Death of Robert L. Perrow-(Family copy of Obit)
Obit from Lynchburg,Va Newspaper-1943
Death OF
Mr. Perrow (As Typed)
R.L. Perrow,Former Sheriff
of Campbell County, Passes
Away at age 82. III Only
Four Days
A large concource of friends, and a gathering of the Perrow clan assembled at the home of Robert Lee Perrow at Rustburg, Monday morning to pay their last tribute of respect, as his remains were laid to rest in the burial ground of his parents, John Fleming and Martha Cowling Perrow, near Rustburg.
The hundreds of persons who entered the home and yard and those who lined the hillsides leading into the home, gave evidence of the esteem and devotion of his many friends.
The deceased was 82 years of age and while it was known he was gradually succumbing to the vicissitudes of age, he was ill only a few days and the end came on Friday at 10 a.m.., at the Memorial Hospital,Lynchburg.
The deceased was united in marriage in 1888 to Miss Lucy Coke of Arkansas. To this union 8 children were given. He is survived by the following: Stanley Perrow,Mrs. Perrow Moon and Mrs. N.A. Samouce of Lynchburg, Mrs. D.S. Darden of Hertford N.C., and Mrs. W.H. Jenkins of Norfolk, also surviving him are thirteen grandchildren,four of whom are in the U.S. Armed Forces. He had three sons in World War One. R.L.Perrow was killed in action during that conflict.
Mr. Perrow was for 40 years High Sheriff of Campbell County, the oldest in point of service, in the United States. He seldom had a opponent at election time.
As a public servant he was greatly beloved, and while it was his duty to administer judgement as prescribed County Triounal, it was ever his desire to "temper justice with mercy" whenever it lay within his power to do so. It has been said of him that he was "generous to a fault", and his life long friend, Rev. J.W. Marsh of Pamplin, with whom he talked a short time before his passing, said of him during the last rites: "He never sought adulation, he wished no eulogy and he needed none, the man's life speaks for itself.
Edward Blankenship rendered a violin solo entitled "Face to Face," which was followed by the poem "Crossing the Bar," read by Rev. Marsh, both favorites of the deceased. Rev. W.L. Asher pastor of Rustburg Methodist church, assisted in the funeral services.
Flower bearers were Misses Rose Tweedy, Mary Merryman,Ann Perrow,Ethel Guill,Lyda Perrow,Bessie Perrow,Charlotte Reynolds,Lizzie Perrow,Katherine Perrow,Claiborne Perrow, and Evelyn Keesee, and Mesdames S.S. Price,J.A. McGhee,Mary White,Arthur Coleman,J.Allen Perrow, H.W. Carwile, Ruth Moon Perkins,Cosby Holt,J.T. Merryman,C.S. Arthur,C.B. Perrow,Thomas Whately,Roy Gardner,Ben Tweedy,E.F. Conner,D.W. Perrow, and Malcolm Merryman.
Pallbearers were Ward Perrow. M.H. Perrow,T.A.Perrow,Captain William Moon,Clarence Keesee and Dr. H.S. Moon
Career:
Article in Newspaper:Sunday,December 28,1930
Evening Star (Washington D.C.),(District of Columbia)-Page: 18
SHERIFF TO QUIT
Special Dispatch to the Star(from articles I have)
Lynchburg,Va., December 27-R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County 35 Years, will not be a candidate for re-election at the election to be held next November and will relinquish the office at the close of his present term, December 31,1931.
His Sons-Articles of them in War:(from copies of articles I have on family)
Richmond Times Dispatch:September 21,1918,Page:#3
HEARS SON IS GAS VICTIM
Lynchburg,Va., September 20-Sheriff Perrow of Campbell Co., is in receipt of information that his son, John Perrow, is in a French hospital suffering with the effects of German Gas. Another son, Stanley, is also in the hospital in France. and the third son,Robert,Jr. is in the trenches.
Article:
Richmond Times Dispatch:Tuesday,May 29,1919,Page:#3
Will Welcome Soldiers
Lynchburg,Va., May 19-Mayor Jester and C.M. Mayo and W.B. Womack,of the Board of Alderman,and John L. Barber,E.E. Menfee, and E.H. Ewart, of the Common Council; Mrs. H.A. Robinson and daughter,Miss Mary Robinson, of Lynchburg, and Robert L. Perrow, of Rustburg, left this morning for Newport News to welcome home the Lynchburg contingent of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, which is due to arrive there sometime tomorrow.
(Note before reading this article)-the newspaper was in error of the beginning article-Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. that wrote his Father-that Corporal Robert L. Perrow Jr. had died was in error(their were only 3 brothers over there-they list John, so the one who wrote this had to be Stanley) to write his Father-about his brother Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. being killed)
Another note-Stanley Perrow was later gassed in the war-but survived, as his brother John being gassed in the war(per article)-they came home.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch, Thursday,November 28,1918-Page #11.
Corporal R.L. Perrow Killed
Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr., of Company L, One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, has written his Father, R.L. Perrow, at Rustburg,advising him of the death of his brother Corporal R.L. Perrow,Jr. of the same company. He wrote that he did not see the death of his brother, as he was in the hospital as the result of thirty-six hours, outpost duty, but his friends told him they saw his death. This occurred October 15 on the Meuse. John Perrow, another son,was gassed in action some weeks ago. The father of these boys has for a number of years been sheriff of Campbell County and is the best known officials in this part of the State.
Purchase of Historical Property in Campbell County,Va
by Sheriff Robert Lee Perrow.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch:Monday, July 30, 1928-Page: #2 (Copy of article I have)
Old School Sold
Lynchburg,Va., July 29-
The old Fountain Hotel, operated for years, by the Finch family, which was a part of the estate of Mrs. Kittie B. Finch, has been sold to Violet I. Pick. A grocery store, also in Rustburg, belonging to the same estate,was sold to R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County.
"These are newspaper articles I have of 3rd Gr. Maternal Grandfather and added the articles to his Find-A-Grave! (Sandra Pearson)"
Obit from Lynchburg,Va Newspaper-1943
Death OF
Mr. Perrow (As Typed)
R.L. Perrow,Former Sheriff
of Campbell County, Passes
Away at age 82. III Only
Four Days
A large concource of friends, and a gathering of the Perrow clan assembled at the home of Robert Lee Perrow at Rustburg, Monday morning to pay their last tribute of respect, as his remains were laid to rest in the burial ground of his parents, John Fleming and Martha Cowling Perrow, near Rustburg.
The hundreds of persons who entered the home and yard and those who lined the hillsides leading into the home, gave evidence of the esteem and devotion of his many friends.
The deceased was 82 years of age and while it was known he was gradually succumbing to the vicissitudes of age, he was ill only a few days and the end came on Friday at 10 a.m.., at the Memorial Hospital,Lynchburg.
The deceased was united in marriage in 1888 to Miss Lucy Coke of Arkansas. To this union 8 children were given. He is survived by the following: Stanley Perrow,Mrs. Perrow Moon and Mrs. N.A. Samouce of Lynchburg, Mrs. D.S. Darden of Hertford N.C., and Mrs. W.H. Jenkins of Norfolk, also surviving him are thirteen grandchildren,four of whom are in the U.S. Armed Forces. He had three sons in World War One. R.L.Perrow was killed in action during that conflict.
Mr. Perrow was for 40 years High Sheriff of Campbell County, the oldest in point of service, in the United States. He seldom had a opponent at election time.
As a public servant he was greatly beloved, and while it was his duty to administer judgement as prescribed County Triounal, it was ever his desire to "temper justice with mercy" whenever it lay within his power to do so. It has been said of him that he was "generous to a fault", and his life long friend, Rev. J.W. Marsh of Pamplin, with whom he talked a short time before his passing, said of him during the last rites: "He never sought adulation, he wished no eulogy and he needed none, the man's life speaks for itself.
Edward Blankenship rendered a violin solo entitled "Face to Face," which was followed by the poem "Crossing the Bar," read by Rev. Marsh, both favorites of the deceased. Rev. W.L. Asher pastor of Rustburg Methodist church, assisted in the funeral services.
Flower bearers were Misses Rose Tweedy, Mary Merryman,Ann Perrow,Ethel Guill,Lyda Perrow,Bessie Perrow,Charlotte Reynolds,Lizzie Perrow,Katherine Perrow,Claiborne Perrow, and Evelyn Keesee, and Mesdames S.S. Price,J.A. McGhee,Mary White,Arthur Coleman,J.Allen Perrow, H.W. Carwile, Ruth Moon Perkins,Cosby Holt,J.T. Merryman,C.S. Arthur,C.B. Perrow,Thomas Whately,Roy Gardner,Ben Tweedy,E.F. Conner,D.W. Perrow, and Malcolm Merryman.
Pallbearers were Ward Perrow. M.H. Perrow,T.A.Perrow,Captain William Moon,Clarence Keesee and Dr. H.S. Moon
Career:
Article in Newspaper:Sunday,December 28,1930
Evening Star (Washington D.C.),(District of Columbia)-Page: 18
SHERIFF TO QUIT
Special Dispatch to the Star(from articles I have)
Lynchburg,Va., December 27-R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County 35 Years, will not be a candidate for re-election at the election to be held next November and will relinquish the office at the close of his present term, December 31,1931.
His Sons-Articles of them in War:(from copies of articles I have on family)
Richmond Times Dispatch:September 21,1918,Page:#3
HEARS SON IS GAS VICTIM
Lynchburg,Va., September 20-Sheriff Perrow of Campbell Co., is in receipt of information that his son, John Perrow, is in a French hospital suffering with the effects of German Gas. Another son, Stanley, is also in the hospital in France. and the third son,Robert,Jr. is in the trenches.
Article:
Richmond Times Dispatch:Tuesday,May 29,1919,Page:#3
Will Welcome Soldiers
Lynchburg,Va., May 19-Mayor Jester and C.M. Mayo and W.B. Womack,of the Board of Alderman,and John L. Barber,E.E. Menfee, and E.H. Ewart, of the Common Council; Mrs. H.A. Robinson and daughter,Miss Mary Robinson, of Lynchburg, and Robert L. Perrow, of Rustburg, left this morning for Newport News to welcome home the Lynchburg contingent of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, which is due to arrive there sometime tomorrow.
(Note before reading this article)-the newspaper was in error of the beginning article-Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. that wrote his Father-that Corporal Robert L. Perrow Jr. had died was in error(their were only 3 brothers over there-they list John, so the one who wrote this had to be Stanley) to write his Father-about his brother Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. being killed)
Another note-Stanley Perrow was later gassed in the war-but survived, as his brother John being gassed in the war(per article)-they came home.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch, Thursday,November 28,1918-Page #11.
Corporal R.L. Perrow Killed
Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr., of Company L, One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, has written his Father, R.L. Perrow, at Rustburg,advising him of the death of his brother Corporal R.L. Perrow,Jr. of the same company. He wrote that he did not see the death of his brother, as he was in the hospital as the result of thirty-six hours, outpost duty, but his friends told him they saw his death. This occurred October 15 on the Meuse. John Perrow, another son,was gassed in action some weeks ago. The father of these boys has for a number of years been sheriff of Campbell County and is the best known officials in this part of the State.
Purchase of Historical Property in Campbell County,Va
by Sheriff Robert Lee Perrow.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch:Monday, July 30, 1928-Page: #2 (Copy of article I have)
Old School Sold
Lynchburg,Va., July 29-
The old Fountain Hotel, operated for years, by the Finch family, which was a part of the estate of Mrs. Kittie B. Finch, has been sold to Violet I. Pick. A grocery store, also in Rustburg, belonging to the same estate,was sold to R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County.
"These are newspaper articles I have of 3rd Gr. Maternal Grandfather and added the articles to his Find-A-Grave! (Sandra Pearson)"
Death of Robert L. Perrow-(Family copy of Obit)
Obit from Lynchburg,Va Newspaper-1943
Death OF
Mr. Perrow (As Typed)
R.L. Perrow,Former Sheriff
of Campbell County, Passes
Away at age 82. III Only
Four Days
A large concource of friends, and a gathering of the Perrow clan assembled at the home of Robert Lee Perrow at Rustburg, Monday morning to pay their last tribute of respect, as his remains were laid to rest in the burial ground of his parents, John Fleming and Martha Cowling Perrow, near Rustburg.
The hundreds of persons who entered the home and yard and those who lined the hillsides leading into the home, gave evidence of the esteem and devotion of his many friends.
The deceased was 82 years of age and while it was known he was gradually succumbing to the vicissitudes of age, he was ill only a few days and the end came on Friday at 10 a.m.., at the Memorial Hospital,Lynchburg.
The deceased was united in marriage in 1888 to Miss Lucy Coke of Arkansas. To this union 8 children were given. He is survived by the following: Stanley Perrow,Mrs. Perrow Moon and Mrs. N.A. Samouce of Lynchburg, Mrs. D.S. Darden of Hertford N.C., and Mrs. W.H. Jenkins of Norfolk, also surviving him are thirteen grandchildren,four of whom are in the U.S. Armed Forces. He had three sons in World War One. R.L.Perrow was killed in action during that conflict.
Mr. Perrow was for 40 years High Sheriff of Campbell County, the oldest in point of service, in the United States. He seldom had a opponent at election time.
As a public servant he was greatly beloved, and while it was his duty to administer judgement as prescribed County Triounal, it was ever his desire to "temper justice with mercy" whenever it lay within his power to do so. It has been said of him that he was "generous to a fault", and his life long friend, Rev. J.W. Marsh of Pamplin, with whom he talked a short time before his passing, said of him during the last rites: "He never sought adulation, he wished no eulogy and he needed none, the man's life speaks for itself.
Edward Blankenship rendered a violin solo entitled "Face to Face," which was followed by the poem "Crossing the Bar," read by Rev. Marsh, both favorites of the deceased. Rev. W.L. Asher pastor of Rustburg Methodist church, assisted in the funeral services.
Flower bearers were Misses Rose Tweedy, Mary Merryman,Ann Perrow,Ethel Guill,Lyda Perrow,Bessie Perrow,Charlotte Reynolds,Lizzie Perrow,Katherine Perrow,Claiborne Perrow, and Evelyn Keesee, and Mesdames S.S. Price,J.A. McGhee,Mary White,Arthur Coleman,J.Allen Perrow, H.W. Carwile, Ruth Moon Perkins,Cosby Holt,J.T. Merryman,C.S. Arthur,C.B. Perrow,Thomas Whately,Roy Gardner,Ben Tweedy,E.F. Conner,D.W. Perrow, and Malcolm Merryman.
Pallbearers were Ward Perrow. M.H. Perrow,T.A.Perrow,Captain William Moon,Clarence Keesee and Dr. H.S. Moon
Career:
Article in Newspaper:Sunday,December 28,1930
Evening Star (Washington D.C.),(District of Columbia)-Page: 18
SHERIFF TO QUIT
Special Dispatch to the Star(from articles I have)
Lynchburg,Va., December 27-R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County 35 Years, will not be a candidate for re-election at the election to be held next November and will relinquish the office at the close of his present term, December 31,1931.
His Sons-Articles of them in War:(from copies of articles I have on family)
Richmond Times Dispatch:September 21,1918,Page:#3
HEARS SON IS GAS VICTIM
Lynchburg,Va., September 20-Sheriff Perrow of Campbell Co., is in receipt of information that his son, John Perrow, is in a French hospital suffering with the effects of German Gas. Another son, Stanley, is also in the hospital in France. and the third son,Robert,Jr. is in the trenches.
Article:
Richmond Times Dispatch:Tuesday,May 29,1919,Page:#3
Will Welcome Soldiers
Lynchburg,Va., May 19-Mayor Jester and C.M. Mayo and W.B. Womack,of the Board of Alderman,and John L. Barber,E.E. Menfee, and E.H. Ewart, of the Common Council; Mrs. H.A. Robinson and daughter,Miss Mary Robinson, of Lynchburg, and Robert L. Perrow, of Rustburg, left this morning for Newport News to welcome home the Lynchburg contingent of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, which is due to arrive there sometime tomorrow.
(Note before reading this article)-the newspaper was in error of the beginning article-Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. that wrote his Father-that Corporal Robert L. Perrow Jr. had died was in error(their were only 3 brothers over there-they list John, so the one who wrote this had to be Stanley) to write his Father-about his brother Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. being killed)
Another note-Stanley Perrow was later gassed in the war-but survived, as his brother John being gassed in the war(per article)-they came home.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch, Thursday,November 28,1918-Page #11.
Corporal R.L. Perrow Killed
Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr., of Company L, One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, has written his Father, R.L. Perrow, at Rustburg,advising him of the death of his brother Corporal R.L. Perrow,Jr. of the same company. He wrote that he did not see the death of his brother, as he was in the hospital as the result of thirty-six hours, outpost duty, but his friends told him they saw his death. This occurred October 15 on the Meuse. John Perrow, another son,was gassed in action some weeks ago. The father of these boys has for a number of years been sheriff of Campbell County and is the best known officials in this part of the State.
Purchase of Historical Property in Campbell County,Va
by Sheriff Robert Lee Perrow.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch:Monday, July 30, 1928-Page: #2 (Copy of article I have)
Old School Sold
Lynchburg,Va., July 29-
The old Fountain Hotel, operated for years, by the Finch family, which was a part of the estate of Mrs. Kittie B. Finch, has been sold to Violet I. Pick. A grocery store, also in Rustburg, belonging to the same estate,was sold to R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County.
"These are newspaper articles I have of 3rd Gr. Maternal Grandfather and added the articles to his Find-A-Grave! (Sandra Pearson)"
Obit from Lynchburg,Va Newspaper-1943
Death OF
Mr. Perrow (As Typed)
R.L. Perrow,Former Sheriff
of Campbell County, Passes
Away at age 82. III Only
Four Days
A large concource of friends, and a gathering of the Perrow clan assembled at the home of Robert Lee Perrow at Rustburg, Monday morning to pay their last tribute of respect, as his remains were laid to rest in the burial ground of his parents, John Fleming and Martha Cowling Perrow, near Rustburg.
The hundreds of persons who entered the home and yard and those who lined the hillsides leading into the home, gave evidence of the esteem and devotion of his many friends.
The deceased was 82 years of age and while it was known he was gradually succumbing to the vicissitudes of age, he was ill only a few days and the end came on Friday at 10 a.m.., at the Memorial Hospital,Lynchburg.
The deceased was united in marriage in 1888 to Miss Lucy Coke of Arkansas. To this union 8 children were given. He is survived by the following: Stanley Perrow,Mrs. Perrow Moon and Mrs. N.A. Samouce of Lynchburg, Mrs. D.S. Darden of Hertford N.C., and Mrs. W.H. Jenkins of Norfolk, also surviving him are thirteen grandchildren,four of whom are in the U.S. Armed Forces. He had three sons in World War One. R.L.Perrow was killed in action during that conflict.
Mr. Perrow was for 40 years High Sheriff of Campbell County, the oldest in point of service, in the United States. He seldom had a opponent at election time.
As a public servant he was greatly beloved, and while it was his duty to administer judgement as prescribed County Triounal, it was ever his desire to "temper justice with mercy" whenever it lay within his power to do so. It has been said of him that he was "generous to a fault", and his life long friend, Rev. J.W. Marsh of Pamplin, with whom he talked a short time before his passing, said of him during the last rites: "He never sought adulation, he wished no eulogy and he needed none, the man's life speaks for itself.
Edward Blankenship rendered a violin solo entitled "Face to Face," which was followed by the poem "Crossing the Bar," read by Rev. Marsh, both favorites of the deceased. Rev. W.L. Asher pastor of Rustburg Methodist church, assisted in the funeral services.
Flower bearers were Misses Rose Tweedy, Mary Merryman,Ann Perrow,Ethel Guill,Lyda Perrow,Bessie Perrow,Charlotte Reynolds,Lizzie Perrow,Katherine Perrow,Claiborne Perrow, and Evelyn Keesee, and Mesdames S.S. Price,J.A. McGhee,Mary White,Arthur Coleman,J.Allen Perrow, H.W. Carwile, Ruth Moon Perkins,Cosby Holt,J.T. Merryman,C.S. Arthur,C.B. Perrow,Thomas Whately,Roy Gardner,Ben Tweedy,E.F. Conner,D.W. Perrow, and Malcolm Merryman.
Pallbearers were Ward Perrow. M.H. Perrow,T.A.Perrow,Captain William Moon,Clarence Keesee and Dr. H.S. Moon
Career:
Article in Newspaper:Sunday,December 28,1930
Evening Star (Washington D.C.),(District of Columbia)-Page: 18
SHERIFF TO QUIT
Special Dispatch to the Star(from articles I have)
Lynchburg,Va., December 27-R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County 35 Years, will not be a candidate for re-election at the election to be held next November and will relinquish the office at the close of his present term, December 31,1931.
His Sons-Articles of them in War:(from copies of articles I have on family)
Richmond Times Dispatch:September 21,1918,Page:#3
HEARS SON IS GAS VICTIM
Lynchburg,Va., September 20-Sheriff Perrow of Campbell Co., is in receipt of information that his son, John Perrow, is in a French hospital suffering with the effects of German Gas. Another son, Stanley, is also in the hospital in France. and the third son,Robert,Jr. is in the trenches.
Article:
Richmond Times Dispatch:Tuesday,May 29,1919,Page:#3
Will Welcome Soldiers
Lynchburg,Va., May 19-Mayor Jester and C.M. Mayo and W.B. Womack,of the Board of Alderman,and John L. Barber,E.E. Menfee, and E.H. Ewart, of the Common Council; Mrs. H.A. Robinson and daughter,Miss Mary Robinson, of Lynchburg, and Robert L. Perrow, of Rustburg, left this morning for Newport News to welcome home the Lynchburg contingent of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, which is due to arrive there sometime tomorrow.
(Note before reading this article)-the newspaper was in error of the beginning article-Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. that wrote his Father-that Corporal Robert L. Perrow Jr. had died was in error(their were only 3 brothers over there-they list John, so the one who wrote this had to be Stanley) to write his Father-about his brother Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr. being killed)
Another note-Stanley Perrow was later gassed in the war-but survived, as his brother John being gassed in the war(per article)-they came home.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch, Thursday,November 28,1918-Page #11.
Corporal R.L. Perrow Killed
Corporal Robert L. Perrow,Jr., of Company L, One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, has written his Father, R.L. Perrow, at Rustburg,advising him of the death of his brother Corporal R.L. Perrow,Jr. of the same company. He wrote that he did not see the death of his brother, as he was in the hospital as the result of thirty-six hours, outpost duty, but his friends told him they saw his death. This occurred October 15 on the Meuse. John Perrow, another son,was gassed in action some weeks ago. The father of these boys has for a number of years been sheriff of Campbell County and is the best known officials in this part of the State.
Purchase of Historical Property in Campbell County,Va
by Sheriff Robert Lee Perrow.
Article:Richmond Times Dispatch:Monday, July 30, 1928-Page: #2 (Copy of article I have)
Old School Sold
Lynchburg,Va., July 29-
The old Fountain Hotel, operated for years, by the Finch family, which was a part of the estate of Mrs. Kittie B. Finch, has been sold to Violet I. Pick. A grocery store, also in Rustburg, belonging to the same estate,was sold to R.L. Perrow, sheriff of Campbell County.
"These are newspaper articles I have of 3rd Gr. Maternal Grandfather and added the articles to his Find-A-Grave! (Sandra Pearson)"
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