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tion to the correction of their physical defects. Dr. Ennett has also made a special study of tuberculosis, having written much on the subject, as the result of his special study in New York City. His work in behalf of feeble minded or backward children has been recognized by the Medical College of Virginia, several lectures having been given before the faculty and students of that in- stitution on the modern treatment of such cases. During his years as professor of Pharmacy he wrote several books on sub- jects of value to that profession that are in general use. He is editor-in-chief of the "Cerebrum." general secretary of the Pi Mu medical fraternity, and a member of Chi Zeta Chi. He is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Methodist church since 1898, and is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society. Richmond Acad- emy of Medicine and Surgery. Tri-State Medical Society. Southern Medical Associa- tion, Association for the Study and Preven- tion of Tuberculosis. International Associa- tion for the Study of School Hygiene.

Dr. Ennett married, in Richmond, Octo- ber 6. 1909. Rev. J. Calvin Stewart officiat- ing. Amy Conyers Tutwiler. of Palmyra, Virginia, born October 16. 1879. She is the fourth child of Colonel Thomas Harrison and Caroline (Sloan) Tutwiler, who had other children. Thomas Harrison (2), Eleanor Sloan, Martin, Caroline. John Cooke Tutwiler.

John Lewis Thomas. The line of Thomas of which John Lewis Thomas, attorney and police justice of Portsmouth, Virginia, is a member, dates in Virginia to the emigration from Wales of George Thomas, who located in Gloucester county, Virginia, about 1725. He gained title to a vast tract of land, upon which he maintained many slaves, and was one of the most influential planters of the locality. George Thomas served in the French and Indian war and was with Wash- ington at Braddock's defeat. He fitted out ships in the revolution and sent them to sea ifter the English. Through his marriage with Ann Lewis he was the father of two sons, Lewis and W'illiam, the former of whom served with Virginia troops in the war for independence, gaining the rank of captain.

(II) William Thomas, son of (Jeorge Thomas, was born in Gloucester county, Virginia, in 1772. I Ic inherited a large share of the homestead and a goodly number of slaves fr(jm his father. He became the owner of several ships and was interested in numerous business and commercial en- terprises, a busy man of affairs, 'i'o politics and public life he gave little of his time, but he was a keen observer and deep thmker, his opinions holding weight and influence among his fellows. He and his wife. Leah, were the parents of : Lewis, of whom fur- ther ; John. William (2). George. Elizabeth, Nancy, Ellen.

(III) Lewis Thomas, son of William and Leah Thomas, was born in Mathews county, Virginia, in 1802. and died in 1861. He learned the trade of ship carpenter but never followed that business. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and soon afterward became an inspector of timber at the Ports- mouth Navy Yard, at the same time run- ning the farm. He married Elizabeth White, and had issue: George. Keturah. Elizabeth Frances, Mary Susan, Lewis Waller, Julia, John William, of whom further.

(IV) John William Thomas, son of Lewis and Elizabeth (\\'hite) Thomas, was born in 1845. died in January. 1909. He was edu- cated under the instruction of private tutors and in private schools, and upon attaining man's estate inherited a small part of the original homestead. He began the study of engineering when his general education was finished, and during the first year of the war enlisted in the Sixty-first Regiment of Vir- ginia Militia under John D. Bohannan, being stationed at Gloucester Point. He was dis- charged on account of youthfulness and then went to the Tredegar Works, where he re- mained until the close of the struggle. He was but a youth of twenty years when the war was over, and his first professional con- nection was with the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad. He later went with the Old Do- minion Steamship Company as a marine engineer and was with that company on its steamers for a number of years. On leaving the Old Dominion Steamship Company he went with the Norfolk county ferries and remained there until a few years before his death. Mr. Thomas married, April 26. 1876, Sallie Elizabeth, daughter of John L. and Mary F. (Brownley) Thomas, of Mathews