Lewis Vaden (1861 - 1893)

Born 9 Jun 1861 in Chesterfield, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Kate Cox (Porter) Rudd — married 20 Nov 1889 in Manchester, Virginia, United States

Died 27 Aug 1893 at age 32 in Manchester, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Lewis Vaden, (Sunday, 9 June 1861 - Sunday, 27 Aug 1893) Age 32

Birth & Parents

He was the son of Mary Goode and Michael Washington Vaden

Education

• 21 September 1881 matriculated from Chesterfield County, VA
• 30 June 1885 graduated Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA

Marriage to Kate Cox Porter

On 20 Nov 1889 in Manchester, Virginia, 28-year-old Lewis Vaden married 20-year-old Kate Cox Porter, daughter of William Logan Porter, (x Jan 1835 - 14 Jan 1924) and Nannie E. (Porter) Porter, (x May 1839 - 8 May 1904).

2 known children: 2 daughters

Together Lewis Vaden and Kate C. Porter had 2 known children, 2 daughters, both of whom were born in Manchester City, Virginia. In chronological order the children are:

• 1. Mary Lewis Vaden, aka Mrs. Robert Ryland Gwathmey Jr., (x Aug 1890 - 30 Oct 1949) Age 58; Hollywood Cemetery, Plot: Section P., Richmond, VA., FAG ID: 25259662
• 2. Nancy "Nannie" Porter Vaden, aka Mrs. Donald Webb Fitton, (29 Dec 1892 - 11 June 1954) Age 61; Greenwood Cemetery, Plot: Section EH Lot 134 G20, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio; FAG ID: 169355138

Death & Funeral

On Sunday, 27 Aug 1893 at the home of his father-in-law, William Logan Porter. Lewis Vaden died from typhoid fever. He was 32 years old. The obituary notice does not explicitly state where his remains were laid to rest.

Obituary Notice

"Mr. Vaden’s Death. This well-known Contractor Passes Away in Manchester. Typhoid Fever the Cause – Personal and other items from the South Side of the James. Mr. Lewis Vaden, a well known civil engineer and contractor died Sunday afternoon [27 Aug 1893] at the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. W. L. Porter, in Manchester. Typhoid Fever was the cause of death and the deceased had been sick only about three weeks. Deceased was a son of Mr. Michael Vaden, of Clover Hill, Chesterfield County, and was 32 years of age. He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Mr. Vaden married Miss Kate Porter of this city about four years ago and she, with two small children, survives him. Deceased was a man of the highest integrity and was universally popular. The funeral took place from Central Methodist Church yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. Rev. W. C. Vaden, the pastor, and uncle of the deceased, officiated.” Published in the Richmond Dispatch, Number 13,130, Tuesday, 29 August 1893, Page 1. Accessed via Library of Virginia https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD18930829.1.1&srpos=8&e=-07-1893--12-1894--en-20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Vaden%22-------

NOTE: The Death Notice does not explicitly state where he was buried. Also take note that the Virginia Death Register (Y.E. 1896) incorrectly reported that Lewis Vaden died on 15 Sept 1893.

"Virginia Items. Mr. Lewis Vaden, a well known civil engineer and contractor of Richmond, died Sunday afternoon in Manchester of typhoid fever.“ Published in Norfolk Landmark, (Norfolk, Virginia) Volume 37, Number 56, Wednesday, 30 August 1893, Page 3. Accessed via Library of Virginia database https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TNL18930830.1.3&srpos=10&e=-07-1893--12-1894--en-20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Vaden%22-------

“Mr. Louis Vaden, a nephew of Rev. W. C. Vaden and a well-known young man to many of our people, died last Monday in Manchester, from typhoid fever.” .........etc ............ "Rev. W. C. Vaden, of Manchester, a former pastor of the Methodist Church here, came up from his home last Wednesday and at night conducted prayer meeting. During the course of Mr. Vaden’s remarks he feelingly alluded to his pastorate among this people, and said that in no charge he had ever had did he become so strongly attached by the cords of love to the hearts of its people, as to those in Farmville. He said it was a positive pleasure to be among a people so cordial. Mr. Vaden’s text for the evening’s talk was “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Published in Farmville Herald, Volume 4, Number 1, 2 Saturday, September 1893, page 3. Accessed via Library of Virginia database https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=FH18930902.1.3&srpos=11&e=-07-1893--12-1894--en-20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Vaden%22-------

Sources

VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA

VMI Archives Photographs Collection, Lewis Vaden, VMI Cadet, ca. 1885; Collection VMI Archives Photographs Collection; Photo Number 0001735; Title: Lewis Vaden, VMI Cadet, ca. 1885; Description: Cadet Lewis Vaden, Class of 1885, in uniform.; Date of Photo: ca. 1885; Date Sort: 1885; Decade: 1880-1889; Photographer: Miley, Michael. Lexington, VA (photographer); Digital Subcollection: Cadets; People: Subject-Topics Virginia Military Institute -- Photographs.; Subject-People: Vaden, Lewis; VMI Class: 1885; Physical Location: Accessioned Photographs, People; Physical Image Size: 2.5 inches x 4.25 inches; Notes: hole upper left; ink i.d. top edge; Image Type (Local Description) Photograph, print, sepia; Image Type (AAT); Photographic prints: Digital Publisher: Virginia Military Institute Archives; Type: Image; Rights: Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Kate Cox Porter Vaden Remarried

On 6 Sept 1905 the 36-year-old widow, Kate C. Vaden, married a childhood friend, 28-year-old Wortley Fuller Rudd. In Jan 1903 Kate's brother, Robert Burke Porter, had been killed by a train. Wortley was a friend of her brother and was asked to be a pallbearer at his funeral.

Together Kate and Wortley had only 1 known child, a son, Wortley Fuller Rudd Jr., (9 July 1906 - 22 July 1906).

"Rudd – Vaden. Mr. W. F. Rudd and Mrs. Kate C. Vaden were married at 7:30 o’clock yesterday morning at the residence of the bride, No. 120 Cowardin Ave. Rev. C. O. Woodward, pastor of the Cowardin Avenue Christian Church, was the celebrant. The marriage, quiet on account of recent bereavement in the family of the bride, was witnessed only by the immediate families most interested. Mr. and Mrs. Rudd left shortly after the ceremony for an extended trip through the South. Much interest was felt in this wedding because of the prominence and popularity of both bride and groom. Mrs. Rudd, a native of Chesterfield County, only daughter of Mr. W. L. Porter, has all her life been notably popular. Mr. Rudd, also of Chesterfield, a B.A. graduate of Richmond College, was formerly assistant principle of the Manchester school and is now a successful teacher in the Richmond High School. Friends wishing them all prosperity and happiness are legion.” Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) 7 Sep 1905, Thursday, Page 3. Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/827299200/?article=21e81651-a196-430d-88bb-0b3b7cd81021

On 13 March 1951 Kate Cox Porter (Vaden) Rudd died. She was 81 years old. Her remains were laid to rest in Maury Cemetery, Plot: Division 35, Section 38, Richmond, Virginia, FAG ID: 21671609

"Widow of Dean of Pharmacy School Dies. Mrs. Kate Rudd was Chesterfield Native. Mrs. Kate Porter Vaden Rudd, widow of Dr. Wortley F. Rudd, died Tuesday at her home, 1614 Park Ave. A funeral service will be held at the grave in Maury Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Rudd was born at Winterpock, Chesterfield County, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Logan Porter. Her late husband Dr. Rudd was dean emeritus of the School of Pharmacy of the Medical College of Virginia. Mrs. Rudd’s first husband, Lewis Vaden, died many years ago. Mrs. Rudd is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Nannie Vaden Fitton, of Hamilton, Ohio; six grandchildren, Mrs. Sydney Swann Jr., of Petersburg; Robert R. Gwathmey III, of Hanover, VA., Lieutenant Cyrus Fitton, United States Navy, and Miss Kate porter Fitton, Dan W. Fitton Jr., and Vaden Fitton, all of Hamilton, and five great-grandchildren. Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) 14 Mar 1951, Wednesday, Page 21. Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/828532047/?terms=%22Kate%20Rudd%22&match=1

Daughter's Obituary

"Service Is Held Here For Mrs. Gwathmey. Hanover, VA Oct 31 – Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Vaden Gwathmey, wife of Robert Ryland Gwathmey, Jr., who died Sunday at her home here, were held Monday afternoon in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. Mrs. Gwathmey, long active in civil and social affairs in Hanover County, was a native of Richmond and was educated at the old Woman’s College, of Richmond and at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Sydney C. Swann, Jr., of Petersburg; one son, R. R. Gwathmey III, Commonwealth’s attorney of Hanover County, her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rudd, of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Don Fitton, of Hamilton, Ohio and two grandchildren.” Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) Tuesday, 1 Nov 1949, Page 20. Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/828252292/?terms=Gwathmey&match=1

Clarence Vaden

Mr. Vaden Retires. Mr. Clarence Vaden, who for so long was associated with Mr. Augustine Royall in the real estate business, and who is one of the most popular and progressive young men in Manchester, has retired from the real estate business, and will devote all of his time to the interest of the Manchester Bank.”

Robert Burke Porter

“The funeral of Mr. Robert [Burke] Porter took place from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Porter at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The Rev. H. H. Moore, of the Cowardin Avenue Christian church conducted the service and the body was laid to rest in Maury Cemetery. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Charles M. Graves, Bruce Ashbrook, Thomas Turpin, William Robinson, Wortley Rudd, and H. G. Carter. The death of Mr. Porter was a great blow to his many friends in Manchester and Richmond. Letters were found on his person immediately after he was killed at Widewater [Stafford, VA], last Saturday. It was through a letter from Mr. Porter’s mother that the railroad authorities located his home. Owing to the absence of the county coroner, Mr. W. M. Norman, who was acting coroner, issued the certificate for the burial of Mr. Porter alongside the railroad track where he was killed.” Published in the Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) 21 Jan 1903, Wednesday, Page 8, Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/77823931/?terms=%22W%20L%20Porter%22&match=1

"Exhumed Body to Be Brought Home. Young Man Killed By R., F. & P. Train at Widewater, Stafford County, Virginia was Robert B. Porter. " Long story... published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) 20 Jan 1903, Tuesday, Page 5. Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/79976829/?terms=%22W%20L%20Porter%22&match=1