Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Capt. Jethro, 1874 

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CAPT. JETHRO RIDDICK 

     LOCAL NEWS. 

[...] 

  It is with deepest regret that we announce the death of Capt. Jethro 
Riddick, one of the best known, most prominent and useful citizens of the 
County of Nansemond.  He died of apoplexy on Saturday morning last.  He arose 
in the morning as usual, and went to his barn, and was feeding a corn sheller, 
while a servant was turning the crank, when suddenly he fell backward and 
expired, before any of the family reached him.  A large number of persons were 
present on Monday last at his funeral, thus testifying their respect for him. 
His large family, the community, and the Christian church, all sustain a great 
loss in his death. 

[...] 

           OBITUARY. 

  Died suddenly of apoplexy, at his residence, near Cypress Chapel, in 
Nansemond county, on the morning of the 17th inst., Capt. JETHRO RIDDICK, in 
the 71st year of his age. 

  The death of this exellent citizen, has brought deep grief to a large family 
of children, grandchildren, relatives and friends in large numbers, but more 
than any his bosom companion, who had lived with him for nearly fifty years, 
feels her loss.  He had been for twenty-five years a prominent member of the 
Christian church at Cypress Chapel.  His hospitality was unbounded, and his 
loss to the church, to his family, and to the community will be irreparable. 

  But he died prepared.  He lived in readiness to depart.  Sweet be his rest. 


Capt. Jethro RIDDICK, farmer, 
b. 14 Sep 1803, Nansemond Co., d. 17 Jan 1874, Nansemond Co., 
interred in the Mills RIDDICK family cemetery*, White Marsh Rd., 19 Jan 1874, 
"Christian Sun" (Suffolk, VA), Vol. XXVII, No. 4, Fri., Jan. 23, 1874, p. 3; 
   file at: 
   https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93062839/1874-01-23/ed-1/seq-3/ 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteris, Vol. 1 (NV-I-51), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #86299494 [no grave photo] gives son of Edward & 
   Nancy Jane (GOODMAN) RIDDICK. 

Nansemond Co. D.Cert. Cypress Dist. #23 

His widow's obit ("Christian Sun," Sep. 24, 1880, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320e8ob.txt 


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