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Mr. Burton Harrison and Constance Cary had issue :
I. Francis Burton Harrison", b. 1873, in New York City. Married (June 7, 1900) Mary Crocker, of San Francisco.
II. Archibald Clay Harrison", of New York.
III. Fairfax Harrison", of Washington, D. C.
VIII. Harriette Cary8 (Lucius7, Miles6, Wilson", Wilson+, Wilson3, Miles2, Miles1), first child of Lucius and Lucy (Henley) Cary. Married William Christian of "Craigton," Henrico Co., Va., and have issue :
I. Fairfax Cary Christian". Married Harriette Alexander Peters, niece of Professor Peters, University of Vir- ginia.
II. William Wallace Christianº.
III. Martha Harrison Christianº.
IV. Lucy Falkland Christian".
V. Elizabeth Curle Christian".
VIII. Col. Wilson Miles Carys (Lucius', Miles", Wilson", Wilson4, Wilson3, Miles2, Miles1), second child of Lucius and Lucy (Henley) Cary. Married, first, Nannie Sublett, and had issue :
I. Hunsdon Cary".
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II. Emily Caryº. Married Thomas Marshall, of Innis, Fauquier Co., Va. Issue :
I. Fairfax Cary Marshall10.
Col. Cary married, seeond, Lily MePhail and had issue :
III. Lucius Caryº.
IV. Lilias Blair Cary®, sponsor for Virginia at Confederate Reunion at Louisville, Ky., June 1905. Miss Jennie
- MePhail Talcott, of Richmond, Va., was her maid of honor. Miss Cary was educated by tutors, and al- though a native of Richmond she was reared for the most part at historie "Roanoke," the seat in Charlotte Co., Va., of John Randolph, then owned by her father.
NINTH GENERATION.
IX. Francis Burton Harrisonº (Constanee Carys, Archibald Cary7, Wilson®, Wilson5, Wilson4, Wilson3, Miles?, Miles1), b. December 18, 1873. Married (June 7, 1900) Miss Mary Crocker, daughter of the late Charles F. Croeker, of San Francisco, under whose will the daughter received a large fortune. The marriage took place at the country home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. C. B. Alexander, at Tuxedo.
Representative Francis Burton Harrison, who received the nomination for Lieutenant Governor at the Democratic State Convention at Saratoga, September 1904, is one of the youngest men to be named for sueli a high state offiee.
Mr. Harrison was born in New York City, December 18, 1873. In 1895 he was graduated from Yale, and two years later he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the New York Law School. He took an active interest in the Democratic affairs of his distriet. Last year he received the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Thirteenth New York district and was elected (July 1905). Mr. Harrison served with distinction in the Spanishı-American War, first as a private in Troop A and after- ward as captain and assistant adjutant-general of the United States Volunteers. He is a member of a dozen prominent clubs of New York and Washington and is vice-president of the MeVickar Realty Company ..
Francis Burton Harrison and Mary Crocker have issue :
I. Virginia Randolph Harrison10, b. Oct. 27, 1901.
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The following account of Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison's death is copied from the Baltimore Sun:
KILLED UNDER AUTO.
NEW YORK, November 25th, 1905 .- Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of former Congressman Francis Burton Harrison, of New York, was killed to-day by the overturning of an automobile, in which she was riding with a party of friends from San Francisco. The car was running down a steep hill in Long Island City, when a break in the stecring gcar caused the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence I. Scott, of San Francisco, and Charles T. Crocker, also of San Francisco, a Yale student and brother of Mrs. Harrison, were injured. Mr. Scott suffered a fractured rib and is in a serious condition. His wife was knocked senseless, but later revived. Mr. Crocker was bruised and the chauffeur slightly hurt. Mrs. Harrison's neck was broken.
Mrs. Harrison was Miss Mary Crocker, daughter of the late C. F. Crocker, of San Francisco. She was one of the three children who divided a fortune of $12,000,000 and $15,000,000 left by her father.
To-day's automobile ride was part of Mrs. Harrison's program in enter- taining Mr, and Mrs. Scott, who were intimate friends of the Crocker family, and who came here recently on a visit. The party was riding from New York to Hempstead Colony, Long Island, and it was about noon when the accident occurred.
LAUGHTER TURNED TO GRIEF.
Mrs. Scott told the details of how the merry party in the midst of laughter from Mrs. Harrison were without warning hurled sharply from the road and thrown into a ditch, two of them rendered unconscious and pinned under the heavy machine. The automobile had just started down what is known as Thompson's Hill. This place is a favorite speedway for automobiles.
As the car began to glide swiftly down, Mr. Scott and Mr. Crocker were examining a road map, while Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Scott were talking together and laughing. The chauffeur, Mrs. Scott said afterward, turned about in his seat and remarked that something was wrong with the steer- ing gear.
PLUNGED INTO A DITCH.
The next instant the machine swerved sharply. The chauffeur's frantic efforts to guide it back into the road were fruitless and the car plunged toward a ditch at the side of the road, with a telegraph pole looming directly in its course. It struck the pole a glancing blow and then toppled into the ditch.
Mrs. Harrison was thrown under the machine, her head being pinned down by the heavy vehicle. She was unconscious, and it was afterwards found that her neck had been broken. Beside her, also pinned down by
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the car, was her brother, but he was not severely injured and was able to free himself from the car.
The other three-Mrs. Scott, Mr. Scott and the chauffeur-had been thrown clear of the machine. Mrs. Scott was hurled across the ditch, landing 10 feet beyond, and lay senseless where she struck. Her husband, although still conscious, was unable to move for some time. The chauffeur also, like the other members of the party, was stunned.
No one was near the point when the accident occurred, the road being almost deserted at the time.
The first persons to realize the terrible situation were Mr. Crocker and the chauffeur, who tried to free Mrs. Harrison and found that they could not lift the machine. Mr. Scott, with a broken rib, also joined them, but still the machine pressed upon the unconscious woman. Mrs. Scott had by this time been restored to her senses, and it was decided to send for help.
DIES ON THE WAY TO HOSPITAL.
Assistance, however, was already at hand, two farm hands having seen the accident and run across the fields. Another automobile came along about the same time, and the men were able to raise the machine. Mrs. Harrison was dying when her friends lifted her up. She was hurried to St. John's Hospital in Long Island City; but she expired before reaching the institution. Later an ambulance was sent for Mr. and Mrs. Scott, who after treatment at the same hospital were able to return to New York in a carriage.
Mr. Harrison was at his office in New York when first informed of the accident, and was told that his wife was seriously injured. He did not know of her death until he called at St. John's Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were married in 1900. At the last gubernatorial election in New York Mr. Harrison was candidate for the office of Lieutenant-Governor.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott had been staying at the Arlington Hotel. Mr. Crocker left New Haven yesterday to come to New York for the auto- mobile party.
Constant Ravert is the name of the chauffeur. To-night it was reported that his shoulder had been dislocated.
Mrs. Harrison's body will be sent to San Francisco and placed in the Crocker vault.
Former Congressman Harrison was grief stricken to-night, remaining at the hospital with the body of his wife.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
In explanation of the cause of the accident, it is said that the chauffeur turew off the clutch and allowed the automobile to run under its own momentum, which carried it along very rapidly. In some manner the thumbscrew worked loose on the steering-gear handle, releasing a knuckle joint which allowed the driver to control the gear underneath the machine
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with the wheel. As soon as the steering gear was released from the wheel grip the front wheels swerved around. Then the car turned over.
This is the second accident in which Crocker has been hurt. Several years ago, while speeding an automobile in California, he collided with a bridge support and was taken out of the wreck with both legs fractured.
Mrs. Harrison was regarded as one of the best automobilists among women of her set. Frequently she drove her brother's 40-horsepower car at high speed, acting as her own chauffeur.
Since writing the above records of the Cary Family I have been fortunate to secure more information about Mary Cary3, who married Joseph Selden, from William and Mary College Quarterlies, Vol. V, No. 1, July 1896, and Vol. VI, No. 4, April 1898.
Also about Mary Munro Carys, who married William S. Peachy, and Miles Cary. Married (January 1, 1797) Anne Robinson.
SELDEN FAMILY.
The founder of this family in Virginia was Samuel Selden1, a lawyer, who, according to a deposition in the Elizabeth City records, came to Virginia in 1699, and boarded in 1700 at Mr. Bertram Servants'. He married Rebecca -, "cousin and heir at law" of Rebecca Yeo, wife of John Lear, Esq. (member of the Colonial Council), widow of Col. Leonard Yeo and Col. Charles Morryson. (See Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II, p. 385.)
Samuel Selden's will was dated May 29, 1720, and was proved at the July court following: He gave his wife, Rebecca, "Buckroe," for life, and then to his heir-at-law; to son Joseph, the plantation on Potomac creek, in Stafford County; to son John, two plantations on Black River and "Old Fields," late in the tenure of Thomas Batts; to daughter Elizabeth, £60 sterling, and to son Bartholomew and daughter Mary Milner other devises.
Rebecca Selden's will is dated April 23, 1736, and mentions daughter Elizabeth, grandson Samuel Milner, Cary Selden, Samuel, Miles, Richard and Joseph Selden, granddaughter Eliza Selden ; cousin George Yeo, and son John, executors.
The will of George Yeo was dated March 15, 1742; proved April 20, 1743. He gives to his son George Arnold, merchant in London, certain tenements in the burrough of Hatherly, commonly called by the name of Wadlands and Finch Parks; gives him also
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the plate I brought from England; to Cousin John Selden, £20, all my law books, "The Whole Duty of Man," "Sherlock on Providence," and "St. Augustine's Meditations"; to Joseph, son of Cousin John Selden, my dictionary and grammar; to Eliza- beth, daughter of seeond eousin William Sclden, one silver ribbon and a book entitled "The Master's Blessing"; to Robert Brough, son of William Brough, deceased, Owen's "Epigrams," Norvell's "Catechism," "Thomas à Kempis," one in Latin and one in English, Sherlock on "Judgment," and "The Five Bishops and the Doctors"; various legaeies of elothing, furniture and books to my wife's daughters Mary and Graee Selden, and to lier grand- daughters, Agnes and Anne Howard and Mary Douglas; Cousin George Arnold in Great Britain and Cousin John Selden, of Virginia, executors. Witnesses: Charles Jenings, John Webb and George Cooper.
On March 2, 1702, license was granted William Bosell to marry Elinor Brough (widow of Coleman Brough), and June 22, 1727, George Yeo and Elinor, his wife, qualified as administrators of Capt. Wm. Bosell, deceased. In a deed from Coleman Wroe to David Meredith 1741, John Selden is mentioned as marrying one of the eo-heirs of Capt. Wm. Bosell. Issue of Samuel Selden1, Justice of the Peace of Elizabeth City County, attorney-at-law, ete., etc. :
1. I. Samuel Selden2, mentioned in suit in 1714, but not mentioned in wills; probably died without issue.
2. II. Bartholomew Selden2; d. 1727, without issue. His widow Sarah married Wm. Edwards before 1740.
3. III. John Selden2.
4. IV. Joseph Selden2, who got by his father's will land in Stafford County.
5. V. Elizabeth Selden2, who in 1716 sold her interest in "Buekroe" to her father.
6. VI. Mary Selden2. Married - Milner and had : I. Samuel Milner3.
John Selden2, Justice in 1725, etc., Deputy King's Attorney for Elizabeth City County in 1752. Married, first, -, and had :
I. Richard Selden3. Married (1741) Mary Ball, daughter of Major James Ball of "Bewdley." (Hayden's Va. Genealogies, p. 62.)
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Jolin Selden2 married, second, Sarah Ball, daughter of Capt. Richard Ball, and first cousin of his son's wife. As far as known no issue. He married, third, Grace, daughter of Capt. William Bosell, and had the children mentioned in his will in 1754:
8. I. Captain Joseph Selden3.
9. II. John Selden3.
10. III. Rev. William Selden3.
At the "Burnt Chimneys," about a mile in the woods from Lancaster Courthouse, is the tombstone of Sarah Selden, which reads :
Here lies the Body of Sarah, the wife of John Selden, Gent., and eldest daughter of Capt. Richard Ball, Gent., who departed this life the 10th day of October 17-
Joseph Selden2 (Samuel Selden1), Justice of Elizabeth City County in 1723 and other years, commissioned sheriff in 1725, and his will was proved June 21, 1729. Married Mary Cary3, b. 1704; d. 1775, daughter of Col. Miles Cary2 and Mary Wilson, and granddaughter of Miles Cary1 and Anne Taylor.
They had three sons :
I. Miles Selden4.
II. Cary Selden4.
III. Samuel Selden4.
In Joseph Selden's will mention is made of "their uncles" Wilson and Miles Cary.
FOURTH GENERATION (CARY GEN.).
In Joseph Selden's will mention is made of their uncles, Wilson and Miles Cary.
IV. Miles Selden4 (Mary Cary3 (married Joseph Selden), Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Mary Cary3 and Joseph Selden, was ordained in London and was minister of Henrico Parish from 1752 to 1776; d. March 20, 1785. Married Rebecca, daughter of Miles Cary, b. 1701; d. 1766, Clerk of Warwick, and had issue :
I. Joseph Selden5, d. Jan. 1, 1807.
II. Mary Selden5. Married - - Rose.
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III. Col. Miles Selden5.
IV. Hannalı Selden5. Married Col. Wm. Hartwell Maeon, of Mt. Prospect, New Kent County.
V. Rebecea Selden". Married Thomas Watkins.
VI. Nathaniel Selden5, d. before 1833. Married Mary, daughter of Charles Woodson. Had issue :
I. Charles Selden6.
II. Joseph Selden".
III. Mary Selden6. Married (1824) Richard Adams.
VII. Elizabeth Selden5. Married Hunter. (See Hayden's
Virginia Genealogies, p. 738.)
IV. Cary Selden4 (Mary Cary" (married Joseph Selden), Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Mary Cary3 and Joseph Selden. Mar- ried Miss Jennings, of the West Indies. They had issue :
I. Wilson Cary Selden5.
II. Joseph Selden5, d. unmarried.
III. Miles Selden5, killed at sea when quite young.
IV. Mary Selden5. Married young.
V. Elizabeth Selden5. Married Dr. James MeClurg. Issue :
I. Elizabeth McClurg6. Married Jolm Wickham, the law- yer. (See McClurg Family, Quarterly I, p. 164.)
VI. Naney Selden5. Married Breekinridge.
VII. - Selden5. Married, first, Barron; second, Whitaker.
FIFTH GENERATION.
V. Miles Selden5 (Miles+, Mary Cary3 (married Josephi Selden), Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Rev. Miles Selden and Rebecca Cary. He was reared in the old general eourt office, which was the school in which the county court elerks were generally educated ; afterwards appointed Clerk of Henrico County and offieiated in that character several years; was a man of good education, well acquainted with business generally and repre- sented the County of Henrico in the General Assembly for many years and was likewise for many years presiding magistrate of his eounty. He was also member of the Couneil in 1785. Mar- ried (March 27, 1774) Elizabeth Armistead, b. March 9, 1752, daughter of Col. Gill Armistead. She was married at the house of her stepfather, John Lewis, in Williamsburg, Va. Col. Miles Selden d. May 18, 1811; his wife, April 1833, aged eighty-two years. They had issue :
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I. Betty Selden", b. Mareh 10, 1775.
II. Miles Selden", b. Jan. 5, 1777.
III. Mary Selden", b. Mareh 10, 1779.
IV. Gill Armistead Selden", b. Nov. 16, 1781.
V. Cary Selden®, b. Feb. 16, 1783.
VI. John Selden", b. Sept. 15, 1784.
VII. Patsey Selden", b. Jan. 15, 1786. Married William H. Roane, May 6, 1809; d. Aug. 10, 1810.
VIII. Joseph Selden", b. May 7, 1787.
IX. Samuel Selden", b. Feb. 14, 1789.
X. William Selden", b. Jan. 31, 1791. Treasurer of the United States.
XI. James Selden", b. April 16, 1793.
XII. Adeline Elison Selden", b. Feb. 1802.
There was a contest over Miles Selden's will, which is shown in Selden v. Coaltes, et als, 2 Virginia Cases, p. 553.
V. Dr. Wilson Cary Selden5 (son Cary Selden4, Mary Cary3 (married Joseph Selden), Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Cary Selden and Miss Jennings. Married, first, Miss Love; seeond, Mrs. Page, née Miss Selden; third, Mrs. Alexander, daughter of Charles Armistead.
Issue by first wife :
I. Wilson Selden". Married Louisa Alexander, Dr. Selden's third wife's daughter.
Issue by third wife :
II. Elizabeth Armistead Selden". Married John L. Lloyd.
III. Cary Selden", unmarried.
IV. John Selden6. Married, first, Anne Kennedy; second, Sarah Kennedy.
SIXTH GENERATION.
VI. Miles Selden® (Miles5, Miles+, Mary Cary3. (married Joseph Selden) Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Col. Miles Cary and Elizabethi Armistead, his wife, b. January 5, 1777; d. May 10, 1814. Married (February 23, 1801) Martha Bland Allen, b. June 30, 1780; d. April 21, 1814. They had issue :
I. John Armistead Selden7, b. Jan. 3, 1802.
II. Elizabeth Ann Selden7, b. Nov. 11, 1803.
III. Miles Cary Selden7, b. Dee. 14, 1806.
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IV. Carter Harrison Selden7.
V. Joseph Allen Selden7. Of these, Martha Bland Selden7 married John Saunders and had issue, among others :
I.
Betty Saunders8. Married Col. Walter H. Taylor, now resident in Norfolk.
VI. William Selden® (Miles5, Miles+, Mary Cary3 (married Joseph Selden), Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Col. Miles Selden and Elizabeth Armistead, his wife, b. January 31, 1791; member of the House of Delegates, treasurer of the United States. Mar- ried, first, Eliza Swan, d. 1835; second, Emily Hunter.
Issue by first wife :
I. William Henry Selden7.
Issue by second wife :
II. Jennie Selden7.
III. John Selden7.
IV. Hunter Selden7.
V. Lilly Selden7.
VI. Cary Selden7.
VII. Florence Selden7.
VIII. James Buchanan Selden7.
The following notes are in the handwriting of Mrs. Selden, wife of the minister, Rev. Miles Selden, and throw light upon the family :
June, 1823, a letter from Mrs. Harriet Selden, Arkansas, stating to me the birth of her daughter, Betty, on the 25th of June. After she came to Virginia she had another daughter named Josephine; in 1825 both baptized; husband was Joseph Selden, killed in a duel in Arkansas.
This is now 1833. I live to have this year three great-grandchildren :
My grandson, Dr. Wm. A. Selden, a daughter.
My grandson, Miles, a son.
Mrs. Graham, a daughter.
Granddaughter, Sarah Graham, a second, a son.
In 1831 my son William was married ( November 28) to Miss Eliza Swann, of Virginia, who died 1835, leaving a son, William Henry Selden. His second wife was Emily Hunter, who had seven children, as given above.
March, 1814, I left Tree Hill and moved to Richmond, where I took charge of the children of my beloved sons. I remained there until 1823, July 2nd, when I returned to Tree Hill.
June, 1824, was an afflicted, distressing time to me; the death of my poor, unfortunate son, Joseph, never to be forgotten by his afflicted mother.
1825, living at Tree Hill; much trouble and affliction and bad health much of the time in 1826-27.
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In 1824 Harriet Selden came to Trec Hill, after the death of her beloved husband, with her two children, Elizabeth and Josephine. July, 1825, she had them baptized by Bishop Moore. At the same time my first great- grandchild, Miles, was baptized; my second child was baptized by Bishop Moore, and called Thomas. 1827, the third son.
In July, 1827, Harriet was united to Mr. Lowry, an English gentleman, and went to England July, 1828, with her husband and daughters. He is said to be a good and clever man. I leave them to God, who has promised never to forsake the widow and orphan.
January Ist, 1829, I left Tree Hill (with my granddaughter Elizabeth) , I expect, for the last time of ever seeing that dear, beloved mansion, never to be forgotten. Oh! not my will, oh, God! The events of my life (a mysterious one) now in my 79th year.
August 30, 1830 (1830), still alive. Oh, my God, let me be resigned! I have lived to see my fourth great-grandchild. 1831. Now 80 years old and two more added. Sarah Graham has a daughter, and John Selden has another son, called Joseph, 1832.
My granddaughter, Elizabeth (Mrs. Miller), has a son, July 9, 1824.
My son Cary paid me a visit at Tree Hill, with all his family, which was very gratifying. They left 25th September. I expect it will be our last meeting.
1829, June 13. I have long wished to visit once more the old church on Richmond Hill (Church Hill, Richmond). My son, James, at this time a resident in Park Hill House. I was gratified in having my desire. The father of my husband and my much-loved friend was the pastor. I cannot describe the pleasure I received. Associations of ideas recalled to mind so many scenes of past happiness not to be forgotten.
1825, December 9, our sister, Mrs. B. Hunter, departed this life in Richmond, the last remaining child of the Woodstock family, the daughter of the Rev. Miles Selden, pastor of the Richmond Church.
("Woodstock," a plantation owned by the Selden family.)
James M. Selden and Mary E. Ireland were married the 19th December, 1825.
Betty, their first child, born September 19, 1827.
1831. I have heard of the death of my beloved grandson, Cary Selden, much lamented.
1832, May 16, my grandson, Wm. A. Sclden, was married to L. Riddle, sister of Mrs. Dr. Nelson.
VI. Wilson Selden6 (Dr. Wilson Cary", Cary4, Mary Carya (married Joseph Selden), Miles2, Miles Cary1), son of Dr. Wilson Cary Selden and Miss Love, his first wife. Married Louisa Alexander. They had issue :
I. Molly Selden7, d. young.
II. Eleanor Love Selden7. Married John A. Washington, of Mt. Vernon. Issue :
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I. Louisa WashingtonS. Married Col. Chew.
II. Jean C. WashingtonS. Married N. H. Willis.
III. Eliza Washington8. Married Robert Hunter.
IV. Lawrence Washington8.
V. Maria Washington8. Married Rev. Beverley D. Tucker,
of Norfolk, Va.
VI. Nelly Washington8. Married Julian Howard.
VII. George Washingtons. Married Miss Porterfield.
The following is taken from the Baltimore Sun of October 4, 1906 :
BISHOP TUCKER CONSECRATED.
NORFOLK, VA., Oet. 3 .- Rev. Dr. Beverly Dandridge Tueker, Bishop Coadjutor-eleet of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, was to-day eonse- crated to the bishopric in historie St. Paul's Episcopal Church here, of which he had been rector for nearly a quarter of a ecntury.
There were present sixty bishops and distinguished elergymen from various dioceses. Bishop Randolph, of Southern Virginia, presided. Bishops Gibson, of Virginia, and Peterkin, of West Virginia, were the conseerators, and Bishops Satterlee, of Washington, and Cheshire, of North Carolina, were the presenters.
Rev. Dallas Tucker, of Bedford City, Va., and Rev. Luke M. White, of Pulaski, Va., were the attending presbyters, with Rev. Dr. W. A. Barr, of Norfolk, as master of ceremonies, and Rev. C. E. Woodson, of Norfolk, as deputy register.
Bishop Peterkin, of West Virginia, delivered the consecration sermon. Bishop Tueker will have joint jurisdiction with Bishop Randolph, the senior bishop of southern Virginia, but his particular work will be in the western part of the State. His residence will be in Roanoke, Va.
Baltimore Sun of Oct. 15, 1906 :
Sunday, October 14, 1906, was a memorable day at St. Paul's, Nor- folk. In the afternoon there was a beautiful and impressive farewell service to Dr. Augustin Tucker, son of Bishop Tucker, who sails as a medieal missionary to China. The church was crowded. In the chancel were Bishops Randolph and Tueker, and elergymen of the eity. The musie was superb. Beautiful and appropriate addresses were delivered by the Rev. Mr. Thomson, of Trinity, Portsmouth, and the Rev. Dr. Morris, of Christ Church, Norfolk. The collection was for the work to which the young missionary is devoting his life. He goes to the work which God has called him accompanied by the prayers and blessings of all of God's people, who wish him "good luck" in the name of the Lord.
On October 3rd, the day of the eonseeration of Dr. Tucker to the Bishopric, a beautiful memorial window was unveiled in St. Paul's Church,
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Norfolk, in memory of Mrs. Pegram, who was for many years one of the most devoted communicants of this church.
A meeting of the clericus of Norfolk was held Monday morning, October 8th. The Rev. W. Alexander Barr, rector of St. Luke's Church, was unanimously elected president in place of Rev. Dr. Tucker.
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