William Wirt Henry

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BIOGRAPHY: Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7, page 246
WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, A.M., LL.D. of Richmond, Virginia; Lawyer and Historian; b. at Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia, 14th February, 1831; d. 5th December, 1900; educated at the University of Virginia, which he entered in 1847 [p.246] and where he graduated A.M., 1850; admitted to the bar, 1853; he opposed secession in 1861 but joined his State's movement and enlisted in an artillery company commanded by Capt. Charles BRUCE, serving in North Carolina and Georgia; State Attorney for Charlotte County, removed to Richmond, 1873, and represented that city in the House of Delegates, 1877-1878, and the State Senate 1879-1880; was President of the Virginia Historical Society and the American Historical Association; Trustee of the Peabody Educational Fund; received the Honorary Degree of LL.D., from Washington and Lee University. Author of "Reply to Attack of Thomas JEFFERSON on Patrick HENRY'S Rescue of Captain SMTTH by Pocahontas;" "Patrick Henry the Earliest Advocate of Independence, " "The First Legislative Body in America;" "The Trial of Aaron BURR for Treason;" "The Westminster Assembly of Divines;" "The Life, Correspondence and Speeches of Patrick Henry," and of numerous magazine articles; m. 8th November, 1854, Lucy Gray MARSHALL, dau. of Col. James Pulliam and Elizabeth Edmunds (WATKINS) MARSHALL of Charlotte County, Virginia. Colonel MARSHALL was a soldier in the War of 1812.

Birth:
"Red Hill", Charlotte, Virginia, USA

William married Lucy Gray Marshall on 8 Nov 1854 in Charlotte County, VA. Lucy (daughter of James Pulliam Marshall and Elizabeth Edmonds Watkins) was born on 31 Jul 1832; died on 25 Jan 1922; was buried in Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7, page 246
I. Elizabeth Watkins, b. 22d October, 1855; Hon. Vice-President of Colonial Dames of Virginia; Honorable Vice-President of Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; Member of Richmond Art Club, of Woman's Club, of Daughters of the American Revolution, of Authors League of America, etc.; m. 9th October, 1879, Hon. James LYONS, d. 28th October, 1913, Member of the House of Delegates of Virginia, son of Judge William Henry and Mary Morrison (MABEN) LYONS. Residence, 508 Seminary Avenue, Ginter Park, Richmond, Virginia.

Elizabeth married Jr. James Lyons on 9 Oct 1879. James was born in 1831/1871; died on 28 Oct 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Mathew B. Harrison in 1857/1905. Mathew was born in 1831/1871; died in 1857/1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Bladen. Mary was born in 1860; died in 1934; was buried in Haymarket, Prince William, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]