Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-09-03

DUDLEY DI6GEs PKNDLEroN, an ac-
count of whose deplorable death was
given in the last number of the "SHEP-
HERpsrowN REGISTER, was born In
Louisa county. Virginia, OH the I'd OF
March, 1910. He was the eldest son OF
the late Hugh Nelson PendIeton, of
Clarke county, Virginia, and the sixth
eldest son In the line of direct descent
from Philip Pendleton. who was born
in Norwich, England, in 1850, emigra-
ted to Virginia in 1874, and having set
tied in that portion of New Kent coun-
ty, Virginia, which now forms The
county of Caroline, became the founder
of the Penlleton families Of Virginia.
His mother was Elizabeth Digges,
daughter of Dudley Digges of Louisa
county, Virginia, and a granddaughter
of Governor John Page In the county OF
Gloucester. Virginia. He was named
after his maternal grand father Dudley
Digges, direct descendant of the cele-
brated Sir Dudley Dlgges of Chilham
Castle, Kent county, England, who as
tinguished himself in Parliament dur
ing the reign of King Charles the First,
was Master of the Rolls, Ambassador
to Russia, &C., sc.
Collaterally Mr.. Pendleton was re-
lated to most of the prominent Virginia
families who fiourished in the Colonial
period-the Nelson's, Byrds, Wormleys,
Corbins, Carriers, Burwells, Grymes,
Pages, Wellfords, SC. 1t is not, how
ever, on account of his lineage and
family connections that Mr.. Pendleton's
memory will be cherished by his nu-
merous friends, but because he was
truly good man who. in his character
and conduct, illustrated the qualities OF
a Christian gentleman whose sense oil
duty inspired the actions of his daily
life and enabled him to be prepared TO
meet his sudden and painful death with
heroic fortitude and resignation.
When the late civil war began he
had, but short time before, graduated
with honor at Washington College
now known as Washington and Lee
University-at Lexington, Virginia,
and promptly obeying the call Of his
Mother State when she summoned her
son to her defense, lie did his duty
faithfully and fearlessly, as an officer
of the Army of Northern Virginia,
throughout that sad and sanguinary ep-
isolde of our country's history-serving
for most of the time as Adjutant on the
personal staff of his distinguished uncle,
the late Rev. DR.. William Nelson PEN
dleton, of Lexington, Virginia, Major
General and Chief of Artillery of the
Army of Northern Virginia. After the
surrender at AppOmattox Court House,
he went to work with characteristic en-
ergy to bring again into cultivation the
devastated fields of his fathers estate
and to restore to his aged parents the
comforts of which they had been de-
prived by the war. Having faith i'll the
fact that it is mans duty to do to the best
of his ability that which his hands find
to do in the line of llfe's equiTements,
he gave practical proof that his faith in
this respect was not without its apprO-
priate works. As farmer, he was in
telligent, industrious and progressive.
AS teacher, he was painstaking, thor
ough and faithful. AS a member of the
church, he was active, consistent and
conscientious. AS a citizen, he was, at
all times and OH all topics, manly, frank
and fair-doing what he believed to be
right without fear or favor and regard
less of consequences to himself.
He was a devoted husband, Il fond
father, reliable friend and All uncom-
promising foe to vice in all it forms, and
had no respect for those who seek to sap
the morals of youth by tempting them
to dissipation. Among the community
in which he lived there is no one who
fails to recognize his merits as a man, to
appreciate the value Of his Christian ex-
ample in all the relations of life, and to
deplore his untimely death.
Congregational Convention.