Benjamin Thomas Virts[1]

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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
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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
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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.
- Frederick Post, Apirl 28, 1930
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