~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USN/CSN COMMODORE MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY b.1806 d.1873 (Founder of the Science of Oceanography) " Pathfinder of the Seas " Statue on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia Father of COLONEL RICHARD LAUNCELOT MAURY 24th Virginia Regiment, Pickett's Division, C.S.A. Kinsman of COLONEL HENRY MAURY Army of the West C.S.A. (Later BRIG. GENERAL HENRY MAURY- 1865) Uncle of USA/CSA GENERAL DABNEY HERNDON MAURY b.1822 d.1900 " Father of the Southern Historical Society " SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS, 52 VOLUMES of SOUTHERN HISTORY (Compiled by Confederates who fought that War, inc. 10 Generals &c.) Founder was General DABNEY HERNDON MAURY * 1868/1869 * Others included: General Robert Edward LEE, General Braxton BRAGG, General Pierre Gustave Toutant BEAUREGARD, General Robert TAYLOR,(son of USA Pres. ZACHARY TAYLOR & brother-in-law to CSA President JEFFERSON DAVIS) and more................. _________________________________________________________ ______| | |______ \ | wmm@hopper.itc.virginia.edu | *** MAURY *** | / \ | Internet | in Virginia | / / |_______________________________________________________| \ /_________) Researching: FONTAINE/MAURY/MINOR/DABNEY/LEE (__________\ HERNDON/BROOKE/MERCER/RANDOLPH/PLEASANTS/MORRIS/MORGAN/BYRD WEST/deGRAFFENRIED/CATESBY/O'CARROLL/ECHOLS/FORSYTHE/GORDON/GRANGER/ MAVERICK/FRY/FOX/ARMSTRONG/WARNER/LUDLOW/CUSTIS/LIGHTFOOT/LEWIS/MAUPIN/ BERKELEY/HURT/CABELL/PAGE/ et al....................... " To sum up all; there are archives at every stage to be look'd into, and rolls, records, documents, and endless genealogies -- In short, there is no end of it." -- Laurence Sterne, _Tristram_Shandy_