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"one of the greatest men of his profession in America." having the best lilirary of books in Richmond. II is father, William R. McCaw, was also a prominent physician, who married Anne Ludwell Brown, daugh- ter of James Brown, Jr.. state auditor for forty years. James Brown McCaw gradu- ated in 1844 at the medical department of the ITniversity of New York, and engaged in practice in Richmond. During the war between the states he was chief surgeon of Chimborazo Hospital and during the four years treated some 76,000 patients. He was a professor in the Medical College of Vir- ginia and editor of the "Virginia Medical Journal." He was a man of splendid ap- pearance and was counted one of the finest physicians in Richmond. He married Delia, daughter of Dr. William A. Patterson, of Richmond, and had two sons — also surgeons and physicians — Dr. David McCaw, of Rich- mond, and Dr. Walter McCaw, of the United States army.

Boiling, Stith, born in Lunenburg county, \'irginia, February 28, 1835. son of John .'^tith Boiling and Mary T. Irby, his wife. He attended the Laurel Hill school, and Mt. Lebanon Academy. He farmed until 1858, and then engaged in a mercantile business until the beginning of the civil war. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Ninth \'irginia Cavalry, and was promoted through various grades to captain, and in 1863 became acting assistant adjutant-gen- eral on the staflfof Gen. W. H. F. Lee. He was six times wounded — near Cul])C]ier Court House; near Green House; at Morton's Ford; at Guinea Station; near Petersburg: and at Gaines' Mills. After the war, he re- turned to Lunenburg county and farmed

until iSf)C). In that year he was elected to the house of delegates, and was reelected. He was then appointed tobacco inspector by Governor Kemper, and served as such until 1880, when he was appointed post- master at Petersburg, and held that position something mor^ than four years. He be- en me connected with the Oaks Warehouse Company, and served as president of the Lunatic Asylum board, and as president of the board of education. Petersburg.

Bouldin, Edw^in E., born in Charlotte county, \'irginia, March 31, 1838, son of James \V. Bouldin, a former congressman, Rev. Clement R. Read. He took an aca- demic course at the University of Virginia. He practiced at Goliad. Texas, from 1859 till the opening of the civil war, when he leturned to Virginia and joined Company B, Fourteenth \'irginia Cavalry, known as the "Charlotte Cavalry." In September. 1861, he was commissioned lieutenant, and was elected captain in 1862. He command- ed his regiment at Gettysburg, where he was wounded, and he was again seriously wounded at the crossing of the Potomac, near Hagerstown. He was taken prisoner at Moorfield, in 1864, and held in the Camp Chase (Ohio) prison for eighteen months. He was exchanged in 1865, and commanded his regiment from Five Forks till the sur- render. He then engaged in law practice in Danville. In 1902 he was a member of the state constitutional convention. He married Lucy L. Fd wards, of Charlotte.
 * md Almeria Read, his wife, daughter of
 * ind studied law under George W. Read.

Coke, John Archer, liorn in Williamsburg, \'irginia. July 14. 1842, son of John Coke aiul Fli/a llankins. his wife. He was edu-