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Kentucky. After the war he was judge in his own county. He died in 1884, and his wife in 1890.

Marye, Morton, son of John Lawrence Marye (q. v.), was born at Fredericksburg; studied law and practiced his profession with success. In 1861 he entered the serv- ice of the Confederacy as lieutenant-colonel of the Seventeenth Virginia Regiment, which was assigned to the brigade of Gen. A. P. Hill, and acted as part of the rear guard to Johnston's army when it retreated from Yorktown to Richmond ; fought in the battles around Richmond against McClel- If n, and at second Manassas, where he lost a leg, and was incapacitated from further active service. After the war he returned to his profession as a lawyer, and in 1870 was made clerk of the corporation and cir- cuit courts of Alexandria, Virginia. This position he held till 1883, when he was elect- ed by the general assembly of Virginia first auditor of the state, which position he held till his death.

Marye, Simon Bolivar, son of William Staige Marye and Mary Rufifner, his wife, was born in Virginia, June 7, 1825 ; gradu- ated Bachelor of Arts at William and Mary College, then studied law and took Bachelor of Law ; went to Yucatan in 1848 and served as an officer in the revolution there ; return- ed in 1849; went to California; elected first state's attorney ; removed to Oregon in 1852, thence to Washington, D. C, thence to Memphis, and finally settled in Bolivar county, Mississippi. He married Sarah Chapman, of Portland, Oregon.

Marye, John Lawrence, son of James Marye, third of that name in Virginia, and

Mildred, his wife, daughter of Lawrence Slaughter, of Culpeper county, Virginia ; was a lawyer of Fredericksburg, Virginia. He purchased Brompton Heights, which as ■'Marye's Heights" are historically famous through the events of the war between the slates. Mr. Marye was a Whig and as a m.ember of the convention of 1860-61 op- posed secession till Lincoln called for troops, when he signed the ordinance. He died in 1868.

Borland, Solon, a native of Virginia, re- ceived his education in North Carolina, where he studied medicine, and then estab- lished himself in the practice of his profes- sion in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a major in Yell's cavalry during the Mexican war, and in January, 1847, was captured with Major Gaines. When his troop was disbanded in June, of that year, he was dis- charged, but continued in service as volun- teer aide-de-camp to Gen. Worth, until the end of the campaign, from the battle of El Molino to the capture of the City of Mexico, September 14, 1847. Upon his return to Arkansas Mr. Borland was appointed to the senate to fill the vacancy caused by the res- ignation of Senator Ambrose H. Sevier, and later the legislature elected him to serve the unexpired term of this gentleman. Having served in the senate from April 24, 1848, to March 3, 1853, he was appointed minister to Nicaragua, and was also accredited to the four other Central American states. His credentials were received April 18, 1853, and he remained in Nicaragua until April 17, 1S54, then returned to his home and re- signed from this office on June 30. When he was returning to the United States the authorities attempted to arrest him at San