and served until taken prisoner at Petersburg, Va., March 25th, 1865: In this battle he fought beside his brother James. Ordered to charge a battery, they reached the guns, one to die, the other taken prisoner. He was given permission to carry his brother from the field.
He married, first, February 28, 1850, Margaret Finley Humphreys, (October 5, 1829—March 27, 1870), daughter of Aaron Finley Humphreys, an Elder in Bethel Church. Five children:
a. Alexander Stuart, b. December 15, 1850, now of Staunton, Va. He m. October 26, 1882, Emma E. Moore, of Rockbridge County. Three children, viz.,—(a) Ida Margaret, b. August 9, 1885; (b) Kathleen Finley, b October 9, 1891; (c) Claudie Bell, b. March 30, 1893.
b. Jane Ann, b. August 25, 1853, lives near Spottswood, Va. She married (the second wife) October 25, 1881, Samuel A. Lightner, (1841-1904), sou of Jacob Lightner and Mary Pilson. Four children, (a) Charles Thompson, b. January 20, 1885, and married, February 23, 1910, Bessie Wilson Ruff; (b) Frank Bell, b. January 5, 1887; (c) John Pilson, b. September 20, 1882, d. November 10, 1884; (d) Finley Alexander, b. January 20, 1893, d. July 27, 1893.
c. Mary Lou, b. April 25, 1857, and married November 18, 1880, Wm. H. Wade. They live near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County. Their children are (a) Finley Moore, b. October 24, 1881; (b) Geo. Wm., September 11, 1883, and m. June 10, 1908, Mary Maude Templeton; (c) John Edwin b. July 15, 1885, and m. February 2, 1909, Grace Berry Templeton, (d) Samuel Bell, b. March 1, 1887, m. December 30, 1908, Mary Ann Potter; (e) Zachariah Walker, b. December 8, 1888; (f) James Alexander, b. October 4, 1890; (g) Jacob Nevius, b. July 13, 1892; (h) Margaret Jane, b. August 6, 1894; (i) David Whipple, b. May 3, 1896, d. March 28, 1897; (j) Charles Thompson, b. February 1, 1898, d. November 5, 1900; (k) Robert McClure, b. March 13, 1901; (l) Frank Lightner, b. December 8, 1902; (m) Freddie Pringle, b. February 2, 1906, d. July 17, 1906.
