Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Silvester, Richard William  December 31, 1916
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark January 1, 1917

                     RICHARD W. SILVESTER DIES IN BALTIMORE
   Was Native of Norfolk And Head Of Maryland Agricultural College Many Years

Baltimore, Dec. 31- Richard William Silvester, for twenty years president of the 
Maryland Agricultural College until his retirement two years ago, on account of 
ill health, died here today.  He was 59 years old and a native of Norfolk.
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News of Mr. Silvester's death was received here, where he has many friends and 
relatives, with widespread regret.  He was a prominent educator, having been in 
educational work for nearly thirty years, the greater part of the time as 
president of Maryland Agricultural College.  He was placed at the head of this 
institution at an exceptionally early age.  After graduating from Virginia 
Military Institute, he taught for five years at Charlotte Hall Military Academy 
in Maryland.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucy Bowen Silvester and a daughter, Miss 
Virginia Silvester of Aquasco, Md.; a son, Dr. R.L. Silvester of Baltimore; 
three sisters, Misses Jane B. and Margaret Genevieve Silvester of Washington, 
D.C. and Mrs. John Draper of Havana, Cuba; a brother, L.M. Silvester of 
Portsmouth; two nephews, E.L. and Dr. W. W. Silvester and a niece, Mrs. W.T. 
McDonald, of Norfolk.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but it is thought his body will be brought 
here for burial.
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The funeral of Richard William Silvester will take place privately at Elmwood 
Cemetery this morning at 9 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. A.C. Thompson, 
of Trinity P.E. Church, Portsmouth.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark January 2, 1917
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The funeral of Richard William Silvester took place yesterday in Elmwood 
Cemetery conducted by Rev. A.C. Thompson, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, 
Portsmouth, and was largely attended.  There were many floral tributes.  The 
body arrived yesterday morning by the Chesapeake line from Baltimore, 
accompanied by members of his family and Professors Spence, Symonds and 
Harrison, members of the faculty of Maryland Agricultural College, of which Mr. 
Silvester was president emeritus.  The pallbearers were R.C. Taylor, Jr., Frank 
Lindsay, Walter H. Taylor, D.W. Lindsay, Professors Symonds, Harrison and Spence 
and W.W. Galt.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark January 3, 1917

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