Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Marriages.....Minor-Pope, 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ George Austin MINOR & Jennie Bec (PRINCE; Mrs. Joseph B.) POPE, m. 10 Nov 1886, Southampton Co., BREVITIES. Personal Paragraphs, Minor Top- ics, and Small Matters. The News of the Day Boiled Down and Served Up in Con- denced Shape. [...] Mr. George A. Minor, one our most popular residents, was married Wednesday in Southampton county, Va., to Mrs. Jennie B. Pope, daughter of Colonel J. H. Prince, of Southampton. [...] "The Daily Times" (Richmond, VA) Nov. 12, 1886 (No. 19), p. 4, col. 4 George Austin Minor, 37, Single, b. & res. Richmond, Va., sn/o George & Sarah Minor, Salesman Jennie Bec Pope, 22, Widowed, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Joseph H. & Elizabeth B. Prince m.lic. 9 Nov 1886, by clerk J.B. Prince [her brother] m. 10 Nov 1886, at the residence of Mrs. Prince, Southampton Co., Va., by H.C. Smith (Southampton Co. MB6:80) Joseph B. Pope, 30, Single, b. & res. Richmond, Va., sn/o Harrison P. & Virginia Ann Pope, Farmer Jennie Bec Pope, 18, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Joseph H. & Elizabeth B. Prince m.lic. 3 Apr 1882, by clerk L.R. Edwards m. 11 Apr 1882, Green Plain, Southampton Co., Va., by H.C. Smith (Southampton Co. MB4:480) Jennie's first husband does not appear in the Southampton Co. Death Records (1853-1890). Joseph B. POPE is not marked there, but his parents are buried in the POPE family cemetery, Grays Shop Rd. (Rt. 673), near Newsoms. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-68): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt Harrison P. POPE Cemetery, WPA report: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/pope01.txt Jennie's mother died less than a month after the nuptials above. The notice ("Daily Times," Dec. 4, 1886, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p652e3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/marriages/1886m560.txt