Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rochelle, Martha Hines, 1870 

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MARTHA "FANNY" HINES GRAY ROCHELLE

1791 - 1870

   Departed this life at her residence in Jerusalem, Southampton County, Va. on 
the 12th of March, 1870. Mrs. Martha B. Rochelle, in the 80th year of her age.

   She died in the bright hope of a blissful immortality; for her unselfish 
devotion to the happiness of others, and her [unclear] like faith in Christ, 
enabled her to walk [unclear] the great darkness undismayed.

   Dying of a ripe old age, she left no work unfinished.

   Feeling the [unclear] of age creep on her hold on life gradually loosened 
and nothing but sorrow of parting with those she loved on earth held her from 
the joys of heaven.

   Hospitable to a fault, accomplished, and reared in the school of the noble 
men and women of the purest and happiest days of Virginia, of full and varied 
[unclear], she was the delight of a large circle of war and attached friends.

   One by one those friends have fallen by the wayside on the journey of 
[unclear] life and she stood alone by the [unclear] she took her last rest.

   She lost a noble son and a most beautiful and accomplished daughter in her 
lifetime, but one son was left and her grandchildren o’ gladden he declining 
days, and he last look of affection on earth rested on all that was dear to her 
but one.

[Daughter of William Hines (1735-1816) High Sheriff and Magistrate of 
 Southampton County. (jah)] 

[Martha’s first marriage was to Dr. Henry Gray.] 

[Martha married James Rochelle on April 1817. James was a clerk for the 
 Southampton County Court during the trial of Nat Turner. James died in 1835. 
 James and Martha had a child named James Henry Rochelle who served in the 
 Confederate Navy. They also had a daughter named Martha who married John Tyler,
 Jr., son of President Tyler. They lived in the current day Rochelle-Prince 
 house which is owned by the Southampton County Historical Society.] 


[Martha "Fanny" (HINES GRAY; Mrs. James) ROCHELLE, d. 12 Mar 1870, age 80, 
 interred in Poplar Grove Cemetery, 
 "The Norfolk Virginian," obitdated March 21, 1870] 

[obit donated by Jeffrey A. Hines  (JAHines@cox.net), 
 file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.] 

[Courtesy of the Southampton Historical Society]