The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-01
4 Great q ra ndda uahter or Patrick
Henry tn DiSsReaa.

A correspondent Of the New York San,
writing from Washington, says: No. 20 ID
street. northwest, IL small two-story brick
nouse' located within block OF the Baltf-
n,nre aud Ohio depot, in this city. The
nn,rhborbood il q poor one. The iingliDg
~ sfreet.car bells, wbistling OF locomo-
,,,es and the buzz OF a circular.saw in a
mil, near by, render the neigbborhood
snything but attractive 10 persons of sensi-
five nerves. In the back parlor on the first
aoor Of this house Is bed and wash
stand. Upon this bed Mrs. Emma Young
the great granddaughter OF Patrick Henry,
has lain and suffered during the past TWO
weeks. Mrs. Young is twenty-five years
old, and her picture, TAKEN sometime be-
fore Der sickness, shows her TO have been
good.iooking woman. She Is now mere
skeleton. Her face bears traces OF great
mental as well as physical suffering. Pow
erty is undoubtedly the prime cause OF her
iuncSs. The attention of the charitable
nnbtc has been invited 10 Mrs. Yonng's
case. and IL she RECEIVERS an attempt will be
made 10 secure for her position in one OF
the Departments.
The unfortunate lady has seen great
deaf OF trouble within few months past.
Her mother, Mrs. Susan Henry, wife OF
Patrick Henry, grandson OF the great
orator. died about three weeks ago. About
seven years AGO Mrs. Young's father died.
Five wears later her husband also died,
leaving little daughter for the mother TO
support. Mrs Henry had been given irreg-
Mar employment in the Agricultural De-
nartment ~ to the time she was taken sick.
Tben the family was deprived OF all means
Of susienaBce. aud was virtually dependent
upon the charity OF neigbbors. Mrs.
Youne's daughter was taken i'll, and her
constant attendance upon her mother and
child. terminating with the death ofsfhe
former, completely Frustrated her.
A CORES pondent OF the Sun called upon
Mrs. Young to-day. She was too weak TO
converse for any length Of time. Her know
ledge Of the Henry family seems to be ra-
ther imperfect Her father, who was named
after the orator and statesman OF the Revo-
luton, seems 10 have been an enthusiast
about all that concerned his great gIandfa-
Their. Patrick Henry second was son OF
Nathaniel Henry, who was son OF the great
Patrick Henry by his second wife. By bis
two marriages Patrick Henry was the father
Of fifteen children. His first wife bore
him six. OF whom only two survived. Six
sons and three daughters were the result
of the second marriage, all OF whom
were living when he died. in 1899. Mrs.
Young's father resided in Virginia during
the war. He was a Stauncb Union man,
and lost ell OF his property during the
struggle. After the war be came to Wash
ingion. He was possessed with the idea Of
writing life Of his illustrious ancestor, be-
lieylng that justice had not been done the
remarkable abilities and wonderful powers
Of Patrick Henry by his biOgraphers. Mrs.
Young has in her possession manuscript
consisting OF siXy-seyen written pages OF
ioolscap, which her father had evidently in
tended to have published in a Newspaper
as a sort Of prelude TO his book. The man
uscript is not completed.
Mr.. Henry, in his manuscript, gives pen
picture OF Patrick Henry as told him by the
late w. w. Seaton, OF this city: lie de-
seribed him as being about six feet in
height, rather spare, and somewhat raw
boned. His complexion was dark and
sallow, without tbe appearance OF blood in
his cheeks. His cOuntenance grave, thought
ful, penetrating, and strongly marked with
the lineaments OF calm and deep reflection.
His forehead was high and straight. His
chin long and well formed, and his nose
somewhat Of the Roman stamp, though
like that which we find upon the
head OF Cicero, rather long than much
aSsimilated TO the Casarean form. His
eyes were OF a kind of blueish gray, not
large, deeply.fxed in his head, oyerhung
by full, dark, and heavy brows, and further
shaded by long black lashes. They constr
tuted most unquestionably the finest fea-
ture OF his face, for they were brilliant, full
OF spirit, and capable OF the most rapidly
shifting and powerful expression. 1t was
difficult TO describe his mouth. in which
there was nothing very remarkable, except
when he expressed q modest dissent from
the opinion OF others. With the lips firmly
compressed, 1t portrayed tirmness OF pur-
pose, aud at other times, with lips relaxed,
1t displayed an exuberance OF good humor,
wit, and pleasantly"
Mr.. Henry says that sit may not be gene
rally known that when, in the year 1865,
Patrick Henry was young member OF the
Virginia House OF Burgesses, which then
held its sessions in the old colonial capitol
at Williamsburg, Mr.. Jefferson, then a
youth and the junior Of Patrick Henry by
few years, was student at the William
and Mary College,"
Mrs. Young has few relatives living. She
has one sister in an insane asylum, and an
other living at Utica, Kansas. She also has
second cousin, Mr.. Writ Henry, who lives
10 Richmond. There is no doubt OF ber
relationship with the great statesman OF
Revolutionary days. Her case Is one which
should commend itself to the charity OF o
great nation which her ancestors helped to
form.