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1206, W. Va., with Early's army. In July, 1865, he was paroled by General Gregg, at Lynchburg, and he soon afterward engaged in civil engineering for a year in Pennsylvania. He was subsequently in the service of the Adams express company and the Southern express company, at Lynchburg, for several years, and after that was connected prominently with the hotel business at Lynchburg, also owning an interest in the Kimball house, at Atlanta, Ga. His military service, though brief, was exceedingly active and hazardous. Of its adventurous character the name of his famous leader is a sufficient guarantee. It was not their part to participate in great battles, but they rendered equally valuable service in keeping the Confederate leaders informed of the movements of the enemy, at the same time by sudden sallies and daring attacks, managing to embarrass the opposing forces and keep large bodies of troops in a vain pursuit of Mosby. Mr. Terry is descended from an old and honorable Virginia family. His great-grandfather, Daniel Terry, a native of the Old Commonwealth, served as an officer in the Revolutionary army.

Henry G. Thomas, prominent among the sea-faring people of Portsmouth during the war period, was the son of John G. Thomas, a Welshman by birth, who was a sea captain in the merchant marine, and made his home at Portsmouth about 1832. Henry G. Thomas was born at Portsmouth, served for forty years in the United States navy, prior to 1861, and then resigned and joined the Confederate navy, in which he served throughout the war and gained the rank of captain. After the struggle was concluded he engaged in business at Norfolk as a grocer, prospered in trade, held a worthy position in social life, and honored his military service by maintaining a membership in the Pickett-Buchanan camp of the Confederate Veterans. His death occurred at Norfolk, January 4, 1881. Edward T. Thomas, son of the foregoing, was born at Portsmouth, October 31, 1854. His mother was the daughter of Edward Trugin, of Portsmouth, and died the year following his birth. He received his education mainly in the Norfolk military academy under Professor Gatewood, and quit school at the age of sixteen years, engaging in business with his father. In 1878 he embarked in the same business on his own account, at Norfolk, and beginning with a small capital, has by the exercise of excellent business talent, built up an extensive business, achieved notable success financially, and gained considerable real estate holdings. He is fraternally connected with the Masonic order, is a Knight Templar, has been secretary of the Knights of Honor for eighteen years, and treasurer of his Odd Fellows lodge for five years. Mr. Thomas was married October 14, 1878, to Margaret S., daughter of Henry Dalby, of Norfolk, and they have one child, Edward Keeling.

Lieutenant J. W. Thomas, Jr., a well-known chemist and pharmacist of Norfolk, Va., and commander of Pickett-Buchanan camp of that city, was born at Richmond, Va., October 10, 1836. He is the son of William Thomas, a naval contractor, who rendered valuable service to the Confederacy in the construction of ironclad vessels, until he was taken prisoner at Deep Bottom, by the Federals, and held until the close of the war. Lieutenant Thomas received a thorough academic, scientific and professional education, graduating at the university of Pennsylvania in 1858