Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faville, Amos S December 23, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Suzy Ward Fleming wardflemin@aol.com January 20, 2014, 8:17 pm Osage News (Iowa) December 27, 1900 Judge Faville Dead Word was received here this week by Hon. W.L. Eaton that Judge A.S. Faville, formerly of this county, had died at Norfolk, Virginia, where the body was temporarily buried. Hon. Fred Faville of Storm Lake, Iowa was with his father at the time of the latter’s death, and writes that the body will be brought to Mitchell for final interment sometime in the future. Judge Amos S. Faville, one of the old settlers of Mitchell County, came here in June 1854, and settled on section 5, now Mitchell Township, where he resided until his removal to Osage in the autumn of 1883. Mr. Faville, has been prominently identified with the political history of Mitchell County, and also his own township. When Mitchell Township was organized he was elected justice of the peace. In the spring of 1855 he was elected county surveyor, and held the office two terms. He was then supervisor from Mitchell Township, after which he served two terms as county judge. He held the office of deputy collector of internal revenue for six years. He was the first auditor of the county, and served as an elected member of the thirteenth General Assembly. Judge Faville taught the first school in the county. The school commenced on the 9th of December 1854. He was married Oct 2, 1855 to Esther D. Crary. Additional Comments: Elmwood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/f/faville4451gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb