Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Alexander W., 1912 

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ALEXANDER WASHINGTON HOLLAND 

   Alexander Washington Holland departed this life at his home near 
Buckhorn, Va., March 23, 1912, age 71 years and six months.  He had 
been sorely afflicted for about three months and suffered greatly. 
He leaves one brother, James H. Holland, Suffolk, Va., three sisters, 
Mrs. Marcella Butler, Carrsville, Va., Mrs. Pocahontas Britt, Suffolk, 
Va., and Miss Mary Holland, Philadelphia, Penn., three sons, Washington, 
Matthew, and Littleton; and a widow whose maiden name was Bettie Boyett. 
The deceased was a Confederate soldier in the 16th Va. Infantry.  He had 
for many years been a member of Holland Baptist church and was a good man, 
passing away in bright hope of eternal glory.  The funeral was conducted 
by the writer at the home and the remains placed in a family cemetery 
nearby.
                                                N.G. Newman


Alexander Washington HOLLAND, Confederate veteran, 
d. 23 Mar 1912, at home, near Buckhorn, age 71, 
interred in the family cemetery*, near Buckhorn, 
"The Christian Sun" (Suffolk, VA), Apr. 17, 1912 

*location not known (May 2015) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

Additional information: 

Alexander was the son of James M. & Elizabeth (MOORE) HOLLAND. 
   He 1m. 28 Oct 1869 Louisiana C. WINBORNE, dt/o Henry A. & Eliza Ann; 
   he 2m. 1 Oct 1891 Mary E. BOYETTE, dt/o Abraham & Nancy. 
   (source: FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages") 

CSA - 16th Va. Infantry, Co. A, Pvt.

The obit ("Suffolk Herald," Oct. 10, 1905) of his sister 
   Trecy Jane (HOLLAND; Mrs. John A.) CUTCHINS is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c325t2ob.txt 

She is buried in a GARDNER family cemetery, near Elwood. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-6), 
   an extension of the Southampton Co. Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol4.txt 


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and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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