Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) January 16, 1897 page 2
Mrs. Virginia B. Mosby died Thursday night at the home of her son, Mr. W. H. Mosby, at Bedford City, aged 83 years. Her death was due to infirmities of old age. She was the mother of Col. John S. Mosby, W.H. Mosby, of Bedford City, and Mrs. C. H. Russell and Miss Blakeley Mosby, of Washington. Colonel Mosby was in Bedford City at the time of his mother’s death.
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Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) January 30, 1897 page 2
Mrs. Virginia Jackson Mosby, mother of Colonel John S. Mosby, who died on Thursday, January 14, at the residence of her son, Mr. William Mosby, in Bedford City, Va., was born in 1815, and was named for General Andrew Jackson, who had just won the battle of New Orleans in the same year. Her father, James McLaurin, of Powhatan county, was a revolutionary soldier, while her grandfather, one of the first Episcopal clergymen in Virginia, lived at the Glebe, in that county and died in 1772, both he and his wife being buried beneath the chancel of Petersville Church in that county.
Mr. James McLaurin, Mrs. Mosby’s father, lived to a very great age and when an old man rode, on election day, into four different counties to cast his vote, the law of the state at that time permitting a man to have a ballot in every count in which he held property. His family belonged to the Scotch clan of McLaurin, between which and the clan McGregor there had existed a long feud. This ancient quarrel was peacefully terminated by the inter-marriage of the young people of the respective clans and is referred to in the introduction to Scott’s “Rob Roy.” Mrs. Mosby retained the distinguishing characteristics of her race and kept the plaid of her clan in a conspicuous place in her room with a picture of the monument of the McLaurins erected at Edinburgh. Her two sons she gave to the Confederate cause and, during the last winter of the war, when the Southerners’ hopes were almost gone, she wrote a letter to the Governor of Virginia urging him to never surrender the State to the enemy. Her dauntless spirit was displayed when on one occasion the train on which she was riding to Bedford City was halted at the side of a shaky bridge and the passengers told to walk over after the cars had passed. Mrs. Mosby refused to alight, though all the other passengers did so, and she asserted that, as she had a through ticket, she intended to keep her seat. She did and the train passed over safely but the very next day the bridge fell to the bottom of the chasm. Such was her remarkable energy that one of her sons often remarked that had she been in command of the army of the south it would have been fighting now.
Mrs. Mosby was buried at Bedford City. She leaves four children, Mrs. Charles W. Russell, of Washington; Miss Blakely Mosby, of the same city; Col. John S. Mosby and William Mosby. Her last illness was the result of a fall due to the feebleness of old age.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Mrs. Virginia B. Mosby died Thursday night at the home of her son, Mr. W. H. Mosby, at Bedford City, aged 83 years. Her death was due to infirmities of old age. She was the mother of Col. John S. Mosby, W.H. Mosby, of Bedford City, and Mrs. C. H. Russell and Miss Blakeley Mosby, of Washington. Colonel Mosby was in Bedford City at the time of his mother’s death.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) January 30, 1897 page 2
Mrs. Virginia Jackson Mosby, mother of Colonel John S. Mosby, who died on Thursday, January 14, at the residence of her son, Mr. William Mosby, in Bedford City, Va., was born in 1815, and was named for General Andrew Jackson, who had just won the battle of New Orleans in the same year. Her father, James McLaurin, of Powhatan county, was a revolutionary soldier, while her grandfather, one of the first Episcopal clergymen in Virginia, lived at the Glebe, in that county and died in 1772, both he and his wife being buried beneath the chancel of Petersville Church in that county.
Mr. James McLaurin, Mrs. Mosby’s father, lived to a very great age and when an old man rode, on election day, into four different counties to cast his vote, the law of the state at that time permitting a man to have a ballot in every count in which he held property. His family belonged to the Scotch clan of McLaurin, between which and the clan McGregor there had existed a long feud. This ancient quarrel was peacefully terminated by the inter-marriage of the young people of the respective clans and is referred to in the introduction to Scott’s “Rob Roy.” Mrs. Mosby retained the distinguishing characteristics of her race and kept the plaid of her clan in a conspicuous place in her room with a picture of the monument of the McLaurins erected at Edinburgh. Her two sons she gave to the Confederate cause and, during the last winter of the war, when the Southerners’ hopes were almost gone, she wrote a letter to the Governor of Virginia urging him to never surrender the State to the enemy. Her dauntless spirit was displayed when on one occasion the train on which she was riding to Bedford City was halted at the side of a shaky bridge and the passengers told to walk over after the cars had passed. Mrs. Mosby refused to alight, though all the other passengers did so, and she asserted that, as she had a through ticket, she intended to keep her seat. She did and the train passed over safely but the very next day the bridge fell to the bottom of the chasm. Such was her remarkable energy that one of her sons often remarked that had she been in command of the army of the south it would have been fighting now.
Mrs. Mosby was buried at Bedford City. She leaves four children, Mrs. Charles W. Russell, of Washington; Miss Blakely Mosby, of the same city; Col. John S. Mosby and William Mosby. Her last illness was the result of a fall due to the feebleness of old age.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) January 16, 1897 page 2
Mrs. Virginia B. Mosby died Thursday night at the home of her son, Mr. W. H. Mosby, at Bedford City, aged 83 years. Her death was due to infirmities of old age. She was the mother of Col. John S. Mosby, W.H. Mosby, of Bedford City, and Mrs. C. H. Russell and Miss Blakeley Mosby, of Washington. Colonel Mosby was in Bedford City at the time of his mother’s death.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) January 30, 1897 page 2
Mrs. Virginia Jackson Mosby, mother of Colonel John S. Mosby, who died on Thursday, January 14, at the residence of her son, Mr. William Mosby, in Bedford City, Va., was born in 1815, and was named for General Andrew Jackson, who had just won the battle of New Orleans in the same year. Her father, James McLaurin, of Powhatan county, was a revolutionary soldier, while her grandfather, one of the first Episcopal clergymen in Virginia, lived at the Glebe, in that county and died in 1772, both he and his wife being buried beneath the chancel of Petersville Church in that county.
Mr. James McLaurin, Mrs. Mosby’s father, lived to a very great age and when an old man rode, on election day, into four different counties to cast his vote, the law of the state at that time permitting a man to have a ballot in every count in which he held property. His family belonged to the Scotch clan of McLaurin, between which and the clan McGregor there had existed a long feud. This ancient quarrel was peacefully terminated by the inter-marriage of the young people of the respective clans and is referred to in the introduction to Scott’s “Rob Roy.” Mrs. Mosby retained the distinguishing characteristics of her race and kept the plaid of her clan in a conspicuous place in her room with a picture of the monument of the McLaurins erected at Edinburgh. Her two sons she gave to the Confederate cause and, during the last winter of the war, when the Southerners’ hopes were almost gone, she wrote a letter to the Governor of Virginia urging him to never surrender the State to the enemy. Her dauntless spirit was displayed when on one occasion the train on which she was riding to Bedford City was halted at the side of a shaky bridge and the passengers told to walk over after the cars had passed. Mrs. Mosby refused to alight, though all the other passengers did so, and she asserted that, as she had a through ticket, she intended to keep her seat. She did and the train passed over safely but the very next day the bridge fell to the bottom of the chasm. Such was her remarkable energy that one of her sons often remarked that had she been in command of the army of the south it would have been fighting now.
Mrs. Mosby was buried at Bedford City. She leaves four children, Mrs. Charles W. Russell, of Washington; Miss Blakely Mosby, of the same city; Col. John S. Mosby and William Mosby. Her last illness was the result of a fall due to the feebleness of old age.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Mrs. Virginia B. Mosby died Thursday night at the home of her son, Mr. W. H. Mosby, at Bedford City, aged 83 years. Her death was due to infirmities of old age. She was the mother of Col. John S. Mosby, W.H. Mosby, of Bedford City, and Mrs. C. H. Russell and Miss Blakeley Mosby, of Washington. Colonel Mosby was in Bedford City at the time of his mother’s death.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) January 30, 1897 page 2
Mrs. Virginia Jackson Mosby, mother of Colonel John S. Mosby, who died on Thursday, January 14, at the residence of her son, Mr. William Mosby, in Bedford City, Va., was born in 1815, and was named for General Andrew Jackson, who had just won the battle of New Orleans in the same year. Her father, James McLaurin, of Powhatan county, was a revolutionary soldier, while her grandfather, one of the first Episcopal clergymen in Virginia, lived at the Glebe, in that county and died in 1772, both he and his wife being buried beneath the chancel of Petersville Church in that county.
Mr. James McLaurin, Mrs. Mosby’s father, lived to a very great age and when an old man rode, on election day, into four different counties to cast his vote, the law of the state at that time permitting a man to have a ballot in every count in which he held property. His family belonged to the Scotch clan of McLaurin, between which and the clan McGregor there had existed a long feud. This ancient quarrel was peacefully terminated by the inter-marriage of the young people of the respective clans and is referred to in the introduction to Scott’s “Rob Roy.” Mrs. Mosby retained the distinguishing characteristics of her race and kept the plaid of her clan in a conspicuous place in her room with a picture of the monument of the McLaurins erected at Edinburgh. Her two sons she gave to the Confederate cause and, during the last winter of the war, when the Southerners’ hopes were almost gone, she wrote a letter to the Governor of Virginia urging him to never surrender the State to the enemy. Her dauntless spirit was displayed when on one occasion the train on which she was riding to Bedford City was halted at the side of a shaky bridge and the passengers told to walk over after the cars had passed. Mrs. Mosby refused to alight, though all the other passengers did so, and she asserted that, as she had a through ticket, she intended to keep her seat. She did and the train passed over safely but the very next day the bridge fell to the bottom of the chasm. Such was her remarkable energy that one of her sons often remarked that had she been in command of the army of the south it would have been fighting now.
Mrs. Mosby was buried at Bedford City. She leaves four children, Mrs. Charles W. Russell, of Washington; Miss Blakely Mosby, of the same city; Col. John S. Mosby and William Mosby. Her last illness was the result of a fall due to the feebleness of old age.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
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