Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-25
Written for TEE EVENING STAR.
MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.
Distinguished Persons who will be
Welded In the Near Future.

"0uueu the near Euturo.
Ex-sEcRETARY BAYARD AND HIS PROSPECTIVE
BRIpE-rHE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF JUS
TICE GRAY AND TIE LATE JUSTICE MATTHEWS
DACGHTER-wILL SENATOR ALLISON WE'D?
The fashionable circles of the capital are Just
now on the tip-toe of expectancy over announce
| ments and rumors of marriages in high life
during the approaching summer and autumn.
The first scene in this play in real life, of Cupid
| among the jurists and statesmen. will be the
nuptials Of that distinguished supreme expo
nent OF the law, Justice Horace Gray, TO Miss
Jean Matthews, the daughter of his recently
| deceased brother on the bench, on June G.
Owing to the sad contamination OF Justice
| Matthews long illness the wedding will be
| rigidly ceremonial and confined 10 the imme-
| date relatives and the families of the court
The wedding ceremony will take place in the
! parlOr of the late Justices mansion. which has
/ been the scene of several weddings in the
family. The prospective bride is of the
most attractive and intellectual young ladies
! in Washington. She is well advanced
in young womanhood, of fine presence,
her many social gifts. The prospective groom.
| who is sixty-two years Of age. is the largest
| member of the court. being feet inches in
| height, and one of its ablest members. The
justice was chief justice of his state before he
| took his seat on the national supreme bench.
| He is of Revolutionary stock. His grandfather
entered the struggle just after Bunker Hill. as
| drummer boy. Being the object of a slight
ing remark by tory descendant in after years,
referring to his part in the struggle, he said.
True, was a drummer boy. but did not
| drum welll aroused nation into life"
A REVOLUTIONARY HERO.
| Miss Matthews, on her fathers side, is also
| descended from young hero of the Revolu-
ton. The late Justice Matthews maternal
grandfather was Col William Brown. of Con-
| necticut, one of the bravest soldiers of the war
| for independence. At nineteen years Of age he
was one OF nifty men in the forlorn hope which
volunteered to storm Stony Point. For his
| bravery on this occasion he decorated by
| Martha Washington with badge worked by
| herself one side bearing the word Merit"
and which she pinned upon the lapel of the
young heros continental uniform with her own
| hand
Col Brown was afterward sent in command
! of the forces to garrison Fort Washington,
near Cincinnati, Ohio, which was then in the
northwestern territory. Col. Brown went there
with his family about the year 1900.
The honeymoon of the justice and his lovely
bride will be passed in Europe. Upon their re-
! turn in September they will occupy the stately
residence of the justice at the corner of
| 18th and q streets. a brick reproduction of New
! England architecture of the colonial period
| during the coming season.
| BAYARD-cLYMER.
The marriage of Miss Mary Willing Clymer
to ex-Secrerary of State T. F. Bayard, of Della
ware, will also take place in the early summer
The Bayards and the Clymers are Instantly
related. The ex-premier is an old friend at the
Clymer homestead, and among the Young
ladies has always been called Uncle Tom
| The betrothed of the ex-premier belongs to a
| historic family on both sides. She is the
daughter of DIR. George Clymer a grandson of
| the signer of the Declaration of Independence,
native OF Pennsylvania, who entered the navy
In lS29, as assistant surgeon on the frigate
| Constellation, and performed other duty as
| medical officer some of the most noted YES
sells of the old navy. He was surgeon of the
| Mississippi squadron from 1868 to 1865 and
| died IN Washington after long and distin-
guished career in the medical department Of
the navy.
| HER REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR.
Miss Clymer's mother was Miss Mary Shu-
brick, daughter of Rear-Admral VIM Brand
| ford Shubrick, one of the most distinguished
officers of the navy. He was the son of col
onel in the revolutionary army under Gen.
| Nathaniel Greene. and his aid at the battle of
| Eutaw Springs. He native of South
| Carolina, and in 1913 assisted In defense of
| Norfolk against the British. He was lieutenant
| on the Constitution at the capture of the
|
| silver medal from the Congress, besides a
| sword from his native state, as testimonial of
| his bravery. During the Mexican war he was
| commander in-chief of the Pacific squadron
In 1S47, with naval brigade, organized from
| the vessels of his fleet of which, the Indepen-
dence was the flagship, he captured the cities
| OF the entire western coast of California and
| Mexico. He later commanded fleet of which
| the Sabine was the flagship, and sailing for
| Buenos Ayres satisfactorily settled the inter-
| national difficulty with Paraguay He tor
ward performed duties in the British prov
| inces. He was one of the most courtly men Of
| the navy, and after long services spent on the
| lighthouse board, died in Washington in 1874
| Mrs. DR.. Clymer has two daughters: one is
married; the other, the fancee of ex-Secretary
| Bayard, is very handsome, in the thIrties, and,
| in addition to her genial manners, is highly
| educated and gifted.
| ALLIsoN-sToUGHToN
| The announcement of the marriage of Senator
| Allison, Of Iowa, to Miss Theresa Stoughton,
| lacks authoritative veriication. Those who have
been most intimately associated with the Sem
| ator are disposed to regard the story as a
romance, but upon the simple ground that he
| has never shown the slightest indication of a
tender feeling pointing toward the sea of
matrimony. 1t does not seem to be known even
| by the Senator's friends that his alleged pros
pectlve bride is now guest with other ladies
| Of the senatorial Canadian trade relations
|
| which underwent few days ago. the expert
ence of a railrdad accident in which Senator
| Hale was injured.
MISS STOUGHToN
Is an exceedingly beautiful lady about thirty
| years of age, daughter of former patent at
torney of Washington. Her sister is the wife
of Paymaster Albert W. Bacon, United States
| navy, native Of Pennsylvania, who built the
! fine residence on Farragut square, occupied by
Postmaster-General Dickinson during the late
administration, and recently purchased by the
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Tracy. The historic
mansion which is now being prepared for the
residence of Premier Blaine formerly belonged
| to the Stoughton estate, and was purchased by
| David King, of New York.
The marriage announcement fixes the time
| for next fall.
Senator Allison resides in fine residence on
Vermont avenue, just off Thomas circle
SENATOR ALLIsoN's HOUSEHOLD.
Since the sad death Of his wife the Senator's
household has been presided over by her foster
mother, Mrs. Grimes. This historic woman.
although somewhat advanced in years, enjoys
vigorous health, and has been one of the
prominent figures in the social life of Washing.
| ton for many years. She was Elizabeth Sarah
Nealley, daughter of a prominent citizen of New
Han Har fath Il,