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August 3. 1906; John Stewart Jr., born March 11. 191 1.

Robert Coalter Bryan, second son of Joseph and Isobel Lamont (Stewart) Bryan, was born at Brook Hill. Henrico county, X'irginia, June 2^, 1873. His academic edu- cation was obtained in Norw'ood's and Mc- Guire's schools, and in 1890 he entered the University of Virginia, whence he went to the University of Pennsylvania. He took courses in surgery at the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, New York City, and in 1898 began the practice of surgery in Rich- mond, \^irginia. He is a fellow of the Amer- ican College of Surgeons, a professor in the Medical College of \'irginia, is a member of the Episcopal church, the Delta Psi frater- nity, the Commonwealth, Westmoreland and Country clubs, and in political faith is a Democrat. Mr. Bryan married, October 17, 1914, Grace Hamilton, daughter of S. Hamil- ton, at Oak Hill, Maryland.

Jonathan Bryan, third son of Joseph and Isobel Lamont (Stewart) Bryan, was born at historic Brook Hill, Henrico county, Vir- ginia. December 6, 1874. He was educated under private tutors, and at Norwood's and jMcGuire's schools, whence he went to the University of Virginia in 1892. In 1896 he entered the Richmond Locomotive Works, rising from the ranks to a high executive position. In 1898 and 1900 he went abroad for the locomotive company, having charge of some foreign work. Mr. Bryan is presi- dent of the Jefferson Realty Corporation, president of the Richmond Forging Works, director of \"irginia Trust Company, direc- tor of Bank of Commerce and Trusts, also director of the Old Dominion Trust Com- pany. He is a member of the Westmore- land, Country and Commonw^ealth clubs, Delta Psi fraternity, and the Episcopal church. Mr. Bryan married, June i, 191 1, in New York, Mrs. Winifred (Dufify) Hayden, fourth child of John and Sarah Jane Duffy, i^^. St. Louis, Missouri. They now reside at his country place, Rothesay, near Rich- mond, Virginia.

Joseph St. George Bryan, fourth son of Joseph and Isobel Lamont (Stewart) Bryan, was born at Brook Hill, Henrico county, Virginia, February 11, 1879. He was edu- cated at McGuire's University School, Belle- vue High School, Pennsylvania Military Academy, and the University of Virginia. He entered business life at the Richmond

Locomotive Works. He passed from there to the business department of the Richmond "Times-Dispatch." He belongs to the Vir- ginia Historical Society, Delta Psi frater- nity, and several clubs. Mr. Bryan married, April 15. 1902, Emily Page Kemp, and has two sons: Joseph (4), born April 30, 1904; Lamont Stewart, born July 24. 191 o.

Thomas Pinckney Bryan, fifth and young- est son of Joseph and Isobel Lamont (Stew- art) Bryan, was born at Brook Hill, Hen- rico county. Virginia, October 24, 1882. He was educated under private teachers, at Nolleys Preparatory School, Episcopal High School, and the University of Virginia, where he obtained his degrees of B. A. and LL. B. He was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1905, before finishing his law course, and 4ias since 1906 been successfully engag- ed in the practice of law in Richmond, Vir- ginia. Mr. Bryan is a member of the Delta Psi fraternity, and the social, historical and business organizations of Richmond. He was at one time connected with the Rich- mond Light Infantry Blues. He is a mem- ber of Emanuel Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Bryan married. April 10, 1907, Helen McGill, born at Duneden, Dinwiddle county, Virginia, July 6, 1884, eldest child of Alexander Hamilton, of Petersburg, Vir- ginia, and his wife, Helen Leslie (McGill) Hamilton. Mrs. Bryan has a half-brother, Alexander Donnan, and a half-sister, Eliz- abeth Venable, and sisters, Sarah Alexander and Roberta Alston (Mrs. Lester E. Grant). Children of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan : Alexan- der Hamilton, born May 6, 1908; Isobel Stewart, born October 24, 1909; Helen Mc- Gill, born October 24, 1912; Norma Stewart, born September 12, 1914.

Mann Satterwhite Valentine. Probably there is no institution in Richmond save those famed in the history of the state that possesses so deep an interest to the residents of the city as the Valentine Museum. Val- uable as the museum is from scientific and educational standpoints, an additional ele- ment of interest is the fact that it was a gift to the city of Richmond by a native born son of Richmond, Mann Satterwhite Valentine, and that the donor's father, his brothers, his sons, and himself, devoted many years to the collection and preserva- tion of the many valuable specimens now on exhibition. In fact it is peculiarly a Rich-