The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
CHRONICLES OF THE OLD DOMINION.
By AN ULTRA OCToGENARIAN.
Continued from Last wcek.)

work behind. with his bare legs and feet
| dangling below.
II. He was a magistrate Of his county
and sought no higher station. content to
spend his days In clipping .cedars into
fantastic shapes to ornament his grounds,
10. And he lived to see sycamore
peastick stuck by his own hand. grow
as tall as the cedars of Lebanon and
shaded his old mansion and yard,
l6 Thomas Boiling and his wife.
Betty Gay, died at cobbs. each at the
and We're buried there beside their an
I ccstorS.
1 q John ph,3 Boiling. second son q Col;
Of Anak N - - = = - $50
IS IIe delighted in horse racing and
was much addicted to strong drink.
therefore. was he commonly called THE
~. lie was also much OF a glutton, and
would eat large river shnd. and end win
saying, "thank God. I've had taste"
~ He married Martha Jefferson, sister
of Thomas Jefferson, who was had IN
great reputation, especially among the
rebels Of Massachusetts when they Sc
coded from their lawful king.
i q. Colonel Robert Boiling, third son Of
Colonel John Boiling, was lover of Wis
dom, and esteemed it moro precious than
rubies.
%. IIo was learned in many langua ses,
ana wrote W I, the genealogy Of the descend
%. He was fond of wine, but not to eX-
cess. and wrote concerning vineyards: and
he named his second son Lenaas, after
the heather god of wine.
"a. And he boosted OF his Indian blood.
and called his eldest son Powhatan, ana
MS eldest daughter Poeahontas which to
this day are common names among the
descendants OF Pocahontas.
Il q, Fla was twica orr,a1 fret n Mary
Burton, who bore him one child, named
after herself. and died shortly after; and
his soul mourned ner lost companion III
tones sad as the voice OF the Turtle, be-
II rehved of Its mate.
g. But he consoled himself by marrying
q second Wife Susan Watson, by whom
r he had several children, and he died at
Chellowo in buckingham county, and al
his days were about thirty-tve years
q. Archibald Boiling, NTH son OF Colonel
John Boiling, was or ordinary stature, but
great round the body Ike unto his brother
John.
%. In some points he more resembled his
elder brother Thomas than Robert, for he
loved the ease of a private life. and es-
teemed book-learning OF little value,
| 90 And he read no book but the scrip
| lures for IN them he said was eternal life.
] the one thing needtul. and all books tnat
taught the same were useless and other
knowledge was foolishness and led men
into error and sin.
80, And no read his Bible and had pray
crs for his household morning. and night
and had n set OF little Blackamoor singers
TO sing hymns with him as In tho days
OF David and after prayers no played or
| his VOL.
81. And when 'rebuked by Pharisees, he
| repr6yeed them In turn, telling them that
| King David. the man after Gods own
heart, and all Israel PLAYED before tbs
/, danced before him with all their might.
B q. lie was married four times, and tolc
his last wife IL she should die before
: him he would marry again; for II was
Gods own prowsrb. that It was not 5000
| man should DO alone, and i was a point
OF conscience with him TO rum INK
scriptures
I SO. Like unto the old Patriarch Jacob
his was plain man, and when frs
! married he lived in a log-cabn at Huttn
70 Lick, now called, Mount Athos II
| Campbell county, and afterwards In ar
humble dwelling In Buckingham,
! 81 lie was frugal, but hosplable ant
kind TO all, especially TO the poor ant
he took no Thought OF flthy lucre, TN,
| despsed all trade and traffic, for n hi:
| Spirit was no coyetousness nor guile
49, And he suffered his mighty forest.
to stand untouched ny the axe, and III: