The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16

The Buffalo Chapter wishes to desig- note this hotel as headquarters for the Daughters of the American Revolution during the Exposition, especially for D. A. R. day. June l4th. Flag Day.
 Lafayette, Ala. June Il, 1901. Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, State Regent,
 D. A. R., Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Madam-I note what you say in your department in The Advertiser. and I beg to advise you. in compliance with your suggestion, that a Revolu- tionary soldier is buried in the ceme- tery at old Davisviile. In Calhoun County, Ala. The grave Is in the cemetery of the above named neigh borhood. which Is situated one and one half miles south of Iron City station, twelve miles east of Anniston, on the Southern Railroad.
 The oldest inhabitant," could give me no information concerning the sol dier.
 The tomb is built of brick: about s feet long. 6 1-2 feet wide. and feet high. The shingles of the roof are badly routed. A plain marble tablet is let into the wall of the tomb. bear ing this inscription:
 Sacred
 to the memory of
 James Caldwell
 who died October 2nd,
 1S47;
 in the 9Sth year
 of his age.
 He was a soldier of the Revolution.
 If information is desired, I suspect that Rev. John A. Scott. of Hefiin, Ala, or Doctor Striplin. who lives near Chulafinne in ClSburne County can as- sist in the search.
 Very truly yours. w. B. Bowling. We are glad our friends continue to assist us in locating Revolutionary sol ders' graves. Should the above come to the notice of Rev. John A. Scott or Dr. Striplin will they kindly write us the names of some of his dessen- | dants?
 We give the space usually assigned | to Queries and Answers to thi sinter- esting article on the Lewis family John Lewis. the first European settler of Augusta County. Virginia and his | five gallant sons. They have many | descendants who will read with pride the story of their brave deeds. 'Tn tracing our lines back to colonial | pioneers who braved exile, hardships and Indian treachery to breathe the | air of liberty we become unconsciously | animated with the spirit that ruled | them."
 History of the family of John Lewis great grandfather of Mrs. Martha Dan- bridge Bibb, Daughter of the Revolu- ton.
 At Bellfont, near Staunton. va., fir \ the heart of that valley which SC charmed the Golden Horseshoe | Knights when they rode with Spots wood around the land. IS a grave with this inscription: Here lies the re- mains of John Lewis, who slew the Irish Lord. settled Augusta County located the town of Staunton, and fur nished five sons to fight the battles | of the American Revolution. He was | the son of Andrew Lewis, Esquire | and Mary Calhoun, and was born ir Donegal County, Ireland, in 1878. Died ! in Virginia Feb. 1st. 1762. He was g brave man, true patriot. and firm friend of liberty throughout the world Mortalitate relicta vivit immortalitat' ! inductua" 1-.
 John Lewis, whose epitaph I have | just read. was my great, great grand | father. He descended from family of Hugenots whose history is an epi | tome of the political and religious per | secutions of a memorable century 1T | the annals of Christendom. His an oestor was a native of France, and ar ardent Hugenot, who, in consequenct | of the religious troubles and perilous times which caused he adjuration oi Henry ". and ultimately culminated | in the Revocation of the Edict oi jNantes, took refuge in Ireland, where in | 1878 John Lewis was born, and reared | in Donegal County. In his young man. | hood he married Margaret Lynn, 6 l daughter of the Laird of Loch Lynn, g descendant of the Chieftains of a once | powerful clan in the Scottish High lands. "As a touch of nature makes | the world akin," I copy from heI | quaint dairy which has been carefully | preserved wherein she tenderly writes | of her home in Scotland. Bidding 1 farewell to the bonny Locks and Knowes, and though along with the gallant Hugenot. I had taken for my | husband, caused surely a woman's | grief to my heart. nay, something like a child's. I might say, it was no; for the Castle splendor, the bands oi retainers, the powerful clans, I had grown up with; all surrounded, but | longed for my mother. for good dame | Darley, our blessed English tutoressr and for old Elliot. my devoted nurse The first night came to my husbands