Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-30
CLARKE COUNTY.
Coming Reunion of Confeuer"'"
Veterans-Personnl.

| Veferans-PersOnnl.
BERRYVILLE. VA, July %-fSpsci''J
Fly order Of Major Grimsley. Of Cuipepei'
the survivors Of the Sixth Virginia cav
airy, Payne's Brigade, will hold their an
nual reunion near BerryvilIe on Wednes-
day, August 23d, as guests OF the CLARKE
Cavalry Association. The large grove on
the farm Of Mr.. A. Moore, Jr.. just west
of the town. has been selected by the
association as the place for the gathering
| Of the old warriors who wore the gray.
! It IS significant to note In regard 10
| the selection Of this grove for this event,
| that it was the scene OF an incident
| during the war between the States which,
I together with its cause. was echoed
throughout the North and South. There
! stands IN this grove the oak tree from
which six members of General Clusters
| command were hung by the order OF
Colonel Afosby in retaliation for the UNI
/ warrantable murder of six members OF
] MOsby's command I'm Front Royal, ana
| this incident WILL doubtless, prove an
! interesting topic Of conversation among
those who will gather beneath the
! branches of the trees that were connect
Nothing looking 10 the comfort and plea
sure of the guests of the Clarke Cavalry
| Association on this occasion will be left
undone. Rev. William NJ. Dame, Of Bal
timore. IS expected 10 make an address,
and other prominent speakers will be on
hand. The Sixth Virginia Cavalry was
composed of the following companies. re-
cruited I'm the aforementioned countess
Company A. in Fauquer and Loudoun;
Company +, in Rappahannock; Company
G. i'm Rockingham; Company ID, I'm Clarke;
Company f, in Pittsylvania; Company f.
in Alexandria and Fairfax; Company q,
I'm Halifax; Company II, in Fauquier;
Company 1, I'm Orange, and Company X,
I'm I.oudOun. The survivors Of these COM
panies have formed themselves into an
association, which holds annually, at the
invitation Of one Of the companies be-
longing 10 the original organization, a
reunion. As among these survivors are
many who besides having won enviable
regulations on the field Of battle are none
the less prominent in the more peaceful
vocations they have followed since the
war, the meetings axe eagerly looked
forward to as occasions OF great social
pleasure.
General Charles Thurman, OF this coun-
~. has given another proof of his BELIEF
that Clark county real estate IS good
investment; To "Thurmansmeire' and
the Shehan tract bought by him a few
years ago. he has recently added a tract
of forty acres.
Mr. w. b. Richards. OF Front Royal,
aud Mr. John ID. Hammock, of Warren
county, have announced themselves as
candidates for the House TO represent the
counties Of Clarke and Warren, subject
to the action of the Democratic Conyen-
ton.
DR.. J.. VI. Allen, OF Baltimore, is spend
ing a few weeks with his father. Mr.. X.
O. Allen.
Miss Minnie Brown, OF Baltimore, Is the
guest OF Miss May Mcdonald.
Major Charles Elicit Cabel and Mrs.
CabelI. who visited the parents Of Mrs.
Cabel, DIR. and Mrs. c. Mccormick. re-
Gently, left Monday for Leavenworth,
Kan, where M8jor Cabelps regiment is
located.
Mrs. L, f. Lewis. of New York. and
Miss Nicholas. Of Baltimore, are the
guests OF Mrs. II. l.. d. Lewis, at AUD
ley"
Miss Nellie Green. of warrenton. is
visiting Miss Katharine Mcdonald.
Mr.. Richard Chamberlain. Of Baltimore
is the guest Of Mr.. Charles 5. Lee.
Rev. DR.. a. -. Barron, OF Charlotte
y. c.. formerly editor of the Religious
Herald of Baltimore, visited Rev. Julian
Broaddus this week.
Misses Elizabeth Williams and Flor
ence Pyle, OF Montgomery county, Md,
are visiting Miss Nellie Griffith.
DR.. Thomas NJ Lewis and Messrs. VIII
liam c. Kennerly, NJ. Reardon, and Cap
tain Meade. Of White Post, are at At
lantic City.
Miss Moore, Of Rappahannock county
is the guest Of Miss Flora Castleman.
Miss NJ. Watts Blackburn Of AleXan-
dria. is visiting Mrs. +. 5. Kownslar, on
south Church street.
Miss Barry Albert, of Rockville Md,
is the guest Of Miss Roberta Powers.
Mrs. James X. Taylor. Jr.. and family.
who have been visiting Mrs. W. ii. i.
Lewis. at "The Rocks" returned 10
stanton this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Greenwalt ana MISS
Pope, of Middletown, are visiting the
family of Mrs. A. l.. Gardner.
Or. Theodore Hough, Of the Boston
School Of Technology is at the home OF
his father Rev. DR.. r. 4. 5. Hough, for
a summer vacation.
Mr.. Cornelius Vandevanter is In New
York city on business.
Mrs. Moss. of Parkersburg, W. Va, Is
FisAtiIB lHc fanny VI '@"oN "
Moore.
Miss Carrie s. Baylor, OF Atlanta. Ca
agd Misses Edith Brown ana Bessie Ba-
ker, OF Winchester are guests or the
Misses Luke, at "Ingleslde."
Mr.. Albert Helvestine OF Roanoke, Is
visiting his mother. in BerTyviile.
Mr.. Joseph +. Thompson, who has been
I'm business in Roanoke, has accepted a
posltion with Armstrong & Co, of Pitts
burg Pa. and leaves in a few days for
his new work.
Mr.. c. A. Skinner, Of Lincoln, Neb., Is
stopping for a few days with Mr. W.
Richardson, en- route for his western
home for Germany, where he has been
for the past three years, taking a course
I'm physiology at the University of Bef-
lin.