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residing at home with her widowed mother .ind brothers, neither of whom are mar- ried.

(IV) Edmund Addison Rennolds, eldest ■-on of Robert Gordon and Nellie (Addi- son) Rennolds. was born in Richmond, Vir- ginia, November 2, 1885. He was educated and prepared for college in the private schools of Richmond, Virginia, and Wood- berry Forest School of Orange county, then entered the University of Virginia. He then joined his father in the Richmond Stove Company. He began as a worker in the mechanical department of the company, mastering the details of manufacture and shop management, then was advanced to the recording department, continuing at offtce work until 1912, when he was made secretary and treasurer of the company, an office his father filled for nearly a quarter of a century prior to his election to the presidency. Mr. Rennolds filled the of^ce of secretary and treasurer until 1913, when he was elected president of the company, ' me of the large and prosperous manufac- turing plants of the south, with branches and connections widely spread. Mr. Ren- nolds is a most capable and efficient execu- tive, thoroughly familiar with the shop and office detail and imbued with a spirit of jjrogressiveness that uses every aid modern science and invention provides. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, a Democrat, and connected with various business and social organizations.

Lawrence Taylor Price, M. D., is a de- scendant on both the paternal and maternal sides of Scotch ancestors, who came to the United States, the Prices settling in Prince Edward county, Virginia, and the Petti- grews settling in Rockbridge county, Vir- ginia, both taking active part in the develop- ment and improvement of their respective communities.

Charles Thomas Price, father of Dr. Law- rence T. Price, was born in Prince Edward county, Virginia. March 18, 1843, and at the present time ( 1914) is a farmer of Bote- tourt county. Virginia. At the outbreak of actual hostilities between the states, he was a student in the Virginia Military Institute. He was a participant in the earlier John Brown raid and hanging, and later was drill master at Richmond. He early enlisted in the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, commanded by

General Stuart, and during the course of the war took part in one hundred and nineteen engagements with Federal troops. He passed through all the perils of w^ar safely with the single exception of a wound in the hand, a bullet passing through that member, but only incapacitating him for a short time. Mr. Price married Emma Backus Pettigrew, born at Eagle Rock, Virginia, May 8, 1849, of Scotch descent. Children : Nellie W., Margaret Worthington, Lawrence Taylor, Louise B., Kathleen C, the daughters all residing at home with their parents.

Dr. Lawrence T. Price was born at Gala, Botetourt county. Virginia, July 28, 1881, at the farm which is still the family home. He was educated under a private tutor until he was fifteen years of age, and then attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacks- burg for three years. After deciding upon the profession of medicine, he entered the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, whence he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, class of 1903. For a year following his graduation he was in- terne at the Retreat for the Sick in Rich- mond, and in the following year, 1904, he began private practice in Richmond, where he is now well established, specializing in urinary-genito surgery and venereal dis- eases. He is also a lecturer on these dis- eases at the Medical College of Virginia, and is considered a competent authority. Dr. Price is a member of the medical frater- nities, Pi Mu (Senior Councillor) and T. N. E., and of the professional societies : Amer- ican Medical Association, Medical Society of Virginia, Richmond Academy of Medi- cine and Surgery, American Urological As- sociation. Tri-State Medical Society, South- ern Medical Society, Military Surgeons of United States. His clubs are the West- moreland and Country Club of Virginia. In religious affiliation he is an Episcopalian, and in political faith a Democrat.

For a period of three years Dr. Price served in the Medical Corps of Virginia, ranking as captain, in January, 1910, he was elected, commissioned and is serving as major of the First Battalion, First Virginia Regiment (Richmond Grays). The First Virginia Volunteer Infantry was organized May I, 185 1, in the city of Richmond, and the regiment, or some of its companies, has taken part in every military movement in the city and state from that date up to the