Evening star., 1932-02-14

brought to the house and treated for weeks
family was named Bryan after that officer.
and forever after the two families we're stanch
friends During those anxious years many
boys-in blue sought and obtained assistance
in various ways at Hopeton.
"While President Lincoln occupied the Riggs
cottage at the Soldiers Home he drove from
the White House out Fourteenth street. cross
ing large common that stretches to Seventh
street. Mr.. Lincoln was often attended by
Cavalry and many times had with him his
son Tad. Prom an adjoining place two of my
fathers children would stand On the lawn
and watch for the President Our lifted caps
and bows from the girls were always noticed
by the President who raised his 'stove-pipe In
recognition.
Mr.. Stckneys children, the majority of
whom were born at Hopeton, were Frank Lewis,
Mary Kinsford, who married A. Mellin Rice,
now deceased; Bryan Harding, Kate Alethea,
Julia Hall married Henry Park Cochrane both
being retired missionaries from Burma: Aabel,
who married Prof. Louis D. Bliss, and Rosa
mond Knowles Stickney.
THE Whitney Avenue Union Mission as the
! present church Park road, east of
Georgia avenue, was once called, was founded
and promoted in the early days by the Smiths,
the Stickneys the Preseotts and GatleyS Qater
cOmerS, who lived to the SOUTH, the Tingles
Stuart j. Gass. on whose land the chapel vas
built, and by others.
The Lewis-Stickney home about 1887. be-
came the property of two members Of Congress.
and here George Field resided from leoo On.
II was this gentleman and his brother Thomas
Who assisted in developing the American beauty
rose, brought to this country IS La Madame
Ferdinand Jamn French which had
been transplanted to Germany and for con-
siderable time had been cultivated there. 1t
languished in Germany, SO the story goes, and
. prominent rose grower in Hamburg gave the
hst specimen of its kind to the historian and
diplomat, George Bancroft. Bancroft's gar
dener, John Brady. tried his hand at developing
+ and succeeded in interesting the Field
brothers, whose green houses occupied part
Of the site of the Interior Department Building
During President Grants administration
George Field in charge of the White House
green houses.
Adjoining Hopeton Oh the north was the resi-
dence of Mr.. Lewis Oldest son. Joseph Knowles
Lewis, and portion of his property he later
sold to Charles E. Ebel, the butcher. whose
home is still standing
At the southeast corner of Rock Creek Church
road and Georgia avenue was the truck garden
6 John and Edmund Cammack, their place
extending along Rock Creek Church road to
the writer understands. was married twice,
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survive He died June l6, 1903 and was buried
from the Church of tie Sacred Heart. He was
m active member of the Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants and his pallbearers included DR..
Benjamin Sunny, T. Edward Clark and Lieut..
johnson from the association and Robert D.
Weaver, William NJ Weaver, Henry e. weaver,
Charles r. Edmonston. william z. BdmonstOn,
Upton Edmonston Arthur J. May and Leo
May.
North of Rock Greek Church road on the east
side Of Georgia avenue, the writer finds re-
corded the following owners and residents
prior to and during the Civil War. First, the
Tayloe farm. now the large subdivision of
Petworth; then the Marshall Brown property,
listed belonging to T. Mosher; A. White,
now Brightvood Park and then Emery place,
the beautiful estate of the last mayor Of Wash
ington, Matthew G. Emery, bounded On the
north by Concord avenue. which at this point
WAs originally part Of Rock Greek Ford road,
later called Magnolia avenue. and still later
Shepherd road. The question Is what Il will
be called next
THE Enos Ray farm some distance east
] of Georgia avenue being to the south OF
Shepherd road and near the Blair road He
vas the grandfather of ]. Enos Ray Of Chilium
and Charles W. Ray of Sandy Spring and John
RAy. and has other descendants. He WAS the
pioneer member of this branch of the family
IN the District Of Columbia. The Old home
still stands, though somewhat the worse for
wear.
Just to the north of Concord avenue vas the
home Of r. Butt and then came the residence
cf ". NJ Morrison, which stood hack from the
road. M. p Causins home was q little farther
~ the road from the Reeves farm, - the back
e which Was the property of Mrs. 8. A.
eareeves. Then came S. Reeves place, d. Col
NA1er, A. P. C. Shoemaker. father Of the late
louis p. Shoemaker. and the estate of c. G.
eeAmmer which bordered the Piney Branch