The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-08
Jesse Lewis Maury Dies at His.
Home, Near University,
NY Aged SNinety-tllrcc.
RELATIVE OF COMMODORE \ d
Welcomed Lafayette to Mont
BcelloFWhcn He Visited Jeffer-.
"A 3 seon--Knew Three Presidents.
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Special 70 Tho Timbs- DIspatch.)

March mir. Jesse Lewis Maury, the old.
est citizen of Albemarle county, died yes
lterday morning at a o'clock at his homo
e Piedmont, near the University, aged
lrinety-three years and one month. Death
was due to a fall received six weeks
ago which dislocated Mr.. Maurys hip.
He never recovered from the shock; his
advanced age, Of course, counting against
him. 3 or lime his recovery seemed very
probable. but Of late he had grown stead
lily worse. 3 5 8;
The funeral services were conducted at
the home of.the Maurys this afternoon
at 3 40 b o'clock. the Rev. Harry b. Lee,
rector Sof Christ Episcopal Church. offl-
bcinting. 1nterment was In the family
lburying ground Tho pall-bearers were
Captain Micajah Wods, 81 S. Teel, Cary
8Ruffin Aandolph, Judge r. 4. w. Duke,
C. II. 81 Burnley, Professor OrmQnd Stone.
and John w. Fishburne. n AZ 5 573.5 81
yYT3LCOA1 DSIAFAYETTE hi
81 He was a relative OF Commodore Mat
thew Fontalne Maury and OF General
.Dabney3 NIaury, Of the Confederate army.
and himself was with the little troop Of
volunteers. who marched up to Monticello
to welcome Lafayette upon his second
visit to America, and saw Lafayette and
Jefferson meet and kiss each other.i Il ${s
" IsS y
4 q Fl gran dson Of the Rev. James Maury,
who attained great notoriety as sutton
Iii the famous case under the two penny
act. allowing the ministry ! 600 VI pounds
ofS tobacco as their salary. Mr.. Marry
would have gained the suit but for the
eloqucnce of Patrick Henry, who repre-.
sented the defendants (dissen ters) h, who
contended that the law had been repealed
IN ] 75S IN edition to his clerical duties
the Rev. j anes Maury taughton his plan
tation classica school, In which Mr.
Jefferson was one Of his pupils. His Sc
cond sons: ames, was the first consul
appointed by Washington to Liverpool,,
which office he filled for forty five years.
The mother Of Mr.. Marry was Eliza
4 beth Lewis, daughter Of Jesse Pitman
Lewis, soldier Of the Revolution, who
died in 1s49, at his home on the staunton
road, above the University Of Virginia
El!zabeth's grandfather. David Lewis
died in 1779 at the: great age of ninety
four, while his son, James, reached the
advanced age Of ninety three. u lanes was
in his day figure Of great prominence in
the county. He was a gallant soldier OF
the revolution, a ma gistrate, a contrac-4
tor, a large landholder the owner and
keeper for some years OF the
old Stone Tavern In Charlo ttesvllle, the
agent8of President Monroe, and much. ems
ployed both BY 5the courts and his fell
low Scitizens In the FappraiseniGn 8and di-
vision Of, estates. In So "A braham,5 a
brother Of David Lewis. purchased 500
acres in Albemarle, including the land
the University now occupies. s3 sa+'} ".
5i4 KNEW THREE PRESIDENTS.
I'm his boyhood days Mr. Mai ry knew.
and met in the streets of Charlottesville,
the three Presidents, efferson, Madison
and Monroe He was often in the cons
pany 81 these men. along with his father,
who was the friend of all three. II
When General Lafayette came to pay
his last visit to Jefferson. Mr.. Maury,
who was then fifteen, belonged to the
Junior Volunteers, a bold militia company
of school boys. who came out to do honor
to Lafayette and escort him to Month
cello. They were dressed in white uni
forms, striped with red, and carried sharp
pointed sticks for weapons. 4 General La
fayette rode in coach and four be-
longing to General Cooke. and they pass
ed through Charlottesville and up to- the
gate Of Monticello in a gallop. Mr.. Marry
described him as "a fat fellow. with q
noggin face. dressed In black broadcloth;
and his son, George yVashingt ton La:
fayette, middle-aged and bald headed.
The procession marched up to- Month
cello, the band playing and the school
boys strutting four abreast. Upon reach
Ing the mansion, the troop was drawn up
on each side of the southern lawn. La
fayette alighted a short distance from the.
portico. from which Jefferson descended
French guest and dear personal friend
AS they drew near. the one exclaimed
with choking emotion. 4 Lafayet te,'' and
the other with the same tender pathos,
"Jefferson,' and for "a season they were
locked IN each others embrace, while
tears freely coursed down their cheeks.
Il & AN AFFECTING SCENE.
So affecting was the scene that there
was scarcely a dry eye among all the
spectators. Mrs. Patsy Bryan, JET ferson's
daughter, was then introduced, after.
which one OF the school boys, after
wards Judge 1gbert r. tson.f Of Char
lottesville. made speech In behalf Of
the school boy so4u.ers, which Mr..
,Maury said ohad beenf written Nfor him
by his school teacher, Mr. Hatch, first
rector OF the church here When the
conclusion was reached Lafayette ap-
preached the fourteen-year-old orator.
and. taking both his hands IN his own.
assured him and his companions of his
hearty appreciation of their reception.
\ The next day General Lafayette was
conveyed to the Central Hotel In Char
lottesyille, where he was addressed by
Thomas J. Randolph. At noon a pro-
I cession was formed and marched to the
University, where, on the portico Of the
'rotinda he was again addressed by Will
liam +. Gordon, In the rotunda then In
an unfinished condition large number
Of guests sat down with him to dinner.
Ia general reception followed, to which
were Invited not only the first. but, the
second families Of the country.s5A naive
description OF Lafayette was that given
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