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life, and but inadequately expresses the in- terest Mr. Parrish has in all that concerns the public good, fie has no rules of conduct to recommend to young men that will lead to success, but believes that the "proper ob- servance of the Sabbath day" will contribute more to the strengthening of sound ideals in American life and prove most helpful to ycoung men in attaining true success.

Mr. Parrish married, December 6, 1893, Edith, daughter of George and Mary Ella (Winch) Winch, her parents being the same name but not related. Her paternal grand- parents are Joseph Russell and Mary (Cawn) Winch; her maternal grandparents, Enoch and Mary (Fuller) Winch, an an- cestor being Joseph Winch, who was a cap- tain in Colonel Samuel Dullard's regiment in 1777, and during the revolution. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Parrish : Eleanor Winch and James Scott (2), both students.

Hope. Numerous are the members of this family of Hope from whom the colony and state of \irginia has derived service of sig- nal value. There are few avenues of en- deavor they have not penetrated, and in nearly all has some member of the family won honor and distinction, even literature re- ceiving one of the name. James Barron Hope, into a prominent place. The history of Virginia is replete with the deeds of members of the Hope family, founded in the colony by John Hope, who came from Eng- land to Elizabeth City county, making his home in Hampton. From him are descended William Owens and Frank Stanley Hope, of Portsmouth. A^irginia.

The founder of the family. John, and his son of the same name were ship-builders, the elder Hope having learned the art in his native land, and in \'irginia instructing his son therein. John, junior, was the owner of a yard at Portsmouth and there con- structed many ships for the coastwise and transatlantic trade, becoming the possessor of what was for that time a considerable fortune.

(HI) William Meredith Hope, son of John (2) Hope, was born in 18 12. and died in 1899. after a lifetime passed in the pur- suit of the calling that had occupied his line since the arrival of the American ancestor. He was educated under private instruction, and made his life business naval construc- tion, giving of his services to the Confed-

erate government during the civil war. While this conflict was being fought he superintended the building of two shijjs on the Tombigbee river, one on the Mississippi, and one on the Chickahominy, all four of which became units of the Confederate nav}\ He was a member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and belonged to Stonewall Camp. Confederate Veterans, his church was the Methodist Episcopal. Wil- liam Meredith Hope married Virginia F"rances Owens, of Portsmouth. V^irginia, and had issue: Herbert M., born in 1849, died in 1907, a minister of the Methodist church, married, in 1878, Emma Vinton and had one daughter. Faith, who married Wil- bur C. Dula ; W illiam Owens, of whom fur- ther ; Frank Stanley, of whom further ; Leila, born in 1861. married Daniel Roper; James Shirley, born in 1868, died in 1896, married, in 1892. Florida Coston, and had- children, James Shirley, Jr., born in 1893. and Florida, born in 1895. James Shirley Hope was a graduate of the University of \'irginia and an assistant surgeon in the United States navy.

(I\') \\'illiam Owens Hope, son of Wil- liam Meredith and Virginia Frances (Owens) Hope, was born in Portsmouth. Virginia, April 7, 1853. As a youth he at- tended the schools maintained by Professor Slater and Professor Williams, and after leaving school became a student of phar- macy, successfully passing the examinations of the State Board. In 1879 ^^^- Hope es- tablished as the proprietor of a drug store in Portsmouth, which he successfully con- ducted for several years, at the end of that time disposing of the business and becoming general manager for its new owner, as he continues to this time.

Mr. Hope has occupied prominent posi- tions in the public life of the city, having for twenty years been a member of the school board, four years of which time he was chairman of the committee on school regu- lations. For six years he was chairman of the Democratic City Committee, and during the first term of Grover Cleveland as presi- dent, was appointed chief clerk to the master shipbuilder at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Heptasophs. and is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is well-known in the citv. and is the center of a