The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16

and her ingenuity in designing new
ones, when nho would take up another
She retained always her power OF
pleasing. with traces Of her beauty.
dying in 1853 ana being buried at
Mount Vernon beside her adopted par
cntx.
The late Mrs. Norris. Of Richmond,
the mother OF MIS-. Cardoza. who lived
near Audlcy. had many interesting
"reminiscences OF her. and while a
house guest wrote: so brilliant is hc,
conversation that when she begins
speaking We all stop To listen" Tho
best known of her descendants was her
grandson. the late Edward Parke Gus.
It's Lewis. minister To Portugal. whose
first wife was a Miss Ware. OF Nir-
rinia, their only child. Lucy Ware
Lewis, being now Mrs. ~ T. ~ McCor
mick, Of New York. OF his second
marriage 10 Mrs. Muscoc Garnett, OF
Virginia formerly Miss Mary stevens.
of the wealthy and influential Hobo
ken family OF that name, there is a
son. Edwin Lewis, OF tie New York
bar. and three daughters.
After 4 course at Princeton and An
napolis, George Washington rarke
GUSTS married Miss Mary Fitzhugh.
and at their home, Arlington. now the
National Cemetery. spent his time in
elegant pursuits, He painted pictures,
wrote pays ana verses ana cpilpileh
books.
He was also a musician with fine
voice. and having oratorical gifts. mado
manv addresses He rcvernccd the
memory Of his adopted father, erecting
a monument upon the site OF his birth
place, and his best known book Is the
Life and Letters of Washington" Visit
tors from all over the world came tn
Arlington eager To talk To one WHO
had been so closely associated with tho
great man. and all were kindly re-
ceived. Mr. GUSTS died in 1857. Prior
10 that his only child, Mary Gusts. had
married Robert T. Lee. their desccn-
dants throughout the generations unit
ing by u living link Nirginia's iminor-
tai sons. Washington and Lee.
The surviving children of General
Lee and Mary GUSTS are General Gus
tbs Lee who since his resignation AZ
president Of Washington and Lee Uni
versity has lived at RaNensworth, in
Fairfax County. Va, the home OF the
widow of his brother, General w. H. +.
Lee: Miss Mary Gusts Lee, who spends
much OF her time in travelling in her
own country and abroad, and CAPTAIN
Robert IL, Lee, whose home is Roman
coke in King William County. Va, u
part of the White House tract owned
by Mrs. CustiS. Afterwards the wife of
Washington. Captain Lees first wife
was Miss Charlotte IIaNal one of sew
eral daughters OF the late Barton IIaX-
ander Cameron and Mrs. Bilups Grun-
dy. of Ashland and Richmond. survive.
His present wife WAS Miss Juliet Car
ter. u daughter of the late Colonel
Thomas If. Carter. Of King William
County. Va. Captain Lee is the author
of n valuable life Of his father. and is
said to resemble him more in appear
ance than any of his children. lis
autograph is n facsimile of his, and his
hand so idcntically the same that IL
was used by Valentine as model for
the statue Of him now in Washington.
The grandchildren of General Lee and
Mary GUSTS are the daughters of Cap
tain Lee and Juliet Carter. Anne Carter
and Mary Cystic Lee, and the sons OF
General w. III. T.. Lee. whose wife was
Miss Tabb Boiling, Of Petersburg. or
these. Robert Il; Lee. Jr.. formerly of
the Virginia Legislature. is member
Of the Washington bar. while George
Boiling Lee is n practicing physician
in New York.