Evening star., 1943-03-29
Jefferson's Descendants Here
To Help Dedicate Memorial
About 80 Will Shore Place of Honor
At Tidal Basin Ceremony April Is

sons family, including in-laws, Is
well represented In the armed forces
of the present war. A direct de-
scendant, Capt. Edwin Roger Kirk,
Is, of the Army Engineers is on ac-
tive duty In the South Pacific. He
was born in Washington and was
graduated from Western High
School. He took undergraduate work
at Pennsylvania State College in
engineering and received a masters
degree in marine engineering at the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology. He was engaged in ship
construction on the East Coast when
called to active duty in the Army,
from his reserve status in the ROTC.
His sister, now Mrs. Mary Mann
Meyer, graduate of Western High
School and Cornell University, lives
at Geneva, N. Y.
Capt. Kinks mother, Mrs. Page
Kirk of 1888 o street NV, Is one
of three sisters, descended from
Thomas Jefferson, all of whom are
active in high school education here.
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Mrs. Kirk teaches mechanical
drawing at Western High School.
With her resides a cousin, Miss Jane
B. Taylor. A sister, Miss Margaret
Randolph Taylor, teaches chemistry
at Western.
Miss Olivia Taylor. a sister, for
merly taught English at Eastern
High School, and now is counselor
at Anacostia High School. She Is
the secretary treasurer of the Mon
ticello Association. an organization
Of Jefferson descendants, who own
the graveyard at Monticello where
Jefferson and members of the family
are buried.
This association before the war
brought Jefferson descendants to-
gether each May for q social and
business gathering at Monticello,
where they ate in the big dining
hall. The meetings have been post
poned until after the war. Gen.
Kean is historian Of the association.
The executive secretary is DR.. Rob-
ert Hill Kean of Richmond, his son.
Recalling that they were reared
on one Of the Jefferson farms,
known as Lego" near Monticello,
the three teaching sisters here
fondly remember their early days,
and the traditions handed down by
the family. They each have priced
possessions from Jefferson. At
the home, ,1709 Hoban road NV,
where Miss Margaret, and Miss
Olivia Taylor live with their mother,
Mrs. Mary Mann Taylor, there is q
map Of Lego" made by Jefferson,
and table designed by him. It is
an example. they say Of the "gad-
gets" for which Jefferson, the arch
itect, was famous. Mrs. Kirk has
a drop-leaf dining table from Mon
ticelIo.
Other Descendants Here.
Many Of the Washingtonians
are descended through Jefferson's
daughter Martha, who married
Thomas Mann Randolph Of Edge
Hin, Governor Of Virginia, and
their son, Col. Thomas Jefferson
Randolph of Edge Hill, whose pic
ture hangs in Gen. Kean's home.
Col. Randolph's daughter Jane was
Gen. Kean's mother.
Gen. Kean has two children and
four grandchildren. A daughter,
Mrs. Martha Chason, and her
daughters Louise and Helen live at
724 North Royal street. Alexandria,
and his son, Dr. Robert HIN Kean,
9 Chemist with the Virginia Caro-
1na Chemical Co. o Richmond, has
two children, Jefferson Randolph
Kean u and . daughter, Margaret
Young KeAn.
Othsr direct descendants In
WashingtCn and vicinity, according
to the list, apparently still incom-
plete, include the following:
Mrs. Thomas Jef1ries Betts Of
20i5 Hillyer place, NV. whose hus-
band, Col. Belts, is on the general
star Of the War Department. They