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Sons of the Revolution, in virtue of his de- scent from Samuel Spencer, a revolutionary patriot, and judge of the courts of North Carolina under the Articles of Confeder- ation ; also by virtue of his descent from Colonel Archibald Murphy, of Caswell county, North Carolina. He is eligible to Sons of Colonial Wars by virtue of descent from Captain John Gorham, of Massachu- setts ; also Colonel John Gorham and En- sigh Jarret Spencer, of Connecticut, 1650, and John Tilly, 1620.

Dr. Samuel Smith Cottrell. Retired from business life, in which he was known as a member of the Cottrell Saddlery Company. Charles Clinton Cottrell is succeeded in ac- tive life in the city of Richmond by his son, Samuel Smith Cottrell, M. D., a recently es- tablished medical practitioner, a graduate of Boston University.

(I) Dr. Cottrell is a grandson of Charles Benjamin Cottrell, a native of Goochland county, Virginia, who died at the family home at Mount Aaron, Henrico county Vir- ginia, in 1861, at the age of about forty years, Charles Benjamin Cottrell married Catherine Thurston, a native of Botetourt county. Virginia, born in 1828, died in 1896. They were the parents of : Aminta. married John H. Frischkorn, of Richmond; Charles Clinton, of whom further; Anna, married D. W. Jones, of Richmond ; Willard Mon- mouth ; and a daughter who died in infancy.

(II) Charles Clinton Cottrell, son Charles Benjamin and Catherine (Thurston) Cot- trell, was born in Richmond, Virginia, Oc- tober 12, 1856. and after an active and use- ful business career now lives retired in the city of his birth. The Cottrell Saddlery Company was established by his uncle, S. S. Cottrell, in 1845, and with this concern Charles Clinton Cottrell was identified in important positions. In leaving the busi- ness world of Richmond for quiet retire- ment, well merited after a lifetime of stren- uous efifort, he left with his former asso- ciates the remembrance of a man of strict- est integrity and perfect fairness, one to whom the wiles of business were a closed book and honor paramount. He married May White, born in Richmond, daughter of William H. White. William H. White was a native of Maryland, and as a young man came to Richmond, where for many years he dealt in trunks and leather goods. He espoused the Confederate cause at the out-

Ijrcak of the war ])etween the states and was wounded in battle, from that time until the end of the conflict being associated with the treasury department of the Confederate government. His death occurred in 1884, when he was sixty-five years of age. His v.afe, Margaret Shardale (Greaner) White, was born in Richmond, and died in 1910, aged eighty-four years. Children of Wil- liam H. and Margaret Shardale (Greaner) White: Mary, married C A. West, of Rich- mond ; John Henry, of Richmond ; Margaret, . married C. A. Scarfif, of Baltimore, Mary- land ; May, of previous mention, married Charles Clinton Cottrell. Charles Clinton Cottrell and his wife were the parents of five children : Dr. Samuel Smith, and Re- becca, born December 26, 1901, the only survivors, the others being Charles Clinton (2), died aged four years, James Crane, died aged two years, and William White, died aged one year.

(Ill) Dr. Samuel Smith Cottrell, son of Charles Clinton Cottrell, was born in Rich- mond, Virginia, November 12, 1889. He obtained his classical education in the schools of that city. After a high school course he entered Richmond College and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1910, afterward becoming a medical student in Boston University. He was awarded his ^I. D. in 1914 and returned to the city of his birth to begin practice, in which he is now engaged. While at this time following the lines of general practice. Dr. Cottrell has as his aim and is prepar- ing for a specialty in nervous diseases, a specialty of broad aspect and unbounded opportunity. Dr. Cottrell's profession was of his own choosing, and his enthusiasm and his love for his work have made little ac- count of the difficulties and perplexities that are inseparable from new experiences and duties. These same qualities augur well for his future success, for his ideals and am- bitions are high and his early work in his profession worthy.

Wilson Miles Gary. The fact of birth in the state of Mississippi makes Wilson Miles Gary, of Richmond, \'irginia. not one de- gree' less a Virginian than had his birthplace been in this state, for his entire life has been passed here, he having been brought to Vir- ginia by his widowed mother, an infant in arms, and for nearly two and three-quarters centuries his familv has here resided. His