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Ulliversity of Michigan, Alln Arbor, Mich.

Upshur, U. S. N., Rear Admiral John II.,\Vashington, D. C.

Valentine, E P., Richmond, Va.Valcntine, E. V.,Valentine, G. G.,Valentine, Jr .• 1\1. S.,Vanderbilt Univer~ity, Nashville, Tenn.Van Voast, Mrs. Virginia 11. l\-I., Cil1cin~

n:lti,O.Vawler. Cap!. C. E., C.-ozet, Va.Vellahle, Hon. E. C .. Petershnrg', Va.Ve.u~hle, Pror. Charle, S., Charlottesville,

Va.Venahle, S:unuel W., Petcrshurg, Va.

Venni1lion, JOhll, Norfolk, Va.

Virginia Military Institute, LcxinRton.

Tennant, W. n., Richn}vnd, Va.Terhune, Mrs. E. T." Brooklyn, N. Y.Thacker, H. C~, BostOIl, Mass.Thomas, Donglas H., Baltimore. 1\1'(1.

Thomas, Major R. S., Smithfidd, Va.Thompkins. H. C., Montgomery, Ala.Thompson, Lconard, Woburn. Mass.Thompson, P. J\fontagn, \Villiamfiburg,Va.Todd, ~1. D., Charles II., Owensboro, Ky.Todd, Chartes L., Richmond, Va.Todd, George D., Louisville~ Ky.Towles, M. D., \V. B., Univcrsity of Va.

Toy, ProC. C. N., Cambr:dge, Mass.Trent, Prof. W. P.,Sewanee Tenn.Trig-g, Danie1, Abing-dol1, Va.Trigg, W. R., RichmOlul, Va.Trinily College, Harlford. Coun.Tucker, Rev. R. D., Norfolk, Va.

Tucker, J D ,South Boston, Va.Tucker. Hon. j. R., Lexington, Va.

Tucker,}. Ran .• }r., Rkhmond, Va.Tulane University, New Orl~ans, La.Tumtall. M. D., Alex., Norfolk, Va.

Turuhul1. judge. N. 5., Lawrenceville,Va.Turner, S. 5., Front Royal, Va.Turnure, Lawrellce, New York, N. Y.

Tyler. Hon. Gardiner, Sturgeon Point, Va.Tyler, Prof. Lyon G., Williamsburg, Va.

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Capt. Dan\ Lewillin,Mr. John Draiton,

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Mil'y.Maj'r Tho. Chamberlain,Capt. Wm. Randolph .

JANUARY, 1894.

Public Officers in Virginia, 1680.

VOL. I.

VIRGINIA

CHARLES CITTY COUNTY.

Civ.

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPI-IY.

The following list of the Civil and Military officers in Virginiain r680, is a copy of the original, now in the British State Paperoffice, under the head of Colonial Papers, Virginia, No. 63 :

HENRICO COUNTY.

Civ.

Mr. Abell Gower,Mr. Tho. Batts,Mr. P<;tr £feild,Mr. Rich. Kennon.

Col. Wm. Byrd,Lt. Co\. John ffarrar,Mr. Tho. Cock,Mr. Richd Cock,Mr. Essex Bevill,

Col. Wm, Bird,Lt. Col. John (farrar,

Col. Edwd Hill,Lt. Col. Dan\ Clarke,

Washington, Miss Eliza S., Charlestown,W. Va.

W;\tkins, A. Salle, Richmond, Va.Walkins,]. E., \"lashing-tOt)" D C.Waterman, W H'J New Reliford, l\ftl!ts.'\Valson, G. F., Richmond, Va.Walls. J. Allen, Roanoke, Va.Walls, Legh R .• Portsmouth, Va.\Vray, Jr., JOhll, Sewickley. Pa.\Vcedcn, ':Villiam B., Providence, R I.

Wellfon!, Jndge B. R., Richmond, Va.Wct1ford, C. E I Richmond, Va.'Wellford, M. D., John 5., Richmond, Va.Welsh, Charles A , Cohasset, Mass.Werth, J. R I Richmond, Va.West, John M., Petersburg, Va.West, John R., Richl11otHI, Va.

'Vest, Motltgomery, Richmond, Va.Wharlon, D. D., ProL S. II., Williams·

bnrg. Va.Wheeler. Rev. II. L., Burlinglon, VI.

White, M. D., joseph A., Richmond, Va.

White, Rev. \~. C., Warm Springs, IIWhite, W. II., Norfolk, Va.

Whitlock, R. II., Richmond, Va.~Whittet, Robert, 10

Whitty,j. H.,Whittle D. D., Rt. Rev. F. M., Rich-

mond, Va.

Wickham, Col. W. F., Richmond, Va.Wight, ProL Charles C., Baltimore, Md.\Villiams, E Victor, Richmond, Va.Williams, Frank D., .Williams, Charles U.,Williams, John G., Orange, Va.Williams John Skelton, RiclHnond, Va.Willi,. M. D., F. T.,

Willis, Charles K.,Wily, Arthur,Wilson, lion. \Vm. L., Washingtol1,D.C.Wingfield, Rt. Rev. J. H. D .. I1enida, Ca'.\Vil1l1, John D., ~t. Lonis, Mo.Winsor.Justin, Cambridge, Mass.\Vinstol1, R. L., Riclunollrl, Va.Wisc, Hon. Geo. D., If

Wise, prof. Henry A., naltimore, Md.

Wise, MD., U.$. N., john C., Wash-ington. D. C.

.Waddell, J. A.. Staunlon, Va. Wise, Peter, Alexandria, Va.

\Va~gencr, n. P., Atchison, Karl. Wise, General Peyton, Richmond, Va.VV'a1ker. Gl1~tavl1s A., Richmond, Va. Witt, Judge S. n.,Walker,J. G., •• Wood, M .. D.,jud. B ,

__________ WCllkcr,_j .-W., I( Woorl~,- Micnjah,-Clwrlottcsvi1Ic,-Va.Ward, Col. John I-I., Louisville. Ky. Worcc~ter Free Public Lihrary, \\'orcestcr,Warner, Chas. Dudley, Hartford, Conn. Mass.

Wortham, Char1es E., Richmond, Va

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. ~ROBERT HENRY WHITLOCK, son of R. H. and Jane E. Whitlock, was

born in Richmon(~city on the 30th of December, 1839, and died on the16th of May, 1893. At the beginning of the late war he left his fa~her'scounting roon1 and joined the Richmond Company, commanded by

.that gallant officer. john·S. 'Walker .. Subsequently he obtained a trans-fer to the New Kent Company ·in the Third Virginia Cavalry. Hisardent courage made him conspicuous in every engagement in whichhe participated. At Nancy's Shop, in the summer of 1864, havingpressed forward much beyond the line of battle, he received a woundso desperate that, upon being removed to the field hospital, the surgeondeclared that it was useless to attempt to save his life. His olderbrother, however, brought him to Richmond, where, after an illness ofmany months, he recovered. Soon after the close of the war, with asmall capital, Mr. \Vhitlock embarked in a manufacturing enterprise,and this business he prosecuted with such energy and judgment that itwas soon successful, enabling him to amass a considerable fortune., In1867 he united himself with_the~IIIethodisLEpiscopal-Church,~in~the-------­afl:'lirs of which he took an active part. In 1878 he was married to MissLou Ford, or Covington, Ky. For a number of years Ilk Whitlock wasa useful member of the City Council.

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LEGH R. PAGE was born at New Glasgow, in Amherst county,March 10th, 1835. He was a son of Rev. Charles H. Page, a clergy·man of the Protestant Episcopal Church and a member of the well·known Page family of Virginia. Legh R. Page was a nephew in thethird generation of Light Horse Harry Lee, of the RevolutionaryArmy, and therefore a cousin of General Robert E. Lee, Commanderof the Confederate forces in the war between the States. His boyhoodwas passed in Kentucky, in which State his father at that time resided.He had not yet reached manhood when he began the practice of lawat Lexington, Mississippi, in partnership with the present seniorUnited States Senator from that Commonwealth, Hon. J. Z. George.\Vhen the war broke out he became captain of the Lexin'gton (Miss.)Guards. He accompanied these troops to Virgin!a and served gal­lantly through the whole of the great contest. While in' command ofposts in the immediate viciJiity of Richmond he was appointed on thestafT of General Ewell, with the rank of adjutant-general. At theclose of the war Major Page married Miss Page Waller, and establishedhimself in Richmond as a member of the bar. He soon acquired promi­nence in his profession, marc particularly in practice in the SupremeCourt of the State. He was counsel in many of the leading cases ofhis time, including Thorndyke vs. Reynolds, Ould and Carrington vs .Meyers, Norfolk Exchange Bank Cases, Samuel Miller Will Case, At.lantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Bond Case, and others which

attracted an equal degree of atte~tion.For several years Major Page was the City Attorney of Richmond.

He died on the 8th of june, 1893, in Chicago, to which city he had gonefor the purpose of attending the wedding of a kiJ,lsman. Major Pagewas a man of great dignity of character, of vigorous talents, reservedin his manners but strong in his attachments.

JOHN E. DEW'ITT, of Portland, Me., was killed in the frightful dis­aster of Thursday, August 31, 1893, on the line of the Boston andAlbany Railroad, at Chester, near Springfield, Mass. His ancestors insome Jines came to this country soon after 1650, and were residents ofNew York city. Ten of his ancestors took an active part in the Revo­lutionary war. Mr. DeWitt was the son of Cornelius VI!. and CharityH. (Van Gaasbeek) D~Witt, and was born in Milford, Pennyslvania,August 4. 18,W. By the illness and death of his father, he was thrownupon his ownresourc~s~!le~age_oCfourteen,.aLwhichagehe.left-his--- .­home and became a clerk in New York city. During the war he held

a responsible position as clerk in the office of a leading merchant there.After dissolving connection with him, Mr. DeWitt engaged in the busi-

ness of life insurance, and became a canvassing agent for the PhcenixMutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., in which capacityhe achieved a great success. His reputation was such that he was sooncalled to the presidency of, the United States Life Insurance Companyof New York city, which position he held u11til1876. During the earlypart of that year there was occasion to elect a president of this com­pany, and after a careful examination and inquiry, Mr. DeWitt wasunanimou~ly elected a director and president on the 28th day of july,1876, and entered at once upon the discharge of the duties of the office.While this company was chartered by the State of Maine, it had beenallowed to have its. principal office in Boston, but in 1881 it was trans­ferred to Portland, Maine, was re·organized, and under Mr. De\Vitt'spresidency contil.lled to increase in prosperity.

Mr. DeWitt had been president of the Portland Society of Art; wasat the time of his death president of the Maine Society of the Sons ofthe American Revolution; was a director in the Portland NationalBank, in the organization of which he was prominent; was presidentof the Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co., of Portland; was a member ofthe Falmouth Club, Cumberland Club and Athletic Club, of Portland;of the Algonquin Club, Boston; of the Union League Club, Lotus Club,St. Nicholas Club, and the Holland Society, of New York. Mr. DeWittwas also a member of the Board of Trade, of Portland; the YoungMen's Democratic Club, of Portland; the lIIaine State Society, for thePrevention of Crueliy to animals; the lIIaine Genealogical Society.

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