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He cherished no resentments, but never forgot a favor done him, and mucli of his long, useful life was devoted to the service of his friends, of whose esteem he was proud. His loyalty to this section and its people is almost a by-word and no man has died in this section in recent years whose memory will be cherished more tenderly and affectionately than his."

He married in Hampton, November 14, 1855, Mary Esther Simkins, born February 22, 1835. at Tower Hill Estate, Northamp- ton county, Virginia, a famous belle and beauty of tidewater Virginia. Her father, Dr. Jesse Jarvis Simkins. was an eminent physician and surgeon of the eastern shore, Northampton county, and was surgeon in hospitals at Richmond, \^irginia, and Charleston. South Carolina, in the war be- tween the states, 1861-1865. His wife, mother of Alary E. Simkins, w^as Esther Goffigon. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee : I. Goodwin Lee, mentioned below. 2. Frances Simkins, married Henry AVise Booker, and resides in Hampton. 3. Rich- ard Henry, unmarried. 4. Frank, married Martha Lowry Jones. 5. Arthur, unmar- ried. 6. Baker Perkins, married Lulu L. Skinner. 7. Loxley, married Helen Schall. Goodwin Lee, lawyer and editor, is a con- spicuous example of the qualities that have made the Lee family remarkable. He was born September 14, 1863, son of Baker Per- kins, 2d, and Alary E. (Simkins) Lee. He was educated by private tutors and in pri- vate schools in Charles City county, studied law with his father and was admitted to the bar. He came to New York City in 1903, and engaged in editorial work. He is now editor of "The Fire Engineer.'' Mr. Lee is pre-eminently a home man, and though he takes the keenest interest in every sort of public movement, even apart from those in wdiich his own editorial work lies, he does not belong to any societies or clubs. He married Susan Wentworth, daughter of James F. and Elvira (Ballard) Carr, the mother being the daughter of General Bal- lard, a soldier of revolutionary fame.

Marvin Everette Nuckols, M. D. Dr.

Nuckols traces his ancestry through pater- nal and maternal lines to early emigrants in Virginia from England and Scotland, be- ing connected with the families of Gray, Woodson, Jordan and Alorrison. His great-

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grandfather, Jacob Woodson, was a soldier of the revolution, and many men of emi- nence in the stale are descendants of these emigrants.

Dr. Marvin E. Nuckols was born in Hen- rico county, Virginia, August 2, 1876, son of Jacob Woodson Nuckols, a farmer of Hen- rico county, noted for his energy and up- right honest life. He married Mildred H. Jordan, daughter of Obadiah and Jane (Morrison) Jordan. Jacob Woodson Nuck- ols, born July 30, 1836, died September 11, 1910, was a son of Israel and Jane (Wood- son) Nuckols.

Alarvin E. Nuckols spent his early life on the farm and bore thereon his full share of che farm labor. He built up a strong body and character in this out-of-door life, that when he was transferred to the busier, more exciting scenes of life were strong bulwarks of defense against insidious attack. He ob- tained a good education without difficulty, passing through the public schools to Rich- mond High School, where he was graduated with the class of 1894. He had decided upon the medical profession and after leaving high school entered the University College of Medicine, wdience he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, 1897. ^^ was ambulance surgeon at the City Hos- pital, Richmond, one year, then began pri- vate practice in that city, and there con- tinues, a skilled, highly regarded physician and surgeon. From 1898 to 191 3 he was a teacher at the University College of Medi- cine, the last three years of that time pro- fessor of operative surgery.

He is a member of several professional societies, Phi Chi fraternity, the Westmore- land Club ; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics a Democrat. His vacations are spent in the open air so far as possible, hunting being the form of sport he most enjoys, and the mode of re- laxation most helpful.

Dr. Nuckols married, June 17, 1903, Alice, daughter of George and Edmonia Dawson, granddaughter of Preston and Selina Daw- son, and of Edmund C. and Elizabeth Chris- tian, a descendant of Alajor Edmund Chris- tian, of Creighton. Virginia. Children: Alarvin Everette (2) and Edmund Chris- tian.

Robert Gilliam, of Petersburg, one of the leading attorneys of Virginia, belongs to an