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THE PEATROSS FAMILY
The Peatross family is of Welch and Scotch descent. Robert
Peatross, the first of the name in Virginia, came from Wales to
Caroline during the latter part of the eighteenth century. He
had five sons and three daughters. Of the sons, Robert was a
local preacher in the Methodist church. He m. Ann Scott, of
Caroline, by whom he had six sons and four daughters. One of
the sons, Richard Peatross was the third generation in America,
of his name. He resided at "The Glebe," near Needwood
Precinct, in Caroline county. He was the father of nine children:
M. D. Peatross, J. W. Peatross, Richard Peatross, Robert
Sale Peatross, William E. Peatross, Sally E. Peatross, Frances
Peatross, Clarissa Peatross and Malindia Peatross. Taking the
daughters first: Sally E., m. Warner M. Mason, she being his
second wife; Frances, m. Warner M. Mason, she being his first
wife; Clarissa, m. Richard Turner, Matilda, m. Samuel Lawrence;
Sally E., d. without issue; Frances had four children: Cornelius,
Kate, Jennie, and Margaret. Cornelius was killed in the Civil
War at Sharpsburg; Jennie, m. Walter Scott Peatross, and is
survived by several children now living in Richmond. Margaret
never married; Clarissa, wife of Richard Turner, had issue:
Richard, Agnes, Daniel, Reuben, Mary, Rebecca and Sally;
Matilda, wife of Samuel Lawrence, had issue: Richard, Clarissa,
Mary, James, William and Samuel. Taking the sons of Richard
Peatross: M. D. Peatross had a dau. named Adelaide, who m.
James Munday and has descendants residing in Maryland; J. W.
Peatross had children: Maria Ann, Richard, Francis and Sally.
Richard Peatross had a dau. named Fanny. William E. Peatross,
died without issue; Robert Sale Peatross, m. Elizabeth Scott,
sister of Samuel Soctt, a prominent lawyer of Caroline county,
who represented the district in Congress at one time. She had
another brother, Thomas Scott, a physician, who resided near
Ruther Glen. The children surviving Robert Sale Peatross were:
Annie C., who m. Charles T. Wortham, of Richmond and is
survived by a son, Coleman Wortham, a prominent business
man of Richmond. Mary F., who m. Dr. Robert T. Wortham,
who resided at "The Grove" in the lower end of Caroline county
and is survived by several children, still living at the family
residence. Ella, who m. Thomas C. Williams, of Richmond and
is survived by three children, Thomas C., Jr.; Adolphus D., both
Scott, a farmer, who resided in the lower end of Caroline county,
died about 1910 and is survived by several children, living in
Richmond. He m. Jennie Mason and their descendents are referred
to above. Richard Warner, who practiced law in Danville,
was prominent in legal and educational circles, was the founder
of Randolph-Macon Institute, of Danville, a member of the
Board of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College and at the time
of his death, about 1919, was judge of the Corporation Court of
Danville. He is survived by four children, Richard Warner, Jr.,
a mining engineer, of Waco, Texas; Garnett, who resides in
Danville; Hunter, who resides in New York City and Bessie Lee,
who resides in Danville. Robert Olin Peatross, resided in
Caroline county, where he practiced law up to the date of his
death in 1905. R. O. Peatross, R W Peatross and W. S.
Peatross served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
R. O. Peatross was Major of the Thirtieth Virginia Regiment,
Caroline Volunteers and participated in a number of the battles
of the Civil War, including Drewry's Bluff and Sharpsburg.
He was twice wounded. R. W. Peatross was a captain of
engineers. W. S. Peatross was a private in the Thirtieth Virginia
Regiment and was severely wounded in the battle of Sharpsburg.
Major Robert Olin Peatross left surviving him six children, all
of whom are now living—two daughters, Bessie and Alice, and
four sons, Cecil G., Archibald Samuel, Louis Ashby and Richard
Warner. Cecil is a farmer in the lower end of Caroline county,
Archibald Samuel is division manager of R. G. Dunn Mercantile
Agency, with headquarters at El Paso, Texas; Louis Ashby,
an Episcopal minister, resides at 738 Bedford Place, Columbus,
O., and is assistant rector of a church there. He is married and
has two children. Robert Olin Peatross, m. Julia Archibald
Samuel, daughter of Col. Archibald Samuel, of Bath, in Caroline
county. Richard Warner Peatross was married in 1905 to Mary
Newman, daughter of C. S. Newman, of Knoxville, Tenn. Her
ancestors for several generations lived in Orange county, Va., at
"Hilton," adjoining "Montpelier." They have one daughter,
Miss Katherine Hazen Peatross, now a student at Mary Baldwin
Seminary in Staunton.
Richard Warner Peatross received his academic education at
the graded school in Bowling Green and at Randolph-Macon
College. He studied law while teaching school at the University
University of Tennessee, and was admitted to the bar in Tennessee
in 1899 and has been practicing in Norfolk since 1900. He has
been City Attorney of Norfolk since September 1, 1918. He is
an elder in the Presbyterian church. He was a member of the
Charter Commission in 1917, which drafted the Norfolk Charter
of 1918 under which the City Manager plan of government was
made effective in Norfolk.
The Peatross Arms (also Peat) are thus described:
Arms:Per pale wavy, ar. and gules barry of six counterchanged.
Crest:
A deer's head ppr.
Motto:
Prospere si propere.
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