Grandson of Mary Carter of North Carolina and Rev. Charles (Karl) Minnigerode, born in Germany, noted classics scholar and Rector of St. Paul's Cathedral of Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
This passage describes a person with a distinguished lineage: his grandfather being Mary Carter from North Carolina and Rev. Charles (Karl) Minnigerode, who was born in Germany. He is also noted as a scholar of classics and served as the rector of St. Paul's Cathedral in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War.