VIRGIXIA BIOGRAPHY
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F. Alarbury, was born in Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, in 1818, died in 1900. His business
life was passed in connection with many of
the important enterprises and undertakings
of the day, and he was at one time cashier
of a branch of the old Farmers' State Bank,
of Richmond, Virginia, located in Alexan-
dria, \'irginia, also holding prominent place
in railroading circles as treasurer of the
Orange & Manassas Railroad and of the
Virginia Midland Railroad. He subse-
quently became associated with the South-
ern Railroad in the capacity of assistant
treasurer, so continuing for many years. Al-
though he never joined the army of the Con-
federacy, his sympathy and co-operation
with the Confederate cause was so public
a matter that during that conflict he was
seized and imprisoned in Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, so that the Southern
cause would be deprived of his valuable
service in securing funds to carry on the
war and would lack whatever other assist-
ance his staunch patriotism would induce
him to lend. He was a man of deserved
popularity among a wide range of friends,
and there were those elements in his life
that made intercourse with him not only a
passing pleasure but a source of inspir-
ation that endured for hours and days, so
upright and exemplary was the course he
trod. He married Anna Tyler, daughter of
Thomas E. Baird, a descendant of the Tyler
family that numbers among its members
John Tyler, tenth president of the United
States, and Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, president of
William and Mary College. Children of
William Henry and Anna Tyler (Baird)
Marbury : i. Alice Virginia, born in Alex-
andria, married Thomas B. Browning, of
New York, and has two daughters, Alice
and Emma. 2. Anna T., born in Alexan-
dria, unmarried. 3. Francis F., of whom
further. 4. Leonard, born in Alexandria,
state attorney, married Clara F. Davis, and
is the father of William Henry and Leon-
ard. 5. Eliza H., born in Alexandria, un-
married. 6. Mary, born in Alexandria, mar-
ried Warren P. Taylor, of Richmond, Vir-
ginia.
I'rancis F. Marbury, son of William Henry and Anna Tyler (Baird) Marbury, was born in Alexandria, Virginia, Novem- ber 5, 1853. He attended private schools in his native city, and with his preparatory studies completed accepted a position in the
engineering department of the Lynchburg
cV Danville Railroad. He then went to
Central America as a member of the engi-
neering corps of the Costa Rica Railroad,
and after spending four years in that coun-
try returned to Virginia, in 1872, taking a
special course of study in Roanoke College.
In 1874 he entered upon a twelve year term
of service as paymaster of the Virginia
Midland Railroad, leaving that employ
when the road changed hands. Since 1900
Mr. Marbury has conducted real estate
dealings in his native city and has also been
interested in retail trade in coal and wood
in the same place, realizing profitable re-
turns from both lines. His father's death
causing a vacancy in the board of aldermen
of Alexandria, the younger Marbury was
elected to that position, and two years later
became president of the board, an office that
had previously been graced by William
Henry Marbury. Mr. Marbury's term of
office expired on September i, 1914. The
worthy example of the first of the name to
hold membership in this body has been a
guiding light for the second, and although
difference in conditions has brought a dif-
ference in problems and in the presentation
of duty, the right has ever been the stand-
ard to which both have clung. Mr. Mar-
bury's fraternity is the Masonic order, in
which he belongs to Washington- Alexan-
dria Lodge, No. 22, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, and he is also a member of
.Alexandria Lodge, No. 758, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. During the
Spanish- American war he was first lieuten-
ant in Company F, Third Regiment Vir-
ginia X'olunteer Infantry, and has again
jjeen a member thereof since 1903. His
church is St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal,
and politically he has always been an ad-
herent of the Democratic party.
Julian Ruffin Beckwith, M. D., of Peters- Inirg, is descended from one of the most ancient English families, as well as one of the oldest in America, and is a grandson of a physician. The origin of the Beckwith family has been traced to Hugh de Male- bisse, a knight under William the Con- queror at the battle of Hastings. His son Hugh married Emma, daughter of William dfc Bray and Adelaide de Tonbridge, and they were the parents of Sir Simon de Male- bisse. Lord of Cowton in Craven. He mar-
