R. F. JARVIS,
Son of W. H. and Martha J. Jarvis, was born in Petersburg, on July
10, 1847. He attended the public schools of Petersburg, and was still
at his studies when war was inaugurated. While still a boy he went
with his father to Norfolk, his father being then captain of Company
D, 12th Virginia regiment. Later W. H. Jarvis was made major of the
3d battalion, Virginia Reserve Forces, and R. F. entered service April
5, 1863, as captain of Company G, that battalion, not then sixteen
years of age. He was captured at the evacuation of Petersburg, and
held till paroled at Point Lookout. Major Jarvis was also captured,
above Petersburg, about the same time. The latter, born in Dinwiddie
county, died on November 27, 1877. The mother of R. F. Jarvis, born
in Dinwiddie county, died June 10, 1887, aged seventy-three years. His
wife is Mary Virginia Jarvis, born in Dinwiddie county. They were married
by Rev. T. T. Eaton, June 7, 1876, and have one daughter, Virgie
L., born March 7, 1877.
