History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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late war he was attached to the Richmond,
Va., Howitzers, Pendleton's
Division of Jackson's Corps. He is
now engaged in cotton planting, near
Macon Station, Hale Co., Ala.
1729. James Peyton, b. 1848, in Powhatan Co., Va. During the
late war he served as a member of the
Richmond Va. Howitzers, Pendleton's
Div. Jackson's Corps.
1730. Judge Benjamin Harrison, b. 185 1. Educated at Georgetown College
D. C.j and Univ. Ala.; became a prominent
lawyer of Anderson, Texas, and
is now Co. Judge of Montgomery Co. r
Texas. Pie /;/., Aug. 27, 1878, Miss
Eleanor Inez Meachum of Plantersville,
Grimes Co. Children, James
Browder, b. Aug. 2, 1879, at Navasota,.
Texas, d. Aug. 22, i88o,at Montgomery,.
Texas; Benjamin H., Jr., b. Nov. 12,.
1881, in Montgomery; Eleanor Inez,,
b. March 22, 1844, in Montgomery;
William Meachum, b. Nov. 24, 1886, in
592.
Montgomery ;
Mary Louise, b. July 2i r
1889; Anna Irion, b. Nov. 21, 1892.
Dr. James Daniel Browder, son of Thomas and Jane D. [Mon-
tague 185] Browder, b. 1820, in Dinwiddie Co., Va.
In 1840 he moved from Va. to Marengo Co., Ala., traveling the:
whole distance of 1200 miles on horseback, the only mode of con-
veyance in that early day. Here he began life as a school teacher.
After several years he retraced his steps to Va., making the return
trip on his saddle horse. He then entered the Univ. of Va., where
he pursued a course of study. He then entered the Jefferson Medi-
cal College of Philadelphia, where he graduated. He m., 1848,
Maria Louisa Chapron of Philadelphia, and returning to Marengo
Co. Ala., commenced the practice of his profession. He is charac-
terized by a strong mental and physical constitution, an evenly
balanced judgment, indomitable energy, a warm heart and generous
nature. Residence, near Macon Station, Hale Co., Ala. He had
accumulated, before the war, by his energy and good judgment, a
large fortune, and still owns a large tract of fertile lands in the cane
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