Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Simon T., 1922 

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SIMON T. POPE

   S.T. Pope, a well-known citizen of the Capron community, died at his home 
April 26, 1922, in his eightieth year, having celebrated his seventy-ninth 
birthday April 9, 1922, the anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox.  Mr. 
Pope was a brave and loyal Confederate soldier, enlisting in 1862 in Company 
B, Ninth Virginia Regiment of Infantry, Armistead’s brigade, Pickett’s 
division.  His captain was J.D. Myrick, who resigned, and John R. Parker was 
elected to fill his place.  He was wounded at Gettysburg and in the battles 
around Petersburg and surrendered at Appomattox.  He had been a member of 
Urquhart-Gillette Camp U.C.V. for a number of years and was always present at 
the State and Southern Confederate reunions.

   The deceased was a consistent member of Whitehead’s M.E. Church, uniting 
with the church in early life and serving his Master faithfully until his 
death.  He was the son of the late Simon T. Pope and Susan Joyner Pope and is 
survived by his widow, who was Miss Elizabeth E. Howell, and by four sons, G. 
Franklin, Olie S., L. Hudson and Guy L. Pope, all of whom lived together at 
the old homeplace.

   The funeral was held April 27 in the presence of a large concourse of 
friends and there were many pretty floral offerings laid on the grave of this 
estimable man.  The active pallbearers were C.W. Dickens, E.B. Prince, W.J. 
Cole, S.A. Whitehead, G.A. Fowler, P.E. Knight, J.R. Dickens, B.E. Livesay, 
Jr.  Among the honorary pallbearers were three Confederate veterans C.C. 
Vaughan of Franklin, L.L. Manry of Courtland and C.C. Richardson of Wakefield, 
and the following friends and neighbors: G.W. Burgess, W.D. Bell, W.L. 
Worrell, J.R. Gilliam, Felix Bryant, Marvin Barnes, G.W Bradshaw, T.W. Story, 
J.R. Knight, J.R. Howell, Julian Dickens, Clyde Nurney, Emmett Babb and Junius 
Fowler.


Simon Titus POPE, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 9 Apr 1842, Southampton Co., d. 26 Apr 1922, at home, near Capron, 
interred 27 Apr 1922, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 12, 1922, p. 1 

Additional information: 

He served in Co. B, 9th VA Infantry. 
   (Balfour, Daniel T.  "Franklin and Southampton County in the Civil War," 
    1st ed.  Appomattox: H.E. Howard, 2002) 

Simon T. Pope, 38, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   sn/o Simon Pope [&] Susan Pope, Farmer 
Bettie E. Howell, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Robt. and Nancy Howell 
m.lic. 15 Feb 1886 Southampton Co., by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 17 Feb 1886 at the residence of Robt. Howell, Southampton Co., Va, 
   by Jno. O. Moss, M.E. Church South 
(Southampton Co. MB5:552) 

Their son Leonard Hudson POPE is bu. in Concord Presbyterian Ch. Cem, 
   Rawlings, Brunswick Co., VA. 

Their other 3 sons are bu. in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list (RS-II-10): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Simon's burial site not known (Jan 2019) to the SCHS Cemetery Project. 

His War Dept. headstone application gives Family cemetery. 
Inscription: SIMON T. POPE 
             D. APR. 26, 1922 
             CSA - PVT., CO. B, 9TH VA INF. 
             1861 -1865 
Ship to: Olie S. Pope, Courtland, Va. 
Applicant: L. Hudson Pope, 1364th C.C.C. Camp, Petersburg, Va. - May 5, 1939 
Shipped: 9/9/1939 

Find a Grave Mem. #69303352 gives buried Beechwood Cem, Boykins. 

The 1930 Census shows the family on the Courtland-Branchville Rd., 
   Capron Dist, Southampton Co. 


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