Southampton-Chesterfield County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brittle, Robert M., 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THE DREADFUL GRIP. PARENTS DEAD AND FIVE OF THE FAMILY AT DEATH'S DOOR. He Visited This City - Joy at the postoffice. Collecting Curios - Case of Branch. To Have Gas Soon. Manchester Bureau Richmond Times,} 1121 Hull street. Beattie Block.} Several months ago a Mr. Brittle, of Southampton county, moved to Manchester with a family of nine persons, and resided on Semmes street near the corner of Seventh. About ten days ago a granddaughter of Mr. Brittle died, and Wednesday another grandchild, an infant, was buried. Wednesday night the mother and father of the two children breathed their last, and yesterday the five remaining members of the family were lying upon beds of sickness and their deaths are not unexpected. Dr. Dorsett, who has been attending the family, pronounced the disease as typhoid grip of the most malignant form. Dr. Ingram, who is president of the board of health, is now attending the sick ones. Mr. Brittle is a man of no means, but yesterday kind hands rendered the stricken family all possible aid. The funeral will take place to-day, and it will be indeed a sad one. Two similar hearses, drawn by white horses will be used. ****************************************************************************** TO KEEP OUT CHOLERA. CITY FATHERS ADOPT PLANS TO KEEP OUT THE SCOURGE. Will Not Accept the Franchises - Work of the Relief Committee - [...] Manchester Bureau Richmond Times.} 1121 Hull street. Beattie Block.} The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held last evening in the council chamber, and the following members were present: Messrs. O'Brien (chairman), Taylor, Weisinger, Campbell, Hart, Ely, Sims, Morton. Utz, Morris, Fahr and Starke. [...] A communication from Mr. W.A. Starke, of the cemetery committee, asking that the two graves in which Mr. and Mrs. Brittle were recently buried be given by the county to the members of the afflicted family was read, and the request granted. [...] The committee on the relief of the poor, appointed some time ago at a mass- meeting of the citizens, met yesterday to settle up their affairs. The committee was called to order by Mayor H.A. Maurice, the chairman, and Ben P. Owen, Jr., acted as secretary. The following members were present: Messrs. A.G. Evans, Sidney Andrews, H. Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Royall, Mrs. Bronaugh, Mrs. Ashworth, Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Hall. Treasurer Fitzgerald's report showed that the committee had received and paid out $697.93 to the relief of the poor since their organization. The Committee authorised Treasurer Fitzgerald to draw on the money in hand to pay for the funeral expenses of the members of the Brittle family, whose sad deaths was chronicled in yesterday's Times. The following, offered by Mr. Evans, was adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this committee be tendered to the Manchester Leader for its efforts in raising one hundred dollars for the use of the relief committee fund, and for other courtesies extended by the paper for the free use of its columns for the cause for which this committee was organized. A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Stanley Hall and Mr. W. D. Lithgow for valuable and efficient services rendered gratuitously to the committee in conductlng the relief store. Messrs. Augustine Royall & Co. were also tendered thanks for the use of the store on the corner of Thirteenth and Hull streets. Mayor Maurice thanked the members of the committee, and especially the ladies, for the good work they did. The entire committee, and especially the lady members, deserve much credit for the faithful manner in which they have worked for the promotion of this noble cause. The members of the afflicted Brittle family, on Seventh and Semmes streets, continue quite ill. Three of them are better. The fourth one is still extremely ill. The deepest sympathy of the community is felt for this distressed family. The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brittle took place Thursday afternoon. Their remains were interred at Maury cemetery. The deaths in this family have caused no little excitement in this city. Thursday afternoon Dr. Isaiah White, of Richmond, was called in consultation with Dr. Lawrence Ingram to see the four who are now extremely ill. Dr. White agreed with Dr. Ingram as to the nature of the disease, pronouncing it "typhoid grip" of a malignant character. Dr. Ingram, who is the city physician, is now attending the sick family, he having been called in several days ago by Dr. Dorset. ****************************************************************************** The Wells in the City To Be Inspected - A Number of Important Cases for the Hustings Court - Grand Jurors. Manchester Bureau Richmond Times.} 1121 Hull street. Beattie Block.} [...] There is a very general impression that the well water used by the unfortunate Brittle family had much to do with their sickness. Some water was taken Friday from the well on the premises where the Brittle family live, on Semmes street near Seventh and put in a clean demijohn. Yesterday morning the water emitted a sickenlng smell that was simply terrible. ****************************************************************************** The sick members of the afflicted Brittle family are getting along as well as could be expected. Robert Newsom & Nannie B. (BRANCH) BRITTLE, & two children, d. Apr 1893, Manchester, interred in Maury Cemetery*, Manchester (now Richmond), "The Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 7, No. 55, Apr. 14, 1893, p. 4, col. 3; "The Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 7, No. 56, Apr. 15, 1893, p. 6, col. 1; "The Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 7, No. 57, Apr. 16, 1893, p. 8, col. 1; "The Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 7, No. 59, Apr. 20, 1893, p. 6, col. 1 *Only "Mrs. Robert M. Brittle" has a Find a Grave Memorial (#107178762). Robert, 23, sn/o "C.E. & Fannie," m. Nannie, 19, dt/o Lord Wellington & Sarah Frances (BOWDEN) BRANCH, 28 Mar 1889, in Sussex Co. (So.Co. MB6:487) MB6 gives both b. & res. So.Co. Charles Edwin BRITTLE enlisted in Co. A, 41st VA Inf., and lost his right arm at the Battle of Fredericksburg, 13 Dec 1862. He was formally discharged a year later. He m. Sarah Rebecca E. BRANCH, dt/o Newsom & Louisa (TINES) BRANCH, 14 Jan 1864, in Sussex Co. "C.E. & S.E." appear with 10 children in the 1880 Census (Wakefield, Ssx.Co.) - Robert's age 13. Most of her children's records give "Rebecca." Her Find a Grave Mem. (#89452840) states she was the mother of 13, d. 12 Mar 1884, Ssx.Co., due to complications of childbirth. Charles and Rebecca, their infant twins, and his parents are marked on a single stone, in the BRITTLE family cemetery, about 2 miles south of Wakefield on Rt. 628. Charles has another stone, pictured with his Find a Grave Mem. (#89452706), which gives 7 Sep 1843 - 22 Mar 1917. No contemporaneous D.Cert. found, in Surry or Sussex Co., Mar-Apr 1917. Manchester was originally part of Chesterfield. It was annexed by Richmond in 1910. 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