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served as a soldier in the Confederate army ; engaj^ed in business as a contractor in Rich- mond. He was a Baptist in religion, and politically a Democrat. He married Sarah £lizal)eth Dobson, born October 9, 1827, died January 14, 1909, daughter of Samuel Edwards and Mary J. Dobson. They had children : James Dobson, mentioned below ; Ann Bigger, born October 19, 1849; Peachy Walker, November 30, 1850, died October 3, 1853; Mary Samuella, August 25, 1852, died September 28, 1853 ; Mary Walker, September i, 1854; Julia Gavinzel, April 4, 1856; Robert Shields, February 11, 1862.

James Dobson Crump, eldest child of Robert Hill and Sarah E. (Dobson) Crump, was born August 23, 1848, in the city of Richmond, where his home has continued to the present time. He attended a school taught by Mr. Richard Erazin, in Appomat- tox county, Virginia, and one by Charles P. Bump, in Richmond. When the civil war broke out he was in his thirteenth year, and he left school to take a position in the quartermaster's department of the Confed- erate States of America, and continued in that position until the close of hostilities. Immediately after the war, he became a salesman in a retail clothing establishment. where he remained a year or two, and then accepted a position in a wholesale grocery house. Here he continued until 1870, when he formed a wholesale shoe firm, in con- nection with C. E. Wingo and J. S. Ellett, under the firm name of Wingo, Ellett & Crump. In 1890 this establishment was in- corporated and Mr. Crump was elected sec- retary and treasurer. He resigned this position in 1902, to accept the presidency of the B. E. Johnson Publishing Company, of Richmond, which is now engaged in the production of school books. Mr. Crump has developed exceptional business qualifica- tions from a beginning very early in life, and has taken an active place in the conduct of various interests of his native city. He is a director of the National State & City Bank, the Richmond Trust c\: Savings Company, and the Atlantic Life Insurance Company. He has never desired nor accepted any poli- tical favors, but has consistently adhered to the Democratic party in political action. With his family, he is in communion with the Second Baptist Church of Richmond, and he is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, being a past master of Temple

Lodge, No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; a member of St. Andrews Com- mandery. Knights Templar, and of Dalcho Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the thirty-second degree. He is affiliated with the principal clubs of Rich- mond, including the Westmoreland, Busi- ness Men's, and Country clubs.

He married, November 4, 1875. in Rich- mond, Nannie Palmore Armistead, a native of Farmville, Virginia, daughter of William Anderson Armistead, a wholesale grocer of Richmond. Mr. Armistead married Fannie Ann Flippen, and of their children, Mrs. Crump is the only survivor. 'Sir. and Mrs. Crump are the parents of Dr. Armistead C. Crump, mentioned below, and Lora Crump, born September 6, 1888, a graduate of Hoi- lins College, of Hollins, Virginia.

Dr. Armistead Cochran Crump was born July 29, 1876, in Richmond. He was edu- cated in private schools, the \"irginia Mili- tary Institute, and the L'niversity of \'ir- ginia, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1903. Coming to New York, he became an interne at the Presby- terian Hospital, where he continued two years, and is now a stomach specialist con- nected with that institution. He has done considerable medical research work, and contributed articles from time to time to the current medical journals. He is a mem- ber of the American Medical Association, and the New York State Medical Society. While engrossed in the pursuit of science. Dr. Crump has little time for politics or any other outside interests, but is a Democrat of independent tendencies. He is not iden- tified with clubs or fraternal organizations.

Rt. Rev. Robert Atkinson Gibson. Son

of an eminent divine of the Protestant Epis- copal church, and descendant from a long line of pious and noble ancestors. Bishop Gibson, by heredity, environment and dis- position, was destined for a brilliant minis- terial career. Nor must the influence of a sympathetic, godly mother be overlooked in determining what were the contributing causes that led to his choice of a profession and to his rise to the Episcopacy.

Robert Atkinson (iil)son. now and since 1897 Bishop of Virginia, was born at Peters- burg. July 9, 1846, son of Rev. Churchill J. Gibson, a' prominent clergyman of the Pro- testant Episcopal church. Through mater-