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fear, and General Fitzhugh Lee succeeded him. General Lee retired about a year before his term as Governor expired, was suc- ceeded by General John R. Cooke, who served until the time of his death, and the next president was Mr. N. V. Randolph, the incumbent.

The present board is as follows: Major N. V. Randolph, president; Lieutenant-Colonel A. L. Phillips, first vice-president; Major T. A. Brander, second vice-president; James B. Pace (president Planters National Bank), treasurer; Captain J. W. Pegrarn, secretary; Gov- ernor P. W. McKinney, A. W. Harman, Colonel Morton Marye, Judge Beverley R. Well ford, Colonel H. C. Jones, General W. H. Payne, Joseph W. Thomas, Colonel Archer Anderson, Major Lewis Ginter, Captain John Maxwell, Joseph B. McKenney, Judge E. C. Minor, Colonel John Murphy, Colonel J. W. White, James T. Gray, Colonel E. P. Reeve, Colonel Hugh R. Smith, Major W. A. Smoot, Captain Washington Taylor, Colonel J. H. Hume, Portsmouth; Colonel D. M. Lee, Fredericksburg; Captain R. M. Booker, Hamp- ton, Virginia ; Colonel Alexander W. Archer.

Executive Committee : Major T. A. Brander, Colonel John Murphy, Joseph W. Thomas.

GENERAL W. R. TERRY.

For some months after the opening of the Home the direct execu- tive officer was Captain James Pollard, the present adjutant. In the latter part of 1885 General William R. Terry was elected superinten- dent, and has held that position ever since, but on the 8th of Novem- ber, 1892, owing to physical infirmities, resulting from wounds received during the war, tendered his resignation, to take effect January ist next. General Terry was one of the most gallant officers in the Con- federate army. He was born in Liberty, Virginia, in 1827 and edu- cated at the Virginia Military Institute. At the breaking out of the war he entered the service as captain of cavalry, but was soon there- after promoted to the colonelcy of the Twenty-fourth Virginia regi- ment. In May, 1864, he was made a brigadier-general and was assigned to the command of Kemper's brigade, the former com- mander having been desperately and permanently disabled at Gettys- burg.