Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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XV. Va., whose father was Clerk ofthe County Court. They have no children. He savs, I have been fairly successful in a business way and am connected with a number Ofenterprises in that line as director and Officer. That is about all there is to it. JOHN NICHOLAS AMBLER, znd honor graduate, afterwards received the degree of A. Nl. from Hampden-Sidney On a mathematical thesis. Took a special course in Civil Engineering and Science at the Univ. of Ya. Later he spent a summer in thi' Scientific school OfHarvard. He has held various positions, as follows:- Draftsman C. and O. R. R. 'SS-'S9. Instructor in Math., Pantops Academy, '89-'9o. Professor Mathematics and Civil Engineering in Davis Military School, YVinston, N. C., QQO-'Q7. Wlhile here he was Engineer for several different corpora- tions. From here he went to Roanoke College. Salem, Va., where he remained during, the years ISQSYIQO6, serving successively as Instructor, Assistant Professor, Acting and Full Professor in Mathematics and Astromony. At this time he also held the position of Lecturer at Virginia College, City Engineer of Salem, and consulting engineer for a large number Of corporations throughout Virginia. In hlan., 1907, he went to Wlins- ton, N. C. as City Engineer and Superintendent OfYYater YVOrks, where he now resides. He is married and has several children. ROBT. CAMPBELL ANDERSON, immediately upon graduation, entered Union Theo. Seminary, Virginia, and took his degree there in 1390. Roanoke Presbytery licensed him Apr. 26th, QQO. In June, ,QO, took charge of church at San Angelo, Tex., where he was Ordained and installed by Central Texas Presbytery. Dec., '90, he was married to Miss Katie YValker, of Richmond, Va. In Feb., QQZ, his wife died and the following April he accepted the pastorate of Second Church, Roanoke, Va. NVhile pastor here Cin '95l he went to Scotland, taking a postgraduate course there in the Free Church College and Edinburgh University. In Nov., '96, he was again married to Miss Sadie K. Gaither of Charlotte, N. C. Became pastor in '98 of church at Shelleyville, Tenn. Remained here seven years, going then tO First Church, Gastonia, N. C., where he now labors with good success. XYILLIAM CUMMING BUCHANAN entered Union Theo. Seminary, Va., in '88, having taught one year after leaving college. Graduated in '91, While in Seminary took a postgraduate course at Hampden-Sidney College. He was licensed to preach by East Hanover Presbytery and Ordained as an Evangelist for the Foreign Mission field. XVas married in .QI to Miss Minnie Crump Of Arkansas, and went at once to their work in Japan. He was first located at Nagoya, but is now at Takamatsu. A few years ago he and his family were in this country on a furlough. He is doing an excellent work. JAMES PORTER HOLLADAY, upon leaving college, took up the duties of teaching. First, for a year in Bainbridge, Ga. and then another year at Savannah. After this he settled in business in Roanoke, Va., where he remained until his death in 1894. Yfhile there he was connected with the Second Presbyterian Church, of which his classmate, R. C. Anderson, was pastor. YYhen On a visit to his old home he was taken with typhoid fever and after a battle Of six weeks with this disease died in the 23th year of his age. T1-1OMAs THWEATT JONES left his home in Dinwiddie County, Ya., for Texas in Dec.,'87,where hewas employed byan unclewho lived On a ranch. The follow- ing summer he passed the public school examinations and was elected first assistant, 25

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8. HART, -IOHN M., Prince Edward County, Va. Lawyer, Roanoke, Va. Married. Q. HOPKINS. Wxi. B.. Charleston, W. Va. Lawyer. Judge, Corpus Christi, Tex. MarI'ied. Io. HENRY. ST.-XNHUPE, Charlotte County, Va. Taught Bethel Academy, Fau- quier County, Ya. IVas inclined to the Law, but have learned nothingofihis later years. Is great-grandson of! Patrick Henry. II. LEVVIS, GEO. WI., Ronceyerte, IV. Ya. Tutor at H.-S. Lawyer, Beverley NV. Ya. Went to .-Xrizona in broken health. Married. i 1 , 11. LINK, A. GIBSON, Duflields. W. Va. Minister. Pastorate: Strasburg, Va Unmarried. So there is still a missing Link. I3. MCFADEN. Frank T., I-Iarper's Ferry, VV. Va. Minister. Pastorates: Mar- ion, Lynchburg, and Richmond, Va. Married. I+. IVICIQELXVAY. ALEX. -I., Charlotte County, Va. Minister. Taught two years. Pastorates: Smithfield and Fayetteville, N. C. Editor Presbyterian Standard. Southern Anti-Child Labor Bureau. P. O., Decatur, Ga. Married. I5 IYIORTON, FRANK W. Taught several years. Professor So. IVest Presby. University, Clarksville. Tenn. Lawyer, Pulaski, Va. lVIarried. I6. ITNVEN, CLENIENT C.. Halifax County, Ya. Minister and Physician. Mis- sionary in Korea. P. O., Kwangju. Korea. Married. 17. XVI-IITE, HUGH .-X., Nloorefield. YY. Ya. Lawyer. Martinsburg, VV. Va.g Buena Vista, Ya.: now Lexington, Ya. Nlarried. I8. Worr. BERNARD L., Hampden-Sidney, Ya. Physician, Atlanta, Ga. Mar- ried. IQ. XYOODXVORTH, ROBERT B.. Burlington, W. Va. Taught several years. Minis- ter. Pastor at Difhelds, XV. Ya. Now with Carnegie Steel Works, Alleghany, Pa. MaI'I'ied. History of tht flags uf 1887 -159 IR. Clshlin white tE?amp0rn:,isIUntg Gnlltge, Ba. This class was unusually large at the outset: numbering 26 in the Sophomore year and 30 in the -Iunior, but dwindling finally to I4 in the number graduating. Ofithese I4 the facts here given are a brief' history since 1887. Ioi-IN CARY ALDERSON. first known graduate. became Fellow and Instructor in taking his A. M. at the same time. For one session he taught school near Lewisburg, XY. Ya. In the fiall of '89 he entered the Law school of' the Univ. of Va., graduating in Junefqo. He located the next fall in Logan, YY. Ya., and prac- ticed his prof'ession,as he says, 'Amore or less successfully until January, IQOO, when he organized the Guyan Valley Bank, of' which he was elected cashier and which po- sition he still holds. In 1894 he was married to Miss Julia Altizer of' Logan Co.. 2+

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in the Fdna school. After teaching three months he was taken ill with typhoid fever and died Dec. Iggth, '88, just a year from the time he left home. This is a short record, but his life was lived nobly and a pure spirit was he. ROBERT EDWARD MOORE taught school for two years after leaving college. First in Richmond in Miss 'lohnstone's school for young ladies. Next at Peachtree, Alabama. In the fall of '39 he entered Union Theo. Seminary, Virginia, and graduated there in 'oz. The summer of .QI he preached at South Plains Church in Albemarle County, Va. After graduation he found his health failing and took up teaching in the University of Florida, hoping that the mild climate there would build up his strength and he could then go to preaching. But this hope was not well founded. He died there from hemorrhage of the lungs, -lune 4th, ISQ4.. He was a candidate for the ministry under the care of East Hanover Presbytery, but, according to their I'ecords, was never licensed to preach. XYILLIAM DAVIS REYNOLDS graduated with distinction and honors, taking the degree of B. Lit. in addition to A. B. He then took a postgraduate course in Johns Hopkins University, maintaining a high standard. He entered Union Theo. Semi- nary, Ya.,in'oo, completing the course in twoyears. While here he decided to go asa foreign missionary. The Southern Presbyterian Church having just determined to open a mission in Korea, he was appointed, with others, to take charge of this important work. Having been licensed and ordained to the work by E. Hanover Presbytery, he began his labors in 'o2. Before leaving home he was married to Miss Patsy Bolling of Richmond, Va. He was lirst located at Chun-iu, but has since been transferred to Leone, where he is engaged with a committee in the very responsible task of translating the Scriptures into the native language. JOSEPH MARINE RICE, the Hrst year out of college, acted as rodman on the sur- vey of the Farmville and Powhatan R. R. After this he taught in both public and private schools for four years. While teaching at Senatobia, Miss., he was taken with fever and upon his recovery decided to give up teaching. Having recuperated from his illness he took a business course at Kentucky Univ., Lexington, Ky. From there he went to Louisville seeking a position. Here he occupied different positions, as collector,insurance agent, etc.,for five years. Since then he has returned to his old home in Prince Edward County, Va., where he cares for his now aged and widowed mother. GILES GRANVII.LE SYDNOR taught for three years after leaving college. First in Halifax County, Va.,for one year, and next for two years in the Montgomery Female College at Christiansburg, Va. In 'oo he entered Union Theo. Seminary, Virginia, graduating in 'o3. He accepted at once the field assigned him by his Presbytery, at Bedford Springs,Va.,-a Home Mission group of churches,-where he labored faithfully for live years. Here he was licensed and ordained to the ministry by Mont- gomery Presbytery. In 'QS he became pastor ofthe Second church of Augusta, Ga., remaining there until IQOI, when he accepted a call to the First Church of Rome, Ga. Here he now resides. In .Q7 he was married to Miss Evelyn A. Sackett, of Lynch- burg, Va. They have four children. XVALTER ALLEN VVATsoN taught school for two years, then entered the Univ. ot Virginia and graduated in Law. VVas State Senator, ,QI-.Q5, Nottoway Districtg 16