Ancestry of Capt.
William Lewis Herndon

Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America

William Lewis Herndon

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Dabney Herndon 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Hull   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Oct 1813 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fredericksburg, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Sep 1857 
  • Death Location:
  • Shipwreck of the S.S. Central America, near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 
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  • Notes: 
  • Captain of the S.S. Central America when she sank in a hurricane in 1857.

• Marriages for William Lewis Herndon

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  • Spouse:
  • Frances Elizabeth Hansborough

• Sources for William Lewis Herndon

  • ¹ Reeves, Thomas C., Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1975), 20.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 419.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 400.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur", (accessed 04/16/2011).