Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Wright, William S.N., 1900 

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NEWS FROM SUFFOLK AND OTHER PARTS OF VIRGINIA 

TOWN OF SUFFOLK. 

Alleged Victim Held for Robbery in Franklyn [sic; Franklin]. 

Claims He Was Robbed - Has Several Pistol Wounds - 
   Negro Kills Another In North Carolina - Census Enumerators at Work - 
   Other Items. 

(Special to The Virginian-Pilot.) 

  Suffolk, Va., June l. - [...] 

MR. WRIGHT DEAD. 

  Mr. William S.N. Wright, a well-known citizen of Nansemond county, died 
early this morning at his home a short distance north of Suffolk, aged over 
70 years.  He was a popular citizen. 

  The funeral will take place to-morrow and will be attended by persons in 
Suffolk. 

[...] 

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SUFFOLK. 

Many Matters of Interest Picked Up in and Around Town. 

Special to The Landmark. 

Suffolk, Va., June 1. - [...] 

  Mr. William N.S. [sic; S.N.] Wright, aged about 74 years, died at 2 o'clock 
this morning at his home, about two miles north of Suffolk.  Mr. Wright was 
one of Nansemond's most popular old-time citizens and leaves a young wife, 
whom he had married about eight months ago.  He leaves several children by his 
first wife and a large circle of other relatives and friends.  The funeral 
will take place at his late home at 11 o'clock tomorrow and the interment will 
be in the family lot at the home place. 

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William Stephen Nelms WRIGHT, farmer, 
b. 3 Mar 1828, Nansemond Co., d. 1 Jun 1900, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in the WRIGHT family cemetery*, Hwy. 460, 2 Jun 1900, 
marked in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 17*), Suffolk, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 5, No. 55, Sat., June 2, 1900, p. 8; 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 50, No. 84, Sat., June 2, 1900, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-67), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Photos of his cenotaph - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #127580009. 

He is buried & marked with his first wife Mary Jane (PIERCE) WRIGHT 
   (1826 - 1899), daughter of Micajah & Martha (ROGERS) PIERCE.  Her obits 
   ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Norfolk Landmark," Mar. 4, 1899) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w623m3ob.txt 

He 2m. Junetta V. LUKE, daughter of Robert J. & Elizabeth (PIERCE) LUKE, 
   9 Nov 1899.  (Nansemond Co. #145) 
   Her obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 10 & 11, 1930) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w623j4ob.txt 

Junetta (1855-1930) is buried with her sister Mary Elizabeth (LUKE) PIERCE 
   in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery - Row 2, Plot 3. 
   Western Branch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.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/w623w2ob.txt