Benjamin Thomas Virts^[1]

1851 - 1930

• Born	5 Jan 1851	Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 1930	Frederick, Maryland   [2]
  Buried	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland
  Person ID	I981	Virts
  Last Modified	22 Feb 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	Ida Bell Thompson,   b. 10 Sep 1860, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 9 Sep 1907, Frederick, Maryland
  Married	25 Jun 1881	Frederick County, Maryland   [3]
  Children	1. Benjamin Eugene Virts,   b. 19 Sep 1873, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 17 Feb 1921, Frederick, Maryland   2. Jacob T. Virts,   b. 8 May 1885, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 8 Nov 1885, Frederick County, Maryland   3. Mary Virginia Virts,   b. 20 Aug 1886, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 20 Jan 1922, Frederick, Maryland   4. Ada H. Virts,   b. 11 Dec 1889, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 7 Feb 1912, Frederick County, Maryland   5. Elouise J. Virts,   b. 2 Jul 1894, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 9 May 1925, Frederick, Maryland   6. Bernard Lee Virtzs,   b. 1895, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 30 Oct 1939, Union Bridge, Maryland   7. Norma Virts,   b. 22 Nov 1896, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 12 Aug 1916, Frederick, Maryland
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Benjamin Thomas Virts and Ida Bell Thompson Benjamin was born January 5, 1851 in Point of Rocks, Maryland to Jacob Joseph and Ann Rebecca Mossburg Wirts, Jr. He died on April27, 1930 in Frederick, Maryland. He married Ida Bell Thompson on June 25, 1881. She was born on September 1860 and died September 9, 1907 in Frederick Maryland. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Jean LaGrave

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick Post, Apirl 28, 1930 Benjamin T. Virtz died as his residence, 318 East Patrick street, Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock of complications, aged 79 years. He is survived by one son, Bernard L. Virtz, Union Bridge, and one brother, William Virtz, Washington. He was employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad practically all his life and retired a few years ago. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. Funeral form the late home Tuesday afternoon with services at 2 o'clock and interment in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Harry E. Carty, funeral director.

  
  

• Sources

  [S640] 1880 Ohio Census. [S143] The Frederick Post, obituary, April 28, 1930. [S269] Frederick County Maryland Marriage Records.