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try Clues. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha and the Phi Delta Phi fraternities. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows ; is past master of the Blue Lodge, Free and vXccepted Masons ; member of the Royal Arch Masons, the Knights Templar, and Ancient x-\rabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His social afifiliation is with the Country Club of Virginia and the West- moreland Club of Richmond. As a mem- ber of the First Baptist Church of Rich- mond, he gives generous support to that institution.

Mr. Gunn married, at Richmond, Novem- ber 17, 1910, Teresa Louise Clarke, born November 12, 1887, a daughter of Arthur B. and Lelia (Berry) Clarke, and sister of Mar- tha and Josephine Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. Gunn have two children: Julien, Jr., born September 3, 1912, and Oscar Berry, De- cember 20, 1914. Mr. Gunn has proven his worth as a lawyer, a soldier and a citizen. He is a man of culture, refined instincts, patriotic zeal, legal acumen and undoubted integrity, and he has contributed all of these qualities to the upbuilding of his commun- ity and of his state.

Thomas Jefferson Hughes, M. D. A com- parison of the relati\e \alue to mankind of the various professions, places medicine among the first, and many give to it the most important position. Men's most prized possession is life, and he who alleviates pain and sufifering and restores health and strength well deserves to be numbered among the benefactors of the race. Dr. Thomas JefYerson Hughes, of Roanoke, Vir- ginia, has l)een unusually successful as a medical ])ractitioner, and is a man of many- sided ability.

William H. Hughes, father of Dr. Hughes, was born in the state of Virginia, and was a wealthy farmer at Chatham Hill until his death, February 2, 1894. He was a cousin of President Thomas Jefferson, for whom his son. Dr. Hughes, is named. An uncle of Dr. Hughes was John Randolph Hughes, who was secretary of the state of Virginia before the civil war. William H. Hughes had large holdings in the Virginia and Ten- nessee Railroad Company, and was secre- tary of that corporation for a period of four- teen years, until its reorganization as the

Norfolk & Western railroad. He married Mary Davis, a relative of Jefferson Davis. Dr. Hughes was born at Chatham Hill, Smyth county, Virginia, November 2"], 1874. For a number of years he attended the pub- lic schools of that section. Two years were then spent at Sheron College in prepara- tion for the university, and he was admitted to the University College of Medicine, at Richmond, Virginia, in 1895. ^^ "^^s gradu- ated from that institution in the class of 1898, the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him, and he then spent an entire year in post-graduate work in the New York Polyclinic Hospital, New York City. A trip abroad was then undertaken with a view of studying foreign methods, and he was a student at the University of Berlin, Germany, for one and a half years, and spent considerable time at the Univer- sity of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he made a special study of the subject of diagnosis. Since his return to his native land Dr. Hughes has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, and has been more than ordinarily successful. In February, 191 3, he established the Shenan- doah Hospital in Roanoke, associating with himself Dr. Lewis G. Richards, Dr. W^alter S. Slicer and Dr. J. H. Dunkley, and he is treasurer of the institution. At the present writing this hospital has been established not quite one year, but it has had a very satisfactory number of patients, who are full of praises of the methods in vogue there. The financial ability of Dr. Hughes has been demonstrated in his connection with the American National Bank of Roa- noke, Virginia, in which he is a director and member of the finance committee, and he is a director in Reams. Jones & Blamken- ship Company. He takes an active interest in public affairs, and is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party. His membership with other organizations is as follows : Roa- noke Academy of Medicine, Southwestern \'irginia Medical Society. Virginia Medical Association. American Medical Association, American Clinical Congress, and the follow- ing fraternal orders : Lakeland Lodge. No. 192. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Marion Chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; Lynn Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar ; Acca Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Rich- mond ; Improved Order of Red Men ;