Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Miars, Josiah D., 1898 

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Josiah Deans MIARS 

TOWN OF SUFFOLK 
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Suffolk, Va., May 20. - (Special.) - [...] 

  Mr. Josiah Miers [sic; Miars], father-in-law of Sergeant John W. Ames, Jr., 
is very ill at his home, in Lower Parish.  His demise is looked for daily. 

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Death Claims a Lady and a Gentleman Who Were Held in High Esteem [...] 
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  Suffolk, Va., May 1. [sic; 21.] - (Special.) - [...] 

  VENERABLE CITIZEN'S DEATH. - Mr. Josiah D. Miars, whose illness had been 
mentioned in the Virginian, died last night at his home, in Lower Parish; 
aged seventy-five years.  Deceased was the father of Mrs. John W. Ames, Jr., 
of Suffolk, and Miss Alice B. Miars and Mr. W.T. Miars, of the county.  Mr. 
Miars is spoken of by friends as one of the kindest and most hospitable of 
neighbors.  His funeral took place this afternoon.  The interment was in 
Norfolk. 


Josiah Deans MIARS, 
d. 20 May 1898, at home, Lower Parish, age 75, 
interred in Elmwood Cemetery*, Norfolk, 
"The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 51, No. 156, May 21, 1898, p. 8, col. 1-2; 
"The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 51, No. 157, May 22, 1898, p. 3, col. 5 

*Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, Elmwood list gives J.W. Miars, 
   d. 20 May 1896, age 75, grave site unknown.  His son William Thomas MIARS 
   is buried in 1AE-L104: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/elmwood/elm-med-milb.html 

His daughter Frances Clara (Mrs. John W. Jr.) AMES is buried in Cedar Hill 
   Cemetery, Suffolk - Block H, Lot 44.  Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 


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