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F. Alarbury, was born in Alexandria, Vir- ginia, in 1818, died in 1900. His business life was passed in connection with many of the important enterprises and undertakings of the day, and he was at one time cashier of a branch of the old Farmers' State Bank, of Richmond, Virginia, located in Alexan- dria, \'irginia, also holding prominent place in railroading circles as treasurer of the Orange & Manassas Railroad and of the Virginia Midland Railroad. He subse- quently became associated with the South- ern Railroad in the capacity of assistant treasurer, so continuing for many years. Al- though he never joined the army of the Con- federacy, his sympathy and co-operation with the Confederate cause was so public a matter that during that conflict he was seized and imprisoned in Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, so that the Southern cause would be deprived of his valuable service in securing funds to carry on the war and would lack whatever other assist- ance his staunch patriotism would induce him to lend. He was a man of deserved popularity among a wide range of friends, and there were those elements in his life that made intercourse with him not only a passing pleasure but a source of inspir- ation that endured for hours and days, so upright and exemplary was the course he trod. He married Anna Tyler, daughter of Thomas E. Baird, a descendant of the Tyler family that numbers among its members John Tyler, tenth president of the United States, and Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, president of William and Mary College. Children of William Henry and Anna Tyler (Baird) Marbury : i. Alice Virginia, born in Alex- andria, married Thomas B. Browning, of New York, and has two daughters, Alice and Emma. 2. Anna T., born in Alexan- dria, unmarried. 3. Francis F., of whom further. 4. Leonard, born in Alexandria, state attorney, married Clara F. Davis, and is the father of William Henry and Leon- ard. 5. Eliza H., born in Alexandria, un- married. 6. Mary, born in Alexandria, mar- ried Warren P. Taylor, of Richmond, Vir- ginia.

I'rancis F. Marbury, son of William Henry and Anna Tyler (Baird) Marbury, was born in Alexandria, Virginia, Novem- ber 5, 1853. He attended private schools in his native city, and with his preparatory studies completed accepted a position in the

engineering department of the Lynchburg cV Danville Railroad. He then went to Central America as a member of the engi- neering corps of the Costa Rica Railroad, and after spending four years in that coun- try returned to Virginia, in 1872, taking a special course of study in Roanoke College. In 1874 he entered upon a twelve year term of service as paymaster of the Virginia Midland Railroad, leaving that employ when the road changed hands. Since 1900 Mr. Marbury has conducted real estate dealings in his native city and has also been interested in retail trade in coal and wood in the same place, realizing profitable re- turns from both lines. His father's death causing a vacancy in the board of aldermen of Alexandria, the younger Marbury was elected to that position, and two years later became president of the board, an office that had previously been graced by William Henry Marbury. Mr. Marbury's term of office expired on September i, 1914. The worthy example of the first of the name to hold membership in this body has been a guiding light for the second, and although difference in conditions has brought a dif- ference in problems and in the presentation of duty, the right has ever been the stand- ard to which both have clung. Mr. Mar- bury's fraternity is the Masonic order, in which he belongs to Washington- Alexan- dria Lodge, No. 22, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and he is also a member of .Alexandria Lodge, No. 758, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. During the Spanish- American war he was first lieuten- ant in Company F, Third Regiment Vir- ginia X'olunteer Infantry, and has again jjeen a member thereof since 1903. His church is St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal, and politically he has always been an ad- herent of the Democratic party.

Julian Ruffin Beckwith, M. D., of Peters- Inirg, is descended from one of the most ancient English families, as well as one of the oldest in America, and is a grandson of a physician. The origin of the Beckwith family has been traced to Hugh de Male- bisse, a knight under William the Con- queror at the battle of Hastings. His son Hugh married Emma, daughter of William dfc Bray and Adelaide de Tonbridge, and they were the parents of Sir Simon de Male- bisse. Lord of Cowton in Craven. He mar-