The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-11-04


had fine estate in the "Independenl
Dominion" and married Miss Harrt
son, by whom he had two daughters
Lucy, who married Col. Qrymes, Of thu
Council Of Virginia, and Hannah, whe
married the aforementioned Thomas
Lee, and one son, Philip, who became
also member Of the Council. tfhii
last married Miss Grytnee, and had
number Of children, most of whom
died In Infancy, and in the year f7Ss
his wife died. Returning to England
for his health in l75O, he expired Ia
1867, when the male line of Ludwell
became extinct. There were three
daughtes, Hannah, Rhillippa, Fran.
ces, and Lucy. tfhe second died un-
married. Thomas Lee acquired q
handsome fortune. and was also of the
Council; and though he had but few
ffiends in the mother country, was 30
well known by reputation, that upon
suffering some losses by fire, Queen
Caroline sent him . present from her
privy purse. When Sir William Gooch,
the Governor, was recalled, he became
President and comander-in-ehief OF the
colony, in which station he continued
nor; but he died In 1850 before the
commission reached him. He had, by
his marriage with Miss Ludwell. six
sons: Philip Ludweni Thomas Luds
well, Richard Henry Thomas Light
foot, Whifam, and Arthur, and two
daughters, all well provided in point OF
fortune Philip Ludwell, q member Of
the. Council, married, and had two
daughters; he lived at Stratford on the
Potomac river. Thomas LudYeu mar
ried, had several children, and d4iTed ct
Chantilly, on the Potomac I5gef.
Francis Lightfoot married 9 daughter
of John Taylor, had no children, and
lived at Manokin, Rappahannock riy-
er. William, the writer of this ac-
count, in 1859 married in London, Miss
Hannah Philippa Judyell, and re.
mained q merchant on Tower Hill,
London. Arthur studied physic at
Edinburg and took his degree, but dis
liking the profession, became student
at law at Lincoln's Inn, No. b, Essex
Court. The two daughters, Hannah
and Alice, married well, and settled in
America. . rl q
Henry, the fifth brother and next to
Thomas, married Miss Bland; had
three sons-John, Richard and Henry,
and a daughter, Lettice. John died
without issue. Richard lived bache-
lor, at Lee Hall, on the Potomac.
Henry married Miss Grymes, had sew
eral children, and dwelt at Leesylva-
MIA, on the same river. The only sis
ter Of these five brothers was united to
a Fitzhugh, family of note in Virgin
ia, and had several children.
Henry Lee, of Ieesylvania, and Lu-
cy Grymes were married at Green
Spring, on James river. Saturday, De-
cember I, 1853, by the Rev. William
Preston, Of James City. She was a
daughter of the Colonel Grymes and
Lucy Ludwell mentioned above, and a
favorite niece of Bishop Porteus, whose
correspondence with her after he be-
came Bishop of London has been lost,
but is said, by the members'of her fam
ily who read it, to have been interest
ing and beautiful. Those who have
seen his notes on the Bible, especially
on the Gospel of st. Matthew, will con-
ceive what a sacred light may have
been shed upon her mind by the great
luminary of the Church of England.
The first child of this marriage was
daughter who lived but two months;
the second, Henry Lee, was born on the
oo9th of January, l756, at Leesylvania,
ting into the Potomac, three miles
above Dumfries, then the county town
of Prince William. This village, chief
ly built by the enterprise Of Scotch
was enriched by tobacco
and enlivencd by a thea
tre..t
Mr.. Lee was apparently favorite in
the community, and represented the
county, either as burgess, or delegate,
for more than twenty years. His sons
Henry and Charles, (the latter subse-
quently Attorney General in Washing
toms second cabinet,) were sent to
Princeton College. Or. William Ship
pen wrote concerning them to Richard
Henry Lee, from Philadelphia, 25th
August, 1770: 81 am persuaded thsre
is not such school as Princeton on this
continent. Your cousin Henry Lee is
in College. and will be one of the first
fellows in this country. He is more
than strict in his morality, has fine
genius, and is diligent. Charles is in
the Grammar School, but DIR. Withers-
poon expects much from his genius and
Ut
Such were the ancestry OF Gen. Lee,
who was the second son of the Henry
Lee last mentioned, famous for his
rreat ability as a statesman. and pre-
eminent genius as a soldier. He was
born in 1903, and grew up in the quiet
Of home, without showing any uncom-
mon characteristics Of mind and the
only thing remarked about him as a
boy was that he was disposed to be
auiet and sedate. His association in
the first families of Virginia naturally
gave him, even in the period of boy
hood a cultivated appearance, easy
and a prompt perception of
social prophecies.
In the year 1925, at the age Of eigh-
teen, Lee entered West Point as q ca
iet from Virginia. He COMPLETED the
course of studies in the usual four years,
without a. single mark of demerit
against him, standing number two in
the class of forty-six, and leading,
among others, Joseph f. Johnston, o.
Mex. Mitchell, Albert G. Blanchard
and Theophilus H. Holmes. At the
expiration of his cadet term, he was
selected for service in the
CORDS of Typographical engineers, re-
,eiving his appointment as brevet sc.
cond lieutenant in July, 1929. He was
for several years on the coast
iefepses; and in 1885 served as assis-
tant astronomer for the demarcation of
The boundary line between the States
Of Ohio and Michigan.
In 1885, Lieutenant Lee married Miss
Custis. the daughter and heiress of
George w. Parke Gusts, the adopted
son of General Washington, and,
through her, became proprietor of Ar
I;n.,to,, un,,So o,d tIo white unus1 nv,