The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-25
If President Roosevelt has splendid

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Revolutionary ancestry Re also ba7
some good Confederate relatives, His
mothers half brother, Capt. James 3.
Bulioch, wss the agent Of TIE Cenied'
crate Government in Lcadoa and Won
| fame for himself By the able manaer il
which he rendered aio to his Govern
ment.
It was large!y through his efforts
that the Alabama and cshcr cruisers
which did such damage TO Northern
commerce we're fitted out.
A full brother Of Glrs. Roosevelt,
Irvine s. Bulloch, Ras sailing mssteE
aboard the Alabama, participated as
such in the disastrous encounter with
the Cearsarge and was latsr oonmis-
stoned lieutenant in the Confederate
navy. Doubtless President Roosevelt
had many other relatives IL the Confsd-
crate service, as tbs BulIosh family
connection throughout the South Was
very large.
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER.
Martha Bu!lech became acquainted
with the elder Roo5ayeit On ore of her
frequent visits to New York, AID fall
ing in love with the thrifty Ddich Au-
erican merchant-fo- suoh he Wss-she
subsequently became his wife. Short.
| II after the formation OF this hsppy
union the younger Roosevelt, who Hss
destined in later years to beccms one Of
the foremost figures ia American public
life, was ushered into existence. There
are hundreds of people in Georsia Who
remember the Woe Presidents mother
we'll, and who cherish many pleasant
recollections cf her.
The Vice Presidents Georgia pro
genitors sprung from the sturdy band
# New England Puritsns who settled
in Liberty County, Georgia, in 1852,
and organized what las since been
known IN the religious traditions tf
this State as old Midway Church.
They came originally from Dorchester,
! Mass. and first settled somewhere In
South Carolina. but not liking the
place, they crt s1ed ever the SaVannsh
River aid came into Libersy County,
Georgia, where thsy fund the situa-
tion much better. They we're settlers
who lived up to rigid standards cf piety
and who believed in placing education
second only to religion. They
| sent of to Nav G1glaId for the most
| Efficient ministers whom they could get
to serve them and among the number
who came from time to time was Dr..
Abiel Helmes, the father Of Oliver
Wendell Holmes. DR.. holmes served
the congregation Of Old Midway
Church from 1885 to 1871, and when he
returned to his home in the North he
left. many sore hearts behind him.
Such WAS the intellect as we'll as the
moral vigor which the congregation Of
Old Midway Church infused into the
life Of the State that from the loins Of
the settlers who laid its foundation
broad and deep in 1852 have Fptu1g
some Of the nations most distinguish
ed men in every line Of life.
A son oE THE REVOLUTION.
Presldear Raossvsis became mem
Der Of the Society of the Sons of the
Revolution Of the State Of Georgia
shortly afser ita organization in 1891.
He had no difficulty il showing his
right to membership. Although ne is
member in good standing, be las nsV-
er attended any Of the annual meetings
of the society. though he has been
twice invited to respond to toasss on
these occasions. The members Of the
Georgia Society now hsVe hopes, how
ever, Of entertaining a President, vino
will at the same time De member, at
one Of these anniversary dinners Of the
n,s distant futura. a.-Ssvannah News.