 1825 - 1906 (80 years)
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| Name |
Cornelius William Virts |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
22 Aug 1825 |
Loudoun County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
21 Apr 1906 |
Sandy Hook, Maryland [1] |
| Buried |
Knoxville Reformed Cemetery, Knoxville, Maryland |
| Person ID |
I342 |
Virts |
| Last Modified |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Father |
Conrad Virts, b. 6 Jun 1791, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 2 Dec 1881, Neersville, Virginia (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Elisabeth Derry, b. 22 Feb 1802, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 19 Dec 1886, Neersville, Virginia (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
11 Mar 1819 |
Lovettsville, Virginia [2] |
| Family ID |
F31 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Catherine Ellen Enniss, b. 22 Jan 1834, Maryland , d. 31 Oct 1892, Sandy Hook, Maryland (Age 58 years) |
| Married |
2 Dec 1850 |
Frederick County, Maryland [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Lawrence T. W. Virts, b. 16 May 1853, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 18 Oct 1854, Loudoun County, Virginia (Age 1 years) |
| | 2. John T. Virts, b. 1 May 1857, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 18 Aug 1860, Loudoun County, Virginia (Age 3 years) |
| | 3. Mary E. "Mollie" Virts, b. 10 Sep 1859, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 18 Dec 1951, Hagerstown, Maryland (Age 92 years) |
| | 4. Emma McClellan Virts, b. 10 Nov 1860, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 20 Jan 1938, Gaithersburg, Maryland (Age 77 years) |
| | 5. Sarah Lillian Virts, b. 15 Dec 1863, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 14 Jan 1901, Washington County, Maryland (Age 37 years) |
| | 6. Cornelius William Virts, b. 31 May 1865, Weaverton, Maryland , d. 17 Jan 1941, Knoxville, Maryland (Age 75 years) |
| | 7. Pearl Estell May Virts, b. 5 Nov 1870, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 30 Dec 1959, Frederick, Maryland (Age 89 years) |
| | 8. Charles Edgar Virts, b. 31 Dec 1873, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 14 Mar 1955, Sandy Hook, Maryland (Age 81 years) |
| | 9. Ella Gertrude Virts, b. 6 Jul 1874, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 8 Feb 1945, Frederick, Maryland (Age 70 years) |
| | 10. Dr. Grace Gue Virts, b. 26 Jan 1878, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 10 May 1955, Hagerstown, Maryland (Age 77 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Family ID |
F201 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Cornelius William Virts, Sr. and Catherine Ellen Enniss
Cornelius was born August 22, 1825 in Loudoun County, Virginia to Conrad and Elizabeth Derry Virts. He died April 24, 1906 in Sandy Hook, Maryland. He married Catherine Ellen Enniss on December 2, 1850. She was born January 22, 1834 in Maryland and died October 31, 1892 in Sandy Hook. Both are buried in the Reformed Cemetery in Knoxville, Maryland.
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 | Cornelius William Virts Family Group Photo at his home Prospect Hill Farm, Washington County Maryland, circa 1897
Cornelius was born August 22, 1825 in Loudoun County, Virginia to Conrad and Elizabeth Derry Virts. He died April 24, 1906 in Sandy Hook, Maryland. He married Catherine Ellen Enniss on December 2, 1850. She was born January 22, 1834 in Maryland and died October 31, 1892 in Sandy Hook. Both are buried in the Reformed Cemetery in Knoxville, Maryland. |
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| Notes |
- Washington Post, April 25, 1906
Hagerstown, April 24. Cornelius Virts a wealthy farmer, died suddenly today of acute indigestion near Sandy Hook, aged eighty-four years. He owned several fine farms in Washington County, valuable property in Brunswick, and was the largest stockholder in the Harpers Ferry Bridge Company. Mrs. Grace Nash of Washington, is a surviving daughter.
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Frederick News, April 25, 1906
Cornelius Virts died at 6:15 o'clock yesterday morning at his home, near sandy Hook, Washington county, from acute indigestion, aged 81 years. He was a native of Washington county and was a well-know and highly respected citizen. He was a member of the M. E. church and a devout Christian. In addition to owning several fine farms, he possessed a half dozen of the finest dwellings in Brunswick. He was also a heavy stockholder in the Harpers Ferry Bridge Company. He made several distributions of his property among his children. He was a man of wonderful vitality and last year cut all the day that was made on his farm. Surviving are his wife; sons, William, Frederick county; Charles, at home; daughters Mrs. Joseph Johnson, sandy Hook; Mrs. Pearl; Henck, Sandy Hook, Mrs. Gertie Nash, Washington. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon, leaving the house at 2 o'clock. Services will be held about 2:30 o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal church at Knoxville, and interment will be made in the cemetery at that place.
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The following was provided by V.B.Virts:
Cornelius went to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania as a youth and learned plastering for a salary of $75 per year. He worked at his traded for two years, 1848 -1850, prior to his marriage. After his marriage he settled in Knoxville, Maryland, where he continued his trade for six years. In 1856, he owned two houses and bought the farm that was passed down through my family's generations for $4,777, paying $1500 cash. During the Civil War he cleared himself of debt by boarding officers and leasing his barn to the commissary department. His original farm contained 96 acres and during the war he added 24 acres to it. To the best of my knowledge, Cornelius built the three story 15 room brick farmhouse on this property I 1870 at a cost of $4000. I remember my mother removing wallpaper in what we called a parlor room one time when I was younger, where we discovered writing on the plaster that gave the name of the person that did the wallpapering and a date of 1877 as when the wallpapering was done. The house is in excellent shape and the family that now lives there has painted the outside of the brick house a cream color and trimmed it in green. Traveling on old route 340 toward Knoxville, Maryland from the Cindy Dee Restaurant, it is on the left about two tenths of a mile from the Cindy Dee. My grandfather told me the brick for the house was fired on the site and that they used horsehair to hold the brick clay together for firing. Interior walls of the house are made of brick 18 inches thick.
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| Sources |
- [S1141] The Frederick News, Frederick, Maryland, April 25, 1906, obituary.
- [S759] Loudoun County Virginia Marriages 1760-1850 by John Vogt & T. Wm. Kethley, Jr.
- [S1563] Maryland Marriages 1666-1970.
- [S269] Frederick County Maryland Marriage Records.
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