The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Edward Bragg's Family-- Part 2: His Daughter Bertha Married Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven

A third daughter, Bertha Bragg Scriven, married an Army officer., George P. Scriven (1854-1940).

From Find-A-Grave

BIRTH:  23 July 1963

DEATH:  3 February 1914,  Washington, D.C.

BURIAL:  Arlington National Cemetery.

From the February 4, 1914, Washington Post

Mrs. Bertha Bragg Scriven wife of  the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, Brigadier General George P. Scriven, died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning at her home, 2009 N. Street Northwest.  Although ill for some months,  her death was not expected as her condition was not considered serious.

Mrs. Scriven was the daughter of the late General Edward S. Bragg, Commander of the Iron brigade of Civil War fame.  She was fifty years old and is survived by her mother, who resides in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, by her husband and two daughters.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at St. John's Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith will officiate and internment  will be in Arlington National Cemetery.

--Old Secesh


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