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major of the Second Regiment \'irgiiiia In- fantry, and as captain of a company of that regiment, resigning the rank of major to ac- cept the captaincy of the company, formerly known as the Culpeper County Minute-men, and commanded by his great-grandfather. Captain P'hilip Slaughter, during the revo- lution. JMajor Slaughter is a member of Fairfax Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Culpeper, Virginia; the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows ; the Knights of Pythias : Royal Arcanum, and the Catalpa Club of Culpeper. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.

He married, in June, 189S, Lucy Wil- liams, born in Culpeper county, Virginia, daughter of George M. and Gertrude (Long) Williams. Child, Gertrude Long Slaughter.

Felix Keegan, of Richmond, has been manager of the Lexington Hotel since 1905. This popular hostelry is controlled by the Lexington Hotel Company, of which Mr. Keegan is president and J. E. Donahue sec- retary. Its handsome and convenient build- ing was erected in the reconstruction days of Richmond, following the ravages of the civil war, and it was a pioneer in modern construction, setting the pace and pattern for improvements in its section of the city. It is a substantial and comely brick struc- ture of five stories, with two hundred rooms for guests, is conducted on both American and European plans, and furnishes temjior- ary homes for a vast multitude of people in the course of a year. Unlike many hotels, it has an air of homelike comfort, and every effort is made by its managers to keep up to that standard. To the oldtime residents of Richmond it is a dearly-loved landmark, and to the traveling public it is a haven of rest and delightful headquarters. Mr. Kee- gan is a member of the Virginia Hotel As- sociation, and treasurer of the Richmond Hotel Association.

Charles Evans Whitlock, Charles Evans W'hitlock, of Richmond, was one of the most prominent business men of that city, where his entire life was passed, and where he made a most remarkable record as a busi- ness man and citizen in the time given him to participate in life's work. At the time of his death he was a vestryman of St. James' Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond. He was universally esteemed for his up-

right character, his interest in the welfare of mankind, and his earnest endeavor to promote the same. He was born December 6, 1830, in Richmond, son of Richard Henry Whitlock, who was born December 3, 1797, son of Charles and Peninah Whitlock, and died January 29, 1861. Charles Whitlock died August 24, 1820, in Richmond. Jane Copeland (Jordan) Whitlock, wife of Rich- ard H. Whitlock, was the daughter of Rob- ert Jordan, who died January 14, 1824, and his wife Elizabeth. Richard H. Whitlock was a lumber merchant and manufacturer, a man of untiring energy, splendid judgment and unswerving integrity.

Reared under the best of associations and the influence of a good mother, Charles E. Whitlock received an excellent educa- tion, and justified in every way the con- fidence reposed in him by his parents and his fellow citizens. His influence in the direction of moral elevation and sound busi- ness principles will long be felt in the social and business circles of Richmond, where his useful life was passed, and where he died. He married, April, 1879, Elizabeth B., daugh- ter of Albert M. Aiken, of "Varina," Vir- ginia, granddaughter of Pleasant Aiken, of Petersburg, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Whit- lock were the parents of three children : Elizabeth B., wife of a Mr. Bird; Lulie W.. Mrs. Netting, and Charles E. Whitlock.

John Warwick Rust. The name Rust has figured in Virginia history since about the year 1650, W'illiam Rust, the founder of the family in this state, settling at about that date in what is now known as Northumber- land count}-. He was a renowned hunter and Indian fighter. John Warwick Rust, of Fairfax Court House, Virginia, a twen- tieth century representative of the family, is a lineal descendant of William Rust, the pioneer settler, and through maternal lines traces to other prominent families of the South, including the Marshalls, Ashbys, and McKays.

The earliest records of the Rust family in England are in Norfolk county, of Hugh Rust, in 1312, of Thomas and Robert Rust, in 1379, and of Peter Rust, in 1655. The will of William Rust is recorded in West- moreland county, Virginia, and is dated March 18, i6g6, and probated July 28, 1697; his wife is named as ^Iargaret and the docu- ment is witnessed by George Rust. The children named in the will are William,