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Withrow Family Papers, Accession 38-148, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
These papers were given to the Library by Miss Nettie M. Caldwell of Seattle, Washington on April 5, 1937.
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The known children resulting from the marriage of William Withrow, Jr. (1809-1894) and Mary Anne Jones (1809-1887) include:
Grandchildren include: Caldwell family : Annie Caldwell , Nettie Caldwell , Maury Caldwell ; Chase family : Evelyn Chase , Withrow Chase ; Houston family (by Evelyn Withrow ): Dr. William R. Houston (1872-?), Gordon Randolph Houston (1876-?), Mary Lou Fishburne , Hale Houston (1881-?), John E. Houston (1874-1875); Houston family (by Alice McEwen d. 1891): Arthur Houston , and Alice Houston .
Much of this information can be found in the Life of Gordon R. Houston by William M. Case .
This collection of Withrow Family papers contains ca. 1000 items (2 Hollinger boxes; .5 linear feet), 1870-1925, and n.d., chiefly the letters to William Withrow, Jr. (1809-1894) and his wife, Mary Anne Jones Withrow (1809-1887) of Waynesboro, Virginia from their children, relatives, and acquaintainces.
William Withrow , a merchant in Waynesboro , was also the clerk of the session at the Waynesboro Presbyterian Church and much of his non-family correspondence concerns the affairs of the Presbyterian Church and transferrals of membership.
His daughter Evelyn Withrow (1840-1882) married Matthew Hale Houston (1841-1905), a Presbyterian missionary to China , in 1871. Letters concerning the Houstons' stay at the Presbyterian Mission Church in Hangchow include the following: January 4, August 11, and September 6, 1881; March 22, August 5 & 12, September 13, October 3 & 16, and November 18, 1882. Upon Evelyn's death in 1882, Houston returned with his family to the United States and remarried. He continued his correspondence with the Withrows while he worked for the Mission Board in Baltimore . Other missionary letters include one from Korea (September 20, 1919) and China (January 12, 1925).
Louisa Withrow and her brother Charles Withrow , a graduate of the University of Virginia , were both educators, and their correspondence at times discusses their work. Charles was superintendent at the Danville Classical and Military Academy ( Kentucky ) and Principal of the Academy of Richmond County , Augusta, Georgia (especially June 30 & October 9, 1882). Charles also describes a trip to Europe in 1889 (July 27, August 22 & 31,and September 4 & 6).
Other topics include: William Henry Ruffner (December 26, 1878); Withrow genealogy (October 7,1884 & October 20, 1891); a copy of the Bailey family Bible records (January 23, 1883); letters from World War I soldiers (August 18 & May 26, 1918); and Leander McCormick and William Withrow 's correspondence regarding recollections of the early reaper (September 3 & November 11, 1879).
Topics in the miscellaneous material include: a copy of Mrs. Elvira A. Brooks ' will (n.d.); Withrow , McLean , & White family information (n.d.); a photograph of a Japanese Buddha (n.d.); and a printed defense of John W. Pratt 's position concerning the Centre College of Kentucky (1876).