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ceml)er 2"], 1906; married ]\Iary Harwood and had one daughter, Ottoline, married William L. Miller. 6. Martha Helen, born June 2, 1866; married, January 21, 1891, Robert Edward Lee Dougan, born Septem- ber 2y, 1864, and has Marguerite, born June 2, 1892, and Robert Edward Lee Jr., born January 7, 1900. 7. Ruth, born March 19, 1870, died February 22, 1904; married S. T. X'eal. 8. Nettie, born September 25, 1874; married \\'illiam Thompson, and has Emma Helen and James AX'arren.

Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper, son of Henry Edward and Martha Helen (Grant) Culpepper, was born September 25, 1856, died October 12. 1905. He attended L. P. Slater's private school after a course in the jiublic schools, and then entered the Uni- versity of X'irginia, from which he was graduated M. D. in the class of 1875. The two years after his graduation he passed in the Charity Hospital, of New York, and after one and one-half years of hospital work in Portsmouth. Virginia, he began general practice, continuing actively until his death. Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper was a member of the City, County, and State Medical societies, and served on the State Board of Health of Virginia. In poli- tics he was a staunch Democrat, fraternally associated with the Masonic order, belong- ing to Acca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias. His religious denomination \vas the [Methodist Episcopal. Dr. Culpepper was a gentleman noted for his devotion to principle in pro- fessional or private life, and, ever walking honorably and uprightly through life, left upon those wnth whom he associated the imprint of a man just and good.

Dr. Culpepper married, in 1880, Etta Franklin Borum, daughter of James T. Borum and his w^ife. Susan C. (Stokes) Borum. Children: Dr. James Henry, of whom further ; Etta Vernon, wdio married Dr. Stanley Hoke Graves, a medical prac- titioner of Norfolk, son of Thomas Edward and Louisa ( Brockman ) Graves.

Dr. James Henry Culpepper, son of Dr. \'ernon Grant and Etta Franklin ( I'orum) Culpepi:>er. was born in Portsmouth. X'ir- ginia, December 17. 1882. Prior to entrance at the Norfolk Academy he pursued prepara- tory studies in Professor Slater's private school. After lea\ing the academv he ma-

triculated at the University of Virginia, and after two years of academic study changed his course to the medical department, where he remained for one year. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1905 w^as graduated from that university M. D. For one year after his graduation Dr. Cul- j)epper was interne at the Sarah Leigh Hos- ]jital, in Norfolk, and for six months was connected with the Philadelphia General Hospital. On January i. 1907. Dr. Cul- pepper formed an association with Dr. Stan- ley H. Graves and Dr. Southgate Leigh as Leigh, Graves & Culpepper, and after the retirement of Dr. Graves from the firm in 1910 the practice of the firm w-as continued as Leigh & Culpepper. The following year Dr. Harry Harrison became associated and the three are now^ associated as Leigh, Cul- pepper & Harrison, a connection most agree- able and congenial to those most intimately concerned, the association a professional re- lationship valuable from many standpoints. Dr. Culpepper is now^ associate surgeon of the Sarah Leigh Hospital, Norfolk. X'ir- ginia, a private hospital conducted by Drs. Leigh. Culpepper & Harrison. He is a member of the County, Seaboard, State, Tri-State. and American Medical Associa- tions, and in every respect is representative of the best in the medical profession in Nor- folk. His fraternal order is the Masonic, and in this society he is a member of Khe- dive Temple. Nobles of the Alystic Shrine. Dr. James Henry Culpepper married, No- vember I. 1909, Otey Prince Minor, born August 14. 1887. daught-er of George Austin Minor and his wife. Rebecca Pope (Prince) Minor. Dr. and Airs. Culpepper are the parents of one son. James Henry Jr.

John Summerfield Jenkins. Bearing the name of his honored father, who fell in de- fence of the Confederate cause on the battle- field of Gettysburg. John Summerfield Jen- kins, of Norfolk, Virginia, has been engaged in cotton dealing in that city for more than thirty years, and for the past two years as an independent broker.

Governor John Jenkins, the ancestor of the line herein recorded, emigrated to Amer- ica from England, bought land and settlea in XX'arwick Square in Nansemond county, X'irginia, and was among its inhabitants in 1624. He returned to England and there married, returning to this countrv about the