Della Bessie Virts^[1]

1882 - 1939

• Born	8 Aug 1882	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Sep 1939	Lovettsville, Virginia   [2]
  Buried	Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Person ID	I22	Virts
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	James Marion Virts,   b. 14 Dec 1848, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Oct 1933, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Mary Elisabeth Leigh,   b. 1849, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Mar 1926, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	10 Mar 1873	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Charles William Kidwell,   b. 23 Dec 1873, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 22 Nov 1953, Brunswick, Maryland
  Married	15 Aug 1901	Lovettsville, Virginia   [3]
  Children	1. Carrie Ruth Kidwell,   b. 8 Apr 1900, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 22 Feb 1954, Norfolk, Virginia   2. Charles William Kidwell, Jr.,   b. 1902, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 1902, Lovettsville, Virginia   3. Naomi V. Kidwell,   b. 6 Oct 1903, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 15 Jul 1919, Lovettsville, Virginia   4. Bessie Elizabeth Kidwell,   b. 22 Jan 1912, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 28 May 1975, Baltimore, Maryland   5. Dorothy Mae Kidwell,   b. 20 Oct 1914, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 22 Mar 1980, Winchester, Virginia   6. Hazel Pauline Kidwell,   b. 6 Jan 1919, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 10 Oct 1988, Frederick, Maryland   7. James William Kidwell,   b. 24 Dec 1921, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Jul 1922, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Charles William Kidwell and Della Bessie Virts Della Bessie Virts was born August 8, 1882 in Lovettsville, Virginia to James Marion and Mary Elisabeth Leigh Virts. She died September 22, 1939 in Lovettsville. She married Charles William Kidwell on August 22, 1901. He was born March 10, 1873 in Loudoun County Virginia and died November 22, 1953 in Brunswick, Maryland. Both are buried in the Mount Olivet Methodist Cemetery in Lovettsville, Virginia.

  
  

  Headstones

  Charles William Kidwell (1873-1953) and Della Bessie Virts (1882-1939) Headstone

  
  

  Albums

  James Marion Virts and Mary Elisabeth Leigh (16)

  
  

• Notes

  Loudoun Times Mirror, September 1939 Mrs. Della B. Kidwell died at her home near Lovettsville on Friday from cerebral hemorrhage, following three years of invalidism. Mrs. Kidwell, 57 years of age, was the wife of Charles Kidwell and the daughter of the late Marion Virts and Mary E. Lay Virts of Lovettsville District. She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Carrie McHarlan, Norfolk, Mrs. Bessie Anderson, Lovettsville, Miss Dorothy Kidwell, Silver Spring, Md., Miss Haze Kidwell at home; four brothers, Oscar, Elbert, Thomas, and Charles all of Lovettsville; two sisters, Mrs. William Everhart, Lovettsville and Mrs. Maggie Nuse, near Harpers Ferry. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Methodist Cemetery, Lovettsville.

  
  

• Sources

  [S749] Loudoun County Virginia Birth Register 1880-1896. [S651] Loudoun Times Mirror, September 1939. [S875] Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, Marriage Records.