The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
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Of the Daniols. the Moncurcs, the
Itodgmans. Conways. etc.
This was the ancestral home II not
the birthplace. OF Judge II. g. ~ Mon
cure Peter v. Daniel. Eustacc Conwhy
and OF Raleigh Travcrs Daniel, muster
Of classic English, whose wit. htimor
aud musical voice made him "facile
nrinceps,, OF every social circle. lie
was himself tho nephew of Judge
Peter ~ Daniel of the United States
Supreme Court, and the uncle OF john
NJ. Daniel, the brilliant editor of the
Richmond Exnnliner.
Among all these Stafford men per-
haps Eustace Coiwa? was the most
brilliant, but his life Of hope and
promise was ,nystcriously cut short By
tho cruel torture OF malignant cancer.
These Daniels, Moncures and Con-
way. though by birth, etc, from tho
Potomac eide. were practically people
OF tho upper valley of the Rappahan-
mock. around Falmouth and Trcdericks.
burg. OF the Moncures we wrote some
months ago; also OF the Conwaya. Tie
Daniels VIII come In later.
Potomac Creek, on the north side, as
Muddy Creek, on the south side, d.
vided tho counties OF stafford and KING
George. The steamboat landing was
really in King George. but the entire
roadway to fredericksburg vas
through Stafford county, occasioning
an idea that the landing was also in
that county. An interesting iliustra-
ton OF this mistaken idea occurred on
the occasion OF contemplated duel be-
tween John Murray Forbes and Basil
Gordon, an older brother of the late
Douglas H. Gordon. The Forbes and
Gordons were most prominent families
In Falmouth. Basil Gordon was the
prospective heir of a princely fortune.
He was very much annoyed By the boys
on his evening rides, and his temper
SO overtaxed that he once hastily dis.
mounted and arresting one of the boys.
undertook to give him mild horse
whipping. jim Forbes returned home
with most angry report of the trans.
action. He @as afterwards Killed at
Charlottesville In the same disastrous
solcy which killed Stonewall jackson.
HIS older brother young man about
tho same age as Basil Gordon. under
took to resent his young brothers
horse whipping by more unadvisediy
assuillng Gordon with like implement
OF humiliation. The consequence was
necssaarily challenge, and the parties
had tbey thought very carefully
screened themselves from police inter-
ference by trip up the Potomac to
tho battle-ground OF Bladensburg. In
formation Of their movements. how
ever. reached the ears OF Mr.. Duff
Green. an uncle OF Turner Asiiby, who
was friend of both families. and a
Justice OF the peace in Stafford. He
lost no time in mounting his horse and
Fastening TO tho steamboat landing
Arriving there some time before the
boat appeared, he found both Forbes
and Gordon. with their seconds. sur
geons, etc. awaiting opportunity TO
board the boat. Mr.. Green al once.
though on king George ground. assert
cd his authority, placed ali parties un-
der arrest and e&actcd what he con-
Hldered 10 be an abupdantly sufficient
parole OF honor TO permit him to aban-
don the proposed travel to Washing
ton. one Of the parties, however. did
not construe the statutes as Mr.. Green
did. and boarded the steamboat. There
upon just as the boat was being drawn
/ from the shore the other parties fol-
! lowed, and jumped into the boat ct
!, the moment OF her drawing off into the
( stream. Mr.. Green was. of course
I greatly incensed, and as he was not
| man of temper TO be trined with he
| voclrerously and imperiously COM
I Tn&UupQ tIe captain III lIle Idiilc VA tIic
| Commonwealth OF Virginia 10 return
| 10 the landing The attention OF all
| the passengers was attracted. When
one OF them. Mr. John Wormley. of
Fredericksburg. sprang upon a chair
| and harangued the crowd, telling them
that there was dueiias party on
board, and that the vociferous gentle
man on the shore was Virginia mag
.strate, but upon frustrating the pro-
posed trip Ia washington. and appeal
ing to them to unite in demanding that
the captain return to tho shore. me
captain reversed his wheel and the
parties were taken home to FALMOUTH
and bound over TO keep the peace.
While Mr.. Green vas thus deiiantly as
serting his authority. Colonel Edward
T. Taylor, of King George, who nap
pened to be upon the wharf. approach
cd him and said Mr.. Green no one
here seeing to know any better IMAM
you do that you ave outside your luFis-
diction. and II any OF this party chahce
to be Informed Of 1t you would be pow
eriess. But am a Justice OF the peaee
in King George county, and WIZ .ake
your place IL necessary. But II l do
en- Il will impose upon these parties
the necessity OF going to King George
Courthouse. Twenty-Five miles below
their home in Falmouth. None Of the
parties knew the exact county line, ana
aeouiescing in Mr.. Green's arrest.
crossed with him the boundary and IN
ais undoubted jurisdiction, acquiesced
in the mandate of the law.
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
Editor Genealogy Column:
sir.-A correspondent wishes 10
know the ancestry Of ", ~. Waller
He was the son of Edmund Waller, VINO
was the son Of Colonel John Waller, tue
Immigrant, The following facts are
gotten from the records OF spolssi-
vania county. I might say, however
In passing, that geneolosN Is IKE ma
tnomat1cs. nothing worth unless proven
cantain Edmund Waller married