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Charles Baskerville (1788-1835), of Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg County,
Virginia was the son of William Rust Baskerville, Sr. and Mary Eaton. He was
educated at the University of Edinburgh, his brothers at Chapel Hill. He had
tutors from Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of Glasgow to teach his
children. Charles was classical scholar, spoke French and was known for his
literary taste.
During some of his visits to London while attending
school, his portrait was painted, tradition says, by a pupil of Sir Joshua
Reynolds. After completing his course, he came home from Edinburgh during
the War of 1812, and it is said that the arrival of the portrait before him
alarmed his mother very much, as she feared he had either been captured or was
dead.
Charles married Elizabeth Anne Coleman, eldest daughter of Henry
Embry Coleman and Ann Gordon, in September of 1813. This union produced 4
children. Wife Elizabeth died shortly after childbirth in 1821. Charles
remarried in June of 1823 to Lucy Goode, daughter of Samuel Goode and Mary
Armistead Burwell. Five more children were born.
Charles Baskerville
passed away suddenly while dining with his brothers, William and George.
"Departed this life, suddenly, on the 21st ult., at Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg
county, Charles Baskerville, Esq., in the 46th year of his age, leaving a wife
and seven children, with a numerous circle of friends and acquaintances, to
mourn their untimely and unexpected bereavement. - In the death of this most
estimable man, his wife has been deprived of a mild and affectionate husband;
his seven children, of a most indulgent and fond father; his aged mother, of a
dutiful son; his brothers and sisters, of a liberal, generous, and affectionate
brother; and the society of which he had so long and so honorably lived, of one
of its brightest ornaments -- an unaffected, unpretending gentleman, a useful,
upright citizen and an honest man. -- For all the virtues which adorn the
character of the true Virginia gentleman, Charles Baskerville stood
pre-eminently high; and we are reminded by this truly distressing dispensation
of an all-wise and all-powerful Providence, that it too often falls to the lot
of many to be snatched from the stage of action in the full tide of their
usefulness, while many, who are mere drones in the hive of society, are
permitted to drag out a wretched and useless existence, cumberers of the ground.
He died in the full enjoyment of every temporal good, and we hope, with a
prospect of being succeeded by children, who will be ambitious of emulating his
many virtues." 1835 Obituary
"Elizabeth Ann Coleman, born November 12,
1796, was married September 29, 1813, at Woodlawn, Halifax County, VA, to
Charles Baskerville, 1788-1834, son of William and Mary Eaton Baskervill of
Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg County.
Elizabeth, barely 15 at the time of
her marriage, was given a number of expensive gifts for her wedding, including a
"Colonial silver service" and a "beautiful necklace, brooch and earrings of
pearls and diamonds." She and Charles, a planter and merchant, lived at Lombardy
Grove, their life described as "smooth and eventless." They had four children:
William Baskerville (1816-1895), of Buena Vista, Mecklenburg County; Henry E. C.
Baskerville (1817- 1900) of Richmond; Mary Ann Elizabeth Baskerville (1819-1873)
wife of Richard Venable Watkins of Mayo, Halifax County; and Charles Baskerville
(1821-1890) of Mississippi.
Elizabeth Coleman Baskerville died in 1821,
soon after the birth of her fourth child, at age 24, and is buried at Lombardy
Grove".
Excerpt from Battlefield - Clover - Providence Driving Tour
online at oldhalifax.com.
William Baskerville was born at "Lombardy
Grove," Mecklenburg County, Virginia, April 10, 1816. Eldest son of Charles
Baskerville, 1st, and Elizabeth Ann Coleman. Studied with tutors from Trinity
College, Dublin and University of Glasgow, Scotland. Educated at Hampton Sidney
College, Virginia. William Baskerville, Jr. married first, Susanna Jiggitts of
"Tall Grove", Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Second, Alice Riddle Sturdivant of
Petersburg, Virginia.
He was a large planter at this estate "Buena Vista"
on Roanoke River. He served Mecklenburg County first as Justice of the Peace;
was Colonel of the 98th Regiment (Militia); served in the House of Delegates of
Virginia Legislature; also in the Virginia Senate later. After heavy losses from
the condition due to the Civil War, William Baskerville, Jr. read law in the
office of Col. Thomas F. Goode, admitted to the Mecklenburg Bar, he was partner
in the office of Col. Thomas F. Goode. For some time, he was commissioner of
Accounts for the County with an office on the first floor of the Court House.
After a stroke of paralysis, William Baskerville had to retire from active work.
Esteemed and lamented, he passed away July 19, 1893, and rests in St. James
Episcopal Church Yard in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
John Gordon Baskerville was born January 13, 1852 on the Baskerville Plantation in
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, the son of Colonel William and Susan Jiggetts
Baskerville. He graduated from Wake Forest College in 1869, and at the time of
his death, was the oldest living graduate of the college.
After his
graduation, Mr. Baskerville became connected with the railroad then known as the
Carolina Central, later absorbed by Seaboard Air Line Railway. He retired in
1927 after serving 58 years with the company. He drove the first engine on the
Seaboard Line into Charlotte and was proud of his long and satisfactory
connection with the railroad. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway
Engineers.
In 1874 Mr. Baskerville married Miss Sudie Maglenn of New
Bern, who died several years prior to his death. They had 5 sons and 4
daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Baskerville lived for many years at 910 Tryon
Street in Charlotte, NC.
Susanna Riddick (nee Jiggitts)
ca 1840
Wife of Col. William
Baskerville
contributed by Melody Leckie
Buena Vista, the BASKERVILLE home, was built by William R. BASKERVILLE, Jr., in the early 1800's.
It stands on Route #637, 7.5 miles SW of South Hill, Virginia.
Buena Vista late 1800's
Buena Vista 1937
Buena Vista about 1938
Buena Vista 2002
Courtesy of June Bank Evans
Depicted on the 1870 map of Mecklenburg, Section 12.
Contributed by Melody Leckie,
great-granddaughter of John Gordon & Susanna Riddick (JIGGITTS) BASKERVILLE
Sources: Family personal items, FindAGrave.com (has much more about the family),
Library of Virginia's Historical Inventory Project, Genealogy of the Baskerville
and Allied Families
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