Wedding Wednesday - The Gov. Marries!

Thomas Watkins Ligon was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on 10 MAY 1810 and died 12 JAN 1881 in Howard County, Maryland.  He was a representative in the 29th & 30th Congress and was the Governor of Maryland from 1854-1858.  He was married twice, to sisters, the first above was to Mary T. Dorsey and after her death, he remarried to her sister, Sally Dorsey. 

There were a total of five children from the two marriages, three survived him at his death. 

Obituary - John L. Ligon (1867)

Died

Ligon - At Bristol, Tennessee, on Saturday, the 16th instant, Mr. John L. Ligon, formerly of this city, in the sixty sixth year of his age.

**Richmond Whig, 19 NOV 1867, Pg. 4 (Via Genealogybank)

John Leigh Ligon was the son of William Ligon (1765-1829) and his wife, Sarah Leigh Ligon (no dates).  He was born 12 FEB 1802 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.  He married 8 OCT 1828 in Henrico County, Virginia to Mary Anne Puryear, daughter of Hezekiah Puryear and his wife, Eudocia.