Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grammer, James T., 1929 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ J.D.* GRAMMER J.D.* GRAMMER PASSES AWAY Highly Respected Citizen of Bacon's Castle Dies After Long Illness. Mr. J.T.* Grammer, aged 46, of Bacon's Castle, died Saturday night at 8:45 o'clock after an illness several months' duration. He is survived by his father, Mr. J.H. Grammer, two brothers, Joel and Crawford Grammer, all of Drewryville; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Jarratt, also of Drewryville, and Mrs. Sam Pinner of New Jersey. Interment was in the Old Brick Church at Bacon's Castle, conducted by Rev. Page, Sunday afternoon at 4:30. James T. GRAMMER, of Bacons Castle, d. 20 Jul 1929, Surry Co., age 46, interred in the Old Brick Church Cemetery*, Bacons Castle, 21 Jul 1929, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 10, No. 5, July 25, 1929 *Additional information: Quite difficult to trace this family. Unmarked? He does not appear among the interments there listed by Find a Grave. His D.Cert. (#19026 {Cobham #13}) gives: James T. Gramer; White, Male, Single; Farmer; b. 9 Mar 1873, Va., sn/o James H. Gramer (b. Va.) & Ludy Morris; d. 20 Jul 1929, Surry Co., of Pernicious Anemia; bu. 21 Jul 1929, Surry Co.; informant - E.T. Morris of Bacon's Castle. This seems to be his parents marriage record - Jas. Henry Grammer, Single, 24, b. Sussex, sn/o Wm. B. & Mary Grammer Lula VA. Morris, Single, 15, b. Isle of Wight, dt/o Geo. L. & S.A.C. Morris m. 20 Dec 1881, Surry (Ancestry.com "Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940" citing FHL Film No. 34153; Reference ID: p. 25 #43) This seems to be his mother - Lula V Grammer [Lula V Morris] b. abt 1866, Surry Co. d. 23 Sep 1884, Surry Co.; age 18; White; Married; Female dt/o G. S. & Sallie Morris wf/o Jas. H. Grammer (Ancestry.com "Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917" citing FHL Film No. 34153) His father remarried - James Gramer [read Graum], Head, M 49, b. Dec '51 Virginia, Carpenter Gancy Gramer, Wife, F 29, b. May '11 Virginia, m.12y 4/4 ch. surviving Lucy F. Gramer, Daughter, F 9, b. May '91 Virginia Rosa L. Gramer, Daughter, F 6, b. May '94 Virginia Joe E. Gramer, Son, M 2, b. Jun '97 Virginia William H. Gramer, Son, M 8/12, b. Sep '99 Virginia (1900 Census - Sussex dist. {Yale struck} [east part e.d. 88], Sussex Co., VA sheet 7A, family 131) J.H. Gramer [read Grannuin], Head, M 52, Widowed, b. Virginia, General Work, Rents Farm #43 Rosa Gramer, Daughter, F 16, b. Virginia J.A. Grammer, Son, M 12, b. Virginia Henry Grammer, Son, M 10, b. Virginia R.B. Jarratt, Son-in-law, M 19, b. Virginia Lucy F. Jarratt, Daughter, F 18, b. Virginia (1910 Census - Stony Creek dist. [e.d. 120], Sussex Co., VA sheets 6A-6B, dwl 113/fam 116) There was a J.D. Grammer in the area - John David GRAMMER, b. 21 Aug 1845, Prince George Co., d. 26 Oct 1930, Sussex Co., son of David & Elizabeth Fleming (Brockwell) Grammer. (D.Cert. #24710 {Newville #2}). J.D. served as a private in "Jackson's Avengers," Co. D, /13th Va. Cavalry, 31 Jan 1864, Sussex C.H. - 9 Apr 1865, Appomattox C.H. In 1922, he was a grocer in Disputanta. (Balfour, Daniel T. "13th Virginia Cavalry," 1st ed., {Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1986}) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g656j2ob.txt