Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-30

cfally distinguished In difficulf raiIroaa
litigation. Their daughter. Miss bessie
Clark. inherits the beauty ana cnarm-
ing manners of her Virginia mother.
There are few more beautsful women
than Mrs. George Gibson. well known AZ
the Warm Sulphur, I'm Richmond ana BAL
timore society as Miss Eugenia McGill.
of Gainesville Md. She Is the eldest
daughter Of DR.. George w. McGill. GAL
liant Confederate soldier. and her mother
was from Middieburg. Va
Mrs. General John Gill - native OF
Norfolk. Va. and daughter OF the
millionaire Scotchman. w. w. spence
one OF Baltimore's wcalthlest citizens.
Mrs. Gin is a lady OF commanding pres
ence, and dresses elegantly and be-
comingly. She has brown eyes and hair
and rich. natural complexion, which
Is the envy OF her younger acquaintance.
She is the wife OF General John GIL.
president Of the Mercantile Trust and
Deposit Company and one OK Baltimore
most solid and prominent businessmen.
A GOOD OLD REBEL
7 me, Colonel Lyle Clark at the Rem
merit Yesterday. He II a good old rebel.
and has attended all the Confederate re-
unions at Richmond since the war. In
features and manners he bears striking
resemblance 10 his cousin. Julia I.avinia
Clarke. who married Colonel Woodbridge,
once president OF the Midlothian coal
mines, and the owner OF the Deautltul
"Mldlothian'' estate. in Chesterfield coun-
~. In social graces and literary culture
she has few equals. and as friend was
as true as steel. as many or her Rich-
mond friends who enjoyed the delightful
social gatherings at Midlothian can at
test. She was afterward the owner OF
the fine old Glendower estate. In Abe
marie. where the Eiycses were her best
friends and neighbors; and lastly she
came into possession OF one OF the most
arIstocratic old homesteads in virginia
Wilyerton-in Nottoway county. n nome
dear 10 the memory of many of Rich-
mond's best citizens. The grand ola
horse was built by Colonel W. c. Knight,
and Is a beauty in architectural design.
II seems but a step back from the present
TO the past. the lofty rooms preserved III
their antique style. and the same PIC
turesque groups OF young people ming
the old rooms-the young lovers telling
the same old story-we tread narrower
ground and are surrounded by cherlshed
memories.
MRS. O'FERRALLS BIRTHPLACh.
If was here that the lady who now
pyesldcs at the Governors Mansion IN
Richmond-Jennie Wiekiiffe knlght-was
born and reared. and 1t was mere that
Madame lie Vert. whom the Old ana New
World have united in GROWING queen py
right OF every social realm, was enter
tanned And here the Hon. Henry Is.
Ellyson found a delightful home for his
devoted family he so well loved in the
sixties. when he owned the place, and
where Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson spent some
of the happest days of his sunlit boyhood'
and the beautiful mlmosa that shades
the green lawn witnessed the early bud
dings of his intellect and genius
ATTRACTIVE BEAUTY.
Mr.. John l.. Cox. who formely owned
the fine White Point estate on the Poto-
mac. was also at one time the happy
owner Of this dear old home His wife
was Miss Judith Booker, whose brother
WAS an hOrored citizen OF Richmond and
the father Of the queenly Miss Lily Book
or. who was one of Richmond's most pop
ular and attractive beauties Many Rich
monders will remember tha brilliant social
gatherings at Wiiverton during Mrs
Cox's administration OF Its time-hon-
orad Inequalities. Among the Rich-
mond people who were frequent
visitors there were Mrs Albert Bruce
and her sister Julia, now the wife Of Pro-
fessor Baylor Of the Miller School. and
sisters Of Misses Addie and Kate Howard,
who are at the head of fine school for
girls three miles from Baltimore. They
are the granddaughters of the late MIS-.
Nat Howard. whose husband was q
prominent lawyer Of Richmond. ana
killed In the falling of the Capitol IN
1870.
| cannot omit the mention Of the charm
Ing Mrs. Phil. Howard. who was the
devoted mother of Mrs Albert Bruce, and
whose character was as lovely as her
face Her voice was as soft and gentle
az the falling snowdrops. and her speech
and gesture as graceful as a Grecian
goddess. Her mother. Mrs. Nat. Howard,
was. when n girl. known everywhere as
Ohe originaD Pretty Polly Clarke, her
beauty being of the pure Greek type.
deep blue eyes. delicate. shell-like COM
pleXion, and sweetest expression. she was
a sister of Mrs. Woodbridge, and hence
the association Of the Howards with this
old historic homestead. FLORA.