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Two sons died in infancy, the third son, Mamilton Godwin Boykin, is also a resident of Richmond.

Elbert Stewart Honaker, D. D. S., of

Richmond, l)elong^s to some of the oldest Virginia families, and partakes of the well- known chi\alrous and refined character of his ancestors. His paternal grandfather, Henry Honaker, was born in 181 2, in Pulaski county, Mrginia. where he was a farmer, and died in 1869. His wife, Rachel (Pack) Honaker. was born in 1819, in Raleigh county. \\"est Virginia, and sur- vived him about thirteen years, dying in 1882. They were the parents of eleven chil- dren, of whom five are now living, namely : Jennie, widow of \\'illiam W'oolwrind, of Clifton Forge, \'irginia ; William, of Draper, Mrginia. married Sallie Oavcus ; James, of Los Angeles. California ; Elbert, of Draper. \'irginia, married Otie Harris ; Xettie. widow of George Frith, residing in Lincoln. Nebraska.

Samuel Pack Honaker. another son of Henry Honaker. was born February 12, 1847, ^t Draper. Pulaski county, Virginia, where he was a farmer throughout his life, and died September 19, 1913. He married Susan J. Harris, born October 7, 185 1, at Newbern. Pulaski county, \^irginia. and now resides at Draper. She is a daughter of Jacob Harris, a native of Pulaski county, Virginia, who was a miller, and his wife, jMariah (Stewart) Harris. They had nine children, one of whom. Jason, died in child- hood. The survivors are : Henry, residing at Birmingham. Alabama ; Ruby, wife of Charles S. Pratt, of Draper, Virginia; Nettie, ]\Irs. James Cargill, of W'infield. West Virginia ; Birdie, wife of Fred W. Goshorn. of Charleston. West Virginia; Frank, Blanche and Bessie, of Draper; El- bert S., of further mention.

Dr. Elbert Stewart Honaker was reared on his father's farm, in the house built by Henry Honaker, a great-uncle, in 1804, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Susan J. Honaker. After an attendance at the public schools of Pulaski county, he entered Wil- liam and jMary College, where he continued two years, after which he pursued the study of dentistry at the University College of Medicine in Richmond, from which he was graduated in 1906. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of his profes-

sion in Manchester, with of^ce at 1209 Hull street. Having given much study lo the preparation for his life work, and possessed of a natural aptitude therefor. Dr. Honaker has achieved a deserved success, and is es- teemed in the community, not only as a skillful practitioner, but also as a gentle- man of culture and manly qualities. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, whose fraternal and benevolent principles represent his own sen- timents and tendencies.

William Gordon McCabe. \\ illiam Gor- don McCabe, a representative citizen of Richmond. \'irginia, was born in that city, August 4, 1 84 1, son of Rev. Dr. John Col- lins McCabe, D. D., who was a native of Richmond, a friend of Edgar Allan Poe dur- ing his editorship of the "Southern Literary Messenger," to which Rev. Dr. McCabe was a frequent contributor, as well as a distin- guished authority on the colonial and early church history of Virginia. Rev. Dr. Mc- Cabe's grandfather was James McCabe, an officer in the Revolutionary army, who served under General Arnold in the expe- dition against Quebec, and led his men with conspicuous gallantry in the storming column under General Montgomery that scaled the heights overlooking Cape Dia- mond when Quebec was assaulted in a driv- ing snow-storm, December 31, 1775. When the gallant Montgomery fell dead at the head of his stormers, James McCabe was close beside him and was the officer that raised him from the ground. He served throughout the entire period of the Revolu- tion with marked credit as a capable and resolute officer.

Rev. Dr. McCabe, who was born Novem- ber 12, 1810, first read medicine, but finally became a clergyman of the Protestant Epis- copal church, and was for five years rector of the old church at Smithfield, Virginia, and, later on, had charge of "Old St. John's" at Hampton. It was during his incumbency of these parishes that he collected much of history which was afterwards used by Bishop Meade, to whom Rev. Dr. McCabe generously gave it, in the preparation of the former's "Old Churches and Families in Virginia." Rev. Dr. McCabe was rector of of Church of the Ascension in Baltimore,
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