The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-29

OLD PEOPLE.
A Kentucky Woman Who Knew Wash
ingtOn, Jefferson, Randolph
and Jackson.
Death of a Relative OF Washington, aud
suitor for the Hand of Mary Oustis.

Inc CINCINNATI Fest Publishes picture OF,
and an interview with, Mrs. Charlotte Rob-
intOn, nearly 100 years old, living in Coying.
ton. She says:
I was born at Liberty, the county seat OF
Bedford County, Virginia twenty-five miles
from LynchbGrg. Our family name was
Gallery. We were of Scotch descent, and
our name originally was spelled Carrie.
Temem Der Grandfather commenting upon
the new name the people had given Us, and
which in our time we gave ourselves My
father was in good circumstances, and
Captain in the wsr. Did l eyer see General
Washington? On, yes, when | was a child.
1 remember how he happened to be a. our
house. He and my father were well ac'
Quainted, and alter the war they went
together to New York, and there bought
two coloTed boys, brothers. When General
Washington returned from Washington City
on one occasion his colored boy, then grown
10 be man, bad disappeared. He learned
that the boy had come to our place in Bed
ford County TO see bis brother, aud so ne
came after him. | was only child then,
but / remember that he was very fond OF
children, for he took me on his knee aud
tossed me and made much of me. Ny father
died while 1 wss still child, and while At
Marion College | married my cousin, Tubal
Early, my mothers brothers son. NJ hus-
bend was cousin to General Jubsl Early's
mother. She admired my husband very
much, and named her son, the General, aft T
him, but by some mistake made In the pro.
nupciation or spelling he was named Jnbal,
Instead of Tubal, as intended. never saw
General Early. bis folks lived in Charlotte
County. which was long way Off in those
days My relationship with him, you see, is
very remote, and yet he is the enly relative
have living. hsve outlived al my relatives
and friends, and am alone! Alone, and in
poverty
place was called Poplar Forest located in
Bedford County, aud he was q near neigh NIB Dr.
OF my husbands father. who, You know was
also my uncle. NV uncle thought much of
Mr.. Jefferson; indeed, he thought Just such
another man never lived. 1 was young
girl and my uDcles pet. Almest on every
occasion when ne went TO visit Mr. Jefferson
he would call for little Charlotte (I was
small OF ststure) and have me seated on the
horse benin d him You know nearly every
body travelled on horseback 10 those days. l
was therefore frequently at Mr.. Jefferson .
house while he lived at Poplar Forest. After.
ward he moved 20 Monticello, and 1 saw him
cieble man, and homely, thought, with his
ford complexion and sandy, bushy hair
He had no family then. He and his wife had
separated. and he was living alone. l don't
think they ever came together again.
There was John Randolph, OF Roanoke;
have seen him very often and knew him
very well. He was little man, with dark
complexion, and had Indian blood in his
veins He pTi6ed himself on being a de-
scenosnt Of Pecahontas, and was very eccen-
trio Be frequently came to our town with
bis great pack of hounds to hunt. He would
organize great company OF lSdies and gen.
tlemen TO 20 on the mountains He bought
you know be was very ricn) the Peaks of
Otter. which were the highest pesse o. ths
Blue Ridge, and no the mountains the whole
party weUlo 90. But there was one point
beyond which the womsu never could go
Almost q quarter of mile from the sum nit
one peak was very steep, and in order that
the ladies might reach the top he had
wooden steirways made all the way 40. He
was bachelor. whom we called the Dake of
Roam oke, and paid his addresses to a young
Lady, OF our town named Clarissa Gilmore,
sister in-law of the hotel keeper. He pro-
posed to her, but she told him she would
like to own the Dukes monev. but believed
she preferred not 10 take the Dnke. she was
very besutitul girl. His black hair had
turned gray then He had few ardent
friends; he was so arrogant, and wanted TO
govern everybody. There was always q
grand ball when he visited our town.
Yes, / have seen General jackson at my
mothers house after the battle of New Or.
leans. Her fathers brother married the sis
ter of General Jacksons wife. Her family
wife haze former husband named Roberts.
Ny cousin, Bishop Early, my husbands
brother, was the last of my immediate rela.
tives and he died about ten years ago.
In the year 1885 my husband, my mother
and myself came to Cincinnati. We had
considerable means ond purchased property
at Goshen. o, where We lived many years.
There lost both my mother and husband,
and csme 10 Covipgton, where l married a
second husband. Mr. Robinson. We went
to live near Ludlow, KY, and there l have
lived ever since, until my house burned last
fall.
DEATH OF EDWARD WASHINGTON.
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo-, April % The in
telligence arrived here this morning that
Mr. Edward 8. Washington. OF tina vicinity
of Williamsburg, IN Galloway County. some
twelve miles west of this city, died suddenly
yesterday evening. He was about seventy
eight years old, and while little feeble dur
ing the past winter. was supposed to be get
ting stout sgain. Yesterday about ) O'Clock
he walked out to his meadow and back, and
about was taken with fsinting or sinking
spell, from which ali efforts TO revivs him
were fruiiless. aud he expired about o'clock.