William H. Virts

1855 - 1938

• Born	14 Feb 1855	Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Mar 1938	Washington, DC
  Buried	Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia
  Person ID	I1711	Virts
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Jacob Joseph Wirts, Jr.,   b. 1 Jan 1810, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 2 Apr 1882, Frederick County, Maryland
  Mother	Ann Rebecca Mossburg,   b. 21 Feb 1828, Buckeystown, Maryland ,   d. 7 Apr 1901, Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Married	12 Feb 1855	Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Maryland
  Family ID	F320	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Virginia E. Mossburg,   b. 4 Jul 1863, Berkeley County, West Virginia ,   d. 13 Sep 1902
  Married	19 Apr 1883	Berkeley County, West Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Arthur Granville Virts, Sr.,   b. 26 Apr 1884, Silver Spring, Maryland ,   d. 30 Apr 1952, Frederick, Maryland   2. Marjorie R. Virts,   b. 13 Nov 1890,   d. Jan 1977, Maryland
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F906	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Charlotte Elizabeth Shellman,   b. 20 Dec 1862,   d. 27 Nov 1930, Washington, DC
  Married	11 Feb 1904	Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F907	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Source Unknown. The body of William H. Virts, 83, Washington man, whose sudden death occurred in that city on Saturday, is being brought to Martinsburg for burial in Green Hill Cemetery, according to word received by Funeral Directors L. H. Weimer and Son, this city. He died at his home. The body will be brought to Martinsburg by the W. W. Chambers Company. Funeral Directors Weimer will meet the cortege at the edge of the city and escort them to the cemetery. Among the survivors are two children, Mrs. Marjorie Hargett and Arthur G. Virts, of Boyds, Md. His wife, who died in 1903, also is buried in Green Hill here, it was stated.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1553] West Virginia, Marriages 1853-1970.