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ill that city ever since, except when attend- ing to mining interests in Alaska and Mex- ico. Mr. Goode is a member of the Asso- ciation of the Bar, New York; is a Demo- crat in politics ; and in religion is affiliated with the Protestant Episcopal church.

He married, October 24. 1888, Lila, daugh- ter of Major W. Stuart Symington, a mem- ber of General Pickett's stafi" in the Con- federate army during the Civil war. Her mother, Lila (Powers) Symington, was a daughter of the Rev. Pike Powers, of Rich- mond, Virginia, and was born at Baltimore, Maryland, September 8, 1868. The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Breckinbridge (joode are : Lila Symington, born in Loudoun coun- t}-. Virginia, August 2, 1889. married Robert E. L. Taylor, son of Colonel Walter Taylor, who was on the staiif of General Robert E. Lee, in the Civil war, their children being Robert E. L., Jr., and Stuart Symington ; John, born at Bedford City, \'irginia, Febru- ary 2, 1892. died May, 1904; Clara Randall, born at Bedford City, Virginia, March 8, 1893; Stuart Symington, born at Coeurd Alene, Idaho, November 28, 1898.

Samuel Henry Cottrell. Samuel Henry Cottrell, of Richmond, Virginia, is a de- scendant of an old family in the state, found- ed in colonial days. His ancestor, Richard Cottrell, married for his first wife an Indian maid. Judith Smith, at Jamestown Island, \"irginia. His second wife was a Miss Alley. Peter Cottrell, son of Richard Cottrell, mar- ried Susanna Shepard, and they were the parents of Samuel Cottrell, who married Elizabeth Cottrell. Benjamin Cottrell, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cottrell, resided near Richmond. He was born about 1820, and married .\nn O. Drewr}-, born about 1825. They had children : George W., Sophia Elizabeth and Samuel Henry.

Samuel Henry Cottrell was born July 13, 1S50, near Richmond, Virginia, and attended the public schools in early life. He was asso- ciated with his granduncle, George Davis, until Mr. Davis was killed, in the coal busi- ness. After his death Mr. Cottrell, with his two eldest sons, carried on the same busi- ness in Richmond. His son is now asso- ciated with him in the conduct of the busi- ness, under the style of Samuel H. Cottrell &• Son. Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell had eight children, of whom seven are now living: i. Marion, married Dr. William J. West, and

has a daughter Marion. 2. Walker C, mar- ried Inez Weisier, and has a son. Walker C, Jr. 3. Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Harry Fletcher White ; has two children : Samuel Cottrell and Harry F., Jr. 4. Julia C, mar- ried Dr. Joseph D. Collins. 5. Emmett D., married Emily Blake. 6. Robert Stuart, married Bessie Herbert. 7. Lelia, resides with her parents. Mr. Cottrell is a Demo- crat in politics, but takes little part in pub- lic affairs, and is a regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a mem- ber of the great Masonic order, affiliated with Fraternal Lodge, No. 53, and is a past grand of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Cottrell is a man of modest and retiring nature, but is known to those who enjoy his acquaintance as a man of high moral principles and lov- able character.

Harry O. Nichols. Incumbent of an impor- tant position from which death removed his honored father, Reuben D. Nichols, that of high constable of Norfolk. Harry O. Nichols is one of the most popular members of Nor- folk's present civil administration, and capa- bly discharges the duties of the ofifice that he has held for the past eight years. Reu- ben D. Nichols, a native of Richmond, Vir- ginia, was a veteran of the war between the states, and at the front in the Confederate States army achieved a military record that will long live to the credit of the family name. Returning from Southern battlefields to his home, he then established in business in Norfolk, Virginia, being elected to the office of high constable and serving until his death. His wife, Hannah M. (Wool- forth) Nichols, bore him six daughters and two sons, six of whom survive. Harry O. the only living son.

Harry O. Nichols, son of Reuben D. and Hannah M. (Woolforth) Nichols, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and there attended the ]3ublic schools. When his studies in these institutions were completed he took a course in one of the business colleges of the city, and then began dealing in insurance, mak- ing the writing of fire policies his specialty. He was successful in this line, and so con- tinued until his father's death, when he was elected to succeed the elder Nichols as high constable of Norfolk. Under the old law governing the office he served two terms each of two vears' duration, his third term,