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443. ANN MAURY HERNDON: (348 Lucy) Born December 17, 1841, in Fredericksburg; died Savannah, Georgia, June 16, 1885. On October 23, 1861, she married George Anderson Mercer, born February 9, 1835, died Savannah, Georgia, October 23 1907. He was a graduate of Princeton College, New Jersey; a brilliant lawyer and one of the most eloquent and fluent speakers in the south; was offered the U. S. Judgeship for the Southern District of Georgia by President Chester A. Arthur, who was a warm personal friend, but declined it; served in the Confederate Army; and was a prominent member of the Republican Blues, the crack military company of Savannah. He was the son of Major General Hugh Weedon Mercer and his first wife, Mary Stiles Anderson; grandson of General Hugh Mercer, who died January 12, 1777, of wounds received at the battle of Princeton, and his wife, Isabella Gordon, of Fredericksburg. There were seven children. Children (MERCER) 553. Hugh Weedon - born August 25, 1863; died February 3, 1871. NFI. 554. Ann Herndon - born January 8, 1866; died June 6, 1930; married Joseph Muir Lang, by whom she had two sons. NFI. 555. George Anderson - born March 2, 1868; died November 14, 1940; married (1st) Mary Ellis Walter, by whom he had three sons; married (2nd) Lillian Ciucevick, by whom he had one son and two daughters. NFI. 556. Lewis Herndon - born March 4, 1870; died April 3, 1944, unmarried. NFI. 557. Robert Lee - born November 24, 1871; married Katherine Mackay Stiles, by whom he had two sons. NFI. 558. Edward Clifton Anderson - born November 13, 1873; died March 1, 1943; married Josephine Peyton Freeland. There were no children. NFI. 559. Brodie Herndon - born July 11, 1876; died June 13, 1878. NFI. References
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