Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18

Bland. widow. December is. 1919.
Eliza Yates Boiling. daughter OF
Robert and Clara Boiling, born -.
Alexander Boiling. son OF Stith and
Charlotte Boiling. born
Several OF the above dates are in
complete because tho page has been
torn.
Rebecca Il. Boiling. daughter of
Stith ana Charlotte Boiling. married
Mclchijah Spraglns After the carly
death of her husband. RebecCa Boiling
Spragins. with her two sons, Stith Boil
ling and Melchijah, moved to near
Huntsville. Ala.
The undersigned would be very glad
to be informed of the date of the mar
r!agc OF Rebccca Boiling and Mclchiiah
Spragins or any further history OF the
Spragins family.
REV J. oGLE WAKEFIELD.
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
Notes and Queries.
Mrs. ii. +. L.. Bristol, Tenn-Ali an
swerS TO queries must be made to this
column.-fd.
II Miss l.. Hayes Lawrence will send
her poSt-ofIice address TO the gene
illogical editor she en- get the informa-
ton she desireS.-Ed.
q. W., Kcnbridgc, Va.-The Walthan
papers. lately published in The Times
Dispatch, contain all the Information
we have. They were published IN May,
1915 and the business manager OF Tho
Times Dispatch will send them to you.
To the Editor of The Times Dis
patch:
sir,-In your genealosy column of
The Times Dispatch. June 10. YOU
have the name OF Cary. The name is
we'll known here and Richmond, and
tn, t.t,,N nd AVID mn
bear the name, but in Richmond 1T
is spelled properly, Cary, while in
Hampton it is spelled Carey by the
new people, and very often 1t Is call
ed Kerry, as though our old teacher
was OF Irish origin instead OF Eng
The old creek, called lIubbard's
Creek. named after the owner OF the
property, George Hubbard. which was
the dividing line between the British
and the American forces in the battle
off 1914 has been changed to sunset
Creek.
The old name of Strawberry Banks,
where the berries grew and the In
dams Toasted our first settlers. is Civ
en- the cold name Of klondykc.
send YOU one OF the old Libby
Prison pictures, taken from the dock
or front size. Nearly all we get is
from the Cary Street side. The old
lighter, schooner rugged. shown in the
picture. Captain McGowcn. carried
wood for the Confederate States Army
and Is we'll remembered by me.
Regret very much | could not be ut
the reunion at Richmond last month.
OF the four companies that LETT Hamp-
ton. May 1861, only eight attended the
reunion, one from the Hampton Grays,
two old wounded from the artillery.
one from the Rifles and four III the
Dragons.
Next Sunday will be the Fourth Of
July. 1t occurred on sunday, 1851
fifty-eight years ago, ! stood on the
ramparts at Old Point when the ship
jamestown came in tho capcs with
the remains of eX-Prcsidcnt Monroe,
bound for Richmond Minute guns
were fred as long as tho ship was in
sight, and the band played Flow
Gently, Sweet Alton"
GEORGE r. WOOD
Hampton. Va, July 2.
j. A. c, Amelia. Va:
II your Meriwethcr data is anthem
tic. we Will publish it. We pay moth
ing for contributions TO this column
EDITOR
VIII any of our rendres give the
names OF the children OF Robert Penn
and Lucy Staples OF Ursis Penn and
Mary Taylor?
They had n son by the name OF
Henry. who graduated from the Uni
versity Of Virginia in 1851. became a
farmer and lived in Louisa County.
William Penn was delegate from
Caroline in 1895. presidential elector in
lSi5 member OF the United States
Congress from lS33 to 1885. Would
like TO know something OF Gabriel
Penn, n member OF the convention Of
l77G Parties in question once lived
in Bedford County. Va, but many,
many years since. Who were the
parents OF William Penn. Of "Hay!iold"
lie married Elizabeth Moore, daughter
OF Bernard and Lucy Ann Hcbard
Leiper Moore.
MRS. L. S. PENN.