Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Rev. Mills B., 1891 

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THE OLDEST ACTIVE MINISTER. 

Sudden Death of the Rev. Mills B. Barrett - Heart-Disease the Cause. 

     [Special telegram to the Dispatch.] 

  IVOR, VA., April 14. - Rev. Mills B. Barrett, the oldest active minister of 
the Eastern Virginia Christian Conference, South, died very suddenly this 
morning at his home, in this vicinity.  Mr. Barrett was as well as usual early 
this morning, and had just returned home from the fish-pond, where he had been 
to set his nets.  He only complained to his wife a short while before he died, 
and his death was so sudden that no time was given in which to send for a 
physician.  Heart-disease is thought to be the cause.  Deceased was a Mason, 
and will be buried by the Masonic order Thursday evening. 


Rev. Mills Burwell BARRETT, Christian Church pastor, 
former Confederate chaplain, 
b. 6 Sep 1828, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., d. 14 Apr 1891, at home, near Ivor, 
interred in the BRITTLE family cemetery*, Ivor Rd., 
"Richmond (VA) Dispatch," No. 12,391, Apr. 15, 1891, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Find a Grave gives buried in the Barrett family cemetery, Black Creek Rd. 
   The application to the War Dept. for a Confederate veteran's headstone, 
   31 Jul 1939, by Oris R. CORNWELL, of Sedley, is posted with Mem. 
   #208431538. 

The SCHS Cemetery Project lists that as the BARRETT (GRIFFIN) family cemetery. 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

He 1m. Lucretia A.Va. (LILLY; wid/o John F.) ZILLS (1819 - 1862), 27 Mar 1847 
   in Sussex Co.  She is buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #156981620) 

He 2m. Adriana L. (BRITTLE; wid/o Joseph T.W.) SUMMERELL (1828 - 1894), 
   3 Mar 1863.  (Southampton Co. MB1A:29; M.Reg. p. 13 #14)  She is buried in 
   another BRITTLE family cemetery, Boothe & Ivor Rds.  (MV-I-44) 


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