Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Askew, Joseph M. April 17, 1888
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Norfolk Landmark April 19, 1888
Death of a Confederate Veteran
Joseph M. Askew, an esteemed citizen and member of Pickett-Buchanan Camp, died at 
the residence of his mother, No. 244 Freemason street, Tuesday evening at 8:15 
o’clock. Mr. Askew enlisted in the Sixty-First Virginia Regiment April 19th, 1861, 
and was detailed as blacksmith in the Ordnance Department of the Navy at Richmond, 
and so continued until the close of the war. His funeral will take place from the 
Cumberland street M. E. Church this afternoon at 3 o’clock, and will be attended 
by Pickett-Buchanan Camp. Mr. Askew’s funeral thus takes place on the twenty-
seventh anniversary of his enlistment in the service of his State.


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