The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-27
JAMES g. BLAlNE ron PRESIDENT.
Was Brother blaine Ever n Cathoiict A
Little Family History.

TINS gentleman is at present occttDvinr n
ARG ruon Of the attention Of the country.
us long serVire rs speaker of the House "
Ncprcseutativcs and his admitted candidature
i"t tne Presidency IN Ike his opinions ami ac-
tl"n- IN regard To public que-tiOns Of more than
ordinary tWpurtauce. aud consequently his
sperches IN the amnesty debate have attracted
Nlue spread attention..
As ANYTHING with reference to him Ia at
present oI Interest To the public, we gladly give
piace ~ the following IN regard to MIR. Blaine's
hhtecedents, simply rcmarking that our corre-
slonuent Is In position to know, beyond all
peradvent'ne the truth In regard to the matters
Of which he writes;
To TnE iulroR or TIP TINES In reading your r,pcr
ot the lzn Sc tat thrrr living city cousin
TOO much ON the columns Of Sonr vs. uabir pspcr I
N.uid You ~ insert MS tiort hisor, " The CT.
i "r Mas,t i1niy a.. YOU have Z az hama from
,"tH ior inc TO- make some corrections In regard to
Inc writer OF the artice referred to saws Neil Blaine
ins oeiH civ 'a9 II d. ad H. died in Wash;
souihN cslcrn fc,as AGAIN there was ne Mar, s,anc
tnou De- Ma ssret. In REGARD to tbs r. aous faith
euic eoir,ctv in he R6cSt.tcr Iss so AZ and
Svr tn'' n2 one need doau ne eotrcc less q IT, not
ehan,ed N. rel giou when he seied in Tcw tnsabd.
l.. Narn 'm5ihrr II w. nsa t, ~ic' t ri,l
cs Ieraau. Mrs Iiorusn diei soon leaving no iai ~
l'. 'pe 10y tl- Mat lag h1d tnree children, oue
Ard MARY. Toe Kcv. \; H. Gillespie died fomcthinl
Wc'n A4ser spn.,ilo,,, ", sss II n4M Sacl
SCUM beua, InI Mar is married to Philemon kWing
an Gu. foSc and Cen GI ion " E%ns Mr rs
IN regurd % tSe family Of Wiian l.. Gillespie. they
,nisul. I'd Wet from ne family h,inr IN Western
me 81 Si Mp' a ,So m yar
I'd six O. aud iour aiusnttIs, Neil zop6 mia, john
aud Mary Of IN. liec fsinly inciud'fs fathcr An
ic- Two Of iie dau.n,c1. bee me- rr0u I'M N
namely. Mara auh Mar. Mary Gulcspie. as she wa,
MARA. LOW Mother Theresa. D. sulcror OF s. Theresa
AcsueiA, Decatur. ~. John esuie IL hying IN the
IA
er"thr j. N.t 10 ths city and ~ he one ferred 10
o, a few ,ris in regard tue family OF squire Bcall,
was cai!e was caakcr. ny MS nrst marriage he hss
sc M ~ u ~, ~, thh Ae Q1akr-s u, ne
St,r. he married Catholic, snd very - lous one
ten he a. cause Il TIM ins seven mo tR tah
tsspty .bs "a ,fn M MANN sgSenesn on o.
te. o. ~, ~ M. an oufi Inns u. Xas The
cemr N,lhoMs' and the iairi nciofr d to whai l.
uon OF ia, human family. T. {.
fromHe clev,r Tnoa
Squire Uaiuc, as ne wrs called. the father ~
.ht ed latvfte couu.N. peuu-y is.nis. II. " -
u0t catholic hut married a Miss Gtllospio, "a
member au uld ga .uir family. VINO were
once veal nl, hu' WI '. meeting wHh reverse@,
en ialalcd Nest some a. IsX .rd Others to
vert to thc I-.oU- ialtu Of his wife. aud lived
and died Lrm hetcy,r IN il. lie had i've SONS
and Two dap chter- james. Epnran. Neil,
Robert. sud John, aud VI lry and Eliza. and II
were brought ~ strict and practical Caiholics.
He' Is dead J. ram was Lost heard from IN
tue SoNtuwes,. ia Texas or Mexico, Robert IL
clei ia one II the deu Iftment- at Warhington;
john Us. or wa. al az nj Of the Post Otiice De-
part irnt; Nary Is dead. and Eliza is the wife OF
hoh'rt &. Walker. taymaster IN the army.
laNna-t"r tlhcr was not "a & tuolc when he
married lls. Litiuv, but rhe couNerfca MIN,
and ihc whole family are Catholics. Two Of the
dau-hter- hvra ue u4n-. one Is dead and the
other j. somewhere in western PENNSYLVANIA,
near ilt;sbur-u. Rev. \. IA. Ginos pie. 4 pro-
less, r III Notre Dame Cnivef-itY, 81. Jose,.l's
county, lnui.La. u \ cousin Of eX-Speaker
bliue So, nl-u. Is Mother y gela, the author
es~ % the " Nettopuh au Reader" series Of
iathNiif s"uonl uouk-. james Gillespie. or
jim Blame. A. tie eX Speaker IL irreverentlv
Gale q, Was torn on the la-t dAy Of Janu ~.
lojO. lie emisratcd from the family hume ia
west rn PENNSYLVANIA shortly alter attaining
rs M Jorty, and graduated Washington Col
leEt, Pennsylvania, ana took up his residence Ia
Maine. " mere his religion was not popular, anu
he changed u entered uulttics; took edit
toriAl cuair al Pr llud, ana thcn at Augusta
Was IA the LEGISLATURE from $50 90 lsis, the Last
tive years Speaker, and mas since been Ia Con
gress.