Nansemond-Princess Anne County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, John P., 1881 

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    NEWS FROM CITY OF SUFFOLK 

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          MORTUARY 

     MRS. MARTHA JOHNSON 

  Suffolk, Va., Oct. 1. - The funeral services of Mrs. Martha Johnson, widow 
of John P. Johnson of Nansemond county, will be conducted at Crittenden M.E. 
church, Friday morning at 11 o'clock, and at three-thirty the interment will 
be made in Cedar Hill cemetery, Suffolk. 

  Mrs. Johnson, who died last night at the home of County Treasurer C.R. 
Fulgham, near Crittenden, was aged 83 years.  She is survived by three 
brothers, J.E. Etheridge, Josiah Etheredge [sic; Etheridge] and Isaiah 
Etheredge of Norfolk; ten nephews, County Treasurer C.R. Fulgham of Nansemond 
county, Joseph Fulgham of Asheville, N.C., E.E. Etheredge, Myrion D. 
Etheredge, W.H. Etheredge, Charles Etheredge, and James Etheredge of Norfolk, 
Wallace Etheredge of South Carolina; David Etheredge of Seattle, Wash., Dr. 
Herbert Etheredge of New York; ten nieces, Misses Fannie and Virginia 
Etheredge, Miss Bettie Etheredge, Mrs. Sallie Jackson, Mrs. R.L. Walker, Mrs. 
Taylor and Mrs. Hollemon of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Davis of Prlncess Anne, Mrs. 
Frances of Chicago, and Miss Annie Fulgham of Norfolk. 

  Mrs. Johnson is also survived by a number of grand nieces and nephews. 

  Numbers of relatives arrived in Suffolk today to go out to the home of Mr. 
Fulgham for the funeral services. 


Martha (ETHERIDGE SAWYER; Mrs. John P.) JOHNSON, 
b. 4 Nov 1832, Currituck Co., NC*, d. 30 Sep 1914, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 28*), Suffolk, 2 Oct 1914, 
"Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 48, No. 2, 
   Fri., Oct. 2, 1914, p. 10; 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #88231792 

*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 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #88231792. 

The lot was owned by her nephew Caleb R. FULGHAM.  He & his mother Sarah F. 
   (ETHERIDGE; Mrs. Joseph Holloman) FULGHAM; Sarah's gravestone gives her 
   death date wrong - 9 Apr 1879. 

Martha & Sarah were daughters of Isaiah & Sarah (COX) ETHERIDGE. 

D.Cert. 21610 (Chuckatuck #10) gives her father as Isaah. 

Martha 1m. Gilbert L. SAWYER.  They appear in the 1860 Census in 
   Princess Anne Co.; it gives age 30, b. VA.  Gilbert was a Confederate 
   soldier, serving in Co. C, 61st VA Infantry.  He died 20 Jan 1863 in 
   hospital of typhoid fever, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond - 
   Sect. E, Row C, Grave 40.  Cemetery photos - added by Dig Up - are posted 
   with Find a Grave Memorial #203530762. 

Her second husband John P. JOHNSON was a Confederate veteran, having served 
   as a private in Co. H, {2nd} 5th VA Cavalry.  He is marked with his brother 
   James in a MATTHEWS family cemetery, at Archers Mill & Old Myrtle Rds.; 
   Find a Grave calls it the Johnson-Matthews Cemetery. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-44), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

John's obit ("Christian Sun," May 13, 1881, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525j45o.txt 

Martha's sister Sarah d. 22 Feb 1879 in Norfolk.  Caleb appears with 
   Martha & John in the 1880 Census - Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co. 

Caleb's father also was a Confederate veteran, having served as a sergeant 
   in Co. C, 13th VA Cavalry.  He is buried with his second wife in 
   Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. 


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