The life and letters of Robert Lewis Dabney . Louisa. This place was about sixteen miles east ofLouisa Court-house, and about fifty miles from Richmond. It In the construction of this sketch of the social environment inwhich Dr. Dabneys childhood and youth were spent, we have the address of Judge Waller R. Staples before the Virginia BarAssociation, in 1894, on The County Courts. In connection with theaccount of the County Court system and its influence, we must alsoexpress our indebtedness to Judge Beverly R. Well ford, of Richmond,Va. For very much of the matter needed to constru
The life and letters of Robert Lewis Dabney . Louisa. This place was about sixteen miles east ofLouisa Court-house, and about fifty miles from Richmond. It In the construction of this sketch of the social environment inwhich Dr. Dabneys childhood and youth were spent, we have the address of Judge Waller R. Staples before the Virginia BarAssociation, in 1894, on The County Courts. In connection with theaccount of the County Court system and its influence, we must alsoexpress our indebtedness to Judge Beverly R. Well ford, of Richmond,Va. For very much of the matter needed to construct other parts ofthis sketch, we are indebted to S. B. Dabney, Esq., of Victoria, modesty forbids a more detailed acknowledgment. ^^3:])MA bany >>\ f^^^^~^ — ^=^^=^^^^^^=^^^=.^=^^^ • Juwa. ana Eiuabtth Randolph Price. Hia imraedku ancnti i Co«Kn^iiri DANfin of EagUoa. -^^^ —^ Nancy Dabavy. t*ba mar: WlllUni and MorycoS™. may be ccmveaiently set fiirth Iv the lue of the A>Uowiiig dtasnm i urvi vin^TaaOHA .itt. Parentage and Birth. 25 was about three miles south of the main road leading to Richmond. Here in this modest home ^-his parents lived in the old Virginia way. Here Robert grewup. ^ The house was a very modest one, a story and a half, with dormerwindows. There was a basement underneath. There were two largerooms on the main floor, and two bed-rooms above. Adjoining oneof the rooms on the main floor there was a shed bed-room. After1850, Mrs. Dabney added a two-story addition to her house. Thekitchen was at a distance of several yards from the house. There wasa considerable yard or lawn, and in it at least two fine old trees, anoak and a walnut. There was a fine terraced garden, planted in allkinds of shrubbery and flowers, and beautifully kept. There was anorchard near by, which was made to serve as a vegetable garden aswell. The stables and barns stood at some distance. CHAPTER 11. EARLY BOYHOOD.(March 5, 1820-Jiine
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