National Year Book
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Excerpt from National Year Book: 1905 He is an alumnus of Cumberland University; served during the Civil War under Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson; was wounded several times. After the war he located in Kentucky, securing a position with the L. & N. R. R. Later engaging in mercantile pursuits, by his characteristic energy, he soon became the head of the largest department store in Louisville and the South, being President of the John C. Lewis Company. He is Vestryman of St. Paul´s P. E. Church, Adjutant-General with rank of Colonel on Maj.-Gen. Bennett H.Young´s staff, and a member of the Society of Colonial Wars. He is President of the Kentucky Society, S. A. R., for the third term, and was elected Vice-President-General of the National Society at the late National Congress held in Independence Hall. Benjamin Blake Minor. Vice-President-General. [Died August 1, 1905, while this book was in press.] Benjamin Blake Minor, lawyer, educator, editor and author, was born in Tappahannock, Essex County, Va., October 21, 1818, the oldest child of Dr. Hubbard Taylor and Jane (Blake) Minor. His grandfather, Thomas Minor, Jr., of Locust Grove, Spottsylvania County, a commissioned officer during the whole Revolution, served as aide to Gen. Edward Stevens at the surrender of Cornwallis. His great-grandfather, James Taylor, Jr., of Midway, Caroline County, served both in a high military and civil capacity during the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. Mr. Minor was educated at Bristol College on the Delaware, the University of Virginia, and at William and Mary University, taking degrees in moral and political science and in law. Upon attaining his majority he practised law in Petersburg, Va., but later removed to Richmond. In 1842 he married Virginia Maury Otey, daughter of Rt. Rev. James Henry Otey, D. D., LL. D., of Columbia, Tenn. In 1843 he purchased and edited the "Southern Literary Messenger," but sold it four years later to assume control of the Virginia Female Institute in Staunton, Va. He resigned in 1849 to continue his practice of law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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