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Virginia to settle the direct tax with the United States government refunded to Vir- ginia in 1892-93; in 1895 he was chosen chairman of the commission for the settle- ment of the old debt of the original state of X'irginia with the state of \"irginia. He was chairman of the county Democratic conimittee for some years, and served as chairman of the board of supervisors of Albemarle county for about twelve years. Mr. Moon married, March 20, 1878, Marion Gordon Dabney, a daughter of William S. Dabney. of "Dunlora," Albemarle county, and his wife, Susan Fitzhugh Gordon.

Wickham, Henry Taylor, born at "Hick- ory Hill," Hanover county, Virginia, De- cember 17, 1849, son of Gen. Williams Car- ter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor, his wife. He attended the schools in the neigh- borhood of his home and then entered Wash- ington College (Washington and Lee Uni- versity), presided over by Gen. Robert E. Lee, whence he was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1868. He completed his studies in the law department of the University of Virginia, under the instruction of Professor John B. Minor, and was graduated in 1870. In December of this year he began work in a lawyer's office in Richmond, rising in his profession until in 1874 he was made assist- ant attorney for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Com])any, later becoming general solicitor for the road. He was elected to the house of delegates of V^irginia in 1879, ■''.imI in 1888 began his long career as state senator, in which he came to be looked ujxm a."; the leading member. He long strove ior the settlement of the question of state debts and as chairman of the finance committee of the senate rendered efficient service to the

state. His religious preference is for the Protestant Episcopal church, and he is a rr.ember of the X'irginia Historical Society, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Hanover Troop Association. His home is the old family seat, "Hickory Hill." Senator Wickham married, December 17, 1885, Elsie Warwick Barksdale, of Richmond. X'irginia, and has children.

Magill, Mary Tucker, born in Jelferson county, Virginia, August, 1832, daughter of Dr. Alfred Thruston Magill and Anne Eva- I:na Hunter, daughter of Judge Henry St. George Tucker; she was educated at Rich- mond and at the University of Virginia, where her father was professor of medicine. .''\fter the war she established, with her mother, a boarding school at Winchester, \'irginia. She contributed sketches to peri- odicals and corresponded with various news- papers, and was the author of "The Hol- combes," a story of Virginia home life ; "\\'omen. or Chronicles of the Late War:" a "School History of Virginia," generally used in the public schools of the state ; and "Pantomimes, or Wordless Poems."

Taylor, George Boardman, born in Rich- mond, \'irginia, December 27, 1832; gradu- ated at Richmond College, taught for a short time, and then studied three years at the University of Virginia, also serving as j^astor of two Baptist churches in the vicin- ity. He was pastor two years in Baltimore, Maryland, then for twelve years at Staun- ton, Virginia, leaving his church in 1862 to serve as chaplain of Stonewall Jackson's corps. Afterwards he was post-chaplain, in conjunction with his pastorate. In 1869 he became chaplain of the University of Vir- ginia for two vcars, after which he returned