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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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Dr. William Allen Carrington received his M.D. degree from the University of Virginia, 1847-1850. He located in New York City, and had acquired a lucrative practice in that city when the Civil War began. He gave up his practice there, escaping from the city with much difficulty. After many adventures, he arrived in Richmond and gave his services to the CSA, serving in the field and afterwards as the Confederate medical director for Virginia in charge of all the hospitals in and around Richmond, with numerous clerks and hundreds of medical officers under his command, and tens of thousands of sick and wounded under his care. The Rev. Dr. W. U. Murkland, of Baltimorewho was his chief clerk, wrote of him: "He was a very fine looking man, with nobel carriage, courteous manners, kind, considerate, conscientious, and withal a warm-hearted Christian. His services as director deserve high praise." (Source: "The Cabells and Their Kin", pp. 621-622).
William A. Carrington died in infancy.
Edgar Wirt Carrington was a lawyer in Richmond, VA.