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Averett Family of Halifax County, VA
Dr. Thomas Hamlett Averett (1800-1855) and his wife, Martha Coleman Wootton (1803-1880) settled in Halifax County, Virginia. Dr. Averett was a practicing physician who also served in the Virginia State Senate and as a Representative in the 31st and 32nd … Continue reading
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Tagged averett, halifax county, session 20, session 28, session 29, session 37, Virginia
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Jacob Wyatt Arnold (2 May 1839-25 Nov. 1887)
Jacob Wyatt Arnold was the son of William Penick Arnold and his wife, Matilda Jane Early. (Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940) He attended Washington College in Lexington, VA, in 1860-1861. In June 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a … Continue reading
John Austin (24 Dec. 1819-after Jan. 1852)
John Austin was a son of Archibald Austin (1772-1837) of Buckingham County, Virginia, and his wife, Grace Richardson Booker (b.1789). Archibald Austin was a lawyer, and had served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the U.S. House of … Continue reading
Richard William Bushnell (19 Jan. 1819-13 Oct. 1858)
Richard William Bushnell was the eldest of the several children of William Bushnell of Connecticut (1787-1845), and his wife, Mary “Polly” Harnsberger (1788-1851). The couple settled in Rockingham County, Virginia. In his three sessions at the University of Virginia–sessions 13-15 … Continue reading
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Tagged bushnell, rockingham county, session 13, session 14, session 15, Virginia
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Hamner Family
Those of us of a certain age (!) remember The Waltons television show from the 1970s. The characters on the show were modeled on the Hamner family of Schuyler, Virginia. “The Homecoming,” the original story on which the show was … Continue reading
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Tagged albemarle county, appomattox county, buckingham county, hamner, session 16, session 17, session 35, session 36, session 37, session 38, session 6, Virginia
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