Chiswell Dabney Langhorne

1843 - 1919  (76 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 79 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
  Birth	1843
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	USA
  rich
  Death	1919
  Person ID	I363776	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	John Scarsbrook Langhorne,   b. 1819   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Dabney   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F135943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Witcher Keene,   b. 1848   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1864
  Although the war was looming all around them, wedding festivities were held an entire week at Cottage Hill.
  Children	+ 1. Irene Langhorne,   b. 1873   d. 1956 (Age 83 years) + 2. Elizabeth Langhorne   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Nancy Witcher Langhorne,   b. 19 May 1879   d. 1964 (Age 84 years) + 4. Phyllis Langhorne   d. 20 Jan 1937 + 5. Nora Langhorne   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Michael Langhorne   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F144191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2002

  
  

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  Renewed his fortune by becoming one of Virginia's foremost railroad tycoons. C.D. Langhorne bought the fabulous country estate "Mirador" in 1892 and returned to the genteel lifestyle of mint juleps and horseback riding that his ancestors had enjoyed for generations. At his death in 1919, Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, in addition to his numerous estates including Mirador and Greenfields, left a trust for his heirs of over 1,000,000 dollars. was a Virginian gentleman and Civil War veteran, who for many years had to struggle for a living in Danville, Virginia, working as a tobacco auctioneer. Later, through a lucky personal contact, he made good as a railroad manager, and then acquired the delightful estate of Mirador, under the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was a rough, patriarchal character, with the gift of the gab. His wife, Nannie (or Nanaire) Witcher, was equally strong-willed, but gentler and more sensitive, with an artistic streak. Colonel and Mrs Langhorne brought up nine children, among whom the girls had the edge in personality as well as numbers. Much of their story has been told before, and in particular a great deal has been written about Nancy Astor, both as a politician and as a private woman (in so far as she was capable of existing as such). Her impact on her children was subtly described by one of them, Michael, in his remarkable book Tribal Feeling.