Evening star., 1932-03-27


Villains then just sweet 16. Their marriage
fas success; they reared large family, and,
brange to say, just before the baron was called
his long home he urged his wife 10 remarry
hat she might make some other man just as
!appy as she had made him. and she did 50.
Ater marrying British army ofacer
The Williams family was one of importance
n the West End and was connected with some
u the towns earliest settlers and best people.
She was descended ON both sides from members
II the Convention of 1776, which adopted the
Declaration of Rights and severed the connec-
ion between Maryland and the mother coun-
Ty According to the late William A. Gordon:
Mrs. Williams built home for her infant
children and some 80 years later settled the
entire northern part upon her son, Brooke
Williams and Rebecca his wife. Mrs. Rebecca
Williams was beautiful woman and all her
children inherited her grace and beauty Of
person. The marriage of her young daughter
Harriet to the aged Russian Minister Bodisco,
when the popular idol, Henry Clay, gave away
the bride, has been the theme of many roman
tic stories. Some years after the death Of Mr..
Bodisco she married Col. Douglass Gordon
Scott of the British army and passed much Of
her time In India, though returning often to
her old home.
THE Williams residence, though not as large
as some on the Heights, was commodious
double brick with wings to the west, which,
dignified by the noble oaks either side Of
the entrance. Within it was most attractive,
the spacious parlor on the east, which opened
into conservatory filed with blooming plants,
being adorned with pictures, of which the
central attraction was life sized portrait Of
Mrs. Bodisco. taken in the gorgeous robes of
state she wore on the occasion of her presen-
tation to the Emperor of Russia"
A ROW Of houses on street between
Thirty-thtrd and Thirty fourth known as
Cox's row, is typical Of old Georgetown resi-
dences. 1t was built by John Cox, mayor of
Georgetown from 1922 to 1s45; rather a mar
velous term Of service when we consider that
there was lot of good material in the old
town to select even the chief officer from, as
by the following list of mayors
from the year it was chartered in 1879: Robert
Peter, mayor from 1889 to 1913; Lloyd BealI,
from 1898 to 1903: Daniel Rented, from 1903
to 1905; Thomas Corcoran, from 1905 to 1906;
Daniel Rented, from 1906 to 1903; Thomas
Corcoran, from 1908 to 1S11 David Wiley from
1911 to 1872; Thomas Corcoran, from 1872 to
1913; John Peter. from 1913 to 1913: Thomas
Corcoran from 1918 to 1819 Henry Foxall, from
1919 to 1921; John Peter. from 1921 to 1922;
John Cox. from 1922 to I845; Henry Addison,
from 1845 to 1857; Richard r. Crawford, from
1857 to 1859; Henry Addison, from 1859 to
1867; Charles d. Welch, from 1867 to 1859;
Henry NJ Sweeny. from 1869 to 1871"
However, Mayor Cox must have been an
especially good officer to be reelected SO
many times AT first he resided in the cor
ner house at Thirty fourth street. but later
moved to the center of the block, believed now
to be No. 1927. His administration included
the period of La Fayettes visit to this country
in Is24-5 1t seems that nearly every
of note entertained the distinguished marquis
upon this occasion, and naturally after the
honors had been done by the mayor Of Wash
tngton, Mayor Cox dined and wined him at his
new Georgetown home, where it Is said % reed
birds were served to the noted patriot. who
had particular fondness for this kind of bird
meat. The residence is now occupied by Col.
w. "A. McKain, and down the street a few
blocks, at 1904 N street, resides Col Jefferson
r. Kean, whose wife is so interested IN his
toric sites Of Georgetown that she is planning
a trip over the city on April 10 and IL
Henry Foxan was well supplied with resi-
dences, for in addition to his town house on
Thirty-fourth street, near the canal, and his
country residence at Spring Hill, he also owned
what Is now 29o8 street, "a pre-Revolutionary
residence, now owned by Mrs. Robert T. Ran
dolph, daughter of Robert Todd Lincoln. and
granddaughter of the martyr President,
Abraham Lincoln, who before her last mar
riage, IN 1926 was Mrs. johnson. Her first
husband was Mr.. Beckwith by whom she
has two children: Mary Lincoln Beckwith and
Robert T. Lincoln Beckwith.
OF particular interest to the members Of the
~ Masonic fraternity who will visit WASH
ington next May to help dedicate the George
Washington Memorial at Alexandria Is the old
Potomac Lodge. Wisconsin avenue near M
street, for though given the serial mo. 81 1t
still is. in fact, the oldest Masonic lodge
in the District of Columbia. and one Of the
oldest well in the country. In writing Of
this lodge many years ago. Richard P Jackson
said:
In order to date, the first relic that We find
belonging to the lodge is an old Bible published