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with the American youth of today, being, as
it uncloulDtedly is. one of the best means
of discipline, one of the greatest encouragcrs
of self control and endurance, mental and
physical, in existence. Me remained en-
gaged in farming until he reached the age
of seventeen years, and then secured a posi-
tion as clerk in a furniture store in Balti-
more, Maryland. He remained in this ser-
vice for six years, and then determined to
embark upon a business venture of his own.
For this pur])ose he came to the city of Rich-
mond, and there entered into a partnership
with Mr. H. R. Pollard. Jr., and under the
hrm name of Pollard tS: Hagby engaged in
the real estate business there. They have
l^een eminently successful and are now the
leading concern of the kind in the city.
Their business is a very large one and con-
ducted in the most modern manner. Mr.
Bagby has in the meantime wrought for
himself a conspicuous place in the business
and financial world of Richmond, and has
become associated in a prominent manner
with many of the leading concerns in the
city. He has been made the president of
the Fidelity, Loan and Savings Company of
Richmond, and is a director and a large
stockholder in the Richmond Bank and
Trust Compan}' of that city. He is a
staunch member of the Democratic party,
and although he takes a keen interest in the
political questions of the day, has not so far
entered the lists as a candidate of any kind,
nor held any office save that as a member
of the city school board, which he filled
most ef^ciently for a period of six years.
He takes a prominent part in the social life
of the city, and is a member of Arlington
Lodge, No. 149, Free and Accepted Masons,
of Essex county. Virginia.
On March 12, 1895, when twenty-five years of age, Mr. Bagby was married in the Leigh Street Baptist Church, to Alma Louise Harwood, a native of Richmond, born December 24, 1875. ^^S- Bagby is the daughter of John P. and Marie (Wingfield) Harwood, both of Richmond. Mr. Harwood is now deceased, but Mrs. Harwood is still a resident of Richmond. Mrs. Harwood is a member of one of the oldest Virginia families, the Wingfields, the founder of which was one of those hardy souls who founded the settlement of Jamestown, the first permanent colony within the region now occupied by the United States. Mr.
Wingfield was not only one of the first in
this particular, but he was cjue of those
who. after the eventful \oyage of 1607,
found his name included in the famous
sealed order given by King James to the
hardy adventurers with strict injunctions
that it should not be opened until the ar-
rival in X'irginia, and which formed the list
of His Majesty's first council in X'irgima.
To Mr. and Mrs. liagby there have been
born iixe children, all living, as follows:
Louise Elizabeth, now an attendant at Ilol-
lins College, X'irginia ; Phyllis Harwood,
b>hn, jr.. Pleasant l(arw(i(j(l. and Pich-
ard 1 high.
Mr. Bagby is one of the rising men of Richmond, and indeed, of X'irginia. His very obvious business and financial ability, coupled with his well deserved reputation for unimpeachable integrity and generous, open-handed dealing in all the relations of life, have caused him to be regarded as one of the most substantial business men in the region, and his popularity is not less than his reputation. A Democrat in his outlook on life, a])proachable easily by all sorts and conditions of men, simple in bearing, direct in thought and language, there seems to be every reason for the hope and expectation which his host of friends hold for a brilliant future for him in every dei)artment of public activit}-. Mr. Bagby and his family are members of the I'aptist church, of which his father was a clergyman, and he is a constant attendant of the Leigh Street Bap- tist Church, of wdiich he is a strong sup- port, materially aiding the numerous be- nevolences in connection with it.
William Morgan Smith, M. D. Dr. Smith an eminent physician of Alexandria, X'ir- ginia, and present postmaster of that city, descends from one of the old families of the Shenandoah X^alley. In 1777, General John Smith signed his reports to the governor of Virginia. 'Tn my Stone Hall Hackwood Park," a famous massive stone mansion that became famous during the revolutionary war and was long one of the most attractive homesteads of Frederick county. General John Smith, its owner, was of the Smiths of "Shooters Mill." son of John Smith and Mary (Jaquelin) Smith, and related to many of the "old XTrginia families including that of Washington, Marshall. .Ambler, Jones, Pag-e, Carv. Macon and Carrington. The
