Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-16

| therefore may be said to have commenced with
their marriage. The 80 years which have
since interviewed have been thronged with acts
OF public spirit and benovOience. Mr.. Wanna
maker rejected every overture to accept pOliti-
cal honors, but he was always foremost in
enterprises in behalf of the public. His con-
nection with the financial operations of the
/ Centennial exposition. his sagaciOus activity
III relieving the financial embarrassment of gil
gantic corporate enterprises. and his associa-
ton with religious movements and municipal.
national and international charities have
stamped his name indehby on the brightest
pages of his city s history.
In all these works of humanity Mr. Wanna
maker found Jealous and sympathetic CO.
laborer in his wife. The Orphans Industrial
home and the Childrens hospital. in connec-
ton with the Presbyterian hospital, are endur-
ing monuments to the charity OF Mrs. Wanna
maker.
IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE
the PostmasterGenerali is deservedly rewarded.
Thomas b. Wanamaker, now twenty-eight
years of age is his fathers partner in business.
His wife. whom he married in 1887. is daugh-
ter of Samuel Welsh and granddaughter of
John Welsh, formerly minister to the court of
81. James. The second son, ROdman Wanna
maker. now twenty-five years of age. shows ex-
celent business capacity. His wife, Fernando
Henry, daughter of Ferdinand Henry. a Paris
ian merchant, Is both beautiful and accom-
plished. The third child. Miss Minnie. Just
closing. and a younger child. Miss Lilly Wa
namaker. just entering her teens studying
IN Paris. Their mother, who wintered at
Cannes is with them. They will soon return
to the United States. and will be in Washing
ton in ample time to take possession of their
historic home and continue the Inequalities SO
generously dispensed by the queenly hostess of
the late cabinet circle.
The Postmaster-General. in addition to his
elegant home in Philadelphia and his new es-
adjustment in Washington. has a country seat,
''Chelt0n Hurst at Chelton hills in the SUBJ
urbs OF Pennsylvania metropolis.
SECRETARY TRACY.
On the picturesque banks of the upper waters
of the Susquehanna. in close proximity to
Owego, the romantic county seat of Tioga, in
the Empire commonwealth. lies a beautiful es-
tate known as Marshand'' The host is Frank
Broadhead Tracy, but the real head of the
household Is Benjamin +. Tracy, the Sec
rotary of the Navy. In 1892 the aristo-
cratic families of Owego interested them
selves i'll neighbOrly way in con-
CALCULATIONS upon the birth of an infant boy
His parents named him Benjamin Franklin. He
grew to mans estate. In 1851 he opened law
office in Owego. his native place. In 1852 he
married Miss Belinda Catlin, daughter of Ma
thaniel Catlln. gentleman of leisure and of an
old New York family. The Tracys are of New
England extraction, the great great grand
father of the present head, one of the first to
shoulder musket in the cause of independence
fell with Warren on the sacred soil of Bunker
HUI. The Catlins. on the maternal side. are
descended from Capt. Daniel Broadhead, who
served with Gov. Nichols. in 1864. in the ex-
petition under the Duke of York against the
Dutch in America. and upon the surrender of
their possessions to the English settled i'll Ulster
county, New York. This head of Il noted
American name belonged to an ancient York
shire family, and in favor with his king
Among his descendants were Daniel BrOadhead
brave soldier of the Revolution friend of
Washington and member of the society of the
Cincinnati. and of later generation John
Romeyn Broadhead. the scholar and histor ian,
deceased, who was cousin of Mrs. Tracy.
Mr.. TRACy's CAREER.
In 1853 having commenced q successful
career in politics by defeating the democratic
candidate for district attorney in democratic
county. Mr.. Tracy subsequently served in the
legislature. and in 1862 went into the military
service as colonel of the 18th New York volun-
teers. distinguishing himself in the battles Of
the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Having
been transferred to the command of regiment
of colored troops, he was stationed near his
home and family while in command of the
rebel prison camp at Elmira. At the close Of
the war, having formed a partnership with a
New York law firm. Mr.. Tracy removed with
his family to that city, making his home in
Brooklyn, but he retained his family seat near
his native town OF Owego.
MARsHLASD.
The home at ''Marshland'' is not only yery
beautiful, but the fondness of its distinguished
head for fine horses finds its realistic applica-
| ton there. as he is the owner of many animals
valuable both for pedigree and speed. The
prominence of Secretary Tracy in the profess
| sional and political circles of New York and
Brooklyn has always been attended by equal
| prominence in the highest walks of the social
life of the great metropolis and its municipal
| offspring, Brooklyn.
MRS. wILMERDING.
OF late years Mrs. Tracy has been quite an
invalid. and therefore relies almost entirely
upon her eldest daughter. This beautiful
woman, whose charms of person and gifts of
| mind have been admired by distinguished per-
| sonages of two continents, was educated at the
| best schools of Brooklyn. Paris. Berlin and
| Rome. Her presentation at the Italian court
was one of the events of the fashionable sea-
son III the immediate surroundings of the royal
circle. In 1875 Miss Emma Louisa Tracy while
] still in the early years Of her madenhood
married Ferdinand Suydam Wilmerdng, son of
Vim. ID. Wilmerding, a scion of the purest
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