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Randulph-Macon College. Dr. Griffith mar- ried (second) IMaggie Matthews, of Nelson county, Virginia, a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. South, and of the Women's Christian Temi)erance Union.

Julien Gunn. Julien Gunn, a well-known lawyer of Richmond. X'irginia, owes his suc- cess in his career mainly to his own unaided efforts. He had not the aid of inherited wealth to assist him, yet he has won his way to the front rank of his profession. Out- side of his purely professional reading, Mr. Gunn has been a diligent student of history and kindred subjects, and his knowledge of these has been distinctly helpful in making his way forward. He is a descendant of an old family.

(I) The Gunns were residents of Charles- ton, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, between 1730 and 1740, and it was shortly after this period that John Gunn located in Richmond, \'irginia. His home was located about where the Hotel Richmond is now situated. Through the McGaws the Gunns are related to the Greenhaws, and through the Sherer family, to the Eges. Jacob P2ge, who built the stone house on Main street (Washington's Headquarters), married a daughter of General Nicholas Sherer, whose family came to Philadelphia from Hessen Cassel, and from thence removed to Rich- mond, \'irginia. John Gunn married, June 3. 1784, Sarah, a daughter of John and Sarah Sherer, and a granddaughter of General Nicholas Sherer. Children: James; Har- riet Emeline ; John P., married Anne E. Mc- Caw, November 18, 1809; Emily Fowler, married, October 11, 1814, Frederick F. Mc- Caw ; James William Frederick, of whom further.

(II) James \\illiam Frederick Gunn, son of John and Sarah (Sherer) Gunn, was born in Richmond, Virginia, August 6, 1798. He was a planter, and lived retired during the latter years of his life. He married, No- vember 2"/. 1822, ]Mary Ann Bullington. Children : Emily Fowler, Ann Maria, George Sherer, Jane, William Frederick, James Montgomery, Robert Semple,John Howard, Lewis Lumsford, Richard Bullington, Jo- seph M., of whom further, and Eugene K.

(III) Joseph M. Gunn, son of James Wil- liam Frederick and Mary Ann (Bullington) Gunn, was born September 2, 1838. Prior to the outbreak of the war between the

states he was engaged in business as a mer- chant in Richmond, Virginia. He enlisted as a private in Company G, Fifteenth Vir- ginia Infantry, was wounded at Drewry's niuff, and at the close of the war held the rank of captain of Company G. After the war he became a farmer, a line of activity with which he was identified until 1888. Since 1888 he has been in the employ of the United States government. His religious connection is with the Baptist church. He married, in Cumberland county, Virginia,. ]\Iay 6, 1874, Elizabeth Daniel Riddle, who was born April 12, 1855. She was a daugh- ter of Watkins and Sarah Catherine (Dan- iel) Riddle, of -Buckingham county ; a grand- daughter of Robert Smith Daniel, of Cum- berland county ; a great-granddaughter of Leonard Daniel, born in 1765, died 1855 • ^ great-great-granddaughter of Abram Dan- iel, born in 1725 ; and a great-great-great- granddaughter of \\'illiam Daniel, born in 1685. ^Ir. and Mrs. Gunn have had chil- dren: \Mlliam Randolph, born April 12, 1875; Julien, of whom further: Kate Bull- ington, born May 23, 1879.

(IV) Julien Gunn, son of Joseph M. and Elizabeth Daniel (Riddle) Gunn, was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, July i, 1877. His education was commenced in Henrico county; continued in the public schools of Richmond, and completed at the Richmond College and the University of Mrginia. This period of study was not, however, an uninterrupted one. From the age of sixteen years he was engaged in an active business career, being successively clerk in the following concerns : A coal and wood bvisiness : furniture store : lumber busi- ness ; Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto- mac railway ; and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. During these years, by dint of strict economy, he saved a sufficient amount of money to enable him to continue his studies at college and the university, and while attending these institutions he spent the vacations working in various banks. Upon the completion of his legal studies he was admitted to the bar, and since that time has been engaged in legal practice. From 1908 to 1912 he served as Democratic commonwealth attorney for the county of Henrico. August 15, 1913, he was the Democratic nominee for the house of delegates. He has served in the militia, and as a member of the Richmond Light Infan-