Funerals
Information on funerals in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1909-04-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Frank T. Glasgow, brother of Ellen Glasgow, commits suicide at the Tredegar Iron Works
1910-04-30, Richmond Times Dispatch; obituary notice of Virginius Bossieux, former commandant of Belle Isle.
1910-07-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; first “motor car funeral” in Richmond to be held at Shockoe Cemetery
1916-01-31, Richmond Times-Dispatch; funeral of Francis Glasgow to take place today at noon at 2nd Presbyterian Church. Tredegar co-workers to be the pall-bearers
1920-09-04, Richmond Times-Dispatch; J. T. Anderson, sales agent of the Tredegar Iron Works (son of JRA and brother of Archer Anderson) kills himself
1931-11-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; man commits suicide “in the rear of the Tredegar Iron Works”
1939-10-26, Richmond Times Dispatch; obituary of Edward C. Garrison, witness of the Monitor/Virginia battle and Lincoln’s visit to Richmond
1944-09-07, Richmond News Leader; three men assigned to Tredegar murder case; many details on the killing, and includes the note that the victim had built the “miniature railroad” at Forest Hill Park
1944-09-07, Richmond Times Dispatch; Pattern maker found bludgeoned and shot at the Tredegar Iron Works – murderer still at large.
No date, "The Death of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart."; Unknown author. Includes reprint from Richmond Examiner. Southern Historical Society Papers 7 (1879), pp. 107-110.

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