The last Throckmorton in the county was dead and gone; but there was another-grandson to the last-a certain Major George Throckmorton, who, although virginian born and bred, had remained in the regular army all through the war, and was still in it.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
Well, the boy, although brought up at army posts, rather wanted to be a virginian, and to own the old place; you know that sort of thing always crops out in a virginian.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
Benton's father, who was a lawyer in good standing at the North Carolina bar, died when the boy was very young, leaving him to be brought up by his virginian mother.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt