WILLIAM BONNIE DAUGHTRY 1874-1914 On June 13, 1874, at Franklin, Va., William Bonnie Daughtry was born, his parents being Thomas Daughtry and Cherry Carr. At the early age of about ten he united with the church, and when only sixteen years old was Superintendent of the Sunday school. He spent four sessions at Richmond College and two at Crozer Theological Seminary, graduating at Crozer in 1901. On December 26, 1899, at Beaver Dam Church, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, he was ordained to the gospel ministry, the presbytery being composed of these ministers: J. L. Lawless, J. F. Love, J. T. Bowden, and J. E. Jones. After being pastor for some two years and four months of the Eastville and Cape Charles Churches, Accomac Association, he became pastor in the Concord and Appomattox Associations, his churches being Blackstone, Jonesboro, Burkeville, and Bagby Memorial. His next work was also in the Concord Association, and, before he left Virginia to become pastor in North Carolina, he served these churches, in the Concord: Meherrin, Mt. Carmel, Tussekiah, Union Grove, Victoria, and Mt. Zion. After about two years at Plymouth, N. C., he accepted the care of the church at Tarboro, N. C. He preached only one sermon at Tarboro, when he was stricken down with pneumonia, and after an illness of one week passed away. His death occurred January 15, ' 1914. On Saturday, January 17, the body was laid to rest at the Beaver Dam Church, near Carrsville, Va., the funeral services being conducted by these ministers: G. C. Duncan, J. T. McCutcheon, W. T. Clark, and R. A. McFarland. His wife, to whom he was married November 27, 1901, and whose maiden name was Miss Della Poole (the daughter of Paschal and Henrietta Poole), and two children, William Bonnie and Henrietta, survive him. He was five feet, eleven and a half inches tall, and weighed from 165 to 175 pounds. His complexion was fair, his eyes and hair brown. Until his fatal illness his health was almost perfect. JOHN RICHARD THOMAS 1850-1914 Baltimore was the birthplace and for some years the home of John Richard Thomas. He first saw the light March 5, 1850. His educational preparation for life was secured at the public schools of the city of Baltimore. He was a Christian from an early age, being very active, for some time, in the Methodist Church. About 1884 he was baptized in the Riverside Church, Baltimore, by Rev. W. J. Nicoll. He served this church for several years as a deacon, and then entered the ministry. At the age of twenty-two he was married to Miss Elizabeth Durmn. She and six children survive him. In the church where he was baptized he was ordained, on January 8, 1893, and his first regular charge was the Nanjemoy Baptist Church, Charles County, Maryland. Here he labored successfully for more than seven years. It seems that his next field was in the Rappahannock Association, Virginia, being composed of these churches: Colonial Beach, Potomac, and Pope's Creek. After several years he seems to have returned to Maryland, and either now, or at the earlier residence, organized the Port Tobacco Church. "Through all kinds of weather this man of God ministered to the people of that village, driving fifteen miles each way twice a month, and receiving but meager financial support, but much joy in service." He was next pastor at Rio Grande, N. J., and he left this place to go to the church at East Georgia Plains, Vt. Then he returned to New Jersey, taking charge of the flock at Hornerstown. His health, which seems to have been frail, now failing, he returned to Colonial Beach. Here he ministered to the church once more, and then the end came, on February 3, 1914. His children are Mrs. Carrie E. Wheeler, Mrs. W. L. Southerland, Mrs. B. A. Southerland, Mr. J. R. Thomas, Jr., Prof. W. H. Thomas, and Rev. Charles E. Thomas. GEORGE FRANKLIN WILLIAMS 1833-1914 The Gallatin family, which gave so distinguished a son to American public life, boasted an ancestry running back to A. Atilius Callatinus, who was a Roman consul in 259 B. C. The Williams family, of which George Franklin Williams was a member, traces its genealogy through the Weeks' line back to 534 A. D., Alfred the Great and others, famous in English history, being among their ancestors. Mr. Williams was descended from the early settlers of New England, and had among his forbears these colonial governors: Hinkney, of Plymouth; Bishop, of New Haven; Dudley and Bradstreet, of Massachusetts. Anne Dudley, the daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, who married Simon Bradstreet (afterwards Governor of Massachusetts), and emigrated with him to New England, wrote poems which were published in London, in 1630, under the title, "The Tenth Muse.' This volume, which came out in a second edition (Boston, 1678), won for her the title of the first poetess in America. Members of the famous Cotton family, of New England, and of the Tufts family, that founded Tufts College, are also among Mr. Williams' ancestors. On the paternal side, the name John Williams runs back through four generations. His grandfather, John Williams, who lived from 1775 to 1834, was instrumental in building, in his town of Goshen, a Baptist Church, which he sustained as long as he lived. His paternal grandfather, Rev. Asa Todd, who was born in New Haven in 1756, was one of the three pioneer Baptist ministers of western New England. During the week he strapped his |