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 VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

White, James Lowery, M. D., born at Ab- ingdon, \'irginia, May 30, 1833, son of James Lowery White and Margaret R. Preston, his wife, the former named an agriculturist and merchant, traces his ancestry to Scotch- Irish forebears, early members of the White family settling in Pennsylvania, and those of the Preston family settling in Virginia. James L. White acquired his preliminary education in the Abingdon Male ^\cademy, jjursued advanced studies in the Virginia Military Institute, which he entered in 1850 and was graduated from in 1853, the follow- ing year, 1853-54, was a student in the Uni- versity of Virginia, then matriculated at the Jefiferson ]\Iedical College, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1855. He opened an office for the active practice of his profession at Abingdon, and later removed to Farmville, Virginia, and in addition to attending to the needs of his patients is an active and prominent member of the Virginia Medical Society, which he served as vice-president from 1880 to 1881. He held the rank of captain in the Thirty- seventh Regiment of Virginia Volunteer In- fantry during six months of 1861, and was then commissioned a surgeon of the Con- federate States army and served in that capacity until the close of hostilities. He is a Presbyterian in religion, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arcanum and Knights of Honor. Dr. W'hite married, September 21, 1864, Miss L. E. Jackson.

Gregory, Roger, born in King William county. \'irginia. in 1833, son of Roger Gregory. He had the advantage of the best instruction in his home, and in the best known schools in his part of the state. He

studied law two sessions in the University of Virginia, graduating in 1855 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. After the war, under the constitution of Virginia 1867- 1868, he was first judge of King William county. Leav- ing the bench in 1873, he again took up the practice of law. Owing to the general rec- ognition of his manifest fitness for the work, and without any effort on his part, he was chosen to plan for and organize the new law- school of Richmond College. Under his management and direction during sixteen sessions this department of the college ranked high among the American schools of law. On his retirement Judge Gregory largely confined his activity to the manage- ment of his large estate of "Elsing Green,'" King V\illiam county, \'irginia, and other business interests in this and other parts of the state.

Southall, Joseph Wells, born in Prince F.dward county, \'irginia, March 4, 1833, son of Philip Turner Southall and Elizabeth Webster, his wife, the former a physician and planter, a descendant of Major Stephen Southall, of the revolutionary army, and Lucy Henry, sister of Patrick Henry. Jo- seph W. Southall acquired his early edu- cation in a private school conducted by Henry Anderson, then entered Hampton- Sidney College, where he remained one }ear, then became a student in William and Mary College, graduating in 1855. after u hich he matriculated at the \'irginia Med- ical College, from which he received the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine in i860, and en- gaged in practice. At the beginning of the war between the states he became a sur- geon in Gen. Jackson's valley command.