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Obituaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Anderson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0001
Scope and Contents This collection contains items of the Anderson and Alexander families including correspondence dealing with legal business, family matters, and Lexington, Virginia affairs. Consists largely of the family correspondence of William Alexander Anderson, Francis T. Anderson, and Mary Anne Alexander Anderson; includes letters to and from Virginia Governor John Letcher, and two letters from Mildred Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. Other correspondents include William A. Glasgow, George Hutcheson...
Dates: 1755-1958

Biographies and Obituaries, The documents are all from the 2000s, but they describe some 20th century events

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000007996], Folder: 6
Dates: The documents are all from the 2000s, but they describe some 20th century events

Biography of Edward Lacy Graham

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000005228], Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes Graham's compositions, World War I papers and correspondence, memorabilia of Washington and Lee University activities, scores, sheet music, notebooks, and other correspondence.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947

Charles Pomeroy Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0023
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies of items of Charles P. Stone and his family, including four letters, [1878]-1881, written while General Stone was chief of staff of the Egyptian army; a reprint of the diary of his daughter, Fanny Stone, kept in Cairo during the war of 1882; and obituaries of General Stone.

Dates: Inclusive 1863-1887

Colonel Charles A. Davidson Memorial Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0581
Scope and Contents

This broadside, which contains a tribute to the memory of Colonel Charles A. Davidson, was originally written for the Lexington Gazette.

Dates: 1879-03-14

Genealogy, 1960, undated

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000007755], Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various obituaries of members of the Shields family.

Dates: 1960, undated

Graham Family Obituaries, 1912

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000005230], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes Graham's compositions, World War I papers and correspondence, memorabilia of Washington and Lee University activities, scores, sheet music, notebooks, and other correspondence.

Dates: 1912

Joseph Fauber Shaner Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0201
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of photocopies of American Civil War letters written to and from Joseph Shaner and his family. It also includes a portion of Shaner's 1862 diary, his service records, one photograph, obituaries, history, reminiscences, and genealogies (1754-1978) pertaining to the Shaner family and other Rockbridge County families.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Newspaper Clippings, 1914 - 1957

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

Clippings include news of the deaths of Harry Lee Walker, Harry Walker, and Clarence M. Wood. There is also a profile on Mrs. Nannie W. Wood and clippings of Eliza's poems.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1957

Tucker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0024
Scope and Contents

This collection includes items of John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) and Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) including 18 letters, 16 of which are to J.R. Tucker, legal lecture notebooks, 54 printed speeches in Congress and before other organizations by both father and son, obituaries, in memoriams and miscellaneous items. Correspondents include Thomas Mann Randolph and George Washington.

Dates: Inclusive 1794-1934

Vincent Loockerman Bradford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0042
Scope and Contents

This collection includes six letters, three of which concern a celebration at the First Presbyterian Church of Niles, Michigan, miscellaneous papers, and obituaries.

Dates: Inclusive 1866-1872

Wartime Papers, 1862 - 1863

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004832], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Elizabeth Paxton's obituary and many articles about the death of General Paxton. It also includes sympathy notes to Mrs. Paxton at the time of his death. There is notification of Paxton's death by d R. E. Lee.

Dates: 1862 - 1863