Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Figg, Royal W. April 26, 1897
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Virginian-Pilot  April 27 & 28, 1897
DEATH OF MR. R. W. FIGG.
A Well Known Writer Passes Away at 
St. Vincent’s.

Captain Royal W. Figg, for several years a patient at St. Vincent’s Hospital, died 
yesterday evening at 7 o'clock, aged fifty-six years. He was a newspaper man of 
ability, being connected with the Richmond Sun and the Commercial Bulletin of New 
York. He also was the founder of the Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans of Richmond, 
and a member of Parker’s Battery during the late war. His book, "The History of a 
Boy Company,” is one of his many writings. At one time a local preacher of the 
Methodist church, he afterwards became a Catholic during Bishop Keane's 
administration in Richmond. He was a Christian man and his death will be mourned 
by his many friends. The funeral arrangements will be made as soon as his family 
in Richmond is heard from.

FIGG — After a lingering illness, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Monday, April 26th, 
1897 at 7 o’clock p.m., ROYAL W. FIGG, aged 56 years.
Funeral from St. Vincent’s Chapel THIS (Wednesday) MORNING at 9 o’clock. Friends 
are invited to attend.

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