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Wilmer» William Holland, born in Kent county, Maryland, October 29, 1782, son of Simon and Ann Wilmer. He was educated at Washington (Maryland) College, and was ordained by Bishop Claggett, in 1808. After clerical service at Chester, Maryland, in 181 2 he took charge of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Virginia. In 1816 he declined a call to St. John's Church, Washington City. He was one of the originators and presi- dent of the Education Society of the Dis- trict of Columbia. In 1819 he commenced the publication of the Washington "Theo- logical Repertory," and furnished many of its leading articles until his death. After coming to Virginia he was a delegate to ever}- general convention while he lived, and president in three different years. In 1820 he received the degree of Doctor of Divin- ity from Brown University. In 1823 he was leading professor in the Theological Semi- nary near Alexandria. In 1826 he became president of William and Mary College, and rector of Bruton parish church, Williams- burg, but died August 24 of the following year, and was buried under the chancel of his church. He left various published works. A son, Richard H., became bishop of Ala- bama, and another, George T., was for some time a distinguished professor at William and Mary College.

Johnson, David, was born in Louisa coun- ty, Virginia, October 3, 1782; in early life his parents removed from Virginia to Ches- ter district, South Carolina, and there David Johnson was reared and educated, choosing the law for his life work; he was admitted to the bar in 1803, and practiced at Union Court House, South Carolina: he served in the following offices : Representative in the

state legislature, 1812; circuit judge, from 1815 to 1824; judge of the court of appeals, from 1824 to 1835; chancellor, from 1835 to 1849; governor of South Carolina, from 1846 to 1848; served in all capacities faith- fully and well; died at Limestone Springs, South Carolina, January 7, 1855.

Lumpkin, Wilson, born in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, January 14, 1783, son of John and Lucy (Hobson) Lumpkin, natives of Virginia, and a descendant of English ancestors; when he was one year old, his parents removed to the Wilderness, which later formed Oglethorpe county, Georgia, and there he received a meagre education, there being no established schools at that time; when fourteen years of age he was employed as a copyist in the superior court of Oglethorpe county, of which his father was clerk, and later he studied law, was admitted to the bar and settled in practice at Athens, Georgia; he represented Ogle- thorpe county in the state legislature, and at various times, Jl>etween the years 1804 and 1815, was state senator; was a repre- sentative from Georgia in the fourteenth congress, 1815-17, and in the twentieth and twenty-first congresses, 1827-31, and was governor of Georgia for two terms, 1831-35, and during his administration the Cherokee Indians were removed beyond the Chatta- hoochee river and the territory they had occupied was made into thirteen counties, and the town and county of Lumpkin was named in his honor; was elected United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John P. King, and served from December 13, 1837. to March 3, 1841 ; in 1823 he was commissioned by President Monroe to ascertain and mark the boundary

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