Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-26

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John l. roi'on, of Charleston. w Va.
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John 4. Cotton, of Charleston. w Va.
SPECIAL Correspondence u ne Recis,er.
CHARLESTON. W. Va, Aprl 9th,
article publ bed recently f., ire RFe1srEr
taken from the Magazine Of Anerjeoa HIS
tory and headed The Nesi eat Relatives oi
Washirg'o COc.airs so many error.
misleading in their tendency that your
correspondent deems it important, last al
TINS time, to cOrrectthem, and in orderto DC
30 and learn something of the history of the
lainhyi your rep ese NATIVE called on Dr.
john 1. Cotton, of this city. The Doctor
had read The sfticie, and in reply TO my
question, said; st is interesting to note
at TINS centennial epoch, - says the writer,
of the article referred to, "tha;
the nearest living relatives of the Illus
irious Washington are not ct the name -
From the hsli-bro hers Of our first Presi-
dent aIe dsscerde1 the Washing ous ,RAo
Iepr ssnt The Washington .smly OF 20 day.
Bat che numerous descendants If the ED
est sister, Bertie, who married Col. Field.
log Lewis, are the nearest of kin -
Now the truth Is, said Dc Cotton, Gen
Washington had but two bsl;-brothegs,
Lawrerce aud Augustine The children OF
Lswreccs all Oisd il their infancy, leaving
nOue 20 survive sim; ald Augustine had
but one son and three daughters: while IN
The other hand Washicgton's o 81 brothr rs
b. the same notber, Charles, Samuel,
and John Augustine were blessed tn
mar y children whose defendants, bearing
the name OF Washington, are now living
IN at least six Stetas Of the Union. For
irstsuCe, in JEFF TsCn county, W. Va. ,
there now reside BushTOd Washington ard
Others Of he Same padOnymics, the great
grandchildren Of Charles and Samuel
Washington. Ia Newport, Ky, Col
George Washington, aud also Mrs John
b. Taylor, descendants Of Samuel Wash
iugtop, reside Ia Memphis, Tennessee,
resides Mr J. f Washington, still an
other descendant from the same arces tor.
When / first came 70 the Kanswba val
ley, in 1915, Samuel Washington. one of
the i've nephswg 10 whom Gen Washing
ton in his Sill bequeathed MS five swords,
was living fifteen miles below Charleston;
but soon afterwards, with his sOns, moved
to Texas In the viii hequeathing these
SWORDS occurs that s,riking Injunction so
often quoted: Not to unsheatn them for
the purpose Of shedding blood except 1t he
IN self defense or in defense of their coun-
try and it's rights, ard in the latter case 20
keep them unsheathed and prefer falling
with them 10 their bands TO the relinqUish-
ment thereof" II WAS whilst living N Ka-
nawhe that Samuel Washington presented
this sword 10 the Congress OF the United
States upon which occasion GsoTga w.
Summers, the matcbless orator of West
Virginia, delivered that celebrated speech
so often detained by school boys in their
public exercises.
The nearest living relatives Of Washing
ton are the grandchildren Of his tavorite
niece, Harriet The public can hardly so
soon have forgotten the interesting corTe-
pOudence pub ished hu. q few years since
IN Hmpa's Magazine. between this lady
aud her iliusTiOu- uncle end guardian on
the eve her weidirg. The General laid
ssids the csres of State for fe~ dsys aud
came from Philadelphia 10 Mount Vernon
90 be present and 90 give away his ward
and niece IN marIisge 20 Young merchant
Of Baltimore named Andrew Parks From
this union came DR.. John Parks, who died
only few weeks sgo a. Maiden, in this
county, leaving two children, Albert and
Anne. Msjor Andrew Parks, who died IN
Charleston in the yesr 1862, was also q
500 OF Harriet Parks His only dau liter,
Mrs Theodore Tslmsge, is now residing IN
Washington City Another grandchiid OF
Harriet Parks is Mrs. Nicholas Fnzhugb,
nov living in Ravenewood, W. Va.
These are undoubtedly the nearCs, lig-
irg relatives OF General Washington.
My own children, Nsttie @ Wilsoo,
vile of Gov. WILSON, Mamie NJ. WOOD
man. wife Of Frank Woodmsn, Sallie A.
Donnellv. wife Of ". b DJnEeliy, and
John Cotton sre descended from Argus
tine Washington, end stll hold In POS
session Washington lands, situate In and
sb,ut R4venswood on the Ohio river, in
asri.ef from their grand mother, Henrietta
$. Fi,zhugh. 20 whom they Were devised
N Washireton's will as one Of the heirs
OF anne Ashton the youngest daughter
OF Augustine Washington Mira Fi'z-
hugh. who survived until the ninety first
wear Of her age. was the most charming OF
racou'euve, and nothing could possibly
exceed in interest her many vivid de-
-criptions Of scenes aud incidents In the
homs lie Of Washington ut Mount Yer
non. "reminiscences Of her early girihood s
Wits To that delightful plsce