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      Leftwich, Joel, son of Augustine Leftwich, who died in Bedford county, Virginia, about 1795, born in said county, Virginia, in 1759. During the revolutionary war he fought at Germantown and at Camden, and was wounded at Guilford Court House. In the war of 1812 he commanded a brigade under Gen. Harrison. He was afterward major-general of militia, a member of the Virginia legislature, and a justice of the peace of Bedford county. He died in Bedford county, Virginia, April 20, 1846. He was a brother of Jabez Leftwich, member of congress (q. v.).

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      Leake, Walter, son of Mask Leake, a Presbyterian elder, was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, about 1760. He was a soldier in the revolution, was deputy surveyor of Albemarle county in 1784, was admitted to the bar in 1793, was appointed by Jefferson one of the United States judges for the territory of Mississippi, and moved to Hinds county, Mississippi; elected to the United States senate and served from October 9, 1817, until his resignation in 1820; governor of Mississippi, 1821-1825; died at Mount Salus, Hinds county, Mississippi, November 11, 1825.

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      Holcombe, Henry, born in Prince Edward county, Virginia, September 22, 1762. After serving as a captain in the revolutionary army, he began to preach, and was ordained pastor of a Baptist church in Pike Creek, South Carolina. He was a delegate to the South Carolina convention that ratified the constitution of the United States. In 1791 he became pastor of the Baptist churches in Eutah, May River, and St. Helena, was afterward in Beaufort, South Carolina, and in 1799 was called to Savannah, Georgia, where he organized the Savannah Female Seminary, and conducted the "Georgia Analytical Repository." He was instrumental in establishing Mount Enon Academy in 1804, and a missionary society in 1806. From 1812 till his death he was pastor of the First Baptist church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Brown College in 1810. He published a "Funeral Discourse on the death of Washington,"and a volume of "Lectures on Primitive Theology." He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1826.

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      Madison, William, brother of James Madison, President of the United States, was born in Orange county, May 1, 1762; studied at Hampden-Sidney College, and while a student enlisted in the militia in 1778, afterwards a lieutenant in the state legion of Virginia, and was employed in the recruiting service; on the invasion of the state was a volunteer in the state cavalry, and afterwards a lieutenant in the Virginia regiment of artillery, Continental line, commanded by Col. Harrison, and later, after the surrender of Cornwallis, was furloughed on account of sickness. He studied law in 1782 under Thomas Jefferson, and in 1804 was a representative for Madison county in the house of delegates, and later became brigadier-general of militia. He was living in 1838.

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      Madison, George, brother of James Madison, president of William and Mary College, born in Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1763; removed to Kentucky at an early age, and was a soldier on the frontier when seventeen years old, taking part in several engagements with the Indians. During the campaigns in the northwest he commanded a company under General Arthur St. Clair, and later was lieutenant of a company of mounted volunteer cavalry under Major John Adair, and was wounded in the action with the Indians near Fort St. Clair, November 6, 1792. Later he became major of Kentucky volunteers, attached to the northwestern army under General James Winchester, and was in the battle with the British an Indians near Frenchtown, January 18, 1813. He was taken prisoner in the defeat on the river Raisin, January 22, 1813, and was sent to Quebec, but he was released in 1814. For many than twenty years he was auditor of public accounts in Kentucky, and in 1816 he was nominated for governor. He was so popular that his opponent withdrew and he was elected for four years, but before entering on the duties of his office died at Paris, Kentucky, October 14, 1816.

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      Payne, Devall, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, January 1, 1764, son of William Payne, whose paternal ancestor came to this country at any early date. He removed to Kentucky in 1789, settling near Lexington. He joined Captain Kenneth McCoy's cavalry, and served under General Charles Scott against the Indians in 1791. In 1792 he removed to Mason county, where he lived until his death. He was active against the Indians. He was a surveyor, and also a county magistrate. He was a major in Colonel Richard M. Johnson's mounted cavalry in 1813, and fought at the battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813, where he made a gallant charge. He served several years in the legislature. He died in Mason county, Kentucky, June 21, 1830.

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      Weakley, Robert, born in Halifax county, Virginia, July 20, 1764. He entered the revolutionary army at the age of sixteen, and served till the end of the war, then went beyond the Alleghanies, having only a horse, saddle and bridle, and one dollar and seventy-five cents in money. He was a colonel of the riflemen with whom James Robertson defeated the Creeks and Cherokees. When but twenty-two years of age, he was elected to the North Carolina convention that ratified the Federal constitution, and afterwards was a member of the Tennessee house of representatives. In 1809 he was elected to congress, and in 1811 to the state senate, of which he was speaker, 1819-21, and again 1823-25. His last office was that of member of the convention to revise the constitution of Tennessee in 1834. In early life he was a Methodist, but, marrying a woman who was not a church member, he was called to account, and told that if he expressed regret no further action would be taken; this he refused to do, and thenceforward he was connected with no religious body. He died near Nashville, Tennessee, February 4, 1845.

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      Lewis, William, born in Virginia in 1765. He served in the Indian war in 1791, and was captain under Gen. Arthur St. Clair, resigning in 1797. He was lieutenant-colonel of Kentucky volunteers in the war of 1812, and commander in the action with the British and Indians at Frenchtown, on the river Raisin, January 8, 1813. He also served under Gen. James Winchester at his defeat there in the same month, where he was captured and held a prisoner two years in Quebec. He died in Little Rock, Arkansas, January 17, 1825.

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      Lyle, John, born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, October 20, 1769, was distinguished as being the first person to establish schools exclusively for young women, also was the first to suggest the dissemination of the Scriptures through the agency of colporteurs. He graduated from Liberty Hall in 1794, studied divinity, and was licensed as a Presbyterian preacher in 1797. He was ordained in 1797, and from then until 1810 continued active in ministerial work. In 1800 he was placed in charge of the churches at Salem and Sugar Ridge, Clark county, remaining several years, and established a school. In May, 1807, he established an academy in Paris, Kentucky, which he conducted, at the same time preaching at Cane Ridge and Concord. About 1810 he withdrew from the academy and from the two churches, but soon afterward resumed preaching near Cynthia, Harrison county. Not long afterward he retired from pastoral work and devoted himself entirely to missionary labor. During the religious excitement that began in the southwest in 1800, accompanied by violent physical manifestations, he did all in his power to restrain the extravagances of the revival. He died in Paris, Kentucky, July 22, 1825.

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      Knox, James, lived in western Virginia, and in 1769, led a party of forty-two men from southwest Virginia and North Carolina to Reedy creek, and crossed through Cumberland gap westward to hunt and trap. Each man had one or more horses, with arms and camp equipage. Fording the south fork of the Cumberland river, they came to what is now known as Price's meadow, six miles from Monticello, Wayne county, Kentucky, and there made a camp. They hunted during the year over the Upper Green and Barren rivers country, and found much open prairie covered with high grass. In October, 1769, with nine men, he sought fresher hunting grounds northward, and met a band of friendly Cherokee Indians, whose leader, Captain Dick, directed them to the blue grass region, south of the Kentucky river. Following this direction, they came to a stream in a region abundant with game, and gave it the name of Dicks river, which it bears to this day. They were on the borders of the country that was ranged over by Daniel Boone and his companions during the same two years, neither party, knowing of the other's proximity. In 1774 Knox led his men one hundred miles farther west, and built a camp and fur station nine miles east of Greensburg, on Green river, where they killed many thousands of bears, panthers, otters, beavers, deer, and other game. After over three years' absence, most of the party returned home, and were known for long afterwards as the "long hunters," from their prolonged absence. Drake's pond and lick, Bledsoe's lick, and Manseo's lick, were discovered and marked on this expedition, each being named after its finder. Knox returned to Kentucky in 1775, and for years afterward figured prominently in the civil and military events of the state. From 1795 to 1800 he was state senator for Lincoln county.

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      Kemper, Reuben, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, in 1770, emigrated to Ohio in 1800 with his father, who was a Baptist preacher. He and his two brothers went later to the Mississippi territory, engaged in land surveying, and were leaders in the movement to rid western Florida of Spanish rule. In 1808 they organized an expedition to Baton Rouge, from the adjacent counties of Mississippi, and were captured by the Spaniards. They were rescued by the United States troops at Pointe Coupé, and afterwards severely punished the Spaniards who had been engaged in their capture. Kemper was engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to capture Mobile; was one of the organizers of the expedition of Gutierrez and Toledo against the Spanish in Mexico; and in 1812, as major, and subsequently as colonel, commanded a force of about six hundred Americans who coöperated with the Mexican insurgents. The expedition advanced into Texas, and several successful battles were fought, but the dissensions that followed between the Mexicans and Americans enabled the Spaniards to defeat the divided forces, and the Americans, returned home. Kemper then joined the United States army as a volunteer, served under Andrew Jackson at the defence of New Orleans, and performed important duties. At the end of the war, he settled in Mississippi. He died in Natchez, Mississippi, October 10, 1826.

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      Early, Peter, born in Madison county, Virginia, in June, 1773; graduated at Princeton in 1792, and settled in Georgia with his father. He studied law in Philadelphia, and practiced at the Georgia bar. He served in congress, 1803-07, where he opposed the African slave trade. He became judge of the state supreme court in 1807, and in 1813 was elected governor of Georgia, serving two years. Later he was a state senator. He died in Greene county, Georgia, August 15, 1817.

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      Johnson, James, born in Orange county, Virginia, January 1, 1774, son of Robert Johnson, who emigrated to Kentucky during the revolutionary war. He took an active part in the war of 1812, in which he served as lieutenant-colonel in his brother's regiment. In the battle of the Thames he commanded the right wing of the United States forces. After the war he was a contractor for supplying the troops on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, in 1819-20. He was elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from December 5, 1825, until his death, at Great Crossings, Scott county, Kentucky, August 14, 1826.

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      Relf, Samuel, born in Virginia, March 22, 1776, was brought to Philadelphia, when a child, by his mother. He early became connected with the "National Gazette," of which he was for many years editor and its owner, until he became financially involved through friends. His writings were highly esteemed. He was the author of a novel entitled "Infidelity, or the Victims of Sentiment." He died in Virginia, February 14, 1823.

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      Morris, Thomas, born in Augusta county, Virginia, January 3, 1776, son of a Baptist clergyman of Welsh descent. He went to Columbia, Ohio, in 1795, and became a farm hand for Rev. John Smith, first United States senator from Ohio. In 1800 he settled in Clermont county. While engaged in farming, he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1804. He was elected to the legislature in 1806, and was continuously a member for twenty-four years; was a judge of the supreme court; and elected United States in 1832. An ardent opponent of slavery, he earnestly debated against John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay in favor of receiving the petitions for the abolition of slavery. On account of his anti-slavery sentiments, he was not returned to the senate. He was nominated for vice-president by the Liberal party in August, 1844. His "Life and Letters" were edited by his son, Benjamin F. Morris. He died at Bethel, Ohio, December 7, 1844.

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      Emmerson, Arthur, born in Brunswick (now Greensville) county, Virginia, in 1778, son of the Rev. Arthur Emmerson (q. v.). and Anne Nivison Tazewell, his wife, daughter of William Tazewell. In 1785 he was in Portsmouth, with his father. He was educated for the church, later studied law, and finally took to the sea, which he followed for twenty years. In 1798 his ship was captured by the French, and he was held prisoner for a year, during which time he learned the language of his captors. In 1809 he busied himself as a surveyor. He organized an artillery company in Portsmouth, and commanded it during the war of 1812. At various time she filled all important local offices, and at his death was clerk of the count court. He married Mary A., daughter of Thomas Herbert, of Norfolk county. He died January 7, 1842.

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      Underwood, William Henderson, born in Culpeper county, Virginia, September 13, 1779. AT an early age he was taken to Elbert county, Georgia, by his parents, and there obtained an education. He taught for several years, at the same time studying law; in 1810 was admitted to the Georgia bar; practiced until the war of 1812, then joined the army and rose to the rank of captain. After the war he resumed practice. In 1825 he was elected judge of the western circuit of Georgia. During their controversy with the state of Georgia, he was leading counsel for the Cherokee Indians, and won commendation from the supreme court of the United States for the able manner in which he conducted their case. He died in Marietta, Georgia, August 4, 1859.

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      Millington, John, was born in London, May 11, 1779; commenced lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, in 1815, and was appointed professor of mechanics there in 1817. He gave annual courses of lectures on natural philosophy, mechanics and astronomy until 1820. He was one of the original fellows of the Astronomical Society of London and he held the office of secretary from February 14, 1823, to February 10, 1826. He was also a teacher in Guy's Hospital, and also vice-president of Dr. Berbeck's London Mechanics' Institution. He left England about 1829 to become chief engineer of Silver Mines and chief superintendent of a mint in Mexico. In 1834-35 he was resident in Philadelphia and in 1837 became professor of chemistry and natural philosophy in William and Mary College, a position held by him until 1849, when he resigned to become state geologist of Mississippi. He died in Richmond, July 10, 1868, and was buried in Bruton parish churchyard, Williamsburg, where there is a tombstone with a long inscription to his memory, A list of his works is given in the "Dictionary of National Biography." His son, Thomas Ch: Millington, made a drawing of the College of William and Mary, which was lithographed by the steam press of Charles L. Ludwig, Richmond, Virginia.

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      Lauderdale, John, born in Virginia about 1780, removed to west Tennessee. He became major in Gen. John Coffee's cavalry regiment of volunteers in 1813, and later lieutenant-colonel. While serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the battle of Talladega, Alabama, against the Creek Indians, he was wounded. In 1814 he was promoted to colonel, and was killed in the first battle of New Orleans. Several counties and towns in the southern states are named in his honor. He died near New Orleans, Louisiana, December 23, 1814.

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      Metcalf, Thomas, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, March 20, 1780, the son of poor parents who emigrated to Kentucky and settled in Fayette county. After a few months in a country school, he worked with a stonecutter, devoting his leisure to study. He served in the war of 1812, and in 1813 commanded a company at the battle of Fort Meigs. while absent on this campaign, he was elected to the legislature, and served three years; was afterward elected to congress as a Henry Clay Democrat, serving from December 6, 1819, till June 1, 1828, when he resigned. From 1829 till 1833 he was governor of Kentucky. He was a member of the state senate in 1834, and president of the board of internal improvement in 1840. He was appointed United States senator in place of John J. Crittenden, resigned, serving from July 3, 1848, till March 3, 1849, when he retired to his farm between Maysville and Lexington. He was a friend and follow of Henry Clay, and often boasted of his early labors as a stonemason, delighting in being called the "Old Stone Hammer." He died in Nicholas county, Kentucky, August 18, 1855.

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      Nettleton, Ashael, born in North Killingworth, Connecticut, April 21, 1783. After his graduation from Yale College in 1809 he studied theology, was licensed to preach in 1811, and was ordained in 1817, choosing the evangelistic field, intending to become a missionary to foreign lands. From 1812 to 1822 he was engaged in revival work in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. His health failing in 1827, he came to Virginia. Two years restored his health, and from 1829 until 1831 he was preaching as a revivalist in New York and Connecticut. In 1831 he went to Great Britain, returning in 1832. In that year he was appointed professor of pastoral duty in the seminary at East Windsor, Connecticut, and although he did not accept, he settled in East Windsor and lectured occasionally to the students. Hampden-Sidney College conferred the degree Doctor of Divinity upon him in 1839, ad did Jefferson College, Pennsylvania. He compiled a collection of hymns under the title "Village Hymns." His "Remains and Sermons" were edited by Rev. Bennett Tyler, who also published a "Memoir" which was reprinted with additions by Rev. Andrew A. Bonar and published in Edinburgh in 1854 under the title "Nettleton and His Labors." He died in East Windsor, Connecticut, May 16, 1844.

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      Lewis, William Berkeley, born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1784, removed to Tennessee early in life and settled near Nashville. He was quartermaster under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the war of 1812, serving through the Creek campaign. After the election of Jackson to the presidency, Lewis accompanied him to Washington, aided him in the preparation of his inaugural address, and became a member of his family, also holding the office of auditor of the treasury. Lewis assisted in establishing the "Globe" in 1830, and prepared accounts of the difficulty between Jackson and Calhoun, for which, with Amos Kendall, he was partially responsible. After leaving Washington in 1845, he lived near Nashville, Tennessee, until shortly after the civil war, when he served one term in the legislature. He was a Republican, and after the occupation of Nashville by the Federal troops exerted a pacific influence there. He died near Nashville, Tennessee, November 14, 1866.

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      McFerrin, James, born in Washington county, Virginia, March 25, 1784, was of Irish Presbyterian extraction, was brought up as a farmer, and, after marrying at the age of twenty, settled in Rutherford county, Tennessee, where he was often engaged in combats with the Indians. After the declaration of war with England he became captain of a company of volunteers, and marched under General Andrew Jackson against the Creeks, was present at Talladega, and suffered great privations during the campaign. He was elected colonel on his return, and for several years took pride in leading the best trained regiment of the state troops. At the age of thirty-six he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and on November 25, 1823, was received into the Tennessee conference as an itinerant preacher. His ministry, which was in Alabama after 1828, and in western Tennessee after 1834, was attended with great success.

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      Henderson, Archibald, born in Virginia in 1785; was appointed lieutenant of marines, May 4, 1806; captain, in April, 1811; brevet major, in 1814; lieutenant-colonel, October 17, 1820; and colonel, July 1, 1834. During the Florida war he commanded a battery; was engaged in the skirmish on the Hatcheluskee, January 27, 1837, and was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant and meritorious service while in command of the marines in Florida, Alabama, and in Tennessee, against the Indians. He died in Washington, D. c., January 6, 1859.

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      Weightman, Roger C., born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1786. He was a printer, settled in Washington, D. C., and at one time was congressional printer. During the war of 1812-14 he was an officer of cavalry, and subsequently became a general of District of Columbia militia. He was mayor of Washington in 1824-27, became cashier of the Washington Bank, and was for many years librarian of the patent office. He commanded the troops that were quartered in that building during the civil war. He died near Wilson's creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861.

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      Eustis, Abraham, born at Petersburg, Virginia, March 28, 1786; was graduated from Harvard in 1804. He studied law in the office of his relative, Chief Justice Parker, was admitted to the bar in 1807, and engaged in practice in Boston. He was captain of artillery in 1808, and became major in 1810. During the war of 1812 he commanded a regiment in the capture of York, Upper Canada; was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious service in 1813; became lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Artillery in 1822, brigadier-general in 1834, and colonel of the First Artillery. He died at Portland, Maine, June 27, 1843.

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      Dundas, James, born at Alexandria, Virginia, in 1788; he settled in Philadelphia, and became president of the Pennsylvania Bank. He was prominent in many local enterprises, and at the time of his death was president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. He died in Philadelphia, July 4, 1865.

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      Wharey, James, born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, June 15, 1789; was a student at Hampden-Sidney College five years, teaching to obtain means to pursue his education. He was licensed to preach in 1818, and began his ministry in Amherst and Nelson counties, spending a part of his time as principal of an academy. In 1819 he made a missionary tour in Virginia, and was chaplain if Hampden-Sidney for a year. In 1822 he held a charge in Cartersville, Virginia, and 1824 was made pastor of the churches of Bird and Providence, in Goochland county, Virginia, where he served until his death. He published a series of articles in the "Southern Religious Telegraph" on "Baptism," and "Sketches of Church History from the Birth of Christ to the Nineteenth century," both of which afterward appeared in book-form. He died in Goochland county, Virginia, April 29, 1842.

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      Noble, James, born in Battletown, Frederick county, Virginia, about 1790. In youth he moved to Kentucky, but finally located in Indiana, where he acquired a good education through self-study and reading. He was one of the first United States senators sent from Indiana, serving from December 12, 1816, until his death in Washington, D. C., February 26, 1831.

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      Spencer, Pitman Curtius, born in Charlotte county, Virginia, in 1790; graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1818, and settling in Nottoway county, Virginia, practiced there for fifteen years, after which he went to Europe to pursue his studies. On his return he settled in Petersburg, and devoted himself to surgery. He was a successful lithotomist, and claimed to be the first to practice this branch of surgery in this country. He died in Petersburg, Virginia, in February, 1861.

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      MacRea, William, born in 1765; in 1791 was appointed from Virginia lieutenant of levies, and was wounded at Gen. Arthur St. Clair's defeat by the Miami Indians, November 4, 1791. He became captain in December, 1794, was transferred to the artillery in June, 1798; and promoted to major, Second Regiment of artillerists and engineers, July 31, 1800, and lieutenant-colonel, April 19, 1814. He was brevetted colonel "for ten years' faithful service," April 19, 1824. He died near Shawneetown, Illinois, November 3, 1832.

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      Mosby, Mary Webster, born in Henrico county, Virginia, in April, 1791. Left an orphan, she was adopted by her paternal grandfather, Robert Pleasants, a Quaker planter who had set free more than a hundred slaves. She was educated at a Friend's school, and married John Garland Mosby. She wrote for magazines over the signature of "M. M. Webster," and published "Pocahontas," treating of the legend of the Indian heroine, from whom, through her maternal grandfather, Thomas Mann Randolph, she was a lineal descendant. She died at Richmond, Virginia, November 19, 1844.

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      Underwood, Joseph Rogers, born in Goochland county, Virginia, October 24, 1791. He was adopted by his maternal uncle, Edward Rogers, a revolutionary soldier who had settled in Kentucky in 1783. He attended different schools, and graduated from Transylvania College, in 1811. He pursued legal study in Lexington, Kentucky. In the war of 1812-14, he was the first volunteer in Col. William Dudley's regiment for service on the Canadian border. He was promoted to lieutenant, and when the captain of his campany was killed, the command devolved upon him. Later in the fight he was wounded, and, with the remnant of the regiment, forced to surrender. He was cruelly treated by the Indians, but finally was released on parole. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1813, settled in Glasgow, and served as town trustee and county attorney. In 1823 he moved to Bowling Green. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1816-17-18-19-25-26; was a candidate for lieutenant-governor in 1828, and from 1828 until 1835 was judge of the Kentucky court of appeals. He was elected to congress as a Whig, and served form December 7, 1835, to March 3, 1843. In 1845 he was chosen to represent Warren county in the legislature, and was elected speaker of the house. He was the successful Whig candidate for United States senator, and served from December 6, 1847, until March 3, 1853. In 1824 and 1844 he was presidential elector on the Clay ticket, and in 1864 was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention held in Chicago. He died at Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 23, 1873.

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      Marmaduke, Meredith Miles, born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, August 28, 1791. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of twenty-two was commissioned colonel of a regiment raised in his county for defensive service in the war of 1812. Afterwards he was appointed United States marshal for the eastern district of Virginia, served for several years in that office, and was then elected clerk of the circuit court. He removed to Missouri in 1824, was engaged in the Santa Fe trade for six years at Franklin, Howard county; and then settled near Arrow Rock. He was the originator and president of the first state fair. He served as surveyor, and county judge; in 1840 was elected lieutenant-governor, and in 1844 became acting governor by the death of Thomas Reynolds. In 1847 he was a member of the state constitutional convention. In 1860-61, though his sons embraced the Confederate cause, he was opposed to secession, without upholding the violent acts of the Federal authorities in Missouri. He died near Arrow Rock, Saline county, Missouri. He died near Arrow Rock, Saline county, Missouri, March 26, 1862.

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      Monroe, Andrew, born in Hampshire county, Virginia, October 20, 1792, youngest of eleven children, four of whom became ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was licensed to preach in March, 1815, by the Ohio conference, and sent to labor on the Fairfield circuit. He was a pioneer worker in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, a member during his life of eleven general conferences, and known as the patriach of Missouri Methodism. His name has become historic in the annals of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. He died in Mexico, Audrain county, Missouri, November 18, 1871. he was of the same family as President Monroe.

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      Newton, John Thomas, son of William Newton and Jane Barr Stuart, his wife, of Cameron, Fairfax county, Virginia, was born in Alexandria, Virginia, May 26, 1793. He was educated at Nantes, in France, entered the United States as midshipman January 16, 1869; served in the war of 1812, was acting lieutenant of the Hornet in her fight with the Peacock, February 24, 1913; promoted first lieutenant of the Hornet, and was in the engagement with the Penguin. He was presented with an elegant sword by the citizens of Alexandria for gallant conduct; promoted commander, March 3, 1827, and captain, February 9, 1837. He was in command of the Pensacola and Brooklyn navy yards, and of the home squadron, and of the steamers Fulton and Missouri until 1848. He ranked as commodore from 1852 until March, 1855, and during the last two years of his life, was commandant of the navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He died in Washington, July 28, 1857. He married (first) Amelia, daughter of Thomas Kirk, of Brooklyn, New York. He married (second) Adele, daughter of Gov. Ralph Izzard, of South Carolina.

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      Watkins, Samuel, born in Campbell county, Virginia, in 1794. In his orphanage he was bound to a Scotch family, where he was treated cruelly, and the county court placed him with James Robertson, a planter. He joined the United States army, served against the Creeks under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and at the battle of New Orleans. After peace was declared he returned to Nashville and became a brick-mason and contractor. Among the houses built by him was the First Baptist Church and the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville. He acquired a large fortune but during the civil war his farm near Nashville was a battle-field, his city buildings were destroyed, his house was sacked, his loss amounting to $300,000. Afterwards he engaged in banking, manufacturing, and building, and dealt in real estate, was president of the Nashville Gas-Light Company, and acquired a second fortune. He bequeathed $130,000 for the establishment of a polytechnic institution in Nashville, which was erected there in 1882. He made liberal provision for free public lectures, and instruction for such as could not attend colleges an schools. He died in Nashville, Tennessee, October 16, 1880.

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      Morris, Thomas Asbury, born near Charlestown, Virginia, April 28, 1794, son of John and Margaret Morris. he attended the common schools, and later pursued special studies. He served three years as an assistant in the office of his brother Edmund, clerk of the county. At the age of eighteen he was drafted to serve six months in the war of 1812, but is family procured a substitute. For some years he was a skeptic, but in 1813 was converted, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1814 he entered the ministry, connecting himself with the Ohio conference. In two years he traveled 5,500 miles on horseback, preached five hundred times, and during the first twelve years of his ministry he received but two thousand dollars. In 1856 he sustained an attack of paralysis. In 1834 he became editor of the "Western Christian Advocate," in Cincinnati. In 1836 he was elected bishop. As early as 1835 he was an advocate of total abstinence. In 1844, when the church was divided, he remained in connection with the Methodist Episcopal church, though he was a native of Virginia and regretted the separation. For sixteen years he was senior bishop of his church. McKendree College gave him the degree of D. D. in 1841. He published a work on "Church Polity," a volume of sermons; one entitled "Essays," biographical sketches, and "Notes of Travel," and "Sketches of Western Methodism." He died in Springfield, Ohio, September 2, 1874.

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      Kerr, John, born in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, son of Rev. John Kerr, was educated in Richmond, Virginia, studied law with Judge John S. Pearson, of North Carolina, and practiced at Yanceyville, North Carolina. He was the defeated Whig candidate for governor in 1852; was elected to congress the same year, and served from December 5, 1853, till March 3, 1855. He was a member of the legislature, 1858-60. During the reconstruction times he was arrested by the military authorities. Chief Justice Pearson refused to issue an attachment against Col. George Kirk, who held Kerr and other prisoners in custody under order of Gov. William W. Holden, on the ground that the powers of the judiciary were exhausted; but Judge George W. brooks issued a writ of habeas corpus, and on its return ordered the release of the prisoners. Kerr's arrest and imprisonment brought him into notice, and led to his election, by the legislature of 1874, to the bench of the superior court. He died in Reidsville, North Carolina, September 5, 1879.