Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Milteer, Abram, 1933 

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ABE MILTEER DIES IN COUNTY 

Prominent Farmer and Community Leader Of Bennett's Creek Section Succumbs 
   to Illness Last Night; Funeral Thursday. 

  Abe Milteer, 77, long an active community leader and farmer of the Bennett's 
Creek section of Nansemond county, died at his home last night.  He had been 
in bad health for some time. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma [sic; Emna] Milteer; three sons, Walter 
Milteer of Bennett’s Creek; Harry Milteer of Portsmouth and William Milteer of 
Driver; one daughter, Mrs. K.E. Brinkley, of Driver; seven grandchildren; two 
brothers, Jack Milteer, of Whaleyville, and Vernon Milteer, of Franklin, and 
two sisters, Misses Maggie and Julia Milteer, of Whaleyville. 

  Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Milteer residence 
at Bennett's Creek conducted by the Rev. I.W. Johnson, assisted by the Rev. 
A.K. Lambden.  Burial will be at Cedar Hill cemetery in Suffolk. 

  Pall-bearers named for the rites are Hinton Hargrave, Mr. Clark of 
Portsmouth, W.H. Brinkley, of Driver, H.L. Deans, of Churchland, J.E. Ames, 
Sr., of Driver, J.R. Carney, T.A. Jones and B.F. Ames, of Cradock. 


"Abe" Abram MILTEER, Bennett's Creek farmer, 
b. 9 Mar 1856, Nansemond Co., d. 3 Oct 1933, at home, Bennett's Creek, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 13*), Suffolk, 5 Oct 1933, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 166, Wed., Oct. 4, 1933, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #136278749. 

D.Cert. 22735 (Dist. 613B #23) 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 1937) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m436e1ob.txt 

His parents, James Neverson & Julia Ann (DAUGHTREY) MILTEER, 
   are buried in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

His father (1833 - 1920) was a Confederate veteran, having served in as a 
   private in Co. I, 13th VA Cavalry. 

His paternal grandparents, Abram & Margaret "Peggy" (SIMONS) MILTEER, 
   are thought to be buried unmarked in a MILTEER family cemetery, 
   on Mineral Spring Rd.  (Find a Grave Cemetery ID #2468339. 

His paternal grandfather (1790 - 1838) was a veteran of the War of 1812, 
   having served in as a private in the 3d (Boykin's) Regt., VA Militia. 

His maternal grandparents, Rev. Jacob Kadar & Ann "Nancy" (LESTER) DAUGHTREY, 
   are buried in a DAUGHTREY family cemetery, on Barnes Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscelaneous Cemeteries, Vol 2 (NV-II-19), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 


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