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school which he put into successful opera- tion in 1847. was one of the noted physicians and surgeons of his day, and practiced until 1861. Two of his uncles were David Holmes and Judge Holmes, and one of his sens was Dr. Hunter McGuire, of Rich- mond, and another, the subject of this sketch. Dr. William Province McGuire commenced his education in the schools of his native town, attended the Winchester Academy, at Winchester, and the Greenwood Acad- emy, in Albemarle county, Virginia, after which he commenced a course of study at the Medical College of Virginia, this being interrupted by the civil war, and he was graduated in the class of 1867 with the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine. He at once established himself in medical practice in Winchester, with which city he has been uninterruptedly identified. He was one of the surgeons of the Winchester Memorial Hos- pital ; had served as vice-president of the Medical Society of Virginia several times, and as president of this organization, 1893- 94; and was vice-mayor of the city of Win- chester two terms. He gave his political support to the Democratic party, attends the Episcopal church. Dr. McGuire married, June 17. 1871, Nannie H., a daughter or Hon. John Randolph Tucker.

Hamilton, John William, born at Weston. W^est Virginia, March 18, 1845 ; graduated at Mount Union College, Ohio, in 1865, and at Boston University in 1871 ; entered the m.inistry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in 1871 founded the "People's Church" in Boston. He is the author of "Memorial of Jesse Lee" (1875) '< "Lives of the Meth- odist Bishops" (1883), and "People's Church Pulpit" (1884).

Longley, Seldon, born at Emory and Henry College. AVashington county, Vir- ginia, February 7, 1846, a son of Edmund Longley, and his wife, Mary Hammond, a granddaughter of William Hammond, who emigrated to this country from England ; and a great-great-grandson of Edmund Longley, who came from England in 1750, and settled in West Waterville, Maine. Ed- mund Longley, the father, was for a long period of time a professor at Emory and Henry College; was postmaster at Emory, Virginia ; a member of the board of trustees of Martha Washington College; and was nominated as a representative of his dis- trict in congress in 1867. The civil war interrupted his studies at college, and at seventeen years of age he enlisted as a pri- vate in the Confederate army. Assigned to Captain J. K. Rambo's company of Border Rangers, and later served in Company F, 'I'wenty-first Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. A\'as appointed orderly sergeant, and finally captain of his company. Returning to his studies he was awarded the Robertson prize for oratory at Emory and Henry College in June, 1866. Graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1S68, and in 1869 Master of Arts. He stud- ied law at the University of Virginia, 1869- 70, and was "Final Orator." He practiced law, and in 1873 was a Democratic member of the house of delegates from Washington countv. Since that time he has served as delegate to various state conventions. He had removed to Pulaski county in 1891, and after a short residence there, was appointed by Governor Charles T. O'Ferrall, judge of the county court, this being confirmed by the general assembly, in 1897, for the regu- lar term of six years. Mr. Longley married.