 1867 - 1918 (50 years)
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| Name |
Marshall L. Virts [1] |
| Born |
12 May 1867 |
Point of Rocks, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
21 Feb 1918 |
Baltimore, Maryland |
| Buried |
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland |
| Person ID |
I1720 |
Virts |
| Last Modified |
12 Sep 2015 |
| Father |
Jacob Joseph Wirts, Jr., b. 1 Jan 1810, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 2 Apr 1882, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Ann Rebecca Mossburg, b. 21 Feb 1828, Buckeystown, Maryland , d. 7 Apr 1901, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
12 Feb 1855 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Maryland [2] |
| Family ID |
F320 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Della Olivia Shellman, b. 28 Aug 1864, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 24 Dec 1948, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
1890 |
Frederick County, Maryland |
| Children |
| | 1. Walter Jacob Virts, b. 16 Dec 1890, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 20 Sep 1960, Frederick, Maryland (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Paul L. Virts, b. 19 Jul 1893, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 27 Feb 1900, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age 6 years) |
| | 3. Rida Virts, b. 4 Sep 1894, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 9 Sep 1981, Frederick, Maryland (Age 87 years) |
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| Last Modified |
7 Oct 2012 |
| Family ID |
F586 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The following information has been graciously provided by Jeanie Virts LaGrave.
The following newspaper clippings are from a collection of Emory and Bertha Virts, now in the possession of Ralph Virts family.
Marshall Virts, Delirious, Jumps From Third Story At University Hospital
Marshall Virts, 50 years old, of Point of Rocks, MD, while delirious, jumped from the third story window of the University Hospital about 7 o'clock Thursday morning and sustained injuries that resulted in his death, two hours later. It was stated that Mr. Virts, had been delirious since being taken to the institution on February 13, 1918. He was tied to his bed and constantly watched by the nurses. While the night nurse left his ward to secure medicine for another patient Mr. Virts managed to break his bonds and make his way to a window, which he smashed with a chair. The noise attracted two of the orderlies, who rushed to the ward, but too late to prevent the man from jumping. He fell about 50 feet. His skull and other bones were broken and he died without regaining consciousness. Coroner Driscoll, of the Western district, issued a certificate of accidental death.
Reflections by Ralph Hume Virts: Uncle Marsh it seems he was what the old people called "a man's man". He was about 6'2" and big built and didn't take any guff from anyone. It seems he wasn't one to start trouble but he didn't walk away from it either. The family always thought there was something not right about the report of his death, too. They felt he was thrown out the window but couldn't prove it
Daily News, Frederick, MD, February 23, 1918
Marshall L. Virtz, of Point of Rocks, died Thursday, February 21 at 9 o'clock a. m. at the Maryland University Hospital, Baltimore, after an illness of eight days of colitis of the bowels. He was aged fifty years, nine months and 9 days. Besides his widow, Mrs. Della O. Virts, he is survived by one son and one daughter, Walter J. Virts and Mrs. Noah w. Money, both at home. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10:30 a.m., at St. Luke's Lutheran church Point of Rocks. M. R. Etchison, Jefferson, is the undertaker in charge.
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