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and His Times," "It Will Not Injure Me," ••Death by Measure," *'\Vedding-Days of Former Times," and "Liquor-Selling a His- tory of Fraud;" died in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1876.

Maury, John Minor, born in Fredericks- burg, \'irginia, 1795, son of Richard and Diana (Minor) Maury. He became mid- shipman in the navy at the age of fourteen, and served on the Essex Jr. in the Pacific, which brought home the survivors of the Fssex. with Captain Porter. Promoted to first lieutenant. 181 1; made flag captain to Commodore David Porter's fleet engaged in suppressing West Indian pirates, 1824, and on return voyage was seized with yellow fever, and died at sea, near Norfolk, June 23, 1825. He married Eliza Maurj-. of Franklin, Tennessee. ^

Johns, John, born in New Castle, Dela- ware, July 10, 1796, son of Kensey Johns and Ann (Van Dyke) Johns, his wife. He was ^aduated from Princeton College in 1806, and entered the Episcopal ministry. He held charges in Frederick and Baltimore, Maryland. In 1842 he was elected assistant bishop of Virginia, and the same year was made president of William and Mary Col- lege, Williamsburg. In 1854 he retired from the presidency, stating in his letter of leave taking that he could retire "without solici- tude as to the future of the college;" the number of students had increased under his administration from twenty-one to eighty- two. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia College in 1834, and of Doc- tor of Laws from William and Mar>' Col- lege in 1855; retired to his residence near Alexandria; in 1862 succeeded Bishop

Meade (deceased) in the bishopric, and died April 6, 1876, in his eightieth year.

Fauntleroy, Thomas Turner, son of Jo- seph Fauntleroy and Elizabeth Fauntleroy, daughter of Col. Bushrod Fauntleroy, was born in Richmond county, Virginia, Octo- ber 6, 1796, died in Leesburg, Virginia, Sep- tember 12, 1883. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the war of 1812, when but seventeen years old. He studied law in Winchester, practiced in Warrenton, and in 1823 was elected to the legislature. In 1836 he was commissioned a major of dragoons in the regular army, and served in the Semi- nole war. In September, 1845, ^^ ^"^'^^ ^^' tached from Gen. Taylor's army to hold in check the Indians on the frontier of Texas. From this duty he was ordered to join Gen. Taylor, and subsequently, in Mexico, he commanded the cavalry of Gen. Scott's army. In 1849 he was promoted to the lieu- tenant-colonelcy of the First Dragoons, and commanded the troops on frontier duty in Texas. In 1850 he was promoted colonel. In the winter of 1854-53 he conducted a campaign against the hostile Indian tribes of the Rocky mountains, and in 1858 he made another midwinter campaign against the Indians in New Mexico. In May, 1861, he entered the Confederate ser\-ice. He was commissioned a brigadier-general by the convention of Virginia, and placed in com- mand of Richmond and its defences. But after the organization of the Confederate government it refused to confirm his com- mission, although he ranked all the officers but one that had resigned from the United States army to serve the Confederacy. He married Ann, daughter of Col. Charles Magill, of Winchester, Virginia.

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