Evening star., 1926-10-23
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. October % (Spe
ciaD.-Thonas NJ. Leishear,. ST., well
known Olney district farmer, died at
mis- home near Brighton Thursday
night, aged rs years. His death, due to
a complication of diseases, followed a
long illness. He is survived by three
sons and five daughters. They are:
Elbin, Eli and Thomas M. Leishear, jr.;
Mrs. j. w. HOwes, Mrs. Merhle War
field. Mrs. Edward Peters, Mrs John
Brown and Miss Lavinia Leishear, all
of this county. The funeral will take
place this afternoon from the home,
burial to be at Brighton. Mr.. Leishear
was lifelong resident of the county.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Ainslee of ClarlSs-
burg has instituted proceedings in the
Circuit Court here for an absolute di-
vorce from Robert H. A. Ainslee, who
is said to be making his home in New
York, on the ground of desertion. She
Is represented by Attorney P. Ken
meth Lyddane or Rockville. They were
married April %, 1923. No children
were born of the marriage
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the Circuit Court here for
the marriage of John F. Muse, 21, of
Coctin, Md, and Miss Rebecca Lakin,
l8, of Jefferson, Md; Clarence L. Bat
ten, "a, of Novum, Va, and Miss Elsie
Yowell, 10. of Duet, Va; James II.
Burns, 10, and Miss Myrtle M. Woo
land, 10, both Of Richmond, Va; Basil
w. Ray. 20, and Miss Myrtle T.
Brown, both of Montgomery County,
and Herman H. D!ers, q. and Miss
Adelaide Frazier. %, both Of Washing.
ton.
1t has been announced that a Demo.
cratic rally will be held IN the town.
hall at Poolesville the evening of
Thursday, October %, and that
Charles w. Woodward, unsuccessful
candidate for the party nomination for
States attorney. will preside.
The visiting committee of the Mont
gomery County Home has announced
that Wednesday, November 8, will
be observed as the annual visiting day
at the county home. near Rockville.
A bronze tablet containing the
names of 81 residents of Montgomery
County, who served in the Revolu-
tionary War, all descendants of AL
eXander Magruder, which was placed
on the wall of the Rockville Circuit
Court room by the American Clan
Gregor Society, was unveiled yester-
day following appropriate exercises
attended by a large number of mem
bers. of the society and others from
this and other counties of the State,
the District of Columbia and Vir-
ginia. The exercises were conducted
by the clan chieftain, Caleb Clarke
MaEruder of Washington, who for
mally presented the tablet, and Chief
Judge Hammond Urner of the sixth
judicial circuit of Maryland, accepted
it on behalf of the county and court
The veil was drawn by William Ran
dolph Talbot, 4-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Randolph Talbot
of Rockville.
The exercises also included a pa
triotic address by William Tyler Page,
chief clerk of the United States House
of Representatives, and author of 1.-The
Americans Creed" and Rev. James
Nj. Magruder of Annapolis, read an
original poem, by a member of the
clan, dedicated to those in whose mem
DRY the tablet was erected.
The tablet contains this inscriptions
I'm memory of the descendants of AL
exander Magruder, Maryland immi-
grant, bearing his surname, who
served in the Revolutionary Army
from Montgomery County, Md. Zadoll,
colonel; Samuel Wade, second major;
Jesse and Joseph, captains; Hezekiah
and Samuel Brewer, first lieutenants;
Charles Nathaniel and Nathaniel
Beall. second lieutenants; Josiah, en-
sign; Enoch, first sergeant; Ninian and
Richard, third SergeantS; Archibald,
Basil. Daniel, Edward, Elias, Ezekiel,
Isaac, James, jeffrey, John Beall,
Levin, Nin1an Beall, Norman Bruce,
Samuel Beall, Walter, William Beall,
William Offutt and Zadok, privates."