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out of the Mexican war, when he was ordered to Monterey, which was taken pos- session of by the fleet. In October, 1847, he was assigned to the command of the re- ceiving ship Pennsylvania, at Norfolk, Vir- ginia; in 1849 was promoted to captain, ordered to the command of the flagship Sdzannah, in Pacific waters. In 1855 he was retired, with leave-pay. He married (first) Imogen, daughter of Guy Wheeler, of Xansemond county. Virginia ; and (second) Elizabeth P., daughter of Holt Wilson, of Portsmouth, Virginia. He died at Norfolk,

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FoUard, Richard, born in King and Queen county, \'irguiia, in 1790. In 181 1 he grad- uated at William and Mary College, as r.achelor of Civil Law. He was appointed captain in the Twentieth Regiment, United S^tates Infantry, April 14, 18 12, for the war with Great Britain; was engaged in the battle of Craney Island, promoted to major, and assigned to the Twenty-first United States Infantry ; resigned at end of the war. He located at Lynchburg. Virginia, and en- gaged in a mercantile business, but met with heavy losses on account of depreciation of real estate, and practiced at the bar as a lawyer. In 1835 he was appointed by Pres- ident Jackson as charge d'affaires for the United States to the republic of Chili; was reappointed by President Tyler, his diplo- matic service extending from 1835 to 1843, and after his return from his mission, made his home at "Alta Vista," Albemarle county, which (says his biographer), "his courtly address, distinguished manners and genial hospitality rendered elegant and charming to all whom he received there." He died in Washington City, February 19, 1851. He

married, March 11, 1796, at "Oakridge," Virginia, Paulina Cabell Rives. Among their children were: John Pollard, who joined the Texan army, and was killed in battle, in his twenty-third year; James Rives Pol- lard, M. D., surgeon of Hampton's Legion, Confederate States army ; and Henry Rives Pollard, journalist (q. v.).

rage, John E., born at "Pagebrook," Clarke county, Virginia, March 11, 1795. son of John Page, of the same place, and Maria ll. Hyrd, his wife. He was for many years circuit court judge for the counties of Clarke and Warren, and was holding that office at the time of his death. In 1863 he removed with his family to Albemarle county, Virginia, and for about a year re- sided at "Cobham Park," the country resi- dence of William C. Rives, of Newport, Rhode Island. He married, in 1823, Emily, daughter of Col. William H. McGuire. of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, an officer of dis- tinction in the United States army.

Lee, Edmund Jenings» born at Alex- andria, then in the District of Columbia, May 3, 1797. eldest son of Edmund Jcnings Lee and Sarah Lee, his wife. He received his early education at Rev. Mr. Maffet's school in Fairfax — ^an institution of high re- pute in that day — ^and subsequently gradu- ated from Princeton College, the alnui uiatcr (.i his father. He studied law under his father, and on being admitted to the bar, i»ngaged in practice at Wheeling, Virginia, where he remained until his marriage, then removing to Shepherdstown, where he re- sided the remainder of his life. He was frequently solicited to enter upon a public career, but steadfastly refused. Like others of his family and friends, he was originally

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