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The Episcopal
clergyman, born September 1, 1869, at
"The Park," Westmoreland County, Va.;
son of Edwin C. and Judith
White (Newton) Claybrook, the former
a native of “Piedmont," Northumberland
County, who later lived at "The Hague,"
Va., lawyer, member Company C, Ninth
Virginia cavalry, under Gen. W. H. F.
Lee; grandson of Col. Richard A.
and Charlotte (Brown) Claybrook,
of "Piedmont," and of Willoughby
and Mary (Brockenbrough) Newton
of "Linden," Westmoreland County, member
of congress from the first Virginia
district, and aided in bringing about
the annexation of Texas.
Other ancestors
are Col. Theodore Bland, Speaker
Robinson of the Virginia House of
Burgesses, and Carter Braxton,
signer of the Declaration of
Independence. The maternal
great-grandfather, William
Brockenbrough, was for thirty years
chief justice of the Virginia Supreme
Court, and his home in Richmond, became
the "White House" of the Confederacy,
now the Confederate museum.
Rev. Mr. Claybrook
graduated at Washington and Lee
University, 1895; and the Theological
seminary of Virginia, 1899, as bachelor
of divinity. He was ordained deacon in
1898, priest in 1899; served as rector
at Washington, Va., Tyler, Tex.,
Huntsville, and at St. Mary's on the
Highlands, at Birmingham.
He was the
Episcopal dean of Birmingham, the
Bishop's chaplain, and has served as a
member of the standing committee of the
Diocese. He is a Mason. Married:
September 6, 1905, in Huntsville, to
Belle B., daughter of William H.
and Helen (Nesbit) Fariss of that
place.
Children: 1.
Willoughby Newton, Residence, Texas. |
