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Patteson, Camm, born in Amherst county, A'irginia, February 21, 1840, a son of David Patteson, a physician of note, and his wife, Elizabeth Camm. He was the recipient of an excellent preparatory education, which was continued at the University of Virginia, fiom which he was graduated with the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws and a diploma in moral philosophy. This was just at the time of the outbreak of the civil war, and Mr. Patteson became a volunteer in the Confed- erate service early in 1861. He was ad- vanced to the captaincy of Company D. Fifty-sixth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, and he was in active service until the close of the war. From that time he became iden- tified with the legal profession. He was a member of the Virginia house of delegates twice ; served as senator from the eighteenth senatorial district ; was a delegate to a num- ber of Democratic national conventions ; served eight years as a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia. He Vv-as a frequent contributor to legal and other periodicals, and in 1900 published a novel, '"The Young Bachelor." Capt. Pat- teson married, March 3. 1863, Mary Eliza- beth Mills.

Old, William Whitehurst, born in Prin- cess Anne county, Virginia, November 17. 1840, son of Jonathan Whitehead Old and Anne Elizabeth Whitehurst, his wife. His ancestors belonged to the early English stock that settled in Virginia ; one of them was a member of the committee of safety of Princess Anne county during the revolu- tionary war. He was educated in the public schools of Princess Anne county, and in the private schools of Norfolk, Virginia. He at- tended Southgate's school, also the Norfolk

Military Academy, and Col. Strange's school and the Albemarle Military Institute at Charlottesville, Virginia. He entered the University of Virginia in 1858, from which lie graduated with the M. A. degree in July, 1861. Upon the outbreak of the civil war. lie enlisted in the University Volunteers, and was elected second lieutenant of his company. He served with Wise's Legion until December, 1861, when the company was disbanded by the secretary of war, and he re-enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth A'irginia Regiment, and was wounded at the battle of Seven Pines. In August, 1861, he was commissioned captain and assistant quartermaster, and was stationed at battery No. 9, near Richmond. In May, 1863, he received an appointment on the staff of Maj.-Gen. Edward Johnson, and served un- til December of that year, when he resigned his commission as quartermaster and was made aide-de-camp. After Gen. Jackson was captured. May 12, 1864, he served on the staff of Gen. Ewell, until he was relieved from command of the Second Corps, in June, 1S63. He then served on the staff of Gen. Jubal A. Early, through the valley and Maryland campaigns, until August 12, 1864, when he resumed his position on Gen. John- son's staff, who had been exchanged and had been ordered to Hood's army, and with whom he served until October 31, 1864, Vihen he was disabled by a wound from fur- ther service. After the war he studied law and settled in Norfolk, Virginia, having been for years a partner of the late Richard Walke, one of the leaders of the Norfolk bar. He was a member of the Norfolk Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar Asso- ciation, and of many social organizations. He was a member of the citv council of Nor-