The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

382 THE HONOEABLE POSTERITY.
Chap, iv .presidencies of Colleges, editing of secular and
religious papers, and the writing of books of
diversified literature,— have been followed.
The two which certainly have predominated
Medicine are medicine and law. In these two profes-
L^. sions, there have been some able men in many
lines of descent, and they have commanded
large and lucrative practice in large cities,
standing in the front of their professions.
Others have graced legislative and senatorial
halls, and still others have presided with dignity
and ability on county, municipal, district,
and State benches of Justice. All lines of
Lines busiuess—
banking, merchandise, manufac-
Business.tures, mcchauics, commerce, farming, teaching,
offices of county and state—have been
followed and made a success by many of these
descendants.
Beginning with the grand children of Bar-
Ministry,tholomew Dupuy, we have the Ministry of the
Gospel represented, and every generation
since has been adorned with that profession,
in the various denominations. In the Southern
Presbyterian Church there are now six
living ministers through the descent of Peter,
and others in the Northern Church; while
facts indicate that the Ministry in the Baptist
and Christian denominations is far better represented
in the line of descent through John
James. Martha and Philippa, the daughters,
have also furnished their quota.
The marked degree in which Protestantism
ReUgion.has characterized these descendants is also
worthy of note. After the lapse of 200 years,
the writer, in his wide correspondence to
gather data for the genealogy, has never
learned of a single descendant who had been,
or is a Roman Catholic ; while all the different