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January, 1855, a naval retiring board, through jealousy, retired him. A reason was demanded ; none could be given ; so nine months later, September 14, 1855, he was re-instated and made Commander.
In 1845 Maury was led to the conclusion that there existed at the bottom of the ocean, between Newfoundland and Iceland. a broad plateau, and at his request Congress sent out vessels from time to time to demonstrate by experiment his system of deep sea soundings, but no specimens of the bottom deposit were ever brought up, until past Midshipman John Minor Brooke, stationed at the Observatory, invented a contrivance by which the plummet or shot, on striking the bottom, detached itself and sent up the line with a specimen of the deposit. This beautiful invention is called. "Brooke's Deep Sea Sounding Apparatus." -
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In 1854 Maury applied to the Secretary of the Navy, showing the applicability of deep sea soundings to the laying of a sub- marine telegraphic cable across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Iceland. Lieut. C. H. Berryman was now detailed with the United States Steamer Arctic to make observations upon the practicability of laying this submarine telegraphic wire one thousand and six hundred miles, which was the distance between the proposed points. He was accompanied by Lieut. Strain, past Midshipmen Thomas and Mitchell, and Midshipman Barnes. The soundings and specimens were turned over to the Naval Observa- tory and Lieut. Maury affirmed the outcome of this survey, establishing the fact of the practicability of laying the wires successfully on the bed of the sea.
When the Civil War opened and Virginia seceded, Maury deter- mined at once to cast his lot with the South, and resigned from the United States Navy, at once entering that of the Confederacy. The President refused to accept his resignation, which put him in the position of a deserter. This, however, had no weight with Maury, when a question of duty arose. "Death is but death," said he, "and the halter has no more terrors for me than the bullet." When his resignation was known in Europe, he was in- vited to become the guest of Russia. An autograph letter from Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the Czar and Grand Admiral of Russia, offered the honor. France gave a similar invitation. These letters were brought to Richmond by a flag of truce to the Russian Minister Baron Stack and the French Minister, accom- panied by the Russian Envoy, Baron Gerotte. They waited on Mr. Maury in person, but he declined all their offers, saying, "he could not desert his beloved southland in her hour of trial." He was appointed chief of the seaboard and harbor defences, and the "Merrimac" was fitted out under his direction. In 1862 he es- tablished a naval submarine battery at Richmond. Soon after. he was sent to England, where he made a number of important dis- coveries, particularly in the application of magnetic electricity to torpedoes, which he invented. When the war closed he went to Mexico, and Maximillian offered him a place in his cabinet. Dis- trusting the stability of French rule in Mexico, he declined and went to England, where Cambridge University conferred on him the degree of LL. D.
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Napoleon now offered him the "Superintendence of the Imperial Observatory," but he longed for his native land. In 1868 he accepted the post of Professor of Physics in the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington. Five years later, in 1873, he died and was carried to Richmond, and buried at Hollywood Cemetery on a lovely knoll overlooking James River.
Matthew F. Maury has left to the youth of the country he loved so well, an undying example, showing how a man may be both great and good, mighty in mind, and pure in heart. He persisted in the path of duty, even when it led to poverty and exile, dis- charging every responsibility in life faithfully and with his whole heart.
Margaret Preston, Virginia's sweetest poetess, truly says of him :
No sage of all the ages past, Ambered in Plutarch's limpid story, Upon his living age has cast A radiance touched with truer glory. His noble living for the ends God set him, duty underlying, Each thought, word, action, nought transcends In lustre save his noble dying.
Lieut. Maury wrote the following books: "On Navigation," "Scraps From a Lucky Bag," "Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology." "Scheme for Rebuilding Southern Com- merce," "Letters on the Amazon and the Atlantic Slopes of South America," "Physical Survey of Virginia," "Relations between Magnetism and the Circulation of the Atmosphere," "Lanes for Steamers Crossing the Atlantic," "Manual of Geography, Mathe- matical, Civil and Physical," "Resources of Virginia" (in con- nection with Wm. Fontaine). "The Maury Wing and Current Charts and Sailing Directions." This last mentioned work gave him the sobriquet of "Pathfinder of the Seas."
The King of Belgium made him, "Knight of the Order of St. Ann."
The King of Denmark made him, "Knight of the Tower and Sword."
The King of Belgiun: made him, "Knight of the Order of St. Leopold."
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The Emperor of France made him, "Commander of the Legion of Honor."
Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Sardinia, Bremen, and France struck medals in his honor.
The Pope sent him a complete set of all the medals struck during his pontificate.
Later the unfortunate Emperor of Mexico added the decoration of "Our Lady of Guadalupe."
His services to science were recognized by over twenty learned societies.
Matthew F. Maury in 1834 married his cousin Ann Hull Hern- don, daughter of Dabney Herndon and Elizabeth, née Hull, after an engagement of three years. Soon after she accepted him he was ordered to sea. In parting he gave her a seal, to be used only on her letters to him, with the single word "Mizpah" inscribed upon it. "The Lord watch between me and thee when absent one from another."
Of the many who bear the name of Maury, next to his illustrious kinsman, Matthew F. Maury, stands Gen'l Dabney Herndon Maury, as most deserving of our admiration. He was born May 20, 1823. and was the son of Capt. John Minor Maury, who married Eliza Maury, his first cousin. Urged by friends, Dabney first studied law, at the University of Virginia; but he was born a soldier, so entered West Point Military Academy and graduated from there in 1846, with the rank of brevet Second Lieutenant in the mounted Rifles. He served with distinction in the Mexican War, was severely wounded at the battle of Vera Cruz and received the brevet of First Lieutenant for gallantry. In further recognition of his services he was presented with a sword by the citizens of Fredericks- burg. He then accepted a professorship at West Point, where he remained a number of years. From 1852 to 1858 he was engaged in frontier duty in Texas, as First Lieutenant in the mounted Rifles. In 1858 he was appointed superintendent of the Cavalry School at Carlisle, Pa. From 1860 to the outbreak of the Civil War he was Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of brevet Captain in New Mexico. In 1861 Virginia seceded, and he promptly resigned from the United States service and was commis- sioned Captain of a Corps of Cavalry in the C. S. A. He was next promoted to Colonel and then made Adjutant General of the army
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of Manassas. When Gen'l Earl Van Dorn was assigned the com- mand of the trans-Mississippi Department he became his chief of staff. After the battle of Elkshorn Tavern, on the recommenda- tion of Gen'l Van Dorn, Maury was promoted to Brigadier General. At the battle of Tupelo he commanded a division and served as rear guard, repelling pursuit. Later, he commanded the centre, at the battle of Corinth, against Rosecrans, and gallantly assaulted the enemy and drove them from their entrenchments, chasing them through the town. Afterward when the southern army retreated he defended the rear, fighting spiritedly at Hatcher's Bridge. In November, 1862, he was promoted Major General and assigned to the command of the right wing in the defence of Vicksburg, where he again distinguished himself. In April, 1863, he was ordered to Knoxville, Tenn. He was there only a month when he was ordered to the command of the Gulf District, where he served to the end of the war. In August, 1864, in spite of an obstinate struggle, the defences of Mobile Bay were taken. In 1865, Maury, with a garrison of nine thousand men, defended the city of Mobile, against the assaults of Canby with forty-five thousand men. His losses were heavy and finally he was compelled to return to Merid- ian. In May, his forces were included in the general capitulation of Gen'l Richard Taylor.
After the close of the war, Gen'l Manry made his home in Rich- mond. He made many valuable contributions to the history of the Civil War and in 1869 organized the "Southern Historical Society." In 1878 he was leader in the movement for the organiza- tion of the volunteer troops of the nation and until 1890 served as a member of the executive committee of the National Guard Association of the United States. In 1886 he was appointed United States Minister to Colombia, a position he held until June, 1889. Afterwards he engaged in literary pursuits, being the author of a history of Virginia and several books of fiction. He died at the residence of his son at Peoria, Ill., but was buried in Fredericks- burg, Va. Gen'l Maury was a man of strongest principles. Nothing could swerve him one hair's breadth from what he con- sidered the path of duty and right. As an instance, in 1895, at a time when he was entirely without means, he was offered the position of one of the managers of the Louisiana Lottery, made vacant by the death of the incumbent. The position was for life
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and brought a very large salary. He promptly but courteously declined it, saying he could not conscientiously accept it.
Maj. Gen'l Dabney Herndon Maury, C. S. A., b. 1822; d. 1900; married Anna Rose Mason.
Matthew Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, nee Walker, was ordained in London to both Deacon's and Priest's orders in the Church of England. On his return to America, at the death of his father, the Rev. James Maury, he became second rector of Old Walker Church (now Grace), which position he filled until his death. 1801.
Walker Maury, sixth son of Rev. James Maury, graduated at William and Mary College, and was the successful competitor for the Botetourt medal. He studied for orders in the Church of Eng- land and was ordained both Deacon and Priest in London. He returned to Virginia and was made professor at William and Mary College in Williamsburg. After some years he became headmaster of a preparatory school attached to the college. In 1786 he took charge of Old St. Paul's Church, at Norfolk, Va. In 1788 yellow fever seourged Norfolk. Mr. Maury sent his wife and children to Orange County, but he remained to minister to the sick and dying. He became one of the fever's latest victims, dying October 11, 1788. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Maury remained in Orange Co., and opened a select school for girls, which she conducted successfully for several years. Her sons, however, soon went into business and her two eldest daughters married, leaving only Penelope, the youngest, with her; so she yielded to the entreaties of her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Hite, and both came to live at Belle Grove, in Frederick Co., Va. Here Penelope soon met and married Robert Peale Polk, a lawyer in Washington. The Rev. Walker Maury married at Williamsburg. March 1. 1776, Mary, daughter of Ludwell Grymes and Mary (Stith) Dawson. Issue :
Mary L. Maury, was born June 7, 1777. Married John Hay, Feb. 23, 1797.
James W. S. Maury. b. March 7, 1779.
Leonard Hill Maury, b. Dec. 4, 1780. Married Virginia Campbell, Jan. 27, 1803.
Ann Tunstall Maury, b. Sept. 14, 1782. Married Maj. Isaac Hite. of Belle Grove, Dec. 5, 1803.
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William Grymes Maury, was born March 29. 1784. Mar- ried Nanny Woolfolk, July, 1808.
Penelope Johnston Maury, b. June 3, 1785. Married Robert Peale Polk, attorney-at-law.
Matthew F. Maury, b. Sept. 15, 1786.
Catherine Ann Maury, was born May 20, 1788. Died in infancy.
Mrs. Maury died in 1839, at Belle Grove, and was buried at "Long Meadows," the Hite burying ground.
Bible record of Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, who married a second time, Ann Tunstall Maury, on the first day of December, 1803. Issue :
1. "Ann Maury Hite, was born June 17, 1805, half after six o'clock a. m." ( Married Philip Williams, attorney-at- law.)
2. "Isaac Fontaine Hite, was born May ?, 1807, half after twelve o'clock p. m." (Married Maria Louise Davison.)
3. "Mary Eltinge Hite, was born Oct. 26, half after eight p. m., 1808." (Married J. Smith B. Davison, attorney- at-law, Winchester.)
4. "Rebecca Grymes Hite, was born May 12, half after nine o'clock a. m., 1810." (Married Rev. John Loder.)
5. "Walker Maury Hite, was born May 12, 1811, at ten o'clock a. m." (Married Mary Eleanor Williams, of Culpeper Co., Va.)
6. "Sarah Macon Clark Hite, was born Nov. 7. 1812, half after seven a. m." (Married Mark Bird, attorney.)
7. "Penelope Elizabeth Lee Hite, was born Aug. 14, 1814, half after three a. m." (Married Raleigh Brook Green, attorney-at-law, of Culpeper Co., Va.)
8. "Hugh Holmes Hite, was born Aug. 10, 1816, half after eleven o'clock a. m." (Married Ann Randolph Meade, of "Lucky Hit," Clark Co., Va.)
9. "Cornelius Baldwin Hite, was born Feb. 25, 1818. at half past seven a. m." (Married Elizabeth Augusta Smith, of Winchester.)
10. "Matilda Madison Hite, was born June 9, 1819. at eleven o'clock a. m." (Married Dr. Alexander Davison. of Jefferson City, Mo.)
Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, died November 24. 1836. His wife, Anne Tunstall ( Maury) Hite, died January 6, 1851.
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CHAPTER XIV
SLAUGHTER FAMILY.
The coat-of-arms of the Slaughter family is found on a seal to a bond of William Slaughter, as Sheriff in 1685, examined by the editor in Essex County Clerk's office, answering in Burke's "Landed Gentry" to Slaughter of Counties Gloucester and Wor- cester. Arms-A saltire azure.
In the early deeds and records of Virginia we find the name of Slaughter, as far back as 1635, when John Slaughter took out a patent for land, May 30, 1635. Again we find an old will of Francis Slaughter, taken from certified records now in the State Library of Virginia. In this quaint old will he speaks of mother- in-law, Margaret Upton, to whom he leaves ten shillings to buy a pair of gloves (presumably mourning gloves) ; to brother-in-law, Col. Moses Fanntleroy, "my book entitled, 'Hooker's Ecclesiastical Policy' "; wife, Elizabeth, is executrix, and also "friend and loving brother, Humphrey Booth," to whom he leaves his rapier and mare. And in return Margaret Upton, March 8, 1655, relict of Lieut. Col. John Upton, leaves to Francis Slaughter eight hundred and fifty acres of land.
Rev. Dr. Philip Slaughter in his "St. Mark's Parish," a book of inestimable value to all seekers of genealogical matter, for which we all owe to him a debt of thanks, says, "We limit our notice of the Slaughter family to two brothers, Robert and Francis, who were transplanted into St. Mark's Parish early in the eighteenth century, as it is not worth while to trace back to the stock from whence they sprang in England."
Robert" and Francis2 Slaughter were the sons of Robert1 Slaughter and his wife, Frances Anne Jones. They were the first church wardens of St. Mark's Parish, chosen by the first vestry in 1731. St. Mark's Parish, according to Rev. Philip Slaughter. antedated the county by eighteen years. The register of St. Mark's Parish is the oldest manuscript in Culpeper Co .. Va. The parish
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was established by act of Assembly in 1730 and the County in 1748. Up to 1734-35 St. Mark's Parish was in Spottsylvania, in 1748 in Culpeper Co., Va.
SECOND GENERATION.
II. Robert Slaughter2 (Robert1), eldest son of Robert Slaughter and Frances Anne Jones, his wife, was a very prominent member of St. Mark's Parish. In an old record, dated 1752, he is spoken of as Col. Robert Slaughter and as having served in a campaign against the French and Indians. The name of Thomas Slaughter also appears. In 1742 Robert Slaughter is spoken of as placing a sundial at the church door, and in 1747 he was chosen vestryman in place of Major Finlason, deceased. Robert Slaughter married (1723) Mary Smith, daughter of Augustine Smith. She was born July 13, 1713. Issue :
4. I. Robert Slaughter3. Harrison.
Married (1750) Susannah
5. II. William Slaughter3. Married Miss Zimmerman and moved to Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
6. III. Thomas Slaughter3. Married Miss Robinson.
7. IV. Francis Slaughter3. Married Miss Luggett.
S. V. James Slaughter3. Married Susan, daughter of Maj. Philip Clayton.
9. VI. Lawrence Slaughter3. Married Miss Field, daughter of Col. John Field.
10. VII. George Slaughter3. Married Miss Field, daughter of Col. John Field.
11. VIII. Elizabeth Lightfoot Slaughter3.
12. IX. Martha Jones Slaughter3. Married, first, Capt. Gabriel Jones, of the Revolutionary Army; second, Major William Broaddus.
II. Francis Slaughter2 (Robert1), second son of Robert Slaughter and Frances Anne Jones. his wife, was also a very promi- nent man in his parish and county. He owned a large tract of land, including the old glebe, near what is now called "Brandy Station," and adjoining the land of Reuben Slaughter and Cad- wallader Slaughter. In 1757 he was vestryman of St. Mark's Parish. In 1765 James Slaughter and James Pendleton were elected vestrymen in the place of Francis Slaughter, gentleman,
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deceased, and Thomas Slaughter, who had moved from the parish. In 1729 Francis Slaughter married Anne Lightfoot. Issue :
13. I.
Francis Slaughter3. Married Miss Coleman, daugh- ter of Robert Coleman.
14. II. John Slaughter ?. Married Milly Coleman.
15. III. Reuben Slaughter3.
16. IV. Cadwallader Slaughter3.
17. V. Frances Slaughter3. Married Capt. William Ball.
18.
VI. Daughter Slaughter3. Married Edward Thomas, and had a son :
I. Edward Thomas+, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1793. Married Susannah Beall and had several children, one of them :
I. Lucinda Thomas5 married Dr. Wm. Elliott, of New Haven, Kentucky.
THIRD GENERATION.
III. William Slaughter3 (Robert2, Robert1), son of Robert Slaughter and Mary Smith, daughter of Augustine Smith, of Shooter's Hill. Married Miss Zimmerman and moved to Jefferson Co., Ky., and had issue :
19. I. Thomas Slaughter+.
20. II. William Slaughter+. Married Miss Briscoe.
21. III. John Slaughter+.
IV. Gabriel Slaughter+. Married Miss Crane, of Jeffer- son Co., Ky., and represented that county for many years.
V.
Smith Slaughter+. Married Miss Crane, of Jefferson
Co., Ky. ; he represented the county for many years. III. Thomas Slaughter3 (Robert2, Robert1), son of Robert Slaughter and Mary Smith. Married Miss Robinson and had issue : 23. I. Robert Slaughter+, of the Grange. Married Miss Stanton and had issue :
24. I. Thomas Slaughter5.
25. II. Henry Slaughter5.
26. III. Stanton Slaughter5, High Sheriff of Culpeper. Mar- ried Miss Pickett.
27. IV. Arthur Slaughter3.
28. V. Augustine Slaughter5.
29. VI. Wm. Stanton Slaughter5.
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30. VII. Martin Slaughters, of Culpeper bar. Married Miss Bolling, of Petersburg.
31. II. Augustine Slaughter+, surgeon in the Revolution.
III. Col. James Slaughter3 (Robert2, Robert1) son of Robert Slaughter and Mary Smith, his wife; commanded a regiment at the battle of Great Bridge, in the Revolution of 1776. Married Susan, daughter of Major Philip Clayton, and had issue:
32. I. Captain Philip Slaughter4, b. 1758; d. 1849. Mar- ried, first, Peggy French Strother; second, Eliza- beth Towles.
33. II. Samuel Slaughter4. Married, first, Miss Banks; second, Virginia Stanard. (See Carter Genealogy.)
34. III. Thomas Smith Slaughter+, Jackson elector in Ky., b. 1778: d. 1838. Married Lucy Bibb.
35. IV. Robert Slaughter+. Married Margaret Pendleton.
36. V. George Slaughter+, d. Culpeper.
37. VI. Anne Slaughter+. Married Reuben Fry.
38. VII. Sally Slaughter+. Married Mclaughlin.
39. VIII. Slaughter+. Married Judge Speed.
40. IX. Mary Slaughter+. Married Bell.
III. Lawrence Slaughter3 (Robert“, Robert1), son of Robert Slaughter2 and Mary Smith, his wife; lieutenant in Virginia State line, under Gen'I George Rogers Clarke in campaign in that part of Virginia which is now Illinois. He was killed in the battle of Point Pleasant, Gen'l Andrew Lewis commanding. Married Susanna Field, daughter of Col. John Field, who served in Brad- dock's war and fell, fighting at the head of his regiment at the battle of Point Pleasant. Col. Field was also a member of the House of Burgesses from Culpeper Co., Va., 1765. Lient. Lawrence Slaughter and Susanna Field had following issue :
41. I. John Field Slaughter+. Married, first, Miss Alex- ander, of Effingham, Prince William Co., Va .; second, Miss Slaughter, daughter of Col. Robert Slaughter of the "Grange," Culpeper Co., Va. 42. II. Anne Slaughter+. Married Baylor Banks.
43. III. Mildred Slaughter+. Married James Marye.
44. IV. Robert Field Slaughter+. Married Sarah Bond.
45. V. Matilda Slaughter+. Married McCoul.
46. VI. George S. Slaughter+.
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47. VII. Lawrence Slaughter+.
48. VIII. Frances Slaughter+.
III. George Slaughter3 (Robert2, Robert1), son of Robert Slaughter and Mary Smith, his wife: was an officer in the Revolu- tion. He raised one of the first companies of Minute Men in Culpeper and at the close of the war removed to Kentucky with George Rogers Clark and commanded a fort at the Falls of the Ohio. He was one of the founders of the city of Louisville, which was then in the State of Virginia. Col. George Slaughter married a daughter of Col. John Field; died in Columbus, 1815, leaving no issue.
III. Francis Slaughter3 (Francis2, Robert1), son of Francis Slaughter2 and Anne Lightfoot, his wife. Married a daughter of Robert Coleman, on whose land Culpeper Courthouse was founded. He moved to Kentucky and settled in Hardin County about 1785, as did all his children. Issue :
49. I. Francis Slaughter+. Married Miss Hollaway. Issue :
I. Dr. Henry Slaughters, who moved South.
III. John Slaughter? ( Francis2, Robert1), son of Francis Slaughter and Anne Lightfoot. Married Milly Coleman and had issue :
50. I. Robert Slaughter+. Married a sister of Gov. Gabriel Slaughter, of Kentucky, and had issue :
51. I. Charles Slaughters.
52. Il. Edward Slaughter".
53. II. Cadwallader Slaughter+. Married, first, Miss
Yancey ; second, Miss Hampton, and had issue :
54. I. Richard Slaughter3.
55. II. John H. Slaughter".
56. III. Robert Slaughter5.
57. IV. Edward Slaughter".
V. Cadwallader Slaughter5. There were also several daughters.
58. III. Francis Slaughter+, moved to Kentucky.
59. IV. Thomas K. Slaughter+, moved to Kentucky.
60. John S. Slaughter+. Married Miss Brown, daughter of Captain Brown, and had thirteen children.
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III. Reuben Slaughter3 (Francis2, Robert1), son of Franeis Slaughter and Anne Lightfoot. Married and had issue:
61. I. Goodrich Slaughter+.
62. II. Joseph Slaughter+.
63. III. William Slaughter+.
64. IV. Robert Slaughter+.
This branch of the family moved to Bedford Co., Va., where Joseph Slaughter married and has descendants who are Harrises.
III. Cadwallader Slaughter3 (Francis2, Robert1), son of Francis Slaughter2 and Anne Lightfoot, his wife. Married, first, Miss Ramsdell, and had issue :
65. I. Margaret Slaughter+. Married Charles Morehead.
66. II. Matilda Slaughter+. Married John Churchill.
67. III. Francis Ramsdell Slaughter+. Married Fanny
Latham. Issue :
I. Elizabeth Slaughter5, d.
II. Cadwallader Slaughters. Married Frances Ann Vance. Issue :
I. Elizabeth Slanghter6. Married Squire Bassett, of Lexing- ton, Ky. Issue :
I. Daughter Bassett7. Married Mr. Scott.
II. Danghter Bassett7. Married Mr. Threlkeld.
III. Philip Slaughter5. Married Mary Ann Smith.
IV. Henry Slaughters, d. unmarried.
V. Matilda Slaughter5. Married Joseph Longest.
FOURTH GENERATION.
IV. Captain Philip Slaughter+ (Col. James3, Robert2, Robert1), son of Col. James Slaughter3 and Susan Clayton, his wife; b. 1758; d. 1849. Married, first, Peggy French Strother; second, Elizabeth Towles. Issue :
68. I. Lucy Coleman Slaughter5. Married Isaac H. Williams. (Williams Family.)
69. II. Susan Slaughters. Married Mr. McConchie.
70. III. Polly Slaughter5. Married Dr. Frank Conway. Issue :
71. I. Susan Conway". Married Dr. Shepherd.
72. II. Margaret Conways. Married Philip Clayton.
73. III. Dr. Philip Conways. Married Bettie Yerby.
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74. IV. Dr. Albert Conway".
75. IV. Eliza French Slaughter3. Married Col. John B. Dade, of King George County, and had issue :
76. I.
Captain Townsend Dade6.
77. II. Philip Dade".
78. III. Margaret Dade". Married Edward Smith, of Wash- ington. D. C. Issue :
79. I. Edward Smith7.
80. II. Townsend Smith ?.
81. III. John Battaile Smith ?.
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