The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-07
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g. FORT-Arthur Fort, a Revolution
airy soldier OF Warren County. Ca. and
subsequently OF Twiggs County. il the
same State. was born January Is. 100
and died November Is, 1888 He married
The widow Of Richard Whitehead, whose
maiden name was Susannsh TomHnson.
VINO was born June 9, 1850. and died De-
cember - 1920 Their children we're %
Sarah, born August Il, 1719, and married
Appleton Rossetter; % Noses. born
March II. 1852, and married Eudocia Wal
ton Moore; 80 Arthur, born April 8. I7S5
married Mary Ses0Hii 90 T0mlinson,
born July Il, 1872 and married Martha
Low FanHin: % Elizabeth, born Deem
Der p. l7a3. and married Lovett 3. Smith:
go Susannah. born March IL 1872. ard
married. first, Robert JemmisOn; ana,
secondly. Samuel Hunter: % Zachariah
Cox. born February L. 1875. and married
Amanda Beckham; and 80 owen Charl-
ton. born December 1 cor IA. I7S5, and
died unmarried
81 BRECKINRIDGE-J c. Breck-
inridge ibCrn 1871, died 1879 Vice Presl-
dent Of the Uaited States under the
Buchanan administration, was q nephew
Of the Rev Dr. Robert J. Breckenridge. OF
Kentucky The father Of the former and
brother of the latter. Joseph CabeH
Breckinridge. a major in the war Of 1872
and a leading lawyer Of Kentucky, was
born July =, 1ISS, married, May u. ISL
Mary Clay Smith daughter OF President
Samuel Stanhope Smith. Of Princeton
College,. and died I'm Frankfort. XIV.
September J. 1873. He is said to have been
celebrated for his uHquest0ned integrity,
his eloqueace, and his influence in public
affairs. His brother the Rev. DR. Robert
J. Breckenridge. was born at "CabeHs
Dale" KY, March S, 1889. and died in
Danville, December =. ISL He studied
az Princeton, Yale, and Union colleges,
and graduated from The latter IN 1873;
practiced law from 1898 10 1885, was
member Of the State legislature from 49,
to 1898 and was subsequently ordained 20
the ministry and became one % the most
learned and highly distinguished minis
tiers Of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States. He was also widely known
as an author and q patron Of education,
and exercised wide influence upon the
religious and secular thought OF his
times. Union College made him a doctor
Of divinity in 1888. and ia 1S47 the degree
Of doctor Of laws was conferred upon
him by Jefferson College. Pa
E. TABB-John Tabb, of Elizabeth CITY
County, Va. "a justice Of the peace. mem
Der OF the house Of burgesses, &c. was
born November =, IT'S, married Mary
Parsons. and was The son Of Thomas
Tabb. who died in 1885, and of his wife.
Mary Armistead. Thomas was the son az
stu another Thomas Tabb who died ia
I9lL He married twice. his last wife be
ing Elizabeth Moss daughter OF Edward
Moss Of York County Va. and widow
Of Henry Hayward. Of the same county,,
who died In 13l2. His father was Thomas
Tabb who died previous TO February Il.
1856, and who was the son OF Humphrey
Tabb the first OF the family in America
lie owned fifty acres of land in Elizabeth
City County Va, as early as 1881 and in
1851 received a grant CT 500 acres on Har-
ris Geek, Va. He was q member Of the
Virginia house OF burgesses for Elizabeth
City in 1902. and died previous 10 1852
SO. GRAYSON-The Christian name Of
the Miss Hart ceputed TO have been the
first white child born in Kentucky was
Chnoe. which IS said % have been the
Indian name for Chicago. Her father
was Capt. Nathaniel Hart. "a pioneer Of
Kentucky. She married John Smith, and
was the mother Of William Preston Smith.
OF Kentucky. who by legislative enact
ment adopted the surname of Preston.
The latter left only one child, Sophonisba
q. Preston. who was born October r.
1888 and IN $3.50 became the wife Of her
cousin. the late Carter II. Harrison. OF
Chicago.