Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Capps, Frank M., 1899 

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    LONG FUNERAL PROCESSION. 

  A funeral cortege half a mile long followed the remains of the late Frank M. 
Capps to Beach [sic; Beech*] Grove Church Sunday afternoon.  The pastor, Rev. 
Beadles, preached the funeral.  These were pall-bearers: Abram Milteer, John 
Capps, J.O. Lancaster, F.M. Arthur, Richard Beamon, J.S. Arthur. 


"Frank" Francis M. CAPPS, Confederate veteran, 
b. 31 Oct 1831, d. 7 Oct 1899, 
interred in the WILROY family cemetery**, off Cullen Dr., 8 Oct 1899, 
"Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 4, No. 165, Oct. 10, 1899, p. 7, col. 2 

**Presumably his widow is also buried there; her mother, two daughters, 
   son-in-law John C. WILROY, & John's mother are all marked. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-25), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 

*Beech Grove Methodist Church, 4251 Driver Ln. 

Frank served as a private in Co. I, 13th VA Cav., CSA.  The regimental history 
   (1st ed., 1986) gives b. 1832, d. 1889, but living 1890 as a Portsmouth 
   farmer. 


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

file at: 
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