Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bristow, Withie C., 1890 

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WITHIE C. BRISTOW

   Near Black Creek church, Southampton County, Va., aged 2 years, 6 months 
and 22 days, at 10 to 3 p.m., January 3d, 1890, the spirit of little Withie C. 
Bristow, eldest child of J.C. and M.A. Bristow, took its flight from earth to 
join the host of little angels in heaven.  She contracted croup and nothing 
that could be done for her by physician, loving friends, and devoted parents 
seemed to alleviate her sufferings.  She was truly an idol of the household. 
Endowed with a gentle disposition which she exemplified by so many little acts 
of kindness that she had not only won the devotion of her parents but of all 
with whom she was associated.  From almost her earliest days she exhibited an 
extreme parental love, especially for her papa.  Being almost his constant 
companion at all times, her devotion to him had grown to a great degree of 
existence. 

Dear little Withie you were only too pure for earth, and our Saviour saw fit 
to transplant your little spirit in a more genial clime.  While our affections 
have been severed for a while, yet we entertain a hope that we shall meet 
again in the "sweet bye and bye" where good bye is never said and parting is 
no more.

Farwell little Withie we will meet thee/ When this trouble life is over;/ 
Then in Heaven we will greet thee,/ Where we meet to part no more.  Parents 


Withie C. BRISTOW, daughter of James Clark & Martha Alice (LEWIS) BRISTOW, 
d. 3 Jan 1890, near Black Creek, age 2½, 
interred in the BRISTOW family cemetery*, Unity & Appleton Rds. 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

See family notes appended to the obit for her brother Grover: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b623g1ob.txt 


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