Nansemond County-Norfolk-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Farley, Peter F., 1898 

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PETER F. FARLEY 

          SUFFOLK. 

Many Matters of Interest Picked Up in and Around Town. 

  Suffolk, Va., August 22. - Mr. Peter F. Farley died suddenly Sunday morning 
about 12:30 o'clock of heart failure, aged about 69 years.  He had been in 
failing health for several years, suffering principally from heart and 
bronchial troubles, and his death was characteristic of his complaint.  A 
little more than two years ago Mr. Farley professed faith in Christ under the 
preaching of Rev. C.J. Jones, D.D.  He was a man of many excellent traits of 
character and was beloved by all who knew him.  "Uncle Peter," as he was 
familiarly known, had been a resident of Suffolk for about twenty-seven years, 
having come here from Norfolk in 1871.  Several times he held the position of 
Town Sergeant here and was, prior to coming to Suffolk, twice sergeant of 
police in Norfolk.  When Mr. Farley first came to this town he and Mr. J.R. 
McGuire, now deceased, proprietors, conducted the old Washington Hotel.  He 
has since held various positions here, as clerk at the Commercial Hotel, the 
Stuart House, caterer for the restaurant of Mr. William Gray and others.  He 
leaves a wife and five sons, Messrs. Charles E., W.J., C.W., R.F. and H.G. 
Farley; two daughters, Misses Cora V. and Elsie M.; five brothers, Messrs. 
R.R. of Jarretts [sic; Jarratts], Va.; George, of La Grange, Tenn.; Pitman, of 
Mississippi; Lawrence R., of Richmond, Va.; Andrew D., of Brooklyn, N.Y., and 
a host of friends to mourn their loss.  His funeral took place from the house, 
on Riddick street, at 5 o'clock this afternoon and was conducted by Rev. W.T. 
Green, assisted by Rev. J.H. Kabler.  Tom Smith Camp, of which he was an 
honorable member, headed by a detachment from the Phoenix Brass Band, attended 
in a body to do honor to their beloved and valiant comrade in the Lost Cause. 
A large concourse of relatives and friends followed the remains to Cedar Hill 
Cemetery, where they were laid to rest, the following old veterans acting as 
pallbearers: Messrs. J.B. Daughtrey, G.W. Brittain, John M. Shepherd, R.E. 
Boykin, Albert Hargrave and Colonel R.E. Boykin. 


Peter F. FARLEY, hotelier, Town Sergeant, Confederate veteran, 
b. ca. 1842, Petersburg*, d. 21 Aug 1898, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 46*), Suffolk, 22 Aug 1898, 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 47, No. 36, Tues., Aug. 23, 1898, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #9797987, which gives b. Dinwiddie Co. 

He served as a private in Co. B, 12th VA Infantry, as a musician. 

His widow applied for a pension 12 Sep 1902.  Her obits ("Suffolk 
   News-Herald," Aug. 19 & 22, 1932) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/f640v1ob.txt 

His parents, Peter Washington FARLEY & first wife Mary Pierce (RYAN) FARLEY, 
   and step-mother Angelina P. (WATSON) FARLEY, are buried in Blandford 
   Cemetery, Petersburg. 


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