Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-01-05
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serve the Lord" His children wei
+ brought up in the fear of Gcd, and G,
. empli ell in their lives their pious trai
i, ing. There was no son in this house
, hold but five daughters grew to woma
! hood.
The eldest of these became the wifi
OF Rev. Daniel Blain, so long Professo
of Languages at Washington College
/, and an acceptable and useful ministe
in TIE congregations to which h
preached in Rockbridge. He suppliec
Ok ord, and 1 think for ONE year
Timber Ridge also, though still filling
his place in the college. This wife We
his helper in al his cares, industrious
neat and careful, but finding time fol
the cultivation of her mind. Mr.. anc
Mrs, Bain were married in the spring
of 1899. For some time Mr.. Blain had
been assistant teacher in the New Lon
don Academy. When in April, 1893
MIR. Bax; er. the principal removed to
Lexington, Mr.. Blain VITA his bride,
took their places in the nearest house,
and Mr.. Blain continued the school for
some months longer, But in the fall
of 1899 being appointed Professor of
Languages i'll Washington Academy he
left New London aud rejoined his for =
mer colleague in Lexington,
The Academy was then loo tied in
the stone building erected by Mr.
William Graham, the former rector.
This building wa burned in the Christ
ma; holidays of 1902, and now forms
the picturesque ruin west CT L king
ton.
1t g pleasant fact that these asso-
GATES were again together. Their
acquaintance began when students Of
Rev. VIM. Graham, whose reputation
had drawn them from distant points to
sit at his feet, Mr Bla II was from
North Carolina, Mr.. Baxter from Vir-
GINA. They as before Gted taught
together for a year or two in,
Campbell, them came to Lexington,
where they labored with each other
most tremendously until Mr.. Blains
death in March, 1914.
Mr., Blain established himself On a
lot in Lexington which was the abe de
of bis family until 1884, when his
widow left her old home TO live with
her Chi drea in Lewisburg. Her cd
re idence passed into The possession of |
James d. Davidson, Esq, and enlarged |
by subsequent purchases is still own d |
by his daughter, Mrs. DR.. A. d. Estill. |
The first house was oil ind small, con-
sisling Of two store rooms, and two of |
logs.
Mr.. Blain put up a brick office in
Inc yard, intending rs his meas in
creased to add rooms for dwelling,
out his ling health prevented this
plan being crriel out. After his cath
Y 8. Blaln became apprehensive that
;he log part OF her house was unsafe
She consulted Col. Jordan sthe princi-
pal authority here on such subjects. He
examined the rooms and said they
Gould lie used with safety for q year
'ut not longer, and agreed for five
hundred dollars 10 build an addition
% the office. This wa, done. and here
With her six children she lived, until
be;e children were educate and pro-
ided for. Mrs. Blain always observed
he day Of her husbands death as q
eason Of fasting and prayer. She had
cen pious woman many yeas, bat
or Affections weaatd her from the
'orld, and she became sanity charac-
er, though always leading quiet, re-
red life, earnestly striving to fulfil
ne duties devolving Jpn her. With l
rs. Bl lin lived Mrs. Thomas Preston, i
lso widow, and long known and i
we'd a: LAZY Of devoted petty and a
any graces. G
My attention was turned to the {
0Ua family by noticing the number
ministers of the Pre- shy err an
lurch who were either finally descen- .
ed from this exec lent man or mar =
cd to some of hi defendants. I u
low twenty-one, and there may be G
hers, for of some of this connection
have no knowledge. I
L have mentioned that there. WIZ i,
70 daughters. One. probably the al
cond, married Mr John Parrr, who
4 ociated himself in business wi h M, =
anna, lived in his house AID filed a
MS place during the lives of the
renls. He aso succeeded Mr. Hanna
an elder in his church.
Another daughter, in 1906, became
wife OF Rev Samuel b. Wilson. n
ldcnt fran North Carolina, who
me to Lexington to pursue his edu-
ton. DIR. Wilson lived SO long in
rglnia, first as pastor # the FIR, der
sburg church, ana later as professor
Union Seminary, that he is too well
recently known to require apv