Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-01
Portraits and Other Relics i'm a Virginia Home

ginning Of the present century (isoo) its porula-
tion I0.ooo and its commerce greater than
IL is now tlS55l. So promising was II at .ths
close Of the war american revolution tfat-As
claims wer- weighed in TIE balance with issss
of Washington ,br scat or the national esr-
eminent.
The Dade mentioned by Bishop MeIds
was Townsend Dade. A member of fbe
first vestry of Christ Church. Alex
andria, and the father OF an early rec
tor of that church. The Rev. Townsscd
Dade. of whom Bishop Meade relates
the following:
tion Of examining into some alleged miscond1sct
Of his and decided against II. five members
terng their dissent from tho decision. In the
year t71s committee was appointed 20 wa't
upon him 10 know why he neglected his cunSSe-
cation. Some months after the committee WIS
enlarged and directed 10 take further stsps
The result his resignation and relnqutsh-
ment OF the clcbc and re,lOry.
The late William +. Carne. in H-s
Annals of Alexandria" told few fsv-
concerning the Alex n,lcr family. whish
have been Incorporated in a book En-
titled "A Record of the Descendants OF
John Alexander of Lsnarkshire. Scot
land, and his wife. Margaret GleaSo1l.
who emigrated from County Armagh,
Ireland, to Chester county, Pa. 1895.
by Rev. John E Alexander. principat~of
Washington College, Tenn. 1875.
Mr.. Carne wrote:
The patriarch of this family John AIRY
ander who died in 1911 lie had purchased The
Uowsep patent extcndn.; along the I'oturi.ar
river from Po-npey Gnics' marsh, south ~ .tisN-
andria. to n point opposite Ansl"stan lslaui and
Georgetown. To lis rh:iip he left ;h- iov-r=
part. including the site Of Alexandra and 4"
his other son. Robert, the part opposite WaSl'nE
ton. Thomas Pearson. son-in-iaw Of PHILIP Alex
ander. having leased portion OF iii"s" iurs.;-.
commenced a settlement Oa them IN l'-ei
The will Of Robert Alexander. Irohrt''i' nj
Stafford county courthouse IN i1ni ssrc his
lands mostly TO his Robert and Charles and
other property TO Eliza. Jane and Sarah dausl-
ters Of his brother Philip: and also 10 John ard
William Fitzhugh and TO Philip Alexander. 3k%
son Robert was fifteen years old and his son
Charles two years old when he died. rhstics
died childless. and the upper part of tic patent
passed To his brother Robert. The lower paEt
when to Philip and his Representatives.
A branch of the Alexander family.
from Scotland. settled in Maryland be-
fore 1865. The >Pennsylvania branch
came much later There is an important
branch in Kentucky. which is descend
ed from Robert. who owned the lands
opposite Washington.
The house of the treasures which the
Rambler has described sits on a hill on
the south side of Four Mile run, and
just above the new automobile road
leading from Arlington to Alexandria.
and which crosses the tracks OF the
Alexandria electric railway at Hupie.
The splendid old home Of Frank Hume.
with its familiar cedars and its great
oaks. is the next place to the house of
the relics. If you viii leave the Alex
andria car at Hume station, and walk
along the road toward Washington for
about 300 yards, you will see. on the
left, three or four wooden steps. that
lift one up the bank by the roadside:
From these steps rugged path leads
up the hill to the interesting house.
There lives Mrs. Susan Calvert and
her daughter. descended from the Chap
mans, the AlexaEders and most of the
other ancient families of Virginia and
Maryland.