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as the fortune of the family was lost during- the progress of the civil war, this made a change of plans necessary, and it was then partly by reason of his personal preference that he devoted himself to a mercantile career. At the age of seventeen years he enlisted in the Confederate army, becoming a member of the Third Com])any of Rich- mond Howitzers. At the close of the war he became identified with business interests, and in 1869 established himself as a mer- chant at Randolph, Virginia. In 1874 he engaged in the wholesale shoe business in Richmond, and at the time of his death had been for many years president of the Rob- erts cK: Hoge Shoe Company, whose reputa- tion for reliability and fair dealing is a wide- spread one. But it was not in the shoe busi- ness alone that the influence of Mr. Roberts was felt. He was accounted a business man of superior executive ability, and his coun- sel was sought by many in far different and varied lines of business. In social life, also, he was an important factor, and one to be reckoned with. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Westmoreland Club, the Howitzers' Association, and Robert E. Lee Camp. No. i. Confederate Veterans, a detail from which attended the funeral ser- vices of IMr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts was con- sistent in giving his strong support to the Democratic party, and was ever ready to assist this to the full extent of his power. His religious affiliations were with the Pres- byterian church. He married Constance Spotts. of Richmond, who survives him wnth their two children : Martha and Robert R. The general feeling entertained toward Mr. Roberts is shown in the following copy of :

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. The Richmond Shoe Wholesale Association desire to unite with our community in expressing the loss sustained by the death of its member, Mr. Robert R. Roberts. His modest demeanor, unvarying courtesy and strict integrity endeared him to all his associates. We shall miss him in our daily inter- course and at our meetings. Be it resolved,

First. — That we extend our sincere sympathy to the family of our departed colleague and we pray our Heavenly Father may send unto them his balm of consolation in their great afHiction.

Second. — That these expressions be recorded in our minutes and a copy of same be transmitted to the family and also published in the Times-Dis- patch.

T. Peyton Giles. Pres. L. J. Morris. Hamilton Field, Secy. Berkley Goode, A. H. Felthous, Committee.

Morton Elbridge Hundley, M. D. A graduate of two leading medical colleges of Virginia and Maryland, and a practitioner of ten years' experience, Dr. Hundley in 1908 located in Martinsville, Virginia, where he is now firmly established in ])ublic regard, as a skillful physician and man of honor.

Morton Elbridge Hundley was born in Henry county. Virginia, Alarch 20, 1875, son of Joseph Henry Hundley, foreman and manager, of Danville, Virginia, and his wife. Lucy Wade (Harris) Hundley, both born in Henry county. He was prepared for col- lege in the primary and high schools of the county and in 1895 entered the University College of Medicine, at Richmond. Virginia, whence he was graduated M. I)., class of 1899. He located for a short time at Colds- field, West Virginia, but soon returned to his native state, locating at Ridgeway. where he continued in practice until 1908. During that period he pursued post-grad- uate courses at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, Baltimore, and at Polyclinic Hospital, in Philadelphia. Thus thoroughly equipi>ed, Dr. Hundley located in 1908 in Alartinsville. the capital of Henry county, a thriving town with important lumbering and tobacco in- terests, where he has a large general prac- tice and is held in high esteem. Through membership in the American ^^ledical. V^ir- ginia State and Henry County Medical so- cieties. Dr. Hundley keeps in close touch with the outside medical world and is thor- oughly modern in his methods of treatment and prevention of disease. He is a member of lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic order, belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Eellows, Improved Order of Red Men, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Junior Order of American Me- chanics, is a Democrat in politics and a com- municant of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Dr. Hundley married. October 7. 1896. Fanny Elizabeth Bouderant. born in Frank- lin county. Virginia, in 1870, daughter of J. S. Bouderant. Two maternal uncles of Dr. Hundley, James and George Harris, were soldiers in the Confederate army and both received wounds in battle, the latter wound- ed at Gettysburg.

Hugh Holmes Kerr, a prominent citizen and commonwealth's attorney of Augusta county, Virginia, is of Scotch-Irish descent.