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

BRANCH OF HIS SON PETER. 325
hope that you may realize your fullest expectations in all you have
anticipated in this laudable undertaking. I feel that we are blood
kin and one of the same family, and close friends. May the blessed
Lord God preserve and keep you through all time to come.
Affectionately,
Henry Montague Earle."
Soon after the death of Mr. Earle, his wife's health began to fail.
She lingered through the summer and, though her death was expected
she died suddenly on the nth of December, 1893.
CHILDREN.
2393. William Edward, b. Oct. 31, 1839. .
2394. Emily Edgeworth, b. Nov. 26, 1842.
2395. Mary Montagite, b. Aug., 1843 '•>
m
- Isidore Evans, a farmer, son of
William Evans, who was a son of Philip, a
Revolutionary soldier who came from N. C.
They reside near Greenvi]le,S.C. No children.
2396. John Hamlin, b. 1845. Was in the Confederate army with Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston until the surrender. Has
since resided at Flagstaff in Arizona. Not
2397. Virginia, b. 1858.
married.
2397b. Miriam M., b. 1861, resides in Greenville.
1164.
Mary Jane McEntee, dau. of James and Providence Graves
[Montague 371] McEntee, b. Oct. 19, 1834, in Rutherford Co., N. C.
She m., Sept. 12, 1850, William Oliver Burns of Charleston, S. C,
where he was b. Oct. 26, 1824. He d. near Austin, Texas, March
16, 1859. She was a member of the Baptist church, and was a
christian whose every thought and word was in perfect harmony with
her profession. She was a very lovely lady, educated in the best
schools, and highly accomplished. In person she was of exceeding
great beauty. All who are living that remember her, say " she had
the most beautiful face they ever saw. Her face and her life, short
and lovely, reminded one of the beauty and delicate fragrance of a
violet one had enjoyed when young and happy and the skies were
blue." Her health never recovered from the shock of the death of
her husband, as his death from heart disease was sudden and unex-
pected. Life had lost its charm for her in his death, and she went
cheerfully when the time came. She d. Feb. 23, 1863, in Rome, Ga.