Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

tnOusan0S OF people who are our
neighbors and who are helping 70
make the world 60 round today Gen.
Hunter was 4 son Of DR.. John Hunter.
and Elisabeth Chapman and granda
son Of Rev. William Hunter. Scots
fish divine. who married Margaret
Cooke Of Glasgow and came to Wire
ginia early in the seventeenth century.
Az the Rambler understands the case
today. the mother Of Gen. John Chaps
man Hunter was q daughter OF Ma
thaniel Chapman. whose land holdings
In Virginia ana southern Maryland
were extensive and whose direct and
collateral descendants are numerous.
Contemplation was probably Chap-
man farm But all thie fe matssg
which much be taken up at another
time. Just now the Rambler Ia thinks
Ing OF . fine old place in Rockville:
1t was on flne day when spring was
far advanced that the Rambler came to
Rockville by way Of the Falls road ana
near the intersection OF that road with
the main street Of the county capital he
saw an old brick house in Georgian style
emplaced In terraced garden as big a.
q city square. II stands back from the
north side Of the main street, which Ia
the closely built up way that leads
through Rockville and Westward across
Watts branch to Hunting Hin. It 10
west oe the point where 30 many travel.
ers turn north to follow the roads to
Frederick. Along the east side Of the
property 10 q quiet street which bears
the name Of Commerce lane. q name
reminiscent Of early Rockville. TIE
name Of the homestead Il Belmont. At
tached to the house IL q tract OF thirty.
hve or forty acres. though not long AFRO
the appurtenant acres numbered sixty-
hve. but many Of the attractive homes
OF Rockville have been built on tlse
lands OF Belmont. In the wide and deem
grounds between thei main street and
the front OF the house there were, many
years ago. two large flower circles bcrS
dered with closely clipped box shrubs.
Now those box shrubs arc trees about
twenty feet tall
4 - 80
There are two terraces In the garden
to overcome the difference In level be-
tween the site of the house and the
grade Of the main street. and on those
terraces are many flowers which old
time people esteemed and cultivated
with care. Tall. broad trees throw biz
patches Of shade over the grass, and at
the base Of black walnut the Rambler
found vari-colored phlox and lilies OF
the valley growing and little colony Of
grape hyacinth-a curious blue Wild
flower not uncommon in the neighbors
hood Of Washington In spring.
This house was the home of Upton
Beall. The building Of the house was
begun before the outbreak Of the war
OF 1912. but the war interrupted the
work. The Rambler has been told
that the walls were up in 1919 and
the house was not completed until
some time after 1814-probably 1916.
One set Of notes which the Rambler
has shows that Upton Beail's FIRST
wife was Miss Smith Of Washing
ton. and that his second wife was
Jane Neal Robb. BY the second mar.
riage were these children: Upton
Beall, jr.. who died In infancy; Har.
riet. who also died in infancy. and
Elisabeth. Matilda and Margaret.
Margaret's full name was Margaret
Johns Beall, and she was named for
her grandmother. Margaret Johns.
She was the last surviving child Of
Upton Beall. and she bequeathed Bel-
mont to Margaret, Mary and Priscilla
Dawson. granddaughter Of her first
cousin. Priscilla Beall. who was the
wife Of James Somervilie Of Prince
Georges county. The grand old home
descended to John L. Dawson, who
lives there today. From Belmont tho
Rambler walked to Union cemetery.
about mile southeast Of Rockville
on the road which leads to the 7th
street pike south Of Wheaton. There,
among the thousands of graves,
stands q marble monument surrounds
ed by q low iron railing topping q
brick wall that rises a few inches
above the turf. On that monument
the Rambler read what follows:
Upton Beall died Jan. IS. 1927. in his str
year.
Jane Neale, wife Of Upton Beall, died August
2. 1919. aged SO years. God giveth His beloved
sleep.
Margaret Johns. third daughter of Upton and
Jane N. Beail. born May 80. 1917; died July s.
1901. In her s4th year. She has done what she