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Author: Cabell, Margaret Couch (Anthony), 1814-1882
Print source: Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg.
Cabell, Margaret Couch (Anthony), 1814-1882.
Richmond: C. H. Wynne, 1858
Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg.
...excerpts from: Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg...
In the year 1824, Mr. Morriss took possession of the Washington House,
which he kept with great success for several years; then he moved to
the Franklin Hotel, of which he was the worthy and beloved proprietor
for a length of time
Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg.
Robert Morriss of Lynchburg
Thirty-eight years since, the large dwelling opposite the residence of
Dr. Robert Early was owned by ROBERT MORRISS, Esq.
Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg.
just thought it interesting.....
Soon after settling in Bedford county, Mr. Ward built, pretty much at his own
expense, a small Church, known as Chax-creek Church, in which Mr. Crawford
officiated. That Church has long since gone down, and Trinity,
Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg.
i get there was a small population just another odd......
Nor can this chapter be closed without a brief
tribute to the memory of Mrs. John Morriss, of
Lynchburg. She was the oldest daughter of Dr.
Samuel J. Cabell, of Bedford.
Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg.
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