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proved very popular and had large sales. She has also been a frequent contributor to magazines. She is descended from \\ illiam Langley, who settled in Lower Norfolk county about 1850. and from Salvato Mus- coe, a lawyer (q. v.), who settled in Essex count)' about 1700. She is the wife of Charles G. Bosher. of Richmond, \'irginia.

Johnston, Mary, born at "Buchanan," Botetourt county. \'irginia. November 21, 1870, daughter of Major John William John- ston, a veteran of the civil war, and Eliza- beth Alexander, his wife. She was not strong as a child, and was not sent away to school, and her education was largely de- rived from her industrious reading in her father's library, particularly along histor- ical and general literary lines. She did her hrst writing in Birmingham, Alabama, while her family was residing there, and afterwards went to New York, and in 1902 to Richmond, Virginia. She made various journeys, to familiarize herself with places which she made the scene of her work. Her published volumes include: "Prisoners of Hope" (1898), dealing with colonial Vir- ginia, and republished in England as "The Old Dominion ;" "To Have and to Hold" (1900), also based on colonial Virginia, and published in England as "By Order of the Company;" "Audrey" (1902), on similar lines to the two preceding works ; "Sir Mor- timer" (1904), relating to the Elizabethan I^eriod in England ; "The Goddess of Rea- son" (1907), based on the French revolu- tion; "Lewis Rand" (1908), a talc of the Burr conspiracy ; and "'The Long Roll" (191 1 ), relating to the achievements and character of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson. Miss Johnston's works have given her rank with the first novelists tif the day.

Flournoy, H. W., born in Halifax county, X'irginia, in 1846, son of Thomas S. Flour- iKv. who was a candidate for governor against Henry A. Wise in 1S51, and Rosa Buena Wood, his wife. He was educated at the Samuel Davis Institute, Halifax coun- ty ; T. T. Bouldin's school, Charlotte coun- ty ; John H. Powell's school, Halifax county, and the Pike Powers school, at "Mt. Lau- rel." In January, 1862, before he was six- teen years old, he enlisted as a private in Company G, Sixth Virginia Cavalry, serv- ing until he was wounded at Tom's Brook, Virginia, October 8, 1864. In November following he joined the Third Company, Richmond Howitzers, with which he served till the end of the war. In September, 1867, lit entered upon law practice in Danville; he was elected judge of the corporation court in June, 1870, and reelected in 1876, resigning in the latter year, and resuming practice in Halifax county. In 1881 he re- moved to Washington county. In 1883 he was elected secretary of the commonwealth of Virginia, and was twice reelected.

Bosher, Lewis C, born in Richmond, \'ir- ginia, February 17, i860, son of Robert H. Bosher and Elizabeth Eubank, his wife. He attended Richmond College, graduated at the Medical College of Virginia, and entered into practice at Richmond. He was pro- fessor of anatomy in the Medical College ; deputy coroner of Richmond ; and surgeon, with the rank of major, of the First \'irginia Artillery Battalion. He was one of the Icad- i'ig Richmond physicians.

Carter, John C, Ixirn in X'irginia in 1S05. He was appointed to the naval service from Kentucky, March i, 1823. served on the

sloop Lcxiuijton in 1827, and on the frigate