Sarah Cornelia Rawls

  General Notes:

The 1920 Federal Census for Virginia, Southampton Co., Franklin, District 213, page 198A records Cornelia Daughtrey living at 704 North High Street with her son, John O. Daughtrey (32-widower), as head of household. Also in the household are Cornelia's children Lydia (39) and Braxton R. Daughtrey (27) as well as John's children Elizabeth (11), Margaret (9), and Helen W. (8). John is an Oil Agent and Braxton is a bookeeper for a Saw Mill.


Obituary for SARAH CORNELIA RAWLS DAUGHTREY
Mrs. Sarah Cornelia Daughtrey died Wednesday night, January 10, at 11 o'clock at the home of her son, Braxton Daughtrey, in North High Street, in her seventy-first year. She was a native of Nansemond county, the daughter of the late Randolph and Christine Rawls, and had been a faithful, consistent and valued member of Holy Neck Christian Church since early childhood.

She was married on March 6, 1889, to Allen Daughtrey, an honored citizen of Nansemond and later of this town, who died November 20, 1919. She is survived by one son, Braxton R. Daughtrey, and by five step-children, all of whom loved her and regarded her even as their own mother; Mrs. Eva L. Daughtrey and Mrs. J.D. Johnson of Isle of Wight, Miss Lydia Daughtrey, W.A. Daughtrey and J.O.H.
Daughtrey of Franklin; by three brothers, Eugene Rawls of Franklin, D.P. Rawls of Portsmouth and B.B. Rawls of Clearwater, Fla., and by one sister, Mrs. Mary E. Bell of Blackstone, a., besides many nieces and nephews and a wide circle of relatives and friends.

She had lived the ideal Christian life, true in all of its relations to her Master whom she served the church she loved and to the members of the home circle, to neighbors and friends. The immediate cause of her death was heart trouble from which she had suffered for some time, bearing her afflictions with resignation and without complaint.

The funeral services will be conducted from her late residence this (Friday) morning at 11:30 o'clock by Dr. C.H. Rowland of the Franklin Christian Church, assisted by Rev. W.M. Jay, pastor of the Holy Neck Christian Church, and interment will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery here. The pallbearers will be her sons and grandsons, B.R. W.A. and J.O.H. Daughtrey; Edward D. Daughtrey, R.A. Johnson, C.N. Johnson and A.B. Daughtrey and E.V. Stephenson.

[Sarah Cornelia (RAWLS; Mrs. Allen) DAUGHTREY, d. 10 Jan 1923, age 71, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 12 Jan 1923, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 12 Jan 1923, p. 1]

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Daughtrey burials at Poplar Springs Cemetery, Franklin, Virginia. Section 2, Plot 72A include:
Allen Daughtrey, Cornelia Daughtrey, John O. H. Daughtreyand his wife Mary White Daughtrey, Braxton Rawls Daughtrey, Lydia M. [Daughtrey] Dines and her husband William K. Dines.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Religion: Holy Neck Christian Church.

Sarah married Allen Daughtrey, son of Joshua Daughtrey and Priscilla (Prissy) Holland, on 6 Mar 1889. (Allen Daughtrey was born on 15 Sep 1840 in Isle of Wight Co., VA, died on 20 Nov 1919 in Nansemond Co, VA. and was buried on 21 Nov 1919 in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Franklin, Virginia. Section 2, Plot 72A.) The cause of his death was Chronic Bright's / Uremic Poisoning.