Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Prince, Joseph B., 1903 

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JUDGE JOSEPH BROWN PRINCE

(Special to The Times Dispatch)

   SUFFOLK, VA., March 25 - Judge Joseph B. Prince, of Southampton County, 
who last month resigned, after a judicial service of eleven years, died at 
1 o'clock this afternoon at his home in Courtland, aged fifty-nine years. 
He had been suffering several years from an affection of the eyes, and later 
there was heart disease.  Prior to being judge the deceased was clerk of court 
for four years and States's attorney for twelve years.  He was a Confederate 
veteran.  Judge Prince leaves one son, Joseph B. Prince, Jr., the present 
judge, and one daughter, Miss Bessie Prince.

   The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock tomorrow, when the following 
members of the bar will be pall-bearers; Senator William Shands, Hon. John N. 
Sebrell, Jr., Hon. John C. Parker, Captain Robert E. Lee Watkins, E. Frank 
Story, J.L. McLemore and Claude J. Edwards.

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SUFFOLK NEWS. 

Death of Judge Joseph Brown Prince at His Home in Courtland - 
   Was Judge of Southampton County Court Until a Month Ago - 
   Much Business Activity in Suffolk - Bitten by a Dog - 
   Hurricane Branch on Man-Hunt. 
   [Special to The Landmark.] 

  Suffolk, Va., March 25. - Judge Joseph Brown Prince, aged 59, died this 
afternoon at his home in Courtland at 1 o'clock.  Judge Prince had been in 
poor health for about two years and during that time has suffered very much 
from heart trouble.  He was a respected citizen and was well known in Virginia 
and North Carolina.  His wife preceded him to the grave about five years.  The 
deceased leaves only two children, who are Judge J.B. Prince, Jr., and Miss 
Bessie R. Prince. 

  The deceased was judge of the Southampton County Court for twelve years, but 
owing to failing heaith he was forced to resign about one month ago, and his 
son, Judge J.B. Prince, Jr., was appointed to succeed him.  His death was a 
great shock to his many friends and he will be greatly missed in the Courtland 
neighborhood where he was raised. 

  The funeral will take place to-morrow at the Baptist church at Courtland at 
4 o'clock in the afternoon. 

  The deceased will be buried with the Masonic honors, he being a member of 
that order. 

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Hon. Joseph Brown PRINCE, retired judge & farmer, former Clerk of Court, 
   Confederate veteran, 
b. 18 Aug 1844, Southampton Co., d. 25 Mar 1903, at home, Courtland, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 11*), Courtland, 
   26 Mar 1903, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Thurs., Mar. 26, 1903, p. 2 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 56, No. 22, Thurs., Mar. 26, 1903, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Photos of his monument - added by Arthur Brett & Cynthia White - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136980988. 

His wife's obits ("Public Ledger" and "Norfolk Landmark," June 1896) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p652f1ob.txt 

His parents, Joseph H. & Elizabeth Brown (CLAUD) PRINCE, are buried at J.B.'s 
   birthplace, "Green Plain." 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-57): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His father was Captain of Co. B, 65th VA Militia.  He was appointed Postmaster 
   of Green Plain in 1856.  Discontinued in 1866, it was re-established in 
   1870, with his wife as Postmaster; their son T. Waverly PRINCE was 
   appointed Postmaster after she had served a month. 

His mother's funeral was mentioned in "The (Richmond) Daily Times," 
   Dec. 4, 1886 (p. 4, col. 4); file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p652e3ob.txt  

A mention of his elections as Clerk - abstracted from F. Johnston's 
   "Memorials of Old Virginia Clerks" (1888) - is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/court/clerks.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p652j1ob.txt