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express their respect for his memory and to mingle their tears with those of his afflicted family. The death of a good man is a loss to any community, and the people of Nor- folk feel that in the death of Dr. Moore a good man has passed away from among them ; blessed be God for the consolation furnished by our belief that his passing away was in response to his Master's call, 'friend go up higher.' " Dr. Moore was a polished gentleman, excellent scholar, brave and accomplished physician, true friend and noble-hearted man, and the world was better for his unselfish manly life.

Dr. Moore survived his devoted wife, Camilla Amelia (Allyn) Moore, three years, her death occurring thirty-seven years after their marriage. He was a devoted husband and father, his home being his greatest de- light, and there his hours "ofif duty" were spent. Children : Elizabeth Allyn, the only daughter, was born in Norfolk, her present residence ; she is a lady of most kindly, sympathetic and generous nature, a true daughter of the "good doctor," devoting her life to the common good and the service of those less fortunate than she ; she is a mem- ber of many organizations, charitable and philanthropic in their objects, and is active in the work of all. Joshua, the first born son, died in infancy. William Paul, the youngest son, is a graduate of the School of Mines, Columbia University, receiving the degree of Mining Engineer, 1885 ; graduate in analytical chemistry from Virginia Military Institute, also took full course of tw^o years in dentistry in Baltimore, Mary- land, but does not practice in any of these professions ; he married Ellen Douglass Lewis and has had children: William James, died in infancy ; Camilla Allyn, mar- ried Samuel Bell Boone, M. D., of Jack- son, North Carolina, and their children are: Elizabeth Moore, Samuel Bell Jr., and Ellen Douglass, attending school.

Luther Howard Jenkins. Beginning life at a time when Virginia was in the throes of a terrible war, left fatherless when one year of age, having to make his own way unaided and in the face of great obstacles, and to attain to the position of one of the captains of industry in his state and one of the most successful in his line in the coun- try, is, in simple outline, the course followed by Luther Howard Jenkins to business

prominence and leadership in the greatest book manufactory in the South. Mr. Jen- kins' place of business is Richmond, Vir- ginia, and in this city he is identified, ex- clusive of his own business, with financial, fraternal, social and religious circles, a citizen of wide interests and connections.

Luther Howard Jenkins is a son of Cap- tain Joel R. Jenkins, a native of Fredericks- burg, who was a ship-owner and com- mander. He followed this life during the greater part of his active years, his death occurring when his son, Luther Howard, was one year old. He married Ann C. Pey- ton, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Mad- dox) Peyton, of Stafford county, Virginia, her mother being a daughter of Basil Mad- dox, a native of England, who came to the United States from that land in 1806, and her father, a member of the old Peyton family of Virginia.

Luther Howard Jenkins was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, February 25, 1856, and came with his widowed mother to Richmond just before the great battle of Fredericksburg, when their property and home were destroyed by the Federal troops. Under such circumstances he faced the problem of getting an education, and help- ing to support the family, not a bright out- look for a boy beginning life. He w^as edu- cated in a private school of the city of Rich- mond, and here as a lad entered the employ of Randolph & English, book publishers, and received as his first salary fifty cents per week. His term of service with this old firm was thirteen years, during which time he became proficient in the art of book- making. In 1882 he formed a partnership with E. C. Walthall, borrowing money to contribute his share of the little capital of the new firm, Jenkins & Walthall. Aloder- ate success attended the firm until 1897, when Mr. Jenkins, having a vision of a larger business, bought the interest of his partner and continued the business alone. He is at the present time sole owner of a business well known throughout the coun- try. The humble establishment in which he began business hardly seems worthy to be the birthplace of the important industry that Mr. Jenkins there founded, and the comparison of its size at its beginning and its present wide dimensions impresses one with the vastness of the growth that the seventeen intervening years have witnessed.