The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-04

originally rom Germany. EQllfD LIU-
well and John LudWeli, brothers, the
sons. Of Miss COttington, heiress of Jean
CottingtOn, brother and heir of the IA
nous Lord Francis CottingtOn,- (of
whom a full account may be found in
Clarendon's History of the Rebellion,
We're in court favor after the restoration
Of Charles II. John was appointed
Secretary and one of the Council of
Virginia, where it is said he died with
out issue. Philip was sent to America
as Governor of Carolina; whence he
went to Virginia and married the wild
Ow of Sir William Berkeley, by whom
he had adaughter who became the wife
of Colonel Daniel Parke, and one son
named Philip. The father returned to
England, where he died and was buri-
ed at Bow Church, Stratford. The son
had a fine estate in the Independent
Dominion and married Miss Harri-
son, by whom he had two daughters
Lucy, who married Col. Grymes, of the
Council of Virginia, and Hannah, who
married the aforementioned Thomas
Lee, and one son, Philip, who became
also q member of the Council. This
number of children, most of whom
died in infancy, and in the year 1853
his wife died. Returning to England
for his health in 1850, he expired in
1867, when the male line of LudWell
became extinct. There were three
daughters, Hannah, Phillippa, Fran
ces, and Lucy. The second died un-
married. Thomas Lee acquired a
handsome fortune, and was also of the
Council and though he had but few
friends in the mother country, was so
well known by reputation, that upon
suffering some losses by fire, Queen
Caroline sent him a present from her
privy purse. When Sir William GOOch,
the Governor, was recalled, he became
President and cOmander-in-chief of the
colony, in which station he continued
until the King appointed him Cover
nor; but he died in 1850, before the
commission reached him. He had, by
his marriage with Miss LudWell, six
sons: Philip Ludwen, Thomas Lud-
well, Richard Henry, Thomas Light
foot, William, and Arthur, and two
daughters, all well provided in point of
fortune. Philip Ludwell, a member of
the Council, married, and had two
daughters he lived at Stratford on the
Potomac river. Thomas Ludwell mar
ried, had several children, and lived at
ChantiIly, on the Potomac river
Francis LightfOOt married a daughter
of John Taylor, had no children, and
lived at ManOkin, RappahannOck riv-
er. William, the writer of this ac-
count, in 1869 married in London, Miss
Hannah Philippa LudWell, and re.
n merchant on Tower Hill,
London. Arthur studied physic at
Edinburg and took his degree, but dis
liking the profession, became a student
at law at LincOln's Inn, No. B, Essex
Court. The two daughters, Hannah
and Alice, married well, and settled in
America.
Henry, the fifth brother and next to
married Miss Bland; had
three sOns-JOh Richard and Henry,
and a daughter, Lettice. John died
without issue. Richard lived bache-
Tor, at Lee Hall, on. the Potomac.
eral children, and dweft at LeesylYa- /
MIA, on the same river. The only sis /
ter of these five brothers was united to |!
4 FitZhugh, family of note in Virgin |
IA, and had several children.
Henry Lee, of Leesylvania, and Lu- |
" Grymes were married at Green |
Spring, on James river, Saturday, De- |
eember l, 1853, by the Rev. William |
Preston, of James City. She was a
laughter Of the Colonel Grymes and |
Lucy Ludwell mentioned above, and |
with her after he be- |
came Bishop of Loudon has been lost, |
put is said, by the members Of her fam |
ly who read it, to have been interest
ng and beautiful. Those who have /
seen his notes on the Bible, especially /
IN the Gospel of st. Matthew, will con- |
,eive what a sacred light may have /
leen shed upon her mind by the great |
of the Church of England.
The first child of this marriage was q
laughter who lived but two months;
h
18th of January, 1856, at LeesylVania,
which is situated on a point of land jut-
ing into the Potomac, three miles |
lbOve Dumfries, then the county town
If Prince William. This village, chief
y built by the enterprise of Scotch
was enriched by a tobacco
and enlivencd by thea
rel
Mr.. Lee was apparently a favorite in
he community, and represented the
county, either as a burgess, or delegate,
or more than twenty years. His sons
Henry and Charles, (the latter subse-
luently Attorney General in Washing
On's second Cabinet were sent to
zen wrote concerning them to Richard |
Henry Lee, from Philadelphia, 25th
August, 1770: L am persuaded there
S not such school as Princeton on this
continent. Your cousin Henry Lee is
n college, and will be one of the first
elloWs in this country. He is more
han strict in his morality, has fine
genius, and is diligent. Charles is in
he Grammar School, but DR.. Withers-
,OOn expects much from his genius and
IpplicatiOn."F
Such were the ancestry of Gen. Lee,
Who was the second son of the Henry
lee last mentioned, famous for his
,reat ability as a statesman, and pre-
minent genius as a soldier. He was
,Orn in 1908, and grew up in the quiet
# home, without showing any uncOm-
non characteristics of mind; and the
,nIy thing remarked about him as
10Y was that he was disposed to be
luiet and sedate. His association in
he first families of Virginia naturally
ave him, even in the period of boy
lOOd a cultivated appearance, easy
manners, and a prompt perception of
Ocial prOprieties.
In the year 1925, at the age of eigh~
cen, Lee entered West Point as a ca
let from Virginia. He completed the
course of studies in the usual four years,
Without single mark of demerit
against him, standing number two in
he class of fOrty-siX, and leading,
lmOng others, Joseph E. Johnston, O..
Mex. Mitchell, Albert G. Blanchard /
md Theophilus III. Holmes. At the |
expiration of his cadet term, he was /
Immediately selected for service il the |
corps Of Typographical engineers, re-
,eiVing his appointment as breVet Sc
,ond lieutenant in July, 1929. He was
for several years on the coast |
iefenses; and in 1885 served as assis-
ant astronomer for the demaFcation Of /
he boundary line between the States |
# Ohio and Michigan.