Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
ber Writes of the Jackson Neghborhood i'm Fairfax County

companies. and was being reorganized.
or had just been reorganized. about the
time of the unhappy flag episode. From
Alexandria the remains We're taken "
the old Jackson family burying ground
on his fathers farm. which had passed
into possession of Samuel Cults. Inc
Marshall House. in Alexandria, was
burned some time after the war anu
rebuilt on a different plan.
The body of Ellsworth was brought
to the navy yard. and on Saturday. May
26. was taken to the White House,
where 1t lay for several hours In the
east room, while thousands of persons
filed by to take a last look. A number
of years ago the Rambler. recounting
the funeral of Col. Ellsworth. wrote'
The escort from the navy yard 10 the W S
York Regiment, under Capt. Doyle, and
platoon Of United States Marines. At noon the
remains were taken from the White House TO the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad station for removal
to Col. Ellsworth's home at Mechanicsvilie. ssr.
toga county: y Y The funeral procession ..o'o
notable one. 1t included the Zouave Corps OF the
Washington Light Infantry, under command OF
Capt. Powell: the Metropolitan Rifles OF MaAn.
inEton under Capt. Nalley: the Turner Rifles OF Z
Washington. under Capt. Gerhnrdt; the Wtsn,
ington Rifles. under Capt LOeier; the aau' tna
list New York Regiment. led by Dodsworths
Band. and n detachment of marines.
The hearse drawn by four white horses.
with three of Ellsworth's zouaves ms paii6earers.
walking each side. In the funeral procession
was the Presidents coach. IN which rode Abra-
ham Lincoln, Secretary Seward, Secretary smith
and the Presidents two little sons, TAD ana
bob"
The story of James Jackson Is not
finished. The Rambler Will take It up
again as he comes upon ruins, and
other reminders in the Jackson neigh
borhood Of Fairfax county: But here
the Rambler must pick UP his camera
and leave behind the old house WIN
the dormer windows, the stark black
locust trees that form grove about
1t and the graves THAI lie close nysi
Requesting the solitary house thas
marks the station Hitaffer, the an
cient road, untouched by those men
WHO make roads so good that only
people with automobiles will use them,
leads toward the wild lands that ex-
tend from the Georgetown and Lees
burg turnpike to the river. There Is
nearly a mile of road from Hitaffer to
the pike and at the intersection OF
these roads is Swink's mill. land
mark and the pretty home OF the olden
miller's son, E. F. Swink, and nearby
is a small bit of the ruin of Balls mill.
1t is tawney- colored road of clay
and sand. On the left grow pines and
cedars in a line. Beyond them is
field of sedge shining golden in the
spring sun. Beyond that is a stretch
of land that last summer was tfmbered,
but in which great stacks of cordwood
are now being seasoned among the
stumps. Beyond that is a range Of wood
land, with a feathery touch of foliage
and here and there a dogwood and q
Judas tree jusubeginning to unfold their
white and pinkish-purple beauty. Be
yond that is high cleared land with
houses set in clumps of trees and with
lines of cedars marking the course of
road. The tree-tops and the house,
tops seem to touch the sky. That is
Prospect Hill. the roof of the world
ington. 1t is a neighborhood OF ro-
nance and history through which. on
some fair Sunday. the Rambler will
lead those readers who may care to
follow his lines.