Joseph Lewis Virts

1839 - 1911

• Born	29 Jun 1839	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Christened	17 Sep 1854	New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jan 1911	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Buried	Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Person ID	I39	Virts
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Adam Virts,   b. 28 Feb 1804, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 29 Dec 1847, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Susan Ann Lilly,   b. 1 Apr 1807, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 15 Sep 1889, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	28 Nov 1826	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Long,   b. 19 Nov 1833, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 7 Apr 1925, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	8 Oct 1859	Lovettsville, Virginia   [2]
  Children	1. William Wallace Virts,   b. 2 Jan 1860, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 11 Aug 1934, Lovettsville, Virginia   2. Susan Alverda Virts,   b. 4 Aug 1861, Virginia ,   d. 21 Jul 1930, Martinsburg, West Virginia   3. Rosa Althea Virts,   b. 23 Apr 1863, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Dec 1943, Lovettsville, Virginia   4. John Richard Adam Virts,   b. 30 Nov 1865, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 14 Feb 1941, Brunswick, Maryland   5. Louis Joseph Virts,   b. 4 Jul 1869, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 30 Jan 1934, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia   6. George Washington Virts,   b. 16 Jun 1872, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Aug 1959, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Joseph Lewis Virts and Sarah A. Long Joseph was born June 21, 1839 in Lovettsville, Virginia to Adam and Susan Ann Lilly Virts. He died January 21, 1911 in Lovettsville. He married Sarah A. Long on October 8, 1859. She was born January 18, 1832 in Loudoun County Virginia. She died April 7, 1925 in Lovettsville. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia.

  
  

  Headstones

  Joseph Lewis Virts (1839-1911) and Sarah A. Long Virts (1832-1925) Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  Alexandria Gazette, March 18, 1874 Loudoun County J. H. Clapham, auctioneer, sold on the 9?sup?th?/sup? instant, for John H. Lynn, executor, the farm of Elizabeth Lynn, deceased to Edward Simons for $40.25 per acre, and a lot on Short Hill, to Emanuel Ruse, for $5.50 per acre. On the same day, the same auctioneer sold for the heirs of John Long , deceased, his farm, at the base of Short Hill, for $25 per acre, Joseph L. Virts, purchaser. Also, a wood lot on the mountain for $3.85 per acre, J. J. Stevens, purchaser.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1693] New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Lovettsville Virginia, parish register, 1784-1836. [S126] Democratic Mirror, Oct. 19, 1859.