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Col. William Kendall.
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- 1 2 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 1. Lewis historical publishing Company. p. 271.
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