Alexander Spotswood Henry

1788 - 1854  (65 years)

• Name	Alexander Spotswood Henry
  Born	2 Jun 1788	Prince Edward County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jan 1854	Charlotte County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I1953	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Patrick Henry,   b. 29 May 1736, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 6 Jun 1799  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge,   b. 25 Sep 1755/57,   d. 14 Feb 1831, Seven Islands, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 73 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1777
  Family ID	F1326	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Paulina Jordan Cabell,   b. 1794, Lynchburg, Virginia ,   d. 11 Nov 1833, Lynchburg, Virginia  (Age 39 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1814
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F1333	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Spotswood Henry was born to Patrick and Dorothea Spotswood (Dandridge) Henry June 2, 1788, at Pleasant Grove farm, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. He married Paulina Jordan Cabell February 10, 1814. She was born in 1794 in Lynchburg, Campbell County. Her father, Dr. George Cabell, built a house for them called Shady Grove. They lived in Campbell County and had twelve children: George Lafayette, born 1814 in Bedford County, married Margaretta Mason of Campbell Co., had children, served in Confederate army, farming in Greenbrier and Fayette Counties in 1850-1870 censuses, teaching school in Fayette County in 1880, died 1884; Laura Sade, born 1817, died 1831, age 14, Campbell County; Dr. Patrick, born 1818, married Clara Yancey, no children, helped raise Patrick Henry Scott's children, died 1891, Clover, Halifax County; Alexander Spotswood Jr., b. 1820, died 1828; Sarah Winston, born 1822, married first cousin, Dr. George C. Carrington, had children, died 1906, at Accokeek, Maryland; John Robert Lewis, born 1823, married Frances Edwards, had children, teacher, died 1903 at Elliston, Montgomery County; Paulina, born 1824, married 1857 Bartlett Jones, he died next year in Pittsylvania County, one child, died after 1884; Marion Fontaine Cabell, born 1826, married Samuel Tyree of Lynchburg, Campbell County, edited “Housekeeping in Old Virginia”, died 1912 Lynchburg; Alexander Spotswood III, born 1828, died 1830; William Lewis Cabell, born 1830, unmarried, lived with Dr. Patrick Henry, died 1855 at Aspenwall, Charlotte Co.; Alice Winston, born 1831, no further information; Marie Antoinette, born 1832, first school teacher in Big Lick (present-day Roanoke), married 1872 to Andrew Hamrick, no children, died 1900, at Elliston, Montgomery County. From Patrick Henry, he inherited 12,800 acres, half of the Saura Town Tract, which consisted partly of water. The other half was bequeathed to his brother, Nathaniel West Henry. Both sold their shares to their brother-in-law, George Dabney Winston, in 1804. In the 1820 census, he was living in Bedford County. In the 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses, he was living in Lynchburg City, which adjoins Bedford County. He first appeared in the Campbell County personal property tax lists in 1824 and last in 1839. His tax listing then moved to the Lynchburg tax rolls and continued to 1850, the latest records available. His personal property (slaves, horses, and carriages) increased to 1840, then dropped markedly and remained relatively low through 1850. According to Edith C. Poindexter on the Red Hill website, he was a very scholarly gentleman with a large library, a poor business manager, who died destitute at the home of his son Dr. Patrick Henry, Paulina died November 11, 1833, and Alexander died January 6, 1854. [1]

  
  

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