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At the close of the war between the states. Mr. (le Saussure entered upon the study of the law in the office of his grandfather, Henry A. de Saussure. then seventy-five years old, practicing in copartnership with his son, W'ilmot G. de Saussure, under the firm name of de Saussure & Son. Mr. de Saussure. therefore in that office represented the fourth generation of lawyers in his fam- ily. After three years of study and practice in the office Mr. de Saussure was admitted to the bar of South Carolina. Later he opened and conducted a school for boys in his native city with much success for five years, after which he resumed the practice of his profession.

In 1878 he married Georgianna, a daugh- ter of Judge George William Logan, of Charleston. His children are: A daughter, Mrs. L. Morris Warren, of Richmond, and a son, William P. de Saussure Jr., who is an electrical engineer in the citv of New York.

Judge Logan had five sons in the Con- federate army, one of whom. General T. M. Logan, at the close of the war, married and settled in X'irginia, practicing law in Rich- mond. Mr. de Saussure, soon after his mar- riage, removed to Richmond and became associated with General Logan, establishing his oflice in the Merchants' National liunk I'.uilding, a location which he has continu- ously occupied to the present time.

Mr. de Saussure is a Democrat in politics both by tradition and conviction. He has always taken a lively interest in the business and social interests of his adopted city. Is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Ilusincss IMen's Club, and of the I>Iue Lodge and Scottish Rite bodies in Masonry.

Richard H. L. Chichester. The holder ot high judicial position because of legal abil- ity of distinctive quality, Richard Henry Lee Chichester has held place on the bench of the state of Virginia for the past five years, while for a decade prior to that ser- vice he presided over county court in the same state. I'ublic office has known him almost from the time of his entry into pro- fessional life, and in numerous offices he has held, whether they l)e honorary or re- r.umerative, he has rendered service at once valuable and commendable. That the fruits of his labors have come to the state of X'ir-

ginia is highly fitting, as for generations his ancestors have there made their home.

(I) His grandfather, William Henry Chi- chester, was a native of Fairfax county, was the owner of a plantation of vast acreage and passed his life in the administration of his estate, his death occurring when he w^as a young man, prior to the war between the states. Lie married Jane Peyton, born in Stafford county, who attained the age of eighty-eight years. They were the parents of six children, all now deceased : Francis, Valentine, Mary Washington, John Con- way, a soldier in the Confederate army, killed in the civil war ; Catherine, Daniel McCarty, of whom further.

(II) Daniel McCarty Chichester, son of William Henry and Jane (Peyton) Chiches- ter, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, August 20, 1834, died in May, 1896. Pre- paring for the legal profession he was ad- mitted to the bar, and there found a field in which he gained prominence and important station through the exercise of his innate talents. He was at one time the represen- tative of Fairfax county in the general as- sembly and was also judge of the courts of Fairfax and Alexandria counties. His repu- tation as an honorable and upright magis- trate was without a blemish, and in the war of 1861-1865 he proved his patriotism of sufficient strength to carry him into the thick of the heaviest fighting of that struggle. He married Agnes Robinson, daughter of Judge R. C. L. Moncure. Judge R. C. L. Aloncure was born in Stafford county and there died in 1882, after a suc- cessful and honored career at the bar and on the bench. His family is an ancient one in Virginia, the first of his line having there settled about 1670, the American ancestor ha\-ing been a clergyman, the founder of the old A quia Church of Stafford. Children of Daniel McCarty and Agnes Robinson (Moncure) Chichester: Mary E., married John L. Lewis, of Bethesda, Maryland; Richard Henry Lee, of whom further; J. Conway, of Fredericksburg; Frank Mon- cure. an attorney of Fredericksburg ; Hallie E., married Frank D. Moncure. of Staff'ord county. Virginia; Cassius Moncure, an at- torney of Richmond, Virginia ; Peyton IMoncure, a physician of Norfolk, V^irginia. Daniel McCarty and Agnes Robinson Chi- chester were also the parents of two chil-