Encyclopedia of Virginia biography, Volume V, Part 48

Author: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935, ed. cn
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 848

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James Edward Correll. More than twenty years measure the service rendered by James Edward Correll as a commissioner of revenue at Winchester, Virginia. The num- ber of successive terms that he has been re- turned to discharge the duties of this im- portant and trusted position are full evi- dence of the satisfaction he has given as its incumbent, the state government finding in him an official competent and energetic, a servant devoted and faithful. Mr. Correll is a descendant of an old New York family, founded in Frederick county, Virginia, by his grandfather, Abraham Correll, his father, Charles Edward Correll, born in Winches- ter, Virginia, July 31, 1828, died October 15, 1867, having been a plasterer of that local- ity and for a time a soldier in the Confed- erate States army. Charles Edward Correll married Julia Ann Barr, born in Winchester, Virginia, August 13, 1833, died February 3, 1912, daughter of Robert and Mary VIR-52

(Kremer) Barr, a member of a family long founded in Virginia. Children of Charles Edward and Julia Ann (Barr) Correll : Harry N., married Effie Meller, of West Virginia ; Virginia, married Ellis Maloy ; Elizabeth, married D. F. Haines ; James Ed- ward, of whom further.

James Edward Correll, son of Charles Ed- ward and Julia Ann (Barr) Correll, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Vir- ginia, December 10, 1859. He took advan- tage of the excellent educational advantages open to him in his youth, and pursued a successful career in private life until his ap- pointment to the office of the commissioner of revenue at Winchester, Virginia, an office to which he has been continuously reelected to the present time. He has been variously connected with the institutions of Winches- ter, having for many years been secretary of the Business Men's Association of that place, and is prominent in fraternal circles. He was one of the building commissioners of the city hall that was built in 1900, largely due to the late C. B. Rouse, and for the past eight years he has been treasurer of the Handley fund. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 21, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Winchester, and is secretary of the lodge; John Dove Chapter, No. 21, Royal Arch Masons; Winchester Com- mandery, No. 12, Knights Templar, of which he is warden; and Acca Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Richmond, Virginia. His church is the Lutheran, and in politics he is a loyal Demo- crat. As a business man of Winchester, as a government official, and as a participant in the religious, fraternal and social life of the city, Mr. Correll has impressed his asso- ciates with his worth, ability and sincerity, and has been well in the van of all civic im- provement endeavors. His citizenship has been of the highest stamp, from which his city has derived much benefit. He married, April 27, 1882, Ida, born in Winchester, Vir- ginia, in February, 1860, daughter of Patrick Conner.

Jacob Carroll Bowman, M. D. This name, spelled Baumann, meaning builder or archi- tect, was brought to America and is one particularly revered by the followers of John Wesley. While many of the name have been clergymen of other denominations and therein risen to eminence, the greater num-

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ver have been ministers of the Methodist church and for many years Rev. Thomas Bowman, A. M., D. D., LL. D., was senior bishop of that church. It is an interesting fact that from the original stock there have sprung three bishops in the church in three different Christian denominations and all holding their high position about the same time, Rev. Bishop Samuel Bowman, of the Protestant Episcopal church; Rev. Bishop Thomas Bowman, of the Evangelical church, and Rev. Bishop Thomas Bowman, of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The Bowman's coat-of-arms, as taken from an ancient seal in England are: Arms, "Or a tree eradicated." Crest: "Issuant from a wreath of his colors, a knight in armor proper habited per pale purpure and azure, bearing in his hand over the dexter shoulder a tree as in the arms." The shield is surmounted by the helmet of the degree of nobility and the lambrequin or mantle or and vert.

Dr. Jacob Carroll Bowman, of East Rad- ford, Virginia, is a son of Rev. John Wes- ley Bowman, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South), born in North Carolina in 1839, died in 1905. He was a member of the Houston conference, an elo- quent preacher, a man of learning and deep piety. He married Sarah Prather, of Taze- well court house, the capital of Tazewell, a southwestern county of Virginia.

Dr. Jacob Carroll Bowman was born in Jonesville, the capital of Lee county, a county forming the southwestern extremity of Virginia and Tennessee. His father's sacred profession necessitated frequent change of residence and the future doctor's early education was obtained in grammar and high schools of several Virginia coun- ties. Although obtained under these vary- ing conditions his preparation was thorough and in 1899 gained him admission to Weaver College, an excellent institution of learning located at Weaversville, North Carolina, whence he was graduated Bachelor of Science, class of 1902. He decided on the profession of medicine as his life work and in 1905 entered North Carolina Medical Col- lege at Charlotte. With some interruption, made necessary by circumstances, he pur- sued the full medical course and was gradu- ated Doctor of Medicine, class of 1910. He began practice in Berkeley, West Virginia, the same year, continuing there until 1912,

when he returned to Virginia, locating in East Radford, Montgomery county, a town on the Norfolk & Western railroad, near the independent city of Radford. Here he has established a satisfactory practice, which is constantly increasing. He is a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society, is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in political faith is a Democrat. Dr. Bowman has given a great deal of time to the military service of his state and nation, serving during the Spanish-Amer- ican war as a private of the Third Regiment Infantry, United States army, and in state service as a member of Company M, Second Regiment Virginia National Guards of Rad- ford, an organization of which he was com- missioned captain by Governor Stuart, Feb- ruary 21, 1914, after being duly elected to that office by his comrades.

Dr. Bowman married, September, 1912, Alma Yates, born in Raleigh, North Caro- lina, daughter of William and Anne (Hor- ton) Yates, of Briscoe, North Carolina.

Arthur C. Harman. The origin of the Augusta county, Virginia, family of Har- mans has not been ascertained. In the lat- ter part of the seventeenth century Adam Harman left Wales and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he brought up a family of several children. Descendants of Adam Harman lived at Warm Springs, Bath county, and at Staunton, Augusta county, Virginia, which are adjoining coun- ties, and it is presumed that Lewis Har- man, the grandfather of Arthur C. Harman, was of that family. However, there was another family of Harmans whose ancestor settled in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, in 1752, that may have been the progenitor of the Waynesboro, Virginia, family. The ancestor of the Anne Arundel county, Mary- land, family was Andrew Harman, who in 1752 came from Saxony, Germany ; he mar- ried Eva Martin, of Yorkshire, England. They had a son, Andrew Harman, who mar- ried Elizabeth Fairbank; and they had a son, Henry Martyn Harman, born March 22, 1822, and graduated in 1848 at Dickin- son College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who was a famous educator, and taught in Balti- more, Maryland, schools for many years.

Lewis "Pat" Harman, of Waynesboro, Augusta county, Virginia, probably had sev- eral children, as William H. Harman, T. L.

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Harman, M. G. Harman and Captain Asher W. Harman are mentioned in contemporane- ous records of Augusta county, Virginia.

William Henry Harman, son of Lewis "Pat" Harman, was born about 1827, at Waynesboro, Augusta county, Virginia. He was a lawyer, admitted to practice prior to 1851, when he was appointed commonwealth attorney of Augusta county to succeed Thomas J. Michie; he served until 1861, when James Baumgardner received the ap- pointment. Early in 1861, at the first alarm of war, William H. Harman collected a number of militia organizations and marched with them to Harper's Ferry, Virginia; in May, 1861, the Fifth Virginia Regiment was organized there which was composed mainly of those militia companies from Augusta county. Its first regimental officers were, K. Harper, colonel; William H. Harman, lieutenant-colonel ; William S. H. Baylor, major; and Captain James Baumgardner, adjutant. The Fifth, with the Second, Fourth, Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third regiments formed the First Brigade of Vir- ginia Infantry ; it was under the command of Colonel T. J. Jackson. afterwards known as "Stonewall" Jackson ; and this organiza- tion acquired the title of "Stonewall Bri- gade," by reason of the gallant fight they made at the first battle of Manassas. In the autumn of 1861, Colonel Harper resigned, and Lieutenant Harman was promoted to colonel of the regiment. He served through- out the war, but detailed information of that service is not available. He was killed March 2, 1865, in the immediate vicinity of his birthplace, during Early's stampede to Waynesboro, Virginia. He was a Democrat in politics, and one of the few persons of that party to hold political office in Augusta county, which was a strong Whig commu- nity. At the time of his death he was serv- ing a second term as grand master Mason of Virginia, of which order he was a prominent member.

He married Margaret Singleton Garver, daughter of Albert Jefferson Garver. She was born in 1839 in Staunton, Augusta county, Virginia, died there June 3, 1895. Had issue, eight children, namely: 1. Ken- ton, died at eight years of age. 2. Fannie, died in infancy. 3. Arthur C., of whom more hereafter. 4. Albert Garver, a rail- road man employed in South America, and was living at Guayaquil, Ecuador. 5. Ellen,

who married E. F. Surbur, of Staunton, Virginia. 6. Augusta, was living, unmarried in 1913, at Berkely, California. 7. Louis, died unmarried, aged twenty-one years. 8. Edward Valentine, a resident merchandise broker, in New York City.

Arthur C. Harman, son of William Henry and Margaret Singleton (Garver) Harman, was born March 6, 1854, at Staunton, Au- gusta county, Virginia. He attended the local schools of his native town, and in 1874 graduated from the Virginia Military In- stitute, at Lexington, Rockbridge county, Virginia. Was private secretary to M. G. Harman, his uncle, for two years after leav- ing college; then was four years an em- ployee of the James River and Kanawha Packet Company, at Richmond, Virginia ; and a railroad contractor for about two years in the building of the Norfolk & West- ern Railway. Returned to Richmond and became manager of the A. W. Garner Trans- fer Company, and continued with that com- pany for seven years. Later he engaged in the real estate business in Richmond, Virginia, in which business he has contin- ued since that time.

Mr. Harman is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in local politics. Was elected alderman of the city of Richmond, and served from 1896 to 1898; elected to the house of delegates in 1901, and served to 1904; also in the latter year was elected to the state senate for the ensuing term of two years. Has been successively re-elected for the terms beginning 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, which last term expires in 1914, serving from the Richmond district. Is a director and stockholder of the West End Bank, at Richmond, Virginia. Member of the Blue Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Hepta- sophis, the Woodmen of the World, and the Junior Order of United American Me- chanics, also is an attendant of the Presby- terian church.

Mr. Harman married Rachel Primrose Cochran, daughter of William and Margaret Miller (Cameron) Cochran, January 7, 1891, at Lexington, Rockbridge county, Virginia. She was born March 18, 1863, in Augusta county, Virginia. They have three children, namely : 1. William B., born March 18, 1902, at Richmond, Virginia. 2. Margaret. 3. Rachel Primrose.

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Frederick Wilmer Richardson. Of Eng- lish and Scotch ancestry, Mr. Richardson by heredity well-connected and by personal worth popular and esteemed, fully justifies the encomiums bestowed by a contempo- rary : "His official life is characterized by strict integrity, thorough knowledge of the duties to be performed, a genial manner, and a courtesy that is unfailing because it comes from the heart. It is not surprising that he is regarded as the most popular man in the country." (Fairfax).

For thirty-five years Mr. Richardson has been clerk of the county and circuit courts, succeeding his father, Ferdinand Dawson Richardson, who for more than fifty years was clerk's assistant and deputy clerk of county and circuit courts, a man of unblem- ished character and one who was foremost in the regard of his fellow-citizens of Fair- fax county.

Ferdinand Dawson Richardson died Octo- ber 13, 1850. He was a son of William Pier- point Richardson, a descendant of an early Virginia family of note. Ferdinand Daw- son Richardson married Mary Posey Grigs- by, a sister of Hon. Alexander Spottswood Grigsby, who represented Fairfax county in the Virginia legislature prior to 1860, being at a later date elected to the same body from Campbell county. The Grigsbys were also prominent in Virginia during colonial days, bequeathing to posterity honorable names and records. Mrs. Richardson was a woman of high ideals, culture and retine- ment, transmitting to her children her in- tellectual tastes and strong moral character. She was the mother of five sons and five daughters. Of these: 1. Elmira Virginia, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, married Cap- tain Thomas H. Holbrook, who served as captain in a regiment of Maryland infantry ; children : Linwood Lee, Stockton S., Henry M., and Elton Richardson. 2. Monimia Fair- fax, born in Fairfax county, unmarried. 3. Maude Hatcher, married (first) Robert Bruce Douglas, nephew of Beverly Doug- las, member of Congress from Virginia, and (second) Edward W. Pierce, and has chil- dren, Elton Richardson and Ritchie Pierce.

Frederick Wilmer Richardson, son of Fer- dinand Dawson and Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, was born at Fairfax Court House, Fairfax county, Virginia, December 16, 1853. His entire life has been spent in his native county, his early life being free

from all labor or care further than obtaining an education. He attended public and pri- vate schools in Fairfax and Knapp's Insti- tute in Baltimore. When eighteen years of age he became an assistant clerk in the office of the clerk of court, it having been his early ambition to follow his father's calling and to become a court clerk. He became his father's deputy, and for nine years, until the latter's death, father and son were closely associated in the duties of the court clerk's office. During this period the young man studied law, but beyond being of great bene- fit to him in a general way his legal know- ledge has not been utilized, he explaining that he never had time to take the exam- inations necessary for admission to the bar. His contemporaries say: "He is always so busy attending to his official duties or doing a favor for somebody that he never has time to do anything for himself." In October, 1880, he was appointed clerk of the county and cir- cuit courts to succeed his deceased father, and in May, 1881, was elected to fill the same office. He was continuously elected to fill the dual office until the adoption of a new state constitution abolished the county courts as formerly constituted. In 1903 he was elected clerk of the circuit court for a term of eight years. In 1911 he was elected to succeed himself for a similar term of years and is at present engaged in the dis- charge of the duties of that office, his term expiring January 1, 1920. No higher tribute could have been paid Mr. Richardson thirty- five years ago than to be considered worthy to succeed his honored father, under whose careful instruction he had been tutored in method and detail. Since then his continued retention in office is evidence of the value of his services and conveys in a degree an idea of the high appreciation of his fellow- citizens.

Mr. Richardson has for many years been a member of Henry Lodge, No. 57, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Fairfax, hold- ing the offices of secretary and treasurer and passing to the junior warden's station. He is also a companion of Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Alexandria. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and for several years has served as trustee. He has also served as secretary and president of the Cemetery Association, the Town Hall Association, and as a notary public. In political faith he is a Democrat.

OF. W. Richardson.

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Mr. Richardson was one of the delegates from the eighth Congressional district of Virginia, who met at Denver, Colorado, in 1908, when William J. Bryan was nominated for president, this being his second cam- paign. From his youth Mr. Richardson has been fond of out-of-door sports, especially hunting and fishing, his few hours "off duty" being spent in the open. His creed is "duty," and his rule of life temperance in all things, due regard for the rights of others, and unswerving devotion to every moral or official obligation.

Mr. Richardson married, June 13, 1893, Amelia Lee Buck, born in Warren county, Virginia, in 1858, daughter of John G. Buck. Children: 1. Frederick Dawson (2), born in Fairfax in 1884; educated in private schools, the University of Virginia and Georgetown University, a graduate of the latter institu- tion. LL. B., and now a practicing lawyer ; married Katherine Davis McCandlish, of Piedmont, West Virginia. 2. Marcus Bayly, born in Fairfax; educated in Alexandria ; was appointed second lieutenant of United States marines, later decided to engage in business. 3. Virginia Fairfax, educated in private schools in Washington, District of Columbia, and Baltimore, Maryland; at home. 4. Mary Buck, who died in infancy.

George William Hope, Dr. Joseph Wilton Hope. George William Hope and Dr. Joseph Wilton Hope, of Hampton, Virginia. have achieved prominence in public and pro- tessional life, as have done many of their forbears. They are of the old Hope family, which was originally from France, where the name was L'Esperance, and which was banished with the other Huguenot families.

(I) George Hope, the American progen- itor of the family, came from England, and was in Hampton Roads, off Hampton, when he heard the church bell ringing. Going ashore, he went to St. John's Episcopal Church, and from thence proceeded to the Gosport navy yard. Later he returned to Hampton, and his name appears in the court house records of 1783, signed as magistrate. He was a vestryman in St. John's Episco- pal Church, and since that time there has been a Hope in that office. His seat was in the northern gallery. He married and be- came the father of six sons.

(II) Dr. William Hope, son of George Hope, was a physician and planter, also high

sheriff of Elizabeth City county, Virginia, in the days when the sheriffs wore swords. He was a prominent and popular man, and skilled in medical practice. He was noted for his charitable work among the early set- tlers. He married, and had children : George William, Jeannette, Jesse Pendergast, Joseph and Laura.

(III) Dr. Jesse Pendergast Hope, son of Dr. William Hope, was born in 1830, and died in 1893. He was educated in the Hamp- ton schools, and upon leaving them went to the University of Virginia, and then the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1861 he enlisted as second lieutenant in the Washington Artillery, but when this company reached Williamsburg, lie was transferred to the Surgical Corps. He was at Drewry's Bluff, Chaffin's Blutt, Chimborazo Hospital and Richmond, and served until the close of the war. He then resumed his private practice, and continued in this until 1883. He was a vestryman in St. John's Episcopal Church. Dr. Hope mar- ried, January 29, 1857, Mary Letitia Taylor, born in 1837, died in 1893, a daughter of Colonel George Taylor, of James City county, Virginia. Children : 1. George Wil- liam, of further mention: 2. Mollie L., was educated at the Suffolk Female Academy. then took a post-graduate course at the University of Chicago in English history, and was awarded a prize for a paper writ- ten by her, and read before the University of Virginia. 3. Joseph Wilton, of further inention. 4. Thomas Peek, born in Decem- ber. 1867, died in 1899; he was educated in the Hampton schools, then studied at the Virginia Medical College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1893 ; he prac- ticed medicine in association with his brother in York county ; he was a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 5. Laura, born June 5, 1870; attended the public schools, and completed her education at the State Nor- mal School, which she attended for a period of two years; she taught three years, and then married. November 3. 1897, Harry G. Parker ; she resides in a beautiful home on the waterfront of Hampton Creek, where she dispenses gracious hospitality. 6. James Barron, born in 1872: studied in the public schools and the Washington and Lee Col-

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lege ; he has served as mayor of the city of Hampton, and is now a practicing attorney in Washington, District of Columbia ; he is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. 7. Marie Corelli, born in 1875 ; graduated from the State Normal School, after which she taught for several years; later she went to Baltimore, Maryland, where she took a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business Col- lege, and is now private secretary to the manager of the Hotel Chamberlain, at Old Point Comfort.

(IV) George William Hope, son of Dr. Jesse Pendergast and Mary Letitia (Taylor) Hope, was born in Hampton, Virginia, No- vember 30, 1857. After leaving the public schools of his native town, he was a student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was then engaged in mercantile business until 1892, when he was appointed commis- sioner in chancery and commissioner of ac- counts of county court. He had joined the famous Company D, Fourth Virginia Volun- teers, and was elected captain, October 29, 1889, and held this office until the close of the Spanish-American war. His company was mustered into the United States army at Richmond, May 20, 1898, and mustered out, April 27, 1899, at Camp Onward, Savan- nah, Georgia. During the war, Captain Hope lost only one man of his company, and that death was the result of fever. After his return, Captain Hope retired from mnili- tary service, and resumed his duties as clerk in chancery. For a period of twenty years he was a member of the choir of St. John's Episcopal Church.

(IV) Dr. Joseph Wilton Hope, son of Dr. Jesse Pendergast and Mary Letitia (Taylor) Hope, was born in September, 1865, in Hampton, Virginia. He acquired his early education in Dr. Peek's Academy, studied at the Medical College of Virginia, 1888-89, and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He took a post- graduate course at the City Almshouse Hos- pital, at Richmond. While at college he was an adjunct of the professor of anatomy. He then established himself in private practice in York county, and continued there ten years. In 1899 Dr. Hope came to Hampton, where he has, since that time, been in prac- tice as a physician and surgeon. He fills the office of county physician, is health of- ficer, chairman of the school board, and chairman of the board of vital statistics. He

is of a very charitable disposition, and gen- erously gives his services to the poor. In political opinion he is a Democrat, and his religious affiliation is with St. John's Epis- copal Church. He is a member of the Medi- cal Association of Virginia, the American Medical Association, Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Improved Order of Red Men, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and past presi- dent of Elizabeth City County Medical As- sociation.

Lucullus Philip Slater. A descendant of the prominent Virginia families, Slater and Lee, Mr. Slater has in his own right earned lasting remembrance in the hearts of his fellow-men as a devoted instructor of youth, upbuilder of the public school system and public official of the city of Portsmouth, a city that since 1865 has been his residence. Scholarly, dignified and courteous he has devoted his talents and attributes of char- acter to the highest purpose and in every station that he has been called upon to occupy in military, professional or official life, has served well the state that gave him birth and the city that gave him shelter when returning from four years of valiant service upon the battlefields of Virginia. Most of his half century of life spent in Portsmouth has been spent in connection with the public schools as teacher and prin- cipal of the high school, but since 1900 he has served as city clerk, an office to which he has been continuously re-elected at the expiration of each term.

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Encyclopedia of Virginia biography, Volume V, Part 48

Author: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935, ed. cn Publication date: 1915 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 848

Author: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935, ed. cn
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 848