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George Washington Paschal,
first husband of Sarah Ridge

Hon. Judge George Washington Paschal (Texas
State Library and Archives Commission)
George wrote two books that brought him fame:
A Digest of the Laws of Texas (1866) and
The Constitution of the United States Defined and
Carefully Annotated (1868).

Believed to be Franklin Lafayette Paschal - brother of GW Paschal

Sarah (Ridge) Paschal at Salem College, NC,
circa 1826-1829

George Paschal buried in Oak Hill
Cemetery (Lot #213, E) in DC, with
his third wife Mary Lois (Scoville) Harper
(12/23/1833 - 4/10/1889) and their son
Samuel Scoville Paschal (1875 - 1917)

Susan Agnes "Soonie" Paschal
(2/20/1843 Van Buren, AK -
4/4/1846 Washington, DC), daughter
of George and Sarah (Ridge) Paschal
(picture from a portrait)

Susan Agnes Paschal buried at
Congressional Cemetery in DC
(Range 44 Site 152)

Col. George Walter Paschal,
son of George and Sarah (Ridge) Paschal

Col. George Walter Paschal in DC

Marcia Paschal, daughter of Col. George Walter Paschal and Fanny Tilley

Ridge Watie Paschal (1887), son of George and
Sarah (Ridge) Paschal. He was Mayor of
Tahlequah (Cherokee Nation, OK) between
1894-1895 and 1897-1899.

Ridge Paschal  

Ridge Watie Paschal - Tahlequah Cemetery, OK (Photo by Paul Ridenour)

Emily Agnes Paschal McNeir

Emily "Agnes" Paschal, daughter of George and
Sarah (Ridge) Paschal, with husband William McNeir

Emily "Agnes" (Paschal) McNeir, sons George "Paschal"
McNeir, and Forest McNeir (San Antonio, Texas, 1903)

Elizabeth (Paschal) O'Connor,
daughter of George Washington
Paschal and 2nd wife, Marcia (Duval) Price
(from her book "My Beloved South" 1913)

Sarah (Ridge) Paschal (circa 1870/age 56)
married #2 Charles Sisson Pix, with son
Charles Forest Pix (1857-1874)

Paschal McNeir, son of William and Emily
"Agnes" (Paschal) McNeir, seen here with
Cora Mae Hanson (circa 1931-32). Paschal's
son Watie married Cora's sister Louise Hanson.
Cora is the mother of famous jazz guitarist Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Vandelinder, III)

Me at Col. George Walter Paschal and wife Fanny Tilley Paschal's grave, Arlington National Cemetery, VA [Section 3 Grave 2192]
(Photo by David Ridenour)

Dr. Frank L. Paschal of San Antonio