The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27
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Bernard (5) Hooe. son OF John (4),
married Mary. symes Chichester. and
had Bernard t6), who married Eleanor
Buchanan Brlscoe. and had Mary Eliz-
abeth CD. who married DR.. VIM. p.
Johnson. of Georgia: Anna Maria. Har-
rison married Hardin. OF North Caro-
lima; Sarah Ellen CD. who married
George u. Fowle. OF Alexandria: Janc
I'D Cecilia married James Upshur Den
mis-. Of Missouri. and Capt. Philip Bev-
erley married Mary Helen Dainger-
field, of Alexandria.
Sarah (D Ellen Hooe married George
D. Fowle. of Alexandria, and had Nam
ME (S), Ellen (S). Bernard (S). George
(S). Philip (S).
Ellen (s) married General FitzHugh
Lee, c. S. A. and U. S. a.. and Cover
nor OF Virginia.
Howson Hooe. OF Longwood, in Fau-
auier county, Is descended from How-
son az Hooe-we would like tho d.
rect line, which we fail to find. He
was the father OF the late Howsor
Hooe. Of Longwood; Of Mrs. VIM. II
Jones. OF Endtield. Gloucester county
and OF Mrs. Robert ones. OF Fauquier
Near Barnesaeld. the home OF the
Hooes, was Hagley. the home OF Johr
Taliaferro. who nearly forty years
Represented the Northern Neck In the
old Congress-. During these forty years
no was defeated only two or three
tines once by John p. Hungerford. OF
Westmoreland. residing on the top OF
tho ridge between Leedstown on ths
Rappahannocle and Block Hill on
the Potomac. the home OF Daniel
Payne. and afterwards OF his daugh.
81 Wy, q
defeated for one or two terms by Jo-
His political life was closed whom In
1910 his own Whig party set hin,
aside for the advancement OF young
err aspirant. the late honored and hon
orable Willoushby Newton. father OF
the lamcnted Bishop John B, Newton.
a son of John Taliaferro. JohA Sey-
mour Taliaferro. married Lucy Maria
Barbour. daughter OF Gov. James Bar.
5bour, ind resided upon the Rappahan-
mock shores below the Northern Neck
Road, but only q few miles south of
Hagley. John Seymour Taliaferro
committed suicide. leaving his widow
with one son and three or four young
daughters. This son. James Barbour
Tallaferro. died suddenly. aged cigh-
teen years. SKA
Judge Beverley Randolph Wexford.
so well known and beloved In this
State, who has sent4us Invaluable rem
fnisccnces Of the Rappahannock coun-
try whore his boyhood and youth was
spent. has given mo such an interest
ing recollection OF the father Of the
widow OF John Seymour Taliaferro
that print It IN toto. He says:
IT have very pleasant and grateful
rto ~
one Of my fathers valued friends.
! Governor Barbour was born In OR.
ange county. as was his brother
scarcely less prominent than himself
Philip Pendleton Barbour, many year.
a Representative in Congress of Fred
ericksburg. Speaker OF the House O
Representatives for two or three Con
gressos. whose life was suddenl.
, closed while judge OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
The Barbollrs, Of Culpeper, the cid
er John S.. for somo time IN Congress
and one Of the most brilliant men o
his day. who was father Of the lat,
/ John S. Barbour. United States Soma
tor, and his younger brother, James
Barbour, were distant descendants q
the same parent stock Governor Bar
4 bour began life as Il member OF the
Virginia Legislature and won nader
honors by prominence in advocacy Of
| tho Resolutions OF Ninety-aisht.
Mr., Madison. as his colleague from
Orange. was author OF the imnorta
"Reports of 179e." vindicating the pc,
sition taken by Virginia and liel
young daughter. Kentucky, In tho as
scrtion 1.-THE states' rights theory q
constitutional construction.
AT a very early age no was elected
Governor of Virginia, and as the Wa
Governor during the war with Grea
Britain OF 1S12-15, he won such ap,
prevail OF his people that he8was trans
ferred from tho field on Etate polite:
to tho Senate OF the United States
From this high position when Johl
Quincy Adams became President, Gov
ernor Barbour was called to be 1
member OF his Cabinet as Secretary o
4 War ana an associate of his lifelont
friend. Henry Clay, Adams's Sec
I rotary G.. state. sls ssss 8
Before Alams's term Of service ex
| pired. Governor Barbour, was trans
ferred TO NIL the duties OF 8ministel
| plenipotentiary and envoy extraordi
nary from the United sta ties ~ Cslea
sRritain. Upon the peninE ot S8ths
II Jackspns roe inc he was srecalle cd slrit