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KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VIRGINIA SEMPLE FAMILY
The Semple Family came from Scotland-originally De Sempill-A. D. 1249.
Janet, John of King and Queen, James of New Kent, George, Elizabeth-all of generation (I).
John (1) emigrated and located in King and Queen 1752, m. Elizabeth Walker in 1761 ; John Walker (2) m. Lowry; Robertson (2) d. in Kentucky 1820; Eliz- abeth Baylor (2) m. Anderson, Md., Josiah Ryland 1798; James (2) m. Sarah Harwood, d. 1806; Robert Baylor, D. D., (2) b. Jan. 20, 1769, m. Ann Lowry 1793, d. Dec. 25, 1831, pastor of Bruington 39 years, president of Triennial Convention.
Robert Baylor Semple, D. D., (2) ; John Walker (3), James (3) of Kentucky, m. Elizabeth Garlick, d. 1866; Robert Baylor (3) m. Buckner, d. 1853; Mar- tha (3) ; William Morris (3) ; Sarah Fleet (3) ; Lucy Ann (3), b. 1823, m. Dr. C. B. Fleet, and 2d W. F. Broaddus 1853; James (3) ; John Robert (4) ; Samuel Pierce (4) ; Elizabeth Garlick (4) ; William Muscoe (4) ; Ann Lowry (4) ; Mary M. (4) ; Mildred C. (4) ; Samuel Allen (4) ; Lucy B. (4).
John Walker (2); Elizabeth B. (3); James (3) ; Francis (3) ; John Walker (3) ; Robert (3) ; Isaac Robertson (3) ; Charles Donald (3) ; Lucy Baylor (3) ; Adeline Matilda (3).
TODD FAMILY
BY DR. B. H. WALKER
Early in the eighteenth century William Todd came to this country and settled first at Toddsbury, in Glou- cester County. Then the family came to King and Queen County and settled at Toddsbury, near Dunkirk. They owned a very large landed estate. That William Todd died, leaving, under the law of primogeniture, all his landed estate to his son, William Todd. He left two daughters, Elizabeth Payne, who married Samuel G. Fauntleroy, and another, who married a Mr. Ma- con. After the death of his first wife, S. G. Fauntleroy married her cousin, Miss Lowry, the daughter of Colo-
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nel Lowry of Caroline County. By his first marriage he had three sons and one daughter: Dr. S. G. Faunt- leroy, Jr., Dr. Moore Gardner, William, and Betsy, who married P. T. Pollard. By his second marriage he had one son and three daughters: Thomas W. L., Martha, who married Colonel Archie Harwood; Lucy, who married James Govan, and Susan, who married first Nutall and then Toler.
Bernard Todd, another member of the family, was either a brother or nephew of William Todd 2d. He married Betsy Pollard, daughter of William Pollard of Hanover. He left six sons, Christopher, Thomas, William, Bartlett, Joseph, and Garland; and two daughters, Mary and Betsy Waring. Christopher moved to Tennessee, where he died at the ripe age of more than ninety years, leaving a large family. Thomas married Eliza Pendleton, the daughter of Col. Henry Pendleton of Newtown, King and Queen County, whose wife was a Miss Peachey. He left three daughters, Ellen, Frances Ann, and Mary Peachey. Ellen married Dr. John M. Garnett and left no children. Frances Ann married Thomas W. L. Fauntleroy and left only two children, Garnett, who was killed at Sharpsburg, and Peachey, who married her cousin, Captain Virginius Fauntleroy, the son of William Fauntleroy. Mary Peachey married Dr. George William Pollard of Han- over, and lived and died at Williamsville in the old Pol- lard home. She left five children : Ellen, who married Mr. Converse and is still living in Louisville, Ky .; Ber- nard, who was killed in the Civil War; Mary Peachey, who never married; Harry, who lives in Louisville, and George William, who lives in Hanover County.
Rev. William Todd, son of Bernard Todd, left three children : Eliza, who died young; Maria, who married A. W. Robbins of Gloucester, and died leaving one son, Colonel W. T. Robbins, who lived in Richmond and died a short time ago; and Dr. William B. Todd, who died leaving one son, Captain M. P. Todd. Rob- ert B. Todd, son of Captain M. P. Todd, married Ellen Garlick, daughter of Dr. Joseph Garlick. Sue Todd, daughter of R. B. Todd, married Dr. E. J. Moseley.
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Colonel Bartlett P. Todd lived in Petersburg and mar- ried a Miss Epps. He left four sons, Bernard, Joseph, Thomas, and William; and four daughters, Elizabeth, Kate, Virginia, and Susan.
Mary, daughter of Bernard Todd (as above), mar- ried Buster and left one child. Betsy Waring Todd married Walker of King and Queen County, and left two children, Bettie, who married Mr. Joe Henley, and Dr. Bernard H. Walker, who now lives in Norfolk.
WALKER FAMILY
BY B. H. WALKER
Colonel Thomas Walker, an emigrant from Eng- land, settled in Gloucester between 1625 and 1650. Colonel Thomas Walker (2) also lived in Gloucester. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1662. Colonel Thomas Walker (3) obtained a royal grant for land on the Mattapony River, and removing to King and Queen, he founded the village of Walkerton, and erected there a large manufacturing and grist mill, cot- ton gin and press, cooper shop, store, etc. The land grant extended from London Swamp above Canterbury Farm, belonging to the Gwathmeys, to Mantapike Swamp, giving a river front of ten miles, and running back some two miles. Colonel Walker (3) erected a home on the first rise from the river near Walkerton, and built also an Indian blockhouse of brick, with holes for musketry, to protect the people from Indian raids. His first house was burned, and a similar one was built immediately on the river, which was also burned. Both of these were large, square houses, with four rooms on a floor, and large halls running through from front to rear, just like the houses at Hillsboro, Rickahoc, Man- tua, Mantapike, etc. He was also a member of the Burgesses and was accustomed to take his family with him to Williamsburg. His daughter, Mary Peachey (4), married Dr. Gilmer of Williamsburg, who after- wards moved to Albemarle and was the progenitor of the Gilmer family of that county.
Thomas Walker (3) left three children. The eldest,
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John (4), inherited the landed estate and retained the family home. His second son, Dr. Thomas Walker (4), removed to Albemarle and became a large land-owner; he was the first white man to enter the State of Kentucky. He married first a Mrs. Meriwether, and then a Miss Thornton, her sister. They were cousins of General Washington. Dr. Walker was guardian of Thomas Jefferson. He was employed by the general government to make treaties with the In- dians, and served for years. A daughter (or grand- daughter) married William C. Rives. His home was Castle Hill, afterwards owned by Mr. Rives, and still in possession of that family. The family was counted wealthy. He gave his daughter, Mary Peachey (5), at her marriage £5000. The oldest son of Thomas Walker (3) married Miss Baylor, and died leaving several children. The eldest, Baylor Walker (5), re- mained on the old estate near Walkerton. The other children were given estates in the Valley of Virginia. His daughter Elizabeth (5) married Henry Fleet, who was the father of Captain William Fleet and grand- father of Dr. C. B. Fleet, Colonel A. Fleet, and Dr. Benjamin Fleet of King and Queen. The other, Susan- nah (5), married Semple, and became the mother of Dr. R. B. Semple.
Baylor Walker married Miss Hill, the daughter of Colonel Humphrey Hill of Hillsborough. His son was Major Humphrey Hill Walker, who represented the county in the legislature many years, and died in Rich- mond in 1820, while a member of the legislature. In the notice of his death in the family Bible, it is stated that he was a member of. " The Assembly." The night the old theater was burned, December 25, 1811, he, with another member of the Assembly, started to the theater, but called at the room of another member, who persuaded them to remain until he could make some hot whisky punch. The result was they did not go at all. (Who says whisky does no good ?)
Major Humphrey Walker left four sons, John, Bay- lor, Temple, Robert, and Volney, and three daughters, Mary Hill, Frances, and Sukey. John, Baylor, Tem-
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ple, and Volney, and their sisters, Mary and Frances, married and left families. Temple Walker was a jus- tice many years, also high sheriff in 1844-'45. He was married four times : first, Mary Hill, daughter of Col- onel John Hill of King William; second, Lucy Talia- ferro of King William; third, Betsy W. Todd; and fourth, Jane Cluverius. He was the father of sixteen children.
[To give the account of Dr. Walker in full, we ap- pend this from him] :
" The Walker family came from the county of Glou- cester, after they had obtained a grant from the king of ten miles river front, on Mattapony, and ten miles back into the forest. They made their residence at " Hold," as it was called-Rye Field-just below Walkerton. This place was built up by Colonel Thomas Walker, and was called after him, 'Walker- ton.' They established here a large flour mill, and a gin and cotton press, a store, and a ferry. (A bridge spans the river at this point at present.) Near by their home at 'Hold' they built a blockhouse as a resort from Indians. A part of the grant is still owned by the Walkers,-the old home, Locust Grove, by Melville Walker, and another by A. C. Walker, a justice [of the peace ]. Mr. John Walker, a descendant, lived at Chat- ham Hill, and owned the mill and surroundings. He was the father of Watson and Melville, and had two brothers, Volney and Temple. Volney had three sons, W. H., Benjamin, and Temple Walker had two sons, Dr. B. H. and A. C., as above."
THOMAS WALKER
BY MRS. R. H. LAND
My father, Thomas Walker, was the eldest son of Philip Walker of King and Queen. In early life, his father's circumstances being meager, he was thrown in a large measure on his own resources. Much of his time was spent in farm work, but whenever possible he attended such schools as the country afforded at that period, and having a keen relish for study, he acquired
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an education that secured for him the position of assist- ant teacher in a school taught by the Rev. R. B. Temple. In course of time he found himself in the Valley of Vir- ginia, employed for four years as tutor in the family of Mr. Carven Willis of Jefferson County. Later on he returned to his native county, and entered into a part- nership in the mercantile business with Mr. John Bagby, one having a store in Ayletts, King William County, and the other in Stevensville, King and Queen, and thus was established between them a lifelong friendship. Early in the last century he married Joanna Mann, and they were the parents of ten children, only four of whom lived to be grown, and only two, T. N. Walker of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. A. W. Land of Baltimore, Md., are now living. My mother, whose parents died in infancy, was raised by her grandmother, Mrs. Smith, née Susan Pollard, related to the Pollards of King Wil- liam and King and Queen. She lived to the venerable age of seventy-two. Both she and her husband sleep in the family burying ground in King and Queen.
WARE FAMILY
From an old court record rescued from old papers found at Williamsburg when it was the capital of the State and the Supreme Court held its sessions there, I find Robert Spencer Ware files his age August 11th, 1789, "under age " (June 11th, 1791, he is " twenty- one years of age "), in an old suit brought for himself, his sister, Lydia, and his infant brother, Spencer Ware. These children are the orphans of Spencer Ware and Miss Digges, married about 1769: Robert Spencer Ware, born 1770; Lydia Ware, born 1772; Spencer Ware, born 1774, died 1804 (Spencer Ware, Sr., died 1777). From this paper we also learn that Lydia Ware married Robert Garrett of King and Queen, about 1796. Their daughter, Elizabeth Garrett (born 1802, died 1867), married Bird Hoskins (born 1800, died 1841). William Hoskins married Janet Carter Roy, December 29th, 1857.
CHAPTER XVIII
FRAGMENTS
Acree-E. Smith Acree (married Fox), a merchant at Walkerton (Turner & Acree), an estimable citizen. Father of Edward F. of Danville, A. C., Rev. R. R., Lucian, and James.
Bates, Sr .- Lived two miles north of Newtown. Sons: James T., Meredith, Dr. William, Kit, Robert, Dr. Thomas J. (married Lumpkin.)
Boulware .- William B. ("Lord "), son of Lee B. Leroy, born one mile above Newtown. Richardson Lumpkin married Amanda, daughter of Lee B., sister of William B.
Carlton, Alfred, was one of a numerous family, and himself left numerous children-Granville, Motley, Alfred, Jr., Frazer, Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Corr, and Mrs. Vaughan.
Carlton, Cornelius H. and Walter R., were men of culture and great moral worth, who lived and died a mile or two below Cumnor.
Carlton, George K., was for years a merchant, kept Carlton's store, married Gaines. He left an interesting family-Milton, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Dr. Jackson, and Mrs. Steger.
Cook .- Benjamin Pendleton Cook came, a young man, into the county from Gloucester; m. Emeline Bagby.
Cosby .- Leland C. came from King William and lived for many years at Bruington. A most excellent Christian man. Children : Joseph, James, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs. Harper.
Councill .- Colonel J. C. Councill (married Smith) came from the vicinity of Portsmouth, attended Fleet- wood Academy under Mr. White, taught there and at Virginia Military Institute; afterwards established
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Aberdeen Academy; colonel C. S. A .; an invaluable citi- zen. Children : Mrs. Rudolph, M. Brook, George, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Dr. Gregory.
Courtney .- Captain Robert Courtney was a nephew of Rev. John of Richmond, and son of Robert, Sr .; Captain Courtney was a soldier of the War of 1812, and a man of sterling worth. Robert, Jr., was the father of Mrs. John Bagby, Mrs. William Campbell, Sr., Mrs. Captain Haynes. Captain Courtney was for years a justice-his influence powerful.
Dr. R. H. Cox, a noted physician at Centreville, after- wards West Point. He was a gentleman of high char- acter; married Saunders. Represented the county in Virginia Legislature and member of Virginia Conven- tion of '61. Children : Toug., Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Dr. Smith.
Dew .- Captain Billy D., of Dewsville, a neighbor of John Kidd. Sons: Dr. William, Prof. Thomas R., John, Franklin of Newtown, and Calvin. Judge John D. is son of Franklin.
Diggs .- Rev. Isaac Diggs left an impress for good upon all who knew him. Children : Dudley, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. T. Jeffries, and Isaac, Jr., a promi- nent attorney of Richmond. Elder Digges' memory is precious to many.
Dudley .- Alexander Dudley was a noted lawyer, ac- tive, strong, and public-spirited. He originated and built the railroad from Richmond to West Point, and became its first president. His sons are: Robert, mar- ried Hoskins; Harry, married Roy; Alexander, Jr .; and William R., married Spencer.
Eubank .- Philip Eubank was one of the best men of his day, His sons, who rise up to do him credit are: William, Archie, Benjamin, and Robert.
Fauntleroy .- Three brothers fleeing from France set- tled in the Northern Neck,-John, Samuel G., and Moore,-and these have transmitted their names to their descendants. John seems to have inspired the In- dians around him with mortal terror, probably by the prowess of his arm.
Gwathmey .- Temple G. (married
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Walker), was a cousin of Dr. William and R. T. Gwathmey, father of Charles B., Alfred, Llewellyn, and Archie.
Haynes .- Captain Thomas Haynes, justice, was one of the best of citizens. John R. Haynes was a mechanic, living in Exol Swamp; married two Bagbys. Sons: Cornelius, George A., and Andrew L. and John R., Jr., all of Richmond except Cornelius.
Henley, Joseph, was father of Rev. R. Y., a most excellent man and minister; of Dr. S. S. and Joseph, Jr .; grandfather of T. B. Henly, Esq., of Newport News.
Henshaw, Chaney, lived near Newtown. Children : Jane, married Kit Bates; Virginia, married Broaddus; Bob, Lucy Ann, and Thomas E. (supervisor).
Kidd .- John Kidd, Sr., lived near Munday's bridge. Children: John, Mary (Bagby), Elizabeth (Motley and Bagby), John, Jr., the father of John B. Kidd.
Latane .- Came from Essex. Harry, Sr., was a man of splendid character. His son, Dr. Thomas (married Hale and Robins), has endeared himself to the people in all his section. He is now venerable with age, but seems never to grow old. Children : Dr. Robert, Harry, Jr., of Buchanan, Dr. Thomas, Jr., Mrs. Joe Ryland, Lizzie, Blanche, Mary P., and Annie.
Governor Lumpkin's family, of Georgia, was from King and Queen; also the family of Alexander H. Ste- phens, for whom Stevensville is named.
Motley .- John Motley lived below Carlton's Store; father of John and Dr. M. of Richmond County, Mrs. B. T. Taylor, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Major Saunders. Nunn .- These were old citizens. One of them was a constituent member of Bruington Church. George C. was a man of fine integrity and wealth. He left two sons, Captain John R., C. S. A., of Berryville, and Dr. (also Captain) W. C., of West Point; Mrs. J. S. Purcell, Mrs. Cawthorn. William S. and Henry Nunn were brothers of George C., and leave numerous de- scendants.
Pendleton, Colonel, of King and Queen, had three daughters: first married Colonel R. M. Garnett; second
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married Thomas Todd; third married Claiborne. The third daughter afterwards married Gatewood, and then William Dew. Colonel Pendleton, I think, had a sister who married a Gatewood, father of a Joe Gate- wood, who died at Milan; also of two daughters, one of whom married John Dew of Plain Dealing; the sec- ond married Christopher Baylor. The first James Pen- dleton was an unkind husband, and his brothers-in-law, Hugh Campbell, William Mann, William Harrison, and perhaps Captain Thomas Dew, went to his house at night and gave him a severe whipping, which act in- volved them in serious trouble. William, George, and Robert Ware Pendleton were sons ( ?) of William P., who lived and died at Pleasant Grove. They had one sister, who married Dr. John Duval.
Capt. James Pendleton was an officer in the war of the Revolution.
Porter .- C. W. Porter, married Cook, was one of the most popular men in the county. He served for years as county treasurer. Mr. Porter reared a large family : Pendleton, Charlie, Frank, who died early, but daughters married and survive.
Purcell .- James Purcell was the father of Jefferson S. and R. B. Purcell, both now dead.
Roane .- Hon. John Roane was M. C. His son John lived at Newington; in a fit of insanity killed his wife and his overseer. Judge Spencer Roane and William H. Roane have been mentioned.
Robinson .- William Robinson, of Benville, was a grandson of Speaker Robinson. Issue: William C., Needler J., and Mary, who married Sculptor E. V. Val- entine.
Saunders .- Major W. C. was a well-known citizen, prominent in insurance and politics. His son, Colonel John R. Saunders (married Miss Hoskins), attorney, is a member of the Governor's Staff (1904). A rising young man.
Scott .- Rev. A. F. Scott impressed himself greatly upon the people as teacher and minister; came from Eastern Shore; taught at Gloucester Courthouse, Cen- treville, and Stevensville. Children: Francis, George
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R., Robert, Mrs. T. P. Bagby, Mrs. Watson Eubank of Essex.
Smith .- Mr. James Smith married Fleet. Lived at Smithfield, near Clarks. Was a man of high intelli- gence and Christian character, an attorney much hon- ored, the father of Mrs. Judge Jones, Mrs. Colonel Councill, Miss Priscilla, Dr. Robert, Captain James William, C. S. A., and Colonel Thomas, C. S. A., of Kentucky. The conservative influence of this family is immeasurable. The last named is now prominent in educational circles.
Street .- This is a large family living on the Dragon in Essex and King and Queen. Walker Street in 1850 lived some six miles below Carlton's Store, and was the father of Major N. B. Street, C. S. A. Major Street was for years supervisor of the county. A daughter of Street, Sr., married W. C. Hundley, and became the mother of Rev. John W. Hundley and T. Hundley, a prominent Baptist minister. One of Mrs. Hundley's daughters, Augusta, married Rev. W. A. Street. John Thurston, a man of fine character, married a Miss Street.
Muire, Thacker, a retired Methodist preacher, lived at Walkerton. He forgot the ways of peace and had multiplied lawsuits.
Todd .- Thomas Todd, of Toddsbury, in King and Queen,* had daughters : first, Ellen, married Dr. Gar- nett; second, Frances, married T. W. L. Fauntleroy of Holly Hill; a third married Dr. George William Pol- lard of Hanover (of these Dr. B. H. Walker was a cousin ) .
Vaughan .- There came from Petersburg about 1883 a young man named Christopher C. Vaughan. He came among strangers, but by indomitable courage and pluck won for himself a large measure of success. He is merchant, farmer, mechanic, and sawyer at Cumnor; married Miss Carlton.
Walker .- Thomas Walker was counted one of the finest singers ever known in the county. The melodious
* There was another and older Toddsbury in Gloucester.
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notes of his voice have scarcely yet died away from the ears of some of the old Bruington inhabitants. Chil- dren: Thomas N. Walker, Mrs. Land, Mrs. Gwath- mey, and Miss Evelina.
White .- Oliver W. (married Lawrence and Bagby), was an Irishman, who came into the county about 1840, and opened an academy at Fleetwood. In a year or two he had established himself firmly in the confidence of the people, and his school drew from all quarters. His only daughter married Josiah Ryland, Jr., Second Aud- itor of Virginia. Mr. White's name ought to be imper- ishable.
Williams .- An extensive family with many ramifica- tions. John was the father of John, Jr., and of Henry (at Carlton's Store) .
Wright .- This was a large family with various branches. Dr. John R., William G., and Moore B. were sons or grandsons of Dr. John Wright.
PURKS AND OTHER FAMILIES
BY MRS. W. C. ADAMS
During my visit [in 1907] to King and Queen County it was my pleasure to visit the home of Judge Claggett Jones, where I was courteously treated. He and his wife know by tradition that their home is the location of my grandfather Purks' old home (Woodstock).
We next drove to Mr. Theodore Courtney's store and had an interesting talk on old families; through his kindness I was enabled to visit the little burial place on the old Campbell estate, now owned and occupied by Mr. John Fleet. There are the sunken shapes of three graves. One is my grandfather Purks', and it is almost positive that the other two are those of my grandmother, Mary Carlton Purks, and Captain Whittaker Camp- bell, my great-great-grandfather. He owned the place when Robert Courtney, Jr. (the father of Major Court- ney in Richmond), married there Captain Whittaker Campbell's youngest daughter, Sally, April 9th, 1812. Captain Campbell died between 1812 and 1814, about
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ninety years old. Mr. Fleet remembers my grandfather, William Purks, and described his features to me. His father, Dr. Christopher B. Fleet, was his physician in his last illness.
The next place adjoining is the old Carlton home. The place is now called Edgemont, and is owned by Mr. Benjamin Dew. Mr. Courtney told me that his sister, Virginia Courtney, married Alexander Carlton, and, at his death, married Lewis W. Smith. He also told me that Captain Robert Courtney, Sr., married Priscilla Campbell.
We then went to Mr. Albert Gresham's, where I saw Mrs. Claggett Jones, Sr., mother of Mrs. Gresham, and she spoke of the school on the Purks home, where her favorite schoolmate was Mary Purks (Mrs. Taze- well Fogg, my father's only sister). She said Benoni Carlton, Sr., married Miss Campbell, but she did not know her Christian name. (I know it was Mary (Polly), and she was the daughter of Captain Whitta- ker Campbell by his first wife.) She knew that Benoni Carlton, Jr., married his first cousin, Julia Ann Wood (first wife), who was granddaughter to Captain Whit- taker Campbell.
I was then driven to Stevensville to see Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ryland, Jr. Mr. Ryland has a very genial way of receiving one, and it was worth the drive to just shake hands with him. Through Mrs. Ryland I located where the family Bible of the Carltons was last known to be,-in the possession of Sue. Carlton, daughter of Benoni Carlton, Jr. (by his first wife), who married Mr. Llewellyn Gwathmey of Norfolk. She died quite young, and her husband married Miss Hendren. Mrs. Ryland, who was Bettie Hugh Bagby, married first, Benoni Carlton the third (Little Ben he was called). Two of the grandsons of my great-grandfather, Benoni Carlton, Sr., married sisters, the Misses Bagby, daugh- ters of the Rev. Richard Hugh Bagby of King and Queen. Benoni Carlton the third married Miss Bettie Hugh Bagby, and Mr. Zack Carlton, now of Luna Landing, Ark., married Miss Emma Bagby.
Mr. Pynes then drove me to Church Hill, about two
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