The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-15
ROOSEVELT THE MAN OF THE HOUR
Ills PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE
incidents in His interesting Career on the
Range, the Battle Field, in Politics. as an
Author, in the Bowers of Love, at His Home
---AII Showing Him to Be Fine Type Of
American Manhood.


United States. was born in the city Of
New York October q. 1858. on his fathers
side he comes Of sturdy Dutch stock,
Iaass Martensen Roosevelt. who emil
grated to this country from Holland in
1919. being the first Of his ancestors 10
identify himself with the vigorous life Of
the New World. This worthy -progenitor
was among the early settlers Of New
York. and he brought him with to his
colonial home in the west the rugged in
dependence Of the typical pioneer. Next
in line of descent on the paternal side
came Nicholas Roosevelt, who achieved
some note IN provincial affairs. being at
one time an alderman or what core
spcnded in colonial times to this import
ant functionary in modern municipal poll
tics. Then came JacoDus, father and son,
neither of whom achieved any special
distinction. Next in line came James.
who rose to rank of captain in the New
York troops during the revolution and
who was connected with some of the most
distinguished families Of the state such
as the Rogers, the SchuyIers and the Van
Dykes. Then came Cornelius. who still
further enriched the purple strain Of the
familys aristocratic lineage by his mar
riage TO Margaret BarnhiU whose grand
father, Thomas Potts, was an eminent
Sc0tch-Irish patriot. who represented
Pennsylvania in the continental congress.
Then came Theodore Roosevelt father Of
the vice president
ROOSEVELT'S MOTHERS SIDE.
so much for the claim Of descent on the
paternal side of the house. on the ma
ternal side the traditions of the family
are equally noteworthy and moreover they
connect the vice president with some Of
the most aristocratic blood of the com
monwealth Of Georgia. To bring out this
fact clearly it mast be stated that the
s mother Of the younger Roosevelt was
Martha BullOch of Roswell Ca. she was
the daughter of James BullOch ard the
granddaughter on her mothers side Of
General Daniel Stewart. one of Georgia s I
most illusrious revolutionary heroes. She (
was also descended on her fathers side
from Archibald Buloch. the first govern
or Of this state, and an interrupted old
revolutionary patriot of Scotch-Irish ex-
traction VINO sprank from the Douglasses /
and the Banlies Archibald Rulloch mar
ried Mary De Naux, whose paternai grand
father fed TO this country from France
on the revocation of the edict of Nantes
in lGS5. Martha Bulloch became acquaint-
cd with the elder Roosevelt on one of her
frequent visits to New York. and falling
in love with the thrifty Dutch-American
merchant-for such he was-she subse-
quently became his wife. Shortly after the
formation o. this happy union the younger +
Roosevelt who was destined in later years
TO become one of the foremost figures In .
American public life vas ushered into .
existence. There are hundreds Of people In Z
Georgia who remember the vice prcsi- /
dents mother wen and VINO cherish many
pleasant reconecuons of her.
HIS GEORGIA RELATIVES.
The vice president Georgia progenitors
sprang from the sturdy band of New Eng
landPuritans who settled in Liberty coun-
~. Ca, ie 1852. and organized what has
since been known in the religious tradi-
tions of this state as Old Midway church
They came originally from Dorchester.
Mass. and first settled somewhere in
South Carolina. but not liking the place.
~.
and came into Liberty county. Ca. where
they found the situation much better.
They were settlers who lived up to rigid
standards of piety and who believed in
placing education second only to religion.
They sent of to New England for the
most efficient ministers whom they could
get TO serve them and among the number
who came from time to time was Dr.
Abel Holmes the father Of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes. Mr.. Holmes served the con-
gregatoin of old Midway church from 1870
10 1891. and when he returned to his home
in the norrl he left many sore hearts be-
hind him. Such was the intellectual as
wen rs the moral vigor which the con-
gregaton of Old Midway church infused
into the life of the state that from the
ioins of the settlers who laid its founda-
tons broad and deep i'm 1752 have sprung
some Of the nations most distinguished
men in every line of life. Seine OF the
products of this little colony besides Gov
ernor Roosevelt are as follows: Button
Gwinnett and Lyman Hail. siguers of the
Declaration of independence from
Georgia, Richard HowIoy Nathan Bron-
son and Lyman Hall. governors of
Georgia. John Elicit. Alfred Iversou and
A. @. Bacon. United States senators from
Georgia: F. r. Goulding. author OF
Young Marooners.' DIS. John and Jos
lie Conte. two Of Americas most distin-
Euished scientists: Chancellor Patrick II.
Nell. chancellor of the University Of
Georgia; Colonel Charles c. Jones. Gcor-
gia's greatest historian. and countless
other men of distinction Not less thau
1ao ministers Of the gospel have sprung
from the ranks of Old Midway church.
Most Of thela have been Presbvterians.
bur Baptists Nethodists and Episcopal
ians have been included among the
church offsprinE. Though organized on
ConErega riorai liues the church was
served until It's dissolution almost con-
tinuously hy Presbyterian divines. Just
after the war. on account OF the destitu-
tion q The country ard the removal ~
the members 10 other portions ~ the
state. the church passed out Of existence.
Georgians ley Ercat stress upon The ties
Of kinship They hold tenaciouslv - The
doctrine that blood is thicker shan water.
and thev seldom fail N give outward evil ,
dence 90 the fo'th which they profess r,
This respect when Colonel Roosevelt re-
serea his position as assistant secretary =
Of the Navy s7o'e three wears aco f7r The .
purpose - SONG ta the front ar the h.e,5 =
~ Dis row celebrated resimtut or Rouzh ,
Riders thev lzoew thar De would be haar5
from tlore the way was over In su.ts
of bis rs-tiieF Qualifications for the work
which ae rein4eishea n The portfolio &c Z
The navy. fhy know THAT De was even
better lued fo- military Than for naval f
duties. and they felt perfectly serene tn