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1274 Anne county March 4, 1804, and they had six children, of whom the only survivor is Captain Wilson. He received his education at the Norfolk military academy and the university of Virginia. At the commencement of the war he left the university to enlist as a private in the volunteer organizations for the defense of the State. On April 22, 1861, he was made second lieutenant of Company A of the Sixth Virginia infantry, and served in that rank until the reorganization in 1862, when he was promoted first lieutenant. On November 8, 1862, he was promoted captain of his company, and on the organization of the sharpshooters of his brigade in January, 1863, he was detached from his company and assigned to the command of a company of sharpshooters. In this capacity he rendered effective service until the battle of Cold Harbor in June, 1864, when he was taken prisoner. Subsequently he was confined at Fort Delaware until some time after the war was over, not being released until June, 1865. During his service he participated in all the skirmishes and battles of his command, taking part in the Seven Days' battles before Richmond, at Frayser's Farm, Charles City Road and Malvern Hill, and subsequently in many engagements, the most important of which were the Second Manassas, Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Mine Run, Chancellorsville, Salem Church, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House. In the December following his return to civil life Captain Wilson established a book and stationery store at Norfolk, which he conducted until January, 1874, when he sold the business and turned his attention to farming. He has since been engaged in the management of lands near Norfolk and in Princess Anne county, and since 1874 has resided in a beautiful farm home near the city of Norfolk. He is a very popular gentleman, and influential in many ways for the best interests of his community. He was married December 9, 1869, to Pamela Boiling West, daughter of Thomas B. West, of Norfolk, and they have six children now living: Charles Boiling, Louisa Seaton, Francis Deleware, Gary Robinson, Thomas Seaton, and Virginia West.

John T. Wilson, a popular dental surgeon at Lexington, Va., was born in Rockbridge county in 1838. Here he received his early training and education, and left Lexington on June 8, 1861, as a member of the Liberty Hall Volunteers, a company which contributed some gallant spirits to the Confederate cause. Being incorporated in the Fourth Virginia regiment of infantry as Company I, it did its full share in winning the laurels of Jackson's Stonewall brigade, and the fame of Jackson's corps of the army of Northern Virginia. The military career of Dr. Wilson was identified with that of his regiment and the Stonewall brigade until the battle of Chancellorsville, where their gallant commander fell. In that engagement he was wounded in the thigh, and so seriously that he was permanently disabled for active service in the field. He was, however, able at the beginning of the year 1864 to accept an assignment in the quartermaster's department, where he served six months. Subsequently he was ordered to Lexington, to serve as assistant to the commandant at that post. In the performance of these duties he continued until the war was closed in Virginia by the surrender of General Lee. Notable among the engagements in which he served with honor may be