The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-03
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4tner will hall Will, delight to sec some
thing Oh the Mostly family and TO have
Il picture Of that great cfivalrous leader,
! Colonel John $. Mosby the renowned
Euerilla chieftan OF tho confedlernte
War. and, though not much can be given
here OF his wonderful exploits, yet we
can speak OF his home and his boyhood,
ell Of which arc full Of interest
The first Of the name was John Mosby,
I WHO settled in Powhatat, county no mar dr.
/ tied Jane Ware daughter OF Jane liar
rison and $1,000 Ware. Of Goochland coun-
", va, sister OF Nancy Ware, who mar
1Ied Richard Wyatt tas we have already
given IN Wyatt article) They had Issue
IA follows. list, John Mosby married
Virginia r. Cnbcll, of Buckingham coufF
~, daughter OF Frederick Cahell who
lived near James RIVER; I'd, Sarah Mosby
Z married Harding Perkins; Sd. Alfred p
\ Hiosby married Virginia Mc1Aurinc, OF
l,owlatan county, whose father was
nativa Scotchlnan: 4th. Nancy Mospy
married John Shelton. 8
:. ,rhn Issue OF John Mosby and Virginia
p. Cabell. were: 1st Alice Winston Mos
~ married Or. John i. Gardner. Of
Massachusetts Is. but lived In Nelson couii-
ity,4 and also In Richmond for q while;5
"a, Ella Mosby, unmarried; 3d earring
ton Mosby married Cora Clark, aaush-3
Ter OF Or. A. j, Clark. Of Lyncnpurg;
b hei me thar was Ztliska Lemon Withcrs,}
N Campbell county; they had no issue;
no died in 1905; Johp Mosby lived at val al.
Icy Farm" Nelson county, which IS now
owned by his widow.
1ssue OF Alfred D.. Mosby and Virginia
1frLnurinc: 1st. John Singleton Mospy,
Il colonel In Confederate army; 3D. Victoria
. a lad irmnrricu. 81,
T,]iza. Jane Mosby, died unmarried ATM
Virginia Tslakely Mosbyt unmarried; 9TH,
"a t1.abetla Mosby died young: 9th, Cornella
Mcsby, died young; 7ths william Harrl-
SON married (first) Lucy Booth. dash
ter OF Henry Booth, Of Bedford iGit ~,
tsecond Mary wilson. Bsn ta :. r,:,s
u 9Th. Leila James Mospy married Gna arcs
H,ssell. OF Washington. D. c., being MS
ttecond wife; 9Th. Lucy Floyd Mosby mar
red Charles Russell his first wife; loth:
FLORENCE died unmarried. 18th. Ada died
unmarried ts33 J, =,
Issue OF Alice Mosby and pr. Jonn r.
Il Gardner: lst Virginia Cabell Gardner;
"a. Helen Carlton Gardner married WI.
liam Ktmbrough, OF Massachu sets. and
row lives Iii Fauauier county; 90, y ohn
churchhill Gardner, unmarried. a promi-
rent civil engineer in Kentucky.
Issue OF Johr Singleton Mosby.s VINO
married Pauline Clark, Of hentncKy. ana 1
lived chiefly at Warrenton. Va:
q .5 Marie Virginia Called Nary. mar.
Red Robert Spotswond Campbell. OF
5ES GSyarrcrto ton. Va. (he Is now dead
9. Beverly Mosby, OF Spokane. VT.
3. John Singleton Mostly. Jr, OF Den
yer, Colorado.
4 Victoria Stuart, married Watson
Coleman. OF Denver. Colorado
g. Pauline Mosby (unmarried), trained
nurse In Baltimore, Md.
6. Ada Mosby, Kindergarten teacher.
Issue OF William Harrison Mosby and
t1.ucy Booth
Quarles: they live in philadelphia
. Hal. b. a1osby. married Virginia
Mosby. OF Richmond, Va.
3. Virginia McLaurine Mosby, unmar-
ried.
4. AEnie NJ. Mosby. married John Win
ston Hunt. of Bedford City. Va.
Issue OF Maria Virginia and Robert
Spotswood Campbell:
i. John Mosby Campbell.
q Rober: Spotswood Campbell.
Issue OF Virginia Stuart Mosoy and
Il Watson Coleman:
l. Beverly Coleman.
NJ 9 Pauline Coleman,
Issue OF Leila James Aiosby and Charles
RUSSELL:
l. Margaret Russell dead.
Q. John Mosby Russell. OF Washington,
D. c.
Russell:
Lucy Virginia Russell, or Washington
A member OF the AIosby family still
Il holds the original grant from King George
Fourth to their eat-grandfathcr John
Mosby. for 1907 acres Of land lying
q around the Sugar Loaf Mountain. and
along Dutch Creek, In Nelson county. 1t
is seen in tho above genealogical sketch
OF the family that the Mosbys are caosely
related tc the celebrated Harrison family;
u that is. Jane Ware who married John
Alosby, was daughter OF Jane Harrison.
who was aunt to William Henry Harri-
son Gold Tlppecanoe) and daughter Of
Benjamin Harrison, OF Berkeley" sgner
OF the Declaration OF Independence.
In In 1888 Alfred D. Mostly, the fat her Of
Colorc Mosby, then Of Powhatans county
moved first to Nelson county and then
to Albemarle. purchasing tract Of land
upon which was ccmmodious brick
dwelling. few miles south of Char
lottesvlle. Upon taking possession. Mrs.
Mosby named the place ''Tudor Grove.'
4 from Tudor Hall" In Children of the
= IA bbey," substituting grove" for "hall,4
as more appropriate toll location. Most
OF tho children OF Alfred y. AIosby, hav-
ing been born in Powhntan and Nelson
counties. were quite young when brought
to Tudor Grove" Here they grew up
I, a most interesting family, the beautiful
grove being their playground, where they
swung upon grape vines and rode sap
ling horses, while Jack MS loving
brother, would always find time from
school to ronp with his little sisters, by
racing with one upon his back, IA a
mimic runaway horse Speaking OF hia
childhood in after years, Colonel Mosby
says: "rhe proudest day of his life was
when his mother made for him fishing
line with a pin hook, with which he
caught his first fish In the little brook
that ran near Tutor Grove"
John Singleton Mosby Casually called
Jack Mosby"). the eldest soN # Alfrod
D. Moshy, shc .f.-rTaids became so
cNnsi.lluous during the Confederate War.
was born in Powhatan county In 1898.
lie was educated in Alhemarle, first at
an .old field school," taught by John
Try, the remains Of which can stlll E.s
seen In the woods on the roadside. not
far from the dwelling; 1t was here thai