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MASSIE.
MASSIE Cheshire. The family of Massie, settled at Coddington county. Cheshire, in consequence of the marriage of Hugh Massie with Agnes. daughter and heiress of Nicholas Bold, and his son William by the said Agnes purchased with other manors that of Coddington in the reign of Henry, VI. This William married Alice, daughter and heiress of Adam Woton, of Edgerly, and the family subsequently intermarried with that of Grosvenor, of Eaton. The celebrated General Massie so distinguished during the Civil Wars, was the son of John Massie, of Coddington, by Anne Grosvenor, of Eaton. The present representative is the Rev. Richard Massie, of Coddington. Arms .- Quarterly gu. and or - in the 1st & 4th quarters three fleurs de-lis ar, for difference a Canton ar. Crest - A demi-pegasus with wings displayed quarterly or. and gu. Massie Quarterly az and ar. on the 1st and 4th a millet, Or. Crest - 1 horned Owl ppr. Massie Ar a pile, quarterly gu. and or: in the field quarter a lion pass. off the field. Crest - Between two trees a lion sali- ent ar .- [Encyclopedia of Heraldry of England, Scotland and Ireland. by John Barke.]
The first representatives of the family in America were Major Thomas Massie and William, his brother, who settled in New Kent county, in the Colony of Virginia. Thence Major Thomas Massie moved to Fred- erick county, and afterwards settled in Nelson county, where he owned large estates on Tye river and about the head waters of Rockfish river. For his services in the War of the Revolution he received a grant from the Government of valuable lands in Scioto Valley, Ohio, near the present city of Chillicothe. He married Sally Cocke, and spent the re- maining years of his life in retirement at his seat, known as " Level Green," in Nelson county. The issue of this marriage were three sons: Thomas, William and Henry.
Dr. Thomas Massie, the eldest son, married [1] Lucy Waller, by whom he had two sons ; [i] Waller, [ii] Patrick; and two daughters, one of whom married Boyd, and the other of whom married Wm. O. Goode. His second wife was [2] Sally Cabell ; by whom he had one son. Paul. Waller Massie, eldest son of Dr. Thos. Massie, married Mary James of Chillicothe, Ohio, by whom he had issue: [1] Gertrude Waller Massie, [2] Thomas Massie, recently deceased without issue. Patrick Massie, second son of Dr. Thomas Massie, married Susan Withers, by whom he had issue: [1] Robert, [2] Patrick C., [3] Thomas. [4]Thorn- ton, [5] Withers, [6] - -. [7] Susan.
William Massic, second son of Major Thomas Massie, was married - times. His eldest son was Col. Thos. J. Massie, of Nelson, lately deceased without issue. His daughter, Florence, married [1] -
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Tunstall, son of Whitmell P. Tunstall, [2] Judge Jno. D. Horsley, of Nelson.
Henry Massie, of Falling Springs Valley, Alleghany county, Virginia, third son of Major Thomas Massie, married [1] Susan Preston Lewis, October 22nd, 1810, daughter of John Lewis of the Sweet Springs, and Mary Preston, daughter of Capt. William Preston of Smithfield, Mont- gomery county ; [2] Elizabeth Daggs, May 18th, 1826, the daughter of Hezekiah and Margaret. The issue of said Henry Massie by his first wife, Susan Preston Lewis, were: [1] Sarah Cocke, who married Rev. Franck Stanley and died without issue on March 30, 1879. [2] Mary Preston, born September 26, 1813, married John Hampden Pleasants, December 15, 1829, and died April 18, 1837, leaving issue: [i] James Pleasants; [ii] Ann Eliza, who married Douglas H. Gordon ; [iii] Mary Lewis, who died in infancy. [3] Henry Massie, Jr. [+] Eugenia S., born February 19, 1819, married Samuel Gatewood, and died October, 1884. leaving issue. [5] Thomas Eugene Massie. [6] Susan Lewis, who died in infancy. Said Henry Massie died in January, 1841 ; and Susan Preston, his wife, died November 22, 1825, in the thirty-third year of her age. Said Henry Massie had by his second wife, Elizabeth, one son, Hezekiah, now living in Falling Spring Valley on his paternal estate.
Henry Massie, jr., oldest son of Henry Massie and Susan Preston Lewis. was born July 4, 1816, married Susan Elizabeth Smith, March 23, 1841, daughter of Thos. B. Smith of Savannah, Georgia, and Caroline Sophia Rebecca Thomson, his wife, who was the daughter of William Russell Thomson, of Charleston, South Carolina. who was the son of Col. Wm. R. Thomson, born 1729, died 1796, who was the son of Wil- liam Thomson (of the family of JJames Thomson, the English poet ). and the founder of the family in America. The issue of said Henry Massie, jr., and his wife Susan, who was born February 5th, 1822. and died November 25th, 1887, wore : [1] Henry Lewis Massi, born May 12, 1842, died October 5, 1887, unmarried. [2] Caroline Thomson, born December 16, 1845, and married November 8, 1865, to James Pleasants. [3] Lulie, born June 15, 1849, died May 7, 1878. [4] Thomas Smith Massie, born August 15, 1850, died Sept. 17, 1863. [5] William Rus- sell Massie, born February 24, 1852, now living in Richmond, Virginia. [6] Susan Elizabeth, born February 2, 1855, died January 10, 1869. [7] Charles Philip Massie, born November 15, 1857, died October 31, 1863. [8] Engene Carter Massie, born May 27, 1861, now practising law in Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Thomas Eugene Massie, second son of Henry Massie and Susan Preston Lewis, was born April 22, 1822, married in 1858 Mary James Massie, the widow of Waller Massie, and died in 1863, leaving issue :
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[1] Frank Aubrey Massie, now practising law in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia. [2] Engenia Massie, who married Oscar Underwood of Ken- tucky, now living in Birmingham, Alabama. [3] JJuanita Massie.
JOHN F. MAYER.
The subject of this sketch was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 6. 1840. He is a son of Gotleib Mayer, who was born in Wurtenburg. Germany, was brought to Pennsylvania when about twelve months old. and to Norfolk, Virginia, at the age of twelve years. On December 10, 1838, Gotleib Mayer married at Norfolk, Louisa Jane Henry, who was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and died at Norfolk, August 26. 1866. His death occurred in Richmond City, on October 19, 1875.
John F. was educated at the Military Academy, Norfolk, and began business as clerk with his father, jewelry business, 1852-54; in 1854 was clerk to R. S. Bernard, druggist ; 1859-61 with the Adams Express C'om- pany. He entered the Confederate service first in the " Norfolk Juniors." and was discharged on account of government business. He volum- teered a second time in the Signal Corps, and was again discharged. From that time until the close of the war he was in service in the adjutant and inspector-general's office, Richmond, under Major Ed. A. Palfrey. In September, 1865, he entered the service of the Old Dominion Steam- ship Company, and is still in their employ.
Frances A., first wife of Mr. Mayer, whom he married April 15, 1862. died in Richmond, May 3, 1884. They had seven children : William G .. Mary Love (deceased), John H., Thomas W., Frank P., George N. and Rosa C. In Richmond he married, secondly, Kate M. Sinton, and twin children were born to them, one dead at birth, the other, Fred. S., dying January 29, 1889.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayer are members of the old St. Johns Episcopal church. He is also a Mason, both of the York and Scottish Rites, and Inspector-General in Virginia for the A. & A. S. R., Southern Jurisdic- tion of the United States.
J. JUDSON MONTAGUE,
Was born in Norfolk county, Virginia, on September 4, 1838, the son of William V. Montagne, and Mary Barrack, his wife. William V. Mon- tague was born in Middlesex county, Virginia, the son of William and Mary Montague, and died in 1865, aged sixty-eight years. His wife was a daughter of William and Eliza Barrack of Middlesex county, and died in 1840, aged thirty-six years. At Norfolk, Virginia, November 26. 1867, J. Judson Montagne married Kate S. Warren, who was born in Northampton county, Virginia, the daughter of Thomas P. Warren,
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now of Norfolk. Her mother, whose maiden name was Eliza Henderson, died in 1884, aged sixty years. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Montague are two living, Kate and Carroll H., and four deceased, Mande, Warren, Percy and Roy.
Mr. Montague received an academiceducation in Norfolk, then studied architecture and applied mechanics in Eastern Pennsylvania. Heserved through the civil war, a private in Company B, 19th Virginia Artillery : was captured near Richmond, April 3, 1865, and held at Richmond until paroled April 15, 1865. He returned to Richmond in June, 1865, and went into business with Tanner & Ehbets one year, bought them out in 1867, and has continued the business to the present day, manu- facturer of sash, doors, etc. and dealer in lumber. For ten years he has been president of the Meherin Lumber Company ; is vice-president of the Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works; president pro tem. of the Planters National Bank; vice-president of the Mechanics Institute; president of the North Birmingham Building Association.
MEREDITH FOX MONTAGUE.
The name and family of MONTAGUE was prominent and distinguished in Normandy as early as 1024, as is evidenced by the mountains, castles, fortresses, and towns bearing their name.
DROGO de MONTAGUE was born in 1040, and became the trusted com- panion, follower, and intimate friend of ROBERT, Earl of MORITON, the favorite brother of WILLIAM, Duke of NORMANDY, accompanying his expedition against England. After the conquest, WILLIAM rewarded him with largegrants of land, thus establishing the family in England. Drogo de Montagne bore the kite shaped shield of the Norman invaders ; its color is cerulian blue, and upon it is the full length Griffin segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a bright golden hue. This was the original Montague coat of arms in England.
The subject of this sketch is descended from PETER MONTAGUE of that family, who came from Boveney, Parish of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1621. He settled in Virginia, and entered lands in the counties of New Norfolk, Nansemond, Middlesex and Essex. Peter Mon- tague became rich, a large land holder, and a man of prominence in the colony. He wasa member of the Assembly ( House of Burgesses) 1651- 1658 from Lancaster county, Virginia.
He left two sons, WILLIAM and PETER MONTAGUE who lived on their handsome estates in Middlesex, known as "Montague Island," two hundred years ago. From them are descended a countless progeny. generally independent planters, remarkable for their amiability of dis- position, high sense of honor, strict integrity, and generons hospitality,
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and it may be added, as a distinguished member of the family was wont to say, " also for their strict virtue and personal beauty of the females." These general characteristics are still preserved in the family to a con- siderable extent.
MEREDITH Fox, son of John H. and Melinda Montagne, was born in Richmond City, on August 3, 1856. He was educated in Richmond. and at the Episcopal High School, near Alexandria, Virginia. At the age of eighteen years he entered business, and has continued in mercan- tile life ever since, now Secretary of Virginia Paper Company, of which his father is President. He married in Richmond, on January 3, 1884, Miss Emily Triplett, of Richmond, and their children are four: Nannie Jenifer Triplett, William Triplett, Meredith, and Linda Meredith.
John H. Montagne, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, living now in Richmond, son of Henry B. Montague of Richmond, who was son of Henry, who was son of Robert Montague. The mother of Mr. Montague is Melinda, daughter of Dr. Meredith Fox, of " Green Springs," Louisa county, Virginia, who was a son of John Fox.
THOMAS HILL MONTAGUE
Is a member of the law firm of Slater & Montague, of Richmond City. He was born at Glenanburn, Gloucester county, Virginia, on December 29, 1866; in early life attended schools in Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties, Virginia ; later attended a preparatory school in Albemarle county, and in 1887 took the law course at the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the Bar on January 18, 1888, has been practicing in Richmond since that date, and in partnership with E. Beverly Slater since October 1, 1888. He is a member of the Second Baptist church of Richmond, and is secretary of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues Association.
His father, Thomas Ball Montague, jr., born in Gloucester comity. Virginia, nov deceased, was a son of Capt. Thomas Ball Montague, sr .. who died in Essex county, Virginia, a son of William Montague of Essex county, who was a son of JJolm Montagne, who was a son of Peter Mon- tague, who came to Virginia from England, and settled in Lancaster county, on the 22d day of August, 1634. His grave may now be soon in Lancaster county, where he died at an advanced age.
The mother of Thomas Hill Montague, now living in Richmond, is Josephine Tabitha, nee Hill, her father a resident of New Kent county: his maternal grandmother was Tabitha Christian; his maternal great grandmother, Elizabeth Graves.
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WILLIAM W. MOSES,
Appointed superintendent of the Virginia Penitentiary in December, 1885, and still holding that position, was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, on April 11, 1836. He attended a private school in Appo- mattox county, and then began farming which he has followed to date. He settled in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, married in that county, on January 7, 1866, was six years a justice of the peace in that county, and four years member of the district school board. He entered the Confederate States army as a private in Company K, 14th Tennessee Infantry; was wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, and held at Fort Delaware twenty-two months, then paroled.
Joseph M. Moses, father of William W., son of Peter Moses, of Eng- land, was born in Appomattox county, and died in 1879, aged sixty- five years. The mother of William W., Paulina J. Martin, born in Prince Edward county, died July 10, 1858. His wife, born in Pittsyl- vania county, is Fannie W., daughter of Jeremiah W. Graves, who died in 1882, and Catharine ( Baxley) Graves, also now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Moses have three children, Wm. W., jr., Graves M., Kate O., and have buried two, Dula W., died JJuly, 1873, aged one year; Joseph M., died February, 1878, aged ten months. Mr. Moses and wife are members of the Second Baptist Church of Richmond.
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MAJOR BENJ. H. NASH
Was born in Powhatan county, Virginia, on April 7, 1835, and was educated at the Wigwam Academy, Amelia county, Virginia, and at the University of Virginia. At the age of twenty years, in 1855, he began the practice of law in Powhatan county, and in the same year settled in Manchester, Virginia. In the fall of 1860 he was elected to the Virginia Senate, to fill unexpired term, and was three times elected senator in the then eighth senatorial district, composed of the counties of Chester- field, Powhatan and Cumberland.
He was in field service during the war between the States, captain Company B, 41st Virginia Infantry, in Mahone's brigade, Anderson's division, Army of Northern Virginia ; was appointed A. A. G. of Mahone's brigade. He took part in the battle of the Wilderness, and all the battles of the campaign of 1864, including the Crater and other engagements. In January 1865, he resigned from the army to resume his seat in the Senate. He left Richmond, with other members of the Virginia legislature, on the night of April 2d, 1865, and returned to the city on May 16th. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of the law in Richmond, Vir-
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ginia. During the years 1886-87 he was commonwealth attorney for the county of Chesterfield, by appointment of the county court of that county, although he resided in the city of Richmond, which office he held until the general election for county officers of that county. Not being eligible to the office by election, he was not a candidate. Major Nash is a Mason, member of Temple Lodge, No. 9, Richmond.
His father was Judge John W. Nash, born in Fauquier county, Vir- ginia, in 1794, died in Powhatan county in 1859. Judge Nash was a member of the Virginia Senate sixteen years, and president of the same when that body elected its president. He was made Judge of the second judicial circuit in 1848: was assigned a member of the special court of appeals when that court was in existence, and was the Judge of the second judicial circuit at the time of his death. He was a son of Travis Nash of Fauquier county, Virginia, and Eleanor W. Nash, nee White. The Nash family is of English extraction.
The mother of Major Nash, who died in 1835, was Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Hatcher, who was the first president of the Farmers Bank of Virginia at Richmond.
In Petersburg, Virginia, January 27, 1869, Major Nash married Miss Mattie M. Freeman, daughter of E. A. and Martha S. Freeman. Her mother was a daughter of Robert Bolling of Petersburg, Virginia, and a lineal descendant of the original Robert Bolling, who first married the descendant of the Indian Princess Pocahontas, and secondly married Martha Steeth, from whom Mrs. Nash's ancestors are descended.
HARRY B. OWEN,
Was born in Manchester, Virginia, on February 14, 1854, the son of Benjamin P. and Mary S. Owen, still residents of Manchester. Ilis mother was a daughter of H. B. Walker, now deceased. His father was born in Mathews county, Virginia. His wife, whom he married in Manchester, October 31, 1881, was born in Dinwiddie county, Virginia, Lucia Brodnax. Their children were born in the order named: Cor- nelia, Mary Walker, Lucia Brodnax, Margaret. The second daughter died July 19, 1885.
Mr. Owen was educated in Richmond, and began business in 1868. clerk with E. T. Pilkinton, tobacco manufacturer. In 1870-71 he managed a tobacco factory for Webb & Roulhac, at Hillsboro, North Carolina; bought tobacco on his own account at Hillsboro and Durham in 1871-72, and in 1872 kept books for Conrad & Shelburn, Richmond. In 1873 he kept books for F. W. Peckrell & Co .; in 1875 went to live with B. P. Owen his father, and staid with the firm of B. P. Owen & Co., and with their successors, until the formation of the firm of H. B.
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Owen & Co., of which J. B. Moore was partner. In March, 1880, Mr. Owen connected himself with W. J. Whitehurst, forming the firm of which he is still a member, Whitehurst & Owen, manufacturers of sash, doors, etc., with factory on 12th street, between Canal and Byrd, and in January, 1883, removed to new factory, corner Byrd and 10th streets.
Mr. Owen is a Mason; P. M. in Manchester Lodge, No. 14; P. H. P. Manchester Chapter No. 48; Cap .- Gen'l in Richmond Commandery No. 2; Lecturer for District No. 2.
DR. RICHARD A. PATTERSON.
The subject of this sketch was born in Caroline county, Virginia, on March 15, 1826. His collegiate education was received at Richmond College, and he was graduated in medicine at the Richmond Medical College. Until 1850 he practiced in Goochland county, then came to Richmond and engaged in the manufacture of tobacco until the war. In 1864-5 he was surgeon of the 56th Virginia Infantry, C. S. A. From the close of the war until 1869 he was farming in Henrico county, and since that year has been engaged again in the tobacco business, the firm known first as R. A. Patterson & Co., and changed to the R. A. Patter- son Tobacco Co., a stock concern. Dr. Patterson was four years director of the Virginia Penitentiary; has been supervisor of Henrico county for the last six years; has been president of the Richmond Tobacco Exchange since July, 1888; and is a member of the Virginia Exposition Executive committee of Richmond.
Thomas Patterson, born in King William county, died in 1834, was the father of Dr. Patterson, and his mother. who died in 1878, was Susan G., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Andrews) Thomas, of Caroline county. The first wife of Dr. Patterson was Margaret L. Courtney, born in King and Queen county, Virginia, whom he married near Richmond, May 13, 1851, and who died in 1866. Their children were born in the order named: R. Fuller, Archer W., James T. and Malvern C. Secondly, in November, 1868, Dr. Patterson married Bettie A. Du Val, born near Richmond. They were married at Madison, Florida, and have two children : Elizabeth G. and Warren P.
JAMES WEST PEGRAM
Is a son of Robert Baker Pegram, now of Norfolk, Virginia, born in Dinwiddie county, Virginia, December 10th, 1810. Robert B. Pegram married Lucy Cargill, now deceased, who was born in Sussex county, Virginia, daughter of Hon. Jno. Cargill, of "Invermay." Their son Jas. W. was born in Sussex county, Virginia, February 11th, 18443; in
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February, 1860, was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy; entered the Confederate States Navy in 1861, and served in the same imtil the close of the war. In 1867 he married Eliza Waller Blacknall, daughter of Doctor George Blacknall, formerly of the United States Navy, now de- ceased, and Emma Blacknall, nee Blow, daughter of George Blow, Esq .. deceased, of Tower Hill, Sussex county, Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Pegram have two sons, George Blacknall and Robert Baker, and three daughters, Lucy C., Emma and Eliza Waller.
Mr. Pegram holds the office of Secretary of " The Life Insurance Com- pany of Virginia."
WILLIAM L. ROYALL: ESQ.
Rev. John J. Royall, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, married Anna K .. daughter of George Keith and Jane Taylor. Mrs. Royall died in 1886. and Mr. Royall in 1858. They were the parents of the subject of this sketch, who was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, on November 15. 1844. Sir John Falstaff said: " If I know what : the inside of a church is made of I am a pepper-corn," which Mr. Royall quotes, speaking of his never having seen the inside of a school-house. His early education was imparted by his grandmother, who was a sister of Chief Justice Marshall, and by his mother.
In March, 1862, then little more than seventeen years of age, he en- listed as a private soldier, taking part in all the great battles of the Army of Northern Virginia until wounded and made prisoner in March. 1864, remaining a prisoner from that time until the close of the war. After the war he read law under Win. Green in Richmond, was duly ad- mitted to the Bar, and has ever since been practicing law in Richmond, except from 1880 to 1884 during which time he resided in and practiced law in New York City. In Richmond, January 5, 1887, he married Judith Page Aylett, and they have one child, Page Aylett Royall. Mr. Royall's wife was born in Richmond, the daughter of Patrick Henry Aylett, who died in 1869. Her mother was also of an eminent Virgin- ian family; her maiden name Emily Rutherfoord.
DR. CHARLES M. SHIELDS.
Matthew Shields, of Gloucester county, Virginia, was the father of James W. Shields, who was born in that county, removed to Richmond. and now resides there with his wife, Caroline E., daughter of Charles Beck of Berlin. Their son, subject of this sketch, was born in Richmond. January 1, 1856. He was educated at Roanoke and Richmond Colleges. and graduated in medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in March. 1879. After having served a year in hospitals, he began practice in the
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city of Richmond. He is lecturer on diseases of the eye, ear and throat at the Medical College of Virginia, and now confines his practice totreat- ment of these diseases.
At Lexington, Missouri, November 3, 1881, Dr. Shields married Maggie Anderson, daughter of John D. New, now of Portsmouth, Virginia. Their children are three daughters and one son, born in the order named : Maggie, Lina, Hattie, Charles W. Dr. Shields is ex-president of the Rich- mond Academy of Medicine; a member of the Episcopal Church ; and of the Masonic fraternity.
JOHN GIFFORD SKELTON : M. D.,
Of Richmond, Virginia, son of Ennion W. Skelton, of Powhatan county, Virginia, and Catharine W. Skelton, nee Gifford, was born in Powhatan county, on April 29, 1815. He received his literary and classical edu- cation at private schools and in the University of Virginia; was a stu- dent of medicine in the office of Prof. George B. Wood, of Philadelphia. and in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, grad- uating thence with degree of M. D., in April, 1838. Until 1866 he was located and engaged in general practice of medicine in Powhatan county, then removed to Richmond.
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Dr. Skelton is a member of the Virginia State Medical Society, of the Richmond Academy of Medicine; and of the Richmond Medical and Sur- gical Society. He has for several years associated with the Richmond Medical College, in its summer sessions, and lectured on physiology, and on obstetrics and diseases of women and children.
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