Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in., by Adele Williams, undated. Location: Hearing Room B.

Born February 26, 1839 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Died August 20, 1900 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Elected by the General Assembly on January 6, 1894 to a term beginning January 1, 1895. Service terminated by death.

Education:

Washington College, B.A., 1861.
Read law with William S. Barton in Fredericksburg.

Professional career:

Private practice of law in Fredericksburg, Virginia (1867) and Halifax, Virginia (1868-1894).
Commonwealth’s attorney, Halifax County, Virginia, 1871-1894.
Contributor, revision of state code, 1887.

Military service:

Civil War (Confederate)

Further reading 

Sources:

Elected, Court of Appeals, Staunton Spectator, January 10, 1894, col. 1, retrieved on January 23, 2014; died, 98 Va., v and vi; obituary, Judge Riely Dead, Clarke Courier, (Berryville, Va.), August 23, 1900, col. 2, retrieved on February 24, 2014; birth, education, and military service, Report of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, August 6-7, 1901, 73-88; portrait, Ray O. Hummel, Jr., and Katherine M. Smith, Portraits and Statuary of Virginians Owned by the Virginia State Library, the Medical College of Virginia, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Other State Agencies (Richmond, Va.: The Virginia State Library, 1977), 103.