Evening star., 1919-09-28

school with Mr.. Maughe were Enartes'
Harry, George and. Fred Tanslll. SONS
Of COL Robert g.. Tansii; Winfield,
" while and Wade MaEruder; John.
Fritz, Charles and Edward Shsrrer.
and the Rabbit; Mace, B'lack. Iiochte
ard Goegler boys. Several years ago.
when the Rambler was trying 10
locate the roads and fields lone which
the first skir,Nishing. In q: Gen.
Early's, raid against Washington
took place. In 1864. he came. to. the
house in which Franklin and Lucinda
Maught are living. He wrote: Hold
ing his way ;the Ranfblenscanlea Ito
road leading from the old cieorgetown
road to the Rockville pike, and in
frame house nearly hidden by giant
lockwood and big yew tree he found
one Of the old residents of that part
Of Montgomery county. Her name Is
Lucinda Connor, who. was born
Lucinda Wilson, and who not long
ago celebrated her 92d birthday"
That was several years ago. Mrs.
Lucinda Connor Is no more, but her
memory survives affectionately in the
minds Of many people in,the county.
The Rambler felt that surely her
spirit must visit and revisit the old
i. home where the box. yew. ash and
willow trees are growing
X X \ X
If you walk west from the Maught
home along Schoolhouse lane "a few
rods brings you to the old Georgetown
road Turn to the left into that road
and you will see off to the right hand.
in picturesque garden and a grove OF
big trees a very old house. This Is
now called the Mace house. but before
most Of the Rambler's readers were
born 1t was the Riley place. Isaac
Riley, who married Matilda Middleton,
lived there. Isaac Riley died July s.
1850, at the age of seventy-six, and his
wife. who was born In 1900, died In 1890.
The Riley children were Martha, who
married Samuel Wade Magruder: Sarah,
who married Edward Vlera; Amos. who
went to California and married ana
died there; Van. who went to Mis-
souri, and Is dead; Frances. who mar
ried Franklin Mace of Cecil county,
Maryland: Josephine, who married
John Keyes of Montgomery county and
who is living near Rockville. and Will
liam Franklin Riley, who never mar
ried and has passed away. Living
in the old house now is Charles Mace.
the son of Franklin Mace and Fannie
Riley. The Rambler has pictures OF
this old house which he visited last
Sunday and he will write more at
length about 1t in future ''ramble."
Continuing south on the old George
town road and leaving the Riiey-Mace
house behind, you will SOON come to a
road that strikes of to tho west and
leads to the Seven Locks road at
Scotland. Within sight Of this road
junction is q pretty house which
stands on the site Of very old one.
The new house Is on the farm OF DR..
Robert s. Woodward, president of the
Carnegie Institution, and IS the homo
of the superintendent or the farm. :
r. This land was part of the farm Of
Thomas Lyddane. That farm extend-
ed across or eastward OF the Georges
lOWu IOuu duu NuC .CnSNCIh PAil 10
now the property Of John Joy Edison.
who has built there one of the beatl-
tiful homes of the Washington
neighborhood The Thomas Lyddahe
homestead stood in the grounds now
owned by Mr.. Edison and the old
house was removed several years ago.
= On that part Of the Lyddane farm
owned by DR.. Woodward stood a
farmhouse which from 1866 to 1871
was occupied by Col. Robert Tansifl
and his family. This part of the
county is often revisited by one of
the Tansill boys. : The old-timers out
that way call him Charlie Tansill. but
his full name is Charles Fisk Tansili
and he lives at 1880 X carney street,
Brookland and is one OF the pioneer
settlers in that beautiful section Of
Washington Everybody in the
northeast knows Mr.. Tansfll. He has
lived In Brooklantl twenty-one years and
has been closely connected with all Its
varied civic activities and has bsen
one Of the promoters of the various
rose and flower shows that have
made made Brookland famous He is
the proud possessor Of the grand