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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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William, the son of Robert Ball, inherited his father's personal estate. He dwelt at Workingham, where he died.
William Ball, Lord of Manor of Barkham. Commissioner of Berkshire County.
"Claude Belshe, son of John C. and Mary A. Belshe, was born on the place where he now lives, on route three, Trenton, MO., March 6, 1881. After completing the public school course he took courses in the Kirksville Normal, and Avalon College. Mr. Belshe was married December 25, 1901, to Miss Mabel B. Crawford, daughter of Judge H. C. Crawford. They have one child, Vivian Calvin, born March 12, 1903.
Mr. Belshe was raised on the old Belshe farm four miles southeast of Trenton. He bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, owning now three hundred and eighty acres, which includes three hundred acres of the old home place and an eighty acre (parcel) just across the road.
Mr. Belshe is a member of the Christian Church". (Source: "A History of Grundy County", Ford, 1908, pp. 446-448).
Hon. William H. Cabell, Governor of Virginia 1805, and President Virginia Court of Appeals, of which he was a Judge from 1811-1853. He received the first bachelor of law degree awarded by the College of William & Mary.
Among the most memorable events during his administration as Governor were: the trial of Aaron Burr; the firing on the United States frigate Chesapeake by the British sloop-of-war Leopard, on June 22, 1807; and the blockading of Hampton Roads, on July 3, 1807, by the British squadron under Commodore Douglass.
Nicholas Carrington Cabell was educated at William and Mary College, 1816. He did not marry.