CAPT. CHARLES W. STATHAM
Was born May 19, 1819, in that part of Campbell county, Virginia, now
included in Appomattox county; was married in Lynchburg, December
18, 1845, Rev. E. H. Crumpston officiating; he married Maria
V. Ferguson, who was born in Lynchburg, October 16, 1825. The
record of their children is: Charles W., deceased; Thomas R., married;
Beaumont, deceased; Elizabeth, married; William, lives in Appomattox
county; Mary, lives in Lynchburg; Clifford, deceased; Lelia, deceased;
Gertrude, deceased. Capt. Statham was magistrate of Lynchburg
two terms; member of school board four years; trustee of the Miller Female
Orphan Asylum now and for a number of years; ten years director of
the Norfolk & Western Railroad; now director of the First National
Bank of Lynchburg. He made his home in Lynchburg in 1833, and
has lived here continuously since then, and is now one of the oldest
business men of the city. For nine years he filled the editorial chair of
the
Virginian, and was a dealer and shipper of tobacco for forty years.
In 1861 he, with Charles J. Raine, raised and equipped an artillery
company for the Confederate States Army. He went into service with
the company, with the rank of First Lieutenant; was wounded and captured
in Rich Mt. battle, July 11, 1861, and held on field and at Beverly
two weeks, then paroled. All the prisoners there taken were
exchanged under a general cartel in August, 1862, and Captain Statham
rejoined his command on September 14, 1862. With his company
he assisted in the capture of Miles and his forces at Harper's Ferry, and
in two days thereafter was in Sharpsburg battle, under the immediate
direction of Gen. Jackson, through Major Brockenbrough. Later he
took part in battles of Hamilton's Crossing, Fredericksburg, Mine Run
and many others, commanding his company at Mine Run. On account
of disability he retired from active service in 1864, and was appointed
by Gen. Kemper colonel in charge of local forces of Lynchburg, serving
in that position till the close of the war, and surrendered the city to
the Federal forces. His father, Richmond Statham, was born in what
is now Nelson county, Virginia, and died in Campbell county in September,
1839, at the age of 72 years. His mother, whose maiden name
was Rhoda Hill, was born in Prince Edward county, Virginia, and died
in Campbell county, in July, 1839, aged 52 years.
