The Washington herald., 1909-02-21

in New York City, and connected with the
Stevens family OF Castle Point. HoDoken.
N J. are as closely related 10 the Father
OF His Country as is Uncle Richard him
self
There are not as many male descendants
Of the Washington tribe as there would
have been had there been no civil war
in the eos Some Two dozen OF the
descendants were IN the war, and. so far
as Is known, with one exception, were in
the service Of the Confederacy. All OF
them fought bravely, and. although none
achieved high rank. the name appears
frequently on the records in the list OF
killed and wounded and Of distinguished
gallantry. Uncle Richard was wounded
at the first battle Of Bull Run, and the
father OF the present Lawrence Washing
ton. who is IN the Library OF Congress.
was a lieutenant colonel on Robert E.
Yee's stan. and killed near Philippi in the
fan Of 1851
These BuShrOds Civil War Heroes.
Bushrod c. Washington, now the secre-
taTy OF a building and loan association
in Spokane, Wash, served through the
war and worked his way I'D to an officer 5
position in the Confederacy. The family
point TO his record with great pride. He
was wounded many times. and in one
fight had HIS hat riddied with bullets.
The only member Of the family Of whom
there IS a record in the Northern service
during the war is another Bushrod Wash
ington. now living ia Goodman. No.
The story is told by hts Southern reIa-
tives with some rancor that ne stole into
the Confederate lines about Vicks5urg
and made tracings OF Pemberton's earth
works which were Of great value 10 Gen.
Grant-an act which he quite redeemed.
even in the Virginian's eyes. by carrying
them back into the Union lines amid a
storm Of shot and she'll
The commercial activities OF the living
Washingtons, as already noted, are varied.
The present John Augustine Is in real
estate ana insurance in Charlestown. ".
Va. another. Richard B. Washington. is
a manager for a lighting concern; an
other. William D. H Washington (thers
are three living OF this name) is engaged
in the promotion and development Of some
copper mines at Johnson, ATiz- William
Lanier Washington IS a wen known stock
broker in New York City: Lloyd W.
p
Henry Washington is IN the employ OF
the Southern Railroad at Roanoke. Va
John c. Washington Is IN the lumber bust
ness in Washington state; three members
Of the Alexander family. who are direct
descendants Of sam Washington. form
the leading real estate firm OF Charles
town. ". Va. Roger Chew. Of the same
line. is employed by the STANDARD OIL
Company at its refinery at Bayonne. y. J.
r. ". Willis is a civil engineer in St.
Louis. No, and an Augustine Lewis is the
manager Of a coal mine al Winifred, In
West Virginia.
Judge at Kankakee.
There are several lawyers IN the fam
ily, all of whom seem 20 have achieved a
competence and consideration in their
communities, and some OF whom bid fair
10 become distinguished IN a broader
field A William A Washington. who is
a judge in Kankakee H.. Is the only one
OF the bench. Robert J. Washington. who
served through The civil war. is estao-
lshed in a lucrative practice in West
moreland County. Va. Nat w Washing
ton IS a member of the bar in Washington
State. In Charlestovn. W Va. S u
Washington and Forrest u. Browne rep
resent the attorneys in the family. For
rest Browne is the leading attorney Of
that section of the state, has been Com