Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barham, Joseph T., 1935 

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JOSEPH THOMAS BARHAM

   The citizens of this community were deeply grieved at the passing of Joseph 
Thomas Barham, who died Thursday morning, January 31, at his home in Capron. 
While it was known that he had not been in his usual robust health for the 
past several years, his death came as a shock to his family and friends.

   J.T. Barham was a native of Southampton County, born June 22, 1864, near 
Capron, the son of the late Lucy Jane Harding and Henry Thomas Barham.  He was 
married to 1888 to Miss Eula Daniel, daughter of the late C.C. Daniel of 
Pleasant Hill, N.C.  It was a congenial, happy union; together they wrought 
through the years, and the result was a successful home, given to hospitality.

  One’s first thought in making an estimate of J.T. Barham might be: "This is 
the passing of a successful business man."  True, it is in the business world 
that he is best known, for he was most attentive to his business.  He was at 
the post of duty early and late, and he lived to see the success of his 
labors, having become a leading merchant and one of the largest land owners in 
Southampton County.

   Not only will Joe Tom Barham be missed in the business world but, 
especially as one of our town’s most useful citizens.  He served Capron in 
many capacities; a director of the Bank of Capron since it's organization, 
president of the bank since 1918; a member of the Town Council; member of the 
Board of Stewards of Capron Methodist Church, and teacher of the Men’s Bible 
Class for many years.  He assumed from time to time great responsibilities in 
his church and community; but so unobtrusively, so unostentatiously, that only 
as others undertake to carry on will the real work and worth of the man be 
realized.

   There is something more than habit that finds a man each Sunday in his 
place of worship at church.  Few indeed were the times Joe Tom Barham was 
absent from any church service.  He was a most liberal contributor to his 
church and to all objects of benevolence.

    A community feels the loss of such a man, who simply, modestly, surely, 
stands for moral values, for assured verities, for principles that cannot 
change.

   Besides his wife he is survived by one son, D.D. Barham, who was associated 
in business with his father; two daughters, Misses Nell and Clara Barham; four 
grandchildren, all of Capron.  He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. J.B. 
Matthews, of Norfolk.

   Funeral services were conducted from his home by his Pastor, Rev. R.H. 
Marks, assisted by Rev. W.E. Grand, a former pastor.  Interment was made in 
the family cemetery near-by, the pallbearers being: D.D. Barham, S.B. East, 
Dr. Jas. A. Grizzard, Chas. W. Davis, H.L. Westbrook, H.L. Bain, S.N. 
Richardson and J. Elwood Fox.


Joseph Thomas BARHAM, president of the Bank of Capron, Capron town councilman, 
b. 22 Jun 1864, near Capron, d. 31 Jan 1935, at home, Capron, 
interred in the BARHAM family cemetery*, Capron, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 8, 1935 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-1):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

An abstract of his death certificate (1935-1418-2670) is psoted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b650j1dc.txt 


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