Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faville, Amos S., Judge December 23, 1900
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Virginian-Pilot December 25, 1900

Judge A. S. Faville died Sunday morning at 11:30 at the family residence, corner 
of Berkley avenue and Fourth street, after a long illness. He was about 78 years 
of age and leaves a widow, three sons—Dr. Geo. C. Faville, Atlantic City ward, 
Norfolk, Mr. Fred F. Faville, attorney-at-law, Storm Lake, Iowa, Mr. A. S. 
Faville, Jr., bookkeeper and cashier of the Belt Line Union Stock Yards, of this 
place-one daughter—Miss Faville, of Berkley—and three brothers—Messrs. Martin 
and Minor Faville, of Iowa, and Mr. Charles Faville, of New York—two sisters—
Mrs. T. W. Thurston, Albert Lea, Minn., and Mrs. H. H. Burrington, Waverly, 
Iowa.
The deceased was born in Manheim, Herkinner county, N.Y., and attended school at 
Cazenovia Seminary, New York, and Poultney, Vt. From thence he went to 
California and Australia during the gold fever, remaining two years in each. 
From the latter place he went to Iowa and was one of the pioneer settlers in 
1855. He taught the first public school and organized the first Sunday school in 
Mitchell county, where he became active in public affairs. He held successively 
the offices of county surveyor, probate judge, auditor and treasurer, and 
subsequently represented Mitchell and Howard counties in the Thirteenth General 
Assembly. He was a brother of the Hon. Orian Faville, first Lieutenant-Governor 
of Iowa, who was also a pioneer settler.
The deceased was a member of the Congregational church and the Masonic 
fraternity. The funeral was conducted from the residence yesterday afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock, Rev. A. Coke Smith, D.D., of Epworth M. E. church, Norfolk, and 
Rev. W. A. Slaymaker, of the Armstrong Memorial Presbyterian church, this place, 
officiating. The remains were interred in Elmwood Cemetery. Norfolk. The 
following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Dr. Heistand, Captain Payne, Captain 
Henry Ellingsworth, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Amory, all of Norfolk.

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