Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Corprew, Thomas J. May 24, 1873
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Norfolk Virginian May 27, 1873
DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN. — We lament to say that Colonel Thomas J. Corprew 
died on Saturday night, at his rooms on Main street. His friends have been 
prepared for this announcement for some time, but the news has fallen on them 
with a painful weight, and it is difficult for them to realize their loss. 
Colonel Corprew was born in Princess Anne county in 1830 and was consequently 
forty-three years old at the time of his death. He came to Norfolk in his youth 
and was soon known to possess intelligence and business capacity superior to the 
majority of his contemporaries. He rose rapidly in public estimation and, during 
the yellow fever epidemic (in 1855), he achieved an enviable distinction by his 
noble endeavors to alleviate the distress and sufferings of his fellow citizens, 
and the proudest fact in his record is found in the statement we have just made. 
He was honored by many public trusts, and at the time of his death was Sergeant 
of the city. When the war broke out, he was promoted from command of the Blues 
to a Lieutenant Colonelcy of the famous 6th Virginia Infantry, at that time 
commanded by Colonel, afterwards Major-General Mahone. From the military arm of 
the service, he went into the civil, having failed in a re-election to his 
position, when the preposterous reorganization of the Confederate army took 
place. He has occupied many positions of trust and honor in this community. He 
was in the Commission of the Peace, Treasurer of the Norfolk and Petersburg 
Railroad, a director in the A. M. & O. R. R., President of the Atlantic, New 
York and Dismal Swamp Canal Companies, and, with failing health and a multitude 
of cares and duties on his shoulders, he found that his fine administrative 
talents were unequal to the demands upon him. Had his youthful vigor remained 
unimpaired, he would have been able to contend successfully for the prize of 
success; but with consumption sapping his strength he had to retire from all 
business, save that connected with his official position as sergeant of the 
city. He was a man of great force of character, a devoted friend, a public-
spirited citizen, and full of generous impulses which be frequently gratified to 
his own disadvantage. In passing, his life under review, let his services be 
remembered and especially his noble benevolence as a member of the Howard 
Association, of which society he was President at the time of his death. His 
funeral will take place this afternoon from the Methodist Episcopal Church 
(Cumberland street) at half-past four o’clock. God rest his soul! Amen.

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