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son) Scarborough, both deceased. Mrs. McDaniel was graduated from Vassar Col- lege in 1896, and was professor of French and German at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, at the time of her marriage. Chil- dren of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. McDaniel : Mary Scarborough, born March 10, 1899, is a student at Miss Morris' School, in Rich- mond; John Harrington, born May 10, 1901, is a student in Richmond Academy.

Henry Adolphus Wiseman, M. D. The

medical profession has known two expo- nents bearing the name Henry Adolphus Wiseman, one being the well-known physi- cian of the name of Danville, Virginia, and there has been one circumstance peculiar to both, the manner in which they began prac- tice. Henry Adolphus AX'iseman Sr. was a medical student when the civil war broke out, and enlisting in the company of artillery he was soon afterward transferred to the medical corps, and so served during the remainder of the conflict. His son, Henry Adolphus Jr.. had no sooner obtained his M. D. from the University of Virginia than he became a commissioned surgeon in the British army, then engaged in the Boer war in Africa.

Dr. Henry Adolphus Wiseman Sr., son of John Wiseman, was born in Danville, Vir- ginia, in 1847, ^""i *ii^<^ there in 1902. He was educated for the druggist's profession and was engaged in its practice and the study of medicine when the war between the states broke out, discontinuing both to enlist in Ringgold battery. He subsequently became a member of the medical corps, with which he was connected until the decla- ration of peace. He married Willie Anna Yager, born in Orange county, Virginia, now living with her son. Henry A. jr., in the old home at No. 842 Main street, aged sixty-seven years. They had children: I. Mary Whitelaw, born in Danville, Virginia, July 14, 1871 ; married Henry E. Kendall, of Shelby, North Carolina, a druggist. 2. Henry A. Jr., of whom further. 3. Plum- mer, born in Danville, September 9. 1881 ; a graduate of Purdue University, of Lafay- ette, Indiana ; a structural engineer of that city, engaged in important engineering work in many southern states ; married Nora Mosely, of Danville. 4. Willie A., born in Danville, August 5, 1888; married Lee B. Weathers, of Shelby, North Carolina, presi-

dent of the Star i^ublishing Company and editor of the "Cleveland Star."

Dr. Henry Adolphus Wiseman Jr., son of Dr. Henry Adolphus and Willie Anna (Yager) Wiseman, was born in Danville, Pittsylvania county, Virginia, August 24, 1877. He pursued his youthful studies in the Danville Military Institute, now the Danville School for Boys. He then took up academic and medical courses at the University of Virginia, being graduated from that institution, M. D., in the class of 1901. He accepted a surgeon's commission in the British Cape Colony Regiment of Kaffirian Rifles, and was on duty in South Africa until the end of the war. From that time until his return to Danville in 1903 he traveled abroad, then established in gen- eral practice in his native city with an office in the Arcade Building. He is a stockholder and director of the American National Bank, and holds membership in the Presbyterian church. His home is the old family resi- dence on Main street, he and his mother there residing.

V. Garland Weaver. As the incumbent of the presidency of the First National Bank, of Portsmouth, Virginia, V. Garland Weaver has gained responsible and import- ant position in the field that he early in life chose as that in which he would strive, banking. His connection with the First National has not only been as its head, for he was several years cashier thereof, his election to the presidency the result of his faithful administration of his former office and the recognition of the unusually thor- ough and complete knowledge of financial procedure and conditions he had shown in his intercourse with the officers of the insti- tution.

Mr. Weaver is a son of Lawson A. and Sarah L. (Oldham) Weaver, his father, a descendant of an old Virginia family, born in Westmoreland county, Virginia. Lawson A. Weaver was educated under the instruc- tion of private tutors, and as a young man gave four years of devoted service to the Confederate cause. His was the cavalry branch of the service, and his record was one most remarkable, for he participated in every engagement of his company, most usually in the thickest of the conflict, and survived. His present home is in Freder- icksburg, Virginia, where he lives retired