Otey, Peter J
soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 22, 1840, in Lynchburg, Va.
He joined the confederate army and participated in the western campaign culminating at Donelson and Shiloh. He returned with his command and was with the army of northern Virginia and re-. mained in the infantry until the close of the war. His career has been that of a thorough business man in railroad. banking and insurance since 1869, from which time he has been active in the politics of his state, though never asking for office till 1894, when he was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a democrat.