General Lawrence Taliaferro Dade | |
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| Member of the Senate of Virginia | |
| In office 1819–1832 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Orange County | |
| In office 1811 – May 16, 1813 Serving with Philip Barbour | |
| Preceded by | James Barbour |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mallory |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1785 "Sylvan Ledge", Orange County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1842 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Anne Mayo (m. 1815) |
| Children | Mary Jackson Dade, Lawrence Alexander Dade, Lucy Fitzhugh, Alexander Dade, Francis Cadwallader Dade, Virginia Elizabeth Dade, Agnes Macon Dade |
| Residence(s) | "Bell Forest," Orange County Virginia & Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Artillery, 1812 |
Lawrence Taliaferro Dade of "Bell Forest," (1785 in Orange County, Virginia – March 25, 1842 in Owensboro, Kentucky) was a Virginia state senator, planter and captain in the US Army.
At the time he was serving as a member of the Virginia Assembly (1808–1819). He also served as a member of the Virginia State Senate from 1819 to 1832.
Before his death in 1842, he moved with his family to Owensboro, Kentucky.
Early and family life
Lawrence Taliaferro Dade was born to Captain Francis Dade and Sarah Taliaferro in 1785. Captain Francis Dade and his cousin Baldwin Dade were patriots of the Revolutionary War serving in the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons.
He married Anne Mayo on May 4, 1815, in Henrico, Virginia.
Military
Dade entered the War of 1812 as Captain of the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Artillery.
Career
After admission to the Virginia bar, Dade had a law office in Orange County, Virginia. When his cousin Francis L. Dade finished school, he read law under Lawrence's supervision.[1]
Family
Lawrence Taliaferro Dade's great-great-grandfather was Francis Dade (Virginia Burgess), also known as John Smith.[2]
Virginia Senate
Virginia voters first elected Dade to the Virginia Senate in 1811, and he was re-elected numerous times.[3] Much of his correspondence with President James Madison has survived.
During a senate session in 1828, Dade praised Joseph Cabell of Nelson County Virginia who was nearly regarded as a co-founder of the University of Virginia, stating "If aught of good proceeds from the University, the pride and glory of Virginia, the member from Nelson cannot be forgotten; for he, in promoting that monument of wisdom and taste, was second only to the immortal Jefferson."[4]
Notes
- ↑ White, p. 733
- ↑ Maurer, pp. 121
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 267, 272, 279, 283, 287, 301, 306, 311, 316, 321, 326, 331, 336, 341, 346, 351, 358, 362, 364
- ↑ Jefferson, Thomas. Early history of the University of Virginia : as contained in the letters of Thomas Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell, hitherto unpublished / with an appendix ... and a bibliographical notice of Joseph C. Cabell. p. 35.
References
- Hayden, Horace Edwin (1891). Virginia Genealogies. Pennsylvania: Wilkes-Barre. LCCN 66-26936.
- White, George (1849). Statistics of the state of Georgia : including an account of its natural, civil, and ecclesiastical history. Savannah GA: W. Thorne Williams. LCCN 01007654.
- Howard, Joseph Jackson (1887). Some Pedigrees from the Visitation of Kent, 1663–68. London: London, Mitchell and Hughes. LCCN 21021730.
- Maurer, C.f. William (June 2005). Dragoon Diary. Authorhouse. ISBN 978-1-4208-3145-0.