Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stewart, Capt. John F., 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ CAPT. JOHN F. STEWART COL. STEWART PARALYZED. - Col. J.F. Stewart was stricken with paralysis in a severe form, on the right side, at 8 o'clock last night, became speechless and unconscious in twenty minutes and at 11 o'clock his physician, Dr. J.E. Phillips, says that recovery is impossible. He is agent for the Old Dominion Steamship Company here and was in his office at the time. Feeling dizzy he called a man to send a message and fainted in his arms. On arrival he was taken home and Dr. Phillips, who was attending Eli Perkins' lecture, summoned. The paralysis is the result of the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain. A number of telegrams announcing the sad intelligence were sent away to friends. Col. Stewart is one of the prominent men of Suffolk and has been identified with its commercial interest since his removal from Norfolk county, where he was once Sheriff. He was cashier of the First National Bank here during its existence. He has served on the Town Council and held other positions of honor. ****************************************************************************** COL. STEWART DEAD. Col. J.F. Stewart, an account of whose critical illness from a sudden stroke of paralysis was given in yesterday's VlRGlNIAN, expired yesterday morning shortly after 4 o'clock without having recovered consciousness. He sank rapidly after 11 o'clock and would have expired earlier but for the establishment of artificial respiration. By the death of Col. Stewart Suffolk loses a good man, a public spirited, hospitable, genial gentleman, whose popularity is only bounded by the extent of his acquaintance, which is large. He was born in Norfolk county fifty-eight years ago, and even prior to the war achieved great popularity, being for a time Deputy Sheriff while very young. He entered the great civil conflict as Lieutenant of Company A, First Virginia Regiment. At the reorganisation in Yorktown, April, 1862, he was made Adjutant of the regiment by Col. Joe Mayo, which position, being out of a line of promotion, he filled with credit and gallantry till the end. He was twice wounded - once at the second battle of Manassas and again in the famous charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg, where he was on the extreme right in the first line of battle, on July 3d, 1863. He was taken a prisoner of war at Dutch Gap, near the close of the war, and incarcerated on Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he remained till after Lee's surrender. He married Miss Fannie Happer, sister of Col. John H. Happer, Portsmouth. He removed to Suffolk about twenty five years ago, and has since been identified with Suffolk's best commercial interests, having filled several positions of honor, among them City Councilman and cashier of the First National Bank. The funeral will occur this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, following which the interment will be made in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The Masons, Knights of Honor and Knights of Pythias, of which societies he was a member, will attend in a body. ****************************************************************************** Captain John Happer and wife, of Portsmouth, and Mr. Joseph Williams, of Norfolk county, attended the obsequies of their relative, Captain J.F. Stewart, Sunday. [...] CAPT. STEWART'S FUNERAL. - The funeral of the late Capt. J.F. Stewart took place Sunday afternoon from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, at 3:30 o'clock, the ceremonies being conducted according to the rituals of that church, Rev. J.N. McCormick officiating. At the conclusion the interment was made in Cedar Hill Cemetery, the services being directed by the Masons and Knights of Pythias, which attended in a body. A large number of the deceased's friends from a distance were present. Following are the pallbearers: Active - W.B. Causey, J.L. Pebworth, Andrew Channell, W.B. Ferguson, A.B. Swift, H.E. Smith, George Barnawell and R.J. Norfleet. Honorary: R.E. Norfleet, G.F. Edwards, Col. T.W. Smith, J.C. Causey, Sr., Judge R.R. Prentis and A.B. Miner. The funeral was largely attended by former comrades in arms who gathered to tender their last tribute of respect. ****************************************************************************** The life of the late Capt. Stewart was insured for $3,000 in the Knights of Pythias, Suffolk, and for $3,000 in a Norfolk Council, Royal Arcanum. Capt. John F. STEWART, of Suffolk, steamship agent, former Councilman, Confederate veteran, Norfolk Co. native, d. 12 Jan 1895, Suffolk, age 59, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 22*), Suffolk, 13 Jan 1895, "The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 49, No. 46, Jan. 12, 1895, p. 5, col. 4-5; "The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 49, No. 47, Jan. 13, 1895, p. 5, col. 5; "The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 49, No. 48, Jan. 15, 1895, p. 5, col. 4; "The Norfolk Virginian," Vol. 49, No. 49, Jan. 16, 1895, p. 5, col. 5 *Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s363j3ob.txt