The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10

particular delight. Tho outside atS
tracted me from its curious desins,,s
but tho inside! When those ra,nv ,Tawss
days CAME begged to have the boS
| opened. After 1t was opened ana fthrS3
sanis stories told over and over again Y
finally Il miniature would be token L
OUT painted In water color. portraits
ot handsome young man dressed I'm
/ Il black velvet coat, high collar and
with lace rufies In his sleeves. Ia
mad on wig or perulee tied with q I
| large bow OF ribbon. Ills picture waa&
! IN PRONE, and he was a typical look,
'ns nRSnshman I'm true colonial dress.
~ MS side, also lH profile. was j.
youns lady witf eurls ESCAPING from .
psycne knot at the back. and the moso
enormous eomhl nsyer have seen
anywhere 10 large a comb, but had
only to look into the boz, and thera
i was that very same. eerbl I used to 4
nave feeling OF awe come over me-
iaohea ut the two together--the
iaoy with the comb and tho comb bs-
tore me. Ny mother would say: This
IS genuine tortoise shell, and belonged
10 my grandmother Gibbs. and this
young man was William Clark Gibbs, 5
VINO dad very ynpng," ] do not know
~hat became of the miniature-per-
haps lost when the family moved to
louisville. Ky.
another package, with faded paper
cover, would be opened, and the daint-
leat OF ilttle lace caps. old and yellow
With age, but real iaeen-.the caps OF
Mary AIassle, Of SPRING Valley Farm.
was too small for IN ydolls head!
Asaih, another package would bo
opened, aud there would be seme old
knee buckles; these heonsed to my
gFeat'uncle, Churchill Gihhs.n In tho
hottam Of the box were tho apauIettes
or zachary Gibbs, heavy with gold
,finsei me was an offioar In the Revo-
iutnnary War" Then tbsre were some
shoe buckles that had been Mr., Zach.
breeches, silk stockings and low
shoes; and so on until the contents
OF the box were exhausted,
| heard my mother speak often OF
.neir coat-of-arms. but sho knew only
tina motto Tenax preposti," and whom
studied Latin ! was frequently intro.
.. duced to this motto, much to my dis
comfture at that time
The Gibbs family intermarried WITH
the Clarke family. Frequently in the
different generations red-headed
baby would appear. Immediately ID
would be said: This Is the Clarke
blood coming to tho front" for theis
ancestors (Clnrke) had very red
head, T995
Tho Gibbs family had the rep,rta t,of
! for helng true Engl!shmen--Engljs
IN type, thought and religion. Nearly
all OF them were staunoh Episcopa.
iiaRs-so ran the traditions as heard
. them
On the aad day OF February. 1919,
the youngest scion of this immediate
family was born-a little girl--the
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. r. p Vel.
! lines. Of Newport News. Va. Mrs f.
. D. Vellines wau SuHan Massie Stone,
, daughter Of Mfr. Warner stone ana
, Mary Masbie Gibbs
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Can YOU give me. through your
Ieneaiosfcal Column, any information
as to tho parentaBe OF thpse brothers,
Richard. William and John Lee, who
settled in Bedford county, Va, ABOUT
1867? Dr.. Edmond Jennings Lee saw
there wera three brothers OF tho
above names, of the Cobhs-fIaH line
OF Lees, who either died or moved
away as they disappeared about tho
time time the three brothers moved to Bed.
iord. and they might Ss tine ones II
SO, would like to find out the names
o. the parensn of above, will give
you the names Of tho wives and chill,
dren, as far as 7 know. OF the other
brothers. tat
Richard Lee marNcd Tabt.ha An.
drews; no children,
William Leo married Ara Noel. of
Bristol, ENGLAND, ohtIdrena (nineJ
names: Tabitha Lee, mssrjed. Thomas
Andrews; Alexander Lea. married
Sarah Garnet Lee this cpUsin); John
Lee. Garnett Ice. Rehecca Tee, Ara
Lee married Hin, William Lac. Rich-
ard Lee, Ammo Lee.
John Lee married. name not known,
children tslSteen>i hurwell Lee. Ste-
nhsn Lee. Beverly Lac, married Re.
becca Lee Chic couaInI; Patty Lee. mars
ried John Arnoldi Sarah GutRrey Lee,
married Alexander Leo this coualn)I
Polly Lee, Elisabeth Lee. married
James Lancaster; susannah Lee, mar
rled Robert Clark; Earmeiia Lae. mar
ried Henry Crideri Ann Lee, married
David Halliday; Mary Lee, Matildny
Lee, married Drury Holland; John Lee,
Richard Henry Lee, Aggie Lee, Sophia
Lee
John Lee bought land In Camphell
county OF Jacobus Early. and settled
the town of Leesville. fTa died and
was buried there. Richard and Wi.
liam are buried on the original plan.
ta,ion in Bedford county
Any information in regard to tho
above Will be appreciated.
Very truly yours.
EVELYN LEE sCovILLE.
birmingham, Ala
stone Park. Lexington. NO. is very
anxious TO find out something about
the parertage OF his grandmothe
Rosanna Motley, who married Joseph
Ryland in 1890 lie says II 10 the i'm
preston of some of the members OF
the family that Rosanna Aiotiey's pa
rents vera from King aud Queen
county, Others think that they were
probably from Caroline county. Ono
known: that she lived In Essex county
during her. married life Until she re-
/ moved to t'ayotte eouety, Ky. Captain
! Todhunter recognizes the fact that
hut no would Ike 10 get hold of suoh
| data from king and Queen. Caroline
| and Essex counties as would afford
] grandmother, who9a portrRit he says,