Robert Washington Priddy

Male3 January 1828–6 December 1904

Brief Life History of Robert Washington

When Robert Washington Priddy was born on 3 January 1828, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Dabney Priddy, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Dabney Francis, was 27. He married Martha Henry Gaulding on 2 November 1857, in Charlotte, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Charlotte, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 6 December 1904, in Keysville, Charlotte, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Keysville, Charlotte, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Washington Priddy
1828–1904
Martha Henry Gaulding
1835–1906
Marriage: 2 November 1857
Clara F. Priddy
1858–1862
Lavinia G. Priddy
1860–
Lelia G. Priddy
1860–1862
Lena D. Priddy
1863–1866
Doctor Albert Sidney Priddy
1865–1925
James Herbert Priddy
1868–1921
Mary Stella Priddy
1871–1958
Henrietta Viola Priddy
1874–1951

Sources (30)

  • Ro. W Priddy in entry for Lena D. Priddy, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Robert Preddie, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Robt W Priddy in entry for Albert Sidney Priddy and Marnie H Mitchell, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 November 1857Charlotte, Virginia, United States
  • Children (8)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 2

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

    Age 16

    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    1861 · The Battle of Manassas

    Age 33

    The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Priddy in Somerset, named probably with Celtic words meaning ‘earth houses’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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