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cation. They were still pending when Lin- coln called for troops, whereupon Mr. Sum- mers signed the ordinance of secession and afterwards gave his best efforts to the Southern cause. He died in September, 1868.

Dabney, William C, born in Charlottes- ville, \ irginia, July 4, 1849. He graduated from the University of Virginia with the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1868, and ei:tered upon practice in his native coun- ty (.\lbemarlej, eventually locating in Char- lottesville. In 1886, following the resig- nation of Professor Harrison from the chair of medicine in the University of ^'ir- ginia, Dr. Dabney was appointed to the \acancy, and served in that position with signal ability until his death, August 20, 1894. He was a distinguished authority on several subjects in the medical profession, and made many contributions to medical literature, the most important of which were : "Medical Chemistry," the Boylston Prize Essay; "Nitrite of Amyl as an An- tidote to Chloroform ;" "Development of Connective Tissue ;" "Extirpation of Kid- ney for Renal Calculus;" "Physiological and Pathological Effects of Excessive Soil Mois- ture ;" "Choleate of Soda in Biliary Lith- iasis;" "Contributions to the Histology of I'^pithelial Xew Formations;" "Disturbances of Nutrition Consecutive to Nerve Lesions." Dr. Dabney married, March 16, 1869, Jane Pell Minor, daughter of William W. Minor, .'^i., of Albemarle county, \'irginia.

Ryland, Robert, born in King and Queen county, \'irginia, March 14, 1805, son of Josiah Ryland and Catherine (Peachy) Ry- land. his wife. He was licensed as a Baptist preacher in 1825, and ordained in 1827.

After studying in classical schools he was graduated in 1826 from Columbian Univer- sity, Washington, D. C. For five years he was pastor at Lynchburg. In 1832 he took charge of the Manual Labor School at Rich- mond, known as the Virginia Baptist Semi- nary, and in 1840, when it became Richmond College, he was made president. Mean- while, in 1834-36, he was chaplain of the University of Virginia. In 1866 he resigned liis college presidency, and for twenty-five years was pastor of the First African Bap- tist Church, of Riclimond, during which time he baptized 3,800 persons. In 1868 he v>ent to Kentucky, where he conducted fe- male schools and preached in country churches. He died in Lexington, Kentucky, April 23, 1899. His son, William S. Ryland, was president of Lexington Female Col- lege, and later, of Bethel College.

Faulkner, Charles James, born in Mar- tinsburg, Virginia, July 6, 1806; was grad- uated from Georgetown ( D. C.) University in 1822 ; attended Chancellor Tucker's law lectures in \\'inchester ; was admitted to the bar in 1829, and entered upon practice. He was a member of the state house of dele- gates in 1832-33; was a commissioner on the disputed Virginia-Maryland boundary ; v.as a state senator, 1841-44, but resigned ; was elected to the revising legislature in 1S48 ; member of state constitutional con- vention, 1850. He was elected to the thir- ty-second congress, March 4, 185 1, and to the two succeeding congresses. In 1859 he was appointed minister to France by Presi- dent Buchanan. He returned at the out- break of the civil war, in 1861, and was taken and held as a prisoner of war. but in December of the same year was exchangetl