Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitfield, James P., 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES P. WHITFIELD Mr. James P. Whitfield died at his home in Isle of Wight County, near Franklin, Monday, July 10, in his 73rd year. He was a good citizen, a faithful and consistent member of South Quay Baptist Church, a gallant Confederate soldier and a good husband and father. The last few years of his life he had been in ill health but he bore his sufferings with Christian resignation and his loved ones sorrow not as those who have no hope. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maggie Whitfield; two children, P.H. Whitfield of Baltimore and Mrs. Fletcher Babb of Franklin; nine grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. James Eley of the Carrsville community, besides a host of friends. The funeral took place Tuesday, July 11, at the home of the deceased and was conducted by Dr. C.H. Rowland of Franklin. During the services an affectionate and touching tribute to his services to the Confederacy was made by Mr. J.T. Bradshaw, the honored commander of Beaver Dam Camp, U.C.V., to which the deceased belonged, his comrade speaking of him as a gallant soldier, never failing in duty or flinching under the severe trials of a soldier's life and following the Stars and Bars at Gettysburg and upon any other bloody fields. Mr. Whitfield was a member of Company "F", 61st Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, a company organized on the church grounds at Beaver Dam Church and of few survivors now with more than fifty years gone by since Appomattox fateful field. The pallbearers were J.E. Daughtrey, Claude Duck, William Norfleet, W.T. Harcum, Algie Butler and M.L. Glover. James Parker WHITFIELD, Confederate veteran, d. 10 Jul 1916, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 73, funeral, at home, 11 Jul 1916, marked in the Nansemond-Suffolk Cemetery*, Kings Fork Rd., "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 14, 1916 *Find a Grave Mem. #132320668 shows typo James S. Whitfield. Both wives and his son George W. Whitfield are also listed there. First wife's stone shows c1838 - 10 Jul 1916, which is wrong. James appears widowed in the (28 Jun) 1900 Census, with daughter Alice & servant Maggie Harcum. The 1910 Census gives James & Maggie m. 5 years. They actually m. 17 Feb 1903, in Gilmerton. Southampton Co. MB11:226; file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt Maggie's D.Cert. 14030 (Princess Anne Co., Kempsville #114) gives removed to Franklin, 5 Jun 1943. Her marker shows Mary Margaret, and gives no maiden name or dates. (Find a Grave Mem. #132090415) She is actually buried with her nephew in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list (PS-ANX2-154B): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt James served in the Isle of Wight Avengers - Co. F/ 63rd Va. Infantry. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314j1ob.txt