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John H. and Sarah Jane (Gaines) Steger, married William Woodson Cosby, born in Goochland county. Virginia, December 13, 1824. died in Richmond, Virginia, December 30, 1885. Mr. Cosby was one of Richmond's most prominent lawyers. He studied law at the L'niversity of X'irginia. was admitted to the \'irginia bar, and practiced law in Richmond all his life. He was appointed captain in the \'irginia militia by Governor Henry .\. A\'ise. May, 1859. At the out- break of the Civil war he organized a com- pany of artillery, and was commissioned captain in the Second Regiment of .\rtillery. Second Division \'irginia Militia by Gov- ernor John Fletcher, February 5, 1862. He performed distinguished service during the war for the Confederate cause — it was his batterv that opened the fight at Mechanics- ville. ■

He married, April 6, 1852, Lucilla Stanley Steger (mentioned above). Children: Jane Gaines, deceased ; Nannie Winston, unmar- ried ; John Steger, deceased ; William W., married Mary Langhorne Nowlin ; Sallie Hardaway, married John S. Wright, born October 11, 1861, died November 22, 1906; Mar}' Meade, married Lewis E. Mason ; Peter Guerraut, married Julia Bedford ; George Harris, married Mary Berkley ; \\'orthington Dorsey, deceased.

(The Garlick Line).

Samuel Garlick (of England) made his will July 14, 1765, in which he devised a large estate to "my beloved wife Mary," "my three sons, John, Samuel and Camm ;" names "my mother Hannah (jarlick, late of the city of Bristol," and left moneys to "my four daughters, Hannah, wife of Rob- ert Hill, Mary Garlick, S. Garlick and Eliza- beth Garlick." He also named "my father- in-law. Mr. John Camm."' This will was offered for probate at a court held for King William county, October 16, 1772. Samuel and Camm Garlick were minors at the time the will was made ; the lands devised to the sons all lay in Louisa county, Virginia, al- though the testator gives his residence as county of King William. Samuel Garlick married Mary Camm and lived at Mount Pleasant, King William county, Virginia. They had three sons and four daughters, among whom were: i. John, who married Nancy Pollard, and had issue : Mary, mar- ried Humphrey Hill ; Nancy, married Ed-


ward Hill; Betsey, married E. Lawrence; Hannah, married L. Rawlings ; Edward, married (first) F. Walker, (second) Polly Gwathney ; Camm, married Polly Talia- ferro ; Sally, married Gregory Tunstall ; Robert, died single ; James, lost at sea. 2. Camm, of whom further.

Camm Garlick, youngest son of Samuel Garlick, the immigrant, and Mary (Camm) Garlick, married Mary Pierce, and by her had : Sam ; Sally, married Benjamin Gaines (see Gaines line).

John Francis Marshall. John Francis Mar- shall represents a South Carolina family which is distinct from the Marshall family which includes the celebrated chief justice in President Washington's administration. His ancestors are C)f English origin, begin- ning with John Francis Marshall, born 1791, in England, who settled in Charleston, South Carolina. His wife, Caroline (Drowley) Marshall, was born in 1795 in county Kent, England. He engaged in mercantile busi- ness at Charleston, and there resided until his death. He reared a large family. Ed- ward West Marshall, one of the sons, was born January 13, 1821, in Charleston, and died in 1888. He engaged in the dry goods business, and was a successful merchant of his time. He married Elizabeth Warring Glass, born 1822, died 1847. i^Ir. and Mrs. Marshall were the parents of eleven children. One of these, John Francis (2) Marshall, born December 5, 1843, in Charleston, moved to Waco, Texas, and married, in 1869, Jo- sephine Downs, born 1846. Children : Ed- ward \\'est, married Lucille Grider; John Francis, mentioned below ; Alice Henrietta, married Gilbert Hay, and has sons : Marshall D. and Gilbert ; Wesley Downs, married Martha .Adams, and had children; Sarah, Samuel .\.. .\lice ; Percy Madden, married Emily White.

John Francis (3) Marshall enlisted in a South Carolina regiment of the Confederate armv. and served through the four years of the Civil war. Returning to Charleston, he remained there until 1868, when he removed to \\'aco, Texas. He married and among his children was John Francis, mentioned below.

John Francis (4) Marshall, son of the pre- ceding, was born in Waco, Texas. In 1891 he entered the United States Naval Acad- emy at -Annapolis, Maryland. He continued