Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Palmyra C. Persons, 1917 

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       Mrs. Palmyra Johnson. 

  Suffolk, June 21. - Mrs. Palmyra Johnson, widow of the late James T. [sic; 
P.] Johnson, died in her eightieth year in Nansemond county yesterday [sic]. 
She is survived by seven children - Bruce, Reverdy, Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs. 
Rose, of Port Norfolk, Mrs. Golder [sic; Goulder], of Richmond, and Mrs. 
Robert Wright, of Nansemond county; three brothers, Joe Persons, Thomas 
Persons and Hershell [sic; Herschel] Persons, all of Windsor; and one sister, 
Miss Lucy Johnson, of Suffolk. 


Palmyra Clarke (PERSON/PERSONS; Mrs. James P.) JOHNSON, 
b. 7 Jul 1835*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Jun 1917, Nansemond Co., 
interred in the MATTHEWS family cemetery*, Archer's Mill & Old Myrtle Rd., 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Fri., June 22, 1917, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #67112337, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. I, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Jim Thomson & 142Genealogy - 
   also are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #67112337, which show 
   d. 19 Jun 1917.  
   calls the site 
   the Johnson-Matthew Cemetery (ID #2312008). 

D.Cert. 14894 (Chuckatuck #8) gives daughter of Dr. Anthony PERSON 
   & Martha BUTLER. 

The 1900 Census - Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co. - gives b. May 1834. 

Her husband's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 25, 1903, & 
   "Christian Sun," Mar. 18, 1903) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525j32o.txt 

Most of siblings used PERSONS. 

However, her parents & step-mother are buried as PERSON in the 
   PERSON family cemetery, Sunset Dr. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #28: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525p6ob.txt