
   James J. & Ann Frances (TURNER) LEWIS, m. 18 Nov 1883 in Isle of Wight Co. 

Her father was also a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in the 
   Surry Light Artillery.  He applied for a pension 7 Apr 1910 in IoW.Co. 

"Martha Francis" appears with her parents in the 1900 Census - Cypress Dist., 
   Nansemond Co. - widowed, 5 of 6 children surviving. 

Mattie's D.Cert. 8400 (Newport News #169) gives widow of Arthur R. SPIVEY; 
   daughter of James & Martha Frances LEWIS.  She is buried in Peninsula 
   Memorial Park, Newport News. 


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