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he was connected with the National Guard of Virginia, holding the rank of captain and later that of major of the First Regiment Virginia Volnnteers. He belongs to lodge, chapter and commandery, also shrine, of the Masonic order, and is a member of the Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian.

He married, February i8, 1882, at Lex- ington, Virginia, Fannie Edwards Dold, born in 1857, daughter of William and Mary Willis (Porter) Dold, her father a merchant and for several years register of Washington and Lee University. Her mother was a daughter of Willis Porter. Children of William H. Sands: i. Mary Por- ter, married William Echols, now a mer- chant of Alderson, West Virginia ; she was educated at the Woman's College, Rich- mond, and the Union Theological Seminary. 2. Virginia, now a student at Woman's Col- lege, Richmond. 3. Fannie Leroy, married Rev. Irvine Goff McCann, now pastor of the Green Street Congregational Church, Chicago, Illinois. 4. Grace, married Rev. J. M. Sieg, a missionary in the Congo Free State, Africa. 5. William Hamilton, a grad- uate of Carnegie Polytechnic Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, electrical engi- neer, and is now a student of the law depart- ment of Richmond College. Mrs. Fannie Edwards (Dold) Sands is a descendant of Governor Bradford and Jonathan Edwards, founders of two of New England's promi- nent families.

Alexander Hamilton (2) Sands, youngest son of Alexander Hamilton (i) and Ella V. (Goddin) Sands, was born in Richmond, Virginia, October 14, 1874. He was edu- cated under private instructors at his father's home in Henrico county, Virginia, until twelve years of age, then for two years attended public school in that county. From fifteen to eighteen years he was a student at Captain W. C. Marshall's, Fauquier county, Virginia, a private school ; then attended Richmond College one year, and spent a year in the law department of the Univer- sity of Virginia. In 1896 he was admitted to the Virginia bar and has since been in continuous practice in the city of Rich- mond, where he is well established in public esteem. In 1899 he was elected common- wealth attorney of Henrico county, serving from July of that year until February, 1903. In political faith he is a Democrat. His clubs are the Westmoreland of Richmond and the Country Club of Virginia. For many years he was a member of the well known "Blues," Richmond Light Infantry, and with that organization served in the Spanish-American war (Company M, Fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers). Mr. Sands is a constant student of Virginia his- tory and a member of the Virginia Histori- cal Society.

Mr. Sands married in Alexandria, Vir- ginia, November 15, 1900, Courtenay Frere Norton, born there January 2, 1876, daugh- ter of Rev. Dr. George Hatley and Ann Bur- w^ell (Marshall) Norton. Her father was rector of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Virginia, and a chap- lain in the Confederate army during the war. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Sands : Alex- ander Hamilton (3), born November 23, 1907; Courtenay Frere Norton, born March 13, 1915.

The Harrell family. North Carolina has long been the home of this line of Harrell, at this time numerously represented in Virginia, and at Sunbury, Gates county, in the former state. Noah Harrell was a suc- cessful and prominent planter, holding im- portant public position in addition to his leading agricultural interests. He married Mrs. Sarah Goodman, and had two sons and two daughters, the line continuing through his son, Samuel Riddick.

(II) Samuel Riddick Flarrell, son of Noah and Sarah (Goodman) Harrell, was born in Gates county, North Carolina, in 1810, and passed his life in agricultural pursuits in his native county, his death occurring in 1864. He was a man of simple ways, but of wide influence, and passed a busy and useful life, active in religious aiifairs and in any work for the benefit of those to whom fortune had been less kind than to him. He reared a large family in, ways of industry and well doing, and their lives of honorable achieve- ment have been eloquent expressions of gratitude for his watchful care. His church, which which he was closely connected, was the Methodist Episcopal, South, and he served it as steward, his political party be- ing the Whig. He married, January 23, 1840, Mary Elizabeth Vaughan, born Sep- tember 19, 1823, died January 18, 1897. Chil- dren : I. Sarah Augusta, of whom further. 2. William Preston, of whom further. 3.

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