Henry Scarsbrook Langhorne

Henry Scarsbrook "Harry" Langhorne (November 3, 1790 – December 16, 1854) was an American land owner and farmer.

Henry Scarsbrook Langhorne
Born(1790-11-03)November 3, 1790
Warwick County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedDecember 16, 1854(1854-12-16) (aged 64)
Fincastle, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Frances Callaway Steptoe
​
(
m. 1816; died 1832)

Anne Eliza Scott
​
(
m. 1833; his death 1854)
Children13
RelativesChiswell Langhorne (grandson)

Early life

Langhorne was born November 3, 1790 at "Gambell", the family ancestral home in Warwick County, Virginia. Henry was the youngest of five children of John Scarsbrook Langhorne and Elizabeth Langhorne, first cousins who had married in 1782, which was customary at the time to retain family wealth. Gambell had been built in 1675 by the original Langhorne family immigrant, John Langhorne. who emigrated from Bristol, England.[1] The colonial homestead strategically situated between Lake Maury and the James River was destroyed by fire in 1818, and the land is now home to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News.[2]

Career

Although he was first seated on some of the Cumberland County, Virginia lands that he had inherited through his mother, he quickly resolved to move to Lynchburg with his brother Maurice. An active and keen agriculturist, the planting of tobacco was no longer as profitable as it had once been, and after an early venture at the Farm Mills in Amherst was ruined by flood in 1826, brothers Henry and Maurice erected Lynchburg Milling Co. flour mill, also known as Langhorne Mills, which was built in 1831.[3] He never abandoned planting though, and continued to buy numerous plantations in Bedford, Campbell and Amherst Counties. Also in 1826, Henry appraised the Poplar Forest estate of Thomas Jefferson.[4]

In 1845, he retired and relocated to "Cloverdale", the 3,500-acre Botetourt County plantation he had just purchased from his niece's husband George Plater Tayloe of "Buena Vista". He continued to purchase smaller tracts and at the time of his death, he owned a total of 3,892 acres.[5] Langhorne's Mill would be used by the Red Cross as a makeshift hospital to treat injured confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.

Personal life

Langhorne was married twice and between his two wives, he was the father of thirteen children. His first marriage, in 1816, was to Frances Callaway Steptoe (1798–1832), the highly sought after daughter of Hon. James Steptoe (a close friend of Thomas Jefferson) and Frances Callaway of "Federal Hill". Beginning in 1828, Henry lived at Point of Honor, an historic mansion overlooking Blackwater Creek in Lynchburg. Together, Henry and Frances were the parents of the following children:

  • John Scarsbrook Langhorne (1818–1886), who married Sarah Elizabeth Dabney of "Edgemont", a great-granddaughter of William Randolph II of "Chatesworth".
  • James Steptoe Langhorne (1822–1905), who married Elizabeth Rachel Omohundro (1825–1915).[2]
  • Henry Langhorne, who died unmarried.[2]
  • Thomas Nelson Langhorne (1828–1889), who married Orra Henderson Moore Gray (1841–1904),[2] a writer.[6][7]
  • Elizabeth Langhorne, who married James Hunt.[2]
  • Fanny Steptoe Langhorne, who died unmarried.[2]

After the death of his first wife in 1832, Langhorne remarried in 1833 to Anne Eliza Scott (1800–1870), the daughter of Charles Scott of Buckingham County, Virginia.[2] Together, they were the parents of:[8]

  • Charles Scott Langhorne (1836–1896), who married Katherine Page Waller (1840–1920).[9]
  • Edward Alexander Langhorne (1837–1861), who died of typhoid during the U.S. Civil War.[10]
  • George Washington Langhorne (1839–1905), who married Nannie (née Armistead) Langhorne.[11]
  • Anne Scott Langhorne (1840–1920), who married Maurice Scarsbrooke Langhorne (1823–1908).[12]
  • Mary Catherine Langhorne (1845–1924), who did not marry and became a "schoolmistress."[13]

Henry Langhorne died on December 16, 1854 in Fincastle in Roanoke County, Virginia, and was buried at the Callaway-Steptoe Cemetery, New London in Bedford County, Virginia. His eldest son John inherited Langhorne Mills, along with the bulk of his father's estate. His son James was given the 13,000-acre "Langdale" plantation located near the border of North Carolina.

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References
  1. Langhorne, James Callaway (2013). The Virginia Langhornes. Lynchburg, Virginia: Blackwell Press. ISBN 978-1-938205-10-1.
  2. Hardy, Stella Pickett (1965). Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 317. ISBN 9780806306209. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. Langhorne, James Callaway (2013). The Virginia Langhornes. Lynchburg, Virginia: Blackwell Press. ISBN 978-1-938205-10-1.
  4. Chambers, Jr., S. Allen (1993). Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson. Little Compton, RI: Fort Church Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0966716900.
  5. Langhorne, James Callaway (2013). The Virginia Langhornes. Lynchburg, Virginia: Blackwell Press. ISBN 978-1-938205-10-1.
  6. Addis, Patricia K. (1983). Through a Woman's I: An Annotated Bibliography of American Women's Autobiographical Writings, 1946-1976. Scarecrow Press. p. 287. ISBN 9780810815889. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. Research, University of California (System) Institute of Library (1972). University of California Union Catalog of Monographs Cataloged by the Nine Campuses from 1963 Through 1967: Authors & titles. Institute of Library Research, University of California, Berkeley. ISBN 9780913248003. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  8. Davids, Richard Wistar (1896). The Wistar Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Caspar Wistar, Emigrant in 1717. Philadelphia. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. Goolrick, John Tackett (1906). The Life of General Hugh Mercer: With Brief Sketches of General George Washington, John Paul Jones, General George Weedon, James Monroe and Mrs. Mary Ball Washington, who Were Friends and Associates of General Mercer at Fredericksburg : Also a Sketch of Lodge No. 4, A.F. and A.M., of which Generals Washington and Mercer Were Members : and a Genealogical Table of the Mercer Family. Neale Publishing Company. p. 132. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  10. Morrow, Daniel S. (2013). Murder in Lexington: VMI, Honor and Justice in Antebellum Virginia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 9781625840011. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  11. Garber, Virginia Armistead (1910). The Armistead Family: 1635-1910. Whittet & Shepperson, printers. p. 98. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  12. Yancey, Rosa Faulkner (1935). Lynchburg and It's Neighbors. J. W. Fergusson & Sons. p. 356. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  13. "The London Gazette". Tho. Newcomb over against Baynards Castle in Thamse-street. April 16, 1897: 2170. Retrieved 10 April 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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