Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

great gruudfether OF my mother was John
Msgruder Of Dunblsne. To me II was quite .
n coincidence that you should have visited
the homes of both Of these anet stors Of mine
aud give descriptions aud pictures OF them,
at least Of Dunblane, the home Of Jehn Ma
rruder. and Of locust Grove. built BY Maj.
Samuel Wade Msgruder, the son Of Capt.
Alexander Aagruder.
In the memoirs OF william Writ. by John
T. Kennedy, a very interesting account Is
given Of Maj. Samuel Wade MaEruder. his
family and home. II Is said after he acquired
the lands by the will Of his father he built q
large, two-story brick house and nearby was
an old house occupied by the Overseer. This
house ] believe was the home OF Capt, Alexsn-
der Asgruder. I have 4 copy Of his will. To
his son Nathaniel he devised 333 acres Of
Grubby Thicket; to his Son Samuel Wade, PA
acres, and to his son Hexekiah. 100 acres; to
his daughter Sarah pounds; to Elizabeth.
100 acres Of land; to daughter Ann, negro girl
"Meriar"; to daughter Eleanor. negro girl
Eve; to wife Ann. one negro girl. Jenny"
All the rest and residue Of personal estate,
after wife gets her third. is to he divided be-
tween the three sons and daughters Ann and
Eleanor. also have copy Of the will Of
Nathaniel and OF Samuel Wade. When l
was six years old. in the year lS45, I left
Baltimore, where my parents lived, on account
OF poor health. to live with my paternal grand
mother on the farm that had been bequeathed
to her grandfather. Nathaniel Magruder, and
lived with her six years. In that time be-
came acquainted with much Of that country
and its people. As you have rambled over 1t
and mention roads and names, much Of the
past comes up wildly before me.
! was much interested In your rambie along
Persimmon lane. set forth in the issue Of The
star OF February s6. II brought to my mem
ory the places and many OF the people you
mentioned as having lived around O6utts Cross
Roads. have seen q number OF them. The
statement given to ysu that the father Of
George Gather Bradley was Gassaway Bradley
10 q mistake. take the liberty Of correctisg
1t. The only way the name Gassaway 10 con.
nected with George Gather Bradley, ST., h
that he married Miss Laura Gassaway. His
fathers aane was Henry Bradley and 10 men
tiened in the list Of persona yos give living In
the neishborhood Of Onutts Cress Reads. He
owned q large farm on Capt. yohns creek, just
south Of the old hagruder -Ornaer6 mill. Yes
may Be interested In knowing that Henry
Bradley's father was Abraham Bradley, bern
in IitcAaeld Conn.,. February %, l1s7. He
married Hannah Smith. also Of Cossectieut
He got the position Of assistant postmaster
general when the United Sntes govenne.t
was in PHILADELPHIA. When the gover.nent
came to Washington be came with II and held
the same petition there, I think. until kls
death. which took place Nay 8. 1888. nun
Der Of the people in washington are Dc.
sceaded from him. He bought the Tract Of
land called Chevy Chase and lived much Of tie
time there. His children were: Abraham,
born in l7eS, in Philadeiphis; Mary. born 10
1876. in Philadelphia; Hannah, born In l79S, in
Philadelphia; Thomas, born in 1900, In WASH
ington; Joseph Habersham. born in 1903, In
Washington; Julia, born 1905, in Washington;
Henry, born 1893, in Washington; Carolina
NJ, born in 1872. in Washington. and Charles,
born, in 1915. In Washington.
Abraham died when thirty.fo years old:
Mary lived to an old age. but did not marry;
Hannah married George r. Gather, q rich
man Of Baltimore. and Henry named his Arst
son for him; Thomas died VIXEN twenty -fsur
years Of sse; Joseph H. married Lucy. bat
cannot recall her last name. He became a.
eminent lawyer In Washington. He cleared
John Surratt from completely in the assas-
sinatiOn Of President Lincoln, and also cleared
Mary Harriss, when she shot down q man in
one Of the government buildings. Julia did
not marry. Henry married Mary Prout. =
lady Of considerable wealth. He started life
as Q merchant and then went to the place
have mentioned and took up farming. Care
line Minerva married john Wilson Magruder.
farmer In Montgomery county. I married
their eldest daughter, Hannah Smith. which h
the way l have learned about the Bradley
family. Charles married q daughter Of An
drew C0yle, q prominent man OF Washington.
For number Of years he held the position Of
cashier Of the Rank Of the Republic and was
the father Of Judge Andrew Bradley Of one
Of the courts of Washington.
What I have been leading up to by q very
long route is TO say that l think II you take
ramble around Chevy Chase with yeur skill
In looking up old things and the unimita-
BILE way you have Of describing persons and
places. you could make 4 good story OF
Chevy Chase rs 1t once was and a. II Is now.
i think II would be highly interesting to the
readers q The Sunday Star. think the prop
Some years ago Charles bradley, Jr., at the
request Of some society In Washington, pre-.
pared and read before II q history Of the
Bradley family. Afterward IL was printed In
pamphlet form and he sent me one Of them
hut cannot put my hand on 1t GUST now.
think ! gave II 10 my son, John E.. a. he 70
more interested In II than I was, since his
mother was Of that family.
When Abraham Bradley died the lands Of
Chevy Chase were divided between his ssns
Joseph and Charles. The latter got the part
that lay north Of the lane that ran Through
the farm and is called Bradley lase, and
Joseph got the rest Of the farm. which con