I got caught by a train.

On the way into town to mail a package I got caught by a train.

So I made a side trip --

Jesse Parker
13th Virginia Cavalry, Company C, Private
Parker is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery Block B, Lot 14.

L.A. Stitch
2nd North Carolina, Acting Assistant Surgeon
Stitch was born ca. 1841. He was a doctor and was buried in Cedar
Hill Cemetery Block C, Lot 6.

Laurence Simmons Baker
1st North Carolina Cavalry, General
General Baker was born May 15, 1830, the son of Dr. John Burgess
and Mary Wynn Gregory Baker of Gates County, N.C. He attended
West Point and was a friend and classmate of General U.S. Grant.
When Grant became president he offered Baker a job in Washington
but Baker did not take it because he felt he was needed by his
men at home. He was a ticket agent for the Seaboard railroad on
North Main Street in Suffolk. Laurence married Elizabeth Earl
Henderson. He died April 10, 1907 and is buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery, Block V, Lot 11.

William Robinson Smith
16th Virginia Infantry, Company A, Private
Smith was born March 14, 1843, son of George Robinson and Judith
Elizabeth Kilby Smith. His mother was the only civilian killed
during the war, while fleeing from a burning house under attack,
with her baby in her arms. He moved up in rank while in service
from private to Captain and was captured at Weldon Railroad in
August 1864. Smith was released from Point Lookout, Maryland in
March 1865. He died October 27, 1920 and is buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery Block C, Lot 10.

James M. Bailey
16th Virginia Infantry, Company B, 4th Cpl. later 2nd Lieutenant.
Bailey was born in 1839, the son of James and Ann Bailey. He was
wounded at the Crater on July 30 and died of his wounds August 8,
1864.

Robert Henry Riddick
13th Virginia Cavalry, Company K, Private
Riddick was born ca. 1839. He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery,
Block D, Lot 13.

James E. Jenkins
24th Virginia Cavalry, Secretary to General Dearing
Jenkins was born in 1824. He attended William and Mary College
and became a lawyer. Jenkins died September 15, 1868 and was
given a Masonic funeral at the Methodist Church in Suffolk. He is
buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Block D, Lot 54.

Jacob Eley Kelly 

13th Virginia Cavalry, Company I, Captain
Kelly was born February 24, 1836, the son of Jacob Holland and
Elizabeth Eley Kelly. He attended the University of Virginia from
1855 to 1856. He married Lucy Edith Ballard Holladay
(b.10-05-1839 d.02-21-1882) on January 12, 1859.. His second wife
was Hattie B. Rives (b. 06-10-1908), whom he married on Sept. 10,
1884. Kelly was a merchant. Jacob Kelly died January 13, 1888.


Ezekiel Powell Kelly
13th Virginia Cavalry, Company I, Private
Kelly was born in 1839, the son of Jacob Holland and Susan Powell
Kelly. His first wife was Mary C. Flynn (1838- ), his second wife
was Mary Connally Williamson (1849- ). Kelly is buried in Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Block D, Lot 33. There are no dates on his stone.


Owen Flynn Duke
16th Virginia Infantry, Company A, Private
Duke was born December 6, 1845 in Suffolk, the son of David O.
and Catherine Flynn Duke. He attended VMI before the war. He died
May 8, 1891 and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery