John Victor

ID Number: T00348

Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: male Ethnicity: European American Immigration: Attributed Race: white Free or Enslaved: free

Birth & Family

Birth Date: 1793/00/00 Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia Mother: Sarah Tankersley Dixon Victor Father: John Victor, Sr. 1st Spouse: Mary Jane Tilden Victor 2nd Spouse: none

Age Details

Age: 52 Age Group: adult (20-59)

Life Details

Occupation(s): jeweller and silversmith Last Church: Methodist (Reformed) Church Military Service: none Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address:

Death

Death Date: 1845/10/14 Death Note: none Place of Death: unknown Cause of Death: unknown

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1845/10/22 Funeral Home: Diuguid Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes Section: 103.X Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker

Notes

Son of a Revolutionary War soldier

Others In Same Plot (T0117)

Full Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Sarah Jane Victor Doniphan

unknown/unknown/unknown

John R. (Bell?) Victor

1817/unknown/unknown

1818/unknown/unknown

Sarah Tankersley Dixon Victor

Edward Bell (William?) Victor

Marian J. (Tilden) Victor

1828/unknown/unknown

1871/03/unknown

Mary A. Jane Tilden Victor

1795/unknown/unknown

1877/unknown/unknown

Obituary and Biographical Detials

From Cabell’s Sketches and Recollections:

JOHN VICTOR was a member of the same [Reformed Methodist] Church, and was a connection of the Winfree family, having married Mary, the oldest daughter of Dr. Tilden. Mr. Victor was a native of Fredericksburg; but removing with his parents to Lynchburg when very young, he was for many years the principal jeweller and silversmith of the upper country; and an old-fashioned spoon, marked “Williams and Victor,” forcibly recalls the period when, with wonder and admiration, the windows and show-cases of this establishment were contemplated; bringing to mind also the time when, with his sweet, excellent wife by his side, he might be seen entering the house of God. When there, his zeal in the services of the sanctuary, and his mild, holy countenance, showed that his thoughts were far withdrawn from worldly concerns, and centred wholly in contemplation of heavenly things.