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Returning to Virginia, he became assistant minister to Rev. Alexander Seott, Rector of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, shortly before Mr. Scott's death, which occurred April 1, 1738. Mr. Moneure then became the successor of Mr. Scott, remaining incumbent of the Parish until his death twenty-six years. Bp. Meade says: "llis name is still to be seen painted on one of the panels of the gallery in old Aquia Church, together with those of the vestry, in 1757." The great Potomac Church, five miles from Fredericksburg, was also in Mr. Moneure's parish.
The following letter, written 1820 to the granddaughter of Rev. James Scott by Mr. Moncure's daughter, Jeem, who married Gov. James Wood, of Virginia, is given entire from Meade, Vol. II, p. 198 :
I was only ten years old when I lost my father. He was a Scotchman, descended from French ancestors, who fled among the first Protestants who left France in consequence of the persecution that took place soon after the Reformation. He had an excellent education, and had made considerable progress in the study of medicine, when an invitation to seek an establish- ment in Virginia induced him to eross the Atlantic, and his first engage- inent was in Northumberland County, where he lived two years in a gentleman's family as a private tutor. During that time, although teaching others, he was closely engaged in the study of divinity, and at the commencement of the third year from his arrival returned to Great Britain and was ordained a minister of the then Established Church ; came to Virginia and engaged as curate to your great unele, Alexander Scott, who at that time was Minister of Overwharton Parish, in Stafford County, and resided at his seat of Dipple. Your great unele died a short time after, and my dear father succeeded him in his Parish and resided at the Glebe house. Your grandfather, the Rev. James Scott, who inherited Dipple, continued there until he settled at Westwood, in Prince William. He was my father's dearest, kindest friend, and one of the best of men. This intimacy brought my father and mother acquainted, who was sister to your grandmother Scott.
Old Dr. Gustavus Brown, of Maryland, my maternal grandfather, ob- jected to the marriage of my father and mother. Although he thought highly of my father he did not think him an eligible match for his daughter. He was poor and very delicate in his health.
Dr. Brown did not, however, forbid their union, and it accordingly took place. The old gentleman received them as visitors, and visited them again, but would not pay down mother's intended dowry until he saw how they could get along, and to let them see that they could not live on love without other sauce.
I have often heard my dear mother relate the circumstances of her first housekeeping, with tears of tender and delightful recollection. They went home to your grandpa's, where they were married, with a slenderly supplied purse, to an empty house, except a few absolute necessaries from kind
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friends. When thus arrived they found some of my good father's parish- ioners there; one had brought some wood, another some fowls, a third some meal, and so on. One good neighbor would insist on washing for them, another would milk, and another would tend the garden, and they all delighted to serve their good minister and his wife.
Notwithstanding these aids, my mother found much to initiate her into the habits of an industrious housewife, and my father in those of an active, practical farmer and gardener, which they never gave up.
When the business of preparing their meal was over, a small writing stand was their table, the stair steps furnished one a seat and a trunk the other. Often when provisions were scarce my father took his gun or fishing rod and, with his dog, sallicd forth to provide their dinner which when he returned his happy wife dressed, and often would she accompany him a-fishing and fowling, for she said they were too poor to have enjoy- ment in domestic happiness. Though destitute of every luxury, they had a small, well-chosen library, which my father had collected while a student and tutor.' This was their evening regale. While my mother worked with her needle he read to her. This mode of enjoyment pleasantly brought round the close of the first year.
When the minister's salary was paid they were now comparatively rich. My dearest father exchanged his shabby black coat for a new one, and the next year was different. By this time the neighboring gentry found out the value of their minister and his wife, and contended for their society by soliciting visits and making them presents of many comforts. Fre- quently these grandees would come in their splendid equipages to spend a day at the Glebe, and bring everything requisite to prevent trouble and expense to its owners-merely for the enjoyment of the society of the humble inhabitants of this humble dwelling. These dear parents became quite easy in their circumstance. My father purchased a large tract of land on the river. Potomac. He settled this principally by tenants, but on the most beautiful eminence that 1 ever beheld he built a good house, and soon improved it into a very sweet establishment. Here I was born. My brother and two sisters, considerably my senior, were born at the Glebe. My brother, who was intended for the church, had a private tutor in the honse. This man attended also to my two sisters, who previously to his residence in the family were under the care of an Englishman, who lived in the house, but also kept a public school, under my father's direction, about a mile from his house.
Unhappily for me, I was the youngest, and very sickly. My father and mother would not allow me to be compelled to attend to my books or my needle, and to both I had a decided aversion, unless voluntarily resorted to as an amusement. In this I was indulged. I would sometimes read a lesson to my sister or the housekeeper, or if their authority was resisted I was called to my mother's side. All this amounted to my being an ignorant child at my father's death, which was a death-stroke to my dearest mother. The incurable grief into which it plunged her could scarcely be a matter of surprise when the uncommonly tender affection
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which united them is considered. They were rather more than middle aged when I was old enough to remember them, yet I well recollect their inseparable and undeviating association. They were rarely seen asunder. My mother was an active walker and a good rider. Whenever she could do so she accompanied him in his pastoral visits, a faithful white servant attending in her absence from home. They walked hand in hand, and often rode hand in hand, were both uncommonly fond of the cultivation of flowers, fruits and rare plants.
They watched the opening buds together, together admired the beauty of the full-blown blossoms, and gathered the ripening fruit or seed. While he wrote or read she worked near his table, which always occupied the pleasantest place in her chamber, where he chose to study, often laying down his pen to read and comment on an impressive passage. Frequently when our evening repast was over (if the family were together) some book amusing and instructive was read aloud by my dear father, and those of the children or their young associates, who could not be silent, were sent to bed after evening worship, which always took place immediately after supper.
Under the void which this sad separation occasioned, my poor mother's spirits sunk, and never rallied. The first six or eight months were spent in a dark secluded chamber, distant from that formerly occupied. The management of the family devolved on my brother and second sister. My eldest married two or three years previous to this period. I was left pretty much to my own management.
The education of my brother and sister was so far finished that they not only held what they had acquired, but continued to improve. But alas, poor me! I as usual refused everything like study, but became unfortunately, immoderately fond of books. The key of the library was now within my power, and the few romances it contained were devoured. Poctry and a botanical work with plates came next. This gave me a useless superficial knowledge of what might have been useful, but what in this indigested form was far otherwise. The "Tatler," "Guardian" and "Spectator" were the only works I read which contained beneficial instruc- tion, and of these I only read the amusing papers, and taking the beautiful and sublime allegories which abound with moral instruction in a literal sense. This kind of reading made up a pernicious mass of chaotic matter that darkened while it seemed to enlighten my mind, and I soon became romantic and exceedingly ridiculous-turned the branches of trecs together and called them a bower, and fancicd I could write poetry, and many other silly things.
My dear mother suffered greatly towards the elose of her life with a cancer. For this she visited the medicinal springs, and I was chosen to attend her.
It was a crowded and gay scene for me, who had lived almost entirely in seclusion. I did not mix in its gayest circles, yet it was of service to me, as it gave me the first view of real life that I ever had. My beloved parent was not desirous of confining me, but I rejoice at the recollection that I
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very seldom could be prevailed on to leave her. There I became the favor- ite and devoted friend of your most excellent mother. Forgive the vanity of this boast, my dear cousin, but I can not help observing that she after- wards told me that it was the manner in which I discharged this duty that won her esteem and love.
At this place I first met with General Wood, who visited me soon after my return home, and became my husband four years after.
Rev. John Moncure1 and Frances Brown, his wife, had follow- ing issue :
1. I. John Moncure2, b. July 13, 1744, baptized by Rev. James Scott, July 13; d. July 14, 1744.
2. II. Frances Moncure2, b. at "Dipple," Sept. 20, 1745; d. -. Married (Oct. 7, 1762) Travers Daniel.
3. III. John Moncure2, b. Jan. 22, 1746-7; d. -. Mar- ried (1770) Ann Conway.
4. IV. Anne Moncure2, b. Oct. 17, 1748; d. -. Married (1775) Walker Conway.
5. V. Jean Moncure2, b. Clermont, May 22, 1753; d. April, 1823. Married (1775) Gen. James Wood, son of Col. John and Comfort Wood, of Freder- ick Co., Va., where he was b. 1750; d. "Olney," near Richmond, July 16, 1813. Issue :
12-14. I. Maria Frances Wood3, b. Jan. 31, 1776; d. young. (See Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, Moncure and Wood.)
4. John Moncure2 (John1), of Clermont, b. "Dipple," Stafford Co., Va., January 22, 1746 or '47; baptized Stafford Co., Va., March 3, 1746 or '47, by Rev. Mr. John Phippis-John Mercer and George Mason, Esqrs., his godfathers, and Elizabeth Brown, his aunt, his godmother. Married (about 1770) Anne Conway, b. about 1756; d .-- , daughter of George and Anne (Heath) Conway. He and his wife are buried at "Dipple," Stafford Co., Va. Mr. Moncure inherited his father's estate of "Clermont." Issue :
7. I. John Moncure3, b. Nov. 1, 1772; d. Aug. 13, 1822. Married (Feb. 21, 1792) Alice Peachy Gaskins.
8. II. William Moncure3, b. Sept. 21, 1774; d .- 1832. Married (179-) Sarah Elizabeth Henry.
9. III. Agnes Conway Moncures, b .- 1780; d. Nov. 15, 1862. Married (Feb. 9, 1801) John Robinson. (Hayden's Va. Genealogies.)
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10. IV. Edwin Conway Moncure®, b. April 12, 178 -; d .- 1816. Married (1808) Eleanor Edrington.
11. V. Anne Moncure3, b .-; d .--. Married, first, Thomas Gaskins; second, Richard Gaskins.
7. John Moneure3 (John2, John1), b. "Dipple," November 1, 1772; d. August 13, 1822. Married (February 21, 1792) Alice Peachy Gaskins, b. 1774; d. "Chestnut Hill," Stafford Co., Va., May 9, 1860, aged 86, daughter of Col. Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Gaskins, Wicomico, Northumberland Co., Va.
Mr. Moneure was Justice of Stafford Co., 1796, and Sheriff, 1798. He was admitted a communicant of Aquia Church, May 21, 1818; "confirmed years since"; vestryman of Aquia, 1815- 1822; Lay Deputy Va. Couneil P. E. Church, 1817-1822, and Treasurer, 1815.
Mrs. Moneure was a life-long member of the P. E. Church, active and zealous and especially identified with its support and progress in Stafford Co., Va. She was confirmed at Aquia Church by Bishop Moore, October 13, 1815. She died at the residence of her son-in-law, Michael Wallace. Issue :
15. I. John Moneure+, b. Dee. 24, 1793; d. Aug. 3, 1876. Married, first . (Oct. 28, 1818), Esther Nowles; second (July, 1834), Franees Danicl.
16. II. Alice Peachy Moneure+, b. Jan. 31, 1796; d. June 18, 1820; confirmed by Bishop Moore, Aquia Church, Oet. 3, 1815.
17. III. Franees A. Moncure+, b. Jan. 30, 1797; d. Aug. 30, 1841; confirmed, Aquia Church, Oet. 13, 1815. Married (Oet. 23, 1838) John G. Hull.
18. IV. Thomas Gaskins Moneure+, b. Oet. 12, 1799; d. Feb. 28, 1836. Married, first (Feb. 6, 1823), Clarissa Bernard Hooc; second, Mary Bell Haxall.
19. V. Hannah Hull Moneure+, b. Oet. 10, 1801; d. Feb. 11, 1866. Married (Sept. 26, 1844) Michael Wallace.
20. VI. William Augustus Moneure4, b. Nov. 27, 1803; d. March, 1862. Married (March 4, 1828) Lucy Ann Gatewood.
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21. VII. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure+, b. Dec. 11, 1803; d. Aug. 24, 1882. Married (Dec. 29, 1825) Mary Butler Washington Conway.
22. VIII. Edwin R. Moncure4, b. 1809; d. Nov. 1812.
23. IX. Henry L. Moncure4, b. 1813; d. 1815. The above children were born at Clermont.
X. Sarah Elizabeth Moncure+, b. Clermont, Stafford Co., Va., Aug. 23, 1809. Married (May 2, 1837) Paul Hull, son of Mrs. Hannah Hull, who married second, Col. Thomas Gaskins and brother of John Hull and grandson of Col. Richard Hull.
Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, p. 438, give Sarah Elizabeth as daughter of William Moncure3. This is a mistake, as my grandfather, Henry Wood Moncure, had no sister who married. (p. 446.) Sarah Elizabeth Moncure+, daughter of John3 (John2, John1).
The same mistake was made about Travers Daniel Moncure4 (John3, John2, John1), son of John Moncure3 and Alice Peachy Gaskins, his wife, and not son of William Moncure3 and Sarah Elizabeth Henry.
8. William Moncure3 (John2, John1), b. "Clermont," Septem- ber 21, 1774; d. at his estate "Windsor Forest," Stafford Co., Va., 1832. Married (-, 179-) Sarah Elizabeth Henry, daughter of Hon. James Henry, of Fleets Bay, Northumberland Co., Va., and his wife Sarah Scarborough, daughter of Col. Edmund Scar- borough, of "Seaside," Accomac Co., Va.
Mr. Moncure was a churchman and one of the original pew- holders of Monumental Church, Richmond, he having bought pew 50 for $330 in 1814. He was confirmed, Aquia Church, October 13, 1815; vestryman of same 1816; elected to fill the place of E. C. Moncure, 1822. Issue :
24. I. Henry Wood Moncure4, b. July 12, 1800; d. Oct. 15, 1866. Married (May 24, -) Catherine Cary Ambler.
25. II. John James Moncure4, b .- 1802; d .- 1827, of yellow fever, in New Orleans, La., unmarried. Buried in Aquia Church.
26. III. Sarah A. E. Moncure4, b .- 1804; d .- 1811.
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27. IV. Robinson Moncure+, b .- 1807; d .- 1829, New Orleans, La., unmarried.
28. V. Charles Prosser Moncure4, b. April 2, 1819. Married Ann Lewis Danicl.
29. VI. Helen Lec Moncure4, b. Jan. 24, 1814; d. 1815.
10. Edwin Conway Moncure® (John2, John1), b. "Clermont," April 12, 178 -; d. 1816. Married (1808) Elcanor Edrington, of Stafford Co., Va., daughter of Capt. John C. Edrington, Capt. 45th Va. Regiment, war of 1812, and granddaughter of Mr. Edrington, one of the Justices of Stafford Co., 1760. Issue:
30. I. William A. Moncure4, b. 1809, baptized by Bishop Moore, Oct. 13, 1815; moved to Miss. Married Issue :
31. I. Edwin Conway Moncure5, b. Hinds Co., Miss., 1840; educated University Va., 1858; served C. S. A., 1861-1865; was later Civil Engineer and planter Dry Grove, Hinds Co., Miss.
32. II. Dr. John E. Moncure4, b. 1812; baptized by Bishop Moore, Oct. 13, 1815; moved to Miss. before Civil War. Married Court IIill. Issue :
33. I. Charles Hill Moncure®, C. S. A. Married Mrs. Kate McGowan; one daughter.
34. I. Myra Katc Moncure®. Married Fred Matthews, of New Orleans.
35. I. One daughter Matthews7.
Charles Hill Moncure5, d. in New Orleans, La., June 11, 1904; his remains were interred in the ceme- tery at Crystal Springs, Miss.
36. II. Robert Briggs Moncure5, still living, single.
37. III. Agatha Ann Moncurc", b. Oct. 6, 1842; d. Crystal Springs, Miss., Jan. 9, 1899. Married (Wednes- day, May 24, 1865) Frederick Yeamans Dabney, b. Fredericksburg, Va., 1836; d. Crystal Springs, Miss., March 16, 1900, in his 64th year. (Issue Volume IV, Dabney Chapter.)
38. III. Agatha Ann Moncure4, daughter of Edwin Conway Moncure3 and Eleanor Edrington, b. 1814; baptized by Bishop Moore, Oct. 13, 1815. Married George Garnett Glasscock, Stafford Co., Va.
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Anne Moneure3 (John2, John1), b .-; d .---. Married, first, Thomas Gaskins ; seeond, Richard Gaskins, both sons of Col. Thomas and Hannah (Hull) Gaskins, Wieomieo, Northumber- land Co., Va.
Issue by first marriage :
39. I. Hannah H. Gaskins4, b .-; d .-. Married (Nov. 9, 1819) Rev. Thomas David Ball, b. Maryland, 1800; d. 1831.
40. II. Elizabeth Gaskins4.
41. III. Sarah Gaskins+, b .-; d .-. Married Rev. Jeremiah Bell Jeter, D. D., b. Bedford Co., Va., . July 18, 1802. He married five times.
Issue by second marriage :
42. IV. William Moneure Gaskins+, b .---. Married and had issue.
15. John Moneure+ (John3, John2, Jolm1), b. "Clermont," December 24, 1793; d. at his estate "Woodburn," Stafford Co., Va., August 3, 1876. Married, first (October 28, 1818), Esther Vowles, b. 1795; d. June 11, 1833, daughter of Col. Harry Vowles, who it is said served in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. Married, seeond (July, 1834), Franees Daniel, daughter of Travers and Mildred (Stone) Daniel, b. 1797; d. September 11, 1871. .
Issue by first marriage :
43. I. Mary Robinson Moneures, b. July 29, 1820; d. July 23, 1880. Married (July 10, 1845) William Armistead Nelson, M. D., C. S. A.
44. II. John Moneure5, b. July 6, 1822; d. July 17, 1823.
45. III. William Edwin Moneure5, b. Aug. 26, 1824; d. June 18, 1888. Married (Oet 18, 1853) Geor- giana Cary Bankhead.
46. IV. George Vowles Moneure5, b. July 31, 1826. Married (Nov. 29, 1849) Mary Ashby.
47. V. Fanny Moneure5, b. Feb. 26, 1828. Married ( Dee. 3, 1850) James Green Ashby.
48. VI. Powhatan Moneure5, C. S. A., b. Sept. 1, 1830. Married (Nov. 15, 1854) Dorothea Farrar Ashby. 49. VII. Esther J. Moneure5, b. Jan. 18, 1833; d. Dee. 27, 1833.
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Issue by second marriage :
50. VIII. Walter Raleigh Daniel Moneure5, C. S. A., b. Aug. 31, 1837. Married (Dec. 3, 1868) Mary Mon- cure.
18. Thomas Gaskins Moncure4 (John3, John2, John1), son of John Moncure and Aliee Peachy Gaskin, his wife, b. "Clermont," October 12, 1799 ; d. February 28, 1836. Married, first (February 6, 1823), Clarissa Bernard Hooe, b .- 1800; d. September 1, 1829, daughter of Bernard and Mary Symes (Chichester) Hooe. Married, second, Mary Bell Haxall, daughter of Philip and Clara (Walker) Haxall, the eminent merchant miller, of Richmond, and granddaughter of Wm. and Catharine Haxall, of Suffolk, England. Mr. Moneure was vestryman of Aquia Church, 1822; Lay Deputy to Convention, P. E. Church, Leesburg, from Aquia Church, 1823, and member Va. Legislature, 1832.
Issue by first marriage :
51. I. Jane Cornelia Moncure5, b. June, 1820; d. Sept. 1820.
52. II. Frances Ann Moncure5, b. July 8, 1827; d. March 12, 1833.
Issue by second marriage :
53. III. Alice Lee Moneure5, b .-. Married William Hard- ing Perkins, son of William Harding Perkins, of Nicholas (1641), Tuekahoe Creek, Henrico Co., Va. He descended also from Thomas Harding, who received three hundred and nineteen aeres on James River, 1716.
54. IV. Mary Bell Moneure5, b .-. Married, first, , second, Dobbin, son of Hon. George Dobbin, of Baltimore, Md.
20. Hon. William Augustus Moncure4 (John3, John2, John1), son of John Moneure and Alice Peachy Gaskins, his wife, b. "Clermont," November 27, 1803; d. Mareh, 1862. Married (March 24, 1828) Lucy Ann Gatewood, b. September, 1807, daughter of Capt. James Gatewood, Caroline Co., Va., who eom- manded a Virginia Company in the war of 1812, and his wife, Anna George, granddaughter of Col. William Byrd, of Westover, founder of Richmond, Va.
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Mr. Moncure was educated at William and Mary College, 1822-3; was member both houses Virginia Legislature successively from 1846 to 1857, when he was elected Second Auditor and Superintendent of the Literary Fund of Virginia, holding the office until his death. Issuc:
55. I. John James Moncure5, C. S. A., b. 1829. Married, first, Julia Decherd; second, Anna Decherd; was First Lieutenant Cavalry, C. S. A., under Gen'l Kirby Smith, 1861-65; member Legislature of Texas.
56. II. William Cassius Moncure", C. S. A., b. 1831; d. Oct. 25, 1883. Married (Feb. 21, 1860) Allenia M. Cottrell, Henrico Co., Va .; was Orderly Sergeant, Henrico Co., C. S. Army, 1861-65. Issue :
57. I. Mary Maude Moncure®. I mct Miss Moncure in Williamsburg, Va., during a visit to my uncle, the late Dr. James D. Moncure.
58. II. Lucy Berkeley Moncure®. Married (Oct. 15, 1888) William D. Van Eaton, Hill Co., Texas. When in Dallas in 1900 I was invited to visit Mrs. Eaton, but was unable to do so.
59. III. Allen Hunter Moncure®.
60. IV. Lillia Macon Moncure6.
61. V. Elgin Denton Moncure®. Married (Jan. 11, 1887)
Dr. R. T. Styll, of Richmond, Va. 1
62. VI. Cleveland Murray Moncure®.
63. III. Thomas Jefferson Moncure5, C. S. A., b. Nov. 12, 1832. Married, first (Dec. 13, 1859), Fannie Washington Moncure; second (April 4, 1867), Marguerite Elizabeth Moncure.
64. IV. Anna George Moncurc", b .-. Married Daniel W. Norment, Bastrop, Texas.
65. V. St. Leger Landon Moncure5, b .---. Married Lucy George Oliver.
66. VI. Eustace Conway Moncure5, C. S. A., b. July 6, 1836. Married (July 23, 1859) Fanny M. Irby, Hanover Co., Va .; served C. S. Army, 1861-65; private Co. B., 9th Virginia Cavalry, May, 1861,
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to Nov. 1864, when he was made Second Lieu- tenant, commanding First Squad 9th Cavalry ; Commonwealth Atty. Caroline Co., 1865; 1865- 1885, member Va. Legislature; eleeted by Legis- lature, Judge of Caroline Co., 1885; P. O., Bowling Green, Caroline Co., Va. Still living at Bowling Green (1906).
67. VII. Mary Alice Moneure". Married Samuel Burke, of Burksville, Va.
68. VIII. ] Married William HI. Glass- eoek.
69. IX. Cassandra Oliver Moneure®, b. "Ellerslie," Caroline Co., Jan. 16, 1845. Married (Dee. 15, 1868) William Henry Lyne5, C. S. A., eldest son of Dr. Robert Baylor and Mary Ann (Edward) Lyne4, of William3, William2, William1, who with his brother Henry, eame from Bristol, England, to Granville Co., North Carolina, about 1725. Wm. H. Lyne, C. S. A., 1861-65, was for years member of the real estate firm of Lyne & Brother, Richmond, Va., and Wm. H. Lyne & Co. In Sept. 1886, retired to his farm in Orange Co., Va., d --. Issue :
70. I. Hiram Oliver Lyne", b. Jan. 17, 1870. Married twice, and has ehildren; P. O., Orange C. H., Va. 71. II. Mary Esten Lyne", b. April 14, 1871; d. April 19, 1875.
72. III. William Henry Lyne®, M. D., b. May 12, 1873; d. 1905, Richmond, Va., where he had a large praetiee.
73. IV. Cassie Moneure Lyne6, b. Sept. 14, 1875. She has recently published a very interesting novel. She is a very superior woman. I was entertained very pleasantly twiee at Freseati, near "Montpelier" (Freseati is the birthplace of Chief Justice Bar- bour). Freseati is situated only a few miles from Gordonsville, Va., one of the most beautiful parts of the country that I have ever visited. I had several very interesting drives near the Jaquelin Hall (home of John Jaquelin Ambler). Mont-
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pelier was the home of President Madison and later my grandfather, Henry Wood Moncure, of Richmond, Va. Frescati was then the property of Cousin Cassandra Oliver Lyne; she has since sold it and now resides in Richmond with her daughters. Both mother and daughters are charm- ing and interesting ladies.
74. V. Lucy Lec Lyne®, b. Oct. 24, 1877; d. Feb. 27, 1884.
75. VI. Baylor Edward LyneG, b. April 12, 1880; d. Feb. 27,1881.
76. VII. Peachy Lyne6.
21. Hon. Richard Cassius Lec Moncure+ (John8, John2, John1), b. "Clermont," December 11, 1805; d. August 24, 1882. Married (December 29, 1825) Mary Butler Washington Conway, b. April 11, 1807; d. April 10, 1895, daughter of John Moncure and Catharine Stocke (Peyton) Conway.
Judge Moncure was for forty years a vestryman of St. George Parish, Fredericksburg, Va., and a lay deputy to the District Council of Virginia, 1864. He was presiding judge Virginia Court of Appeals, 1852-1864. He received honorary degree LL. D., at Washington and Lee University, 1872.
The following notice of Judge Moncure's wife's death was sent as a special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun of April 9, 1895:
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