Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-23
MANN s. VALENTINE.
DEATH YESTERDAY or THIS PRONE
NeNT ANo ESTEEMED CITIZEN.


M. Mann satterwhite Valentine died 81
his residsncs, In this city. yesterday morn.
ing At i:2o O'Clock. after iipasrinR illness.
Richmond never Lost meFe useful citi-
zen, one who was moro tsnderly loved by
those who enjoyed his friendship and CON-
6dence, or one whose lite and work had
been greater blessing TO more Of the SUI
fering and unfortunate.
Mr.. Mann q. Valentine was born IN
Richmond April "a, 1874, and was the eld-
est son of the late Mann 8. Valentine.
promineut merchant Of the city. His early
education was received under Dr' MAN
Empie. rector of st. James church. when
! mere how he developed an incense love
for nature. and laid the foundation Tor
career OF original investigation which, de-
snite the ENDORSEMENTS OF business pursuits,
Ia nursued up to his last sickness. After
leaving DIR. Empie he spent . short time AZ
Midway Academy and then entered WI.
liam and Mary College, which was then az
the height Of its fame as en educational M
sfitutior. Here he boarded In the family
of the late Professor John Wilmington, pro-
lessor Of chemistry. who had been the
pupil Of Sir Humphrey Dayy. and the
tutor Of Michael Farsdy. Professor NIL
liupton formed q great attscnment 10,
Young Valentine and as q result accoraeo
him the privilege OF assisting MN IN nis
most difficult laboratory and lecture expe'
riments.
sxarNSrya OF HIS DusISEss LIFE.
II was Mr.. Valentines most ardent de-
sire 10 pursue q scientific calling. BEFORE
entering college he had been IN the habit
~ amending his holidays in the woods In
collecting birds and butterflies; or IN e1;
ploring excavations for archaeological
specimeps. and had thus accumulated
quite museum. After leaving college ne
stud:ed medicine under. DIR. John Hen
9ree and at one time had decided to
become a physician. Indeed, in order that
ne might study abroad, Mr.. Clay secured
for him the appointment of Vice-Consul at
LYONS. His father, however, although he
had surrounded his children with every
thing calculated to divorce them from o
fondness for commercial pursuits. ana was
a patron of art. music. ana literature;
had set his heart upon his eldest son ana
the bearer of his full pane succeeding nm
IN business and perpetuating the name OF
the house. Mr.. Valentine bowed to the
wish of his father and declined the foreign
appointment, and though with the strict
est fidelity to duty he devoted himself to
carving out that wish. wnen his daily
labors were over he turned to his books
snd to scientific investigation lie had
previously taken course OF drawing un-
der Petticolas. and studied music VIII
(i,ebel: and having formed an intimacy
with Hubbard, he lived after business hours
in an atmosphere of culture. During this
period he wrote several short romances
and sketches which led to his establishing
relations of friendship with N. Z. Willis.
Longfellow. Alice and Phoebe Cary, and
others of the literary coterte OF the day.
DURING THE WAR.
In 1859, owing to i'll health, Mr.. Valen-
tine retired from business to farm ne
had purchased near Richmond, but at
the breaking out of the war he returned.
to the city. He was an active member OF
the Ambulance Corps and was agent or
the Marshall Cotton-Milis IN Manchester.
which partially supplied the Confederate
Government with cloths. Although this
was q new business to him he soon sue
ceeded in mastering 1t in every detail,
and it was at his suggestion that goods
were sold to the wives and widows OF Con-
federate soldiers at cost.
The evacuation of Richmond found Mr..
Valentine broken in fortune and with
large family TO support. but with
that indomitable energy which had
always characterized HIM he addressed
himself TO building up. O notion bu-
siness, which gradually secured q
large trade--frst as Valentine IL Frank
lin aud then as NJ. s. Valentine il
Go. In 1870 his wife. who had been in
delicate health for several years. was taken
desperately i'll and it was found impossi-
bic to nourish her. Mr.. Valentine con-
ceived the idea that if the pure juice of the
beef could be extracted and concentrated
in form IN which it would retain without
change of condition all Its important solu-
bic constituents he would be able to
avert the terrible sorrow that was hanging