The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
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OF William and Mary College. In 1877
he was secretary OF the Phi Beta Kappa
Society. This was the first Greek let
ter fraternity in the United States.
! Major liite enlisted as private in the
revolution, but was soon commission
ed ensign in the Eighth Virginia Regi-
ment In 1IS2 he was lieutenant.
Major lIitc acted as aid de-camp to
General Muehlenburg at the siege of
Yorktown, where he lost one OF his
| fingers. The descendants of Major Hite
are still in possession of his private
memorandum book, in which the events
OF each day OF the siege are noted, the
number OF officers, men and arms. the
surrender by the British and the ar
ticles of capitulation. which form most
valuable and interesting reading.
Major IIite was n man of most noble
and lovablc character. and was always
spoken of by his neighbors as our
major" He was also man OF great
executive ability. and managed his vast
estates with wonderful foresight At
an early date he established mills and
factories on his lands and employed
head men skilled in various industries.
lie also had the most beautiful flow
er gardens and graperies and import
ed bulbs and luxurious roots from Ger
many and Holland. He always kept n
jor iiite was the first man to send fat
cattle to the Baltimore and Philadel-
phia markets from the Valley of Vir-
GINA. lilo advised all of his children
TO marry young and live on the lands
which he gave them adjoining his own,
and thus founded the settlement known
as the Hite colony. where they lived
in true baronial style and happiness
until the most unhappy breaking out
OF the Civil War in 1861, which proved
the ruin of so many happy homes Six
oil Major Hite's Grandsons gave their
lives for the Lost Cause" Their names
were Cornelius Tlite Dawson, l. ITon-
taine 1fite. ST.. George Smith Hite. Fon-
tame Maury Hite. William Meade Hite
and Hugh Scott Hite. Judge William
Smith Dawson lost an arm at Cedar
Creek
Major Hite was n personal friend and
ardent admirer of Thomas Jefferson
and his disciple In politics and religion.
His family and connections by mar
riage were all Episcopalians. Major
Isaac Hite. Jr, married. first. Nelly
Conway Madison. January 9. 1888 Is
sue: James Madison Hite. born 1855.
died 1871, aged three years; CD Nelly
Conway, born December /, 1883. mar
rcd. November Is, 1909 Dr. Cornelius
Baldwin; CD James Madison Hitc, born
January %, 1898. Nelly Conway IIite,
wife OF Isaac Hte. Jr.. died December
-, 1902 Major Isaac Hite. Jr. mar
ried second. Anne Tunstail Maury. De-
ccmbcr l. 1893. Issue Anne Maurv
liitc born June II. 1905; CD Isaac
Fontainc IIite. born May Z. 1907: (s)
Mary EltrinEc Iiitc horn October, 1905:
G Rebecca Grymcs Ilite, born Nav
ISL: go Walter Maury Hite c. Sarah
Clark Lite. born November 1912. nm
Penelope Elizabeth Hite. born August
1871; OD Hugh Holmes Hite. born An
gust 1916; u2) Cornelius Baldwin Iite.
born February, 1918; U3) Matilda Mad
i,on llite. born June ., 1919.
Ann Maury Iiite married Philip Will
liams; Mary Eltringe IIito married John
smith Il. Dawson; Isaac Il. Hitc married
Maria Louise DAWSON: Rcbecca Hite
married Marsh Bird: Dr. Walker NJ
Hite married Mary Eleanor Williams:
Penelope Il. EIitc married Raleigh r.
Green; Hugh III. Hite married Ann Ran
doiph Meade; Cornelius b. IIite mar
ried Elizabeth a. Smith: Matilda NJ
lite married DIR. Alexander Mcdonald
DaVison; Major Isaac lIite. of Belle
Grove, died November a. 1886: Ann
Tunstall 1ite died January u, 1851, at
Belle Grove
me living descendants OF Major Isaac
rite and his second wife. Ann Tun-
stall Maury. include Mrs. Anna Jnquelin
wright. Mr.. George Butler Wright, Mrs
Anna M Mcdonald. Mary Louise Hite
George L. Hite, Messrs. |. Thornton and
James Floyd Hite. Mrs Clarina How
ard. OF Kenmore; Mr.. Cornelius b. Hite,
Washington. D. c.: DR.. j. Whitridge
Williams, William w. and Dudley Will
liams, Misses Margaretta and Ann
Williams, Baltimore; Mrs William
Howard, Cleveland. o.: Rev. Louis
Fields Hite. Cambridge. Mass: Mrs.
Shirley Carter, John Hite Carter. Jr;
Miss Virginia Langhborough Carter.
Mrs, Robert Dulany, Misses Shirley
Carter and Marian Dulany, Messrs.
Randolph. Hugh, Holmes and William
Hte. Mrs. Edward Willis, Francis T.
Willis, Jr.. Richmond, Va; Dr. William
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