Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-21

In 1874 from Twelfth to Thirteenth
on G the owners were Robert Tweedy,
John P. Van Ness. Jessie E. Dow,
Samuel Hardness, John Tayloes heirs,
Thomas Baker, Amelia Thomas. Will
liam ID. Mutt and Jane Wakefield.
North on Thirteenth from G. to II
the owners were Ann r. McDermott,
James Dunlop, John Tayloe's heirs.
Philip Otterback. w. a. Kerr, Cath
arine e. Reynoldson, Betsey Fletcher
and David Jones.
Along II from Thirteenth to
| Twelfth the owners were David
Jones, Benjamin Minor. James Cal
der's heirs, Pohn p. Van Ness, John D.
Clark, George W. Stewart, Anne Wash
burn. S. S. Washburn and W. W. Pill
ling and heirs In trust. South on
Twelfth from H to G the owners
were Anne Washburn. John P. Van
Ness (south half of lot 81, lot 22-the
Droop lot-and lot 20 the telephone
LOTT, John A. Wilson and David Mon
roe.
D ETRACING that route in the as
Nsessment book for 1864, the own
ers on q from Twelfth to Thirteenth
were Robert Tweedy, c. Andrews III
trust, Thomas Baker, J. w. Thomp-
son. Rufus H. Speak, Robert S. Whar-
ton, b. o. Tayloe. Maurice Reidy, Su-
san Fitzgerald, r. Cloaby or Clokey,
Jane Wakefield and Eliza +. Baxter.
Up Thirteenth to H, Samuel D. Clo-
key, John NJ. Graham, William Ruth
erford, Mary Ann Gihon, James Dun
lop, William Thompson. Vincent Mast
". A. Kerr and John Mason.
On H from Thirteenth to Twelfth.
Kitty Mason, Eveline Jones, Jere
Lowe, S. H. Plat, James b. Minor, ].
L. Elliott, George w. Stewart, John
D. Clark, Thomas MCGUIRE, James w.
Barker and John Dickson.
Down Twelfth from H to G., J. II.
Yeatman, J. T. Lehman, William H.
Phillip. Jesse T. Peck, James NJ.
Smith, Susan NJ Burch, David Mon
roe, Annie Mcknight, Mary Preston
and George L. Crow.
Let US walk around the block be-
ginning at Twelfth and q and see the
names in the assessment book of
1859: Eliza Tweedy and Ann Tweedy,
Henry L. Woodbury., Julia A. Waters,
Eliza Baker, Christopher Cammack,
jr., Rufus II. Speake, Robert S. Whar-
ton, Maurice Reidy, Susan Fitzgerald,
Robert Clokey. Eliza Baxter, Samuel
Clokey in trust for Susan Clok ey,
William Rutherford in trust for Jane
Rutherford. Mary Ann Gihon, James
Dunlop, Andrew Jackson, Vincent
Mast, NJ. A. Kerr. Elizabeth A. Cooper.
John Mason. Kitty Mason, Eveline
Jones, Theodore Brooks, Samuel H.
Plat, J. D. Elliott, Henry Clay Stew
art, John d. Clark, Eliza G. Policy.
James W. Barker, John Dickson.
H. Yeatman, John T. Lehman. Lemuel
F. Clark, Jesse T. Peck. Charles H
Monroe, Elizabeth r. Jones. Annie
Mcknight, Mary Preston and George
L. Crow.
I will carry you around the square
for the assessment of 1879 that you
may meet old and new names: Ann
and Eliza Tweedy, Annie L. Wood
bury, Julia A. Waters, Mary H. East
man, Eliza Baker, William A. Hen
derson. Rufus H. Speaks, Robert S.
Wharton, Isabella G.. Webb, Maurice
Reidy, Susan Fitzgerald, Emma ],
and James H. Reed, Anna C. Lewis.
Susan r. Clokey, Eliza E. Baxter,
John E. Clokey, John NJ. Graham.
Mary Ann Gihon, James Dunlop, An
drew Jackson, Vincent Mast, J. c.
Lewis and others in trust for church,
Mary c. Thorn, Thomas Somerville,
Elizabeth A. Cooper, Peter Mccarthy,
Kitty Mason, Eveline Jones, Jere-
,niah and Elizabeth Lowe, Warren p.
Waters, Henry Dickson. Jared L. Ell
tiott, George w. Hardness, Mary l..
Young, John d. Clark, Elizabeth S.
Rowland, James w. Barker, John H.
Yeatman, Lemuel F. Clark, Syracuse
University of New York (later Droop
lott. Charles Lieberman, Susan NJ
Burch, David Monroe, Charming c.
Weston, Annie E. Mcknight, l.. Mel
son Cooper and Harriet S. Lusk.
The assessment books give no in
formation as to the business and ad-
dress of the lot owners, but the Ram
bier took the names of the lot owners
of 1859 and looked them up" in the
dir ectory of that year. The result