The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia October 8, 1930 CIVIL WAR HEROINE DEAD at AGE of 91 Mrs. Wriston, Who Rode Over Lines, to be Buried in Family Cemetery Funeral services for Mrs. Susan A. Wriston, 91 years old, who died at the home of a daughter of Kingston Monday night, were to be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Lick Fork Methodist church. Rev. T. M. W. Morton and Rev. Mr. Adkinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Wriston family cemetery. Mrs. Wriston, as a young woman, saw services as a dispatch bearer for her father, Captain William Dunbar, during the Civil war. Captain Dunbar's company was encamped for some time in what is now West Virginia. Frequently, Mrs. Wriston's assignments forced her to ride all night through mountainous country. "All of my brothers had enlisted in my father's company and I wanted to serve with him, too," she has said in explaining her service. Mrs. Wriston was the widow of Henry Wriston. She is survived by two daughters; Mrs. W. G. Thompson, at whose home she died, and Mrs. Alice E. Good, of Columbia boulevard, and three sons; W. I. Wriston, of Ansted, and J. R. Wriston and M. G. Wriston, of Kingston. Three sisters, two brothers, 28 grandchildren and 30-great-grandchildren, also survive.

To add... from "Fayette County Cemetery Records, Volume I" Wriston Cemetery, Scarbro-Mossy Road (I can provide directions if anyone is interested) Henry Wriston June 12 1840 - April 4 1889 Co. H, 7th Regt., WV Cavalry Susan A. Wriston November 10 1847 - October 6 1930 Best wishes, June At 10:06 PM 1/26/2004 -0600, Rita wrote: >The Charleston Daily Mail >Charleston, West Virginia >October 8, 1930 > >CIVIL WAR HEROINE >DEAD at AGE of 91 > >Mrs. Wriston, Who Rode Over >Lines, to be Buried in >Family Cemetery > >Funeral services for Mrs. Susan A. Wriston, 91 years old, who died at the home of a daughter of Kingston Monday night, were to be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Lick Fork Methodist church. Rev. T. M. W. Morton and Rev. Mr. Adkinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Wriston family cemetery. > >Mrs. Wriston, as a young woman, saw services as a dispatch bearer for her father, Captain William Dunbar, during the Civil war. Captain Dunbar's company was encamped for some time in what is now West Virginia. > >Frequently, Mrs. Wriston's assignments forced her to ride all night through mountainous country. "All of my brothers had enlisted in my father's company and I wanted to serve with him, too," she has said in explaining her service. > >Mrs. Wriston was the widow of Henry Wriston. She is survived by two daughters; Mrs. W. G. Thompson, at whose home she died, and Mrs. Alice E. Good, of Columbia boulevard, and three sons; W. I. Wriston, of Ansted, and J. R. Wriston and M. G. Wriston, of Kingston. Three sisters, two brothers, 28 grandchildren and 30-great-grandchildren, also survive. > >