The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
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a Beauty and Belle Of the Long Ago. :
Tie Late Miss qaHa Boss Of Austin Wedding
of Mrs U. S. Grant-Story Of Cowtshlo Marriage s
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/ ladN whose hie nAu peen INT resting ana
ovcntful, She lived with her Graham
neiccs, two gentle and lovely women VINO
! cared Tor Their delicate little Aunt Julia as
! faithfully as " sac had boon their mother
| There were Graham, Baker and 81 ogd
grestnclces In plenty 70 pet aud please the
| dear Aunt Julia" whose last days were as
| serene as summer skics,
! Even after the snowy crown Of thret
score and ten years had been placed uptn
| her brow. Aunt Julia" was beautiful 10
] look upon, with her dainty grace and hnc
/ dark eyes her wealth of snowy hair she
/ seemed as sweet and beautiful rs the
! white roses that enwrcathcd hcr windows,
! md she lives IN memory as pure white
| ross a finely cut cameo, a bright and PFC
cious Picture Of an eleg, aud lovely lady
Of the old southern regime. Like an per.
sons whose life is nearly all behind them,
Miss Boggs dwelt in tae long gone past,
| Gnd Ia her loN-yoiccd "reminiscences cdmc
the thoughts Of other years, Ike thc 3dcr
| OF brine from the ocean
! AWAY back somewhere near m, time of
! cur Revolutionary war; her sraudluthcs,
/ John NttnshaH was gay young dandy
| In old LLglaud, enjoying himself IN fIShian
| and line clothes, n writing teaor verses
! TO some lady fair one 'ycguul Might
/ he arayed himself iu unusual >plvHuo.
! Aftrr tnl4Hipr ms trU.l and v.htfs lts cat.
| st Sc wait d, hc rushed b els to IBIS mir
| self Hastily suatchiur up Que ot tho cRo.
! dies on mis- dressing table he held Il toa
| near LIS crcpcd, powered Hnd brrio4untd
| wig when horrible 10 l,-lis wig uEht
on dire, burning also lis natural hair cyg-
! braws and issnSs leaving lis f.t, MI tIl.t
clustered ~ '" '''.'''''
! MESSENGER was alspstcAcd M once 10
| tAe Waiting lady with tht rX,lse an
! sudden and ssrIous 8cgid.ut 4, I'm. Vain
| yuans man. Fne rcxl usgs dawn f.uad
! him on his way To- mn is lated eeantr, Il.
| tatp win, re- NJ v,.uld h, snIc fr,r' mo
! cruel tests of Al. .friVplsu. friends M h n
| sad plirlt Their, hs ,psut his DAYS ir ono
! m.uly beauty ST. sudd uly bliuhtad
| ono dly in "a lonely wn,J he was
Stalled T. hear soft ewrei singing by sr,
| ,rnI ,olcas C-utI' t.I, ha m .,5rsI5,t.Ta En-,
music and discovered inrourn IN ropsc of
thc hated ANA I.wiv McI6odi.ta cnycrtlg
! UorgbI..nr I'm Ga1's first frnDlps Uy ri,.
| md rrRyrrs I'M ine cspvlrtlon ra,,,, io
| MIN thai tscre. i tG,t ytptie cou,rany bn
could fnd ,u. s,inr.tbct e. compiui1nsbIn
mont
He quietly cntored tbcb, circlc prd o,.
plaiuod Ills presence, lutftileGg himself as
a meubrr rs tbn ie.t,btI.bj7 gbf,',.b
! T,,ol,r,T Inn h ,.,d,1 ~ ~ IVY
! ~ H. 90 ,,l,I i, i,t . IVY.
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| TN hlt az 30 .I....r.-
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~ t5oE tbo ripis,I In ,''NH ~
T. F95N Wy ~ "ut,l .", ttN1 tFoami :
li'' Hy, N19 4" 10 .'"iHt No inuuNi pf'Ncn'
e. "l i-nG''"u rnH ~ M'tn'Nlsl Pt'JSAyi lH
| l1' AI.li'A, rus IN ,hA Mtl ger evidence
~ Una" tAti'ml9 eehS "'ds "ppcrlu'
MI
! ~ t''VI returned 10 nus guy, lllcsoMe
married a swc, maid Of His affections AMI
bec1me M'thoGisl preacher lu England
, WIN tug great Wesley. Later he cmi2iUt
ca 70 america ana stttl d nt llltehurg.
! ith'SNINHuAN' ana lguhHt4 tine methodist
Ghurch there iu ld' pre- Oh ng n an cd
log mouse l4c early pioneers and 10
hHl4g sglal'is OF th' garrison. lir livrd tt
a. ripe ana honor"d old age ana he now
slceES no the uld church yard thc iirst
, I fi'spNleriiu thuTch Of the loved home %,
lis ndoption.
He had several beautiful and attractive
danghttrS the beautiful sarah beng s'
known far and near SHE married the
Rev, j. II Fielding who, bella several
proSldcncioS N different Meth, di,t col
, lcEcs throughout use states no ST. Charles,
] Mo- Madison college lniontuwn, Pa;
J Augusta college, kcutucky. Another daugh
ter Ellen, married Frederick Dent. p
Maryland plautcr and STAKEHOLDER, who
went 10 ST. Louis, the then great Trading
point on the Mississippi NJ a very early
day Ten miles from there he settled q
plantation on Grayols creek White
Haven, his country Sent, was only -four
miles from Jefferson Barrcks; 50 there
Julia Dent and the silent young officer az
the barracks, licutcuut L. ). Gfun5,
g Another daughter of Rev. John Nrcn-
O shall. julia, was married 20 her fathers
junior partner lu the commercial firm OF
'Wrenshal Boggs,' being reconclled 10
D. 4 the exchange oi her arstuuatic name for
| one neither musical nor distinguished, IN
. 4 the knowledge thnt Mr. George Bogps WIS
o Of sturdy scotch Irish parcnragc, his moth.
+ err having been % Campbell NJ the old
| Scotch house OF Argyle. Miss Julin, who
b was destined to become our beuuty and
e belle. was daughter " this union, as WAS
- | also Mr., Graham. wife 81 Dr Graham 81
j. / Palestine, TcXas, IN ante hclium days,
3 / aftrrUard al Austin, the capital city
. Miss Julia Boags was born Ia Philadelphia
- in 1924 She and her sisters were educated
a at young ladies select school, "Edgr
2 I worth seminary founded at BraddOcks
L | Geld. ancrward moved TO Sewickly both
Y | I'm Pennsylvania There little lulih learned
. 10 work her sampler and was Initiated into
= tho mysteries Of the three r. ana elegant
Q manners
Miss Julia remembered her walks viii
r her teachers az this Institution of learl
T Ing when they imprcsslvely pointed ont ~
n their pupils the battlefield Of Bmddock' p
4 bloody defeat also the tree under which
{ u was said that General Brdddolk was laid
j whom wounded unto Death Then, about
| 1896 hint arrow heads, bullets ana bleach
g. | cd homes could readily be found near the
g surface soil
I Mr.. Boges and family moved from Ibila
9 dclphia 10 St. Louis. whithct hl6 brother -
Z law, Frederick Dent. bad preceded MIN hA