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Payne, born in Prince \\'illiam county. \'ir- ginia, engaged in drug-dealing. 2. Lucy Lyons, born in I'auquier count_y. Virginia. 3 Robert King, born in P'auquier county. Virginia, a civil engineer. 4. Isabella Green, born in Fauquier county. \'irginia, married George Stone Witmer. 5. IMary Frances, born in Fauquier county, \'irginia. married D. Harcourt Lees. 6. Ann Gordon, born in Fauquier countv. \irginia. resides at home.

James Iredell Jenkins. Edward Jenkins, grandfather of James Iredell Jenkins, was a son of ^^'illiam Jenkins, who fought in the battle of North Point, war of 1812. He passed his entire life engaged in mercantile pursuits in P.altimore. Alaryland, there mar- rying a Miss Elder. Edward Courtney Jenkins, son of Edward Jenkins, was born in r.altimore. Maryland, in 1840. died in Richmond. \'irginia. in 1890. He was edu- cated under private tutors in the city of his birth, and afterward completed an academic course in Loyola College, soon after his graduation enlisting in the Confederate States army. He was actively engaged throughout the four years of the war's con- tinuance, and at its close went to Richmond, \'irginia. where he immediately engaged in mercantile pursuits and followed this line until his retirement in 1883. His good works were not only done through organized so- cieties but when in his daily course he found need and want he personally came to the relief of those in misfortune, all of his kindly acts performed sincerely, quietly and with- out ostentation. In his private life his tastes ran much to literature and the drama, and hfc was the close friend of many of the most noted actors who graced the .American stage, among them Joseph Jefferson. Law- rence Piarrett and Edwin Booth. The fact that Mr. Jenkins was an amateur actor of no mean ability struck a common note be- tween them, and Mr. Jenkin's son, James Iredell Jenkins, is in possession of many personal letters exchanged between these talented gentleman and his father. Edward Courtney Jenkins was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He married. November 8. 1865. Frances Lenox, born in 1843. daughter of [ames Iredell and Marv P.. (Blount) Tredwell. The Tredwell fam'- ily is one of the oldest and most honored of North Carolina. James Iredell Tredwell having been a classmate of Samuel F. P>.

Morse, inventor of the electric telegraph, at Princeton College. Children of Edward Courtney and Frances Lenox (Tredwell) Jenkins : James Iredell, of whom further ; William Allen, born in 1875, married Mrs. Clara Beckley ; Annabelle. born in 1877. died in 1913, married William R. Martin, of Norfolk : Frances Lenox, born in 1883.

lames Iredell Jenkins, son of Edward Courtney and Frances Lenox (Tredwell) Jenkins, was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1866. He was educated at McGuire's school, and after the completion of his stud- ies he was until 1893 employed at clerical work, in that vear moving to Norfolk, \^ir- ginia. and there continuing in the same line until 1896. in which Aear Mr. Jenkins com- pleted plans and arrangements for the es- tablishment of the Jenkins Paint and Oil Company, which in that year came into ex- istence with Mr. Jenkins as president and treasurer and Edd Riddick as secretary. This business still continues (1914). Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Norfolk Cham- ber of Commerce, Ruth Lodge, No. 89, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Virginia Club. Borough Club. Pewter Platter Club, and Country Club. He is a lover and patron of music.

Mr. Jenkins married, April 12, 1898, Mary Louise, daughter of R. A. and Margaret K. (Cooke) Dobie, of Norfolk, \'irginia. and is the father of Mary Louisa, born in 1905, and Iredell, born in 1909.

Samuel Broders Moore, M. D. The pater- nal ancestors of Dr. Moore came to Vir- ginia from Waterford, Ireland, settling in Loudoun county. The name is a frequent and honored one in Virginia, many of the family serving in the revolution, war of 1812, war with Mexico and in the war be- tween the states. The professions have at- tracted many of the family, Dr. Samuel B. Moore, of Alexandria. Virginia, being a worthy present day representative. Fie is a son of \\'illiam Gill Moore, and a grandson of Samuel L. Moore, both farmers of Lou- doun county, Virginia.

William Gill Moore, son of Samuel L. and Sally ( Lewis ) Moore, was born in Loudoun county. Virginia, in 1824, died 1910. He was a farmer of Loudoun county all his life but during the war 1861-1865 served in the Confederate army, was wounded at the first battle of Manassas, a sword thrust piercing