The Daily Dispatch, January 09, 1880, Richmond, Virginia - Marriages and Deaths

The Daily Dispatch, January 09, 1880

Richmond, Virginia; p. 2, col. 3

DEATHS.

"Departed this life, January 8th, at 4 1/2 o'clock A.M., STUART FITZHUGH, beloved son of W. J. and S. R. Leake; aged four months and twenty days.

Died, December 27th, JENNIE B., youngest child of M. Lue and J. B. Yarbrough; aged fourteen months and eight days.

'Transient and vain is every hope

A rising race can give;

In endless honor and delight

My children all shall live.'

Richmond Christian Advocate and New Orleans papers please copy.

Entered into rest, January 8th, ELISE F. BARKSDALE, wife of Mr. George A. Barksdale, in the communion of the Catholic Church in the confidence of a certain faith, in the comfort of a seasonable religious and holy hope.

Died, on the 20th of November, GEORGE W. ENGLAND, in the sixty-third year of his age.

Died, on the 21st December, Mrs. ORPAH L. TRUSLOW; aged seventy-three years.

Baltimore and Fredericksburg papers please copy."

Fredericksburg Research Resources by the University of Mary Washington

I just rediscovered a resource that I have know about for awhile but it had slipped my mind.  The University of Mary Washington has a web page dedicated to Fredericksburg, Virginia historical resources.  The site is a bit clunky but it is filled with useful information.  Of major interest are the newspaper indexes which involve more than just Fredericksburg.  They include info from all over Virginia, especially surrounding counties such as Stafford and Spotsylvania.

Here is the link to the main page:

http://departments.umw.edu/hipr/www/fredburg.htm

Newspapers included are:

• Virginia Gazette 1736-1780
• Virginia Herald 1787-1876 
• Impartial Observer and the Rights of Man, 1811
• Democratic Recorder 1842-1861
• Weekly Recorder 1844-1847
• Fredericksburg News 1847-1884
• Weekly Advertiser 1853-1860
• Fredericksburg New Era, 1865-1866
• Christian Banner, 1850 and 1862
• Fredericksburg Ledger, 1865-1874
• The Free Lance 1885-1900
• The Free Lance Star 1926-1928
• Political Arena 1827-1841
• Virginia Star, Fredericksburg Star, and Daily Star, 1877-1926

The site also has city directories, census stuff, tax lists, etc. - and all for free.

Henry & Lucy Jackson Hailey Vass of Spotsylvania, Caroline & Hanover

Henry was probably born in Spotsylvania County at the turn of the nineteenth century. He was not well educated and never learned to read or write. He and Lucy were married by pastor John Billingsley of Massaponax Baptist Church, located to the south of Fredericksburg and east of the county courthouse. The church was founded in 1788 and is still active, although in a newer building and location.

During their marriage, Henry and Lucy had at least nine children. They had three daughters; Elizabeth J. Vass, Rachel A. Vass and Mary Frances Vass Taylor. They also had six sons; Benjamin W., John W., Henry Jackson Clay, Thomas Josiah, James Philip and Joseph A. Vass. Several of the boys served during the Civil War and their names appear on the Confederate monument at Hanover Courthouse.

Henry and Lucy purchased a one hundred and fifty acre farm from Thomas and Elizabeth Duerson in November of 1837 for $450. It was located in Spotsylvania, beside the farm of Lucy's father, John Hailey. The Vasses sold the property to Boswell S. Fleming for five hundred dollars in December of 1849, shortly after their move to Caroline County.

Henry and Lucy lived in Caroline, a county adjoining Spotsylvania to its south, for nearly twenty years. Henry and a few slaves farmed their land while he also managed farms for other families in the area. They eventually moved to Ashland of Hanover County where Henry continued to work in farming.

The Vass home in Ashland was located on present-day Maple Street between Route 1 and Ashcake Road, near the modern Ashland Christian Center. The home no longer exists and locals do not know of any family cemetery in the area.

Considering the time of their deaths, it is likely that Henry and Lucy were buried in Woodland Cemetery near Ashland. Early burials of the cemetery were not well documented and there are many unmarked graves. A large number of their descendants are buried in this graveyard, including at least three of their children.

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Henry Vass was born between 1798–1799 in Virginia and died after June 1860.

Lucy Jackson Hailey Vass was born between 1804–1805 in Virginia died on June 15, 1878 in Hanover County. She was a member of the Baptist church for more than fifty years.