The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-21
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o Ill the DISTINGUISHED vhgnians who adorn the public offices of tho
the States Second Audhor-IIon. Roosevelt Page, maternal great-grandson
OF General Thomas Nelson, Jr, Of Yorktown, ne of the sgners Of th1s
Decarado of Independence, Revolutionary Governor of Virginia n Conn.,
mander tn-chief of the Virginia forces
Happily, unlike many sehns OF noble families. Mr. Page has not rested On
the faureis of hsan ancestors. but with the cultivation Of his God 1Hven talents
Is carving IA his W fam As law maker public official n private cNi-
Izen n o Ia has been more useful to his native State, and there is non whom
his fe1ow-ctfzens nor cheerfuny denght TO honor. @
Aside from htsp PRESENT. record, which, notable, Mr.. Page perhaps rendered.
the most distinguished service to the Commonwealth as a member IT the
House of Delegates from Hanover county from 1905 ito 1910. In the last
named session he was a member OF tho Committee on schools n ConeE6M
and chairman OF the Committee on Courts of Justice. s
He was thu author of the compulsory education bill, which became a laWs
in 1908; TN author Oh the lime grinding bin which is considered Of ss
nos beneficiary Law for the farmers enacted in many years; n OF the bn|
for bringing about the compromise between the State n the FchmondsS
Fredericksburg am Potomac Railroad in the matter . back taxes whichs
saw its elimination just a few weeks ago with the paying intot the state, cfY9
and county treasures an enormous sum Of money that might therws ever
have been secured. .@
BY the General Assembly Of 1912 MFR Page vas elected Second stats
Auditor, the position he now fills thc credit to hinsefa nd distinction ~
the State M
Hon. Roosevelt Page is the third son and youngest child of Major John
and Elizabeth Burwe1 Nelson Page He vas born at Oakland, Hanover
county Va. November 81, 1858. He is tho brother of n Rev. Frank Page
d. d, rector of ST Johns church, Brooklyn, n Y, and Of Or Thomas Nelson
Page. the authora II ambassador. lsp aternal great-grandfather raj John
revolutionary drama John al was a uenter of the Virginia COMMITTEES On
and contribntinE largely from MS private fortune to the struggle Tor mde-s
lpendenee. He was for three terms Governor of Virginia. $500
Mr. Page attended Hanover Academy, me OF the most famous O h old
classical schools o Virginia. and then matricul1ted at the University of
Virginia where he pursued an academic course M later studied aw. gradu~
atng in 1851. Leaving the University, he began the practice of his profess
sion in Danvfle alter removngt to Richmond. where 10 formed a partner
ship with John f. Rutherford. which WAS not dissolved until 1903 In 1900
ne was chosen president of his Richmond Bar Association AS a lawyer he
lis held in high esteem by bench and bar. is regarded as on If thu most
cultivated men and best classical scholars in the state. and has from time TO
time published stories n essays % historical subjects connected VIII ~
eyolutionar period In Virginia. which have been widely read.
Mr.. Page has been twice married. His first wife was Miss susan abney
youngest daughter of Edward w. and Matilda M-n4sw who died shornya after!
r1nse ughe If he Rev Robert Nelson, d D.. for many years missionary
Of n Episcopal Church to China, n he Ia threec hddre