Wirt Peebles Marks

Background

Marks, Wirt Peebles was born on November 4, 1893 in Garysville, Prince George Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Doctor Wirt Peebles and Myrtle Lee (Marable) Marks.

Education

Student Randolph Macon Academy. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1917.

Career

March 18, 1941); children—Wirt Peebles III, Priscilla Jordan. Married second, Mary Locke Patterson, October 23, 1943 (deceased 1958). Married 3d, Nelle Payne Darling, May 30, 1959.

Admitted to Virginia bar, 1916, since practiced in Richmond.

Associate Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gay & Moore, 1917-1924, partner, 1925-1953. Partner Christian, Marks, Scott & Spicer, since 1953.

General counsel Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation, 1949-1953, director, 1935-1953. General counsel, director Bank of Virginia.

General counsel Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company, Richmond Terminal Railway Company, president and director, same companies, 1957-1961, retired, 1961, also retired president real estate subsidiaries.

Director Virginia Tractor Company, Incorporated., Richmond, Virginia.

Achievements

• Wirt Peebles Marks has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Virginia State, Richmond bar associations, Virginia History Society, Virginia Museum Fine Arts, Raven Society, Order of Coif, Theta Chirurgical Mason.; Clubs: Commonwealth, Country of Virginia, Deep Run Hunt.

Connections

Married Grace Guerrant Shepherd, February 4, 1928 (deceased. Married second, Mary Locke Patterson, October 23, 1943 (deceased. Married 3d, Nelle Payne Darling, May 30, 1959.

Children: Wirt Peebles III, Priscilla Jordan.