The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-07-11
The EeH and Women of yERury--W
They Have Dome for Tcnncssee---
A Remarkable Family.

The Mem and Women Of yEaury--W what
They Have Done for TcnRCssqe---
A Remarkable Family.
From correspondence to Memphis Appeal
COLUMBIA, July, 1873. -The dry. hot
weather of he last week has improved
the crops very much in this section. The
wheat crop is harvested, and they are
thrashing it out. The yield is a fair one.
The oat crop will be gathered durin"
this week, and is said to be very fine.
There has been no cholera in Pulaski,
Franklin or this place. Columbia has
been remarkable in regard to cholera.
considering that it is in a limestone re-
giOn, Although there have been four or
five visitations of cholera in Middle Ten
nessee, it has never been in this place
That is owing to two causes, The town
is uncommonlY VOL. draine natn~.,Tl,
and tho authorities pay YeT- good atto3,
ton TO the sanitary condition OF the
place. A few hundred or a few thous-
and dollars expended at the proper time
not only saves great deal of money.
but saves many valuable lives and much
suffering.
Columbia, if she has the proper spirit
OF enterprise, as / hope she has NAV be-
come one OF the most hourishing
manufacturing towns in Middle Tennes-
see. This will be owing considerably to
dCA it'I u5dlLD. Even llfS.
however, cannot improve her, unless
her people manifest an enterprising
spirit.
! take the liberty of giving short ac-
count of very remarkable and distin-
guished family, some of the members of
which lived and yet live in this county.
The first secretary of she navy was Hon
Benjamin Stoddert, who was the grand !
father OF General EweIl and his wife.
hot Of TuIn died
year. He was the father of the American
navy. One of his daughters was mar
ried to Hon. G, w. Campbell, of Tennes- |
see, another to Hon. David Hubbard, of /
Alabama, and another to Mr.. EWell, of |
Virginia. Gen. Ewell's military char
acter is too well known to require any
remarks from me. Since the war he has |
been very active III agricultural, |
and church matters. He |
favored every improvement. He had |
the finest sheep i'll Tennessee, and also |
very fine cattle Just before his death
he contemplated establishing a sheep |
farm in Lewis or Perry county, which |
would have doubtless been success, !
His wife, who was his frgt Cousin, and /
daughter of Hon. ~, w. Campbell, was
a $50 q Eeniark able person He had a
brother, Tom Ewell, who was the most
brilliant young man that was ever edu-
Gated at theuniverSiIy at Nashville. He
was appointed lieutenant i'll the United
States army by President Polk, He fell
calamity at the battle of CerrD 'tyOrC,o, /
in Mexico, and so much aid he distiu-
guish himsyit, mat lie received especial
com laendation from General Scott, who
had command of the army. Hon. Ben
iamin StoddeTt is the grandfather of
Rev. William Stoddert, OF Giles county,
who is not only an able divine, but is I
remarkable for his ''Jpgantriclties, as
they are called, because they are such
uu0cIl qlon acts of charity and self-reii-
anGe,
Another branch of this family resides
in West Tennessee. William Stoddert,
Esq, who was the son of Benjamin
Stoddert, was an able and most success
ful lawyer in Jackson. lie. was not only
in his prQfession, but in every
thingh undertook. He endeared him
selfto the younger members of his pro
fessiOn by the assistance he rendered |
them, and his memory is now held in
grateful remembrance by some Gi the
men in WSst tennessee,
whom he befriended in the commence
ment Of their career. His wife was Miss
Mason, a relative of General Winfield
Scott, and cousin of Hon. John Y. Ma
sIn. of Virginia, and their children in !
herit the virtues and characteristics of
their ancestors. 1 have mentioned this
family because such a succession OF wOr-
thy and distinguished persons In one
family is rather unusual, aDd' deserves
special notice.
In 1850 q Company of young men |
Whn.tc from this town to the Seminole |
war, and although they were engaged |
in many bloody battles, and many of |
them were wounded, not single one |
died or was killed. They all return
ed, and two of them, Walter Coleman /
and Simeon Nenable, now live in |
Memphis. They spent the whole |
summer in South Alabama and Flor |
ida, and were subject to ell the dam
gers and diseases of the camp and the |
field, and vet all escaped. Is not |
this strange? Judge Terry ii. Cahal
was their colonel; Powhatan Cor |
don, who now lives here, was their |
Northumberland DE-, A. III, Brown,
now an eminent physician of this
place, was one of their surgeons. |
In this regiment, but from Giles coun-
ty, were Judge A. Wright, of Mem |
phis, and General n. S. Brown, Of
Nashville.
This whole region is anxious TO
form more direct and close connec-
ton with the great commercial city
of Tennessee, and they hope 80 do so
within the next two OF three years.
Columbia and Maury county have
furnished more representative in
Memphis and Shelby county than
any other county and town in Mid
die Tennessee.
Judge Nicholson is in very criti-
cal condition, but his numerous
friends hope to see him fully restor-
ed soon, la IN.
The people here are satisfied with
Whitlhorne's course on the salary
question. He is an able, watchful,
and progressive member.