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Catharine, daughter of I'.uckner Stith. of "Rockspring," Brunswick county, who died in 1795; married (third) in 1795, Sally, daughter of Lawrence Washington, who died the same year; married (fourth) Anne Dade Stith, daughter of Buckner Stith, and sister of his second wife, who died in 1846.

(V) Colonel Robert Buckner Boiling, son of Robert (4) Boiling and his fourth wife, Anne Dade (Stith) Boiling, was born at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1807, died in 1881. He was one of the fine old type of wealthy, hospitable, courtly and generous Southern planters, owned a large estate, worked by his five hundred slaves, and it was his proud boast that he "never sold a slave." His beautiful residence in Petersburg called "Centre Hill" was the seat of generous hos- pitality, graciously extended to a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He repre- sented Petersburg in the state legislature. 1840 to 1850, and was very influential in public aftairs for a much longer term. Colo- nel Robert B. Boiling married, in 1831, Sarah Melville Minge (a lovely woman), who brought as her dower the splendid estate "Sandy Point," on the James river, daugh- ter of John and Sarah (Stuart) Alinge, of Sandy Point, Charles River county, Vir- ginia. She was a great-granddaughter of \\"illiam Cocke, the progenitor of the line of the Surry Cockes, who died in 1720. Children : Robert, of Chestnut Hill, Penn- sylvania, a Doctor of Medicine ; John M., served in the Confederate army, first as a private in a Maryland regiment, later served under Colonel Mosby, General Mahone's division in the defence of Richmond and Petersburg; Townsend Stith, -deceased; Monroe Bannister, deceased ; Dr. William Holt, served as a private in a Rockbridge battery attached to Jackson's brigade and was wounded at Malvern Hill ; Stewart, in the Confederate cavalry, under William H. Lee, a son of General Robert E. Lee ; Bart- lett, a cavalryman under Colonel Mosby for three years, wounded and captured in battle and confined in Fort Delaware ; Samuel Mordecai, of whom further ; Anna Dade, born in Petersburg, Virginia, still a resident of that city.

(VI) Samuel Mordecai Boiling, county clerk of Bedford county, Virginia, was born in Petersburg, Virginia, at "Centre Hill," the family mansion, December, 1847, son of Colonel Robert Buckner and Sarah Melville

(Minge) llolling. Pie was educated in pub- lic and private schools and for three years jjursued a course of study at "Belleview Academy" in Bedford county. He enlisted in Company E, Captain Chapman Mosby's cavalry, in December, 1864, and saw service with that command in the closing months of the war. After the surrender of General Lee he began farming in Bedford county and was so engaged until 1899 when he was elected clerk of that county, serving one term. In 1891 he was elected representative to the \'irginia house of assembly, serving two terms on committees, counties, cities and towns. In 1904 and 1905 he was super- intendent of the state penitentiary at Rich- mond, and in 1905 he was again appointed clerk of Bedford county, which office he now fills. For ten years Mr. Boiling was a mem- l^er of the board of supervisors of the Cen- tral Virginia district and chairman of the l)oard. He is an efficient public official and has given his country and state honorable service. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, a Democrat in politics, and one of the progressive men of his party. He married, September 4, 1872, Elizabeth Breckenridge W'atts Holcombe, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1852, daughter of Professor James P. and Ann (Seldon) Watts. Children: i. ^Margaret Walker, born in Bedford City, Virginia, May 25, 1882 ; married, December 8, 1910, Samuel Summerfield Lambeth, son of Rev. Samuel S. Lambeth. D. D., a member of the Vir- ginia annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, and Virginia (Parker) Lambeth, paternal grandson of Thomas H. and Eliza A. Lambeth, of Rich- mond, Virginia, and maternal grandson of Jesse and Ann Elizabeth Parker, of Suffolk, Virginia ; children of Samuel Summerfield and Margaret W^ Lambeth: Margaret Boi- ling, born November 2^, 191 1 ; Samuel Sum- merfield, December 13, 1913;. Robert Boi- ling, April I, 1915. 2. Elizabeth Brecken- ridge, born in Bedford City, December 22, 1886; married, June 22, 191 1, Churchill Gib- son Chamberlayne, a nephew of Bishop Gib- son.

Baldwin and Freston Families. The Bald- win family has been one of prominence since the earliest times, and the name of Baldwin is of record for many hundreds of years. It is of German or Scandinavian origin, mean-