Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Luke, James W., 1911 

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           James W. Luke. 
   [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] 

  Suffolk, Va., July 18. - James W. Luke, eighty-nine years old, a former 
Confederate veteran, died to-day at his home in Myrtle, leaving a widow and 
three sons. 

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     SUFFOLK BRIEFS 

  Suffolk, Va., July 19. - [...] 

  The funeral of James W. Luke, an aged soldier of the Confederacy, took place 
at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the residence near Myrtle, Va. 

[...] 


James W. LUKE, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. Aug 1822*, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Jul 1911, at home, near Myrtle, 
interred in the LUKE family cemetery*, near Myrtle, 19 Jul 1911, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," No. 18,685, Wed., July 19, 1911, p. 2, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #141802307, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo]; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 40, No. 20, Thurs., July 20, 1911, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

Site not known (Dec 2025) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

Find a Grave Cemetery ID #2567105 gives Joshua Ln. 

Find a Grave Memorial #141802197 gives d. 11 Jul 1911; it states he has a 
   Confederate memorial stone - 1st SC Infantry, Co. I. 

He had served as a private in Riddick's Co., 59th VA Militia.  

He was on the pension roll in Nansemond Co. as a veteran of Co. I, 1st SC 
   Infantry ("Virginian-Pilot," May 5, 1900, p. 8).  He had applied 25 Apr 
   1900, age 78, and re-applied July 12, 1902, age 80, under the new Act. 

His widow applied for a pension 5 Apr 1912; the War Dept. found only the 
   record of J.W. Luke, 1st South Carolina Infantry, Company L, Private, who 
   died Oct. 18, 1862 in a Richmond hospital; Dr. James M. Gibson certified 
   James died of the infirmities of age, with organic heart disease. 

The 1900 Census - Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co. - gives b. Aug 1877, age 22, 
   but m. 20 years. 

His widow's obits ("Richmond Virginian" & "Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 1915) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l200e5ob.txt 


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