Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01

wife. Lucy Mildred Rebecca. the man
sion house, appurtenant buildings and
all lands except 200 acres west Of
Crooked branch. which l bequeath to
my son John. and 800 acres west of
the spring by the big poplar tree.
which bequeath to my daughter
Mary Jane" Son John names his part
OF the farm and Mary Jane names
Branch. being part of Loves De-
light" and Mary Jane may name hers
poplar Spring. being part of Loves
Delight Or John may call his por-
t1on Huntsman's Rest or Postum
Wood and Mary Jane may call her
share Maiden s Chance or Old Maids
Portion. SO, in this way. through the
generations farm names multiplied.
The name of David Burnes' farm
was healrs Levels: and. by the way.
Maryland Is pronounced BELL" Beall
was patentee, and the land was. ON
the whole, level. 1t was the topo-
graphic feature which suggested the
name. In his series of stories on F.
street last winter the Rambler wrote
tract:
Wy ntaii,s Levels adJoined Duddington on the
M Tr.cn lf Tim north line nearly concdcd with tie
line WINS about where Il street south Of the
line was between 18th and 10Th streets. while
Senat. Office hniiIiHvs VI r, h11nReess, House ana
new ,,, city post office stand Duidington farm,
War and Nay buns ihe psr' Of the state
m mea' department Of Agriculture. Continentsl
Cross building thn corcnr.n o"iIahg. the Red
ent office. pension office and The Star buildina
The natcmt 10 R hssHs. o,.
i1o3 to Ninan Besli. a Scotch Immigrant Of
century and lived e Ut nra IN tne sSyenteenth
county seat Of Prince Georges county, an in.
east Of the ' ranit ABOUT sixteen miles south.
sSr ,M,nt and early eighteenth centusaes
land on Rock cpeek on important mo an grants q
an ana IN other parts Of Maryland. which came to
trct Of Columbia. TUE 'ounoaf'es OF the DIS
:. James Burnes. also a scotchman, though II
or a descendant Of thn ne Maine, was the immigrant
I've on henll's Levels. probably about i7bo
M rsnn,s, was earlier. but the Rambler has
was resuryeyed for 1am any rate; Beali,. Levels
intention being to take t,t,a ~ ii.oS ne
Reall estate. Hs aid not nsr,o 20 ~ from the
that was done by his SON. David Rune .e: ons
1774. David WINS one OF ths :.nr;Hro1 'uanS: IN
d tOrs, He died in this city May I. i7oo His
Washnrton ha:om KNOWN t NJ, az the heirss. Of
fulness md s"S, MIs OF genteness and use.
what Of a city. she Iinf ~ . grow INTO some
her 0. 1882. The Rambler incines = S tho I'M
llef that the immediate cause Of nor Ioatn
was cholera. though she had been in feiiins
n nait Tor some time. 1882 was one OF the
e"''era years III Washington.
X X
1t Is to be noted TINT tho ,o,,
nara ~ ~ ,,.,. 81, 'e "e"Spa'
VI '"e CITY old not generally re-
Ter to the disease as "cholera." Thev
wrote of 1t as the "nreva,Iin. .,o,,
ness" or tho "nr.su,
or.. prevailing malay.
Often when obscure persons died-and
verv MANY ~ +h. ~, ~"
many VI '"eih oio oie-the pa
perS related that thew died of sstha
nlapue" b,,+ r..u ~
'"eoe' out generally when noted
persons persisted the obituary notice
related that they died "of tho u.a-
vai,inr s,cL,.s." ~.
e's".'ee'' Not even that ref
erence to cholera Is to be found In
the accounts of the death NJ Marc,o
Burnes. but there are cartoin Lits 20
evidence that. though sha u,ns D -, - VI
BILE health and had baen haart $50.
over the death of her domIhtan 1911
era was the immsdiata na,'se sHoI-
death. e"use VI her
father ~ navid H ,und James burncs'
nreau,roh,n a w., iiVeu, ana IN which.
wera ~ H. 90 D@ WI, burnes was born,
nted ,ubam ~ X on the site IL occu-
tha n,t;nn, t'e D.s.rict was ceded TO
wou,d stamd s ~ III IN i9l "
i6th ana II stn..ta e ant.srsection OF
is tba nroas,n sr'ee's northwest: that
The site nf tha ho umose a surnets ls on
n,I. ~. ~ ~ ,Cuse' Inns taCt ID