Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tebault, Benjamin F June 16, 1893
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Norfolk Ledger Dispatch June 16, 1893

Death of City Auditor Tebault- At 8:30 o’clock this morning the tolling of the 
city Hall bell announced to the people of Norfolk the sad news that Mr. 
Benjamin F. Tebault, Auditor of the City was dead, he having passed at 7 a.m. 
He had been extremely ill for some days, and his demise was not unexpected, 
death ensuing from kidney disease. Mr. Tebault was one of the most popular men 
in the city, and his death will be received with general regret. He leaves a 
widow, formerly Miss Selina Evans, daughter of Captain Richard Evans, of the 
United States Revenue Marine Services, also a son and daughter. The deceased 
had long been identified with the business and municipal interest of the city. 
He will be greatly missed. No one came within his acquaintance without being 
impressed with his sterling integrity and courteous mien. He was a gentleman in 
the truest sense, his kindliness of disposition being a marked characteristic. 
He was of quiet and retiring demeanor, mild of manner, careful of speech, 
constant at business, a true friend and a faithful public officer. He had held 
the position of City Auditor for a number of years and since that office was 
established. He was raised in the counting room of Messrs. Smith, Fisher & Co., 
an old Norfolk firm of merchants and importers. Later on he was in the fine 
grocery and wine business with Mr. Thomas R. Beardon on Roanoke Square, and 
afterwards went into the same business for himself on Main Street, near Bank. 
During the war he was in the office of the Secretary of the Confederate 
Treasury at Richmond. Soon after the war he was elected Secretary and Treasurer 
of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company, and held that position in 
addition to the city Auditor, when he died. The deceased was in the 63rd year 
of his age, and resided at No. 143 York Street. 
He was a native of Charleston, S.C., but came to Norfolk when young. The death 
of Mr. Tebault, while causing a great loss to Norfolk, comes with crushing 
force to his immediate family, for he was a devoted husband and father.


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