Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barron, Charles Otis July 20, 1904
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Virginian Pilot July 21, 1904
 
                         THREE LEADING MEN PASS AWAY
     Death Yesterday of Joseph Allyn, Captain Robert Freeman and Otis Barron

                              CHARLES OTIS BARRON
              Popular Young Business Man Succumbs to Typhoid Fever

Charles Otis Barron, 24 years old, son of W.T. Barron, died at St. Vincent's 
Hospital yesterday, after an illness of about a week.  He was stricken with 
typhoid fever and speedily succumbed to the disease despite skillful medical 
treatment and the most careful and competent attention at the hospital.
Mr. Barron had for several years been associated with his father in the printing 
and book-bindery business. He was also thoroughly acquainted with Norfolk and 
Virginia commercial affairs and was local correspondent for several newspapers 
which publish complete trade and market reports.  At the time of his death Mr. 
Barron was commercial reporter for the Virginian Pilot and the Norfolk Journal 
of Commerce.
The deceased was extremely popular in Norfolk society and in athletic circles he 
figured to a conspicuous degree.  He was an ardent outdoor sportsman. At William 
and Mary College, where he graduated, he was captain of the football team and 
since leaving college Mr. Barron has played an important part in the athletic 
life of Norfolk and vicinity.  He was a member of the Hampton Roads Yacht Club, 
the Norfolk Boat Club, the Country Club, the Gunners' Association, the Greenway 
Tennis Club, and other organizations.  He took part in the Country Club's state 
championship tennis tournament here a few weeks ago and played a splendid game.
Mr. Barron was a grandson of the late Commodore Samuel Barron and a grandson of 
Captain Boutelle, late of the United States Coast Survey Service. The young man 
is survived by his father only.  He was an only child and his mother died some 
years ago.
Mr. Barron leaves behind him a large number of very warm friends in Norfolk and 
elsewhere to mourn his untimely taking away.  He was a jolly, good fellow, a 
true-blue sportsman and a perfect gentleman.  Among ladies he was affable and 
decorous, among men social and courteous.  A man of young Barron's worth can be 
truly appreciated only by those who had the good fortune to enjoy an intimate 
and close companionship with him.  He was a generous, golden-hearted fellow and 
his death will cause wounds that will take a long to heal.
The funeral services over the remains of the late Mr. Barron will be held at 
Christ Church this afternoon at 6 o'clock.


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