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Piatt, James H., Jr., born of American parents at St. Johns, Canada, July 13, 1837 ; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Vermont in 1859; entered the Union army in 1861 as first sergeant of the Third \'ermont Volunteers ; served as captain and lieutenant-colonel and assigned t(duty as chief quartermaster of the Sixth Corps, but declined ; settled in Petersburg, Virginia, April 6, 1865 ; elected a member of the constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 ; moved to Norfolk, Virginia ; elected as a Republican to the forty-first, forty-sec- ond, and forty-third congresses (March 4, 1869-AIarch 3, 1875) ; defeated as the Re- publican candidate for the forty-fourth con- gress.

Porter, Charles Howell, born at Cairo, New York, June 21, 1833; completed pre- paratory studies ; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Greene county. New York ; entered the Union army in 1861 as a member of the First New York Mounted Rifles ; moved to Norfolk, Vir- ginia ; held various local offices ; member of the constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 and 1868 ; elected as a Republican to the forty-first and forty-second congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873) ; died at Cairo, New York, July 9, 1897. ,

Pridemore, Auburn L., born in Scott county, \^irgi:iia, January 27, 1837. He was brought up on a farm, and by alternate school attendance and teaching, obtained a substantial education. In August, 1861, he recruited a company for the Twenty-first Battalion, Virginia Infantry, of which he was captain ; in 1862 he was promoted to major, and later to lieutenant-colonel. In

October, 1863, he was commissioned colonel 0/ the Sixty-fourth Regiment Virginia Cav- alry, which he commanded until the end of the war. In 1865 he was elected to the house of delegates, but was unable to take his seat on account of the reconstruction regime The same year he took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar, and entered upon practice at Jonesville, Virginia. He was a state senator from 1871 to 1875. He was elected as a Democrat to the forty-fifth con- gress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879). He died at Jonesville, May 17. 1900.

Quarles, Julian Minor, born in Caroline county, \'irginia, September 25, 1848, son of Peter Quarles, a soldier in the war of 1812, and Mary E. Waddy, his wife ; six sons of these parents served in the Confederate army — three in the Army of Northern Vir- ginia, and three in the western army; one of these, N. F. Quarles, in the battle of Cedar Run, August 9, 1862, was the sole captor of nineteen prisoners and three flags, for which feat Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson pre- sented him an officer's sword, now in pos- session of the family. The gallant young soldier was killed in the second battle of Manassas. Julian Minor Quarles attended the Pine Hill Academy and Aspen Hill Academy. For a few years he taught school, and in 1872 entered the academic depart- ment of the University of Virginia, in 1874 began the law course, graduated, was ad- mitted to the bar, and engaged in practice in Staunton, where he afterwards contin- ued. He has served as a master commis- sioner in chancery and as county judge of Augusta county ; and as a member of the board of directors of the Western State Hospital, and of the board of trustees of the