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Ann Butler Moore dau. of Bernard Moore, Sr., m. Charles Carter, of Shirley, ch. 1. Robert m. Mary Nelson, of York, 2. Ann Hill m. Gen. Henry Lee (bis second wife), ch. 1. Charles Carter, 2. Robert Edward (the great Confederate general), 3. Captain Sidney, U. S. and C. S. Navy, 4. Ann, 5. Mildred. Bernard Moore Carter, son of Charles Carter of Shirley and Ann Butler Moore, m. Lucy dau. of Governor Henry Lee and Matilda (his first wife). Catharine Spots- wood Carter m. Carter Berkley, ch. Elizabeth, Ed- mund and Farley. Williams Carter m. Charlotte Foushce. Lucy Carter m. Nat Burwell, of Roanoke.
Dorothea Spotswood dau. of the Governor, m. Captain Nat West Dandridge of the British Navy, ch. 1. John m. Miss Goode, 2. Robert m. Miss Allen, 3. William m. Miss Bolling, 4. Nat m. Miss Watson, 5. Mary married Woodson Payne, 6. another daughter m. Archy Payne, 7. another m. Philip Payne, 8. Anna m. John Spotswood Moore, 9. Doro- thea m. Patrick Henry, the orator (see Henry gene- alogy).
For other branches of this family see Spotswood genealogy by Charles Campbell, the historian, a de- scendant of Gov. Spotswood.
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THE PRELIMINARIES OF MARRIAGE IN ANTE-REVO- LUTIONARY TIMES.
The following correspondence will show how courtships were conducted by our forefathers. The patriarchal anthority was recognized, and young folks did not make love until the preliminaries were arranged by their fathers. We are indebted to Mr. K. Nelson, a lineal deseendant of the parties, for the original letters ; and as the old folks have been dead for more than a hundred years, we presume no one's delicacy will be offended by the exposition of these illustrations of a past age. In the foregoing Spots- wood genealogy will be found the relations of the parties to the past and the present generations.
May 27th, 1764.
DEAR SIR :- My son, Mr. John Walker, having informed me of his intention to pay his addresses to your daughter Elizabeth, if he should be agreeable to yourself, lady and daughter, it may not be amiss to inform you what I think myself able to afford for their aupport, in case of an union. My affairs are in an uncertain state; but I will promise one thousand pounds, to be paid in the year 1765, and one thousand pounds to be paid in 1766; and the further sum of two thousand pounds I promise to give him, but the uncertainty of my present affairs prevents my fixing on a time of payment : - the above sums are all to be in money or lands and other effects at the option of my said son, John Walker.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
JOHN WALKER.
COL. BERNARD MOORE, Esq., in King William.
28th May, 1764.
DEAR SIR :- Your son, Mr. John Walker, applied to me for leave to make his addresses to my daughter Elizabeth. I gave him leave, and told him at the same time that my affairs were
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in such a state that it was not in my power to pay him all the money this year that I intended to give my daughter, pro- vided he succeeded ; but would give him five hundred pounds next Spring, and five hundred pounds more as soon after as I could raise or get the money; which sums, you may depend, I will most punctually pay to him.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
BERNARD MOORE.
THE REV. JAMES STEVENSON.
The official history of Mr. Stevenson is given in the body of this work. He m. Fanny Littlepage, a sister of Gen. Lewis Littlepage, whose brief and brilliant career is delineated in this volume. He had nine children, viz :- James, Edward, Nancy, Jane, Sarah, Carter, Lewis, Robert, and Andrew. 1. James (M. D.) died in New Orleans, 2. Sarah m. Rev. John Woodville of St. Mark's, 3. Edward was lost at sea, 4. Jane was lost in the burning of the theatre at Richmond (in 1811), 5. Nancy never married, 6. Robert m. Miss Towles and lived in Lewisburg, Va .; children, Robert, James, Charles, and Fanny Little- page. 7. Andrew Stevenson (Speaker of Congress and Minister to England) m. first Miss White, daughter of a clergyman of South Carolina. The Hon. John White Stevenson, late Governor of Ken- tucky and Senator of the U. S., is their son. Gov- ernor Stevenson m. Miss Winston. Hon. Andrew Stevenson m. second Sarah, daughter of John Coles and Miss Tucker, and their only child, a daughter, died young. Hon. Andrew Stevenson m. third Mary Shaaf of Georgetown, D. C. Lewis Stevenson, brother of Andrew, m. Miss Herndon; issue, James, William, and Fanny, who m. Dr. Wellford. Carter
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Stevenson m. Miss Jane Herndon; issue, Fanny Arnotte (Mrs. Thompson Tyler), Isabella m. Mr. Carter, Jr. (General C. S. A.), Byrd, and Sally.
THE STROTHER FAMILY.
Some think this family of Scoteh origin, and that it had then the prefix of Mac. Others insist that it is Saxon. General Dick Taylor, son of the Presi- dent, whose mother was a Strother, says, as we learn from Judge Strother of Giles, that he had visited the old burial-ground of the family in the Isle of Thanet, County of Kent, England, and seen the name in its various transitions from its original form Straathor to its present orthography. How- ever this may be, it has long had its present form in England, for Chaucer has a facetious tale of two Strothers, the orthography being the same then as now. The earliest date to which we have traced the name in Virginia is 1734, when Anthony Strother patented a tract of land under the double- top mountain in what was then St. Mark's Parish, and is now Bromfield in Madison. The family abounded in the county of Stafford. John Madison, clerk of Augusta, father of Bishop Madison, John Lewis, who so long represented the same county, and Gabriel Jones, " the Valley Lawyer," all mar- ried Misses Strother of Stafford. Jeremiah, who may have been the father or brother of Anthony, died in what was then Orange County, (Culpeper not being yet formed) in 1741, leaving his property to his wife Eleanor, and appointing his sons, James and William, executors. The will was attested by Francis Slaughter, G. Lightfoot and Catlett. His
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children were James, William, Francis, Lawrence, Christopher, Robert, and several daughters. Francis married Miss Dabney and died 1752. He was the ancestor of Gen. Gaines, John S. Pendleton, Gen. D. Strother (Porte Crayon), Gen. Duff Green, and Capt. French Strother of Rappahannock. William married Mrs. Pannill and was the grandfather of Gen. Z. Taylor.
James, the eldest son, married Margaret, daughter of Daniel French of King George, whose son Daniel died in 1771. He gave property by deed to James Strother's children, who were French, James; and Mary (Mrs. Gray). James died in 1761 and left property to his son French. French Strother, the vestryman of St. Mark's, married Lucy, daughter of Robert Coleman. He lived where Coleman Beckham now lives. He became a vestryman in 1772, and churchwarden in 1780. He made himself very popular by releasing a Baptist minister who had been imprisoned by a Justice of the Peace, by suh- stituting his man Tom in his place and letting him out at night. That fact is stated on the authority of Capt. P. Slaughter, who married his daughter. He represented the county for nearly 30 years in the General Assembly ; was a member in 1776, and of the Convention of 1788-9, and voted against the Constitution and for the famous Resolutions of 1798-99. He was solicited to oppose Mr. Madison for Congress (see Rives' Madison), but Monroe became the candidate and was badly beaten. Monroe had only 9 votes in Orange, Madison 216; Culpeper, Monroe 103, Madison 256. Col. Frank Taylor in his diary says, " Col. Pendleton of Culpeper came to my house from meeting of Sheriffs in Charlottes-
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ville, and he says Madison has 336 majority in the district." In the State papers published by Dr. Palmer there is a correspondence between him and Jefferson in 1776 which would seem to show that he had some local command, perhaps City Lieutenant. He died on his way from the Senate in Richmond, at Fredericksburg, and was buried there. His executors were Capt. P. Slaughter and his son Daniel French. His children were Daniel French, who went to Kentucky and m. Miss Thompson, a descendant of Rev. Jno. Thompson of St. Mark's; George French, who represented this district in Congress 1817-20, and moved to Missouri where he died. Hon. Geo. F. Strother m. Sally, daughter of Gen. James Williams; his son, the late James French Strother, who was a member of the Legisla- ture (Speaker) and of Congress, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Major John Roberts; children, French, late Superintendent of the Penitentiary. Captain John, member of Assembly many years, m. daughter of Dr. Payne. James French, Judge of Rappahan- nock County, m. Miss Botts. Philip W., Judge and Representative of Giles County, m. daughter of Albert Pendleton.
Jeremiah Strother, late of Culpeper, who m. Miss Clayton, and is the grandfather of the Rev. J. P. Hansbrough, is of the same family. So also, we suppose, was William Strother of Madison, who m. Miss Medley, and whose daughter Louisa married Rev. H. Stringfellow, and is the father of Rev. Horace Stringfellow, D. D., of Montgomery, Ala., (who has also a son, Rev. James Stringfellow, in the ministry), and 2. of Charles S. Stringfellow, a leading member of the Petersburg bar, 3. of the wife of La Fayette Watkins, also of the Petersburg bar, and of others.
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THE TAYLOR FAMILY.
The root of this family in Virginia was James Taylor, who, coming from Carlisle in England, settled on the Chesapeake Bay, and died in 1698. His daughter Mary m. first Henry Pendleton (see Pen- dleton genealogy), m. second Edward Watkins. His son John m. Catharine Pendleton, and was the father of 1. Edmund m. Anne Lewis, 2. of John, who m. Miss Lyne, 3. of James, who m. Anne Pollard, 4. of Philip, who m. Mary Walker, 5. of William, who m. Miss Anderson, 6. of Joseph, who m. Frances Ander- son, 7. of Mary, who m. Mr. Penn, 8. of Catharine, who m. Penn, 9. of Isabella, who m. Samuel, father of the late Gen. Samuel Hopkins of Henderson, Kentucky, 10. of Elizabeth, who m. first Mr. Lewis, m. second Mr. Bullock.
James, son of 1st James, m. Martha Thompson ; issue, 1. Zachary m. Elizabeth Lee, and their son Zachary m. Alice Chew, 2. Richard m. Sarah Strother, and was the father of Gen. Zachary Taylor (Presi- dent), whose daughter Sarah Knox m. Jefferson Davis (President C. S.). The present Gen. Dick Taylor is a son of the President. Another son of James 2d, George, m. Rachael Gibson and had many sons, seven of whom were Revolutionary officers. George was the ancestor of many Kentuckians, among whom Dr. Frank Taylor, Major Wm. Taylor, and Edward M. Taylor of Oldham County, Samuel Taylor of Clark County, and Dr. Gibson Taylor of Union. Another son of James 2d, Charles, m. Sarah Conway, and was the father of Harriet, who m. Catlett Conway; another daughter, Matilda, m. William Moore, and another, Evelina, m. George Mor-
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ton. Erasmus, son of James 2d, m. Jane Moore, and 1. their daughter Milly m. William Morton, uncle of Hon. Jere. and Dr. George Morton, 2. Frances m. Garland Burnley, 3. Elizabeth m. Andrew Glassell (see Glassell genealogy), 4. Lucy m. Rev. Alex. Bal- main, 5. John m. Ann Gilbert, 6. Jane m. C. P. Howard, 7. Robert m. Frances Pendleton; issue, 1. Robert m. Mary Taylor, 2. Milly m. Hay Taliaferro, father of Jaquelin, of Dr. Edmund and Mrs. B. Stanard. 3. Lucinda m. James Shepherd, 4. Jaquelin P, m. Martha Richardson, 5. Jane m. John Hart, 6. Dr. Edmund m. Mildred Turner; issue, 1. Elizabeth m. Rev. Joseph Earnest, late Rector of St. Thomas Parish, 2. Robenette m. Dr. Thomas Reeveley, 3. Edmonia, 4. Lucy Jane (deceased), 5. Erasmus m. Miss Ashby.
Alexander, son of 1st Robert m. Mildred C. Lindsay, and their daughter Sally m. Col. John M. Patton.
Frances, daughter of James 2d, m. Ambrose Madison (see Madison genealogy), Martha m. Chew, Tabitha m. Wild, Hannah m. Battaile, Milly m. a Thomas.
James, son of James and grandson of James 1st, m. Alice Thornton, and their son James m. first Ann Hubbard, m. second Sarah Taliaferro, m. third Eliza Conway and had a numerous posterity, among whom are Capt. Robert Taliaferro of Louisville, Ky., and others.
Major Frank Taylor, from whose diary we have quoted so lengthily in this volume m. Ann Craddock ; issue, James, Thornton, Robert, Elizabeth, Sutton, and Francis Craddock.
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FAMILY OF THE REV. JOHN THOMPSON.
This gentleman was born at Muckamore Abbey near Belfast in Ireland, and came to Maryland a Presbyterian minister. I am indebted to Mrs. Murray Forbes for documentary proof of this fact in the form of a letter from the Rev. Jacob Henderson (Commissary) to the Bishop of London, dated Maryland, July 30th, 1739, in which he says :- " The bearer, Mr. Jno. Thompson, has been a Preacher in the Presbyterian way at Newtown, on the Eastern Shore of this Province ; but was, by the distractions of the ministers and people of that persuasion, put upon considering the terms of communion in the Church of England; and I do verily believe, upon full conviction, has embraced it. He appears to be a person of great candor and sincerity. He has been intimate with the leading clergymen for some years, and your Lordship will perceive what a character they give him in their testimonials. When I was in the North of Ireland, I had a very good character given him from many people of different persuasions. He is desirous of Holy Orders, and has a nomination from the Rev. Mr. Williamson to be his assistant, and I recommend him for Holy Orders as a person not only very deserving, but one that I sincerely believe will be an ornament to our Church."
The Rev. Mr. Thompson, as we have seen, became Minister of St. Mark's Parish (1740), and married (1742) the widow of Governor Spotswood, by whom he had two children.
1. Ann (b. at Germanna 1744, d. 1815) m. Francis Thornton of the Falls. Their only son, Francis Thornton, m. Sally. daughter of Col. Innes; children,
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1. Sally Innes m. Murray Forbes of Falmouth ; children, 1. Jno. M. Forbes (of the Fauquier bar) m. a daughter of Dr. Semmes. 2. Delia m. Alfred Thornton, 3. Frank m. Mercer, daughter of Jno. Chew, 4. Dr. Wm. Smith Forbes m. in Philadelphia, 5. Alfred m. Miss Bastable, 6. Kate m. daughter of G. Bastable, 7. David, 8. Mrs. Dr. Taylor, and 9. Mrs. Stevens Mason, deceased.
2. Betsy, daughter of F. Thornton and Ann Thompson m. Dunbar of Falmouth; ch. Anna. 3. Polly m. Dr. Vass of Madison County, 4. Fanny m. Dr. Horace Buckner of Culpeper, 5. Milly m Col. Abram Maury of Madison, 6. Dolly m. Samnel Washington of Culpeper.
William, son of Rev. Jno. Thompson m. Sarah, dau. of Charles Carter of Cleve by his 2d wife Miss Byrd ; children, 1. Charles Carter Byrd Thompson, Captain U. S. N., who m. in England ; no issue. 2. Gillies m. Mary Carter; children, Charles, and a daughter reared by Mrs. Judge Brooke. 3. William m. first Betsy Strother of Culpeper, m. second Caro- line dau. of John, son of Rev. John ; children, 1. Ann, 2. Wm. Fitzhugh Thompson, father of Mrs. Carrie Thompson Williams of Henderson, Ky., and of William, who m. Delia dau. of Frank Thompson ; ch. Maria.
Rev. Jno. Thompson m. second a dau. of Philip Rootes; children, 1. Hon. Philip Rootes Thompson of Culpeper, M. C. (1801-1807), m. daughter of Burkett Davenport, vestryman of St. Mark's; ch. 1. Eliza m. Thornton Fry ; children, General Burkett Fry, C. S. A., Dr. Frank Fry, and Cornelia m. Jno. Lyddall Bacon, President of State Bank and other institutions, Richmond, Va. 2. Eleanor m Wm.
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Thornton, son of Col. Wm. Thornton of Montpelier; ch. Dr. Thornton m. Charlotte Hamilton, Mrs. Andrew Glassell, Jr., Mrs. Charles Gibbs, and Philip Rootes m. Sarah Hamilton. 3. Burkett Davenport m. Miss Bostwick, 4. Philip Rootes, Jr., m. 1. dau. of Col. Wm. Thornton, 2. m. Sarah dau. of George Hamilton.
Hon. P. R. Thompson m. second a dau. of Robert Slaughter of the Grange, Culpeper; ch. 1. Dr. John Thompson m. a dau. of Dr. Geo. Thornton, 2. Hon. Robert A. Thompson, M. C. of Va., and Judge in California m. first Mary Smith, dau. of Captain P. Slaughter of Culpeper; children, Sarah E. m. Dr. Huie. 2. Mercer m. Gen. Ord, U. S. A., 3. Captain Reginald H. Thompson, C. S. A., lawyer, Louisville, Ky., m. Miss Thompson, 4. Robert m. Miss West, 5. Thomas m. (name unknown), 6. Frank m. Miss West. Robert and Thomas are editors of Sonoma Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, and Frank, State Printer. 3. Francis, son of Philip R. Thompson, m. Caroline, dau. of Dr. George Thornton ; ch. Mrs. Jno. James Williams. 4. Benjamin, who m. Elizabeth dau. of Gen. Andrew Lewis, 5. Wm. Henry, who m. Elizabeth Huie.
John, son of Rev. John, m. 1784, Elizabeth dau. of Dr. Howison of Culpeper, and moved to Kentucky, 1793, and was afterwards Judge in Louisiana ; chil- dren, six sons and six daughters, of whom Mildred Ann of Louisville, Ky., is the only survivor.
Mildred dau. of Rev. Jno. Thompson m. Capt. George Gray (Revolutionary officer), and their son, Jno. Thompson Gray, born at Culpeper C. H. m. Miss Ormsby, niece of the gallant General Weeden, and among their surviving children is Henry Weeden Gray of Louisville, Ky., m. Miss Peers.
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Rev. John Thompson's will was recorded in Cul- peper 16th Nov., 1792. Witnesses, Benjamin John- son and Thomas Walker ; executors, Fielding Lewis, Jos. Jones, Wm. and Frank Thornton. He devised to his sou William 1550 acres of land in Culpeper and 19 negroes. To his son John, 2000 acres and 15 negroes. To Francis Thornton and Ann his wife, 800 acres and "a negro wench Queen." To his daughter Mildred, all the money dne from estate of Governor Spotswood. To his son Philip Rootes, 1979 acres on Summer Duck below Mount Poney and 12 negroes. To his wife, his mansion, his furni- ture, his coach, 600 acres of land and 18 negroes. To his sister Ann Neilson, a home and support. To his sons William and John, each a lot in Fred- ericksburg.
Col. William and Col. John Thornton were brothers of Francis Thornton of Falls, who married Ann, daughter of Rev. John Thompson. They were all sons of Francis Thornton the elder, who married Frances Gregory. Col. Wm. Thornton, who mar- ried Miss Washington, was the father of Dr. Philip Thornton, Dr. George Thornton, John, Howard, and Stuart Thornton. Francis the elder had also a son George, who was the father of Reuben, who married a piece of General Washington, and lived at Green- wood, near Germanna, and was the father of Charles Augustine Thornton, now of Enfield, North Carolina.
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY OF CULPEPER.
This family, in every generation staunch adher- ents of the Episcopal Church, is descended from Pierre Williams, sergeant-at-law of London. Three
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of his grandsons emigrated to America, John, William and Otho. John settled in South Carolina, William in Virginia, and Otho in Maryland. From bim was descended General Otho H. Williams of the Revolution. William had two sons, John and William, who owned large tracts of land near Cul- peper C. H. John died childless. William married a daughter of Philip Clayton, and left children John, James, Philip, William, and Mary. Of these-
John m. Miss Hite, ch. Isaac H., John and Ellen. Of these Isaac H., eminent as a lawyer, m. Lucy dau. of Capt. Philip Slaughter ; ch. 1. Ophelia m. Rev. Geo. A. Smith of Alexandria. 2. P. French m. John M. Patton, acknowledged as head of the bar in Virginia in his day, and served in Congress with conspicuous ability for eight years. 3. Eleanor m. Dr. Hite of Amherst County. 4. Eliza died in girlhood. 5 and 6. Lucy Ann and Isaac H., who never married, and 7. John James m. Miss Thompson and is a leading lawyer in California.
Mrs. Smith's children were, 1. Isaac, a distin- guished engineer in Oregon and California, and Capt. of Engineers in the late war. 2. George Hugh, Col. in the Confederate service. 3. Henry, Capt. in the same. 4. Mrs. Dunbar Brooke. 5. Eliza (Mrs. Corse). 6. Eleanor, deceased, and 7. Belle.
Mrs. Patton's children were, 1. Robert W., who died recently. 2. John M. m. Miss Taylor. 3. Isaac W. m. Miss Merritt. 4. Geo. S. m. Miss Glassell. 5. W. Tazewell. 6. Hugh M. m. Miss Bull of Orange. 7. James F. m. Miss Caperton dau. of Senator Caperton. 8. William M. m. Miss Jordan of Rockbridge. 9. Eliza W. m. John Gilmer of
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Pittsylvania County. Of this family, Geo. S., Col. of 22d Virginia infantry, was killed by a shell while commanding a brigade at the battle of Winchester in 1864. W. Tazewell, Col. of 7th Virginia infantry, killed while leading that regiment in the memorable charge of Pickett's division on the heights of Gettys- burg in 1863. John M., Col. of the 21st Virginia infantry, commanded a brigade from the battle of Winchester in 1862 to the close of the Valley cam- paign under Stonewall Jackson. Isaac W., Col. of a Louisiana regiment, was made prisoner at the fall of Vicksburg, and afterwards commanded one of the forts in Mobile Bay to the end of the war. Hugh M., a Lieutenant, was wounded at 2d battle of Manassas, and James F., a Lieutenant, was wounded at Cold Harbor.
Mrs. Hite's children were Isaac, Edmund, Fontaine, Mary and Eliza.
John James' children are Frank, Henry, Thornton.
The second son of John, the son of William, was named John, or as he was familiarly known "Captain Jack." He m. Miss Tutt. His ch. were John, who m. Miss Mason, and Mary Stevens, who m. Henry Porter. John died leaving two ch., James and Mary, now living in Giles County, and Mrs. Porter moved to Tennessee.
The daughter of John, the son of William, was named Ellen and m. Nimrod Long, a soldier of the Revolution and Captain in 1812; ch. 1. Mrs. Turner, mother of Judge R. H. Turner and S. Smith Turner. 2. Mrs. Lovell, mother of Judge John T. Lovell of Front Royal, and 3. John.
James, the second son of William, entered the Rev- olutionary army in 1775, served throughout the war
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and attained the rank of Captain. In the war of 1812 he was Major General, and commanded the Virginia militia. Hem. first Miss Green, ch. William, James and Sarah Green.
1. William m. Anne Stubblefield, of Orange Co., ch. James m. Rosalie Fitzhugh, George S. emigrated to Kentucky, William m. Miss Pannill, Ellen m. Ennis Adams, Anne m. Dr. Alfred Taliaferro, and their dau. m. James Vass, Fanny m. Joseph Pannill, Sarah G.m. E. S. Taliaferro, Lucy A. m. Thomas Fitzhugh, and Charles B. died unmarried.
2. James died at an early age.
3. Sarah m. George F. Strother (see Strother gene- alogy). The ch. of James, the second son of William by his second wife, were Fanny, Charles Bruce, William B., Lucy Ann, Philip and Elizabeth.
1. Fanny m. Fayette Ball and died childless, 2. Charles Bruce m. Ann M. Hackley, 3. Lucy Ann m. John S. Pendleton of Culpeper (see Pendleton genealogy), 4. Philip m. Mildred Catlett, and 5. Eliz- abeth m. Dr. George Morton.
Charles B. had a large. family of children, viz : Fanny, second wife of E. S. Taliaferro, Dr. James Edward, who m. Miss Harrison, Bessie, who m. Geo. Reid, Janet B., who m. William L. Hill, Harriet, who m. C. D. Hill, and Charles W., a lawyer and member House of Delegates m. a dau. of Isaac Davenport of Richmond.
William B. had no family.
Lucy Ann (Mrs. Pendleton) died childless.
The children of Philip were Robert, Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier General United States Army, who m. Mrs. Adele C. Douglas, widow of Senator Stephen A. Douglas, George M. who m. Miss Long of Baltimore, and Betty Bruce.
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The children of Elizabeth were William J. and George Philip, both of whom died unmarried ; Lucy P. who m. John C. Green, son of Judge John W. Green, and for nearly twenty years Commonwealth's Attorney for Culpeper, Jeremiah, who m. Miss Turner, Charles B. who m. Miss Dickinson, Thomas D. who m. Miss Pannill, and James W. who m. Miss Harper. John Pendleton died.
Philip, the third son of William, was for fifty-five years the clerk of the courts of Shenandoah County. He m. Miss Croutson, ch. 1. James m. Miss Ott, 2. Philip m. 1. Miss Hite, m. 2. Miss Dunbar of Win- chester ; 3. Samuel C., who represented Shenandoah County in the Legislature and Conventions of 1860 and 1861, and succeeded his father as clerk ; 4. Ann m. Mr. Jones, 5. Lucy m. Capt. A. P. Hill of Culpeper, 6. Sarah m. Col. Travis J. Twyman, and 7. Ellen m. Rev. Dr. Boyd of Winchester. Of these James left a daughter who m. Mr. Miller. Philip, eminent as a lawyer and one of the most prominent laymen in the Episcopal Church of Virginia, left two ch. by his first wife, Philip C., a prominent physician of Baltimore, and Anne, who married T. T. Fauntleroy, of Win- chester, and by his last wife six, 1. Mary L. m. Rev. James B. Avirett, 2. Philippa died young, 3. John J., a lawyer of Winchester, 4. T. Clayton, M. D., 5. Sally, and 6. Lncy.
Samuel C. m. a Miss Ott, of Woodstock, and left a large family, 1. James H. a prominent lawyer of Winchester, 2. Samuel C., Jr., and 3. William, lawyer (both of Woodstock), 4. Lucy m. Judge Jobn T. Lovell of Front Royal, and was killed by lightning while visiting in Missouri, 5. Betty m. Thomas Mar- shall killed in battle 1863, 6. another daughter who' m. L. Wagner, druggist of Richmond.
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