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The immediate family of William B. Rogers was remarkable. The father was a distinguished professor of Natural Science in William and Mary College, to which he came in 1819 from Philadelphia, bringing with him his four sons, James B., William B., Henry D. and Robert E. All of these sons became distinguished and distinguished in the same general line of study, viz: Physical Science. James spent his life in Pennsylvania in connection with its University. He, Henry and Robert all gave some assistance to William in the geological survey of Virginia. Henry was the State Geologist of Pennsylvania at the same time that William was conducting the geological survey of Virginia; and this fact helps to account for the wonderful originality and accuracy which characterized both surveys. Robert was the chemist of the Virginia survey, and afterward went to the University of Pennsylvania. Henry and William were the two great men of the family, and of the two, William was probably the greater. He succeeded his father at William and Mary in 1829 as professor of Natural Science. In 1835 he took the same chair in the University of Virginia, and the same year was appointed geologist for the State. Strange to say, the proposition to have a geological survey of the State came from the Geologic Society of Pennsylvania, a society composed largely of Philadelphia lawyers, and designed specially to promote the study of field geology by means of State aid in the several States. The leading spirit in this Pennsylvania society was Peter A. Brown, who, although eminent in his profession as lawyer, had a great love for Natural Science, to which he finally devoted himself exclusively. Mr. Brown, in obedience to a resolution passed by the Pennsylvania society, addressed a letter to Governor John Floyd, of Virginia, September 30, 1833, in which he makes intelligent remarks concerning the mineralogy and geologic structure of Vir |