Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29

ment on lot 2. In 1903 the owners were e.
Grant, lot 1; r. Rose, 2. and R. Brown, 3.
q. Keithley, John Minitree and William
Young in 1872 were no lot 1, A. Cheshire
on lot 2 and Browns heirs on lot 3. Will
liam Keith in 1915, and the next year
Thomas Young were on lot 1. Ann Pur-
nell In 1917 owned on lots l and 2. In 1920
D. Dick owned part l. and w. D. Aiken the
southwest corner of the square, part 2.
The ground value in 1925 was Z cents,
and the improvements were: E. M. Grant,
$3.50; D. Dick, 500; Ann Purnell, $780, and
A.. Cheshire, $3.50, on NJ street; w. d.
Aiken, $500. and R. Rose, 500, on eth
street, and r. Brown ct al, 500 and $3.50,
on Georgia avenue.
George Marshall, James Gordon and Ann
White were located on lot /, Charles Miller
on lots l and 2, and Adam Gaddis on 3,
in 1927.
The Aiken family was on Georgia ave.
among them James A. Gordon, a black
smith, member of councils, and president of
the Anacostia Fire Company, a half CEN
fury on M street. The Gaddis family of
blacksmiths and grocers Is still repre-
sented on Georgia avenue. Mrs. White
widow, was on M street for a long time.
Title to Square e53.
Square 953, between 9th and 10th, M and
streets, was cut into twenty-three lots
which, in 1897, were vested in Carroll.
Prout, VIM. King and w. Mayne Dun
canson, the latter taking those lots 'front.'
ing N and 9th streets. In 1900 a lease of
lots 10 and 16, corner M and 9th streets
was made to s. Parry, and three years
later John Golf had a lease in lot IA, ad-
Joining on 9th street. which, in 1907. was
assigned to George Marshall No Improve
ments were listed on the original assess
ment books, but the ground was valued at
cents. ~
In 1909 lots Is and 1e passed to Comma.
dore Cassin and back to Prout as did lot
IA, on which was house. In 1913 Philip
Otterback bought the corner of 9th and M
streets, lot 10, and g: Marshall part of lot
To- on 9th street William Campbell bought
lots L to 8, 9th and N streets fronts. and
lots on 10th street, In 1915 and Mr. otter
back. in 1918, bought lots IA to II, the
years later added lots IS and 10 and %. and
James Rhodes, in 1918, bought lot 19 on
10th street. During that period, the twen-
| ties, the ground was valued at cents. and
improvements were valued as follows: Jas.
Rhodes, $500 and 5000; c. Granger $500:
Charles Miller, $1.7O0 on lot A. 9th street;
| Mr.. Otterback. $1,000, lot 49, Prout's heirs,
$50, and I. Lusby. $500, on NJ street.
In the square to the south, 954, between
N and streets, the twenty lots were ap-.
| portioned to Carroll, Prout and United
States. Capt. Duncanson and his partner,
was little doing for half century About
| 1910 Messrs. Otterback and Miller owned
most of the ground. which up to that time
had been mostly utilized for the butchering
business.
Still further south, between 9th and 10th
streets, south of street, was square 955,
| laid off in lots facing the latter street, and
having water privileges. In 1902 it was as
sessed at cents per foot and $500 for i'm
provements, to NJ. Carroll. John -. Adams
| was the purchaser from Mr.. Carroll in 1s47.
Seventy-Five Years Ago.
Setenty-five years ago the bulk of set
Element was on Sth street mostly of the
bone and sinew element employees of the
yard. A few taverns had sprung up and
| there were several dry goods and grocery
stores, which had most of the trade from
the country by way of the Eastern branch
bridge, snort distance eastward. 1t will
be observed by the names given that while
many have disappeared from the section
descendants have remained in the locality
James Marshall a blacksmith of the TWEEN
ties, was a justice of the peace in the for
ties, on 9th street. The Kealy family is
still on 9Th street, and many persons re-
member Daniel Kealy, who in his day was
tailor, and when not engaged as a penny
post or letter carrier kept a cigar and
variety store, the meeting place for many
residents Of this section, and not few
recall interesting experiences thereabout
Mrs. Barry, widow of Gunner Barry, sur
vived him many years. and having learned
to make fireworks she was popular with
the boys when they desired to celebrate
James Aiken, on Georgia avenue, repre-
sented the William Aiken of the twenties;
James and Benjamin Booth, the family
there before 1900; Richard Lloyd had a tav-
ern on Sth street and small brewery on
street Nicholas Carroll, the family
years before on Pennsylvania avenue and
9th street. The Adamses weer more than
half century on Sth and H streets; Rich
ard Harrington, kept public house ad-
joining, and ran a line of stages from the
gate to the National Hotel having his
stable about the southwest corner of the
square. George Herold, long clerk in the
naval store and prominent in Odd Fellow
ship, resided next to the Harringtons. The
Casteel family, well-known in the yard, is
represented by Engineer Casteel United
States Navy, on duty at the department.
Mrs. Ann White and Mrs. s. White, the
family long L street. John Howe and
John Goss, well-known blaclSsmths, and
Jonas B. Ellis, lorg an engineer and ma
chinist, prominent in the councils had
been there half century.
JAMES CROGGON.
MANILA, June 29.-At the opening of the