Evening star., 1928-06-10
Nov pdypay
Families ASSOCIATED Days Bear miIa Names


ninety-second year, Is also going
strong. They have several interesting
children to make bright and happy
their declining years.
Mai. Saxton moved into Mount
Pleasant few years after the close
of the Civil War. in which he was an
officer, and in which his brother be-
came brigadier general. His home
was on Kenesaw avenue (now Irving
street, and one of his delightful daugh-
ters told me recently that for some
years after they moved to Mount Pleas
ant her father always took a lantern
along when he accompanied visitors
from the house to the cars at Four
teenth and Boundary streets (noW
Florida ayenue).
The Fourteenth street cars did not
run to Mount Pleasant until somewhere
around 1890, when sort of bobtail
affair was pus on, for which 3-cent
charge was made. When the tracks
we're extended to the new car barn, now
the Arcade, the collecting Of an extra
fare, which was never O. howltng sue
cess, was done away with. The ques-
ton of car service never worried Maj
Saxton, for he invariably walked to and
from the Treasury Department and was
/ never known to have waited at the cor
ner for street cars
| A near neighbor to the SaXtons was
| the family of Alfred Thomas. who lived
| at 1433 Kenesaw avenue. and over al
! 1414 Park street lived DR.. A. B. Jane
! son, daughter of whom married VIII
! liam Bryant, and resides here. A son
! Paul Jameson, also resides in this city.
The Stinemetzes-Mr and Mrs. Sam
uel tshe the daughter of d. c. Commis-
sioner Thomas p. Morgan) also lived
| on Kenesaw avenue, near the home Of
| Mai Saxton. In addition to his profit
| able downtown business Sam used tc
raise fancy chickens for amusement
| He was a very popular man, especially
In fraternal and athletic circles.
The two Emery brothers, Lyman s
and George S., were early residents oi
Mount Pleasant and took an active In
terest In community affairs. Lyman s
Emery, on September H., 1867, bought
| lot on Park street. He almost imme-
| diately began erecting for himself 9
home, into which he moved the follow
| ing year George s. Emery purchased
In 1873, lot 2. block f. on Park street
and that same year became a home
owner In this thriving village. He al
one time owned other property there
including the northwest corner OF Park
road and Fourteenth street, now occu-
pied by bank building. He was the
father of Miss Ina G. and Fred S
Emery, now living out on Connecticut
| avenue.
The property on the Fourteenth street
side, from Park road TO Irving street
was purchased for 10 cents square
foot In 1877 by John Levi. who made his
home there and who conducted store
The Arcade is on part of his property
He had three daughters and SON.
Emma, jeanette. VINO became a Mrs
| Crane, and Adelaide, who married VIII
liam Gardner. James Levi, the son
died some years ago. At the time this
property was bought an unobStructec
view was to be had OF the Schuetzer
Park, on Seventh Street road, Park road
from Fourteenth street to the Soldiers
Home then being known as Whitney
avenue -
On the northwest or present bank
corner was also a store building, erected
In 1871. However. this structure was
soon afterward destroyed by fire anc
the lot remained vacant until 1875, wher
II was rebuilt for business purposes anc
occupied by Richard Graham
John B. Bloss built in this subdivision
in 1867 and from time To time added
| to his holdings For awhile he served