The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16
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WIHE.M westminster ing , married ,, .!,,. Mrs
w House" in New Kent County,
Va She had been the mother of
four children Daniel and Frances,
who died in infancy. and whose graves
are close to the wall Of Bruton Church
WILLIAMSBURG, and John Parl<c and
Martha, aged six and four years. upon
whom ne bestowed fathers care. He
interested himself in their pleasures,
writing To London Tor "fashionably-
dressed dolls and other toys, and par
Itcipatcd in them describing in his
journal q hunt with Jack Gusts" in
which he ''catchcd fox"
The foN-llunting, with other rural
Hlmrcments, SO interfcred with Young
Jacks studies that mt fourteen. he WAS
sent from home and placed uncer the
care of Il clergyman Meanwhile Martha
fell into bad health. her parents en-
camping with her for months at the
hot SPRINGS, the present fashionable
Virginia resort All cNpcdicntS failed
however, ANA after prolonged suffer
lnrs she died. The children Inherited
large means from their father. which
Washington carefully invested. and in
illustration of her iilial feeling. Martha
hcqucathcd her fortune to him. At her
death her brother-thcn AT Kingston
nov Columbia University. New York
returned homc,,.ttnd after a year abroad
married Eieancy calvert, grand
Years afterwards Mrs. GUSTS was left
:. widow with four children, her nus
band, who served throughout the RcNo-
luton as aide -dc-camp To his step
5alher dying of camp fever Just after
thc siege Of Yorktown. AS Martha
LAY diving, Washington knelt beside her
IN PRAYER but when John GUSTS
hicaihod his last he threw himself
anon u couch and wcpt like a child.
re begged Tor the younger Children
Eleanor, AGED two ana half years
i'no George Washington Parke GUSTS.
aiN months old, and. his request being
GRANTED, legally adopted them. The
older girls, Eliza ANA Martha. were also
much at Mount Vernon Martha ,cae
porn in tic blue Room OF the his
toiic mansion December. 1717. ana al
though younger than Eliza. was mar
RED hrst, becoming the bride. at eirb-
teen, OF Thomas Peter, and going 10
I'VE at Tudor Place. Georgetown. nov.
occupied by her gTe1t-Grandson Arpi-
stead Peter. The most liistoricailv in
1erestinE residence at the capital
OF the children of this couple. Amer
lta Plnckncy married William George
Williams. of the army. their daughter.
hathcrine Alicia. becoming the wife
OF John Henry CpShur. Of the navy
nov Admiral Upshur. and living In
ashington at ciehty-e.cht years old
The Oldest son OF this marriage. Gusts
i'''''''tf Nil's WIZ! MS only
brother, George Litteiton I'psh,lr lives
IN New York. was closely linked to Tho
irninortaiS preceding him. his great
;irandrnothcr Mrs. Peter, having bccr
present at his birth at 'rudor nIocn -,
1852 ~
GUSTS Upshur married Margaret
Louise Trcnchard Of Astoria. ore,
their Oldest daughter Kate Marion. he.
ing the wife OF Or. Alexander Gusto,
Nns Brown. Of Richmond. whose Great
great uncic-alsO Alexander Custa,us
j'rown--was. by a strange coincidence
one "f the physicians called IN consul.
'tation 10 Mount Vernon during W.sh
ingtoRs last illness The chi!drcn .,
Dr. and Mrs. Brown arc Narrarc,
Tpsiur and Alexander GustayiIs Nre
Browns only sister Is Gertrude Irpshnr
and her brothers Henry Curtis. JOIN
T'arke and Lawrence Lewis I-nsi,,r
George Littleton Upshur is unmarried
The daughters of ADMIRAL Upshur an,
katherine Alicia W!lliarns-both o.
whom live In Washinpton-are Mrs
Kate Morehead and Mrs Gertrud.
Hunt, wife of Judge William II hunt
once Governor of Porto Rico, and nov
judge OF the United States Circui
Court Mrs. Morehead's only child
John Morehead, a prominent Washing
TON broker and member of the inaugu
raj finance committee. married Mis-
Lillian Chew. Of Washington, OF whicl
marriage there is a son, John More
head il. Mrs. Hunts children ~
Elizabeth Ridgely, wife of George "