Evening star., 1924-08-10

he moved to MarshalTs Adventure
the next year. In the land record
Office at Upper Marlboro the RAM
bler's old friend, Summerfield Hall.
showed him a deed from Samuel
Marshall and his wife, Drucilla, to
Matthew Wright. The indenture
was made 81 October, 1918, between
Samuel Marshall of Prince Georges
County and Matthew Wright of Wash
ington County, d. c. The land con-
veyed was Marshall's Adventure, con-
tanning 179 acres. and the considera-
ton was given as 81. 1t appears that
part of Marshall's Adventure had been
sold by Samuel Marshall or his father
to William H. Berry. The land is de-
scribed as on the south side of Oxon
Run, little above Nonesuch. and the
surveyors lines dealing with degrees
of direction and perches of distance
touch the tracts called Stony Hill
and Addition to Stony Hill The
deed was witnessed before Justices
of the Peace John Carter and Rich
ard H. Marshall.
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As the deed describes Matthew
Wright as of the County of
Washington, it is plain to the Ram
bier that Matthew Wright was living
|en that section Of the Eastern Branch
highlands on the District side of the
Maryland-District line when he
bought the tract on the Maryland side.
The Rambler has not found Wright's
first deed to land in that neighbor-
hood, but he hopes to call into this
great adventure his old friends, Will
Fisher, Jim Becker. Bill Donnelly,
Charlie Fits, Watt Newton and
George O'Connor, each of them a title
wizard. Will Fisher has already CIV
en- ME a reference to Wrights deed
to part of Bayleys Purchase That
deed was made November 5, 1916, but
1t shows the history of the tract back
to 1893
We must adjourn Matthew Wright
| now, because there are pictures on
| this page which need explanation.
One of the old residents at Bradbury
Heights is Samuel J. Owens, born on
the Navy Yard in 1853, and married
to Mary, daughter Of Thomas McDon-
aid or Br1ghtWood, in 1872.
Both are in robust health Mr..
Owens connection with this story is
| that he superintended the tearing
down of the ancient home of William
Trimble. near the site of which is the
Bradbury Heights Public School. Sam.
uel and Mary Owens had IA fine
children, all living and prosperous
except Walter and Sadie. both of
| whom died of influenza during the
prevalence of that scourge. Sadie
| was the wife of Walter Wesley Beall
| of Ritchie, Prince Georges County
The surviving children are Mary
| Isabel, now Mrs Edward Veitch OF
Ballston. Va: Clara May, now Mrs
John Brown of Forestville; John Will
liam, who married Miss Sadie Dove
of Forestville; Loretta, now Mrs. Rob.
| ert Beal1 of Ritchie: Hattie, who is
unmarried; Randolph p, who mar
| ried Miss Annette Beall of Ritchie;
| Walter F., who married Miss Lottie
Wolfurt of Forestville; Florence L..
Pearl E.. wife of Emory Beall OF
Ritchie; Samuel j., who married Miss
Lottie kendrick OF Charles County;
Albert NJ, whose wife was Miss Susie
| Harrison of Queen Anne County;
Mabel. who married Victor Baldwin
| of Forestville, and Everett L., who
married Miss Myrtle Mathewson OF
Washington.
The Rambler meant to tell you in
this chapter about the will of Mat
| thew Wright, under which tho Dis
trict Commissioners, as successors to
the Washington board of aldermen
each year pay to the Washington City
| Orphan Asylum and to st. Vincents
| Orphan Asylum the income from
| $4,000, invested by Matthew Wright
He will also tell how Trinity Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, at Fifth and
streets southeast, which grew out OF
Ebenezer Station Methodist Sunday
School. still benefits under Matthew
wright's will, probated in 1S47. The
Rambler also meant to tell you some
thing about Robert r. Bradbury, who
built the first house in Twining City
in 1890, bought 107 acres of the Trim.
BILE farm in 1908, and later bought
land associated with Matthew
Wright, Samuel and Drucilla Mar
shall, william and Joseph Trimble
Adam Gaddis and other local folk
but he will give you formal intro.
Lduction to Bob Bradbury on another
| Sunday.