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cal studies at the universities of \'irginia and Maryland, graduating from the latter ill 1867, and continued at the Medical Col- lege of Paris. Returning hunie he engaged in practice in Baltimore, and elsewhere. He finally located in Richmond, where he be- came su]ierintendent of the college infirm- ary, and in 1876 founded the Pinnell Hos- pital, which he conducted until 1884, when lie left it to accept the position of superin- tendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Williamsburg. He married (first) in 1871, Ann Patteson McCaw, daughter of Dr. James B. McCaw. He married (second) Blanche Elbert Trevilian, daughter of Capt. C. B. Trevillian.

Garnett, Theodore Stanford, was born in Richmond, Virginia, October 28, 1844, son of Theodore S. Garnett, Sr., and Florentina I. Moreno, his wife, daughter of Francisco Moreno, Esq., of Pensacola, Florida, former Spanish consul. His early education was received at the Episcopal high school near Alexandria, Virginia, where he was at the outbreak of the civil war. In May, 1861, he enlisted m the Confederate army as a member of the Hanover Artillery, and after- wards joined Company F (the Essex trooi)) 01 the Xmth \'irginia Cavalry. In January, 1864, he was ]5romoted to first lieu- tenant and became aide-de-camj) to Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, whom he had served as a courier since June i, 1863. He was most highly regarded i)y that great cavalryman, and was with him when he was mortally wounded that dreadful day at Yellow Tav- ern, -May II, 1864, being one of those who helped to bear him from the field. After the death of Gen. Stuart he was attached to the staff of Maj. Gen. \\". II. F. Lee. with

whom he served until March, 1865, when he was made captain and assistant adjutant- general of Gen. W. P. Robert's cavalry bri- gf.de. which position he filled at the time of the surrender at Appomattox. After the war he entered the University of Virginia, and graduated in 1867 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was admitted to the bar at Warrenton, Virginia, where he was tutor in a private school until 1869. That year he moved to Norfolk, Virginia, and in 1870 began the practice of law in Suffolk, Virginia. In 1870 he was elected judge of the county court of Nansemond county, which position he held until 1873. when he returned to Norfolk where he practiced law till his death. From 1900 until 1904 he was com- mander of the \'irginia Division of the United Confederate X'eterans. He was a member of the State Bar Association and oi the State Library Board. On October 23. 1873, he married Emily Eyre Baker, of Nor- folk, \ irginia. He died in May, 1915.

Alderman, Edwin Anderson, born at Wil- mington, North Carolina, May 15, 1861, son of James Alderman and Susan Corbett, his wife ; his ancestors were Scotch and Eng- lish, who came to America about 1740. His early education was obtained in the schools of his native place. From his youth he was a diligent reader, and given to self-imposed study. .-\t the age of fifteen he entered Bethel (\'irginia) Military .Academy, where he reinained two terms; and subsequently attended the University of North Carolina, where he graduated in 1882, with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He at once en- tcred upon an active career as a teacher, lie was superintendent of the city schools (if (loldsbt)ro. North Carolina, frtmi 1885 to