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President Andrew Johnson in his impeach- ment trial. Children of Joseph Hartwell Cabell by first marriage : Philip Francis and Honoria Mnldrup, both born in Cincinnati. Child of second marriage : Mary Groesbeck. born July 25. mil, at Suffern, New York.

Robert Marion Ward. The ancestors of Robert Marion \\'ard were among the early settlers in the colony of Virginia. Promi- nently identified with the legal and medical professions at this time, members of the Ward family have in other generations held a like honorable position in public and pri- vate life.

George Ward, born at "Fleetwood," in Culpeper county, Virginia, in 1822, died in W'inchester, in March, 1902, was a son of Daniel and Mary (Fishback) Ward, his father having been a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Julia Ann, daughter of Oliver Funsten, who came from Belfast, Ire- land, to Clarke county, Virginia, in 1820. He was a lawyer and farmer, and during the existence of the old county court system he was for many years the presiding member of that court in Frederick county. For more than twenty years he represented that county in the house of delegates and in the senate.

Robert Marion Ward, son of George and Julia Ann (Funsten) Ward, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, April 15, 1861. After courses of instruction in public and private institutions he entered the University of Virginia in 1880, where for two years he was a student in the aca- demic schools. For several years thereafter he was principal of a high school in Fau- quier ; then entered the law school of the university. He was admitted to the bar of his native state in 1887, and the following year became owner and editor of the "Win- chester News," the publication of which he continued in connection with his legal prac- tice until 1896. Since 1888 he has been en- gaged in the practice of his profession, and during that time he has been much in the public service. From 1890 until 1894 he was the incumbent of the office of common- wealth's attorney, and the year following the expiration of his term in that office he was elected solicitor for the city of Winches- ter, which position he occupied for eight years. In 1907 Mr. Ward was the success- ful candidate of the Democratic party for state senator from the senatorial district

comprising the counties of Shenandoah and Frederick and the city of Winchester, and held his seat in the senate for four years. For several years past he has served as chairman of the city school board. Since 1907 Mr. Ward has been a member, with Flerbert Scaggs Larrick (q. v.), of the law firm of Ward & Larrick, with a large clien- tage extending throughout the valley coun- ties. Like many other members of the pro- fession in that section of the state he is inci- dentally engaged in farming and the culture of a commercial apple orchard.

He married, April 12, 1899, Emily Ridg- way, daughter of Colonel David and Susan (Meade) Fiuisten, of Alexandria. Virginia. In 1863, when incapacitated for active serv- ice in the field, Colonel Funsten was elected a member of the congress of the Confed- erate States. His wife was a granddaugh- ter of Colonel Richard Kidder Meade, father of Bishop William Meade, and a member of the personal staff of General George Washington throughout the war of the revo- lution.

George E. Moore. Business, honorable and well directed, has long been granted its proper place in the world, and it is the busy man who is the leader in all affairs. His fidelity to the duties by which his business is carried on is that whereby he is judged by his fellowmen, and the verdict is ren- dered in accordance with his accomplished purposes. In this respect George E. Moore, merchant and statesman, of Roanoke, Vir- ginia, has won the commendation and re- spect of all with whom he has come in con- tact. He is the son of William E. and Mary (Wilkinson) Moore, the former a prominent country merchant.

George E. Moore was born in Fluvanna county, Virginia. May 16, 1870. While in the public schools of his native county he mastered those branches of learning which prepared him for the practical duties of life. Upon the completion of his education, he became associated with his father in the business of the latter, remained with him for a period of two years, and then estab- lished himself in business independently, in Bedford, where he sold out in order to pur- chase the mercantile business of Miller & Brown in Roanoke. This was in 1892. and he has been identified with the business life of Roanoke since that time. Under his man- agement this has becoine the leading retail