San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-04
MRS. MACKAY.

Revised Details as to Her Interest
ing History.
From the Working Woman.
Louise Hungerford, with younger
sister, who is now the Countess of
Telfener, the wife of an italian count,
left New York when about II years
old. John Hungerford was a jour-
neyman barber in New York, but en-
listed in the Mexican war; later he
was employed at his trade by one
George w. Ciprico, whose shop in
San Francisco was known as Mont
gomery Baths" and the chair that
Jack Hungerford used is pointed out to
the customers of the Ciprico barber
shop to this day. Mr.. Ciprico ad-
vanced $500 in gold to his employee,
who Immediately sent for his
daughters. When Louise Hunger
ford and her sister arrived in San
Francisco they went to the house of
family, they being nearly the same
age of his own daughters. Here they
were treated as members of the fam
lily, being taught italian and French
music by the daughters. They lived
WlUu DClCIdCIOlb BlA VI BSNSh
years.
In 1865 Hungerford opened a bar
Der shop on his own account at Moke-
lumne Hill, Cal, and Louise, who
was then about 10 years old, acted
as her fathers housekeeper-they
having one room in the rear OF the
shop. He was proprietor of but short
duration, for he soon "bustedn up in
Bryant, who kept small drug store
at Nevada City, about 100 miles from
Mokelumne Hill paid attention to
Louise, and she was married to him
after short courtship. DIR. Bryant,
being man of dissolute habits, died
two or three years afterward Of delir-
ium tremens, leaving Mrs. Bryant no
means of support for her self and
daughter Eva, now the Princess Col
onna. Her fathers failure in bust
ness and her husbands death COM
PEELED her to seek service in the fam
lily of. w. Walker, brother of the
late eX-GOv. Walker of Virginia, and
there she met for the first time J. w
MaCkay, superintendent of the Bull
lion mine at Virginia City. New.
Louise Bryant, for brief time pre-
vious to her going into the service OF
Mr.. Walker had tried hand at keep.
ing boarding house for the miners.
MI MacBay VI as comfortably fixed
and could provide her home, such
as the miners used in those DAYS
simply q cabin of two rooms. So he
COurted and won the widow BRYANT.
Her father in the mean time had gone
back to his former "bOss" and pro
L,
pay the youngest daughters board
Mrs. Mackay was cook and genera
hOusekeeper and laundrywOman, amC
helped entertain her husbands co
workers in the mines.
Mr.. Mackay soon after attained
great wealth, and Mrs. Mackay anC
her sister had the advantage o
a good common school educa
ton and could speak fluent
ly Italian and French, through
the association of the CipricC
family, who were remarkably wei
educated; three of the daughters O
Mr.. Ciprico are school teachers in Sal
Francisco today When Mrs. Mac
kay, her daughter Eva, and her sis
ter went abroad it was to get away
from her former associates. Whe1
sno TSGuIneu lOr the nrSG Time TO Sal
Francisco she called upon the Cipric
girls, but from that day to tn
present she has ignored heI
former teachers and benefactors
The people of San Francisco VIII
know the facts as above stated are in
dignant at Mrs. John w. Mackay'
ingratitude to family that had don
SO much for her in her early DAYS O
poverty and somewhat adventure
some life.
John Hungerford-now known a
Colonel Hungerford of the Unite
States army-was formerly know
as "Jack Hungerford, the barber.
He was good artist, and there is n
disgrace attached to his business
Louise earned her daily bread as
clearinghouse keeper. But tn
worst of ingratitude comes in to thos
who took care of her and gave her til
advantages of an early education
\ This we think the worst of crimes.
The above is true history of til
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