Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Ella J. Griffin, 1916 

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ELLA JANE GRIFFIN BRADSHAW 

MRS. ELLA JANE BRADSHAW 

  Suffolk, Va., Aug. 16 - The funeral services of Mrs. Ella Jane Bradshaw, 
wife of C.C. Bradshaw, of Nansemond County, living near Chuckatuck, who died 
Monday in the 25th year of her age, were held this afternoon at Oakland 
Christian church, conducted by Rev. Dr. I.W. Johnson.  The hour of the service 
was 3 o'clock, and a large number of friends of this well-liked young matron 
gathered to do her the last honor. 

  Mrs. Bradshaw is survived by her husband and a little son, Fenton Leigh 
[sic; Lee] Bradshaw, aged 14 months; three sisters, Misses Ella Griffen [sic; 
Griffin], Blanche Griffen, and Mrs. Lizzie Turner, all of Southampton County. 

  The pall-bearers were Richard Copeland, Wesley Copeland, Wilbur Darden, 
Fenton Darden, Clifton Darden and Lee Bradshaw. 

  Interment was made in the church cemetery. 


Ella/Ellen Jane (GRIFFIN; Mrs. Crawley Columbus) BRADSHAW, 
b. 31 May 1891*, Southampton Co., d. 14 Aug 1916, at home, near Chuckatuck, 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   16 Aug 1916, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Thurs., Aug. 17, 1916 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave Memorial #157243267 gives Ellen Jane, b. 1893.  [no grave photo] 

D.Cert. 20555 (Chuckatuck #253) also gives Ellen Jane. 

Quaker records also give Ellen Jane, b. Oct 1891. 

Her husband 2m. her sister Ella Mae GRIFFIN (1895 - 1972) 27 Dec 1916. 
   (Nansemond Co. #196) 

They are also buried in Newman Memorial Cemetery, as are her in-laws and her 
   son Fenton (1915 - 1956). 

His obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 21, 1949, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b632c11o.txt 

Her parents, James W. "Tony & Ella Jane (BLYTHE) GRIFFIN, are buried in a 
   GRIFFIN family cemetery, Story Station Rd. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (MV-V-9): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

Her widowed father (1865 - 1902) 2m. Mary Etta BLYTHE - the niece of her 
   mother (ca. 1868 - 1895) - 10 Dec 1896 in Gates Co., NC. 
   (Southampton Co. MB9:61 - no return) 

Mary Etta (1875 - 1910) is buried with her parents & grandparents in a 
   BLYTHE family cemetery, near Williams Crossroads. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-22&23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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