Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-15

calamity with which II has pleased
Heaven to Wilt US. 1t has inflicted a
, wound on my heart from which 1t will
never recover. She was my most be-
loved sister. She was 80 aimable. so
accomplished. so intelligent. We had
all promised ourselvc9 so much pleas
ure and happiness In her society on
her return to the bosom OF her friends.
We had already begun to name the
day on which wo should see her. How
sad. how overwhelming the disap-
point,nent. Our poor. distracted mother
--her SORROWS are great indeed, and
never ending. Her happiness is gone.
was compelled under military orders,
q state OF distress not to BIO described.
u have received one letter from her
since From my wife and friends with
her { learn that she Is composed, but
in deep melancholy.
and 1t would have been greatly in
| creased to leave her under such afflic-
| ton. can still hear her exclaim: oh!
such n chill as I have lost!j She had
promised never 10 leave mel again, to
live with me, and be the comfort of
! my declining life" She has indeed,
I! lost child. and we have lost q sister
whose purity and excellence has sell
dom been cqualled, mover surpassed.
Be this our consolation, we are scpe-
! rated for short time only; she is in
heaven with our father, and we shall
all meet again.
"p. s.: Was my dead deceased sisters
! likeness ever taken? IL IL was, will
give the best painter In Lexington, or
| that country, his price TO copy it
well for me az large as life. And !
beg you to have It done for me-"
| John Thomson Mason. to whom the
above letter was addressed. wrote to
General Howard. st. Louis. Missouri
| Territory" from Lexington, KY, No
I 4 81 mo q
to hear YOU have returned from your
] expedition, and I trust there will be
now an end OF Indian, troubles, and I
hope that the duties Of your station
you the official report of Harrisons
You will see what good story he
makes out for himself. But some par
ticulars given privately, yet authenti-
cally, show him what have long since
thought with many others. general
upon paper. Johnson has fought well
and brarely, but is severely wounded
| He is, however. said to be out OF dan
| ger, and on his way home. Mr.. Barry
has not yet arrived. but Is expected
| In few days.
Our friends in Virginia were we'll
when last I heard from them. Arm
istead has got home from Norfolk,
and full of military llfe. General
| Parker goes, az you have seen, to the
North. and William Parker, who ac-
1 CoIlpdHSb him, is sara 10 command at
| least regiment, IL not brigade. My
family unite In their best regards to
| you, and In the expectation Of having
you once again, and soon, In our family
circle"
It has been a tradition IN his wife's
! family that General Harvard died OF
! !, broken heart. from grief at the loss
of his lovely and beloved young wife.
+; He made his will September 8, 1919,
and begins 1t with these words:
Whereas, have embarked In milf
tary life. which involves personal haz-
ard. l have deemed 1t prudent to mako
the following disposition of my prop
erty." He named IA his executors his
brother-in-law, Robert Wtcklifte. and
his worthy friend and companion.
John T. Mason. Jr." The lattcr seems
to have settled up the estate Of Cen
eral Howard. and ali these papers, In
GLIDING the will. are now before me.
All OF his property In Kentucky was
to be equally divided among his sis
tiers. subject TO the use OF my parents
during life, and to be under the con-
troll and management of my mother
during her life. Should my father
survive her, she is authorized to make
oy VIII such arrangements as she
thinks proper for hts genteel and com
Portable support out of It." The prop
erty which he held in the Territory
OF Missouri was to go to his nephew,
Benjamin Howard Payne. OF the prop
erty which he held In right OF his
beloved deceased wife," General How
ard left $1,000 each to his mother-in-
law. Mrs. Mary Mason: Colonel Armls-
tead Mason, her son, and her two
daughters. Mrs. William T. Barry and
Mrs. William Mason McCarty. and the
residue. both real and personal, to his
wife's brother. John IT. Mason, Jr. Ac-
cording to the Preston geneaiogy,
Elizabeth Howard married Edward
Payne, Of Fayette County, Kentucky.
and had six sons. or these all mar
ried except Benjamin Howard, the
third son. who died young Edward
Payne. the eldest son. Endorses sew