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Mary Marbury, of Alexandria, \'irginia, where she was horn. Mrs. Taylor is the youngest daughter of \\'illiam Henry and Anna Elizabeth ( liaird) Marbury, who were the parents of thirteen children, five of whom are now living, viz: Alice Virginia, Anna Thomas, Francis Ferdinand. Eliza Hunton, and Mary, wife of Mr. Taylor. Mr. Marbury was the treasurer of the Virginia ■Midland Railroad, and the assistant treas- urer of the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Poindexter Taylor are the .parents of two sons : Henry Marbury, born November lo. 1892, educated at Miss Colquitt's School of Richmond, the Rich- mond Academy, the Richmond College and the University of Mrginia, and now em- ployed in the of^ce of the district freight solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Washington, District of Columbia; War- ren Poindexter. Jr., born December 18, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Episcopal church, attending All Saints' Church. Richmond. The Episcopal church has claimed the adherence of the Taylor family from time immemorial, and it is in that faith that he has reared his children.

Milton Thomas Harrison. Several settlers by name Harrison came to Virginia during the seventeenth century, but the connection between but few of them is known. From Benjamin Flarrison, clerk of the Virginia council, member of the house of bvirgesses in 1642, sprang through his son a long line of eminent Harrisons, including Benjamin Harrison (HI), of Berkeley county, Virginia, attorney general, speaker of the house ; Benjamin Harrison fifth, burgess for Charles City, 1750 to 1775, congressman five terms, signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of ^^irginia, 1781 ; William lienry Harrison, born in "Berkley," Virginia, Feb- ruary 9. 1773, president of the United States ; and Benjamin Harrison, grandson of the first President Harrison and himself presi- dent of the United States, 1889 to 1893. Harrisons have intermarried w^ith other noted Virginia families and the race has pro- duced many men eminent in every walk of life. Milton Thomas Harrison, editor and publisher of the "Bedford Democrat." de- scends from the ancient Virginia family and is a worthy twentieth century representa- tive of that honored name, Harrison.

He is a son of James Alexander Harrison,

born in Bedford county. Virginia, in 1837, and is yet living (1915) a retired farmer of southwestern Virginia. He served four years in the Confederate army, in Company A, a liedford county company of the ^Second Regiment Virginia Infantry, but escaped all serious disaster, although engaged in many hard-fought battles of the war, once, how- ever, having a horse killed on which he was riding. Fie is a member of the T. V. Faulk- ner Camp. United Confederate Veterans, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. He married Susan Eliza- beth Franklin, born in Bedford county, Vir- ginia, in 1835, died in 1892, daughter of Mil- ton and Sally (Pate) Franklin. She had two brothers, Thomas and Henry Franklin, who served as privates in the Confederate army, as did two brothers of her husband, josiah and Henry Flarrison. all serving in Virginia regiments. James Alexander Harrison is a son of John Harrison, of Bedford county, who married a Aliss Hopkins.

Milton Thomas Harrison was born in Franklin county, \^irginia, January 15, 1858. He attended the field and private schools and "Wilson's Academy," the latter located in Bristol, Virginia. He left school to be- come a printer's apprentice in the office of the "Bristol News," Bristol, Tennessee, serving three years and becoming a skillful type setter. He then spent two years in the printing of^ce of the "Bristol Courier" and in other offices spent the years until 1885. wdien he purchased the "Bedford Sen- tinel." published in Bedford City. In 1886 he began the publication of the "Liberty Leader'' and the same year consolidated his papers with the "Star," owned by F. O. Hofifman, of Bedford City. They published until 1890 as Hoffman & Harrison, but in that year Mr. Harrison sold his interest and returned to Bristol, Tennessee. There, in in association wnth A. C. Smith, he botight the "Bristol News," the paper on which he learned the i)rinter's trade. They changed the paper to a daily and as the "Bristol Daily News" they published the paper for one year. Mr. Harrison then sold out to his ]:)artner and returned to Bedford City and l)Ught the "IJedford Democrat," a paper that wms established in 1856. Fie has made the "Democrat" a valuable newspaper property, his independent, fearless advocacy of the best man and best measures, regard- less of partisan affiliation, pleasing his read-