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a Roman Catholic. Whether we think of his personality from the standpoint of his friends, to whom he has been kind, whose sufTering-s he has relieved, whose troubles he has cheerfully helped to bear, to whom he has given advice, or from the viewpoint of an antagonist, for all original thinkers nec- essarily create such, we are impelled to recognize his ability, loyalty and fearless truthfulness. Just as he is large of body, so he is ready of impulse, big in his generosity, broad in his ideas, many-sided in his way of looking at questions, pow^erful in coun- cil, beloved by many.

Dr. Johnston was married at Abingdon. Virginia, in 1880, to Mary McClung, a granddaughter of Judge Connally Trigg, of Virginia. She died in July, 1881. On the 1 2th of November. 1892. he married Helen Coles Rutherfoord. of Rock Castle. Vir- ginia, by whom he has four daughters, Ann Roy, Nicketti Floyd, Helen Rutherfoord and Susan Roy. Dr. Johnston resides in Richmond, Virginia.

James Fuller Crane, M. D. The Cranes lived at Chilton, near Sudbury, Sufifolk. England, a moated manor of some distinc- tion and were lords of the manor. Jasper (i) Crane, born in England, in 1637 founded in the colony of Connecticut the family of which Dr. James Fuller Crane, of Richmond, is a member, and which was planted in Vir- ginia by his grandfather, Jonas Crane, mem- ber of a branch of the family that settled in Newark. New Jersey, the New Jersey settler. Jasper (2) Crane, having been one of the first magistrates of Newark. The line of Crane is allied with many of the most prominent New England families, including that of Treat, one of this line. Azeriah. son of Jasper (2) Crane, marrying Mary, a daughter of Colonial Governor Robert Treat, of Connecticut, of which union Dr. James Fuller Crane is a direct descendant.

Dr. James Fuller Crane is a great-grand- son of Rufus Crane, a soldier of McDougal's brigade in the war for independence, and grandson of Jonas Crane, born in Newark, New Jersey, who came to Richmond, Vir- ginia, in 1802. since which date his descend- ants have been residents in this city. Jonas Crane was a leather dealer, and passed his remaining years in Virginia. He married Katherine Cooney, a native of Ireland, and among their children were : Thomas Jeffer-

son, of whom further; William, a prominent lawyer of New Orleans, Louisiana ; Jonas, a well-known physician ; Samuel, a member of the Virginia legislature at the beginning of the war between the states; James M., a member of Congress from California, and one sister, Catherine.

Thomas Jefferson Crane, son of Jonas and Katherine (Cooney) Crane, was born in Richmond. Virginia. July 31, 1818, and there resided until his death in April, 1881. His occupation was that of saddler and harness maker, and he was also a singer of wide reputation, many pupils coming to him for vocal lessons. During the war he was a member of the First Virginia Reserves. He was a well regarded citizen of Richmond, prospered in business, and was active and prominent in musical circles, himself an artist of unusual talent. He married Frances Harriet Burruss. born in Orange county. \^irginia, daughter of Joseph Burruss. a farmer of Orarhge county, and his wife. Ann (Terrell) Burruss. Thomas Jefferson and Frances Harriet (Burruss) Crane were the parents of: Cornelia Frances, married Berkly Robertson, of Cumberland county. Virginia ; Dr. James Fuller, of whom fur- ther ; Stella C, married Thomas Blanton. of Richmond, Virginia ; Nannie, married John L. Ridenour, of Richmond ; Mary E., deceased; William W., deceased; Samuel, deceased ; and two children who died in in- fancy.

Dr. James Fuller Crane, son of Thomas Jefferson and Frances Harriet (Burruss) Crane, was born in Orange county, Virginia, January 22. 1850. He was educated in the private schools of his native county, and one of his boyhood remembrances is the service he rendered in the military hospitals in caring for the wounded soldiers who had been brought thither from the scene of action of the war between the states. His father's business had been practically de- stroyed by the w^ar, and at the age of fifteen years he was cast to a great extent upon his own resources, applying himself so ener- getically to the task of preparation for life work when he was twenty years of age he began the study of pharmacy in the Medical College of Virginia. After his graduation from this course in 1873 ^^ enrolled in the medical course, and was awarded his M. D. by the same institution in the class of 1875. ^" the following year he began active