Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-23
GENERAL LEES
DAUGHTER DEAD
Mary Gusts Lee, Last of Chief
tain's Family, Passes Away at
Virginia Hot Springs.
HAD SPENT MUCH TIME HERE
Confederate Societies Meet To-
Day to Arrange for Sending
Delegations to Funeral.

General Robert II. Lee and the last link
connecting the immediate family OF
'he reNcfed confederate chicftain with
the present day. died yesterday morn
/ ing at the Homestead Hotel Virginia
iiot springs. after a brief illness No
announcement as to funeral arrange
ments has been made. but it is prac-
| tically certain that the BODY will he
! placed beside that of her father I'm
! the vault of the Lee mausoleum at
Washington and Lee University. Lex
! ington.
Miss Lee spent a large part of her
{ time in Richmond during recent wears.
reeshtding here AT the Jefferson iiotel.
'fGns Of fpiends sns nf whs who frsGaentiy sues,
/ me old Confederate capital Her last
/ visit Visit here was last winter. when she
Iihckney, director OF Red Cross work
az Camp Lee. While here she visited
lamp Lee with Mrs. Pinckncy. and was
entertained by General .,delbert Crouk
nite. commander OF the Eightieth Di-
vision. who gave luncheon in her
nonor; She was honorary presidcn, or
Gontederacy. regent OF the Virginia
Room in the Confederate Museum and
honorary president OF the board OF
managers OF the Homo for Needy Con-
federate Women
IDENTIFIED WITH RICHMOND
SINCE YOUNG WOMANHOOD
Miss Lee has been identified witE
hichmohd since her young womanhood.
Long Island New York. and all her
iife she was brilliant conversations
aiist, speaking several languages iu-
entiE. she was the second child Of
tehcral Lee. and the eldest OF his four
daushtcrs. all OF whom. we'll as he!
thrce brothers. she survived During
me war she was guest the greater
Eart OF the time at the home OF James
Ia a
ana Clay streets. The house at ,01
East Franklin was hrs; an officers
mess hall and was atterward occup;eI
by the Lee family for about eighteen
West Point. and knew most OF the OF.
hcers In both armies po.sonaliy She
always cherished tn> memory OF tho
Confederacy aad w=s closely identified
preservation OF the memories OF tho
Lost Cause as its object. Du-inE her
-Stsa to Richmond .IDSS. WIplsc She COM
'Ss'fa mcs sfruYe -than usual OF rhcumat ISM
she was afraid tha; i, was anccting
her heart.
Miss Lee was regarded as the fav.
ori;e daughter OF her father Growing
up AS "A young lady in Lexington in
the years after the war when her
father was president, OF Washngt ton
companion uf General Lee on his horse
back rides. and her rccolleot!onS of her
rather nave been rcga rdcd as peculiarly
intimate and important.
Left with small means by tho i'm
poveriShment OF The war. Miss Lee was
,ater granted partial rccompensc when
payment 10 the heirs OF General Lee
Tor the Arlington estate. Illegally
seized and used as a Federal cemetery
She had spent :, great deal Of her
time abroad. where She was widely en-
,ertained. and had had the distinction
sd,-,s oa e,s'nS * ,1isa prsasnted at mos, OF the
The Confederate Memorial Literary
association Will meet to pass rcsolu-
tions III the Confederate Museum ~,
room to-day. Miss Lee was about
Gig years of age
MRS. ELLSSON TELLS
OF MISS LEES VALUE
Mrs J. Taylor Ellyson. president Of
the Association for the Preservation
Of Virginia Antiquities aud associate Of
said last night:
AS the president OF the Association
for the PreserLat:on of Virginia An
sorrow al the death of Miss Mary Gus
,is Lee. she was a distinguished and
devoted member of this. Organization.
OF its enterprises
several years ago. on one of Miss
Lees visits TO Richmond. she sent for
me TO tell me that she wanted TO con-
SUIT me about the final disposition OF
the George WASHINGTON Cincinnati
china. which the United States GOV
ernment removed from General Lees
home at Arlington when IL occupied
that place in the sixties. /; had been
packed away in barrels in Washington
since President Mckinley returned IL
10 her Her desire was that il should
be in Virginia if II fireproof building
was available.
she she dlna finally decided TO turn j; over
Preservation Of Virginia Antiquities.
which had secured permission to place
II In case in the library of the Con
fedcratc Memorial Institute.
Her last visit TO Richmond was in
extend her stay in order that we might
give her a reception ut the institute
when an opportunity would bc given
TO her friends and the public 10 meet
her and have her tell in person the
interes,ins I'M, history, OF the china. At
priceless hcirlooms. Hundreds Of pco-
pie met her that day. .pt knowing
that il would he the lasi time they
would have the privilege Of graspins
the hand OF the only living member
OF The family Of General and Mrs
Robert H. Lee.
Il also wish. as the vicc-regcnt OF
The Virginia Room of the Confederate
Museum, OF which Miss Lee was regent
TO express my sorrow at tho passing
Ger. II was through her interest in
the museum that the sword Of Lee
was presented by his GranddauEhtcrs.
Personally have lost a dear friend
who. no matter how short her stay in
Richmond. never failed to break bread
OF my family as an hoEored guest"
WAS BUYING SON A GIFT