Evening star., 1921-06-26

the stranger Of the names. sEes and virtues of
the departed"
Though this was written three
quarters OF century ago. 1t contains
a few statements that are grossly
inaccurate. One of these Is that
Charles Washington was the only
the Blue Ridge Hardwood. a solid
old stone house, the home of Samuel
Washington. brother OF George and
Charles, is one of the historic show
places in the neighborhood OF Charies
Washington resided in a log house
which stood a short distance from the
town" Is questionable. It may be that
when he moved to the valley ne set up
q log house, but considerably more
than a century ago. and probably oe,
1856. he built one OF the nne 9r,ck ts
mansions of Virginia and called ms
home Happy Retreat. The name OF
the homeseat was later changed 70
old house bears today. OF the ruins
of St. Georges Chapel. this 1S4S ms,
tory says: mo one knows how Ola
the chapel is" The Virginia Free
Press, in a boom m-the-town EDITION,
January I: 1915. which was SINE .ne prass ,us.n
nrinted a picture of the chapel runs
with this text beneath 1t :"Place OF
Worship of the Washington Family;
Ruins Of St. Georges Chapei. Eree'eo
1855" 5000 ..t.h-
,;shed Nv act of the Virginia assembly
in 17S6. it is believed that there was
a settlement on the site as carry as
175O. near an old mill on Evitts 1uIi, @
within the limits OF the town.
direction of the main thor0us =
washington streets nearly cas-, anu
wsst and the next streets paralteing
- are Congress and Liberty, whlie
tho imnortant north -and-south stFeets
are George, Lawrence, Samuei u
Mildred, which are washington IAN
lily names. The to town m 1sa mas Years % ago,
and many new streets nave oseh
opened and the old ones lenstneheo'
ONE of the old and strikinsiy s".
~ uated churches of the town Is zion
Enisconal It is of brick. and its
walls are veiled with that MEMBER oi
the crane family variously called Bos-
ton ivy, Southside ivy and Ampeiops's
v.icb;i Around the church are q
thousand tombs, and many OF the
w..binrtons of Mount Vernon, Hare
wood, Happy Retreat or Moroihs'oh'
and Berry Hill or Cedar Lawn are a.
rest there. A few OF the washing
ton epitaphs follow:
c.,rrs washington, son Of Col. John Angus.
tine and Eleanor Love washington. 1EsS SiaS A.
Mount. Mount SssnD' Td%% december 81. 1905: 49,.
enaarts r,is, Eontaine, daughter OF Louis ana Ga
Serena Washington. born Jan"ar' 49,
a'1a Eliss Seiden washington. wife OF MAJ n hn M
unntc1 c. s. A. and daughter OF Cei. s0r1
Augustine and Eliza s. Washington VI ''
a%rence washington. eldest son OF Col Sol; Aa "
rpstine and Eliza. $. Washington, oG1a C.
Noun, Vernon; sS 2aao died I" "'>AS'
'anTIrs M11,;sm Dc Hertburn Washington; son OF
Lewis william and Ella o,axsr ~ Sassese county. Vs.
Tnnc 1p%. 20, 1868 died at New York August so'
Ella NJ wife Of Lewis Wl,ism WassInrtcn Bassee;
ana ana Rsttr Lewis. born at Eltham New hene
aaa,,r anu re' Va. died at New York January H.
lsys; ys.,, william. son of Georse Corbin Wash.
,,atom horn at Georgetown, ID. e.. Novemoer
80. iS1a; died in Jefferson county W. w.
October a,l,s ds71 Washington, wife Of Bu.srod
washington. born October 80 ''so' ''eo sep
temnst -; ioeS eon.ort of Buhrod Warrington
MarM In,x 81 iT9i: died November 4. 1s47:
"orr oTr-;stj,n II. wife Of Richard B. washington
born at Harewood. 3eMess9h ,h.ss e'g Innc 10 1885
George washington, born February "a 1s4s'
died June 80, 1883. e....n,.. "a
James G. WashiDstesns. ss 1ss5 ss55 september 49,
lea Rn:hrod a.si Washington Herbert. died October
4. 1854 aged seventy-three years.
Near these washington graves Is
aat stone marked: Christian Black
burn, wife Of Mai: R. s.; Blackourn:
II. s. A.. and Judith Ball, VINO was
,no{{ no{h as is56.'' Resting here are the
ashes Of the woman who was mistress
of Rinon Lodge, a house which STANDS
IN nigh land near the junction OF tne
poton1ac river and Neaosco creek'
about thirty miles pelow Wasn;ngsoni atae1 is
.sia In am1iG ia@b: sacred to the memory Of
Mary E. B. Alhbone. born at Ripon
lodge, in the county OF Prince WI,
iitme December Is, 1888. and departed
this life March s. 1850. OF gr1et 1or
the loss of her dearly beioxed or0tnG5'
! by by whom she sleeps. Mary Mary E; E;,zi b.
hath BLACKBURN of Ripon Lodge. In
the lot with this tomb is one inscribed:
@There sleeps beneath. all that Is
mortal Of George w. Turner. born Al
Wheatand in the ,s,2 county syr,Suated 81 seTea at
We: West Point. 1851. and fell in main
tanning the right of his state at Har-
pers Ferry. October II. 1859" Close
by is this Sacred to the memory OF
Annie Emine Saunders. who was
born at London. England, on the 10th t5
day OF August 1859. and who departed
this life in the city of Washington
the 9th day Of January. 1921: This
tablet is dedicated by her faithful
and deeply grieved husband, william
Turner Saunders. Heirs together Of
the grace Of life" In this group Of
gravestones are two inscribed: Sacred
to the memory Of Henry Smith Turner
of wheatland, who died the 18th Of July.
1884. aged sixty.four years. and an
burn, beloved wife OF Henry Smith
Turner. who died March Is. 1917, aged
thirty-six years"
One of the tall SHIFTS in this bury
ing ground is inscribed: David Bed
niger Lucas, March 8, 1SS6-July "A,
1909. Statesman. Jurist, Poet.
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