Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11

addition to Law, were Richard Hundley.
Richard Charles and Burton Milstead.
In 1880 the square Of the old houses
was still in Laws name, while In the
square to the south of 1t q number OF
good brick houses had been built which
were owned by George Loyal. Samuel
P. Lowe. Burton Mi1stead and w. r.
Maddox. In 1914 some of the lots In
the square Of the old houses were
owned by the Thomas Law heirs. Rich
ard Barry. 8. B. Beach, William ID. Ell.
lis. J. c. Fitzpatrick and Thomas Blag-
den. who at that time lived in the
sey avenue and I'd street southeast
the square on which now stand the
sheds and low brick building surround
ed by the whitewashed high board
fence. The lots on which Nos. 1002
and 1904 New Jersey avenue stand were
owned by Richard Barry. In 1850 the
square owners were Richard Barry,
Thomas Blagden. George Collane. Sam
uel B. Beach and William NJ. Ellis.
The principal owners in the square to
the south were Judson Milstead, S. F.
Lowe. b. Pollard and James Pollard. In
the two squares bounded by New Jer-
sey avenue, LIST street east and X and
NJ streets south the lot owners were
Thomas Blagden, Dorothy Wales. Rich
ard Barry, w. A Maddox, J. 8. White
more. John w. Maury and w. Fischer.
In 1854 Richard Barry was still the
owner of the lots and the old houses
and the other owners in the square
were William NJ. Ellis, George Collane
or Collard. Stephen Coster and William
NJ. Young. The owners in the square
to the south and the two squares on the
east were r. NJ. Coombs. T. Van Ris-
wick. Mary Ann Robey, Francis ]. Flu
gift, George w. Aaron and Moses Kelly.
In 1859 Richard Barry was still the
owner of the old houses, and the lot
owners in the neighborhood were will
liam E. Howard. James Lodge, William
A. 7. Maddox. John R Murray. J. H.
Semmes. ]. T. Van Riswick, William s.
Colquhoun. r. NJ. Coombs. Thomas
Blagden. Carlisle F. Crump, Mary Ann
Robey. Francis I. Fugitt. Peter Joseph,
James Smith, Ernest Bach. Eliza Bark
ley. Joseph Bayley, Isabel Maury, L. N.
Rogers, Columbus Alexander w. NJ.
Ellis and W. L. Young.
Between 1859 and 1864 considerable
change came over the neighborhood.
Thomas A. Richards bought heavily of
the lots In the square Of the old houses.
William NJ. Ellis took over one of the
ancient bricks. while Richard Barry
retained ownership OF. the other.
Among the new names in the neigh
Hickey. Hugh F Pritchard, Joseph
Fugitt, r. H. Birch. John Newman,
Peter Myers. R. A. Milstead. John G.
Genton, John T. Grimes. Richard Light
brown and Enoch Ward. Up to 1882,
in which year the Rambler left Off this
line of search. the lot owners in the
square of the old houses were Thomas
A. Richards, William NJ. Ellis, Samuel
T. Ellis. Richard Barry, James A.
Jenkins and William L. Young
The Barry family. which had ex-
tensive real estate holdings In South
Washington and across the Eastern
branch on that large tract called St.
Elizabeth. figures in the earliest rec
ords of the District of Columbia. and a
few days ago the Rambler came across
an interesting document relating to this
family. 1t was the will of Joanna
Barry, recorded November 9. 1911. 1t
was a remarkable will in many ways.
and Joanna Barry was remarkable