Evening star., 1941-04-27

longed to Col. George Beall, the
grandson of Col. Ninian Beall, and
we'll the writer recalls seeing his
grave in the old Presbyterian Gene
terry in Georgetown, where other
patriots were buried. but regardless
of the sentiment which should have
prevailed, only some of the more i'm
portant bodies were removed, a con-
siderable number of the tombstones
carted away and the ground leveled
over for use as playground The
remains of Col. George Beall were
among those carefully removed, and
today his last resting place cat least
we hope so) is in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Dumbarton Sale.
The old Dumbarton House re-
mained in the Beall family until
1896, when it was sold to Peter Casa
nave, and during the next few years
it was transferred to Uriah Forrest,
then to Isaac Pollock, who sold to
Samuel Jackson of Philadelphia, Pa.
Some of the subsequent owners were
Gabriel Duvall, Joseph Nourse and
Charles Carroll of Bellevue. a
brother of Daniel Carroll, who gave
it the name Bellevue"
Gabriel Duvall held title as an in
termediary for the United States.
He was then controller of the cur
rency and later, for IS years, a
justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. He was a descend
ant of Mareen Duvall, ancestor of
this Maryland Duvall family.
Nourse bought the property in
1905. He was the first register of
the Treasury of the United States,
was born in London in 1854 and
came as lad to Virginia, fought in
the Revolution, became secretary to
Gen. Charles Lee and auditor of the
Board of War. He built new front
to the house and probably added
the two bays in the rear, leaving the
two wings unchanged as they appear
in old photographs. When the
house was moved, in 1915, the wings
were rebuilt and enlarged to suit
modern conditions.
In 1913 Nourse sold the property
to Charles Carroll, a cousin of
Charles Carroll, signer of the De-
claration of Independence. He gave
the house the name of Bellevue.
Carroll was a friend of President
Madison, and when Dolly Madison
fed from the White House, just be-
fore it was burned, in 1914, she was
escorted by Carroll and made brief
stop at Bellevue, when she finished
the oft-quoted letter to her sister, in
which she described the rescue of
the Stuart portrait of Washington
which now hangs in the White
House.
Use of Bellevue.
Prior to the death of Charles Car
roll, Bellevue became the home of
Samuel Whitall, Philadelphia
Quaker, and his wife, Lydia New
bold, and in 1841 it was conveyed by
the executors of Carroll for the use
of Mrs. Whitall.
In 1928 Bellevue was purchased
from Mrs. Cresson Newbold of this
city by the National Society of Co.
lonial Danes of America and re-
christened Dumbarton House, and
subsequently it was carefully re-
stored under the advice of Fiske
Kimball of the Pennsylvania Mu-
scum of Art. As 1t stands today, it
is an excellent example of our early
Federal period. The general style
of the building, floor plan and archi-
tectural details of the period from
1870 to 1910 have been closely fol-
lowed in its furnishings. Of special
note are the exquisite plaster cor
nices and friezes in the hall and the
two rooms on the west side on the
first floor.
Dumbarton House is one of the
real show places of Georgetown.
Since the organization of the Ma
tional Society Colonial Danes, the
national presidents have been: Mrs.
G. Dawson Coleman, 1892-1894; Mrs.
Howard Townsend, 1894 1902; Mrs.
William Ruff1n Cox, 1902-1914; Mrs.
Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1914-1927;
Mrs. James Parkhill Andrews, 1927
1887. and the incumbent, Mrs. Jo-
seph B. Hutchinson.
OF the local body, since the death
of Mrs. Kennon in 1911, the presi-
dents have been: Mrs. Mary Jesup
Blair, 1911-1914; her daughter. Mrs.
Violet Blair Janin, 1914-1933; Miss
Agnes Peter. . granddaughter Of
Mrs. Kennon. 1933-i937. and the