Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Adolphus A., 1929 

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Adolphus Johnson Is Claimed by Death 

  Adolphus Johnson, 72, prominent Gates county, North Carolina, resident, 
died at his home at Sunbury last night at 7:30 o'clock.  He is survived by a 
daughter, Miss Lottie Johnson, of Sunbury; five sons, Edward, Hurley and A.D. 
Johnson, of Norfolk: Charles Johnson, of Sunbury, and Aubrey Johnson, of 
Gatesville, N.C.; four sisters, Mrs. J.D. Speight, of Gatesville; Mrs. W.M. 
Hazlett and Mrs. Nannie Russell, both of Whaleyville, and Mrs. Fred H. Taylor, 
of Suffolk, and three brothers, J.I., Jesse and D. P. Johnson, all of Norfolk. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at the residence in Sunbury Wednesday 
morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. W.A. Vincent and Dr. W.W. Staley.  Burial 
will be in Cedar Hill cemetery, Suffolk. 


Adolphus A. JOHNSON, farmer, 
b. 19 Oct 1857, VA*, d. 11 Nov 1929, at home, Sunbury, Gates Co., NC, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 13 Nov 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 216, Tues., Nov. 12, 1929, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

D.Cert. 283 (Holly Grove #15) gives son of William W. & Amandy (MUMFORD) 
   JOHNSON - all b. Gates Co., NC. 

The 1870 Census - Hardy Dist., Isle of Wight Co. - gives all b. VA. 

The 1900 Census - Holly Grove Dist., Gates Co., NC - gives all b. VA. 

His parents m. 10 Dec 1855 in Isle of Wight Co. 

His mother's maiden name was originally spelled MOUNTFORD.  She was the 
   daughter of Joseph & Martha "Patsy" (COGGIN) MOUNTFORD, who m. 14 Jun 1831, 
   in Isle of Wight Co. 


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