Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brownley, Mary H. Dillard, 1934 

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MARY HARRISON DILLARD BROWNLEY

   Mrs. Mary Harrison Brownley died last night at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. W.W. Smith, in South Street following an illness of about six months. 
Mrs. Brownley was before her marriage Miss Mary Harrison Dillard and was born 
March 18, 1852, at "Englewood" Sussex County, daughter of the late George H. 
Dillard and Mrs. Eliza Martha Dillard, of an old and prominent family of that 
county.

   She was the widow of the late Alexander Marshall Brownley, popularly known 
as "Governor" Brownley, one of Franklin’s leading citizens in the early history 
of the town. A native of Mathews County, Virginia, "Governor" Brownley served 
throughout the War Between the States with gallantry and distinction as a member 
of Grimes Battery of Portsmouth and moved to Franklin soon after the close of 
the war. He was twice Mayor of the town and served two terms as Postmaster 
during the Cleveland administrations. He married Miss Dillard November 11, 1886, 
and died here in August, 1903. Their children are A. Marshall Brownley and 
George D. Brownley of Norfolk and Mrs. W.W. Smith of this town, and there are 
four grandchildren. Mrs. Brownley is also survived by a sister, Mrs. R. Henry 
Cobb of Suffolk.

   Mrs. Brownley was a highly esteemed woman numbering many friends. She was a 
loyal and consistent communicant of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, and funeral 
services will be conducted from that church tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3 
o’clock by the Rector, Rev. J. Sutherland-Watt. The active pallbearers will be 
G.G. McCann, Barclay Pretlow, J.W.B. Thompson and Dr. E.A. deBordenave, of the 
church vestry; Robb W. Cobb of Newport News, Frank A. Holladay of Suffolk, T.D. 
Smith of Farmville and G.G. Smith of Franklin. Burial will follow the family 
plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Mary Harrison (DILLARD; Mrs. Alexander M.) BROWNLEY, 
b. 18 Mar 1852, "Englewood," Sussex Co., d. 20 Dec 1934, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 52A*), Franklin, 
   22 Dec 1934, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 21, 1934 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list:
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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