11th West Virginia Infantry Soldiers buried in Wheeling, West Virginia
CAPT. JOHN BAGGS DEAD.
The Wheeling Register, 12 Sep 1889
At 9:50 o'clock last night,
Captain John T. [P.] Baggs died at his residence, on Zane street, Island,
in the sixty-fourth year of his age. He has been suffering for some time
past with inflammation of the bowels, and the chances of his recovery were
very slim indeed, so that his death was not unexpected.
Capt. Baggs and his company, the "Snake Hunters," had a national reputation during the war, and they did some hard fighting. It was an independent organization, and when the Captain desired to call them to arms he fired a revolver five times in rapid succession.
Capt. Baggs' wife preceded him some years ago, and his two daughters are all who survive him. The funeral will take place from his late residence on Zane street, Island, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Later it was learned that while Mr. Baggs was in St. Paul, where he went about ten days ago as a delegate to the National Organization of the Builders' League, representing the Wheeling organization, he was attacked by the "grippe," and advised his family and friends here of his illness. A day or two ago he telegraphed that he was better, but it is supposed that he had a relapse, and that his heart, which organ had previously given him trouble, became affected, and that this was the immediate cause of his death. The body will be sent home at once.
G. W. Baggs was perhaps the best known resident of this city, he having taken an active part in many semi-public matters during the past twenty or twenty-five years. He was born near Cadiz, O., about 1837, and the family removed to the vicinity of the city some time previous to the breaking out of the war. For a time they lived at Bridgeport, but later removed to the city. When the war came Mr. Baggs enlisted in the Eleventh Infantry, but later the First Cavalry. He served through the war, and has since been very prominent in G. A. R. matters. As a temperance lecturer he made many forcible speeches throughout the city.
He was a plasterer by trade, and during late years has had many large contracts, one on hand at the time of his death being the Seventh ward school house.
Capt. Baggs and his company, the "Snake Hunters," had a national reputation during the war, and they did some hard fighting. It was an independent organization, and when the Captain desired to call them to arms he fired a revolver five times in rapid succession.
Capt. Baggs' wife preceded him some years ago, and his two daughters are all who survive him. The funeral will take place from his late residence on Zane street, Island, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
SUDDEN DEATH.
The Wheeling Register, 5 Feb 1890
The Wheeling Register, 5 Feb 1890
G. W. Baggs Expires At St. Paul,
Early Yesterday Morning.
At noon yesterday a brief telegram reached the city
from St. Paul, announcing that G. W. Baggs had died very suddenly in that
city. There were no details, and no information could be given the many anxious
enquirers who wanted news concerning the sad event. Later it was learned that while Mr. Baggs was in St. Paul, where he went about ten days ago as a delegate to the National Organization of the Builders' League, representing the Wheeling organization, he was attacked by the "grippe," and advised his family and friends here of his illness. A day or two ago he telegraphed that he was better, but it is supposed that he had a relapse, and that his heart, which organ had previously given him trouble, became affected, and that this was the immediate cause of his death. The body will be sent home at once.
G. W. Baggs was perhaps the best known resident of this city, he having taken an active part in many semi-public matters during the past twenty or twenty-five years. He was born near Cadiz, O., about 1837, and the family removed to the vicinity of the city some time previous to the breaking out of the war. For a time they lived at Bridgeport, but later removed to the city. When the war came Mr. Baggs enlisted in the Eleventh Infantry, but later the First Cavalry. He served through the war, and has since been very prominent in G. A. R. matters. As a temperance lecturer he made many forcible speeches throughout the city.
He was a plasterer by trade, and during late years has had many large contracts, one on hand at the time of his death being the Seventh ward school house.
