Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-01

tnau once witnessed the experiment,
and he is wicked enough to end bis
recital with a solemn oath that the
whole account is strictly true.
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General Ord's Family History.
Cumberland, Nd, cor. Pittsburg Dispat. h.
The death OF General e. o. Q. Orc
Of the United States army, excites
considerable interest in this city,
owing to his family connections here.
General 0rd's father married into
one OF our oldest and most respected
families, and the General himself has
left many relatives in this locality. A
lady friend of the Cresap family, who
is an old citizen and we'll known to
the citizens Of Allegheny county, has
furnished your correspondent with
some interesting "reminiscences in this
connection. Ere the beginning of the
present century priest arrived from
England at the Roman Catholic
college, then located at Washington,
d. @, bringing with him lad about
eight years old, who, together with a
handsome casket end a miniature Of
the lads mother, was left in charge of
the college authorities. The lad was
brought up within the precincts of the
college, educated for the priesthood
and ordained a priest when arriving at
the age of maturity. At the college
be was pamed James Ord. and while
under age received regularly large
yearly allowances, which plainly
proved that his parents, whoever they
were, were of the wealthy class.
Though ordained a priest, the
young man never administered in the
church. In the war of 1912 he Joined
the army, where be received the title
of General and came to Cumberland.
There he met the daughter OF Colonel
Daniel Cresap-from whom Dams
Mountain derived its name-and SUBJ
sequently married that estimable lady.
Colonel Cresap and Captain Lynn
served in the same army, and the
Colonel died before the war was over.
General Ord returned to Washington
after some years residence on his
wife's estate on the upper Potomac,
and was employed in the government
service until within the past twenty
years, when he removed to San Fran
cisco, CAL, and amassed a very la:ge
fortune. He died in 1873 at the age o.
eighty years, leaving seven sons and a
daughter as the only representatives
of his family in this country, fer all
trace Of his parentage was lost in his
youth by the burning Of the college
in which the casket and miniature
before mentioned had been kept.
His Oldest son, Edward Ohio Gre,
sap, died Sunday night, of yellow
fever, on his way from Vera Cruz to
| New York, He had won a splendid
military record. The second son was
named Paci6cus; the third, Placidus
now travelling in Europe in search Of
his ancestral image; the names of the
others are Lycurgus, John, Marcellui
and james. The only daughter living
was named Georgianns, and was mar
| ried to foreign minister many year.
ago, whose name our informant coulC
not furnish,
1t is believed here by the CresaI
family that General Ord was grand,
son Of George ". and Mrs. Fitzher'
bert. to whom he was married By ;
Protestant priest while Prince Regent
The consent Of Parliament had no
been given, and the marriage was lille,
gal in English law. A son was Sorr
by this union and consigned to Ia,
care OF tutor named Ord, who emf
grated with him to this country. TIL,
youth took the name of his tutor, ant
married a Maryland lady, by whom b.
had two sons, Atlanticus and Pacifcus
The first was sent to West Point AMI
the second became a lawyer in New
Orleans, and emigrated to Californi
% years ago, where he held the posi-
ton of Judge.
! Earl Russell In his Life of Fox
denies that there was any issue, AM
says: Fortunately for the nation, tn
marriage of the Prince of Wales an
7. Mrs. Fitzherbert was not cursed wit
ISSUE" There is a sequel to this sin
gular story which Earl Russell doe
not tell. In 1919 an action for libt
5 was tried in the Kings Bench, j
which it was clearly proved that til
Prince of Wales had for twenty year
paid an annuity 10 Q former editor {
] the Morning Post--the plaintiff in tn
8 action-for suppressing some lette,
! which the editor had threatened {
] publish, relating to the Princes mai
risge to Mrs. Fitzherbert. The d.
+, fendant in the action was sued fC
: libel, consisting in the charge that tn
former editor OF the Morning Pos
S afterward magistrate in the count
g of Suffolk, had been guilty of obtainin
d and receiving hush money from th
Q Prince of Wales. The deiendar
u pleaded and proved that the chars
was true, and the jury gave him We
y dict. The payment Of the annui
% was distinctly traced through sever
e persons to the Treasurer OF the Duel
Of Cornwall, one Of the Princes of
cera.