Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-19

marriage. when IS years OF age. was
united to Charles Lee. a kinsman. and
Attorney-General Of the United states.
Her fathers consent 10 the marriage,
written by his hand and addressed TO
the Clerk Of Westmoreand, is among the
interesting records Of that county.
daughter Of Mrs. Charles Lee. named for
her mother, Anne Lucinda, became the
wife Of General Walter Jones the former
eminent lawyer Of Washington.
HIS DEATH.
on the 10Th Of July. 1894. Richard Henry
Lee died, and his remains were borne
In q sOrrOWful procession below the NO
mini TO be laid beside the companion or
his young manhood, in accordance with
directions contained I'm his will e., 10
"be buried as near my dear wife as posi-
bio at Burnt House, and upon her left,
so that my present Mrs. Lee may when
she dies, be laid on my right, so that my
body may DO laid between those Of my
dear wives" An old lady who wrote
from Locust Farm, in 1871. said; 1.-The
remains Of Lee lie in the midst Of corn
feld some five miles distant, and on
which, / am told. is stone with his
named engraved upon it," The report as
TO the stone and craven name was In
correct the fact being that the PATRIOTS
grave has remained alas for the graft
tude Of republics) unmasked for more
than a century, and though many a re
turning season has been trOdden unheed-
ed and unknown beneath tho Ieet or
plOughmen and reapers. alike. amidst the
empty burrows and waving grain
HIS DAUGHTER HARIOT.
Whether Mr.. Lees daughter Hariot.
was married previous TO his death or
somewhat later / am not quite sure She
was united TO her cousin, i. l.. Turber-
vile, who did not long survive his mar
rage The young couple went 10 Fair
rf.f. Ia
called. I'm honor Of her paternal home,
Chantilly. 1t has since been made IA
nous IN history and poetry by the yalor
OF the Confederate arms under Lee, and
the fan of brave Phil Kearny, and by
the pathetic lines Of Steadman:
"Oh. coil the black shroud Of night at
That hid him from sight Of his brave
men and tried!
Foul, FOUL sped the bullet that clipt the
The flower Of our knighthood. tbs
whole army's pride
Mr. Lees youngest daughter was named
Sarah, and became the wife or her kin5-
man, Edmund Jennings Lee OF Alex
andria. as her eldest sister had become
10 his brother. Charles. OF Mrs. Saran
Lee. Bishop Meade recorded that by
universal consent. she was one or the
purest specimens of humanity sanctihed
one other of Mr.. Lees children
Francis Lightfoot-named for his child
less uncle Of "Menokin," married Eliza
beth Fitzgerald, Of Alexandria. He was
a lawyer by profession, and father 10 the
late Vice-Admiral S. L. Lee, United
States navy.
THE HOUSE DiSMANTLED
A son Of Hon. Richard Henry Lee.
named Cassus died on the threshold Of
manhood at the age Of 10. His dust prob
ably reposes near 10 that OF his father.
where his ancestors for generations sleep.
With Cassus dead and the other children
married and gone, the widowed mother
did not long survive, and then the fires
soon ceased 10 be kinded and the lights
TO burn I'm the vacant house. Ere long
II was dismantled, and its materials were
carted away 10 be used i'm the construc-
ton OF other and ruder buildings. Like
the hush Of death that. had fallen on its
young Cassius. silence fell upon this home
and as the pail was laid over his form
a curtain was drawn over its interesting
and Joyous annals q. w. IL.