Born in Virginia; aged 103. Died of "old age".
The Oldest Inhabitant Gone - A colored woman called "Old Aunt Violet," well known to many of the early settlers of this section, died at the residence of her nephew R. Jackson, in this city, on Thursday morning, aged about one hundred and ten years. She was raised in the Pendleton family, of Culpepper county, Virginia, and was the mother of ten children. Jackson, who is sixty-eight years of age, says he has known her ever since he knew anything, and that she was quite an elderly lady when he was born. In what year she came to this city is not known, but it was about thirty-four years ago. Several of the old residents remember when she lived in a log cabin situated near where the JOURNAL office now stands. At that early day she was considered an old woman, and obtained her living by selling pies and cakes to the few inhabitants here at that period. Her remains were interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery, yesterday.
Note: Although no name is stated other than "Violet", it is believed the obituary is referring to this woman. She is the only burial of a person of this approx. age in the month of October 1868. She is also buried in a "colored" section of the cemetery and that agrees with her obituary as well as being born in Virginia.
The Oldest Inhabitant Gone - A colored woman called "Old Aunt Violet," well known to many of the early settlers of this section, died at the residence of her nephew R. Jackson, in this city, on Thursday morning, aged about one hundred and ten years. She was raised in the Pendleton family, of Culpepper county, Virginia, and was the mother of ten children. Jackson, who is sixty-eight years of age, says he has known her ever since he knew anything, and that she was quite an elderly lady when he was born. In what year she came to this city is not known, but it was about thirty-four years ago. Several of the old residents remember when she lived in a log cabin situated near where the JOURNAL office now stands. At that early day she was considered an old woman, and obtained her living by selling pies and cakes to the few inhabitants here at that period. Her remains were interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery, yesterday.
Note: Although no name is stated other than "Violet", it is believed the obituary is referring to this woman. She is the only burial of a person of this approx. age in the month of October 1868. She is also buried in a "colored" section of the cemetery and that agrees with her obituary as well as being born in Virginia.
Born in Virginia; aged 103. Died of "old age".
The Oldest Inhabitant Gone - A colored woman called "Old Aunt Violet," well known to many of the early settlers of this section, died at the residence of her nephew R. Jackson, in this city, on Thursday morning, aged about one hundred and ten years. She was raised in the Pendleton family, of Culpepper county, Virginia, and was the mother of ten children. Jackson, who is sixty-eight years of age, says he has known her ever since he knew anything, and that she was quite an elderly lady when he was born. In what year she came to this city is not known, but it was about thirty-four years ago. Several of the old residents remember when she lived in a log cabin situated near where the JOURNAL office now stands. At that early day she was considered an old woman, and obtained her living by selling pies and cakes to the few inhabitants here at that period. Her remains were interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery, yesterday.
Note: Although no name is stated other than "Violet", it is believed the obituary is referring to this woman. She is the only burial of a person of this approx. age in the month of October 1868. She is also buried in a "colored" section of the cemetery and that agrees with her obituary as well as being born in Virginia.
The Oldest Inhabitant Gone - A colored woman called "Old Aunt Violet," well known to many of the early settlers of this section, died at the residence of her nephew R. Jackson, in this city, on Thursday morning, aged about one hundred and ten years. She was raised in the Pendleton family, of Culpepper county, Virginia, and was the mother of ten children. Jackson, who is sixty-eight years of age, says he has known her ever since he knew anything, and that she was quite an elderly lady when he was born. In what year she came to this city is not known, but it was about thirty-four years ago. Several of the old residents remember when she lived in a log cabin situated near where the JOURNAL office now stands. At that early day she was considered an old woman, and obtained her living by selling pies and cakes to the few inhabitants here at that period. Her remains were interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery, yesterday.
Note: Although no name is stated other than "Violet", it is believed the obituary is referring to this woman. She is the only burial of a person of this approx. age in the month of October 1868. She is also buried in a "colored" section of the cemetery and that agrees with her obituary as well as being born in Virginia.
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