Colonel William Baskerville

Born 10 April, 1816, Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Died 19 July, 1893, Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia William Baskerville was born at "Lombardy Grove," Mecklenburg County, Virginia, April 10, 1816. Eldest son of Charles Baskerville, 1st, and Elizabeth Ann Coleman. Studied with tutors from Trinity College, Dublin and University of Glasgow, Scotland. Educated at Hampton Sidney College, Virginia. William Baskerville, Jr. married first, Susanna Jiggitts of "Tall Grove", Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Second, Alice Riddle Sturdivant of Petersburg, Virginia.

He was a large planter at this estate "Buena Vista" on Roanoke River. He served Mecklenburg County first as Justice of the Peace; was Colonel of the 98th Regiment (Militia); served in the House of Delegates of Virginia Legislature; also in the Virginia Senate later. After heavy loses from the condition due to the Civil War, William Baskerville, Jr. read law in the office of Col. Thomas F. Goode, admitted to the Mecklenburg Bar, he was partner in the office of Col. Thomas F. Goode. For some time, he was commissioner of Accounts for the County with an office on the first floor of the Court House. After a stroke of paralysis, William Baskerville had to retire from active work. Esteemed and lamented, he passed away July 19, 1893, and rests in St. James Episcopal Church Yard in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.