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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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Charles Warner Lewis Carter Dr.
Dr. Charles Warner Lewis Carter and his wife Mary Chastain Cocke, lived in Charlottesville, VA.
James Powell Cocke, lived at "Malvern Hills".
Edward Codrington Carrington Gen.
Edward Codrington Carrington received a medal for gallant services in the War of 1812.
William Campbell Preston Carrington
Maj. William Campbell Preston Carrington, CSA, was killed in the Battle of Baker's Creek near Vicksburg, Virginia.
James McDowell Preston was an officer in the CSA.
Major William Broadus, of Culpeper Co., VA.
During the Civil War, Captain Ball enlisted in the Loudoun Ca., C.S.A., in 1861. He was appointed Capt. on the staff of Gen. Richard Griffith, Oct., 1861. In 1862, owing to ill health, he was declared unfit for service, left the army, but returned to do relief duty. He was an invlaid when the war of 1861 began, having had 20 severe hemorrhages from the lungs after his 23rd year. After the war Mr. & Mrs. Ball established "Springwood Select Home School" for young ladies, near Leesburg, in which he educated Confederate orphans free of charge, until his health again demanded rest from active duties.
Burgess Ball never married.
Miss Mary Randolph Ball and her sisters established an Educational Home for Young ladies at 2325 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Washington Circle), Washington, DC.