Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, David N., 1928 

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DAVID NATHANIEL RAWLS

Another Confederate Joins the Long Roll 

  Died at the residence of his son at 813 Colonial avenue, Norfolk, at 7:30 
o'clock this morning, David Nathaniel Rawls, aged 84 years.  Funeral services 
will take place in Suffolk from the residence of his son, L.H. Rawls, in the 
Rawls Apartment, at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. 

  Mr. Rawls is survived by five sons, J.F. Rawls, of Nashville, Tenn., W.B. 
Rawls, of Richmond, L.H. Rawls, of Suffolk, David A. Rawls and R.G. Rawls, of 
Norfolk; five daughters, Mrs. W.H. Sykes and Mrs. J.B. Taliferro, of 
Smithfield, Mrs. D.C. Lewis of Norfolk, Mrs. H.E. Baggart and Mrs. Elbert 
Sturgeon of Suffolk.  Mr. Rawls was the last surviving member of the Tom Smith 
Camp of Confederate veterans.

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FUNERAL OF VETERAN WILL BE HELD TODAY

   Suffolk, Dec. 4 - Last rites for David Nathaniel Rawls, last surviving 
member of Tom Smith Camp, United Confederate Veterans, of Suffolk, will be 
conducted tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the home of his son, L.H. Rawls, 
318 Main Street, this city.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   Mr. Rawls, who was 84 years old, died yesterday morning at the home of 
another son, R.G. Rawls, 813 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk.  He is survived by 
his widow, who was Miss Annie Cofer, of Isle of Wight County, and by nine 
children, J.F. Rawls, of Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. W.H. Sykes and Mrs. J.B. 
Taliaferro, of Smithfield; David A. and R.G. Rawls and Mrs. D.C. Lewis, of 
Norfolk, and L.H. Rawls and Mrs. Elbert Sturgeon, of Suffolk.

   Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emmett Sykes, of Ivor, and Mrs. John 
Buoy, of California.

   Mr. Rawls enlisted in the Confederate Army from Southampton County in 1863, 
being assigned to the heavy artillery of the Twenty-fourth Battalion, Early 
Brigade, and was stationed at Chaffin's Bluff, below Richmond, serving until 
the close of the war.  He took part in the Battle of the Wilderness.  A 
brother, John Rawls, who also enlisted in the Confederate forces, lost his 
life.

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Funeral Rites For Confederate Veteran 

  The funeral services for David Nathaniel Rawls were conducted Tuesday 
morning at the residence of his son, L.H. Rawls, in North Main street, by the 
Rev. H.P. Clark, assisted by the Revs. [H.S.] Hardcastle and L.F. Paulette. 

  Active pallbearers were his sons and sons-in-laws, J.F. Rawls, D.A. Rawls, 
L.H. Rawls, W.H. Sykes, J.B. Taliaferro, D.C. Lewis, and H.E. Sturgeon. 
Interment was made in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


David Nathaniel RAWLS, 
Confederate veteran - last member of the Tom Smith UCV Camp, 
b. 14 Apr 1844*, Nansemond Co., d. 3 Dec 1928, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 11*), Suffolk, 5 Dec 1928, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 230, Dec. 3, 1928, p. 5, col. 1; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 232, Dec. 6, 1928, p. 7, col. 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_p.txt 

No contemporaneous D.Cert. found. 

The 1880 Census - Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co. - gives age 30; Farmer. 

The 1900 Census - Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co. - gives b. Apr 1846, 
   but age 53; Farmer; Owns Mortgaged Farm #59 {corrected from 57}; 
   m. 24 years; 11 of 12 children surviving. 

He applied for a pension 23 Jun 1922 in Suffolk, giving his age as 76. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," donated, & "Smithfield Times," 
   July 1935) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r420a5ob.txt 


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