— Reference: Cf. Mss6:4B1465:1, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Source for following is — "John Bagby of Bunker Hill"
Virginia "Emmeline" Bagby
To some people John Bagby of "Bunker Hill" was known as "a man who drove a hard bargain". To some he was known as a callous business man.
Similar labels are often put on a successful business man, which he was. Nevertheless, he had a soft spot in his heart for his first born, Emmeline. Left a widow at thirty–four, she was the only child he spoke of by name in his will drawn up in 1869.
He recorded that she could continue to live at "Locust Grove" at a moderate rent as long as she wished. Here she reared her family single handed. Her oldest daughter, Betty, and her husband acquired ownership of the property after 1884. It is now held by the 5th and 6th generations of Emmeline.
"Locust Grove", no longer habitable, may be found on Route #14, near the State Fish Hatchery, but on the opposite side of the road.
— Reference: Cf. Mss6:4B1465:1, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Source for following is — "John Bagby of Bunker Hill"
Virginia "Emmeline" Bagby
To some people John Bagby of "Bunker Hill" was known as "a man who drove a hard bargain". To some he was known as a callous business man.
Similar labels are often put on a successful business man, which he was. Nevertheless, he had a soft spot in his heart for his first born, Emmeline. Left a widow at thirty–four, she was the only child he spoke of by name in his will drawn up in 1869.
He recorded that she could continue to live at "Locust Grove" at a moderate rent as long as she wished. Here she reared her family single handed. Her oldest daughter, Betty, and her husband acquired ownership of the property after 1884. It is now held by the 5th and 6th generations of Emmeline.
"Locust Grove", no longer habitable, may be found on Route #14, near the State Fish Hatchery, but on the opposite side of the road.
Family Members
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Priscilla Courtney Bagby Ryland
1818–1888
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Rev Richard Hugh Bagby
1820–1870
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Hannah Elizabeth Bagby Gresham
1822–1883
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Cornelius Bagby
1824–1827
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Maj John Robert Bagby
1826–1890
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Rev Alfred Paul Bagby
1828–1925
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Thomas Franklin Bagby
1830–1832
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Martha Hill Bagby Carlton
1832–1866
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Mary Ellen Bagby Gresham
1834–1862
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Rev George Franklin Bagby
1836–1900
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