The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
The New Judges.

From the Wing of Saturday we copy the
following brief biographical sketches of the
gentlemen elected to the Supreme bench on
Saturday last:
Col. Robert A. Richardson, who was nomi-
mated to succeed Judge Staples, was born
June, 1929, in Charlotte county. In 1856 he
removed to Princeton and settled there for
the practice of law, and at once took promi-
nent position at the bar, then one of the ablest
in the Southwest. During the war he served
conspcuously as a soldier, and shortly after
wards located at Marion, Smythe county. For
several years he was the law partner OF Judge
John A. Campbell of Abingdon.
For several years Col. Richardson has been
a most active, jealous and efficient Readjuster.
In 1877 he became an independent candidate
for the office of Lieut.. Governor, but after
wards withdrew. He has several times can
vassed the State in the interest of his party,
and on the stump is one of the most powerful
orators in the State as he has been for years
one of the ablest lawyers at the bar.
Col Richardson has never married but has
lived with his mother, who is now residing
near Marion. He is gentleman of very fine
ability, and bis mind is stored with an amount
of information both classical and practical,
which BELTS him for any position in the Com
monwealth.
Judge B. W. Lacy, who was nominated to
succeed Judge Christian, was born in New
Kent county January n, 1889. He is a son OF
Richmond r. Lacy, who served as an old-line
Clay Wing in the Legislature for eleven terms;
who was CommoHwealth's Attorney of his
county for twenty-nine years, and well known
throughout Virginia.
Judge Lacy served in the war for four years
as Confederate soldier. He entered the New
Kent cavalry as private and rose to the first
lieutenant commanding. His company was
part OF the famous Third Virginia cavalry of
the Army of Northern Virginia. He was
wounded in action three times, and was at
AppomattOx Courthouse with Gen. Lee.
He was educated at the University of Vir-
ginia, commenced the practice of law in 1866,
in New Kent county, was elected Judge of
the County Court of his county in 1870, re-
signed in 1873 and came to the Legislature.
He served in the House of Delegates four
terms Was member of the Committee for
Courts of Justice for the first three terms, and
Speaker for the fourth term, being elected to
said position by the Readjusters in 1879.
Judge Lacy made an excellent Speaker and
gave universal satisfaction. In 1880 he was
elected as Judge of Eight Judicial circuit,
which position he has held to the satisfaction
of the bar and people of all shades of political
opinion. He was the Readjuster candidate
for Congress in the Second district in 1880,and
was defeated by the Hon. John F. Dezendorf
Judge Lacy Is an active man, OF fine ability.
He presides in his court with great dignity,
and transacts business with celebrity and dis
patch.
He married Miss Sallie R., youngest daugh
ter of Rev. Michael Osborne of Farmville,
Wa Presbyterian minister we'll known in
Southside Virginia-and has an interesting
mil Of oh Ind &c
has been a staunch Readjuster from the
first
Hon. L. L. Lewis, who was elected to sue
coed Judge R. G. L. Moncure, was born in
Rockingham county March 18th (St. Patrick's
Day., 1916, and consequently is in his Both
year. He is the youngest son of the late
General Samuel Fl. Lewis, and grandson of
the late Judge John Taylor Lomax He grad
uated in the law school of the University of
Virginia in 1867, and soon after leaving the
University married daughter of the late Hon.
John Minor Bolts, settled in Culpeper county,
and was admitted to the bar.
Upon the readmission of the State into the
Union Mr.. Lewis was elected Commonwealth
Attorney of Culpeper, and was reelected
without opposition to the position in 1878. He
was offered the nomination for Attorney
General on the ticket with Judge Hughes in
1878, but declined to be candidate
In 1874 he was appointed by President
Grant to the position Of United States District
Attorney for the Eastern district of Virginia,
and was reappointed by President Hayes in
1878, and is now serving under third appoint |
ment
Mr.. Lewis has never voted elsewhere than
at Culpeper, but has really lived in Richmond |
with his family for the last six years. He is
the youngest of the five and is q gentleman of
learning and ability, and is eminently qualified |
to fill the high and honorable position.
who was nominated in the Readiuster caucus, |
by reclamation, for the Court OF Appeals Of
Virginia, was born in Winchester, Va, De-
cember Goth, 1928. He is of Revolutionary
ancestry. both paternal and maternal, and is |
son OF Gen. T. 7. Fauntleroy, who resigned |
his commission as Colonel First Regiment
United States Dragons, at the call of his |
native State, in 1861 and who still lives, a
superb specimen OF Virginia manhood, at the |
age of &c.
Col. Fauntleroy graduated at the University |
of Virginia in the law class of 1874 and COM |
menced the practice OF his profession In Win
chester in 1847, where he has resided to the
present time In 1850 he was elected Com
monweath's Attorney in the Circuit Court of
Frederick county In 1867 he was elected to
the House of Delegates, and served one term,
but declined reelection to pursue his prac-
tice
At the beginning of the war he entered the |
service as lieutenant, and was ordered to re-
port to Col. I. J. Jackson, at Harper's Ferry
Thence he was transferred to Richmond. I'M
der the command of Gen. Fauntleroy, where !
he remained till the fall of 1861, when he was |
appointed by Judge ]. W. Brockenbrough, of
the Confederate States District Court, one of
the receivers to execute the Sequestration Act !
of the Confederate States
After the war Col. Fauntleroy resumed his !
profession at the Winchester Bar, where he
continued a practice by which he maintained
and educated numerous family, until the fall |
of 1877, when he was elected to the House
ofDelegates from Frederick county. He serv-
ed for three sessions in this body, and held the
Craftsmanship of the Committee on Federal |
Relations. In 1879 he was elected Secretary |
of the Commonwealth, which office he filled |
up to the recent election of Mr. VIM. G. Elan,
the present incumbent, against whose election
Col. Fauntleroy made no opposition.
Col. Fauntleroy has been twice married, and
has nine children living, the second of whom
is now Assistant Professor of Greek at the |
University of Virginia.