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926 sheriff in 1874, an office tie held four years. At a later date he was deputy county treasurer four years, deputy county clerk two years and, for a time, held the office of county clerk by appointment. Since January, 1891, he has conducted a successful mercantile establishment at Madison. He is a member of Kemper-Strother-Fry camp of Confederate Veterans. On June 30, 1867, he was married to Miss Gussie Gordon, of Greene county, and they have eight children.

Ephraim E. Hathaway, of Norfolk, who enlisted in youth in the Confederate cause, was born at Norfolk, Va., in 1844. His father, Ephraim E. Hathaway, Sr., a farmer of Norfolk county, served with Virginia troops in the Seminole war in Florida, and fell mortally wounded in one of the conflicts with the Indians. He was educated in the Norfolk schools until he had reached the age of twelve years, when he entered the printing office of his uncle, John R. Hathaway, owner and editor of the Norfolk Day Book. In April, 1861, he joined at Lambert's Point, the St. Bride's light artillery, under Capt. George A. Martin, but was soon required to forego his dream of military service. On account of his youth his uncle secured his release, much to young Hathaway's chagrin. When Norfolk was abandoned by the Confederate forces, and occupied by the Federals, he attempted to pass through the lines and join the Confederate army, but was captured and imprisoned at Fort Norfolk about three months, after which he was released on the hard condition that if he again attempted to leave the city he would meet the fate of a spy. For several years after the war he was occupied in various ways, mainly as a printer and publisher in southeastern Virginia and New York, and during this period established the Norfolk News and the Berkley Daily News, and was associated with the Suffolk Herald and the Observer. He then purchased a good printing and publishing plant at Norfolk, where he and his associates have since conducted a successful business, in connection with other work publishing a travelers' guide, which is quite popular. He has taken an active part in political affairs, and among the veterans of the Confederacy is valued as a friend and active comrade. He holds the rank of adjutant in Neimeyer-Shaw camp, at Norfolk. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Virginia Butt, who died in 1888; and in 1890 to Miss Emma C. Butt.

Lieutenant George Pitman Haw, a prominent attorney of Richmond, Va., was born in Hanover county, Va., in 1838. He enlisted in the military service of Virginia, April 23, 1861, as a private in the Hanover Grays, an organization which was mustered into the service as Company I of the Fifteenth Virginia regiment. A month later he was promoted corporal and at the end of the year he was called to the rank of first lieutenant by (with but one exception) the unanimous vote of his company. He participated in the early engagements at Young's Mill and Dam No. 1, and in the first day's fight at Williamsburg. Subsequently, at Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, he did honorable duty, participating in the two days' battle and a night attack on the enemy. At Malvern Hill he was also engaged. Then, participating in the Maryland campaign, he went into the battle of Sharpsburg with a furlough in his pocket, of which he had decided not to avail himself while a battle was impending. This decision was almost fatal, for, in this desperate fight he lost his left arm and was, in consequence, for some time disabled for any