The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17

we'll piggcs married 1905 John Gooaali
Of williamsburg. and died September
20. 1922, where she is described as v.is
of Captain John Goodall, U. S. 81.
Newspapers.
Tho faculty book of William ana
Mary shows that Cole Digges and
Mathew IIubard were in 1856, expelled
from the College of William and Mary
mot only for yir remarkable Idneiea 80
and bad Behavior in general. but partic-
uiarly for whipping We little Boysin Yc
Grammar School, for obstinacy &; Dis
respect to ye Grammar Master, & re-
fusing 10 answer before ye President
d Master yc complaint made agt. ym."
Was this Cole Digges the son OF Coll
onel Edward Digges, born October IL.
lIii? Boys were admitted into tho
Junior class of the Grammar School at
a very early age. Judge John Tyler
was only seven years of age when he
entered in lTi5. on Mrs. Bray's foun-
dation.
| received the following from Judge
j. Singleton Disgs.
Lynchburs, Va. Sept. 10th, 1907.
Mr.. william s. Diggs.
My dear Sir,-I received a copy ot
the Winchester Journal. which | pre-
sum you sent. and L am greatly oblig-
ed to YOU for It. / observe that You arc
preparing something regarding the
Digss family and would like to know
how you have succeeded in gather
ing material. and what you have got
ten from this state. OF course you
know that In early times the family
was quite prolific and grew rapidly and
spread broadly. Sir Dudley himself
having some ten or q dozen children.
His Oldest son. Thomas. who Inherited
Chilham Castle. had six sons and six
daughters: and Colonel (and Governorl
Edward Digges. n son OF Sir Dudley,
had six sons and seven daughters.
Augustine. whom / suppose was my
Observation-Disclosures. was the faith
err of fourteen children, indicating there
was no race suicide. This, and the fact
that they had the habit in different
branches OF the family of giving the
same name to various children, renders
1t difficult TO trace any ones gene
alogy.
| would also be glad to know some
thing of the result Of your inyestiga-
tions. Bid you ever Namine the court
records of Mathews. Mlddlesex. Glou-
%cester and York counties. Virginia? n
the old Perish register? Did you cor
respond with Samuel e. Digs.
OF Mathews county, or Miss Georgclla
Digss, OF Charlottesville Va. or see
49, ~ NV ~ 30 oalii II AhEf
William and Mary College Quarterly,
and In the Richmond Times-Dispatch?
Yours very truly,
(Slgned) j. SINGLETON DIGGS.
investigated the foregoing sources
OF information as far as 1t was posi-
bic. w s. D.
Dabney William Diggs, born at Shell
nyville. KY, February 10th. 1897. Son
of John Marshall Disgs. of Louisa coun-
1 ~. W." rnndfathn T1hr ni-~- L. -, q
fly moved from Virginia to Shelby
Vile. Ky, in 1895. Removed to Saint
Fr~ancisville, Mo, in 1898, and to
Keokuk, Iowa, in 1916, whore father
died OF cholera, while engaged in the
construction of the levees on the
Mississippi River at that point.
Dabney w. Digs had a brother,
George Washington Diggs. killed at the
battle of Belmont, Mo-. a member of the
Seventh Iowa Volunteers. in November.
1861. Has one brother. Edward Andrew
Diggs, still living, a resident of larry
town, N. Y.
Dabney w. Diggs resided at Keokuk.
Iowa. until 1850, when he went to
New York City, where he enlisted In the
Ninth New York State Militia for the
term OF three years or the war, in
April. 1861.
Military record; 1861. April, to Sep
tembcr. private; Sept, promoted to
corporal; December. sent to New York
City TO recruit regiment; 1862. raised
company under authority of the Gov
ernor OF New York for 1921 VOL, New
York State. mustered in as first lieu
tenant, later as ca plain of the coma
pany. went with 1t to Suffolk. Va. and
New Bern. N. C.; 1863, promoted major
of Ninth New York state Militia (num-
bered as Sad n. Y. yol); January was In
command of tho regiment until dis
charged i'll March. 1888. for disabilities
received the the battle of Balls Bluff.
Virginia, in November, 1851.
Dabney w. Diggs. while In England.
IN 1875, visited Chilham Castle aud the
manor OF Sir Dudley Digs. The cas-
Ito is ntill standing and In good repair.
the lead roof being the Same as origi-
naliy put on. bearing the names or
initials of visitors as far back as the
carly part of the seventeenth century.
The name. Dudley Diggs." is carved
In the stone Intel of the main entrance
to tho manor house, with a verse from
the Psalms. I am unable to recall the
verse or chapter. the m~emorandums
made at that time having been lost In
passing around among relatives.
The manor Is very extensive. the land
visible from the roof OF the castle 30
three points OF the compass belonging
to II. The employees OF the mano with
their familles-composing the entire
village at the entrance to the manor
number about 1900 persons. a
chapel on the manor. near the manor
house, contains . memorial statue.
Dabney W. Diggs spent about twelve
years in the Northwest, Minnesota and
Dakota Territory. and later the State
of South Dakota. lie was engaged In
bonanza farming and banking, having
had under cultivation nearly 5000
acres. with $50 head OF cattle and 150
head of horses.
re was State treasurer for four
years, under the Constitution adopted
in 1885. Was appointed by the United
States government In 1891 on a COM
mission with General r Whittlesey. of
the Indians Rights Association, and