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tant Episcopal church and forms of the prayer book, and was a strict construction- ist. His funeral was attended by thirty clergymen, a fine tribute to the regard in which he was held by those who labored with him in the Christian ministry. Chil- dren of Rev. and Mrs. Hubard: i. James Leighton, born March 16, 1865; married, June ID, 1902, Elizabeth McDonald Lauder. 2. Tazewell Taylor, born October 20, 1866; married, November 12, 1895, Elizabeth Mal- lory Cannon, and has Tazewell Taylor, Jr., born May 24. 1902, and James Douglass, born ]\Iarch 31, 1910. 3. Taylor Holliday, born September 30, 1878, died July 28, 1879. Mrs. Hubard married (second) February 29, 1908, Henry Northrup Castle.

(V) Louisa Leonard Tajlor, daughter of Tazewell and Anna Robinson (Dickson) Taylor, was born July 25, 1853. Since its organization, twenty-five years ago, she has served as president of the women's auxiliary of the board of missions of the Protestant Episcopal church in the diocese of Southern \'irginia, and is the directress of the Nor- folk branch of the Association for the Pres- ervation of Virginia Antiquities. She mar- ried, in 1908, John D. Letcher, born in Lex- ington. Rockbridge county, Virginia, son of John and Mary Susan Letcher. He was graduated from the Virginia J\lilitary Insti- tute in the class of 1873, receiving from that institution the degree of Bachelor of Science, and from the University of Arkansas the de- gree of Civil Engineer. He became inter- ested in educational work, and for two years was an assistant professor at his alma mater, and was then successfully engaged at the following institutions : Mobile Military Academy ; Danville high school, of which he was principal ; University of Arkansas, and University of Oregon, and was also pro- fessor and acting president of the Oregon Agricultural College. At the University of Arkansas he filled the chair of civil engi- neering, and at the University of Oregon was professor of mathematics. He then re- tired from the pedagogical profession, and became chief engineer of the Ohio & North- western railroad, filling that position with the ability that comes of wide knowledge. He has been as successful in practical engi- neering as in his teaching of its principles, and at the head of the engineering depart- ment was a trusted employee of the Ohio & Northwestern railroad. Mr. Letcher

affiliates with Mountain City Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and is a communi- cant of the Protestant Episcopal church in Norfolk, Virginia.

Lee Ashby Gay. This is a familiar name in Southampton county. Virginia, father and son both native born sons, having spent many years in the public service of the county, the father as clerk of courts, the son as town of Franklin recorder.

\\illiam Gay, grandfather of Lee Ashby Gay, of Franklin, was a farmer in the county, and on the maternal side as well as the paternal side the family is an old and honored one. Littleton Allen Gay, son of A\'illiam Gay. was born in Southampton county, Virginia, in 1842, and died October 4, 1904. He was a farmer of his native county all his life, his term as clerk of courts and his service in the Confederate army be- ing the only interruptions. He was a lieu- tenant in Company D, Third Regiment Vir- ginia Infantry attached to Pickett's division of Longstreet's corps. He was wounded in one of the later battles of the war, having his knee cap shattered and was recuperating ill a hospital at Danville, Virginia, at the time of the surrender at Appomattox. After the war he returned to the farm, was later elected clerk of the circuit court, and for eight years most satisfactorily performed the duties connected with that office. He was a member of Gillette Camp. United Confederate Veterans ; a communicant of the Baptist church, and a man held in high esteem by all who knew him. He married Rosa Mary, daughter of Captain William Bryant. Lieutenant Gay had two brothers in the Confederate army, Joseph Powell Gay, who enlisted when but sixteen years of age, and \\'illiani Gay. also of Company A, who was killed in a skirmish with the Federals. A brother of Mrs. Gay, James Fenton Bryant, was also a Confederate sol- dier. Children of Littleton Allen and Rosa Mary Gay: i. Ann Betty, born in Franklin county, unmarried. 2. Joseph Barnum, born in Southampton county, \'irginia, in 1874. married Annie Lee Gardner and has a son. Joseph Barnum (2). 3. Rosa Mary, born in Southampton county, Virginia, married Benjamin Holt, and has a son Douglas. 4. Lee -Xshby, of whom forward.

Lee Ashby Gay, youngest son of Little- ton Allen and Rosa Mary (Bryant) Gay,