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Virginia to settle the direct tax with the United States government refunded to Virginia in 1892-93; in 1895 he was chosen chairman of the commission for the settlement of the old debt of the original state of Virginia with the state of Virginia. He was chairman of the county Democratic committee for some years, and served as chairman of the board of supervisors of Albemarle county for about twelve years. Mr. Moon married, March 20, 1878, Marion Gordon Dabney, a daughter of William S. Dabney, of "Dunlora," Albemarle county, and his wife, Susan Fitzhugh Gordon.

Wickham, Henry Taylor, born at "Hickory Hill," Hanover county, Virginia, De- cember 17, 1849, son of Gen. Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor, his wife. He attended the schools in the neighborhood of his home and then entered Washington College (Washington and Lee University), presided over by Gen. Robert E. Lee, whence he was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1868. He completed his studies in the law department of the University of Virginia, under the instruction of Professor John B. Minor, and was graduated in 1870. In December of this year he began work in a lawyer's office in Richmond, rising in his profession until in 1874 he was made assistant attorney for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company, later becoming general solicitor for the road. He was elected to the house of delegates of Virginia in 1879. and in 1888 began his long career as state senator, in which he came to be looked upon as the leading member. He long strove for the settlement of the question of state debts and as chairman of the finance committee of the senate rendered efficient service to the state. His religious preference is for the Protestant Episcopal church, and he is a member of the Virginia Historical Society, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Hanover Troop Association. His home is the old family seat. "Hickory Hill." Senator Wickham married. December 17, 1885, Elsie Warwick Barksdale, of Richmond, Virginia, and has children.

Magill, Mary Tucker, born in Jefferson county, Virginia, August, 1832, daughter of Dr. Alfred Thruston Magill and Anne Evalina Hunter, daughter of Judge Henry St. George Tucker; she was educated at Richmond and at the University of Virginia, where her father was professor of medicine. After the war she established, with her mother, a boarding school at Winchester. Virginia. She contributed sketches to periodicals and corresponded with various newspapers, and was the author of "The Holcombes," a story of Virginia home life; "Women, or Chronicles of the Late War:" a "School History of Virginia," generally used in the public schools of the state; and "Pantomimes, or Wordless Poems."

Taylor, George Boardman, born in Richmond, Virginia, December 27, 1832; graduated at Richmond College, taught for a short time, and then studied three years at the University of Virginia, also serving as pastor of two Baptist churches in the vicinity. He was pastor two years in Baltimore. Maryland, then for twelve years at Staunton, Virginia, leaving his church in 1862 to serve as chaplain of Stonewall Jackson's corps. Afterwards he was post-chaplain, in conjunction with his pastorate. In 1869 he became chaplain of the University of Virginia for two years, after which he returned