Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
Jas. Berry, blacksmith, and D. Page. be-
tween 9Th and 7th streets.
The Citizens Of K Street.

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The citizens on X street included: Robert
| Clark carpenter and major In the clvil
war; who died only few years ago at an
age of more than ninety years: John Cook.
| George Gordon, wheelwright; VIM. Lambie.
| ship carpenter; James Marshall. a black
| smith and a justice Of the peace. between
| 9Th and 9th streets: Eliza Robinson,
Thomas Armstrong, Moses Shelton. Thomas
| White and Thomas Talbert. ship carpen-
! ters; E. Wider. stone cutter: Rebecca
| Scott, and Jas. Owner, a master shipwright.
| Mrs. Ann hewitt, John Peake, pilot; Jas.
Grandle. shoemaker; William Thomas ana
Francis Cross and John Legree lived on l..
| street between 4th and 9Th streets: Peter
| Little clerk Of the market: Isreal Little.
| alderman, and Robert Awkward, between
croft, carpenter; Elizabeth Brown. B. King;
| ship carpenter, and Jas. Mackey, between
| 9th and 9th streets.
| VIM. Aiken resided at the corner Of 9th
and NJ streets, and Thomas Keithly and
| Thomas Young, ship carpenters, and James
Martin. blacksmith, in the same neighbor-,
hood.
| On Georgia avenue were VIM. B. Ellis.
| engineeS, father Of William M. and Jonas
| B. Ellis for many years machinists in the;
navy yard. and the pioneers in the bust
| ness In the District. William Parsons
blacksmith Henry and Cornelius Smith.
| ship carpenters, and Joseph Funston and
Thomas Goodaw. carpenter. lived on
Georgia avenue east Of sth street
| On 4th street, E. Tyler M. Peters. A
| Cannon and Moses Baker, biacksmiths. re-
sided between K and L streets; Peter
| Marche. plasterer. between D and E streets
| Mrs. Howard, at the corner of D street.
and south of l. street were Mr. Beard. F..
| Hurley, Patrick Kahn. master painter; Mary
| King, John Martin, cclored: Mr.. Peake H.
| Scott, blacksmith; Jacob Small and Joseph
Fugitt, grocer, and George Collard. car
| penter. ..-i
Property holders on 9Th street included
| William, John and Dennis Vermillion, Mrs
| Tafe, Tobias Martins, Mrs. Howard, VIM
| Howard. John ard Jesse Burns.
Sixth street residents were George Bell
and W. Duvall near the navy yard; /. s.
Middleton and Mrs. E. Tucker at G street.
| and John Watkins near Virginia avenue.
Adam Lindsay. Robert MacCloskey, Philip
Inch. F. MacCarthy. James Herbert. Will
sat p ranscom g. r. yermi ns Js%es
Smith and Joseph Baker all resided on 1th
street near the navy yard. On that street
camilear & Obear, carpenters and build
| ers, conducted shop; on Virginia avenue,
! F. Clifton; at street. Joseph Criddle, mill
| wright. P. Craven. H. Hogan, T. Reddish
and Joseph Venable lived between G and
streets. Two admirals Of the navy, Philip
! and Richard Inch, played as boys on eth
| street. On Sth street. near the navy yard
gate. were ]. V. Thomas, John Rose and
William Easily, the master boat builder at
the navy yard and afterward a ship builder
on his own account, was once commissioner
9th street in the building which was con-
Quoted as a hotel before the year 1900 by
William Tunniclinfe: Opposite the old hotel
noted for his stalwart figure. especially
when he personated an Indian chief In the
parade of the knacostia fire company. Mrs:
| Rachel Steele and William Smith, school
teacher, resided nearby.
From the vicinity of the hotel there were
few residences until the neighborhood of
L street was reached. Mrs. Esther Muir
ply lived on 9th street east of the bar
racks, and H. Steer and r. Armstead be-
tween L and M streets. Mrs. Bradman.
Robert Cole and Richardson and Thomas
| Butter resided on 10th street near the
navy yard.
Another Settlement at the Bridge.
I The bridge at nth street attracted a set
Element of considerable SIZE and among
the first corners were William MacGill. the
toll collector at the bridge; Ignatus Howe.
who was constable and ward commissioner
for thirty years or more; Benson Mac
Kenny. Richard Mitchell. John Gibson.
William MacDowell, Timothy Crowley.
Gadsby. Andrew Brown, B. Lucas, John
Rowland, Lewis Parker and James Sim
mons. On 14th street near l street, Ben
jamin King. master smith of the navy yard,
| lived in a comfortable old-fashioned dwell
ing for a number of years. William Clarke,
father Of Mr.. T. Edward Clarke. also re-
sided there for many years In ante-bellum
times. Richard Burgess lived near the
naval magazine on the branch.
| John Boylayer, a butcher. who located at
the southwest corner of 9th and 1 streets
in the twenties, lived there for many years.
| He was survivor of NapoleOn's army and
was at the battle of Waterloo.
The Marche family took up residence in
the Southeast in 1903 Marche, ST., was a
plasterer. and he worked on the Capitol
before 1872. He resided on 4th street and
eleven children were born and reared in the
Marche home, Mrs. Jane America was
engaged in making shoes. with a store en-
L street between It'll and Sth streets. VIII
liam Speeden was proprietor of a grocery
and dry goods store at the southwest corner
of 9Th and L streets, in the building which
was afterward occupied by Luckett Adams
and others as tavern. John Stillings had
his cabinetmakers shop at the northeast
corner of 7th and L streets and resided
nearby. Mr.. Stillings was pioneer In the
Undertaking business. Some years later
he removed to the corner of 9Th and G
streets northwest.
Other business men in the neighborhood
of 7th and l. streets southeast In the early
years of the century included Robert Brown,
carpenter; Barnes & Milburh's tavern;
Cook & Janney, southeast corner Virginia
avenue and 7th street. and Short and George
| Duckworth, 7th and l. streets, grocers; Su-
sauna Serva and Hester Murphy. tayerns,
on 7th street below l. street: Andrew For
rest, grocer, northwest corner of 9Th and X
streets; Martin King, northwest corner OF
Sth and / streets, and James Elder. oppo-
site the barracks Scattered all over the
region were the residences of the musicians
| of the Marine Band. JAMES tROGGON.