The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-05-16
CORRECTION AND COMMENT,
Some Famous Persons of North Caro-.
lima Parentage.

So General Funston is OF North Oar
ollna blood, as were other recent
heroes. The A.heville Citizen says:
THE great grandmother OF Funston
was Margaret Boone Mitchell, whose
maiden name was Margaret Boone Van
Meter. She was born in 769 near King s
Mountain, \. c., and was q niece OF
Daniel Boone and cousin of the famous
travellers, Lewis and Clark. Her husband
and father were soldiers in the Revolu-
tiOnary war. and two OF her sons were in
the war of 1912
''She had % grandsons and eight great
grandsons in the Civil War, and two
great grandsons in the Spanish-American
war in the persons of General Fred Fun
ston and Colonel Burt Mitchell The lat
ter We're of the four white men who took
part in the capture of Aguinaldo.
Funston, therefore, has North Caro-
lima blood in his veins, and comes by his
fighting qualities naturally"
Another late hero is Captain Rich
mond Pearson Hobson who is grand
son of North Carolina but born in
Alabama. His parents were of this
State. Perhaps it was his mother
only Another hero 10 Lieutenant
Victor Blue, wrongly and invariably
claimed as q native of South Carolina
But he is not as he knows, but he was
born in North Carolina. We never
claim knowingly natives of other
States as "native here and to the
manner born" We never claim Gen
eral ID. H. Hill. born in South Caro-
lima. or General Cook and General
Lane, natives of Virginia. They
were closely identified with North
Carolina, commanding some of the
bravo.t of our soldiers. The lato
Major Englehard said that General
A. p. Hill told him that the best
brigade in his command was Cook 5
North Carolina, and the next best was
McRae's North Carolina,
General William McRae, native Of
Wilmington, commanded magnifi-
cent brigade. We claim as North
Carolinians Lieutenant General Leon
idas Polk, of Louisiana; General Zolli-
Golfer, Of Tennessee; General Ben Nc
Cullough, Of Texas, and some one or
two other generals who figured else
where from other States. We are
content to claim only the men born
on North Carolina soil. Considering
the great number Of troops furnished
by this State it had very small al
lowance of generals. 1t was not be-
cause the supply was small, but OF
extraordinary and inexcusable favor
itism. Look at Virginia's list and its
number of soldiers if you would see
~ tn do
and Pettigrew our State had military
men of high endowment. General
Lee, as we have oftentime mentioned
upon excellent living authority, said
that General Pender had never re-
| csived the rank to which he was en-
titled. 'He should have been one OF
my lieutenant generals said that
mastery and noble commander OF
them all. When Pender was dead
General Lee paid the highest tribute
| to him that he ever bestowed upon
any other soldier with the one excep.
ton of General 'sStonewall" Jackson.
AS to General Pettigrew the very
| eminent and greatest Southern man
Of science, the late Commodore Mat
thew F. Maury, said more than once
| that if General Lee should be killed OF
| die of disease that General Pettigrew
of all men was the most capable tc
succeed him.-Wilmington Messenger
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