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From: "Betty P. Hart" <>
Subject: WINDSOR, Lemuel H. - Starting in 1850
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 15:01:46 -0500


My Great-Great-Grandfather was Lemuel H. WINDSOR. My sister and I are
working on our family's genealogy. We first found our G-G-Grandfather,
Lemuel; a sister (Jane Catharine WINDSOR [later married John LARCOMBE]);
and a brother (William WINDSOR) in the 1850 Washington, DC, Census. They
were living in a household with Martha LOMAX (head), Thomas LOMAX, and
Margaret LOMAX. We do not know who Lemuel's parents were or where they
were born. He, in most instances we have found, gave his own birthplace as
Maryland but we have not been able to verify this.

The story has been handed down to all of Lemuel's descendents (we heard
this from our Grandfather, Charles Hugh WINDSOR, Jr., who was born in 1891
and died in 1985) that Lemuel's father and his father's brother came to the
United States and first settled in Washington, DC. Since Lemuel always
gave his birthplace as Maryland, we don't know how, where, or when the
family got into Maryland … So we don't know what the "real" story
is. Lemuel was born on March 7, 1832, and died on May 27, 1914; he and his
wife are buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. Son John
Henry, grandson Lemuel Henry, and great-grandson Henry Grigsby WINDSOR are
all buried in Congressional Cemetery too.

Lemuel named his children John Henry (1st born), Laura Virginia [GRAY],
Robert James, Charles Hugh (Sr.), William L. [buried in Greenmount
Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA, d. August 4, 1911], and Sarah (Sallie) Mary
[EVANS]. We have tried to narrow down our search by looking for Lemuel
WINDSOR's or Charles Hugh WINDSOR's as these names might offer some clues
as to "kin". There are so many "John" and "Williams" WINDSOR's that we
cannot determine anything unique.

Any information you can give me will be GREATLY appreciated. (Please
excuse me for such a long message. I was hoping to give a detail that
would "ring a bell" with someone.)

Thank you again,
Betty





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