That is exactly what I keep finding in reference after reference....just no
info on who his paternal grandmother and her family were.
Thanks for the response.
M.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Freddie Spradlin
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Madaline,
>
> According to "Generals in Gray, Lives of the Confederate Commanders", Ezra
> J. Warner, 1959, Louisiana State University Press:
>    "Arnold Elzey (Jones) was born at 'Elmwood,' Somerset County, Maryland,
> on December 18, 1816. He was graduated from West Point in 1837 at that time
> dropping his patronymic for his more distinctive  middle name ... " source
> noted as HILL, AMBROSE POWELL. Schenck, Martin, _Up Came Hill._  Harrisburg:
> Stackpole Company, 1958.
>
>
> Freddie Spradlin
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Madaline Preston
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:13 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: General Arnold Elzey
>
>
> I have seen references to Gen. Arnold Elzey (Jones) taking the name of this
> paternal grandmother rather than serve under the name of Gen. Jones.  I
> have
> NOT seen anything on who his grandmother was or who were her parents.
>
> Would appreciate any information.
> M. Preston
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