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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  church. 
  He 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  nature's 
  noblemen, 
  of 
  dignified, 
  courtly 
  

   bearing 
  and 
  suave 
  manners 
  — 
  a 
  gentleman, 
  christian 
  and 
  

   scholar. 
  As 
  a 
  financier 
  he 
  has 
  no 
  superior 
  and 
  few 
  equals 
  

   in 
  the 
  State. 
  As 
  a 
  christian 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  devout 
  and 
  assiduous 
  

   worker 
  in 
  the 
  Master's 
  cause, 
  with 
  refined, 
  tender 
  sympa- 
  

   thies 
  for, 
  with 
  ever 
  ready 
  hand 
  to 
  help, 
  all 
  worthy 
  objects 
  of 
  

   charity. 
  His 
  industry, 
  influence 
  and 
  abilities 
  have 
  consti- 
  

   tuted 
  no 
  small 
  concomitants, 
  in 
  the 
  moral, 
  educational 
  and 
  

   material 
  advancement 
  of 
  Durham. 
  The 
  many 
  positions 
  of 
  

   trust 
  and 
  honor 
  which 
  he 
  holds 
  attest 
  his 
  intrinsic 
  worth. 
  

   He 
  is 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  and 
  Learning, 
  

   Director 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  Woolen 
  Mill 
  ; 
  also 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Direc- 
  

   tors 
  of 
  the 
  A. 
  & 
  N. 
  C. 
  and 
  the 
  C. 
  F. 
  & 
  Y. 
  V. 
  Railroads, 
  Vice- 
  

   President 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  Fertilizer 
  Co., 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  

   Watts 
  Coal, 
  Coke 
  and 
  Iron 
  Company 
  of 
  Alabama, 
  and 
  Chair- 
  

   man 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  the 
  County 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  JAMES 
  SOUTHGATE, 
  

  

  A 
  prominent 
  citizen 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  well 
  known 
  Southern 
  

   Underwriter, 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Gloucester 
  county, 
  Virginia, 
  of 
  

   English 
  parentage, 
  1832. 
  Entering 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia 
  in 
  1850, 
  he 
  took 
  a 
  classical 
  and 
  mathematical 
  course 
  

   of 
  study 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  becoming 
  a 
  teacher. 
  Having 
  acquitted 
  

   himself 
  with 
  honor, 
  in 
  1853 
  he 
  opened 
  a 
  military 
  school 
  in 
  

   the 
  city 
  of 
  Norfolk, 
  styled 
  the 
  "Norfolk 
  Male 
  Institute." 
  

   Under 
  his 
  able 
  management 
  the 
  institution 
  enjoyed 
  an 
  

   abundant 
  prosperity, 
  which 
  increased 
  with 
  the 
  years. 
  War 
  

   was 
  the 
  signal 
  of 
  its 
  downfall. 
  

  

  For 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  years 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch 
  was 
  

   identified 
  with 
  the 
  educational 
  interests 
  of 
  Virginia 
  and 
  

   North 
  Carolina. 
  As 
  an 
  instructor, 
  he 
  was 
  dignified 
  and 
  

   firm, 
  always 
  commanding 
  the 
  highest 
  respect 
  of 
  his 
  pupils. 
  

   His 
  profession 
  proving 
  unprofitable 
  after 
  the 
  war, 
  in 
  1872 
  

   he 
  began 
  the 
  Insurance 
  business, 
  a 
  profession 
  which 
  is 
  fast 
  

   growing 
  in 
  the 
  estimation 
  of 
  capitalists 
  and 
  the 
  people. 
  The 
  

  

  