Person:Joseph Hansbrough (3)

295.JOSEPH SUMNER HANSBROUGH: (242 James) According to two Hansbrough Bibles, he was born on Tuesday, September 28, 1790, but according to the inscription on his tombstone (probably incorrect), he was born September 22, 1790. He died August 13, 1864, in Washington, D. C., where he was then living, and on the 19th was buried in lot #218, range 69, of the "Washington Parish Burial Ground" belonging to Christ Church, Washington Parish, commonly known as the "Congressional Cemetery." A cousin, in describing him in a letter, says that "he was strikingly patrician in appearance and deportment." On March 12, 1813, Reverend John Littlefield certified that he married Joseph Hansbrough o Sarah Myers, but did not give the date of the marriage. Sarah, who was born in 1792, was the youngest of eight children of Benjamin Myers, of Loudoun. Sarah was a brunette, very handsome, and it is said that her two daughters inherited their beauty from her. She died on Wednesday, January 3, 1827, leaving three children, the youngest, a ten year-old daughter.

Children (HANSBROUGH) 348. LUCY ELEANOR - born June 6, 1813. 349. WILLIAM SUMNER - born March 1, 1815. 350. FRANCES ELIZABETH - born October 10, 1817. 351. Sarah Parker - born April 1, 1819; died June 29, 1820, age about 15 months. NFI.

1. ↑ John W. Hansborough. History and Genealogy of the Hansborough - Hansbrough Family. (Name: Name: 1981, John W. Hansborough;;)
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   295.JOSEPH SUMNER HANSBROUGH: (242 James) According to two Hansbrough Bibles, he was born on Tuesday, September 28, 1790, but according to the inscription on his tombstone (probably incorrect), he wa s born September 22, 1790. He died August 13, 1864, in Washington, D. C., where he was then living, and on the 19th was buried in lot #218, range 69, of the "Washington Parish Burial Ground" belongin g to Christ Church, Washington Parish, commonly known as the "Congressional Cemetery." A cousin, in describing him in a letter, says that "he was strikingly patrician in appearance and deportment." On March 12, 1813, Reverend John Littlefield certified that he married Joseph Hansbrough o Sarah Myers, but did not give the date of the marriage. Sarah, who was born in 1792, was the youngest of eig ht children of Benjamin Myers, of Loudoun. Sarah was a brunette, very handsome, and it is said that her two daughters inherited their beauty from her. She died on Wednesday, January 3, 1827, leaving t hree children, the youngest, a ten year-old daughter. Children (HANSBROUGH) 348. LUCY ELEANOR - born June 6, 1813. 349. WILLIAM SUMNER - born March 1, 1815. 350. FRANCES ELIZABETH - born October 10, 1817. 351. Sarah Parker - born April 1, 1819; died June 29, 1820, age about 15 months. NFI.