Jones

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Hester (Davis) Jones of Wales. She was the sister of the Honorable Joseph Jones of Virginia, a member of the Continental Congress.

Her son, President James Monroe, said that his mother, Elizabeth, was "a very amiable and respectable woman, possessing the best domestic qualities of a good wife, and a good parent".

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Partial Lines of Selected
Ancestors and Selected Collateral Descendants of the Monroes

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - The Monroes of Virginia:
Corrections, updates - e-mail message dated 19 Oct 1997 - p. 3

(3) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(4) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #3

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Elizabeth's place of birth has not been verified.

Elizabeth married Col. Spence Monroe in 1752 in , King George Co., Virginia, USA. Spence (son of Capt. Andrew Monroe and Christian M. Tyler) was born in 1727 in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1774 in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison
- Monroe, Johnson

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Buckner, Winstead Thomas - Clan Munro Genealogy

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: William Buckner. William was born on 1 Oct 1753; died in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After a preliminary course in the local schools, and some tutoring by William Douglas, James entered William and Mary College in 1776. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he joined Washington near New York City where he began serving as a Lieutenant. He was among the soldiers who rowed across the Delaware with Washington. He was wounded at Harlem Heights and was promoted to Captain upon his recovery. Later, as a Major, he served as volunteer aide on the staff of Samuel Sterling. He finished the war as a Lieutenant Colonel in a Virginia unit.

Although he was eager to follow a military career, he was unable to obtain a permanent command when the war ended. He studied law under the supervision of Thomas Jefferson and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he served as town councilman, his first public office. He served in official positions for nearly 50 years.

In 1782, at the age of 24, he was elected a member of the Virginia State Assembly. He served as a member of the Continental Congress 1783-1786. He was elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Grayson. He was reelected in 1791 and resigned in 1794.

He was appointed United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France by President Washington and served until 1796. He was elected Governor of Virginia 1799-1802, and was again appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France by President Jefferson and served from 12 Jan to 12 Jul 1803. He was appointed to the same post in England and served from 1803 to 1807. He also served as Minister to Spain. He was again elected as Governor of Virginia in 1811 but President Madison appointed him to his Cabinet as Secretary of State and Secretary of War (at the same time) and he served from 1811 to 1817. He was then elected President of the United States for two terms from 1817 to 1825.

While Minister to France under President Washington, he was ridiculed and recalled by Washington. Under President Jefferson, he returned to France with the treaty for the purchase of Louisiana. He was also discredited as Minister to England.

He gained prestige when, as Secretary of War under President Madison, he ordered the forces assembled at New Orleans in the War of 1812.

He was keenly interested in military matters. He enjoyed horseback riding and travel. While a member of Congress, he made a trip on the Great Lakes and down the Ohio River, inspecting posts occupied by British troops and studying the natural resources of the country and the attitude of Indians toward Americans. A connoisseur of art, he purchased for the White House the best Paris afforded.

He was inaugurated as fifth President of the United States on 4 Mar 1817 and served eight years. His administration was known as the "Era of Good Feeling", but in reality it was full of plots and disagreements, one example being the Missouri Compromise. However, during his presidency, legislation of great constructive value was enacted, and Florida was purchased from Spain.

During his second term as President, in 1823, a discussion arose over the possibility of Spain's regaining possession of Florida and in a message to Congress he said: "We should consider any attempt on their part (a foreign power) to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety..." and also further, "The American Continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." Thus was born the famous Monroe Doctrine which has been at the foundation of US policy in the new world ever since.

He retired from the White House to his farm at Oak Hill, Virginia. He died poor in New York City at the home of his daughter on 4 Jul 1831. He was first buried in New York City, but was later re-interred in Richmond, Virginia.

Oak Hill, erected in 1820 by President Monroe, was designed by Thomas Jefferson and the plans were completed by James Hoban, designer and builder of the White House and supervising architect for the Capitol.

President Monroe employed william Benton, an Englishman, to superintend the construction of the mansion under Hoban's supervision and to manage the extensive farming operations of the estate. It is said that Benton served the President "in the triple capacity of steward, counselor, and friend."

James' will was dated 1831 and proved in 1847.

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The following is from "Clan Munro" compiled by Alan McNie, published in Jedburgh, Scotland. It is from the chapter entitled "Some Clan Notables".

Munroe, James (1758-1831) Monroe entered US Senate in 1790. He was a critic of Washington and helped organise the Republican party in opposition. He became President in 1816 and sought to maintain a large peacetime army. In his presidency, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine and Missouri joined the Union. In 1819 Spain ceded Florida. In the Monroe Doctrine he showed his desire for America's independence, disapproving of European intervention and affirming America's intention of not interfering in the internal affairs of other nations and stating the America's were not to be considered open to further European colonization.
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«i»The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton [the painting] by John Trumbull dramatizes the scene of the wounded Lt. James Monroe, who had been injured in the final stages of the Battle of Trenton. Lt. Monroe had been hit by a musket ball, severing an artery. The doctor who is tending him is the same man who had ordered Washington's troops off of his property as they advanced towards Trenton. When Dr. Riker realized they were not the British, but Americans, he volunteered to join them thinking he would be of some help later. Little did anyone know that Dr. Riker would clamp off the severed artery of Lt. Monroe, saving the life of this valiant patriot and future president.«/i»

("Capture of the Hessians at Trenton" - Eagle Flyer - Spring 2011 - Editor: Margaret Bardin)
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Ref: Clan Munro files - Cones, Mona
- Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison
- Johnson, Monroe

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Phillips, Robert Lee Munro - "Mr. President: 5" - article from the Courier-Journal

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Monroe Hall on Monroes Creek

Died:
James died at the home of his daughter in New York.

Buried:
Hollywood Cemetery

James married Elizabeth Kortright on 16 Feb 1786 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Lawrence Kortright) was born on 30 Jun 1768 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA; died on 23 Sep 1830 in Oak Hill, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; was buried in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Spence died young. He was mentioned in his father's will of 1774. He had no children.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, James Harrison
- Johnson, Monroe
- Spence Monroe notes

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

"Burke's Presidential Families" says that Andrew only had two sons. His first wife was Frances Garnett (or Garrett). Ref 2 says Andrew and Frances had two sons.

Andrew attended William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Andrew is believed to have purchased a farm near Batesville in 1781, where he lived for four years.

He served in the Navy during the American Revolutionary War, and moved to Scott County, Kentucky from Albemarle County, Virginia about 1793.

In 1816 he was living on a farm which his brother, President James Monroe, purchased on Limestone, below Milton.

The Johnson reference says he may have been born in 1764 and may have died in 1826. Ref 4 says he died in 1828.

Several references give Andrew's death place as Milton County, Virginia, but there has never been a Milton County, Virginia. Other references say he died in Fauquier County, Virginia.

There is much confusion and probably a lot of error in this family record. There is another Andrew Monroe [529] married to another Ann Bell in a completely different family line. Is this an error or just an interesting coincidence? Care must be taken here because of the many similar names at about the same time and place.

Ref: "Burke's Presidential Families" - p. 157
Clan Munro files - Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Monroe, James Harrison
- Johnson, Monroe
- Andrew Monroe notes
- William & Mary Quarterly - 1933
- Guilford, Dr. Joan S. ("Southern Monroes" manuscript)
- Williams, Mary Gayle - Descendants of George Munro

Ref (7) says Andrew was born in 1760. This reference also says Andrew was the eldest brother of President James Monroe.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(3) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy chart for Andrew
Monroe (ca. 1615-1668) - signed with initials "MDH" and dated 18 Sep 1987 (4) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Mary
Cooke Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - # 16

(5) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - short undated biography
which accompanied Mary Roder's membership application - author unknown

(6) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - family group record of
Andrew Augustine Monroe - undated

(7) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #1

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Andrew married Frances Garnett before 1789. Frances was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Ann Bell in 1789 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. Ann was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine" - Vol. XIII #4 - Oct 1933 - The Monroe Family - p. 231-241

Joseph was born in Westmoreland County and named for his maternal uncle, Hon. Joseph Jones of Virginia. He was married three times: first, in Albemarle County in 1790 to Elizabeth Kerr; second on 27 Oct 1801 to Sally Gordon; and third on 19 Oct 1808 to Elizabeth Glasscock.

From 1804 until 1810 he was Clerk of the District and Circuit court as shown by a tablet on the wall of the Northumberland County Virginia Court House.

He moved west and died in Franklin, Missouri on 5 Aug 1824.
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Joseph was sent to Edinburgh University in Scotland by his brother, James. After failing there, He studied law in Virginia and failed there also.

Col. Joseph Jones Monroe became a member of the Albemarle Count bar. He served as private secretary to President Monroe, and was Clerk of the district and Circuit Court of Northumberland County, Virginia (1804-1810) as shown by a tablet on the wall of the Northumberland County Court House. He was appointed Commonwealth Attorney of Albemarle County in 1811.

His first wife was a daughter of James Kerr.

As a widower, he moved west, probably to Kentucky with his daughter and son-in-law. In 1819, he moved to Franklin, Howard County, Missouri where he was one of the first settlers in the county. There he married Mrs. Hulda (Hubbard) Davis, a daughter of Rev. Hubbard, one of the earliest Baptist preachers in North Missouri.

In 1821, he moved to Keytesville, Missouri.

According to the Missouri "Intelligencer", the first newspaper established west of St. Louis, Joseph "was a man of warm heart, of undoubted integrity, of polished education and inestimable worth."

Refs 1 and 2 say Joseph was born in 1772.

One reference gives his death date as 6 Jul 1824 and his birth date as about 1772. Another reference gives his death date as 1831. His first wife, Eilzabeth Kerr (or Carr) died in childbirth. His second wife was Sally (or Sarah or Sara) Gordon. His fourth wife was Huldah Hubbard (or Hulda Davis). Guilford says he died in Keytesville, Charlton County, Missouri, and Holmes says he died 6 Jul 1824 in Howard County, Missouri.

"Burke's Presidential Families" says that he only had one daughter in his first marriage, and that he only married three times.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison
- Holmes, Deanna L. - letter 1 Mar 1996
- Johnson, Monroe
- Joseph Jones Monroe notes
- William & Mary Quarterly - 1933
- Descendants of Edward Blair Cabell
- Guilford, Dr. Joan S. ("Southern Monroes" manuscript)
- Williams, Irmalee - Descendants of George Munro
"Burke's Presidential Families" - p. 157

Ref (4) says Joseph was the son of Andrew Monroe [291] instead of his grandson.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy chart for Andrew
Monroe (ca. 1615-1668) - signed with initials "MDH" and dated 18 Sep 1987

(3) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - short undated biography
which accompanied Mary Roder's membership application - author unknown

(4) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - family group record for
Andrew Monroe author unknown - undated

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Joseph married Elizabeth Kerr on 19 Mar 1791 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 2 Nov 1772 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; died about Jul 1800 in Essex, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sally Gordon on 27 Oct 1801 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. Sally was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth Glasscock on 19 Oct 1808. Elizabeth was born about 1762; died before 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Hulda Hubbard on 19 Jul 1821 in , Howard Co., Missouri, USA. Hulda was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Norborne Thomas Taliaferro. Norborne (son of Robert Taliaferro and Jane Bankhead) was born about 1770 in , Caroline Co., Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Died:
Thomas died young.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Meredith Yeatman. Meredith was born about 1776; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Died:
Warren died young.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Johnson, Monroe - Elizabeth Monroe notes

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Catherine married William W. Monroe on 23 Apr 1805 in , Caroline Co., Virginia, USA. William was born about 1775 in , Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Spence married Lucy Catesby Woodford in 1807 in , Caroline Co., Virginia, USA. Lucy was born about 1771; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Johnson, Monroe - Elizabeth Monroe notes

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Buckner, Winstead Thomas - Clan Munro Genealogy

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Mary married William Thomas Buckner on 24 Nov 1807 in , , Virginia, USA. William was born on 29 Jan 1786 in , Caroline Co., Virginia, USA; died on 15 Aug 1849 in Paris, Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth (or Eliza) lived in France while her father was minister there. (One reference says she was born in France.) She was eduacted in France and was called "LaBelle Americaine" and the Heiress of "Ashfield". She named her daughter after her classmate, Hortense de Beauharnais, who married Napoleon's brother, Louis Bonapart in 1802. Louis and Hortense were later crowned King and Queen of Holland.

Elizabeth later returned to France where she became a Catholic and died in a Paris Convent. She is buried in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise in Paris.

One reference gives her birth year as 1786 and another says she was born in Paris, France. Her sister, Maria was born in Paris while her father was minister to the Court of St. James in France, but Elizabeth was born before her father was appointed.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Buried:
Pere La Chaise

Elizabeth married Judge George Hay on 17 Oct 1808 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. George (son of Anthony Hay and Elizabeth Davenport) was born on 15 Dec 1765 in Williamsburg, Williamsburg (City), Virginia, USA; died on 21 Sep 1830 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James Spence was the only son of President James Monroe. James Spence died in infancy, extinguishing the President's male line.

James Spence was born when his father was serving as Governor of Virginia. His death came at a difficult time for his father because just prior to this, Gabriel Prosser, leader of a slave revolt, had been captured along with 35 others and all of Richmond gathered at the Governor's Mansion when Prosser was brought before Monroe. Prosser was tried 30 Apr 1804, found guilty and hanged.

James was unable to attend the erection of a headstone over his son's grave. He asked John Clarke to attend to this, directing that it bear only the initials "J.S.M."

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, James Harrison
- Johnson, Monroe
- J.S. Monroe notes

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Maria was married in the East Room of the White House to her maternal first cousin, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur. She was the first daughter of a President to be married in the White House.

One reference gives Maria's birthplace as Fredericksburg, Virginia, but she was born in Paris while her father was serving as a minister to France. Another reference says she died in "Oak Hill", Loudoun County, Virginia.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Maria married Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur on 9 Mar 1820 in Washington, , District of Columbia, USA. Samuel (son of Nicholas Gouverneur and Hester Kortright) was born in 1799; died in 1867 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref (1) says Elizabeth was a daughter of Johnson Monroe[699], but the Swan reference says that is incorrect.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Jenkinson, Joe Thomas, Jr. - Family Group Records -
undated - p. 2

(2) Clan Munro files - Kelly, Robert Coffin - Letter dated 29 Jul 1967

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Elizabeth married Alexander Adair on 19 Jan 1815. Alexander was born about 1792; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John's connection to this family is unverified.

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

Joseph's connection to this family is unverified.

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

One reference says Benjamin may have died in infancy but another reference shows that he had descendants.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Williams, Irmalee - Descendants of George Munro

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Died:
Benjamin died before 1825.

Benjamin married Virginia about 1795. Virginia was born est 1775 in , Stafford Co., Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert is said to have died in the Civil War in Kentucky. Johnson says Robert is the same person as Thomas Bell Monroe [531]. The parents of Robert were Andrew Monroe born about 1759 in Virginia and Ann Bell. The parents of Thomas were Andrew Monroe born 1749 in Kentucky and Anna Bell. Whether this is an error or an interesting coincidence is not known. Anyway, care must be taken at this point in both families because of the similarity of the names places and dates.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Johnson, Monroe - letter - 1 Dec 1995

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Error alert: Ref 3 says Augustine Garnett "Gus" Monroe was a prisoner on the British ship, "Jersey", and that he was exiled to the United States when he was 16 years old. This doesn't fit with the fact that his father was born in the United States.

He was admitted to the Albemarle County, Virginia bar in 1817, (ref 2 says 1815). He lived in Alabama and Houston County, Texas.

The Johnson reference says Augustine was a son of Andrew's first wife, Frances Garrett.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Guilford, Dr. Joan S. ("Southern Monroes" manuscript)

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Mary
Cooke Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - # 8

(2) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - short undated biography
which accompanied Mary Roder's membership application - author unknown

(3) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - family group record of
Augustine Garnett Monroe.
(4) Clan Munro files - Kelly, Robert Coffin - Letter dated 29 Jul 1967

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Jane Bethany Saunders. Jane was born on 14 Aug 1793; died in in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Colonel James ("General Jimmy") Monroe graduated from West Point in 1815 and in 1839 was elected to Congress.

One reference says that James and Elizabeth were married in 1823.

James acted as the private secretary of President James Monroe.

James and his wife settled in New York City, New York, where he was active in political affairs and was a member of the Peace Convention in 1861.

He raised the four sons of his brother, Augustine Garnett Monroe.

Error alert: The Johnson reference says that James was the son of Andrew's first wife, Frances Garrett. Another reference from Johnson says that James was the son of Andrew Monroe and Ann Bell. James [3751] and James [3587] have the same birth and death dates recorded.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Johnson, Monroe
"Burke's Presidential Families" - p. 157

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - short undated biography
which accompanied Mary Roder's membership application - author unknown

(2) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - family group record for
Augustine Garnett Monroe - undated

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Buried:
Trinity Cemetery

James married Elizabeth Mary Douglas on 4 Apr 1822 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1801; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Paul Eugene

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Family/Spouse: Mary Jane Graves. Mary was born on 17 Mar 1816 in , Stafford Co., Virginia, USA; died on 22 Feb 1897 in , , Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) "Munro Eagle" - #26 - 1996 - p. 28-29

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret - Printout of graves at
Keytesville Cemetery at Keytesville, Missouri

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Buried:
Harriett was buried at Keytesville Cemetery. Her tombstone inscription said she died age 62 years, 11 months and 7 days - wife of E.B.

Harriett married Dr. Edward Blair Cabell on 10 Apr 1812 in Charlottesville, Charlottesville (city), Virginia, USA. Edward (son of Col. Joseph Cabell, Jr. and Pocahontas Rebecca Bolling) was born on 29 May 1788 in Repton, , Virginia, USA; died on 29 Aug 1850 in , , Missouri, USA; was buried in Keytesville, Chariton Co., Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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The following is from the Johnson reference:

Lucy Jane Monroe Browder, a niece of U.S. President James Monroe, was the matriarch of the "Dallas Browders" who were important in the early life of both Dallas and our church, The first United Methodist Church of Dallas. Old City Park, Dallas was originally their homestead and its productive spring provided the earliest source of water for the village, other than individual wells.

Lucy and her sons, Edward and Isham, arrived in Texas in 1845, from Missouri. They first owned land in northern Ellis County but by 1850 lived in Dallas County.

Edward served as Dallas' first district Clerk from 1850 to 1874, was an initial member of Tannehill Masonic Lodge, and was one of the first stewards, class leaders and Sunday School superintendents at First Methodist Church . During the Civil War he was elected Captain of Company C in the Eighteenth Texas Cavalry. Edward's brother Isham also served in Company C but died of disease in 1862.

After the war, Lucy and Edward bought and sold land in Dallas. In 1865, Lucy conveyed to Edward the approximately sixty acres containing Browder's Spring. In 1871, the Texas Legislature passed a bill granting right-of-way for the Southern Pacific Railroad with a short rider requiring that in pass within one mile of Broder's Spring, thus assuring the growth of Dallas.

In the early 1870's Edward Browder developed Browder's Addition, a fashionable suburb southeast of Dallas, between town and Browder's Spring. In 1872 the city named Browder Street after Edward. The area near Browder's Spring was established as the first city park in honor of the 1876 national centennial, and a portion remains today as Old City Park.

Edward Browder died in 1878. The next year, his son, Pleasant Browder, sold Browder's Spring to a private company, which delivered water to Dallas customers. The spring was later sold to the city. Dallas used water from the spring for about eight years before the town's need outgrew the spring's capacity. The spring was reactivated for a short time during the long drought of 1908-1913.

Lucy is buried in the Old Dallas Cemetery in downtown Dallas - (Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery).
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Ref: Clan Munro files - Irvine, James, Jr.

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Lucy married Pleasant Browder on 16 Dec 1819 in , Chariton Co., Missouri, USA. Pleasant was born on 16 Feb 1794 in , , Northwest Territories, Canada; died on 9 Sep 1830 in Chariton, Chariton Co., Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James' father is said to have been the brother of President James Monroe, but no solid details are known.

He moved to Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi before 1840, and is found on the census there in 1840, 1850 and 1860. He was a farmer, a lawyer, a State Senator from the district comprising Newton & Jasper counties (1854-1856), and Mayor of Decatur.

He is reported to have been a slave holder and may have fought in the Civil War.

The following people were part of his houshold at one time:
Johanna Rooney, b. North Carolina 1784 d. Decatur, Mississippi 1862
Benjamin Williams, b. Kentucky 1828
Charles West, b. Connecticut 1819

His first wife was Blanche Narcissa Kelly (or Kelley). He married (2) a Mrs. Glass, who already had a son named Tom Glass.

He fathered 12 children by his first wife, one by his second and none by his third

References:

Clan Munro files - Everett, Annie Leora
Hale, Marshall Vass
Monroe, Ruby Lucille

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Name:
Per research on Ancestry.com, James Joseph Monroe was born to Joseph Jones Monroe and Elizabeth Glassock in 1812 in North Carolina. BJS, 8Jan 2017

Family/Spouse: Glass. was born about 1814; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Blanche Narcissa Kelly est 1842 in Decatur, Newton, Mississippi. Blanche was born in 1823 in , , Georgia, USA; died on 7 Oct 1861 in Decatur, Newton Co., Mississippi, USA; was buried in Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Evans on 20 Mar 1875. Elizabeth was born about 1814; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]