Descendants of Robert Brooke
Fifth Generation 
75. Agnes KIRBY was born on 3 May 1763 in Halifax Co. VA, died on 26 Dec 1832 in Sangamon Co., Illinois, at age 69, and was buried in 1832 in Carlyle Cem. Logan Co. IL.
Agnes married James L. TURLEY on 10 May 1781 in Henry Co. VA. James was born on 8 Jan 1761 in Fairfax Co., VA, died on 4 Jun 1836 in Sangamon Co., Illinois, at age 75, and was buried in 1836 in Carlyle Cem. Logan Co. IL.
Children from this marriage were:
186 F i. Sarah TURLEY was born on 13 Apr 1782 and died in Mar 1824 in Logan Co., Illinois, at age 41.
+ 187 M ii. David TURLEY was born on 26 Dec 1783 in Henry County, Virginia and died in 1825 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky, at age 42.
188 F iii. Elizabeth TURLEY was born on 29 Jan 1786.
189 M iv. Samuel TURLEY was born on 10 Jan 1788.
190 M v. Charles TURLEY was born on 16 Dec 1789.
191 M vi. William TURLEY was born on 29 Nov 1791.
192 M vii. John TURLEY was born on 16 Jan 1794.
193 M viii. James TURLEY was born on 11 Feb 1796.
194 M ix. George Washington TURLEY was born on 5 Mar 1798.
195 F x. Nancy TURLEY was born on 4 Jul 1800.
196 M xi. Thomas Jefferson TURLEY was born on 7 May 1802.
197 F xii. Lucy TURLEY was born on 7 May 1804.
198 F xiii. Emily TURLEY was born on 7 May 1804.
199 F xiv. Agnes TURLEY was born on 16 Sep 1808.
91. Humphrey Brooke DUVAL was born on 15 Sep 1785 in Henrico Co, VA and died on 21 Dec 1831 in Robertson Co., Tennessee, at age 46.
General Notes: Will Bk 7:375-77,Robertson,TN
Humphrey married Mary Anderson CLAY on 7 Jul 1808 in Probably, Dinwiddie, VA. Mary was born on 10 Jun 1792 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia and died on 10 Apr 1855 in Franklin, Kentucky, at age 62.
Children from this marriage were:
200 F i. Eliza Ann DUVAL was born on 2 Feb 1810 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia and died in Oct 1815 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, at age 5.
+ 201 F ii. Elizabeth "Betsey" Henry DUVAL was born on 20 Oct 1811 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia and died on 6 Mar 1893 in Louisville, Kentucky, at age 81.
202 F iii. Mary Ann DUVAL was born in Aug 1813 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia and died on 21 Sep 1816 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, at age 3.
203 M iv. Daniel DUVAL was born on 16 Feb 1815 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia and died on 2 Oct 1816 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, at age 1.
+ 204 M v. James Clay DUVAL was born on 10 Oct 1816 in Muldrow's Hill, Kentucky and died on 15 Oct 1886 in Bastrop, Texas, at age 70.
205 M vi. Zebulon Montgomery Pike DUVAL was born on 25 Jan 1818 and died on 1 Apr 1841 in Robertson Co., Tennessee, at age 23.
206 M vii. Laurence DUVAL was born on 20 Jan 1820 and died in Oct 1820.
207 M viii. Oliver Hazard Perry DUVAL was born on 8 Oct 1821 in Robertson Co., Tennessee and died on 12 Jun 1880 in Sumner Co., Tennessee, at age 58.
Oliver married Caroline LOVELL on 26 Sep 1842 in Sumner Co., Tennessee. Caroline was born on 8 Dec 1824 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
+ 208 F ix. Mary Elizabeth DUVAL was born on 16 Jul 1823 in Robertson Co., Tennessee and died in Apr 1922 in Simpson Co., Kentucky, at age 98.
+ 209 F x. Maria Brooke DUVAL was born on 10 Mar 1825 in Robertson Co., Tennessee and died on 9 May 1862 in Franklin, Kentucky, at age 37.
210 F xi. Brooke DUVAL was born on 13 Feb 1827 and died on 2 Aug 1827.
211 F xii. Philadelphia Dunscomb DUVAL was born on 18 Feb 1828 and died on 8 Aug 1853, at age 25.
Death Notes: a few weeks before she was to have been married
93. Elizabeth Frances BROOKE was born about 1793 and died about 1860, about age 67.
General Notes: Brooke Family Cemetery
2210 Hunter Mill Rd., Vienna, Va.
When the BROOKE Family sold this property in 1929 they reserved a 25' x 65' burial ground from the sale (Db N10:199). The cemetery is located in a small clump of trees @ 40 yards from the road and 50 yards south of the driveway. Periwinkle covers the area and a large boxwood is near the middle of the site. There are 12+ burials marked by fieldstones. The two inscribed stones below were recorded by a 1981 survey of the site, however a 1994 follow up visit was unable to locate them. The cemetery is overgrown and neglected.
Elizabeth married John CARTER . John was born in 1773, died on 2 Mar 1838, at age 65, and was buried in Mar 1838 in Taliaferro/Carter Family Cemetery Located West Of Centreville, Fairfax Co, VA.
Children from this marriage were:
212 M i. Thomas T. CARTER .
Thomas married Sarah M. TALIAFERRO , daughter of Charles Hay TALIAFERRO and Mary Aylett BRENT .
James married Eleanor Hawkins SMITH in 1824 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA. Eleanor was born of Warrenton, VA.
Children from this marriage were:
213 M i. Haratio Penrose VASS was born in 1837 in Baltimore, Balitimore, Maryland and died on 27 Jul 1914 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, at age 77.
General Notes: When a youth he moved to Richmond, VA where he resided until he was 19 yeasr of age. Then he moved to Mobile, AL. Married 1st, Emma Jane Townsend of Mobile, AL; 2nd, Charlotte Erwin of Tennessee and 3rd, Judith Guest of Danville, KY. Had in all, four daughters and four sons.
Haratio married Emma Jane TOWNSEND .
Haratio next married Charlotte ERWIN . Charlotte was born in Tennesee.
Haratio next married Judith GUEST .
98. James Vass BROOKE was born on 10 Oct 1824 in Falmouth, Virginia, died on 9 Oct 1898 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA, at age 73, and was buried in Oct 1898 in Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, VA.
Death Notes: Died at his home
General Notes: Name: James Vass Brooke
born at Falmouth, Virginia, October 10, 1824, son of William Brooke, exporting merchant, and Jeannie Morrison, his wife, half-sister of James Vass, of Fredericksburg. He studied law under Judge R. L. C. Moncure, settled in Warrenton, and began law practice at the early age of nineteen years. He was an ardent Whig. He served as commonwealth attorney, and state secretary of the American party. He was elected to the convention of 1861, and signed the ordinance of secession. In 1862 he organized and took to the field, Brooke's battery, which was attached to Jackson's corps. During the valley campaign, his ankle was broken by the kick of an artillery horse, but he returned on crutches, and took part in the battle of Fredericksburg. His disability forbade further military service, and in 1863 he entered the house of delegates, in which he served until the fall of Richmond. After the war he was a law partner of Hon. R. Taylor Scott, in Warrenton, and his practice covered a period of fifty-five years. He canvassed actively for every Democratic presidential nominee from 1868 to 1896, when he supported Palmer and Buckner. He served several times in the house of delegates and senate, and in the latter body, in 1877, labored arduously for the "Brooke bill," providing for an amicable settlement of the state debt. In the next session he was chairman of the judiciary committee, and took a leading part in the revision of the code of Virginia. He served in all important offices, and was largely instrumental in modernizing the pavements, lighting and water supply of Warrenton. He was for forty-five years an elder of the Presbyterian church, and many times a delegate to the general assembly; for two years acceptably filled the pulpit in the absence of the pastor; and was for twenty-five years superintendent of the Sunday school. He died October 9, 1898.
In politics he was a follower of Henry Clay.
1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > Ashbys>age 26>lawyer
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > South West Revenue District> age 35>lawyer
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District>age 45> lawyer
1880 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > All Townships > District 44>age 55>lawyer
1890?? age 65
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Lawyer-admitted to Fauquier bar before he was 20/CSA.
• Education: privated school in Fredericksburg/studied law under Judge R. L. C. Moncure/worked for Samuel Chilton.
• Religion: Presbyterian.
• Military: Military.
James married Mary Elizabeth NORRIS , daughter of Thaddeus NORRIS and Ann [---?---] , on 22 May 1844 in Fauquier Co., VA. Mary was born about 1822 in Virginia and died after 1870 in Fauquier Co., VA.
Marriage Notes: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > Ashbys>age 28
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > South West Revenue District> age 36
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District>age
Children from this marriage were:
+ 214 M i. William Throckmorton BROOKE was born about 1846 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA.8
215 M ii. Richard Norris W. BROOKE was born about 1848 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA.8
General Notes: Never married
1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > Ashbys>age3
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > South West Revenue District> age 12
1870 ??
1880 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > All Townships > District 44>age 32>artist
Richard Brooke, vice principal of the Corcoran School of Art from 1902 to 1918, and a writer, 19th century journalist and writer
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Artist/journalist and writer/Consul, La Rochelle, France.
+ 216 F iii. Jeannie Morrison BROOKE was born about 1850 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA.8
+ 217 M iv. James Vass BROOKE Jr. was born about 1853 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA.8
+ 218 M v. Francis "Frank" Calvert BROOKE was born about 1856 in Virginia.8
219 F vi. Nannie A. BROOKE was born about 1858 in Virginia and died before 1898 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > South West Revenue District> age 2
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District>age 12
105. Robert Spotswood BROOKE was born on 5 Sep 1800 in St. Julien, Virginia and died on 14 May 1851 in Staunton, Augusta Co. VA, at age 50.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 56
Robert Spotswood Brooke((3)) (Francis T.((2)), Richard((1))), son of Francis Taliaferro Brooke and Mary Randolph Spotswood, his wife, b. at St. Julien, September 5, 1800; d. Staunton, Va., May, 1851. Married (first) Elizabeth Smith, of Folly, Va., near Staunton, Va. Issue:
Brooke, Robert S. Va. Va. Cadet Military Academy 1 Oct 1816 (7); 3 lieutenant ordnance 1 July 1820; resigned 1 Dec 1820; [died 14 May 1851.]
Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army B. page 248
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Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: lawyer/servied in the General Assembly.
Robert married Elizabeth Battaille SMITH in 1828 near Staunton, VA. Elizabeth was born in 1810 of Folly, VA and died about 1834, about age 24.
Children from this marriage were:
220 F i. Virginia BROOKE was born about 1831 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 19
Virginia married Dr. B. B. DONAGHE . B. was born about 1824 in Virginia and died between 1870-1880.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Physician.
221 F ii. Elizabeth BROOKE was born about 1833 in Virginia and died after 1880.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 17
Elizabeth married James C. COCHRAN . James was born about 1831 in Virginia and died after 1880.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Farmer.
222 F iii. Margaret Lyle BROOKE .
Margaret married Thomas P. ESKRIDGE .
Robert next married Margaret Lyle SMITH on 24 Nov 1835. Margaret was born after 1800 in Egypt, VA.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 42
Robert Spotswood Brooke((3)). Married (second) Margaret Lisle Smith, daughter of Abraham Smith, of Harrisonburg, Va. Miss Lisle was daughter of Mr. Lisle and Margaret Baker, daughter of John Baker and Judith Howard Baker, who was daughter of Peter Wood and Susanna C. Joanna Howard. Issue: 3
Children from this marriage were:
223 M i. Berkeley BROOKE was born about 1836 in Virginia and died in Infancy.
224 M ii. John F. BROOKE was born about 1839 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age11
John married Ann CARTER .
225 F iii. Juliet BROOKE was born about 1841 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 9
226 F iv. Mary R. BROOKE was born about 1843 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 7
Mary married John BOCOCK .
227 F v. Martha BROOKE was born about 1845 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 5
Martha married Walter CHERMSIDE . Walter was born in England.
228 M vi. Francis T. BROOKE was born about 1847 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Augusta district 2 > age 3
106. Mary Randolph Spotswood BROOKE .
General Notes: III. Mary Randolph Spotswood Brooke((3)). Married Dr. Edmund Berkeley.
Mary Randolph Spotswood Brooke((3)) (Francis Taliaferro((2)), Richard((1))), daughter of Judge Francis Taliaferro Brooke and Mary Randolph Spotswood. Married Dr. Edmund Berkeley, of Staunton, son of Dr. Carter Berkeley and Katherine Spotswood Carter, of Shirley, of Edgewood, Hanover Co., who was son of Nelson Berkeley I (and Elizabeth Wormeley Carter, of Sabine Hall), of Airwell, Hanover Co., Va.; who was son of Edmund Berkeley II, of Barn Elms, Middlesex County, Va. (and Mary Nelson of Yorktown); who was son of Edmund Berkeley I, of Barn Elms, Middlesex Co., Va. (and Lucy Burwell of Carter's Creek, Gloucester Co., Va.); who was son of Edmund Berkeley I, of Gloucester Co., Va. (and Mary -; who was son of Edmund Berkeley; who was a son of Maurice Berkeley; who was a son of John Berkeley, the head of the Beverstone branch of the Berkeley family in England, and who came to Virginia in 1619 and was killed in the massacre of 1622 at Falling Creek 3
Mary married Dr. Edmund BERKELEY . Edmund was born of Staunton.
General Notes: son of Dr. Carter Berkeley and Katherine Spotswood Carter, of Shirley, of Edgewood, Hanover Co., who was son of Nelson Berkeley I (and Elizabeth Wormeley Carter, of Sabine Hall), of Airwell, Hanover Co., Va.; who was son of Edmund Berkeley II, of Barn Elms, Middlesex County, Va. (and Mary Nelson of Yorktown); who was son of Edmund Berkeley I, of Barn Elms, Middlesex Co., Va. (and Lucy Burwell of Carter's Creek, Gloucester Co., Va.); who was son of Edmund Berkeley I, of Gloucester Co., Va. (and Mary -; who was son of Edmund Berkeley; who was a son of Maurice Berkeley; who was a son of John Berkeley, the head of the Beverstone branch of the Berkeley family in England, and who came to Virginia in 1619 and was killed in the massacre of 1622 at Falling Creek 3
Children from this marriage were:
108. Francis Edward BROOKE was born about 1805 in Virginia, died on 16 Apr 1874 in "St. Julien, " Spotsylvania, VA, about age 69, and was buried in 1874 in Brooke Grave Yard At St. Julien.
Burial Notes: unmarked grave
General Notes: Lived 15 yrs at "Millfarm", Louisa Co. VA and partly in Richmond. In 1852 removed to St. Julien
1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Louisa > age 37>farmer>16,300.00
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > St Georges Parish> age 48> farmer/52,000/70,000
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > Cortland> age 58> farmer>40,000/1,600 3
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Planter.
Francis married Gabriella "Ella" Brokenbrough AMBLER , daughter of Col John AMBLER and Katherine BUSH , on 25 Nov 1837 in Richmond, Richmond Co. VA. Gabriella was born on 18 May 1815 in Richmond, Richmond Co. VA, died on 30 May 1874 in "St. Julien, " Spotsylvania, VA, at age 59, and was buried in 1874 in Brooke Grave Yard At St. Julien.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Louisa > age 34
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > St Georges Parish> age 45
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > Cortland> age 54
Virginia, Prominent Families, Vol. 1-4
obituary of Mrs. Francis E. Brooke
Mrs. Brooke, the youngest child of Col. John Ambler, of Richmond, was born in that city, May 18, 1815. On the 25th of November, 1837, she became the wife of the late Francis E. Brooke, Esq. (he died two weeks before his wife), and after spending fifteen years partly at Millfarm, Louisa County, Va., and partly in Richmond, removed in 1852 to St. Julien.
Died.-At St. Julien, near Fredericksburg, May 3, 1874, Mrs. Francis E.Brooke, in the 59th year of her age.
Her last illness was long and painful, but no murmur fell from her lips. Her husband, over whom she had so long watched with an affection which neither sickness nor suffering could abate, was taken from her on the 16th of May. And now she seemed to think only of him and her Savior. Her prayers went up continually to Him, that he would bless her children and take her to be with Him and with her husband. Amid sufferings the most cruel and protracted she looked continually to Jesus. She trusted only in Him; and He whose "strength is made perfect in weakness" upheld her with His truth, and made her to realize, even in the Valley and the Shadow of Death, that underneath her were the everlasting arms. 3
Children from this marriage were:
+ 230 M i. Dr. Francis Taliaferro BROOKE was born on 16 Aug 1842 in Virginia, died on 31 Mar 1882 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, at age 39, and was buried in 1882 in Shockoe Cemetery.
+ 231 M ii. John Jaquelin Ambler BROOKE was born on 18 Dec 1846 in Virginia and died on 30 May 1923 in Culpeper County, Virginia, at age 76.
232 M iii. Edward Carter BROOKE was born on 2 Feb 1848 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Louisa > age 3
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > St Georges Parish> age 12
1890?? age 42
1900 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Culpeper > Catalpa > District 4>age 51>salesman>single
138. III. Edward Carter Brooke((6)), b. Feb. 2, 1848; Married Cook Green.
Edward Carter Brooke((6)) (Gabriella B. Ambler((5)), John((4)), Edward((3)), Richard Ambler((2)), Edward Jaquelin((1))), son of Gabriella B. Ambler and Francis E. Brooke, of St. Julien, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, b. February 2, 1848. He lived at Milfarm, Louisa County, Virginia, till the farm was sold in 1901, or 1902. Married (about this time) Cooke Green, sister of Elizabeth Bruce Green. They reside at Greenwood, Culpeper County, Virginia. The mother, Mrs. Green, is still living, and is at Greenwood with her youngest daughter. Mr. E. C. Brooke has a fine travelling position. No issue. 3
Edward married Million Cooke GREEN , daughter of John Cooke GREEN and Lucy Pendleton MORTON , about 1901. Million was born in Jun 1860 in Virginia.
General Notes: Sister is Elizabeth Bruce Green
1900 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Culpeper > Catalpa > District 4> age 39
233 F iv. Catherine BROOKE was born on 11 May 1850 in Virginia and died on 25 Aug 1858 in Virginia, at age 8.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Louisa > age 11 months
139. IV. Catherine Ambler Brooke((6)), b. May 11, 1850; d. Aug. 25, 1858. 3
+ 234 F v. Mary Champe Carter BROOKE was born on 25 May 1852 in Virginia and died on 25 May 1852.
235 F vi. Ella Ambler BROOKE was born on 3 May 1854 in Virginia and died in May 1886, at age 32.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > St Georges Parish> age 6
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Spotsylvania > Cortland> age 16
143. VI. Ella Ambler Brooke((6)), b. May 3, 1854; d. May 1886. Married (Sept. 1885) - Camm. 3
Ella married Mr. CAMM in Sep 1885.
110. Henry Laurens BROOKE was born on 16 Jul 1808 in Millvale, In Stafford County, West Virginia and died in 1874 in Rion Hall, Charlestown, West Virginia, at age 66.
Death Notes: the home of his son-in-law,
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Richmond (Independent City) > Richmond> age 42>lawyer
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV
(VI) Henry Laurens Brooke, son of John Taliaferro Brooke, was born at
Millvale, in Stafford county, Virginia, July 16, 1808, died in Charles
Town, West Virginia, in 1874, at Rion Hall, the home of his son-in-law,
Judge Daniel B. Lucas. He was educated by private tutors until he was
seventeen years old, when he went to private schools in Richmond. He took
up the study of law and practiced in Richmond until after the civil war,
when he removed to Baltimore, Maryland, where he practiced for a few
years, after which he removed to Charles Town, West Virginia, where his
death occurred. He was an advocate learned in the law, fearless in the
championship of the right, and gained honor and distinction through
capable service in public office. He was for many years commonwealth
attorney for Richmond, and was the incumbent of several civil positions
under the confederate states government. He was an old line Whig in
political faith, and a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. He
married Virginia, daughter of Judge Henry St. George and Ann Evelina
(Hunter) Tucker. She died in Richmond, Virginia, in the fall of 1863,
aged forty-seven years. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Children: 1. Evelina Tucker, born July 20, 1838; married Judge Daniel B.
Lucas, for many years a judge in West Virginia courts. 2. Anne Selden,
born June 10, 1840; married, December 5, 1867, James Fairfax McLaughlin,
died 1904. 3. Virginia Dandridge, born June 3, 1842, died 1845. 4. St.
George Tucker, born July 22, 1844; married, August 15, 1882, Mary
Harrison, daughter of Thomas A. and Anne (Washington) Brown, of Charles
Town, West Virginia. 5. John Taliaferro, born June 9, 1846, died July 20,
1846. 6. Francis John, born December 24, 1847; married, November 25,
1880, Elizabeth Gay Bentley, who died August 11, 1903. 7. Virginia
Tucker, born July 26, 1850, died July 1, 1865. 8. David Tucker, of whom
further. 9. Elizabeth Dallas, born February 6, 1854. 10. Henry Laurens,
born October 3, 1856; married Mrs. Mary Johnson. 11. Laura Beverly, born
April 21, 1860; married Everett Wade Bedinger.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Lawyer.
• Education: educated by private tutors until he was seventeen years old, when he went to private schools in Richmond.
• Religion: Episcopal.
Henry married Virginia St George TUCKER , daughter of Judge Henry St. George TUCKER and Ann Evelina HUNTER . Virginia was born about 1816 in Virginia and died in 1863 in Richmond, Richmond Co. VA, about age 47.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Richmond (Independent City) > Richmond> age 33
Virginia, daughter of Judge Henry St. George and Ann Evelina
(Hunter) Tucker. She died in Richmond, Virginia, in the fall of 1863,
aged forty-seven years. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV
Noted events in her life were:
• Religion: Presbyterian.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 236 M i. Henry St. George Tucker BROOKE was born on 22 Jul 1844 in Millvale, In Stafford County, West Virginia and died in May 1914, at age 69.
112. Richard B. MAURY was born about 1787 in Albemarle County, Virginia and died about 1838, about age 51.
Richard married Ellen MAGRUDER in Virginia.
Children from this marriage were:
237 M i. Richard B. MAURY was born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia.
117. Maj.-Gen. George Mercer BROOKE was born on 16 Oct 1785 in King William, Virginia "Mantapike" and died on 9 Mar 1851 in San Antonio, Bexar, TX, at age 65.
General Notes: George Mercer BROOKE graduated from the United States Military Academy and served with distinction in the War of 1812.
He was Major of the 23rd Infantry at the battle of Niagara or Lundy's Lane, where owing to the death of McFarland the command of the regiment devolved upon BROOKE; he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel and later colonel for "distinguished and meritorious conduct" in defense and sortie from Fort Erie in 1814.
He was promoted to the rank of a full colonel of the 5th US Infantry on July 15 1831 and made a Brigadier-General in 1824. In 1834 he was in command at Fort Howard, Northwest Territory. He served in the Mexican War and was promoted in 1848 to the rank of major-general and died at San Antonio, Texas, where a monument was raised over him by the soliders of his command.
Fort Brooke, Tampa, Florida, was named in his honor.
Col. George Mercer Brooke, a native of Virginia, established and was the first commanding officer of Ft. Brooke, Fla.,the post being named in his honor. Ft. Brooke, established in 1824 as an outpost for the Seminole War, was originally a sixteen miles square including the entire present site of Tampa and much of Hillsborough County. Its bounds were later contracted to that part of Tampa which is south of the present Whiting St
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: US Army.
• Education: United States Military Academy.
• Military: Military.
George married Lucy THOMAS on 2 Nov 1819 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Lucy was born on 26 Dec 1804 in Duxbury, Massachusetts and died on 30 Apr 1839, at age 34.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 238 M i. Commander John Mercer BROOKE was born on 18 Dec 1826 in Tampa, Hillsborough, FL, died on 14 Dec 1906 in Lexington, Virginia, at age 79, and was buried in 1906 in Stonewall Cemetery (Presbyterian), Lexington, VA.
118. Anna Maria BROOKE was born on 15 May 1787 in Virginia, died on 8 May 1854 in Lexington, Albemarle Co, Virginia, at age 66, and was buried in 1854 in Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Norfolk (Independent City) > Norfolk> age 63
Anna married Col. William Henry GARNETT Sr. , son of Mucoe GARNETT and Grace Fenton MERCER , on 4 Jun 1807 in Virginia. William was born on 12 Jul 1786 in "Mount Pleasant", Essex, Virginia and died on 16 Mar 1866, at age 79.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Norfolk (Independent City) > Norfolk> age 64> Collector of customs
Children from this marriage were:
239 F i. Anna Maria Catherine GARNETT was born on 19 Aug 1808.
240 M ii. Muscoe GARNETT was born on 7 May 1810.
+ 241 F iii. Charlotte Olympia GARNETT was born on 4 Jun 1812 in Virginia and died on 26 Mar 1862, at age 49.
242 F iv. Heneritta Louisa Fenton GARNETT was born on 18 Sep 1814 in Virginia and died on 25 Jan 1859 in Lexington, Albemarle Co, Virginia, at age 44.
Heneritta married Thomas H. WILLIAMSON .
243 M v. Richard Brooke GARNETT was born on 21 Nov 1817 in Essex Co., Virginia and died on 3 Jul 1863 in Battle Of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at age 45.
General Notes: Essex County, Virginia, America(killed in action), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Richard Brooke Garnett, twin brother of William Henry Garnett, was born on November 21, 1817. His father was Colonel William Henry Garnett [1786-1866] of the "Rose Hill" plantation, Virginia, and his mother was Anna Maria Brooke [1787-1854]. Depending on several different accounts, the Garnett brothers were born at one of the family's three plantations: Rose Hill, Champlain ["Font Hill"], or Mount Pleasant. There were also six girls in this family, each of whom married influential professors, engineers, or military men. One sister married the man who would later become the chief engineer to General Stonewall Jackson.
After receiving excellent early education in Essex County and also in Norfolk, Richard Brooke Garnett entered the West Point Military Academy in 1836. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in the West Point class of 1841, ranked in the 29th position in the class [two spots behind his cousin, Robert Selden Garnett]. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 6th US Infantry in 1841. He began his service in the field during the Second Seminole War in Florida, 1841-2. After he saw minimal action, he was ordered west and served at various locales in his commissioned rank at Jefferson Barracks [Missouri], Fort Towson [in the Indian Territory], and at Fort Smith [Arkansas.
He was aide-de-camp to his uncle, Brvt. Brigadier General George Mercer Brooke, at New Orleans, and at San Antonio, Texas, 1845-51. He was promoted first lieutenant on February 16, 1847. He was on frontier duty at Fort Laramie, Dakota, 1852-54; on recruiting service 1854-5 and was advanced to captain in the 6th US Infantry on May 9, 1855. The rank of Captain was the highest staff position that he would achieve while serving in the Federal army. He continued to serve with the "Old Army" at Fort Pierre where he assisted in quelling the Kansas disturbances of 1856-7, and was detailed to escort the Southern Boundary Commission in 1857.
He was at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1857-8, and later was engaged in the Utah Expedition and the subsequent march to California reaching as far as Fort Yuma and Fort Mojave. He returned to Benicia, California to serve until 1861.
It was during this time that Garnett attended the "Hancock party" in Los Angeles where he together with General Winfield S. Hancock and Lewis A. Armistead struggled with the difficult choice of continuing to serve under the old flag or to resign and serve their confederate states. Like many other Southerners, Garnett did not agree with secession, and he even spoke out strongly against it [the only public speech he ever gave]. However, like most all Southerners, he could not raise his hand against Virginia, and thus resigned his Commission on May 17, 1861 and offered his services to Virginia and the Confederacy.
He was commissioned a major in the corps of artillery and in November 1861 was promoted to Brigadier-General in the Confederate States army.
General Garnett was attached to the "Stonewall" Brigade, serving under General Jackson in the Valley campaigns. He was later transferred to General Pickett's division and placed in command of a brigade consisting of the 8th, 18th, 19th, 28th and 56th Virginia regiments.
At the battle of Gettysburg, although he had been very ill, he was lifted to his horse and on July 3, 1863, led his brigade, consisting of the flower of Virginia's young manhood, in the famous charge from which but a handful returned from the scene of carnage.
As he urged his men forward, Garnett shouted: "Faster men! Faster! Step out faster! Steady! Don't double quick! Save your strength and your ammunition for the final charge!" These were reputed to be his last words. General Brooke Garnett was shot from his horse while near the middle of the brigade within about 25 paces of the stone wall. [A recreation of Pickett's charge and Garnett's last moments is included in the motion picture "Gettysburg"]
Richard Garnett was never married, but did have a brief affair while on his western duty---a liaison that produced a child, William Garnett.
Richard Garnett's war effects, along with those of his cousin [General Robert Selden Garnett] are housed today in the Museum of the Confederacy. Richard's possessions, including "the Lost Sword of Richard Garnett from the battle of Gettysburg" are stored away at the Museum for research and preservation. The story of how the sword eventually got to the Museum is an interesting one. After Richard Garnett was shot from his horse in the charge at Gettysburg, his sword somehow "mysteriously" disappeared. Years later it turned up in a Baltimore pawn shop. Colonel Stuart, who had survived the charge, happened to see the piece in the pawn shop and recognising it, bought it and returned it to Garnett's niece, Mrs. John Purcell. In the middle of this current century, almost a hundred years after the battle, the sword [inscribed R. B. Garnett, U.S.A.] was donated to the Museum of the Confederacy by the Garnett family. The piece is in surprisingly good condition.
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SOURCE: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 42, by William Garnett Chisholm; and the Dictionary of National Biography.
OTHER SOURCES: Civil War Dictionary, Mark Mayo Boatner III, New York, David Mackay Co. 1959; Who is Who of the Civil War, 1988; Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, Wilson and Fiske, editors, New York, Appleton Co. 1888-1889, reprinted by Gale Research, 1968; Biographical Index, 1962; Drake's Dictionary of American Biography, 1974. Notes for a Masters thesis at Bowling Green State University prepared by Matthew W. Burton entitled The River of Blood and the Valley of Death: The Lives of Two Cousins for the Cause, Robert Selden Garnett and Richard Brooke Garnett, C.S.A. These biographical notes are available on an Internet website located currently at: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/2324/
+ 244 M vi. William Henry GARNETT was born on 21 Nov 1817 in "Mount Pleasant", Essex, Virginia and died on 4 Aug 1855 in Norfolk, Virginia, at age 37.
245 F vii. Maria Mercer GARNETT was born on 20 Oct 1819 in Virginia and died in Infant.
246 F viii. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Selden GARNETT was born on 1 Mar 1826 in Virginia and died on 14 Jun 1864, at age 38.
Death Notes: of consumption
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Norfolk (Independent City) > Norfolk> age 23
Mary married Commander John Mercer BROOKE , son of Maj.-Gen. George Mercer BROOKE and Lucy THOMAS , in 1849. John was born on 18 Dec 1826 in Tampa, Hillsborough, FL, died on 14 Dec 1906 in Lexington, Virginia, at age 79, and was buried in 1906 in Stonewall Cemetery (Presbyterian), Lexington, VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Norfolk (Independent City) > Norfolk> age 24> officer US Navy
John Mercer BROOKE was educated at Milner Hall, a preparatory school of Kenyon College, Ohio and at Burlington, New Jersey. He entered the United States Navy on March 3 1841 at the age of 15, reporting as a midshipman to Captain Farragut on the USS Delaware. In 1847 he graduated with the first class from the Naval academy at Annapolis.
He was assigned to duty at the Naval Observatory, Washington from 1851-53, and with the US Coast Survey.
While there he invented the deep-sea sounding apparatus which revolutionized communication between Europe and America, making possible the laying of the first Atlantic cable.
He was with the Naval Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition in the sloop of war "Vincennes" under Commodore John Rodgers, having charge of the Astonomical Department, and later was in command of a vessel making surveys of island in the Pacific and a part of the coast of Japan.
The destruction of his vessel by a typhoon in 1859 while Brooke was in Yeddo, caused him to remain in Yokohama until the following year.
In recognition of his services the Japanese offered him a purse of $60,000, which he declined. He did, however, accept their invitation to accompany them to Washington when they decided to send an embassy to the United States in 1860.
He resigned from the Navy on the succession of Virginia in April, 1861, and entered the Confederate service.
He was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography under the Secretary of the Navy, Stephen R. MALLORY.
While in the Navy he invented the Brooke gun, discovered the utility of the air space in cannon, designed plans for an iron-clad vessel with submerged ends, which were used in reconstruting the "Virginia" into the "Merrimac", preparatory to her memorable engagement in Hampton Roads with the Federal "Monitor", and drew up directions for the cruise of the "Shenandoah" involving the destruction of the whaling fleet.
In 1867 Brooke received from King William of Prussia the gold medal of science awarded by the Berlin Academy of Science.
In 1866 he was appointed professor of physics and astronomy at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, which chair he held until 1899, when he was made professor emeritus.
He died in Lexington on December 14, 1906.
He had one daughter by Miss Garnett---Anna Maria BROOKE.
He married secondly, Mrs Kate Corbin PENDLETON, widow of Lieut-Col. A.S. PENDLETON, and had two children by her.
SOURCES: Colonial Families of the United St ates, page 314.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Commander CSN/professor at the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, Va.
247 F ix. Margaret Mercer GARNETT was born on 27 Jul 1828 in Virginia and died in Apr 1829.
248 M x. Robert Mercer GARNETT was born in Oct 1830 and died in Infant.
132. Ann Brooke TUNSTALL was born on 14 May 1784 in King & Queen Co., Virginia and died about 1832, about age 48.
Ann married Henry HOLT on 23 Jun 1802 in Norfolk County, Virginia. Henry was born on 29 Oct 1775 in Virginia and died in 1832, at age 57.
Children from this marriage were:
249 F i. Mary Catherine Edloe HOLT was born about 1810 and died after 1880 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA.
Mary married John Walton WEST . John was born on 27 Oct 1798 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on 24 Nov 1852 in Norfolk County, Virginia, at age 54.
133. Alexander TUNSTALL was born on 19 Mar 1787 in King & Queen Co., Virginia and died on 27 Jul 1868, at age 81.
Alexander married Elizabeth Todd BAYLOR on 31 Jan 1811. Elizabeth was born on 7 Oct 1786 in Virginia.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 250 F i. Catherine Brooke TUNSTALL was born on 27 Sep 1811 in Norfolk, Virginia and died on 11 Sep 1855 in Norfolk, Virginia, at age 43.
+ 251 M ii. Richard Baylor TUNSTALL was born on 23 Feb 1826 in Virginia and died on 24 Sep 1855 in Norfolk, Virginia, at age 29.
134. Mary Marshall BROOKE was born about 1796 in Virginia 2 and died in 1838 in Clarke, Virginia, about age 42.
General Notes: Mary was said to be a lovely girl.
See Marshall family # 214-216
Mary married William Nelson BURWELL , son of Col. Nathaniel BURWELL and Lucy Burwell PAGE , about 1809. William was born on 23 Apr 1791 in "Carter's Grove, " James City Co., VA and died on 12 Aug 1822 in Clarke, Virginia, at age 31.
Marriage Notes: form age of oldest child
Children from this marriage were:
252 M i. Nathaniel BURWELL was born on 7 Aug 1810 in Virginia.
Nathaniel married Dora Walker PAGE on 8 Dec 1842. Dora was born on 1 Jun 1823.
+ 253 F ii. Lucy Marshall BURWELL was born on 13 Jan 1812 in "Glen Owen", Clark Co. VA and died after 1870 in Millwood, Clark County, VA.
+ 254 F iii. Elizabeth BURWELL was born on 18 Nov 1816 in Frederick County, Virginia, "Glen Owen" and died on 31 May 1856 in Clarke County, Virginia, at age 39.
+ 255 F iv. Ann Corbin Taylor BURWELL was born about 1816 in Clarke Co., VA.
256 M v. John Jolliffe BURWELL .
Mary next married William NEWMAN after 1822. William was born of Wheeling, VA.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Politician Of Distinction In VA Legistrature.
135. George BROOKE Jr. was born about 1802 in Lewisburg, Mason County, Kentucky and died before 1840 in Fauquier Co., VA..2
Death Notes: Left Home, never returned
General Notes: As a young man returned to "Moreland" in Fauquier, VA.
1830 Federal Census Virginia, Fauquier Co., no township pg 480>male 30-40
Went off to purchase furs and never returned. In spite of wide inquiry nothing was ever heard of him.
Proof that George Brooke Jr. was son of George Brooke and Judith Marshall see Virginia Magazine of History and Biogaphy Vol. XV. p.335.
Proof that George Brooke, Jr. Married Rachel Ann Yancey and had son John Marshall see Marshall Family, p. 143 and chart at the end of Marshall Family Book.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Hatter.
George married Rachel Ann YANCEY , daughter of Augustus YANCEY and Elizabeth COLE , on 10 Mar 1825 in Orange Co., Virginia. Rachel was born about 1805 in Virginia, died on 16 May 1872 in Virginia, about age 67, and was buried in May 1872 in " Leeds Manor", Fauquier Co., VA.
General Notes: NOTE: PARENTAGE OF THIS PERSON, AS RECORDED HERE, IS NOT DOCUMENTED BUT IS PROBABLE
1830 Federal Census Virginia, Fauquier Co., no township pg 480>female 30-40
1840 US, VA, Fauquier Co. , Leeds Parish pg 188>female 30-40
1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >pg 217> age 40 >farmer> listed as Rachel Hitch>owned 6 slaves
1853 death of son James
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > South West Revenue District>pg 73>age 60> listed as Elizabeth Hitch> $300/175
1870??
Children from this marriage were:
+ 257 F i. Mary M. BROOKE was born about 1826 in Virginia and died after 1880 in Virginia.
258 M ii. James Alexander Edward BROOKE was born about 1828 in Virginia, died on 30 Nov 1853 in Richmond, Fort Bend Co., TX, about age 25, and was buried in Dec 1853 in Fauquier Co., VA.
Death Notes: Yellow Fever
Burial Notes: Fauquier County, VA Death Register 1853-1896
General Notes: 1830 Federal Census Virginia, Fauquier Co., no township pg 480>male under 5
1840 US, VA, Fauquier Co. , Leeds Parish pg 188>male 10-15
1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >pg 217> age 21>driver> listed as James Hitch
1853 Death in TX
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: carriage and wagon maker.
+ 259 M iii. Francis "Frank" Irving BROOKE was born about 1830 in Virginia and died in 1899 in Virginia, about age 69.
+ 260 M iv. John Marshall BROOKE was born about 1831 in Fauquier Co., VA. and died between 1870-1876 in Texas.
261 M v. Robert BROOKE was born about 1832 in Virginia and died about 1870 in Texas, about age 38.
General Notes: 1840 US, VA, Fauquier Co. , Leeds Parish pg 188> male 5-10
1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >17> farmer> listed as Robert Hitch
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > South West Revenue District>PO Salem> age 27> driver> single
1866 Mar 31 unclaimed letter at PO Warrenton, Fauquire, VA
1870 ???
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: CSA /6 VA calvery.
136. Fanny BROOKE was born about 1804 in Kentucy 2 and died about 1844, about age 40.
General Notes: Raised by Uncle Humphrey Marshall after the death of her parents
Fanny married William IRVING in Woodford County, KY. William IRVING died in Died A Year After Married.2
Fanny next married Gilbert ADAMS . Gilbert was born on 29 Mar 1798 of Pittsburg, died on 20 Jan 1872 in Mt. Carmel, KY, at age 73, and was buried in 1872 in " The Hill". Washington, KY.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: merchant in Washington, KY.
Children from this marriage were:
262 F i. Fannie Marshall ADAMS was born in 1840.
Fannie married Dr. William HAYES in 1866. William was born in 1835 and died in 1869, at age 34.
143. Nancy Whiting POWELL was born on 31 Mar 1793 and died on 21 Jan 1823, at age 29.
Nancy married Colonel Lloyd NOLAND on 15 Jan 1814. Lloyd was born on 14 Dec 1790 and died on 24 Apr 1871, at age 80.
Children from this marriage were:
263 F i. Catherine Mary NOLAND was born about 1814.
264 M ii. Thomas Lloyd NOLAND was born about 1817.
265 M iii. Major Burr NOLAND was born on 20 Oct 1818, died on 22 Oct 1889, at age 71, and was buried in 1889 in Middleburg, VA.
266 M iv. Richard William Noble NOLAND was born about 1822.
144. Humphrey Brooke POWELL was born on 18 Feb 1795 in Middleburg, Loudon Co, VA, died on 6 Apr 1859 in Middleburg, Loudon Co, VA, at age 64, and was buried in 1859 in Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 - Not Stated, Loudoun, Virginia >age 50>
from Genius of Liberty, Leesburg: June 22, 1824: p.1. MASONIC SALEM LODGE # 81: members of Amicable Lodge, Aldie Olive Branch Lodge, Leesburg, United Brethren Lodge, Waterford, and those of respective neighboring Lodges....respectfully invited to attend. [by] H.B. POWELL, Richard COCHRAN, Noble BEVERIDGE
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: 1852, Attorney, Middleburg.
Humphrey married Ann Rebecca Holmes BOYD on 3 Oct 1823 in Berkeley County, VA. Ann was born about 1807 of Berkley Co.(West Virginia) and was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA.
Marriage Notes: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > District 4>age 53
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 63
Children from this marriage were:
+ 267 F i. Laura Holmes POWELL was born on 5 Oct 1829 in Virginia.
268 F ii. Louisa POWELL was born about 1830 in Virginia.
Louisa married William HOLLIDAY .
269 F iii. Leann POWELL was born about 1831 in Virginia.
270 F iv. Gertrude POWELL was born about 1835 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 - Not Stated, Loudoun, Virginia age
271 M v. John POWELL was born about 1836 in Virginia.
272 F vi. Kate POWELL was born about 1838 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > District 4> age 22
+ 273 F vii. Marietta Fauntleroy POWELL was born on 10 Sep 1838 and died in 1914, at age 76.
274 F viii. Martha POWELL was born about 1839.
275 F ix. Mildred POWELL was born about 1841 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > District 4>age 18
276 M x. Hunter Holmes POWELL was born about 1844 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > District 4> age 16
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 26>physcian
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: physcian.
Hunter married Emma BAKER . Emma was born of Winchester, VA.
277 M xi. Phillip POWELL was born about 1845 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > District 4> age 14
278 M xii. Raleigh POWELL was born about 1847 in Virginia.
279 F xiii. Elizabeth "Betsy" POWELL was born about 1849 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > District 4> age 10
280 M xiv. William Levin POWELL .
William married Evelinia Tucker MAGILL .
145. Dr. William Levin POWELL was born in Jun 1797 in Middleburg, VA and died in Sep 1853 in Alexandria County, Virginia, at age 56.
Death Notes: " Bellvue ", near Alexandria, Va.
General Notes: 1824 Genius of Liberty, Leesburg: December 7, 1824: p.1:
Dr. Wm. L. POWELL offers his professional services to the inhabitants of Leesburg and its vicinity. His shop is adjoining his residence--the house lately occupied by Richard H., LEE, Esq. nearly opposite Mrs. PEER's hotel.
1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 52>physician
Noted events in his life were:
• Education: Medical Doctor, University, PA 1819 Thesis 'Ascitis'.
• Occupation: Physician.
William married Ann Maria POWELL , daughter of Hon. Cuthbert POWELL and Catherine SIMINS , about 1820 in Virginia. Ann was born in Jan 1800 in Virginia and died in 1885 in Virginia, at age 85.
Marriage Notes: assumed from oldest child's birth
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 50
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria age 60>farmer
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Alexandria (Independent City) > Alexandria Ward 4 age 70, listed with mother
1880 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Alexandria > Other Townships > District 3 age 80, widow
Children from this marriage were:
281 F i. Virginia POWELL was born on 24 Dec 1821.
+ 282 M ii. Edward Burr POWELL was born on 13 Mar 1824 in Alexanderia, Alexanderia, VA and died on 2 Dec 1897, at age 73.
283 M iii. William Llewellyn POWELL was born on 6 Mar 1826 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 24>paper manufacturing
284 M iv. Dr. H. Brooke POWELL was born about 1829 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 21>physcian
+ 285 M v. Charles Cuthbert POWELL was born on 10 Sep 1830 in Virginia and died on 6 Mar 1890, at age 59.
286 M vi. William Levin POWELL was born on 25 Apr 1832 in Virginia and died about 1906, about age 74.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 18>Engineer
+ 287 M vii. Dr. Robert Conrad POWELL C.S.A. was born on 1 Aug 1838 in Leesburg, Loudoun Co. VA., died on 9 May 1891 in Virginia, at age 52, and was buried in 1891 in Presbyterian Cemetery In Alexandria, VA.
288 M viii. Alfred Harrison POWELL was born about 1839 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 11
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Unknown Townships >age 20>farmer
289 F ix. Ann Whiting POWELL was born on 23 Apr 1844 in Virginia and died about 1877, about age 33.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 6> listed as Ann
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Unknown Townships>age 15>listed as Annie
Ann married Walter Jones HARRISON about 1868. Walter was born on 2 Mar 1845 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA and died on 6 Oct 1895 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA, at age 50.
290 F x. Fanny POWELL was born about 1846 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Alexandria >age 4
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Alexandria Unknown Townships >age 14
146. Sarah Harrison POWELL was born in 1802 in Middleburg, Loudon Co, VA and died on 6 Nov 1845 in Middleburg, VA, at age 43.
Sarah married Burr William HARRISON on 3 Jan 1822. Burr was born on 23 Apr 1793 in Dumfries, VA and died on 5 Sep 1865 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA, at age 72.
General Notes: RESIDENCE: Prince William & Loudoun Co., VA
1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 57> lawyer
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 67> lawyer
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: lawyer/Represented the county of Loudoun in the State Legislature from 1840 to 1847.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 291 M i. Mathew HARRISON was born on 18 Dec 1822 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA and died on 26 Jan 1875 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA, at age 52.
292 F ii. Laura HARRISON was born on 14 Dec 1824 in Virginia.
293 M iii. Edward HARRISON was born on 2 Feb 1827 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 23>lawyer
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: lawyer.
294 F iv. Anne Maria HARRISON was born about 1831 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 19
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 30
295 M v. William Elsey HARRISON was born on 17 Feb 1832 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 18
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 28
296 M vi. Powell HARRISON was born on 26 Dec 1833 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA and died on 9 Apr 1870 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA, at age 36.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 16
297 F vii. Elizabeth Conrad HARRISON was born on 3 Feb 1836 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA and died on 24 Dec 1907 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA, at age 71.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 14
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 24
298 F viii. Alice Blackburn HARRISON was born about 1838 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA and died in Aug 1876, about age 38.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 12
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 22
299 F ix. Catherine HARRISON was born in 1840 in Leesburg, Loudoun, VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 10
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Loudoun > Leesburg> age 19
148. George Cuthbert POWELL was born on 5 Jul 1807 in Middleburg, Loudon Co, VA and died on 26 Jun 1849 in Middleburg, Loudon Co, VA, at age 41.
George married Marietta Fauntleroy TURNER on 20 Oct 1831. Marietta was born on 24 Nov 1812 in 'cloverland', Middleburg, VA, died on 9 Feb 1894 in Middleburg, VA, at age 81, and was buried in Feb 1894 in Middleburg, VA.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 300 M i. Randolph POWELL .
301 F ii. Ida POWELL .
302 F iii. Kate POWELL .
149. Elizabeth "Betty" Whiting POWELL was born on 10 Aug 1809 in Middleburg, Loudon Co, VA and died on 12 Jul 1872, at age 62.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age >40
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 50
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 59
Elizabeth married Robert Young CONRAD on 10 Dec 1829 in Loudon County, Virginia. Robert was born on 27 Dec 1805 in Virginia and died on 5 May 1875, at age 69.
Marriage Notes: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 44 >lawyer
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 54> lawyer
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 64 > lawyer
Though a Virginian, the first Robert Young Conrad (1805-1875) was opposed to the secession of the Southern states. Nonetheless, he represented this area at the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. Adhering to the wishes of his constituents, he voted against secession; however, once the war began, he vigorously supported the Southern cause. In fact, his five sons served in the Confederate Army.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Lawyer.
Children from this marriage were:
304 M i. Daniel Burr CONRAD was born about 1831 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA and died about 1898, about age 67.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 19
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 29 >Sergent in the Navy
Noted events in his life were:
• Education: Student of medicine/navy.
Daniel married Susie DAVIS .
305 M ii. Powell CONRAD was born about 1832 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 17>engineer
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 27> lawyer
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Lawyer.
306 F iii. Catherine Brooke Powell CONRAD was born about 1837 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 14
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 22
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 30
307 M iv. Robert Young CONRAD was born about 1838 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA and died about 1857 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA, about age 19.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 12
+ 308 M v. Major Holmes CONRAD was born on 31 Jan 1840 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA, died on 4 Sep 1916 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA, at age 76, and was buried in 1916 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA.
+ 309 F vi. Sarah "Sally" Harrison CONRAD was born about 1843 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA and died in 1908, about age 65.
310 M vii. Charles Federick CONRAD was born about 1843 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 7
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 16
311 M viii. Francis Whiting CONRAD was born about 1845 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 5
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 14
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 22>student
312 M ix. Cuthbert Powell CONRAD was born about 1847 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester>age 1
1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 12
1870 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Frederick > Winchester> age 21> student
150. Dr. Francis Whiting POWELL was born on 3 Aug 1811 in Middleburg, VA and died in 1874 in Middleburg, VA, at age 63.
Birth Notes: "The Hill"
Death Notes: "The Hill"
General Notes: 1840 VA Census Powell, Francis W. VA LOUDOUN CO. JONAH HOOD 154
1860 VA Census Powell, Francis W. VA LOUDOUN CO. MIDDLEBURG P.O.
1860 Powell, Francis W. VA NORTHAMPTON CO. EASTVILLE, P.O. 727
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Physician.
Francis married Harriet HARDING on 7 May 1835. Harriet was born on 23 Mar 1815 in Loudon Co. VA and died on 5 May 1867 in Middleburg, VA, at age 52.
Marriage Notes: by: Rev. Mr. Adie
Children from this marriage were:
313 M i. William Culbert POWELL .
151. Elizabeth "Bettie" W BROOKE was born in 1812 in Gloucester Co., VA and died on 20 Apr 1883 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, at age 71.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > District 1>age 37
1860 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > Owensboro>age 48
1870 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > Oakford> age 57>listed with son Francis
1880 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > Owensboro > District 166> age 67>listed with son Frank
Elizabeth married Dr. Francis Fitzhugh CONWAY on 24 Dec 1835 in Virginia. Francis was born on 29 Jul 1807 in Virginia and died on 22 Sep 1848 in Daviess Co., KY, at age 41.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Physician, practice in Owensboro, [Daviess Co.], KY.
• Education: University of Virginia.
Children from this marriage were:
314 F i. Cecilia Wallace CONWAY was born on 11 Nov 1836 in "Glen Wallace, " Madison Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > District 1>age 14
Cecilia married Major Clinton McCARTY C.S.A. on 13 Dec 1855.
+ 315 M ii. Francis "Frank" Fitzhugh CONWAY, JR M. D. was born on 22 Nov 1837 in Kentucy.
316 M iii. Edwin "Ed" CONWAY was born about 1842 in Kentucky.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > Owensboro>age 18>clerk
317 M iv. Mathew "Mat" Brooke CONWAY was born about 1844 in Kentucky.
318 M v. Middleton CONWAY was born about 1846 in Kentucky.
General Notes: 1860 United States Federal Census > Kentucky > Daviess > Owensboro>age 14
152. Elizabeth Whiting BROOKE was born in Oct 1813 in Fauquier Co., VA.,2 died in Sep 1890 in Rockland Mills, Fauquier, VA,, at age 76, and was buried in 1890 in Leeds Church, Hume, Fauquier Co., VA..6
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >age 36
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier S.W. Revenue >age 46
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District age 56
1880 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > Marshall > District 39> age 66
Elizabeth married Henry Morris MARSHALL , son of Lt. James Markham MARSHALL and Hester MORRIS , on 16 May 1834 in Fauquier Co., VA. Henry was born on 13 Jun 1811 in "Happy Creek" Warren Co., Virginia 2, died in Feb 1899 in Rockland Mills, Fauquier, VA,, at age 87 6, and was buried in Feb 1899 in Leeds Church, Hume, Fauquier Co., VA.
General Notes: They lived Rockland Mills, 9 miles sw of Markham. Post office was Linden, VA
5"10" tall weigh 144 lb.
1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >age 39
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier S.W. Revenue >age 48
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District age 59
1880 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > Marshall > District 39> age 69>miller
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Farmer/Miller (1880).
• Education: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
• Religion: Episcopal.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 319 F i. Mary Morris MARSHALL was born on 6 Mar 1835 in "Fairfield", Fauguier Co., VA,2 died on 21 Aug 1891 in Fauquier Co., VA., at age 56,6 and was buried in 1891 in Leeds Church Cemetery.
320 M ii. Charles L. MARSHALL was born about 1840 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >age 10
+ 321 M iii. Thomas MARSHALL was born on 29 Aug 1842 in Fairfield, Fauquier County, VA,2 died on 12 Feb 1914 in 'innis', Fauquier Co., VA, at age 71,6 and was buried in 1914 in Leeds Church, Hume, Fauquier Co., VA..6
+ 322 M iv. James Markham MARSHALL was born on 7 Oct 1845 in "Fairfield", Fauguier Co., VA,2 died on 17 Apr 1918 in Fauquier Co., VA., at age 72,6 and was buried in Apr 1918 in Leeds Church, Fauquier Co., VA.
+ 323 F v. Elizabeth Brooke MARSHALL was born on 25 May 1846 in Fauquier, Virginia, "Fairfield",2 died on 10 Dec 1919 in Fauquier Co., VA., at age 73, and was buried in Dec 1919 in Upperville Cemetery, Upperville, Fauquier, Virginia.
324 F vi. Hester M. MARSHALL was born in Jan 1848 in Fauquier Co., VA., died in 1941 in Fauquier Co., VA., at age 93,6 and was buried in 1941 in Leeds Church, Hume, Fauquier Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >age 2
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier S.W. Revenue >age
12
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District > age 22
1880 US Census, Marshall, Fauquier, Virginia ,Page 19A, age 29
325 M vii. William MARSHALL was born in Feb 1851 in "Fairfield, " Warren Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Ashby District >age 6M
1860 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier S.W. Revenue >age 10
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District age 20
1880 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > Marshall > District 39> age 30>miller
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744 WILLIAM MARSHALL, b. February 1851; lives with his parents, near Linden Station, Va.; farmer
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: miller/farmer.
326 M viii. Henry M. MARSHALL was born in Jul 1853 in Fairfield, Fauquier County, VA, died in 1943 in Virginia, at age 90,6 and was buried in 1943 in Leeds Church, Hume, Fauquier Co., VA.
General Notes: 1860 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier S.W. Revenue >age 7
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District age 17
327 M ix. John MARSHALL was born on 23 Dec 1855 in Fairfield, Fauquier County, VA, died on 4 Jan 1895 in Washington DC, at age 39,6 and was buried in Jan 1895 in Leeds Church, Hume, Fauquier Co., VA.
General Notes: 1860 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier S.W. Revenue >age 4
1870 U.S. Federal Census > Virginia > Fauquier > First Revenue District age 14
156. Humphrey Dudley DIGGS was born about 1785 in Fauquier Co., VA.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Turners District >age 65> farmer
Humphrey married Judith UNKNOWN . Judith was born about 1790 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Turners District >age 60
Children from this marriage were:
328 F i. Elizabeth DIGGS was born about 1828 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Turners District >age 22
329 M ii. Dudley DIGGS was born about 1829 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Turners District >age 21>salesman
330 F iii. Sucy DIGGS was born about 1833 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Turners District >age 17
331 M iv. George Washington DIGGS was born about 1835 in Virginia.
General Notes: 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Fauquier Turners District >age 15
George married Mary F. CHICHESTER .
159. Ann Aylette BROOKE was born on 16 Jan 1808 in "Oaklands, " Near Winchester, Frederick Co, VA, died on 2 Jun 1845 in Yazoo City, MS, at age 37, and was buried in 1845 in Yazoo City, MS.
General Notes: Ann Aylett (Aylette) BROOKE (b. 1808, d. 1845) Her extended family includes the BROOKES, PAGES, CARTERS and BRAXTONS, many of whom were active in early Colonial Virginia politics. It includes a signer of the Declaration of Independence (Carter Braxton) and a Virginia Governor, John Page. She died and is buried in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The exact location of her grave is unknown.
From the research of Paul Shaw phshaw@mindspring.com (2007)
Ann married Oliver Abot SHAW , son of Darius SHAW and Joanna WINSHIP , on 27 Dec 1825 in Oakley, Clarke Co, VA. Oliver was born in May 1799 in Salem Or Lexington, Mass and died in Mar 1855 in Yazoo City, MS, at age 55.
Marriage Notes: 22 Dec 1825/Frederick County, Virginia, according to a marriage book on that County.
General Notes: Oliver Abbot SHAW. Born in Lexington or Salem, Mass. Died in Yazoo City, Miss. where he is buried. (b. abt May 1799, d. Mar 1855) Actual location unknown. He had 6 to 8 children, was Yale and Harvard educated, was an Episcopal minister, educator. His residence changed often. Was a teacher in New Haven, Conn.; Jamaica, New York; Richmond, Va.; Philadelphia, Penn. He was the first of his Shaw line to move to Mississippi, which he did no later than 1846. He arrived in New Orleans, La. on 1 Feb 1846 (ref. OAS letters)
His middle name is spelled Abbot in Yale College announcements and in early New England genealogy.
Oliver Abbott at the age of seven years was apprenticed by his step father to a druggist; but desiring an education, at the age of ten without the consent of his ______or his parents, he left his position and throwing himself entirely upon his own exertions, without the least aid from relatives or friends he undertook the task of obtaining the object of his desire. As a result of his efforts, he obtained his A B Degree at Harvard College in the class of 1821 and his M A at Yale. He taught school 1825 in Fredericks Co. Va, and during that year married Ann Brooke of that county who was grand daughter of Carter Braxton one of the signers of the Declaration from Virginia. He taught school in Jamaica L. I. in 1822.
he studied law in New Haven in 1823-4, was a teacher in Richmond Va 1825 - 31.
Studied Theology in Philadelphia 1836, received orders from Bishop Underdouk (?) in 1841, and in December 1825 married as above stated. He taught school about 1842 at or near Gulf Mills about twenty five miles from Philadelphia on the Reading Ry (?). Subsequently he taught at his residence on eleventh Street Philadelphia.
He was one of the professors in the Philadelphia High School in 1841 to 1843. The Committee who examined him for this position pronounced him to be one of the best educated men in the United States.
He moved with his children to New Orleans in the winter of 1846 his wife having died the year previous, and died and was buried at Yazoo City, Mississippi April 14 1855.
From the research of Paul Shaw phshaw@mindspring.com (2007)
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: teacher, Episcopal minister, textbook salesman.
• Education: Degrees from Yale and Harvard.
Children from this marriage were:
332 F i. Joanna Maynard SHAW was born on 26 May 1830 in Richmond, Richmond Co. VA and died on 29 May 1919 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, at age 89.
General Notes: Moved to San Francisco from Mississippi in 1860.
From the research of Paul Shaw phshaw@mindspring.com (2007)
Joanna married Selden Stuart WRIGHT on 15 Oct 1846. Selden was born on 7 Mar 1822 of Essex County, Virginia and died on 26 Feb 1893, at age 70.
General Notes: Moved to San Francisco from Mississippi in 1860.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Judge of Essex co, VA.
333 F ii. Elizabeth "Lizzie" SHAW was born about 1832.
General Notes: From the research of Paul Shaw phshaw@mindspring.com (2007)
Elizabeth married Captain John H. PAGE .
334 M iii. Oliver Abbot SHAW was born on 27 Jan 1833 in MA and died about 1852 in Yazoo City, MS, about age 19.
General Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census > Alabama > Mobile > Not Stated>age 17>student at St.Joseph's college
Death: In winter 1852/53. The cause is questionable. Spring Hill College records say it was
of acute fever in Mississippi while a teacher at a "classical school."
There was a yellow fever epidemic in Yazoo City at that time, resulting in many deaths.
Place of death likely in Yazoo City, Miss, where a job was opening (ref. OAS letters).
But family records from Josephine Shaw Dancy say he died "as the result of burns received
in a Yazoo City courthouse fire." Burial location unknown.
From the research of Paul Shaw phshaw@mindspring.com (2007)
Noted events in his life were:
• Education: Jan 1848 registered at St. Joseph's College( now Springhill College-Mobile, Mobile, AL)Oct 1852 Graduated.
+ 335 M iv. Hobart Doane SHAW was born on 16 Apr 1835 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died in May 1909 in Carrollton, MS, at age 74, and was buried in May 1909 in Evergreen Cemetery, Carrollton, MS.
+ 336 F v. Sarah Columbia Braxton SHAW was born on 4 Jul 1837 and died in May 1872, at age 34.
337 M vi. Steven SHAW was born about 1840.
General Notes: Stephen Shaw b. ABT 1840
ABT 10 Dec 1852 entered Spring Hill College, Mobile, at 12 years old.
1862 a Stephen Shaw from Mobile enlisted as a private, 38th Regiment, Ala Infantry.
The date of his death is unknown. National Park Service records have him mustering
out of the 38th Regiment, as a private, at the end of the war. However, Josephine Shaw
Dancy notes say he drowned at the Union prison on the Chesapeake Bay while trying to escape through a sewer. The prison was likely Point Lookout, where thousands of Confederate soldiers were imprisoned, and thousands died. There is a Stephen Shaw listed as a prisoner at that prison, but he is listed as being from a North Carolina regiment. But that regiment's records do not have a Stephen Shaw listed. It's possible his regiment was incorrect in the prison record. More research is needed. Death date and burial location unknown.
From the research of Paul Shaw phshaw@mindspring.com (2007)
Noted events in his life were:
• Education: 1852 entered Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala.
160. Walker BROOKE was born on 25 Dec 1813 in Winchester, Clarke County, VA, died on 18 Feb 1869 in Vicksburg, , Warren, Mississippi, at age 55, and was buried in 1869 in Vicksburg Cemetery.
General Notes: BROOKE, Walker, 1813-1869 Years of Service: 1852-1853 Party: Whig
BROOKE, Walker, a Senator from Mississippi; born at Page Brooke, near Winchester, Clarke County, Va., December 25 1813; attended the public schools in Richmond, Va., and Georgetown, D.C.; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1835; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Lexington, Miss.; member, State house of representatives 1848; member, State senate 1850 and 1852; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry S. Foote and served from February 18, 1852, to March 3, 1853; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of law; moved to Vicksburg, Miss., in 1857 and continued the practice of law; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1861; became affiliated with the Democratic Party in 1861; elected a member of the Provisional
Confederate Congress from Mississippi in 1861 and served one year; appointed a member of the permanent military court of the Confederate States; died in Vicksburg, Miss., February 18, 1869; interment in Vicksburg Cemetery.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Lawyer/admitted to the bar in 1838 /Senator MS.
• Education: University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1835.
Walker married Jane ESKRIDGE . Jane was born on 30 Sep 1824 and died in Oct 1904, at age 80.
Children from this marriage were:
338 M i. Walker BROOKE was born in 1849 in Mississippi. and died in Aug 1850 in Holmes Co. MS, at age 1.
Death Notes: Diarrhea
Robert married Elizabeth SMITH .
Children from this marriage were:
339 M i. Robert Carter BROOKE Jr. died in Killed Battle Of 7 Pines.
185. Robert Lawrence BROOKE was born on 16 Mar 1816 in Virginia and died on 7 Mar 1897 in Pennsylvania, at age 80.
General Notes: 1870 United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Philadelphia Ward 28 District 92>age 58
1870 United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Philadelphia Ward 28 Dist 92 (2nd Enum)>age 60
Robert married Celeste Armentine CARDWELL on 30 Apr 1850. Celeste was born in 1833 and died on 22 May 1856, at age 23.
Children from this marriage were:
340 M i. Robert Williams BROOKE was born about 1852 in Pennsylvania.
341 M ii. George Plummer BROOKE was born on 11 May 1856 in Pennsylvania and died on 14 May 1856 in Pennsylvania.
Robert next married Virgilla Brown SMITH on 13 Jun 1867. Virgilla was born about 1825 in Pennsylvania.
General Notes: 1870 United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Philadelphia Ward 28 District 92>age 45
1870 United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Philadelphia Ward 28 Dist 92 (2nd Enum)>age 35
Children from this marriage were:
+ 342 F i. Celeste Lucy BROOKE was born on 30 Apr 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on 8 Jan 1895, at age 25.
343 M ii. Robert BROOKE was born on 12 Jun 1872 and died on 23 Dec 1903, at age 31.
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