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FREDERICKSBURG, VA., April 9, 1895 .- Mrs. Mary Moncure, the venerable wife of the late Richard L. Moncure, president of the court of appeals of this State, and mother of Judge John Moncure, justice of the court of appeals of Louisiana, died this morning at her home in Stafford County, aged 88 years.
Issue :
77. I. John Conway Moncure5, C. S: A., b. Jan. 5, 1827. Married (May 9, 1850) Fannie Dulany Tomlin.
78. TI. Catherine Peyton Moncure5, b. Sept. 24, 1828; d. 1 May 13, 1831.
III. Alice Gaskins Moncure.
79. IV. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure", b. Nov. 24, 1831. Married (Oct. 7, 1851) Virginia A. Buchanan. Issuc :
80. I. Mary Moncure®. Married James Ashby, living in Stafford Co., Va.
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81. II. Richard. C. L. Moncure", Jr. Married Nannie Waller, daughter of the late Col. Withers Waller, of Stafford Co., Va. She d. Aug. 26, 1903, at her home, Chelsea, near Widewater, leaving several children. The following year Jan. 22, Annie Eliza Moncure, younger daughter of Mr. R. C. L. Mon- cure, died after a brief illness.
Sent as speeial dispatch to the Baltimore Sun:
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., August 26, 1903 .- Mrs. R. C. L. Moneure, daughter of the late Col. Withers Waller, of Stafford County, died to-day at her home, Chelsea, near Widewater, in that county, after an illness of only 10 days, aged 35 years. She is survived by her husband and five children.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., January 22, 1904 .- Miss Annie Eliza Moneure, the young daughter of Mr. R. C. L. Moneure, of Widewater, is dead, after a brief illness.
82. III. Virginia Moneure®, was living near Aquia Church, Stafford Co., Va., at her father's, when I visited Stafford a few years ago. Richard Cassius Lee Moneure", married, second, - -; she died leaving a little girl who was
seven years old, when I saw her in 1902.
83. V. Mary Conway Moneure", b. Nov. 20, 1833; d. Feb. 8, 1837.
84. VI. Anna Jane Moncure5, b. Aug. 21, 1835. Married (Dec. 14, 1864) John Moncure Hull, C. S. A.
85. VII. Thomas Gaskins Moncure5, C. S. A., b. Feb. 24, 1837. Married (March 12, 1866) Jean Charlotte Washington, of "Megwillie," b. June 29, 1834.
86. VIII. Marguerite Elizabeth Moncure", b. Jan. 16, 1839. Married (April 4, 1867) Thomas Jefferson Mon- cure, C. S. A.
87. IX.
Fanny Washington Moncure", b. Nov. 3, 1840; d. Oct. 20, 1862. Married (Dec. 13, 1859) Thomas Jefferson Moncure.
89.
88. X. Walker Peyton Moncure5, C. S. A., b. Aug. 3, 1842. Married (April 8, 1869) Mary Joanna Hughes. XI. Agnes Robinson Moncure5, b. June 11, 1844. Married (Nov. 13, 1867) Daniel MeCarthy Chi- ehester.
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90. XII. Harriet Eustace Moncure5, b. May 26, 1846. Mar- ried (Dec. 29, 1880) Thomas Wallace, Jr.
91. XIII. William Eustace Moncure5, b. March 11, 1848. Married (Nov. 13, 1873) Mary Knox, educated University of Virginia 1870-71; lawyer. I met Cousin Mary in Fredericksburg, Va., the winters 1901-2, and part of 1903. She has a large and very interesting family. I failed to secure the names of the children.
92. XIV. Mary Conway Moncure5, b. Dec. 3, 1851. Married (Dec. 23, 1868) Rev. Walter Raleigh Daniel Mon- curc.
Alice Gaskin Moncure, third child, was omitted. Married Rev. Henry Martyn Paynter.
24. Henry Wood Moncure4 (William3, John2, John1), b. July 12, 1800; d. October 15, 1866. Married (May -, 1824) Catherine Cary Ambler, b. November 15, 1802; d. November, 1850. (Issue : Volume I, Chapters V, VI, and VII.)
28. Charles Prosser Moncure$ (William3, John2, John1), son of William Moncure3 and Sarah Elizabeth Henry, his wife, b. April 2, 1819; baptized by Rev. Thomas G. Allen, October 17, 1819, Aquia Church, Stafford Co., Va .; d. January 3, 1886, at his home, near Orange, Va. Married - Annie Lewis Daniel, daughter of Hon. Peter Vivian Daniel, of Richmond, and Lucy Nelson Randolph; his first wife (see Randolph Family, Chapter V, this volume) b. 1822; d. November 14, 1905, at her daughter's, Mrs. Wm. Grymes' (Grymes), of Orange, Va. I spent six months at Mrs. Moncure's in 1885, and a more lovely character I have never met; she always forgot self for the comfort of others. I am glad that I visited Orange the fall of 1903 and had the pleasure of seeing my dear aunt once more.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Moncure had issue :
93. I. William Moncure5, b .-- 1851; living at Raleigh, N. C. He was educated at the University of Virginia 1870-72. After leaving the University he continued in engineering work (filling most of the time high positions) until 1888, then enter- ing the operating department of what is now the Seaboard Air Line R. R. (filling the position of
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HENRY WOOD MONCURE Of Richmond, Va.
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president and superintendent) until 1902, when he again took up the position of engineering and at present is in that kind of work. Mr. Moncure married (Dec. 12, 1878, Orange Court House, Va.) Belle Chapman, daughter of Judge Chap- man, of Orange. They have issue :
94. . William Moncure®, Jr., educated at Raleigh Male Academy and the University of Pennsylvania ; he graduated in medieine in 1902, before his 22d birthday, taking a high stand in his elass. He is now practieing in the P. E. Church Hospital in Philadelphia ; he is 25 years old (1906).
95. II. Belle Perkins Moncure®, aged 23, was edueated at St. Mary's, Raleigh, North Carolina.
96. III. Vivienne Randolph Moncure®, aged 21, was educated at Place Institute and St. Mary's, Raleigh, N. C.
97.
II. Peter Vivian Moncure®, b. - 1853, educated University of Virginia, 1871, lawyer and farmer, Orange Court House, Va. Married (Feb. 15, 1887) Sadie D. Grymes, of Orange. Issue :
98. I. Edward B. Moncure®, b. Jan. 31, 1888.
99. II. Charles Lewis Moncure6, b. June 27, 1898.
100. III. Peter V. D. Moncure®, b. Feb. 19, 1901.
101. III. Charles H. Moncure5, M. D., b. 1859; praetieing in Orange, Va. Married (Sept. 27, 1889) Louise Cheeseborough, b. 1865. Issue twins :
I. Louise Moncure6.
II. Anne Moneure6. They are at present (1906) about 16 years of age.
102. IV. Lucy Randolph Moneure5, b. 1861. Married (Nov. 7, 1896) William Grymes, of Orange. Issue :
103. I. William Randolph Grymes6, b. 1899. I have re- ceived many interesting letters from Cousin Luey Grymes. I visited her several times and she is as lovely in character, ete., as her dear mother was.
Travers Daniel Moneure+ (John3, John2, John1), son of John Moneure3 and Alice Peachy Gaskins, his wife, b. "Clermont," Stafford. Co., Va., July 20, 1811; d. "Oakwood," Stafford Co.,
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December 22, 1886. Married (May 22, 1838) Susan B. Carter, by whom he had issue :
104. I. Travers Daniel Moneure", b .-. Married Bessie Douglas, daughter of Maj. Beverley B. Douglas, C. S. A., member U. S. Congress, 1874-79, and his wife, the daughter of Rollin Pollard, King William Co., Va.
105. II. Julian Moneure", C. S. A., b. 1843; killed in battle, Aug. 25, 1864.
106. III. John Moneure5.
107. IV. Heetor Moneure5.
108. V. Josephine Moneure5.
109. VI. Agatha Moneure5.
45. Mary Robinson Moneure" (John+, John3, John2, John1), b. July 29, 1820; baptized by Rev. S. W. Prestman, Aquia Church, August 14, 1822; d. July 23, 1880. Married (July 10, 1845) William Armistead Nelson, M. D., U. S. N., C. S. A., b. Hanover Co., Va., April 8, 1818, son of Armistead Nelson, Midshipman U. S. N., and his wife, Mary Henderson. (Armistead, Chapter XIX.)
Dr. Nelson graduated University of Pa. 1839; appointed assistant surgeon U. S. N., December 9, 1839; surgeon November 21, 1854; served as surgeon on board Commodore Perry's Flag- ship during the Mexican War; resigned July 28, 1858. In the summer. of 1861, he entered C. S. Army as surgeon, serving at Yorktown, Richmond and Louisiana; resigned 1863 on account of ill health, and served as volunteer in the Va. Reserves until the elose of the war. He afterwards moved to Missouri.
Dr. W. A. Nelson and M. R. Moneure, his wife, have issue : 110. I. Mary Moneure Nelson", b. April 30, 1846; d. Feb. 3,1852.
111. II. Frances Moneure Nelson", b .- 1848. Married
Maj. Edward J. Lyons, C. S. A.
112. III. Aliee Nelson", b .- 1852; d .- 1854.
113. IV. Luey Randolph Nelson", b .- 1852. Married James Towson, Stafford Co., Va., son of Capt. Towson, of war 1812.
114. V. Armistead Nelson6, b .- 1855.
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115. VI. Esther Vowles Nelson", b. 1857. Married Edward Waller, son of Edward Waller, Stafford.
116. VII. Agnes Robinson Nelson6, b .-- 1859.
117. VIII. John Moncure Nelson", b .- 1864; d. infant.
118. IX. Alice Page Nelson®, b .- 1865.
45. William Edwin Moncure® (John4, John3, John2, Jolın1), of "Somerset," Stafford Co., Va., b. Falmouth, Va., August 26, 1824; d. June 18, 1888. Married (October 18, 1853) Georgiana Cary Bankhead, b. Spring Grove, Caroline Co., Va., August 26, 1830; d. May 9, 1890, daughter of Dr. William Bankhead, Port Royal, Va., and his wife, Dorothea, daughter of Garrett Minor, Fredericksburg, Va. Mrs. Moncure d. at "Somerset," May 8, 1890.
Mr. Moncure was a communicant, and for many years vestry- man of Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., Va.
Mrs. Moncure left a sweet memory of good decds and gentle sympathy, the head of all that was true and noble where she lived. The Church and people-indeed all who knew her-felt the influence of her life, and withal she was a gifted writer, genial and hospitable.
William Edwin Moncure and Georgiana Cary Bankhead, his wife, had issue :
119. I. John MoncureG, b. July 18, 1857. Married (Jan. 21, 1884) Lalla M. Vance.
120. II. William Bankhead Moncure®, b. "Somerset," Va., July 10, 1859.
121. III. Robert Minor Moncure®, b. March 1, 1861. Mar- ried (Dec. 23, 1890) Eliza Stewart Hunt, daughter of James Hunt, Covington, Kentucky.
122. IV. Mary Bankhead Moncure®, b. July 5, 1863.
123. V. Georgiana Bankhead Moncurc6, b. May 5, 1865.
124. IV. Lewis Benger Moncure®, b. Aug. 10, 1867; d. Nov. 10, 1868.
125. VII. Dorothea Bankhead Moncure®, b. Nov. 29, 1871. 126. VIII. Richard Travers Moncure®, b. Jan. 27, 1873.
47. George Vowles Moncure® (John4, John3, John2, John1), of "Chelsea," Stafford Co., Va., b. July 31, 1826. Married (at "Rose Bank," Fauquier Co., Va., November 29, 1849) Mary Ashby, b. January 26, 1830, daughter of Turner and Dorothea Farrer Green Ashby.
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The Fredericksburg Star, Wednesday, October 9, 1901, has the following obituary :
GEORGE V. MONCURE.
In the rcecnt demise of the subjcet of our present notice, the P. E. Chureli in Virginia and Overwharton Parish have to mourn the departure to Paradise of one whoni many years of faithful devotion ean rarely show a parallel. He was foremost of the descendants of his generation of the many descendants of Rev. John. Moncure, the Rector when Aquia Church was built in 1751. A member and register and treasurer of that vestry from 1852 to 1882. Baptized an adult by Rev. Henry -, D. D., in 1856, he became the earnest spiritual and active leader in the lay church work. By his personal friendship, his letters and entreaty, he secured the services of Rev. Jaquelin M. Meredith, in November, 1864, as rector at the time when Aquia Church (one of the oldest and largest of the Virginia Colonial Churches, was deelared by Bishop Jolins as past reclaiming; when its windows were gone, its walls defaced, its marble chaneel floors torn up and broken; when the Episcopal communicants at Aquia and in the county, except members of St. George's Clinreli, Fredericksburg, were only seven (7), when but three out of 12 of the vestry were communieants, this noble Christian almost fed the Reetor's family for twelve months, and gave such help to the noble band of lay workers (male and female), to the Rector, that when Bishop Johns eame to confirm a large class of 83 at Aquia in 1866, he expressed delight and surprise, to see the dear old Church and Parish putting on new garments of faith and love for the Lord Jesus Christ. George V. Moncure was foremost among those lay workers, form- ing the society ealled "Inner and Outer Cireles," that from 1866 to 1873 formed the Company of Believers that visited the sick, comforted the afflicted, relieved the needy, taught the various Sunday schools at Clifton, Aquia, Roekhill, Dumfries, Armstrong's Arbor, and Stafford's store. This lay help, thus well organized, enabled the Rector to carry the membership at Aquia from 7 in 1865, to 90 in 1870 (the last figure was defaced), and resulted in repairing Aquia, rebuilding Clifton, rebuilding Quantieo Churchi, Dettingen Parish, organizing an independent congregation at Rockhill, in West Stafford, and finally centering the affections of at least one-half of the county of Stafford in the old Virginia Church, the colonial seat of Overwharton Parish. George V. Moncure was the leader of the vestry, the friend and adviser of every Rector, and the exponent of spiritual faith in Jesus, and lover of the church. He shone in a galaxy of faithful lay workers, such as Commander Sidney Smith Lee (who was honorary mem- ber of the vestry for nearly two years and died in this parish, but buried by the Rector of Overwharton Parish at Christ Church, Alexandria, Va.) ; R. C. Fitzhugh, Dr. W. Peyton Moneure, R. C. L. Moncure, Jr., Mrs. J. M. Lee, Mrs. J. M. Meredith, Miss Angie Edington, Mrs. Georgianna Moncure, Miss Nannie Tackett, and many others, including that lovely, unselfishi and warm-hearted wife of George V. Moneure, Mary Ashby, sister to Gen'l Turner Ashby.
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This society, called the "Inner and Outer Circles," is thus referred to because its work here is historical and evinces the possibilities of lay cor- poration in all county parishes. The Outer Circles met weekly in five or six different neighborhoods. Each had its Sunday school, each did effective work for the Rector to reach all the classes of the people for Christian and Church work. Then once a month all the "Outer" Circles met in one "Inner" Circle at Aquia Church to report and commune and pray for the Lord's blessing upon a real, earnest and noted revival of religion, extending over 20 to 40 miles and half of two counties, Stafford and Prince William.
In George V. Moncure all the survivors of that work will recall his warm faith in Jesus, his unbounded hospitality, his brotherly love, and his unceasing love for the Church of his fathers, and the people of his state and county. He was always and everywhere especially kind, loving and helpful to poor neighbors and all persons who attended Aquia Church.
May the loved members of his family and all those who knew him in this life keep in remembrance his sweet Christian virtues and keep up his noble love for God, in Christ, his love for friends, kindred and countrymen, until we shall meet again in God's home of the blest, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
His friend and former Rector, JAQUELIN M. MEREDITH, SR.
George Vowles Moncure and Mary Ashby, his wife, had issuc, b. "Chelsea," Stafford Co., Va. :
127. I. Turner Ashby Moncure®, b. March 26, 1851.
128. II. John Moncure6, b. Feb. 14, 1854.
129. III. George Moncure®, b. Aug. 26, 1855. Married
Elizabeth Ford, daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Waller) Ford. Issue :
130. I. George Vowles Moncure7.
131. II. Margaret Moncure7.
132. IV. Robert Stribling Moncure®, b. March 1, 1857.
133. V. James Ashby Moncure®, b. Feb. 29, 1861.
134. VI. Bettie Ashby Moncure®, b. June 27, 1862. Married Michael W. Moncure, of Richmond.
135. VII. Richard Ashby Moncure® (twin), b. Feb. 4, 1864.
136. VIII. Walter Daniel Moncure® (twin), b. Feb. 4, 1864.
46. Fanny Moncure5 (John4, John3, John2, John1), b. February 26, 1828. Married (December 3, 1850) James Green Ashby, b. July 13, 1827; d. February 2, 1861, son of Col. Turner and Dorothea Farrer (Green) Ashby, of "Rose Bank," Fauquier Co., Va., and grandson of John and Mary (Jones) Ashby. Issue :
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137. I. John Moncure Ashby®, b. Dec. 5, 1854.
138.
II. James Ashby", b. June 27, 1856. Married Mary Moncure, daughter of R. C. L. Moncure.
139. III. Charles Asliby", b. June 20, 1859; d. April 21, 1877.
48. Powhatan Moncure®, C. S. A. (John4, John3, John2, John1), b. September 1, 1830. Married (November 15, 1854) Dorothea Farrer Ashby, b. November 15, 1838, daughter of Col. Turner and Dorothea Farrer (Green) Ashby, of "Rose Bank," Fauquier Co., Va., and granddaughter of John and Mary Jones Ashby. Issuc :
140. I. Powhatan Moncure®, M. D., b. April 3, 1861.
141. II. Fanny MoncureG, b. Aug. 29, 1862.
142. III. Ashby Moncure®, b. July 22, 1865.
143. IV. Harry V. Moncure®, b. Jan. 22, 1867.
144. V. Frances D. Moncure", b. July 5, 1868. Married (Nov. 1886) Samuel Taylor, of Clarke.
145.
VI. Dorothea Moncure®, b. Aug. 13, 1870.
Married Mr. Powell.
146. VII. Alice Bell Moncure®, b. Dec. 9, 1871.
50. Rev. Waller Raleigh Daniel Moncure5, C. S. A. (John4, John3, John2, John1), b. August 31, 1837. Married (December 3, 1868) his cousin, Mary Conway Moncure, b. December 3, 1851, daughter of Hon. Richard Cassius Lee and Mary Butler Washı- ington (Conway) Moncure, Richmond, Va. Issue :
147. I. Fannic Daniel Moncure®, b. Dec. 12, 1871.
148. II. Mary Conway Moncure®, b. April 22, 1874.
149. III. Sally Hull Moncure®, b. Jan. 23, 1877.
150. IV. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure®, b. Sept. 13, 1878.
151. V. John Moncure®, b. April 2, 1880.
152. VI. Emily Wallace Moncure®, b. Jan. 28, 1882.
153. VII. Alice Pcachy Moncure®, b. July 31, 1884.
63. Maj. Thomas Jefferson Moncure5, C. S. A. (William A.4, John3, John2, John1), b. November 12, 1832. Married, first (December 13, 1859), Fannie Washington Moncure, b. November 3, 1840; d. October 20, 1862, a communicant of the P. E. Church ; daughter of Hon. Richard Cassius Lee and Mary Butler Wash- ington (Conway) Moncure, Richmond, Va. Married, second
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(April 4, 1867) Marguerite Elizabeth Moncure, b. January 16, 1839, sister of his first wife. (Hayden's Virginia Genealogies.)
We have the following touching tribute to her memory :
MONCURE .- On Friday evening, February 26, 1897, passed from death unto life, Marguerite Elizabeth, beloved wife of Thomas J. Moncure, at Kirkwood, their home, Stafford Co., Va., in the 58th year of her age.
Although for many months she had suffered much, causing her family great alarm and anxiety for her condition, she seemed to recover her strength, and they had hopes of her final restoration to health. But death came suddenly and unexpectedly. Peacefully and quietly, yet without a word, her pure spirit took its everlasting flight.
When we stand beside the dying bed of our loved ones, watching the life slowly ebbing away, we feel it is hard to see them suffer, to know we must give them up, and yet, after they are gone from us, it seems some consola- tion at least, that we had a word, a smile, a tender look of recognition, as they passed over the river. But God knows best. He has ever a tender care over His children. In all His purposes concerning them, there is a hidden meaning. We cannot understand it now, but
Sometime we'll understand, God knows the way, He holds the key; He guides us with unerring hand. Sometime with tearless eyes we'll sce- Yes there-up there-we'll understand.
Our loved sister had been a child of God for many years-her hope was in Christ. A good wife, a good mother, a kind and truc friend. A woman of strong character and strict integrity, she was beloved and respected by all who knew her.
At such a time what could avail us, had we not that same blessed hope in Christ, that we shall see our loved ones again. Precious reality!
A dear husband, three sons and a loved daughter-in-law, and a precious little grandchild, of whom she was very fond, with loved brothers and sisters, not only mourn their loss, but bear her in sweet remembrance till the resurrection morn.
A. M. P.
I (L. P. du Bellet) have failed to secure names of her three sons.
Major Thomas Jefferson Moncure and Fannie Washington Moncure, his first wife, had issue :
154. I. Mary Addison Moncure®.
155. II. William Augustus Moncure".
156. III. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure®.
157. IV. Alice Moncure®, d. aged 14 months.
158. V. Robinson Moncure®, b .- 1881.
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77. Hon. John Conway Moncure5, C. S. A. (Richard C. L.4, John3, John2, John1), of Louisiana, b. "Gleneairn," Stafford Co., Va., January 5, 1827. Married (May 9, 1850) Fannie Dulany Tomlin, daughter of Williamson Ball and Ann Catherine (Carter) Tomlin, Laneaster Co., Va. (Carter Family, Chapter VII.)
Mr. Moneure graduated at V. M. I., was valcdietorian of his elass; studied law under his father; was admitted to the bar 1849; was appointed Commonwealth's Attorney, Stafford Co., Va., 1851, and every year subsequent until 1860, when he removed to Shreveport, La. Previous to his departure Gov. Letcher of Virginia appointed him a member of the Board of Visitors of the V. M. I., the first graduate of that institution on whom such an honor was eonferred.
In 1861 he enlisted in the C. S. Army as private in Capt. L. M. Nutt's Company, Shreveport; commissioned Captain Adjutant General's Department 1862; assigned to duty staff of Gen. C. J. Polignae, C. S. A .; after the battle of Mansfield, La., he was made Major; in January, 1865, he went to France with Prince Polignae in C. S. service; returning to Louisiana in the summer of 1865, he resumed the active dutics of the law; was elected member of the Louisiana Legislature for the sessions of 1871-2, 1873-4, and 1879; during the sessions 1873-4, he was elected Speaker of the House.
In 1874, when the Democratie hope was considered a forlorn one, Maj. Moneure having received a wholly unsolicited nomina- tion for State Treasurer, was elected by a majority of 5,000. The returning board was on hand, however, to rob him and his people of their vietory. It was during the legislative earcer of Maj. Moneure that he received the designation of "Honest John," a tribute from the areh trickster, Henry Clay Warmouth, to the incorruptibility of the man. In 1879 Maj. Moncure was again sent to the Legislature and eleeted Spcaker without opposition. This was the Constitutional Convention of 1879, by which the present judicial system of Louisiana was framed (Shreveport, La., Times). (Hayden's "Virginia Genealogies.")
In 1880 Maj. Moncure was elceted Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeals. He is at present Supt. of Publie Education of Caddo Parish, La., and resides in Shreveport, staying with his. son, Conway Moneure.
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I (author) met Judge Moneure April 19, 20, 21, 1906, in Baton Rouge, La., at the Convention of the Louisiana State Teachers' Association, held at Garig Hall, University grounds. I had the pleasure of dining with him at the Grouchy Hotel, Baton Rouge, La
The following tribute is in memory of Mrs. John Conway Mon- cure, née Fannie Dulany Tomlin, wife of Hon. J. C. Moncure, Shreveport, La. :
Another loved one has been taken from our dear family circle; a brother beloved has been called upon to part with the wife of his youth, the com- panion of his riper years. In her death he has lost a true and devoted wife, and her children and grandehildren a loving and tender mother and grandmother, and all of us in the home cirele a valued and loved friend.
Whilst another more competent than I has written of her virtues, enumerating the traits of her lovely character, yet would I as associated with her in early life, offer a slight tribute to her preeious memory.
So often in this life do we see the true, the noble, the gifted, the self- denying-those who seem to be so much needed in the world-called away, whilst others are left who to us appear of less importanee and who are far less lovely in their character and disposition. But we are short-sighted and our vision is obseured, for
God knoweth best who to eall to go, God knoweth best who to leave below.
Our dear Fanny was one of those lovely and lovable characters whose presenee and companionship was dear to all her loved ones. Being dead she yet speaketh. Her precious example is a rich legacy, not alone to her husband, children and grandehildren, but to every one of that family cirele of which she was a truly beloved and admired member.
Sweet sister, we will think of thee, And eherish long thy memory ; So long as life and thought shall last, Will come to the memories of the past. A. M. P.
Mrs. J. C. Moncure died January 2d, 9:30 p. m., 1893, Shreve- port, La. The interment took place from St. Mark's Episcopal Church, of which she was a devoted and consistent member. The Circuit Court adjourned in respect of her memory. Mrs. Mon- cure was sixty-five years and one day old.
Hon. John Conway Moncure and Fanny Dulany Tomlin, his wife, had issue :
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159. I. Conway Moneure", b. July 18, 1852. Married (Feb. 18, 1884) Effie Jones.
160. II. Ann Carter Moncure®, b. March 14, 1854; d. Sept. 24, 1873.
161. III. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure®, b. Jan. 16, 1856; d. Feb. 23, 1873.
162. IV. Mary Washington Moneure6, b. July 4, 1858; d. May 2, 1866.
163. V. Rebecca Dulany Moncure®, b. March 15, 1860; d. Jan. 16, 1861.
164. VI. Rebecca Dulany Moncure®, b. April 8, 1862; d. July 2, 1864.
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