Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-01
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wide field of kin before him from which
to choose.
UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES.
Besides his many kinsmen who bear the
name Of Washington there are numerous
others scattered over the country under
other names. The Washingtons for the
most part have clung to Virginia and the
neighboring State, but they are also found
in Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas and Cali
fornia.
Among the families who do not bear the
name but which have the blood in their
veins derived from these sources may be
mentioned the following:
Issue of Betty Washington Families OF
Reed. of Baltimore; Swathmey, Of Maryland
Bassett, of Wakefield, Va; Lewis, of Balti-
more, Nd; Virginia, Missouri, Marietta, Ohio,
and Hoboken, N, j.; Steele, OF Ohio: Hereford,
of Ohio; Lowell, of Ohio and West Virginia;
Carter, of Virginia; Paige, of Akron, o.; King,
of Cleveland, o.; Gatewood, OF the Indian Ter
ritory; Hail, of Cleveland. o.; Empire, of North
Carolina; Schroeder, Of Clinton, Mo-. Bond, Of
Elizabeth, N. j., and Mitchell. of Virginia.
Issue of Colonel Samuel-Families of Bedin-
ger, of Missouri and Arkansas; Brown, of Mis-
souri,; Mcpherson, of Virginia; Moncure, of
Virginia; Patrick, of Texas; Fontaiue, of Texas;
Tallmadge, of Columbus. o., and Washington.
D. c.; Gany, of California; Park. of Virginia;
Shrewsbury, of Virginia; Packett, of West Vir-
ginia; Weir, of Virginia, and Hunter, of New
York
Issue of John Augustine Families of Her.
bert. of Hanover county, Virginia; Howard. OF
Richmond county. West Virginia; Alexander,
of West Virginia; Finch, of Virginia, and Chew
and Willis, of Charleston, W. Va.
Issue of Colonel Charles-Part of the Ball
family, of Virginia and Washington, d. C., in
cluding old Ebenezer Burges Ball, of W ashing-
ton. The Balls are, however, also descended
from the family of Washingtons mother.
These branches are only those Of the paternal
side. The descendants of the Generals mother
and of his wife by her first husband are also en-
titled to consideration.
wAsHINGToN's MOTHER.
The mother OF Washington must certainly
share in his glory Yet his maternal ances-
try has been, as rule, overlooked, so that
a correspondent asks: ''Had Washington no
mother?"
The first President was blessed with an
exceptional mother, to whose early care and
training he attributed much of his develop
ment of character and success. Mary WASH
ington came from good family, whose his
tory in this country dates to Colonel Will
lam Ball, who came from England in 1850
and settled at the mouth of the Corotoman
river, in Lancaster county, Virginia, and
who left many descendants.
Her father was Colonel Joseph Ball, Of
Epping Forest, who was married twice. His
first wife was Miss Rogers, by whom he had
a son, Joseph, and four daughters, Eliza
beth, Hannah, Anne and Esther. The male
line is extinct, but there is issue living Of
the daughters, who married men named
Carnegie, Travers, Conway and Chinn.
By his second marriage Colonel Ball had
the mother of Washington, Mary.
Although she did not marry until she was
26 years Of age she must have.b been beauti-
full young woman. Unfortunately there is
no satisfactory portrait of her extant. She
was called the Rose of Epping Forest, -
and the belle of Northern Neck"
She was woman OF dignity and pleasant
address, Of intellectual vigor, strength of
resolution and infexible frmness where
principle was involved.
The great Lafayette remarked that she
belonged rather to the age of Sparta or
Rome than to modern times
Before Washington set off for his inaug-
uration he took a final farewell of his
mother. She died in the early part of Sep
tember, 1889, having lived to see her son
President.
An instance of the affection in which sh e
was held by her son was shown at the York
town ball, of which so much has been writ
ten. She was then in her 80th year and de-
sired privacy, but yielding to the solicitation
of her son she went to crafty him. She
entered leaning on his arm. This occurred
after the capture of CORVALLIS, and there
was brilliant gathering of French and
Continental officers present, who all did
honor to mother and son.
THE BALL FAMILY.
the nearest of kin to Washington, are de-
scendants of her uncle, Captain William
Ball, and Of her aunt, Hannah Fox, nee
Ball, through the marriage of cousins, and
of Colenel Charles Washington, full brother
of General Washington. and further down
through the marriage of the Issue of Colonel
Charles Francis Washington to Colonel
Burgess Ball.
Colonel Ebenezer Burges Ball, of Wash
ington, and George Washington Ball, of
Va, are equally near of kin.
The issue of the last named are Charles
Fayette Ball, r. Mason Ball, paymaster on
the United States steamer Yantic; R. Ran
uO1pu Od11J AlCuICuduL III tu6 dIuYI mdTy
R., Landonia, Elizabeth and Fannie r.
Ball.
From the same close line Of descent came
the families Of Thompson and Littleton, of
Virginia.
Although the descendants of the estimable
wife of the President cannot be classed
among his kin, yet they are entitled to con-
and they have had representa-
tion on such occasions as the Centennial
celebration.
She was widow, with two children living
Of the four she had by her first husband,
Daniel Parke Gusts, when General Wash.
ington married her. Their names were
John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Gus
tis, both of whom have descendants living.
Martha married Thomas Peter, merchant Of
John Parke Gusts was an
of his stepfather.
Among their descendants may be men
Toned the families of Kennon, Rogers, of.
Goldborough, Peter, of Elliot
City, Md; Mackubin, OF the same place;
Lee, of Lexington, West Point and Bourke's
Station, Va, and Upshur, of Astoria, Ore,
and New York City; Morehead, Allegheny
City, Pa, and Hunt, of Helena, NJ. T.
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