Peter Keith Boswell

Peter Keith Boswell N E M V T K Y Photo: Born: 18 October 1840.[648] [649] Married: “In 1873 he married Mary Kate Shepherd, who died 18 August 1878.” On 18 June 1883, he married Mrs. Standifer.[650] He married second Cordelia A. (Edwards) Standifer (13 March 1838–17 April 1916) on 13 June 1883 in Taliaferro County, Georgia. Her parents were Julia Ann (Ogletree) and Etheldrd Edwards. Her first husband had been Lucious Benton Standifer.[651] Died: 20 December 1900,[652] in Georgia.[653] “I have been to his graveside many times during my trips to the Crawfordville City Cemetery” at Teliafarro County, Georgia.[654] “Keith was buried in Crawfordville Baptist Church Cemetery (some refer to it as Crawfordville City Cemetery).”[655] 20 December 1900. Buried at Standifer plot. A marble pillar that marks where he rests has fallen over.[656] Obituary: Children: Peter Keith Boswell and Mary Kate Shepherd had one child, Thomas Hamlin Boswell, who was born 20 November 1874. Peter and the former Mrs. Standifer had no children.[657] Parents and Siblings: Lucy Ann Steptoe (Skinker) and Dr. Thomas Hamlin Boswell.[658] His father “was born at Petersburg… in 1802, and died 21 April 1862, at Glenarvon, Fluvannah County….” His mother was born 5 October 1809, and died 29 July 1852. They wed on 4 August 1831.[659] His sibling was/ siblings included James Keith Boswell. “[T]he 1850 census [indicates] that Peter [Keith] and James’s father was a farmer. He is also [shown as a doctor]… in several citations.”  “Their parents were both dead before the war…” Did they have “an older brother and a younger sister?”[660] Lucy Ann Steptoe Skinker (5 October 1809–29 July 1852) and Dr. Thomas Hamlin Boswell (1802–21 April 1862), who wed on 4 August 1831. He was born at Petersburg, Virginia, and died at Glenarvon, Fluvannah County, Virginia. Siblings: William Skinker Boswell (20 April 1832–after 1878); James Keith Boswell (18 November 1838–2 May 1863); Peter Keith Boswell [BH] (18 October 1840–20 December 1900); Margaretta Frances Skinker Boswell (24 May 1844–after 1886); Thomas Steptoe Boswell (24 September 1850–after 1919).[661] A sketch about this cavalryman’s brother James can be found at reference.[662] Other Family: His paternal grandparents were Louisa (Hamlin) and William Colgate Boswell.[663] His maternal grandparents were Harriet A. (Keith) and William Skinker.[664] Harriet was born on 5 April 1782 [665] and died 27 January 1864[666]. They married on 29 December 1796.[667] Delete these lines after answer above question. “William Skinker, December 29, 1796, married Harriet A. Keith, born April 5, 1782; died January 27, 1864.[668] ***Libby verified that Harriet Keith was the one born on 5 April; still ought to check and make sure that in ‘Skinker Descendents’, the phrase after the semicolon also modifies Harriet (indirect object), not William (subject). [add more on Keith’s maternal grandfather William Skinker. See Ref. # ] Keith’s maternal grandmother, “Harriet A. Keith was daughter of Thomas Keith, born in 1731, died 1805, and Judith Blackwell, his wife, born August 10, 1759, died April 17, 1857. Their marriage took place in 1775.” Judith and Thomas were Keith’s great-grandparents. Judith “was daughter of Joseph Blackwell, born July 9, 1715, in Northumberland County… and Lucy Steptoe, his wife, born 1716; they intermarried in 1739.” Lucy and Joseph were Keith’s great-great- grandparents. “Lucy Steptoe was daughter of John Steptoe and Elizabeth, his wife.” “Joseph Blackwell was son of Samuel Blackwell,” (1680–1732), “by his marriage with Marjory (Downing) Hudnall, a widow. He [Joseph] was a member of the House of Burgesses 1742 to 1757.” “He served in the Revolution as second lieutenant of Capt. John Chilton’s Company of the Third Virginia Regiment,” which was commanded by “Col. Thomas Marshall of Oak Hill, father of the great Chief Justice”. “Joseph died in 1789, in Fauquier County.”[669] Peter’s first cousin was Nathaniel Alford Clopton [BH]. Sarah Susan Grant Skinker, born 1798, and Lucy Ann Steptoe Skinker, born 1809, both were daughters of William Skinker and Harriet Keith. The mothers of both Black Horsemen married doctors, in 1821 and 1831, respectively.[670] Their sons were eight years different in age, Peter being the younger.[671] Peter’s brother, James Keith Boswell [born 18 November 1838, died 2 May 1863, unmarried], was a member of Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s staff. He was killed by the volley that mortally wounded General Jackson at Chancellorsville. Reversed w/ Pph re parents on Jan 4, 2005. Same source? [NOTE:see earlier mss] Mention of a diary of “Capt. James Keith Boswell/ Jackson, Thomas J. staff/ published transcript/ January 1–April 18, 1863” at reference.[672] Peter’s son, “Thomas Hamlin Boswell… married Annie Wilder, who died without issue. On the 29th of December, 1901, he married Coma Edwards, by whom he had one child, Martha Catherine Boswell, born November 8, 1902.”[673] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Uncle James was taken prisoner last summer and confined for six weeks in the Old Capitol at Washington, but he could not be forced to take the oath. He has lost about thirty of the list of his servants and a large amount of grain and stock; yet he keeps up his usual good spirits. I doubt not you will be surprised to hear that he has another daughter; she is almost six months old and is called Ellen. William Skinker, Jas. Keith, P. Keith Boswell, Opp. Clopton, Marshall and Flemming [sic] James are all in the Fauquier Black Horse, the finest company of cavalry in Va.; all of them are privates and non-commissioned officers.”[674] [NOTE:since this mentions other cav, mention for them? family part to other fami this entry] CSR: 5’8”, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes; enlisted 25 May 1861; 20 years old; picket Accotink River 4 October 1861; furloughed January to February 1862; wounded 9 June 1863 Stevensburg; absent July to August 1863; paroled 16 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: Wounded at Stephensburg, Culpeper Co. July 9, 1863. Florida.[675] Called “Keith”.[676] He was age 24 in 1865 when he was paroled. “For the month of December 1861, he was on extra or Daily duty as a cook.”[677] “Peter Keith Boswell, in the Civil War, was a private in the famous Black Horse Cavalry, later part of the Fourth Virginia, and was severely wounded at the Battle of Brandy Station August 1, 1863, but recovered and remained in the service. After the war he turned to farming and went to live in Georgia.”[678]