Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Munford, Miriam Elizabeth, 1902 
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      LITTLE GIRL BADLY BURNT. 
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Sad Fate of M. A. Mumford's Child 
        in Southampton County. 
 SUFFOLK,  VA.,  February  13.-(Spe- 
cial.)-A young daughter of Mr. M. A. 
Mumford, of Southampton county, was 
burned to death on her father's farm 
last Monday. 
 The hands had fires built in the field 
to warm by, and in some way the little 
one's dress became ignited.  She ran 
acrooss the field screaming for help, but 
before she could be overtaken, the flames 
had done their deadly work. 
 She was buried Tuesday afternoon. 
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Miriam Elizabeth "Myra" MUMFORD [MUNFORD], 
b. 1893*, Southampton Co., burned to d. 10 Feb 1902, 
interred in the RAIFORD-MUNFORD family cemetery*, near Corinth, 11 Feb 1902, 
The Richmond (VA) Dispatch. Friday, February 14, 1902. p. 3, col. 2 

*Additional information: 

Her parents & maternal grandparents are also buried there - 
   unmarked until 2007 restoration. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Birth index gives Myra, b. 17 Feb 1893 
 (BVS Birth Index C, Southampton, p. 418); 

1900 Census gives Myra, age 6, b. Nov 1893; 
 alt b. 26 Nov 1893, d. Jan 1902 (family notes). 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m516m5ob.txt