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membershi]) was transferred from the Brick Church in Fairfax county to Trinity Church of Portsmouth. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married Mary Eliz- abeth Anne Watts. He was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

(IX) Lechmere Rittenhouse Cooke, son of James Walhice and Mary E. A. (Watts) Cooke, was born 1853, in Portsmouth, and died 1882. Pie was eckicated in the public schools and the Virginia Military Institute, and after leaving school engaged in the transportation business, which continued to the time of his death. He was a member of Trinity Church of Portsmouth, and a stead- fast adherent of Democratic principles in matters of public policy. He married, Oc- tober 10, 1877, Laura Simpkins Spady, born September 19, 1852, and they were the par- ents of two children : James Wallace and Thomas Sanford. James Wallace, born April 9, 1879, married, April 8, 1912, Alice Oast, born December, 1883.

(X) Dr. Thomas Sanford Cooke, second son of Lechmere Rittenhouse and Laura Simpkins (Spady) Cooke, was born Janu- ary 8, 1 88 1, in Portsmouth. He was edu- cated in the noted private school of L. P. Slater, of that town, and Norfolk Academy. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Virginia at Charlottes- ville, Virginia, in 1904, and following this spent one and one-half years in the Nor- folk Protestant Plospital, and six months at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. In 1906 he engaged in the practice of his pro- fession in Portsmouth. Virginia, where he has met with well-merited success. He is a member of the American Medical Associa- tion, the Norfolk & Portsmouth Medical Association, Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Royal Arcanum. He is also a communi- cant of Trinity Church, and adheres to the political principles of his forefathers.

Caskie. John Caskie, the emigrant ances- tor of the line here under consideration, re- sided near Glasgow, Scotland, from whence he came to this country, settling in the State of Virginia, where he spent the remainder of his days, respected and honored. He married a Miss Kerr, also of Scotland, and among his children were: John, of whom further ; James, of whom further ; Elizabeth,

married a Mr. Reeve ; Euphemia. who died unmarried.

(II) John (2) Caskie, son of John (i) Caskie, was a native of Scotland, was reared and educated in his native land, and about the year 1800 came to this country, settling in Lynchburg, Virginia, from whence he later removed to Richmond, same state, and was a man of influence in the communities wherein he resided. He married Martha Norvell, who bore him two children: i. James K., married (first) Miss Langhorne, no children ; married (second) a Miss Gwathney, and they were the parents of a daughter, Norvell, who married Seddon Jones, of Rapidan, Virginia. 2. Robert A., organized and commanded during the civil war the Caskie Rangers, a troop of Guerillas that became nearly as famous as Colonel Mosby's celebrated cavalry ; after the war he removed to Kentucky and engaged there in the tobacco business ; he married Amanda Gregory ; children : Amanda ; Mattie, mar- ried a Mr. Plass. 3. John Norvell. 4. Lizzie, married a Mr. Bullock. 5. William A., mar- ried Mary Ambler.

(11) James Caskie. son of John (i) Caskie, was also a native of Scotland, where he grew to manhood, receiving a practical education. He accompanied his brother, John Caskie, to this country, settling first in Manchester, Virginia, removing from there to Richmond, same state. For a number of years he en- gaged in the tobacco business, in which he was highly successful, and later was ap- pointed president of the State Bank of Vir- ginia, in which capacity he served until the close of the civil war, when he retired from active pursuits, spending his remaining days in the enjoyment of the fruits of his years of labor. He was a member of the Presby- terian church, in which he served as elder for many years. He married Elizabeth Ken- non Pynchum. daughter of Samuel and

(Randolph) Pynchum. Children: i.

John S., of whom further. 2. James A., mar- ried (first) Alice Dimock, of Richmond, who bore him six children: James M., a physi- cian at Remington, Virginia, married a Miss Rixey; Alice, unmarried, resides in Balti- more ; Nannie N., unmarried ; Norma, mar- ried Aylett B. Coleman, of Roanoke, Vir- ginia, now deceased ; Clarence, married and resides in Remington ; Kennon, unmarried, resides in Roanoke, Virginia ; James A. mar-