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Rev. Benjamin Brown, a noted divine of the Protestant Episcopal church. Children of Captain and Mrs. Herbert: i. Calder H., of whom further. 2. Jerome Pendleton, born April 12, 1872, died in October, 1906; was educated in the public schools and in Blacksburg College, from which latter in- stitution he was graduated, having com- pleted a course in draughting; prior to leav- ing college he was instructor of a class of thirty in work that he had previously covered, and he passed his active years in the United States navy yard at Portsmouth. 3. Richard Ainsworth, born November 29, 1875 ; a graduate of Blacksburg College, now a machinist : he is past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. 4. Ethel, born De- cember 24, 1880; married, February 10, 1905, James Todd, and has a son James Jr., born January 26, 1912.

Calder H. Herbert, son of Captain Rich- ard Leander and Mary E. (Brown) Herbert, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, May 10, 1870. Beginning business life immediately after finishing his studies in the public schools, he was first employed in the Ports- mouth navy yard, where he mastered the trade of machinist. At this trade he was employed until his father's appointment to the ofifice of postmaster of Portsmouth, when he became assistant, serving in that capacity from 1894 to 1898, and upon his re- tirement from office began business as an ice cream manufacturer. In this business he has prospered, his oroducts widely fav- ored and highly popular, and has built up a trade of pleasing and profitable dimensions, the purity of his manufactures and the ex- cellent sanitary conditions under which they are made being strong arguments to discriminating dealers.

A Democrat in political action, Mr. Her- bert was elected to common council as the candidate of his party, and for two years held the office of vice-president of that body. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and is past consul commander of the Woodmen of the World. For twenty-five years Mr. Her- bert was a member of the Owens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, but was elected to the official board of the Wright Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church and administered its material affairs as treasurer when he united with the church. A man of

deep religious convictions and ever ready for service along this line, Mr. Herbert con- tents himself with deeds and actions rather than rehearsal of intentions, and supports all of the church organizations with all the means at his disposal. He has selected his interests with fine regard for their worth, and carries into all departments of his ac- tivity the inspiration and strength derived from his close relations with church work, living the creed he thus endorses.

Mr. Herbert married (first) October 30, 1894, Rosa Lee Smith, born in March, 1872, died in October, 1910, and had children: \'ernon Dabney, born May 29, 1897; Calder Smith, born October 29, 1899; Lucille S., born June 22, 1903. He married (second) January 3, 1912, Annie Clay Bates, and has one daughter, Ethel Gurney, born Decem- ber 12, 1912.

Japheth Edward Rawls, M. D. Suffolk, the capital of Nansemond county, Virginia, with its railroads, peanut factories, saw mills, car shops, iron and brass works, knitting mills, etc., is a point demanding the ablest surgical skill to cope with the many mechanical appliances that constantly men- ace the persons of those employed in their operation. Since the year 1900 Dr. Rawls has been specializing in surgery at Suffolk, and during the fifteen years that have since elapsed, has ministered with firm touch and unfailing skill to many of these accidental cases, in addition to a large practice in gen- eral surgery and medicine. His reputation has spread far beyond local confines and his name is a familiar one in the medical world, through high official position in medical so- cieties and frequent articles in medical jour- nals.

Dr. Rawls is a grandson of Elisha and Margarett ("Peggy") (Jones) Rawds, of Floly Neck, Virginia, whose sons, Japheth and Luther, served in the Confederate army and both received wounds in battle. Luther Rawls, father of Dr. Rawds, was born at Holy Neck, \'irginia, June 2, 1835. He spent his active life there, engaged in farming, and yet sojourns on the old farm, rounding out a long, eventful and useful life. He was a private and flag bearer in Company K, Forty-first Regiment Virginia Infantry, was severely wounded in the shoulder, but after recover)^ returned to the army, serv- ing until the close of the war. He married.