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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-413NICHOLAS JAMES REVERE (20.1.2.3.1) is the son of James B. Revere andAdaline (French) Revere. Nicholas was born in 1836. In 1850, there is aNicholas “Revier” living with Jacob and Virginia Miller in Spotsylvania County,Virginia. Nicholas Revere married Henrietta P. Crittenden of King and QueenCounty, Virginia. Henrietta was born in 1828 in Virginia. In 1860, Nicholasand Henrietta Revere were living in Middlesex County, Virginia. Nicholas andHenrietta Revere were the parents of two children:. . . L. F. Revere, 1859, Virginia. . . M. H. RevereNichlolas Revere died in 1910.References: 1) 1850 Census, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2) 1860 Census,Middlesex County, Virginia; 3) “Revere Family,” manuscript located in Mary BallMemorial Library, Lancaster, VirginiaJOSEPH WILLIAM “WILLIE” REVERE (20.1.2.3.9) is the son of James B.Revere and Polly (Watts) Revere. Willie was born in September of 1864 inVirginia. Willie Revere married Maude Keiningham (born August, 1875 inVirginia). William and Maude Revere were the parents of at least three sons:. . . Wilmer J. Revere, b. March, 1898, Middlesex County, Virginia. . . Robert Revere, b. April, 1900, Middlesex County, Virginia. . . Julius Merlin Revere, b. 1901, Wake, VirginiaIn 1900, Willie and Maud Revere were living in Middlesex County, Virginia. In1907, Willie Revere and his second wife, Emma J. Revere (born 1874, Virginia),were married. In 1910, Willie and Emma Revere were living in MiddlesexCounty, Virginia. Wilmer Revere married a cousin, his mother-in-law was aFleet. Merlin Revere lived in Wake, Virginia all of his life. On June 11, 1931,Merlin Revere married Grace Galand O’Brien, a native of Merry Point,Lancaster County, Virginia. Garland is the daughter of John O’Brien andElizabeth (Miller) O’Brien. Merlin and Garland Revere both served as the Clerkof Circuit Court of Middlesex County, Virginia. Merlin held the office from1951 until his death in 1962. Garland succeeded him in that office through anappointment made by Judge John E. DeHardit and through subsequent elections.She held the office until her retirement in 1975.Merlin and Garland Revere were the parents of two daughters: - CarolynElizabeth Revere, b. March 6, 1933, - Paulette Ware Revere, b. May 7, 1939.Merlin Revere died in 1962 and Garland (O’Brien) Revere died in 1979. OnMarch 5, 1952, Carolyn Revere married Alfred Robert Henkel of Urbanna andthey have three children. On September 3, 1960, Paulette Revere marriedGordon Wilson Mohrman of Lincoln, Nebraska and they have three children.References: 1) 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Middlesex County, Virginia; 2) FamilyHistories of Middlesex County, Virginia, by Jesse M. DeBusk, Charles L. Price, Jr.,Louise E. Gray and Dorothy M. Price, Page 181, 1982