Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Biggs, Asa & wife, 1883 

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  NORFOLK, VA., Nov. 11.- Mr. Asa Biggs and his wife, a young couple formerly 
of this city, were burned to death last night at their home in Southampton 
county, near Franklin, by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.  Mr. Biggs was 
about retiring, and was walking across the floor when the lamp exploded, 
setting fire to his clothes.  Mrs. Biggs went to the assistance of her 
husband, and was fatally burned in attempting to save him.  The burning oil 
set the house on fire.  Mrs. Biggs managed to escape from the house, dying 
shortly afterwards from her injuries, but the body of her husband was consumed 
with the building.  The unfortunate young man was the son of Col. Kader Biggs, 
of this city, and his wife was Miss Massenburg, of Littleton, N.C. 


Mr. & Mrs. Asa BIGGS, formerly of Norfolk, 
burned to death 10 Nov 1883, Southampton Co., near Franklin, 
"Shenandoah Herald" (Woodstock, VA) Nov. 14, 1883 (Vol. 64, No. 5), 
   p. 2, col. 5 

The (recopied) Southampton Co. Death Records (1853-1890) give the following, 
   at variance with text above- wife is not mentioned: 
   Biggs, Asa T., d. 10 Nov 1883, age 34, 
      sn/o Asa & Martha E. Burges {orig.p. 8 #7} 
   (Southampton Co. Death Records {1853-1890}, p. 90) 

Asa & Kader Biggs both appear in the 1872 Norfolk City Directory, posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/citydir/1872citydir-a-b.txt 

Asa & Martha E. and Kader BIGGS (and other members of the family) are buried 
   in adjacent plots in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk- Block 1ST A E, Lots 13/14. 
   Elmwood list, Norfolk City USGenWeb Archives: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/elmwoodcedargrove/elmcg08-bar-bog.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b200a1ob.txt