CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - HISTORY - Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches Family Sketches - Garland ----¤¤¤---- CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1926 By R. H. EARLY With Illustrations J. P. BELL COMPANY LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927 Garland The Garlands are allied with the Slaughter family. John Garland, a Welsh emigrant, born 168O, died 1734, had eight children. Of these his son —James, born 1722, settled in Albemarle county; m. in 1749, Mary, the dau. of David and Mary Howlett-Rice; James Garland, Sr., died in 1812; he had 13 children, his son, James, Jr., born 1753, an officer in the Revolution, was accidentally killed in 1781 at Albemarle Barracks. He married Anne, dau. of John and Mary Hudson-Wingfield, and had 4 children. His three sons were: —Hudson Martin Garland, attorney-at-law, captain in the war of 1812, and member of the House of Delegates 18O5-O6 from Amherst; m. Elizabeth Penn Phillips (grand-niece of Wm. Penn). —James Parker Garland m. Katurah Stone. —Alexander Spotswood Garland m. Lucinda Rose. Children of Hudson M. and Elizabeth Phillips-Garland:— Henrietta, m. Rev. Mr. Boyd of the Methodist Episcopal church;—Betsy Ann . . . ;—Maria m ___ Wolfe;—Judge James Garland, of Lynchburg, member of Congress from 1835 to 1841; commonwealth's attorney from 1852 to 1870; corporation judge from 187O to 1883; blind for many years; died 1883, aged 93 years; his daughters were Mrs. Cole and Mrs. Aurelius Christian .of Lynchburg1; Hudson Martin, Jr., m. Letitia B. Pendleton;—Gen. John Garland, distinguished in the Mexican War; whose dau. m. Gen. Longstreet. Children of James Parker and Katurah Stone-Garland:— Bettie . . .;—Henrietta m. ____ Watts, moved to Alabama:—Addison, U. S. Navy, attempted to land and join the Southern army, but from information given by his wife, was turned back; he died at sea;—Benami Stone;—Alexander;-Catherine Malvina m. 1846, Charles Rice Slaughter, of Lynchburg, son of Dr. Robert Slaughter, of Campbell county;-Althea C. m. ____ Brown, of Alabama, whose daughters returned to Virginia; Kate m. Captain Waite of Petersburg; Lula m. Thomas D. Davis, clerk of Lynchburg court; Bettie m. Charles A. Slaughter, son of Charles R. Slaughter;—Colonel Robert m. Elizabeth Wolfe; he contracted tuberculosis when captured by Federals, and imprisoned; died soon after the war. Children of Alexander Spottswood and Lucinda Rose-Garland: —Landon Cabell, Chancellor at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn; m. Louise Garland. Children—Rose, m. Prof. Lewis of Tuscaloosa Univ.;-Louise, m. Prof. Humphries of University of Virginia;—Maurice, m. Lucy Galt (dau. Mamie, librarian, in Richmond, and son, Herbert, surveyor, in Lynchburg);—Jennie, m. Prof. Smith, of Tuscaloosa Univ.;—Annie m. Prof. Robert Fulton, of Mississippi. —Hugh m. Ann. Children:-Nannie R. m. Gen. Gilbert Meem*;—Minnie m. Mr. Papan; -Spottswood m. Mary Jenkins;-Maggie m. Robert Hoskins. —Caroline m. Maurice, Sr., son of Rice and Elizabeth Hamner-Garland, grandson of James, Sr., and Mary Rice-Garland; lived in Lynchburg. Rice, son of James and Mary Rice Garland, married Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Morris Hamner: children: —Samuel, Sr., m. Mary Lightfoot Anderson; he was a member of the legal firm of Garland, Slaughter & Co.; his nephews, Charles R. Slaughter and Samuel Garland, Jr., were included in the partnership. —Maurice Garland, Sr., m. Caroline, dau. of Alex S. and Elizabeth Hamner-Garland, parents of General Samuel Garland, who m. Eliza, dau. of John Meem of Lynchburg. —Mary Rice m. Dr. Robert Slaughter of Oak Hill, Campbell country. *Four Meem brothers served in the Confederate army: Gen. John Meem, Dr. Russell Meem, Lawrence Meem, adjutant on staff of Gen. Garland, killed at battle of Seven Pines, and General Gilbert Meem. —Elizabeth Rice m. Henry White of Albemarle; dau., Elizabeth, m. E. C. Hamner; —Burr;—James;—Hon. Rice;—Austin Garland. Children of Edward C., Sr., and Elizabeth White-Hamner: —Samuel Garland Hamner, attorney-at-law, Lynchburg,. m. Mary, dau. of Dr. W. R. and Sarah Harrison-Winchester. —Commander E. C. Hamner, Jr., U. S. Navy, m. Dorothy Lisk, of Beverly, New Jersey. —Sallie Cole Hamner, assistant librarian at Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg. —Bessie, deceased. —Henry Rawlings Hamner. Naval Service Ed. C. Hamner, Jr., son of E. C., Sr., and Elizabeth White-Hamner, of Lynchburg, commander of the Construction Corps, U. S. Navy, was appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, as result of competitive examination held by Major Peter J. Otey in 1897. Entered Naval Academy September 9, 1897, graduated June 19O1, and ordered to sea as Watch and Division Officer on the U.S.S. Lancaster. In 1902 ordered to the U. S. S. Brooklyn as a midshipman, aide to Admiral Coghlan when the Brooklyn carried the body of Lord Pauncefort, (British Ambassador to the U. S.), back to England. In 19O3 served on the U. S. S. Indiana and in June, 19O3 was transferred to the U.S.S. Sylph, the President's yacht, for duty at Oyster Bay and aide to President Roosevelt. In the fall of 19O3 transferred to the U.S.S. Cleveland and took part in the Rescue of Predicaris from the bandit Raisuli in Morocco. In 19O4 appointed to the Construction Corps and entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass., graduating from there in 19O7 with the degree of Master of Science and ordered to duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard. In the fall of 19O7 appointed an aide to Admiral Robley D. Evans on his technical staff for the cruise around the world and assigned to the destroyers accompanying the fleet which proceeded from Hampton Roads through the Straits of Magellan to Mare Island. Stationed at Mare Island one year and in 1909 transferred to the Phillipine Islands for two and a half years, holding the positions of Manager of Cavite and Olongapo Navy Yards. In 1912 ordered to the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., as assistant to the Construction Officer; graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an assistant Naval Constructor and in 1913 promoted to Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy. In 1916 ordered to New Orleans as Manager of the Navy Yard, remaining during the war, becoming, in addition to the Manager of the Navy Yard, Manager of the 8th Naval District, extending from Pensacola, Fla., to the Mexican border. Head of Inspection Forces for cotton and lumber in all Southern States and Superintending Constructor for U. S. Naval vessels building on the Gulf Coast. Detached from New Orleans late in 1918 and ordered to sea as Fleet Constructor to the U. S. Fleet on Admiral Mayo's staff, remaining in the same position on the staff of Admiral Henry B. Wilson. Detached in July, 1921, as Fleet Constructor and ordered as Assistant Naval Attache to the American Embassy, Court of St. James, London, England, with additional duties as assistant Naval Attache at Paris, France, Berlin, Germany, and Rome, Italy. Detached in September, 1923, and ordered as Superintending Constructor of the Union Plant, Bethlehem Ship Building Co., San Francisco, Calif., with additional duties as Member of the Board of Inspection and Survey for vessels on the Pacific Coast. In February, 1924, ordered as Manager of the Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Territory, and in the summer of 1926 detached from this duty and ordered as Construction Officer of the Navy Yard, New York, N. Y., and so serving at this time. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________