Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Matilda J. Darden, 1894 

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MATILDA JANE DARDEN NORFLEET 

       Suffolk Letter. 

[...] 

  Another aged pilgrim has entered into rest, Mrs. Matilda Jane Norfleet, 
mother-in-law of Mr. W.H. Barnes, passed away at No. 20 North Street, the 
residence of W.H. Barnes, December 22, at 9 o'clock a.m., in the 
seventy-sixth year of her age, having been born May 16, 1819.  Nine months 
ago in pulling a door from the outside the knob slipped off and she fell, 
receiving an injury from which she never recovered.  Since that time she has 
been confined to her bed; but she was patient and trusted in Jesus so 
implicitly as to impress all with her sweet resignation to the will of God. 
Her last words were of Jesus and no doubt she went "to be with Christ."  She 
leaves two daughters, seventeen grand-chil dren and five great grand-children. 
She leaves the evidence of being a child of salvation.  Who can measure the 
history of such a life?  Time is too limited, and earthly measurements too 
small to compass a human life.  Only God and eternity can reach the boundaries 
of a life devoted to Him.  The judgment will be one of vast revelations in the 
Kingdom of God.  "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" 
is a statement too big for present interpretation.  It belongs to eternity to 
unfold its full meaning.  So every Christian life has its influence and 
bearings on society that must require ages to fulfil.  Sweet be the rest of 
this aged pilgrim.  Glorious be the welcome which she extends to those who 
shall come after her to the new and happy home in the skies.  The funeral 
services were conducted from the Christian church on Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., 
Rev. J.F. Love of the Baptist church assisting. 

[...] 


Matilda Jane (DARDEN; Mrs. Jeremiah J.) NORFLEET, 
b. 16 May 1819*, d. 22 Dec 1894, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 102*), Suffolk, 23 Dec 1894, 
"Christian Sun" (Raleigh, NC), Vol. XLVIII, No. 1, Thurs., Jan. 3, 1895, p. 2; 
   file at: 
   https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93062839/1895-01-03/ed-1/seq-2/ 

*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 

Photos of her gravestone & lot - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92915742. 

Her daughter "Eliczenia" [Elexinia] (NORFLEET SPRATT; Mrs. "Billy" William H.) 
   BARNES, is buried Block O, Lot 102: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

The family appeared in the 1850 Census in Nansemond Co.; all are given as 
   b. Nansemond Co. 

The family appeared in the 1860 Census in Southampton Co., East of the 
   Nottoway R.; all are given as b. Southampton Co. 

"Norfolk VA) Landmark," Vol. 38, No 88, Thurs., Apr. 12, 1894, p. 3: 

        SUFFOLK MATTERS. 

  Mrs. Jane Norfleet, of Hollands, fell down last week and broke her hip. 
Being quite an old lady it is a serious accident.  Mrs. Norfleet is the mother 
of Mrs. W.H. Barnes, in North street. 


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