The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
General William H. pavt,c..

Editor Of The Times. Dispatch:
IA Sir,-I have read with tender syn,pa-
thy the gust and touching tributes to
the character Of virginias gallant and
chivalrous son, tho lato General William
H. Payne, Knowing him from his birth
and living In Faulquier with him, though
his senior in age. q close and affections
ate intimacy subsisted between us, lin-
Impaired by the changing scenes Of sew
enty.tf1r years, No more lust, court
~ and accomplished man Is on. orsunder.
tho sacred sod Of Virginia.! Under the
heading 'sketchtSof His Career" II is
said, ellis mother was daughter Of
Judge Nicholas Fitzhugli, who with
Crouch and SThurston, were the first
Judges OF tho District Of Columbia"
Judge Cranch--not Crouch was the
Thrusto1l--not "Thur ston''--was a. II. s..
Senator from Kentucky when his nomi-
nation as Judge was sent to the Senate
for confirmation BY President Madison.
without hts knowledge or expectations.
He was a son OF Colonel Charles Mynn
Thruston, OF Gloucester county, va.,y an
Episcopal minister who raised a COM
pany Of elite young Virglnians and join
cd General Washington In New Jersey,
by whom he was complimentcd, on the
field, for brilliant attack Upon the
great 1DOuy Oh S11eoS!stlis, III witch le lost
an arm. "a
h Among his linea descendants still
living are his grea t-grandsons, Alfred
Aiagill Rand olph. Bishop Of Southern
Virginia; Professor Harrison. Of the
University OF Virginia; Colonel Robert
5Thruston Hubbard, Of Buckingham coun-
ty. gallant Confederate officer: Archi-
bald Magill Smith. Of Fauquier; Captain
William Fitzhughs Randolph. Of 'East-
ern View FauQuier county, VINO COM
manded stoneWall Jackson's body guard.
and whose horse was killed under him
BY the ill-fated volley OF Jackson,s own
mon, under which the General and every
man and horse OF his party d7) went
down, leaving Captain Randolph the only
survivor OF that dire historical event.
Among the still living great-granddaugh-
tiers OF the Reverend Colonel Charles
Mynn Thruston-tile Fighting Parson.
of the Revolutionary war--are Mrs. Mary
,Thruston Barnes, Of Washington city
widow OF Il the lato Surgeon-lieneral
Barnes, Of the United States army; Mrs.
Katherine Knox Whittlesey. Of Seattle.
widow OF Major }. sH.yYhittesey United
States army; Mrs. Rebecca Marshall OF
Kentucky. widow. Of John Marshall
nephew OF Chief Justice MARSHALL; Mrs
Janet Knox Harrison, OF Leesburg. Va;
Mrs. Mary Randolph Turner. widow OF
Edward Carter Turner, OF Fauquiear
county, Va. Among. his deceased great-i
grandsons were The Reverend Buckner
Nlagill Randolph, who, with his broth
ers, served through the war as captain
OF a FauquIer troop. and was bauiy
wounded Buckner Thurston. Of virginia;
the brilliant young Captain ] ohm Thrus-
ton rnton. Of Prince Edward coun-
~! who was killed at Snnrpsburs. Mary
land: Colonel Charles Magill- Fauntleroy.
who resigned from the Emitted states 3
navy and was Inspector General OF al
the armies under General j sepn ~ ! Ohm
iston; Doctor Archibald Magill Faunt tie
roy. who resigned from the United
states army and was the Medical lD1rec.
tor and personal surgeon on the staff o.
General ollnston, and after the war was
snnerIntendentE OF the Western Lunatic
ASYLUM. at Staunton, Va They were
sons OF OF the late General Thomas !.
Fauntleroy. colonel OF the First Regl-
ment. United States Dragons, VINO
nronnntlv resigned the highest rank IN
the line OF the army OF all the lnltea
States officers who came to the aio u
the invaded South. ,,,.+
on the hearing in the Supreme court
OF Virginia of an appeal from the Slr-
cult Court OF Gloucester county, OF LAT
LETT VS.. Thurston,'' corrected the error
Of the printed record and the persls.
tance Of !. counsel In calling the name
5."Thurston,'' by saying from the bench
that the name was Thruston, IT an nom
ored Virginia maternal ancestor OF
T. T. FAUNTLEROY.