TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - W. Scott Witten, 20 Aug 1887 ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the Virginia USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Eagle Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net ============================================================================ "Clinch Valley News" Tazewell Court House, Tazwell Co., VA Friday August 26, 1887 Submitted from Graham DEATH (Typed as written) Graham, Va., August 25, ‘87 (1887) Harman Lodge No. 222, A. F. & A. M. held three hall at graham, Va., A,L. 5887, A. D. 1887, August 23, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas it has pleased the Supreme Ruler of the Universe in His wisdom to remove from our midst our dearly beloved friend and brother, W. Scott Witten, who was a member of this Lodge, departed this life at 12 o’clock p. m. August 20, 1887, at this home in Abbs valley, Tazewell county , Va., who had been a member of this Lodge for eighteen years..... (Winfield Scott Witten, s/o William hall Witten Sr., & Mary H. McDowell). ADDED DATA: "1872-1896 DEATH Register of Tazewell Co., VA" By Wilson & Wilson SCOTT WITTEN, w/m/, age 37 DIED: Aug 20, 1887 POB: Mercer Co VA/WV POD: Abbs Valley, Tazewell Co., VA Cause: Heart Disease Parents, Wm. & Mary Witten Married to A. A. Witten Informant: A. A. Witten wife ……. (From 1886-1892 Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA was known as Tazewell Court House, Tazewell Co., VA) Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net April 2002