Evening star., 1917-01-14
lbler Writes of the CAN'T Home of R0keby

beth Longson and John J. Mahoney. lives
at Salona, on the road between LanEley
and Mclean. The children OF Josephine
1.ongson and James Faulkner were Nor
rie A. Faulkner, who lives on the old
Faulkner place: Jennie Z. Faulkner. de
ceased: Helen w. Faulkner, who married
II. j. Walker OF Chesterbrook. and VII
liam Crenshaw Faulkner. deceased
James Faulkner. by whose hresite or
under whose shade trees the Rambler
always stops on his walks through that
part OF the country. WAS a son OF VIII
liam Faulkner and his wife. Nancy Simp-
son. both OF Fairfax county. They rest
at the foot of some beautiful cedar trees
on the home place. There We're several
children OF william Faulkner and Nancy
Simpson. They were James A. Geor Sc
W., Thomas O., William L.. Henry NJ.
Richard l. and Mary. James A. Faulk-
ner. living In the old Faulkner home.
which weathered the storm OF war that
swept over that county and left 50
many homes a heap OF cinders. Ia tho
only survivor OF that large family.
The Rambler has mentioned tho
Siade place, and II is now time to- tell
what he knows about william slade.
who was one OF the characters or that
part OF the country. He was a clerk In
the south and bought part OF the Gantt
lands about 1s4o. He built himself a
frame house. Slade was married tw1ce.
BY his flrst marriage his children were
Sarah Cordelia and another daughter.
who was known to all her friends as
Middle" Mr.. Shades second wife was
Miss F1txhugh. daughter OF Col. Fits
hugh, who lived in Fairfax county near
Fails Church. By this marriage he had
one son, whose rame the Rambler does
not now recall. Mr. Slade was a stron v
secessionist. and at the outbreak Of the
civil war went south Tho Rs,nbler, I'm
his narrative of Langley. told that dur
ing the war SHADES house was burned
and that on his place the Federals
erected q log house for a hospital and
a small frame house as the residenc 90
Of the surgeon in charge OF that hos
pital. who was DIR. Pettijohn.
When Mr.. Slade returned after The
surrender he lived in the doctors house.
1t was in the log building after the
war that Miss Cordelia conducted a
Sunday school. and in which developed
the Episcopal congregation that later
erected a church at Langley and stili
later moved II on rollers to Mclean.
Mr. Slade, Mrs. Slade and several OF
their children are buried on the knoll
which slopes down into the valley of
Pimmit run. There used to be fence
about this little burial ground. but n
has vanished. Bits OF the native coun-
try rock mark the resting places OF
these good people. The Slade property
was bought by Richard II. Darnes. who
sleeps under the sod on this old place
His son, Harry Darnes. runs the farm
ana lives IN n fnOnefr bl Nnl'il
the first story is the house In which
DR. Pettijohn lived while in charge OF
the hospital on the Slade place. and IN
which Slade lived after the war and
until his death about 1872. Leonard
Darnes and Mabel Whgvener. son and
daughter Of Richard Darnes. own sad
live on part of the farm
This is interesting neighho-hood
and among the oidtimers therea bout
OF whom the Rambler preserves memories
In t-esf
of chesterbrook. Richard Reid Of Lans
ley and Richard Hirst