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Grace Ann ( Burford) Cox, was born on his father's farm on the James river, Amherst county, Virginia, June i8, 1849, and until he was fourteen years of age lived on the home- stead, attending the nearby schools. Too young to enlist in the army during the civil war, he nevertheless lent service to the Con- federate cause as a collector of war supplies. For ten years after the close of this con- flict he was em])loyed as clerk in his native county, then establishing in hardware deal- ing in Amherst, Virginia, for twenty-three years operating in this line with excellent result as Cox & Company, retiring from this business and disposing of his property by sale to accept the cashiership of the newly formed Farmers' Bank of Amherst. This is an incorporated institution, now in a state of vigorous growth, its business constantly on the increase. Its present officers are \\\ E. Sandidge, president ; W. P. Massie, vice- president ; R. M. Cox, cashier; A. C. Joyner, assistant cashier ; O. L. Evans, attorney ; while the directors are : W. Ward Hill. C. G. Massie, T. C. Ogden, A. R. Watts, E. B. JMcGinnis, O. L. Evans, S. Wood, W. H. Richardson and E. Meeks. Mr. Cox's other business and financial interests are as senior member of the firm of Cox & Gregory, feed and seed dealers, and secre- tary and treasurer of the Mutual Beneficial Fire Insurance Association of Amherst Coun- ty, one of the most powerful concerns of its kind in the locality. As a Democrat Mr. Cox became a member of the council of Am- herst upon the incorporation of the town in 1910, still holding that office. For several years he has held his present position as steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for twelve years was superintendent of the Sabbath school of that denomination, in which capacity he led and directed a work among the younger generation of the town that will be permanent and lasting in its good eft'ects.

Mr. Cox married, in Amherst county, Vir- ginia, October 31, 1882, Addie E., born in Amherst county, V^irginia, daughter of Wil- liam A. and Jane E. (Eastham) Bearing, who moved to Amherst from Rappahannock county, Virginia, her father dying there in 1864, her mother in December, 1912, aged eighty-one years. Children of Radford Millner and Addie E. ( Dearing) Cox: \A'il- liam Dearing. born in December, 1883, grad- uated Bachelor of Arts from Richmond Col-

lege, now a teacher at \\'averly, \'irginia ; Radford Brantly, died in June, 1908, aged twenty-two years ; Eugenia M., a graduate in Music from Randolph-Macon College, lives at home ; Clarence Edward, born Janu- ary 31, 1893, a graduate of Virginia Poly- technic Institute, class of 1914.

Emmett Herman Terrell, M. D. After a youth and early manhood spent in acquiring a classical and professional education, Dr. Terrell, at twenty-three years of age located in Richmond, Virginia, as a medical practi- tioner. His grandfather, Joseph Terrell, died in the Confederate army, leaving a widow, Ann, and children : Charles Thomas, of whom further ; John David, now living at Beaver Dam, \'irginia ; Planne, married Charles Mitchell, now a retired merchant of Richmond ; Virginia, married Monroe Jen- nings, a farmer, now living at Beaver Dam.

Charles Thomas Terrell, son of Joseph Terrell, was born in Flanover county, Vir- ginia, and is now a retired merchant and farmer of Beaver Dam, Virginia, his busi- ness cares having largely been taken upon the younger shoulders of his son, Joseph S. He married Frances Pierce, daughter of Alexander and Mary Thomson McGehee, of Beaver Dam, Virginia. Children : Emmett Herman, of whom further; Hervey Ross- ner, born August 20, 1880, now living in Louisa county, Virginia ; Early Thomas, born May 13, 1882, now in business with his brother, Hervey Rossner; Joseph Stewart, born October zy, 1886, merchant of Provi- dence Forge ; Charles Pierce, born Septem- ber 6, 1892, now a farmer at the old home- stead.

Dr. Emmett Herman Terrell, of Rich- mond, A'irginia. was born at Beaver Dam, \'irginia. May 10, 1878. He began his edu- cation in private schools near his home, then entered Oakland Academy in Louisa county. From there he passed to William and Mary College, and in 1897 matriculated at the Medical College of Virginia. He was graduated Doctor of ^Medicine, class of 1900, served one year as interne at the Norfolk Protestant Hospital, then in September, 1901, located in Richmond, in the general practice of medicine. During the years intervening he has given special study and investigation to rectal diseases, and in Janu- ary. 191 3, he began practicing as a special- ist in those diseases. He stands higfh in his