The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
TheRappahannockC Country

Belvedera stood on tho Rappahan-
mock on the Spotsylvania side, JUST
seven miles from Fredericksburg, ana
was for several generations the home
of the Daingerfelds.
The first Daingerheld patented lands
| in Rappahannock county on the Rap
! pahannock River in 1867.
| His VIE was Frances. Whose
| daughter she was, unfortunately we
| cannot say He had son William 70.
! born 1851, who married in 1860 Anne
! walker daughter of Colonel John
/ WALKER of the Virginia Council VIII
4 liam ts) died in 1913 leaving two sons,
/ William 90 and John 30. John t3l |
died without issue, and William ca in
i nerited the bulk of his fathers estate.
of Launcelot Bathurst OF Virginia, who !
was NTH son OF sir Edward Ba-
thurst, County Sussex, England. He
4 left william t4), Edwin t41, Elizabeth
i ca, Martha %. William CD Danger
, held married Apphla. daughter of Col.
Griffin Fauntleroy. of Northumberland
county. lie had william CD. Eliza.
beth t5), who married Meriwether
smith: Ann 60 Bushrod, who married
Meredith, Molly 10. Martha t5), Lucy
!, / l5l. Leroy (5) and Hannah (5).
d William go married Mary Willis.
d daughter and heiress of John Willis
d and Elizabeth Madison sister OF Presi-
y dent Madison. He had John co, who
i; married Frances Southall: William to).
: who married Elizabeth Thruston; Ken
e ~ C6). elizabeth t6), katherine te)'
d married Major George Washington
:. Lewis. Molly ls) married CAPTAIN john
IS Rattaile. Anne 90 and Sarah go.
:, Edwin "a Daingerheld lived In New
d Kent. He married Mary Bassett
Il daughter of William Bassett. OF FL
% than and had William Co) danger
reld who settled at Beivedera aoou
1850 He married Sarah Taiiaferro
T. and had Edwin Co, Bathurst (6). WI
T. liam C6), Hanna Bassett t6}' ano
n strange to say, a son born IN ~.
h. named John Narrower for tutor
r ths family, who records i'll his diary
ak 10 which we refer later-that Mrs
A., Daingertield il much offended with hin
~ for spanking In the nursery one
5e her sons The oldest son. Edwin CO..
-, inherited gelvedera the second. Ba
iEthurst ts) was educated in England
n and settled in Alexandria, where
an was surveyor of the port" he mar
!, q ried FL England in ST, Georges Ihape
:, Miss Elizabeth Kay, a lady or gem,
~ n,rtb He had issue: Henry 10, Ed
~, ~, 1,,ra n, John B 20, Harriet "a. VIII
ne ,,arrtes CAPTAIN David Boyd smiti
V ond was the mother of the accom-
ON nlished Miss Margaret Vowel smitt
al Susan a., married Brooks Eliza Ions
lex dale "a. Maria ~, Virginia fTD Ban
nc married Winiam s. Peachey. of WI
10 lia,nsburg. The homes OF John 3. q
s .s edward q, and Henry (1 Dainge.
=" neld. in alexandria, We're splenoio
their day. and TO them the fashionao
ana cultured folk of Virginia and els
ON ,yhere repaired william f6) Dainge
ys. t,eld the third son. was also educate
Tile :, medicine at Edinburgh, also settle
| in Alexandria. but later went 70
cen astato In Prince George county whe
~ ~, he died. -,
led set Daingerfleld ever married.
tho on Monday. December 6, l'.3,
ori- voune Scotsman, by name John Ea
sht rover. left his home. and fanny a. u,
INTO o'clock in search of business.
as ,.n,,np man left wife and children
TO ! .arwick. in Shetland, and failing
less md work in the older country, on we
Don nasdny. December 2G, "being reduced
be HE last shilling he engaged TO go
my, Virginia as school teacher. the CO
oss. sideration for himself to be "ped. poa
lem washing and IS during Inc Whole III. !.
wed On May 10, after stormy Srosase =,
ort ,,assa, dropped anchor at Fredericl
burg. and on May 90 he was settled
schoolmaster with one Colonel pa
IN rerfeld and his indenture for fouf ye
"a a. deliyered to him. This Colonel "a
- rarNeld was William (5), son OF EoN
y in a.. ,b,t
odeS, IT Is 10 tuis 'oH i .,.,iato ,icture
orns are indebted for cotnpieLe pis.u
10 a colonial home, and to nm we
Stns ysrv grateful, even il he did leave
'ut 3 ,t. ana cbildren behind and to II
chadl never returned.
cHeo 1.aIvaaera was beautifully situa
W On the hanks of the RappahannocK,
when John Narrower taught there
80 typical OF the great houses OF firs
1f1 7 AZ on May %, 1873, was the annual
, Day" at fredericksburg, ana tue
~ was the day "of the horse races" I
day, Mas 80 : ~ ~ ReIvedera on no
back with negro on another n
dls- behind him. He dined ut T. NJ,
wing queer and inevitable Nirsinlan Oh
them time, and was then conducted TO q 4
ct 70 little house at the upper end OF
to be avenue about 500 yards from the
. NsS houSe. where ITO VIZ ~ 'N,N~b
some and be lodged. He could stand ~
n my door and pitch stone into any
two Coming down the river. The
over nnrning at o'clock the colonel de
was cred his throe sons TO the new ..'s
lost charge. The Oldest, Edwin ,o,,
The FEN Years of age, and entered into
DAVIS ,,uahlos in the spelling book; Bath
front 1Sl, the second, was six years ola
ID my in the alphabet, anu ,.'s.,, NC NJ
some tors "There was likewise q dauE
whose name was Hanna Basset;
When tho formality Of introdus
sition. vas over all went in to preaK
= Rev Rev. Who're who 1--WE had tea, bread butter
an ~ cold meat AT the table was the
. p afopa onel his lady. his children, the he
Gen Ien and myself. Az ~ a. ",
4 had colonel and his lady went so'n a'',s
- ,n+;nn "a nay visit, he upon horsebaeK
!. nath Main her chariot. Al =. NJ, \
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