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GEORGE WILLIAM [M.D.] "MOZIS ADDUMS" BAGBY 4 (GEORGE, Jr. 3, GEORGE, Sr. 2, WILLIAM 1) was born August 13, 1828 in Buckingham County, Virginia, and died November 29, 1883. He married LUCY "PARKE" CHAMBERLAYNE February 16, 1863. She was born June 8, 1842, and died September 15, 1927.

More About LUCY "PARKE" CHAMBERLAYNE:
Birth, death and marriage dates are the research of Don Chamberlayne.

 

GEORGE William [M.D.] BAGBY: a.k.a. "MOZIS ADDUMS" Education: Ca Ira, Dr. Page's Boarding School, Buckingham County, Virginia; Prince Edward Court House School, conducted by Rev. Ballantyne; attended Edgehill School at Princeton, New Jersey; and Delaware College. In 1846 the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and graduated from there 3 years later. He was successful with a series of articles in the Lynchburg Virginian, which lured him away from medicine. He edited the Lynchburg Express [Paper], became Washington correspondent of the New Orleans Crescent, and contributor regularly to the Atlantic Monthly, and the Southern Literary Messenger [Richmond newspaper] and in 1860 became editor of that paper. In 1868 he became editor and part owner of the Native Virginian, edited at Orange. In 1869 was appointed custodian of the State Library in Richmond. He was a prolific author and lecturer.

 

LUCY "PARKE" CHAMBERLAYNE: According to Don Chamberlayne, a researcher of the surname Chamberlayne, she was known as "Parke". This is from an Ambrotype, originally courtesy of Miss Ellen M. Bagby of Richmond, Virginia. It was submitted by: Don Chamberlayne

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After viewing this ambrotype of Parke, I corresponded with Don Chamberlayne. Her eyes struck me as having what I call a sad or haunting look and so I inquired for more information about her. The following is the response from Don Chamberlayne:

What year that picture was taken is unknown, but she does look young (and may not have been a Bagby yet). As you know, she married G. William in February of 1863 at the age of almost 21. You said she looked sad. She might have been, especially at that time, since the War was on (presumably), her brother was away fighting it, her father had passed away a few years before (when she was 12), her other two living brothers were both deaf mutes (although hardly stopped from living full lives), and, as I understand it, her poor mother had given birth to a number of other children who had not lived. However, I have no record of any of them. It may also be true that Mr. Bagby may have left her home a lot while on his tours. On the other hand, I get the impression that she was a bright, active woman who accomplished plenty before her death in 1927.

1. VIRGINIA BAGBY, b. January 10, 1864; d. Unknown.
2. LEWIS WEBB CHAMBERLAYNE BAGBY, b. November 13, 1865; d. February 02, 1867.
More About LEWIS WEBB CHAMBERLAYNE BAGBY: Full name, birth and death dates taken from Virginia State Library accession #30649.
3. JOHN HAMPDEN CHAMBERLAYNE BAGBY, b. July 20, 1867; d. about 1934.
Notes for JOHN HAMDEN CHAMBERLAYNE BAGBY:
Source: as below, provided by Tom Smith, May 2001

BAGBY, John Hampden Chamberlayne, College Professor; b. at Middleburg, Virginia, July 28, 1867; s. George Will and Lucy Parke (Chamberlayne) B.M.A., U. Va., 1888, M.E. 1891, PhD., 1894; LL.D., Hampden-Sidney (Virginia) College; unmarried. Began teach Wallace's University School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1888; natural science, Hampden-Sidney College, 1892-99, physics and astronomy, 1899-, v.p., 1904-14 (pres. Part of 1904). Democrat. Episcopalian. He ... Hampden-Sidney, Virginia. Died 1934. [Some words were cut off in the printed copy.]
- Bagby Family History, by Emma McPheron, 1996; reprinted from "Who's Who in America"

Bagby Hall at Hampden-Sydney College is named in honor of John Hampden Chamberlayne Bagby and it was the first building on campus to have electricity installed at the time of building.

View a photo of the Bagby Hall at Hampden-Sydney College

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Full name & birth date taken from Virginia State Library accession #30649
Occupation: President of Hampden-Sydney College

4. MARTHA BURRWELL DABNEY BAGBY, b. December 16, 1869; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE GORDON BATTLE, April 12, 1898; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About MARTHA BURRWELL DABNEY BAGBY: Name, birth date & marriage date taken from Virginia State Library accession #30649.
5. WOODVILLE LATHAM BAGBY, b. March 20, 1872; d. January 26, 1873.
More About WOODVILLE LATHAM BAGBY: Full name, birth and death dates taken from Virginia State Library accession #30649.
6. PARKE CHAMBERLAYNE BAGBY, b. February 27, 1874; d. Unknown; m. CHARLES EDWARD BOLLING, April 14, 1894; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
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Burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Full name & birth date & marriage date taken from Virginia State Library accession #30649.
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Burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Full name, birth date & marriage date taken from Virginia State Library accession #30649.
7. GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY, JR., b. September 30, 1876; d. Unknown.
More About GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY, JR.: Twin to Robert Coleman "Bob" Bagby
8. ROBERT COLEMAN "BOB" BAGBY, b. September 30, 1876.
More About ROBERT COLEMAN "BOB" BAGBY: Twin to George William Bagby, Jr.
9. ELLEN MATHEWS BAGBY, b. April 03, 1879; d. after 1955.
Notes for ELLEN MATHEWS BAGBY:

The following is typed from a very hard to read copy of a newspaper article that was found among papers of John Robert Bagby of Mountain View, Arkansas, John's Grandfather, after his death. There are no identifying marks for what newspaper it was clipped from. It has a photo of which only an outline may ber seen. From the caption near the bottom of the page I believe it was copied from a newspaper in Richmond, Virginia.

- Sherri Schäefer Bagby



Miss Ellen Bagby, left, with Queen Mother Elizabeth and Lewis F. McMurran, chairman of the Virginia commission for the Jamestown anniversary celebration, during the Queen Mother's visit to Virginia in 1955.

And this is the article:

"Who is Ellen Bagby?" Obviously that question was asked by a stranger. For anyone who has lived in Richmond or Virginia any appreciable time knows that Ellen Bagby is "Miss Jamestown."

She is also "Miss APVA"; and her name is almost synonymous with that of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Indeed, she was practically born into it as her mother was a charter member, first corresponding secretary, and first chairman of the Jamestown committee.

Among her happiest childhood memories are visits to the island with her mother. The drive along the narrow roads from Williamsburg through thick woodlands seemed to her almost primeval. She felt that Indians might dart out from behind the trees at any moment.

Nostalgically she recalls the annual May 13 excursions on the steamer Pocahontas.

"It was a wonderful trip remembered by many Richmonders," she says.

"Sometimes there were as many as a thousand of us aboard."

"We left Richmond at 7 a.m. and arrived at Jamestown at 3 p.m., then were back in Richmond at 10 p.m. And always we were met on the dock by a welcoming group of William and Mary students. "We only spent about an hour on the island, but it was an unforgettable hour."

She says her heart always lifted as they approached "the romantic old church tower," and that she used to dream secretly of someday being the chairman of the Jamestown Committee.

She died in 1930. The appointment was to her a complete surprise and quite a shock. Since she has never been very strong, she considered turning down the honor. But then she decided that, as her mother who had eight children and worked all day in an office had undertaken the chairmanship, she could at least try.

Her family opposed her accepting, insisting she did not have the strength to handle the amount of work involved. Where upon Miss Bagby sent a telegram to the president of the association. It was a remarkably short one, saying only, "I can and I will."

The reason for her appointment, Miss Bagby thinks, was that a few years before, when the treasury was almost empty,...

Sorry, I have only a photo copy of this very interesting article from an unknown newspaper and the rest of the article is cut off at the bottom. The article also has a photo that cannot be seen clearly of two women and one man. The caption reads: "Miss Ellen Bagby, left, with Queen Mother Elizabeth and Lewis F. McMurran, chairman of the Virginia commission for the Jamestown anniversary celebration, during the Queen Mother's visit to Virginia in 1955."

This article was found among the papers of John Robert Bagby of Mountain View, Arkansas after his death. [My husband's Grandfather]. It was sent to him in 1966 from a Wilbur Bagby via a Donald Bagby of Illinois.

- Sherri Schäefer Bagby

10. PHILIP HAXALL BAGBY, b. December 03, 1882; d. March 16, 1926.

James M. Mathews

Son of William B. Mathews, clerk of Essex county, Virginia, who died in 1830, and Mary Jameson Garnett Wood, his wife, was born in Essex county. He was educated at William and Mary College, and was a well-known lawyer and law writer of Richmond, Virginia.

He was reporter of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia, and author of "Civil and Criminal Digest of the Laws of Virginia," and "Guide to Commissioners in Chancery."

He married Ellen A. Bagby, of Richmond, sister of the well-known Dr. George W. Bagby. He was father of William B. Matthews, late of Washington, author of "Forms of Pleading" and other books, and of the artist George B. Matthews, also of Washington.

More About ELLEN A. BAGBY:
Marriage record source: LDS Record

More About JAMES M. MATHEWS, SR.:
LDS Records show him as James Madison Mathews and born about 1830


Children of ELLEN BAGBY and JAMES MATHEWS are:

1. WILLIAM B. MATHEWS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
2. GEORGE B. MATHEWS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
3. MARIA MATHEWS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. C.B. WILLE; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
4. CORNELIA MATHEWS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
5. MARTHA MATHEWS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
6. JAMES M. MATHEWS, JR., b. about 1873; d. Unknown.
7. ELLEN G. MATHEWS, b. about 1879; d. Unknown.

JAMES BAGBY 4 (HENRY "HARRY" 3, GEORGE 2, WILLIAM 1) was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married UNKNOWN. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

More About JAMES BAGBY:
Known to have resided in Texas


Child of JAMES BAGBY and UNKNOWN is:

1. WILLIAM LUTHER [REV] BAGBY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Note: James Bagby and son William Luther [Rev] Bagby may be a duplicate of another James Bagby in the first and main report on this web site. - Sherri Schäefer Bagby.

ANN BAGBY 4 (HENRY "HARRY" 3, GEORGE 2, WILLIAM 1) was born Unknown. She married UNKNOWN LIPSCOMB. He was born Unknown.

Children of ANN BAGBY and UNKNOWN LIPSCOMB are:

1. BERNARD LIPSCOMB, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
2. ROBERT LIPSCOMB, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.