Archer, William S
Senate Years of Service: 1841-1847
Party: Whig
ARCHER, William Segar, (nephew of Joseph Eggleston), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at “The Lodge,” Amelia County, Va., March 5, 1789; received private instruction; graduated from William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., in 1806; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1810 and practiced in Amelia and Powhatan Counties; served four terms in the State house of delegates between 1812 and 1819; elected to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Pleasants; reelected to the Seventeenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1820-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses); elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1847; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses), Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-seventh Congress); resumed the practice of law; died at “The Lodge,” in Amelia County, Va., March 28, 1855; interment in a private cemetery at “The Lodge.”
(Source: Biographical Directory of the US Congress
1774-Present)
Archer, William
S., congressman, United States senator, was born March 5, 1789, in
Amelia County, Va. In 1812-19 he was a member of the Virginia state legislature.
In 1820-35 he was a representative from Virginia in the sixteenth to twenty-third congresses. In
1841-47 he was United States senator. He died March 28, 1855, in Amelia
County, Va.
[Herringshaw’s National Library of
American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the
Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William
Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
Bibb, William
Wyatt
William Bibb was born in
Amelia County and was a US Senator in Georgia as well as a Governor of
Alabama. Bibb Co Georgia and Bibb Co Alabama are named after him. He attended
the College of William & Mary and the University of Pennsylvania. He
received a M.D. degree in 1801. He began practicing medicine in Petersburg VA.
He married Mary Freeman in 1803. He died after falling from a horse, from
internal injuries on July 10 1820.
Cocke, William
William Cocke was born on September 06 1747 in
Amelia Co. He was one of many children born to Abraham and Mary (Batte) Cocke.
He was an American lawyer, pioneer and statesman. He joined in an exploration
with Daniel Boone. He was a Colonel of Militia and elected a member of the
Virginia House of Burgesses. He led four companies of the militia, in 1776,
into what eventually became Tennessee, in action against the Indians. William
was a delegate chosen to help write the first Tennessee state constitution. He
was later appointed a judge of the First Judicial Court of TN in 1809 and
later resigned the position and moved to Mississippi. In Mississippi he was
elected in 1813 to state legislature and breifly returned to military duty
under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. He was later appointed by President
James Madison in 1814 to be an Indian Agent to the Chickasaw nation. On August
22, 1828, he died in Columbus, Lowndes Co, Mississippi and is buried in
Friendship Cemetery. Cocke Co TN is named after William Cook.
Connor, Henry William
Henry William Connor was born on August 05 1793,
near Amelia Court House, Prince George Co VA. He graduated from South Carolina
College at Columbia and was a major under Brigadere General Joseph Graham in
an expedition against the Creek Indians in 1814. He settled in Falls Town
North Carolina. He served in the 17th - 26th Congresses. He was a member of
the State Senate from 1848-50. He died on January 06 1866 at Beatties Ford,
North Carolina, and is buried in the Rehobeth Methodist Church Cmetery,
Sherrills Ford, North Carolina.
Easley
Family
John Chaffin Easley. Member of a
Virginia family of honorable record, John Chaffin Easley, vice-president and
secretary of R. B. Chaffin & Company, Incorporated, of Richmond, Virginia,
descends in a line connected with numerous other distinguished Virginia names.
John S. Easley, grandfather of John Chaffin Easley, a native of Halifax
county, Virginia, was a soldier in the American army in the second war with
Great Britain, and died in West Virginia, aged seventy-eight years. John S.
Easley married Agnes Clark White, born in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, and
had seven children, two of whom are living at the present time. Isaac Howson.
of West Virginia, and Edwin Hamilton, of Brooklyn, New
York.
(II) Dr.
William D. Easley, son of John S. and Agnes Clark (White) Easley, was born in
Giles county, Virginia, December 19, 1831, died in West Virginia. He was
educated for the medical profession and was engaged in practice throughout his
active years, his death occurring while conducting such pursuits in West
Virginia. He was a gentleman of loyal and patriotic nature, and the
realization of war between the states found him enlisted for service in the
Amelia County Volunteers. Dr. William D. Easley married Ann Elizabeth, born in
Amelia county, Virginia, October 17, 1841, died May 29, 1907, daughter of John
Booker and Susan Adeline (Willson) Chaffin. Her parents were natives of Amelia
county, and there John Booker Chaffin was an extensive planter, owning more
than one hundred slaves. John Booker and Susan Adeline Chaffin had three
children who grew to maturity: Ann Elizabeth, of previous mention, married Dr.
William D. Easley, Richard B., and Martha Giles. Of the eight children of Dr.
William D. Easley, three died in infancy, and a fourth, Richard Booker, died
June 24, 1904. The others are: John Chaffin. of whom further; Edwin Hamilton,
of Blue Field. West Virginia; Agnes E., married Matthew Louden West, deceased,
of Richmond, Virginia; Susie E., married Joseph Cary Eggleston, of Amelia
Court House, Virginia.
(Ill) John
Chaffin Easley, son of Dr. William D. and Ann Elizabeth (Chaffin) Easley, was
born in Amelia county, Virginia, October 15, 1862, and when he was a lad of
eleven years accompanied his parents to Brooklyn, New York. In this place his
education, begun in Virginia, was continued, and soon after his return to his
native state, Richmond becoming the family home, he became associated with the
firm in which he now holds high official position, R. B. Chaffin &
Company. Remaining with the company through its period of continuous growth
and expansion to its present vast dimensions, better preparation for the
responsible duties that are his could not have been obtained. R. B. Chaffin
& Company, Incorporated, bearing the name of Mr. Easley's one maternal
uncle, advertise as brokers and dealers in real estate, and in its line is one
of the largest concerns in the state. The office of the company is at Main and
Twelfth streets. Richmond, and here Mr. Easley can usually be found busily
engaged in the direction of some of the details of the large business, upon
which no one's grasp is more sure and comprehensive. As vice-president
and.secretary he plays an important part in the formation of the policy and
methods of the company, and gives of the best of his labors toward its
successful continuance. Mr. Easley's able counsel has been frequently of value
to the First National Bank of Richmond, which he serves as a director, and he
holds the same position in connection with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
His fraternal order is the Masonic, and in this society he is a member of
lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine. A life-long Democrat, he is a
communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. His club is the
Westmoreland.
Mr. Easley
married, at Fincastle, Virginia. February 3, 1892, Lucy Gilmer, born at Grove
Hill, Botetourt county, Virginia. December 20. 1868, daughter of Colonel Cary
and Virginia (Calwell) Breckenridge. Her mother was a native of White Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia, formerly owned by the Calwell family, an old Southern
line, and Colonel Cary Breckenridge was born at the family homestead. Grove
Hill, in Botetourt county, Virginia, as were his father and grandfather.
Colonel Breckenridge, now living, aged seventy-five years, was a colonel of
cavalry in the Confederate army, serving through all four years of the war.
Children of John Chaffin and Lucy Gilmer (Breckenridge) Easley: Cary
Breckenridge, born June 13, 1893, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute,
class of 1914, now a student in engineering at Boston Technical Institute;
Richard Booker, born June 2, 1895, for two years attended Virginia Military
Institute, now studying for the medical profession.
[Encyclopedia
of Virginia biography, under the editorial supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler,
1915 - Transcribed by Therman Kellar]
Fanning,
David
David Fanning was born on
October 25, 1755 in Amelia Co VA, the son of David Fanning. He grew up in
Johnston Co NC. He married Sarah Carr in 1782. He was a Loyalist leader in the
American Revolutionary War and Represented Kings Co in the Legislative
Assembly of New Brunswick from 1791-1801. He was accused of rape, found guilty
and sentenced to death even though there were contradictions in the evidence
against him. He received pardon but was exiled. He died in Digby Nova Scotia
on March 18, 1825.
Flournoy, Judge H. W.
Judge Flournoy
was born in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1846. He
is a son of Thomas S. Flournoy, born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, December 14, 1811, died in Halifax
County, March, 1883, and a grandson of John James
Flournoy, born in Prince Edward county in 1780. At
Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, June 8,
1871, he married Rosa Buena, daughter of Henry Wood, Esq., of that county. They have an only son, H. W. Flournoy, Jr. Mrs.
Flournoy's father, born in Amelia County, Virginia,
in 1812, practiced law many years in Mecklenburg and adjoining
counties, and died in Clarksville in 1882.
Judge Flournoy attended school at the Samuel
Davis Institute, Halifax county; T.T. Bouldin's,
Charlotte county; John H. Powell's, Halifax county, and the Pike Towers school at Mt. Laurel,
Halifax county. In January, 1862, not then sixteen
years of age, he entered the Confederate States army. He served as a private
in Company G, 6th Virginia Cavalry, until wounded
at Tom's Brook, Virginia, October 8, 1864. In
November following he was enrolled in the Third Company, Richmond Howitzers,
with which he remained until the surrender at Appomattox. In September, 1867,
Judge Flournoy began the practice of law, in Danville, Virginia. He was elected Judge of the Corporation Court
of Danville in June, 1870, and re-elected in 1876. Resigning this office on
January 1, 1878, he resumed practice in Halifax County.
In 1881 he settled in Washington County; in
1883 was elected to the office he is now ably filling, Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, reelected in 1885, and
again in 1887.
[History of Virginia From Settlement of Jamestown to Close
of The Civil War by Robert Alonzo Brock and Virgil Ansson Lewis, 1888 – Transcribed by
AFOFG]
Giles, William
Branch
William Branch was born on
August 12 1762 in Amelia Co VA. He attended Prince Edward Academy which is now
known as Hampden-Sydney College. He also attended the College of New Jersey,
which is now known as Princeton. He married first to Martha Peyton Tabb in
1797 and built a 28 room house for her, called "The Wigwam". He remarried
after she died in 1808, to Frances Ann Gwyenn in 1810. He died on December 04
1830. Giles Co VA and Giles Co TN are named after him.
Harrison,
William Henry There was
one "Master John Harrison" who was a colonial governor of Virginia, in the
year sixteen hundred and twenty-three (1623) (Smith's History of Virginia)
elected by the Colonists to the place of the governor sent out, who died
during the year. The families of Berkely and Brandon are descended from
him.
Benjamin
Harrison (Hon.) of Surry County, born in Southwark Parish, in that county, in
the year sixteen hundred and forty-five (1645) and who died 1714. His
tombstone is at Cabin Point Chapel, and his will recorded at Surry C. H.; He
is called "Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Esq.," on his tombstone. Benjamin had three
sons and one daughter. Benjamin the eldest settled at Berkely, in the county
of Charles City, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Burwell, of
Gloucester County, by whom he had one son Benjamin, and one daughter,
Elizabeth. He died at the age of thirty-seven in the year 1710. His tombstone
and that of his wife may be seen at Westover burying
ground.
Benjamin
married Anne, daughter of Robert Carter, of Carotoman, commonly called "King
Carter." He and two of his daughters were killed at Berkely by lightning.
Benjamin, his eldest son, was one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Of the remaining sons, Nathaniel settled in Prince George
county; Henry in Surry; Robert in Charles City. Charles was a general of
Cavalry in the Revolutionary war: Carter in Cumberland county, at Clifton;
Benjamin the signer, married Miss Bassitt, and by her had three (3) sons:
Benjamin, Carter Bassitt, and William Henry, a general of 1812, and afterwards
President of the United States. The daughters married, David Copeland, John
Minge, Dr. Richmon, and the fourth twice, first Peyton Randolph, and second,
Captain Singleton.
Benjamin
Jr.’s son Nathaniel, settled at Wakefield, in Surry County. Nathaniel, of
Wakefield, Surry County, married Wilmuth Munford, and by her had one son,
whose name was Benjamin Munford: his mother and father died before he was
seven years of age, when Wm. Allen was appointed his
guardian.
Harrison
was born in New Kent County, at the residence of his maternal grandmother,
November 17, 1788, and married Agnes Atkinson, of Mayfield, who died
without issue; his second marriage was to Dolly Pleasants Gray Briggs Carter
Nicholas, of Norborne, in the county of Dinwiddie, Virginia. Dolly (Benjamin
Munford's wife), was a daughter of Robert Carter Nicholas, of Norborne,
Dinwiddie county, and granddaughter of Col. John Nicholas, who married Dolly
Pleasants Briggs, daughter of Gray Briggs, of "Comans Well," Surry county.
Benjamin Munford, by Dolly P. Nicholas, had two sons and two daughters, to
wit: Nathaniel Cole, John Nicholas, Agnes Atkinson, and Ann Eliza
Carter.
Nathaniel
Cole Harrison was born at "Cat-tails," Amelia County, Virginia, in the year
1820, March 28th, and died September 28, 1887, at Petersburg, Virginia. He
married Elizabeth Leigh Drinkard, by whom he had one son and two daughters, to
wit: William Henry, Mary Heth, and Wilmuth Munford
Harrison.
William
Henry Harrison was born at Petersburg, Virginia, December 30, 1843, and
attended school in Petersburg. He entered the Confederate States Army when a
little over eighteen years of age, in March, 1862, in Company A,
12th Virginia Regiment. He was captured October 27, 1864, at
Burgess' Mill, and held at Point Lookout until March 8, 1865. Among the
battles in which he took part, are—Seven Pines, Frazier’s Farm, Falling Creek,
Drewry’s Bluff, Fredericksburg, Second Manassas, Crampton Gap (Antietam), Cold
Harbor, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Crater, Reem's Station, Farmville; and
surrendered at Appomattox Court House. From 1872 to 1880 he was Commissioner
of Revenue for Petersburg. He is now engaged in business in Petersburg as
dealer in carriages, buggies, wagons, and manufacturer of harness, saddles,
etc. In this city, October 27, 1875, he married Rosa West, of Richmond,
Virginia; she is the daughter of George Montgomery West, who was born at
Concord, New Hampshire, and who died in 1860. Her mother, Evlyn Quarles, was
born in Richmond, Virginia, died in 1858. John West Harrison, first-born of
the children of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, is no longer living. Their remaining
children are: Ann Elizabeth Harrison (Elise), William Henry Harrison, Jr.,
George West Harrison, Nathaniel Cole Harrison, Jr., and Helen West
Harrison.
[Source: Virginia and Virginians:
History of Volume 2; by Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis; publ. 1888;
Pages 634 to 659; transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack
2011]
Jefferson,
Thomas G.
PRIVATE, CO. "B," CORPS OF CADETS.
The subject
of this sketch, Thomas Garland Jefferson, was born January I, 1847, in Amelia
County, Virginia. He was the second child and eldest son of John G. and Otelia
M. Jefferson, who are yet living upon their beautiful estate, "Winterham,"
near Amelia Court-House. Through his mother, whose maiden name was Howlett, he
was related to the large family of that name and blood in Amelia and the
adjacent counties. Through his father he was akin to the large, and
respectable families of Bookers and Egglestons, in Southside Virginia, and
remotely related to the Garlands and Giles', of Virginia, and the author of
the Declaration of American Independence. In features, form, and movements he
very closely resembled his father, while in his character the distinguishing
traits of both his parents were blended. Raised upon a large plantation, and
being the eldest son, and greatly trusted by his father, he was frequently
called upon to overlook and execute important matters of business; hence his
character was unusually matured and robust for one of his age. His primary and
preparatory education was conducted with all the advantages of home influence,
in the family, by the best class of teachers, all of whom testified to his
respectful and manly deportment, and rare fidelity, in and out of the
school-room.
Having completed the usual
preliminary course of studies, he entered the Virginia Military Institute, at
Lexington, August 1, 1863. This event was not only agreeable to his taste, but
was a step toward the fulfilment of his earnest desire to serve his country;
for, although but a stripling, and incapable of service in the field, yet he
was not indifferent to the stirring and stormy scenes of that day, but,
chafing under the restraints imposed by his youth, coveted an opportunity of
taking a personal part in the war for the defense of his home, and liberty,
and country. His stay at the Institute was brief, and yet it was long enough
for him to greatly endear himself to many of his fellow-students, and win the
respect of all. He was distinguished there for sobriety, integrity, firmness,
fidelity to duty, and piety. In the corps of cadets he had none but friends,
and by his room-mates he was not only greatly respected but most
affectionately loved. In the providence of God, however, his connection with
the Institute, so pleasant to himself and so honorable to his memory, was soon
terminated, and with it his life. The corps of cadets was summoned to the
assistance of General Breckinridge, at that time commanding the Confederate
forces in the Valley of Virginia, and greatly pressed by the enemy. On
Wednesday, May 11, 1864, the corps of cadets hastened to his assistance. The
opportunity young Jefferson had so long panted for was now afforded, and to
him the summons to the field was joyful tidings; on the march, which was rapid
and severe, he never complained or faltered. The corps reached New Market on
the morning of May 15, and was almost immediately hurried into the engagement.
In this battle the Cadets played a conspicuous and memorable, and probably
decisive, part. Towards this distinction young Jefferson contributed his life,
and the memory of no one who fell in that battle deserves to be more
affectionately, honorably, and lastingly commemorated. In the presence of the
enemy he was self-possessed, his obedience to orders was prompt and
unhesitating, and in the moment of actual conflict he was as firm as a
veteran, and displayed the gallantry of a chivalrous and patriot soldier. In
the heat of the conflict he fell mortally wounded by a shot through the body.
Two members of his company paused to aid him, but, indifferent to his own
comfort, he pointed to the front, and in words which deserve to be made
immortal, urged them forward, saying, "You can do nothing for me ; go to the
front; there is the place for you!" He was conveyed to a temporary hospital
near the battle-field, and the next day removed to the house of a Mrs.
Clinedinst, by whom, and her daughters and his room-mates, he was most
tenderly nursed, until he was relieved from his sufferings by death, on
Wednesday morning, May 18, 1864. His remains have been transferred to the
Virginia Military Institute, and his name is enrolled on the list of her
honored dead, whose memory is to be perpetuated by a suitable and lasting
monument to their worth.
The character of this
gallant youth was moulded by the happy influence of an amiable, modest, godly,
and affectionate mother, and the example and training of a father
distinguished for sound judgment, punctuality, firmness, industry, and
perseverance. The writer of this remembers Thomas as a lad possessing in a
rare degree those qualities which make the true, practical, and useful men of
the world. His manners were quiet and gentle; he was an unusually dutiful son,
conscientious, polite, and especially respectful and deferential to his
seniors. He was unobtrusive, reticent, and reserved with strangers, but manly,
decided, resolute, and fearless. His tender and affectionate devotion to his
mother, expressed by his habitual regard for her wishes and comfort, was as
attractive as it was conspicuous and uncommon.
We
cannot close this memorial without making prominent the crowning feature of
his character, without which the other traits would have been less lovely and
admirable. He never formally professed himself a child of God by faith in
Christ. This may be explained by his great diffidence. But he early gave
substantial evidences of devoted piety. In the house of God his deportment was
becoming and devotional, and his great regard for, and consistent observance
of, the Sabbath was a rebuke to many professing godliness. His last home
teacher, Rev. Joseph Brown, who roomed with him, spoke of him as the most
pious youth he ever saw, and testified to his prayerfulness and love for the
Word of God. A room-mate, who daily observed his life, speaks of him as one of
the most dutiful Christians at the Institute. The day before his death he
requested the 14th chapter of John to be read to him, and when it was done he
calmly said, "It is well." We note with peculiar pleasure these evidences of
piety. We believe that the most attractive virtues which adorned his life and
character were the fruits of God's renewing and sanctifying spirit, and
another testimony to the value of religion in the formation of the character
of our youth. However gratefully we remember his services, and however gladly
we assist in doing honor to his memory, and transmitting for imitation that
gallantry and devotion to his country in the hour of peril which he displayed
in his life and death, yet we count them as but the small dust in the balance,
and infinitely prefer, for the present and eternal benefit of the youth of our
land, to connect his name with godliness; commend him for imitation as a
sinner saved by grace, and consecrated to the Prince of peace, who bought him
with His precious blood. The highest tribute our love can pay him is to say,
He feared God, and fearing Him he feared nothing else.
Rev. David W.
Shanks.
(Source: Biographical sketches of the Graduates and Eleves of
the Virginia Military Institute who fell during the war between the States, by
Chas. D. Walker. Published 1875. Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails
by Linda Rodriguez)
Jones, John
Winston
John W. Jones was born on
November 22 1791 in Amelia Co VA. He graduated from the College of William and
mary in 1813. He practiced law in Chesterfield Co VA and was appointed in 1818
to Prosecuting Attorney for Virginia's 5th Judicial Court. He was a Democratic
Congressman of VA from 1835 to 1845. Between 1843-1845, he was Speaker of the
House. He died on January 29 1848 at his "Dellwood" plantation, northwest of
Petersburg VA and is buried there.
Marks, Captain Louis L.
Louis L son of Grandison F. Marks, was born in Petersburg on May
13, 1837. His father, born in Prince George county, Virginia, October 24,
1809, died on October 13, 1887, aged seventy-two years. His mother, who was
Sarah T. Bevill, born in Amelia County, Virginia, died in 1838. His wife is
Bettie A. Southall, of Amelia County and they were married in that county, on
May 23, 1860, Rev. R. E. G. Adams uniting them. Her parents were born in
Amelia County, William D. Southall and Sarah Clay. Captain Marks entered the
Confederate States Army in April, 1861, adjutant of the 12th
Virginia regiment. Later he was promoted captain and commanded Company C, same
regiment, which he was leading when wounded at Second Manassas. He was
afterwards appointed captain in the quartermaster's department, and served
until the surrender of Johnston's army at Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a
well-known merchant of Petersburg, a member of the Board of Education, Sunday
school superintendent and president of the Young Men's Christian Association
of Petersburg, at the present time.
[Source: Virginia and Virginians:
History of Volume 2; by Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis; publ. 1888;
Pages 634 to 659; transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack 2011]
Mprriss, Marion M.
The family line of Mr. Morriss, Virginians through
several generations, is thus traced: Isaac Morriss, of Fairfax county,
Virginia, married Ann Thompson, of Amelia county, this State. Their son,
William A. Morriss of Pittsylvania county, married Winifred Quesenbury. A son
born to them, named William L. living also in Pittsylvania county, married Ann
Earp and Marion M. Morriss is their son. He was born in Pittsylvania County,
on March 4, 1843,
Before he was nineteen years of age he had entered the
Southern army, and he served from February, 1862, to the close of the war as
orderly sergeant of the Ringgold Battery. Since the war his home has 1?;en in
Washington county, where he has been identified with the best interests of the
county. For ten years he was a magistrate of the county. He has been, from its
beginning, intimately connected with the Southwest Virginia Institute, and
chairman of its board of trustees since organization. He carries on an estate,
and is also a merchant of Glade Spring.
Mr. Morriss has been twice married.
His first wife, who died February 17, 1882, was Elizabeth A., daughter of
James W. McSpadden of this county. Their children are: William S., Walker M.,
Nina B.. John T., Benham, Mary (deceased), Dabney, Judson and Marion M.;
Secondly Mr. Morriss married Evie Hunter, of Appomattox county, Virginia, and
their only son bears the name of her family, Hunter. She is of well-known
Virginia families; Benjamin and Sarah Hunter, are Williams, of Appomattox
county her parents, and her paternal grandfather Benjamin Hunter who married
Sarah Arrington, of Campbell County. Virginia.
[Source: Virginia and
Virginians: History of Volume 2; by Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis;
publ. 1888; Pgs.722-764; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by
Andrea Stawski Pack]
Moton, Robert Russa
Robert R Moton was born on
August 26 1867 in Amelia Co VA. He was an African American educator and
author. He was an administrator at Hampton Institute, and was also named
principal of Tuskegee Institute. He died on May 31 1940.
Southall,
Anthony W.
Private ANTHONY WEBSTER SOUTHALL,
of Amelia County, Virginia, matriculated in 1844 and remained one year. He was
in training for the profession of law when war was declared with Mexico, and
against the wishes of his family he left the Institute, and joined the company
from his county which was attached to the First Virginia Regiment. He served
through the campaign, but ruined his health, and died soon after returning
home, from the effects of his severe service in Mexico. Anthony Webster
Southall was a son of Dr. Phillip T. Southall, and his wife, Elizabeth
Webster, and was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
(Source: The
Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by:
Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
Terhune,
Mrs. Mary Virginia, author of Pompton, N.J., was born Dec. 21, 1831,
in Amelia County, Va. She is the author of The Hidden Path and other
works.
[Herringshaw's American Blue-Book of Biography by Thomas William
Herringshaw and American Publishers' Association, 1914, Transcribed by
AFOFG]
Walker, William T. , M.
D.
Was born in Prince Edward county, Virginia, August 22, 1825. He
married S. Josephine Sampson, who died in 1870, leaving him three daughters,
and four sons: Lelia, Frank, Richard S., Josephine S., Mary S., William T. and
John. On May 25, 1875, Rev. Wm. Norwood officiating clergyman, he was united
in marriage with Mrs. Frances Bayly formerly Frances Holladay, born
inSpotsylvania county. Virginia. They have one daughter, Gulielma. Dr. Walker
is of Virginia descent, his father, William T. Walker, born in Amelia county,
served in Revolutionary war with rank of captain; died in September, 1833. The
mother of Dr. Walker was Mary, daughter of John Dupuy, and descendant of
Bartholomew Dupuy, a Huguenot refugee, who settled in Manakintown, Virginia
colony, in 1699. She was born in Prince Edward county, and died in February,
1861. Dr. Walker holds the degree of A. M. from Hampden-Sidney college; of M.
D. from t he Jefferson Medical college. He began practice in Prince Edward
county in 1849. In 1852 removed to Goochland county, and was thirty years in
practice there. In 1882 settled in Lynchburg, where he still remains. He is a
member of the Lynchburg city council. He entered service in the Confederate
States Army on June 29, 1861, as surgeon at City Almshouse hospital, Richmond.
After several months service there, he was appointed surgeon in charge of the
hospital at Huguenot Spring, a hospital having 700 capacity, and remained
there until the close of the war.
Source: Virginia and Virginians: History
of Volume 2; by Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis; publ. 1888;
transcribed by Andrea Pack pgs. 556 to 595
Williams, Price, commission merchant, was born
June 4, 1811, in Buckingham County, Va., and died November 10, 1884, in Mobile; son of Warner and Elizabeth (Price) Williams,
the former a native of Amelia County, Va.; grandson of Philip Williams and
wife, who was a Miss Hundley, of Virginia, and of John Price of Cumberland
County, Va. He received a common school education in his native county and
located in Livingston in 1835, for thirteen years was
clerk of the county court, at that time a very lucrative position. In 1848 he
removed to Mobile where he became a partner in the commercial house of Baker
Williams and company. In 1851 he was elected on the Southern Rights Democracy
ticket to the legislature, and was made chairman to the committee on banks and
banking and also a member of the ways and means committee. On account of his
age he could not enter the Confederate Army but was captain of the
Mobile home guards
and did efficient county service in 1864-65. He was chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of the Mobile district, 1874; was a Methodist; and a Mason. He was an
ardent believer in drawing the line between the races and took an active part
in redeeming the State from Republican rule and negro domination in political
affairs during reconstruction days. Married: (1) December 17, 1833, in
Buckingham County, Va., to Pauline W., daughter of Daniel and Kesiah Nash, of
Livingston, Nelson County, Va.; (2) June 3, 1873, in Moss Point, Jackson County,
Miss., to Emma, daughter of Ebenzer and Sarah (Burleson) Clark, the former a
native of New York City, the latter of Savannah, Ga.; granddaughter of Aaron
Burleson; great-granddaughter of Jesse Burleson who was a soldier of the
Revolution. Children by first wife: 1. Fannie, m. John R. Tompkins; 2. Price
Williams, jr. (q. v.); 3. Pauline, m. Victor Von Schellar; 4. Robert S.,
physician; by second wife: 5. Marvin Clark Price, m. Julia Helm Moss; 6. Emma Price, m. Ashbel
Hubbard; 7. Lolla Price, m. Louis Jorite Meader; 8. Bettie Price; 9. James
Osgood Andrew, m. Caro Belle Colsson; 10. Jefferson Hamilton Price, m. Agnes
Cleveland. Last residence: Mobile.
[History of Alabama and
dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead
Owen, 1921 - Transcribed by AFOFG]
Wilson, A. Randolph
With the
organization of the Amicable Life Insurance Company, of Waco, March 8, 1910,
A. Randolph Wilson came to this city to accept the positions of secretary
and assistant actuary, capacities in which he had
had wide and varied experience in the East. He has
since continued among the business men of Waco, and
has firmly established his right to be accounted one of the progressive
and energetic men of this progressive and energetic city. Mr. Wilson is a native of Richmond,
Virginia, born February 28, 1882, a son of George M. and
Mary F. (Thweatt) Wilson. He is a direct descendant of Captain Francis
Eppes, an immigrant to Virginia in 1625 from
England, and Henry Randolph who immigrated to
Virginia in 1643 from Northamptonshire, England.
George M. Wilson was
born on the Brierfield plantation, in Amelia County, Virginia, January 13,
1842, and has spent his entire life in the Old
Dominion state, where he is prominent in business circles as secretary and treasurer of the Tidewater and
Western Railway Company. He married May F. Thweatt, who was born on the
Eppington plantation, in Chesterfield county,
Virginia, in 1855, and she died at Richmond,
Virginia, in 1908, the mother of six children, as follows: Minnie, who is now
Mrs. J. G. Robert, of St. Louis, Missouri; Richard T., of Richmond, Virginia,
secretary of the State Corporation Commission; Georgia M., who is now the wife
of W. T. Harris, of Richmond, Virginia; Florence E., who is the wife of LeRoy
Roper, of Petersburg, Virginia; A. Randolph, of this review; and Edward L., of Waco, clerk of the Texas National Exchange Bank.
A. Randolph Wilson
was granted excellent educational advantages in his youth, attending the public and
high schools of Richmond, and then entering
the Virginia Polytechnic School, from which he was graduated with the degree
of Bachelor of Sciences, in mechanical and
electrical engineering. After completing his studies he entered the
employ of the Virginia Passenger and Power
Company, as switch and motor tester, and after one year went to New York with the Gray
National Telautograph Company, as inspector, in 1904. When he resigned his
position with that company, three years later, he had been advanced to the
position of manager of the Cleveland (Ohio) office. His next connection was
with the Life Insurance Company of Richmond, Virginia, where he remained in
the actuary department for two years, and he then
became secretary and actuary for the Eastern Life
Association Company of Virginia, at Norfolk, for one year. On March 8, 1910,
he accepted his present position with the Amicable Life Insurance Company when
it was organized at Waco, and at this time he is a
stockholder and director in the company. From
the time of his youth Mr. Wilson has gradually
progressed until he now stands as one of the directing heads of an enterprise
which figures prominently in business circles throughout the Southwest,
and he owes his
advancement to the fact that he has thoroughly mastered every task devolving
upon him, the readiness with which he has recognized and grasped opportunities
and to his
adaptation of new conditions evolved in business life to the needs of the
present day. He enjoys fishing and hunting, and has always taken a keen interest in mathematics, but aside
from these diversions his business and
his home keep him fully occupied, both of which
bear testimony of his careful consideration. His home is located at No. 1919
Columbus Street, in addition to which he is the owner of some valuable real
estate in Waco. Mr. Wilson is independent in his political views, and has had no desire to seek
public office.
On February 28,
1910, Mr. Wilson was married at Christianburg, Virginia, to Miss Gertrude H.
Spindle, daughter of R. B. Spindle, of
Christianburg, a wholesale and retail grocery
merchant. Two bright and interesting children have
been born to this union: Gertrude H. and Mary
R.
[A
history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4 By
Francis White Johnson, 1914 – Transcribed by
AFOFG]
