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married (second) November 2^^, 1881, Emma Christian, born June 22,, 1859, daughter of William H. and his wife, Emeline A. (Dud- ley) Christian, both wives were born in Richmond. Children, three by first mar- riage : Carrie Claudia, born January 29, 1870, died March 29, 1890; Morris Hunt- ley, born January 2, 1872, died A])ril 6, 1893; George Llewellyn, Jr., born Decem- ber 5, 1874, now a salesman, married Bessie McDowell and has children : Robert, Junius and Morris. Children by second marriage : Stuart Grattan, born August 15, 1883, grad- uate of Hampton-Sidney College and the University of Virginia, now a successful practicing lawyer of Richmond ; William B., born May 23, 1887, student of Hamp- den-Sidney College and the University of Virginia, now a clerk with British American Tobacco Company, and located at Pekin, China ; Frank Gordon, born March 28, 1895, now a student at Hampden-Sidney College. The chronicle of a useful, busy life touches, of course, only the chief points. Judge Christian has been identified with the best interests of his adopted city, and stands to-day high in the estimation of his fellow citizens. Honored and prosperous, with success written at every angle of his career, Judge Christian in a retrospective glance can feel naught but honest pride in what that glance reveals.

Arthur Richardson Smith, M. D. During the years of conflict l)etween the states, Richmond Hospital was the scene of the professional labor of Dr. Arthur Richard- son Smith, and the strain of management of that institution, where so many brave sons of the South were treated and where, alas, so many entered the great beyond, so weighed upon mind and body that he sur- vived the war but a short time. His early life was spent in Suffolk, the capital of Nansemond county, Virginia, and his entire life until 1861 was spent amid the rural beauties of Nansemond and Norfolk coun- ties. He was the son of Arthur and Susan (Richardson) Smith, his father having been for many years postmaster of Suffolk and a man of local importance.

Dr. Arthur R. Smith was born in Suffolk. Nansemond county, Virginia, in 1805, died in Catonsville, Baltimore county, Maryland. September 16, 1866. He grew to manhood in Suft'olk, obtaining his early education in

private schools and i>reijaring f(jr college under private tutors. He finally decided upon the medical profession and entered the medical de])artment of the University of X'irginia, which institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. He practiced his profession at Deep Oeek, a village of Nor- folk county, Virginia, ten miles south of the city of Norfolk, until his removal to Ports- mouth, Virginia, in 1856. During the epidemic of yellow fever in I'ortsmouth, he volunteered to battle with that dreaded dis- ease, and freely risked his life for the sake of humanity, and the churches and school houses at Deep Creek were filled with patients who were placed under his charge. When war between the states broke out, Dr. Smith volunteered for service as a sur- geon in the Confederate army and in that capacity served until the war ended. He was placed in charge of Richmond Hospital and there rendered service that sapped his strength and made such drafts upon his vitality that he never regained full strength. After the war ended he located in Catons- ville, Maryland, a village of Baltimore county, three miles west of the city of Balti- more. There he entered into partnership with Dr. Eichelberger and continued in active practice until his death in 1866. He was a skillful physician and surgeon, min- istering to a large clientele and everywhere was honored for his manly character and upright life.

Dr. Smith was a staunch Democrat ; he served one term in the V'irginia senate, and at all times contributed his services to his party. P)eing a ready and fluent speaker, he was frequently upon the stump, espe- cially in the interest of Governor Wise's and Governor Letcher's cami)aigns, as his resi- dence was their headquarters during both contests, hence their political and personal relations were very close. For his services to his party he was. presented with a very handsome silver service in 1857, the same now being in the possession of his son, Her- bert L. Smith. Dr. Smith was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a communicant of Old Trinity Protes- tant Episcopal Church.

Dr. Smith married (first) November 10, 1829, Anna Maria Smith, who died August 5, 1838. He married (second) May 8, 1839, Jane' Ellen J-Ierbert, born in 181 1. who sur- vived him until December i, 1892. Chil-