Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Leonidas D., 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LEONIDAS DAVIS BARRETT Saturday afternoon Mr. Lonnie Barrett, a blacksmith, who lived on the corner of Holladay and Central Avenue, returned home from a fishing trip down the river and complained to his wife of feeling cold and sat down near the fire. Mrs. Barrett, who was busy about the evening meal, heard him fall from his chair and rushed to him to find life almost extinct. Before medical assistance could be summoned his life had passed into the beyond. The deceased was 66 years of age and leaves to mourn their loss a widow, four sons and one daughter. The funeral was conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. Mosby Seay and the interment was in Cedar Hill cemetery. Leonidas Davis "Lonnie" BARRETT, blacksmith, Confederate veteran*, Southampton Co. native, d. Oct 1907, at home, Suffolk, age circa 66*, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, donated obit, publication unknown **His widow (1846-1918) may not be marked. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt *Additional information: He enlisted 3 May 1861 in Jerusalem (now Courtland), in the Southampton Greys (D/3rd VA Inf.), and was surrendered by Lee at Appomattox 9 Apr 1865. He m. Alice A. BARRETT, 18 Dec 1867 in Southampton Co. The records (MB1A:224 & M.Reg. p. 22 #106) give age 22 (b. ca. 1845). They appeared in the 1900 Census on Mill St., Suffolk, with six of ten children surviving- 4 sons & 2 daughters. It gives Lon b. Sep 1841. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630l5ob.txt