Evening star., 1922-02-26
THE RAMBLER VISITS AN OLD HOMESTEAD
AND MANY NEW VILLAGES IN MARYLAND

bought by Judge John Stephen, and
I think he bought it from the Lowndes
family. From Judge John Stephen
| one Of these. his son Nicholas Carroll
Stephen. bought the interest of 1ae
other heirs and occupied the house
for a long time. 1t was from the
Stephen heirs that Mr.. Kyner bought
! the historic place.
The graves Of the Lowndes family
are at Addison Chapel, 1t was erected
| as a chapel by the congregation Of
Broad Creek Church. which stands on
the lower road between Congress
Heights and Piscataway. Addison
Chapel is at Seat Pleasant. large
and prosperous village at the eastern
point Of the District. and where one
changes from the trolley to the steam
train for Chesapeake Beach and many
other places between Washington and
! the bay. In the churchyard Of Addi-
son Chapel is one row of tombstones
/ to which the Rambler calls attention
The first is inscribed:
'In memory OF Christopher Lowndes,
who departed this life on the 9Th day
of January. 1855"
The others are:
"In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth
Lowndes. Relict of Christopher
Lowndes. Esq. who departed this life
On the 18th day OF September. 1888, In
the sixty-third year of her age;
'In memory Of Anna Margaretta
in the 74th year Of her age;
Sacred to the memory Of Francis
Lowndes. who departed this life April
Fl, 1915, after q long and painful ILL
ness. which he bore with Christian
fortitude. aged about s3 years;
t'Fannie E. Nicholson, daughter of
Capt. J. Nicholson and Rebecca Holt,
died July 81, 1850.
In memory of Edward Lloyd Lown-
des. who died January Z, 1892, aged
twenty-five years. He was the second
son of Tasker Lowndes.
In another part of the cemetery
are these tombs:
In memory of Richard Tasker
Lowndes, who died the 1s Sep
tember. 1915. aged eleve. years and
three months. He was the eldest son
of Richard Tasker Lowndes.
In memory of Ann Lowndes, who
died the Goth of February. 1s4L. aged
seventy-two years. A Christian lady.
In memory of Richard Tasker
Lowndes, who died the 1st OF Oc-
tober, 1910. aged about seventy-six
years.
In memory of Anna L Lowndes
who died the LIST of May. 1850.
Benjamin ogle Lowndes. October
II. 1S11-July IL, 1897.
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A LONG time ago. perhaps ten or
"A twelve years. while the Rambler
was copying Inscriptions on the
tombs in the burying ground OF Ad-
Olson Chapel, Mrs. Owens. wife of
former sexton, told that the remains
Of the wife of Bishop .Pinkney had
been buried in the Lowndes lot, that
they had rested there for many years
and had but recently been removed.
The Rev. William Pinkney, later
bishop, was married to Miss
Lowndes.
Here follow three epitaphs which
may stir some memory in an old
| Washingtonian:
To the memory Of Sarah Ann, wife
of Lawson Vermilion, who was ac-
cidentally killed in Washington,
January II, 1863, in the fifty-fourth
year of her age.
To the memory of Thomas Albert,
son of Lawson and Sarah Ann Fer-
million. who was killed by lightning
at Good Hope, D. c.. on Sunday. July
IL, 1863, aged fourteen years.
To the memory of Lawson Vermil-
lion, who departed this life March IL,
1860. ins the ,forty-seventh year OF his
age.
One of the graves in this old ceme-
terry is that of Margaret browns, a
young girl who was the victim of
an atrocious murder. She and her
mother kept the Seat Pleasant Hotel,
before there was much of a settle
ment in that neighborhood. In that
hotel Margaret was killed. That was
back in the sos, about 1S96-and was
q tragedy that shocked Washington.
It was not far away in point of time
from the murder of Elsie Kreglo, who
was killed a few yards west of the
west bank of Rock Creek and few
yards north of Kingle ford, where
the Klingle road bridge crosses the
creek today The Rambler knows the
SPOT we'll. He reported" the browns
and the Kreglo murders.