WILLIAM A. STROTHER.
The subject of this sketch was born in Richmond, Virginia, on
November 15, 1832, but has long been a resident of Lynchburg,
engaged in business in that city since 1855. His first marriage was
with Sallie Mitchell of Bedford county, Virginia, who died leaving him
two sons, William M. and Robert. He married secondly at Lynchburg,
on February 26, 1862, Jennie L. Langhorne, and they have one
son, Sidney. Mr. Strother is now the only survivor of four brothers
who gave their service to the Confederate States during the late war.
He entered service in April, 1861, second lieutenant of Company E,
11th Virginia Infantry, and was obliged to resign, on account of
sickness, in the following winter; was later made captain of a
company of reserves, so serving till the close of the war. His
brother Sidney, sergeant in Cranshaw's battery, was killed in battle of
Gaines Mills. Robert Q., another brother, served through the war in
same battery; since deceased. Fourth of these brothers was John M.,
who served as treasurer, C. S. A., rank of captain. When Richmond
was evacuated he held all the funds of the Confederate States in his
keeping; died since the war. William A. Strother has been a bank
director since 1861, in the First National Bank of Lynchburg and the
National Exchange Bank. He is a trustee of the Lynchburg Female
Orphan Asylum, and for five years has been Eminent Commander of
the DeMolay Commandery, Knights Templar. He is head of the firm
of W. A. Strother & Son, proprietors of the "Strother Silver Medal
Cologne," and they are extensively engaged in the manufacture of perfumeries,
having a market in thirteen States.
