William Andrew HORSLEY

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William Andrew Horsley, born September 6, 1815; graduated, University of Virginia, 1837; graduated, Medical Department, University of Pennsylvania, 1841; began the practice of medicine at New Market, Nelson County, Va., in October 1841, and continued the practice in that neighborhood during life. He died at "Rock Cliff," his seat on James River, July 27, 1887. At the time of his death he owned and occupied a large and valuable estate, a part of the old Cabell domain. He was a man of fine nat­ural capacity; a skillful physician; a modest, unassuming, and intelligent gentleman; a diligent and successful man of business, of uprightness and integrity; a model husband and father; revered by his household, and esteemed by his friends and neighbors. He married, October 2, 1845, Eliza G. Perkins, daughter of George and Eliza Richardson Perkins, of Cumberland County, Va., who survives him. Issue seven