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of a new diocese, \'irginia being divided into a northern and a southern diocese. In 1893 the Rt. Rev. Dr. Randolph took charge of the Southern \'irginia Diocese, and tills that position at this time. His diocesan organization is a strong one ; its constituent churches well able to stand alone and en- gaged in active work, and in the almost quarter of a century that he has labored in this field, he has seen his eft'orts bear good fruit. To educational work in this district he has especially devoted himself with beneficial effect, and he is now president of the Bishop Payne Divinity School, at Pe- tersburg, Virginia ; president of the board of trustees of St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School (Colored), at Lawrenceville, Vir- ginia: president of the board of trustees of the Sweet Briar Institute, at Amherst, Vir- ginia.

Bishop Randolph's lifelong association with religious work in \'irginia has made his name one well-known and loved throughout the state. He is not only the head of the church in his diocese, but the leader in its works, the eagerly sought ad- viser of the clergy, and the beloved friend of the laity. Pastor and people alike revere him for his works, and their respect walks hand in hand with their love.

Bishop Randolph married, April 2"/, 1859, Sallie Griffith Hoxton, born January 25, 1840, daughter of Dr. William W. Hoxton, United States army, and his wife, Eliza Llewellyn Griffith, of Alexandria, Virginia. Children of Bishop Randolph and his wife, Sallie Griffith Hoxton: i. Robert Lee, M. D., born December i. i860, now a member of the stafi' of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, married Phoebe W'aite Eliot, and has Alfred Magill (2), Anne Stuart. Robert Lee, Jr., Phoebe Waite, Dorothea Winslow, and Middleton Eliot. 2. Eliza Llewellyn, born November iS, 1862, died August 9, 1910: married, January 12, 1886, James M. Ambler, and had Sallie H. and \'irginia M. 3. Mary Thur- ston, born July 6, 1865, died October 3, 1873. 4. Alfred' Magill, Jr., born March 27, 1868, married Elizabeth C. Pace, and has Alfred Pace and Virginia Carter. 5. Sallie Winslow, born February 9, 1870, died in 1891. 6. Evelyn Barton, married April 7,

1910, James F. Wright, and has Eliza Llewellyn Randolph, born September 26,

191 1. 7. Eleanor Colville, born July i, 1875,

married Theodore Stanford Garnett, and has Theodore. Eleanor, and Alfred Randolph. 8. Frances Hoxton, born January 7, 1878, married Richard Cornelius Ta}'lor, Jr,

Richard Cassius Lee Moncure. Since 1710. when John Moncure came to \^irginia from Scotland, the name Moncure has been prominent in \'irginia annals. He settled in the parish of Cleremont, Staft'ord county, established an estate and founded a family which has been of prominence in each suc- ceeding generation. He married Frances, daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown, of Charles county. Maryland: distinguished descend- ants were Rev. John Moncure, an eminent minister of the Established church; Judge Richard Cassius Lee Moncure, of the Vir- ginia court of appeals : Major Thomas Jef- ferson Moncure, a brave officer of the Con- federacy, who charged with Pickett at Gettysburg and performed other valiant service for the cause, and many, many others in every walk of life. Those named were great-great-grandfather, maternal grand- father and father of Richard Cassius Lee Moncure, of Fredericksburg. Virginia, a present day worth}- descendant of worthy sires. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure is a son of Thomas Jefferson Moncure, and a grandson of William Augustus Moncure, born in Stafford county. Virginia, who served in the \'irginia senate from Caroline county and was the second auditor. He married Lucy Gatewood, of Caroline county, also of a distinguished Virginia family, who bore him ten children, one of whom was Major Thomas Jefferson Mon- cure.

Major Thomas Jefferson Moncure was Lorn in Caroline county, Virginia, Novem- ber 12. 1832. lived an honored and useful life of eighty } ears that was accidently ter- minated August 28, 1912. He was a grad- uate of Virginia ■Military Institute, class of 1853, and for two years thereafter taught in Fredericksburg schools. He then entered upon his long and successful career as a civil engineer, a profession he followed, save for military service, until his retire- ment in 1892. His first work as an engi- neer was in the location and construction of the Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad, extending from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House. He was next engaged on government work in the northwest until the