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entered a great deal of land, and on Septem- ber 12, 1738, received from Governor Gooch a patent of forty-eight hundred acres, and ten days later four hundred and forty acres additional. The completing of this patent was managed by his wife during his absence in England. His father died in 1730, and be- cause of his extensive interests in England he was obliged to return to that country, whither he went in 1735 and remained to 1741. His mother died in 1737 and other relatives about the same time, and he was thus detained five years in England to set- tle up his affairs. Soon after his return he received a patent of seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-two acres, and in 1743 an additional twelve hundred acres, and settled at the mouth of Swan creek, where he built a house, mill and warehouse, and established a settlement which he called Warminster, in honor of his native place in England. He was one of the first justices of Albemarle county, and a member of St. Ann's Parish, which was founded in 1744, where he was very active, serving as vestryman and church warden. In June, 1751, he laid out Beverley Town, at Westham, about seven miles above Richmond, and in that year renewed his bond as assistant surveyor, at the same time going on the bond of James Daniel, sheriff. About this time he secured possession of twenty-six thousand acres of land, and soon retired from surveying, and engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. His serv- ices were in demand over a wide extent of country, and many of his remedies were prepared by himself from herbs and plants. He brought many settlers to Virginia ; had an extensive library, including not only med- ical works, but others on theology and gen- eral literature. He died April 12, 1774. He married (first) about 1726, Elizabeth Burks, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Davis) Burks, who died September 21, 1756. He married (second) September 30, 1762, Mar- garet, widow of Samuel Meridith, of Han- over, who died February 26, 1768. Children : Mary, William, Joseph, John, George, Nich- olas, all born of the first marriage.
Nicholas Cabell, youngest son of Dr. Wil- liam and Elizabeth (Burks) Cabell, was born October 29. 1750, and baptized Decem- ber 15 following. He was kept at school from the age of four years and three months, finishing his studies at William and Mary College. He resided with his father until the latter's death, and owned a plantation
below the paternal property, extending five miles along the James river, now known as Liberty Hall. He was a captain of militia in the revolutionary service in 1776, and on June 25, 1778, was commissioned lieutenant- colonel. He was appointed colonel of Am- herst county militia in 1780, and saw service in 1781. He was one of the first vestrymen of the parish in 1779, and was a member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. He was justice of the peace of Amherst county, and representative in the state legislature in 1783-84-85. In 1785 he was elected to the state senate, and continued a member of that body until his death in 1803, affiliating with what was then known as the Republican party. He was a trustee of the College of Washington, of Virginia, in 1796-97; was active in establishing George Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and prominent in the Grand Lodge of Free Masons, in which he held various offices. Like his father, he was fond of fine horses, and possessed some first- class specimens ; was a progressive and suc- cessful farmer, and died August 18, 1803. He married, April 16, 1772, Hannah, daughter of George and Anne (Mayo) Carrington, born March 28, 1751, died August 7, 1817. Children: William George, Elizabeth, Jo- seph C., Nicholas, Mary Anne, Mayo Car- rington, Hannah, Henningham, Paul C.
Nicholas (2) Cabell, son of Nicholas (I) and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell, was born December 24, 1780; was educated by pri- vate tutors at Hampden-Sidney College, and William and Mary College. He took charge of his father's estate sometime previous to the latter's death, and by his skillful man- agement removed every encumbrance there- on, and was a successful planter. He in- herited Liberty Hall, where he resided, and was commissioned captain of militia, July 22, 1805, and justice of the county, June 21, 1808. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. His death, caused by consumption, occurred June 25, 1809. He married, Octo- ber 20, 1802, Mary Reid Venable, born May II, 1782, survived him nearly half a cen- tury, dying May 31, 1857, daughter of Sam- uel Woodson and Mary (Carrington) Vena- ble, of Prince Edward county. She was, like her husband, a member of the Presby- terian church. Children: Elizabeth, born August 20, 1803, died 1822, unmarried ; Na- thaniel Francis.
Nathaniel Francis Cabell, only son of Nicholas (2) and Mary R. (Venable) Cabell,
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was born July 23, 1807, at Warminster, and graduated at Hampden-Sidney College in 1825. He received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1827; resided in Prince Edward county from 1827 to 1831, and returned in 1832 to Liberty Hall. He was, in early life, a member of the Presbyterian church, but through study and investigation he became converted to the doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg, and withdrew from the Presbyterian church in 1837. He was the author of many articles published in the "New Jerusalem Maga- zine," and also wrote much on agriculture and various literary topics. He was deeply interested in the history of his family, and prepared much material on the Cabell and Carrington lineages. He died at Bedford City, September 1, 1891. He married (first) September 14, 1831. Anne Blaws Cocke, born September 15, 1811, died February 20, 1862, daughter of General John Hartwell and Anne (Blaws) Cocke. She joined him in removal from the Presbyterian to the Swedenborgian church. He married (sec- ond) in 1867, Mary M. Keller, of Baltimore. Children, all born of first marriage: Francis Hartwell, 1833. died 1844; Elizabeth Nich- olas, July 16, 1834; Philip Barraud; Sally Faulcon ; Frances Grace, July 16, 1852 ; Cary Charles, 1854, died 1856.
Rev. Philip Barraud Cabell, eldest son of Nathaniel Francis and Anne Blaws (Cocke) Cabell, was born June 16, 1836, in Nelson county, Virginia, and completed his educa- tion at the University of Virginia, where he received the degree of Master of Arts in 1857. For some time he served on the staff of his uncle, General Philip St. George Cocke, in the Confederate army, and was afterwards engaged in farming at Laneville. Virginia. He became principal of the Female College, Greensboro, Alabama, and was pro- fessor of Greek and Latin at Urbana Col- lege, Urbana, Ohio. Following this, he be- came a minister of the Swedenborgian church at Wilmington, Delaware, and died March 16, 1904. He married, February 27, 1861, Julia Calvert Bolling, daughter of Thomas and Mary Louisa (Morris) Bolling. She was one of the most popular belles of Virginia in her youth, and was widely known as "Pinkie" Bolling; was born Au- gust 4. 1834, in Goochland county, Virginia, and is now living at Liberty Hall. Her father. Thomas Bolling. resided at "Bol- VIA-48
ling Hall," Virginia, and her mother was a daughter of Richard Morris, of Hanover, Vir- ginia, attorney, member of the Virginia con- vention of 1829-30. Richard Morris married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel William Dab- ney. Thomas Bolling was a son of William Bolling, who was colonel of cavalry in the war of 1812, and a member of the house of dele- gates of the Virginia legislature. Children of Philip B. Cabell: Elizabeth Nicholas, born 1861, died 1862; Joseph Hartwell, men- tioned below ; Francis Barraud, July 14, 1866, died 1893; Philip Mason, January 4, 1869.
Joseph Hartwell Cabell. second son of Rev. Philip Barraud and Julia Calvert (Bol- ling) Cabell, was born December 24. 1863, in Nelson county, Virginia, and was largely educated at Urbana, Ohio, graduating from the college there with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts in 1881. After pursuing a course at the Cincinnati Law School, he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1886. In the same year Urbana College conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in that year, and engaged in general practice at Cincinnati until 1906. In the last named year he re- moved to New York City, and became head of the law firm of Cabell & Gilpin, with offices on Wall street. This firm has long enjoyed a well merited success in the prac- tice of law. Mr. Cabell is a member of the Bar Association of New York; the Garden City Club of Long Island ; of St. Nicholas Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Phoenix Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of New York City. He takes most of his recre- ation in playing golf on the Garden City links. He entertains liberal views on re- ligion, and is independent in political action. He married (first) February 18, 1896, Mar- garet Pope Logan, daughter of Thomas Muldrup and Catherine Virginia (Cox) Logan, the former of South Carolina, and the latter of Chesterfield county. Virginia. Thomas M. Logan was commander of "Hampton's Legion" in the Confederate States army from 1861 to 1865. Mr. Cabell married (second) February 19, 1907. Louise Telford Groesbeck, born in 1880, daughter of Telford Groesbeck, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and his wife, Louise (Cox) Groesbeck. daughter of Dean Cox. Telford Groesbeck was a son of William S. Groesbeck, one of the distinguished lawyers who defended
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President Andrew Johnson in his impeach- ment trial. Children of Joseph Hartwell Cabell by first marriage : Philip Francis and Honoria Muldrup, both born in Cincinnati. Child of second marriage: Mary Groesbeck, born July 25, 1911, at Suffern, New York.
Robert Marion Ward. The ancestors of Robert Marion Ward were among the early settlers in the colony of Virginia. Promi- nently identified with the legal and medical professions at this time, members of the Ward family have in other generations held a like honorable position in public and pri- vate life.
George Ward, born at "Fleetwood," in Culpeper county. Virginia, in 1822, died in Winchester, in March, 1902, was a son of Daniel and Mary (Fishback) Ward, his father having been a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Julia Ann, daughter of Oliver Funsten, who came from Belfast, Ire- land, to Clarke county, Virginia, in 1820. He was a lawyer and farmer, and during the existence of the old county court system he was for many years the presiding member of that court in Frederick county. For more than twenty years he represented that county in the house of delegates and in the senate.
Robert Marion Ward, son of George and Julia Ann (Funsten) Ward, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, April 15, 1861. After courses of instruction in public and private institutions he entered the University of Virginia in 1880, where for two years he was a student in the aca- demic schools. For several years thereafter he was principal of a high school in Fau- quier ; then entered the law school of the university. He was admitted to the bar of his native state in 1887, and the following year became owner and editor of the "Win- chester News," the publication of which he continued in connection with his legal prac- tice until 1896. Since 1888 he has been en- gaged in the practice of his profession, and during that time he has been much in the public service. From 1890 until 1894 he was the incumbent of the office of common- wealth's attorney, and the year following the expiration of his term in that office he was elected solicitor for the city of Winches- ter, which position he occupied for eight years. In 1907 Mr. Ward was the success- ful candidate of the Democratic party for state senator from the senatorial district
comprising the counties of Shenandoah and Frederick and the city of Winchester, and held his seat in the senate for four years. For several years past he has served as chairman of the city school board. Since 1907 Mr. Ward has been a member, with Herbert Scaggs Larrick (q. v.), of the law firm of Ward & Larrick, with a large clien- tage extending throughout the valley coun- ties. Like many other members of the pro- fession in that section of the state he is inci- dentally engaged in farming and the culture of a commercial apple orchard.
He married, April 12, 1899, Emily Ridg- way. daughter of Colonel David and Susan (Meade) Funsten, of Alexandria, Virginia. In 1863, when incapacitated for active serv- ice in the field, Colonel Funsten was elected a member of the congress of the Confed- erate States. His wife was a granddaugh- ter of Colonel Richard Kidder Meade, father of Bishop William Meade, and a member of the personal staff of General George Washington throughout the war of the revo- lution.
George E. Moore. Business, honorable and well directed, has long been granted its proper place in the world, and it is the busy man who is the leader in all affairs. His fidelity to the duties by which his business is carried on is that whereby he is judged by his fellowmen, and the verdict is ren- dered in accordance with his accomplished purposes. In this respect George E. Moore, merchant and statesman, of Roanoke, Vir- ginia, has won the commendation and re- spect of all with whom he has come in con- tact. He is the son of William E. and Mary (Wilkinson) Moore, the former a prominent country merchant.
George E. Moore was born in Fluvanna county, Virginia. May 16, 1870. While in the public schools of his native county he mastered those branches of learning which prepared him for the practical duties of life. Upon the completion of his education, he became associated with his father in the business of the latter, remained with him for a period of two years, and then estab- lished himself in business independently, in Bedford, where he sold out in order to pur- chase the mercantile business of Miller & Brown in Roanoke. This was in 1892, and he has been identified with the business life of Roanoke since that time. Under his man- agement this has become the leading retail
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emporium in the city of Roanoke, and he has always been in the van in the adoption of modern and up-to-date methods. He was the first to introduce fixtures of the style used in the larger cities of New York, Phila- delphia and Chicago, and he also introduced the idea of having a larger and more varied line of goods than had been known up to that time. His ideas were very favorably commented upon, and were rapidly followed by his rivals in business. His store, how- ever, is larger than any other department store in the town. He was one of the organ- izers of the Merchants' Association of Ro- anoke and served as president of this honor- able body two terms.
Mr. Moore is one of the most progressive and public-spirited citizens of the town, and in 1901 was elected to represent the third ward in the city council. He served one term, ably representing his constituents and the city at large, and was a member of the following named committees: Ordinances, trade and commerce, and schools. In 1905, when the new constitution of Virginia pro. vided for the bi-cameral council for Roanoke, he was elected alderman from his ward, and reëlected in 1909 as an independent candi- date. He was elected as an independent, and he has always championed the cause of clean city government. He is a member of the Merchants' Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and of Wahoo Tribe, No. 82, Im- proved Order of Red Men. He and his wife are members of the Christian Baptist church.
Mr. Moore married, November 26, 1903, Alice C. Richmond, of Roanoke, and they have children: Margaret, Doris and Rich- mond G. The life and splendid accomplish- ments of Mr. Moore should serve as an in- centive and inspiration to those who desire to rise in life. He is regarded as a man of unusual business acumen, and as one who has the interests of the community sincerely at heart.
George H. Hulvey. Were it possible to strike the keynote of the life of George H. Hulvey, long connected with educational work in Rockingham county, Virginia, in a single word. one more descriptive than "service" could not be found. Into this may be crowded the story of his career as a sol- dier of the Confederacy and of his subse- quent activity as an educator, a story of use- fulness and effort well directed. The follow-
ing recital will well illustrate the truth of the statement with which this record begins.
George H. Hulvey is a son of Madison Hulvey, a carriage builder, born near Mount Sidney, Augusta county. Virginia, in 1812, died in 1862. He married Caroline Long- acre, born in 1812, died in 1870, surviving her husband eight years, and had children : James Madison, a soldier in the Eleventh Regiment Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States army, during the civil war; Samuel H., a resident of Indiana ; Newton B., lives in Churchville, Augusta county, Virginia ; George H., of whom further; J. Franklin, deceased : Sarah Catherine: Mary M .; Ella B. and Elizabeth, residents of California ; and Rebecca H., deceased.
George H. Hulvey was born in Rocking- ham county. Virginia, April 19, 1844. He obtained his early education in the public and private schools of Augusta county, also attending the Old Fort Military Academy for three years. His academic pursuits were interrupted by his military activity, but in 1869 he entered the University of Virginia, and completed his classical studies. The outbreak of the civil war, when he was seventeen years of age, found him a soldier in the Eleventh Regiment of Virginia Cav- alry, a part of Ashby's brigade. The sec- ond day's fight of the battle of the Wilder- ness witnessed the loss of his left arm, May 6, 1862, and after partially recovering from his wound in the hospital at Lynchburg. Virginia, he was sent to his home. For two sessions he attended the schools of that dis- trict, reviewing his Latin and Algebra, and then took a course in the Valley Normal School at Bridgewater, Virginia, the first normal school in the state, receiving a teach- er's certificate. While teaching Mr. Hulvey held the principalship of the schools of Bridgewater, Harrisonburg, Staunton and Mt. Crawford, the last of which he was hold- ing when appointed to the superintendency of the schools of Rockingham county, Vir- ginia, in 1887. For twenty-four years he was head of the schools of this county, and upon the reorganization of the state edu- cational system and the subsequent arrange- ment of the territory into divisions, he be- came superintendent of Division No. 2, which comprises the territory over which he formerly had control, having held the latter office for four years.
To form a full appreciation of the work
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that has been accomplished by Mr. Hulvey it would be necessary to compare the edu- cational standards in the locality in which his activity has been centered of a quarter of a century ago with those of the present time, to place the statistics of 1886 beside those of 1914, and to endeavor to account for the difference, the vast improvement, in any other manner than to place the credit at the door of the leaders in education in the county and the state, the one influence co- operating with the other for the common good. Organization and concerted effort for advancement have wrought the change from small, unsanitary, ill-ventilated, and ill- lighted school houses to the spacious, airy and scientifically constructed buildings that now numerously dot the county; and the same causes have placed a trained, educated and efficient corps of teachers in the stead of willing but incapable instructors. Mod- ern methods and instruction flourish throughout the division, vocational training has been introduced, libraries easily accessi- ble have been installed, and the pupils of the schools in the locality receive generous foundation for advanced study in higher in- stitutions, or, if that is not forthcoming, lib- eral qualifications for honorable position in society ; perfect sanitary conditions prevail, toilet and drinking appliances, arranged under medical direction and subject to rigid inspection, and with all of the forward strides that have been made, satisfaction has not caused the smallest decrease in enthusi- asm nor a lack of desire for still greater im- provement.
So strong a believer is Mr. Hulvey in the efficacy of union and the value of steady and systematic cooperation that at school con- ventions he is known as the "Champion of Consolidation," and it is a tribute to his force of character and his wise foresight that many of the reforms that he has earnestly advocated have become successful institu- tions. He is a member of the Virginia State Teachers' Association, and was the organ- izer and the first president of the Rocking- ham County Teachers' Association, the first organization of its kind in Virginia, exist- ing prior to the formation of the state asso- ciation. Mr. Hulvey has frequently been the author of articles published in educa- tional journals, and from the height of long experience and participation in the thick of the fight has been able to pen papers of
vital interest and value to friends and pro- moters of education.
It is a far cry from the arts of peace to the doings of war, but in both has George H. Hulvey been prominent, and before clos- ing this brief chronicle it is meet that men- tion should be made of a part of his career that is widely separated from his activities with which so many are familiar. He served as sergeant in his company throughout the year 1861-62, and upon the proposed re- organization of the Confederate army was elected captain, although he was never com- missioned to this rank. On one occasion, acting under orders from General "Stone- wall" Jackson, Sergeant Hulvey burned the bridge at Port Republic, in order to prevent its use as a means of transit by the Federal forces. Mr. Hulvey's political views are Democratic, and he is a member of the Re- formed church. His fraternal societies are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of United American Me- chanics.
He married (first) in 1872, Josephine, daughter of Arthur Bader, her death occur- ring in 1882; (second) October 8, 1890, Nannie Y., born in Rockingham county, Virginia, August 12, 1860, daughter of George William Yancey. Children of his first marriage: Elmer Lee, born in Harri- sonburg, Virginia, a printer, resides in Iowa ; William Arthur, born in Harrisonburg, Vir- ginia, a farmer; Franklin Edmund, born in Bridgewater, Virginia, died in 1893. Chil- dren of his second marriage, all born in Bridgewater, Virginia: Leighton Michael, born May 7, 1893 ; Sallie Machen, born July 13, 1895; Samuel Brown, born October 3, 1896; Nina Yancey, born July 23, 1900; Lynnwood Harvey, born February 22, 1904. In 1906 Mr. Hulvey moved to Harrisonburg, and now resides on the corner of North High and Wolf streets.
Michael Archibald Dinneen. Michael Archibald Dinneen, a prominent business man of New York City, was born at Ash- land, Virginia, October 24, 1887. He is the son of John Hogan and Mary Gordon (Houston) Dinneen, his mother being the daughter of Dr. Henry Houston. His father was an attorney at Richmond, Virginia, died in 1903. John Hogan Dinneen was in the Confederate army in the civil war, being lieutenant of the Infantry Blues of Rich-
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mond, Virginia, though of tender age at the time. He served on the staff of General Robert E. Lee. Michael Archibald Dinneen had four uncles on his mother's side killed in the civil war, one of them being Archibald Houston, who won much distinction. The grandfather of Mr. Dinneen, and father of John Hogan Dinneen, came to this country from Ireland.
The family to which Mr. Dinneen belongs was distinguished and extremely ancient, and many members had held high office both in ecclesiastical and politic station in the history of Ireland. It was a branch of the Fox or MacSionnaighe family, whose official title was "Lords of Teffia," and whose pedigree has been authentically preserved by several branches of the family from the second century, A. D., to the present day. The arms of the Dinneen family are thus heraldically described: Arms: Argent on a mount in base vert an oak tree, the stem en- twined with two serpents interwoven and erect respecting each other all ppr. Crest : An owl at gaze ppr. The original form of the Dinneen hereditary family name in the Gaelic or Irish language is O'Doighain, meaning "the descendant (O') of Doigh- nain," Doighnain being the personal appel- lation of a celebrated commander of Gaelic gallowglasses or foot soldiers slain at the memorable battle of Clontarf, 1014 A. D. The word "doigh" in Irish or Celtic means hope or thought, and it is akin to the Greek. dokeo, meaning "to think," Celtic and Greek being kindred languages, that were spoken side by side on the plains of Europe for hun- dreds of years before the dawn of written history. Doighnain, chief ancestor of the Dinneen family was the brother of Beice, who figures as No. 98 on the pedigree of the Fox family, the family descended from him being called O'Doighnain for hundreds of years till English spread in the land, when the old surname being anglicised to Din- neen. Dinan, Dinnen, Dignum, O'Dugenan. and even translated in some cases to Hope.
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