Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Urquhart, George S., 1899 

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SUFFOLK BUDGET 

Sudden Death of Mr. George B. [sic; S.] Urquhart 
   Democratic Committee to Decide the Method of Making Nominations - 
   Wood Famine Imminent - Brief Items of Personal Interest. 

  Suffolk, Va., Feb. 11. - Mr. George B. Urquhart is dead.  The end came at 
5 o'clock this morning at his home on Hall avenue.  Mr. Urquhart couldn't 
sleep well last night, and he arose early.  He took a seat on a chair, and in 
a few minutes the chair held a corpse.  Death came quickly and silently.  Mr. 
Urquhart was unwell a few weeks ago, but had recovered.  His decease was a 
shock to his friends.  Heart disease caused it. 

  The funeral will take place at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the 
residence.  The burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mr. George B. Urquhart was a native of Southampton.  He graduated at the 
Virginia Military Institute, and shortly afterwards entered the service of 
the Confederate States.  He was a camp drill master and later a staff officer. 
The latter part of his life, till four years ago. when he moved to Suffolk, 
was spent in Jackson, N.C.  The deceased was a well liked, amicable, 
honorable man, whose untimely end will cause much sorrow. 

  The members of Suffolk Lodge, No. 30, A.F. and A.M., will conduct the 
exercises.  The deceased was a member of King Solomon Lodge, No. 56, at 
Jackson, N.C. 

HAD MANY RELATIVES. 

  The deceased leaves a widow, who was Miss Sue Peebles, of Jackson, N.C.; 
three children - Miss Sue and George Urquhart, of Suffolk, and Henry M. 
Urquhart, of Norfolk; the following brothers: Judge J.W. Urquhart, Norfolk; 
M.M. Urquhart, Suffolk; A.B. and W.H. Urquhart, Southampton county, and these 
sisters: Mrs. Rebecca Dillard and Mrs. E.C. Atkins, Sussex county; Mrs. Lucy 
Ridley, Portsmouth.  There are hundreds of more remote kin. 

[...] 

SUFFOLK ADVERTISEMENTS. 

[...] 

  MEMBERS OF SUFFOLK LODGE NO. 30, A.F. and A.M., are ordered to assemble at 
the lodge at 3 o'clock SUNDAY AFTERNOON for the purpose of attending the 
funeral of Brother GEORGE B. [sic. S.] URQUHART. 
           By order 
         C. L. HUTCHINS, W.M. 
H. WOODWARD, Secretary. 1t 

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SUFFOLK SNOW BOUND 

Storm Swept and Practically Isolated. 
   Movement of Trains on the Railroads Suspended - 
   Several Houses Detroycd by Fire - 
   Through Blinding Snow to Attend Funeral. 

  Suffolk, Va., Feb. 13. - Suffolk is snow-bound, storm-swept and practically 
isolated.  At 12 o'clock midnight the Norfolk and Western 10 o'clock train has 
not come.  Some of the railroads have stopped all trains.  At this hour the 
weather has cleared and the thermometer stands 6 above. 

[...] 

FUNERAL. 

  The Masons nnd veterans went through the blinding snow to attend the late 
George Q. [sic; S.] Urquhart's funeral Sunday.  Exercises were conducted by 
Rev. J.B. Dunn.  Following were the pallbearers: John M. Shepard, W.H. Barnes, 
Thomas W. Smith, L.W. Jordan, R.S. Boykin, C.L. Hutchins. 

[...] 


George Spruill URQUHART, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. ca. 1841, Southampton Co., d. 11 Feb 1899, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 102*), Suffolk, 12 Feb 1899, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 2, No. 114, Sun., Feb. 12, 1899, p. 11; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 2, No. 115, Tues., Feb. 14, 1899, p. 7 

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

His brother Murdock Middleton URQUHART is buried in Block C, Lot 105. 

George was a Confederate veteran.  A VMI cadet, he was detailed to Camp Lee, 
   Richmond, as a drill master, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.  He was 
   paroled at Appomattox. 

His widow "Sue" Susan Blunt (PEEBLES) URQUHART (1849 - 1937) applied for a 
   pension 24 Jun 1926 in Suffolk. 


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