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John Bowyer Brockenbrough, Col. (b. April 06, 1836, d. November 15, 1901)

John Bowyer Brockenbrough, Col. (son of John White Brockenbrough and Mary Colston Bowyer)⁵¹ was born April 06, 1836 in Lexington, Virginia⁵², and died November 15, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. He married Lucy Alice Murrell on October 12, 1864 in Lynchburg, Virgnia.

Notes for John Bowyer Brockenbrough, Col.:
Known as "Beau" att. Washington College. Graduated at the University of Virginia. Lawyer, lived in Lexington, Virginia. Lt., Rockbridge Artillery, April 1861. Wounded at 1st Manassas. Capt., Baltimore Light Artillery (Maryland), March 02, 1862. Major - March 02, 1863. Chief of Artillery of Taliaferros' Division (as a captain), fall 1862. Second in command of Hilary P. Jones' Battalion. Suffered disabling wound, that crippled him for life, at Fredericksburg. Retired March 23, 1864. Married Lucy Alice Murrell, 1864. Married 2nd time and went West to Oregon, California and Wyoming, where he was a federal land inspector. Died November 15, 1901 buried in Loundon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.

More About John Bowyer Brockenbrough, Col. and Lucy Alice Murrell:
Marriage: October 12, 1864, Lynchburg, Virgnia.

Children of John Bowyer Brockenbrough, Col. and Lucy Alice Murrell are:

Alice Murrell Brockenbrough, b. November 14, 1865, d. 1880.
John White Brockenbrough, b. October 06, 1867, d. 1889.
+William Murrell Brockenbrough, b. March 21, 1869, Iverville Parish, Louisiana, d. date unknown.
Edward Brockenbrough, b. 1871, d. 1926.
Robert Lewis Brockenbrough, b. 1873, d. date unknown.
James Hubard Brockenbrough, b. 1880, d. date unknown.
Marian Willoughby Brockenbrough, b. January 05, 1880, d. date unknown.