Notes

Note for: Frances Anne McNUTT, 1796 - Index

Note: James McChesney married Frances McNutt, a sister of Governor McNutt, of
Mississippi, a niece of General McNutt of Nova Scotia. She was a woman
of noted beauty and of great force of character. After her husband had
been killed by a maniac, she reared the children and provided them with
collegiate advantages and also managed a large plantation with its many
slaves.

Notes

Note for: Alexander Gallatin [Governor] McNUTT, 12 SEP 1801 - 22 OCT 1848 Index

Note: ALEXANDER GALLATIN, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was bom Sept. 12,
1801, in Rockbridge County, Va. In 1824 he moved to Jackson, Miss., and
subsequently to Vicksburg, where he practiced law. In 1835 he was elected
to the state senate from Warren county, and was governor of the state
from 1837 to 1841. He died Oct. 22, 1848, at Cockrum's Cross Roads, De
Soto County, MS. Encyclopedia of American Biography, p. 646.

Alexander G. McNutt, son of Alexander and Rachael (Grigsby) McNutt, was
born on North River one mile below Buena Vista. He was educated at
Washington College, and at the age of twenty-one was settled as a lawyer
at Jackson, Mississippi. Isaac McNutt, his uncle, had already migrated
in this direction. The young man was well read and an easy writer. He
was a fine stump speaker, but was pitted against Sergeant S. Prentiss,
whose oratory was on a par with that of Patrick Henry or Daniel Webster.
After 1838 McNutt declined to meet his antagonist on the platform.
McNutt's intemperance and slovenly attire were made a target by Prentiss,
but the future governor had the moral courage and strength of character
to reform and his law practice became very renumerative. In 1829 he was
Speaker of the House of Representatives for Mississippi, and as a
Democrat was elected governor, his term covering the period 1838-42.
McNutt died in 1848, in the midst of a presidential campaign. He was
unmarried, and the four brothers who followed him to the Gulf country
also died without issue.

Notes

Note for: James McCHESNEY, 14 MAR 1795 - 21 AUG 1842 Index

Note: Killed with an axe blow to the head by a crazy man named Reed who was a
neighbor

Notes

Note for: Alexander Gallatin McCHESNEY, 31 AUG 1829 - 19 MAY 1877 Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Physician

Note:   B., near Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Va., Aug. 31, 1829. He received his
literary education under Rev. James Morrison, pastor of New Providence
Church, and at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. He was a student
of medicine at the University of Virginia, and continued his course at
Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, where he took the degree of M. D. in
1853. Shortly after his graduation he located at Warm Springs, Bath
County, Virginia, and on April 11, 1854, was united in marriage to Sallie
Gatewood Moffett, of Pocahontas County, Virginia.

He was captain of the Bath Company, 11th Virginia Cavalry, Robinson's
Brigade, C. S. A. At the end of one year, he resigned his commission to
resume the practice of his profession among a devoted people and friends.
In 1865, he returned with his family to Rockbridge County, whence he
removed, in 1871, to Charleston, West Virginia, chartering a stage to
carry his wife and nine children across the mountains. Here he had a
large practice, standing in the front rank of his profession until his
death, May 19, 1877, while on a visit to his eldest daughter, Mrs.
Augustus Houston Hamilton, of Augusta County, Virginia.

He was a man of the purest heart, of undaunted courage, the strictest
integrity, and rare mental gifts, and in his noble character left a
priceless legacy to his children.

Had issue:
1. Mary Archer McChesney.
B., July 11, 1855.
M., Rev. Augustus H. Hamilton, June 8, 1876.

2. Fanny Ashton McChesney.
B., Aug. 20, 1856.
M., John Francisco, Jan. 29, 1880.

3. Lucy Boyd McChesney.
B., May 20, 1858.
M., Charles H. Brickenstein, Mar. 16, 1881.

4. James F. McChesney.
B., Oct. 20, 1859.
D., May 5, 1863.

5. Elizabeth Johnston McChesney

6. Harry Moffet McChesney

Notes

Note for: Elizabeth THOMPSON, 1 MAY 1737 - Index

Burial:
Place: Onslow (Burial Island), Colchester County, Nova Scotia