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Re: General Arnold Elzey
From:
Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:07:57 -0400
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Ah, but who was his paternal grandmother?   Unknown Elzey.  Thanks for
looking.


On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Sondra Reger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From Ancestry.com His parneds were Arnold Elzey Jones and Anne Wilson
> jackson, spouse Ellen Irwin, died February 21, 1871 in Baltimore, MD.,
> sister Lucretia Jones.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Freddie Spradlin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] General Arnold Elzey
>
> 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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