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The Family Tree Searcher

Volume 7 - Number 2 December 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Editor’s Page .......................................................................................................................2

By Roger C. Davis

Some Great-Grandparents of Gloucester and Mathews ....................................................3

Great-Grandparents of —

Allen Randolph Cooke .......................................................................................4

James Monroe Jones ..........................................................................................8

Lewis Roane Hunt ............................................................................................15

Preston Brown .................................................................................................. 23

John Frank Hartman .......................................................................................26

Katherine Miller Hendrick .............................................................................29

Gordon Page Riley ............................................................................................33

Hartley Edward West Sr. .................................................................................38

Gloucester Mortality Schedule Taken with 1860 Census ...............................................43

Submitted by Blondell Whiting

Jefferson Sinclair Selden Jr. .................................................................................................. 46

Frances R. Haywood ...............................................................................................................47

GGSV Website Bonus CD ........................................................................................................ 48

By L. Roane Hunt, Webmaster

Surname Files .................................................................................................Inside back cover

Visit the website for Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia at

http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaggsv/

Vol. 7, No. 2 2 December 2003

The Editor’s Page — Our Great-Grandparents

Some of us can remember two or three of our great -grandparents from our toddler

years; however, it is extremely rare that a person has ever seen all eight of their great -

grandparents. This issue explores some of our members’ contacts and genealogical data

related to their roots and great-grandparents of Gloucester and Mathews Counties.

Our appreciation goes to Jim Jones, Hartley West, Roane Hunt, Mary Riley for Gordon

Riley, Katherine Hendrick, Allen Cooke, John Hartman, and Preston Brown for their

cooperation in submitting information about their great -grandparents. Lavinia Stuart and

Hayes Williams also submitted material that will be used in a future issue.

This issue has been a lot of extra work for Roane Hunt as he developed the format

and then compiled the Pedigree and Family Group Charts for each

of the submitted articles. Our hats are off for a great job! The

search for mistakes was done by the proof -reading efforts of

Phyllis Hunt, Jeannie Howe, Bob Plummer, and Roger Davis.

Your Board needs your support and active participation with

Society Missions. Please volunteer to help with one or more of

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Society Missions: a) Docent program, b) work on FTS

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manage the Vertical File at the Virginia Room, g) suggest list of

reference books (sources) to purchase for the Library, h) write

articles for the Journal, i) teach use of the computer, and j) find

pictures of interest.

A free BONUS CD is tucked inside the back page. Your Board voted to provide a free

GGSV Website CD with this December 2003 FTS Journal. This is a one -time bonus for this

issue only at this time, for current members of record November 1, 2003. Over 18,000 hits

at this site since it’s start! Roane Hunt --Webmaster. The purpose is to get you familiar

with the website and give you a research tool to use “off line.” It is fast and loaded with

Gloucester and Mathews County information. If you find this useful, let Roane Hunt know

at [email protected]. Our thanks to Walter Stubbs and Bill Copeland for burning copies of

the CD.

Roger Caldwell Davis, Editor

The Family Tree Searcher

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Roger C. Davis


Some Great-Grandparents of Gloucester

and Mathews Counties, Virginia

Lewis Monroe Kemp

Page 9

Mary Jane

Vaughan Cooke

Page 6

Harriet Dutton Kemp

Page 10

Martha Ann

Horsley Worrell

Page 15

Gabriel Francis Miller

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Williantine R.

Howlett Miller

Page 30

Gregory Kemp

Page 12

George A. Lilly

Page 29

Mary Susan Diggs Lilly

Page 32


Great-Grandparents

of Allen Randolph Cooke

By Allen R. Cooke

Thomas Cary Cooke was born on October

27, 1833, in Gloucester Co., VA, to Thomas

Buckner Cooke and his wife Catherine Clayton

Cary and died on January 14, 1916, and was

buried at Beulah Baptist Church, Ware Neck,

VA. He was married on February 27, 1868, in

Gloucester Co., VA, to Mary Jane Vaughan,

daughter of William Vaughan and Anne Frances

Cluverius. She was born on August 7, 1848,

probably in Gloucester Co., VA, and died on

May 11, 1930, and was also buried at Beulah

Baptist Church.

Thomas Cary Cooke grew up in the

vicinity of “Woodlawn” and “Wareham,” old

Cooke estates that were situated along and

north of Beaverdam Swamp where the reservoir

is now located. “Wareham” was the older

Cooke family seat in this branch of the Cooke

family and is included in lands once patented

by Mordecai Cooke in the 1600s. These lands

stretched from the “Mordecai’s Mount” now

known as “Church Hill” northward to the

Beaverdam Swamp area. Thomas Buckner

Cooke, father of Thomas Cary Cooke, was a son

of John Cooke and Eliza Buckner who resided

at “Woodlawn.” The plat showing its division is

found in Plat Book 2 -33. It is located due west

of “Wareham” shown in Plat Books 2 -109 and

2-208. These estates were located along either

side of the road from Highway 17 to Pinero,

just past the Beaverdam Swamp bridge. “Wareham” had been inherited by Thomas Cooke,

brother of John Cooke who married Eliza Buckner and grandfather of Thomas Cary Cooke.

This Thomas Cooke died about 1809, and left the estate to his son John Henry Cooke, who

died unmarried and without heirs. Upon his death, “Wareham” went to his brother Thomas

Cooke, who had moved to Louisiana and sold the property out of the immediate family. It

was owned in 1855 by C.C. Curtis according to the records of T.B. Montague shown in Plat

Book 2-109. The “Woodlawn” property was divided among heirs including Thomas

Buckner Cooke, but the plat does not show any dwellings on his section. Other heirs in the

division of “Woodlawn” included two dowers including the home site, son Warner

Thomas Cary Cooke

(1833-1916)


Ancestors of Allen Randolph Cooke

Thomas Cary Cooke

b. 1833, m. 1868 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1916

Charles Vaughan Cooke

b. 1869 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1906 in Pittsburg, PA, d. 1956 in Norfolk, VA

Mary Jane Vaughan

b. 1848, d. 1930 in Gloucester, VA

William Cracraft Cooke

b. 1907 in Norfolk, VA, m. 1946 in Stuttgart, Germany, d. 1993 in Charlotte, NC

William Allen Cracraft

b. 1844, m. 1875 in Ohio, WV, d. 1920

Mary Elizabeth Cracraft

b. 1879 in Elm Grove, WV, d. 1965 in Norfolk, VA

Mary Key

b. 1853 in Lancaster, OH, d. 1942

Allen Randolph Cooke

b. 1949 in Charlotte, NC, m. Gale Lynn Dixon

Karl Peter Wagner

b. 1853 in Weipert, Bohemia, m. 1881, d. 1925 in Rossbach, Bohemia

Rudolf Bernhard Wagner

b. 1889 in Rossbach, Bohemia, m. 1921 in Vienna, Austria, d. 1974 in Vienna, Austria

Hulda Greifenhagen

b. 1852 in Schlettau, Saxony, d. 1926 in Bergreichenstein, Bohemia

Eleanore Helene Wagner

b. 1924 in Vienna, Austria, d. 1999 in Charlotte, NC

Johann Klein

b. 1844 in Soran, Bohemia, m. 1883 in Vienna, Austria, d. 1905 in Vienna, Austria

Amalia Klein

b. 1893 in Vienna, Austria, d. 1947 in Vienna, Austria

Antonia Weber

b. 1852 in Baumgarten, Austria, d. 1929 in Vienna, Austria

Throckmorton Cooke, heirs of son John Mordecai Cooke, and a large tract including a

house to Curtis Jones & Co. whose connection to the family is unknown.

In 1856 Thomas Cary Cooke made a debt to Edward Sears for $6000 and owned about

800-900 acres combining several tracts and dwelled there. These were called “Beechley,”

“Farm House tract,” “Burton’s” and “Proctor’s” and these combined parcels were called

“Wareham Jr.” (Deed Book 1-69, 2-88). I was shown a picture by Todd Field of a house that

looked like a smaller version of “Wareham” (based on the floor plan that was given to me

by Bernard Kinker a descendant of the Landis family that lived there in the early 1900s),

and I suspect that this picture may have been “Wareham Jr.” According to the deed book,

it was bounded by properties of James K. Dabney and Edward C. Dutton. The exact

location of “Wareham Jr.” is unknown, but was situated north of “Wareham” and

“Woodlawn.” The “Woodlawn” plat (PB 2 -33) shows property in the Burton and Dutton

family to the north, and the “Wareham” plat (PB 2 -109) shows Edward Dutton’s land on the

north side. Furthermore, another Cooke tract belonging to the heirs of Mordecai Cooke,

son of Francis Whiting Cooke and Elizabeth Baytop, who were another branch of Cookes

within the “Wareham Branch,” was north of Edward Dutton’s land along the “Road to the

Court House” near its intersection with the “Road to Ebenezer” (PB 2 -135).

After the war was over, Thomas Cary Cooke was still indebted to Edward Sears but the

Great-Grandparents of Allen Randolph Cooke


original instrument was lost. On June 23, 1866, he

entered into an indenture by which he sold the

“Wareham Jr.” estate and paid Mr. Sears the amount

owed from the proceeds of the auction.

During the era preceding the War and during

some of the War years, Thomas Cary Cooke was

Commissioner of Revenue for Gloucester County.

Records indicate that he served in CSA, 50th

Virginia Infantry, Co. G, entering as Private and was

discharged as Sergeant.

Mary Jane Vaughan was likely born at the

Vaughan family seat along the Vaughan’s Creek

tributary of the Severn River. Her father, William

Vaughan, purchased “Ware Point” from Charles

Carter Field according to Alexander L Wiatt in his

book “The Descendants of Stephen Field.” This

transfer of ownership is shown in Ludwell

Montague’s “Land Holdings of Ware Neck 1642 -

1860.” After Thomas Cary Cooke married Mary

Jane Vaughan in 1868, they built a home adjacent

to the “Ware Point” home on a tract that was called

“Wheatly Hall.” This house burned at some point,

and another was built adjacent to it. The property

remained in the Cooke family for about 75 years.

Thomas Cary Cooke and Mary Jane

Vaughan were parents of nine children.

The oldest was my grandfather, Charles

Vaughan Cooke, born in 1869. After

him, came Thomas Cary Cooke, Jr.,

Marie “Nannie” Clayton Cooke Fox,

William Buckner Cooke, James

Benjamin Cooke, Samuel Beverley

Cooke, Susan Bagnall Cooke, Watt

Swepson Cooke, and Joseph Branham

Cooke. Several of these lived in

Gloucester Co., several lived in Norfolk,

and one lived in Richmond.

Of those residing in Gloucester were

two who died young, Thomas Cary

Cooke, Jr. and Watt Swepson Cooke.

Thomas Cary Cooke, Jr. was buried at

Beulah Baptist Church, Ware Neck.

Marie “Nannie” Clayton Cooke married

Irving Huntington Fox (a descendant of

Governor West), had issue, and was

buried at Ware Church. Her

descendants lived in Maryland. James

Thomas Cary Cooke

Family Group Sheet

Husband Thomas Cary Cooke

Birth Oct 27, 1833

Death Jan 14, 1916

Burial Beulah Baptist Church, Gloucester Co., VA

Marriage Feb 27, 1868 Gloucester Co., VA

Father Thomas Buckner Cooke (1811 -1851)

Mother Catherine Clayton Cary (1816-1873)

Wife Mary Jane Vaughan

Birth Aug 7, 1848

Death May 11, 1930 Gloucester Co., VA


Father William Vaughan (1812-1891)

Mother Anne Frances Cluverius (1816-1895)

Children

1 M Charles Vaughan Cooke

Birth Sep 1, 1869 Gloucester Co. VA

Death May 15, 1956 Norfolk, VA

Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA

Occupation Auditor, Norfolk School Board

Spouse Mary Elizabeth Cracraft (1879 -1965)

Marriage Aug 14, 1906 Pittsburg, PA

(Continued on page 7)

Mary Jane Vaughan Cooke

(1848-1930)



Benjamin “Benjie” Cooke was postmaster

at Ware Neck in the present Nuttall Store.

He was popular and well known in

Gloucester. He married Carrie Halstead,

a nurse from Princess Anne Co. and had a

son (deceased) and daughter living in

California. Susan Bagnall Cooke married

Adrian Spencer Vaughan and lived in

Ware Neck. She had issue and they lived

in the Tidewater area.

Living in Norfolk were Charles

Vaughan Cooke who married Mary

Elizabeth Cracraft of Wheeling, WV. They

had one son who lived in Charlotte, NC.

William Buckner Cooke lived in Norfolk

and was unmarried. The youngest son,

Joseph Branham Cooke, also lived in

Norfolk and was married to Bessie Beatty

Anderson, without issue. The Cooke

boys who left Gloucester to go to Norfolk

went by way of Norfolk Academy and

were looked after by Susan Vaughan

Bagnall, a cousin of Mary Jane Vaughan

Cooke who was headmaster of the

school.

Samuel Beverley Cooke lived in

Richmond and was married to Louise

Ewig and had two children, twins. They

live in Richmond and in Maryland.

For further information contact:

Allen R. Cooke, [email protected]

2 M Thomas Cary Cooke

Birth Apr 11, 1872

Death Feb 28, 1892


3 F Marie "Nannie" Clayton Cooke

Birth Nov 23, 1875 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Jan 5, 1928 Gloucester Co., VA

Burial Ware Church Cemetery, Gloucester Co., VA

Spouse Irving Huntington Fox (1878-1931)

Marriage Jun 28, 1911 Gloucester Co. VA

4 M William Buckner Cooke

Birth Sep 23, 1877

Death Feb 22, 1971

Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA

5 M James Benjamin Cooke

Birth Apr 10, 1880

Death Oct 16, 1962

Burial Ware Church Cemetery, Gloucester Co., VA

Occupation Postmaster, Ware Neck, VA

Spouse Carrie Halstead (1909-1998)

6 M Samuel Beverley Cooke

Birth Jan 15, 1883 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Jan 21, 1963

Burial Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA

Occupation Piano tuner

Spouse Louise Ewig (1894-1946)

Marriage Apr 16, 1917

7 F Susan Bagnall Cooke

Birth Dec 28, 1885 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Jan 27, 1978 Newport News, VA

Burial Beulah Baptist Church, Gloucester Co. , VA

Spouse Adrian Spencer Vaughan (1887-1962)

Marriage Jul 18, 1910 Gloucester Co., VA

8 M Watt Swepson Cooke

Birth Jun 9, 1888

Death Apr 1, 1889 Gloucester Co., VA

9 M Joseph Branham Cooke

Birth Jun 10, 1890

Death Jul 19, 1969

Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA

Spouse Bessie Beatty Anderson

(Continued from page 6)



Great-Grandparents

of James Monroe Jones

By James M. Jones

In a prior article issued in the June 2001 The Family Tree Searcher, I presented the

lineage and a story of my grandparents, James Lee Kemp and Harriet Pauline Kemp.

Grandma and Grandpa Kemp were raised only a few miles apart in Gloucester and likewise

bore and raised their six children here until the depression. The depression of the thirties

and illnesses forced them to move to the Lower Peninsula. Grandma was the avid

genealogist that recorded in detail the places in the county where they lived. In her many

handwritten and typed notes, she listed the county records that pertained to our family’s

history. Harriet Pauline was able to remember and record many details concerning her

father, Lewis Monroe Kemp, since he was alive into her adult life. Grandpa, however, had

no memories of his father, Gregory Kemp. His father, Gregory, died when he was two.

Ancestors of James Monroe Jones

James Madison Jones

b. 1842 in King George Co., VA, m. 1858, d. 1923 in Culpeper Co., V

Charles Thomas Jones

b. 1869 in King George Co., VA, d. 1962 in VA

Elizabeth Frances (Betty) Proctor

b. 1846

Eldridge Vernon Jones

b. 1903 in Stafford Co., VA, m. 1934, d. 1977 in Marathon, FL

Edward Thomas Dulin

b. 1835 in Fauquier Co., VA, m. 1869, d. 1915

Emma Frances Dulin

b. 1873, d. 1910 in VA

Luiza Elizabeth Clore

b. 1844 in Madison Co., VA, d. abt 1903 in Spotsylvania Co., VA

James Monroe Jones

b. 1934 in Suffolk, VA, m. Sandra Moore Collier

Gregory Kemp

b. 1798, m. 1870, d. 1878

James Lee Kemp

b. 1876 in Gloucester Co., VA, m. 1901, d. 1954 in Newport News, VA

Marier? Elizabeth Wyatt

b. 1844, d. 1924

Dorothy Lee Kemp

b. 1911 in Gloucester Co., VA, d. 1994 in Anaheim, CA

Lewis Monroe Kemp

b. 1838 in Gloucester Co., VA, m. 1867, d. 1913 in Gloucester Co., VA

Harriet Pauline Kemp

b. 1879 in Gloucester Co., VA, d. 1968 in Newport News, VA

Harriet Elizabeth Brown Dutton

b. 1848, d. 1916 in Gloucester Co., VA


The following Pedigree Chart, Family

Group Sheets, and three essays tell what I have

learned about my four great -grandfathers

(James Madison Jones, Edward Thomas Dulin,

Gregory Kemp, and Lewis Monroe Kemp).

Pictures show Gregory and his wife Maria as

well as Lewis Monroe and his wife Harriet

Dutton. All pictures show my great -

grandparents during their later years.

Great-Grandfather Lewis Monroe Kemp

Lewis Monroe was father of my

grandmother, Pauline Kemp. His line can be

traced to the immigrant, Edmond Kempe, the

son of the First Baron of Gessing in Norfolk,

England. This trace was gleaned from the

research of Lena Mullins and other Kemp -

related great-aunts by Charles Smith of

Poquoson, Virginia.

Lewis’ father was Peter Day Kemp, a

Gloucester farmer and landowner. Peter had

three wives: Sarah Garrett, Mary Booker, and

Sarah Hall. Mary was Lewis' mother, who had

five boys and one girl, Isabelle. Peter had one

Lewis Monroe Kemp

Family Group Sheet

Husband Lewis Monroe Kemp


Death Feb 17, 1913 Gloucester Co., VA

Marriage Jun 27, 1867 Gloucester Co., VA

Father Peter Day Kemp (1806 -1859)

Mother Mary Ann Booker (1814-1849)

Wife Harriet Elizabeth Brown Dutton

Birth Jun 14, 1848

Death Jul 10, 1916 Gloucester Co., VA

Father Edward Chapman Dutton (1815-1876)

Mother Rebecca Washington Chapman (1828 -1855)

Children

1 M William Monroe Kemp

Birth Apr 24, 1870 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Jan 20, 1937 Hampton, VA

Spouse Lesper Booker (1887- )

Marriage May 2, 1906

2 F Ada Rebecca Kemp


Death May 22, 1948

Spouse Charles Edward Harper (1864- )

Marriage Feb 18, 1894 Gloucester Co., VA 1

3 F Mary Ella Kemp

Birth Feb 8, 1875

Death Feb 15, 1957

Spouse John Alfred Booker (1875-1930)

Marriage Mar 10, 1897

4 F Claranetta Lewis Kemp

Birth Sep 13, 1877

Death Jan 13, 1963 Newport News, VA

Spouse Charles Thomas Kemp (1873-1951)

Marriage Apr 30, 1899

5 F Harriet Pauline Kemp

Birth Sep 16, 1879 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Apr 8, 1968 Newport News, VA

Spouse James Lee Kemp (1876 -1954)

Marriage Apr 18, 1901 Gloucester Co., VA

6 M Lloyd Morgan Kemp

Birth Oct 4, 1881

Death Jan 18, 1964

7 M Ray Vaughn Kemp

Birth Oct 28, 1883

Death Jan 1, 1948

Spouse Lucy Leigh Stubblefield

Marriage Jun 7, 1905

8 F Deborah Dey Kemp


Death Sep 12, 1918

Spouse Ernest J. Miller (1886 - )

9 F Lola May Kemp

Birth Mar 23, 1887 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Nov 8, 1969 Newport News, VA

Spouse Thomas Chandler Weymouth

Lewis Monroe Kemp

(1838-1913)

Great-Grandparents of James Monroe Jones


son by each of the other wives. At Mary's death in 1849,

Peter apparently had no home, so he is seen in the 1850

census living with his cousin, Overton Kemp. When Peter

married Sarah Hall, he sold what forest land he had and

went to live at Sarah Hall’s home. Isabelle was with her

grandparents, Lewis C. Booker. Even though Sarah took

care of Peter's sons until they were of age, in her will she

gave her entire estate to her and Peter’s son, James Robert

Kemp.

This sets the stage for Lewis as he becomes of age,

prepares for marriage, and is faced with the beginning of

the Civil War. He courted Harriet Dutton, a neighbor of

Gregory Kemp, but her affluent family did not find Lewis to

be a worthy suitor, since he had no land and no trade.

Their problem was for a while delayed when Lewis joined

the 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment and went off to fight

for the Confederacy. With him, also, went at least three of

his four blood brothers: Wyndham, Frank, and Byrd.

Ludwell Montague, in " Gloucester County and the Civil War "

and Alex Wiatt in "26th Virginia Infantry " are the sources for the following account of Lewis

Monroe's experience as a confederate soldier. Since Lewis and Wyndham joined at the

beginning of recruitment in May 1861, and were captured as POW’s at Petersburg near the

end of the war, I assume that their war experiences paralleled that of the 26th Virginia

regiment.

1

Lewis Monroe and Peter Wyndham were part of the 26th when they surrendered.

Brothers Byrd and Frank are not listed as prisoners that day, so perhaps they stepped out

in the darkness and rejoined the rebel troops as many of the 26th had done.

Harriet Dutton Kemp

(1848-1916)

1. The Gloucester 26th recruits signed up for a year for the protection of the mid -peninsula, specifically

Mathews and Gloucester Counties, and the securing of the Gloucester Point Garrison.

After about a year, it was determined that Gloucester Point was no longer strategic enough to justify keeping

the 26th there. The regiment was asked by General Lee to re -enlist for the duration of the war and join in the

battles in and around Richmond. There, they were involved in peripheral encounter at Malvern Hill and New

Market, but were never in a serious battle; they spent a major part of their time gardening. To date, more men

had been lost to sickness and desertion than to battle. While defending the Confederate Capital in August of

1863, eight companies of the 26th and other troops were called upon to engage Federal ships in the James

River. After a few unsuccessful attempts, the three engaged federal vessels retreated, and rebel commanders

claimed victory.

So far, travel had involved marches to Richmond, Petersburg, and Williamsburg; but in September of 1863

the 26th, along with the rest of General Wise’s Brigade, packed up on trains and traveled to South Carolina to

defend Charleston. Between September 1863 and May 1864, the 26th under various Southern commanders,

defended South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Soon they began to feel that they had become fixtures in the

deep south, but Grant was about to change all that by mounting a major attack, which he hoped would bring

the war to a successful close. When this was realized by Lee, troops including the 26th were called back to

defend Richmond and Petersburg.

When the 26th reached Petersburg, an impressive line of Confederate batteries that protected the city

greeted them. It became the 26th's duty to defend battery 5 under the command of Lt. Colonel James Councill.

On June 15, 1864, they were commanded to hold the position from an onslaught of Union troops until dusk

when they would be relieved. The attacks were tough, but they held until dark. Just after dark, a new charge of

Yankees was heard heading toward Battery 5. Lt. Col. Councill made a judgment that his troops were not

strong enough to stave off another attack, so at risk of his own life, he ran out and surrendered.



Lewis and Peter were enlisted men, so they were sent to Elmira Prison in southern New

York. Elmira Prison was as infamous as Andersonville in the South. Both were places

where the prisoners lived in scant quarters and had inadequate food, water, and medical

supplies to survive. Thousands of men died in both camps.

Lewis was a carpenter, so he was assigned to building coffins, and he apparently also

buried the dead soldiers. Both Lewis and Peter survived the ordeal for about eight -and-a-

half months.

When Lewis returned to Gloucester, he soon established himself as a cabinet maker

and coach builder and was able to purchase land and establish himself into Gloucester’s

rural society. He also renewed his relationship with Harriet Dutton, whose family now had

gained respect for Lewis. There was a rub, however, Gregory Kemp (Gregory is my other

Great-Grandfather Kemp) had lost his wife Susan and was also fond of Harriet Dutton. He

threatened to interrupt the service at Bellamy Church and claimed that he too wanted

Harriet for his wife. The wedding went on without a hitch, however, with Lewis and Harriet

beginning their lives on a farm off Harcum Road just past Ebenezer Church where they

raised their nine children. I do not know where Lewis conducted his coach making and

cabinet business, but the tools of his trade are on display at the Peninsula Funeral Home in

Newport News.

There are land transfer records that show that Lewis gave most of his property to his

children before his death in 1916. Lewis and Harriet were both buried in the Kemp burial

plot at Olive Branch Church also on Harcum Road. Therefore, I assume that he and his

wife were Methodist.

My knowledge of my great-grandfather comes first from my grandmother, Pauline.

She left a notebook of handwritten and typed notes. As I began to search Cyrus Rilee’s

census records, the various land transfers, the marriage and death records at the

Gloucester Courthouse, and the Gloucester Genealogical Society’s books and journals, I

could see by the format that Pauline had already been there and had based her research on

these same documents.

On a final personal note, I remember sitting on the roof of a chicken coop that my

grandmother and I were building at her home in Newport News. She told me about her

father, Lewis Monroe Kemp, how he was a master carpenter and how he taught her to

build. She would always say, “My father used to tell me to spit on the nail, and it was less

likely to split the wood.” This was a knack he learned while building coffins at Elmira

Prison. Lewis Monroe Kemp was a good husband and father. He served Gloucester as a

soldier and was an expert carpenter.

Gregory Kemp and Maria Elizabeth Wiatt

My great-grandfather, Gregory Kemp, died when my grandfather, James Lee, was two

years old, so James did not know his father and had no personal stories to tell about him.

Most of what I know has been gleaned from those vital records that still remain at the

Gloucester Courthouse or in Richmond, as well as in the Gloucester County census records.

Gregory’s father died the year he was born, 1798, so he was most likely with his

grandfather, Thomas, in the 1810 census. Thomas had young children of comparable age

in his household. In 1820, 1830, and 1840, he is listed as head of household, and in 1850,

he is shown with his entire first family and wife, Susan H. Clarke.



Early Gloucester land records show that Gregory

purchased 161½ acres from Robert M. Thornton

in about 1833. The land was about four miles

northeast of the courthouse off Indian Road. It

bordered the old Campfield estate and at probate

bordered Elijah Bridges’ land. At his death in

1878, Gregory willed this property to his second

wife, my great-grandmother, Maria Elizabeth

Wiatt, and his son by his first marriage,

Augustine. When Maria married Madison

Richeson, her portion of the property went to her

children by Gregory (Lillian and my grandfather,

James). Augustine lost his portion of the land to

the county because of failure to pay taxes. James

sold his property to his sister, Lillian, and her

husband, Edward German.

Neither Gregory nor his son, Augustine,

served in the Civil War. In all records Gregory is

listed as a farmer and Augustine a farmhand.

Gregory was sixty-plus at the beginning of the

war, presumably too old. Augustine was of age.

Family records show that Gregory was born in

1878. However, the various census records from

1850 through 1870 show various projected birth

Gregory Kemp Family

Group Sheet

Husband Gregory Kemp

Birth 1798

Death 1878

Marriage Mar 17, 1870 Gloucester Co., VA

Father George (W.) Kemp

Mother Martha Clark

Other spouse Susan H. Clarke (1806 -1866)

Wife Maria Elizabeth Wyatt

Birth Mar 27, 1844

Death Nov 25, 1924

Father Peter F. Wyatt (1821- )

Mother Lucy ?Nancy (Ann E.) Drisgall (1821 - )

Other spouse Lumpkin E. Garrett (1828- )

Marriage Oct 25, 1865 Gloucester Co., VA

Other spouse Madison Richeson (1823 - )

Marriage Dec 30, 1880 Gloucester Co., VA

Children

1 F Lillian Anna Kemp

Birth 1870 Gloucester Co., VA

Spouse Edward German (1854- )

Marriage Nov 27, 1889 Gloucester Co., VA

2 M James Lee Kemp


Death Sep 3, 1954 Newport News, VA

Spouse Harriet Pauline Kemp (1879 -1968)

Marriage Apr 18, 1901 Gloucester Co., VA

Gregory Kemp

(1798-1878)

Maria Elizabeth

Wiatt Kemp

(1798-1878)



years. For example, the 1850 census shows Gregory’s age at 50 (b. 1797/8). In 1860 the

census shows age 53 (b. 1807/8), and in 1870 the census shows age 60 (b. 1810/11). His

marriage record to my great-grandmother, Maria, shows his age at 72 with hers at 26. The

date of marriage was 17 March 1870. This marriage record and the 1850 census ages

match and, therefore probably represent his correct age. The two children of this marriage

were born when he was age 72 and 78. His will was written in 1873, and probated in

September 1878, when my grandfather, James, was two years old. I have not been able to

pinpoint Gregory’s death date or his burial place. Gregory Kemp was actually a generation

older than my other Kemp great -grandfather, Lewis Monroe, but I don’t think he was

concerned about his age.

James Madison Jones and Edward Thomas Dulin of Northern Virginia

My paternal great-grandparents, James Madison Jones and Edward Thomas Dulin,

lived in the counties in and around Fredericksburg. Both the Joneses and Dulins descend

from immigrants to our country that came during the colonial era. The Dulins descend

from the Irish immigrants, Robert Dooling and his father, James Dulon. (There were many

spellings for Dulin: Dowling, Dooling, Dulon, etc.)

Ed Dulin's wife was a Clore, originally Klaar of Germanic decent. On the Jones side,

maternal lines trace to Thomas Willoughby, an Ancient Planter of the Jamestown era, John

Robinson of the upper Peninsula, Robert Beverley, and the Allertons and Brewsters from

the Plymouth Colony. The Jones line has not been traced to the immigrant; however, we

know that there were two Thomas Joneses (father and son) and that they came from Essex

and King and Queen Counties. They quite likely

link to Capt. Roger Jones and the early Gloucester

Joneses. No known documents have been found to

prove this.

James Madison Jones and his wife, Betty

Proctor, last owned property in Culpeper off route

3 near Ely’s Ford. A Jones family graveyard is still

on a hill on the property, but the property is no

longer owned by the family. My father described

his grandfather, James, as a kind man, but he said

that his grandmother, Betty, was the meanest

woman he ever knew. This is somewhat verified in

land transactions in Betty and James’ later life.

Transactions show that James and Betty first

transferred his property to his son Walter with the

understanding that Walter and his wife would

provide for them. Walter was apparently not able

to do this, so the land was given to my grandfather,

Charles Thomas, with the same stipulation. After

losing his wife Emma and remarrying, he too

returned the land and left the county. There were

several other transactions in the family with the

land finally being transferred to a Bledsoe who took

care of James and Betty until they passed away. I

would assume that my father was correct about his

Edward Thomas Dulin

Family Group Sheet

Husband Edward Thomas Dulin

Birth Oct 29, 1835 Fauquier Co., VA

Death Aug 7, 1915

Marriage Nov 23, 1869

Father Spenser N. Dulin

Mother Nancy S. Fletcher

Wife Luiza Elizabeth Clore

Birth Jun 2, 1844 Madison Co., VA

Death abt 1903 Spotsylvania Co., VA

Father James William Clore (1821- )

Mother Frances Ellen Blankenbecker (1822 - )

Children

1 F Alice Dulin

2 F Martha Ellen (Mattie) Dulin

Birth Aug 16, 1870 Madison Co., VA

Death Aug 6, 1923 Spotsylvania Co., VA

3 F Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dulin

Birth Jul 25, 1871 Madison Co., VA

4 F Emma Frances Dulin

Birth Aug 15, 1873

Death Jun 27, 1910 VA

Spouse Charles Thomas Jones (1869 -1962)

5 M Herbert Dulin

Birth Mar 15, 1883 Spotsylvania Co., VA

Death Apr 21, 1944 Spotsylvania Co. , VA



grandmother.

James was a Civil War veteran in the

Virginia 9th regiment with records showing that

he had been wounded and received a pension.

It is said that his father, Churchill, also served,

but since there were several Churchill Joneses,

proof is, again, very hard to obtain. Both Ed

Dulin and my great -great-grandfather, James

Clore, served in the Civil War. There is no

enlistment shown for Edward Dulin, but it is

indicated in several letters that he worked for

the Confederate Army as a carpenter in

Charlottesville. James Clore, my great -great-

granddad served in the 10th Virginia Infantry,

Company L. Since the Joneses, Clores, and the

Dulins lived within a few miles of

Chancellorsville, and since their army units were

active in the battles at Chancellorsville, it can be

reckoned that they all three may have fought

there with Stonewall Jackson and perhaps saw

him receive his fatal wound.

Both of my Jones grandparents have

linkages that trace back to the early founders of

our nation. Their history is rich in service to the

early governments and service in the Wars of

Independence and the Civil War. My first name

is taken from great-grandfather, James Madison

Jones, and my second name from my great -

grandfather, Lewis Monroe Kemp, of Gloucester.


James M. Jones, 2908 East Hempstead Road,

Anaheim, CA 92806, Tel. (714) 630-4822, [email protected]

James Madison Jones

Family Group Sheet

Husband James Madison Jones

Birth 1842 King George Co., VA

Death Jan 1923 Culpeper Co., VA

Marriage Nov 21, 1858 Spotsylvania Co., VA

Father Churchill Jones (1817- )

Mother Keziah Pates (1816 - )

Wife Elizabeth Frances (Betty) Proctor

Birth 1846

Children

1 M Charles Thomas Jones

Birth Oct 8, 1869 King George Co., VA

Death Jan 18, 1962 VA

1st Spouse Emma Frances Dulin (1873-1910)

2 M James Jones

Spouse Dolly Grimesley

3 M Walter Jones

Birth 1878

Spouse Molly Blankenbaker

Marriage Dec 26, 1900

Spouse Gladys Jones

4 F Monie Jones

Spouse Judson Chewning

5 F Eunice Jones

Death Aug 31, 1972

Spouse Vernon Chewning

6 M Judson Jones

Birth Aug 12, 1880

Death Aug 1972 Fredericksburg, VA

Spouse Virginia Hawkins

Marriage Aug 31, 1905

7 M Robert Churchill Jones

Birth Aug 17, 1881 Fredericksburg, VA

Death Dec 1978 Fredericksburg, VA

Spouse Clara Aydiotte

Spouse Mary Maitland Hawkins

8 M Frank Jones



Ancestors of Lewis Roane Hunt

Wilbur Lincoln Hunt

b. 1868 in Dudley, MA, m. 1895, d. 1935 in Richmond, VA

Lester Lee Hunt

b. 1914 in James City Co., VA, m. 1936, d. 1994 in York Co., VA

Joseph Lewis

b. 1833 in England, m. 1867, d. 1901 in Hawley, MN

Laura Kate Lewis

b. 1875 in Hawley, MN, d. 1956 in Charles City Co., VA

Emily Sansom

b. 1849 in England, d. 1924 in Hawley, MN

Lewis Roane Hunt

b. 1939 in James City Co., VA, m. Phyllis Ann Shelton

Charles Alexander Roane

b. 1817 in King & Queen Co., VA, m. 1838, d. 1875 in K & Q Co., VA

Richard Alexander Roane

b. 1842 in King & Queen Co., VA, m. 1909, d. 1920 in Gloucester Co., VA

Sarah Rebecca Roane

b. 1821 in King & Queen Co., VA, d. 1849 in King & Queen Co., VA

Hulda Rebecca Roane

b. 1914 in Gloucester Co., VA, d. 1998 in Gloucester Co., VA

William F. Worrell

b. 1861 in Gloucester Co., VA, m. 1889, d. 1894 in K & Q Co., VA

Elva Maude Worrell

b. 1890 in King & Queen Co., VA, d. 1973 in York Co., VA

Martha Ann Horsley

b. 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA, d. 1940 in Gloucester Co., VA

William Pomeroy Hunt

b. 1838 in Jaffery, NH, m. 1864, d. 1915 in James City Co., VA

Mary Elizabeth Upham

b. 1846 in Dudley, MA, d. 1935 in James City Co., VA

Great-Grandparents

of Lewis Roane Hunt

By L. Roane Hunt

Like many others I have worn my genealogy from the

day I was born, in the name given me, LEWIS -ROANE-HUNT.

My pedigree chart below shows the prominence of each of

these names. The picture on the right shows me sitting on

the lap of the only living great -grandparent at my birth in

1939. In fact, she attended my mother (her granddaughter)

at my birth. Martha Ann Horsley had married her second

husband and was known as Mattie Crump. She often nursed

the sick and assisted mothers at birth, so when I was born at

“Merry Oaks” farm in Toano of James City County, VA, she

Martha Ann Horsley Worrell

holding great grandson,

Lewis Roane Hunt


traveled from Gloucester County to attend my mother and me. My mother, Hulda Rebecca

Roane, was born and raised in Gloucester County. In 1935, she graduated from

Fredericksburg State Teachers College and accepted her first teaching position as first

grade teacher in Toano. There she met my father, Lester Lee Hunt, and they were married

on October 17, 1936. During these depression years, Lester’s father died and his sawmill

operation failed. Therefore, my father tried his hand at truck farming at the Merry Oaks

home place until I was born. Later, he accepted a trial position in the shipyard and moved

to Newport News. Mother and I went to live with my grandmother, Elva Roane, in

Gloucester until daddy established himself in the shipyard and found a place for us to live.

We all moved to Newport News in August 1939. Thus, a Gloucester girl married a James

City boy, and lived ever after in reach of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry -dock

Company.

Worrell-Horsley

Martha Ann (Mattie) Horsley was the daughter of Allen Smith Horsley and Elizabeth B.

Horsley of Woods Cross Roads in Gloucester. Her parents were from two Gloucester lines

of Horsleys that are probably connected, but I have no proof of the connection. In 1889,

she married William F. (Willie) Worrell, who was also born in Gloucester County. Willie

Worrell was the son of Joseph T. Worrell and

Mary C. Lewis. (This is my Lewis connection of

Virginia [Urbanna] in my maternal line, but I was

named after the Lewis of my paternal line.)

Joseph Worrell was born in King George County,

VA, and died in the Civil War about the time of

Willie’s birth. (I have not found any direct Civil

War records for Joseph, but recently I discovered

that his name is included on the monument in

the Gloucester Courthouse Circle.

1

) Willie

Worrell and his mother were listed in the 1870

census for King and Queen County, VA, adjacent

to “Spring Hill,” the resident farm of Charles A.

William F. Worrell

Family Group Sheet

Husband William F. Worrell


Death Dec 15, 1894 King & Queen Co., VA

Marriage Jun 30, 1889 Gloucester Co., VA 1

Father Joseph T. Worrell (1834-1861)

Mother Mary C. Lewis (1836 -1896)

Wife Martha Ann Horsley

Birth Sep 16, 1870

Death Mar 19, 1940

Father Allen Smith Horsley (1834-1892)

Mother Elizabeth B. Horsley (1834 -1911)

Other spouse Richard Beverly Crump (1871-1949)


Children

1- F Elva Maude Worrell

Birth May 28, 1890 King & Queen Co., VA 3

Death Jan 24, 1973 York Co., VA

Spouse Richard Alexander Roane (1842 -1920)

Marriage Aug 28, 1909 Gloucester Co., VA 4

Spouse Edgar Lewis Emerson (1879-1951)

2- F Essie Ray Worrell

Birth Jul 26, 1892

Death abt 1896

3- F Clemmie Blanche Worrell

Birth Jun 1, 1893 King & Queen Co., VA 3

Death 1968

Spouse Willie Albert Crockett (1862-1938)

Marriage Apr 1, 1914 Gloucester Co., VA 1

Spouse John David Jarvis (1880 -1958)

Marriage Jun 6, 1945 Gloucester Co., VA 1

Spouse Mr. Ware

Young Willie Worrell

(1861-1894)

Great-Grandparents of Lewis Roane Hunt


Roane (my great-grandfather). This led to the Worrell -Roane connection.

When Willie Worrell married Mattie, the Spring Hill farm was vacant, and Richard A.

Roane, son of Charles and a resident of Gloucester, was executor of Charles’ estate. Willie

Worrell established his home at Spring Hill as a share -cropping farmer under the oversight

of Richard Roane. The picture of Willie Worrell, on the previous page, probably shows him

as a teenager prior to his marriage. His family group sheet indicates that he had three

young daughters when he died at the age of 33. In fact, when Richard Roane received word

that his tenant was very sick, he sent word to his niece to teach his Sunday School Class in

Gloucester because he was going for a visit in King and Queen. Richard found Willie very

sick and ministered to him. After much prayer, Willie “got happy” or was sanctified by the

Holy Spirit. That day, Richard Roane promised to take care of Willie’s young family. This

commitment solidified the Worrell -Roane connection because in 1909 Richard married

Willie’s oldest daughter; he was 66 and Elva Maude Worrell was 19.

2

Richard A. Roane had

five children when he was old enough to be their great -grandfather.

Roane-Roane

My mother was born when her father,

Richard Alexander Roane, was 71 years old,

and he died when she was 5. His parents

were Charles Alexander Roane and Sarah

Rebecca Roane, as shown in their family

group sheet at the left. They were first

cousins; their fathers were the sons of

Alexander Roane and Elizabeth Pollard.

Charles A. Roane is best known for his diary

that he kept throughout the Civil War.

3

Also

in his diary, he describes the process of

building a new home, “Spring Hill,” on his

Charles Alexander Roane

Family Group Sheet

Husband Charles Alexander Roane

Birth Aug 7, 1817 King & Queen Co., VA

Death May 25, 1875 King & Queen Co., VA

Marriage Dec 6, 1838 King & Queen Co., VA

Father Charles S. Roane (1776 -1858)

Mother Frances Guthrie (1775-1823)

Other spouse Matilda Frances Mitchell (1835 -1915)

Marriage Feb 16, 1854

Wife Sarah Rebecca Roane

Birth Feb 25, 1821

Death Oct 28, 1849

Father Major Benjamin Roane (1785-1837)

Mother Rebecca Coleman Shackleford (1794 -1827)

Children

1 M Luther Major Roane

Birth Nov 28, 1839 King & Queen Co., VA

Death Jul 8, 1897 Gloucester Co., VA

Spouse Demarious Ann Elizabeth Fary (1850 -1901)


2 M Richard Alexander Roane

Birth Sep 18, 1842 King & Queen Co., VA

Death Mar 26, 1920 Roanes, VA

Spouse Lucy M. Bowden (1848 -1908)

Marriage Dec 25, 1866 King & Queen Co., VA

Spouse Elva Maude Worrell (1890-1973)

Marriage Aug 28, 1909 Gloucester Co., VA

3 F Maria Louisa Roane

Birth May 22, 1845 King & Queen Co., VA

Death Jul 4, 1936 Columbus, OH

Spouse John Henry L. Adams (1841 -1917)

Marriage Jan 31, 1866 King & Queen Co., VA

4 M Charles Edward Roane

Birth Aug 27, 1849 King & Queen Co., VA

Spouse India Letetia Roane (1858 -1887)


Spouse Eugenia Virginia Roane (1852-1933)


Charles Alexander Roane (1817-1875)

(No picture of Sarah Rebecca Roane)



636 acres located on the southern border of

King and Queen County that was completed in

the Spring of 1861. (“Spring Hill,” shown in the

picture, was recently restored and the present

owner operates an active farm with a variety of

livestock.) Charles A. Roane probably began

with land inherited through his wife’s mother,

Rebecca Shackleford.

4

The Roanes were

descendants of Charles Roane, the early

Gloucester settler on the Poropotank Creek.

5, 6

Sarah Rebecca Roane died during

childbirth in 1849, and Charles married Matilda

Mitchell and had six more children. After the

Civil War, the three sons of the first marriage,

Luther, Richard, and Charles, moved to

Gloucester and purchased part of the bankrupt

“Level Green” estate of the Robins family. They established Roanes and Selden Stores and

Post Offices and Roanes Wharf.

7

Most of Charles Roane’s second set of children migrated

to Portsmouth because the railroad shifted their coal terminals from West Point on the

York River to Portsmouth on the James River, causing a declining economy in King and

Queen County. One exception was his youngest daughter, Linwood Roane, who married

William T. Ash of Gloucester Point. Mr. Ash began as store clerk at twelve for Richard A.

Roane, later to become his business partner; and after Richard died, he became owner of

the modernized Yorktown Ferry. As stated previously, it was while Richard A. Roane

served as executor of the “Spring Hill” estate that he committed himself to the care of

Willie Worrell’s young family.

Hunt-Upham

My father’s grandparents were William Pomeroy Hunt and Mary Elizabeth Upham from

New England. Both the Hunt and Upham ancestors came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

in 1635 during the great Puritan migration. William Hunt emigrated to Concord, the first

inland town,

8

and John Upham emigrated to Weymouth which was on the south shore of

the present-day Boston Harbor.

9

The Hunts migrated to Jaffery, NH, where William

Pomeroy Hunt was born. Mary Upham’s family migrated to Dudley, MA, where she was

born. Dudley is located on the Connecticut River on the southern border of Massachusetts,

and Jaffery is located directly north of Dudley, a short distance beyond the state boundary

line. It is not known how William P. Hunt met and married Mary Upham, but the Hunts

were always connected to mills and there were plenty of mills on the Connecticut River.

The Dudley censuses of 1850 –1870 show that both William P. Hunt and his older brother

married two Upham sisters of Dudley. In the 1870 census, William is listed as a “tin

peddler” among others who were either farmers or mill workers. (As a tin peddler he could

have been a junk man, or his work was probably more in the line of maintenance of mill

equipment.) About 1872, William P. Hunt moved his family to homestead in the Minnesota

territory.

There are many stories of land grabbing and corruption of the westward railroad

expansion, including the story of outlaw Jessie James. Well, the Hunt family answered the

“Spring Hill”

Plain View, King and Queen County, VA



invitation of the railroad company to move west and locate along the new railroad line.

They chose the town named Hawley, MN, which was located on the westward border, 22

miles east of Fargo, SD. About 30 years later, part of the Hunt family was influenced again

by railroad ads depicting opportunities in Virginia with the formation of a new community

named Norge, in James City County, VA.

10

Norge was located on the rail line to the newly

founded city of Newport News, which was created by railroad tycoon, Collis P. Huntington.

The Hunts operated sawmills, and the timber in Virginia had not been cut since the Civil

War. Also, the climate was much milder in Virginia. In 1902, John and Lizzie Hunt Nunn

purchased a large tract of land in Norge from the Henley family. Within two years, Wilbur

Hunt and Frank Hunt brought their families and

their sawmills to Virginia by railcar.

In 1903, William P. Hunt purchased 176

acres of land at Yorkville in York County, VA.

This property was located adjacent to the

Yorkville Wharf on the Poquoson River, and

William operated the wharf post office during his

late sixties. Also, located adjacent to William’s

property was a sawmill operated by the York

Lumber Company (now Piney Point housing

development), and there was a rail line

connecting the wharf to the mainline at Lee Hall

in Warwick County.

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(Prior to the development

of trucking, the railroad was attempting to

connect the steamship network of wharves with

the railroad network of the nation’s interior. In

Gloucester, the railroads purchased land options

to connect with the wharves, but no railroad

lines were ever installed. In the 1910 census of

William Pomeroy Hunt

Family Group Sheet

Husband William Pomeroy Hunt

Birth January 13, 1839 Jaffery, NH

Death February 2, 1915 Norge, VA

Marriage April 14, 1864 Dudley, MA

Father Paul Hunt Jr. (1795 -1869)

Mother Ann Jewett (1803-1864)

Wife Mary Elizabeth Upham

Birth March 31, 1846 Dudley, MA

Death October 8, 1935 Toano, VA

Father Ephraim Upham, Jr. (1804-1861)

Mother Elizabeth A. Bruce

Children

1 F Elizabeth Ann Hunt

Birth March 1, 1866 Jaffery, NH

Death 1957 Toano, VA

Spouse John Brock Nunn (1862 -1942)

Marriage December 22, 1896

2 M Wilbur Lincoln Hunt

Birth March 3, 1868 Dudley, MA

Death 1935 Richmond, VA

Spouse Laura Kate Lewis (1875-1956)

Marriage November 26, 1895 Hawley, MN

3 M Clarence Emery Hunt

Birth September 12, 1871 Dudley, MA

Spouse Anna ?

4 M Gilbert Oliver Hunt

Birth November 3, 1874

5 M Frank Eugene Hunt

Birth July 11, 1878

Death July 22, 1936 Tacoma, WN

Spouse Jessie Z. Clifford (1881 -1935)

Marriage March 8, 1901 Becker Co., MN

6 M Leroy Bruce Hunt

Birth April 22, 1882

Spouse Katie ?

7 F Hattie Amelia Hunt

Birth May 20, 1884

Spouse Thomas Fairbank

Marriage April 1907

Spouse Sam A. Hayden

8 F Fannie Belle Hunt

Birth March 13, 1886

Spouse Dr. Horace Taylor Hawkins

Marriage April 1914


Wilbur Lincoln Hunt seated on a log

surrounded by his sawmill workers.


York County, Frank Hunt was located in the residence next to his father. Frank Hunt and

Wilbur Hunt (my grandfather) owned mobile sawmills that could be moved to various

locations. By disassembling portions of the mill and attaching wheels, the units could be

pulled by teams of oxen. My grandfather, Wilbur, is shown on the previous page in the

picture of his sawmill in

operation.

In 1912, Wilbur Hunt

purchased the “Hill

Pleasant” farm in Norge

that had been owned by

the Henley family. (The

Olive Branch Christian

Church began at “Hill

Pleasant” in 1832, and the

Hunts became solid

members of this church.)

My uncle’s family still owns

and operates “Hill

Pleasant” farm in Norge,

VA. In 1913, William P.

Hunt sold his property in

York County, and he and

his wife, Mary, lived with

their son at “Hill Pleasant.” The portion of the Hunt family that migrated to Virginia is

shown in the group photograph taken on the lawn of “Hill Pleasant” about 1912. Name

labels identify William P. and Mary Hunt, standing to the right of center. Lizzie is standing

on the right side, Frank is on the left, and Wilbur and his wife, Kate, are in the center. My

grandmother, Kate, is holding Aunt Elizabeth, who was born Sep. 26, 1911. William’s other

children shown are Fanny and her husband, Dr. Hawkins, who settled in Waynesboro, VA,

and Clarence Hunt, who was visiting from out West. Uncle Harold, seated in the center,

died this year at age 104. He took over the debt payments for “Hill Pleasant” when his

father purchased another Henley farm,

“Merry Oaks,” a few miles north in

Toano, where I was born.

When his father sold the York

property, Frank Hunt moved to Lee

Hall, VA, closer to his sawmill

operation. Frank and Wilbur Hunt used

their mobile sawmills in the further

development of Newport News. They

participated in the development of

Hilton Village and the US Army post at

Fort Eustis near Lee Hall, as WWI

approached. Also, they were involved

in the joint venture of Huntington’s

company and the Army to construct the

Lee Hall Reservoir and Water Works.

Immediately following the war, Frank

William and Mary Hunt with their family in 1912

Lizzie and Frank Hunt taught school in Detroit Lakes,

MN, before moving to Virginia. Frank is shown with

his students in front of the log school house.



Hunt accepted an offer by the Army to relocate to the state of Washington to cut the

Redwood trees there. This separation split the children shown in the family photograph on

the previous page. Therefore, those of my generation did not experience the close

relationship with that part of the family enjoyed by our parents.

Lewis-Sansom

My grandfather, Wilbur Lincoln Hunt, married Laura

Kate Lewis in Hawley, MN, before they moved to Virginia.

She was the daughter of Joseph Lewis and Emily

Sansom, who answered the same railroad invitation to

homestead in the town of Hawley in 1873. Joseph Lewis

was a blacksmith serving the farmers of Dorset County,

England, and the farm economy was poor, prompting

him to sail to America. After his first wife died, he

married Emily, and they had seven children who lived

full lives, as shown in their family sheet. Like most

emigrants to America of that time, they left all family

with no expectations of seeing them again. Emily left

her ailing mother,

Ann Jeans. Letters

from mother to

daughter survive in a

book by Verne Lewis,

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and tell of family

news and personal

sufferings, all with

expressions of

Christian faith and

hope of a heavenly

reunion.

Upon his arrival

in Hawley, MN, Joseph

built a blacksmith

shop and filed for his

80 acres of farmland

3 miles north of

Hawley. Verne Lewis

says that Joseph and

Emily sank deep roots

and they “stayed put” in that primitive land. They

survived and raised nine children. Laura Kate Lewis was

their first child born in America in 1875. She met and

married Wilbur Lincoln Hunt in 1895, and nine years

later, they moved to Virginia with their first three

children. They adjusted well to life in Virginia,

symbolized in the names they gave to their last two

children. Although Wilbur was born in Massachusetts

Joseph Lewis Family

Group Sheet

Husband Joseph Lewis

Birth March 25, 1833 Cattistock,

England

Death March 31, 1901 Hawley, MN

Marriage April 25, 1867 Holwell, England

Father John Lewis (1801-1878)

Mother Elizabeth Groves (1811-1899)

Other spouse Eliza Ross (1834 -1866)

Wife Emily Sansom

Birth February 16, 1849 Pulham,

England

Death March 29, 1924 Hawley, MN

Father Andrew Sansom (1785-1862)

Mother Ann Jeans (1815-1903)

Children

1 M Ernest Lewis

Birth 1868 England

Death 1935

Spouse Mabel McCoy (1874- ?)

2 M Samuel Lewis

Birth December 26, 1869 England

Death March 26, 1953

Spouse Luella Pryor (1867-1943)

Marriage March 26, 1895 Hawley, MN

3 F Elizabeth Ann Lewis

Birth 1871 England

Death 1873

4 F Laura Kate Lewis

Birth March 5, 1875 Hawley, MN

Death 1956 Charles City Co., VA,

Spouse Wilbur Lincoln Hunt (1868-

1935)

Marriage November 26, 1895 Hawley,

MN

5 F Blanche Lewis

Birth 1877 Hawley, MN

Death 1941

Spouse Harry B. Plummer (1871-

1950)

6 M Joseph Lewis


Death 1951

Spouse Rosa Shave (1876-1954)

7 M Arthur Lewis


Joseph Lewis and Emily Sansom

with sons, Ernest and Samuel,

before leaving England



and his middle name was LINCOLN, he

gave my father the middle name of LEE,

and he named my aunt, “Ruth

VIRGINIA.” My grandmother, Kate

Lewis, was the only one of her clan to

come east. Wilbur died of

complications with sugar diabetes in

1935, and Kate (Mama Hunt) stayed

with her grown children, moving from

one place to another, thereby,

maintaining a solid bond among her

children. After her death in 1956, her

children began a yearly family reunion,

that continues each year at my home in

Gloucester County on the Fourth of

July.

My parents, Lester and Hulda

Hunt, moved to Gloucester County in

1950, and purchased the Roanes

General Merchandise Store at Roanes Post Office, that was begun by Richard A. Roane.

They operated the store and farmed the twelve acres of land for three years. When Daddy

returned to shipyard work, we moved to York County, about one mile from Yorkville,

where William P. Hunt had operated the post office 50 years earlier. My grandmother, Elva,

kept the Roanes store open, selling milk and bread (a foreshadow of the “Little Sue”) until

she was forced to leave and live with my parents. I lived in York County until Phyllis and I

moved back to the homestead in Roanes of Gloucester County in 1979. The crowded living

conditions of the over-developed York County had driven me back to the “Land of the life

worth living.”

For further information contact: L. Roane Hunt, [email protected]

End notes:

1. Plummer, Robert W.; “Gloucester Court House Confederate Memorial,” The Family Tree

Searcher, Vol. 6, No. 2, December 2002, pp. 42-46 (monument names, p. 46).

2. Hunt, L. Roane; The Writings of Richard A. Roane, 1995. At the same time in 1909, Elva Worrell,

who was only 19, received conflicting proposals from Richard Roane, old enough to be her

grandfather, and Leroy Bradley, a young man her own age from Rip Rap, Virginia.

3. Kaplan, Barbara Beigun; Land and Heritage in the Virginia Tidewater: A History of King and

Queen County, 1993, pp. 122-124.

4. Hunt, L. Roane; “Richard A. Roane in 1850,” The Family Tree Searcher, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 1998,

pp. 18-21.

5. McCartney, Martha W.; “With Reverence for the Past: Gloucester County, Virginia,” 2001, p. 62

(Lee’s Paradise, pp. 48-49).

6. Selden, J. Sinclair, Jr.; “Charles Roane the Immigrant and His Wife Frances Roane,” 1982. (Mr.

Selden died at 94 on September 6, 2003, as this article was being written.)

7. Hunt, L. Roane; “Roane’s Stores Off the Ware River,” The Family Tree Searcher, Vol. 3, No. 2,

December 1999, pp. 24-25.

8. Annett, Albert, and Lehtinen, Alice E. E.; History of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, Vol. II, 1934.


Parts of Eastern Virginia

Gloucester

James City

Williamsburg

York

Charles City

New Kent

Surry

Warwick

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Pleasant

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Merry

Oaks

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Yorkville

Nunn

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Lee Hall

Spring Hill Farm

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Great-Grandparents

of Preston Brown

By Preston Brown

It is almost a truism that interest in one's ancestry

generally tends to develop only as one gets older. Having

gotten involved in researching my family genealogy in the

last decade, I now deeply regret not having asked my

parents and grandparents earlier for information on the

subject when I had the opportunity. Nonetheless I have

enjoyed the process of gathering information — most

particularly the research I have been doing on my maternal

grandfather and great-grandfather because that research led

to a wonderful visit to Gloucester

last May.

I now live in Washington,

DC, but I was born and raised in

New York City. My father was

from Louisville, Kentucky, and

my mother from Harrisburg, PA.

I saw a good bit of my mother's

parents when I was young (my

paternal grandfather died when

my father was twelve) but my

maternal grandfather, Philip

Taliaferro Meredith, rarely spoke

of his life or family in any detail.

I did learn that he had been born

in Gloucester, VA, in the late

1870's, and had moved to

Harrisburg, PA, around

1900. There he met and

married my

grandmother. Later I

learned that they spent

part of their honeymoon

in Gloucester at “Eagle

Point.” He practiced law

in Harrisburg and

enlisted in the U.S. army

in World War I. He died

in Harrisburg around

1960. These broad

Philip T. Meredith

[1942]

Catherine Screven Meredith,

and brother, Richard Meredith

[1941]

Preston Brown and his

grandmother, Dorothy

Meredith [1942]

Ancestors of Preston Brown

John Mason Brown

b. 1900, d. 1969

Preston Brown

Oct 10, 1936

Thomas James Meredith

b. 1847 in MD, m. 1870

Phillip Taliaferro Meredith

b. 1878 in Gloucester, VA, d. abt 1960

Julia Davidson Screven

b. 1843 in FL

Catherine Screven Meredith

b. 1907, d. 1998

Mary Dorothy Fronheiser

b. 1876 in Johnstown, PA, d. 1963 in New York, NY


outlines were about all I learned, however, and it was not until many years later that I

began to research my Meredith family history. I did not make a great deal of progress until

I slowly adjusted to the computer and began to appreciate the incredible potential of the

internet. I started with general searches but turned with increasing frequency to

genealogical programs such as Ancestry.com. I confirmed that my grandfather's father was

Thomas James Meredith. He was born in Maryland in 1847, and he married Julia Screven

(born in Florida in 1843). Julia Screven was the daughter of Richard Bedon Screven and

Louisa Pintard Davidson, and the internet had plenty of material on them. However, there

was just very basic material on the Merediths, and relying on my increasing but still limited

comfort with the internet on January 5, 2000, I posted a question on the Ancestry.com

"Meredith" message board asking if anyone had any information on my grandfather or his

family. The replies I received primarily focused on his middle name (Taliaferro) and

possible connections to that august Gloucester family. I have so far found no indication

that he was related to the Taliaferros and have no idea why he had been given that middle

name. It was not until later that same year that, in the course of re -checking the “Meredith”

message board, I found an earlier (1999) inquiry from J.L. Cox requesting information

about my grandfather's sister, Elizabeth Janvier Meredith, and a reply thereto from Roane

Hunt setting forth basic information on Thomas J. Meredith and his family (including my

grandfather) referring to the 1880 census. Starting with that helpful information, I was

able to find out a bit more from the internet; but it was still very basic. After some time

and still unable to garner much more information

in the fall of 2002, I found a Gloucester County

website and e-mailed them for help. I received a

cordial response from Georgette Hurley, the

Assistant County Administrator, who advised me

that she had forwarded my request on to an active

member of the Gloucester Genealogical Society.

Shortly thereafter I received an e -mail from Roane

Hunt who kindly offered to show me around when I

Thomas James Meredith

Family Group Sheet

Husband Thomas James Meredith

Birth Apr 1847 Maryland

Marriage 1870

Father Thomas Meredith

Mother Elizabeth Janvier

Wife Julia Davidson Screven

Birth Feb 1843 Florida

Father Richard Bedon Screven

Mother Louisa Pintard Davidson

Children

1 F Julia A. Meredith

Birth 1871

Death Sep 1876 Gloucester Co., VA

2 F Alice S. Meredith

Birth 1873

Spouse John Mather Wallis (1856- )


Spouse Thomas Moore

3 M Howell Meredith

Birth 1875

4 M Phillip Taliferro Meredith

Birth 1878

Spouse Mary Dorothy Fronheiser

5 M Harry Parr Meredith

Birth 1879

Spouse Margaret Lyon Hamill

6 F Elizabeth Janvier Meredith

Birth Mar 1881

Spouse Henry Dorrance Beyea (1867 - )

Marriage Aug 3, 1904 Gloucester Co., VA

Mrs. Alice S. Meredith Moore.

DAR ID Number: 60667

Born in Gloucester Co., Va.

Wife of Thomas P. Moore.

Descendant of Col. Abraham Brasher, of New York.

Daughter of Thomas James Meredith and Julia Screven

Cushman, his wife.

Granddaughter of Richard Bedan Screven and Louise

Pintard Davidson, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of

Richard Davidson, M. D., and Eliza Noel Pintard, his

wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of John Pintard and Eliza

Brasher, his wife.

Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Abraham Brasher and Helen

Kortright, his wife.

Abraham Brasher (1734-82) was a member ofthe

Provincial Congress, 1775, captain and colonel in

the first volunteer regiment of New York. He wrote

many of the popular ballards of the Revolution. He

was born in New York City; died and is buried in

Morristown, N. J.

Also Nos. 16701, 19141, 20280.

Great-Grandparents of Preston Brown


9. Upham, F. K.; “The Descendants of John Upham and His Wife Elizabeth Webb,” 1892.

10. Bradshaw, Nancy Smith, and Hamilton, Frances Huckstep; “A Pictorial History of Norge,

Virginia,” 1989. Norge was founded by Carl M. Bergh, and his son maintained a residence in

Gloucester County until his death in the late 1990s.

11. Personal communication with Mr. Linwood Burcher, York Co., VA. His family was displaced

from Warwick County when their property was flooded to create the Lee Hall Reservoir. His

family settled near Yorkville and the property that had been owned by William P. Hunt.

12. Lewis, Verne B.; “LEWIS and PLUMMER, Pioneer Families of Hawley, Minnesota…,” 1981


visited. We corresponded periodically until my visit to Gloucester took place in May 2003.

I drove to Gloucester on a Friday morning, arriving around 10:30 AM. Shortly

thereafter I met Roane outside the visitor’s center. He lead me to the courthouse and its

amazing record room where — under his guidance — I checked for material relating to

Thomas J. Meredith and his family. We found a map of the Wilson’s Creek area where T.J.

Meredith began buying land in the early 1870’s. The Meredith property was moderately

close to Eagle Point which was then owned by Joseph Bryan - who was distantly related to

T. J. Meredith’s wife, Julia Screven. (On August 14, 1770, one Elizabeth Pendarvis married

Josiah Bryan and by him had a son named Joseph. Josiah died in the spring of 1774 and on

January 18, 1776 Elizabeth married John Screven and they had Richard Bedon Screven,

Julia Screven Meredith’s grandfather). Either that family tie or just the proximity of the

family properties in the Wilson’s Creek may explain why my grandparents honeymooned at

Eagle Point in 1905.

Aside from the map of the Wilson Creek area and reference to various land transfers, I

also found a copy of T.J. Meredith’s will dated February 12, 1916, and of the order

admitting it to probate dated March 10, 1916. My grandfather was named as the sole

Executor thereof. Among other things, the will provided for an annuity of $200 to be paid

quarterly during her life to T.J. Meredith’s sister, Kate Meredith (then living in Philadelphia,

PA); but by a document dated April 25, 1916, (also on file) Kate Meredith relinquished her

claim to that annuity in exchange for a one -time payment of $600. Sadly, we did not have

time to find more and (aside from a reference to a May 1919 newspaper report on my

grandfather visiting his old home after returning from the war which I found on my return)

the above is what I have found to date.

This trip was not just about looking up documents, however. After this introductory

(I hope) time at the Courthouse Records Center, Roane gave me a memorable tour of the

Wilson’s Creek area including a lovely view of what had been the Meredith property and a

brief look from afar at Eagle Point. Filled with gratitude at Roane Hunt’s hospitality, I left

Gloucester with a whole new sense of closeness to one part of my family. I hadn’t found

any new ancestors, nor had I found anything to indicate why Thomas J. Meredith had

moved to Gloucester, or why Philip T. Meredith had moved to Harrisburg. However, I had

seen documents concerning their lives (and deaths) and of even greater importance I had

seen and sensed the place where they lived. In short, while I have much more to learn, the

Merediths and their community have taken on a life which neither books nor the internet

could provide. For this I am deeply grateful and I look forward to my return.

Great-Grandparents of Preston Brown


Great-Grandparents

of John Frank Hartman

By John F. Hartman

My great-grandfather, Joseph Charles Louis Jaisekill

(Jezequel?), was born in Brest, France, in 1844. At the young

age of 14, Joseph lied about his age and became a seaman in

the French Navy. One of his trips was to New York City. After his ship left the United

States, returning to France, it sank and all the crew was lost. Joseph was listed among the

missing, and assumed dead. He had, in fact, left the ship while it was in America, and had

not yet been reported as missing or deserting. In fear of prosecution by the government of

France, he dropped his last name of Jaisekill (Jezequel), and became Joseph Charles Louis

(pronounced “Louie”).

Joseph and Annie Louis

Ancestors of John Frank Hartman

Louis Hartmann

b. 1835, d. 1865

Frank Henry Hartmann

b. 1860? in New Orleans, LA, m. 1895, d. 1937 in Princess Ann, VA

Dora Wilhoft

b. 1838, d. 1891

Frank Fayette Hartman

b. 1904, d. 1982

Joseph Charles Louis

b. 1844 in Brest, France, m. abt 1865, d. abt 1920 in Princess Ann, VA

Elizabeth Florence Louis

b. 1871 in Mathews, VA, d. 1938 in Burlington, NC

Annie Rebecca Purcell

b. 1844 in MD, d. abt 1920? in Princess Ann, VA

John Frank Hartman

b. 1936

?

John Zadok Brooks

b. 1876, d. 1943

Susan Rebecca Brooks

b. 1856, d. 1933

Bonnie Thelma Brooks

b. 1910, d. 1998

Nathan A. Carroll

b. 1856, d. 1913

Margaret Elizabeth Carroll

b. 1888, d. 1949

Sophia A. Stevens

b. 1863, d. 1900


Joseph Louis enlisted for two years in

the US Navy as Ordinary Seaman on Nov. 14,

1862, at New York. He served on the vessels

USS Dacotah, USS Commodore Barney, and

USS Crusader. He was discharged from the

Navy while serving on the USS Crusader. The

exact date of discharge is illegible, but

appears to be November 24 (?), 1864. Most

of his military service was spent cruising and

patrolling the Chesapeake Bay and its

tributaries, during the Civil War. It is

uncertain which battles he may have

participated in, if any. He was awarded US

citizenship after serving his enlistment in

the US Navy.

It is unknown exactly when or where

Joseph Louis and my great -grandmother,

Annie Rebecca Purcell, met or were married.

It is assumed they met after the Civil War in

approximately 1868 or 1869, probably in Gloucester or Mathews County

According to the Mathews County Census of

1880, Joseph, his wife, Annie, and one daughter, 9

years old, were living there and he is listed as a

farmer. According to the Norfolk, VA, Directory for

1888-1891, they were living in Norfolk City. They

later moved to Pecan Point Rd. in the Broad Creek

area of Princess Anne Co., VA, where in 1894, he

built a house. That house is still standing (2003) and

in the Louis-Hartman family.

Joseph was not a farmer at heart, he was a

waterman. He owned his own boat and sold his fish

at the old Roanoke Dock in Norfolk. He went home

to the big house (he had it built) with his hat full of

money for Annie to count. He could not count.

It is not certain if my great -grandmother, Annie

Rebecca Purcell Louis, was born in Gloucester

County, VA, or in Maryland. It is known that she was

born April 1, 1844. The 1870 census tells that she

was born in Maryland, as well as her mother, Mary.

Other documents show her father, Nelson, and his

father, James, both as being born in Maryland. There

must be some truth to this; however, nothing has

been found in official Maryland records to confirm it.

The 1880 census says she was born in Virginia, but,

again nothing has been found to document that

either.

When Annie was 18 years old she enlisted in

Joseph Charles Louis

Family Group Sheet

Husband Joseph Charles Louis

Birth Dec 17, 1844 Brest, France

Death bet 1910-1920 Princess Ann, VA

Marriage abt 1868/1869

Wife Annie Rebecca Purcell

Birth Apr 6, 1844 MD

Death bet 1915-1920 Princess Ann, VA

Father Nelson Purcell (1809 -1870)

Mother Mary A. ? (1816-1905)

Children

1 F Mary A. T. Louis

Birth May 1870 Gloucester Co., VA

Death bet 1870-1880 Gloucester/Mathews Co., VA

2 F Elizabeth Florence Louis

Birth Dec 17, 1871 Mathews Co., VA

Death Apr 1, 1938 Burlington, NC

Spouse Frank Henry Hartmann (1860-1937)

Marriage Jun 5, 1895 Princess Ann, VA

Joseph Louis and Annie Purcell Louis

in Brest, France, when he visited his

homeland in 1875.

Great-Grandparents of John Frank Hartman


the Union Nurse Corps at the Union

held Gloucester Point Hospital. This

hospital had been occupied and

operated by the 26th Virginia

Infantry of Gloucester County. When

the 26th was ordered to move inland

for the defense of Richmond, the

Union Army soon moved up from the

Norfolk/Newport News area and

occupied the entrance to the York

River and Gloucester County. It was

then, that Annie enlisted as a

volunteer nurse

Known as “Anna,” she tended to

sick, wounded and injured troops of

various units, mostly of the

Pennsylvania and Massachusetts

Cavalries. She was later transferred

to a field hospital at the battlefront

on the James River, near Norfolk (Ft.

Monroe). After a short duty there,

she was transferred to the battle at

Wilderness, in Spotsylvania County,

Virginia, where she, herself, suffered an injury to her right leg from a bursting shell. She

was tended to in the field hospital there, then taken by ambulance to her mother's home

near Yorktown to recuperate. She was discharged at Yorktown in June 1864, while

recuperating and after fulfilling her two -year enlistment.

In Sept. 1915, at the age of 71, Annie attended the combined National Conventions of

the 21st Convention of the Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War, 1861 -1864 and the

49th GAR National Encampment in Washington, DC. This is the last record I can find of

her. It is not known when or where Annie died, or where she was buried. It is assumed

that both she and Joseph Charles Louis, her husband, are buried on the old Hartman/Sybel

farm on Broad Creek, in Princess Anne County, Virginia.

The Old Coffee Mug

A short story about the USS Maine,

the Spanish American War and my father’s coffee cup

In the late 1890s, my great-grandfather, Joseph Louis worked at the Gosport Navy Yard, now

named the Norfolk Navy Yard, in Portsmouth, VA, as a Ships Keeper (security guard), where he met a

sailor named Frank Parasette, serving aboard the USS Maine. Frank Parasette was also from France.

Joseph and Frank became very good friends before Frank became ill and was admitted to the

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, near the Navy Yard.

The Maine was in the Navy Yard for repairs. This was the last time it was in Norfolk/

Portsmouth before going to Havana, Cuba, prior to the Spanish American War. While in Havana

Harbor there was a tremendous explosion aboard the ship, which sank it. The explosion was blamed

on Cuba and had a great impact upon the strained relations between the United States, Spain and


Annie Purcell Louis and Joseph Louis (seated in center).

Standing behind, Frank Hartman (son-in-law), Dora

(granddaughter), and Elizabeth Hartman (daughter),

Louis (standing left), Roman (grandson held by Annie),

and Frank (grandson held by Joseph).

Picture taken 1908.

Great-Grandparents of John Frank Hartman


Great-Grandparents of

Katherine Miller Hendrick

By Katherine M. Hendrick

My great-grandparents came from a variety of

backgrounds. George Lilly descends from John Lilly who had

the 1643 land grant for “Lilly’s Neck” in Mathews County.

Gabriel Miller was a ship builder with a shipyard called “The

Landing” located on Blackwater Creek in Mathews. Joseph Davis

was a shoemaker and Seth Miller ran a sawmill. My great -

grandmothers bore a total of twenty -nine children.

Grave stone of George Lilly

taken from “TOMBSTONES

of Mathews County,

Virginia.”

Ancestors of Mary Katherine Miller


b. 1821 in Mathews Co., VA, m. 1850, d. 1910 in Mathews Co., VA

Thomas Booz Miller


Williantina R. Howlett

b. 1831 in Mathews Co., VA, d. 1914 in Mathews Co., VA

Thomas Booz Miller, Jr.

b. 1907 in Mathews Co., VA, m. 1931, d. 1998 in Gloucester Co., VA

Seth Foster Miller


Katherine “Kate” Duncan Miller


Margaret Emerson Hunley

b. 1845, d. 1905 in Cape Charles, VA

Mary Katherine Miller

b. 1933 in Mathews Co., VA, m. James Gillespie Hendrick, III

Joseph Davis

b. abt 1828, VA, m. 1859, d. ?

Vernon Emmett Davis


Amanda V. Foster

b. 1840, d. 1880 in Mathews Co., VA

Mary Amanda Davis


George Armistead Lilly


Mary “Mamie” Eunice Lilly


Mary Susan Diggs



GABRIEL FRANCIS MILLER

(1821- 1910) was a builder of sailing ships

as were his father and grandfather. His

shipyard called “The Landing” was a part

of his home “Belmont” on Blackwater

Creek, a tributary of North River in

Mathews County, VA. I have a few of his

old shipbuilding tools. Also, I have a

builder's model of the schooner

“Eugenia” (1843) and a builder’s certificate

for the schooner “Rattlesnake” (1804),

both of which were built by his

grandfather who was also named Gabriel.

In addition to building ships at The

Landing, he also filled orders for ships’

frames and lumber and shipped them to

New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other

northern locations. He served the county

in various capacities, including Oyster

Inspector and was

also an animal

doctor. He raised a

company of men

in Mathews and

served in the

Confederate Army

as a Captain in

Company F of JEB

Stuart’s 5th

Virginia Cavalry.

He and his wife

are buried in

Trinity Cemetery

in Mathews.


Family Group Sheet

Husband Gabriel Francis Miller

Birth May 21, 1821 Mathews Co., VA

Death 1910 Mathews Co., VA

Marriage Feb 7, 1850 Mathews Co., VA

Father Booker Miller (1793-1835)

Mother Margaret Emerson (1796-1864)

Other spouse Elizabeth Foster (1829-1848)

Marriage Oct 7, 1846

Wife Williantine R. Howlett

Birth 1831 Mathews Co., VA

Death Jan 26, 1914 Mathews Co., VA

Children

1 M John Emerson Miller Jr.

Birth Mar 7, 1852 Mathews Co., VA


Spouse Ida Jordan

2 M Charles Edgar Miller


Death Oct 6, 1934

Spouse Alice Elizabeth Parker


3 F Mary Eugenia Miller

Birth Aug 29, 1855 Mathews Co., VA

Death 1944

Spouse George A. Tinsley

4 F Josephine B. Miller

Birth Sep 23, 1857 Mathews Co., VA


Burial Mathews, VA

Spouse Dr. Luther Boswell Hunley M.D. (1855 -1904)

Marriage Mar 3, 1885 Mathews Co., VA

5 M General Beauregard Miller


Death Feb 11, 1864 Mathews Co., VA

6 M Robert Howlett Miller

Birth Apr 3, 1864 Mathews Co., VA


Spouse Lulie Nelson

Marriage Jul 24, 1895 Mathews Co., VA

7 F Nannie Miller



Spouse Julius M. Pugh


8 M Thomas Booz Miller



Spouse Katherine Duncan (Kate) Miller (1878 -1919)

Marriage Dec 16, 1897 Mathews Co., VA

WILLIANTINE R.

HOWLETT MILLER

Great-Grandparents of Katherine Miller Hendrick


JOSEPH DAVIS (born about 1828) was listed

as a shoemaker in the 1850 and 1860 census

records of Mathews County, VA. Record of a later

marriage in 1882 after the death of his wife,

Amanda, provided the names of his parents.

Beyond that is a brick wall as to his siblings or

any other information. Records at UDC

headquarters in Richmond list a Joseph Davis

from Mathews as being in the Confederate Army,

but with no details as to family. The date of his

death and place of burial are unknown.

SETH FOSTER MILLER (1845 - 1911) operated a sawmill and a canning factory at his

home “Riverside” (now called “Grand View Manor” by the current owner) on East River in

Mathews County, VA. Among other services to the county he served as Deputy Collector of

Internal Revenue, Chairman of Westville School Board, and Secretary of the State Board of

Fisheries. He also served in the Confederate Army. He and his wife are buried in Trinity

Cemetery in Mathews.

Seth Foster Miller

Family Group Sheet

Husband Seth Foster Miller


Death Aug 15, 1911 Mathews Co., VA


Father Larkin J. Miller (1813-1864)

Mother Lucy A. ?

Wife Margaret Emerson Hunley

Birth Nov 13, 1845

Death 1923 Cape Charles, VA

Father Rev. Thomas Muse Hunley (1817 -1871)

Mother Mary Elizabeth Miller (1827 -1905)

Children

1 M Herbert Rogers Miller

Birth Jan 7, 1869 Mathews Co., VA

Death 1950

Spouse Margaret Midgett

2 M Virgil M.


Death Feb 2, 1889 Mathews Co., VA

3 M Harry Luck Miller



Spouse Crissie A. Jones

Marriage Jan 16, 1898 Mathews Co., VA

4 F Florence M. Miller


Death Apr 25, 1939 Cape Charles, VA

Spouse Edwin L. "Tobe" Scott


5 F Katherine Duncan (Kate) Miller



Spouse Thomas Booz Miller (1869 -1956)


6 F Fannie J. Miller


Spouse Cary Fentress Nottingham

Marriage Jan 28, 1900

7 F Mary Ella Miller

Birth Jul 31, 1883 Mathews Co., VA

Death May 16, 1945 Norfolk, VA

8 M Frank Bland Miller


Death Dec 20, 1965 Newport News, VA

Spouse Page Elizabeth Scott


Joseph Davis Family

Group Sheet

Husband Joseph Davis

Birth abt 1828


Father James Davis

Mother Elizabeth ?

Wife Amanda V. Foster

Birth 1840

Death Jun 8, 1880 Mathews Co., VA

Father George W. Foster (1815- ?)

Mother Esther (Hester) ? (1820-1908)

Children

1 F Celestia V. (Lessie) Davis


Death Mar 12, 1879

2 F Emma Lee (Sis) Davis

Birth Jul 27, 1863 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Robert Ashley White

3 M Claudius Marshall Davis


Death Nov 12, 1867

4 M Vernon Emmett Davis



Spouse Mary Eunice (Mamie) Lilly (1875 -1934)

Marriage Apr 27, 1898 Mathews Co., VA

5 F Lessie Marian Cliff Davis

Birth Nov 21, 1872 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse John Avery Dixon

6 F Ora Mabelle Davis


Death Aug 7, 1877



GEORGE ARMISTEAD LILLY (1841 - 1909)

was a descendant of John

Lilly who had the 1643 land

grant for “Lilly’s Neck” in

Mathews County, VA. In the

1860 census of Mathews

County, he was listed as an

apprentice brick mason. He

wanted his children to have

cultural advantages; so he

engaged tutors for them,

including an art instructor. I

have a pastel drawing done

by my grandmother,

Mamie, and one done

by her sister, Susie.

He also served in the

Confederate Army. He

is buried in the family

cemetery at “Lilly’s

Neck” and his

tombstone is unique

as it has his likeness

carved in the stone.

The stones of his wife

and one of his

daughters each has a

spray of lilies carved

in them.

George Armistead Lilly

Family Group Sheet

Husband George Armistead Lilly


Death May 21, 1909 Mathews Co., VA

Marriage Jun 4, 1865 Mathews Co., VA

Father Thomas Lilly

Mother L. A. ?

Wife Mary Susan Diggs


Death May 19, 1913 Mathews Co., VA

Father William J. Diggs

Mother Susan ?

Children

1 M Ernest Slicer Lilly

Birth Nov 16, 1866 Mathews Co., VA


Spouse Susie Diggs


2 F Ora Alberta Lilly


Death Nov 28, 1941 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Richard Bond

Marriage 1904

Spouse Columbus Borum

3 M George Oscar Lilly

Birth Jun 2, 1871 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Emma Grace Billups

Marriage Sep 24, 1902

4 F Susie Anna Lilly


Burial Oct 1955 Mathews Co., VA

5 F Mary Eunice (Mamie) Lilly


Death Mar 21, 1934 Hampton, VA

Spouse Vernon Emmett Davis (1868-1917)

Marriage Apr 27, 1898 Mathews Co., VA

6 M Roger Armistead Lilly

Birth Feb 5, 1883 Mathews Co., VA

Burial 1937

Spouse Caroline A. Poole


7 M George Armistead Lilly

Birth Oct 19, 1884 Mathews Co., VA

Death 1954

Spouse Margaret E. ?

MARY SUSAN DIGGS LILLY

Grave stones of George

and Mary Lilly taken from

“TOMBSTONES of

Mathews County, Virginia,

“ by Mathews County

Historical Society in 1988.



Katherine M. Hendrick, [email protected]


Great-Grandparents

of Gordon Page Riley

By Gordon Riley

These eight great-grandparents of Gordon Page Riley produced

thirty-three children into Gloucester and the adjacent counties during

a time of civil war, hardship, disease, personal strife and often

poverty.

John Mustipher Riley

John married three times and fathered eighteen children. Only

nine of those children survived to adulthood. He served in the Civil

Gordon standing

left of his mother

and three brothers.

Ancestors of Gordon Page Riley

Augustine Day Riley

b. 1866 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1902 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1944 in Gloucester, VA

Wilbur Hugh Riley

b. 1909, d. 1970

Benjamin H. Williamson

b. abt 1846 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1867, d. 1888 in Gloucester, VA

Mary Eugenia (Eugie) Williamson

b. 1884 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1958 in VA

Amelia A. Pierce

b. 1847 in Gloucester, VA, d. abt 1888 in Gloucester, VA

Gordon Page Riley

b. 1932 in Gloucester, VA, m. Mary Riley

James Thomas

b. 1822 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1900 in Gloucester, VA

William Foster Thomas

b. 1850 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1878, d. 1955 in Gloucester, VA

Martha Jane Smith

b. 1826 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1896 in Gloucester, VA

Margaret Inez (Maggie) Thomas

b. 1901, d. 1995

Thomas Herman Quillen

b. 1835 in Suffolk, VA, m. 1859 in Portsmouth, VA, d. 1905 in Norfolk, VA

Margaret Davis Quillen

b. 1862 in Portsmouth, VA, d. 1923 in Gloucester, VA

Pinky Elizabeth Hogg

b. 1838, d. 1899


b. 1816 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1856, d. 1896 in Gloucester, VA

Caroline Victoria Foster

b. 1837 in Mathews, VA, d. 1896 in Gloucester, VA


War in the 26th Virginia Infantry from

Gloucester County. He listed his

occupation during the census of 1850 as a

boot and shoemaker and later in the

census of 1860 as a carpenter. Apparently

he was quite capable with his hands and

was able to manage to provide for his

family at whatever work was available for

the conditions of the time period. John

was not a man of means and, in fact,

according to family legends, was inclined

to imbibe too much which oftentimes

meant that his family had to go without

food or necessities (this from Judith Riley

Rowe Mays). Caroline and John are buried

in unmarked graves in Gloucester Point.

John first married Mary A. F. Bristow

on January 15, 1840, and they had three

children, all of whom died in infancy.

Mary died in October 1844. John’s second

marriage was to Maria A. Frances


Family Group Sheet

Husband John Mustipher Riley

Birth Feb 14, 1816 Gloucester, VA

Death May 3, 1896 Gloucester , VA

Marriage Apr 8, 1856 Gloucester, VA

Father Lewis F. Rilee (1755 -1840)

Mother Elizabeth F. (Annie) Soles

Other spouse Mary A. Frances Bristow ( -1844)

Marriage Jan 15, 1840 Gloucester , VA

Other spouse Maria A. Frances Trevillian (1822 -1855)

Marriage Nov 27, 1845 Gloucester , VA

Wife Caroline Victoria Foster

Birth May 11, 1837 Mathews, VA

Death Sep 29, 1896 Gloucester , VA

Father Augustine Foster

Mother Elizabeth Pew

Children

1 M Wilborn Augustine Riley

Birth Feb 10, 1857 Gloucester, VA

Death Apr 18, 1857 Gloucester, VA

2 F Josephine N. Riley

Birth Dec 25, 1857 Gloucester, VA

Death Jan 22, 1858 Gloucester, VA

3 M Samuel Lary Riley

Birth Jul 18, 1859 Gloucester , VA

Death Apr 27, 1925 Norfolk, VA 1

Spouse Lucy Olivia Fleming (1859-1937)

Marriage Mar 23, 1884 Gloucester , VA

4 F Elenora Davis Riley

Birth Dec 6, 1861 Gloucester , VA

Death May 1, 1956 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Benjamin Franklin Oliver (1835- )

Marriage Jun 13, 1880 Gloucester , VA

5 F Elizabeth Lewis (Lula) Riley

Birth Jan 13, 1864 Gloucester , VA

Death Feb 24, 1938 Gloucester, VA

Spouse Thomas Andrew Jackson Oliver (1833 -1963)


6 M Augustine Day (Gus) Riley

Birth May 25, 1866 Gloucester , VA

Death Jul 18, 1944 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Delila Lee Brown (1871- )


Spouse Mary Eugenia (Eugie) Williamson (1884 -

1958)

Marriage Oct 8, 1902 Gloucester , VA

7 M John Cornelius Riley

Birth Nov 7, 1869 Gloucester , VA

Death Dec 9, 1948 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Effie H. Williams (1868 - )

Marriage Jul 26, 1891 Gloucester, VA

Spouse Beulah Pearl Harris (1882 - )

Marriage Aug 14, 1901 Gloucester , VA


Caroline Victoria Foster and

youngest daughter Pokey

Great-Grandparents of Gordon Page Riley


Trevillian on November 27, 1845. They would

have four children before Maria died on July 15,

1855.

John’s third marriage was to Caroline

Victoria Foster who was born on May 11, 1837,

and married John on April 8, 1856. She was

nineteen. She was the daughter of Augustine

Foster and Elizabeth Pew Foster from Mathews,

VA. Caroline had eleven children and three died

in infancy.

In the Gloucester census records of 1850

Caroline is listed as living at “John Walker’s

place.” She was ten years old. It was at this

same place that she was married almost ten

years later. I have not been able to determine

her relationship to John Walker or why she was

living in his household. There also is listed a

woman approximately forty years of age living

with the same household by the name of

Elizabeth Walker, other than the wife of John

Walker. I am wondering if perhaps Caroline’s

father had died and her mother remarried a

Walker. This husband may have died also and

Elizabeth and Caroline (daughter from her first

marriage) lived with her late second husband’s

parents (this from Judith Riley Rowe Mays).


Benjamin was born in Gloucester County

around 1846 and died December 8, 1888. He

lived and farmed in Gloucester. Benjamin

married Amelia A. Pierce (May 16, 1847 -

December 21, 1888) in Gloucester County on

January 15, 1867. Benjamin was age 21 and

Amelia age 20. The wedding ceremony was

performed by J. L. Shipley. They were first

mentioned in the 1870 census for Gloucester

County as Benjamin, age 24, farmer and Amelia,

age 22, housekeeper.

They had seven children in just fourteen

years. Benjamin and Amelia died just thirteen

days apart. The oldest son, John, was killed in

less than a month after his parents’ death when

he fell from a horse. The children were split up

between relatives and friends. My grandmother,

Eugie (Mary Euginia Williamson), was sent to live


Family Group Sheet

Husband Benjamin H. Williamson

Birth abt 1846 Gloucester , VA



Father James H. Williamson

Mother Martha ? (1820- )

Wife Amelia A. Pierce



Father Capt. John Monroe Pierce (1824 -1907)

Mother Ann T. Corke (1832-1853)

Children

1 F Martha Anne Williamson

Birth abt 1873 Gloucester , VA

Death Jun 9, 1886 Gloucester , VA

2 M John B. Williamson

Birth Oct 14, 1875 Gloucester , VA

Death Jan 9, 1889 Gloucester , VA

3 M Walter Jones Williamson

Birth Mar 11, 1877 Gloucester , VA

Death Jun 24, 1948 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Lanie Jane Ison (1880 -1908)


Spouse Eugene Pearl Horsley (1887 -1971)

Marriage May 11, 1910 Gloucester , VA


8 M Josiah Pew (Paul) Riley

Birth May 9, 1872; Death May 22, 1872

Gloucester, VA

9 M Eugene Soles Riley


Death Aug 9, 1937 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Henrietta May (Etta) Oliver (1879 - )

Marriage 1896

Spouse Ida Medora Fleming

10 M Joseph Warren Riley

Birth Apr 1, 1877 Gloucester, VA

Death Sep 11, 1963 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Caroline Calonia Tillage (1870-1946)


Spouse Minnie Lee Emerson (1881-1968)

11 F Pocahontas Victoria (Pokey) Riley


Death Dec 6, 1961 Newport News, VA

Spouse Joseph Jefferson Lewis (1875 - )

Marriage 1899

Spouse Daniel Huggue Diehl

Spouse James W. Dawson




with Mrs. Cora Tillege until she married my

grandfather, Gus (Augustine Day Riley).

Amelia A. Pierce was born in Gloucester County

on May 16, 1847 and died December 21, 1888, at

the young age of forty -one years. Her mother,

Ann, died when Amelia was only five and she

was raised by her step-mother, Julia F.

Stubblefield (abt 1833 -1865). Amelia was the

only one of the five children of her mother, Ann

T. Corke Pierce, to survive infancy. Amelia was a

homemaker. She and Benjamin had seven

children.

James Thomas

James Thomas was born on March 26, 1822,

and died about 1900. He married Martha Jane

Smith before 1845 in Gloucester County. They

had twelve children within twenty -six years and

all lived to adulthood, seven boys and five girls.

In the 1850 census his occupation was

oysterman and he had real estate of $400. His

age was twenty-seven years old.

Martha Jane was born about 1826 and died

August 8, 1896, in Gloucester County. Her

parents owned a plantation of 227 acres, which

ran from Severn River to the main road. This

area today would be known as from Ned Rowe's

Point to Bill Brown's Creek to route 653 across

from Ira Brown’s east to west from the Malvin

Thomas property to property near the Friend’s

Church. She was one of twelve children and the

daughter of Anthony and Sarah Smith. She and

James built a home on land inherited from her

parents. She must have been a homemaker to

have twelve children. The home place

overlooked Thomas Creek near where the old

Seymour Brown house stands.


Thomas Herman Quillen was born on

September 22, 1835, at Suffolk, VA, and died

February 15, 1905, and is buried in Oak Grove

Cemetery at Portsmouth, VA. He married (1)

Milly Whitehurst. He married (2) Pinky Elizabeth

Hogg on July 20, 1859, at Portsmouth, VA,

daughter of Warner Henry Hogg and Susan West.

Pinky was born June 20, 1838, in Gloucester

James Thomas Family

Group Sheet

Father James Thomas

Birth Mar 26, 1822 Gloucester , VA

Death abt 1900 Gloucester , VA

Father John Washington Thomas Sr. ( -1862)

Mother Harriet Elliot ( -1831)

Mother Martha Jane Smith

Birth 1826 Gloucester, VA

Death 1896 Gloucester, VA

Father Anthony Smith

Mother Sarah ?

Children

1 F Elizabeth Jane Thomas


Death Jul 18, 1910 Gloucester , VA

Spouse William Foster Thomas (1836- )


2 F Thelma Johanna Thomas


Death Mar 21, 1908 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Thomas Jefferson Rowe (1842 -1899)

Marriage Jan 10, 1867 Gloucester , VA2

3 M John Washington Thomas


Death Aug 7, 1914 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Harriet Ann Thomas (1852-1883)


Spouse Clara U. Hogg (1866 -1889)

Marriage Jul 22, 1886 Gloucester , VA

Spouse Sarah M. Williams



4 F Emiline Catell (Emma) Williamson


Death Jan 17, 1939 Hampton, VA

Spouse Wilford Downs Ashburn (1870-1963)


5 F Viola Amelia (Ola) Williamson

Birth Sep 25, 1882 Gloucester , VA

Death Mar 9, 1957 Norfolk, VA

Spouse William Coleman Lewis (1854-1923)


6 F Mary Eugenia (Eugie) Williamson

Birth Sep 18, 1884 Gloucester , VA

Death Sep 22, 1958

Spouse Augustine Day (Gus) Riley (1866 -1944)


7 F Julia Williamson


Spouse Edgar C. (Eddie) Willis (1868- )




County, VA, and died June 18, 1899, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery at Portsmouth,

VA. Thomas was a painter by trade. They had six children.


Family Group Sheet

Husband Thomas Herman Quillen

Birth Sep 22, 1835 Suffolk, VA

Death Feb 15, 1905 Norfolk, VA

Marriage Jul 20, 1859 Portsmouth, VA

Father William Foster Quillen

Mother Margaret Mason F. ?

Other spouse Milly Whitehurst

Wife Pinky Elizabeth Hogg

Birth Jun 20, 1838

Death Jun 18, 1899

Father Warner Henry Hogg (1809- )

Mother Susan West (1811- )

Children

1 F Margaret Davis Quillen

Birth Aug 22, 1862 Portsmouth, VA

Death Oct 13, 1923 Gloucester , VA

Spouse William Foster Thomas (1850-1930)


2 M William H. Quillen

Birth May 10, 1865 Portsmouth, VA

Death Mar 15, 1932 Portsmouth, VA

Spouse Mary Elizabeth Goodwin

Spouse Ellie Mae Jennings

Spouse Adaline Plant Lushbaum

3 F Irene Quillen

Birth Jul 13, 1871 Portsmouth, VA

Death Jul 13, 1871 Portsmouth, VA

4 M Walter Quillen

Birth Jun 13, 1876 Portsmouth, VA

Death Jun 2, 1956 Portsmouth, VA

Spouse Jenny May Williams

Spouse Florence Lee Miller

5 M Charles Edgar Quillen

Birth Oct 9, 1879 Portsmouth, VA

Death Jun 21, 1931 Portsmouth, VA

Spouse Emma Avery Moody

6 M Harry Quillen

Birth Sep 22, 1882 Portsmouth, VA

Death 1971

4 M William Foster Thomas



Spouse Margaret Davis Quillen (1862 -1923)


5 F Sarah Ann Thomas

Birth Oct 6, 1853 Gloucester , VA


Spouse William Cary Bland (1849-1891)

Marriage Dec 25, 1873 Gloucester , VA

6 M Coleman Thomas


Spouse Maria F. Templeman (1862- )


7 M Peter Thomas


8 M Martha Ellen Thomas

Birth Jun 21, 1859 Gloucester , VA

Death Apr 1, 1928 Gloucester, VA

Spouse William Henry Brown (1851- )


9 M Rev. James Magruder Thomas



Spouse Lucy D. ? (1862- )

10 M Joseph Franklin Thomas


Spouse Ida Elizabeth Thomas (1865 -1883)


11 F Mary Frances Thomas


Death Jun 1, 1934 Gloucester Co., VA

Spouse Rosewell Columbus Smith (1858 - )

Marriage Jun 3, 1886 Gloucester Co., VA

12 M Alexander Barnes Thomas

Birth May 8, 1871 Gloucester Co., VA

Death Sep 22, 1947 Gloucester Co., VA

Spouse Susie E. Lewis (1872 - )

Marriage Oct 15, 1891 Gloucester Co., VA




Great-Grandparents

of Hartley E. West Sr.

By Hartley E. West, Jr.

On July 15, 1999, I was at the foot of my father’s hospital bed and knowing that all

that he had known would be coming to an end, I started asking myself who was he and

who was I. My dad never spoke much of his ancestry other then to say that his father was

born in Gloucester County and his grandparents were Robert and Susan West. His mother

was Emma Grinnell who was born in Mathews County, the daughter of Constantine and

Maude Grinnell. My dad died on that July 15, 1999, from a massive stroke from which he

never regained consciousness. It was then I knew that I needed to try to find my roots. He

had two sisters that came to the funeral, and I had told them what I wanted to do. They

had very little information for me, but enough to get me started. I did not know where this

would lead me or how far I would get, but today I am glad I did this and that I did not give

Ancestors of Hartley Edward West, Sr.

William West

b. 1832 in Gloucester,

Robert Lee West

b. 1863 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1885 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1933 in Norfolk, VA

Frances Jenkins

b. 1829

Raymond Brayford West, Sr.

b. 1898 in Gloucester, VA, m. 1917, d. 1969 in Lexington Park, MD

Cary West

b. 1831, m. 1856 in Gloucester, VA, d. bef 19

Susan Anna West

b. 1865 in Gloucester, VA, d. 1934 in Norfolk, VA

Ellen Virginia Cox

b. 1839 in Elizabeth City Co., VA

Hartley Edward West, Sr.

b. 1920, d. 1999

Elias Holder Grinnell

b. 1852 in Mathews, VA, m. 1870 , d. 1936 in Mathews, VA

William Constantine Grinnell

b. 1874 in Mathews, VA, m. 1896 in Mathews, VA, d. 1942 in Mathews, VA

Ellen Maria Jarvis

b. 1848 in Mathews, VA, d. 1910 in Mathews, VA

Emma Catherine Grinnell

b. 1898, d. 1986

—

Maude Grace Tomlinson

b. 1876 in Mathews, VA, d. 1940 in Mathews, VA

Ellen F. Tomlinson

b. Oct 7, 1848 in Mathews, VA, d. 1927 in Mathews, VA


up. The present article presents the great -grandparents of my father, Hartley E. West, Sr.,

that lived in Gloucester and Mathews Counties. They were William and Frances (Jenkins)

West, Cary and Ellen Virginia (Cox) West, Elias and Ellen Maria ( Jarvis) Grinnell, and Ellen F.

Tomlinson, as shown in the Pedigree chart on the previous page.

Hartley Edward West, Sr., was born October 13, 1920, in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of

Raymond West and Emma Grinnell. He married twice, first to Maria Turner on May 5, 1942,

in Camden County, North Carolina and second to Philomena Catalano on August 3, 1946.

Hartley met Philomena while he was on shore leave in Boston, Massachusetts. After they

married, they returned to Boston. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He and

Philomena had four children: Raymond, Hartley, Jr., Maureen, and Sharon Marie. Hartley

died on July 15, 1999, at the Salem Hospital. He was buried with his wife in St. Michael

Cemetery in Roslindale, Massachusetts, near Boston.

Hartley’s father, Raymond B. West Sr., was born March 29, 1898, in Gloucester County,

the son of Robert and Susan West. Raymond married Emma C. Grinnell in Mathews, VA, on

February 17, 1917. They had five children: Raymond, Jr., Hartley, Ellen, Lucille, Margaret,

and Minnie. Raymond worked as a night watchman in Norfolk and in later years was

promoted warehouse manager. He remained in Norfolk until he retired. Then, he and

Emma went to live with their daughter Margaret and her husband, who was in the navy.

Raymond died in Lexington Park, Maryland, on March 9, 1969. He was buried in Rosewood

Memorial Garden Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Hartley’s mother, Emma Catherine Grinnell, was born November 8, 1897, in Mathews

County, VA, the daughter of William Constantine Grinnell and Maude Tomlinson. In

Emma’s obituary it said she was a retired seamstress, a trade that she shared with both her

mother and grandmother. Emma died in Suffolk, VA, on January 7, 1986, and was buried

at Rosewood Memorial Gardens, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Hartley’s paternal grandfather, Robert Lee West, was born May 27, 1863, in Gloucester

County, the son of William West and Frances Jenkins. Robert was listed in the census

record as a farmer, and fisherman. On January 30, 1885, in Gloucester County, he married

Susan Anna West, daughter of Cary West and Ellen Virginia Cox. Robert and Susan had

eight children during their marriage: Luther, Annie, William, Robert, George, Raymond,

Edward, and a still -born baby. Robert and his family are listed in Gloucester County in the

1900 census. The 1910 census show the family in Mathews County, and by 1918, the

family had moved to Norfolk. This is known by the death of son, Edward, as his obituary

said he died at the parents home in Norfolk. Robert is listed as a night watchman in his

obituary. Also, it said he died of stomach cancer, and on July 28, 1933, he was laid to rest

in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk. His obituary also said while in Gloucester County he

was a member of the [Achilles] Friends Church. Susan Anna West was born January 1865

in Gloucester County. She died July 11, 1934, in Norfolk and was buried next to her

husband in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Hartley’s maternal grandfather, William Constantine Grinnell, was born 1874 in

Mathews County, son of Elias Holder Grinnell and Ellen Marie Jarvis. On December 20,

1896, he married Maude Grace Tomlinson, daughter of Ellen F. Tomlinson. William and

Maude had six children: Emma, Dorothy, Bailey, Barbara Ann, Martha, and Joel. William

died on April 28, 1842, at his home. He was buried beside his wife in the Brooks Cemetery

in New Point in Mathews County. On his marriage license, he is listed as a mariner. Maude

Grace Tomlinson was born January 9, 1876, in Mathews County. Her marriage license did

not list a father, just her mother. So far, no records have been found to indicate her

father’s name. Maude died at her home in New Point on August 26, 1940, and was buried

Great-Grandparents of Hartley E. West Sr.


in the Brooks Cemetery in New Point.

West—Jenkins

William West was born in 1832 in

Gloucester. He was first listed by name in

the 1850 census for that county. At that

time he is in the household of what is

believed to be his mother, Milly West, who

was a widow. Also, in the house, was James,

who I believe was his brother, and six -year-

old Benjamin West (his relationship is

unknown). William was listed as a

fisherman. Although research continues, I

believe his parents were James that died in

1849 and Milly West in the household in

1850. William married about 1853 to

Frances Jenkins, and they had four of their

five children reach adulthood: Albert, James,

Robert, and Sarah. William was last recorded

in the county as he reported to the clerk’s

office the death of his daughter -in-law in

1890, but he was not listed in the 1900

census. His wife was listed as a widow in

that census so he must have died during that

Cary West Family Group Sheet

Husband Cary West

Birth 1831

Death bef 1900 Gloucester, VA

Marriage Dec 1, 1856 Gloucester, VA

Father Francis West (1785- )

Mother Rachel ?

Wife Ellen Virginia Cox

Birth 1839 Elizabeth City, VA

Father John Cox

Mother Susan Callum (1816- )

Children

1 F Rachel M. West


Death Jan 10, 1890 Gloucester, VA

Spouse Albert T. West (1857-1907)

Marriage Feb 8, 1878 Gloucester, VA

2 M Cary West


3 F Susan Anna West

Birth Jan 1865 Gloucester, VA

Death Jul 11, 1934 Norfolk, VA

Spouse Robert Lee West (1863 -1933)

Marriage Jan 30, 1885 Gloucester, VA

4 F Ida Jane West


Spouse Thomas West (1856- )

Marriage Mar 9, 1886 Gloucester, VA

5 M Richard Allen West


6 F Eldora West


Spouse George Lewis (1863- )

Marriage Nov 14, 1886 Gloucester, VA

7 F Ellen West


8 F Corinthia (Cynthia) West


9 F Mattie West

Birth Sep 21, 1875 Gloucester, VA

Death Feb 24, 1946 Mathews, VA

Spouse Charles Henry Haywood, Sr. (1875 -1946)

10 F Mary Lee West


11 F Margaret Rebecca (Maggie) West


Death Mar 20, 1944 Norfolk, VA

Spouse John Lewis Cox, Sr. ( - )

Spouse James W. Haywood (1873 - )

Marriage 1900 Gloucester, VA

12 F Verna Marie West

Birth Aug 6, 1881

Spouse William Rowe (1877- )

Marriage Jun 19, 1899 Mathews, VA

13 M Thomas Sidney West

Birth Oct 7, 1883 Gloucester, VA

14 F Laura Frances West

William West Family

Group Sheet

Father William West

Birth 1832 in Goucester, VA

Father James W. West (1784-1849)

Mother Milly ? (1785- )

Mother Frances Jenkins

Birth 1829

Children

1 M Albert T. West

Birth 1857

Death 1907

Spouse Rachel M. West (1858 -1890)

Marriage Feb 8, 1878 Gloucester, VA

Spouse Mary E. Hudgins

Marriage March 1, 1896

2 M James William West

Birth 1860

3 M Robert Lee West

Birth May 27, 1863 Gloucester, VA

Death Jul 28, 1933 Norfolk, VA

Spouse Susan Anna West (1865-1934)

Marriage Jan 30, 1885 Gloucester, VA

4 F Sarah E. West

Birth Mar 1867



ten-year span. William was listed as living in

Abingdon Township in all the censuses. He also

is listed as a farmer in some records. No death or

grave records have been found for him or his

wife.

Frances Jenkins was born in 1829, but her

parents are unknown. In 1840, she was living in

the household of Christopher West, a fisherman

in Abingdon Township. She was last listed in the

1900 Gloucester census with her son, James W.,

and daughter, Sarah.

West—Cox

Cary West was born in 1831 in Gloucester

County, the son of Francis and Rachel West.

Cary was listed in the 1850 census living with his

father and both were oystermen. On December

1, 1856, in Gloucester, he married Ellen Virginia

Cox, daughter of John and Susan Cox. Cary and

Susan had fourteen children: Rachel M., Cary,

Susan, Eldora, Richard Allen, Ida Jane, Ellen,

Cynthia, Mattie, Mary Lee, Margaret Rebecca

(Maggie), Thomas Sidney, Verna Marie, and Laura

Frances. The family was last listed in Gloucester

in the 1880 census. The last two children were

born in Mathews County, so it is probable that

the family moved to Mathews County by 1882. I

could not find a death record for Cary or a

tombstone record. He was not listed in the 1900

census for either county.

Ellen Virginia Cox was born in 1839. Her

marriage license from Hampton/Elizabeth City

County, says that she was a daughter of John

and Susan Cox. Something must have happened

to Ellen’s father because her mother married

Thomas King, a fisherman of Gloucester County

before 1850. Ellen was listed in the 1900

Mathews County census, living in the household

of William F. Jarvis. Also, listed in this record

were her children, Thomas and Verna, and

Verna’s husband, William Rowe, and their

daughter. No death record for Ellen was found

nor was any tombstone found.

Elias Holder Grinnell

Family Group Sheet

Husband Elias Holder Grinnell


Death Jun 30, 1936 Mathews Co., VA


Father Elisha Grinnell (1810- )

Mother Elizabeth Longing Hudgins (1809 -1896)

Wife Ellen Maria Jarvis

Birth Oct 22, 1848 Mathews Co., VA

Death Oct 22, 1910 Mathews Co., VA

Father Edward Jarvis

Mother Delila Ripley

Children

1 M Edward Martin Grinnell


Death Jun 1939 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Churickley Elizabeth Hudgins (1872 -

1944)

Marriage Oct 13, 1889 Mathews Co., VA

2 M John Berdeal Grinnell


Death Feb 1941 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse George Della Hudgins (1874 -1958)

3 M William Constantine Grinnell


Death Apr 28, 1942 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Maude Grace Tomlinson (1876 -1940)


4 M Richard Grinnell



5 F Sophia Grinnell


Spouse Gilbert Seth Hudgins (1874 -1950)


6 F Amanda Grinnell

Birth Jun 1881 Mathews Co., VA

Death Aug 3, 1953 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Richard H. Taylor (1874 -1919)

7 M Bailey Grinnell



8 M Albert Grinnell


Death May 1963 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse Marion Jarvis (1885-1968)


9 M Charles L. Grinnell


Death Sep 15, 1896 Mathews Co., VA

10 F Mae Grinnell


Death Sep 14, 1968 Mathews Co., VA

Spouse William Owens ( - )

11 F Hattie Grinnell

Birth Aug 25, 1894 Mathews Co., VA



Cuba. The explosion of the Maine was almost directly responsible for the outbreak of the Spanish

American War.

At this time military personnel were issued mess kits, which consisted of a metal dish, knife,

fork and spoon and a round metal bowl about the size of a small cereal bowl. Just before he died,

Frank Parasette gave Joseph Louis his mess kit.

This mess kit — or parts of it — has been in the Hartman family since 1909, but the bowl is

the only piece that is known to still be in existence (2003). When I was a small boy, I remember the

bowl being the only thing my father would drink coffee from. It was round, had no handle, and was

enamel coated.

Later about 1960, my little brother Bucky took it outside and used it as a target for his air gun

(B-B gun). Although the bbs did not puncture it, they did shatter the enamel coating in several

places and rust eventually ate small holes through it. Patches of epoxy glue were applied to prevent

further deterioration. It is presently in my possession. At this time, it is well over 100 years old.

Joseph’s daughter, Elizabeth, married Frank Henry Hartman, and that is how this bowl came

into the Hartman family.

For those with computers, there is a full article on the Sinking of the USS Maine at the

following Internet website: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq71-1.htm


John F. Hartman, 7506 Hillsway Ave., Baltimore, MD 21234, Tel: (410) 583-0067,

[email protected]


Grinnell—Jarvis

Elias Holder Grinnell was born February 17, 1852, in Mathews County, the son of

Elisha Grinnell and Elizabeth Hudgins. Elias was featured in The Family Tree Searcher, a

publication put out by the Gloucester Genealogical Society, Vol. 6, No. 2. Elias enlisted in

the Union Navy on September 1, 1864, at Old Point Comfort, serving aboard the “Philip

Allen,” a ship in the revenue cutter service, as mess boy. He was twelve and a half years

old at that time. He served on the “Philip Allen” until the end of his enlistment when he

was discharged on September 9, 1865. On February 20, 1870, he married Ellen Maria

Jarvis, daughter of Edward Jarvis and Delila Ripley. During the marriage they had eleven

children: Edward, John, William, Richard, Sophia, Amanda, Albert, Bailey, Charles, Mary

Ellen, and Hattie. Ellen Maria Jarvis was born October 22, 1848, in Mathews County. Ellen

was first listed in the 1850 census. Ellen died on October 22, 1910, in Mathews County,

and she was buried in the Grinnell Family Cemetery in New Point. Elias passed away on

June 30, 1936, while living with his daughter, Mary Ellen, in Peary. He was laid to rest next

to his wife., Ellen Maria.

Tomlinson

Ellen F. Tomlinson was born October 7, 1848, in Mathews County, the daughter of

Isaac Tomlinson and Elizabeth (Lovey) Hudgins. Ellen was listed in some censuses as a

seamstress.


Hartley E. West Jr., 1091 Oliver HIll Rd., Dover-Foxcroft, Maine 04426, Tel. (207) 564-9062,

[email protected]



Gloucester Mortality Schedule Taken with 1860 Census

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1860

Submitted by Blondell Whiting

Transcribed by L. Roane Hunt

During our last GGSV meeting, Blondell Whiting shared photo -copies of the Mortality

Schedules for Gloucester County for 1850 and 1860. Roane Hunt transcribed them and

typed the data on MS WORD files. The individuals that had surnames on the 1860

Mortality Schedule are presented below. The microfilm record is available through local

library loan from The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.

Symbols in the data: Sex – M: male, F: female; Race – W: white, B: black, M: mulatto; F:

free, S: slave; MS: married status, S: single, M: married, W: widow or widower; OCC:

Occupation. All we listed were born in Virginia.

Walter, William, age: 57y, sex: M, race: W, OCC:

farm manager, died May 1860, CAUSE:

typhoid fever, length of illness: 8d.

Cooke, Sally, age: 55y, sex: F, race: B/F, died Dec

1859, CAUSE: pneumonia, length of illness:

2w.

Hardy, Philip H., age: 5y, sex: M, race: W, died

Sept 1859, length of illness: 2d.

Clare, William S., age: 7y, sex: M, race: W, died

Nov 1859, CAUSE: continued fever, length of

illness: 5w.

Stubblefield, S. W., age: 23y, sex: M, race: W, OCC:

brick layer, died Jan 1860, CAUSE:

consumption, length of illness: 3y.

Mattox, Lorenzo, age: 8y, sex: M, race: W, died Oct

1859, CAUSE: dropsy, length of illness: 5w.

Berry, Benjamin, age: 1y, sex: M, race: B/F, died

Oct 1859, length of illness: 4m.

Mattox, Matilda, age: 4 m, sex: F, race: W, died

July 1859, CAUSE: whooping cough, length of

illness: 2w.

Pearce, William R., age: 5y, sex: M, race: W, died

Dec 1859, CAUSE: cholic, length of illness: 2d.

Denton, William T., age: 1 m, sex: M, race: W, died

Apr 1860, length of illness: 2d.

Hogg, William, age: 24y, sex: M, race: W, OCC:

oysterman, died June 1859, CAUSE: continued

fever, length of illness: 3m.

Woodland, Julia A., age: 15y, sex: F, race: W, died

Sept 1859, CAUSE: consumption, length of

illness: 2m.

Berry, Mary, age: 48y, sex: F, race: B/F, died Jan

1860, length of illness: sudden.

Day, Betsy, age: 45y, sex: F, race: B/F, died May


2m.

Brooks, Betsey, age: 20y, sex: F, race: M/F, died

Dec 1859, length of illness: 3d.

Stubblefield, Virginia C., age: 3y, sex: F, race: W,

died Apr 1860, CAUSE: croup, length of

illness: 4d.

Baytop, James, age: 67y, sex: M, race: W, MS: M,

OCC: Meth. clergyman, died Mar 1860,

CAUSE: chest dropsy, length of illness: 6m.

Insley, Abraham H., age: 26y, sex: M, race: W,

OCC: tailor, died Mar 1860, CAUSE:

pneumonia, length of illness: 1w.

Newcomb, William B., age: 11y, sex: M, race: W,

died Oct 1859, CAUSE: diphtheria, length of

illness: 3w.


Newcomb, Ann E., age: 6y, sex: F, race: W, died

Oct 1859, CAUSE: diphtheria, length of

illness: 2w.

Harwood, John H., age: 19y, sex: M, race: W, OCC:

laborer, died Jan 1860, CAUSE: chest dropsy,

length of illness: 2w.

Collier, ?, age: 1 m, sex: M, race: W, died Jan 1860,


Lemmon, Catharine, age: 16y, sex: F, race: M/F,

died Jan 1860, CAUSE: brain fever, length of

illness: 5d.

Cary, Samuel, age: 14y, sex: M, race: W, died Oct


7m.

Clements, Robert Y., age: 54y, sex: M, race: W, MS:

M, OCC: farmer, died Oct 1859, length of

illness: sudden.

Lemmon, James, age: 68y, sex: M, race: B/F, MS:

M, OCC: farmer, died May 1860, length of

illness: sudden.

Tillidge, James E., age: 7 m, sex: M, race: W, died

Dec 1859, CAUSE: paralysis, length of illness:

12d.

Ransone, John W., age: 24y, sex: M, race: W, OCC:

Sailor, died Sept 1859, CAUSE: typhoid fever,


Haywood, Elizabeth, age: 84y, sex: F, race: W, MS:

W, died June 1859, CAUSE: old age, length of

illness: 2m.

Page, Mann, age: 1 m, sex: M, race: W, died Nov

1859, CAUSE: erysipelas, length of illness: 8d.

Bridges, Mary A., age: 1y, sex: F, race: W, died Jan

1860, length of illness: sudden.

Fields, Julia A., age: 1 m, sex: F, race: W, died Sept

1859, length of illness: 1w.

Hudgins, Josephus, age: 1 m, sex: M, race: W, died

Aug 1859, CAUSE: whooping cough, length of

illness: 3w.

Seawell, Sarah, age: 5y, sex: F, race: W, died Dec

1859, CAUSE: erysipelas, length of illness: 8d.

Purcell, Susan B., age: 34y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died Feb 1860, CAUSE: asthma, length of

illness: sudden.

Green, Hester, age: 1y, sex: F, race: B/F, died July

1859, CAUSE: fits, length of illness: 1w.

Massenburg, Lucy, age: 4 m, sex: F, race: W, died

Sept 1859, length of illness: 4m.

Dugan, Lucy A., age: 24y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died Dec 1859, CAUSE: consumption, length

of illness: 6m.

Tabb, John, age: 75y, sex: M, race: W, MS: M, OCC:

farmer, died Apr 1860, CAUSE: apoplexy,

length of illness: sudden.

Hearn, Peter, age: 76y, sex: M, race: B/F, OCC:

ditcher, died Apr 1860, CAUSE: small pox,


Leigh, John, age: 59y, sex: M, race: W, MS: M, OCC:

farmer, died Jan 1860, CAUSE: consumption,

length of illness: 5m.

South, Julia A., age: 24y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died Feb 1860, CAUSE: consumption, length

of illness: 3m.

Rilee, Rosa A., age: 5y, sex: F, race: W, died Sept

1859, CAUSE: dropsy, length of illness: 4m.

Stevens, Mary S., age: 79y, sex: F, race: W, MS: W,

died Jan 1860, CAUSE: old age, length of

illness: sudden.

Coleman, Mary F., age: 17y, sex: F, race: W, died

Feb 1860, CAUSE: pneumonia, length of

illness: 3w.

Kemp, James, age: 29y, sex: M, race: B/F, MS: M,

OCC: sailor, died July 1859, CAUSE:

consumption, length of illness: 3m.

Callis, Nancy, age: 53y, sex: F, race: W, MS: W,

died May 1860, CAUSE: dropsy, length of

illness: 6m.

Hogg, Susan A., age: 6 m, sex: F, race: W, died

June 1859, CAUSE: whooping cough, length of

illness: 3w.

Purcell, Benjamin A., age: 1y, sex: M, race: W, died

July 1859, CAUSE: whooping cough, length of

illness: 4w.

Gwyn, Elizabeth, age: 34y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died May 1860, length of illness: 2d.

Field, Clara W., age: 30y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died July 1859, CAUSE: childbirth, length of

illness: 8d.

Taylor, R. P. F., age: 1 m, sex: F, race: W, died Sept

1859, CAUSE: whooping cough, length of

illness: 3w.

Hall, Julia A., age: 22y, sex: F, race: W, died Dec


2w.

Green, John, age: 1 m, sex: M, race: W, died Aug

1859, length of illness: 12h.



Smith, Virginia A., age: 1y, sex: F, race: W, died

Nov 1859, CAUSE: croup, length of illness:

2w.

Shackelford, Elizabeth, age: 58y, sex: F, race: W,

MS: W, died May 1860, CAUSE: heart

palpitation, length of illness: sudden.

Belvin, Ann, age: 45y, sex: F, race: W, died May

1860, length of illness: 3d.

Moore, Robert B., age: 19y, sex: M, race: W, OCC:

appr. carpenter, died May 1860, CAUSE: lung

abscess, length of illness: 4m.

Rowe, Lucy, age: 36y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M, died

June 1859, length of illness: 1w.

Robins, Elizabeth, age: 65y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died Apr 1860, CAUSE: pneumonia, length of

illness: 1w.

Seawell, Thomas, age: 10y, sex: M, race: W, died

Feb 1860, CAUSE: pneumonia, length of

illness: 15d.

Stubblefield, Thomas M., age: 59y, sex: M, race:

W, MS: M, OCC: farmer, died Aug 1859,

CAUSE: paralysis, length of illness: 3d.

Soles, Lucy, age: 90y, sex: F, race: W, MS: W, died

Apr 1860, CAUSE: consumption, length of

illness: 1y.

Hall, Archer, age: 1y, sex: M, race: W, died Nov

1859, CAUSE: diarrhea, length of illness: 4w.

Scott, M. V., age: 1y, sex: F, race: W, died Apr

1860, length of illness: 12h.

Chapman, Mary, age: 16y, sex: F, race: M/F, died

Jan 1860, length of illness: 2d.

Nutall, Emily F., age: 7 m, sex: F, race: W, died

Sept 1859, CAUSE: fits, length of illness: 1d.

Butler, Harriet, age: 57y, sex: F, race: W, MS: W,

died Sept 1859, CAUSE: consumption, length

of illness: 6m.

Hemmingway, John, age: 23y, sex: M, race: W,

OCC: bricklayer, died Sept 1859, CAUSE:

typhoid fever, length of illness: 2w.

Powers, Nancy, age: 48y, sex: F, race: W, MS: W,

died May 1860, CAUSE: asthma, length of

illness: sudden.

Johnson, Mary C., age: 6y, sex: F, race: W, died

Oct 1859, length of illness: sudden.

Booker, Sarah, age: 1y, sex: F, race: W, died June

1859, length of illness: 2d.

Dutton, Dorothy, age: 33y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died Dec 1859, CAUSE: childbirth, length of

illness: 3d.

Padgett, Ann, age: 36y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M,

died Mar 1860, CAUSE: dropsy, length of

illness: 3m.

German, Ada, age: 4y, sex: F, race: W, died May

1860, CAUSE: fits, length of illness: 1d.

Chapman, Susan C., age: 20y, sex: F, race: W, died

Feb 1860, CAUSE: consumption, length of

illness: 2y.

Coats, Mary, age: 42y, sex: F, race: W, MS: M, died

Feb 1860, CAUSE: consumption, length of

illness: 4y.

Olivier, Margaret P., age: 60y, sex: F, race: W, died

Oct 1859, CAUSE: diphtheria, length of

illness: 4d.

Lawson, Richard B., age: 2y, sex: M, race: W, died

Sept 1859, CAUSE: brain congestion, length of

illness: 5h.

Puller, Alice, age: 4y, sex: F, race: W, died Mar

1860, CAUSE: diphtheria, length of illness:

2w.

Thrift, John, age: 50y, sex: M, race: W, died Apr

1860, CAUSE: suicide by shooting, length of

illness: sudden.




Jefferson Sinclair Selden Jr.

Mr. Selden contributed greatly to Gloucester genealogy by

publishing three books that covered his Gloucester ancestral lines

of descent. These books are commonly referred to as “The Sinclair

Book,” “The Selden Book” and “The Roane Book.” Mr. Selden traced

each of these families to their founding immigrants, and he

enlisted the participation of each family line that would submit

family sheets for successive generations to the present. His books

have served us well, as a guide to identify many of our Gloucester

relatives. The Selden and Sinclair books covered mainly the Robins

Neck area of Gloucester, and they were each about 400 pages. The

Roane Book was about 900 pages, and covered his mother’s family

in Gloucester, King and Queen, and Middlesex Counties. All three

were hard-cover bound, and they can be purchased through Roane

Hunt, [email protected].

This obituary was published in the Daily Press September 8, 2003.

Jefferson Sinclair “Buster”

Selden Jr., former manager of

Selden’s Dairy and founder of

Parklawn Memorial Park, died

Saturday at his home. He was

94.

Mr. Selden was born in

Hampton on April 23, 1909,

the son of Jefferson Sinclair

and Mary Cooke Selden.

He was a partner and

manager of the former Selden’s

Dairy until.1965, developed

“Sinclair Manor” in Hanover

County, and was founder and

president o f Pa rk lawn

Memorial Park from 1957 to

1978.

Mr. Selden was a member

and director of the Hampton-

Newport News Advisory Board

of the Salvation Army and was

a board member, treasurer,

and member of the finance

committee of Dixie Hospital. In

1992, he received the Alice

Mabel Bacon Health Care

Service Award for Sentara

Hampton General Hospital.

“He was always there when

it came time to make business

decisions and was one of the

people we relied on because of

his background,” said Dr.

Richard Clark, member of the

board of directors of Sentara

Health Systems and former

member of the Hampton

General Hospital Board.

Mr. Selden was a director of

the Merchants National Bank of

Hampton from 1945 to 1965

and a member of the Advisory

Board to Virginia National Bank

from 1965 to 1979. He also

was a member of the Board of

Sovran Bank.

“He thought he ought to try

to help as many people as he

could,” said his son, Jefferson

Sinclair Selden III.

Mr. Selden was a vestryman

at St. John’s Episcopal Church

of Hampton as well as a former

teacher and president of its

Bible Class.

Mr. Selden was preceded in

death by his wife, Sarah

Dellinger Selden; two brothers,

Harry Wythe Selden and Robert

Francis Selden; and a sister,

Mary Catherine Selden Ramsey.

Mr. Selden is survived by his

son, Jefferson Sinclair Selden

III ; four grandchildren,

Jefferson Sinclair Selden IV and

his wife, Cheryl, Karen Selden

Weih and her husband, Tom,

Mary Courtenay Selden, and

Robert Colgate Selden and his

wife, Jennifer; and seven great-

grandchildren, Stephanie

Woodward, John and Ashley

Selden, Marisa, Julianna, and

Camille Weill, and Carter

Selden.

The family will receive

friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday at R. Hayden Smith

Funeral Home. Funeral

services will be held at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at St. John's

Episcopal Church with burial to

follow in Parklawn Memorial

Park. In lieu of flowers,

donations may be made to the

Salvation Army or to the Boys

Home Inc., 306 Boys’ Home

Road, Covington, VA 24426.

Jefferson Sinclair

Selden Jr.

1909-2003


Frances R. Haywood

Our Society laments the passing of Frances R. Haywood

on September 25, 2003. She contributed much to genealogy

research in Gloucester and Mathews Counties and was very

generous in sharing her work with our Society. The Society

publication, Marriage Records of Gloucester County,

Virginia, Book I, 1853-1895, is based on her 1992 work, now

out of print. This new work, published in May 2003,

represents a complete revision and verification, line by line,

using the public records in the Gloucester County Clerk’s

office.

This obituary was published in The Gloucester-Mathews

Gazette Journal October 2, 2003.

Frances R. Haywood, 76, of

White Marsh, took flight with

angels on Sept. 25, 2003,

surrounded by her family after

a courageous battle with

cancer.

Frances was preceded in

death by her parents, J. Elmer

and Reba Riply; husband

Bonnie Haywood; children,

Margaret, Bonnie Lee and

J e n n i n g s ; a n d t w o

grandchildren, Paul and

Shannon.

Frances, originally of New

Point, is survived by sons, Earl

Haywood (Paula Haywood) of

New Point; Allen Haywood of

New Point; John Haywood

(Donna Haywood) of Woods

Cross Roads; Gene Haywood

(Car o lyn Haywood ) o f

Gloucester Court House;

daughter, Kay Kearney (Leo

Hogge) of White Marsh;

grandchildren, Sheree, Michael,

Amy, Kim, Bonnie, Lee, Kristi,

Allen, Jr., and Patrick; and

great-grandchildren, Cody,

Jacob, Lauren, Alana, Katelynn,

Ashley, Kaelin, and Jack.

The family received friends

on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003

from 7-8:30 p.m. at Foster-

Faulkner Funeral Home,

Mathews. Funeral services

were conducted on Sunday,

Sept. 28, 2003 at 2 p.m. at the

funeral home. Burial followed

in St. Paul Cemetery Annex,

Susan, VA.

Frances R. Haywood

1927-2003



GGSV Website Bonus CD

The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia (GGSV)

Board voted to include a free GGSV Website CD with this issue

of the FTS Journal (December 2003) for members. This

BONUS CD is provided for current members only, and is

attached to the inside back cover. Non-members can purchase

this CD from the Society. This CD contains the entire website

installed February 2003. With your internet browser, you can

operate the website directly within your computer without the transmission delay through your

internet server. The website is loaded with Gloucester information for genealogical research. If you

find this useful, let Webmaster Roane Hunt know at [email protected].

Instructions

Start:

Go to RUN; Type: D:\index.htm (Use your CD-ROM letter designation for “D.”)

Or, Type: D:\index.htm on the address line of your internet browser.

Operate:

On the home page various options are provided for information about society

membership, publication sales, and mail list subscription to society members and friends.

Under publications, four issues of the FTS Journal are given. Gloucester records are given

including marriage, death, and census information.

This CD can be used when connected to the internet, “ON LINE,” or disconnected, “OFF

LINE.” If you are ON LINE, links to other websites will work. You may return to the CD by

the “BACK” icon; or you can type the CD-ROM letter in the address line of your browser and

select the previous address.

Data

The same Gloucester record data is presented in simple MS WORD files in this CD in a folder

labeled “Data.” To access these files, use MS WORD or WORDPAD to open CD folder Data and select

one of the twelve files. Use your EDIT-FIND to search the large data files for information on your

Surname.

Your Family History on CD

Consider putting all your genealogy research on a CD in website format. If you do not know

the basic language, software like MS FRONTPAGE or MS PUBLISHER will convert the information for

you. From an index, you can direct your readers to all your research including picture files of

ancestors and original documents. Currently, a CD holds about 700 million bytes of information

that will cover much research.

L. Roane Hunt

Webmaster

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