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On the Map Of Jsnsi,on Comfy. v..sIuA,
Eastern part Of School Drtfict No I5 viii be
iosne o place designated Ro.s VsiIsv.' A ,pr,es
also marked 90 the msp--ecn.m.ness Ia that
vslisy-snd, ansf mesndsfthg gently through q
hsmeer u nssdovs, and receiving oshsr rivalsu,
smpaies into the Shenandoah. midway betutsn
ksysss s~i'eA aud ksyss's Ferry, s.OuI 500 ards
from each.
This s,rea inlet ssnslsss on the map Ia. besa
sometimes called the Douglass Breach Nv ARA
rreolleetiops Of the loo siy-,ay, In fsIs- ao-sre
sssoeisted With venersbls old rrnuemss, rssid-
Ing s,'bsts early day AmoAF his children abd grand
ssiidtsn, on that e'aneA. Ills seow-~hi'e iocks--
HE fair-topPed Soois-tut. above all, hi, bsamlng
eoas,ebaaee and ioodnsss Zoe ehildtsn-I seem 70
behold again, alter IN interval OF ivoseore years.
This honored relic OF eo.onial IIrpss YES named
william D0pglsss. he had two sisters reading
IN dtherent homes,eads. Vn The ssme brsneh. Ose
n. them- hu Cardner-lissd aIthe time a Rose
valley. viii her son, Frsteis Gsrdbtr 80 the
,deniesl he7ss nss oeeupied By her grandson John
oafdeer have an indistnet iupfes.ion al she
passed part OF her time Al Ai.Iaadrs 9Th Ast sop-
10 lav, The Rev. Isaac Robbias She had been
widow, named Houell. (of Chester CO. Pa I,bink)
when married 10 Mr. Gardner. The late ssnu,i
Howell aad Mira. Robbins we're ehi!dtrn Of thai pf,
vioos marriage.
The other sister Of Mr. D.-vss Mrs. Brown N,
mother Of Capt James NJ Brovo, and Etaudsaolhsr
OF the Yong man whose map has aided me 80 ma
tcfislly IN thrse sketches.
Mr.. pousias. had too dsughier Who married
two btoihers william and George Berneu. The
Tract farther down the stres IA ct than me two ,i,
isrs iSTsd. Thf -iSYv, link, sop,ssSrJ 70 jt-
side there ul her dsAIh. She survived het husband
many years, and reared large family. The late
DR. Burnett was one OF the sons TAe family of
George removed to HE West 10 1915 or &c and
settled Al New Albany, Ind. They are ptosperoas
ana inaaen'iAl ~ thai uuly snlighisae Ahd enter
pressing etiy. remember their removal. They
resided on the moot eastern part Of the Douglas.
tract, their ispd running doSn TO where the Win.
chester Ran Road now passes two miles below
Haiiiown.
Besides the tao Mr. Burn Ell. inst n,p,ion.d
there were other ehndIsn of Mr.. Douglass DIR.
JohA DOuelas-who owned . mansion uh,r, n.
resided IN Fairfax county, uniil aboat 1872 and
who Afterwards lived for many yeats IN Cinciapa.
twas believe the e,desi son Asalher son va.
named WitiiHm who married the oidrst daogkter
OF Van Rulherfotd lSec. No X 70 Notes '&c
The late Hon. Isaac Riehsrson DooRla Jsdss
OF ouT Cite1t Court, was the youngest 400 1 be.
lisTe' The yoDnE 81 child Of all probably vas
Ms hnn Henry, vile oil the late IOhn u. Henry
They were married al the house VI Mrs. WIN. Bur
Geu on the l5,h June. 1915.
Al The lime VI which am speaking there we're
other twellefs along the BIaneh-Nho have Ion9
since passed away iron this world. brief note
OF Ihete nov give.
First, Tar above The spring IN Rose YaIIey. and
n;ar The head Of the drain, dWelt that Admirable
Dair1n, Mrs.. DtOsilla RutheTicr,--ofU whom Ina.
already spoken particularly. See No XII Her
present successor, In the occupaoey of Ibst 6ns
iafm, Is Cspi. James NJ. BIown. Neu dr.crnd. I
ing the basiR, cane the konssteAd Ct Ma R,yan
previously MIS- HunieT. A daughter Of AeTs-oid
Va year, hut Of active mind and bcdy-t.,i5-.
amoHg us-M =. SytaHh, widow OF the la, Or al.
eIAad,r Slrauh. The place thea known as Mr.,
SIyAas Is nov occupied ~ FTaEeis BGll.T, and
bears The name Of Selma"
The lasLnsmed gentleman l. hfua.rf Hrs.I
osseendabi Ot the hoase that gave the Branch h.
nAme-his kTaHdnloihsr, ! believe, kaviaR been a
s,'set Oh the venerable old Teacher, Wa Dou-
glass, above mrnticDed.
Abou, 100 yards iouher down, and to the Ief
near The woods-stOod the cottage home of The nj |
dow AndsftoR, and her three dSnehIets TaerT
Mar AID Hannah. NOiA vssiiRs seems to he len !
OF hat plain tut generous old hsarihSIose Their
liuls Taei-nOt more han ten or iileen acres-tkey
sold long since, and removed 10 the West Tin,
ooiheia'ts many imPfrssiShsi bot IL can EsyeT
erase the memory OF IhOs< sIeTlinE aoAitis.- The
ktndBe-s, s0ciabiliiy, iGdusiTy and ihTiu-v hick
ruled IN that b. usehold OF 0sprotsc led frmales
speak Of them, a. bfst them. AiteYSstds one
Of the Daughters Msry) married the W iIlian Hall
mehllooed among my EoIes On The Halls Of Hall.
twh'-ihe same being in the Iourh degree ftom
The old patriarch. See paragraph No l. IN Ihs !
Msmorands attached TO aid Notes SIiII desessd. |
ing the drain ne Come % the fret sprine a, ahov.
meRtiooed, Al Rose Valley. Within Aisw fcds
oeioT-and ~ sn artificial spfifg, The Wat-f
oSinS bropght Gown BY subterTsResa pipes-Iiyed /
ChIisioPhef RIdvhouT father Of samuel Ridsno1r !
IN the 'Ans house where y GaTdser nov residsa
The last tanned genilemaa lived Bexi door neigh.
b1r 10 Mr.. Ride our for a great many years
They were both good farmers and both had been
familiar viii good tillAge in Pennsylysnia be.
Tore the beginning OF the present eebt8ry. AithAt
lime, clover Sss thing unknown In all this re.
gion. At length, Mr.. Ridenour--Uho vas an en-
i1ssny PfAsI'eAl man, ADD iodss both Of man.
kibd asd Of soils-pTopOsed 20 M Gardner 10
Wy the experiment 81 seNinS clover; bat sd |
could not oe procured this, side Of the Polomae
NO sooner said Than done" II was about 1907
of c-bAit century aso-Whea these Two mode!
farmers, thea 10 the prime q life mounted Ih.i,
Stout piOU boFEes. With empiy bAKs; and crossing
The Potomac a. Shrpher3stoEn, bsvrr ceased the |
pa.san ~ thsy toand yeadsf Of clover seed =
los FhnN 49, ~
oliseii add, each IhTSU ing his bag of precious
seed across bis horse. and HOuhiinE atop tie "A ne
iheJ Iolrneysd home By easy stages-tsjoyiBR, no
doubt The KrAthcatiOH, that while Ihry urTs art-
ibg wisely icf their ONn intefe1 they were bv
heir example a. thIihy farhsts doing i'ihe Siats
some service I" The survivor Of this ealsfptIsruK
Of his departed neisGbor: Eot ChrisiosAs, n -,
sense
sun descending The Branch icEards is ou,le,
snd passing the Brow and Burnett Bnssest,sds
as above mrntionsd. the last farm ou.s we sofn.
70, beloIs rearhing the Ksyess Ferry Tract /, I'M,
Plssr where the lace Rev Thomas Keyes resided
Ihs. h.ls sutsD eour,ing through be mtsdou
almost IN crescent Al that day Mr. Ksve.,
sp~is pfcscr'rt an iilastTatiun Of an old ,fra al
etimHiTs Chfissisniff--s Ga< oESrra 90 tl~ arsys
The eifeuiLpfesehers Of The Msihodlst EpiseopsI
Chsfch regularly preached Ihsre sba held eia..
meeting 0Bce q fortnight. on week dsvs A nor,
aee pulpit Ella lOog ranges % benches o.r1pisd
lhe back porch, the sboie lsbEih q th- ko,ppsblv
sta nahAaRe Anu Ahfsc ~ fr sll brought tHto the
lHgss fUom 81 The house On pfcsehi bR DAYS \
have SEN ihe old northumberland . iocsl min
iaet-EofhtBg a iAe katvts held spngiiaees
leading ~ tAe cradle, tliI the congregation bsaas
20 sssrmoif abd " hap The preacher failed 10
arrive, Re nFcsched the srfmon and lfd The cIas.
himself have nov before me ths ed elss.- bo,.k
VIE ne familiar roll -lufty- 6vs "a nss in ALL
WE me regular marks q atebdancr. sbseHess
IemoFais. payment u gaaftefagts. deaths ar-
iAete y Toll also 81 zoe sueerssioB ~ ministers
~ macy yesft-beEibBing ikus "istG Bsys5lV
WauEh and Naihaaisi Mills" Ths Frnte.
mas Waaghl is nou one 81 he Bishops 81 HE
ehntsh llis suu,--Mrs. Sosannah Hosn. snd
~ hu'i sad, Rev 8esiy Buha- lived thea a.
Hsi"oEhJ IN house 81 The right 81 iks fsiLfosd
20 ifuEt u uhrre he store s0g stands Mfs Ronn
si'l lives, "a fss,trHt q Bsltinofs) sFsd about
nthey Jesrs--is atil very active and enjoys fps
heahh end sPlN's she he's besa ID cor iogs sos
nsishbCihood fOf ZONE weeks pssi anane hsg kis-
dfed Ihs Old homtstead- ehufrh % M KsVs,
vas ior ptnnref Wufh. The gtouiaF eopgfesa
iilns st Chafiesioun snd hisfp~rs Fsfrv' sseh
sboui iouT miles dittsnl gradpsliY rrBdsfsd ID "a
pfsssssfy 10 AesP - Fsblic eaTshie 81 ~. ssrst
fph. The place Witch " marked % the tsfofs
neuiiaBet msb a. Re- fftUf-ts 1r. o,.,.4 80