Joseph Lewis Verts

1821 - 1901

• Born	8 Jul 1821	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Christened	14 Oct 1821	New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Mar 1901	Loudoun County, Virginia
  Buried	Leesburg Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia
  Person ID	I131	Virts
  Last Modified	19 May 2015

  
  

  Father	William Virts,   b. 5 Dec 1771, Middletown, Maryland ,   d. 9 Dec 1853, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Phillibina,   b. 1788,   d. 29 Apr 1845, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	25 Dec 1810	Loudoun County, Virginia
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Eliza Ann Baker,   b. 21 Sep 1827, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Nov 1901, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Married	3 Feb 1848	Lovettsville, Virginia   [2]
  Children	1. George William Thomas Verts,   b. 1 Feb 1849, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 9 Feb 1915, Leesburg, Virginia   2. Lydia Catherine Verts,   b. 23 Apr 1850, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 2 Nov 1937, Vienna, Virginia   3. Charles Edward Verts, Sr.,   b. 27 Aug 1851, Leesburg, Virginia ,   d. 1 Mar 1905, Oatlands, Virginia   4. Mary Elizabeth Ann Verts,   b. 1 Feb 1853, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Mar 1901, Loudoun County, Virginia   5. James Franklin Verts,   b. 14 Sep 1854, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Feb 1910, Nelson, Missouri   6. Joseph Albert Verts,   b. 31 May 1856, Leesburg, Virginia ,   d. 23 Jan 1943, Boonville, Missouri   7. Ann Jenetta Luvinia Verts,   b. 23 Apr 1858, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Jun 1920, Leesburg, Virginia   8. John Oscar Verts,   b. 27 Nov 1859, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 2 Mar 1925, Nelson, Missouri   9. John Henry Virts,   b. 29 Nov 1861, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 2 Oct 1939, Vienna, Virginia   10. Jane Rubiter Verts,   b. 19 Sep 1863, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Jan 1952, Cooper County, Missouri   11. Isaac Mortimer Verts,   b. 1 May 1865, Leesburg, Virginia ,   d. 11 Aug 1956, Nelson, Missouri   12. Oda Lucy Verts,   b. 20 Oct 1867, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Mar 1882, Loudoun County, Virginia   13. Floda Christina Virts,   b. 20 Oct 1867, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 2 Nov 1945, Marion, Iowa
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Joseph Lewis Verts and Eliza Ann Baker Joseph was born July 8, 1821 in Lovettsville, Virginia to William and Phillibina Virts. He died March 16, 1901 in Loudoun County, Virginia. He married Eliza Ann Baker on February 3, 1848. She was born September 21, 1827 in Loudoun County to George and Anna Elisabeth Virts Baker. She died on November 25, 1901 in Loudoun County. Both are buried in the Union Cemetery in Leesburg, Virginia. Photo courtesy of B.J. Verts

  
  

  Headstones

  Joseph Lewis Verts (1821-1901) Headstone Photo courtesy of Betty Frain

  
  

  Albums

  Joseph Lewis Verts and Eliza Ann Baker (18)

  
  

• Notes

  Alexandria Gazette, March 19, 1901 A Sudden Death - Mr. Joseph L. Virts died at his home, near Leesburg, on Saturday, aged 80 years and was buried yesterday. His daughter, Mrs. Mollie Lowe, who lived about three miles distant, went to her fathers home to attend the funeral. She had not been in good health recently and was take sick and died before the family returned from the cemetery. Mr. J. W. Summers, of this city was a relative of the deceased and attended the funeral. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph was baptised Joseph Ludwig Wertz. His sponsors were Peter and Christina Wertz. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following story is from the book "Loudoun County Families and History" compiled by Jim Presgraves. Joseph L. Verts was born and married in Loudoun County, and has here passed the years of his busy and honorable life. His birth was on the 8th of July 1821; his parents, now deceased, were William and Phebe Verts; and the wife whom he chose was Eliza Ann Baker. She was born in Loudoun County, September 21, 1826, and the date of her marriage with Mr. Verts was February 3, 1848. Her parents were George and Ann (Verts) Baker, and on her mother's side she is descended from the same pioneer family of Verts from which Joseph L. Verts is descended. Conrad Verts, grandfather of Joseph L., and maternal great-grandfather of his wife was one of the earliest settlers of Loudoun County. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Verts have reared a family of six girls and seven boys, of whom all are living, and in Loudoun County, except the youngest daughter, Oda L., who died after five days' illness, in March 1882, at the age of fourteen years and four months. These children were named: George W., Lydia C., Charles E., Mary E., James F., Joseph A., Anna L., Jonah O., John H., Jane R., Isaac M., Foda C., and Oda L. Mrs. Verts had two brothers, Charles and George W. Baker, in the Union army during the War Between the States. Both were prisoners at Richmond, where Charles died in 1865; George was also wounded in 1862, near Leesburg. Joseph L. Verts is a farmer, and may be addressed at Oatlands, Loudoun County, Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1693] New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Lovettsville Virginia, parish register, 1784-1836. [S759] Loudoun County Virginia Marriages 1760-1850 by John Vogt & T. Wm. Kethley, Jr.