Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29

the vestry under the old regime was
held at Colchester, January 81, 1885
Like the preceding, 1t was occupied
solely in providing for the support
of the poor. and especially for twelve
families, who are named. The old
colonial church, which had been stag
gering for years under the blows in
fiicted by successive general assem-
blieS, was now in the article of death.
The leading men, who, in the face of
popular odium. stood by and attended
it in its last hours, must have be-
lieved that when released from the
coil of the state it would rise from
the dust and put on more beautiful
garments"
The Bronaugh family, into which Mar
tin Cockburn married, was no doubt one
of the excellent families of large prop
erty in lower Fairfax county In the re-
ligious and political life of the section it
may have been prominent. but the
Rambler finds few references to it. The
first glimpse one gets of the name is
that Jeremiah Bronaugh in 1888. in as
sociation with William Peake, John
Fargurson and Thomas Lewis, qualified
as vestryman of Pohick parish 'in
the room of several deceased members. -
In 1874. with John Fargurson and James
Baxter. he was appointed to view the
land offered for Glebe by William
Godfrey, William Hall, George Harrison
and Burr Harrison and any other land
that shall be offered by any other per-
son, and to report to the vestry." He
was church warden of Pohick in 1855.
On the division of Truro parish and the
creation of Hamilton parish in 174S he
was one of the new vestry. the others
being Hugh West, George Mason. James
Hamilton, Charles Broadwater. Daniel
Barnes, Thomas Wren. Robert Boggess,
John Turley and William Peake. He
died in 1850. In list of voters at an
election of burgesSeS in Fairfax county
in 1744 may be seen the names jeremiah
Bronaugh and John Bronaugh.
Soon after starting on this trip the
Rambler stopped for shade and water at
the home of Allen Dawson. who with his
from Lewis Chapel. He is a son of
Henry Clay Dawson and his ancestors
rest in the cemetery of Lewis CHAPEL.
The tombs of two of them read:
James Dawson, born Jan. rs. 1892,
died Feb 10, $780," and Margaret
L., wife of James Dawson. born Oct
8, 1892. died Dec. q, 1886"
Down the main Meek" road the
Rambler walked, passing the gate of
Lebanon, the Lebanon School. estab-
lished by Thomas H: Haislip. born in
1914 and died in 1908. and the big
farm home of John Shepherd. Once
on a day of terrible storm the
Rambler found shelter in the wagon
shed of Johns barn. Coming out to
examine the stranger. the Rambler
explained that he was "a writer for
the press" or "a member of the
press" or something like that, and
John said, well. that being the case.
you can take a nap in the hay if
you want to-"
Passing the Shepherd home you may
see lane .leading off from the left
to a pretty white cottage powered in
green and floral color. where dwell
in sweet content Miss Beach and Isa-
bel Beach. The Rambler took these
names from the letter box and had
made up his mind to go down the lane
and say "Howdy" to the ladies when
gasoline carriage came along. Or
dinarily these rude vehicles and their
drivers crowd a man into the ditch
by the roadside, but this machine
stopped. How far down the neck are