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- ↑ Ball,Francis Elrington,A History of the County Dublin,Volume 4,Chapter 1,Dublin,Ireland,1906.
- ↑ Tyler,Lyon Gardiner,LL.D. (Editorial Supervisor),Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography,Volume IV,Richmond,New York,1915.
