Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Marks, Rosa S. Pope, 1906 

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Death of an Estimable Lady. 

  Mrs. Rosa L. [sic*] Marks died at her home, at Popes, on Friday, April 27th, 
at 2 o'clock P.M. and was buried Sunday at the old burying ground at the 
George Prince home place.  Mrs. Marks was nearly seventy years of age and was 
greatly beloved by all who knew her.  She leaves two sons, Messrs. E.L. and 
Aubrey Marks. 


Rosa Smith* (POPE; Mrs. Lewis) MARKS, 
b. Oct 1835, Southampton Co., d. 27 Apr 1906, at home, Pope's Station, 
interred in the old burying ground*, George PRINCE home place, 29 Apr 1906, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 1, No. 28, Fri., May 4, 1906, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Site not known (Jan 2024) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project. 

Confederate veteran George William PRINCE (1840 - 1924) & wife Annie Mae 
   (POPE) PRINCE lived near Newsoms; they are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, 
   Newsoms.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-56): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Annie Mae's parents George Carter & Ann Louisa (BEALE) POPE are buried in 
   the Harrison Peterson POPE family cemetery, "Sunnyside," about 2 miles 
   northeast of Newsoms, on the east side of Grays Shop Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (MV-I-67): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Rosa left will 23 Jan 1906, proved 9 May 1906, naming her sons as executors. 
   (Southampton Co. WB22 {1899 - 1916}:130-31) 

Her sons, Edward Lewis & Aubrey Pope MARKS, are buried in Capron Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her m.recs. - 18 Jan 1866 (Southampton Co. MB1A:97; M.Reg. 1866 #14) - & the 
   1880 Census - Boykins Dist., Southampton Co. - gives Rosa S. 

The 1900 Census - Boykins Dist., Southampton Co. - definitely gives R.L. 
   She Owned Free Farm #173; widowed, 2 of 5 children surviving. 

Her husband (b. ca. 1830) was a Confederate veteran, having served as 
   Second Corporal in Co. G, 3rd VA Infantry. 

Her brother Robert Sugglas POPE (b. ca. 1841) was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served as a private in Cos. A & H, 13th VA Cavalry. 

Their parents, Mills & Margaret (POPE) POPE, entered an m.bond 15 Sep 1834.  
   (Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 449 & 705) 


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