Judge Thomas Howard DuVal (St. Joseph's (Bardstown, Ky.) 1833), the second son of Gov. William Pope (1784-1854) and Nancy Hynes DuVal (1786-1841), was born November 4, 1813, in Buckingham County, Va. He was a lawyer, secretary of state for the Territory of Florida, 1837/43-45, secretary of state for the Territory of Texas, 1852, judge of the Second Judicial District of Texas, 1855-56, and first judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1857-61, 1865-80. He moved to Austin in 1845, and left Texas when it seceded during the Civil War, dividing his time between Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. He gave President Lincoln ideas for ending the war. His interesting diary for the period of 1857-78 is in the University of Texas library at Austin. He married in 1839, in Lynchburg, Va., his first cousin, Laura Peyton DuVal (1816-1913), daughter of Gen. John Pope (1790-1854) and Ann Fouchee Tebbs DuVal (1791-1868), of Tallahassee. Their five children were Florence Randolph (1840-1881), Capt. Burr Grayson (1842-93), Anne Rollins (1848-1904), Mary H. (1852-1938), and John T. DuVal (1860-77).
Florence Randolph DuVal (1840-81) lived in Austin, Tex. She was author of the book The Marble Lily and Other Poems (1878) and editor of The Austin Librarian. She married in 1859, Justice Charles Shannon West (1829-85)(USC 1848), son of Mayor John Charles (1801-55) and Nancy Clark Eccles West (1808-43), of Camden, S.C. He was a lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature, 1855-56, associate justice on the Texas Supreme Court, 1882-85, and a major in the Civil War, 1861-65, serving as judge advocate general under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. He owned 3,700 acres of land. His father was mayor of Camden, S.C. Their four children were Robert Green (1860-1904), Judge Duval G. (1862-1949), Kate Thornton (1865), and attorney William Steele West (1872-1941), of Brownsville, Tx.
Captain Burr Grayson DuVal (1842-93) served in the Civil War, 1862-65, and was aide-de-camp for his uncle, Brig. Gen. William Steele (CSA)(1819-85), who married Ann Duval (1828-77), daughter of Gen. John Pope DuVal (1790-1854). He later resided in San Antonio where he was acting U.S. marshal in 1885 and clerk of the U.S. district court, 1890-93. He married in 1879, Ella Moss (1843-1911), a portrait artist, and daughter of Samuel and Isabel Harris Moss, of the New Orleans, La. area. Their daughter, Kate Duval (1880-1969)(Bryn Mawr c1902), married Henry Sullivan Pitts (1878-1958), of Milton, Mass. She was a teacher and headmistress of private schools for girls. They resided in Milton. They had at least one child, Helen Dorsey Pitts (1910-59), who studied art in Paris.
Anne "Nannie" Rollins DuVal (1848-1904) married in 1870, Brig. General Cyrus Swan Roberts (1841-1917), son of Virgil Beduff (1805-89) and Harriott Rachell Swan Roberts (1817-92), of Sharon, Conn. He was a captain in the Civil War serving in the 105th New York Infantry and was aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General George Crook. He was adjutant general in the 2nd Army Corps in the Spanish-American War, served in the 2nd Infantry in the Philippines, 1901-03. Their children were Brig. General Charles Duval (1873-1966), Cyrus Swan, Jr. (1876-1903), and twins Laura Pearson (1882-1968) and Mary Roberts (1882).
Mary H. "Mollie" DuVal (1852-1938) lived in Austin, Tex. She married (1) in 1875, William Nelson III (1845-77)(VMI 1864), of Yorktown, Va., a surveyor and nephew of Nelson Page, of Virginia. She married (2) in 1883, John Wilson Maddox (1846-1914), son of Nicholas (1800-80) and Sarah Nix Maddox (1821-63), of Austin. He was a lawyer, surveyor, and land trader. Their daughter, Frances N. Maddox (1883-1961), lived in Austin and was a school teacher and librarian. She married c1910, Lewis Massie. Their son was Welton Duval Massie (1912-31).
See 1870-1880 Census, Austin, Travis County, Tx. (Burr, Mary, and John DuVal); Bessie Berry Grabowskii, The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701, Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot and Allied Families (Richmond, Va., 1931), 235, 237; Margaret Gwin Buchanan, The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia 1794-1935 (Lynchburg, Va., 1938), 104-105, 108-110; Roy L. Swift, Civilizers, The DuVals of Texas From Virginia through Kentucky and Florida (Eakin Press, 1992), 75, 99, 111, 125-145, 201-225, 249-261, 271-273, 305-311, 333 (photos of a few DuVals); Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Major William DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 5-6, 12-13, 20-22; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 38-42.
Florence Randolph DuVal (1840-81) lived in Austin, Tex. She was author of the book The Marble Lily and Other Poems (1878) and editor of The Austin Librarian. She married in 1859, Justice Charles Shannon West (1829-85)(USC 1848), son of Mayor John Charles (1801-55) and Nancy Clark Eccles West (1808-43), of Camden, S.C. He was a lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature, 1855-56, associate justice on the Texas Supreme Court, 1882-85, and a major in the Civil War, 1861-65, serving as judge advocate general under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. He owned 3,700 acres of land. His father was mayor of Camden, S.C. Their four children were Robert Green (1860-1904), Judge Duval G. (1862-1949), Kate Thornton (1865), and attorney William Steele West (1872-1941), of Brownsville, Tx.
Captain Burr Grayson DuVal (1842-93) served in the Civil War, 1862-65, and was aide-de-camp for his uncle, Brig. Gen. William Steele (CSA)(1819-85), who married Ann Duval (1828-77), daughter of Gen. John Pope DuVal (1790-1854). He later resided in San Antonio where he was acting U.S. marshal in 1885 and clerk of the U.S. district court, 1890-93. He married in 1879, Ella Moss (1843-1911), a portrait artist, and daughter of Samuel and Isabel Harris Moss, of the New Orleans, La. area. Their daughter, Kate Duval (1880-1969)(Bryn Mawr c1902), married Henry Sullivan Pitts (1878-1958), of Milton, Mass. She was a teacher and headmistress of private schools for girls. They resided in Milton. They had at least one child, Helen Dorsey Pitts (1910-59), who studied art in Paris.
Anne "Nannie" Rollins DuVal (1848-1904) married in 1870, Brig. General Cyrus Swan Roberts (1841-1917), son of Virgil Beduff (1805-89) and Harriott Rachell Swan Roberts (1817-92), of Sharon, Conn. He was a captain in the Civil War serving in the 105th New York Infantry and was aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General George Crook. He was adjutant general in the 2nd Army Corps in the Spanish-American War, served in the 2nd Infantry in the Philippines, 1901-03. Their children were Brig. General Charles Duval (1873-1966), Cyrus Swan, Jr. (1876-1903), and twins Laura Pearson (1882-1968) and Mary Roberts (1882).
Mary H. "Mollie" DuVal (1852-1938) lived in Austin, Tex. She married (1) in 1875, William Nelson III (1845-77)(VMI 1864), of Yorktown, Va., a surveyor and nephew of Nelson Page, of Virginia. She married (2) in 1883, John Wilson Maddox (1846-1914), son of Nicholas (1800-80) and Sarah Nix Maddox (1821-63), of Austin. He was a lawyer, surveyor, and land trader. Their daughter, Frances N. Maddox (1883-1961), lived in Austin and was a school teacher and librarian. She married c1910, Lewis Massie. Their son was Welton Duval Massie (1912-31).
See 1870-1880 Census, Austin, Travis County, Tx. (Burr, Mary, and John DuVal); Bessie Berry Grabowskii, The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701, Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot and Allied Families (Richmond, Va., 1931), 235, 237; Margaret Gwin Buchanan, The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia 1794-1935 (Lynchburg, Va., 1938), 104-105, 108-110; Roy L. Swift, Civilizers, The DuVals of Texas From Virginia through Kentucky and Florida (Eakin Press, 1992), 75, 99, 111, 125-145, 201-225, 249-261, 271-273, 305-311, 333 (photos of a few DuVals); Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Major William DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 5-6, 12-13, 20-22; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 38-42.
Judge Thomas Howard DuVal (St. Joseph's (Bardstown, Ky.) 1833), the second son of Gov. William Pope (1784-1854) and Nancy Hynes DuVal (1786-1841), was born November 4, 1813, in Buckingham County, Va. He was a lawyer, secretary of state for the Territory of Florida, 1837/43-45, secretary of state for the Territory of Texas, 1852, judge of the Second Judicial District of Texas, 1855-56, and first judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1857-61, 1865-80. He moved to Austin in 1845, and left Texas when it seceded during the Civil War, dividing his time between Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. He gave President Lincoln ideas for ending the war. His interesting diary for the period of 1857-78 is in the University of Texas library at Austin. He married in 1839, in Lynchburg, Va., his first cousin, Laura Peyton DuVal (1816-1913), daughter of Gen. John Pope (1790-1854) and Ann Fouchee Tebbs DuVal (1791-1868), of Tallahassee. Their five children were Florence Randolph (1840-1881), Capt. Burr Grayson (1842-93), Anne Rollins (1848-1904), Mary H. (1852-1938), and John T. DuVal (1860-77).
Florence Randolph DuVal (1840-81) lived in Austin, Tex. She was author of the book The Marble Lily and Other Poems (1878) and editor of The Austin Librarian. She married in 1859, Justice Charles Shannon West (1829-85)(USC 1848), son of Mayor John Charles (1801-55) and Nancy Clark Eccles West (1808-43), of Camden, S.C. He was a lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature, 1855-56, associate justice on the Texas Supreme Court, 1882-85, and a major in the Civil War, 1861-65, serving as judge advocate general under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. He owned 3,700 acres of land. His father was mayor of Camden, S.C. Their four children were Robert Green (1860-1904), Judge Duval G. (1862-1949), Kate Thornton (1865), and attorney William Steele West (1872-1941), of Brownsville, Tx.
Captain Burr Grayson DuVal (1842-93) served in the Civil War, 1862-65, and was aide-de-camp for his uncle, Brig. Gen. William Steele (CSA)(1819-85), who married Ann Duval (1828-77), daughter of Gen. John Pope DuVal (1790-1854). He later resided in San Antonio where he was acting U.S. marshal in 1885 and clerk of the U.S. district court, 1890-93. He married in 1879, Ella Moss (1843-1911), a portrait artist, and daughter of Samuel and Isabel Harris Moss, of the New Orleans, La. area. Their daughter, Kate Duval (1880-1969)(Bryn Mawr c1902), married Henry Sullivan Pitts (1878-1958), of Milton, Mass. She was a teacher and headmistress of private schools for girls. They resided in Milton. They had at least one child, Helen Dorsey Pitts (1910-59), who studied art in Paris.
Anne "Nannie" Rollins DuVal (1848-1904) married in 1870, Brig. General Cyrus Swan Roberts (1841-1917), son of Virgil Beduff (1805-89) and Harriott Rachell Swan Roberts (1817-92), of Sharon, Conn. He was a captain in the Civil War serving in the 105th New York Infantry and was aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General George Crook. He was adjutant general in the 2nd Army Corps in the Spanish-American War, served in the 2nd Infantry in the Philippines, 1901-03. Their children were Brig. General Charles Duval (1873-1966), Cyrus Swan, Jr. (1876-1903), and twins Laura Pearson (1882-1968) and Mary Roberts (1882).
Mary H. "Mollie" DuVal (1852-1938) lived in Austin, Tex. She married (1) in 1875, William Nelson III (1845-77)(VMI 1864), of Yorktown, Va., a surveyor and nephew of Nelson Page, of Virginia. She married (2) in 1883, John Wilson Maddox (1846-1914), son of Nicholas (1800-80) and Sarah Nix Maddox (1821-63), of Austin. He was a lawyer, surveyor, and land trader. Their daughter, Frances N. Maddox (1883-1961), lived in Austin and was a school teacher and librarian. She married c1910, Lewis Massie. Their son was Welton Duval Massie (1912-31).
See 1870-1880 Census, Austin, Travis County, Tx. (Burr, Mary, and John DuVal); Bessie Berry Grabowskii, The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701, Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot and Allied Families (Richmond, Va., 1931), 235, 237; Margaret Gwin Buchanan, The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia 1794-1935 (Lynchburg, Va., 1938), 104-105, 108-110; Roy L. Swift, Civilizers, The DuVals of Texas From Virginia through Kentucky and Florida (Eakin Press, 1992), 75, 99, 111, 125-145, 201-225, 249-261, 271-273, 305-311, 333 (photos of a few DuVals); Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Major William DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 5-6, 12-13, 20-22; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 38-42.
Florence Randolph DuVal (1840-81) lived in Austin, Tex. She was author of the book The Marble Lily and Other Poems (1878) and editor of The Austin Librarian. She married in 1859, Justice Charles Shannon West (1829-85)(USC 1848), son of Mayor John Charles (1801-55) and Nancy Clark Eccles West (1808-43), of Camden, S.C. He was a lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature, 1855-56, associate justice on the Texas Supreme Court, 1882-85, and a major in the Civil War, 1861-65, serving as judge advocate general under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. He owned 3,700 acres of land. His father was mayor of Camden, S.C. Their four children were Robert Green (1860-1904), Judge Duval G. (1862-1949), Kate Thornton (1865), and attorney William Steele West (1872-1941), of Brownsville, Tx.
Captain Burr Grayson DuVal (1842-93) served in the Civil War, 1862-65, and was aide-de-camp for his uncle, Brig. Gen. William Steele (CSA)(1819-85), who married Ann Duval (1828-77), daughter of Gen. John Pope DuVal (1790-1854). He later resided in San Antonio where he was acting U.S. marshal in 1885 and clerk of the U.S. district court, 1890-93. He married in 1879, Ella Moss (1843-1911), a portrait artist, and daughter of Samuel and Isabel Harris Moss, of the New Orleans, La. area. Their daughter, Kate Duval (1880-1969)(Bryn Mawr c1902), married Henry Sullivan Pitts (1878-1958), of Milton, Mass. She was a teacher and headmistress of private schools for girls. They resided in Milton. They had at least one child, Helen Dorsey Pitts (1910-59), who studied art in Paris.
Anne "Nannie" Rollins DuVal (1848-1904) married in 1870, Brig. General Cyrus Swan Roberts (1841-1917), son of Virgil Beduff (1805-89) and Harriott Rachell Swan Roberts (1817-92), of Sharon, Conn. He was a captain in the Civil War serving in the 105th New York Infantry and was aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General George Crook. He was adjutant general in the 2nd Army Corps in the Spanish-American War, served in the 2nd Infantry in the Philippines, 1901-03. Their children were Brig. General Charles Duval (1873-1966), Cyrus Swan, Jr. (1876-1903), and twins Laura Pearson (1882-1968) and Mary Roberts (1882).
Mary H. "Mollie" DuVal (1852-1938) lived in Austin, Tex. She married (1) in 1875, William Nelson III (1845-77)(VMI 1864), of Yorktown, Va., a surveyor and nephew of Nelson Page, of Virginia. She married (2) in 1883, John Wilson Maddox (1846-1914), son of Nicholas (1800-80) and Sarah Nix Maddox (1821-63), of Austin. He was a lawyer, surveyor, and land trader. Their daughter, Frances N. Maddox (1883-1961), lived in Austin and was a school teacher and librarian. She married c1910, Lewis Massie. Their son was Welton Duval Massie (1912-31).
See 1870-1880 Census, Austin, Travis County, Tx. (Burr, Mary, and John DuVal); Bessie Berry Grabowskii, The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701, Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot and Allied Families (Richmond, Va., 1931), 235, 237; Margaret Gwin Buchanan, The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia 1794-1935 (Lynchburg, Va., 1938), 104-105, 108-110; Roy L. Swift, Civilizers, The DuVals of Texas From Virginia through Kentucky and Florida (Eakin Press, 1992), 75, 99, 111, 125-145, 201-225, 249-261, 271-273, 305-311, 333 (photos of a few DuVals); Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Major William DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 5-6, 12-13, 20-22; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 38-42.
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