The Duke Family Papers
Timeline of Significant Events in the Life of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.
| 1853 - Birth to R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and Elizabeth Scott Eskridge Duke
1859 - Father forms the Albemarle Rifles, a volunteer militia company, after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. 1861-65 - Civil War 1870-1874 - Enrolled at the Universty of Virginia |
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| 1884 - Marriage to Edith Ridgeway Slaughter
1885 - Birth of first child, Mary Willoughby Duke 1888-1901 - Judge of the Corporation Court of Charlottesville 1896 - Death of mother, Elizabeth Scott Eskridge Duke 1897-1899 - Grand Master of the Virginia Masons--the Grand Lodge of Virginia 1898 - Death of father, R. T. W. Duke, Sr. 1900 - Premature death of sixth child, Edwin Ellicott Duke (b. 1899) 1921 - Death of first wife, Edith Ridgeway Slaughter 1923 - Second marriage, to Mary Richardson Slaughter (sister-in-law of Edith Ridgeway Slaughter) 1926 - Death of Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr. |
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