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PAGE, John Boardman, governor of Vermont, was born in Rutland, Vt., Feb. 25, 1826; son of Williamand Cynthia(Hickok)Page. He attended the public scliools and Burr & Burton seminary, and was employed in the bank at Rutland in 1842, succeeding his father as cashier and becoming president of the National bank of Rutland. He was interested in several railroad and transportation enterprises, as director, trus- tee and vice-president. He was treasurer of the Howe Scale Co.; a representative in the state legislature, 1852-5-4 and 1880, and state treasurer, 18G0-66, distributing nearly four mil- lions of dollars for military expenses. He was elected the thirty -first governor of Vermont in 1867 to succeed Paul Dillingham, and served till 1869. He died in Rutland, Vt., Oct. 24, 1885. PAGE, Mann, delegate, was born at "Rose- well," Gloucester (now Matthews) county, Va., about 1749; eldest sou of Mann and Ann Corbin (Tayloe) Page; grandson of Mann and Judith (Carter) Page, and of the Hon. Matthew and Mary (Mann) Page, and a descendant of Col. John and Alice (Luckin) Page. He was a half brother of Gov. John Page. He was graduated at the College of William and Mary; removed to Mansfield, Spottsylvania county, and was a delegate from Virginia to the Continental con- gress in 1777, with Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson and George Wythe. He was married, in 1776, to Mary, daughter of John Tayloe of Fredericksburg, Va. He died at Mansfield, Va., but the date could not be ascertained.

PAGE, Richard Channing Moore, physician, was born at Turkey Hill, Albemarle county, Va., Jan. 2, 1841; son of Dr. Mann and Jane Frances (Walker) Page; grandson of Maj. Carter and Mary (Gary) Page, and of Col. Francis and Jane (Byrd) Walker, and a descendant of Col. John and Alice (Luckin) Page. He attended the University of Virginia, 1860-61; entered the Confederate artillery in July 1861, and was promoted captain in April 1862. He commanded a battery in the principal battles of the Army of Northern Virginia and received a severe wound at Gettysburg. He was promoted major and assigned to duty as chief of artillery on the staff of Gen. John C. Breckinridge in October 1864, where he served until tiie clo.se of the war. He was graduated M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1867, and from the University of the City of New York in 1868. He was house physician in Bellevue hospital. New York, house surgeon in the Woman's hospital. New York, and professor of general medicine and diseases of the chest in the New York Polyclinic, 1885-98.

He was vice-president of the New York Academy of Medicine and an active member of other medical and scientific societies. He was married April 30, 1874, to Mary Elizabeth, daugliter of Stephen Fitch of Norwich, Conn., and widow of the Hon. R. H. Winslow of Westport, Conn. He contributed to the New York Medical Record and other periodicals, and is the author of: Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia (1882); Sketch of Page's Battery, Jackson's Corps, Lee's Army (1885); Chart on the Diseases of the Chest, Chart of Physical L>iagnosis (1885), and Practice of Medicine. He died in New York, June 19, 1898.

PAGE, Richard Lucian, naval officer, was born in Fairfield, Clark county, Va., Deo. 20, 1807; son of William Byrd and Anne (Lee) Page; grandson of Mann and Mary I\Iason (Selden) Page and of Richard Henry and Anne H. (Carter) Lee, and a descendant of Col. Jolin and Alice (Luckin) Page of Williamsburg, 1650. He attended the common schools of Clark county, and Alexandria, Va., and entered the U.S. navy in 1824. In 1861 he resigned from the Federal service and entered the Confederate army. He was appointed brigadier-general in 1863; took part in the fight at Port Royal and commanded Fort Morgan in Mobile bay at the time of its fall. In 1865 he retired to civil life and removed to Norfolk, Va. He was married Nov. 4, 1841, to Alexina, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Calvert) Taylor of Norfolk. He is the author of: The Defense of Fort Morgan in " Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," Vol. IV., pp. 408-10. He died at Blue Ridge, Summit, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

PAGE, Thomas Jefferson, naval officer, was born at Shelley, Gloucester (now Matthews) county^Va., Jan. 8, 1808; son of Mann and Eliza- beth (Nelson) Page; grandson of Gov. John and Frances (Burwell) Page; and of Gen. Thomas and Fannie Tinker (Houston) Nelson of York- town, Va., and a descendant of Col. John and Alice (Luckin) Page. He entered the U.S. navy as midsliipman Oct. 1, 1827; was promoted lieu- tenant, June 10, 1833, and captain, Sept. 14, 1855. He was married Nov. 8, 1839, to Benjamina, daugliter of Benjamin Price of Loudoun county, Va. For several years he was employed on the coa.st survey, and later he sailed around the world in the Dolphin. On his return lie suggested a plan for the sui-vey of the China seas, for which congress made an appropriation, and in 1852, when John P. Kennedy became secretary of the navy and the expedition was enlarged, Com. Matthew Perry being appointed to the command, Lieut. Page was offered the secon<l place, which he declined. He was given command of an expedition for the exploration of the tributaries of the Rio de la Plata and adjacent countries, in 1853. While pursuing his mission he returned a