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GENEALOGY

OF THE

MERCER-GARNETT FAMILYOF ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Supposed to be descended from the GARNETTS of

LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND.

Compiled from Original Records, and from Oral and Written Statements

of Members of tlie Family.

BY

JAMES MERCER GARNETT.

COPYRiaUTKD, 1910.

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HON. JAMES MERCER GARNETT.

An Address by Professor James Mercer Garnett,

Delivered at Tappahannock, Essex County,

Virginia, June 20, 1898.i

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Your Honor, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I esteem it a great pleasure and privilege, sir, to present for

preservation in this room, where justice is so worthily dis-

pensed by your Honor, the portrait of my grandfather, who,

in days long gone, sat in the old courthouse adjoining as a

member of that magistrates' court, which reflected the hard

common sense of the Virginia country farmer, and did equity

between man and man with such sound judgment that it has

been esteemed by those competent to judge the best system

of county judiciary that the State ever possessed.

It is now more than a half century since he has lain in the

grave, but there are some still living in this county, and pei-

haps within the sound of my voice, who may remember him

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a tall, erect, dignified man—as he went in and out among you

during the seventy-three years of his long life, for where he

lived, there he died and is buried, at "Elmwood" on the Rap-pahannock, never residing away from home except when he

was serving the county or the State at Richmond or Washing-

ton.

Permit me then, sir, to read a brief sketch of the life of

him whose portrait I entrust to your Honor's keeping.

The Hon. James Mercer Garnett, of "Elmwood," Essex

County, Va., was born June 8, 1770, the second child and oldest

son of ten children. His father, Muscoe Garnett, of Essex

County, was the son of James Garnett and Elizabeth Muscoe,

his second wife, the daughter of Captain Salvator Muscoe, and

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he was the only child of that marriage. . He was the grandson

of John Garnett, of Gloucester, later of Essex, County, sup-

posed to be the first of the family that came from Lancashire,

England, to this country, although this is not certain, as the

family records do not trace his ancestry further back. Muscoe

Garnett, as his father before him, was a large landed proprie-

tor, and built "Elmwood" before the Revolutionary War.

During that war he was a member of the Committee of Safety

for Essex County, which regulated the military affairs of the

county. He, his father, and his son were vestrymen of Vaw-ter's church, built in 1731.^

He married, on July 19, 1767, Grace- Fenton Mercer, daugh-

ter of John Mercer, of "Marlborough," Stafford County, and

his second wife, Ann Roy. This John Mercer was born in

Dublin, Ireland, in 1704, descended from an English family of

Cheshire, that had settled in Dublin, and was the first of that

family who came to this country. His ancestry is traced back

through his father, John Mercer, and mother, Grace Fenton,

and his grandfather, Robert Mercer, to his great-grandfather,

Noel Mercer, of Chester, England. John Mercer, of "Marl-

borough," was an eminent lawyer and a very large landed

proprietor, and was the author of "Mercer's Abridgment of

the Laws of Virginia." - A folio volume containing entries cf

all his landed property, its bounds and limits, when purchased

and when sold, entered in his own neat and regular hand, is

still preserved, and is in my possession.

James Mercer Garnett was educated at home, receiving the

liberal private education customary in Virginia at that time.

He married on September 21, 1793, his first cousin, Mary

1 James Garnett and Salvator Muscoe were Justices of Essex County

1726-1740, and members of the House of Burgesses, the former, 1742-47,

the latter, 1734-40. Muscoe Garnett was a member of the committee

in Saint Anne's Parish to raise provisions for the poor of Boston, ap-

pointed at a meeting held at Tappahannock, July 9, 1774. (See Force's

American Archives, Vol. I., p. 527, quoted also in a historical address by

Henry Wise GarncU, delivered at Occupacia, July 4, 1876).

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a copy of which is owned by myself.

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Eleanor Dick Mercer, daughter of Judge James Mercer, of

Fredericksburg, and his wife Eleanor Dick, daughter of Majoi

Charles Dick, of Scottish parentage and of Revolutionary

fame, and sister of Major Alexander Dick. Her sister, Mary

Dick, married Sir John Peyton. James Mercer, after whom

his nephew was named, was the fifth son and sixth child

of tiie above-mentioned John Mercer, of "Marlborough,"

and his first wife, Catharine Mason, aunt of the distinguished

statesman, George Mason, of Gunston Hall, Fairfax County,

who wrote the Declaration of Rights and the first Constitution

of Virginia, and is so well known in the early history of the

State. James Mercer graduated at William and Mary College,

was a member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1762-76,

of all the Virginia Conventions of the day, and of the Virginia

Committee of Safety that governed the State in 1775-76 until

the inauguration of Patrick Henry as first Governor, July i,

1776; he was also a member of the Continental Congress in

1779-80. He was appointed a judge of the General Court in

1780, and a judge of the Court of Appeals of five judges in

1789, in which year he was also appointed one of the revisers of

the laws of Virginia.^ He was the father of General Charles

Fenton Mercer, of "Aldie," Loudoun County, who was a mem-ber of the Virginia Legislature, 1810-17, except while in

military service during the war of 1812; of the United States

Congress, 1817-39; of the Virginia Constitutional Convention

of 1829-30, and was the first president of the Chesapeake &Ohio Canal Company.

The following is a brief record of the official life of James

Mêrcer Garnett as far as it can be traced. He was a member

of the \îrginia Legislature of 1799- 1800, and voted for the

adoption of Mr. Madison's report on the resolutions condemn-

ing the Alien and Sedition Acts.* Mr. Madison, the father of

3 See my sketch of Judge Mercer, reprinted from the October, 1908,

and January, 1909, numbers of the William and Mary College Quarterly

Historical Magazine, Vol. XVII., Nos. 2 and 3.

* See "The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, etc.," Richmond, J. W.Randolph, 1850, p. 237. The vote was taken in the House of Dele-

gates, of which Mr. Garnett was a member, January 7, 1800.

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the resolutions, consulted often with Colonel John Taylor, ofCaroline County, and Mr. Garnett, the intimate friend of Col-onel Taylor, frequently participated in those consultations,which were often held in Mr. Garnett's room.

Mr. Garnett represented his district in the Congress ofthe United States for two terms, 1805-09, when he addresseda letter to his constituents declining a re-election. This letter

was much praised by John Randolph, who tried hard to per-suade him to ofifer for a re-election. The friendship betweenMr. Garnett and Mr. Randolph lasted through life. In aspeech in the United States Senate in 1828, Mr. Randolphrefers to Mr. Garnett's services in Congress, and soon after-

wards writes: "Our friendship commenced soon after he took

his seat in Congress and has continued uninterrupted by asmgle moment of coolness or alienation during three andtwenty years, and very trying times, political and otherwise.I take pride in naming this gentleman among my steady, uni-form and unwavering friends. In Congress he never said anunwise thing, or gave a bad vote." (See Bouldin's "Reminis-cences of John Randolph," Richmond, 1878. Appendix p289.5)

An interesting correspondence between Mr. Randolph and' Mr. Garnett of some three hundred and forty letters has beenpreserved, extending from 1806 to 1832, the year before Mr.Randolph's death. The originals of these letters are at '-Elm-wood," and a copy is in my possession.

In August, 1807. IÎr. Garnett served as a member of thegrand jury that indicted Aaron Burr, of which jury Mr. Ran-dolph was the foreman. Mr. William Wirt Henry, in his ad-dress before the Virginia State Bar Association, August 3,

1897, on "The Trial of Aaron Burr," calls this "the most dis-

tinguished grand jury that was ever impaneled." (See J'ir-

ginia Law Register, Vol. III., pages 477-492.)

^ See also Sawyer's "Biography of John Randolph of Roanoke,"(New York, 1844), for other evidences of this friend:,hip. As to thepart Mr. Garnett took in the dilTerence between Jolin Randoipli andThomas Mann Randolph, see letter of George W. Randolph in Randall's"Life of Thomas JetTerson," Vol. III., pp. 165-167.

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Mr. Garnett served again in the Virginia Legislature during ,if, ^,.

the session of 1824-25, and was a member of the Convention

of 1829-30, called to amend the State Constitution. He op- .

posed some of the changes in the Constitution made by that (j ;;i>

Convention, and was thus frequently found on the opposite ;

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side to his brother-in-law, Hon. Charles Fenton Mercer, who .:

acted as chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, Mr. Madi- tr.M-

son, the appointed chairman, from his age and infirmities be-

ing unable to take a very active part in the work of the Con- ic

vention. Mr. Garnett, a gentleman of "the old school," thought how

that greater weight should be given to land-holders in the ad- n-O.x

ministration of government, and was opposed to the scheme

proposed for the enlargement of the basis of suffrage. His

membership of this Convention was his last service in any .•: .J

public capacity.

Permit me to quote a few lines from Hugh Blair Grigsby's

address on this Convention—the best account of it that we ;.. . i

have—delivered before the Virginia Historical Society, De-

cember 15, 1853, and contained in the Virginia Historical Re-

porter for 1854 (Vol. I., pp. 81-83), a very rare pamphlet. \ ih.;

It was also published separately by the Society in that year.

Mr. Grigsby says: "Although in the contests of the Con- .,!

vention the lines of division were strictly drawn between the v. •

friends and opponents of the old constitution, now that those utM

strifes are past, and most of the active spirits of those exciting

times are no more, it may not be inappropriate to class two wv.i.f^

names tt)gellier, which, though never on the same side of the

perpetually recurring call of the roll, were bound by the cords -

of Christian affection and were united in the support of all the '';>1I

religious and humane schemes which honored the age in which

they lived—James Mercer Garnett and William Harrison Fitz-

hugh. Garnett was by many years the elder of the two, and

may be said to have closed his political life twenty years be-

fore the assembling of the Convention and before that of Fitz-:

hugh had begim. He had been a member of the House of

Delegates and was a member of the House of Representatives

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tion; and though rarely engaged in prolonged debate, was an

efficient coadjutor of the party at the head of which was Mr.

Randolph, which opposed the policy of that statesman.

Thenceforth he almost renounced jjublic life, and devoted his

time to agriculture, education, and religion, three great inter-

ests which then required all his fostering care. He was not

far from sixty, but retained in his gait the elasticity and erect-

ness of a young man. He did not make a formal speech dur-

ing the session, but watched the progress of events with the

strictest attention, and some one present may remember how

distinctly his sonorous voice was heard above all others at the

call of the ayes and nays, and was recognized at once. Hewas full of life and delighted in society, of which his polished

manners, his humor deepening at times into a caustic wit, and

his large historical recollections made him a brilliant orna-

ment. If John Randolph excited the mirth of the Convention

at the expense of Mr. Jefferson's 'mould-boards of the least

possible resistance,' Garnett brought forth roars of laughter

in private circles at Mr. Madison's scheme of hitching the

bison to the plough. It was in the social gathering that the

artillery of his political party was brought to bear with the

most decided success ; and many a young politician, who would

have taken the alarm at an allusion to the embargo or the war,

sunk under the raillery played against the philosopher and

the farmer."

Mr. Garnett was a man of high education, as his writings

show, and he wrote much for newspapers and periodicals, dis-

cussing questions of education, agriculture, politics, and litera-

ture, the two first by preference, for he was prominent in all

movements for the advancement of education and agriculture.

His style was remarkably pure and forcible. He was a strong

advocate of free trade and wrote much in favor of it, having

at one time had a controversy on the tariff with Mr. Matthew

Carey, of Philadelphia. This correspondence was conducted

in The Spirit of Scvciity-Sjx, a paper published in Georgetown

about 1811. Mr. Garnett wrote under the signature of "Corn-

planter," with which title many of Mr. Randolph's letters to

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tioned that in a letter to Mr. Garnett, written in i8ii, Judge • ,,,

Henry St. George Tucker, Mr. Randolph's half-brother, ex-

presses the opinion that "Cornplanter" and "Matt Bramble" ,.,i,.

are one and the same person, crediting to Mr. Garnett Mr.

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strongly advocating protection for American manufactures. "....ior

Of the society just named Mr. Garnett was President for

twenty years and delivered to it annual addresses. He was a

founder of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, and it isj,y jj,^

stated in Lippincott's and in Appleton's Biographical Diction-

aries that he was one of the principal founders and the first

President of the United States Agricultural Society, but the

correctness of this statement I cannot verify.

Besides the paper above-mentioned Mr. Garnett wrote also

for the Argus, the Ricli)iw)id Enquirer, The National Intclli-

(jcnccr, and other newspapers, and for the Southern Literary

Messenger, often under the signature "Oliver Old School,"

Ruffin's Farmer's Register, and later in life for Judge Bird's

Albany Cultivator. He delivered many lectures on agriculture

and education in other States as well as in X'irginia.

Mr. Garnett was a member of an Anti-tariff Convention '-. '-'

that assembled in Baltimore in 1821, and was appointed to

write an address which was published in Skinner's American ^•'/"'i

Farmer. He was also a member of another Anti-tariff Con-

vention held in Philadelphia in 1831. This Convention ad-

dressed a memorial to Congress that was written by Thomas

R. Dew, President of William and Mary College. There were >

fifteen States represented in it. among them Massachusetts,

New York. Pennsylvania, and other Northern as well as South-

ern States.

Mr. Garnett's interest in the promotion of agriculture was 'i

very great, and his exertions for that object commenced early

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in life and continued to old age, even to the detriment of his

own interests.

Charles Carter Lee (brother of General Robert E. Lee),

in his poem, "Virginia Georgics," has a humorous couplet to

the effect that, while Garnett lectured on agriculture, his neigh-

bor Waring ploughed his corn.*^

The full title of this rare volume is as follows: "Virginia

Georgics,® written for the Hole and Corner Club of Powhatan.

By Charles Carter Lee, one of its members, and published by

the Club, Richmond, 1858."

Mr. Garnett's annual addresses to the Agricultural Society

of Fredericksburg were attended by both ladies and gentlemen,

and he succeeded in making these addresses very popular.

With great personal effort, in which he was assisted by his

friend. Colonel John Taylor, of Caroline County, the "Arator"

of literature, he founded the Virginia State Agricultural So-

ciety, to which also he delivered annual addresses. His high

moral character and decided ability gave him great influence

with all to whom he became known. This was shown in h

8 "It was said of that accomplished gentleman, James M. Garnett,

that he was a better agriculturist in theory than in practice, and that

his neighbor, Mr. Waring, perceiving his cornfield to be very grassy,

had it worked out nicely for him, saying he did not like to see Mr.

Garnett's farm suffer while he was laboring in behalf of the farming

interest of the whole State. And certainly the State is much indebted

to Mr. Garnett for the impulse he gave to Agricultural Studies," Vir-

ginia Georgics, p. 10.

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note

:

"The evil became so glaring that a note

Of warning roused the land. Arator^ wrote"^ His stirring numbers, Garnett k'ctured on

The way to farm, while Waring worked his corn." «

' Col. John Taylor, of Caroline County, Va.

8 A copy of this poem was formerly in the Library of the University

of Virginia, but it was destroyed in the fire of October 27, 1895. I am

indebted to my friend and former pupil, Dr. Edmund J. Lee, of Phila-

dolpliia, for the l<«;in of a copy from which this extract was made.

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marked manner in the case of his poorer neighbors, for whose

welfare he specially interested himself. About 1812 he built a

log-house on his own land and established a Sunday-school

in it, which was at first taught solely by himself and the mem-bers of his family, and subsequently neighbors and i)ersons

educated in the school gave assistance.

The house was twice enlarged and the number of scholars

sometimes reached two hundred, some of whom came from a

distance of fifteen or twenty miles, and not a few owed their

entire education to this school. Mr. Garnett was a true Chris-

tian from an early age, and a member of the Protestant Epis-

copal Church. The Bible and the Book of Common Prayer

were used in the school ; and Mr. Garnett often wrote special

prayers for use in it, some of which have been preserved.

After school he wouTd read some moral or religious story, and

at regular periods would deliver addresses to the school, which

were largely attended by persons other than scholars. Themoral and religious influence of this Sunday-school was very

great, and may be tracetl to this day."

During the four years of his service in Congress, Mr. Gar-

nett formed many warm friendships. Among the closest an<l

most lasting were those with John Randolph, of Virginia,

Richard Stanford and Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina,

and Edward Lloyd and bVancis S. Key, of Maryland, all of

whom were his colleagues. These gentlemen called themselves

Republicans, in distinction from the Federalists of the day,

but they were also known as "The Third Party," as they fre-

quently opposed measures of the regular administration Re-

publicans, and they were particularly noted as strong State-

righls men. As is^well known, the Democratic party of the

present day is the successor of the old Republican party. Mr,Garnett kept up a constant correspondence with these gentle-

" It may be mentioned, as an evidence that the memory of this

school is still preserved in Essex county, that, at the conclusion of this

address, a gentleman stated to the writer that he had in his possession

a Bible whicli was given to his mother by Mr. Garnett when slie wasan attendant at the school

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men, especially with John Randolph and Richard Stanford,

and he survived all of his friends above-mentioned. While the

Randolph correspondence has been preserved, the letters of

Stanford have been lost, which is much to be regretted, as

they were full of talent and rich humor.

Although Mr. Garnett inherited a considerable amount of

property, he became in advanced age somewhat embarrassed

m his circumstances, owing chiefly to his profuse hospitality

and personal benevolence.

As a means of partial relief he opened a school for young

ladies at his residence, "Elmwood," about the year 1822. With

the exception of the teachers of drawing and music, this school

was taught exclusively by his wife and daughters, who were

eminently qualified for such a task, as they possessed a high

order of talent and a thorough education. Mrs. Garnett was

a lady of remarkable mental powers, of high cultivation, and

of a character that secured the love and admiration of all who

knew her. Mr. Garnett's duties in connection with the school

were the holding of daily family prayers, morning and evening,

and the correction and criticism of the English compositions.

But his most serious work was the writing and delivery of

lectures to the school once in each quarter.

These lectures on Female Education were published in

1824 and 1S25, and rapidly went through four editions.^"

Did time permit, it would be interesting to quote from the

"Gossip's Manual, or Maxims of Conversation and Conduct

adapted to both Sexes and all ages beyond childhood," which

10 I am the possessor of a copy of the second edition of the lec-

tures (Richmond, 1824), embellished with a portrait in water colors

of Mr. Garnett, drawn by his cousin, Miss Margaret Mercer (daughter

of Governor John Francis Mercer, of Maryland), who herself for many

years had a scliool for young ladies at Belmont, near Leesburg, in

Loudoun county, Virginia. I possess also copies of the first, second,

third and fourth editions, and there is a copy of the fourth edition, a re-

print of the third, in the Library of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore.

A copy of the fourth edition was recently presented to the writer by

a friend who i)iirchased it in Caracas, South Anu-rica.

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is prefixed to the lectures, as illustrating Mr. Garnett's humorand the quaint manners of the time.

These lectures were puhlished in a volume of "Lectures on

various topics of morals, manners, conduct, and intellectual

improvement, addressed to Mrs. Garnett's pupils at 'Elmwood,'

Essex County, Vâ., 1825-6," whose object is shown by their

title.

Moral and religious education was carried on in this school

pari passu with mental training, and resulted in a great success.

The scholars, without exception as far as is known, became

personally attached to the family, and one (the late Charles F.

M. Garnett, son of James M. Garnett, a distinguished civil

engineer, to whose reminiscences of his father this address is

much indebted), who knew them all well, and met with manyin after life, testifies that he never saw or heard of one of

these scholars who did not become a religious and useful

woman and an ornament to society. Notwithstanding the scant

means of communication in that day the school was attended

by pupils from other States and often reached fifty in number.

The school for young ladies was kept up for eight years,

when, owing to Mrs. Garnett's ill health, it was closed, and a

school for boys was opened, one object of which was the edu-

cation of Mr. Garnett's grandson, Muscoe R. H. Garnett, the

only child of Mr. Garnett's eldest son, James Mercer Garnett,

Jr., who married, in 1820, his first cousin, Maria Hunter, sister

of the late Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, distinguished as a

statesman in the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate,

and in the C. S. Senate, and who served for a time as Secre-

tary of State of the Confederate States.

Muscoe R. H. Garnett was born on July 25, 1821, was a

member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, of

the State Legislature, of the Virginia Convention of 1861, of

the U. S. Congress from 1857 to 1861, and of the C. S. Con-

gress from 1861 until his death in February, 1864. His pam-

phlet on "The Union, I'ast and Future; how it works and howto save it; by a Citizen of Virginia," written in 1850, creatc<l

great interest, and took a prominent place in the political con-

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troversies of that day. He was cut off in the prime of Hfe and

;j,m1 usefulness. ^^

Teachers were employed to conduct this boys' school at

"Elmwood," and Mr. Garnett took the same part in it that he

, ;,(-, . had taken in the girls' school. In 1830 he delivered to the

boys a series of four lectures, containing, as he writes in the

dedication, "the result of my most deliberate reflections and

Ij; >! mature conviction relative to the nature and obligation of the

great leading principles which should regulate your conduct

and form your characters."

! , ; These lectures were published in that year as a "Token of

Regard, presented to the pupils of the 'Elmwood' School by

their friend, James M. Garnett." The copyright of all of his

lectures to both schools was given by Mr. Garnett to the pub-

!,i,,j lisher, Thomas W. White, then publisher and proprietor of the

Southern Literary Messenger, the only condition being that

the ])ublishcr supply a certain number of copies for gratuitous

,1 t' • distribution to the pupils and other persons. The lectures,

t especially those addressed to young ladies, had a wide circula-

tion and were highly valued.

Just before the meeting of the Virginia Constitutional Con-

vention of 1829, Mr. Garnett compiled and issued a volume

,

of "Constitutional Charts, or comparative views of the legis-

lative, executive and judiciary tlopartments, in the Constitu-

tions of all the States in the Union, including that of the United

States," with a dedication to the people of Virginia, and in-

tended as a guide for the use of members of the Convention.

It would be out of place on this occasion to give any de-

tailed account of Mr. Garnett's various addresses and of his

contributions to newspapers and periodicals.^- These last were

1^ See my sketch of his life, reprinted from the July and October

numbers, 1909, of the IVilliam and Mary College Quarterly Historical

Magazi)ie (Vol. XVIII., Nos. i and 2). The reprint contains extracts

from his writings in the Appendix.

12 I possess copies of the following:

Sunday-school Addresses [three], delivered in the County of Essex,

Virginia, i8jo and 1821.

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very numerous and over various signatures, were begun earlv

in life and continued for forty years or more, and many of

them had decided inHucncc at the time. Perhaps tlie last of

his public addresses was one on "Popular Education," deliv-

ered to an educational convention which assembled in Rich-

mond on December 9, 1841, and published by request of the

convention in the Southern Literary Messenger for February,

1842. In this address Mr. Garnett discussed the importance

of popular education, its neglect in Virginia, the efifects of

education upon crime, with statistics, and especially the im-

portance of religious instruction in the school-room. Although

the Messenger had adopted for some years a rule discontinu-

ing tKe publication of lectures and addresses, it was relaxed

in this case, as the editor says, owing to "the importance of

the subject and the ability with which the sound views andjust opinions of the orator were illustrated and enforced."

Mr. Garnett died at his residence on April 23, 1843, having

attained the age of nearly seventy-three years, and he is buried

in the family cemetery at "Elmwood." ^^ A brief notice of his

A Discourse on Scholastic Reforms, delivered before the Fredericks-

burg Lyceum, September 28, 1832, by James M. Garnett, Richmond,1833-

Lecture delivered before the Richmond Lyceum, on the 13th of May,1839, by James M. Garnett, Esq., Richmond, 1839. Printed in TheVirginia Lyceum, Vol. L, No. 3, June, 1839.

Address to the members of the Agricultural Society of Fredericks-

burg, on its twentieth anniversary, by James M. Garnett, November,1837. (Reprinted in Virginia Farm and Home, Fredericksburg, Va.,

September 24, 1887.)

An address delivered before the Agricultural Society of Newcastlecounty, Delaware, at the annual cattle-show, held September 14th and15th, 1842, by the Hon. James M. Garnett, of Virginia. Wilmington,Del., 1842.

Popular Education. Address of James M. Garnett, Esq., delivered

before the Education Convention assembled in Richmond, Va., on the

9th of December, 1841. Printed in the Southern Literary Messengerfor February, 1842, Vol. VIIL, No. 2, Richmond, Va., 1842.

^3 A monument was erected to his memory, and an epitaph written

by his youngest son, Theodore S. Garnett, which closed with the state-

ment that he was "a firm Republican."

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death in the American Almanac for 1844, after stating the

pubhc positions held by him, continues: "But Mr. Garnett's

greenest laurels were won in the cause of education and agri-

culture, to which he was ardently devoted to the close of his

life. For more than twenty years he presided over the Agri-

cultural Society of Fredericksburg, always assiduous in the

discharge of his duty and never flagging, even when his fellow-

laborers were in despair. His addresses were characterizea

by a zealous devotion to the interests, morals, education, and

the improvement in agriculture, not of the people of Virginia

only, but of the whole Union. He was happy in his powers

of conversation, cheerful amidst adversity and affliction, and

died a sincere Christian."

Mr. Garnett was a man of imposing presence, tall and well-

proportioned, and of great dignity of carriage and manner,

even approaching stiffness, but accompanied with great gen-

tleness of disposition, shown especially in his fondness for

children. He was a man of the most scrupulous honor and

integrity, and his conduct through life was ever ruled by the

principles of the Christian religion.

The late Hon. B. Johnson Barbour, who attended the boys'

school at "Elmwbod" in 1829, being a schoolmate there of

Muscoe R. H. Garnett, wrote in 1885 some reminiscences of

his school-days. He says :

"Mr. Garnett's presence was very imposing, tall, well-

proportioned, with a fine eye, a full head of gray hair neatly

brought together at the back in a queue, which was the more

striking from the fact that that style of dressing the hair had

nearly gone out of vogue." Mr, Barbour says of Mrs. Gar-

nett: "I cannot forbear from paying a deserved tribute to Mrs.

Garnett. I still cherish her memory with love and gratitude.

During my whole stay at 'Elmwood' she was indeed a mother

to me, chiding me gently when in fault, encouraging me in

every way to press forward, calling me to her chamber to read

a portion of the Scriptures, and afterwards whatever there

might be of interest in the newspapers." He adds of "Elm-

wood": "I need not attempt any description of 'Elmwood.' I

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will only say that it has suggested some of the fine old English ,^<

houses to me, and for years after I lived there, when I would

be reading an English novel, 'Elmwood' with its fine hall, its

library and parlor, its corridors and general spaciousness,

would rise up before me." ^*jj,.^

Mr. Barbour gives an interesting account of the school, and

particularly pays a warm tribute to his friend and schoolmate,

M. R. H. Garnett.

This sketch may fitly close with the following statement of

the Tate Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, Mr. Garnett's nephew, whowrote of him in 1884:

"I have a very distinct conception, not only of his char-

acter, but of the nature of the influence which he exerted upon

society. I think I may say that his character was a matter of

history in Virginia tradition, for no man was known or be-

loved by a wider or more important circle of friends in Vir-

ginia at the time of his death, than James M. Garnett, and

none had a more distinct individuality of character in their

opinion. Did any great question suddenly arise in American

politics, no man of those who knew him, and he was knownto many, doubted where he would be found, and the same

may be said of questions of social progress or ethical impor-

tance.

"Mr. Garnett was a Virginia gentleman, a Christian philos-

opher, a cultivated scholar, owning a well-selected library,

which was unusually large for a private individual. He pos-

sessed keen powers of observation, exercised over a large I,

circle of acquaintances, a rich turn for humor and rare powerso'f description and conversation. He knew how to amuse as

well as .to instruct, making himself agreeable to old and young.

"To the last day of a long life he retained these powers,

and in my frequent visits to his home I never failed to derive

pleasure and instruction from his conversation. It must be

remembered that he was a close observer of all classes of

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society, for he mingled with them all. He was a lover of

mankind."

I have thus endeavored, sir, very inadequately to portray

the moral and intellectual features of my revered ancestor, of

whom I have no recollection save an indistinct memory of his

personal appearance, and to pay even this small tribute to his

memory. I hope that I have been able to bring his picture,

even though but a partial one, before the sons of his neigh-

bors and friends, by whom he was so highly esteemed and

honored, and to adduce some reasons why his portrait should

occupy the prominent position which you have assigned to it.

I trust, sir, that others may be led by your example in form-

ing this collection of portraits, to revere the Virginians of the

olden time, than whom no nobler race of men has existed on

this earth. ^^

1" See Tyler's Letters and Times of the Tylers, Vol. I, p. 508, for the

officers of the Virginia Colonization Society for 1838, of which Society

Hon. James Mercer Garnett and his brother-in-law, Hon. Charles Fen-

ton Mercer were then Vice-Presidents. Hon. John Tyler was the

President of the Society in succession to Chief Justice Marshall.

President Madison had also been an officer of the Society. The agita-

tion of the abolitionists, however, broke up the Society in Virginia.

Mr. Garnett was for many years a vestryman of Vawter's Church,

St. Anne's Parish, Essex county, Virginia, which infrequently repre-

sented in the Diocesan Conventions. He also represented the Diocese

in the General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church. (See

Journals of Virginia Conventions appended to Dr. Hawks's Contribu-

tions to the Ecclesiastical History of the United States of America, I,

New York, 1836).

The writer is indebted to the Southern Churchman Company for

the cut of Vawter's Church prefixed to this sketch. The portrait of

Mr. Garnett was painted by Jarvis, and that of Mrs. Garnett, by

Fairfax.

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GENEALOGY.OF THE

MERCER-GARNETT FAMILY.

There are many branches of the Garnett family of Vir-

ginia, and it is not beheved to be possible to trace the connec-

tion between them. This genealogy is limited to that branch

which intermarried with the Mercers of Stafford County, Vir-

ginia, namely, the descendants of Muscoe Garnett, of Essex

County, Virginia, who married Grace Fenton Mercer, of

Stafford County, Virginia, July 9, 1767, ajid it is based on

family Bibles, wills, and other authentic records. Muscoe

Garnett's ancestors are given as far as known ; Grace Fenton

Mercer's ancestors are given in the Mercer genealogy con-

tributed by tlie writer of this to the Baltimore Sun of Septem-

ber 17 and 24, 1905, and below. (See post, p. 42.)

[Roman numerals denote the generations.]

I. John Garnett, immigrant, of Gloucester County, later

of Essex County, Virginia, married Anne .

His will was proved in Essex County Court, March

II, 1713. His name appears as witness to a bond

dated December 8, 1703. Issue:

II. I. James. * ^ i-^ Mir«»

2. John.

3. Anthony, removed to Spotsylvania, later Orange,

County, Virginia. He was vestryman, church war-

den, and lay reader of St. Mark's Parish from 1758

(See Rev. Dr. Slaughter's "History of St. Mark's

Parish, Culpeper," p. 12.)

II. I. James, b. Jan. 17, 1692 (the year in which Essex

County was set off from Rappahannock County), d.

May 27, 1765, in, first, Sarah Green; issue:

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Evans ; issue

:

IV. I. Francis, d. by 1791,.

2. Henry, m. Margaret .

3. Augustine, d. by 1797, m. ; issue:

V. I. Robert, m. Lucy •.

2. Austin, ni. Elizabeth

James Garnett and Sarah Green had issue further:

III. 2. James, b. Oct. 5, 17 19, d. Feb. 23, 1745.

3. Milly, b. Aug. 23, 1721, d. .

4. Thomas, b. Jan. 19, 1723, d. March 11, 1738.

5. William, b. July 11, 1727, d. Feb. 21, 1759, m. Ana

Rowzce, June 29, 1751 ; issue:

IV. I. Sarah, m. William Hunter (descended from the

j ;Hunters of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland,),Aug.

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V. I. William Garnett, b. Jan. 12, 1773.

2. James, b. March 14, 1774, d. Feb. — , 1826, m. first,

Maria Garnett, Sept. 21, 1796, daughter of Muscoe

Garnett and Grace Fenton Mercer.

^ [Issue given below.]

3. Taliaferro, b. July 26, 1776, d. , m. Elizabeth

Mary Lomax (daughter of Hon. John Tayloe Lomax,

lawyer, and Ann Corbin Tayloe, of "IMt. Airy,");

issue

:

VI. I. Sarah Ann, died young.

2. Thomas Lomax (M. D.), m. Maria Tennent, d.

; issue:

VII. I. Frederick Campbell Stuart, d., m. Rose Turner; is-

sue :

VIII. I. Thomas Lomax.

2. Carolina.

3. Frederick Campbell Stuart, m. Page Walker Morris,

June 20, 1910, in Washington, D. C.

4. Susan Turner.

VII. 2. Sarah Ann, d,; 3. Annie Campbell, 4. Thomas Lo-

max (M. I).), d., 5. I'M ward Lluyd, d., 6. James

William, d.

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VII. 7. Susan Tennent, m. Ogle Tayloe, d. ;issue:

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VII. I. Charles Morris (M. D.), d., m. Lucy Balmaine

Pearce, d. ; issue :

VIII. I. James Gordon, d. - ' •..•:

2. Charles Morris.

3. Hardinia Tayloe ("Deeny"). • .^ ^^c ;^ hi;.I ;•:,; • ,-/

4. Lloyd Chamberlaine, d. ' ' ', '/>,;

5. Wilhams Pearce, d. . . •

6. Lunsford Lomax,

VII. 2. Martha Taliaferro, d.

3. Elizabeth Lomax, d. -, ,,, ,-,,

4. James, d., m. Florence Coleman; issue: ^^ '•,.

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3. James Lomax.

4. Ellen Douglas.

5. I'^lorcncc Coleman. ^„ . ^^

VII. 5. Taliaferro, d., m. Zaidee Coleman, d. ; issue:

VIII. I. Taliaferro.

2. John Page.

3. James.

4. Claude Pegucs.

5. Thomas Lunsford.

VII. 6. ICllen Douglas, uum.

7. Morris, d.

8. Emily Mary, num.

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1840, unm.

5. Muscoe Garnett, b. April 7, 1779, d. June 30, 1818,

ni. July 3, 1813, Grace I-YMiton Garnett, daughter of

Muscoe Gauneit and Grace Fen'iijn Mercer;

issue

:

VI. I. Edgar Malcolm, b. May 30, 1814, d. May 23, 1819.

2. Henry Algernon, b. Dec. 26, 1815, d. July 14, 1816.

3. Grace Fenton, b. Aug. 4, 181 7, d. , 1840.

V. 6. Henry Garnett, b. Feb. 25, 1783, d.

IV. 2. Mildred (diaughter of William Garnett and Aim

Rowzee), m. William Jackson; issue:

V. I. Nancy, m. Hackley.

2. Mildred, m. Morton. „. ,

IV. 3. Anne, d. Sept. 9, .

James Garnett and Sarah Green had issue further:

III. 6. Reuben, b. June 15, 1729, d. Oct. 7, 1749.

7. Robert, b. May 20, 1732, d.

II. 1. James Garnett, m. second, Elizabeth Muscoe, b,

, d. Aug. 23, 1736, daughter of Salvator

Muscoe, lawyer, living in Essex Co., Va., in 1702

(son of Salvator Muscoe, stonecarver, Monmouth

St., St. Giles-in-thc-fields, London), b. Dec. 28,

,,.;, .-, 1674, d. , 1741 ; will proved June 16, 1741 ;

m. Mary . Col. Wm. Beverley is named as

executor of his will (see IVilliam and Mary Col-

lege Quarterly, XHI., 4, April, 1905, pp. 262-3),

burgess 1734-36, '38, '40, Justice of Essex County,

1720-40 (see Bp. Meade's "Old Churches," etc.);

issue

:

1. Et.lZAltl.TlL

2. Mary.

3. I'^'ances.

4. Tabilha.

5. Sarah, m. Philii) Edwards Jones. *•

6. Jane.

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3. Frances Muscoe, 111. John Livingstone; issne:

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III. 8. Muscoe, b. Aug. 17, 1736, d. Jan. — , 1803, baptized

by Rev. Robert Rose, minister of St. Anne's Par-

ish, Essex Co., \'a., [see Bishop Meade's "Old

Churches," etc., Vol. I., pp. 396ff.] m. July 9, 1767,'

Grace Fenton Mercer (daughter of John Mer-

cer, of Marlborough, Stafford Co., Va., and Anne

Roy, his second wife), b. Feb. 20, 175 1, d. June 4,

1814.:. , .,

[See Mercer genealogy in Baltimore Sun, Sept.

17 and 24, 1905 and post, p. 42.]

Extract from letter of John Mercer of Marlboro', Stafford^

u_j<f

County, Va., to his son George Mercer, then in England, re- ./,,^^

lating to the marriage of his daughter, Grace Fenton to Mus-

coe Garnett, of Essex County, Va,, written about Christmas,^^ ,;.;,/

1767: -;;;,

"My youngest daughter (who is christened Mary Elinor

Beatrix, after two dead, and one living aunts,) was born the - "

20th day of last January, so that I have still six young children

to provide for. Your sister Fenton has got a better person to '• "^•^''

take that care off my hands. She got the start of you, being

married the 9th day of July last to Mr. Muscoe Garnett, of '"'* '•'"

Essex County, a match every way so agreeable to me that I ' "'

solemnly declare I don't know one that could have offered in •'"

Virginia or Maryland that I should have preferred before it,

and though she then seemed indifferent, I am very much mis-

taken if she is not now as well pleased with it as I am. Heis in possession of a very large fortune, of an agreeable per-

son, good-natured, sober, industrious, well acquainted with his'

plantation affairs, and I think I may well venture to affirm en-

tirely clear of every modisii vice."

(This letter is the property of William R. Mercer, of

Doylestown, Pa.)

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Issue of MuscoE Garnett and Grace Fenton Mer-cer:

IV. I. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1768, d. Aug. 25, 1769.

2. James Mercer, b. June 8, 1770, d. April 23, 1843,

m. Sept. 21, 1793, Maky Ei.kanor Dick Mkkcek,b. Oct. 4, 1774, d. April 11, 1837 ('li^ l^^'f first

cousin, and daughter of Judge James Mercer, of

the Court of Appeals of Va.);[Issue given be-

low.]

3. Anne, b. Jan. 5, 1773, d. July 17, 1783.

4. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1775, d. Sept. 25, 1776.

5. Maria, b. July 22, 1777, d. Aug. 14, 181 1 ; ni. Sept.

21, 1796, James Hunter, who d. Feb. — , 1826.

[Issue given below.]

6. Grace Fenton, b. Oct. 20, 1779, d. Oct. 4, 1846;

m. July 3, 1813, Muscoe Garnett Hunter, who d.

June 30, 1818. [Issue given below.]

7. John Mercer, b. Mar. 24, 1783, d. April 3, 1856,

unm.

8. and

9. Muscoe and William, b. July 12, 1786. [See be-

low.]

10. Robert Selden, b. April 26, 1789, d. Aug. 15, 1840.

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II. 1. James Garnett, m. third, July 19, 1740, Mary Jones,

widow of Capt. Thomas Jones, and daughter of

Cai)t. Edward Rowzce (Ca])t. Jones died Jan.

II. 1738-39) ;issue:

III. 9. Catherine.

10. Augustine.

ii. Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1744.

12. James, h. Ai)ril 25, J747, d. Oct. 1780; m. Judith

Neale ; issue

:

IV. 1. Molly, b. , d. Oct. — . 1790.

III. 13. Betty, b. June 6, 1750, m. John Taliaferro of Hayes;issue

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3. Lucy. ^ ,.*

IV. I. James Garnett Taliaferro, m. Wishart; issue:

V. I. John."

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2, Lawrence.

3, James Garnett.

4, James Monroe.

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6. Muscoe.

IV. 2. John TaHaferro m. Lucy Thornton Hooe ; issue

:

V. I. John Seymour.

2. Elizabeth Anne Seymour.

V. I. John Seymour Taliaferro m. Lucy Maria Barbour;

issue: ;_• ^-^ ;?:«!. fi, ; ,.;, ;,,,;,/>.i. ;.; ],,., 26, i^,y),

VI. I. Lucy Maria.

2. Frances Cornelia,

3. James Barbour.

4. Ann Burd.

5. Sarah Lindsay, b. Sept. 22, 1829; m. Wm. S. Waters,

July 21, 1863 ; issue:

VII. I. J. Seymour Taliaferro, b. Aug. 7, 1864; m. Nov. 14,

1894, Mary Irwin Donaldson, dau. of Dr. Francis

Donaldson and Elizabeth Winchester ; issue

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2. Elizabeth Winchester, b. Oct. 26, 1897.

VII. 2. Lucy Maria Barbour, b. Dec. 17, 1867; m. Sept. 6,

1892, Charles Frederick Penniman ; issue:

VIII. I. Wm. Waters (called Charles Frederick) b. July 14,

1893.

II. I. James Garnett, m. fourth, Margaret Scott; no issue.

James Garnett was member of the House of Bur-

gesses of Virginia, 1742-47 (Stanard's Colonial

lîrginia Register), and Justice of Essex County,

1720-40 (Bp. Meade's Old Churches and Families

of Virginia, I., 405). He was a large landed pro-

prietor. (See also Journals of the House of Bur-

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MCMIX.)Issue of IV. 2. James Mercer Garnett—member of

Virginia Legislature, member of Congress, 1805-09,^'

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•'''' '' member of Virginia Convention of 1829-30, and" Visitor of William and Mary College, 1824—and

•' Mary Eleanor Dick Mercer. (See my sketch*''

' '' of Hon. James Mercer Garnett and Lamb's Biog.

Dictionary.)'^'-^ ' V. I. James Mercer, Jr., b. Oct. 30, 1794, d. July 14, 1824,

m. March 7, 1820, his first cousin, Maria Hunter;' ^'- '' " issue:

^^^-:' VI. I. Muscoe Russell Hunter—U. S. and C. S. M. C. (see

my sketch of him and Lamb's Biog. Dictionary),'

'

' b. July 25, 1821, d. Feb. 14, 1864, m. July 26, i860,'"' Mary Picton Stevens (b. May 19, 1840, d. Sept. 21,

' ' • *' ^'"''

1903) ;(she m. second, Edward P. C. Lewis, June

''^*''' I, 1869; issue: four children); issue:

(Hon. M. R. H. Garnett was a prominent alumnus of the

•^* University of Virginia and a member of its Board of Visitors

1855-1859-) '

J ^^VII. I. James ]\Iercer, b. July 7, 1861, m. May 26, 1896,

( p . Mary \'ii-ginia Teatom, d. March 24, 1908; issue:

VIII. I. Mary Barton, b. Jan. 11, 1898.

2. Muscoe Russell Hunter, b. April 11, 1899.

3. Virginia, b. Nov. 8, 1906.

VII. 2. Mary Barton Picton, b. May 28, 1863.

V. 2. Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1797, d. Oct. 3, 1835, unm.

3. Albert Roy, b. Feb. 28, 1800, d. Feb. 23, 1852, unm.

4. Mary Eleanor, b. June 30, 1802, d. Mar. — , 1822, ni.

May — , 1821, Robert Payne Waring; no issue.

5. Grace Fenton, b. Apr. 15, 1805, d. Aug. 15, 1826,

unm.

6. Maria, b. June 12, 1808, d. Sept. i, 1841, m. Oct. 8.

1827, the Rev. John Peyton McGuire, who died

March 26, 1869; issue:

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jft Mercer—Garnett Family 27

VI. I. William Henry, b. , 1828, d. , 1829.

2. Mary Eleanor Mercer, b. June i, 1831, m. Sept. II,

1861, John Johns, son of the Rt. Rev. John Johns,

Bishop of Virginia; issue:

VII. I. John, b. July 27,, 1864, m. Jan. 15, 1901, Julia Peyton;

no issue.

2. Maria Mercer, b. March ii, 1870, m. Feb. 13, 1893,

Julian James Gibbons McShane (who died Dec. ^^^

10, 1906) ; issue :

VIII. I. Catherine Johns, b. Dec. 23, 1896.

2. Julian J. G., b. Aug. 5, 1902.

3. Arthur Johns, b. July 31, 1904. .^^.^^

VII. 3. Arthur, b. Oct. 4, 1871, m. first, June 24, 1902, Caro-

line S. Green, who died Nov. 29, 1903 ; no issue.

m. second, Jan. 6. 1910, Margaret Thompson John-

son (who m. first, Brown).

VI. 3. James Mercer Garnett, b. April 20, 1833, d. Jan. 24,

1903, m. first, Feb. 26, 1864, Bettie Holmes Mc- ^^ , ^

Guire (daughter of Dr. Wm. D. McGuire), d. May3, 1874 ; issue :

VII. I. William D., b. Dec. 16, 1865, d. March 24, 1866.

2. Maria Garnett, b. March 11, 1867, m. Dec. — , 1902,

Wm. Travers Lewis; issue: j,,.

VIII. I. Wm. Travers, b. July 20, 1904, d. Aug. 4, 1904.

VII. 3. James Mercer Garnett, b. Sept. 20, 1868, d. July 3,

4. John Peyton, b. Nov. 25, 1869, d. June 16, 1890, by

drowning in New River, West Virginia.

5. Charles Fenton, b. Mar. 18, 1871, m. April 12, 1906,

Margaretta McCormick, daughter of Marshall Mc-

Cormick ; issue

:

VIII. I. Charles Fenton, Jr., b. Aug. 10, 1907.

VII. 6. William D., b. Jan. 17, 1873, ^- Oct. 30, 1877.

VI. 3. Dr. J. M. G. McGuire, m. second, April 30, 1884,

Mrs. Elizabeth Britton, (ncc Ware) ; no issue.

VI. 4. Ann Susan, b. Dec. — , 1835, d. Dec. — , 1835.

Rev. John Peyton McGuire, m. second, Judith W.Brockenbrough, Nov. 25, 1846, daughter of Judge

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William Brockenbrough ; she died March 21, 1899,'"^

aged 84 years and 2 days; no issue; both are

buried in Tappahannock, Va.

VI. 5. John Peyton, Jr., b. Sept. 30, 1836, d. April 29, 1906,

m. first, July 10, i860, Clara F. Mason (daughter

• - of Capt. Murray Mason, U. S. N. and C. S. N.),

who died Nov. 7, 1877; issue:

VII. I. John Peyton, b. Dec. 21, 1866, m. Julia Richie Mor-

ris Graves; issue: \«:,. -^ r.

VIII. I. Richie Graves, b. Dec. 4, 1901, , , .^.

2. John Peyton, b. July 13, 1904.

VII. 2. Clara Forsyth, b. Aug. 19, 1869, m. Jan. 22, 1891,

Rev. Claudius F. Smith ; issue

:

VIII. I. Peyton McGuire, b. Nov. 26, 1891.

.' 2. Edward Nelson, b. Mar. 31, 1895.

3. Clara Mason, b. Jan. 11, 1898.

4. Rose Morris, b. Nov. 20, 1900.

VII. 3. Murray Mason, b. Jan. 19, 1872, m. Jan. 14, 1894,

Mary Van Benthuysen ; issue :

VIII. I. Murray Mason, b. Sept. 30, 1904.

VI. 5: John Peyton McGuire, Jr., m. second, June 29, 1883,

Susan Rose Morris ; no issue

:

6. Maria Garnett, b. Aug. — , 1838, d. May 27, 1856,

unm.

7. Grace Fenton Hunter, b. Feb. 18, 1840, d. Feb. 22,

! 1904, m. July 28, 1868, Rev. Kinloch Nelson, who

died Oct. 25, 1894; issue:

VII. I. Grace Fenton, b. Oct. 24, 1869, m. April 8, 1890,

Rev. Edward T. Helfenstein ; no issue; adopted

Ichild, Grace Fenton.

2. Robert Burwell, b. July 6, 1871, m. May 23, 1906,

Sallie Bruce Seddon ; issue: VIII. i. William Sed-

don, born April 6, 1908; 2. Robert B., Jr., born

Feb. 6, 1910.

VII. 3. John Peyton Garnett, b. Nov. 17, 1872, m. June 3.

1902, Susan Rose Morris; issue:

VIII. 1. Kinloch, b. March 12, 1903.

2. Charles Morris, b. July 6, 1907.

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Rev. John I. Yellott ; issue:

VIII. I. Kinloch Nelson, b. March 29, 1900.

2. Mary Traill, b. Sept. 11, 1901.

3. Grace Fenton, b. Oct. 16, 1906. ,. ,1 ,^, ,,.,

4. John I., Jr., b. Oct. 25, 1908.

VI. 8. Emily Page, b. July 9, 1841, m. July i, 1873, Philip

W. Nelson; no issue. P. W. Nelson died Sept. 27,

1908.

V. 7. Charles Fenton Mercer, b. Oct. 7, 1810, d. March 6,

1886, unm., in Norfolk, Va., and is buried there.

V. 8. Theodore Stanford, b. Nov. 18, 1812, d. I\Iay 28,

1885, and is buried at "Elmwood," m. April 18,

1839, Florentina Isidora Moreno (daughter of

Francisco Moreno, Pensacola, Fla.), who was born

April 4, 1822, died Jan. 30, 1907, in Washington,

D. C., and is buried in Norfolk, Va. (For descent

see below.) Issue

:

VI. I. James Mercer (M. A., 1859, and Professor 1882-

1896, University of Virginia) ; b. April 24, 1840,

at Aldie, Loudoun Co., Va., residence of his great-

uncle, Hon. Charles Fenton Mercer, m. April 19,

1871, K.\TE Huntington Noland, b. Jan. 4, 1849,

daughter of Major Burr Powell Noland and Susan

Chapline Wilson, at Middleburg, Loudoun Co., Va.

;

issue

:

VII. I. James Mercer, Jr., b. March 10, 1872, at Middle-

burg, Va., baptized by the Rev. William M. Dame,

Aug. 25, 1872.

[VI. I. James Mercer Garnett was Captain and

Ordnance Officer of Rodes's, later Grimes's Divis-

ion, 2nd Corps, A. N. Va., C. S. A. He enlisted

in the Rockbridge Artillery, July 17, 1861, and was

paroled at Appomattox C. H., Va., April 10, 1865.

(See Who's Who in America, and my History of

University of Virginia, Lewis Publishing Company,

New York, 1904).

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dore Stanford Garnett were alumni of the University of Vir-

ginia, and were prominent civil engineers.

Family of Florentina Isidora (Moreno) Garnett.

Fernando Moreno, surgeon in the Spani.sh army, b. in

Malaga, Spain, in 1763, d. in Havana in 1838, m. Florentina

Senac, of New Orleans, who d. there in 1800. Issue:

I. Francksco, b. Nov. 1793, d. Nov. 19, 1883, in

Pcnsacola, Fla., where he lived all his life and was

^', _,'" ' the Spanish consul for many years until his death.

He married, first, Josepha Lx>pez, who d. Feb. 8,

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1. Angela Sylvaria, b. June 20, 1816; m. Hon. Stephen

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2. Josepha Lopez, b. April 22, 1818, d. Oct. 29, 1820.

, \ 3. Francisco De Sales (Lieut. C. S. A.), b. Jan. 29,

1820, d. May 4, 1862, at Louisville, Ky., from

y"' '' ^' wounds received at Shiloh ; m. and had issue.

^,., ^., "" Francisco Moreno married, second, Margarita

Eleuteria Lopez, and had issue

:

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2 Fernando Joaquin, b. Feb. 5, 1824; m. and had is-

sue

:

,, 3. Irene Gregoria, b. Dec. 24, 1825; m. Capt. Scarritt,

'/, U. S. A., and had issue, d.

/ 4. Benito Julian, b. Feb. 17, 1827, d. June i, 1865,

unm.

^ 5. Theodore, b. Nov. 9, 1829, m. and had issue, d.

6. Arthur, b. Sept. 20, 1831, d. Nov. 7, 1839.

j 7. Charles Albert, b. Sept. 21, 1834, d. Aug. 4, 1861,

unm.

8. James Nicholas, b. Dec. 7, 1863, m. and had issue, d.

9. Esteban Anastasio (major C. S. A.), b. April 15,

1839; m. twice and had issue, d.

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10. Victoria Calder (Cecilia), b. April 22, 1841, m. and -.nr. ;

had issue.

11. Celestino Scarritt (Lieut. C. S. A.), b. Jan. 2, 1846,

d. Nov. 29, 1864. Killed while leading a charge .?./^

at Columbia, Tcnn.

Francisco Moreno, m. third, Mentoria Gonzalez, j866,

daughter of Celestino Gonzalez, of Pensacola,

Fla., and had issue. -^y^ d ^\î \, (-'•". s^^'^'

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VI. 2. Theodore Stanford, Jr., b. Oct. 28, 1844, in Rich-

mond, Va., m. first, Oct. 25, 1873, Fmily Eyre ),

Raker (daughter of Hon. Richard H. Baker, Nor-

folk, Va.), who died Feb. 23, 1876; issue:

VII. I. Lelia Barraud, b. Sept. 13, 1874, m. Oct. 18, 1899,

first, Dr. \Vm. E. Huger, Jr., who died in Balti- <'

more, Md., Mar. 29, 1902; issue: 'v

VIII. I. William E, Huger, Jr., b. Aug. 21, 1900. Lelia B.

Garnett, m. second, in Norfolk, Va., Edward Ab-

bott Burdett, April 28, 1909 (who d. Nov. 29,

1909) and had issue: Edward Abbott Burdett, Jr.,

b. April 2j, 19 10. j.'.S'.^,

VII. 2. Theodore Stanford, b. Sept. 8, 1875, m. April 25,

1901, Eleanor Colville Randolph, daughter of Rt. .''•^-

Rev. Alfred M. Randolph; issue: : •., • j. py.r>

VIII. I. Theodore Stanford, b. July 14, 1905.

2. Eleanor Randolph, b. Feb. 2, 1909. "" ' '. '^'>;

VI. 2. Theodore S. Garnett, m. second, July 28, 1885, Mrs.

Louisa Bowdoin (nee Smith) ; no issue:

He was Lieutenant and Aid-de-Camp to Maj.-Gen. I'v :)^.

J. E. B. Stuart; later. Captain and Adjutant-

General of Roberts's Brigade of Cavalry, C. S. A.,

until April 9, 1865. (See Who's Who in America.)

VI. 3. Ella Isidora, b. Dec. 11, 1848, in Columbia, S. C.

V. 9. Eliza Lucinda, b. May 6, 1815, d. July 5, 1847, w"ni.

IV. 5. Maria Garnett, daughter of Muscoe Garnett and

Grace Fenton Mercer, m. Sept, 21, 1896, James

Hunter; issue: ,., .,, , i-;, , . ;..,., ..

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nett, Jr. [Issue given above.]

2. Muscoe Garnett, b. Jan. 4, 1799, d. June 28, 1817,

unm.

3. Martha Fenton, b. Sept. 30, 1800, d. Aug. 27, 1866,

unm.

4. James, b. Feb. 14, 1802, d. Sept. 3, 1822, unm.

5. Jane Svvann, b. June 13, 1804, d. May 27, 1880, unm.

6. Wiiham, b. Nov. 16, 1806, d. Aug. 4, 181 1.

7. Robert Mercer TaUaferro (U. S. and C. S. Senator),

b. April 21, 1809, d. July 18, 1887, m. Oct. 24, 1836,

Mary Evelina Dandridge (see Lamb's Biographi-

cal Dictionary) ; issue:

VI. I. Robert Mercer Taliaferro, Jr., b. April i, 1839, d.

Nov. 28, 1861, unm. (M. A. and B. L.), University

of Va.

2. Martha Taliaferro ("Pink"), b. April i, 1841, d.

Feb. 9, 1909, unm. (Author of "Memoir of Hon.

Robert M. T. Hunter.")

3. James Dandridge, b. Mar. 3, 1844, m. June 18, 1884,

Emma Lee Parker ; issue :

Vn. I. Mary Evelina, b. May 14, 1886, d. Jan. 26, 1905, unm.

2. Robert Mercer Taliaferro, b. Oct. 12, 1888.

3. Stephen Si)Ots\voocl, b. Oct, 17, 1890.

VL 4. Sarah Stephena, b. Apr. 24, 1846, d. Apr. 14, 1865.

unm.

5. Philip Stephen, b. July 17, 1848.

6. Muscoe Russell Garnett, b. Feb. 18, 1850, d. July 28,

1865 (drowned in Hunter's Mill Pond).

7. Annie Buchanan, b. May 23, 1852.

8. Mary Evelina, b. Sept. 12, 1854, d. June 11, 1881,

unm.

V. 8. William Garnett, b. Aug. 13, 181 1, d. Feb. 5, 1829,

at University of Virginia. James Hunter, m. scc-

omi, Aj)phia B. Rowzec, 1821 ; issue:

9. Sally Harriet Apphia. b. Fc-h. 26, 1822. d. July 5,

187^, unm.

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VI. 5. William A., b. Sept. 30, 1850, d. May 4, 1904, m.

Alice Barrett ; issue :

VII. I. Bertha, b. .

. ...2. Lula, b. .

V. 3. John Mercer, b. , 1812, m. Ellen Baylor; no

' issue.

4. Ann Hay, b. , 1814, d. May 4, 1839, unm.

5. Martha Taliaferro, b. ,1816, d. Dec. 3, 1837,

unm.

6. Alexander Yelverton Peyton, M. D., b. Sept. 19,

1819, d. July II, 1888, m. June 13, 1848, Mary'

Wise, who was b. Sept. 21, 1829, and d. Feb. i.s,

1898; daughter of Governor Henry A. Wise (see

Lamb's Biographical Dictionary); issue:

VI. I. Henry Wise, b. Mar. 31, 1849, d. July 10, 1897, m.

Nov. 4, 1874, Marion (Minnie) Morson, who d.

Dec. 2, 1888; issue:

VII. I. Maria, b. Sept. 2, 1875, m. Sept. 26, 1906, Henry

Strath Venn, who d. Jan. 3, 1908; issue:

VIII. 1. Henry Garnett, b. July 3, 1908, d. July 6, 1908.

VII. 2. Ellen, b. Feb. 12, 1877.

3. A. Yelverton P., b. June 9, 1881.

4. Henry Wise, b. Sept. 24, 1882.

'•'• VI. 2. Maria, b. Dec. 6, 1850, d. Feb. 3, 1873, unm.

3. Annie E., b. Sept. 7, 1853, (1- Sept. 20, 1853.

4. Yelverton P.. b. Sept. 18. 1855, d. March 12, 1886.

•^ I- c ^5. Jennings Wise, b. Mar. i, 1859, d. Aug. 7, 1880.

. . M. A., University of Virginia.

6. Annie E., b. Nov. 18, 1863, m. Macomb G. Foster,

Feb. 8, 1893; no issue.

V. 7. Edgar Malcolm, b. April 28, 1821, d. Dec. 22, 1900,

m. July 16, 1851, Emily Hayward ;issue:

y VI. I. Mary Champe, b. May 7, 1853, d. Aug. 20, 1882, m.

Aug. 15, 1881, Wm. Mason McCarty ;issue:

VII. I. Mary Garnett, b. Aug. 20, 1882.

VI. 2. Helen, h. May 16, i860, m. Dec. 28, 1886, William

E. Chisolm, who d. ; issue

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VII. I. William Garnett, b. Nov. 19, 1890.'" '*' " ^~

V. 8. James Mercer, b. , m. Evelina Lansing ; is-

sue :

VI. I. Gertrude Maria, b. , d. , m. Arthur ^''^

Noble ; issue

:

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VI. 2. IMuscoc, b. , (1. , unm.

3. Robert Selden, b. , d. . i;. n. Sr^.r /,, .•S^.X.,

4. Malvina, b. , d. . '• ' ' •' i^'- •"''i'"-

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6. Lansing-, b. .

V. 9. ALiria Cliampe, b. , 1825, m. May 17, 1853,

her first cousin, Louis A. Garnett [issue given

below], d. October, 1909.

10. Muscoe, b. , 1827, d. Aug. 11, 1899, unm.

11. Emily Henrietta, b. April 7, 1829, d. , m.

John Triplett Smith ; issue :

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2. Louis and Emily, twins, b. , d. .

V. 12. George Brooke, b. , 1831, d. Mar. 10, 1850.

13. Robert Payne Waring, b. Sept. 19, 1833, m. Oct.

18, 1855, Sally Brooke Harper; issue: VI. 1. Mus-

coe, b. , d. .

VI. 2. Samuel H., b. , d. March — , 1910, m. Lola

Whalen ; issue

:

Vn. I. Samuel, b. , 1887; 2. Frank, b. , 1889.

VI. 3. Frank H., b. , d. .

IV. 9. William Garnett, b. July 12, 1786, d. Mar. 16, 1866,

m. June 4, 1807, Anna Maria Brooke, daughter of

Richard Brooke and Maria Mercer (see Mercer

Genealogy), who was b. May 15, 1787, and d. May

8, 1854 ; issue :

V. I. Anna Maria Catherine, b. Aug. 19, 1808, d. .

2. Muscoe, 1). May 7, 1810, d. May 5, 1826.

3. Charlotte ()lynii)ia. b. Jime 4, 1812, d. March 26,

1872, m. May 21, 1840, Derrill Hart Darby, who

d. Ai)ril 5, 1859; issue:

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Evelyn Alcott ; no issue.

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20, 1842.

3. Louisa Burnham, b. Dec. 9, 1843, "i- Sept. 4, 1866,

Albert Rhett Taber (his second wife) ; issue:

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,

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VIII. r. Taber, b. , 1895, d. .

2. Louis D., b. , 1898.

VII. 2. Margaret Canty, b. Oct. 16, 1868, m. June 20, il

John Blake Washington ; issue :

VIIL I. Pearl, b. April 17, 1889.

: 2. John Blake, b. April 9, 1890.

3. Charlotte Garnett, b. June 20, 1893.

I 4. William, b. Jan. 10, 1897.

5. Taber Willard, b. May 16, 1904.

VII. 3. Louisa Burnham, b. June 27, 1870, m. Jan. — , 1898,

Robert M. Thomas, d. July 22, 1907; issue:

VIII. 1. Robert Milton, b. Dec. 20, 1898.

2. Louisa Darby, b. Aug. 16, 1900.

3. Mary Taber, b. Jan. 10, 1903.

Albert Rhett, b. April 9, 1872. ni. , 1896,

Mary Belle (Mabel) Peterkin ; issue:

I. James Alexander, b. May 30, 1897.

Derrill Darby, b. Feb. 6, 1900.

William Preston, b. Dec. 19, 1902.

Lottie Belle, b. Sept. 4, 1905.

Albert Rhett, b. Feb. 4, 1908.

Mary Darby, b. Feb. 16, 1874.

Derrill Darby, b. April 21, 1876, m. Feb. 16, 1876,

Augusta Porchcr Jones ; issue

:

Marion Porcher, b. Mar. 22, 1907.

Anna l'>rookc, b. Mar. 15, 1847, d. Aug. 9, 1848.

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5. Derrill Garnett, b. Jan. 9, 1849, ^- AP""'" 4' ^^59-

6. Elizabeth Brooke, b. June 14, 1852, m. Nov. 19,

1872, Daniel M. Zimmerman; issue:^^ /lUf.

VII. I. Ann Elizabetii, b. Sept. 6, 1873.

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5. Thomas H., b. Feb. 8, 1883.

6. Mercer De Treville, b. Oct. 4, 1885.

7. Charles S. Vedder, b. May 31, 1888.

8. Walter Taylor, b. Dec. 13, 1895. .. ,.., ,^ .^^^

9. Richard Garnett, b. May 31, 1896.

VI. 7. Anna Mercer, b. Jan. 25, 1855.

8. William Garnett, b. Aug. 21, 1857, d. Aug. 29, 1895.

V. 4. Henrietta Louisa Fenton, b. Sept. 18, 1814, d. Jan.

, 1859; m. , Gen. Thomas H. Wil-

liamson, Prof. Va. Mil. Institute ; issue :

VI. I. Anna Maria Mercer, b. Mar. 10, 1838, d. May 10,

1906, unm.

2. William Garnett, b. Dec. 13, 1840, d. Aug. 2, 1898;

m. Oct. 10, 1872, Elizabeth Cralle ; issue:

VII. I. Mercer, b. , 1874.

2. Richard Morris, b. , 1876. ...^

3. Thomas H., b. , 1878.

4. Elizabeth Morris, b. , 1881.

5. Fenton, b. , 1884.

6. Charles Minor, b. , 1891.

7. Charlotte Olympia, b. , 1894.

VI. 3. Ann Wâlke, b. , 1843. d. , m. William

C. Eoff, Nov. 21, 1865; issue:

VII. I. Louisa Garnett, b. , 1866, m. Sept. 17, 1889,

Edward L. Graham ;issue :

VIII. I. Thomas Williamson, b. .

2. Edward Lacy, b. .

3. John, b. ., r I

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4. Samuel Mercer, b. .

5. Mary Louisa, b. . - • - -"i-— • • r

VI. 4. Thorn, b. May 28, 1845, d. July 29, 1902, m. Aug.

26, 1868, Sallie Burwell Nelson; issue:

VII. I. Thomas Nelson, b. , 1869, m. Oct. 27, 1899,

Ellen Blair Claiborne ; no issue :

VII. 2. Robert Burwell, b. , 1870, m. Mona Killey

;

issue:

VIII. I. Robert Burwell, b. .

2. l*hili[) Killey, b. .

VII. 3. William Garnett, b. , 1872, m. Ellen Killey;

issue: t ..<•./ m '.lo •

.

VIII. I. Mary Mercer, b. .

VII. 4. Mary Mercer, b. , d. May 17, 1896.

VI. 5. Charlotte Olympia, b. , 1847, m. Nov. 12,

1872, John B. Purcell; issue:

VII. I. Nannie Williamson, b. Aug. 18, 1873, d. June 15,

1874.

.,,. . 1 2. Olympia Williamson, b. Oct. 5, 1874, d. Sept. 27,

1875-

3. Martha Webb, b. , 1876.

4. Richard Mercer, b. , 1878, d. , 1879.

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, ; 5. John, b. , 1880, d. ,1883.

6. Thomas Williamson, b. , 1881, m. Oct. 20,

1904, Elizabeth Melville Bosher ; issue:

VIII. I. Elizabeth Bosher, b. Aug. 6, 1905, d. May 30, 1906.

2. Charlotte IMercer, b. Feb. , 1907.

VII. 7. Louisa Garnett, b. , 1884. ,1 - 1^7.'.

-. 8. Anna Brooke, b. ,1886.

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6. Richard Brooke and William Henry, twins, b. Nov.

21, 1817.

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July 3, 1863, unm. (See Lamb's Biographical

Dictionary.)

6. William Henry, d. Aug. 4, 1855, of yellow fever

in Norfolk, Va., m. , 1841, Mary Ann Wil-

son, who was b. July 19, 1819, and who d. Aug. 16, . ^<

1891 ; issue:

VI. I. Mary Wilson, b. July 29, 1842, d. Nov. 16, 1904, m. -_.,

her second cousin, Dr. Clarence L. Garnett, son of

Dr. Alfred Hay Garnett, Jan. 25, 1865. [Issue

given above, page 33.]''-"

2. Grace Fenton, b. Mar. 31, 1845, d. July 9, 1896,

unm.

3. Georgie Wayne, b. Aug. 10, 1848, m. Nov. ,

1874, M. Fillmore Jordan; no issue.

4. Lucy Brooke, b. Dec. 12, 1850, m. Dec. 18, 1872,

Davis Wills Jordan ; issue :

VII. I. Mary Garnett, b. Jan. 3, 1874, d. Nov. 3, 1876.

2. Emily Virginia, b. Aug. 18, 1876, m. April 18, 1900,

Thomas Stark ; issue :

VIII. I. Richard Garnett, b. Jan. 1901, d. June 16, 1903.

2. Martha Slaughter, b. June 12, 1903, d. Sept. 8, 1904.

3. Mary Garnett, b. Dec. 3, 1904.

4. Thomas, b. Jan. 11, 1907.

VII. 3. Fenton Garnett, b. July 4, 1879. ^tl^ i 1 >•.•.. i5». ic/>i,

4. Davis Wills, b. Oct. 4, 1881.

5. William Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1883, m. April 18, 1906,

Maria Lee Holmes ; issue

:

VIII. I. Emily Virginia, b. Feb. 13, 1907.

VI. 5. Emily Doran, b. Nov. 29, 1852, m. April 7, 1877,

Henry M. Day ; issue

:

VII. I. Georgie Wayne, b. Jan. 29, 1878.

2. Emily Sutton, b. Aug. 12, 1879. ^ '^ *''^'' "'•'' •'"'''

3. Lucile Bennett, b. Aug. 9, 1882.

4. Henry Mason, b. Dec. 23, 1886.

5. Alfred Bennett, b. Oct. 5, 1888, d. . ^

6. Garnett Lee, b. Oct. , 1890. '-•''••

VI. 6. Wm. Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1855. unm.

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V. 7. Anna Maria Mercer, b. Oct. 20, 1819, d. in infancy.

8. Mary Elizabeth Selden, b. Mar. i, 1826, d. ,

1865; m. John Mercer Brooke, Lieut. U. S. N.,

Prof. Va. Mil. Inst. [For issue, see MercerGenealogy.]

9. Margaret Mercer, b. July 2y, 1828, d. April — , 1829.

10. Robert Mercer, b. Oct. — , 1830, d. in infancy.

IV. 10. Robert Selden, b. April 26, 1789, d. Aug. 15, 1840,

youngest son of Muscoe Garnett and Grace Fen-

ton Mercer [see Mercer Genealogy], a member of

the Virginia Legislature, and of the United States

Congress for ten years, i8i7-'27; m. Dec. 30, 1812,

Olympia Charlotte DeGouges, who was b. in

Paris, France, May 5, 1796, and d. Aug. 8, 1856,

at "Champlain," Essex Co., Va. ; she was the

daughter of Gen. Jean Pierre DeGouges, of the

French Army, and Maria Hyacinth De Gouges;

m. by Rt. Rev. William White, in Philadeli)hia,

Pa. (see Lamb's Biographical Dictionary) ; issue:

V. I. Mary Hyacinth, b. Dec. 13, 1815, d. May 12, 1893,

unm.

2. Grace Fenton, b. Jan. 25, 1818, d. Dec. 22, 1901,

unm.

3. Robert Selden, b. Dec. 16, 1819, Major 9th Infantry,

U. S. A., Brigadier General C. S. A. ; killed at

Carrick's Ford, Va., on Cheat River, July 13,

1861 ; m. Mary Neilson, of New York (see Lamb's

Biographical Dictionary) ; issue:

VI. I. Arthur, b. , d. .

V. 4. Louis Anacharsis, b. May 5,'i82i, d. June 25, 1901,

m. March 17, 1853, '^^^ first cousin, Maria Champe,

daughter of Muscoe Garnett ; she was born

, 1825; d. Oct. — , 1909; issue:

VI. I. William Hammond, b. I'\'b. 28, 1855, unm.

2. Louis DcCiougcs, b. I'eb. 10, 1858, d. .

3. Yclvcrton Tri])lett, b. Doc. 8, i860, d. .

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5. Edgar Malcolm, b. Nov. 13, 1864.

6. Marion Lee, b. , 1866, d. .

7. Mercer Brooke, b. , 1868, d. .

8. Kennedy Porter, b. Mar. 12, 1871, m. June i, 1907, •'

Edna Foote; issue:

V. 5. Henry Laurens, b. June — , 1824, d. Dec. — , 1827. ••»

6. Alexander Somervail, b. Feb. i, 1831, d. May —

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1907, unni. ; captain C. S. A.

7. John Fr3ncis Mercer, b. Sept. 17, 1833, d. April 9, '7

1899, unni. ; captair C. S. A.

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GENEALOGY OF THE MERCER FAMILY OF STAF-

FORD COUNTY, VIRGINL\,

Which Intermarried with the Garnett Family of "Elm-

wood," Essex County, Virginia.

[See Mercer Genealogy in Baltimore Sun of September 17

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and 24, 1905.]

[It must be premised, in this sketch of the Mercer family

of Virginia and Maryland, that the family of John Mercer

of "Marlborough," Stafford County, Virginia, immigrant, who

was the founder in Virginia of this branch of the Mercer

family, is, so far as known, not related to that of Doctor, later

General, Hugh Mercer, of Fredericksburg, Va. (see Judge

John T. Goolrick's Life of General Hugh Mercer, Appendix),

although they were contemporaries and friends, and Dr. Hugii

Mercer was the physician to the family of John Mercer, who

came to this country in 1720, nearly thirty years before Dr.

Mercer. Mistakes are often made about these families, hence

this statement. The particulars concerning the descent of the

family of John Mercer of "ALirliwrough" are derived from

a family Bible once belonging to John Mercer and now( 1910)

in the possession of the family of his descendant, the late Hon.

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, United States and Confed-

erate States Senator from Virginia, of "Fonthill," Essex

County, Virginia. Many of the older genealogical entries are

in the hanJzvriting of John Mercer, and were copied by the

present writer from this Bible over fifty years ago. Others are

derived from the oral statements of older members of the fam-

ily now deceased.]

John Mer(i.k, of "Marlborough," Stafford County, Vir-

ginia, was descended as follows:

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Mercer Family 43

[Roman numerals denote the generations.]

I. Noel Mercer, of Chester, England, said to be descended

from the Mercers of Aldic Castle, Perthshire, Scot-

land (but I have no proof of this descent), married

Ann Smith, and had issue

:

II. I. Robert, 2. Susanna, 3, Elizabeth, 4. Jane. "" ''''''

II. I. Robert Mercer m. Elinor Reynolds; issue:

III. I. John, b. Dec. 14, 1670, 2. and 3. Robert and Ann,

b. Sept., 1673.

II. 3. Elizabeth Mercer m. Thomas Eaton; issue:

III. I. William, 2. Elizabeth, 3. Thomas.

II. 4. Jane Mercer m. James Pheasant; issue:

III. I. James, 2. Jane, 3. Elizabeth, 4. Henry.

II. Joseph Fenton m. Urst, Ann Sheppey ; issue: '^'- '^

III. I. William, b. Feb. 14, 1675.

2. Peter, b. May 19, 1678.

3. Grace, b. March 31, 1680.

4. Mary, b. June 17, 1682.

5. Joseph, b. July 16, 1683.

6. Samuel, b. March 28, 1685.

7. Esther, b. March 27, 1687.

8. Ann, b. June 20, 1688.' '

9. Jane, b. July 11, 1689.

10. Richard, b. Oct. 6, 1690, d. in London, 1763.

11. Alice, b. Aug. 7, 1692.

12. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22, 1693.

13. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1695.

II. Joseph Fenton m. second, Jane Swift, sister of Dr.

Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; is-

sue :

III. 14. Swift, died in Jamaica. ''"

15. Martha.

16. Joseph.

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III. I. John Mercer, of Dublin, Ireland, b. Dec. 14, 1670,

d. Feb. — , 1717, son of II. i. Robert, grandson of

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I. I. Noel, m. in 1700, III. 3. Grace Fenton, b.

March 31, 1680, d. Feb. — , 1763; issue:

IV. I. Ann, b. March 25, 1700.

2. Jane, b. Aug. 4, 1702.

3. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1703.

4. John, b. Feb. 6, 1704, in Church Street, Dublin, on

Sunday.

5. Joseph, b. April 17, 1706, d. in Sierra Leone.

6. Robert, b. July 19, 1707.

7. and

8. William and Edward, b. Oct. 29, 1708.

9. Martin, b. March 22, 1709.

10. James, b. Nov. 16, 171 1.

11. Mary, b. March 25, 1713, m. Joshua Phipps.

12. Ann, b. Nov. 28, 1714.

13. Jemima, b. Jan. 20, 1715, m. James McCalla.

14. James, b. Feb. 19, 1716, d. Sept. 17, 1757, in Albany,

N. Y. Captain, 1740, in expedition to Carthagena

;

captain, 1755, in expedition against Fort Du-

quesne, lieutenant-colonel at death; d. unm. [See

my sketch of Judge James Mekckr, ll'illia)}i and

Mary College Quarterly, Oct., 1908, and Jan.

1909.)

15. Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1718, m. first, James Prosser

;

second, Humphreys.

IV. 4. John Mercer, of "Marlborough," Stafford County,

Va., founder of the family in this country, son of

III. I. John, of Dublin, grandson of II. i. Robert,

great-grandson of I. i. Noel, of Chester, England,

b. Feb. 6, 1704, emigrated to Virginia in 1720, d.

Oct. 14, 1768, at his seat "Marlborough," in Staf-

ford County, Virginia. John Mercer was a lawyer

by profession, a large landed proprietor, and was

secretary of the Ohio Company. He left a folio

MS. Land-Book, in which are entered his landed

possessions, and some deeds and other valuable

napers. This book is now owned by nie, James

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Mercer Garnett, by inheritance from my great-

uncle, Hon. Charles Fenton Mercer, son of Hon.

James Mercer, and grandson of John Mercer, of

"Marlborough."

John Mercer was the author of "An Abridg-

ment of the laws of Virginia," Williamsburg, 1737,

of which first edition my son Mercer has a copy

;

second edition, Glasgow, 1759, of which I have a

copy. A reprint of the first edition, with additions,

was issued at Williamsburg, \â., in 1739. He was

also author of the first tract published in Virginia

against the Stamp Act, no known copy of which

is in existence. John Mercer was a vestryman of

Acquia Church, Stafford Co., Va. His name, and

those of the rector and the other vestrymen, will

be found painted on the gallery of old Acquia

Church, still in use, in 1757. (See Bishop Meade's

Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia,

Vol. n., p. 198, ed. of 1891, and Lamb's Biograph-

ical Dictionary. See also Scott's History of

Orange County, Virginia, pp. 28, 29, Richmond,

1901.

IV. 4. John Mercer m. first, Catherine Mason, only

daughter of Col. George Mason, 2d. by Elizabeth,

his second wife, daughter of the Rev. John

Waugh. She was born on Saturday, June 21,

1707, and was married to John Mercer by the

Rev. Alexander Scott, minister of Overwharton

Parish, in Staflford Co., Va., at Mrs. Ann Fitz-

hugh's, in King George Co., \'a., on Thursday,

June 10, 1725, and died June 15, 1750.

Issue of John Mercer and Catherine Mason:

[The oversights in Boogher's "Register of Over-

wharton Parish," are here corrected from family

records.]

V. I. Mason, b. July 2, 1726, d. July 23, 1726.

2. John, b. Dec. 17, 1727, at "Newtown." Col. Mason's

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plantation, now in Fairfax Co., Va. ; d. Sept. 12,

3. Elizabeth Mason, b. Feb. 16, 1730, d. Aug. 31,

4. George, b. June 23, 1733, d. April — , 1784, in Lon-

don ; m. at Scarboro', England, Mary, daughter

of Christopher Neville, of Lincoln, England, Aug.

18, 1767, who died without issue in Richmond,

Va., June 4, 1768. George Mercer was educated

at Wiliam and Mary College, was lieutenant and

J( captain in Col. George Washington's First Vir-

ginia Regiment in the French and Indian War,

and later lieutenant-colonel of Col. Wm. Byrd's

Second Virginia Regiment, and aid-de-camp to

Washington. With Washington he represented

Frederick Co., Va., in the House of Burgesses,

1761 -'65. He was agent of the Ohio Company in

England, i763-'64, and was appointed stamp dis-

tributor in Virginia, but on reaching Virginia and

learning the state of feeling against the Stamp

Act, he resigned and returned to Enghuid. (Sec

my sketch of Judge James Mercer mentioned

above.) He was later appointed by Lord Hills-

borough Lieut-Governor of North Carolina. Sept.

17. 1768, but it does not apjiear that he ever as-

sumed the office. (See Lamb's Biographical Dic-

tionary, and Journals of House of Burgesses, 1761-

65, Proper.

V. 5. John Fenton, b. Aug 31, 1735 [4 ?]. ^t Chingo-

milican, Md., d. April 18, 1750. He was lieu-

tenant and captain in the French and Indian War,

and was killed by the Indians near Edwards's

Fort, on the Warm Springs Mountain, Bath Co.,

Va. (See "Dinwiddie Papers," Va. Hist. Society

Collections, IV., 387, 400.)

6. Jamf.s. son of IV. 4. John, grandson of III. i.

John, great-grandson of Il.i. Robert, grcat-great-

grand.son oi I Noel, b. Feb. 26, 1736, d. Oct. 31,

1793, m. Eleanor Dick, daughter of Charles Dick,

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and sister of Alex. Dick, of Fredericksburg, Va., '* >

June 4, 1772. (See luy sketch of Judge Jami:s '>'

Mercer). She died March 28, 1780; her only

sister, Mary Dick, married Sir John Peyton ; issue

:

VI. I. John Fenton, b. Oct. 13, 1773, d. Feb. — , 1812.

2. Mary Eleanor Dick, b. Oct. 4, 1774, d. April 11,

1837; m. Sept. 21, 1793, iier half first cousin,

James Mercer Garnett, of "Elniwood," Essex

Co., Va. [For issue see Mercer-Garnett Family,

ante, p. 24.] ' '

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3. Charles Fenton, b. June 16, 1778, d. May 4, 1858,'

at "Howard" (Episcopal High School), Fairfax

Co., Va., unmarried, and is buried in Leesburg,

Va. (See my sketch of him, /'0i^)

V. 6. Tames Mercer was educated at William and MaryJ

.

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College; was captain in the French and Indian

War, commanding at Fort Loudoun, Winchester,^

Va., in 1756; was member of the House of Bur-

gesses of Virginia, 1762-1776; of the Virginia

Conventions of 1774, 1775, and 1776; of the Com-^.^,

mittee of Safety, 1775-76; of the Continental

Congress, 1779-80; judge (and president) of the

General Court, 1780-89; and of the Court of Ap-

peals of five judges from 1789 to 1793. He is

buried in the cemetery of St. John's Church, Rich-

mond, Va., but the spot was not marked, and is^ ^

now unknown. Pie drew the will of Mary, thej

mother of Washington, and was a witness to her

signature. (See my pamphlet on James Mercer,

being articles in the William and Mary College

Quarterly, Oct., 1908, and Jan., 1909. Pages 220-

223 of the number for January, 1909, give a brief

account of his son, Hon, Charles Fenton Mercer.)

see post.) (See also for both Judge James Mercer

and his son. Lamb's Biographical Dictionury.)

I No descendants of John Mercer, of "Marl-

} borough," Stafford, Co., Va., by the name of Mcr.

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cer, are to be found in Virginia, but they are to

be sought in the Mercer-Garnett, the Brooke,

and the Harrison famihes, of Virginia, and in the

descendants of Governor John Francis Mercer, of

Maryland. Charles Fenton Mercer, son of Judge

Jarrjes Mercer, was graduated from Princeton

College in 1797; was offered commission as lieu-

tenant and captain of cavalry, 1798-1800, but

declined them; lawyer, 1802; and settled in

practice at "Aldie," Loudoun Co., Va., named by

him from Aldie Castle in Pertshire, Scotland.

He was a member of the Virginia Legislature,

i8io-'i7; and was the original projector and char-

ter president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Company. He served in the war of 1812, and

was aid to the Governor, James Barbour, with

the rank of colonel, and later commanded a

brigade. In i8i6-'i7 he was the author of

a bill for organizing education in Virginia,

including a univerbity, which passed the House

of Delegates, and was lost in the Senate by

a tic vote. (See my History of the University

of Virginia, Vol. L, pp. 43, 44. The Lewis Pub-

lishing Co., New York, 1904.) He was a mem-

ber of Congress continuously from 1817 to 1840;

a Federalist in politics, but he supported the ad-

ministrations of his neighbor, James Monroe, and

of John Quincy Adams. He frequently visite<l

Europe, the last time in 1853, in the interest of

the abolition of the slave trade, and he was an

officer and a staunch supporter of the American

Colonization Society. See Tyler's Letters and

Times of the Tylers, I. 566, for officers of the So-

ciety for 1838.) He was a member of the

Virginia Constitutional Convention of i829-'30,

and of the Legislative Committee of which

President Madison was the chairman, bu:.

owini- to his feebleness. Mr. Mercer frequently

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acted as chairman of that committee. (See Vir-

ginia Convention, i829-'30, Richmond, 1830,

and Grigsby's The Virginia Convention of 182Q-

50, Richmond, 1854, pp. 81 fT.)

V. 7. Sarah Ann Mason, b. June 24, 1738, m. Samuel

Selden, of "Salvington," Nov. 24, 1759; issue:

VI. I. Ann Mercer, b. Feb. 17, 1770.

2. Gary, b. Aug. 2, 1772, d. , 1834, m., 1832,

Lucy Gooke ; issue :

VII. I. Anne Gary, b. 1834, d. 1848.

VI. I. Ann Mercer Selden, m. John Taliaferro Brooke,

Sept. 5, 1793; issue

:

VII. I. John Francis, d. in infancy.

2. Louisa S., d. unm.

3. Samuel Selden.

4. James Mercer, d. in infancy.

5. Francis, major, U. S. A., killed at Okeechobee, Fla.

6. Ann Mercer, d. unm.

7. Gary, d. in infancy.

8. Henry Laurens, b. July 16, 1868, m. Sarah Vir-

ginia Tucker, dau. of Hon. Henry St. George

Tucker, and sister of Hon. John Randolph Tucker,

Sept. 22, 1836. Issue of Henry Laurens Brooke

and Sarah Virginia Tucker, b. June 30, 1817:

VIII. I. Evelina Tucker, b. July 20, 1838, m. Daniel Bedin-

ger Lucas (who d. July 24, 1909), Oct. 7, 1869;

issue

:

IX. I. Virginia, b. Oct. i, 1871.

2. Robert William, b. June 10, 1873, d- J""^ 20, 1873.

VIII. 2. Anne Selden, b. June 10, 1840, m. James Fairfax

• McLaughlin, Dec. 5, 1867; he d. , 1904;

issue:

IX. I. Virginia Tucker, b. Aug. 20, 1868. '•

2. Alex. Stephens, b. July 29. 1871.

3. James Fairfax, Jr., b. Aug. 2, 1873.

4. Hugh E., b. July 2, 1875.

5. Henry Laurens, b. June 18, 1877, d. Feb., 1909, in

California.

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6. Robert J., b. Jan. 28, 1880.

7. Seidell Brooke, b. May 8, 1882.

8. Beverly Tucker, b. Oct. 19, 1884...\-

- Issue of VII. 3. Samuel Seldcn Brooke, b. 1800, d.

Dec. 15, i86r, m. Angelina Edrington, daughter ofCapt. John Catesby Edrington, Jan. 25, 1825.

VIII. I. John Mercer, b. •

, d. unni.

2. "Sally I'^nton, m. Dr. John Henry Daniel ; issue

:

IX. I. John Mercer.

2. Scklen Brooke, m. Eliza Burr Todd; issue:

X. I. John Moncure.

2. Robert Todd.

3. Selden Brooke.

4. Anne Ruth. '''

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5. Sara Todd.

IX. 3. Thomas Gushing, m. Julia Waggaman ; issue:

X. i. Thomas Gushing.

IX. 4. Fenton Brooke, d. in infancy.

VIII. 3. Anne Selden, and VIII. 4, Maria Louisa, both d. in

childhood.

VIII. 5. Maria, m. Ghristopher Armat, of England; issue:

IX. I. Angelina Brooke.

2. Thomas.

3. Ghristopher. ••...'': ..;.*:•,

4. Selden Brooke.

5. John Hunter.

VIII. 6. Angelina (m. Gol. James Douglas Bruce), d. in 1861,

without issue.

7. Samuel Selden, capt. G. S. A., m. Bettie L. Young;issue

:

IX. I. Samuel Selden.

2. Henry Mercer, d. young.

3. Edgar Stapleton, m. Mary Rucker; issue:

X. I. Virginia Mercer.

2. Edgar Stai)leton.

IX. 4. Vina Young, m. Joseph Hunter; issue:

X. I, Samuel Selden Brooke.

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3. William Lonsdale and Thomas Harman, twins, d. in

infancy.

IX. 5. Sara E., d. in infancy.

6. Cary Minor.

VIII. 8. \'irginia Tucker.

9. Louisa Selden (Louselle), d. unm.

VIII. 3. Virginia Dandridge, b. June 3, 1842, d. ,

1845.

4. Henry St. George Tucker, Professor of Law in

West Virginia University, retired, b. July 22, 1844,

m. Aug. 15, 1882, Mary Harrison Brown; issue:

IX I. Charles Frederick Tucker, b. June 4, 1883. (Rhodes

scholar.)

2. Forrest Washington, b. Dec. — , 1884, d. in infancy.

3. Anne Washington, b. Aug. 10, 1887.

4. Francis John Taliaferro, b. June 19, 1889.

VIII. 5. John Taliaferro, b. June 9, 1846, d. July 20, 1846.

6. Francis John (Rev.), b. Dec. 24, 1847, '"• Nov. 25,

1880, Elizabeth Gay Bentley, who d. Aug. 11,

1903 ; issue

:

IX. I. Lucy Parke.

2. Virginia Tucker, m. April — , 1909, Jas. E. Sloss,

St. Louis, Mo.

3. Francis John, Jr.

VIII. 7. Virginia T., b. July 26, 1850, d. July i, 1865.

8. David Tucker (Judge), b. April 28, 1852, m. Lucy

B. lliggins, April 8. 1880; issue:

IX. I. Lucy Drummond, b. Feb. 20, 188 1.

2. Eloise Minor, b. Aug. 18, 1882.

3. Henry Laurens, b. Mar. 16, 1884.

4. Mary Walton, b. Nov. 19, 1886.

5. Evelina (Lena) Randolph, b. May 13, 1890.

6. Marguerita Custis, b. Jan. 30, 1896.

VIIT. 9. Elizabeth Dallas, b. Feb. 6, 1854, "nm.

10. Henry Laurens, b. Oct. 3, 1856, m. Mrs. Mary

Johnson (ih'-r Calkins), Feb. 22, 1898; issue:

IX. 1. lleiiiy LaiULUs, Jr., b. Oct. 16, 1890.

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VIII. II. Laura Beverly, b. April 21, i860, in. April 4, 1883,

Everett Wade Bedingcr ; issue :

IX. I. Evelina Tucker, b. April 28, 1884; '"• (Rev.) R. W.Trapnell ; 'issue

:

X. I. A daughter, b. June , 1909.

IX. 2. Everett Wade, Jr., b. Sept. 25, 1885, d. Aug. 12,

1889.

3. Virginia Brooke, b. Sept. 15, 1888.

4. Sarah Lucas, b. Sept. 12, 1890.

5. Laura Brooke, b. Oct. 5, 1892.

6. Henrietta Laurens, b. March 2, 1897.

7. Dorothy Wade, b. Feb. 21, 1902.

IV. 4. Issue of John Mercer, of "Marlborough," and his

first wife, Catherine Mason, continued:

V. 8. Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1740, d. Sept. i. 1764, m. Daniel

McCarty, April 3, 1764.

9. Thomson Mason, b. April 9, d. April 14, 1742.

;' 10. Catesby Mason, b. Oct. 13, 1743, d. Oct. 15, 1750.

IV. 4. John Mercer, of "Marlborough," m. second, Nov.

10, 1750, Ann Roy, daughter of Dr. Roy, of Essex

Co., Va., at Col. M. Roy's house, ceremony per-

formed by Rev. Mr. Smith ; she died at her seat,

"Marlborough," in Stafford Co., Va., Sept. 2,

1770; issue:

V. II. Gr.ace Fenton, b. Feb. 20, 1751 (X. S. 175^). ^MuscoE Garnett, July 9, 1767, d. June 4, 1814.

[For issue see ante, Mercer-Garnett family.]

12. Mungo Roy, b. Sept. 7, 1753, d. Feb. 26, 1771.

13. Elinor, b. Oct. 2, 1754, believed to be the Elinor

Roy Mercer who m. Ilcnry Micou. Jr., April 25,

1803. [See King George County marriages in

Vinjinia Magazine of History and Dio(jra[^hy for

April, 1903.]

14. John, b. Sept. 23, 1757, d. young.

15. yAm I'lancis, b. May 17, 1759. d. Aug. 30, 1821, in

IMiiladclphia [Governor of Maryland, 1801-1803;

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see my paper in Maryland Historical Magacine,

II., 3, September, 1907], m. Sophia Sprigj;,

daughter of Richard and Margaret (Caile)

Sprigg, of West River, Anne Arundel Co., Mary-

land, Feb., 1785 (see Lamb's Biographical Dic-

tionary); issue:

VI. I. Ricliard, b. Nov. 19, 1785, died young. ' '^''"' "^^'^'

2. Jolin, b. at "Strawberry Hill," near Annapolis, Md.,

June 24, 1788, d. May 22, 1848, at "Belmont,"

Loudoun Co., Va., and is buried at "Cedar Park,"

Anne Arundel Co., Md.

3. Anna, b. Nov. 12, 1789, d. June 2, 1790.

4. Margaret, b. July i, 1791, d. Sept. 17, 1846. She

was a noted educator of girls, teaching at "Cedar

Park," Md., "Franklin," Baltimore Co., Md., and

"Belmont," Loudoun Co., Va. "Belmont" is situ-

ated near Leesburg, Va. [See her Memoir by

Dr. Caspar Morris, Philadelphia, 1848. two eds.

This Memoir contains extracts from her writings.]

5. Thomas Sprigg, b. Sept. 4, 1792. " •'' '

V. 15. John Francis Mercer, b. May 17, 1759, d. Aug. 30,

1 82 1, was educated at William and Mary College,

\'a., and served in the Revohuionary War as

lieutenant (1776), and captain (1777), in the

Third Virginia Regiment, and as aivl-de-camp to

General Charles Lee (i778-'79). He was

wounded in the battle of the Brandywine, Sept.

II, 1777. After the battle of Monmouth he re-

signed from the army, but later equipped, at his

own expense, a troop of cavalry, of wliich he was

made lieutenant-colonel (1780). It was at first

attached to General Lawson's brigade, and when

that was disbanded, to General Lafayette's army

until after the surrender at Yorktown. [See a

letter of his in Gaillard Hunt's Fragments of Rev-

olutionary llislory. Hist. Printing Clul) of Brook-

Ivn. N. Y.. iS()2.| lie tlun studicil law with

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•' Thomas Jefferson, and was a delegate to the Con-

tinental Congress (i782-'83). After his mar-

riage, in 1785, he removed to "Cedar Park," on

West River, Anne Arundel Co., Md., and was a

delegate in 1787 from Maryland to the Convention

• - that framed the Federal Constitution, which he,

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with Luther Martin of Maryland, George Mason

of Virginia, and others, refused to sign on ac-

count of its consolidation tendencies. He served

in tlie Maryland Convention that adopted the

Federal Constitution (1788), but voted against

4 ^' the adoption of the Constitution ; served in the

Legislature several times, and in the U. S. Con-

:X . V. grass (1792-94. He was Governor of Maryland"

'• (i8oi-'o3), and afterward again served in the

Legislature. He died in Philadelphia in 1821,

while under medical treatment. Letters from him

to Washington, Jefferson, and jMonroe, will be

found in the Manu^cripts Department of the Li-

* brary of Congress. [See my paper in the Mary-

\'LI '. li land Historical Magazine, W., 3, Sept., 1907.I

His son, John Mercer (VL 2), was educated at

y- C St. John's College, Annapolis, and having re-

ceived from President Monroe a commission as

"^ ^ major, he accompanied General Scott to Europe

upon an inspection of military fortifications. [See

i my above-mentioned paper, ad fin.'\

..'

Issue of John Mercei^, of "Marlborough," and

his second wife, Ann Roy, continued:

V. 16. Anna, b. Sept. 9. 1760 (see below).

17. Maria, b. Dec. 14, 1761 (see below).

\'-.18. Robert, b. Dec. 21, 1764 (see below).

19. Mary Elinor Beatrix, b. Jan. 20, 1767, d. May —

.

Xi,' 1768.

V. 16. Anna, m. Nov. — , 1785, P>enjamin Harrison. Jr.,

son of Henjamin ILirrison. signer of the Declara-

tion of ln(k'[)endence ;i^ûe•.

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Mercer Family 55

VI. I. Benjamin Harrison, b. Aug. 20, 1787, son of Ben-

jamin Harrison, Jr., and V. 16 Anna Mercer

(daughter of John Mercer, of "Marlborough,"' ' and Ann Roy), m. first, Nelson, and had

issue

:

VH. I. Mary, who m. Rev. Francis Howe McGuire; issue:

Vni. I. William Henry, living in Halifax County, Va., m.

and has issue. •- .1/

2. Lucy, living at Milwood, Va., unm.

3. Benjamin Harrison, b. 1844, d. 1863, July i, killed

at Gettysburg.

4. Francis H,, b. , d. >, m. Helen Nolt-

ing; issue:

IX. I. Susie.. : 2". .

VIII. 5. J. Edward, living at Millwood, Va., unm.

VI. I. Benjamin Harrison, m., second, Mary Willing Page;

issue

:

VII. I. Lucy, b. , d. unm. Jan. 15, 1885, at Millwood.

2. Henry, b. Oct. 14, 182 1, d. Oct. 4, 1887, m. Frances

Tabb Burwell, Feb. — , 1846; issue:

VIII. I. Henry Huntingdon, b. May 12, 1848 (living at

Black Point, Fla., see below).

2. George B., b. Dec. 28, 1849, living at Boyce, Va.,

unm.

3. Maria Hosmanden, b. April 18, 185 1, d. Dec. 28.

1905 (see below).

4. Isabella, b. Feb. 13, 1853, d. Dec. 12, 1861.

5. Agnes Mercer, b. Jan. 17, 1864, living in Washing-

ton, D. C.

6. and '".''.

7. Maria and Anna Mercer, d. young.

VII. 3. Benjamin (^L D.), b. Feb. 18, 1824, m. Feb. 4,

1858, Mattie Gary Page, d. May 11, 1898; issue:

VIII. I. Benjamin, Jr. (M. D.), b. May 27, 1859, d. Dec. 10,

1900, unm.

2. Mary Gary, b. , m. A. B. Bevan, d. ,

190— ; no issue.

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56 Mercer Family

3. Gwyn Page (M. D.), b. , m. Phoebe West-

water, 1908; issue:

IX. I. One young son.

VIII. I. Henry Huntingdon (of Black Point, Fla.), m. Mar-

garet B. Page ; issue :

IX. I. William Byrd Page (Rev).

2. Samuel Davis.

3. Edith, b. , m. A. Merritt Taylor, Philadel-

phia ; issue

:

X. I. Harrison Merritt.

2. Joseph Clifford.

IX. 4. Isabel, m. Dr. R. C. Randolph; issue:

X. I. Margaret Page.

VIII. 3. Maria Hosmanden (see above), m. Oct. 29, 1874,

. Dr. Philip Burwell ; issue :

IX. I. Nathaniel (M. D.) of Shepherdstown, W. Va.),

m. Loraine Turner, , 1909.

2. Frances Harrison.

3. Dorabel.

4. George H.

5. Margaret B. P.

V. 17. Maria, m. Jan. 6, 1785, Richard Brooke, of "Man-

tapike," King and Queen Co., \'a. ; issue:

VI. I. George Mercer (Maj-Gen. U. S. A.), b. Oct. 16,

1785, d. March 9, 1851, at San Antonio, Texa.s,

m. Nov. 2, 1819, in Boston, Lucy Thomas, of Dux-

bury, Mass., b. Dec. 26, 1804. d. April 30, 1839;

issue

;

VII. I. Anna Maria Calava, b. 1820, d. 1828.

2. Richard Henry, b. 1822, d. 1822.

3. George Mercer, b. 1824, d. 1828.

4. John Mercer, b. Dec. 18, 1826, d. Dec. 14, 1906, m.

first, Maria Elizabeth Selden Cjarnett, daughter of

William Garnett and Anna Maria Brooke [sec

Mi:k( I k-Gai<ni:tt Coicoloijy, 1\'., 9, a)itc, and

Ajjplcton's Biographical Dictionary] ; issue:

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VIII. I. Louisa. ' ' • ' ' •

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2. Lucy.

3. Anna Maria, b. Dec. 12, 1856, d. Oct. 2, 1885.

VII. 4. John Mercer Brooke, m. second, Mrs. Kate (Cor-bin) Pendleton (widow of Lieut.-Col. A. S. Pen-

dleton), b. July 19, 1839, m. March 14, 1871, in

St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, Va. (see

IVho's IVho in America); issue:

VIII. I. George Mercer (captain, 1910), b. May 17, 1875, m.

June 17, 1909, Isabel Tilton.

2. Rosa Johnston, b. Oct. 29, 1876, m. Dec. 28, 1903,

Henry Parker Willis; issue:

IX. I. Katherine Corbin, b. Aug. 14, 1905.''

2. Henry Parker Brooke, b. July 19, 1907. ''

3. John Mercer Brooke, b. July 17, 1909.

VIII. 3. Richard Corbin, b. Aug. 27, 1878, d. Nov. 13, 1878.

VII. 5. William Neverson, b. 1831, d. 1867 (?), unm.

6. Muscoe Garnett, b. 1833, d. 1834.

7. Hunter, b. 1835, d. 1835. • ,

8. Charles Fcnton, b. 1837, d. 1840.

VI. 1. George Mercer Brooke, Major-General U. S. A.,

entered U. S. Army May 3, 1808, as first lieuten-

ant of Fifth Infantry; promoted captain May 1,

1810; major Twenty-third Infantry, 1814; lieu-

tenant-colonel Fourth Infantry, March, 1819;

colonel Fifth Infantry, July, 1831. His brevets

of lieutenant-colonel, Aug. 15, and colonel, Sept.

17, 1814, were received for gallant conduct in the

siege of Fort Erie. He was made brevet briga-

dier-general Sept. 17, 1824, and brevet major-

general May 30, 1848. He is buried in San An-

tonio, Texas. His son,

VII. 4. John Mercer Brooke, was lieutenant U. S. N., and

was distinguished for his invention of an instru-

ment for deep-sea soundings. He resigned m1 861, and became commander and captain C. S.

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N., and chief oi the Bureau of Ordnance and

Hydrography. Here he was noted for his plan

of reinforcing the breeches of naval guns with a

heavy iron band, hence known as "Brooke" guns,

and extensively used in river and sea-coast forti-

fications. He devised the method of sheathing the

old U. S. frigate "Merrimac" (C. S. steamer

"Virginia"), with iron, which enabled her to with-

stand successfully the assaults of the "Monitor"

in the battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862,

and force her into shoal water. After the war

he was for many years professor in the Virginia

Military Institute at Lexington, Va., until his re-

tirement. He died Dec. 14, 1906. (See his pam-

phlet on the "Merrimac," and Who's Who in

America.)

VI. 2. Anna Maria, daughter of Richard Brooke and

Maria Mercer, b. May 15, 1787, d. May 8, 1854,

m. June 4, 1807, William Garnett. [For issue see

ante, Mercer-Garnett Fa])nly.'\

3. Louisa Fenton, b. Oct. i, 1789, d. March 5, 1790.

4. Henrietta Selden, b. Feb. 13, 1791.

5. Mary E. Fenton, b. Oct. 16, 1793, d. Dec. 29, 1815.

6. John.

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....

8. Elizabeth Selden, b. , d. , m. ,

Dr. Richard Ludlow; issue:

VII. I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1823, d. Oct. 30, 1907,

in Milan, Italy; m. first, May 3, 1848, Henry Sel-

den (M. D.), who died —», 1855; issue:

VIII. I. Elizabeth Brooke, b. March 16, 1849, died in in-

,I

,

fancy.

2. Henry, b. ]\Iarch 11, 1852, died in infancy.

3. Alfred Gray, b. May 21, 1853, died in infancy.

Married second, about 1867, Dr. William H.

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(Baron) Zollikofer, of Baltimore, Md., who d.

1881 ; no issue. Dr. Zollikofer was an Austrian

baron of Altenklingen, near Lake Constance.

VII. 2. John R., b. July 2^, 1827, d. Feb. 9, 1896; m. first,

Maria Jameson; second, Aug., 1895, Drury Con-

way ; no issue.

VI. 9. Robert. ^* "^ '

'

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Ann Byrd Carter, daughter of Landon Carter, of

"Cleves," King George Co., Va. ; issue

:

VI. I. James, b. Dec. —, 1792.'*

•

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2. Landon.

3. Cary Selden ; all died without issue.

Mrs. Robert Mercer m. second, Willis.

VI. 2. John Mercer, son of V. 15 John Francis Mercer,

m. Mary Scott Swann, June 15, 18 18; she was b.

Aug. 25, 1797, d. April 17, 1864, and was daughter

of Thomas Swann, of Alexandria, \â., and sistei*

of Gov. Thomas Swann, of Maryland. (See mysketch of Jolui Francis Mercer, ad fin.) ; issue:

VII. I. John Francis, b. March 15, 1819, at Ale.xandria,

Va., d. Oct. 3, 1840.

2. Thomas Swann (AL D.), b. IMarch 5, 1821, at Alex-

andria, Va., d. March — , 1878, m. first Oct. 2,

1856, Violetta Lansdale Carroll, daughter of Hon.

Wm. Thomas Carroll ; issue

:

VIII. I. Carroll, b. Dec. 5. 1857, m. Minnie Tunis, of Nor-

folk, Va. ; issue

:

IX. I. Violetta.'

'

2. Lucy rage.

VIII. 2. John Francis, b. Feb. i, 1861.

Dr. Thomas Swann Mercer m. second, Mrs.

Cora Livingston Barnard, of New York ; no issue.

VII. 3. Richard Sprigg, b. March 3, 1823, at Alexandri-^,

Va., d. April 18, 1873, m. Oct. 27. 1849, Emily

Josephine Coxe, of Philadelphia; issue:

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VIII. I. Margaret Sprigg, b. Sept. 12, 1851, d. Jan. 19, 1901.

2. John Francis, b. Aug. 31, 1852, d. Nov. 22, 1872.

3. McCall, b. March 21, 1855, *'• Aug. 4, 1890, m.

May — , 1884, Margaret Sproul, who d. July i,

1892; issue:

IX, I. Corneha Rebecca, b. Sept. — , 1885.

2. Peter McCall, b. Sept. 28, 1888.

3. Charles Craft, b. Aug. — , 1890.

VIII. 4. Ella Ilalliday, b. Dec. 6, 1859, m. first, William B.

Peter, June 12, 1878; issue:

IX. I, Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1879, '""• April 25, 1905, Augustus

J. Philbin Gallagher; issue:

X. I. Martha Mercer, b. Sept. 30, 1909.

IX. 2. Emily (Margaret) Mercer, b. Sept. 20, 1880, m.

A[)ril 2y, 1910, M. Leon Marie. Ella Ilalliday

Mercer m. second, Dec. 18, 1897, Edwin J. Far-

ber ; no issue.

VIII. 5. Richard Sprigg, b. Feb. ly, 1862, m. Mary Mc-

Conkey, , 1889, d. Feb. — , 1908; issue:

IX. I. Dorothy, b. March 26, 1892.

2. Vivien, b. Jan. 15, 1898.

VIII. 6. Jane Byrd, b. Jan. 11, 1867, d. May 3, 1899, m.

Schuyler Hamilton, of New York, d. 1900; issue:

IX. I. Alexandra Schuyler, b. Jan. 20, 1897.

YU. 4. Jane Byrd, b. Feb. 14, 1825, at "Cedar Park," Md.,

d. —

•

, m. Hon. Peter McCall, of Philadelphia,

Pa., July 9, 1846; issue:

VIII. Seven children, three living in 1905, as follows:

I. Edith, b. — , m. John Keating; issue:

IX. Foui children, Edith, Elizabeth. Margaret, Peter

McCall.

VIII. 2. Gertrude.

3. Jane Byrd, b. , m. RadcliflFe Whitehead.

Four McCall children deceased : Catherine, Cad-

waladcr, John IMercer, Robert.

VII. 5. WMlliam Robert, b. March 2, 1827, at "Cedar Park,"

Md., m. Oct. II, 1855. Mary Rebecca Chapman,

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daughter of Hon. Henry Chapman, of Doyles-

town, Pa.; slic died . (See Lamb's Bio-

graphical Dictionary.) Issue:

Vni. I. Henry Chapman, b. June 24, 1856. (See Who'sIVho in America.)

2. EHzabelh (Leila) Lawrence, b. May 13, 1858, m.

July 24, 1888, Capt. Herbert von Fiedler-Izarborn,

of Austria ; issue:

IX. I. Walpurga Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1893.

VIII. 3. William Robert, Jr., b. May 30, 1862, m. Dec. 15,

1904, Martha Dana, of Boston, Mass. ; no issue.

VII. 6. James Monroe, b. April 15, 1829, at Washington,

D. C, d. June 22, 1878, m. Feb. 26, i860, Ella W.Hopkins; issue:

VIII. I. Samuel Hopkins, b. , d. <—

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2. George, b. , d. —

.

3. Mary Svvann, b. , d. Sept. 6, 1904, m. first,

Sterling Pennington; issue:

IX. I. Sterling Pennington, Jr., b. about 1900, m. second,

Charles flarding; no issue.

VIII. 4. Margaret, b. ^— , m. Dr. Schapiro, of Vienna,

who d. 1909; issue:

rf'aii IX. I. Alma. ^''•

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2. Vera.

VII. 7. George Douglas, b. Sept. 18, 1831, at "Cedar Park,"

Maryland, m. , Helen Bowlin, of Aquasco,

Prince George's Co., Md. ; no issue.

8. Wilson Gary ("Doc") b. July 17, 1834, at "Cedar

Park," Md., d. , unm.

9. Sophia Elizabeth, b. Oct, 16, 1837, at "Cedar Park,"

Maryland, m. Henry Leveridge Strong ; issue

:

VIII. I. Mary Mercer, b. — , m. Henry Worth; issue:

IX. I. Sophia.

2. Mary.

VIII. 2. pohn Hunt, m.

3. John Mercer.

4. James Monroe, , m. P.lanche Turner.

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VII. 10. Mary Mason, b. March 31, 1840, at "Cedar Park,"

Maryland, m. Dr. Arthur Brogden ; issue:

VIII. I. Sophia, b. , d. >— , 1909, unm.

2. Mary, b. , m. Lieut. Frank Pinney, U. S. N.,

June, 1903.

It has not been possible to obtain all the dates, nor, in some

cases, the names, of the descendants of Governor John Francis

Mercer, of "Cedar Park," Maryland. The descendants of his

elder half-brother, Judge James Mercer, of the Court of Ap-

peals of Virginia, resident in Fredericksburg and Richmond,

\'irginia, are to be sought in the records of the Mercer-Gar-

NETT family of Essex County, Va. (See ante.) I have made

diligent effort to complete these genealogies, but have been

unable to perfect them. Having at last brought them as near

completion as I can, they must go to print in a still incomplete

condition ; it is cither that, or not go to print at all, and I prefer

the former. I take pride in some of my ancestors and other

relatives, but, as I am now a septuagenarian, I nuist renounce

genealogical labors. „,. . .

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