civic movements, and for six terms was the representative of Putnam County in the Florida Legislature. He was born at Augusta, Georgia, May 27, 1886, and is a son of Hon. H. A. B. McKenzie. The McKenzie family originated in Scotland, as the name might indicate, and the early members thereof immigrated to America prior to the War of the Revolution, in which several of Mr. McKenzie's ancestors participated as soldiers of the patriot army. His great-great-grandfather, Solomon McKenzie, II, fought in the War of 1812, under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and served as a member of the South Carolina Legislature for a number of years. Solomon McKenzie III, the grandfather of Henry C. McKenzie, was a soldier of Hampton's Legion, under Wade Hampton, in the Confederate army, and saw much service in a number of the important engagements fought in Virginia. He died soon after the close of the war between the states, leaving five children, of whom H. A. B. McKenzie was the second in order of birth.

H. A. B. McKenzie was born in Georgia, and after receiving his education in the schools of Barnwell, South Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia, entered the newspaper field and for years was connected with the old Augusta Chronicle. Because of failing health, in 1887, he came to Florida and purchased an orange grove at Fruitland, Putnam County. Three years later he was again attracted to journalism and purchased the Palatka Times, which was later consolidated with the Palatka Herald, which had been established in 1869. He continued as the publisher of the TimesHerald. Mr. McKenzie represented Putnam County in the Legislature during the sessions of 1907 and 1909, and then retired from the political field to resume his newspaper duties. For some years he was a member of the County Democratic Executive Committee. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and as a fraternalist holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Of his five children four are living, Henry S. being the third in order of birth.

Henry S. McKenzie attended the public school at Palatka and the South Florida Military College at Bartow, which latter was abolished by the Buckman bill, but which became, as now, a part of the University of Florida. On leaving this institution he became associated with his Father in the newspaper business, and as before noted, is now editor of the Times-Herald, one of the leading newspapers of this section, which enjoys a large circulation throughout Putnam and the adjoining counties, and wields a wide influ

ence.

Upon the retirement of his father from the Legislature he succeeded him, and represented Putnam County for six terms, from 1911 to 1921 inclusive. During his membership in that body, in which he established an excellent record, he served on the committees on appropriations, judiciary, education and other important committees, and was chairman of committees at all sessions. He is the author of the State Budget Bill, passed at the session of 1921, and of other important measures now to be found on the statute books. During the period of the World war Mr. McKenzie was chairman of the Putnam County Council of Defense and rendered valuable service. All measures having for their object the betterment and advancement of his community have his hearty support.

Mr. McKenzie is recording steward of St. James Methodist Church, and was formerly superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School. He belongs to various civic bodies, including the

Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and as a fraternalist is a past chancellor commander of St. John's Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and past sachem of Palatka Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men. He is unmarried.

RALPH E. STEVENS, M. D. Spending part of his boyhood at Sanford until he went away to college and university, Doctor Stevens returned for a brief time to engage in private practice and then answered the call of patriotic duty and went into the army as a medical officer and was in the service two years. He made a distinguished record while in France, and since his return to this country has resumed practice, largely in surgery, at Sanford.

Doctor Stevens was born at Susquehanna in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1891, a son of Harry R. and Rebecca (Black) Stevens. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, his father of English and his mother of Irish ancestry. Harry R. Stevens for the past twenty years has had his home at Sanford, Florida, where he is master mechanic for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

Ralph E. Stevens was about eleven years of age when the family came to Florida, and he finished his public school education in Sanford. He was a member of the first graduating class from the high school in 1909. During 1909-10 he attended the Stetson University at De Land, and then for three years was a student in the University of North Carolina. Doctor Stevens completed his medical training in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1915. For one year he was attached to the Delaware Hospital at Wilmington, Delaware, and after this thorough preparation he returned to Sanford and began practice.

Soon after America declared war on Germany he volunteered his services, and in June, 1917, was commissioned first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps. For some weeks he was engaged in examination work at Miami and West Palm Beach, and in August was ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and then to Camp Lee at Petersburg, Virginia, where he was attached to the Three Hundred Fifth Engineers in the Eightieth Division. In February, 1918, he was promoted to captain, and in May went overseas with the Three Hundred and Fifth Engineers. His first service was on the British front in the Somme offensive, and was then with the American Forces during the St. Mihiel drive and the Argonne offensive. He was on duty in three major actions, September 26, October 4, and November 1, and received a citation for distinguished and exceptional gallantry on November 1, 1918. This was awarded on March 22, 1919, by General Pershing. The citation made special mention of his faithfulness in caring for wounded soldiers at that date. From December, 1918, to June, 1919, he held the rank of regimental surgeon for the Three Hundred and Fifth Engineers. He was returned to the United States in June, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dix. He is now a major in reserve of the Medical Corps, and is also regimental surgeon of the One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Infantry in the Florida National Guard.

Doctor Stevens resumed practice at Sanford in July, 1919. He has been an active member and post surgeon of the Campbell-Lossing Post of the American Legion at Sanford. He was president in 1922 of the Orange County Medical Society, and is a member of the Florida State,

Southern and American Medical associations. He is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, a member of the Elks, the Country Club, Rod and Gun Club, is a Rotarian and a Presbyterian.

ALEX HUGH ODOM. During a period of about twenty years Alex Hugh Odom has been engaged in the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar of Georgia in 1902 and building up a reputation at Jacksonville, Florida, prior to his locating permanently at Palatka in 1908. Here he has been successful in the acquirement of a large and lucrative clientele, attracted by his sound ability, great industry and fidelity to the interests of his clients, and has also established himself thoroughly in the confidence of his fellow members of the profession.

Mr. Odom was born in what is now Toombs County, Georgia, January 19, 1875, and is a son of James H. and Sarah Jane (McNatt) Odom, natives of the same section of Georgia as that in which occurred the birth of their son. They were reared and married and spent their entire lives there, the father passing away in May, 1911, at the age of sixty-nine years. A portion of his life was devoted to the pursuit of agriculture, and for twenty years prior to his death he was also a dealer in naval stores. For four years he served as a soldier of the Confederacy during the war between the states, being a private in a Georgia volunteer infantry regiment. His widow, who survives him, now makes her home near Lyons, Georgia. In their family there were three sons and four daughters, one child dying at the age of eleven months. Two of the children now reside in Florida: Patrick H., a resident of Jacksonville; and Alex Hugh, of this review.

Alex Hugh Odom remained at the place of his birth until he left home to attend school, supplementing his early education by a course at Emory College, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a member of the graduating class of 1899. Two years later the same institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He attended Mercer University for his law course, and was graduated as a Bachelor of Laws in 1902, at which time he entered upon the practice of his profession at Lyons, Georgia, and in August, 1904, removed to Jacksonville. He remained there until 1908, when he located at Palatka, where he has since been engaged in general practice and has been accorded a large and distinctly representative clientage, indicative of the trust reposed in him by the public and its appreciation of his ability. Mr. Odom presents his cases fairly, is strong in argument and logical in his deductions, and in his every-day practice recognizes and observes the highest ethics of professional actions. Both he and his brother, Patrick, are owners of farms in Georgia.

Mr. Odom is a democrat, but takes only a good citizen's interest in politics, and has never sought nor desired office. He belongs to the Sigma Nu college fraternity and to the Knights of Pythias, and in Masonry has attained to high rank, having taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rite bodies up to and including the thirty-second degree in the latter, and he is also a member of Morroco Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also has several business and civic connections. The rules that further govern his conduct and shape his life are found in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he is a devout member.

RAFORD J. HANCOCK. In official circles of Putnam County the name of R. J. Hancock is recognized as that of an individual who has been prominent in public affairs for a number of years, and who in the several incumbencies which he has occupied has displayed the possession of qualities that have made his services of much value to the community and its people. At this time he occupies the office of clerk of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, a position which he has held since 1917. His usefulness is not near its close nor his advancement at its highest, as without doubt higher honors await this typical son of Florida who personifies what is best in its public men.

Mr. Hancock was born February 4, 1877, in Putnam County, Florida, and is a son of the late John Hancock. His father, a native of Georgia, came to Putnam County, Florida, in young manhood, and here applied himself to the vocation of farming, which he followed throughout life with a gratifying measure of success. He was a man of industry and integrity, and the manner in which he conducted his transactions, both public and private, won the friendship and esteem of many. After an active and useful career he died in Putnam County, on his farm, in 1917. He and his worthy wife were the parents of seven children, of whom R. J. was the fourth in order of birth.

R. J. Hancock acquired his education in the public schools and was reared on the home farm, amid agricultural surroundings. Farming, however, did not appeal to him, and at the age of twenty years he began teaching in the schools of the rural districts, a vocation which he followed for four years. This was succeeded by his entering the United States railway mail service, with which he was connected for about seven years, during which he had several different runs and visited several points. Mr. Hancock severed his connection with the mail service in 1909, in which year he was appointed county tax collector. The duties of this position claimed his attention and activities until 1917, when he became his party's candidate for the office of clerk of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, to which office he was duly elected. His first term proved very satisfactory to the people, who evidenced their gratification by returning him to office to succeed himself. He discharges his duties in an entirely capable, thorough and expeditious manner, and has won the confidence of his associates at the courthouse and the public in general. Mr. Hancock is a democrat, and has always been active in the interests of his party. He belongs to the Baptist Church, and is a member of the Kiwanis Club and other bodies, civic and social.

In 1904 Mr. Hancock married Miss Rosa Green, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Green, of Putnam County, natives of Florida, and to this union there have been born three children: Cox J., Edna E. and R. Wendell, all attending school.

FRANCIS WILLIAM MAHONEY. A resident of Florida for over thirty-five years, Francis William Mahoney has been in business at Sanford during the greater part of the period, and has one of the largest establishments in the state handling plumbing contracting and plumbing and kindred lines of merchandise.

Mr. Mahoney was born at Richmond, Virginia, April 29, 1853, son of Francis and Ellen (Dodd) Mahoney, both representing old American lines, his father's people coming to Maryland with Lord

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Baltimore. On the maternal side one branch of the family is the Wilsons. Ellen Dodd was born at Portsmouth, Virginia, and Francis Mahoney was born at Georgetown, District of Columbia. He was the seventh child of his parents, and when his father died he had no further opportunity to attend school, so his studious disposition led him to acquire a wide range of knowledge through his own efforts. At the age of fourteen the responsibilities of a large family came to rest virtually on his shoulders. learned the trade of stone mason, and among other employments worked during the construction of Fortress Monroe. He acquired a good knowledge of the Latin and French languages, and was for many years a skillful civil engineer. Much of the time he was in the employ of the Federal Government. One of his early achievements, and one receiving high commendation from a Government expert, was building the foundation of the Government locks at Richmond. When the civil war came on, considering himself a Virginian, he resigned from the Government service and cast in his lot with the Confederacy. He was on the staff of engineers in General Lee's army, and continued until the final surrender. After the war he resumed the work of his profession at Richmond, and continued there until his death in 1879, at the age of sixty-three. His widow died in 1888, aged sixty-eight. They were the parents of six sons and one daughter.

Francis W. Mahoney was reared at Richmond, attended the paid schools, and as a boy began an apprenticeship at the trade of steam and gas fitting and general plumbing. When he was only twenty years of age, due to his unusual skill and proficiency, he was made foreman of the Richmond Gas Works. He held that post seven years. Leaving Virginia, he located at Augusta, Georgia, and from there went to Atlanta, where for five years he was in the plumbing business on his own account, and in 1885 removed to Palatka, Florida, and five months later came to Sanford, which city has been his home since 1886. Throughout this period he has been in the plumbing business and a dealer in general plumbing supplies and machinery under the name of Mahoney Walker Company. Along with the conduct of this successful business he has interested himself in the entire program of upbuilding and development of Sanford. He has never been a candidate for public office, is a democratic voter and a member of the Catholic Church.

At Richmond, Virginia, in 1875, Mr. Mahoney married Miss Fanny J. Byrne. She died December 20, 1919, the mother of two sons and one daughter.

SAMUEL PULESTON, M. D. Steadily practicing medicine and surgery at Sanford for nearly twenty years, Doctor Puleston has acquired many interests in that city, both in a business and in a civic capacity. He is one of the most accomplished men in his profession in Seminole County.

Doctor Puleston has lived most of his life in Florida, but was born at Fort Worth, Texas, December 5, 1880, son of Thomas Morvin and Mary (Arnold) Puleston. His father was born in the City of London, and was seven years of age when his parents, John and Sarah Puleston, came to the United States and settled in Illinois, where they lived out their lives. Thomas M. Puleston married in Illinois Mary Arnold, a native of Salem, that state, and of New England ancestry. Thomas M. Puleston graduated from an Illinois college, and soon after his marriage moved

to Fort Worth, Texas, and practiced law there. In 1883, he came to Florida, settling at Monticello, and was one of the active members of the bar of Jefferson County until his death, at the age of fifty-seven. For twenty years or more he was county judge, and at the time of his death was grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Florida. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason. For many years he was a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church, and his widow, an active member of the same church, is now living at Sanford. Two of their six children are now deceased.

Dr. Samuel Puleston was reared at Monticello from the age of two years, attended the Jefferson County High School, and had two years of private instruction before entering the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He was graduated M. D. in 1902, and before engaging in practice he spent one year in the University of Maryland Hospital and one year in the hospital of the Plant System of Railways at Waycross, Georgia. Doctor Puleston opened his office at Sanford in 1904, and has been engaged in steady practice here. He has taken work in the New York Post Graduate School of Medicine and in the Mayo Clinics at Rochester, Minnesota. He is a member of the Midland Medical Society, the Orange County Society, the Sanford Medical and Dental Society, and the Florida State and American Medical associations. A large part of his work in recent years has been general surgery.

Doctor Puleston is vice president of the Peoples Bank of Sanford. He is also president of Rose Court, Incorporated, a real estate organization. He is a Master Mason, a member of the Elks, the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and the Presbyterian Church. In 1905 he married Miss Camilla Shaw, a native of Alabama. Their two children are Mary Elizabeth and Camilla.

GORDON BELDON TISON has practiced his profession as a doctor of dental surgery at Gainesville for nearly twenty years, and is a recognized leader in civic affairs there.

He was born at Providence, Bradford County, Florida, December 31, 1875, son of William Orson and Martha (Hodges) Tison. His father was born at Newnansville, then the county seat of Alachua County, where the grandfather Tison was a pioneer. The mother is a native of Hamilton County, Florida. Since 1887 Doctor Tison's parents have lived at Gainesville, where his father has supervised his interests as a farmer, stock raiser and trader.

Gordon B. Tison grew up on a farm, attended common schools, the public schools of Gainesville, spent three years in the East Florida Seminary at Gainesville, and during 1893 attended business college at Lexington, Kentucky. Soon afterward he entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, where he was graduated Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1897. For five years after graduating Doctor Tison was engaged in operative dentistry in New York City. He returned to Florida, and for a year poor health prevented his resuming his profession, but since 1905 he has looked after a large and prosperous private practice at Gainesville, and his work has brought him a state wide reputation in dental surgery, and this reputation extends to many other states. Doctor Tison keeps in touch with the rapidly advancing knowledge of dental practice, and has attended many clinics and done much post-graduate work, taking some time nearly every year for this purpose. He was for four years, from 1917 to 1921,