Josephine Victoria CRAGIN^{[1, 2]}

1839 - 1929  (89 years)

• Name	Josephine Victoria CRAGIN
  Birth	17 Nov 1839	Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Sep 1929	Waverly, Sussex Co, VA   [1]
  	Josephine died in Waverly, Virginia on at 6:20am 24 September 1929. She was 89 years old. Cause of death was noted as "chronic valvular heart disease", a condition from which she had suffered for 10 years.
  Burial	25 Sep 1929	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Her remains were interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 25 September 1929.
  Person ID	I2038	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel CRAGIN,   b. 16 Feb 1795, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH d. 15 Jul 1872, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Lucy Anna BURNHAM,   b. 11 Aug 1820, Camden Co, NC d. Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC
  Marriage	2 Apr 1837	Camden Co, NC   [4]
  	The couple married in Camden County, North Carolina on 2 April 1837.
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James CHERRY,   b. 26 Nov 1832, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 28 Aug 1868, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1857	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [2]
  	The couple was married in Deep Creek, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Hume on 11 February 1857.
  Children	1. Daniel Monroe CHERRY,   b. Aug 1857, Norfolk Co, VA d. Between May 1910 - Feb 1920 (Age 62 years)   2. James B. CHERRY,   b. 1861, Virginia d. Between Jun 1880 - Jun 1900 (Age 39 years)   3. Addie Jackson CHERRY,   b. 18 Aug 1862, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 2 Jul 1925 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	William T. CARNEY,   b. 1828, Virginia d. 1901 (Age 73 years)
  Notes	This was a second marriage for William, as it was for Josephine. He had, at least, one child, Kate Carney, by his first marriage.
  Children	1. Iva CARNEY,   b. c.1877, Virginia
  Family ID	F7739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: November 1850, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, VA Resided: July 1860, Deep Creek, Norfolk County, VA Resided: 12 Sep 1870, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA [S1018] Resided: June 1880, Deep Creek, Norfolk County, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S2696] Josephine Victoria Carney, Virginia death certificate no. 23360 (1929). [S3833] James Cherry - Josephine Virginia Cragin, Norfolk Co, VA minister's return no. A-492 (1857). [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Josephine V. Cherry interment, Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA; downloaded 12 July 2014. [S105] L. June Cragin Godley, compiler, Godley, The Cragin Story 1634-1964: Descendants, Who Bore Family Name, of John Cragin of Scotland and Massachusetts, ((Little Falls, NJ: by the compiler, 1964)). p. 27.