St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-30

respected dame who, with her numer-
Gus and perpleXing family, Inhabited
the historic shoe. She has doubtless
been regarded as the type of excessive
and morbid faStidiousnesS who SO eXag-
gerateS defect as 10 leave all excellence
unappreciated, She has been cited for
generations as an admontiOn to young
ladies who are esteemed by their
guardians and matrimonial advisers as
too "chOice" i'll. the selection of a hus-
band, and a warning to those candidates
for matrimony WHO are rapidly APP
preaching the borderland which
trenches so closely upon the desolate
and frozen plains of old maidenhood.
And yet Betty Martin was no myth-no
ideal of feminine capriciousneSS or way
Cor short-sighted procrastination-
but 2 woman of flesh and blood, who
not only found one husband to suit her
mind, but was wooed and married a
second time, and her descendants at
this day form numerous and Influential
family connection in Maryland and Vir-
ginia, while few have emigrated to
the states of Pennsylvania, Kentucky,
Texas and California.
She lived to the advanced age of ITO
years, was able to walk about the house
the day before her death, and up to her
last hour of life retained such brillIancv
of eye and freshness of complexion as
to confirm all the traditions concerning
the extraordinary beauty of her youth
Five generations of her descendants sat
at table with her during the last week
of her life, and upon the very day upon
which she breathed her last, grand
son of the sixth generation, DR.. Will
lam Middlemore Dallam, was born
A brother of the Duke of Marlborough
married Mrs. Smith, who had at that
time all only son, William Smith, whom
the stepfather took under his special
| care. He sent him on visit to America,
| where he remained some years, after
which he returned to England. After a
short Sojourn i'll the mother country he
again took passage for America, and, by
remarkable coincidence, Betty Martin
and Richard Dalam-two persons with
whose destiny he was to be connected =
| embarked at the same time and OH the
| same vessel.
The parents of Betty Martin made
their new home i'll Maryland. where
| they already possessed large tracts OF
! land. William Smith owned "Blen-
heim," and Richard Dallam The Gran
berry, two Of the handSomest estates in
the new country. For years the beauti-
full Betty was reigning belle; and such
constant ana undimniShed homage and
admiration did her beauty compel, and
so numerous were reflections of suitorS
from both the old and new country, that
the well known couplet is said to have
originated with devoted and persist
ent, but disappointed admirer. "who
| loved not wisely, but too WELL" The
successful wooer at last appeared in the
| person of Richard Dallam.
Two DISTINGUISHED grandsOns of this
union were GOV. Paca, of Maryland
and Gov, CaSwell, of North Carolina
After the death of Richard Dallam, his
widow, still surprisingly beautiful, ac
cepted the hand of William Smith. OF
"Blenheim," a suitor who had loved hel
before her first marriage. and whose
loyal heart never sweryed from the allie.
glance OF its first love.
Al the death of her second husband
William Smith, the estate of Blenheim
an entailed property, passed to the cid
est son, William Smith, and the widow
returned to The Cranberry, the Dallan
homestead, where she died in IT'S
Among her descendants of the seventh
generation are Judge Henry Clay BAL
lam and John Paca Dallam, Of Balti-
mora.