I9803: Maggie E. ALVIS (28 Jan 1892

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((1)) Maurice Buchanan, 10th of Buchanan (a 1320) m. (Margaret ?) Menteith (dau of Sir William Menteith of Rusky)

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Children:
Francis FARLEY b. About 1760 in of, Henrico, Co Va
Henry FARLEY b. About 1762 in of, Henrico, Co Va
Forest FARLEY b. About 1764 in of, Henrico, Co Va
William FARLEY b. About 1765 in of, Henrico, Co Va
John FARLEY b. About 1767 in of, Henrico, Co Va
Clay FARLEY b. About 1769 in of, Henrico, Co Va

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" In 1824 my father, Captain John Minor Maury, while serving as flag captain of Commodore David Porter's fleet against the pirates of the West Indies, died in the twenty-eighth year of his age. He had been an officer of the Navy since his thirteenth year, and had led a most active and adventurous life; and at the time of his death he was the highest ranking officer of his age in the service. Some years previously he sailed with Captain William Lewis as first officer of a ship bound for China. They had both obtained furloughs for this voyage. Maury, with six men, was left on the island of Nokaheeva to collect sandal-wood and other valuable articles of trade against the return of the ship.

The war with England broke out, and Captain Lewis was blockaded in a Chinese port. Maury and his men were beset by the natives of one part of the island, though befriended by the chief of that portion where ships were accustomed to land, and at last all of the party save Maury and a sailor named Baker were killed by the savages. These two constructed a place of refuge in the tops of four cocoanut trees which grew close enough together for them to make a room as large as a frigate's maintop. A rope ladder was their means of access. Here they were one day, when their eyes were brightened by the sight of a frigate bearing the American flag. It proved to be the Essex, Captain David Porter commanding, which had touched at the island for fresh water. Captain Porter had with him a very fast British ship which he had just captured. He named her the Essex Junior, and armed her as his consort, placing Lieutenant Downs in command, with Maury as first lieutenant. After refitting they sailed away to Valparaiso, where the British ships Cherub and Phoebe, under Captain Hilliard, fought and captured them.
Maury's next service was with McDonough in the battle of Lake Champlain, whence he wrote to a friend in Fredericksburg: "We have gained a glorious victory. I hope the most important result of it will be to confirm the wavering allegiance of New York and Vermont to the Union. They have been threatening to secede unless peace be made with England on any terms!" This was in 1815.
About 1822, Porter organized his fleet for the extinction of the pirates of the West Indies. He was allowed to select his officers, and his first choice was of John Minor Maury to be his flag captain. After serving with distinction on that expedition, he died of yellow fever on his homeward voyage, and was buried almost within sight of Norfolk harbor, where his young wife and two little children were anxiously awaiting his coming.

After my father's death his younger brother, Matthew Fontaine Maury, became practically the guardian of my brother, William Lewis Maury, and myself. My brother died at the age of twenty, of heart disease, a victim to the barbarous medical practice of the day."

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Veteran of the First Maryland Cavalry during the Civil War, having served under General J.E.B. Stuart at Gettysburg and later as Captain of engineers at Petersburg. MacGill had been previously married, in 1863, to Mary Bell Pierce, a niece of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, who died in 1879. [Morgans, Wm andSons.FBK.FTW]

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CONFLICT: shows Elizabeth Shoemaker m. same date to James Gatewood, son of Ambrose Gatewood. ^[S125]

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dau of Alexander Synton b 1255 Synton, Scotland.

My Southern Family

Maggie E. ALVIS

28 Jan 1892 - 1925

ID Number: I9803

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MAURICE BUCHANAN 10th of Buchanan

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ID Number: I86688

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Barbara Elizabeth DUDLEY

Thomas FARLEY

ABT 1730 - ____

ID Number: I84318

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Capt. John Minor MAURY

ABT 1796 - 1824

ID Number: I63030

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Gen. James MCGILL C.S.A.

ABT 1830 - 16 Jan 1923

ID Number: I100591

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Georgie D. RIFFE

Dec 1889 - AFT 1933

ID Number: I15051

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Leroy W. SANDIDGE

ABT 1870 - ____

ID Number: I40255

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Elizabeth "Betsy" SHOEMAKER

ABT 1770 - AFT 1805

ID Number: I2949

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Jonathan SOULE

1711 - 1771

ID Number: I48880

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ISABEL SYNTON

1285 - ____

ID Number: I59114

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