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

looking for Springfield" why, that's
whore I live" answered the driver.
II am looking for John Frye, who
owns the place" I'm John Frye;
jump in.'
And yet some people say there is
nothing in luck! 1t is rare old
place, a new house standing on the
site of Martin Cockburn's dwelling.
There are flowers of many kinds and
about a hundred yards northwest of
the house is graveyard. where the
quartzite. Black walnut and cedar
trees grow there and in spring the
place is abloom with jonquils and blue
iris. Long ago it was the home Of
war it was bought by John H. Frye,
who came from the Shenandoah val
ley, with his wife. who was Miss Anna
Wilhelmina Schlorb. Their children
were Joseph. who lives in Anacostia;
James. and George, who are farmers
dria, and John c. Frye. who owns the
historic estate of Springfield.
John c. Frye married Mrs. Grace
Killian of Washington, and their
pretty little daughter Ethel brought
to the Rambler a glass of milk-real
what that means-which you probably
do not After visit to Springfield,
and with his pockets stuffed with APP
pies and tomatoes. the Rambler moved
on. But here is a little incident:
While the Rambler and John c. Frye
were talking, another of the Frye
boys drove up in machine. This
another Rambler; he's not the Ram
bier who wrote up Seat Pleasant a
long time ago." The past came before
me! you are not the boy who helped
ma uncover all those old gravestones!
My, but that was bitterly cold and
right!"
And coming home. the Rambler
hunts and hunts through his files and
finds a story written six or seven
years ago dealing with the Magruder
homes of Union valley and Old Or
chard, the Berry farms of Concord,
Independence and Seat Pleasant and
an ancient burying ground on the
farm of Louis Helmuth. and the Ram
bier resurrects the following:
A few yards beyond the locusts was a broad.
rambling house. fenced with white AID with
masses Of shrubbery in the garden. The fra
GRANGE Of boiled kale came from within the
and knock at the dining room door brought a
pleasant-faced woman. At the head Of the
table strong and hardy man. with a shock of
iron gray hair, was eating. and he said. Come
in" The man at the table is the present
owner Of the site and many acres Of surround
ing land. His name is J: Il. Frye. and he and
his boys raise many kinds of vegetables which
Westinghouse eat. Mr.. Frye a Confed-
crate soldier and, passed through many of the
battles in which the Army of Northern yir-
ginia was engaged. Readus Frye. one Of the
sons. and the Rambler went over the site Of
the Seat Pleasant house. Only the cellar and
cellar walls mark where it stood. Mr.. Frye
settled in Washington in 1865. and remained
here till 1893. when he bought the farm Spring
field, in Gunston Neck. not far from Gunston
Hall. He farmed there till 1900. when he
bought that part Of the Seat Pleasant tract
which can be roughly traced as follows: Sam
uel Harper to Thomas f. Berry; to his widow
Polly Berry; to her son. Thomas f. Berry,
John E. Berry Of Independence: to his chill.
dren, A. P. and Mrs. Annie Berry of Washing
ton: to William Jackson, grocer; to David
Rollins; to Mrs. browns; to J. II. Frye.
Strange, that years apart, the Ram
bier should come upon the same fam
lily at Seat Pleasant and at SPRING
deld.