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of John L. Tucker, of Dinvviddie county ; William Elliott, a cotton planter of Sidon, Mississippi. Margaret Ann (Boiling) Jones, is a daughter of John Boiling, a native of Brunswick county, Virginia, who died in Texas at the age of ninety-four years. His wife was a Meade of Brunswick county, and they had four children, the only one of whom now living is Mrs. Thomas F. Jones, as above noted. There were three sons : Robert, Thomas and William.

Dr. John Boiling Jones, son of Thomas T. and Margaret Ann (Boiling) Jones, was born February 27, 1871, in Dinwiddle county, Virginia, and attended private schools there until seventeen years of age. At the age of eighteen he went to Massa- chusetts, where he attended the Mount Her- mon School, following which he entered the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1893, with the degree of M. D. In 1893-94 he was resident physician at the Good Samaritan Hospital of Petersburg, and from 1894 to 1897 engaged in the practice of his profession in Chesterfield county, Virginia. He removed to Petersburg in 1897, and is now engaged in the general practice of medi- cine and surgery, with office and residence on High street. Dr. Jones is associated with many professional organizations, including the Petersburg Medical Faculty, the oldest medical society in the United States. He is also a member of the South Side Medi- cal Society, the County Medical Society, Virginia State Medical Societ}-, Southern Medical Association, and .A.merican Medical Association. He is also a member of the Presbyterian church of Petersburg. He married, m Clinton, South Carolina, July 7, 1896, Jane Barksdale Duckett, a native of South Carolina, daughter of Captain Thomas T. Duckett, who gained his military rank in the Confederate army, was many years a merchant of Laurens county, South Caro- lina, and now resides in Clinton, that state, retired trom active life. His wife was Clara Saxton Barksdale, now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Jones have the following children: Herbert Claiborne, Thomas Duckett, John Boiling, Jean Barksdale, Margaret Boiling. Elliott Jacobs, Clara Elizabeth, and Francis Randolph.

William E. Rouse. William E. Rouse, the principal undertaker of Newport News,

i.^ a grandson of Mordecai Booth Rouse, who was a prosperous planter in King and Oueen county, Virginia, and lost his life through his kindness to an enemy. During the Civil war he found a Union soldier ill with fever in his field, and took him to his home and nursed him. In this way he con- tracted the fever and himself died before the beneficiary of his kindness. Mr. Rouse was a faithful member of the Baptist church, and politically a Democrat. He married Marie Rowe, of Essex county, Virginia, and they had children : Martha, William G., John, Booth, Cornelia and Emma.

William G. Rouse, eldest son of Mordecai Booth and Marie (Rowe) Rouse, was born 1833, in King and Queen county, Virginia, and died March 3, 1905. He attended a business college at Elliotts, and afterwards settled at Smithfield. Virginia, where he engaged in the manufacture of furniture, and also conducted an undertaking busi- ness. At the outbreak of the war between the states he enlisted in the Smithfield Com- pany and served throughout the war. After this he resumed his business at Smithfield. in which he continued until advancing years kd him to retire. He was a Methodist in religious belief, a member of the ]\Iasonic fraternity, and in politics, like most of his contemporaries, a Democrat. He married Martha, daughter of David Archer, of Nansemond county, Virginia. They had children: I. Eva, married John Noel. 2. Ruth, married C. F. Nelms. and had chil- aren : Ruth, wife of Coles Hutchins ; Wil- liam Gaston, Frank, Claude Jordon, and Preston. 3. William Elmore, of further mention. 4. Sallie, married Elvin Hutchins, of Portsmouth, Virginia, and was the mother of Mary and Elvin, Jr. . 3. Mattie, became the wife of William Joyner, and the mother of William Rouse and Elizabeth Joyner.

William Elmore Rouse, only son of Wil- liam G. and Martha (.Archer) Rouse, was born July 26. 1868, in Smithfield, where he received his education in the public schools, and was afterward, for a period of five years, associated with his father in business. He located at Newport News. Februarv 5, 1888, and established an undertaking business, and in 1905 engaged in the manufacture of undertaking supplies, which has grown to a large extent. He is a member of Bermond Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,