The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

ns tha State. The young teacher of ex- nerirnental agriculture at the Alabama TnlvfeehnAc Institute now, and who
 scrompIishes so much for the advance nam. tf farming, is a grandson of Hem ry DuEgar, and great grandson or cap tain Reuben Vaughan. third son-ln- Jaw Of this distinguished pioneer Was AIhert Jasper Kidd. who lived and died of yellow fever in 1885, on ms pi@h1a- tiorl in the parislE
 The grand sons. evidently inherited the martial instincts Of the reVoIutloh- Tary soldier. Captain Reuben Pausnn Kidd commanded company "A m tne historic 4th Alabama infantry In tne fierce battle of Chickamauga, and fell ,hers in great honor. Waverly w. DuvRar a grandson, a University man and a lawyer was one of the first volun- ters from the state in the Confederate army He entered the ranks and fought in the ranks to the end, with out a moments ambition to rise 10 ofice His younger brother Frederick left theological course to enter Sell den's battery, Army of Tennessee' shu lu the bloody battle of Atlanta had fine top of his head shot off the mo- nlent he was receiving eonnmendation from his commanding officer.
 Iohn ChaproI came to the parish from Philadelphia with the Bonapar- fists. He was a native of one of the West Indies Islands. St. Domingo, refugee In infancy from slave tnsur" rection. He purchased some of the aIlofments of the exiles and became one of the large planters. Ills court iv manners and boundless hospitality ware proverbiaL Ono of his dauRn' ters. Miss Eliza, spent the winter with him, as he was a widower. Mir. Chap ron's dinners were notably sumptioun and elegant, and frequent enough 10 Include among his guests great many of his neighbors.
 hack when a young man from Virginia to the Canebrake. He was granduateC from the Jefferson Medical College nr Philadelphia and in that city immed- iateIy thereafter, married a daughter of Mir Chapron. They settled in the par ,sh, He became the leading physician His practice was highly renumerative and soon he bought lands and negroes.
 Je told me he never lost a fee and never sued for one. One of the daugh- tors of Dr. and Mrs. Browder married Dr. Charles Whelan.
 Colonel John McRas came early to the parish from his native place.. Pe- tersburg, Va, with many slaves. He continued to prosper as long as he liv- cd He was a lineal descendent of the Duke Of AInOl, ScOLlduut anu HIS AaA sp Canebrake estate was "Athol." He married Miss Josephine Ravesies and their home was the home of distin- guished refinement and hospitalitJ.
 Frederick Ravesies came as accredi- ted agent of Bonapartists aIlottments and was charged with numerous duties relating to the land grant. He settled at Arcola and brought large body of land He too. was a native of St. w,I a PafnGaa In infHnCH- 10 Philadelphia from slave instruction. He visited France, q widower, return ed having under his charge the young widow of General Davide, of Napol- eon's army and her two infant daugh- ters He married Madame Davide and they lived at Arcola.
 George Noble Stewart. of Mobile so long an eminent lawyer, came out, a youth of is years. from Philadelphia to Arcola with MT. Ravesies. He ulti- mateIy married Miss Pauline Davide, one of the two girls. Colonel Foy mar ried the other. Miss Cecile, and settled the plantation near the present Van Dorn station. the property of Dr. Henry w. Reese. in later times.
 Henry A. Tayloe came to the parish in 1884 from Washington City, the youngest son of Colonel John Tayloe of the "Octagon" and also of the fa- nous seat on the Rappahannock, Mount Airy" He purchased many acres and brought many black people. His brothers, Benjamin ogle. William Henry and George P. also bought large tracts of land and brought slaves to make cotton. Only Henry came to re- side permanently. Mir. Fl. A. Tayloe owned and ran horses, as his father had done. in Virginia and Maryland before coming to Alabama. He owned and trained on his plantation or near 1t. several of the greatest four-mile