Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

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Among those at No. is were Rev.
Edgar H. Gray and Julia b. Lombard.
No. 16 was the home Of Daniel Smith,
who owned the Phoenix planink, mill
on the south side Of Ohio avenue be.
tween 18th and 18th streets. There
were quite number Of boarders at
No. II and the Rambler recalls these
as the names Of the persons living
there in 1875; Benjamin W Chambers,
assistant chemist at the Department
the internal revenue office; Henry e.
Joy. printer; Nelson Joy. clerk. and
]. f. Meyers. an architect who also
conducted a plant for the manufao-
ture Of artificial stone" on the south
Francis M. Boss lived at No. Is. G. A.
whitaker of the land once at No. 20.
and William H. Nelson at No. 81, No.
"a was the residence Of d. O. Forney.
editor OF Forney's Sunday Chronicle,
w which was .as, published At eos Pennsyl-
whom the Rambler thinks was M.
Forney's son. and Mr.. Forney's little
daughter "Dovle." lived there also.
At No. rs w. D. Baldwin. patent at
torney had an office. and he lived at
1105 X street.
Among the tenants ut No 20 were
Albert ?: Eastman. cerk in the Post
Office Department; Frederick W.
Croker, lawyer. who had an office
on " street; Emma A. Fuller, clerk
in the sixth auditors Office; Allan
ditor's Office. and Arthur A. Baker.
No. 80 was the Dunwoody residence.
1t was the home Of William P. Dun
woody, a lawyer. whose office was at
BIZ 4 n street, and was also occupied
:, HI To-, IT IA,
then an oficer in the 4th Artillery. but
detailed to Washington as acting sig
nal officer. At No. 30 lived James r.
Embrey, a clerk In the surgeon gen.
erals Office. and Charles Cannon. No. 10
has been the Albert F. Foe home for
and girls grew up there. and the
Rambler's memory seems to be that
1t was the Fox homo when Grant
place began, yet his notes record the
fsc I'll that s in 1873 It va 80 The . home Of
mill on Ohio avenue between 18th
and 18th. The Cote homo was one of
the first built on Grant place. Gen.
Rawlings also lived on that street and
died there
Recalling tho names Of these old
time residents Of Grant place natural
ly takes the Rambler's mind back to-
some Of the old families of Fl street
between 9th and 10th and of G street
also between Vtn ana lOtn.
The northwest corner of H and 9th,
901 eth was the drug store Of Francis
S. Gather. and the house next door,
003, was the home of his mother.
Sarah A. Gather. widow Of John
Gather.
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A year or two later than 1878
Campbell Darlington ana his wife
moved into that square. They lived.
in GOT. In the house next door on the
east to the Duncanson house. Next
to the Duncanson's on the west came
to live a family named Hutchinson
William, the Rambler thinks his name
was. He was interested in the manu-
facture OF tile and he had a large
Minnie. Next to the Hutchinsons
mother and children. Lottie. Nellie and
Bernardine. Next to them were tho
Coxes. There were two maiden aunts
George had red hair and worked for
q long time with Billy Hibbs. Next
door came to live Mr.. and Mrs. Tray
nor with two daughters. and their
house was soon taken by Sgr. and
Mama wss q friead Of n 1dsiin. Paeti
and whenever Patti came to Washing.
ton she stopped there. Next to the
Maina's was an unbuilt-on lot occu-
pied as Fanning's slate yard. The
Elks' Hall stands on that site. West
of that was the Schulteis home-Her-
mann Echulteis. his wife, son and
their niece. Maud Owens. Next was
the France homo. Then came Mrs.
Ricketts, boarding house. One of her
daughters was the wife OF Campbell
Darlington, another daughter was
Mrs. James N. Davis. another was .
Mrs. Harsher az that IL the spelling
Of the name) and viii Ricketts, was .
son. Next to that on the west was q
rooming house kept BY Mrs. Johns
name residence. where DR.. Frank Ro-
mane. who went to Panama q few
years ago. and his sister Trace" grew
up. '' 'HS ''ls.& I