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1902. succeeding Richard Croker. In 1902 and 1903 he was chairman of the Demo- cratic congressional finance commission. He represented New York as commissioner at the St. Louis World's Fair, by appointment of Governor Odell. By appointment of President Roosevelt he acted as a member o- the board of visitors at the United States Xaval Academy in 1903. and he was also delegate to the national Democratic conven- tions of Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver and Baltimore, as well as being chairman of the New York state convention at Buffalo in 1906. Mr. Nixon was a delegate to the fourth Pan-American conference by appoint- ment of President Taft. This conference was held at Buenos Aires, Argentine. Later he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary on special mission to represent the United States at the Chilian centenary. Mr. Nixon is personally ac- quainted with many distinguished people on both sides of the Atlantic. He was re- ceived in special audience by Pope Pius the Tenth, and has also been presented in the same way to the Tsar of Russia and the King of England. Among the clubs and societies to which Mr. Nixon belong are the Union, Brook, National Democratic, Lawyers, Seneca, Coney Island Jockey, New York Yacht, Richmond County, Auto- mobile Club of America, Automobile Club of Staten Island, Rittenhouse (Philadelphia) Metropolitan, Army and Navy (Washing- ton), and a number of others. Mr. Nixon is very fond of traveling in summer on his fine yacht Loudoun, named after his native county in Virginia. He had two brothers, George H., who fought in Mosby's regi- ment, and William Westwood, who shared many of the tastes of their distinguished brother.

He married. January 29, 1891, Sally Lewis Wood, daughter of General L. B. and Mar- garet (Robertson) Wood, General Wood having been born in \'irginia, and his wife born in Scotland. ,Mrs. (Wood) Nixon was born at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1863, a direct descendant of General Andrew Lewis, of Virginia, and of Colonel James Wood, the founder of Winchester. Mrs. Nixon has been received by Pope Pius X. and King Edward \TI. in special audiences. There has been one child of the union, Stanhope Wood, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April I, 1894. Stanhope W. was appointed

secretary to his father on his South Amer- ican mission. Mr. Nixon has a home at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, and another at 22 East Fifty-third street. New York City. His business address is New Bruns- wick, New Jersey.

Gary Doran Wingfield. Cary Doran Wing- field, of Richmond, Virginia, passed away at his home in that city. March 24, 1914, in his sixtieth year. He was among the active business men of Richmond, and his demise was regretted by a large number of people in business, social and financial circles. He was born December 20, 1854, in Warren, Virginia. His baptismal name was derived from one of the early Virginia families, de- scended from Henry Cary, Baron Hunsdon, of England. Miles Cary, of Devonshire, England, was born in 1620, and came to Vir- ginia before 1646, settling in Warwick coun- ty. He married there Anne, daughter of Thomas Taylor, one of the pioneer settlers, and by gift or otherwise acquired an estate called "Magpie Swamp," which was for- merly the property of Thomas Taylor. He also held real estate in England. His son, Miles (2) Cary, m.arried Mary, daughter of Colonel William Wilson, of Hampton, Vir- ginia, and had a son. Colonel William Wil- son Cary. The latter had a wife Sarah, who survived him, and died in 1783. She is thought to have been a member of the ex- tinct but interesting family of Pate, of Glou- cester. It is known that Colonel Cary owned property in Gloucester, which was formerly the home of Major Thomas Pate. Colonel William Wilson Cary and his wife Sarah were the parents of Colonel Wil- liam Wilson Cary. of "Culeys" and "Gary's Brook." He married Sarah, daughter of Hon. John Blair, president of the council. Their daughter, Ann Cary. married Colonel Robert Carter Nicholas, and they were the parents of Captain Lewis Valentine Nich- olas, of "Aha Vista," Green Mountain, Al- bemarle county, Virginia. Captain Lewis Valentine Nicholas married Frances Harris, and had a daughter, Cary Anne Nicholas. She became the wife of Rev. Charles Wing- field, of Hanover and .'\lbemarle, and they were the parents of Dr. Charles Lewis Wing- field, a physician, who practiced for many years at Warren, Virginia, where he died in 1912, at the ripe age of eighty-four years. He was very widely esteemed, both as a