Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Brinkley, J. Henry, 1912 

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JAMES HENRY BRINKLEY 

        J. HENRY BRINKLEY 

   Suffolk, Va., Aug. 31. - J. Henry Brinkley, a venerable citizen of the 
county residing near Cypress chapel, died this morning at the home of his 
sister, Mrs. Jane R. Shepherd, on Chestnut street, at 1:30 o'clock, aged 71 
years and 11 months. 

  The funeral service will be held at his late home Sunday afternoon at 3 
o'clock by Dr. W.W. Staley.  He is survived by a widow and three sons, one of 
whom is J.W. Brinkley of Nurney. 

  The pall-bearers will be Jethro Byrd. T.J. Ellis, Riddick Jones, David Duke, 
A.L. Harrell, Tobe Henderson, J.J. Brinkley and J.R. Ellison.  The interment 
will be in the family cemetery. 


James Henry BRINKLEY, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 19 Sep 1840, Nansemond Co., d. 31 Aug 1912, Suffolk, 
interred in the family cemetery, 1 Sep 1912, 
marked in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 1 Sep 1912, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark, Vol. 45, No. 63, 
   Sun., Sep. 1, 1912, p. 18 

*Additional information: 

Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

Photos of his gravestone - added by George Seitz - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #9923951. 

D.Cert. 4659 (Suffolk #137) gives son of Lewis & Catherine (BAYNES) BRINKLEY; 
   it should be BAINES. 

He served as a private in Co. I, 24th VA Cavalry. 

His will was probated 29 Sep 1912; an article on it ("Virginian-Pilot & 
   Norfolk Landmark," Sep. 30, 1912, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/wills/b652j1wl.txt 

The obit omits mention of his daughter "Mollie" Mary Elizabeth (BRINKLEY 
   DANIELS; Mrs. Robert E.) ROACH. 


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