Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
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cathedral. the ruin of which still stands
IN the city of Dunblane. Perthshire. Scot
land. Alexander Magruder. immigrant to
Maryland about 1850. came from Perth
shire and acquired many tracts of land in
the province of Maryland by patent and
private purchase. One tract was sur
veyed for him in 1871. and he named 1T
"Dunblane." This tract, with others
passed to one of his sons. Samuel. and in
III the Dunblane tract passed to Sam
uers son. John. This John Magruder. on
December Is. 1715. took as his wife Sa-
vana or Susanna Smith. the marriage be-
ing celebrated in st. Barnabas' Church.
Queen Anne parish In that year John
and his wife took up their residence on
the Dunblane tract. and it is assumed
that he was the builder OF the old house
which stands there today. Certain it is
John Magruder in 1715. John lived there
until his death in 1850. He left Dun
blame to his widow. with the provision
that at her death it should go to his son
Nathaniel In 1916 Dunblane came into
possession of Nathaniers son Francis.
and he, dying in 1919. left it to his daugh-
tiers. Louisa. Eleanor w. and Elizabeth
Magruder. Louisa died in 1928. Elizabeth
with Eleanor w. until her death in 1847.
She devised Dunblane to her cousin, Eliza
Hamilton, wife of Dr. Charles B. Ham,
ilton.
DR.. and Mrs. Hamilton sold to George
w. Watterston of Louisiana in 1s49,
and at his death in 1850 it descended
to his son. David A. Watterston of
Washington city. He died in 1908, and
in 1904 it was bought from the trustee
of the Watterston estate by William T.
Beall of Rufus, who occupies the house
and farms the fields of Dunblane to-
day. When the Rambler passed that
way and made short halt at old
Dunblane. Mr.. Beall, his wife and two
daughters were at church at Forest
willie, and the Rambler, still having
long road before him, pressed on with
out seeing the present occupants of
the historic place.
In the burial ground OF Dunblane are
monuments to Francis Magruder, who
died July 9, 1919. in the f1fty-sixth year
of his age; Mrs. Barbara Magruder.
wife of Francis Magruder, who died
June 25, 1872, aged forty-eight; Louisa
Magruder, who died December IL,
1928; Eleanor W. Magruder. who
six; Mrs. Sarah Stanley, who died
in September. 1910. aged forty
five: Elizabeth Magruder. who died in
June. 1927, aged ffty-two years: John
Smith Magruder. who died April Z,
1925: Eleanor Magruder, who died in
1852. aged eighty-seven; Roderick NJ.
McGregor, who died September /. 1857,
aged fifty-four; Henry McGregor, who
died in 1851, aged forty-four: and Rose
and Virginia. daughters of n. NJ. and
S. E. McGregor There is also a mon
ument Sacred to the memory of Mar
garet Magruder. erected by her niece,
Eliza Hamilton"
There is no doubt that John Magru-
der, builder of Dunblane house, and
his wife. and his son Nathaniel and his
wife, are also buried in this holy acre,
but their tombstones have disappeared.
The Rambler told in his narrative
last week of the American Clan Gregor
Society. in the membership of which
are hundreds of the descendants of
Alexander Magruder and the Maryland
immigrant.
Among the Westinghouse of Ma
gruder ancestry who are Identified with