History of Winchester, (Winchester (city) County) Virginia United States of America

Edward Colston, representative, was born near Winchester, Va., Dec. 25, 1786; son of Rawleigh and Elizabeth (Marshall) Colston; grandson of Traverse and Susanna (epic) Colston; great-grandson of Charles and Susan (Traverse) Colston; great-great grandson of William Colston, and great-great-great grandson of William Colston who left Bristol, England, for Virginia, about 1645. In 1801 his family removed to "Honeywood" Berkeley county, and in 1806 he was graduated at the College of New Jersey. He became a lawyer and was elected in 1821 to the Virginia house of delegates. He was a representative in the 15th congress, 1817-19. He was again in the house of delegates in 1826-27, and in 1833-34. For many years he was a magistrate and in 1845 was high sheriff of Berkeley county. He served in the war of 1812 as a lieutenant. He died at "Honeywood," Berkeley county, Va., April 23, 1851.

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

Alfred Magill Randolph, first bishop of Southern Virginia and 132d in succession in the American episcopate, was born at "The Meadows," the estate of John Magill near Winchester, Va., Aug. 31, 1836; son of Robert Lee and Mary Buckner Thruston (Magill) Randolph; grandson of Col. Robert and Eliza (Carter) Randolph and of Col. Charles and Mary (Thruston) Magill, and a descendant of William Randolph of Turkey Island, Va., who came from Warwickshire, England, arriving in Jamestown, Va., in 1674. He was graduated from William and Mary college, A.B., 1855, A.M., 1858, and from the Virginia Theological seminary in 1858; was admitted to the diaconate in 1858 and advanced to the priesthood in 1860. He was married, April 27, 1859, to Sallie Griffith, daughter of Dr. William and Eliza (Griffith) Hoxton of Alexandria, Va., and great-grand-daughter of the Rev. Dr. David Griffith . He was the rector of St. George's, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862?63; chaplain in the Confederate army, 1862?65; rector of Christ church, Alexandria, Va., 1866?67; of Emanuel church, Baltimore, Md., 1867?83, and was elected bishop coadjutor of Virginia in 1883. He was consecrated, Oct. 21, 1883, by Bishops Williams, Howe, Dudley, Perry, Alexander Burgess and Peterkin. Upon the division of the diocese of Virginia in 1892 he became the first bishop of the diocese of Southern Virginia and made Norfolk the see city. He received the degree of D.D. from William and Mary college in 1876; that of LL.D. from Washington and Lee university in 1887 and that of D.C.L. from the University of the South in 1902.

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

Helen Hamilton (Chenoweth) Gardener, author, was born in Winchester, Va., Jan. 21, 1858; daughter of the Rev. Alfred Griffith and Katherine (Peel) Chenoweth, both natives of Virginia. She was a descendant from Arthur Chenoweth, who settled in Maryland in 1635, from Lord Baltimore or the 3d Lord Fairfax, and from Sir Henry Cromwell. She was graduated at the Cincinnati high and normal schools and took a post-graduate course in biology, medicine and other branches in New York. She began to write at a very early age, contributing to magazines and newspapers, and became active as a lecturer, editor and writer in movements for the progress and development of women, for the defence of human rights without sex limitations, and for social and ethical reform. She was elected a member of various social and scientific societies and came to be acknowledged as an authority on heredity. She was married to C. Selden Smart in 1875. Many of her writings were translated into the German, French, Russian, Italian and Japanese languages. She is the author of: Men, Women and Gods, essays (1885); Pulpit, Pew and Cradle (1887); A Thoughtless Yes (1890); Pushed by Unseen Hands (1890); Is This Your Son, My Lord ? (1891); Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter ? (1892); Facts and Fictions of Life (1893); An Unofficial Patriot (1894); a sociological and historical novel of the civil war which was dramatized under the title Griffeth Davenport by James A. Herne and produced in 1899; Have Children a Right to Legal Protection ? (1896); Historical Sketches of Our Navy (1900); Heredity (1900); and a play, His Parisian Model; besides contributions to periodicals of short stories, essays and scientific articles.

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

Hamilton Rowan Gamble, governor of Missouri, was born in Winchester, Va., Nov. 29, 1798; son of Joseph and Annie (Hamilton) Gamble. His father was born in Ireland and emigrated to America, settling in Virginia in 1784. He attended Hampden Sidney college and was admitted to the Virginia bar about 1817. In 1818 he removed to Franklin, Mo., and in 1824 was elected secretary of state. Subsequently he removed to St. Louis and became presiding judge of the supreme court of Missouri and a representative in the state legislature. In August, 1861, he was a delegate to the State constitutional convention and by that body was made provisional governor to supersede Claiborne F. Jackson who had joined the secessionists. In June, 1863, he reassembled the state convention and during the session offered his resignation as governor which was not accepted and he was still in office at the time of his death. He was married in November, 1827, at Columbia, S.C., to Caroline, daughter of David Coalter and a sister of Mrs. William Harper and Mrs. William C. Preston of South Carolina. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 31, 1864.

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

History of Winchester, (Winchester (city) County) Virginia

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