The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-12
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Washington Letter.

Washington, May 10-"General
Stewards daughter Martha, called
Patsio, first married United States
Senator John Elliott, and after his
death she married James S. Bulloch
Matte, daughter of this alliance, mar
ried Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. whose
son, Theodore Roosevelt, was Presi-
dent of the United States"
This is a paragraph from the re-
port of a House committee recon-
mendlng the erection of a monument
at a cost of $4,000, to the memory
of Generals Daniel Stewart and
James Screven. They were members
of what the report calls "a little band
OF cultured and pious men who, with
their families settled in Georgia about
$50 years ago" They called them
selves 1.-THE Midway Society" Sereven
who had record as brave
and daring patriot, was killed in one
of the battles of the Revolution.
Roosevelt's grandfather was Is
years old when he shouldered a rifle
bigger than himself and went forth
to shot daylight into the British in
vader. He was wounded by saber
tured, and confined in u prison ship
at Charleston. On a stormy night he
and eight others slipped through port
holes and swan through mighty
waves to shore. Stewart entered the
service. again and fought to the end
of the war, much of the time with
Sumter and Marion.
Soon after the close of the war he
was at the head of regiment chasing
Indians along the coast of Georgia
The trouble was that the Indians
were robbing the settlers, of cattle
and horses, pillaging houses and mur
dering families. He was a presiden-
tlal elector and voted for Madison.
When Stewart returned home after
the revolutionary he found that his
tranquil plantation, near Riceborc
had been occupied by General Pre-
vost, commanding the British troops
In the South. on the wall OF the
sitting room he found branded on the
boards: ''This house was the home
OF nest of rebels" This historic
home was destroyed by federal troops
during the Civil war was ant
now only the chimneys remains.
In the second war with Grea
Britain in 1912, General Stewar
again took the field and the office o
brigadier of calvary was created ant
given to him.
Both Stewart and Screven' Were
buried In the cemetery beside Mid
way church and there the memoria
is to be erected If the bill becomes
law.
A remarkable statement by Repre-
sentative Thomas, Democrat, OF Ken
lucky, i'm the house, few days ago
led to the immediate adoption of
resolution to wipe out charge o
desertion standing against JOSEPH
Dobson in the war department rec
ords.
I'm 1857" said Thomas, "Dodsol
had served over 12 months I'm tn
regular army with good record, il
obtained a leave of absence as n
states In his affidavit, to go and Sc
q girl of his acquaintance. He wen
to see the girl, and, like many youn
men-and for that matter old mer
too-he got drunk. He started back
but got thirsty and went out into tn
foothills to look for some water, an
he got lost and made his way finalll
back to his post. AS a report OF tn
adjutant general says. he was absen
a part of one day beyond his leav
of absence. He was arrested as TN
proof shows-and the recital of thl
case, Mr.. Speaker, is more like re
nance or the account of some Rus
sian atrocity. He was arrested, carrie
to a blacksmith shop and iron pt
around his ankles, a heavy chain wa
attached to them, and he was ker
in that condition for three month
until the irons around his ankles ha
worn the flesh nearly to the bone be
fore Dobson got the iron remove