Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, Dr. Emmett A., 1891 

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              VIRGINIA NEWS. 

[...] 

  Dr. E. A. Drewry, of Southampton county, died 
Tuesday after a long illness.  The deceased was 
widely known and at one time took an active part 
in politics.  During the war he was a surgeon in 
the Confederate army, and at the time was William 
E. Cameron was Governor was physician at the 
penitentiary. 


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              PETERSBURG. 

Accessory to Captain Overby's Murder - A 
      Negro Row - General Mention 

  PETERSBURG, VA., July 8.-[Special.]- 

[...] 
  Intelligence was received here to-day of the 
death of Dr. E. A. Drewry, of Drewrysville, 
Southampton county.  The deceased was a surgeon 
in the Confederate army, and was physician at 
the State penitentiary at the time Hon. William 
E. Cameron was Governor.  He married a daughter 
of Mr. P. H. Booth, of Petersburg. 
  News has been received of the death of Mrs. 
Mary E. Booth at her home in Southampton county. 
She was the mother of Mrs. Dr. J. E. Moyler, of 
Petersburg, and stepmother of Mr. P. H. Booth, 
also of this city.  She was twice married, first 
to Mr. John Owen, of Sussex county, and afterward 
to Colonel Samuel Booth, of Sussex county. 
[...] 


Dr. Emmett Arrington DREWRY, Drewryville physician, Confederate army surgeon, 
d. 8 Jul 1891, age 52, 
interred in DREWRY family cemetery*, Drewryville, 18 Sep 1928, 
"Alexandria (VA) Gazette," July 10, 1891 (Vol. 92, No. 164), p. 2, col. 4; 
"The Times" (Richmond, VA), July 9, 1891 (Vol. 5, No. 131), p. 2, col. 1 

Additional information: 

Dr. DREWRY served as a second lieutenant in Co. B, 9th Va. Infantry, CSA. 
   (Balfour, Daniel T.  "Franklin and Southampton in the Civil War" {1st ed}. 
    Appomattox: H.E. Howard, 2002.) 

William E. CAMERON, of Petersburg- a Readjuster, served as Governor 1882-85. 
   (Salmon & Campbell, eds.  "The Hornbook of Virginia History" {4th ed}. 
    Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994.) 

Dr. DREWRY & his first wife are interred in the DREWRY family cemetery, 
   "Cedar Grove," Cedar View Ln., Drewryville- 4th Row, Lot 17. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-13): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 

Emmett A. Drewry, White, 36, Widowed, b. Southampton Co., Va., 
   res. Southampton, sn/o Jas. & Mary Ann, Physcian [sic; Physician] 
Alta L. Booth, White, 31, Single, b. Surry Co., Va., res. Petersburg, Va., 
   dt/o Patrick H & Ann M # [??*] 
m. Decr. 18, 1873, Petersburg, Va. [minister not given] 
(Petersburg Marriage Register {BVS copy} 1873 p. 24 #192) 
*The marriage record of her brother(?) Saml. W. BOOTH gives his parents as 
Patrick H. & Ann E.  (Petersburg Marriage Register {BVS copy} 1876 p. 28 #9) 

Dr. DREWRY does not appear in the Southampton Co. Death Records (1853-1890). 


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