Nansemond-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scammell, William J., 1913 

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       WILLIAM SCAMMELL 

  Suffolk, Va., Nov 4 - William Scammell, a brave Confederate veteran, a 
native of Surry county, Va., died here last night at 8 o'clock at the home of 
his daughter, Mrs. F.N. Price, on Central avenue, in the 82nd year of his age. 
He had been in failing health for some months, and is survived by his aged 
wife; five daughters, Mrs George Potts of Providence Forge; Mrs. Ernest Atkins 
of Comet, Va.; Mrs. Eva Harrison of Emporia, Va.; Mrs. George Brown and Mrs. 
F.N. [sic; F.M.] Price of Suffolk; two sons, William Scammell of Richmond and 
Sam Scammell of Rocky Mount, N.C.  The funeral service will be held from the 
residence of Mrs. Price on Central avenue, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, 
by Rev. W.A. Hall of the Presbyterian church.  The body will be interred in 
Cedar Hill cemetery. 


William James SCAMMELL, blacksmith & wheel-wright, Confederate veteran, 
b. 17 Jan 1830*, Surry Co., d. 3 Nov 1913, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 143*), Suffolk, 5 Nov 1913, 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 49, No. 36, Wed., Nov. 5, 1913, 
   p. 10 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

Photos of his gravestones - added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #9800124. 

He was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
  10th Battalion VA Heavy Artillery.  His original CS gravestone is 
  shown broken & propped against a tree; it has been replaced with a 
  gravestone that shows b. 17 Jan 1839. 

D.Cert. 26754 (Suffolk #62) gives b. 17 Jan 1830

The 1880 Census - Guilford Dist., Surry Co. - gives age 49. 

The 1900 Census - Bland Dist., Prince George Co. - gives b. Jan 1834. 

Find a Grave Memorial #247569059 gives his widow as Sarah Bennett (RIGGIN) 
   SCAMMELL (1827 - 10/2/1917) {Oct 2025}.  They are conflating her with 
   his first wife Sarah Bennett (RIGGINS) SCAMMELL, daughter of Samuel & 
   Unity RIGGINS; Sarah & William m. 18 Apr 1858, in Surry Co. 

Rather, his widow was Averilla Elizabeth "Bettie" (GOODRICH CROPPER) 
   SCAMMELL.   Her obits ("Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," 
   Oct. 3 & 5, 1917) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s254e1ob.txt 

Bettie & William, both widowed,  m. 18 Dec 1881, in Surry Co. 


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