Southampton County-Portsmouth-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hill, M. Eliza Chandler, 1893 

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MARY ELIZA CHANDLER HILL 

Death of a Venerable Lady 

  The friends of Mrs. Mary Eliza Hill, widow of the late Mr. John T. Hill, and 
mother of Judge C.W. Hill and Mr. John T. Hill, will regret to learn of her 
death, which occurred at 1 o'clock yesterday morning from paralysis, at the 
residence of Judge Hill at Capron, Southampton County.  The deceased was 75 
years of age, and was highly respected by all who knew her.  The remains will 
be brought here on the Atlantic and Danville railroad this morning at 9 
o'clock. 

  The funeral will take place at 12 o'clock to-day from the residence of Mr. 
J.T. Hill, No. 221 North Street. 


Mary Eliza (CHANDLER; Mrs. John Thompson) HILL, 
b. 28 Jan 1819, VA, d. 31 Aug 1893, at son's home, near Capron, 
interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery*, Portsmouth, 2 Sep 1893, 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 37, No. 59, Sat., Sep. 2, 1893, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #37650887, which gives Mary Elizabeth. 

Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, Cedar Grove list, 
   also gives Mary Elizabeth: 
   http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/cgcem.html 

Her parents, John Adams & Sarah Howard (WOODWARD) CHANDLER are also buried 
   there. 

Her husband (1813 - 1842) was the editor of the "Portsmouth Times and 
   Repulican." 

Eliza appears in the 1850 Census in Norfolk with her sons, several of her 
   siblings, and their widowed mother. 

Sarah CHANDLER qualified as executrix of her husband's will 18 Apr 1848 
   in Norfolk Co. 


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