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in April. i8f)i. and was assigned as a private to Comi)any K. I'rince (Seorge Troop. Thir- teenth Regiment of N'irginia Cavalry, lie saw much real service while in the held, and was detailed for surgical duty at Chim1)or- azo Ifos])ital. March 25, 1863. and served there until the close of the war. Dr. Tabb then settled in Richmond, X'irginia. where he not alone j^rcived himself a very capable physician and surgeon, but l)y his real sym- pathy towartl and with the sufferings with which he contended, he won the love and ccMihdence of rll who came to him for treat- ment. He was ap]:)ointed medical director of the Life Insurance Company of X'irginia in 1886. and was the incumbent of this office until his death. He ga\'e u]) his general medical practice in 1900. but he was fre- quently consulted by his professional breth- ren tintil the commencement of his last ill- ness. He was a charter member of the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia, and one of the founders of the National Medical Directors' Association and its president for a number of years.

Dr. Tabb married, April 10, 1867. llelle I'ugh, of Petersburg, and of their three chil- dren. William Halyburton, the eldest son. died some years ago; the surviving children being Hester Cabell and T. Garnett. For many years Dr. Tabb was a member of the Seventh Street Christian Church. He died after an illness of about two months. May 7, 1914, deeply and sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends in all classes of so- ciety. Kind-hearted and charitable to a de- gree. Dr. Tabb was personally known and welcomed throughout the city. His jjrofes- sional work made him accjuainted with many phases of human miserv, and it was not alone the body to which he brought healing and comfort. Wherever he found substantial pecuniary assistance was needed he was ever ready to give, but this was done in so imostentatious a manner that only those wdio benefitted by his generosity will ever know^ the extent of it, and the far- reaching effect of his example will e\er be i)f lasting benefit to the citw

Robert Henry Talley. The traditions of the Talley family indicate a French origin, the name having been Tallie in that coun- try. The founder in America came from England about 1672. landing at Wilming- ton. Delaware, and making permanent set-

tlement in that state. He had a large fam- ily and from him sjjring all of the name claiming early colonial descent.

Robert Henry Talley Jr. w^as born in Henrico county. Virginia, October 25. 1877. son of Robert Henry Talley Sr., born in Hanover county, in 1841. died in 1879, an attorney-at-law. Robert H. Talley, the elder, was a man of generous physical i)r(j- portions. an able lawyer, an eloquent speaker, kindly-hearted and of genial dispo- sition, lie married, in 1876, in Henrico county, Annie Irick Gilmer, born in Rock- ingham county, X'irginia, in 1857, daughter of Dr. (ieorge Kooglar (iilmer, a i)hysician of Rockingham county, a member of the Lutheran church, and from 1861 to 1865 a soldier of the Confederacy. Dr. Gilmer was a Whig in politics, later a Republican. He married, about 1849. Serena Irick. and had children : Annie Irick, married Robert Henry Talley; (ieorge K. (2d); William; Thomas T. ; M. K., Sterling F. S. Dr. (ieorge K. Ciilmer was one of the committee who after the war induced President (jrant to withdraw military rule, and served in the Mrginia house of delegates. Robert Henry Talley served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865, attaining the rank of sergeant. He was at one time common- wealth attorney for Charles City county, \'irginia. aufl was elected to the Virginia house of delegates as an Independent. He had two sons : Robert Henry and George Sterling, the latter born December 2t^, i879-

Robert Henry Talley Jr. was educated in Richmond public schools and Richmond College, practicing stenography from his eighteenth to his twenty-first year. He w^as first employed by T. A. cK: W. F. Wickham, then by Judge Edmund Waddill Jr. He did not graduate from college as he could not devote the necessary time on account of illness. .After he began legal study he was obliged to attend college after working hours, and in 1900 w^as admitted to the bar. He began practice in Richmond the same year and is now well established. He has served as referee in liankruptcy, assistant district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, and on September 11, 1905, was appointed by President Roosevelt district attorney for the same district. Mr. Talley is the author of several articles on legal sub- jects that have appeared in the 'A'^irginia Law Register," and is recognized as one of