Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, W.H. "Button" December 3, 1906
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Virginian Pilot December 4, 1906
AGED VETERAN DIES IN CHAIR

W. H. Davis, Suffering From Asthma, Sat Up To Sleep And Expired

W.H. Davis, more than sixty years old, and a Confederate veteran, was found dead 
in his room sitting in a chair yesterday morning about 7 o'clock at the home of 
H.W. Farrell, in Eleventh Street.
The deceased had been a sufferer from asthma about five years, a greater portion 
of which time he sat in a chair to sleep.
The deceased was better known as "Button" Davis and on Memorial occasions was 
always found in rank, though very feeble during the last several years.  He 
leaves a widow.
He served through the entire four years of the strife between the states and ran 
away from home at the age of 13 to take part.

                FUNERAL OF W.H. DAVIS
The funeral of the late W.H. Davis will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock 
from the residence of H.W. Farrell, in Eleventh Street.  Commander E.L. Cox, of 
Niemeyer-Shaw Camp, Confederate Veterans, requests that veterans assemble at his 
office today at 3 o'clock to attend the funeral in a body. 
 The interment will be in the Confederate lot in Magnolia Cemetery.

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