Evening star., 1921-05-22

Lewis to ask what news from her gal
| liant husband, Col. Lewis of the pa
| triot army, and of her sons,
Capt Fielding Lewis. Maj Lawrence
| Lewis and Capt Robert Lewis. all
closely associated with Washington
in the service.
Another man of note was DR.. Hugh
Mercer Gen. Hugh Mercer.
| Everybody in the town knew MN;
He was Scotch physician who had
served with Braddock and who set
| tied in Fredericksburg in 1863. He
was the family physician no OF n. many. ny
and kept an apothecary shop at ,ne
corner of Caroline and Amelia streets
where he filled his own prescriptions.
He rose to the rank of major gen
eral in the line. was mortaliy wound
ed at Princeton in 1177. survived
week. was buried on the neia. rrad anu
his body later removed and reinterred
at Philadelphia One of the beauti1ui
bronze statues of America is that
which the American government
erected to his memory ana Wnlcn
was unveiled in 1906. 1t STANDS not
far from the west end or ina. @ nne
parklike way called washington ave
nue., and is within few rods OF me
granite shaft which stands above the
grave of Mary, mother OF Washlhg-
ton.
Another famous man about whom
the people talked In the t.i chuicHes.
taverns. market house and knitting
circles OF Fredericksburg during the
classic age of the republic was Gen.
George Weldon. who before the rev
olution kept the Rising sun Hotel, on
Caroline street above FauquleI. ana
which is still standing. was Gen:
Gustavus B. Wallace. who served
during the seven years of the war
and for much of the time commanded
a brigade. Gen. Weldon served on
the stan of Washington and com
manded a division at yorktown. The
people of Fredericksburg talked
proudly of the exploits Of John Paul
Jones and almost claimed him as
fellow townsman because his brother.
there. died in the historic city in
1874. and you can stand by his old
and weather-stained tombstone in St
Georges churchyard and read: "Wm
Paul. 1774." William was Scotch
man. who came to Fredericksburg
in ITO and bought from Thomas and
Jane Blanton an acre -and-a- half lot
at the corner of Caroline the main
north and south business street and
i Prussia street. which during the
progress o the great war had its
name changed to Lafayette street.
William Paul left will. witnessed
by John Atkinson. Thomas Holmes
, and Il. Johnston, naming his friends.
William Templeman and Isaac Heslop
executors. For some reason not ex-
| planned. the executors declined to
serve. and in 1774 his brother. John
Paul. came to Fredericksburg to con-
clude the affairs OF William. who
had wilIed that his estate be sold
! and the proceeds delivered to his sis
, ter. Mary Young. and her oldest two
| children in Abigland parish OF Kirk
bean in StewaIty Of Galln8Tay. north
! Britain. Why John Pau came to
take the name John Paul Jones is
not a part of this story.
JAMES MONROE. who followed Mr..
Madison as President, lived and
rracticed law in Fredericksburg and
was member OF the common coun-
Gil of the town. He was a candi-
date for the legislature. and the law
required that a man to be eligible
must be a property owner in his dis
trict. To fulfill this requirement, an
uncle gave him a deed to small
frame house and lot. Many years
ago that house was moved to the
site it occupies today. on the east
side of Princess Anne street. between
Prussia hafayette) street and Wolfe.
within a block of the railroad sta
ton.
5. J. Quinn. writing in 1908. said ::
''Mr. Monroe's boarding place was To-
| Gated on the same lot on which now
stands the handsome residence Of
Mrs. James II. Bradley. His law