Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Cpl. Herbert B., 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ DEATHS IN COMPANY G. The Suffolk Organization Loses Two Men from Typhoid Fever. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., September 5. - Special. - Company G, of Suffolk, of the Fourth Regiment, Captain Wilson commanding, lost two of its members yesterday by death from typhoid fever. Corporal Herbert Parker died in the morning at the division hospital and the remains were last night escorted by the company to the depot to be shipped to Suffolk. Private C. Hess also died yesterday morning at the same place and his body has been prepared for burial to be sent to Summerville, Va. ****************************************************************************** CORPORAL PARKER'S REMAINS. Anti-Bowden Republicans are Jubilant Over Wise's Victory. SUFFOLK, VA., Sept. 6. - Special. - The remains of Corporal Herbert Parker, who was a member of Company F [sic; G], Fourth Virginia Regiment, Volunteers, arrived here to-day from Camp Cuba Libre. The body was attended by a military escort. ****************************************************************************** AT CAMP CUBA LIBRE. THE SECOND REGIMENT SOON TO BE MUSTERED OUT. MANY DEATHS IN CAMP. Corporal H.B. Parker and Privates Grimms, Selden, and Hess Join the Great Majority - A Shooting Match - Some of the Records. CAMP CUBRA LIBRE, JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. September 5. - (Special.) - [...] MORE OF DEATH'S VICTIMS. Corporal H.B. Parker, Company G, Fourth Virginia Regiment (Suffolk), who had been very ill in the hospital, died Sunday morning. Corporal Parker was from Somerton, Va., and was a fine non-commissioned officer. His captain speaks in very high terms of his devotion to duty. Private S.S. Baker left yesterday for his home in Suffolk, to spend ten days. Corporal J.W. Boykin, of this company, has been honorably discharged from the service of the United States, on account of physical disability. ****************************************************************************** BURIAL OF A SOLDIER THE INTERMENT OF PRIVATE SELDEN AT CAMP CUBA LIBRE. MOST IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES. His Comrades Sang "Sleep on Beloved," and After the Coffin Was Lowered "Taps" Were Sounded - Two More Funerals. CAMP CUBA LIBRE, JACKSONVILLE, FLA., September 6. - (Special.) - ... TWO MORE FUNERALS. The funerals of Corporal C. Hasse [sic; Hess] and Private E. [sic] Parker, Fourth Virginia Regiment, took place yesterday at the undertaking of the establishment of Messrs. Clark & Burrus. Corporal Hasse lived near Seven Pines, and Parker at Suffolk. They were both attached to the Suffolk company. ****************************************************************************** TOWN OF SUFFOLK No Damages Allowed Justice Parker for Mental Anguish Western Union Telegraph Co., Sued for Failure to Deliver Telegram Telling of Son's Illness in Camp - Funeral of E. D. Hargroves. Suffolk. Va., Oct. 10. - Circuit Judge Prentis to-day ruled that a plaintiff cannot recover damages for negligence resulting merely in mental anguish. - The decision virtually threw out of court Justice George T. Parker's suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Justice Parker had a son to die in camp at Jacksonville, Fla., last fall. Justice Parker didn't know about his son's illness till after his death, despite the fact that Captain Wilson, had filed a message addressed to him at Somerton, Va. It is alleged the telegram, of which the following is a copy, was never received: Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 2, 1898. George T. Parker, Somerton, via Whaley, Va.: Son ill with typhoid fever. (Signed) P. ST. J. WILSON. GOT TWENTY-FIVE. Judge Prentis said that damages cannot he recovered in this State for mental anguish merely. The weight of authority is against that proposition. If that were not so there would be innumerable suits, if carried to its legitimate conclusion. Judge Prentis was giving his ruling on a demurrer to the declaration made by Major Stiles, of Richmond, who was the Western Union attorney. Judge Prentis overruled the demurrer, but said if the case went to trial he should instruct his jury not to consider mental pain. Lawyers Holland, McLemore and Stiles got together and agreed that Parker should have $25, the amount of extra expense the burial cost by reason of the delayed message. Corporal Herbert B. PARKER, of Somerton, Co. G, 4th Virginia Regiment, b. ca. 1881, d. 4 Sep 1898, Camp Libre, Jacksonville, FL, "Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 13, No. 180, Sep. 6, 1898, p. 3, col. 5-6; "Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 13, No. 181, Sep. 7, 1898, p. 4, col. 6-7; "Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Vol. 14,696, Sep. 7, 1898, p. 2, col. 3; "Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Vol. 14,698, Sep. 9, 1898, p. 2, col. 3; "Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 4, No. 166, Oct. 11, 1899, p. 7, col. 2 *Additional information: Added to the list for Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk; his parents, Capt. George Thomas & Eunice Katherine (RIDDICK) PARKER, bro George Jr. and maternal grandparents are buried in Block C, Lot 66. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt His father's obit (donated, 1911) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p626g1ob.txt His parents appear in the 1880 Census in Suffolk, with 3 daughters & 1 son - George Jr. His parents appear in the 1900 Census at 21 Pinner St., Suffolk, with 4 of 6 children surviving. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p626h5ob.txt