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

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DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
2188.
Joseph Allen Herndon, son of Andrew J. [916], b. Sept. 14,
1848, in Orange Co., Va.; m., Sept. 26, 1872, Marcy Elizabeth Rich-
ards. She was b. May 10, 1846 ; d. April 28, 1885 at Findlay, Ohio.
He resides at Marion, Ohio.
CHILDREN.
3000. Wilder, b. April 13, 1873.
3001. George, b. July 12, 1878.
3002. James Blaine, b. Sept. 11, 1884.
2189.
Jessurel Lafayette Herndon, son of Andrew J. [916], b. Oct.
15, 1850, in Orange Co., Va.; m., March 11, 1876, Laura Adelaide
Nye who was b. Feb. 4, 1857. Resides in Carey, Ohio.
children.
3003. Frederick Felix Folger, b. Jan. 15, 1877.
3004. Lawvale Jesse, b. Dec. 25, 1880.
2191.
Lena L. Herndon, dau. of Andrew J. [916], b, April 26, 1855, in
Carey, Ohio.
She m., May 9, 1876, Robert Emmette Dunaway, son of Jarvisand
Mary Jane [Hacock] Dunaway of Chesterfield Co., Va. He was b.
July 19, 1843, nine miles south of Richmond. He was left an orphan
in early youth, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to James Walsh
at the gun and locksmith business in Richmond. Here he remained
working at his trade until March, 1862, when he volunteered inCon-tl
federate service, though under age and exempt also by reason of his
trade as gun smith. He entered camp for instruction drill under Dr. |
Wm. W. Parker, Capt. of the boy Co. He saw the stars and stripes |
taken down from the capital and the palmetto flag hoisted in its stead,
and heard Pres. Davis' address at the foot of the Washington monu- j
ment. He went to the front and was placed with the corps of Gen. j
Longstreet and remained with that General, from that time until the
end, sharing in all the battles, including Gettysburg and the Tennes- i
see campaign. Was captured at a fight at Saylors Creek, Prince
Edward Co., Va., and was taken to prison at Point Lookout, Md., on
the eventful night of April 14, 1865, where he, with twenty-two others .
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