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in Charlottesville, Virginia, April 6, 1830. died January u, 1902, daughter of Dr. Charles W. Carter and his wife Mary Cox, daughter of General Cox, of Charlottesville,, all of prominent and ancient Virginia fami- lies. Dr. Charles W. Carter served as sur- geon during ihe war in the Confederate army and was in charge of the hospital at Charlottesville.

An only brother of Dr. Peyton was a graduate of the law school of the Univer- sity of Virginia, holding an earned scholar- ship and wanning several medals during his career at the university. He was born in Charlottesville, in 1852, and was killed near Atlanta, Georgia. December 14, 1885, un- married at the time of his death. He was attorney for the Georgia Pacific Railroad. Dr. Peyton has sisters : Mary Carter, mar- ried William Chamberlain; Julia Green; Imogene, married Dr. William Western- becker.

Dr. Charles Everett Carter Peyton, sec- ond son of Colonel Moses Green and Martha Champ (Carter) Peyton, was born in Char- lottesville. Virginia, the birth place of his brother and sisters. January 5, 1855. He attended private schools, studied under a tutor. Major Jones, then entered Norwood High School, wdience he was graduated, class of 1874. In the same year he matricu- lated as a medical student at the University of the City of New York, pursued a full course and was graduated M. D., class of 1876. He continued post-graduate work at the university another year, and in 1877 located in Pulaski, the capital of Pulaski county, Virginia, and began his professional career. He rose rapidly in public esteem and has for years been one of the leading physicians and surgeons of that thriving Virginia city. He is now assistant surgeon of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. His term of continuous practice was broken dur- ing the Spanish-American war, when, as surgeon with the rank of major, he served until honorably discharged and mustered out in 1899. He then served in Cuba, as assistant surgeon in the United States regu- lar army for a time, returning after his dis- charge to Pulaski and resuming medical practice. Prior to joining the army he was assistant surgeon for the Norfolk & West- ern Railroad Company, at Pulaski ; is an ex- member of the board of health and a present member of the \'irginia State Board of

Medical Examiners. He keeps abreast of all medical or surgical discovery, operation or treatment, by membership in the Ameri- can and Virginia State Medical societies, with the local societies of his profession and the Military Surgeons associations of the United States.

Dr. Peyton is prominent in the Masonic order, is past master of Pythagoras Lodge, No. 239, Free and Accepted Masons ; a com- panion of Marion Chapter, No. 54, Royal Arch Masons ; a sir knight of Marion Corn- mandery, No. 9, Knights Templar ; and a "Shriner" of Acca Temple, of Richmond. Vir- ginia. His chapter and commandery are located at Marion, \'irginia, his lodge at Pulaski. He is a member of Fitz Lee Camp. Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and holds the office of senior warden. In political faith he is a Democrat.

Dr. Peyton married. December 17, 1879, Elizabeth Kendrick. born at Luray. Vir- ginia, in 1854, died in 1906, daughter of S. M. and Mary (Calhoun) Kendrick. Chil- dren: I. Mary Carter, born in 1881, at Pulaski, Virginia ; married Dr. Samuel T. Nickerson. of Clifton Springs, New York, and has a son, Samuel T. (2). 2. Emma Carter, born in 1884. at Pulaski ; married Dr. Robert C. Favel. of Richmond, Virginia. Rich in friends and experience, honored by all who know him and devoted to his pro- fession and honored therein. Dr. Peyton can view the past with satisfaction and not blush in the presence of his long line of colonial, revolutionary and civil w^ar forbears. He has served well his day and generation and can claim full title to the family motto, Patcor Potior.

John J. A. Powell. The family of Powell was initiated into Virginia colonial history by Nathaniel, William and John Powell. Nathaniel Powell and his wife lost their lives in an Indian massacre in 1622, and William Powell was another victim to sav- age enmity, being killed in January of the following year. 1623, while on an incursion into an Indian stronghold up the Chicka- hominy, seeking redress for outrages per- petrated by the Indians. John Powell came to Virginia, of \\'elsh descent, in 1609, and in 1632 was a burgess, his son, John, being a burgess from Elizabeth City county in 1657-58-59-60-63-66-76. Records are obscure