Evening star., 1897-03-20

from all these, excepting the Congressional
cemetery. AS many oof of the distinguished
men of the nation aIehere buried. and it is
to some extent a national cemetery l sup
pose that those who. lie inferred there will
be allowed to rest turtle resurrection. Be
sides those named Should refer to the
potters' field of old. then on 9Th street be-
tween N and o, in which hundreds were
buried during the ci1olera epidemic of 1893.
Forestnlling Grave Robbers.
There were somdt R6dies committed to
the earth in some 9f these grounds that
were not permitted TO- remain there long,
for bodies We're then, as now, used by the
medical schools. At Adhe time / am told.
grave robbing seenfsd epidemic. In fact,
there was so muchl off it at times in the
thirties that some bodies were rendered use
less for the dissectihgs liable by lime being
placed in the coftins TT be slaked as soon as
the remains were PLACED in the grave. 1
have heard that one of my ancestors was
thus buried at Rolmeads.
The churches, TOO. or at least some of
them, have been removed from their origi-
ral locations. and the same cause. the
march OF improvement. has, led to the
changes. What was once suitable loca-
tion for residents having been given over
to business purposes, householderS have
taken up new abodes, and the churches, to
be convenient TO theni also had to move.
The First Baptist Church. now on 10Th
street northwest, in the early part of the
west, the building occupied by the colored
Baptfsts. From here the congregation went
to 10Th between and F, building the fire
church known for years as Parson
Browns. This afterward became Ford's
Theater. in which the assassina ton of
President Lincoln took place, and is now
used by the government. The congregation
moved next to 18th street between G and
he Cf ffn ~;.I 1,
Builders Exchange. A few years ago the
society located on ftith street. The i
Street Baptist congregation is yet In its
original place near 9Th street, Dat contem-
plates moving to 10th and y streets north
west Trinity EpiscopaD was for many
years in what is now The Columbia Law
building.
Numerous Changes.
Christ Episcopal Church, on G street
southeast, was at the commencement of
the century on New Jersey avenue. The
Church of the Ascension, Massachusetts
avenue and 18th street, removed from H
between 9th and 10th streets. Trinity NJ.
f., under the names of Ebenezer and
Fourth Street Church, for three-fourths of
a century was on 4th street near G street
southeast The Central NJ. P. congrega-
tion. first known as the Tabernacle. on
18th between G and II streets northwest,
for many years wasson 9Th street between
T. and r streets, and Is now at 18th and
NJ streets northwest The First Presbyter-
lan once occupied the structure on South
Capitol street between and c, afterward
used by the Israel colored Methodists, who
are now at the corner Of 1st and b streets
southwest. The Fourth Presbyterian only
moved across the street to its present 10
cation. on 9th street above G street. The
Unltarians first occupied what is now the
Police Court building, 9Th and D streets,
and are now on L and 14th streets. Some
OF the church buildings have been put to
uses entirely foreign to their design. When
Dr. Tustin's congregation on Sth between
H and l sire, is dedicated their church
they little thought that after Its use by
the Southern Methodists it would become
CATION little thought that their church
would ever become an opera house. DIR.
Laurin's people did not dream that the
F street church should become hall for
amusements and conventions. and the orig
inal members of Mt Vernon Place M. E.
Church South hardlynexpected that they
would leave 9th stfeet to worship on p
near 18th and M near 10th before locating
on Mt. Vernon squAfes :,
The removal Of Churches and schools
we can readily agteeTwith when 1t is for
the general good, b6ththere is sentiment
repugnant to the teanoval of our dead,
even to make way for the march of i'm
provement. In whicks many share. and
though while ! an a living my church
should change its location. want my fam
ily when die to ind'4ny body last rest
irg place from which no march of improve
men. msn.a can m remove EN- IT. Ehe Lord only knows
can be found" sSt'.-