Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

TEEN. and showing that the Bible view
is the same. The letter closes with
these words: "And therefore, dear
madam, your argument being refuted
YOU can no longer consistently refuse
To 'consummate my happiness" And
| Lady SpottsWood consented.
| Not many of the Culpeper colonial
houses remain. One of them, built by
! Coy. SpottsWood. the Grayson home. a
! few miles from the county seat, is the
| birthplace of Rear Admiral Cary T.
| Grayson, who was Mr.. Wilson's physi
| elan during the eight years Of his
| presidency. Rear Admiral Presley NJ.
| RiNey. who was surgeon general of
/ the Navy. and preceded Or. Grayson
/ as the White House physician for
/ eight years during the administrations
! of Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt,
| was also born within few miles of
the county seat. DR.. Riyey'S brother.
John +. RiXey. was in the House of
Represe natives for several years dur
ing the recent period.
Not far from the county seat is
the Western View Farm. where Mrs
Betty Washington Lewis. the only
sister Of Gen. Washington and the
Wife of Col. Fielding. Lewis. died
while on a visit from her Kenmore
home, in Fredericksburg. t. her
daughter. Mrs. Charles Carter. The To-
cation of Mrs. Lewis grave has lately
been asCertained and is to be fttingly
marked
y every emergency the people Of
Culpeper have shown the strength
of their fiber by their resolute adher-
ence To conviction and the courage
with which they have supported their
opinions whatever the peril ana suffer
ing in prospect. And thus there are
very proud memories of the part they
have played in all of the wars that
have occurred. These memories run
back OF the Revolution. For instance,
in the war with the French and In
dams the men of Culpeper followed
their cnuntrNman, Col. Joshua Fry.
who commanded Il regiment of which
Washington was lieutenant colonel.
and IN the Braddock expedition they
foI0Wed their C0jInfrymIu. Col John
REID, who later. at the battle Of Point
Pheasant, fell fighting at the head of
ms regiment. AS the Revolution came
on ana blood was shed in New England
inc Nlr%inlanS sprang to arms Ear
hest of all, Culpeper. Orange and Fau-
QUEER Counties raised Il regiment Of
minute men which had its first en-
tainlment adjacent Ia the present cor. |
pofate limits of the town of Ctpeper, (
on the farm called C.tul3a hv its /
Original owner. Maj Phillip CLAYTON. /
VINO named it for q catalina tree he
mad tiHnSpl9nted from Essex. Eng /
land. the first. of its klud in this /
Among the officers of the regiment
was Edward Stevens. who througholIt
the Revolution fought from the battle
OF Great Bridge, near Norfolk. in No
Vember, 1918, to the battle of York
town. He it was who gave the land
for the Masonic cemetery at Culpeper.
the second Oldest Masonic cemetery
in this country, where he is buried |
Thomas Marshall of Fauquier was ma.
1or of the regiment. and his son, John
afIerWard Chief Justice !
then 20 years old, one of the lieuten-
ants. The latter was with the regi-
ment at Catalpa before it marched to-
ward Williamsburg. The evidence
hat has come down shows that he was
IN fire with patriotic enthusiasm. lie
took his full share of the labor of
irill and the toll of discipline. and.
lad in his frontier Gavb. addressed
he men in an hours speech. explain
ng the critical condition and urging
hat upon their efforts the cause of
liberty depended. The skill and fOrti- I
ude of the Marshalis and the others ]
who went out from the Catalpa farm