The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-30

wooden swords. He was brought up In
the straightest manner from the religious
standpoint, and his Sundays were solemn
days. no laughing being allowed. He is
a good story teller, and his favorite swear
word is, by Georgel'
Virginia numbers several Lees of prom
inence among her citizens who are de-
scended from Francis Il. Lee, one of the
Virginia signers One is c. w. c. Lee.
son Of Gen. Robert z. Lee, c. S. A, and
now president emeritus Of Washington
and Lee University His mother was de-
seconded from the Gusts family into which
George Washington married
Descended from william Penn.
Belamy StOrer, who married Maria
Lougworth, and got into the lower House
OF Congress from Cincinnati, to get out
after two terms because he didn't ask
Boss Cox TO see that he was nominated
again. is descended through his mother
Elizabeth Brinker. from John Penn, son
of William Penn.
Mr. Storer is now sixty, and has
served as diplomatic representative in
Belgium. Spain. and Austria Hungary.
He might still have been in the diplomatic
service had not Mrs. Storer tried TO make
Archbishop ireland q cardinal, thereby
preciptating her husbands recall and
the famous epistolary quarrel with the
President, which seems TO have ended
StoreT's prominence. despite the marriage
Of Mrs. Storer's nephew to the Presi-
dents daughter.
Both the WadsWOrths. James W. ST..
and James w. IT.. speaker Of the New
Kark ~ eFc Hno1rr.G
ants, but I'm the female line, their sigma
tory progenitor being oliver Wolcott
Whether the younger Wadsworth is 10 be
put as completely down and out as his
father and Storer have been IS a question
yet 20 be answered
WadswOrth Highly Connected.
The Wadsworth family is highly con-
nected. Henry " Longfellow had Wads-
worth blood in his veins; Mrs. James W.
ST.. was Travers, and Mrs. James W.
jr.. is a daughter Of the late John Hay.
Every generation Of Wadsworths has fur
nished one or more soldiers 10 the army
Of the United States. Farming has been
the family occupation ever since the first
WadsWOrth landed on American shores
tn early colonial days, and this has been
since their constituency is largely agri-
cultural
Signer Robert Treat Paine has two liv-
ing descendants: Robert Treat Paine. the
philantbr0pist Of Boston, and Capt
Charles Jackson Paine, soldier, yachtsman.
and capitalist, also Of Boston. He own
ed the cup winners Puritan. Mayfower.
and Volunteer.
Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard. widow Of
the diplomat was a Clymer. descended
from Signer George Clymer. OF Phila-
delphla. There are two CAROLS, John
Lee Carroll, and his son. Royal
Phelps, descended from Charles Carroll
Of Carrollton. Md; the father was gov
ernor of Maryland thirty years ago. and
is now general president Of the Sons OF
the Revolution. The son owned the IA
nous racing yacht, Navajo, and was
made a lieutenant in the Spanish war.
The father lives near ElliCOtJ City. Nd.
the son In New York
Descendants Credit 10 Signers.
On the whole. the living descendants
Of the slgners-only a few Of whom have
ben named here-are by no means dis
credltable 20 their ancestry. when Il IS re-
membered that as the population of the
country was only 10000 IN 1875, whereas
it IS now S5ooo.01o. each individual had
twenty-one times the chance to win dis
tincti9n then as now.
Il IS interesting that only one Of lie
most prominent Of them is known large
~ because Of great wealth. and that he
has worked harder 20 benefit his fellows
and In the cause Of sport than % in
crease his millions.
Copyright. 1851. hy Dexter Marshaul