Prosser, Col. William Farrand.  "A History of the Puget Sound Country, Its
Resources, Its Commerce and its People."  Vol. 2.  New York and Chicago: Lewis
Publishing Co., 1903.  pp. 531-532.

JUDGE WILLIAM WHITFIELD LANGHORNE

	Had not the genealogical records of this I 1 family beet stroyed in the dark
days of the Civil war, we should be able to write the history of a family which
reached far back into the early centuries of English annals, for the Langhornes
are of old English stock, who settled in Virginia m the early colonial period.
But without these authentic records this sketch must begin with the grandfather
of our subject, who was William Langhorne and was born in Portsmouth, Virginia,
occupying a prominent place in the affairs of his native place.  His son,
Maurice J. Langhorne, was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, ami was
also born in the Old Dominion state.  He was educated for the law and began the
practice of that profession, but having been converted to the Methodist faith be
became one of the prominent ministers of that church: for several years be was
president of the Virginia Protestant Methodist conference.  He married Louisa
Drew, a native of his own county, and a daughter of Benjamin Drew.  The Drews
were of old English ancestry, and members of the family participated in the
Revolution and the war of 1812; Benjamin Drew attained the ripe of ninety-nine
years.  Nine children were the fruit of this marriage, and five of them are
living.  Rev. Maurice J. Langhorne passed away in 188o, aged sixty-three years,
and his good wife soon followed.
	William Whitfield Langhorne is the only member of the above family in the
state of Washington.  His birthplace is Smithlield, Lie of Wight county,
Virginia, and he was born January 22, 1841.  After being educated in the academy
at Smithfield and Lynchburg College, Virginia, be began the study of law in the
office of the Hon. Robert Whitfield, a relative of the family, and afterward a
member of the Confederate congress.  At the outbreak of the Civil war he
enlisted in the Sixth Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Mahone's old regiment.  He
served in Mahone's brigade until his health gave way, and after regaining his
strength in the hospital at Lynchburg, he served as clerk in the office of
General Raleigh Colston for a few months; he was then assigned to the ironclad
ram, Palmetto State, in the harbor of Charleston, and he remained on this
ironclad until it was blown up at the evacuation of Charleston, in January,
1865.  His last service in the war was around Richmond.  He was captured near
Sailor's Creek, when General Grant captured Richmond; was in Point Lookout
(Maryland) prison, and was released by the United States authorities in June,
1865.  He was discharged on the 5th of June, 1865, on taking the oath of
allegiance.
	After being released from Point Lookout, Mr. Langhorne returned to his law
studies and was admitted to the bar in Virginia in 1866.  In the next year he
removed to east Tennessee, and in 1868 began his practice in Tennessee, which he
carried on most successfully until the fall of 1890.  He then came to the new
stale of Washington and began the practice of law.  In 1892, without
solicitation on his part, he was elected judge of the superior court of Lewis,
Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, Washington.  His term ended on January 12, 1897,
during which tim< he discharged his duties faithfully and conscientiously.
	In 1868 the Judge married Miss Julia R. Smith, the daughter of General
Alexander E. Smith, of Tennessee, and there were born to them five children:
Maurice Alexander, who is a successful attorney in Chehalis, and prosecuting
attorney of Lewis county, Washington; William Drew, who lived to manhood, and
was clerk of the superior court of Lewis county when his death occurred; Lulie,
who died in infancy: Elma, who is now Mrs. Robert Bassett, of Aberdeen.
Washington; Lillian, the wife of Lynn H. Miller, of Chehalis, Washington. Judge
Langhorne is now practicing law in Chehalis, Washington. 


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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2009 by Jenny Tenlen.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.