The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-03
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Another famous Virginia family is now

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district lying across the Potomac from the
| capital, is son OF Gen. Robert E. Lee, and
was born at the famous Arlington House
Robert E. Lee, the hero of the Confedera-
| CIV, was a son of Henry Lee, the captain of
cavalry whose discipline and gallant bear
ing attracted the attention of Gen. George
Washington, by whom he was in time pro-
NOTED to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
During the Revolution he was known as
Light Horse Harry" At the time of
| Washington's death he was a member of
congress, and delivered the eulogy on
| Washington in the house of representa-
tives. His brother, Charles Lee, was ap-
pointed attorney general of the United
| States by President Washington. Arthur
Lee, of another branch of the family, was
minister to France and Spain, delegate
| to the Continental congress and secretary
| of the treasury.
Francis Lightfoot Lee was delegate to
the Continental congress, and signed the
| Declaration of Independence. His brother,
! Richard Henry Lee, was the first to pro-
! pose resistance to the British stamp act,
and first proposed to congress the Declare
| ton of Independence, which he afterward
! signed. William Lee was sent TO London
as the agent of Virginia, and became a
merchant there. On the breaking out of
the revolution he heartily joined his
brothers in aiding the struggle for indie
pendence, and going to France was there
of great service to the colonists. Thomas
Ludwill Lee, another of the brothers, was
a conspicuous patriot during the Revolu-
ton.
There are in the house two representa-
tives of another famous southern family
the Breckinridges. Congressman w. c. P.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, was the son of
John C.. Breckenridge, who was elected vice
president on the ticket with Buchanan. The
latter's father, John Cabell, was an emf
nent lawyer, and his uncle, Robert l.,
distinguished Presbyterian divine. The
father of John Cabell and Robert, John
breckenridge, was Virginian, author Of
the celebrated Resolutions of 17SS-90' in
the legislature of that state, and afterward
senator from Kentucky and attorney gen
eral of the United States. Clifton r. Brock
inridge, now member of congress from Ar
kansas, is descended from another branch
OF the family.
Henry Cabot Lodge, the litterateur and
congressman from Massachusetts, is a scion
of the Cabot family of that state. George
Cabot served in the United States senate
from 1871 to 1895, and was one of the most
distinguished members of that body-a
confidential friend of Washington and
Hamilton. John Forester Andrew, an
other young statesman from Massachu-
sets, is the son of John A. Andrew, the IA
nous war governor
Elijah Adams Morse. now a member of
congress from Canton, Mass, claims to be
q relative of the Adams family, and repre-
sents the same district once represented by
John Quincy Adams. The grandfather of
Senator Wilson, of Maryland was dele
gate to the Continental congress and a
signer of the Declaration of Independence.
An American family which ranks with the
Adamses is now represented in the White
House Six Harrisons of the stock whence
the president comes have been conspicuous
in the public service two as senator's and
presidents and the others as representa-
tives in congress or members of state gov
ernments.
Congressman Richard p Bland the well
known silver specialist Of Missouri, comes
from stock in which "blood tells" His
grandfather was delegate to the Cont
mental congress. His great-graudfather,
Theodore Bland (who was also the uncle
of John Randolph, was a member of the
First congress, and the first member of
congress whose death was announced in
that body. He enjoyed the confidence of
George Washington, and his correspond
ence with eminent men was published in
1913 as The Bland Papers" One of his
sons also Theodore Bland, became United
States judge in Maryland
In the veins of Senator Dixon, of Rhode
Island, flows some of the bluest blood of
New England His father, Nathan F.
Dixon, was between 1910 and 1860 one of !
the most prominent men of the little state, |
serving constantly in the general assembly |
or in congress. The present senator's grand !
father was. also a Rhode Island statesman, |
serving seventeen years in the general as
sembly of the state and six years in the |
United States senate. Here we have the !
somewhat remarkable case of son, father /
and grandfather representing a state in the |
national legislature, and all were named |
Nathan F. Dixon. All lived at Westerly, |
r. l., all were lawyers and all graduated |
from Brown university.
Senator Wolcott, OF Colorado. is directly |
descended from the famous Wolcotts of /
Connecticut. Ills great-grandfather, Oil |
yer Wolcott, signed the Declaration of In
dependence and the Articles of Confedera- /
ton, was a delegate TO the Continental /
congress. became a major general in the /
Revolution, and died the governor of his /
state, which his father, Roger Wolcott, had |
been before him.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, comes from |
that branch of the Brown family which .
contributed many eminent men TO the ros- !
~ of fame in North Carolina, Virginia /
and Kentucky. Among his relatives were 4
Aaron V. Brown, who served in congress /
from Tennessee. and who was postmaster 4
general under Buchanan: Albert @. Brown, /
who went from Virginia to Mississippi, /
and there became judge, congressman and 4
senator; James Brown, of Virginia, who 1
was senator from Louisiana and minister 4
TO France, and John Brown, of Virginia, /
who left Princeton college to join the army 4
of Washington and who afterward became .
member of congress and United States |
senator from Kentucky. This Browns /
son, Mason Brown, was prominent judge, /
and Mason Browns two sons, b. Gratz |
and J. NJ, became noted men, the former
as senator from Missouri and the latter as /
brigadier general ROBERT GRAVES.