Miss Tinsley Dies Here---

      Miss Jennie Gaines Tinsley, 77, a member of a family long prominently identified with the history of Richmond and nearby counties died last night at a local hospital after a brief illness.

      The funeral services will be held at 12:30 P.M. tomorrow at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and will be conducted by the Rev. John H. Marion, Jr., D. D., the pastor. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery.

      Miss Tinsley was born Sept. 13, 1864 at "Powhite", Hanover County, and was a daughter of the late Seaton G. Tinsley and Mrs. Fannie Gaines Tinsley. Both of her parents were representatives of old and widely related Virginia families.

      Miss Tinsley's maternal grandfather was Dr. William Gaines , of "Powhite" whose old estate in Hanover County is associated with the history of the War Between the States as the scene of the battle of Gaines' Mill, which was one of the important engagements of the "Seven Days Battles around Richmond" in 1862.

     Miss Tinsley had been born at this historic home of her mother's family, although most of her own life was one associated with Richmond.

     As a girl she was a pupil at the leading private schools of the period here and her childhood and early womanhood were passed at the old Richmond home of her parents, 804 East Marshall Street. This house was one of a row of fine old residences that formerly stood on the present site of the John Marshall High School.

     Seaton G. Tinsley, the father of Miss Tinsley, whose death occurred here forty years ago, was long widely known in the city's business and civic interests, and at the time of his death had been for some years connected with the Virginia Car Service Association.

     He was a brother of the late James G. Tinsley, of Henrico County, who was for many years an outstanding figure in business and financial interest in this city and in the county.

     Miss Tinsley in her youth became a member of the old Grace Street Presbyterian Church, of this city, which a good many years ago merged with the Church of the Covenant to form the present Grace-Covenant Church on Monument Avenue.

     For some years she had made her home at 1022 West Grace Street, where she continued to reside until her death.

     She is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. K. Anderson of Charleston, W. Va.; one brother, Seaton G. Tinsley, of Philadelphia; and by a large number of cousins residing in this city.

COMMENT: This states she was born in 1864, other records show 1863. Unfortunately there is no date on the newspaper clipping as to the date of her death, 1940 or 41?. I have fond memories of her, she was my Aunt "Gee" and her sister, Mrs. J. K. Anderson, was Fannie Taliaferro Tinsley or my Aunt "Fanny".

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