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descendant married Charles Carter Lee, brother of General Robert E. Lee, and an- other a brother of Bishop Whittle, of Vir- ginia. In fact, by intermarriage descend- ants of James Taylor, the emigrant, are con- nected with many of the early southern families.

John Taylor, horn in 1696, tenth child of James Taylor, the emigrant, was twice mar- ried, (first) to a Miss Pendleton, (second) to a Aliss Thomas, and had ten children. His eldest child was George Edmund Tay- lor, who married Ann Lewis, daughter of Colonel Lewis, of Goochland county, Vir- ginia. Colonel Lewis commanded an expe- dition against the Cherokee Indians, and it is supposed that his son-in-law accompanied him. Colonel Charles Lewis was a son of Colonel John (2) Lewis, of Gloucester county, Virginia, and grandson of Colonel John (i) Lewis, both father and son mem- bers of council and of a distinguished Welsh family. Colonel John (2) Lewis married Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Warner, who gave his daughter "Warner Hall."

George Edmund Taylor married twice and had nine children. The eldest son by his first wife (Ann Lewis) was Edmund Taylor, born August 16, 1741, died January 28, 1822. He married. May 16, 1771, Ann Day, born March 18, 1753, died July 13, 1835, daughter of Major Day, of the revolu- tion, as stated. Children of Edmund and Ann Taylor: i. Sarah, born February 28, 1772, died December 20, 1850; married Major William Winston, of Hanover, Vir- ginia. 2. Ann, died young. 3. Elizabeth, born March 3, 1776, died 1858; married Samuel Redd, of Hanover. 4. Mary, born September 24, 1778, died April 18, 1854; married Christopher Tompkins, of Rich- mond, Virginia. 5. William Day, born April 14, 1781. died May 5, 1858 : married (first) Sally Burnley, (second) Eliza Mar- shall. 6. Fanny, born March 13, 1783, died May 10, 1862; married Harry Tompkins, of previous mention. 7. Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund, born April 11, 1785, died Septem- ber, 1823; married Frances Ann Richardson. 8. John I., born August 4, 1787, died Octo- ber 27, 1858; married Lorenda Shepherd, of Hanover. 9. Emily H., born August 14, 1789. died January 11, 1873; married Dr. Charles Morris, of Hanover. 10. Lewis Walker, born December 22. 1791, died Octo- ber 3. 1827; married Elizabeth Berkley, of Hanover. 11. Francis Goode, born Septem-

ber 8, 1794; married Ann Shepherd, of Han- over.

Fanny Taylor, sixth child and fifth daugh- ter of Edmund and Ann (Day) Taylor, mar- ried Harry Tompkins, of Richmond, Vir- ginia. Their son, Edmund William Tomp- kins, married Julia Mosby Burton.

Ellen Gertrude Tompkins, daughter of Edmund William and Julia Mosby (Burton) Tompkins, married John Boulware Kidd, of pre\-ious mention.

In her younger years Mrs. Kidd discov- ered that the pickles she put up in her home seemed to be specially enjoyed by her vis- itors, and conceived the idea of adding to her pin money by making and selling them for a few of her friends. This she did, call- ing them "Pin Money" pickles. The de- mand for them so increased that she decided to enter the business regularly and manu- facture for the general market. She began with a small plant which has grown to one of large proportions located at 1500 Mar- shall street, Richmond, and "Pin Money" pickles are sold literally "all the world over," as well known in New York, London, Hong Kong and other large cities of the world as in Richmond. Mrs. Kidd continued the business all through her married life and is yet proprietor and manager. Her sons are her assistants, but the business she estab- lished, built up and has always managed, is solely her own. To say that she is a wise woman of affairs, possessing great execu- tive ability, courage, energy and initiative, would be superfluous ; the large plant and business she founded, developed and man- ages, speaking louder than tongue or pen. Her residence is "The Shenandoah," an apartment building that is one of her in- vestments.

Walter Washington Foster. Walter Washington Foster, of Richmond, Virginia, was born February 22, 1857, at Norfolk, Virginia, a son of Joseph G. and Mary A. (Brownley) Foster. He attended the pub- lic schools of Norfolk, and at the age of six- teen years started out to learn the art of photography, in the studio of D. H. Ander- son, of New York. With a natural artistic sense and a keen interest in his work, he made rapid advancement, and acquired a thorough knowledge of all details pertain- ing to the photographic business. In 1881 he established himself in a studio at Rich- mond, and from that time to the present has