Poindexter Family Record , 1904-1974, n.d., #M 0112, VC 0073

Historical Information

The Poindexters were a prominent family in Virginia and Washington, DC in the early to mid-twentieth century. The most well-known member of the family was Miles Poindexter (22 April 1868 - 21 September 1946), one of six surviving children of William Bowyer Poindexter (27 November 1832 - 22 March 1917) and Josephine Reid Anderson (1838-1912). Miles Poindexter was a politician who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but spent his childhood in Rockbridge County, Virginia, graduating with a law degree from Washington and Lee University in 1891. Shortly thereafter, he relocated to Walla Walla, Washington to practice law. Poindexter served in the US House of Representatives from 1909-1911, in the Senate from 1911-1923, and was appointed US Ambassador to Peru from 1923-1928. In 1928, he unsuccessfully tried to regain his Senate seat. Following his defeat, he retired to his home "Elk Cliff" in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a history of the Poindexter family written by Fielding Lewis Poindexter (1871-1944) entitled Poindexter Family Record and related material. The Poindexter Family Record traces the family from the seventeenth century to the generation of the "Poindexter Brothers and Sister": Miles Poindexter, Fielding Lewis Poindexter, Ernest Poindexter (1872-1938), William Anderson Poindexter (1874-1968), George Fauntleroy Poindexter (1876-1968), and Mary Macon Poindexter (1878-1956). The history includes clippings and photographs. The photographs have been separated and relocated in VC 0073. The collection also contains correspondence, the bulk of which is letters to Mary Clark (1909-1976) from her uncle, Miles Poindexter, and her father, William Anderson Poindexter; miscellaneous documents including the Daughters of the American Revolution application of Mrs. Kate Jennings Matheson (1879-1971), a speech delivered by Miles Poindexter on the floor of the Senate in 1919 on the subject of the League of Nations, and various notes on family history; as well as newspaper clippings. Newspaper clippings have been copied for preservation and removed.

Other Finding Aid

Bibliography

Ancestry Library Edition, Thomas Balch Library, http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/ (accessed July 2015).

Contents List

M 0112:

Box 1:
- Folder 1: Poindexter Family Record "A Family History", n.d.
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1935 - 1967, n.d.
- Folder 2: Documents, 1919-1975
- Folder 2: Clippings, 1904-1976, n.d.
VC 0073:
- Item 1: vc_0073_0001 [Poindexter Family Record]; "Under the Old Walnut Tree," Dec. 20, 1932. Elk Cliff, Virginia
- Item 2: vc_0073_0002 [Poindexter Family Record; Elk Cliff, 1932]
- Item 3: vc_0073_0003 [Poindexter Family Record]; Elk Cliff, 5-30-32
- Item 4: vc_0073_0003_001 Negative; Elk Cliff, 5-30-32
- Item 5: vc_0073_0004 [Poindexter Family Record]; Graves of Wm B. Poindexter, Josephine A. Poindexter, Frances H. Poindexter, 5-30-32
- Item 6: vc_0073_0004_0001 Negative; Graves of Wm B. Poindexter, Josephine A. Poindexter, Frances H. Poindexter, 5-30-32
- Item 7: vc_0073_0005 [Poindexter Family Record]; "Montrose," Fincastle, VA-1913 (The grandson out in the yard) Would that you and I might have made this visit in the lifetime of our dear mother, accompanied by her.
- Item 8: vc_0073_0006 [Poindexter Family Record; two children, n.d.]
- Item 9: vc_0073_0007 [Poindexter Family Record]; "W.B.P.- June 3, 1913"
- Item 10: vc_0073_0008 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified man, n.d.]
- Item 11: vc_0073_0009 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified woman, n.d.]
- Item 12: vc_0073_0010 [Poindexter Family Record]; Thorn Hill, 5-30-1932
- Item 13: vc_0073_0010_0001 Negative; Thorn Hill, 5-30-1932
- Item 14: vc_0073_0011 [Poindexter Family Record]; Thorn Hill, 5-30-1932
- Item 15: vc_0073_0012 [Poindexter Family Record]; Cousin Frank Brockenbraugh and his family in Lexington, VA in 1909. L to R Frank, Miss Thomas Seumes "Lulu"- sister, ?. Louise Brock. Owens and daughter
- Item 16: vc_0073_0013 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified man, n.d.]
- Item 17: vc_0073_0014 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified girl, n.d.]
- Item 18: vc_0073_0015 [Poindexter Family Record]; F. Poindexter, Orlando, Fla, Mar. 26, 1927
- Item 19: vc_0073_0016 [Poindexter Family Record]; Elk Cliff, Dec. 20, 1932. Cervantes- the day before he went away to return no more.
- Item 20: c_0073_0017 [Poindexter Family Record]; By the side of our house-tomatoes on Charlotte's right: nasturtiums on her left' Wichita, Kans. July 9, 1904. This also is a good amateur picture.
- Item 21: vc_0073_0018 [Poindexter Family Record]; Kansas City, Kans. May 17, 1920. To my dear [illegible]
- Item 22: vc_0073_0019 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified woman, n.d.]
- Item 23: vc_0073_0020 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified man, n.d.]
- Item 24: vc_0073_0021 [Poindexter Family Record; unidentified man and woman with dogs, March 10, 1944]
- Item 25: vc_0073_0022 Elk Cliff, May 29, 1932
- Item 26: vc_0073_0022_0001 Negative; Elk Cliff, May 29, 1932
- Item 27: vc_0073_0023 [Unidentified men in yard], May 30, 1932
- Item 28: vc_0073_0023_0001 Negative; [Unidentified men in yard], May 30, 1932
- Item 29: vc_0073_0024 [Unidentified men at Elk Cliff], May 16, 1938]
- Item 30: vc_0073_0025 [Unidentified man at Elk Cliff], May 16, 1938
- Item 31: vc_0073_0026 [Unidentified man in yard], May 16, 1938
- Item 32: vc_0073_0027 [Unidentified men at Elk Cliff], May 16, 1938
- Item 33: vc_0073_0028 [Wm A. Poindexter] Peaks of Otter, Sept. 24, 1950
- Item 34: vc_0073_0029 [Wm A. Poindexter with dogs], 1951
- Item 35: vc_0073_0030 [Wm A. Poindexter with dogs], 1951
- Item 36: vc_0073_0031 [Wm A. Poindexter with dogs], 1952
- Item 32: vc_0073_0032 Taken in August 1956 at Mountain Home. L to R: Pete, Bat, your Dad and Teddy
- Item 32: vc_0073_0033 [Wm A. Poindexter] This picture was taken in our back yard, March 1957. W.A.P.
- Item 32: vc_0073_0034 Faunt Poindexter and wife Polly (2nd wife) and Wm A. Poindexter, July 1957
- Item 32: vc_0073_0035 Wm A. Poindexter, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Jan 1957
- Item 32: vc_0073_0036 [Wm A. Poindexter] Taken Wed. Jan.15, 1958 in front yard at 511 Whitted
- Item 32: vc_0073_0037 David Russell Bryans, son of Russell Lindsey, Dec. 1962
- Item 32: vc_0073_0038 David Russell Bryans, son of Russell Lindsey, Dec. 1963
- Item 32: vc_0073_0039 This taken on Jan. 1, 1966. Was 91 Sept. 17, 1965
- Item 32: vc_0073_0040 Clark Bradford Currin, 1974
- Item 32: vc_0073_0041 David Bryan Wade with date for jr. prom, June 1974. David is son of Margaret Russell Lindsay
- Item 32: vc_0073_0042 Wm A. Poindexter and wife Ruby Stringer. Name of other person unknown, n.d.
- Item 32: vc_0073_0043 W. A. Poindexter, n.d.
- Item 32: vc_0073_0044 Negative [Unidentified woman and child by river's edge], n.d.
- Item 32: vc_0073_0045 Negative [Unidentified man, two women, and child on porch], n.d.
- Item 32: vc_0073_0056 Negative [Unidentified man], n.d.