The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

mey. Of Norfolk Shc died young OF
consumption. and Gwathmcy's second
wife was Il Miss Hendren.
Bette Hugh Bagby had sister.
Emma, and they married brothers.
Benoni Carlton % had brother
lack Carlton.
Mrs Robert Powers and Mrs. DR..
Jackson, OF Richmond. wero Misses
Carlton. of King and Queen.
Children of Benoni Carlton. Jr., omar
ricd Mary tPolly) CampbclD: /. Mary;
2. Kitty; 3. Benoni CD: 1, Harris; .,
Hermon.
l. Mary. married William Purks. and
had five children: Mary Hill, William.
BENJAMIN Alexandria. John Harvey and
Cornelius
2. Kitty, married Thomas Jones. Jr..
double first cousin to Judge John
Thompson Jones, of Essex Cater
Arkansas). Thomas Jones. ST.. owner
of large estate near EsseX--orGInal
land grant from King James in 1870.
ried. preachers, doctors. and one is a
multimillionaire.
3. Benoni (3). married twice: nrst.
Julia Ann Wood: second, Martha Hill
Bagby Had eight children By FIRST
marriage: Alexandria. Charles. Susan
Wood, Benoni, Fountain Wood. Zachery
Taylor. Willard Fillmore and James G.
his second marriage TO John Bagby's
daughter, gave him three more: Maria
Louise, Bette Lee and an infant who
died.
l. Harris. married Jane Lumpkin.
B. Hermon, married his cousin Olivia
Wood. Lived in Arkansas. 1t is said
that Hermon Carlton and his wife each
left their only child, Lille, $4,000.
Lille married J. b. Johnson, OF Ar
kansas. and had nine or moro children.
al these CARTONS in Arkansas are
people OF high worth.
Mary Carlton, who married VILLA m
Purks 0rom Wales), had five children:
Mary Hin. William. Benjamin Alex
ander. John Harvey and Cornelius.
Mary Hill married Tazewell, and had
SIX children.
william went as a small boy to
'reen County, Ga, and became II fine
ana we!l-ocloTed physician. Was life
Iohs friend and neighbor to the Vice
PRESIDENT OF tho Confederacy. Mar
ried June 90, 1857, In Saloame. Green
county, Ga. to Miss Sarah Elizabeth
King Their children were: William.
Alexander, Sarah Helen. Martha Leila.
Mary Elizabeth. John Ediom, Fannie
Lee. Lula Virginia. James Harris.
Annie Fletcher. Olivia Glenn and
Luther Kins-twelve all told william
died August go. 1905. In his eighty-frst
year. Sarah, his wife, followed him
not long after. The children are we'll
known In educational circles
Benjamin Alexander was born Sep
temper %. 1927 Died June /. 1910.
aged nearly eighty-four years on
November 6, 1s47, not yet twenty-one.
he married Anne Elizabeth De shazo
smith, who was seven years older. be-
ing born December is, ISIS, at King
William, Va. The father of Ann Eliza
beth De Suassure Smith. died when
she was only eight years OF age. she
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gentleman, and as having brought
from England certain popular trees.
winch were planted In burning
ground and other places In King VIII
nam. Her mother was a Miss Tignor.
and her second husband was Il Heath.
she married three times
First. Pinckney Pritchard. Anne
Arundel County. Md, 1899.
Second. Bernard Simms Stegar, Cum
berland County, Va, 1912
Third. Benjamin Alexander Purks.
King and Queen County, Va. 1917.
tThis last marriage lasted forty
seven years. four months and seven
days.)
She died March l3, 1895, in her sew
enty-seventh year.
The fourth child of Mary Carlton and
William Purks was John Harvey, died
young in California. unmarried
Cornelius married Octavia (). No
issue. lie oled in 1911, aged eighty
two.
These five children OF Mary Carlton
ana William Purks were all born AT
the Purks homestead, Woodstock" at
Bruington, King and Queen County, Va.
William Purhs died about 1896. leaving
4 second wife, who was a Miss De-
Shazo. At his death he was captain
or the Home Guards Woodstock was
destroyed by fire long ago.
All of those fvc rI,ildrar
William and John Harvey lived, mar
ried, died and We're buried In Virginia
There is little known OF the Purks
family beyond William Purks, except
ing mat he had with him III King and
queen County his mother, who lived to
be ninety -iive years; sister, who mar
ried a Mr. Prince. and brother. who
died young and unmarried in Norfolk.
va. Polly Prince had three sons--Joe.
Baylor and Henry. All died young,
two in our Confederate cause.
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