Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Briggs, Lucretia P. Wilson, 1865 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ DIED, In Nansemond county, on the 28th of July, Mrs. LUCRETIA P. BRIGGS, relict of the late Merit Briggs, Esq., aged about 64 years. Truly hath a mother in Israel fallen. Gone to be with Jesus. We mourn our loss, but rejoice in her gain. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." City papers copy. Lucretia P. (WILSON; Mrs. Merit*) BRIGGS, d. 28 Jul 1865, Nansemond Co., age circa 64, "The Commercial Bulletin" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 1, No. 85, Aug. 14, 1865, p. 2, col. 4 *Her husband's name appears variously with 1 or 2 R's & T's. His grandson Merritt BRIGGS (1850-1896), son of Dr. George W. (b. 1829), is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. George's family was in Albemarle Co. for the 1850 Census. Her marriage record - Meritt Briggs & Lucretia P. Wilson, m. 5 May 1823, Isle of Wight Co., VA. (FamilySearch.org "VA. Marriages," citing IoW Co. M.Reg. p. 194) They appear in the 1860 Census in the Lower Parish of Nansemond Co. (p. 43) Merit Briggs, 60M, merchant, $10,000 real/ $150,000 pers.estate; Lucretia P. Briggs, 60F; ... [grandson] William W. Briggs, 6M Curiously, the 1850 Census for Nansemond Co. gives Jerusha, not Lucretia: Merit Briggs, 49M, merchant, $10,000 real estate, b. Isle of Wight Co.; Jerusha Briggs, 49F, b. Sussex Co. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b620l4ob.txt