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in the city from 1882 until 1890, when he removed to his present home in New Brigh- ton.

Mr. Bayne has taken a high place in legal circles and has taken a prominent part in promoting better social and civic conditions, [n 1892 he was one of the opponents of the ■'Snaj) Convention" which tried to put aside Grovcr Cleveland's interests and make David B. Hill presidential candidate. The result of this movement was a revolution in the Democratic party in the state of New York and Mr. Bayne was a member of what became known as the "Anti-Snap" conven- tion, as a delegate, and was a member of the state committee and sent as one of the contesting delegates to the Chicago con- vention where Cleveland was finally chosen as candidate.

Mr. Bayne has written numerous articles which have gained him honor in the liter- ary field. In 1879 he accompanied Dr. Pey- ton II. Iloge on a tramp of over eight hun- dred miles through Virginia and during this trip wrote letters to the Richmond "Dis- patch," under the assumed name of "Ego and Alter," which were later published in book form and commanded favorable com- ment. He is the author of several mono- graphs, among them "The Year 1619 in the Colony of Virginia," "A Rebellion in the Colony of Virginia," "The Settlement of Jamestown," "The Application of the Mon- roe Doctrine" and was editor of Converse's' Indexes "Virginia and West Virginia Law." Numerous articles by him have appeared at different times in the "Railroad Gazette," and several have been published by the So- ciety of Colonial Wars. He belongs to the Greek letter society, Beta Theta Phi, the Colonnade Club of the University of Vir- ginia, Richmond County Country Club, New York City and State Bar associations. Society of Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Re ution, Virginia His- torical ^r>^;.='<— "^' 'irginians of New

twice been elected southern Society, )n of Arts and is been president Reform Club of le is a trustee, and my.

ppointed by Gov- Hrk, a member of I of the state, and

in 1909 Governor Hughes appointed him a meml:)er of the New York State Employers' Liability Commission. In 1908 he was elected to the state senate from the twenty- third district, comprising the counties of Richmond and Rockland, and was re-elected in 1910, but in 1912 declined renomination. In 1911-12 he served as chairman of the judiciary Committee of the senate and in the former year was appointed by the presi- dent of the senate chairman of the Senate Committee to investigate in city and county of Albany. He also served as member of senate committees on villages, agriculture, internal afifairs of towns and counties, privi- leges and elections ; forest, fish and game ; commerce and navigation, and codes.

On April 27, 1886, Mr. Bayne married, in Richmond, Virginia, Lizzie S., daughter of Dr. Samuel Preston Moore, born in Texas, J\Iarch 17, 1852. Dr. Moore was surgeon- general of the Confederate States of America, having previously been surgeon in the regu- lar United States army, from which he re- signed when his native state. South Caro- lina, seceded from the Union. He married Mary Augusta Brown, daughter of Major Jacob Brown, United States army, who was killed in the Mexican war when the troops under his command were attacked at Fort I:'>rown, now Brownsville, Texas, named in his honor. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bayne : Samuel Preston Moore, born at Richmond, October 7, 1887, <^^^d April 12, 1888, and Lloyd Moore Bayne, born at New Brighton, August 17, 1892; also one daughter, Mary Ashby Moore, born Sep- tember 18, 1889. The family attends Christ's Protestant Episcopal Church, at New Brigh- ton, in which Mr. Bayne is a vestryman.

Charles Augustus Mercer, D. D. S. At

this time ex-president of the Virginia State Dental Association and just rounding out forty years of professional activity in the city of Richmond, Dr. Charles Augustus Mercer stands preeminent in dental circles in the city and state. Maker of a woithy record as a dental practitioner, his connec- tion with other of Richmond's interests are many, and fraternally and socially he is well known and favored. Dr. Mercer's birth- place is Richmond, and numberless ties bind him to this city, which has given him high recognition as a leader in his profes- sion.