The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-05
KEATS'S GRAND NEPHEW.
THE REM fRKh ME hDTENTURES or A
YOUNG DESCENDINT or the POET.
disappearing for Fincen Years. Given Up
for Dead. hut Now Appearing 90 Claim n
Fortune that has just been Divided.


Fortune that has just been Divided.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, May IL have just
learned here romantic story. the end OF which
has by no means yet come. This story is mado
all tho moro interesting from the fact that Its
hero is u member Of family from which came
the most unique character in English literary
history. He is the grand nephew OF John
Keats. and his name is George Keats Gwath-
mey Ho is young man of about nine and
twenty, whose Career. IN its way. has been quite
rs singular rs that OF his uncle.
In this city live many of the descendants OF
George Keats. the younger brother OF the
poet He came to this country about sixty
years ago. bringing with him his wife.
then Young girl Of sixteen. tho daughter Of
Colonel in Highland regiment In their day
both Of them had great influence upon the
then somewhat crude society OF this metropolis
Of the Dark and Bloody Ground. Mr.. Keats
built several saw mills on the hanks Of the Ohio
river. and was so prosperous In his business
affairs that he was enabled to entertain his
friends In tho stately home. which yet stands In
Walnut street. in n manner at once elegant and
profuse. lie had two sons and five daughters.
or these four are yet livlng-John. who. after
practising IA n civil engineer with marked sue
ccss. has taken to farming in Missouri
Emma. who married Mr.. Philip Speed OF
this city. brother Of cxAuorney-Gcn-
oral james Speed . Ella, now Mrs. Play;
md Alice wife Of Mr. Edward NJ. Dranc OF
Frankfort XIV. Those who died were Clarence.
&e rrsdn Of the sas w2rSS e. VIZ" Mss n
cidcntly killed by lying upon. n loaded shot gun
which had been carclessly placed unon SOFA
marricd M I'M Mr. ticdrae tGwathmey. n ihe time
Of his death cashicr Of the Bank ot hcntucky
Their son is the George Keats Gwathmey oil TINS
H., was only few years old WHOM he was left
an orphan. His father left snug little fortune
which for over twenty years has been stendi-
ly Increasing. until row II is quite nnple. Thc
son was ntruatei To the car. OF ms grand
mother who after the degth " Mr.. Keats mar
ried "a Scotchmau. Mr.. John Jeffrey. A. distin-
gul~hcd civil engineer. now nNing ~ LcNlng-
t9n hy WIN M WIZ w2i irE iuEn ,no,aS NAN " of ths
world that forty years ago adorned the society
OF this city. and at an earlier period was toast
in the best literary circles Il London. Young
Gwathmcy WAS Scnt to school He was ldd Of
such uncommon brightness. acquiring AN
guagcs without any effort ana r1"gmp.ring. 1" ng.
he was only ~ years old II was thought
hv all that he had before him u great career;
not care to fsht feared the draft as they would
deadly pestilrnce. kcuts GWathmey WIN an
inherited propensity for me grim humor whiGh len
nude John Meats plnf pIai', ~ JvHos on his
| good friend Browne. conceived the id"a oi sell
Ing himself as substitute. He Carried this idea
| ont promptly. but believe was louhd out he-
| fore he had been nssignedto any regiment ana.
| through the good on 'cs of his knspcoplc, the
! Speeds who at thnt time welded an influence
| All powerful with the Federal authorities IN this
| Stntr WAS released from his obligation.
For some reason this cs"apad" changed tho
| rhnractcr of young UwHthmey He was no
| longer the stuiipus lad, cnVicd oi his school
mates ana admired by his tng hers. but ready
| and nnNious for the widest freaks his fertile
mind could iavont. He soon got into bad odor
| with his family, and was sent 10 Coventry. One
offence followed another 50 RAPIDLY that ne wa; was
| known far and wide rs an ncorriEihly bad boy
| About this time il occurred TO some members oi
| the fnmily that q short experience OF navy dis
| rrHnrnsity for mis- hici. Accordingly he was
| srnt or went. TO sea. have heard that H. de
| the 81 ry. But. at any rate, ia led4 OF 1853 al
trace of Keats Gwhhm'y wH5 loet. 1"d nlte,I
AlIthis time Mr.. George GwHthmoys > estai,
| waa stenliy increasing. ! hliovc by the law
| Keats Gwathnoys grandmother. Mrs. Jeffrey
was the natural heir. buy that lady. reason Az ~
| in "A common liable way OF heroWn snld that sl'
had no RICH, to George Gwathmcy' money; n
! JrfIrCy waived all claim to The estate, ana aite
| due legal uro'o -, young GWihWry being sup
posed hy the court To he dond tle property wa
! divided between his fathers two sisters. Mrs
poinleXter and Mrs Fry. TINS ."iter i,Hly ]
tho widow of Con Cary Fry OF the lnitc'
Of that gallant Old splile Col Iry. WHIP CON
n'andcl the Virginia TROOPS ia 100. and undo
whom Washington ieaThsa tn" srHdr eioto oi @ WIN
place only a little while a.o-a few weeks o
months
Thruther day letter was received from Aus
tim TeNns hy member of the Keats family
This letter wns from George he9is CwGihmcy
who T., not IN the least dead. but las been wan
dcring around the wnrld-now in Europe. nol
in ASIA now ON the Pacific coast. wherever ad
venture could he found.
| Tho strangcst feature of the case Is that he ha
| aplarcntly no idea that he has ever had nm
| property and hns eNpressed no sullcllude wliat
over about It, iie hns. OF course been write
| to to come home nt once.
The fact that the court has declared him deno
and has administered upon his estate. raises
very nice point of Law as To whether h. can j
resurrnrsd. II has been decided. believe. i
The case OF a man who left home and WAS gon
for many years the court meant inc dispos IN
of his property that inasmuch ~ he la
neglected and ignored his Interests Tor so man
| wears he no longer had any inter, sts OF whic
| tho law could take cugnlance.