Evening star., 1924-08-31

Nelly. and their eight or nine children
or more the case may be at the
time of my death: Emma with her
child or children as the case may pr
my negro, Lucy and two or more
children as the case may he Shal! =.
liberated upon their consenting to z,
to Liberia in Africa. and if they slE,iI
not consent to 20. but shall prefer
to remain in this country. then they
are to be sold by my executors as
slaves for life"
If they should choose Liberia in
stead of the United States. the tesla
tor willed 5000 to help pay the cost
of their passage.
The Rambler wonders whether
those poor negroes chose freedom in
Africa or slavery in the United
States. 1t was a hard choice but ]
am OF the opinion that stephen and
Nelly. Emma, Lucy and their cnfi.
dren elected TO 90 Africa. 1t may
be that some of the old coIored folk
who live on or near AarshalIs Ad-
venture today are children and
grandchildren of these old servants.
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WE come now To the Matthew
w Wright Request to the orphan
asylums. This is tax. from tn"
will: Il give and hrquc2 h after the
payment of all til" f. 'egong be
quests. unto the may board of
Aldermen and the board of coramon
counci! of the city OF Washington
in their corporate character and a. a
body polite the sum Of $40 900 out
OF the 6 per cent stock of that corpo-
ration, in trust, interest to he applied
TO the supporting the several now in
corporated orphan asylums in Wash
ingtOn." H.. directs that. at eXpira-
ton of the time for redemption If
IL. =,
invested and the inter- II paid as be
fore. and that out of he income. sbn
shall be raid anuuallt for the sup
port Of the Sunday school OF the
church called 'Ehei rzer Station
near the navy yard.
A tombstone in congressional
Cemetery tells thai Il g plot of earth
It covers is sacred to the memory of
Matthew Wright, a nativ" of County
Tyrone ireland. hut for the last IL
years resident of tie United State~.
who departed this life May q. 1H+.
aged 50 years"
The Rambler. gave you in pre-
CcdinS story the names Of the chill
dren of William TrimbIe. who III
h"ritrd part Of the Wright lands ana
whose house stood until 10 years
ago in the grove OF oaks whore til"
bradbury Heights Public School
stands. on Noyemht -. 1>55. Adam
'faodiS Was married at odke GroT.:
Cthe name of the T imblc homep Ia
Miss Margaret Trim BILE. The mar
riage service was pe formed hy Rev
William PinkneY. who at that tim,
was rector OF the Fpts;-opa! Church
at Eladenshure and at Add!Soa
Chapel. at what is now Seat Pleas
ant. who later became the rector
OF Epiphany Church. Washington.
and was long Bishop of this dioceS"
Those present at the marriage Wer.
of the families Of the bride and
groom and the families of Dr Man
ming. Robert Marshall and Joha
Brown, neishhors Of the TrimbIe>
Margaret Trimhle ,iaddis died
October 6. 1878, and on June -, lSS&.
Adam GaddiS married Miss Mary
Trimble. sister of Margaret. Mar.
is living ut 503 \ street southeast
The children Of Adam Gaddis and
Margaret Trimble were Edgar r
Gaddis. Adam H. Gaddis James l.
Gaddis, William l.. Gaddis and Mary
Gaddis. Mrs. Mary Gaddis Walters
died July 90, 1899. survived by four
children, Bessie. Mary, Margaret AMI
RAYMOND William Gaddis died in
1917. unmarried. Edgar 7. Gaddis
married Addie w. Thompson and
they have one daughter. Miss Mar
saret. Adam II. Gaddis married
Eliza beth l.. Dalton and their daugh
ter was Elizabeth. James L. ofaddis
married Edith Z. Mari and thrir
children We're Adam NJ. GaddS.
Mary 7. Gaddis and Trimble l;
Gaddis.
A DAM GADDIS was prominent
man in Washington He was
born in East Washington in 1929, the
second son of Adam Gaddis a Scotch
Irish immigrant. who settled in
Washington in 1920 and for ~ years
was foreman of the galley shop at
the navy yard. Adam Gaddis died
late in December. 1915. at his home
225 street southeast. He was a
trustee of Naval Lodge. No 4. f. A.
\. NJ. in continuous term of Office.
from 1863 to 1911. and was treasurer
of the lodge from 1879 to 1910. He
was treasurer of Washington Naval
Royal Arch Chapter. No. 8, from 1889
to 1911. Other Masonic bodies to
which he belonged were De Moiay
Commandery, Knights Tempiar; Al
mas Temple. and the Masonic Neter-
ans Association. He was also a mem
ber of the Oldest Inhabitants Assoc
citation. In his youth he was drug
clerk for TWO years, and a grocer's
clerk for five years. Then he went
into the grocery business and later
established the firm of A. Gaddis. Jr.,
II Co. with his brother lemuel Their
old stand at the southwest corner of
Eleventh and NJ streets southeast. be
came the grocery store of Is. r. Earn
shaw X Bro, and the building is stil
standing.
Iemuel Gaddis died in this city in
1909, aged 81. Lemuel married Leo
nora Speiser, who died in 1889. sur
vivcd by a daughter Mrs Jessie Cad
dis Hersey. Other brothers of Adam
and Lemuel GaddiS were William Cad
dis, who married Margaret l.. Young.
and George h. Gaddis, who married
Josephine Beaslty. The sisters Of
Adam Gaddis were Mrs. Rosella Cad
dis Otterhack, Julia Gaddis and Mrs.
Joana Gaddfs Speiser.
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