Evening star., 1919-07-20

laSt summer ana winter ne WduueEc0
across the Hutchison farm. which
had been the Quilly Bauckman farm.
Quilly's right name was AQuila
Bauckman and his children were
John. George W.. Laura. Susan. Flea
nor and Emily. w. T. Bauckman,
whom the Rambler met last Sunday,
is a son Of George W.. who married
(if the Rambler's mind is not falling
him) Susan Moran. w. T. Bauckman
married Miss Margaret Hay, daugh-
ter Of George and Elizabeth Hay OF
Ashburn. The old Hay home is stand
ing at Ashburn and is owned by Mary
Anne. daughter ofe George and Eliz-
abeth Hay. Mary Anne Hay married
Curtis b. Arundel. son of Charles A.
Arundel, who has been postmaster at
Ashburn for more years than the
Rambler can remember and who was
the first man the Rambler met when
he made his advent into that part of
Virginia. Another daughter of George
and Elizabeth Hay Is Georgiana, who
married Clarence X. Howsen of Ash
ton. The children Of w. T. Bauckman
are George Hay Baucxman. Thelma
Rebena, Hubert Russell. Mary Eliza
beth, Hebena Grace and William
Thomas. jr.
While the Rambler was eating ap-
pies on the porch, the colored nurse of
William Thomas, jr, came out and
keenly eyeing the stranger, said: rs
you dat Rambler man? Kyah! Kyah!
(That is laughter) You rit a piece
about OF Danl Slaughter and his chill
lun' an I cut 1t ou' de paper! Kyah!
kyah! My name? Use Fanny West,
daughter o. Lucinder Alexander My
people blonged t. George Washing
ton. Use 'ristocrat, l is! Use mon a
humid yeahs OIL. was ten yahs OF
befo' de wah!'
This colored centenarian was, there
fore. born in 1861. and is about sixty
eight years old, which Is a little under
the average Of many Of the colored
centenarians one reads about. She said
she knew the Hunters very well who
lived at the Hunter place where the
Rambler had found the tomb Of G. w.
Hunter. DIR. Hunters son, John c.
Hunter. she said. lived in the first house
after you crossed the railroad track at
Boutwell, station. As the Rambler was
looking for the estate Of Gen. John
Chapman Hunter. the name John c.
Hunter sounded very promising.
To the pleasant home Of John c. the
Rambler walked. He was on the porch.
Among some Of the first things he said
were: Have you been to dinner? Sit
down. Please have some apples; they
are very good indeed and the trees are
so full Of them we can't possibly use
Them
From John c. Hunter the Rambler got
a straight line on the Hunter story he
was looking up, but that will be post
poned until Sunday after next. The
outline is this: John c. Hunter came to
Virginia from Scotland in 1875 and
bought the jeremiah Moore property Of
Morefeld. Later his father, DIR. James
Hunter, a distinguished Scotchman in
the world of books and educational
matter, came over Several Of his
children also came to Virginia. Moore
fields name was changed to Boutwell,
and locally the place came to be called
''the Hunter place" 1t is generally So
called today. The Hunters who came
lated to &C. w. Hunter, 1776-l856," who
is buried on the place. The home OF
Gen. John Chapman Hunter is about a
quarter Of a mile from John c. Hunters
place. and is called Contemplation"
The Hunter family Of Contemplation is
an old Scotch family. There IL no kim
ship or clanship between the Hunters
Of Contemplation. the Hunters of Both
we'll ard that Hunter family Of whom
G. w. Hunter. 1776- 1856. was a member.
A Mistake.
A PRIVATE who had been assigned
to guard duty near the White
House, on the night President Wilson
returned to Washington, with orders
to let no one pass him, was approach
ed by a doughty officer who desired to