Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Joseph A.H., 1907 

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FAMILY AT CHURCH; FARMER KILLS HIMSELF 

J. A. H. Holland Sent Bullet Through Brain for Unknown Cause. 

  Suffolk, Va., Sept. 12. - In the seclusion of his home, while his family was 
at church attending a religious service, Joseph A.H. Holland, a farmer of 
Southampton county, Va., committed suicide recently by firing a bullet into 
his brain.  The weapon was of 32 calibre. 

  When the wife returned she found the lifeless body of her husband.  He had 
been dead more than an hour.  Close by was the pistol with which he had 
destroyed himself. 

  It is thought the deed was done about 2 p.m., as a farm hand heard a report 
about that hour. 

  The cause of the suicide is not known.  Justice Jenkins viewed the remains 
but did not deem an inquest necessary. 

  The deceased was 32 years old.  He leaves a mother, brother, widow and one 
child. 

  The funeral service was conducted at Poplar Spring cemetery by Rev. J.L. 
McCutchen.  These were pallbearers: J.F. Byrant Jr., James Wills, E.R. Darden, 
Edward Holland, Thomas Gray, Luke Gray, Elmo M. Eley, W.F. Beale, J.N. Bell 
and R.B. Turner. 


Joseph A.H. HOLLAND, farmer, 
b. Nov 1874, Southampton Co., d. Sep 1907, at home, Southampton Co., 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery*, Franklin, 
"Norfolk (VA) Journal of Commerce and the Twice-a-Week Virginian-Pilot," 
   Vol. 5, No. 67, Tues., Sep. 17, 1907, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

I take Joseph to be a son of Algernon A. & Elida H. (FREEMAN) HOLLAND. 

Unmarked?  Added to his parents' plot - Section 1, Plot 22A. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

Birthdate from 1900 Census - Franklin Dist., Southampton Co. - which gives 
   single; Owned Free Farm #134.  His parents lived on adjacent Owned Free 
   Farm #133. 

His marriage does not appear in Southampton Co. MB10-13. 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1921, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h453e1ob.txt 

His father's will was recorded 28 Feb 1908 in Isle of Wight Co. 
   (Isle of Wight Co. Index to Wills - Devisees, citing WB34:145) 


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