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Mother: Alisie FLOOD |
Appointed by President Jefferson as attorney for the district of Potomac in 1802, from District of Columbia in 1804.
"He studied law under Bushrod C. Washington, later a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court andws admitted to the bar when but twenty years of age. He was appointed United States Attorney for the District of the Potomac by President Jefferson in 1802. In 1821 he as appointed by President Monroe as Major General of Militia and as suh in 1824 welcomed and received General Lafayette upon his visit to Alexandria. He was one of the most noted lawyers of his day, being the associate of Daniel Webster in the trail of the famous Girard Will Case in Philadeliphia.
"died on Oct 14, 1861, at the home of his son-in-law, Dr. Thomas Millerin Washington, D.C., leaving twelve children, viz: Mrs. Thomas Miller of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Henry Tazewell Harrison of Leesburg VA.; Mrs. Mathew Harrison of Leesburg, VA.; Mrs. Robert Peyton of Fauquier Co., VA.; Mrs.Joseph Packard f the Espiscopal Theological Seminary, Virginia; Miss Violetta Jones of Washington, D.C.; Miss Cornelia Jones of Washington, D.C.; Thomas W. Jones a civil engineer and Catherine Jones who later died a Missionary in China and as buried there." [S932]
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Walter JONES _______| | | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--Walter JONES | (1776 - 1861) | __ | | | _William FLOOD ______| | | | | | |__ | | |_Alisie FLOOD _______| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
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