Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spratley, T. Ruffin, 1915 

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THOMAS RUFFIN SPRATLEY 

  PETERSBURG, VA., March 18, Ruffin Spratley, aged sixty years, died at the 
residence of his brother-in-law, R.J.J. Spratley, in this city, this evening. 
He was a native of Sussex [sic*] County and had been in Petersburg visiting 
his relatives only four days.  His remains will be shipped to Dendron for 
interment.  He is survived by four sisters and one brother, Mrs. R.J. and 
Mrs. W.D. Spratley, of Petersburg: Mrs. J.T. Deal, of Norfolk, and Mrs. T.D. 
Parker and John Spratley, of Dendron.


Thomas Ruffin SPRATLEY, farmer, 
Surry Co. native*, 
d. 18 Mar 1915, at brother's home, Petersburg, circa age 59*, 
interred in Dendron, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mar. 19, 1915, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

1900 Census (Blackwater, Surry Co.) gives b. Jan 1850. 

His m.rec. (12 Dec 1877, Surry Co.) gives b. ca. 1854, Surry Co. 
   (Ancestry.com "Virginia, Select Marriages," citing p. 19 #40) 

D.Cert. #5459 (Petersburg #146) gives b. 4 Jan 1856, Surry Co., 
   sn/o Stith {mis-read Seth} & Urania Spratley. 

His wife Alla Cornelia (HOLLOWAY) SPRATLEY {1858-1940} 
   was the daughter of Richard A. HOLLOWAY {1840-1881}, postmaster at 
   Holloway's Store, in Surry Co.  He is buried in Moore's Swamp Baptist 
   Church Cemetery, Elberon, Surry Co.  (Find a Grave Mem. #8261838) 


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