The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-03-22

Edif0r HOr0id.-As Amelia. Buck
ingham, Charlotte, Cumberland and
Prince Edward ATE the counties in
which "a great many Brokers have
lived, and as | presume most Of the
citizens Of those counties read your val
liable paper, would ike % give YOU
from the records OF those hee and
nom the records Of some of the eastern
/ counties, the first of that name who
settled iu 1913 in York county, or shire.
Gas 1t was then called. would like
To trace the first Booker whose name
was Richard, using only one branch
OF that numerous family to the grand
children Of one Of the oldest and most
worthy citizens Of your town, Col.
Richard Anderson Booker.
Booker, Richard married lst, Rebecca
Leake and had 8 children; 2nd, Hannah
NEE Hand Marshall and had two
children: l. Booker, Frances married
Stokes, Of Amelia; no issue >. Booker.
George ,, married Miss Glover. of
Gloucester; had four children: Rich
ara 3, George, Edward and Sarah
Mumford.
Richard married Martha Bromskin,
had children: |, George; >, Richard;
3, Peter; 4, Grace; 5, William; 8, Sam
uel; I, Marshall; s, Edward 4.
Edward 4 Booker married Miss
Edith CObbs Anderson, of Amelia
county, October 9th, 1888, and moved
to Cumberland county where he died
in 1900 and was buried at Woodside
the old Booker homestead, which is
still in that family.
BY this marriage he had six children:
Ist. Mary Marshall, married Stephen I
Cooke, died 1914. 2nd. Richard, mar
led Lizzie Davis, died 1869. 3rd.
William, married Nancy d. Agee, died
md April, 1855. 4th Anderson, never
married, died in Nashville, Tennessee,
Si5. 9th. Edward, married Betsy
Angling, died 1884. 9th. Martha |
}romskill married John Thompson, {
lied 1853. J
Richard Edward t. Richard 3, b
ieorge ,, Richard | y aud Lizzie Davis d
lad eight children. LIST. Mary. 2nd. r
lartha. 3rd. Richard Anderson. mar
led three times; first, Virginia Brown; g
econd, Hattie Crowder; third Bette Y
tanning. 4th. Calvin, dead. 5th. c
larshall, dead. 9th. Bette. 9TH. "
William, dead. Sth. James NJ, mar is
led Mrs. Caroline Seden. Z
3. Booker, Richard Anderson 6, "
Richard ., Edward 4, Richard 3, O
eorge ,, Richard / Virginia Brown, Of
sue: Booker, Ada, married Dr. Boy n
in, issue , children; Booker, Pattie, h
larried Thomas Robertson Booker,
irgie c., married Howard Selden, is la
lie D children; Booker, Lima, married W
lhn Hatchett Booker, Molle L., SC
arried VIM. G. Riddick, , children; W
ooker Richard Anderson, married la
. Scott, no issue, dead. Ia
Booker, Ada C., Z, Orchard 6 A., "a.
ichard 3, Edward 1, Richard B. 81
Gorge ,, Richard l y and DR.. Boykin. az
sue; LIST. Richard Elliott, s. 2nd. re
uthouy Read, S. ii'
Booker, Virgie c., I, Orchard A., 6, M
ichard ., Edsard 4, Richard 3,
Gorge ,, Richard H. and Howard ci
'lden, ) children: Selden, Freeda ~, S; he
.lden, Pattie r., S; SeIden, Virginia ia
nderson, s. Selden, Catharine Read. W
Selden, Nettie Norwood, $. in
Booker, Mollie L., :, Orchard 6. W
chard ), Edward 1, Richard 3, W
Gorge ,, Richard H. and w. G Rid
ok: Rddick, Virginia G 5; Riddick, pr
iliiam G., s. wi
Booker, Richard Anderson, and Hat d.
Crowder, wife No. =; Booker, FL gr
1T, 4 Booker, John Anderson, I. wi
Respectfully, ne