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    1. [DEKENT] WINDSOR, Lemuel H. - Starting in 1850
    2. Betty P. Hart
    3. 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

    12/20/2003 08:01:46