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Second — That we tender to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy and in the dark hour of sorrow, command them to the tender care of our heavenly Father.

Third — That a copy of these resolutions be Sf,read upon the minutes, published in the Register, and a copy be sent to the bereaved family.

E. G. MOSELY, W. T. COUSINS, J. N. WYLLIE,

Committee.

Whereas, Our faithful friend and fellow-member, Orlando Wemple, has answered the final roll call of earth, and

Whereas, He was our active colleague and busi- ness associate for many years; now, therefore, be it resolved;

That we mourn his loss as a member of our body, who gave his time and efficient services thereto, so willingl}'. Also as a man of high ideals, lofty char- acter, unquestioned integrity and splendid example. We shall miss his genial presence and gentle man- ner, his wise counsel and advice, and his faithful and loyal service.

That we tender is bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy in their great loss and affliction; and the comfort that may be derived from a knowledge of his good name, his broad charity, his upright life, and "the love he bore his fellow man." With such a name and such a man, "all is well."

That these Resolutions be spread upon our min- utes, that a copy of same be sent to the family of the deceased, and that they be published in the Danville newspapers and "The Southern Tobacco Journal." The Board of Directors of

Danville Co-operative Warehouse Co.

Danville, Va., September 25, 1914.

Strieker Coles, M. D. The original estate of the Coles in .Albemarle county, Virginia, consisted of three thotisand acres, half of the tract granted to Francis Eppes in 1730, for which he received a patent. Francis Eppes devised the land to his sons. Richard and \\"illiam, who sold one-half of the grant to John Coles, but their deed was never ad- mitted to record because proved by only two witnesses. In 1777 Francis Eppes, son of Richard and grandson of Francis Eppes, the patentee, made a conveyance of the tract to John Coles and acknowledged it before two magistrates. The conveyance is as follows :

George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, etc., to John Coles.

Dated August 3, 1771. The Eleventh Year of Our Reign. Grants: Consideration Thirty Shillings. Tract of Land containing 270 acres in the County of Albemarle on the south side of Hardware River

on the branches of Beverdam and Eppes Creek and on the north side of Green Mountain.

Paying for every fifty acres of land and so pro- portionately for a less or greater quantity the rent of one shilling yearly to be paid on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel.

In Witness Whereof, we have caused these our Letter Patent to be made. Witness our trusty and well beloved William Nelson, Esq., President of our Council and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh, under the Seal of our said Colony. * * *

Seal annexed is a crown.

There were also three other grants to same party on same date, namely: One for 200 acres on Eppes and Totem Creeks; 225 acres on Totem Creek; 150 acres on the branches of Battengers and Totem Creeks.

This John Coles was a son of John Coles, who came from Enniscorthy, Ireland, in 1 710, to Hanover county, Virginia, where he married Mary Winston. He later lived in Richmond, Virginia, where being then a widower, he married a second wife, Silvano Skipwith. His children were: \\^alter. -Sarah, Mary, married John Payne and was th.e mother of Dorothy, wife of President James Madison,- John (2), Isaac, a member of congress from the Halifax county dis- trict.

John (2) Coles, son of John (i ) and Mary (Winston) Coles, was born in Hanover county, Virginia, died in Albemarle county, \'irginia, in 1808. He bought the three thousand acre tract in Albemarle previously mentioned and there resided until death, a prosperous planter. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Tucker, born in Jamestown, Vir- ginia, died in 1826. Children: i. Walter, a magistrate of Albemarle county, residing at "\\'ood\ille," where he died in 1854, aged eighty-two years; he married (first) Eliza, daughter of Bowler Cocke, of Turkey Island, (second) .Sarah, daughter of John Swan, of Powhatan. 2. John (3), of further mention. 3. Isaac A., a member of the Albe- marle bar, private secretary for a tiine to President Jefferson, and a member of the \"irginia house of delegates ; he married Mrs. Julia Strieker Rankin, widow of Chris- topher Rankin, and lived at his country es- tate, "Enniscorthy," named in honor of the home in Ireland; he died in 1841 ; his wife died in 1876. leaving two children, Julia Isaetta, married Peyton S. Coles, of further mention, and Strieker. 4. Tucker, a member of the \'irginia house of delegates ; married Helen Skipwith and died without issue in i86i at "Tallwood." 5. Edward, private