Person:Brodie Herndon (1)

Dr. Herndon, who was born in Fredericksburg on July 7, 1810, was a graduate in medicine from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and received his degree of M. D. at the early age of 20. He first settled in Culpeper Court House, where he remained for 10 years; removing to his native town, where he practiced his profession until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he was appointed a surgeon in the Confederate Army in charge of hospitals in Richmond, 1861-65. After the close of the war, he returned to Fredericksburg where he remained for thre years. At the solicitation of his four daughters, who had married Savanah men, he moved to that city, where he practiced his profession until a few years before his death which occurred at the residence of his son, Dabney, in Washington, D. C., Saturday, August 7, 1886.

1. ↑ John W. Hansborough. History and Genealogy of the Hansborough - Hansbrough Family. (Name: Name: 1981, John W. Hansborough;;)
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   Dr. Herndon, who was born in Fredericksburg on July 7, 1810, was a graduate in medicine from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and received his degree of M. D. at the early age of 20. He first se ttled in Culpeper Court House, where he remained for 10 years; removing to his native town, where he practiced his profession until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he was appointed a surgeon in th e Confederate Army in charge of hospitals in Richmond, 1861-65. After the close of the war, he returned to Fredericksburg where he remained for thre years. At the solicitation of his four daughters, w ho had married Savanah men, he moved to that city, where he practiced his profession until a few years before his death which occurred at the residence of his son, Dabney, in Washington, D. C., Saturd ay, August 7, 1886.