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secretary to President Madison, sold the Rockfish river plantation inherited from his father and in 1818 moved to the state of Illinois, taking with him all of his slaves, but gave them their freedom and settled them with their families on farms near Ed- wardsville ; he was appointed by President Monroe first governor of the territory of Illinois and was elected its second governor after the territory became a state ; in 1832 he moved to Philadelphia, and there married Sarah L. Roberts ; died in 1868 ; he had three children, one of them, Robert S., returning to Virginia, became a captain in the Con- federate army and fell at Roanoke Island in 1862. 6. Rebecca, married Richard Single- ton, of South Carolina. 7. Sarah; married Andrew Stevenson. 8. Mary Eliza, married Robert Carter. 9. Elizabeth. 10. Emily, married John Rutherford, of Richmond.

John (3) Coles, second son of John (2) and Rebecca Elizabeth (Tucker) Coles, died at "Estoutville," his country estate, in 1848. He married Selina Skipwith, of Mecklen- burg, and left three sons:- John (4), who lived near Warren, Virginia; Peyton Skip- with, of further mention; Tucker, who re- sided at "Viewmont."

Peyton Skipwith Coles, second son of John (3) and Selina (Skipwith) Coles, was born at the old Coles plantation, "Estout- ville," Albemarle county, Virginia, April i, 1826, died there in June, 1887. He inher- ited "Estoutville" from his father and there resided all his life. He married Julia Isa- etta Coles, his first cousin, daughter of Isaac A. and Julia Strieker (Rankin) Coles. They were the parents of the following children : Peyton Skipwith ; Selina Skip- with, deceased; Isaac A.; Julia Strieker, who married E. L. Mackenzie ; John E. ; Roberts; Edward; William Bedford; Striek- er, of whom further; Henry Aylett; Arthur Newbold. Julia Isaetta Coles was a mater- nal granddaughter of General John C. Strieker, of Maryland, a distinguished offi- cer of the revolution, who also in 1814 suc- cessfully defended Baltimore from attack by the British.

From these distinguished Virginia and Maryland families. Coles, Tuckers, Skip- with and Strieker, springs Dr. Strieker Coles, of the staff of Jefferson College. Phil- adelphia. He was born at "Estoutville," Albemarle county, Virginia, March 13, 1867, son of Peyton Skipwith and Julia Isaetta

(Coles) Coles, and is a descendant in the fifth American generation of John Coles, of Enniscorthy, Ireland and Hanover county, X'irginia, the founder of the American blanch of the family. He acquired his early education under home tutors and in a pri- vate school in Fauquier county, specializing in the studies bearing upon engineering, his choice being for that profession. But after a severe illness that caused the abandonment of his plans he entered Roanoke College, there spending two years. He then ma- triculated at the University of Virginia, but after one year abandoned classical study and began a course in the medical depart- ment of the university. In 1891 he located in Philadelphia, entering Jefferson Medical College in the fall of that year. He was graduated M. D. with the class of 1892 and during the following year served as resident physician at Jefferson Hospital. He was then appointed an assistant in the obstetrical department of the hospital, assistant in the same department of the Polyclinic Hospital, and chief assistant in the out-door depart- ment for the diseases of children at the Howard Hospital. In 1898 he was ap- pointed demonstrator of obstetrics and in 1902 clinical lecturer. During the period from graduation until 1902. as assistant ob- stetrician at Jefferson Maternity Hospital, Dr. Coles assisted in the delivery of nearly every case brought to the hospital, and ex- perience that gained him recognized pro- ficiency and that thoroughly fitted him for his life work. During this same period he also acted as assistant to Professor Edward P. Davis in his private practice. Appointed assistant professor of Obstetrics at Jefferson College in 1898, Dr. Coles is assistant ob- stetrician of the Philadelphia Hospital, is one of the lecturers of the Training School for Nurses connected with the latter insti- tution, visiting physician for Philadelphia Lying-In-Charity Hospital, and also con- ducts an extensive private and consultation practice. In addition to his professional duties. Dr. Coles has added largely to the literature of medicine, publishing many valuable articles in leading medical journals. These include: "Tubercular Bacilli in Hu- man Milk," "Posterior Rotation of the Oc- ciput in Vertex Presentation," "Transverse Position of the Child, with Prolapse of the Arm and Impaction," "Report of Three Cases of Cesarean Section — One Compli-