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Rh of his command, and helped to hold the line at Fredericksburg in December. In 1863 he was in the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, and he participated in the desperate fighting of 1864 through the Wilderness, and in the action at Shady Grove received a wound in the foot that seriously disabled him. He spent some time on this account in the Seabrook and Chimborazo hospitals at Richmond, and was then brought before the examining board of surgeons and declared disabled for further duty. During this arduous service Mr. Woodhouse rose by promotion to first sergeant, and later to first lieutenant, all of which he richly deserved. After the surrender he returned to Norfolk, where he began his trade again, and has become one of the leading contractors in the city. He contracted for the plastering of the Epworth Methodist church of Norfolk, a notable building, and several of the handsomest houses in Ghent. Lieutenant Woodhouse was married in 1864 to Columbia, a daughter of Page Eley, of Nansemond county, and they have four children: Annie Lee, Harry E., Charles H., Frank E. The latter served in the volunteer army of 1898 in Company E, Fourth Virginia regiment infantry, under Fitzhugh Lee. In social life he is a member of the Methodist church; of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, and past commander of Pickett-Buchanan camp, U. C. V.

John J. Woodhouse, a prominent member of the legal profession and judge of Princess Anne county, is a native of that county. He rendered faithful service in the cause of the South until disability on account of illness compelled his honorable discharge. He has held the office of clerk of the courts, and is now judge of the Princess Anne county court. His wife, a daughter of William McKenney, was born at Washington, D. C. Her father was a dentist by profession, and during the war commanded Company C of the Sixth Virginia regiment, familiarly known as "McKenney's Eye Teeth." Judge Woodhouse and family lived in Norfolk for several years, but removed from Norfolk to Princess Anne county in 1869, and their son, William McK. Woodhouse, now a well-known lawyer of Norfolk (born at the latter city, August 19, 1860), was there reared upon a farm. In 1884 he began a service of four years as deputy clerk under his father, during which period he also pursued the study of law. In 1888 he was admitted to practice in Princess Anne county, and he remained there engaged in the work of his profession until 1894, when he opened an office at Norfolk. He is now a member of the legal firm of Judson & Woodhouse, and in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice, and a worthy position professionally and socially. His residence is at Berkley, near the city of Norfolk. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Red Men, is clerk and member of the official body of the Baptist church, and takes an active interest in the organization of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, as a member of the Junior camp of Berkley. On March 28, 1889, he was married to Bettie F. Duke, a native of North Carolina, and they have four children.

Major John Thomas Woodhouse, a representative of an ancient Virginian family, who served with honor on many bloody fields with the army of Northern Virginia, was born at White Hall, the family estate in Princess Anne county, April 15, 1838. His family originated in England, where in the sixteenth century an ancestor,