MRS. LAURA F. ATKINSON. 18486
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Wife of Robert Atkinson
Descendant of Capt. Charles Wilson Peale, of Pennsylvania, and of Capt. Robert Gamble, of Virginia.
Daughter of Alexander C. Robinson and Rosa Wirt, his wife.
Granddaughter of Alexander Robinson and Angelica Peale, his wife; William Wirt and Elizabeth Gamble, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Charles Willson Peale and Rachel Brewer, his wife; Robert Gamble and Jane Grattan, his wife.
Charles Willson Peale, (1741-1827), served at Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, Whitemarsh and Valley Forge. He was a member of the Assembly, 1778. He was a celebrated artist and his portraits of Washington are very valuable. He was born in Maryland and died in Philadelphia.
Also Nos. 2350, 6426, 12820.
Robert Gamble, (1754-1810), entered the army as lieutenant of the first company raised in Augusta Co., Va., and fought from Quebec to Yorktown. He served to the close of the war when he held the rank of captain. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Also Nos. 2647, 3910, 9314, 15768.
