Southampton County-Portsmouth-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ridley, N.B., 1893 

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         TOOK A LAST SLEEP. 

MR. N. B. RIDLEY RETURNS FROM A 
    CHRISTMAS BALL AND DIES. 

Had Eaten a Hearty Supper and Fell Asleep, 
  Captain Barnes Passes Away - Assistant- 
      Secretary McAdoo Dined. 

  NORFOLK, VA.,  December 28.-(Special.)- Mr. N. B. Ridley, 
first teller of the Bank of Portsmouth, died suddenly at 
an early hour this morning, just after returning from the 
Christmas ball at Kirn Hall, where he spent the evening 
and enjoyed a hearty supper.  Death occurred just as he 
fell asleep, and nothing unusual was noticed by his wife 
except his hard breathing.  He was about forty-eight years 
of age, and leaves a wife and four children.  Deceased was 
a native of Southampton county, and came to Portsmouth 
about twenty years ago.  He was a member of the City Council 
and belonged to Trinity Protestant Episcopal church and 
several benevolent organizations. 

    A CAROLINIAN GONE. 

  About midnight last night Captain George H. Barnes [sic*] died 
at his rooms at the Atlantic Hotel, after a long illness, 
in the 54th year of his age.  Deceased was a native of 
Murfreesboro, N. C., [sic*] and started in the cotton business 
here just after the war, making a fortune.  During the war he 
served as captain in the Confederate army. 
[...]  


Norfleet Blunt RIDLEY, first teller - Bank of Portsmouth, 
b. 25 Oct 1848, Southampton Co. native, d. 28 Dec 1893, at home, 
interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery**, Portsmouth 

Capt. George Badger BARNES, lawyer & commission merchant, 
Confederate veteran, 
b. 30 Aug 1839, NC*, d. 27 Dec 1893, Atlantic Hotel, 
interred in Elmwood Cemetery*, Norfolk 

"The Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Fri., Dec. 29, 1893 (No. 13), 
   p. 3, col. 3 

Additional information: 

He appears in the 1870 Census (Boykins Twp., p. 166b, dwl/fam 326), 
   a farmer, age 22, living alone. 
   Image posted at: 
   http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/census/1870/0166b.gif 

Norfleet B. Ridley, 25, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Robt: and Anna Eliza Ridley, Farmer 
Anna F. Ridley, 19, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o F.T. & E.N. Ridley 
m.lic. 15 Dec 1873 by clerk L.R. Edwards; 
   cert. signed by J.W. Ridley for N.B. Ridley
m. 18 Dec 1873 at the residence of Franis T. Ridley, So:Co., Va., 
   by Churchill J. Gibson, Rector Grace church Petersburg, Virginia 
(Southampton Co. MB2:219) 

**Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cedar Grove Cemetery list gives: 
RIDLEY, Anna FIELD, b. 8 May 1849, d. 21 Oct 1924, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, Annie BLOUNT, b. 30 Oct 1888, d. 3 Apr 1979, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, Frances Thomas, Doctor, b. 1881, d. 19 Jul 1934, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, Julia MACKLIN GOODWYN, b. 1853, d. 8 Nov 1926, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, Nettie GOODWYN, b. 1877, d. 5 Oct 1961, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, Norfleet Blunt, b. 25 Oct 1848, d. 28 Dec 1893, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, Robert, b. 18 Oct 1874, d. 10 Apr 1933, 
   tombstone, Row 2 #133 
RIDLEY, William G, b. 1877, d. 1916, Row 2 #133 
Contributed by Gail Burnell-Melchor; file at: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/cgcem.html

*Find a Grave Mem. #53378907 for Capt George Badger BARNES 
   gives: 
   08-30-1839 NORTHAMPTON CO., NC 
   12-27-1893  AGE 54 
   Lawyer & Commission Merchant 
   modern stone shows: 
   ASST QTR MR 
   GEORGE B BARNES 
   CO E  56 NC INF  CSA 
   08-30-1839 NORTHAMPTON CO., NC 
   12-27-1893 
   
His d.rec gives b. NC, s/o Collin & Sarah Barnes. 
   (Ancestry.com "Virginia Death and Burial Index, 1853-1917") 

Collen W. Barnes signed a m.bond 13 Jun 1815 with Jonas Edmunds, 
   but there is "no consent, no girls name on bond." 
   Collen W. Barnes of NC also appears 18 Jan 1830 as guardian of 
   Rebecca E. Williamson, dt/o Richard Williamson, decd. 
   (Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 238, 406) 

Collin W. Barnes appears in the [2 Oct] 1850 Census, a farmer, age 67, b. VA, 
   with [wife] Louisa, 55, b. VA, [sons] Joseph B., 13, & George B., 11, 
   both b. NC, and 5 boarders: teacher Benjamin S. Bronson, 22, b. ME, 
   student John W. Harrell, 18, & 3 others boys, 11-15, all b. VA. 
   (Northampton Co., NC, sheet 54 {orig.p. 107}, dwl/fam 884) 

Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Elwood Cemetery list gives: 
Barnes, George B., b. 1839, d. 27 Dec 1893, tombstone location 8AE-L32-S8 
   a linked image also shows a shield-shaped metal marker reading 
   "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA"; a lower cross-bar shows George B. Barnes, 
   but the dates on the next line are illegible in the image. 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/elmwood/elm-bal-barn.html 

George B. Barnes, Norfolk cotton merchant, b. 30 Aug 1839, Northampton Co., 
   NC, applied to the London legation for a passport 26 Jun 1889 for the 
   purpose of travelling on the Continent, having left the US 25 May 1889, and 
   intending to return there in a few months.  He was described as follows: 
   age 49, 5'7½" (Eng.), medium forehead, hazel eyes, regular nose, 
   mouth- mustache, round chin, light hair, fair complexion, oval face. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [line breaks mine]  

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/news/r340n1ob.txt