Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Stephenson, M. Virginia Archer, 1930 

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   MRS. MARTHA V. STEPHENSON 

  Suffolk, Nov. 14. - Mrs. Martha V. Stephenson, 79, widow of J.W. Stephenson, 
died this morning at 5 o'clock at the home of her son, J.S. Stephenson, near 
Windsor, after a long illness.  She is survived by five daughters and two 
sons, Mrs. W.J. Wilson, of Norfolk; Mrs. G.E. Madison, of Windsor; Mrs. H.L. 
[sic; H.S.] Luke of Myrtle; Mrs. J.W. Warren and Mrs. J.T. Holland, of 
Windsor; W.J. Stephenson, of Richmond, and J.S. Stephenson, living near 
Myrtle. 

  The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence 
near Windsor by the Rev. J. Sydney Cobb. 

  Burial will be in the family cemetery. 


Martha Virginia "Jennie" (ARCHER; Mrs. John William) STEPHENSON, 
b. May 1851, Nansemond Co., d. 14 Nov 1930, at son's home, near Windsor, 
interred in the family cemetery*, 15 Nov 1930, 
"Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 119, No. 46, Sat., 
   November 15, 1930, p. 13 

*Additional information: 

Site not known (Dec 2025) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

Find a Grave Cemetery ID #2567105 gives Joshua Ln. 

Find a Grave Memorial #141802233 gives Daisy Ellen (STEPHENS) 
   LUKE, b. 10 Dec 1882. 

Rather, she was Daisy Elder, daughter of John William & Martha Virginia 
   "Jennie" (ARCHER) STEPHENSON.  John, son of Exum & Mildred "Milly" 
   STEPHENSON, & Jennie, daughter of William & Polly (GAY) ARCHER, m. 
   23 Dec 1875.  (Nansemond Co. #80) 

D.Cert. 26360 (Chuckatuck #17) gives daughter of William & Polly (GAY) ARCHER. 

Martha & John m. 23 Dec 1875.  (Nansemond Co. #80) 

Widowed, Martha appeared in the 1930 Census, Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co., 
   her son John Sidney on the Windsor Hwy., on Farm #118. 

Her son John Sidney STEPHENSON is buried in Western Branch Baptist Church 
   Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Western Branch list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

John Sidney was b. 16 Aug 1894 in Nansemond Co.; he was living in Isle of 
   Wight Co. in 1942 when he reistered for the WW-II draft. 

Her son Wm. Jasper STEPHENSON is buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
   Franklin - Sect. 2, Plot 70A. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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