Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-23
Charlestown Carries
One Back to Days
OF Revolution.
NEPHEWS' NUMEROUS
Most Are Descendants
of Georges Brothers
and Sisters.
Nv NORA COLE SKINNER.

- being truly the father
only of his country, Young
America is prone to let il go
!, at that and assume that there
is no Washington kin with us
today. The little city Of
Charlestown, West Virginia,
! living 60 miles west Of Wash
ington city, and bossting only
some 5000 inhabitants, can
prove that such an idea Ia a
big mistake.
| Last winter young Waiter wash
'ingtou of Charlestown went 10
school at the Virginia military insti-
mtc one Of the coolest nights Of
that unusually cold season II IA said
the upper classmen ordered him to
rise at midnight. get his overcoat,
and IN his niRhtclothes climb down
The barracks stairs to the snow Gov
cred parade ground below. He was
then made TO "shin" the massive
stone pedestal on which stands the
rfsplendcnt statue Of General Wash =
about the figure, because, as they
told him. your Uncle George Is
cold The next morning the off
iicers were hooked 10 see the huge
statue carefully wrapped in n 1918
military overcoat' This generation
Is mo. respecter OF persons"
THIS re- only one OF George Wash
--tpgtons several genera
lions removsd-nnd only one of~the
episodes suffered because OF his aris-
,ocratic blood. II is not to he sup
posed that his existence Is n happy
one. for at school he cannot express
an opinion or make the most lmma-
ttrial statement. that the fellows do
no, say, 'Tut-tut, Walter, now do he
careful you know your Uncle
George never told lie" Is II any
wonder that he hates the name Of
at large knows little Of the connec-
ton.
Where They Como Prom.
Washington had five brothers and
A. two sisters, and the descendants Of
y these collateral branches Of the
family, along with the Lees and Gus
tses. are the kInsmen OF Washing
ton who are living today.
The land on which Charlestown
evolved was once n part of that vast
tract inherited by Lord Fairfax from
his mother. TO whom II had been
given In direct grant by the English
King Lord Fairfax had an expert
tnce in England that changed tho
plan Of his life and incidentally
brought him into contact with WASH
ington lie wooed and thought he
had won the woman ot his choice
when, the mansion built, the furni-
,ure and linens placed. and the we'd
ding raiment on. the horses TO the
carriage In which they were to ride
10 the church were left champinp at
their bits while the bride told the
waiting bridegroom that she had
changed her. mind and would wed
snother-one Of higher rank, LORD
Fairfax never married. and ever
women, leaving England to bury
himself In the unexplored wilds or
The American colonies
llo built Greenway Court. living
there the life of an English gentle
man with his bpooded horses and
hunting dogs--hid himself from the
Old world where he had played u
part 10 forget, II he could, the bit
ter humiliation, and 10 heal tho
wound in his heart. These iifsfD ense
Estates were managed by the cousin
OF Lord Fairfax. who was the father
lh.law Of George Washington's eld-
eat brother, Lawrence The great
Engishman took a fancy 10 the boy
Washington, kept him at 1reenway
court when he could--a daring rider
10 the hounds, n lad after his own
heart-and when he was older COM
mlssIoned him TO survey the Fairfax
ands Some OF these acres fell Into
WashinRton's hands. nerhaps In part
payment for tho service, and later
we're given TO "A younger brother
CHARLES Washington.
Clannisb Get.
The Washingtons were n clannish
", and named their children after
uncles and aunts to such an extent
mat the names are repeated enough
10 cause confusion. Lawrence ana
Augustine are tho more common
hnd, always, II there is n girl In the
family the name Mildred Is used
Tnus II Is not n mere sign OF conceit
IN the old gentleman TO learn that
ne named tho town which grew on
MS estate Charlestown after himself:
and that he called the chief thor
oushtnre Washington and the streets
pAfallellng Il to the right and left
congress and Liberty. respectively;
ana that finally, he named the
cross streets ufter his children
lawrence. George. Samuel and Mil
uten-unttl he ran out OF children.
n. HARDWOOD, the home OF Charles
Warrington, what a tale u could tell
U brilliant gatherings, historic cere-
monies and celebrated loversl Only
earetaker inhablts II now. for the
VNners. Miss Christine and John
Nnugustine Washington. find Il con
ehlent to live In n modern house
VI me center OF town
H. me various branches of the fam
W Kept Hardwood gay with their
sis, and other names famous In
ne history Of the world are part
us social life. George Washing
toh was repeatedly visitor In his
'o'hers house, and La Fayette en-
,aeo The hospitality there while
suest OF the nation years after the
,,putlon II was at Hardwood, so
,M told, that Dolly Madison was
nalrled and Thomas Jefferson, who
cn oiten at the ancestral seat, nc
ies.p panied James Madison IN the
cllaRe upon the occasion when he
due 10 make the fascinating Phila-
rpnla widow his bride. In q few
,oa oa's Jenerson was president, Madi-
ni was in his cabinet and this
ump beauty became first lady In
lo, lhgton society. She proved her
w,SS Tor the Washington family as
iba" as Tor her country when. upon
a burning OF the national capitol
SSaunE the war OF 1912, she found It
hogesehry TO flee from the white