Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

WElIteH ny rev. Joseph PACKARD tHat
he remembered seeing the gravestone
Of this lady at Shooters Hill before
the civil war. Ludwell Lee and his
second wife were buried at Belmont,
and the Rambler believes that their
ashes lie under the periwinkle in
Of Louisa E. F. Selden and Wilson C.
Selden stand.
The children of Ludwell Lee and his
wife Flora were Richard Henry, Ce-
ella and Elizabeth Matilda. The story
OF Richard Henry will. come later.
and Elizabeth Matilda, who was born
IN 1881 and died in 1875. became the
wife in 1911 Of Richard H. Love of
Fairfax county. The first child by
the second marriage was Mary Ann
Lee Lee who was born in 1898 and be-
Campbell of South Carolina. The
second child was Ellen McMaken,
born in 1902. who married. first
Thomas Bedford OF Kentucky. and,
second. Rev. Nathaniel Phippen
c anapp ws OF Mob Mobile. Ala. The third
porn IN 1904 and died in Worcester
county. Md. in 1887. She was the widow
10 Wilson Cary Selden of Exeter. Lon.
T1un county. not far from Leesburg.
me fourth child was Emily, who
was Francis Lightfoot Lee. who mar.
Tied Miss Rogers of South Carolina.
pneIe was a sixth child named
BoWles Armistead Lee, but there
seem 10 be no facts relating to him
that can now be found.
ror a good many of the facts CON-
corning the Lee family the Rarh1er
is under obligation to DR.. Edwin Loo
Morgan of Washington, who is Of
the stratford line of Lees, and de-
scended from Richard Bland Loo
whose ote in the Congress at phpi,a.
delphia was a decisive factor ~ mt
tne deciding factor. in the selection
o man oae r son, country as the per-
ment; Richard Bland Lee had son
Col. Richard Bland Lee of Washine'
!on ana Alexandria. Among his chii-
u u; were Mary Elizabeth, who mar
lr i III J,;,, aoR R,s. Fleming Of Alexan-
at Alexandria, and Evelina Ps sensae
lee who married Edwin Cecil Nor
gan. born in st. Marys COUNTY Ma
psacsicea law in Washington for
yea years a".o died in 1857. and is at rest in
seven sons five cemetery of Gsny; He had
were William B: Morgan. who % a,ied
IN chicago. and Dr.. Edwin Lee Nor.
gan, who lives in Washineton ~
Morgan married Miss Mary Gar1ani
van landt OF Washington, daughter
OF Capt Nicholas Van Zandt. first 81
the United States Navy, and Later " "
the navy of the Confederate stats ~
Capt. Van Zandt's wife was horn
Virginia Cabell OF Virginia. and %,as
a descendant Of Jane Henry Meradith
sister OF Patrick Henry, and her hns''
band, Samuel Meredith, second tr mas-
urer of the United States e''S-
one or Belmont's claims to fame i.
that it was for many years a Gale
brated academy for women. For wears
1t was the school Of Margaret Mercar
and later 1t was conducted nv M
genia kephart. The story Of Mar.
Earet Mercer was bathing to The.
rambler for a time Several Of tho
older inhabitants of the Goose rr ent
lneighborhood could remcmber ber
but very little exact information tros
TO ~ had from them In one Of tho
early "rambles" of this ser;es The
rambler told of his first visit 70
Belmont Chapel and of seeing there
Il monument to Miss Mercer. Tho IN
scr'ption on which is:
Sacred to the Momery of Margaret Msrcsr
oorh July l, 1891; died Sept. IL, isaC'