Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

doors and windows and sagging roor
one obtains fine view across the
lands to the west, framed in mist1
mountains. Looking west the RamhIer
sees an old stone house among Leaf.
less trees, which he knows to be one
of the MCPHERSON homes. The pioneer
of this family on Goose creek was
Wesley E. Mcpherson, who married q
Miss Thrift. Their son Matthew mar
red Lucy Elgin, and another son
William, married Merry E. Davis.
daughter of Henry Davis. who ran the
and bit of the ruin of that old mill,
destroyed during the civil war, is Wis
ible today. The millers house ia
standing. Wesley MCPHERSON had an
other son, John. who went to Cali.
fornia in 1S49. returned years later to
his fathers place, on Goose creek, and ID
died there about ten years ago, Will
liam and Mary had a large family and
many of their descendants are prob.
ably reading these lines. The first Of
the children was Annie. who married
Henry Greenlease and lived near
Ashburn. The second was Mary Eliza.
beth, who married one of the bows NJ
the Lefevre family of Loudoun. The
third child was John William, who ia
married and lives at Dunn Loring'
The fourth child was Thomas n. who
is single, Is a sergeant of Capitol po-
lice, and lives in Washington. The
fifth child was James E. Mcpherson
who married Miss Annie Turner and
The sixth was Arthur Henry, who
Sterling. The seventh was Alonzo
MCPHERSON, who married Maria Elgin
and livee on his mountain farm close
by Clark's Gap. The eighth was Ma
lissa. who married Robert Adrian and
lives near Ashburn. Hattie was the
ninth child. She married Charles Bali
and lives in Anacostia. The tenth and
last child was Roberta. whom all the
Harry Ball. a Pennsylvania railroad
Inspector. and lives in Washington.
Xxx
Climbing down from the top Of the
quarry hill, crossing the railroad and
striking through the woods, the
Rambler travelled south and climbed a
hill to a stone house, neatly whites
washed, which he had seen from his
lookout by the old gray house with
the broken doors and windows and
the sagging roof. 1t was just brief
visit which he made to that stone
house. and the story which he will
tell of 1t at another time may be
longer than the visit. He was really
striking through the farm of which
the stone house is the seat of govern
ment to find way into the Ridge
road.
Nearly every locality with hills has
a ridge road. but this Is what its name
signifies. From many points along
the way-in fact. nearly all the way
broad vistas may be enjoyed of
country that is beautiful even though
drnaCa1 In 40 Noln 10 1oxn
autumn. He came to a cottage. where,
within the fence and around the
porch, yellow chrysanthemums bloom.
That looked cheerful 1t was cold
afternoon and the air current above
the chimney showed that there was
comfortable. The Rambler knocked
and the knock was answered by an
old friend whom the Rambler had not
seen for many years. Before the
civil war, when she was little girl,
she lived in the stone house that was
neatly whitewashed and about which
the Rambler will tell another day.
This old friend, whom the cold
Rambler came upon in the cottage on
the Ridge road, where the yellow
Serena Lefevre-beg your pardon, Tor
many years has been Mrs: Serena
Saunders, widow of Albert Saunders,
who has been dead twenty years she
was daughter Of Henry LeIeVre ~
Loudoun, who married Salt!e Woody
Hammerly, a daughter Of William
Hammerly Of Leesburg. The children
of Henry Lefevre were Priscilla, mar
ried to John A. Caylor of Belmont:
Arabelle, married to c. w. jenkins OF
Washington; Tena, married to war.
rener Edmonston of washington;
Isadora, who until her death last
August was Mrs. D. w. Pickett OF
Washington; Charles Henry. VINO
married Amanda Keene and llves At
Three Folks, Mont; Luther. who mar
ried Mary Elizabeth McPhersoni, anu
lives at Ralph, Mo-, and WAliana
Lefevre, who Is single and lives near n
the mouth Of Goose creek. The Gnu
dren and grandchildren of Mrs .
Saunders are widely scattered. DIV
several live in Washington, H0DerI
Henry and Frederick live IN WASH,
ington, and Onslow, Lille ana C WI
live in the home on the Ridge ISau
where the Rambler found goio nsa
chrysanthemums, CHEEKY hre ana VI"
friends.
The Wake.
ATa ghost story seance of the Dem
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