Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-14
MIsCEGENATl0N.
Romance of a Quaker Maiden Who
Welded
A MAHOGANY coloRED GENTLEMAN.
The Riscegeuation Kept Profound
Secret Until Her Death
When
THE NEGRO COMES IN FOR RHIs SHARE.


N; ;scegenation that has never had its par
allel in that town is exciting the people OF
Bristol, and bids fair to afford an entertain
ing topic to the gossip mongers for months
to come. On Saturday last Miss Elizabeth
P. Hulme, the daughter Of Richard Hulme,
a member of the Society of Friends, and a
we'll known citizen of Bristol, died suddenly
and on Tuesday she was buried from the
residence of her father 1t was noted BY the
neighbors that many of the relatives of the
Hulme family did not attend the funeral.
This was generally commented on, and the
numerous inquiries as to the reason for the
absence of the near relatives brought out
remarkable story.
Miss Hulme was about 50 years of age,
and lived with her parents on Washington
street near Wood. She was plump and come
" in appearance, and while not beautiful,
was of extremely pleasant appearance. She
went into society seldom, but what company
she kept was always Of the best. When it
was whispered on the day of her funeral that
she had married colered man three years
before her death there were many who re-
fuse TO believe the story. Miss Elizabeth
P. Hulme was the neice OF Misses Sarah
and Elizabeth Paul, two maiden ladies who
owned farm in Bensalem township, about
four miles northwest OF Bethlehem. They
were reputed 10 be wealthy, and stood high
in the Society Of Friends who lived in that
neighborhood Miss Hulme lived with her
ageo aunts in her girlhood and it was at
ihe. house that she
Met the Colored Man
she subsequently married He was EN-
plo,td by the ladies TO manage the farm
Viii, had been left to them and brother
oy their father. Miss Sarah Paul died
many years ago leaving her share Of the
property to her sister, and Miss Elizabeth
died in 1879, having previously taken up
her rr sidence in Bristol Her house was on
Radcliffe street, near Walnut. In her will
she beuueathed her house and her personal
effects to Miss Elizabeth P. Hulme and her
sister Sarah, providing that the survivor OF
the two should have the whole property.
After her death the furniture in her house
and the old china and brcabrac that she
had collected were sold at public auction,
the proceeds producing large sum. Miss
Sarah Hulme, dying shortly after the death
of her aunt, Miss Elizabeth came into pos
session OF the whole property, save life in.
terest Of John s. Paul, q brother Of the
maiden aunt, in the farm.
| George Buck, who was the manager for
the Misses Paul, is muiatto OF mahogany
| shade and was brought up by family OF
| the Society of Friends living near Bristol.
| He received fair common school educa-
ton and when old Mrs Paul died Buck was
| made overseer of the farm. When Miss
Paul moved into Bristol she left the man
sgement of the farm entirely in the hands
of George Buck, and his visits to her resi-
dence in Bristol were frequent. George
| Buck, who is about 45 years of age, OF
medium height, is employed by DR.. Brown,
of llO7 Girard street He said this even
ing: -
II married Miss Hume December 10,
1881, in the city of New York. We were
| married by clergyman and in the presence
of witnesses The certificate of our marriage
is in the vaults OF the Philadelphia Trust
Company with the bonds and other secnrl-
ties that belonged to my wife. Here Is
The Last Letter
| she wrote me. You can see that she ad-
| dresses me as Dear Husband and signs
herself Lovingly, Your Wife In that let
ter she speaks OF the probability of our mar
rage being made public. knew her when
shes was but six years old. If you want to
know why we did not live together / will
tell you. 1t was this: She lived at home
with my consent, in order to save her par
ents from suffering. In her will she leaves
me S., 600 in cash or securities equal to
cash, without deduction for taxes, and the
rest of her property she leaves TO her
Younger sister, Annie r. Hulme have az
vet laid no claim to the property, but the
nroof of her will is clear and ] shall have no
difficulty in proving my marriage. :,
| The house, ~ Radcliffe street, Is valued
at $4,000, but the value OF the persona
property do not know. was at my wife
| funeral on Tuesday last, but did not &C
| company the body TO the grave. Among
those present at the house we're Mrs. Eliza.
beth Paxon and Mrs. Rebecca lredell. or
course you have heard all sorts OF scandals
about me in Bristol. All can say is that !
have always been honest and hard working
and that no one can bring charge against
me of wrong doing.
John s. Paul, the uncle Of your vile,
said that he had often asked Elizabeth,
when she returned from her frequent and
sometimes prolonged visits to Philadelphia,
| wh,re she had been and never received any
| .o,.- i.n,ory ranly Was she with YOU on
thofe occasionsY
where should she have been but with
her husband2 Why she was under treat
ment in this very house, as DR.. Brown can
testify, and she appears on the books as Mrs
Buck" -.
In Bristol the story goes that Miss Eliza.
beth George Buck were secretly married IN
tina, town. John Labran, who was one OF
the witnesses Of the will, and whose father,
William Labran, is sole executor under the
will, said today
The Executors Story.
The will was drawn up BY Miss Hume
herself and myself, and my father witness
ed II. / think it was dated in May, 1881,
but of that am not certain. All know
ia that she signed it with her maiden name,
Elizabeth Hulme, and hence presume she
Was not at that time married. l know
George Buck very well. He is respectable
colored man and was once employed BY Us.
he told me that the two Witnesses 10 his
marriage we're still living. Miss Hulmes
will is IN the hands OF b. Z. Gilkeson, o
Bristol lawyer"
The most extraordinary part Of the story
is The secrecy maintained for more than
three years by Mrs BCck as to her marriage
all that time. She lived with her parents IN
Bristol, passing under her maiden name.
and never until the day of her death did
they suspect the relations that existed 20
| tween their daughter and George Back On
Wednesday morning there was gathering
Of ,he relatives at her fathers house, and