Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, W. Albert, 1928 

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WILLIAM ALBERT BLYTHE

   Albert Blythe, the oldest son of William and Maria Blythe, was born in 
Southampton county December 27, 1843, and died at the home of his oldest 
daughter in Sedley, Va., May 24, 1928, in his 85th year.

   All of his life, with the exception of the years from 1861 - ’65 when he 
served in the Southern Army, was spent within a radius of three miles from his 
birthplace.

   He was married January 26, 1874, to Nancy Cobb. They were the parents of 14 
children, four of whom died in infancy. Seven sons and three daughters have 
grown to maturity and all but one were present at the time of his burial.

   With his wife he joined the Friends Church in 1886. Their children bear 
testimony to the fact that they were in earnest in their efforts to conduct a 
Christian home and train their children to useful men and women.

   Funeral services were conducted at the Friends Church in Sedley by the 
Pastor, Rev. Nathan Pickett, Friday, May 25, at 5 p.m.  Burial in the family 
burial plot on the Franklin road. The body bearers were: Russell Owen, John 
Beaton, W.F. Lewis, R.H. Joyner, Collin Blythe, James Vaughan, Walter Cobb and 
Charles Blythe.


William Albert BLYTHE, Confederate veteran, 
b. 27 Dec 1843, Southampton Co., d. 24 May 1928, at daughter's home, Sedley, 
interred in BLYTHE family cemetery*, Sedley Rd., 25 May 1928, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 1, 1928 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-50):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Additional information: 

Apparently William was the only Southampton man in his Confederate unit- 
Co. G, 11th Va. Infantry. 

William A. Blythe, 27, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o William & Mariah Blythe, Farmer 
Nancy D. Cobb, 21, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Benjamin & Edith Cobb 
m.lic. 25 Jan 1875, by Dep. clerk James R. Tyler; 
   cert. signed by Joseph H. Blythe for W.A. Blythe  
m. 26 Jan 1875, at "my residence" by B. Devany 
Southampton Co. MB2:386 

An abstract of his Death Certificate (1928-985-12417) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b430a1dc.txt 


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& Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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