Sketch of the Munro Clan

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in Pennsylvania. Of this line of the second
William also are Captain Edmund Munroe,
who was killed at the battle of Monmouth
after a most distinguished military career ; the
Munroe of the early publishing firm of Munroe
& Francis ; Augustus Munroe, who played such
a noble part when the steamer " Atlantic " was
wrecked in Long Island Sound in 1846; 11 and
the Munroes of the well-known banking-house
of Munroe & Co. in Paris. 12
From George Munro, the third and last son
of William and Martha, are descended the
Munroes who still live in that part of Lexing-
ton called "Scotland," on the very estate
granted to the original William ; 13 also Tim-
othy Munroe, who settled in Lynn, and whose
grandson, " Colonel Tim," led the first troops
from Essex County to the Civil War. From
George are descended also Ensign Robert
Munroe, the first man killed at the battle of
Lexington ; Isaac, for many years editor of the
Baltimore Patriot; many distinguished soldiers
of the War of 1 8 1 2 ; Philemon, from whom
descended, among others, Otis Munroe, the
well-known Boston merchant, and Edmund