 1897 - 1982 (84 years)
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| Name |
Lloyd Raymond Virts |
| Born |
10 Aug 1897 |
Lovettsville, Virginia  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
2 Mar 1982 |
Lovettsville, Virginia [1] |
| Buried |
Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia [1] |
| Person ID |
I812 |
Virts |
| Last Modified |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Father |
George Washington Virts, b. 16 Jun 1872, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 23 Aug 1959, Lovettsville, Virginia (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Olevia Elizabeth Ann Roller, b. 9 Nov 1873, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 8 Aug 1961, Lovettsville, Virginia (Age 87 years) |
| Married |
29 Dec 1891 |
Loudoun County, Virginia [2] |
| Family ID |
F102 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Beatrice Conner, b. 19 Aug 1898, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 24 Jul 1988, Leesburg, Virginia (Age 89 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Wilmuth Robert Virts, b. 2 Dec 1915, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 5 Oct 1989, Washington, District of Columbia (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Catherine Mable Virts, b. 28 Oct 1917, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 21 Apr 2010, Frederick, Maryland (Age 92 years) |
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| Last Modified |
7 Oct 2012 |
| Family ID |
F119 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Lloyd ran a blacksmith shop for many years of his life and the following story was taken from the Loudoun Times Mirror story written by Eugene M. Scheel:
After George's Mill washed away about 1920, Bud Booth Took over the wheelwright and blacksmith shops form William Butts. Mr. Booth hired Lloyd Virts to help in the shops. Mr. Virts recalled shoeing a horse for $1.80, including shoes and nails. He also put on wagon tires for $1.25 each.. This process included firing, cooling, and fitting the iron around the wheel, and some days, Mr. Virts was able to change 20 wheels. The farmers supplied the wood for the wheels and repairs and also for the wagons. A large wagon earned Lloyd $100.00, when the farmers were able to pay.
Lloyd took over the shop after Mr. Booth's death. By this time, he was fixing cars, too, mostly Chevys and Fords. Mr. Virts often said "that while you had to know a bit more about cars, it was a lot easier to work on a car than a wagon or horse." Shoeing horses was toughest, and sometimes he says " I'd have to throw'em down and tie'em up. Never met a horse I couldn't shoe."
George's Mill's last business closed about 1950. "There was a big snow came February of one year and mashed the shop in." Eliza George Myers reminisces about the old structures at George's Mill - the slave graveyard in back of Sam George's orchard, a slave cabin, Randolph's house, the miller's house, the old log schoolhouse and even the mill itself, she states, "They seem to have melted away like the snow."
Obituary:
Loudoun Times Mirror, March 4, 1982
Lloyd Raymond Virts, a Lovettsville resident who had operated a blacksmith's shop there for many years, died March 2 at his daughter's home in Lovettsville. Born Aug. 10, 1897, he was a son of George W. and Olivia Roler Virts. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth B. Virts, one son, Wilmuth R. of Brunswick, Md.; one daughter, Catherine M. Wenner of Lovettsville; two sisters, Mrs. James Nelson and Mrs. Carroll Green, both of Lovettsville; and six grandchildren, Nancy Orndorff and Thomas A. Wenner of Lovettsville, Vicki D. Virts of Brunswick, Kimmi L. Virts of Charles Town, W.Va. and Patti and Candi Virts of Brunswick. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, Lovettsville.
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| Sources |
- [S1853] Virginia Death Certificate No. 1982008566.
- [S984] Blue Ridge Herald, January 24, 1946.
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