Highland Recorder January 15, 1937
Albert S. Bratton, fifty-eight years of age, died at his home three miles northeast of Lexington, on Friday evening, January 8. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days before his death. Only a few weeks ago he and his family had bought this home and had moved there from Wildwood, the ancestral Bratton home, near Millboro Station. He was a descendant of Capt. Robt. Bratton, the Pioneer, who lived on Calfpasture river near Goshen. His great-grandfather, James Bratton served in the Revolution. He was a son of J. Mitchell Bratton and Mary Jane Grove Bratton and was one of a family of children, His father served in Company G 11th Virginia Cavalry during the War Between the States. He served for several years in camp at Bath Alum in Bath county and was held in high esteem by the men under his supervision as well as his superiors in the camp. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Gertrude Blagg, of Highland county, his aged mother, who made her home with him and the following brothers and sisters: John, Charles, DeWitt, Jessie, Clyde, Annie, Patsy (now Mrs. Turner) of Kentucky and Edith (Mrs. H. H. Jolly.) Committal services were conducted by the Rev. A. B. Williford on Sunday afternoon, Jan, 10. Burial was in the family cemetery near Millboro. As stated, Mrs. Bratton was formerlly Miss Gertrude Blagg and who for a number of years lived in Monterey, where she has many friends, who will grieved to learn of the death of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sullenberger and Miss Helen Gillispie attended the funeral service.
Albert S. Bratton, fifty-eight years of age, died at his home three miles northeast of Lexington, on Friday evening, January 8. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days before his death. Only a few weeks ago he and his family had bought this home and had moved there from Wildwood, the ancestral Bratton home, near Millboro Station. He was a descendant of Capt. Robt. Bratton, the Pioneer, who lived on Calfpasture river near Goshen. His great-grandfather, James Bratton served in the Revolution. He was a son of J. Mitchell Bratton and Mary Jane Grove Bratton and was one of a family of children, His father served in Company G 11th Virginia Cavalry during the War Between the States. He served for several years in camp at Bath Alum in Bath county and was held in high esteem by the men under his supervision as well as his superiors in the camp. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Gertrude Blagg, of Highland county, his aged mother, who made her home with him and the following brothers and sisters: John, Charles, DeWitt, Jessie, Clyde, Annie, Patsy (now Mrs. Turner) of Kentucky and Edith (Mrs. H. H. Jolly.) Committal services were conducted by the Rev. A. B. Williford on Sunday afternoon, Jan, 10. Burial was in the family cemetery near Millboro. As stated, Mrs. Bratton was formerlly Miss Gertrude Blagg and who for a number of years lived in Monterey, where she has many friends, who will grieved to learn of the death of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sullenberger and Miss Helen Gillispie attended the funeral service.
Highland Recorder January 15, 1937
Albert S. Bratton, fifty-eight years of age, died at his home three miles northeast of Lexington, on Friday evening, January 8. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days before his death. Only a few weeks ago he and his family had bought this home and had moved there from Wildwood, the ancestral Bratton home, near Millboro Station. He was a descendant of Capt. Robt. Bratton, the Pioneer, who lived on Calfpasture river near Goshen. His great-grandfather, James Bratton served in the Revolution. He was a son of J. Mitchell Bratton and Mary Jane Grove Bratton and was one of a family of children, His father served in Company G 11th Virginia Cavalry during the War Between the States. He served for several years in camp at Bath Alum in Bath county and was held in high esteem by the men under his supervision as well as his superiors in the camp. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Gertrude Blagg, of Highland county, his aged mother, who made her home with him and the following brothers and sisters: John, Charles, DeWitt, Jessie, Clyde, Annie, Patsy (now Mrs. Turner) of Kentucky and Edith (Mrs. H. H. Jolly.) Committal services were conducted by the Rev. A. B. Williford on Sunday afternoon, Jan, 10. Burial was in the family cemetery near Millboro. As stated, Mrs. Bratton was formerlly Miss Gertrude Blagg and who for a number of years lived in Monterey, where she has many friends, who will grieved to learn of the death of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sullenberger and Miss Helen Gillispie attended the funeral service.
Albert S. Bratton, fifty-eight years of age, died at his home three miles northeast of Lexington, on Friday evening, January 8. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days before his death. Only a few weeks ago he and his family had bought this home and had moved there from Wildwood, the ancestral Bratton home, near Millboro Station. He was a descendant of Capt. Robt. Bratton, the Pioneer, who lived on Calfpasture river near Goshen. His great-grandfather, James Bratton served in the Revolution. He was a son of J. Mitchell Bratton and Mary Jane Grove Bratton and was one of a family of children, His father served in Company G 11th Virginia Cavalry during the War Between the States. He served for several years in camp at Bath Alum in Bath county and was held in high esteem by the men under his supervision as well as his superiors in the camp. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Gertrude Blagg, of Highland county, his aged mother, who made her home with him and the following brothers and sisters: John, Charles, DeWitt, Jessie, Clyde, Annie, Patsy (now Mrs. Turner) of Kentucky and Edith (Mrs. H. H. Jolly.) Committal services were conducted by the Rev. A. B. Williford on Sunday afternoon, Jan, 10. Burial was in the family cemetery near Millboro. As stated, Mrs. Bratton was formerlly Miss Gertrude Blagg and who for a number of years lived in Monterey, where she has many friends, who will grieved to learn of the death of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sullenberger and Miss Helen Gillispie attended the funeral service.
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