The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
three. the eldest OF whom. Colonel
Samuel. had male heir.
Through nrotb.z -. notf-urofherY

three. the eldest OF whom. Colonel
samuel. had Il male heir.
Through brother or Hnif-Brothert
50 the question was whotacr. oy
5iEnt OF the lazy OF primcGenlturc, the
descent should como through Mo half
,prother. Augustine H.. or the tmii
brother. Samuel. The society favored
the nall brother, Augustine II. So IN.
i iatters only son. Colonel William Au-
Snsl'ne who married his first cousin.
,.uaI M"shtngton. They had two sons.
t n,nshr 90, me eldest: and George Cor
!" Hllnois where, II has been stated In
the published literature on the subject,
ne MAS va; lost sight of. An article In one
oi 'ie monthly magazines four years
ago states that he thus disappeared
from view, although efforts we're
! ni!ue to find him" by his family
W. no younger brother, George Corbin
washington, was muntIvhYu in the
. American Almanac OF lsp, US the oiu-
es. ana nearest surviving relative OF
nis srahuuncio, Gcncrai Washington"
,re was porn IN cstmure,anu county,
".', 'he year of I'resiucnt Wnsning-
ton hrst INAUGURATION, graduated
-, ON liafNaru, en,ered the law, moved
10 MarSiahu. server ten wears in Con-
gross from tnat state. was rrcylaeut
VI Use chesapeake and ONO canul, also
commissioner OIL lnuIt,n auuIss, anu
WIS PtoH'ihshtiy menpento cor the
si.c pi esiuehcS. he uied In George
town IN leri Through nm the L,n-
cinhatl Suciety mas brought DOWN the
descent through ms ciuvsL sun, Lewis
NIiIiam MasnIngIun: tnruusn the ,at-
ters CON. iaIileS Barruli Washington,
me aforementioned. ana dnhny " the
latter son, the aIureincntirnvd WI
iiahi baiiier Nastihston sreat-sreat-
great Granoscn OF George WasuIns-
tons oiuest nalt-nrotner leaving male
issue.
The Lost Brother Found.
pullhg the past lev yturs the heirs
OF Gscfl- WuhiliIiS ton nave ueeii press
ing through CVttsIess IA ciuinl lvr Ger
laih p"ohc ianus srenteu TO the gen
ctai, pul diitseu ~ nave pvcn 'Iuiu.v
DS ons-tiine UnlLGu states senator.
And IL 80 ndppens thai Lawrence
ashiHston, III tue LIBRARY OF Con-
gross, IN tracing up the neirs party To
tn!s clain, has ierreteu out the wan
ucrihSs anu heirS III the lost BuSnTvd
" snina ION, eIuest son OF MiIi,am
Aug ust,nc--the eIuer brother, VINO wus
iost 10 view IN limos. ANS Busnruu,
1T appears, married mis- tirst COUSIN,
henrietta Spotts%uod tuuusnter Oh
Genera ALEXANDER SpottswouuJ. They
hhd EiIuren, the eIuust son beng
Spotts wood augustine, who went 10
MicniSan. anu there, fonowlng the
cGstur OF Immortal lame, pcuamc "A
surveyor in the publ Lana once. He
I"uSht IN the Uniun army, htauiru law,
settlcd later Ut kanNbhce, IN, ana
married a MISS Fletcncr, whose tatncr
nan moved 10 thal state from Vest
mvrcihno, the naive county Of tho
...,Iui.n arc i,uSutUo, the cidCSt
son, Il UInvn veteran. % t'uOuiInn No;
St,'nes, piustSier "uu l"use p"'n,vi,
VI I>uu,,nnre. IA; Mt.tt"n' -Aue"e.inc,
anu "a inaI rIvu u.uenter, VINO rvnivr Gu
~ Ciitneo.
,-veo.y,c I>ins arrive soiu,cr.
10 s.s..t ar.'i.ea,'Vn % t"e t"w o.
pI!inos eni.ure. ~ ""usu tnetv."te app
p-ir .u4e ".s~.ine cons .i"Ui., a. ne-
e>tiiuIae tnrvuen n.s nai. vrVG.ivr,
ono nov uv "Vrn ~ 1a!s $500 univ1
veteran, busiirou ., .:.s.il=, -un ~ az
Was JOIN al I>.IiasnaHuv. ..N.,.. IN lSil.
nc 10 uSaIriOtu %! h."s.oIn al TIE Eos
o> a iiihn 81 euuG"t.oH ana stuulous
."a,cs. IN I'll. Gn4on arm! nc luua".
Win MS IuL..rr anu His uruL"cr, " Al
.inii aug sttiIe, has Cujiiasu ocius
sucn us - arouse Ia. Hum..rIt.un ..
Iis coinniAnuef, Tthtral Logan. " no
"u.reu ntm a colis.i.ss.,ii, alcA nc
ueei.ned In 1870 ne married .inrtna
~ one .-ti!u, mrs. sts!Ia i1ve.yn Win
srs, VI Cs.'vaSV.
bu, uesp.,= this discovery Of the
ioa; Buanious Quest s"n Oldest san,
.on ina'iit;t4n that Inc lattcg anuuio 30
retained in nls estIDiisneu pusitiUll as
nci,u ri the lan'ly by virtue OF dou-
"ie descent from tao general. ANA
tnis uouuit desc.at ~ traced az fol-
IONS: r1rst. tnrouSn the line Oh
George MashIngton's eldcst ,alt-
'urotAer w.Jn niaie drsc.IiuanLs tds
stateuJ, ana. SECOND. tnrousn tne hrst
treaiuent iuiI-"ruLner. Co,oncI Joan
augustine asninsIon, whose clu.sI
rn!ld. Jane is the New YORK brokers
great Create ranumotner. Above i'll
" as mentioned ln4I the brokers' great
great Stdnuiatler married MS cousin
sane, ana tlls was IN. union referred
10. Jane however. was not the uaugn-
yer OF George Wasnington's el1tst
=
lie was Colonel samuel, mention o.
whose name turns us now TO tna other
.i1e or the ,orig.nai controversy
Hhethcr, II Washington mad been
crowned king. his throne wound rave
aeSSended through hS half-orotner
augustine H., or TINS eldest fuii-broth
n colonel samuel Authorities fail
o agree as TO whether, by a rigid in.
depreciation OF the law OF succcss,nn
resent through a hull brother yyoliJ
PC recognized Had this Hypothetical
Slowh neen worn by George Washing
on father. IL would have passed m
ma son by the nrst marriage, iI,iunes.
-l1n1hly. But, supposing II 10 nav.
originated with George Washington.
; ;a question whether 1t would have
'sscehoeh TO his half-brother or full
1r9Lher Is a vcXed one. But LEI us con.
aede mat the Inc OF descent I vn.
tar"ngh The eldest full brother. sam
De ' ,h an" n, see VINO. IN this event, would
samuel himself could never h,ya a.
i ,tdp yea ne crown, because ne died in
~ :, eignteen years before III, death
~ ~, Goorse. And Slmuels eldest son,
air, nr,ni "iSo died before the general
u".ouGh only By a few mouths How.
u 49,, IN. iine through these two was
uIhnrokci, inasmnch as Thornton VAS
wh ,n'rsa by John Thornton August4ne'
hrst President gave up the .sh"st ,h hne
I'M nj uay az Mount Vernon
his MS ass poss;nle heir apparent took for
jnt,cr ., MIC MIC Elizabeth Conrad Bed
ii'.,yam,iohtr3 officer. Their eldest son
isii nee. berry Washington. horn I'm In
, i;r., mas -" lr's-rr. Il lieutenant in
" aura regiment in the Mcxjcom
WI vi ana ~ 1919 joined The rush Far
GO IN California. drirtcd to Mis-.
snuIi ana dfrd suddenly on Wis.
i1S'ppi slchmroat In 1856. He MS
" bacheipr, 50 the descent wo,,Id ha"o
I"mr through his eldest SURVIVING
Iiolhsr' ~ mol licdingcr Wasilng,on