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Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. rew Kent troop of horse, on the I7th of April, 1861, as a private, and went to the front. He was three times disabled by wounds, and except when thus incapacitated, was with his company in all the battles of General Lee's army. He was made first lieutenant, and for the last years of the war was in command of his squadron of two companies, and was with General Lee at

Appomattox Court House. After the war . he settled in his old county, reviewed the law course, and was ad mitted to partnership by his father; and the law firm of Lacy and Son was only dissolved by the elevation of the junior member to the bench in 1870. He declined further ser vice on the bench in 1873, and was chosen that year to the House of Delegates of Vir ginia, to which he was elected for four terms; was on the committee of courts of justice every term until the last, when he was chosen Speaker of BENJAMIN the House of Del egates. While the Speaker, he was elected to the bench of the Circuit Court, in 1880; from which he resigned, in 1883, to go upon the Court of Appeals, where he is now serving. His opinions will be found in 77 Virginia Reports to 88 Virginia Reports, inclusive, and will attest the character of his service. When elected to the bench, he received every vote in the house over which he pre sided, and every vote but two, in the Senate, without regard to party lines. He still resides at his home in his native county, 53

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with his wife and three children. He is a Democrat, but does not concern himself actively in politics. Thomas T. Fauntleroy was born in Winchester, Va., Dec. 20, 1823. He is, maternally, a great-grandson of Col. Charles Mynn Thurston, and a grandson of Col. Charles Magill, — eminent Virgin ians and officers in the Revolutionary War. His father was Gen. ., Thomas T. Fauntle roy, a son and citi zen of Virginia, who promptly resigned his commission as colo nel of the ist United States Dragoons, at the call of his native State, and who was the ranking officer in 1 the line of the United States Army of all who sided with the South. i He was educated at the celebrated high school of Benjamin Hallowell in Alexan dria, Va., and gradu ated in the law class of 1844, at the Uni versity of Virginia, with John Thurston Thornton, John Page W. LACY. of Hanover, J. Ran dolph Tucker, John C. Rutherford, William C. Rives, Jr., and others, as his classmates. In 1847 he began the practice of law at the Winchester Bar; and in 1850 was elected Commonwealth's Attorney in the District Superior Court of Frederick County. In 1857 he was elected to represent Fred erick County in the Legislature. In 1859 he participated in the capture of John Brown and his followers at Harper's Ferry; and in 1861 was commissioned a lieuten ant in the military service of Virginia. Upon the passage of the " Sequestration