The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-04

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w Woo aoa o Io ' Was .k IN fa.o and
died In 17sl>S He. Was a member or
the House of Aprssesacs.
| His son. RichArd Nathaniel venable..
married Mary Morton trsiy grandfather,
and srandmotheFl. Mary Morton was
daughter OF William Morton, the
third child OF Joseph Morton. above
mentioned. William Morton nlarris u
Susanah Watkins. So 3 Il
Joseph Morton commanded q res n
ment in Lawson,s Brigade, iii General
Green's Army. IN the Reyolutienary
! War His son, William, my grand
mothers father. was m aior5 OF the regi-
ment. a. M a
Editor of Genealogy Column.
Sir,-In The Times Dispatch of De-
cember 10, 1912. my letter inquirts,s
about a certain Waller family Is print.
think 1t would have been better if4
the heading had been printed. 1. e.
might have attrscted more attention.
In reading mention of che Thursto,
family ] recall that when a Miss
Thurston visited our home town, m
lot Benjamin Robinson Waller. born
Virginia, speoulated as TO whether MI
Thurston might not be a re1atiy
showing there was a Thurston CO
nection.
Also. in the Carter data of Janus,
IL, 1913, | note Colonel Charles CO
ter, OF Clevcs, married in third Mp r.
tails Lucy Taliaferro-another ona OF
our names. Mother had much to say
OF the "TalIaferros''
Then Henrietta Carter. daughter OF
Colonel Charles Carter, think, mar
ried BENJAMIN Waller. as per Same
data. January 12, 1919 Can you tell
me anything OF this BENJAMIN waller
There, too, Martha Carter married a
Mr.. Thurston, Again, in the Same issue
tho Hanover Carters-Curtis Garter
married. second. Elizabeth Baker,
another OF our names. My greaE--
grandmother was Frances Ann Baker
Iof King and Queen County. Va, who
married Captain John Waller, also on
King and Queen. about 1900, as my
grandfather, Benjamin Robinson wal.
ler was born in King and Queen In
1902. Then this same Curtis Cartel
married again Fanny Taliaferro. Nov
Taliaferros and Thurstons were relat,
Also other Baker girls, I am yt
sure, married Didlaka and Hook
and nauo 1 can't recall. -
Tho Waller family waDI to ind
trace to Colonel John {Taller. OF sr
sylyaniys'To os-- ERE following nam
n. Johr, captain in WAR Of 1879, M
ricd Francis Baker. 4, Edward die,
bachelor, leaving hie estate to
brothers and sisters children. IA
married Hilary Cltsg. 4 Sarah
married Robert BLAND.
Now. what Ifw!sh Is to trace
Waller ancestry to Colonel John w
Ter. first clerk OF Spotsylvania Gouy
and can't get beyond Captain
waller and his wife, Frances Bs
Our tradition Is that Captain il
parents were Benjamin Waller
Sarah Robinson, but records hav,
destroyed. The benjamin. Waller
married Henrietta Carter (Tho =
Dispatch. January IL. 1879 sea-
have bcen too lato to have been u q 81
tain Johns father. Now, Ii sesTas
soine one ought 10 know through ii
Bland Clegg-Baker, etc, SO consSec &
something to help me. Won't sys s. 81
write me, or else publish an Sdi;
article from this In The TitneS.D s
patch Genealogical Column, as II & "
my other Waller queatiors passs &
noticed?
Very sincersly yours.
ELIZA y. VICE
diego, Kansas. ss IS Ii
tHenriotta Catiett mar RED Eest IL AZ
Waller. OF Williamsburg, and pst
rlctta Carter. ,sIf any raa& er III al s rs
Mrs. ygigsin NO VIII 70 FL 81 /.