Evening star., 1909-05-05
was designed by Theo. Alice RugGles Kilt

was designed by Theo. Alice RusGies kit-
son.
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke was de-
scendant of the brother of Mary BAH. the
born near Mount Vernon. Knox county.
Ohio. July 10, 1917. She married Rooer.
Bickerdyke April 81. 1S41, and removed
to Galesburg. ILL.,, in 1885. where she lived
until shortly before her DEATH
In the quadrangle OF Leland Stanford
University at Palo Alto. Cal, Is singu-
lar group, consisting of the late Senator
Stanford. his wife and his SON. The
posing Of the figures and the lack OF ar.
tistic merit have provoked great deal OF
ridicule and satire, and the irreverent
students commonly allude to the group
as THE Father. Son and Holy Ghost
The monument was placed there py lne
late Mrs. Stanford to remind the students
and the public Of the founders and bene-
factors of the university. The Stanford
family is extinct, and the trustees nave
permitted it to remain until now. al
though its removal has been suggested.
To a Revolutionary Heroine.
The battle of Guilford Courthouse was
fought In North Carolina, March Ii. 11S1.
between Lord CORVALLIS. in command of
the flower of the British army in Ameri
ca, and Gen. Nathaniel Greene. in COM
mand of about 5000 badly armed and
equipped patriots. The result was the
immediate and utter abandonment by the
British general of his campaign to sub
jugate North and South Carolina, and the
restoration to the Union by Gen. Greene
of those two states and Georgia. which
had been Overrun and garrisOned by Brit
ish troops. CORVALLIS sought safety
under the guns of the British fleet at
Wilmington, and deliberately allowed
Greene to pass him unopposed, marching
southwark In april. CORVALLIS marched
northward to Yorktown, where he finish
ed his American career.
The battle-ground at Gulford, consist
ing OF about 100 acres of land, was pur-
chased by an association of patriotic
gentlemen in 1887 and laid out as a park.
It is on the direct line of travel from New
York to Tennessee. Florida and New Or
suburbs of the flourishing city of Green's
boro. Twenty-seven monuments. five of
which are crowned with statuary, have
been erected, and a bill has been intro
duced into Congress to appropriate $4,000
for monument to Gen. Greene.
Among the other monuments is a noble
bronze statue to Mrs. Kerenhappuch Nor
man Turner, erected in 1902. which, I am
told, Is the first and only memorial of the
kind ever erected to a revolutionary
heroine-although / am becoming rather
skeptical concerning such statements. be-
cause l am hearing of monuments and
statues to women from every part of the
country. Nevertheless 1 have heard of no
othSi thdS Aai, dlu we Will let IL 80 dt
that.
Rode Horseback All Night.
Mrs James Turner lived in Maryland and
was a planters wife. noted for her in
telligence, her courageous spirit, her wis
dom. tact and energy. When she sent
her sons to the defense of their colfltry
in 177s she exacted from them promise
that they would keep her informed as to-
their whereabouts and nppdc w
she learned that one of them had received
fearful wound at the battle of Guilford
courthouse she came to him riding on
horseback night and day and nursed him
rejoin his regiment.
lie lay In a log cabin very near the
spot where the monument stands. She
1mprovised a treatment which was as
efhcaclous as the ice pack" of modern
surgical science. She bored holes in
tub. which she suspended from the
rafters above his bed. and kept it filled
with cool water from a creek nearby,
which, dripping upon the wounds. al
layed the fever and hastened the heal
ing.
One of her daughters married Joseph
Moreland Morehead of North Carolina
another married Charles Morehead. his
brother. and went to Kentucky. Both
Charles Slaughter Morehead and James
| Turner MOrehead have been governors
of Kentucky. and the latter was also
| United States senator from that state.
John NJ. Morehead was one of the most
| famous and popular of the governors of
North Carolina. the leader of the whig
party in that state, and an ardent advo-
cate of internal improvements. James
Turner Morehead. his brother. was the
leader Of the North Carolina bar of his
generation. and was a representative In
| Congress for several terms.
The present generation of Mrs. Turner S
descendants are scattered over the coun-
| try, and are distinguished in the profess
sions. in politics and in business
| The inscription upon the monument
| reads as follows:
| 1871. 1902
A Heroine Of '76.
Mrs kerenhappuck Turner. mother
| of Elizabeth. the wife of Joseph
Morehead of North Carolina and
Grandmother of Capt. James and
John Morehead. young n. G.. soldiers under
Greene rode horseback from
her Maryland home and at
Guilford Court House nursed to
health badly wounded son.