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MARCELLUS JOHNSON.
Marcellus Johnson, at the age of twenty years, entered the Confederate army as a private in Company B, Nineteenth Vir- ginia Infantry, serving nearly three years. He resided in Char- lottesville where he was a tinner.
THOMAS SCOTT JONES.
BY W. W. SCOTT, STATE LIBRARIAN.
Thomas Scott Jones was born at "Beaumont," Orange County, May 9th, 1847, and died at his home near the Univer- sity of Virginia, November 17th, 1918.
He married Miss Lillie Coleman May 4th, 1869, who survives him, as do, also, four sons and five daughters, as follows: Dr. William Russell Jones, of Richmond, James Lawrence Jones, Thomas Edward Jones, John Bochet Jones, Mary Scott, Mrs. Spotswood H. Parker, Mrs. Wm. H. Campbell, Lily Carey, and Irene Ingraham.
He was a son of Dr. James L. Jones, a beloved physician and zealous advocate of the temperance movements of his time ; a nephew of John Marshall Jones, officer of the regular army who resigned at the beginning of the war, and who attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederacy, and was killed in the battle of Mine Run, Virginia.
Tom Jones was beloved of many friends. He was of a singu- larly kind and amiable disposition, and of very gentle and at- tractive manners.
He joined the Richmond Howitzers while still quite young, and served with praiseworthy courage and fidelity to Appo- mattox.
He was a brave soldier, a virtuous citizen, and a consistent and earnest Christian. The end of such a life is peace.
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W. T. JONES.
W. T. Jones entered the Confederate army as a member of Company A, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry. He was in active service until the battle of Williamsburg, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. After six months imprisonment he was discharged from active service. His brother, James R. Jones, was killed in the battle of Seven Pines. W. T. Jones was elected paymaster of John Bowie Strange Camp and was an active member until his death. He was the first City Treas- urer of Charlottesville, a valuable citizen and prominent in church work.
WILBER J. KEBLINGER.
Wilber J. Keblinger was the son of Postmaster Keblinger of Charlottesville, and enlisted in Company B, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry, in 1863. He was wounded at Gettysburg and was a brave and fearless soldier, continuing in the service until the close of the war.
WARNER R. KENT.
Warner R. Kent enlisted April 21, 1861, in the Fourth Bat- talion of Georgia Infantry as Major. He was born in Flu- vanna County, Virginia, but moved to Charlottesville after the war and engaged in merchandising.
J. W. KING.
J. W. King served during the war as a bugler in Massie's Battery of Artillery from Fluvanna County. He was a fine sol- dier and delighted to recall incidents of the battles in which he participated during the war.
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WILLIAM LANKFORD.
William Lankford enlisted in the Confederate Army in May, 1861, as a private in Company F, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry, serving four years. He resided near Carter's Bridge, in Albe- marle County, where he followed the occupation of farming.
W. H. LEATHERS.
W. H. Leathers enlisted in Company C, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry, at the beginning of the war. He participated in the First Manassas, and in that and many other engagements he developed the true qualities of a soldier. He was a son of Jon- athan and Kitty Ann Leathers. He had two brothers-James A. of the Nineteenth Virginia Infantry, and John P. Leathers, of the Rockbridge Artillery, both of whom were noted for con- spicuous gallantry.
J. T. MADISON.
J. T. Madison enlisted in Company F, Thirty-fifth Battalion of Cavalry, in April, 1861. He served four years in the Con- federate army. He resided in Charlottesville after the war until his death.
HENRY CLAY MARCHANT. BY HENRY CLAY MICHIE.
Henry Clay Marchant was born in Albemarle County, Vir- ginia, on the 1st day of April, 1838. At the age of seventeen he went to Petersburg, Virginia, and engaged in the merchan- tile business, which he continued until the war broke out in 1861. He enlisted in April, 1861, in Company A, 12th Regi- ment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and served nobly until des- perately wounded and disabled for active service in the field, in the latter part of June, 1862, in the Seven Days Battle around Richmond. Returning to his native county after the close of the war, he became an active participant in its industrial, educa-
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tional, charitable and religious life. For over forty years he was a vestryman of Christ Church, Charlottesville, and its sen- ior warden at the time of his death, October 10th, 1910, which ocurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, while attending the General Con- vention of the Episcopal Church as a Delegate from Christ Church, Charlottesville. It was the privilege of the writer to know comrade Marchant, to serve long with him as a vestry- man, and as a member of the County Pension Board, and he can testify to his unflinching devotion in the discharge of all du- ties confided to him.
JOHN G. MARTIN.
John G. Martin enlisted in Company K, Nineteenth Vir- ginia Infantry, April, 1861, and served with marked distinction for two years. He was wounded at Boonsboro, South Moun- tain, Maryland, captured, and was a prisoner at Frederick, Maryland, for thirteen months. He served the county of Al- bemarle as deputy sheriff and jailor faithfully, and was a use- ful and highly esteemed citizen.
J. W. MARTIN.
J. W. Martin enlisted in May, 1861, at the age of thirty-six years, as a corporal in Company K, Nineteenth Virginia In- fantry, and served throughout the war. He lived near Green- wood, Virginia, and engaged in merchandising.
THOMAS STAPLES MARTIN .* BY JUDGE R. T. W. DUKE, JR.
Thomas Staples Martin was born in Scottsville, Albemarle County, July 29th, 1847, and has resided during his life in that county. He attended private schools until March 1st, 1864, when he entered the Virginia Military Institute, at which insti- tution he remained until April 9th, 1865, in the Cadet Corps. A considerable part of this time he spent in the military serv-
Editor's Note: Senator Martin died at the University of Virginia Hospital, November 12, 1919, after this sketch was written.
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ice of the Confederate States with the battalion of cadets, and was in Richmond with that battalion engaged in the guarding of prisoners during the summer of 1864. Just before the sur- render of General Lee young Martin attempted to enter the regular Confederate Army, but the surrender occurred before he was able to attain his purpose. In October, 1865, he en- tered the University of Virginia and was in the academic de- partment of that institution for two years.
Soon after leaving the University of Virginia he commenced the study of law by a course of private reading at home, and was licensed to practice in the fall of 1869. Very soon after his qualification at the bar he began an extensive and lucrative practice, and it was not many years before he became recog- nized as a lawyer of the highest integrity, ability and learning. He took an active part in behalf of the Democratic party of his native Commonwealth and did much to lead that party to vic- tory in the hard fought fights against the Republicans. He was appointed a member of the Board of Visitors of the Miller Manual Labor School of Albemarle County, which position he still holds, and he was for one term a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. He never sought po- litical office or preferment until in December, 1893, he was elected United States Senator from Virginia for the term com- mencing March 4th, 1895. He was re-elected in 1899, 1905, 1911 and 1917. His election the last time was without opposi- tion.
Senator Martin in a very short while took a commanding po- sition, and upon the Democrats obtaining control of the Sen- ate, was appointed Chairman of the important Committee on Appropriations, and has for a number of years been the Demo- cratic leader in that body. He has always been noted as a man amongst men; a born leader, quiet and unostentatious, but a forceful speaker and able statesmen. He has brought back his native State to the position it formerly held in the Senate and he is regarded and respected as one of the ablest members of that great body. He is no less noted for the warmth of his
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friendship and the devotion of his friends, and Virginia is proud of the man who now for over twenty-six years has so ably represented her in the great council of the Nation.
NATHANIEL C. McGEE.
Nathaniel C. McGee, son of Edward H. McGee, was born in Hanover County, Virginia, February 2nd, 1838. He came to Albemarle County in 1859, and in 1861 enlisted in the Albe- marle Light Horse Cavalry, afterwards known as Company K, Second Cavalry. During the greater part of the struggle he acted as one of the special couriers of General Munford, who frequently spoke of him as one of his most courageous and in- trepid men. He was slightly wounded at the Battle of Five Forks and again very severely about two weeks before the sur- render at Appomattox Courthouse.
After the war he returned to his home at Ivy. In 1867 he married Miss Mary M. Lobban. For a number of years he served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle. In 1904 he was elected Treasurer of the County and moved his family to Charlottesville, where he resided until the date of his death, May 11th, 1919.
Such is the brief record of a singularly fine life. Whether as citizen, soldier or public official, he exemplified the finest traits of honor, integrity and exalted faithfulness. His very name stood as a synonym for fair dealing and high courage. His word was indeed as good as his bond, and those nearest to him in public and private life felt that his friendship was as staunch as the Rock of Gibraltar.
The same stamina and faithfulness that carried him with honor through the Civil War, carried him with equal honor and success through the political period of his life. His friends felt that his record was as clean as his heart, and that both were far beyond the reach of petty and unjust criticism. As County Treasurer of Albemarle for sixteen years, he exemplified every virtue of exalted public service.
His private life was beautiful in its devotion and stainless
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purity. His passing has left a sad spot in the hearts of hun- dreds of friends and an unhealing wound in the hearts of those nearest and dearest to him. His county and state are richer for his service; both are poorer for his leaving.
JOHN MCKINNEY.
John McKinney came to Charlottesville, Virginia, from Ire- land, and at the beginning of the Civil War joined Company A, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry. He was a good soldier, and an active member of John Bowie Strange Camp. After the war he engaged in the mercantile business, and resided in Char- lottesville, where he died.
HENRY BOWYER MICHIE.
BY T. J. MICHIE.
Henry Bowyer Michie was born in Staunton, February 12th, 1839, and married Virginia Bedinger in Loudoun County on the 3rd day of October, 1866. He was a son of Thomas John- son Michie, a very prominent lawyer of Staunton, and of Mar- garet Garber his wife. When the war broke out he at once en- tered the Confederate army and served until the end, first in the Staunton Artillery, Imboden's Battery, and at the last in the Clark County Cavalry. After Lee's surrender he, with one or two other Staunton young men, attempted to make their way south to join Kirby Smith, but had not gone far on their jour- ney before they heard of the surrender of that General. He took part in all the great battles in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, but was wounded only once and then but slightly.
Henry Bowyer Michie, after the war, studied law at Washing- ton and Lee University and became the partner of his father, Thomas Johnson Michie, in Staunton. His health, much in- paired by his service in the army, broke down entirely in 1878
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and he was forced to retire from the practice of law to his farm in Loudoun County, where he dwelt with his family until Sep- tember, 1883, when he removed to Charlottesville, Virginia, having purchased the "Charlottesville Chronicle," which paper he edited until his death, March 15th, 1895. Upon taking up his residence in Charlottesville he became a member of John Bowie Strange Camp of Confederate Veterans.
Henry Bowyer Michie was a man of brilliant ability and of a strong literary bent-an interesting talker and very deeply read. He is survived by his widow, Virginia Bedinger Michie, and his three sons, Thomas Johnson Michie, George Rust Bedinger Michie and Armistead Rust Michie, all residents of Charlottes- ville.
ORIN MICHIE.
BY CAPTAIN HENRY CLAY MICHIE.
Orin Michie was born in 1839 in Albemarle County, Virginia. He enlisted in the Confederate Service in Company H, Fifty- sixth Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, in May, 1861, and served through the campaigns of 1861-'62-'63 up to and in- cluding the Battle of Gettysburg. He was in the charge of Pick- ett's Division and was mortally wounded while serving as color - corporal of the Regiment. He had previously served in the battles of Fort Donelson, July 1862, Gaines Mill, June 27th, 1862, Frazier's Farm, June 30th, 1862, Manassas, August 29th and 30th, 1862, and Boonsboro, Maryland, September 14th, 1862. In this last named battle he was dangerously wounded and taken prisoner. Orin Michie was as gentle as a woman and as faithful a soldier as any who served the Confederacy.
GEORGE R. MINOR.
BY W. W. MINOR.
George R. Minor, son of Hugh Minor and Mary Ann Carr, his wife, was born at the family home, "Ridgeway," Albemarle County, March 4th, 1839, and died November 10th, 1913, on
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his farm near Eastham, Virginia. He was educated at "Ridge- way School" under Franklin Minor. He taught school for sev- eral years and then helped his Uncle Franklin on his farm un- til late in 1860.
He volunteered as a private in the Albemarle Light Horse, Captain Eugene Davis commanding, afterwards known as Com- pany K, Second Virginia Cavalry, Wickham's Brigade, Fitz- hugh Lee's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. He was a gallant and faithful soldier, participating with his command in all of its battles until the close of the war. In April, 1865, he was married to Miss Sally M. Carr, daughter of Major James L. Carr, C. S. A., of Charleston, West Virginia. He settled on his father's farm near Eastham with his most estimable wife, and reared a large family of fine children. He was a man of fine sense, unswerving integrity, a warm friend, and kind neigh- bor. He was a member of the Bethel Presbyterian Church from his thirteenth year, and was a useful and active officer of that church for more than forty years, serving until his death. He took an active interest in the public questions of his day and was noted for his fearless honesty and detestation of all that was not straightforward and honorable. He was genuinely hospitable and had much genial humor.
JAMES P. MOON.
James P. Moon entered the war in Captain Cole's Company, a part of the Wise Legion. He was captured at Roanoke Island. Later he exchanged, and his company reorganized as Company I, Forty-sixth Virginia, Wise's Brigade. He participated in all the battles around Petersburg, the Crater, Hatcher's Run, and other engagements, and surrendered at Appomattox.
THOMAS CLARK MORRIS.
BY MRS. FLORENCE HULL.
Thomas Clark Morris, son of Samuel F. and Mary Richard- son Morris, was born near Union Mills, Fluvanna County, Vir-
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ginia, October 2nd, 1836. When old enough he engaged in farm- ing until about twenty-five years old, at which age he entered the Confederate service.
In November, 1867, he married Miss Rena .C. Payne, of "Lin- den Hill," Fluvanna County, who survives him. He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Florence M. Hull, and a son, Mr. Russell C. Morris of Washington, D. C.
After the war Mr. Morris went into the mercantile business with Mr. Magruder, and pursued this line of work most of his life. He was book-keeper for Mr. R. P. Valentine in Charlottes- ville for some time, but later an accident having robbed him of an eye, he then went to work for the Charlottesville & Albemarle Railway Company, in whose employ he remained until unable to work.
During the Civil War Mr. Morris served as a gallant officer in Company C, Fourteenth Virginia Infantry, C. S. A., of which Colonel Robert Poore was commander. He was noted for his bravery. He took part in nearly all the important bat- tles of the war, including that of Pickett's Charge at Gettys- burg, where he was captured, with Captain Henry Clay Michie and Captain Bragg, and sent to Johnson's Island, where he served twenty-one months as a prisoner. Mr. Morris had un- tiring energy, and although a great sufferer from an incurable disease, he remained active until a few months before death. When the summer sun was setting behind the hills of Albe- marle, July 28th, 1917, the spirit of Thomas Clark Morris, Con- federate Veteran and good American, passed on into the great nınknown. The funeral services were held at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Hull, on North Park Street, the Rev. J. K. Joliff, D. D., of the first Methodist Church, officiating. The in- terment was at Maplewood Cemetery, where the procession was met by a delegation from the John Bowie Strange Camp of Confederate Veterans. After the body, clothed in its uni- form of gray, had been consigned to its last resting place, and the grave covered with flowers, Major C. M. Bolton, in behalf of the Camp, stepped forward and affectionately spread the colors of the Confederacy upon his resting place as their last fond remembrance to their old comrade in arms.
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RICHARD A. MUNDIE
Richard A. Mundie was born in Essex County, Virginia. He entered the Confederate army when quite young, and served the Confederate cause with fidelity and devotion. He moved to Charlottesville after the war, engaging in the mercantile business, and was highly esteemed. He died July 24th, 1915.
HUGH THOMAS NELSON, M. D.
BY HUGH THOMAS NELSON, JR.
Hugh Thomas Nelson, a distinguished physician of Virginia, was privileged as a youth to be prominently associated with the great war for Southern independence. He was born at Clover- fleld, Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1845, the son of Robert W. and Virginia L. Nelson, and entered the military service in July, 1862, just after the successful campaign before Richmond. He was first a private in the Morris' Artillery of Hanover County but was subsequently on detached duty at the headquar- ters of the chief of artillery through the campaigns in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, until the capture of his battery at He was the "bloody angle" near Spottsylvania Court House.
then transferred to troop F, Fourth Regiment of Cavalry, Fitz- hugh Lee's Brigade. During his cavalry service he had two horses shot from under him, one at Cold Harbor and one at Rude's Hill, in the Valley. After an illness in the hospital he was detained as a courier for General Breckenridge, and went with him to Carolina. While serving as a courier it became his duty to carry to President Davis, at Danville, the first tidings of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was present without the building where the last cabinet meeting of the Con- federate States government was held. Returning to Virginia in June, 1865, he was paroled at Richmond, and after graduat- ing from Washington and Lee University at Lexington and teaching school for several years, he was graduated in medicine at the University of Virginia, in 1875. He practiced his pro- fession in Halifax County, and then removed to Charlottesville, where he resided from 1881 until 1906, the date of his death.
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He contributed numerous scientific papers to medical litera- ture; was president of the Medical Society of Virginia; was for four years secretary of the Medical Examining Board of the State, and then president of that body, an honor which he resigned to become instructor in clinical surgery at the Uni- versity of Virginia. For many years he was a member of the City Council, and was instrumental in obtaining for the city a modern water and sewerage system.
P. W. NELSON.
BY MISS SELMA NELSON.
Philip W. Nelson was born on February 1st, 1835. His fa- ther was Dr. Wm. Nelson of Clarke County, Virginia, and his mother, Miss Nancy Mitchell of Charleston, South Carolina. He studied at the University of Virginia, and shortly before the Civil War, began farming at Rosney, in Clarke County.
Immediately after the opening of the war, he enlisted as a private at Harper's Ferry .. He served throughout the war in Company C, Second Virginia Infantry, Stonewall Brigade, and was present at most of the prominent battles, though at times absent from his company, in consequence of wounds, or sick- ness. Slightly wounded at Front Royal, and more severely wounded at the Second Battle of Manassas, and at Spottsyl- vania May 12th, 1864, he escaped without permanent injury, and was in command of the remnant of Company C at the time of the surrender.
After the war he removed to Albemarle County, and in 1875 bought the farm of Oak Hill in the same county, where he re- sided until the time of his death in 1908.
He married Miss Emily McGuire of Tappahannock, daugh- ter of Rev. John P. McGuire of Essex County, who was, at the time of the war, principal of the Episcopal High School near Alexandria.
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HILLARY PACE.
Hillary Pace resided near Crozet, Albemarle County, Vir- ginia, and entered the army as a member of Company C, Car- rington's Battery of Artillery. He was a fine soldier in this justly celebrated company. His father was John J. Pace, a highly respected farmer and citizen.
REV. J. C. PAINTER .*
My career as a Confederate soldier was not very extended or thrilling.
I was eighteen years old the 10th day of July, 1863, and on the 17th I joined the Otey Battery, made up chiefly of Rich- mond boys, and commanded by Captain D. N. Walker of that city.
The battery was raised and first commanded by Captain Otey of Lynchburg. The Otey Battery, Davidson Battery, and Dickerson's Battery constituted the Thirteenth Battalion of Vir- ginia Artillery, which was commanded by Colonel J. Floyd King, of Georgia.
· The first winter after my enlistment, after a period of stren- uous marching. up and down the Valley of Virginia and in the mountains of West Virginia, was spent in East Tennessee un- der Longstreet. In the spring we returned to Virginia and joined Lee's army around Richmond and Petersburg. My com- pany lost heavily in killed and wounded in the long siege of Petersburg. I, myself, escaped with no worse disaster than hav- ing a horse shot from under me near the Old Blanford Church at Petersburg. Personally I was much worse scared and much worse hurt when, in camp near Gordonsville, a blind artillery horse ran over me as I lay asleep in the edge of the woods near camp.
I was in the disastrous march from Richmond to Appomat- tox, and with the majority of my company surrendered in . Lynchburg and was paroled on April 14th. I then footed the hundred miles to my old home in Pulaski.
*Died October, 1919, after this sketch was written.
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As I said, my career was not a thrilling one, but one of the proudest memories of the past is, that I, with five brothers in the ranks, and two others in the government service, consti- tuted a part of what I believe to have been the grandest army that ever trod this globe.
WILLIAM NATHANIEL PARROTT.
William Nathaniel Parrott, the son of William T. and Fran- ces Thompson Parrott, was born September 18th, 1842. He joined the army at the beginning of hostilities. He was a mem- ber of Company I, Seventh Virginia Infantry, Kemper's Bri- gade, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. He was slightly wounded several times, but was with his colors at the surrender. His elder brother was killed at Hatcher's Run in 1865. While in the railway mail service, he received injuries in the Flat Nancy wreck from which he never recovered. He died May 21st, 1911, and was laid to rest in the family section at Highland, near Free Union, Virginia.
A. W. PAYNE.
A. W. Payne resided near Keswick, Virginia, and was pay- master in the Quartermaster's Department. His father, Joseph H. Payne, was first Lieutenant of Artillery, and was killed by the enemy's sharpshooters at Gaines's Mill. John L. Payne, an- other brother, served with him in the same company. He was highly respected, both as a soldier and citizen.
GEORGE PERKINS.
BY G. L PETRIE.
During the summer and fall of 1864 George Perkins was with a regiment of reserves, composed of old men and boys, at High Bridge in Cumberland County, Virginia. The regiment was commanded by Colonel John Scott. Captain William Wilson
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