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Richard Lucian Page (1807 - 1901)

Richard Lucian Page
Born in Clark County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 93 in Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Richard Lucian Page was born in 1807. He is the son of William Page and Anne Lee.

The 1900 United States Census [1] shows a large family living in Norfolk, Virginia.

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Richard L Page Head Male 93 Virginia
Alexina T Page Wife Female 81 Virginia
Elizabeth Whittle Daughter Female 51 Virginia
William C Whittle Son-in-law Male 55 Virginia
Alexina P Whittle Granddaughter Female 26 Virginia
Elizabeth C Whittle Granddaughter Female 23 Virginia
Mary W Whittle Granddaughter Female 21 Virginia
William C Whittle Grandson Male 19 Virginia
Edmonia L Whittle Granddaughter Female 15 Virginia
Hattie Neilson Niece Female 64 Virginia
Mary Macdonald Servant Female 80 Ireland

Richard died in 1901 at Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania and is buried in Norfolk, Virginia. [2]

Unsourced information on Find A Grave describes his Civil War service:

Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, United States Naval Officer. Entering the Navy as a midshipman in 1824, he was promoted to Commander in 1855 and commanded the "USS Germantown" from 1857 to 1859. When Virginia seceded in 1861, he resigned from the Navy and became an aide to Governor John Letcher, supervising construction of fortifications on the James, Nansemond, and Pagan Rivers. Commissioned a Commander, and later Captain, in the Confederate Navy, he was ordnance officer at Norfolk, Virginia, and then Charlotte, North Carolina. Commissioned a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army in 1864, he was put in command of the outer defenses of Mobile, Alabama. Forced to surrender in August 1864, he was held prisoner until September 1865. As a civilian, he was superintendent of Norfolk public schools from 1875 to 1883.

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ2-N27 : accessed 21 October 2019), Richard L Page, Norfolk city Ward 2, Norfolk, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,735.
  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11042

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