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Armstrong, Richard E. - 1860

THE JUDGESHIPS.
Richmond, Va., April 24th, 1860.
WM. M. LYONS, ESQ.-- DEAR SIR: we the undersigned, your fellow citizens, believing that you possess every {paper illegible} quality, both of head and heart, for a full and honorable discharge of the duties of Judge do, without disparaging the claims of other gentlemen, most respectfully request you to announce yourself a candidate for the JUDGESHIP OF THE HUSTINGS COURT.

Hoping that this request may meet with your favorable consideration, we subscribe ourselves,
Your friends and fellow citizens,
  T. Jas. Deane,                                         John Tyler,
  Geo. W. Hobson,                                 Isaac N. Cooke,
  Deane Hobson,                                     Jos. B. Gentry,
  W. B. Warwick,                                      L. Wagner,
  Thomas Johnson,                                 Marks Nelson,
  Mann Page,                                            W. Albert Spott,
  Thos. A. Bulkley,                                   J. Hatley Norton,
  John F. Alvey,                                         L. B. Thomas,
  E. V. Breeden,                                         Joseph Stern,
  Wm. L. Porter,                                       A. P. Woodson, Jr.,
  Wm. C. Barker,                                      Wm. H. Davis,
  Peter Tinsley,                                          M. Golden,
  John W. Sarvay                                       Thos. V. Carr,
  S. Hirsch,                                                 Cornelius Carr,
  John O. Chiles,                                       Henry Miller,
  J. H. Connell,                                         H. J. Miller,
  Lemmel Verby,                                       M. L. Guerrant,
  R. A. E. Dabney,                                    Sam'l. J. Jones,
  H. T. Anderson,                                    Thos. B. Bigger,
  W. D. Stubbs,                                          Dan'l O'Donnell
  J. T. Hay,                                                   John G. Snelson,
  W. H. Martin,                                          Jos. S. James,
  J. W. Ratcliffe,                                         Wm. Ira Smith,
  Andrew Pizzini,                                      Peyton N. Snead,
  J. P. Swords,                                             Alex. J. Slater,
  Wm. H. Parker,                                       B. M. Harris,
  Wm. S. Thaw,                                          Rob't Harvey,
  John Harrold,                                          J. R. Chamberlayne,
  John V. Darracott,                                 Orlando Shay,
  W. L. Waring,                                           J. S. Shackelford,
  Harvey Allen,                                          Wm. Munford,
  Rich'd E. Armstrong,                            Jno. C. Smith,
  Chas. Stebbins,                                        Jno. Esten Cooke,
  Albert J. West,                                         Wm. C. Barnes,
  Henry G. Benson,                                   John A. Belvin,
  Geo. S. Lownes,                                      Victor M. Branch,
  John W. Davies,                                      C. D. Yale,
  Jos. S. Robinson,                                    John Bowers,
  A. Bargamin, J.,                                      Jos. J. Jones,
  Geo. Bargamin,                                       R. C. Howe,
  E. D. Hitchcock,                                    D. R. Quaries,
  N. H. Ragland, Jr.,                                Geo. A. Leonhard,
  Wm. H. Benson,                                    Sam'l Guggenheimer,
  Wm. H. Pledge,                                      G. M. Lumpkin & Bro.
  Wm. Gaston,                                          P. O. Sims,
  Geo. W. Gary,                                         R. A. Cooke,
  David Wilson,                                        O. Cranz,
  F. W. Hancock,                                      Sam'l Putney,
  John S. Fitzhugh,                                   F. A. Jeter,
  W. H. Johnson,                                      Chas. W. Harwood,
  R. O. Waddill,                                        Geo. Ruskeli,
  Jas. Smith,                                               Thos. S. Armistrad,
  Bolling Pickett,                                      Wm. Kirby,
  Lewis M. Randolph,                            Wm. A. Cardozo,
  J. H. Harris,                                            Wm. B. Church,
  F. Binford,                                              Geo. T. Baldwin,
  J. B. Stegal,                                              Jas. H. Gentry,
  R. H. Finney,                                         Wm. A. Clarke,
  Parks & Miner,                                      A. T. Peebles,
  Theodore Courtney,                            Wm. H. Yoler,
  Richard L. Brown,                                R. McNamee,
  B. J. Johnson,                                         A. G. Talman,
  Abr. Hirsh,                                             A. R. Binford,
  A. Hutzler,                                              F. L. Moore,
  Wm. H. Kennon,                                  E. A. Hudnut,
  J. N. Parker,                                            H. W. Tyler,
  Joseph A. Arnold,                                 John S. Smyther,
  D. M. O'Brien,                                      Samuel Forsyth,
  Wm. W. Cabaniss,                                 James C. Roy,
  W. B. Pleasants,                                     Fred Schaffer,
  Richard J. Hundley,                             John P. Ballard,
  G. W. Armistead,                                 Thos. Samanni,
  Edward Hudgings,                               A. D. Simms,
  Wm. B. Allegre,                                     P. Fogarty,
  Wm. Granville Gray,                            Wm. D. Kennon,
  John Booker,                                          Chas. H. Moore,
  Robt. A. Mills,                                      Geo. M. Drewry,
  Lewis Antelotti,                                    August Schad,
  T. C. Burns,                                            M. D. Whiting,
  James J. Dixon,                                      Daniel B. Corrie,
  Ro W. Drewry,                                      R. L. Williams,
  R. B. Kennon,                                       T. Robertson & Sons,
  R. H. Crump,                                       Thos. M. Kimbrough,
  Wirt Roberts,                                        Louis Rueger,
  Alex. B. Hutcheson,                            E. D. Keeling,
  C. P. Cardozo,                                       Jas. Beale,
  W. J. Turner,                                         John Marxhausen,
  John W. Kelley,                                    A. Seiberling,
  T. H. Ganter,                                        Garret F. Watson,
  John L. Woodson,                               Wm. Caulfield,
  Wm. F. Frith,                                        Thos. Leftwich,
  E. B. Loving,                                         Fred. T. Andrews,
  John F. Glazebrook,                            Geo. S. Graves,
  P. August, Jr.,                                       Richard A. Saunders,
  D. W. Mahone,                                     B. Hassel,
  Theophilus Moore,                             Louis Euker,
  G. Maisch,                                             George Fisher,
  R. C. Scofield,                                       J. May,
  Wm. J. Thomas,                                   H. Simon,
  John L. Sims,                                         J. Kimpel,
  J. M. Goddin,                                       C. Labard,
  Edwin Holman,                                   Wm. Hutcheson,
  Wm. Watts,                                            John A. Hicks,
  A. T. Williams,                                      J. H. Anderson,
  John Baxter,                                          A. T. Trueheart,
  Thos. M. Jones,                                   Oswold Heinrich,
  W. P. Martin,                                        B. Heinrich,
  A. D. Sims,                                            E. Walker,
  David N. Jones,                                    John F. Kohler,
  M. C. Hardy,                                        Wm. Lots,
  James Holman,                                    Henry L. Dorr,
  D. B. Jones,                                           Fred. Seibert,
  Jno. W. Baker,                                      Chas. Seibert,
  Ash Levy,                                              Wm. W. Crump,
  Lewis Cohen,                                        James H. Conway,
  John Newman,                                    G. Koenig,
  Sam'l Cohen,                                        Jul. C. Fisher,
  A. Smith,                                              Dr. W. Grebe,
  R. S. Davis,                                          C. Hasse,
  Lewis Switzer,                                     G. L. Betty,
  Sam Stein,                                            John Werner,
  Y. P. Watkins,                                      Fred. Haislow,
  Robt. P. Pulliam,                               H. Beidt,
  M. May,                                                Chas. P. Fluyfelder,
  Stith Bolling,                                      T. Meyer,
  H. Stern,                                              David Hess,
  J. Rosenheimer,                                 Max Stadelhofer,
  C. C. Tinsley,                                     J. P. Lubs,
  J. Greentree,                                       Wm. M. Allen,
  L. Jacobs,                                            F. Thomas,
  L. T. Slater,                                        Thos. P. August,
  E. K. Woodward,                              Jesse Child,
  Wm. H. Waddill,                               Wm. L. White,
  Wm. E. Leffew,                                  D. T. Madigan,
  A. Hill,                                                W. Knelbet,

Richmond, April 27th, 1860.
To Messrs. T. James Deane, Geo. W. Hobson, Deane Hobson, W. B. Watwick, Jno. Tyler, Isaac N. Cooke, and others:
Gentlemen: I have received your communication of the 24th inst., requesting me to announce myself a candidate for the Judgeship of the Hustings Court.  Although I know you have placed too high an estimate on my qualifications, I do not feel at liberty to decline the request, coming, as it does, from so large a number of my fellow citizens.  If it should be the pleasure of the people to elect me, I will endeavor to discharge faithfully the duties of the office.
    Very respectfully,
 Your obedient servant,
WM. H. LYONS.
~ Richmond Daily Dispatch, 01 May 1860 Page 2, Column 5

Allen, Harvey - 1860

THE JUDGESHIPS.
Richmond, Va., April 24th, 1860.
WM. M. LYONS, ESQ.-- DEAR SIR: we the undersigned, your fellow citizens, believing that you possess every {paper illegible} quality, both of head and heart, for a full and honorable discharge of the duties of Judge do, without disparaging the claims of other gentlemen, most respectfully request you to announce yourself a candidate for the JUDGESHIP OF THE HUSTINGS COURT.

Hoping that this request may meet with your favorable consideration, we subscribe ourselves,
Your friends and fellow citizens,
  T. Jas. Deane,                                         John Tyler,
  Geo. W. Hobson,                                 Isaac N. Cooke,
  Deane Hobson,                                     Jos. B. Gentry,
  W. B. Warwick,                                      L. Wagner,
  Thomas Johnson,                                 Marks Nelson,
  Mann Page,                                            W. Albert Spott,
  Thos. A. Bulkley,                                   J. Hatley Norton,
  John F. Alvey,                                         L. B. Thomas,
  E. V. Breeden,                                         Joseph Stern,
  Wm. L. Porter,                                       A. P. Woodson, Jr.,
  Wm. C. Barker,                                      Wm. H. Davis,
  Peter Tinsley,                                          M. Golden,
  John W. Sarvay                                       Thos. V. Carr,
  S. Hirsch,                                                 Cornelius Carr,
  John O. Chiles,                                       Henry Miller,
  J. H. Connell,                                         H. J. Miller,
  Lemmel Verby,                                       M. L. Guerrant,
  R. A. E. Dabney,                                    Sam'l. J. Jones,
  H. T. Anderson,                                    Thos. B. Bigger,
  W. D. Stubbs,                                          Dan'l O'Donnell
  J. T. Hay,                                                   John G. Snelson,
  W. H. Martin,                                          Jos. S. James,
  J. W. Ratcliffe,                                         Wm. Ira Smith,
  Andrew Pizzini,                                      Peyton N. Snead,
  J. P. Swords,                                             Alex. J. Slater,
  Wm. H. Parker,                                       B. M. Harris,
  Wm. S. Thaw,                                          Rob't Harvey,
  John Harrold,                                          J. R. Chamberlayne,
  John V. Darracott,                                 Orlando Shay,
  W. L. Waring,                                           J. S. Shackelford,
  Harvey Allen,                                          Wm. Munford,
  Rich'd E. Armstrong,                            Jno. C. Smith,
  Chas. Stebbins,                                        Jno. Esten Cooke,
  Albert J. West,                                         Wm. C. Barnes,
  Henry G. Benson,                                   John A. Belvin,
  Geo. S. Lownes,                                      Victor M. Branch,
  John W. Davies,                                      C. D. Yale,
  Jos. S. Robinson,                                    John Bowers,
  A. Bargamin, J.,                                      Jos. J. Jones,
  Geo. Bargamin,                                       R. C. Howe,
  E. D. Hitchcock,                                    D. R. Quaries,
  N. H. Ragland, Jr.,                                Geo. A. Leonhard,
  Wm. H. Benson,                                    Sam'l Guggenheimer,
  Wm. H. Pledge,                                      G. M. Lumpkin & Bro.
  Wm. Gaston,                                          P. O. Sims,
  Geo. W. Gary,                                         R. A. Cooke,
  David Wilson,                                        O. Cranz,
  F. W. Hancock,                                      Sam'l Putney,
  John S. Fitzhugh,                                   F. A. Jeter,
  W. H. Johnson,                                      Chas. W. Harwood,
  R. O. Waddill,                                        Geo. Ruskeli,
  Jas. Smith,                                               Thos. S. Armistrad,
  Bolling Pickett,                                      Wm. Kirby,
  Lewis M. Randolph,                            Wm. A. Cardozo,
  J. H. Harris,                                            Wm. B. Church,
  F. Binford,                                              Geo. T. Baldwin,
  J. B. Stegal,                                              Jas. H. Gentry,
  R. H. Finney,                                         Wm. A. Clarke,
  Parks & Miner,                                      A. T. Peebles,
  Theodore Courtney,                            Wm. H. Yoler,
  Richard L. Brown,                                R. McNamee,
  B. J. Johnson,                                         A. G. Talman,
  Abr. Hirsh,                                             A. R. Binford,
  A. Hutzler,                                              F. L. Moore,
  Wm. H. Kennon,                                  E. A. Hudnut,
  J. N. Parker,                                            H. W. Tyler,
  Joseph A. Arnold,                                 John S. Smyther,
  D. M. O'Brien,                                      Samuel Forsyth,
  Wm. W. Cabaniss,                                 James C. Roy,
  W. B. Pleasants,                                     Fred Schaffer,
  Richard J. Hundley,                             John P. Ballard,
  G. W. Armistead,                                 Thos. Samanni,
  Edward Hudgings,                               A. D. Simms,
  Wm. B. Allegre,                                     P. Fogarty,
  Wm. Granville Gray,                            Wm. D. Kennon,
  John Booker,                                          Chas. H. Moore,
  Robt. A. Mills,                                      Geo. M. Drewry,
  Lewis Antelotti,                                    August Schad,
  T. C. Burns,                                            M. D. Whiting,
  James J. Dixon,                                      Daniel B. Corrie,
  Ro W. Drewry,                                      R. L. Williams,
  R. B. Kennon,                                       T. Robertson & Sons,
  R. H. Crump,                                       Thos. M. Kimbrough,
  Wirt Roberts,                                        Louis Rueger,
  Alex. B. Hutcheson,                            E. D. Keeling,
  C. P. Cardozo,                                       Jas. Beale,
  W. J. Turner,                                         John Marxhausen,
  John W. Kelley,                                    A. Seiberling,
  T. H. Ganter,                                        Garret F. Watson,
  John L. Woodson,                               Wm. Caulfield,
  Wm. F. Frith,                                        Thos. Leftwich,
  E. B. Loving,                                         Fred. T. Andrews,
  John F. Glazebrook,                            Geo. S. Graves,
  P. August, Jr.,                                       Richard A. Saunders,
  D. W. Mahone,                                     B. Hassel,
  Theophilus Moore,                             Louis Euker,
  G. Maisch,                                             George Fisher,
  R. C. Scofield,                                       J. May,
  Wm. J. Thomas,                                   H. Simon,
  John L. Sims,                                         J. Kimpel,
  J. M. Goddin,                                       C. Labard,
  Edwin Holman,                                   Wm. Hutcheson,
  Wm. Watts,                                            John A. Hicks,
  A. T. Williams,                                      J. H. Anderson,
  John Baxter,                                          A. T. Trueheart,
  Thos. M. Jones,                                   Oswold Heinrich,
  W. P. Martin,                                        B. Heinrich,
  A. D. Sims,                                            E. Walker,
  David N. Jones,                                    John F. Kohler,
  M. C. Hardy,                                        Wm. Lots,
  James Holman,                                    Henry L. Dorr,
  D. B. Jones,                                           Fred. Seibert,
  Jno. W. Baker,                                      Chas. Seibert,
  Ash Levy,                                              Wm. W. Crump,
  Lewis Cohen,                                        James H. Conway,
  John Newman,                                    G. Koenig,
  Sam'l Cohen,                                        Jul. C. Fisher,
  A. Smith,                                              Dr. W. Grebe,
  R. S. Davis,                                          C. Hasse,
  Lewis Switzer,                                     G. L. Betty,
  Sam Stein,                                            John Werner,
  Y. P. Watkins,                                      Fred. Haislow,
  Robt. P. Pulliam,                               H. Beidt,
  M. May,                                                Chas. P. Fluyfelder,
  Stith Bolling,                                      T. Meyer,
  H. Stern,                                              David Hess,
  J. Rosenheimer,                                 Max Stadelhofer,
  C. C. Tinsley,                                     J. P. Lubs,
  J. Greentree,                                       Wm. M. Allen,
  L. Jacobs,                                            F. Thomas,
  L. T. Slater,                                        Thos. P. August,
  E. K. Woodward,                              Jesse Child,
  Wm. H. Waddill,                               Wm. L. White,
  Wm. E. Leffew,                                  D. T. Madigan,
  A. Hill,                                                W. Knelbet,

Richmond, April 27th, 1860.
To Messrs. T. James Deane, Geo. W. Hobson, Deane Hobson, W. B. Watwick, Jno. Tyler, Isaac N. Cooke, and others:
Gentlemen: I have received your communication of the 24th inst., requesting me to announce myself a candidate for the Judgeship of the Hustings Court.  Although I know you have placed too high an estimate on my qualifications, I do not feel at liberty to decline the request, coming, as it does, from so large a number of my fellow citizens.  If it should be the pleasure of the people to elect me, I will endeavor to discharge faithfully the duties of the office.
    Very respectfully,
 Your obedient servant,
WM. H. LYONS.
~ Richmond Daily Dispatch, 01 May 1860 Page 2, Column 5

Affeld, Christine - 1916

Percy Bernard Davidson died April 29, 1932, at Boston, where he was born June 15, 1895, the son of Kallman Mayer and Margaret (Lipshitz) Davidson.  He prepared at Boston Public Latin School and at Harvard received an A.B.; [Bachelor of Arts], cum lade, in 1916.  From Johns Hopkins University in 1920 he received an M.D.; [Doctor of Medicine].  He served at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, the Mayo Clinic, and at Saranac before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, where he taught in the Pathology Department.  Later he taught physiology at the University of Chicago and then returned to Boston to become assistant resident physician at Boston City Hospital on the staff of Dr. Francis W. Peabody.

Assistant in medicine at the Harvard Medical School for a time, he also worked on the research staff of the Thorndike Memorial Hospital.  He became head of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston Dispensary, junior visiting physician and chief of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston City Hospital, and was on the staff of the Beth Israel Hospital.  He was author of a number of technical papers published in medical journals, and at the time of his death was assistant professor of research medicine at Tufts College.  He was survived by his wife, the former Christine Affeld, whom he married in 1927.

~ Harvard College Class of 1916, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1966, Page 101

Peabody, Francis Weld Sr. (Dr.) - 1916

Percy Bernard Davidson died April 29, 1932, at Boston, where he was born June 15, 1895, the son of Kallman Mayer and Margaret (Lipshitz) Davidson.  He prepared at Boston Public Latin School and at Harvard received an A.B.; [Bachelor of Arts], cum lade, in 1916.  From Johns Hopkins University in 1920 he received an M.D.; [Doctor of Medicine].  He served at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, the Mayo Clinic, and at Saranac before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, where he taught in the Pathology Department.  Later he taught physiology at the University of Chicago and then returned to Boston to become assistant resident physician at Boston City Hospital on the staff of Dr. Francis W. Peabody.

Assistant in medicine at the Harvard Medical School for a time, he also worked on the research staff of the Thorndike Memorial Hospital.  He became head of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston Dispensary, junior visiting physician and chief of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston City Hospital and was on the staff of the Beth Israel Hospital.  He was author of a number of technical papers published in medical journals, and at the time of his death was assistant professor of research medicine at Tufts College.  He was survived by his wife, the former Christine Affeld, whom he married in 1927.

~ Harvard College Class of 1916, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1966, Page 101

You can visit the memorial page for Dr Francis Weld Peabody Sr.

Davidson, Margaret E. [Lipschitz] - 1916

Percy Bernard Davidson died April 29, 1932, at Boston, where he was born June 15, 1895, the son of Kallman Mayer and Margaret (Lipshitz) Davidson.  He prepared at Boston Public Latin School and at Harvard received an A.B.; [Bachelor of Arts], cum lade, in 1916.  From Johns Hopkins University in 1920 he received an M.D.; [Doctor of Medicine].  He served at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, the Mayo Clinic, and at Saranac before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, where he taught in the Pathology Department.  Later he taught physiology at the University of Chicago and then returned to Boston to become assistant resident physician at Boston City Hospital on the staff of Dr. Francis W. Peabody.

Assistant in medicine at the Harvard Medical School for a time, he also worked on the research staff of the Thorndike Memorial Hospital.  He became head of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston Dispensary, junior visiting physician and chief of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston City Hospital and was on the staff of the Beth Israel Hospital.  He was author of a number of technical papers published in medical journals, and at the time of his death was assistant professor of research medicine at Tufts College.  He was survived by his wife, the former Christine Affeld, whom he married in 1927.

~ Harvard College Class of 1916, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1966, Page 101

You can visit the memorial page for Margaret E. [Lipschitz] Davidson.

Davidson, Kallman Mayer - 1916

Percy Bernard Davidson died April 29, 1932, at Boston, where he was born June 15, 1895, the son of Kallman Mayer and Margaret (Lipshitz) Davidson.  He prepared at Boston Public Latin School and at Harvard received an A.B.; [Bachelor of Arts], cum lade, in 1916.  From Johns Hopkins University in 1920 he received an M.D.; [Doctor of Medicine].  He served at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, the Mayo Clinic, and at Saranac before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, where he taught in the Pathology Department.  Later he taught physiology at the University of Chicago and then returned to Boston to become assistant resident physician at Boston City Hospital on the staff of Dr. Francis W. Peabody.

Assistant in medicine at the Harvard Medical School for a time, he also worked on the research staff of the Thorndike Memorial Hospital.  He became head of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston Dispensary, junior visiting physician and chief of the gastro-intestinal clinic at the Boston City Hospital and was on the staff of the Beth Israel Hospital.  He was author of a number of technical papers published in medical journals, and at the time of his death was assistant professor of research medicine at Tufts College.  He was survived by his wife, the former Christine Affeld, whom he married in 1927.

~ Harvard College Class of 1916, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1966, Page 101

You can visit the memorial page for Dr Kallman Meyer Davidson.

Waring, W. L. - 1860

THE JUDGESHIPS.
Richmond, Va., April 24th, 1860.
WM. M. LYONS, ESQ.-- DEAR SIR: we the undersigned, your fellow citizens, believing that you possess every {paper illegible} quality, both of head and heart, for a full and honorable discharge of the duties of Judge do, without disparaging the claims of other gentlemen, most respectfully request you to announce yourself a candidate for the JUDGESHIP OF THE HUSTINGS COURT.

Hoping that this request may meet with your favorable consideration, we subscribe ourselves,
Your friends and fellow citizens,
  T. Jas. Deane,                                         John Tyler,
  Geo. W. Hobson,                                 Isaac N. Cooke,
  Deane Hobson,                                     Jos. B. Gentry,
  W. B. Warwick,                                      L. Wagner,
  Thomas Johnson,                                 Marks Nelson,
  Mann Page,                                            W. Albert Spott,
  Thos. A. Bulkley,                                   J. Hatley Norton,
  John F. Alvey,                                         L. B. Thomas,
  E. V. Breeden,                                         Joseph Stern,
  Wm. L. Porter,                                       A. P. Woodson, Jr.,
  Wm. C. Barker,                                      Wm. H. Davis,
  Peter Tinsley,                                          M. Golden,
  John W. Sarvay                                       Thos. V. Carr,
  S. Hirsch,                                                 Cornelius Carr,
  John O. Chiles,                                       Henry Miller,
  J. H. Connell,                                         H. J. Miller,
  Lemmel Verby,                                       M. L. Guerrant,
  R. A. E. Dabney,                                    Sam'l. J. Jones,
  H. T. Anderson,                                    Thos. B. Bigger,
  W. D. Stubbs,                                          Dan'l O'Donnell
  J. T. Hay,                                                   John G. Snelson,
  W. H. Martin,                                          Jos. S. James,
  J. W. Ratcliffe,                                         Wm. Ira Smith,
  Andrew Pizzini,                                      Peyton N. Snead,
  J. P. Swords,                                             Alex. J. Slater,
  Wm. H. Parker,                                       B. M. Harris,
  Wm. S. Thaw,                                          Rob't Harvey,
  John Harrold,                                          J. R. Chamberlayne,
  John V. Darracott,                                 Orlando Shay,
  W. L. Waring,                                           J. S. Shackelford,
  Harvey Allen,                                          Wm. Munford,
  Rich'd E. Armstrong,                            Jno. C. Smith,
  Chas. Stebbins,                                        Jno. Esten Cooke,
  Albert J. West,                                         Wm. C. Barnes,
  Henry G. Benson,                                   John A. Belvin,
  Geo. S. Lownes,                                      Victor M. Branch,
  John W. Davies,                                      C. D. Yale,
  Jos. S. Robinson,                                    John Bowers,
  A. Bargamin, J.,                                      Jos. J. Jones,
  Geo. Bargamin,                                       R. C. Howe,
  E. D. Hitchcock,                                    D. R. Quaries,
  N. H. Ragland, Jr.,                                Geo. A. Leonhard,
  Wm. H. Benson,                                    Sam'l Guggenheimer,
  Wm. H. Pledge,                                      G. M. Lumpkin & Bro.
  Wm. Gaston,                                          P. O. Sims,
  Geo. W. Gary,                                         R. A. Cooke,
  David Wilson,                                        O. Cranz,
  F. W. Hancock,                                      Sam'l Putney,
  John S. Fitzhugh,                                   F. A. Jeter,
  W. H. Johnson,                                      Chas. W. Harwood,
  R. O. Waddill,                                        Geo. Ruskeli,
  Jas. Smith,                                               Thos. S. Armistrad,
  Bolling Pickett,                                      Wm. Kirby,
  Lewis M. Randolph,                            Wm. A. Cardozo,
  J. H. Harris,                                            Wm. B. Church,
  F. Binford,                                              Geo. T. Baldwin,
  J. B. Stegal,                                              Jas. H. Gentry,
  R. H. Finney,                                         Wm. A. Clarke,
  Parks & Miner,                                      A. T. Peebles,
  Theodore Courtney,                            Wm. H. Yoler,
  Richard L. Brown,                                R. McNamee,
  B. J. Johnson,                                         A. G. Talman,
  Abr. Hirsh,                                             A. R. Binford,
  A. Hutzler,                                              F. L. Moore,
  Wm. H. Kennon,                                  E. A. Hudnut,
  J. N. Parker,                                            H. W. Tyler,
  Joseph A. Arnold,                                 John S. Smyther,
  D. M. O'Brien,                                      Samuel Forsyth,
  Wm. W. Cabaniss,                                 James C. Roy,
  W. B. Pleasants,                                     Fred Schaffer,
  Richard J. Hundley,                             John P. Ballard,
  G. W. Armistead,                                 Thos. Samanni,
  Edward Hudgings,                               A. D. Simms,
  Wm. B. Allegre,                                     P. Fogarty,
  Wm. Granville Gray,                            Wm. D. Kennon,
  John Booker,                                          Chas. H. Moore,
  Robt. A. Mills,                                      Geo. M. Drewry,
  Lewis Antelotti,                                    August Schad,
  T. C. Burns,                                            M. D. Whiting,
  James J. Dixon,                                      Daniel B. Corrie,
  Ro W. Drewry,                                      R. L. Williams,
  R. B. Kennon,                                       T. Robertson & Sons,
  R. H. Crump,                                       Thos. M. Kimbrough,
  Wirt Roberts,                                        Louis Rueger,
  Alex. B. Hutcheson,                            E. D. Keeling,
  C. P. Cardozo,                                       Jas. Beale,
  W. J. Turner,                                         John Marxhausen,
  John W. Kelley,                                    A. Seiberling,
  T. H. Ganter,                                        Garret F. Watson,
  John L. Woodson,                               Wm. Caulfield,
  Wm. F. Frith,                                        Thos. Leftwich,
  E. B. Loving,                                         Fred. T. Andrews,
  John F. Glazebrook,                            Geo. S. Graves,
  P. August, Jr.,                                       Richard A. Saunders,
  D. W. Mahone,                                     B. Hassel,
  Theophilus Moore,                             Louis Euker,
  G. Maisch,                                             George Fisher,
  R. C. Scofield,                                       J. May,
  Wm. J. Thomas,                                   H. Simon,
  John L. Sims,                                         J. Kimpel,
  J. M. Goddin,                                       C. Labard,
  Edwin Holman,                                   Wm. Hutcheson,
  Wm. Watts,                                            John A. Hicks,
  A. T. Williams,                                      J. H. Anderson,
  John Baxter,                                          A. T. Trueheart,
  Thos. M. Jones,                                   Oswold Heinrich,
  W. P. Martin,                                        B. Heinrich,
  A. D. Sims,                                            E. Walker,
  David N. Jones,                                    John F. Kohler,
  M. C. Hardy,                                        Wm. Lots,
  James Holman,                                    Henry L. Dorr,
  D. B. Jones,                                           Fred. Seibert,
  Jno. W. Baker,                                      Chas. Seibert,
  Ash Levy,                                              Wm. W. Crump,
  Lewis Cohen,                                        James H. Conway,
  John Newman,                                    G. Koenig,
  Sam'l Cohen,                                        Jul. C. Fisher,
  A. Smith,                                              Dr. W. Grebe,
  R. S. Davis,                                          C. Hasse,
  Lewis Switzer,                                     G. L. Betty,
  Sam Stein,                                            John Werner,
  Y. P. Watkins,                                      Fred. Haislow,
  Robt. P. Pulliam,                               H. Beidt,
  M. May,                                                Chas. P. Fluyfelder,
  Stith Bolling,                                      T. Meyer,
  H. Stern,                                              David Hess,
  J. Rosenheimer,                                 Max Stadelhofer,
  C. C. Tinsley,                                     J. P. Lubs,
  J. Greentree,                                       Wm. M. Allen,
  L. Jacobs,                                            F. Thomas,
  L. T. Slater,                                        Thos. P. August,
  E. K. Woodward,                              Jesse Child,
  Wm. H. Waddill,                               Wm. L. White,
  Wm. E. Leffew,                                  D. T. Madigan,
  A. Hill,                                                W. Knelbet,

Richmond, April 27th, 1860.
To Messrs. T. James Deane, Geo. W. Hobson, Deane Hobson, W. B. Watwick, Jno. Tyler, Isaac N. Cooke, and others:
Gentlemen: I have received your communication of the 24th inst., requesting me to announce myself a candidate for the Judgeship of the Hustings Court.  Although I know you have placed too high an estimate on my qualifications, I do not feel at liberty to decline the request, coming, as it does, from so large a number of my fellow citizens.  If it should be the pleasure of the people to elect me, I will endeavor to discharge faithfully the duties of the office.
    Very respectfully,
 Your obedient servant,
WM. H. LYONS.
~ Richmond Daily Dispatch, 01 May 1860 Page 2, Column 5