Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grigsby, Hugh Carrington March 25, 1909
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Virginian Pilot March 28, 1909

GRIGSBY - At his home, "Edgehill," in Charlotte County, Va., March 25, 1909, 
HUGH CARRINGTON GRIGSBY, son of the late Hon. Hugh Blair and Mary Venable 
Grigsby, in the 54th year of his age. 
Funeral services from the residence of Pay Director William W. Galt, U.S.N., No. 
121 Warren Crescent, THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON at 4:30 o'clock. Kindly omit 
flowers.
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The remains of the late Hugh Carrington Grigsby, whose death occurred at his 
home, Edgehill, Charlotte County, Thursday last, arrived in Norfolk at 5:20 p.m. 
yesterday, over the Norfolk and Virginian Railway, and were taken to the 
residence of Pay Director W.W. Galt, U.S.N., where the funeral will be held at 
4:30 o'clock this afternoon.  The services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. J. 
Ernest Thacker of the Second Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Grigsby was the son of the late Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Venable 
Grigsby.
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The remains of the late Hugh Carrington Grigsby, son of the late Hon. Hugh Blair 
Grigsby, whose death occurred at his home, "Edgehill," Charlotte County, Va., 
Thursday of last week, arrived in Norfolk Saturday evening, accompanied by 
relatives. The funeral was held from the residence of Pay Director W.W. Galt, 
U.S.N., 121 Warren Crescent, Ghent, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and was 
numerously attended. The service was conducted by Rev. J.E. Thacker, of the 
Second Presbyterian Church and Rev. David W. Howard, of St. Luke's Episcopal 
Church. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery. Following were the pallbearers: Col. 
L.W.T. Waller, Calvert Chamberlain, L.W. Tazewell, Edward D.V. Bradford, Frank 
H. Camp, Cornelius DeWitt, R.E. DeJarnette and Joseph Gamson.

Virginian Pilot March 30, 1909
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Carrington Grigsby died at his ancestral home, "Edgehill," Thursday night of 
appendicitis. Mr. Grigsby had been indisposed for two weeks but not until 
Thursday morning was his condition considered critical. The remains were taken 
over the Virginian Railway to Norfolk Saturday, where they were interred Sunday 
afternoon.
Mr. Grigsby was about 54 years old and was never married. He was educated at 
Hampden-Sydney College. He was of distinguished ancestry, his father being Hon. 
Hugh Blair Grigsby, of national reputation as an author and man of letters.
Mrs. W.W. Galt, his sister, wife of Paymaster Galt, of the Navy, is the only 
surviving member of the family.

The Farmville Herald Friday 2 April 1909

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