Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-03

friendly interest Of General Wasnlns 'oi''
aud through his advice, uechheu' III
1871. an appointment as MAJOR III
ment Of light Dragons designed loi
vice i'm the "Whiskey Insurrection' III
order that he might enter the Senate OF
Virginia. 10 which he had also been elect
cd He served in the state Leglsla-
lure for nine years. He was intelligent
w interested i'm the agricultural advance
rnent of the state, and he emulated MS
fathers example as a patron OF the turi'
Rel Air. Grey Diomed, and Calypso Were
among his famous racers. Apout 'h0
beginning of the present century nc
erected in Washington the Octagon' an
elegant home, which became as prom
nent a social centre in that city as MOUNT
Airy had been in the Northern Nech'
He died in Washington, March - 1870
and his remains were borne 10 MS coun-
try seat and deposited In the purlal,
ground where so many OF his kindred
slept -. .,...,.,,,
Colonel Tayloes lifetime was fruitful OF
ecions. Fifteen children gathered about
the old hearthstones-eigh sons and seven
doughters Three Of these were early
horne 10 little graves under the trees on
the knoll, and a fourth died at H. VI
the others. the eldest Oohm became
lieutenant in the navy ana served win
marked bravery In the memorable en-
gagement between the Constitution anu
the Guerrero on the 18th or August lol-'
His Gallant and merltorious conduct IN
that action was recognized and rewarded
bv the State of Virginia by conferring
upon him a sword. lie died In 1924. ana
his body found resting-place In the
burial-grounds at Mount Airy. BenJa-
min Ogle and Edward Thornton Tayloe
were two Of these brothers, who became
well and widely known in Washington
and New York The former OF these died
I'm 1865. Henry A. Tayloe, another bro
Their. became a prominent citzen anu
successful planter in Alabama. Charles
settled in King George, where ne lelt
worthy and honored progeny. Another
brother is Colonel George Il. Tayloe, OF
"Buena Vista" near Roanoke city where
ne has long been a familiar and cherished
figure I'm business, social, educational
and religious circles. More than eighty
winters lie behind him, yet his heart
beats warmly, and his step Is light, as
though ne were but 20. William ii. ray
loo the third in this list of brothers,
was the inheritor of Mount Airy. and
hither he brought as his wife Miss Hen
rietfa Ogle Their children were three
son and two daughters-in whose ten
der infancy a ruthless fate befen the
home that sheltered them: and Mount
Airy like so many other old Virginia
abodes was left pile of blackened walls
ana ashes This occurred in 1874, and
soon afterwards the present edifce was
reared on the ruins of the former one.
or the sisters of the aforementioned
brother. one died in the bloom Of early
womanhood; another married member
OF the patriotic Key family Of Mary
land: the third became Mrs. Lewis, of
Washington city; the fourth, having mar
ried an English gentleman, bore to
home beyond the sea the impressions and
recollectons of Mt. Airy, and the fifth
became the wife Of Colonel Robert w.
Carter. of Sabine Han"
OF the early occupants Of the present
building-children of William H. and
Henrietta Tayloe-who ripened into wo-
manhood under its shelter. the eldest
daughter married a physician in George
town. and she still presides over beauti-
ful home In that city. Her sister became
the wife of a well-known brigader-gene-
raj OF cavalry who wore the gray, and
has long resided in Lynch arg. Their
brother, Henry A., the only son or these
parents. became the proprietor of Mt.
Airy a good many years prior TO his
fathers death. He married Miss Court
ney Norton Chinn, OF Prince William
county. and the early morn OF their we'd
ded life I'm the old homestead was OBJ
gcured by the war clouds of 1S6l-'65. The
ravages and changes incident to that war
bore most heavily on large estates Ike
Mt Airy. The place has borne witness
to the Revolution in the Industrial sys-
TEN Of the past, and its broad acres have
lacked IN more recent years the trim and
fruitful culture which marked the days
when dusky plow-boys drove their teams
a-neld, and the Old plantation songs
aoated up from the meadows and were
echoed from the hills. The strain and
stress OF the years since the war have
not "a has been true In so many cases.
wrested the property from it's hereditary
owners Its present proprietor and his
estimable companion have here reared an
| interesting family Of sons and daughters,
and find IN several who remain around
| the parental hearthstone cheer and solace
for life's Quiet evening. Others OF their
children who have been allured from the
family portal. Illustrate in homes in
Virginia and other States the stamp Of
manly worth and womanly charm affixed
to them by this Old nursery OF purity.
honor, and grace.
II was a somewhat remarkable coinci-
dence In the neurology OF Mt. Airy that
as Colonel John Tayloe died in Wa<l.ng-
ton city in 1898, and was brought hitler
for burial, his son. William II. Tayloe,
should also have died In that city forty
three wears later. and been brought in
like manner for sepulture In the same
place. n W. -