Viola Lavinia (Pitman) Gold (1837 - 1919)

Born 27 Feb 1837 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Henry Gold — married 22 Apr 1868 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

Died 4 Feb 1919 at age 81 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States

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Biography

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Viola was a daughter of Philip Pitman and Mary Houston. She married William Henry Gold in 1868.^[1] Viola passed away in 1919.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

16 February 1919; page 45

MRS. W. H. GOLD DEAD;

NURSED IN CIVIL WAR

Was Eighty-Two Years Old, and Related to Sam Houston, and Mother of Richmond Doctor.

WINCHESTER, VA., Feb. 15. - Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs. Viola L. Gold, eighty-two years old, widow of William Henry Gold, and prominently identified with the Presbyterian Church. She was the mother of Philip H., John C. and Hunter B. Gold and Mrs. Frank B. Crawford, of Winchester; Dr. Edwin T. Gold, Richmond; Miss Mary F. Gold, Norfolk, and Miss Margaret R. Gold, Baltimore, and the sister of Archibald H. Pitman, Mount Jackson, Va. Through her maternal grandfather, she was a near relative of General Sam Houston, and knew him well. She helped to nurse hundreds of sick and wounded Confederate soldiers during the War Between the States.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8GZD-ZHT2 : 8 August 2020), Viola L Pitman and Wm H Gould, 22 Apr 1868; citing Marriage Registration, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
2. ↑ Richmond Time-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia; 16 February 1919, page 45.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D5-VWM : 23 December 2020), Lavina V Pitman in household of Philip Pitman, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMQ-QH6 : 18 February 2021), Viola L Pitman in entry for Philip Pitman, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFL1-5D6 : 2 January 2021), Viola L Gold in entry for William H Gold, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC53-B65 : 20 February 2021), Viola Gold in household of Wm H Gold, Stonewall, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 332B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,366.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ3-VGN : accessed 3 April 2021), Viola F Gold in household of John C Gold, Plains Township (Timberville Precinct) Timberville town, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 12A, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,726.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPV-G5C : accessed 3 April 2021), Viola L Gold in household of John C Gold, Shawnee, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1629; FHL microfilm 1,375,642.
• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR7-4XMF : 16 August 2019), Viola L Gold, 11 Feb 1919; from "Virginia, Death Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond. Cause: Carcinoma Stomach; Informant: Philip H Gold