The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-09
Who Would Have Set on the American Throne Had George Washington Accepted the Crown When It Was onered to Him.


 New Orleans Picayune.
 If George Washington had been made King of America instead of Presi- dent of the United States. who would be on the throne to-day7 Thornton Akustin Washington. of Index. Mo. .>
 That is, provided the course of events in the Washington family had been the same as circumstances actually made it. which would certainly have not been the case. for the Missourian who might have been King would at birth been Prince of Nv York or of Baltimore or Boston or of something else. instead of getting his training in life as pharmacist in an out-of-the wlxay place. and takink care of two unmarried sisters.
 And with Thornton Augustin Wash . ington as King it may be interesting to New Orleans people to know, that the Heir Apparent to the Throne would be resident of this city. and that the Heir Presumptlve would also be an orieanian.
 The man who would be Heir Ap- parent is George Thornton Washington. and instead of being a Prince or a Duke. he is local freight agent of the New Orleans Terminal Company.
 
 sumptive Is Lawrence Berry Washing ton. Travelling Passenger Agent of the Frisco Railroad.
 The man who would be King Thornton Agustin Washington. is the oldest male descendant of Samuel Washington. oldest brother of George Washington, the man who would not be King. Being the oldest male descendant of Samuel Washington. Thornton Augusin would undoubtedly be, the lawful claimant to the throne. despite the half brothers of George Washington and their descendants. These disputants might have been the descendants of Agustin Washington, the father of George Washington. by his first marriage to Jane Butler. but it is hardly probable that they would have had stronger claim than the sons of Samuel Washington. full brother.
 Thornton Agustins father was Dan iel Bedfnger Washington, son of Lawrence Berry Washington, son of Thornton Washington, son of Samuel Washington His mother was the widow of Dr. John J. Wharton. and relative of his father After their marriage at Harpers Ferry. in ls4a, they moved to Missouri and lived in
 
 ton Augustin was born.
 A curious fact about the man who would be King Is that he is bachelor. that the men who would be Heir Apparent and Heir Presumptive." res- pectively. are without children. and that the. next of kin in line of suc- cession is Dr. Vernon Hertburne Wash ington. a St. Louis physician.
 The man who would be Heir Ap- parently is George Thornton Wash ington, of New Orleans. He ts 4ayears old and was born at San Antonio. Tex., where his father. Colonel Thornton Agustin Washington, of the Corps of Engineers. U. S. A.. was stationed at what is now Fort Sam Houston. Col onel Warrington was tipe only member of the celebrated family who ever. graduated ct West Point He had pre- viousIy graduated at Princeton Univer-' sity, and was a man of attainments. At various times, he was stationed at New Orletns Galveston, San Antonio and Washington, where he died July 10. 1894. His widow. who was Miss olivie Ann Jones. still lives in Wash ington with two daughters, Mrs. Ollie Washington Corburn and Mrs. Eliza beth washington owen. wife of Yer non G. Owen.
 George Thornton Washington, who would be heir apparent if Thornton Augustin was on the throne. has been a railroad man almost ever since he was old enough to work. After hold ing various minor positions, he was appointed chief bill clerk in the New Orleans freight office of the Texas and Pacific Railway. and was later an