Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-13
A RACE ROMANCE.
Descended I'm Three Generations from tn
Five Great Race Divisions

Descended I'm Three Generations from the
Five Great Race Divisions
Smith cambridge, who is one of the
best-known and most highly respected
colored citizens of Akron, Ohio, was
born in slavery at Martinsburg, Va, in
lS4l. Mrs. cambridge, whose maiden
name was Margaret Kaponia Maquet,
was born in the Village of Move, on
one of the Sandwich or Hawaiian
Islands, in the year 1919. The history
of each prior to their meeting and mar
riage partakes of the nature of ro-
nance. Mrs. Dandridge's father,
Charles Maquet, was a native of the
Island of st. Helena, and during his
childhood days had often seen Napoleon
Bonaparto during the closing days OF
that celebrated Corsican's Punishment.
Early in life Maquet grew weary of his
native island, and on board whaling
vessel that touched at st. Helena he
sailed away. He left the ship at Move,
the Sandwich Islands port already
named. Soon after his arrival there
he married the daughter of a native
mother and Chinese father. Their
only child was Margaret, and the
Malay-Mongolian mother died when
she was yet an infant. She was given
by her father to an American lady,
Mrs. Levers, wife of wealthy lum-
herman and sugar planter then resid-
ing there. Mrs. Levers returned to
the United States in 1866 and brought
her Sandwich Islands protege-then
almost woman-with her. Meanwhile
cambridge, in whose veins coursed
some Caucasian blood, had worn the
CALLING bonds of slavery until he was
81. Then, in 1862, he ran away from
his master to join the Union army
while it was passing Martinsburg. In
that section of the Union forces was
the regiment of Col. Buckley, and to
it the colored fugitive attached himself,
The same year the Colonel paid visit
to his home in Akron, and brought
cambridge with him. Here he worked
two years upon the farm of A. b. Mat
thews, who also owned another farm at
West Middleton, Pa, and is now
wealthy Western cattle owner. In
1865 cambridge was sent by Matthews
to act as overseer on the Pennsylvania
farm, where Mrs. Levers, sister to
Matthews, together with Margaret Ka-
ponia Maquet, the Sandwich Islands
girl, was then stopping for time.
The friendship which naturally fol-
lowed the meeting of cambridge and
the latter soon ripened into love,
though born at points almost antipodal
upon the earth's geography. They
were welded in 1866 and soon after
went to Akron. They have three chill
dren, who may Justly claim to have
within their veins the blood from four
of the five great race divisions of man.
kind. cambridge combines by the re-
lation of consanguinity the essential
element of descendancy from both eau
casian and African races-a thing not
uncommon before the war-while Mrs.
cambridge has but to trace her lineage
back to grandparents on her mothers
side to introduce, as already stated,
Malay and Mongolian stock. Could it
be established-as is believed by some
that the natives of ST. Helena had
their origin in the Indian race, the chill
dren of Smith cambridge and Marga-
ret Kaponia Maquet might claim direct
descent, within three generations, from
the five great race divisions. Chicago
Herald