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Chicago, Illinois, subsequently returning to the place of his birth, in January, 1897, entering the police department of this city as a patrolman. He was afterward ad- vanced to the plain clothes service, then to the sergeant's rank, in 1909 becoming cap- tain. From this date until December i, 1914, he performed the duties of a captain of police, on the latter date receiving his commission as chief of the department.

Chief Broughton's qualifications for his high position, one of the most important in the municipal government, are many, and general satisfaction is felt throughout the citv at his choice. The seventeen years he has passed in the different grades of service in the department will enable him to admin- ister the affairs of his office practically, thor- oughlv and efficiently, all of his action being based upon knowledge and experience, with- out dependence upon the recommendations of subordinates. That Portsmouth will be accorded the best of police protection under his rule is the consensus of opinion in the city, and all who know Mr. Broughton. his courageous, fearless attitude and his high conception of the duties of his office, feel that a more able leader could not have been chosen. .Among the members of the depart- ment there is likewise unanimous approval of his promotion, and internal harmony and cooperation will increase the value of his leadership, for as a patrolman he made many friends in the force, retained them in his rise to his present position, and is assured of their loval and steadfast support.

Like his father. Mr. Broughton is a com- rrainicant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Democrat in political faith, and is prominent in fraternal orders in the city, belonging to the Junior Order of United .American Mechanics, the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fra- ternal Order of Eagles, Tidewater Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ports- mouth Lodge, Knight of Pythias, and Mon- tauk Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men.

James Marion Broughton married, .April 18, 1894, Josie E. Heath, born May 9, iSjfi, daughter of Robert T. and Sarah (Rosen- thal) Heath, and has children: Estelle B., born May 16, 1895: Lillian M., born Janu- ary ig, 1897; Josie M., born December 24, 1899; Robert H., born February 2, 1902; Alma W., born February 24, 1904 ; Alice L.,

born .April 6, 1906: Sallie I., born October 5, 1907.

Rev. William Jackson Morton. The name Morton, Moreton.and Mortaigne, is earliest found in old Dauphine and is still existent ir France, where the family has occupied nianv important positions. In the annals of the family there is a statement repeatedly made that as the result of a quarrel one of the name migrated from Dauphine, first to Brittainy, thence to Normandy, where alli- ance was made with William the Conqueror. Certain it is that among the names of the followers of \\'illiam painted on the chancel ceiling in the ancient church of Dives in old Normandy is that of Robert Comte de Mor- tain. This name is also found on Battle Abbey Roll, in the Domesday Book and on Norman Rolls. It is conjectured that this Count Robert was the founder of the Eng- lish family of Morton. In the Bayeux tap- estry he is represented as of the council of \Villiam, the result of which was the Con- quest of England, Count Robert held manors in nearly every county in England, in all about eight hundred, among them Pevensea, where the Conqueror landed and where in 1087 Robert and his brother Odo, bishop of Bayeau, were besieged six weeks by \\'illiam Rufus. Here Camden (1551- 1628) found "the most entire remains of a Roman building to be seen in Britain." The family was prominent in England all down the centuries and gave to early .America some of its best blood. Prominent among these early comers were Thomas Morton, esquire, one of the most interesting his- torical characters of New England, Rev. Charles Morton Landgrave, Joseph Morton, ]3roprietary governor of South Carolina, and George Morton.

The progenitors of Rev. William Jackson Morton, rector of historic Christ Church, Alexandria, were eminent in Virginia on both maternal and paternal sides, his ma- ternal line, Buckner, tracing to Philip and Jane (Aylett) Buckner, of Lotiisa county, through his son Thomas (i), his son Thomas (2), born July 26, 1771, mar- ried, September 2, 1800, Lucy Fitzhugh, daughter of Henry Fitzhugh, of Bellair. Their daughter, Jane Richard Buckner, born November 12, 1808, married \\'illiam I. Dickenson, of "Chestnut \'allev," Caroline