History of Fairfield, (Clarke County) Virginia United States of America

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Richard Lucian Page - A Biography

Richard Lucian Page, naval officer, was born in Fairfield, Clark county, Va., Dec. 20, 1807; son of William Byrd and Anne (Lee) Page; grandson of Mann and Mary Mason (Selden) Page and of Richard Henry and Anne H. (Carter) Lee, and a descendant of Col. John and Alice (Luckin) Page of Williamsburg, 1650. He attended the common schools of Clark county, and Alexandria, Va., and entered the U.S. navy in 1824. In 1861 he resigned from the Federal service and entered the Confederate army. He was appointed brigadier-general in 1863; took part in the fight at Port Royal and commanded Fort Morgan in Mobile bay at the time of its fall. In 1865 he retired to civil life and removed to Norfolk, Va. He was married Nov. 4, 1841, to Alexina, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Calvert) Taylor of Norfolk. He is the author of: The Defense of Fort Morgan in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," Vol. IV., pp. 408-10. He died at Blue Ridge, Summit, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor