Evening star., 1944-12-10

Thomas Jefferson, first Sec
retary OF State. ~
the new Secretary was selected TO sue
eeed Mr.. Hull, for. although he, him.
SELF is not a native OF washington, yet
his grandfather, Joseph S. Stettinius,
was born here and his -grandfather,
Samuel Endredi Stettinius, settled here
prior to the moving here of the Federal
Government in 1900. And for this state
ment we rely upon the Early Recollec-
tions of Washington City," by Christian
Hines, who says:
Il remember that, sometime previous
to this, few friends assembled at my
fathers house for the purpose of con-
sulting with each other as to where
would be the most suitable place to
settle. Among these gentlemen were
Mr.. Stettinius, bookbinder, and Nicho-
las Sparrow, tailor The others l do
not remember. This, I think, was in
1893 or 1899, Finally they chose their
several localities, Mr.. Stettinius buying
lot on Pennsylvania avenue, near
where the Bank of Washington now
stands; Mr.. Sparrow, one little east
OF that of Mr.. Stettinius, and my father
bought lot on r street, between Tenth
and Eleventh streets west. from William
Thompson, esq. -"
Samuel Endredi Stettinius, the gentle
man referred to by Mr.. Hines, was
native of Stettin- on the Rhine, from
which Is derived the name of Stettinius,
his father being Johannes Stettinius, a
Lutheran minister, who lived to the ripe
old age of 103 years.
Samuel E. Stettinius was born in TITO
and married Mary Ann Kornakowitz of
Bardwell, Hungary, in that city in July,
1889. He came to America in 1901 and
stopped for while in Baltimore before
coming to Washington.
AS Mr.. Hines has told us, when the
pioneer Stettinius first came to this city
he purchased a lot where how stands
the Bank of Washington, and here he
built a large frame house, which was
his home for many years.
Had Bookstore Here
This Mr. Stettinius did not live long
after coming to Washington, but died
suddenly August 5, 1913, while on a trip
to Baltimore and his body was returned
here and buried in the family plot in
Congressional Cemetery. However, dur
ing the few years he resided in the Dis
trict he owned and conducted one of
our earliest bookstores, its location
being on Pennsylvania avenue near
Eighth street Mrs. Stettinius died here
on December IA, 1885,
Genealogy is 4 great study. We hardly
realize how small this world really is
until we begin to take stock Of our
family connections. Indeed, sometimes
We are gratified and sometimes we are
not. But from a scientific standpoint
it cannot prove other than interesting.
to say the least. And so 1t is with the
Stettinius family.
Samuel E. and Mary Ann tKornak-
owitz) StettiniuS had nine children
Mary. John, Samuel A., Joseph s., Will
liam, George, Rachel. Susan and Julia.
OF these, Mary married first, Mr..
Kneller, by whom she had Susan and
Charles. BY her second husband. a
Mr.. Beeler, there were Virginia and
Rose. Susan Kneller married George
lips, will be recalled as the presidentS
of one of our traction companies some
years ago. Virginia Beeler became Mrs.
Brewster and Rose Mrs. William Clark.
Johp Stettinius, son of Samuel E..
married daughter of the first Nicholas
Longworth of Cincinnati, Ohio, to which
city he had gone to engage in the bank
ing business and it was in this way that
he became related by marriage to the
late Nicholas Lengworth, Speaker of
the House Of Representatives
Nicholas Longworth, the first, had in
all one son, Joseph, and three daugh-
ters-one married Larz Anderson. one
whom she had one son, John, who, in
turn, married and had daughter, Mary,
who married George Perkins of Boston.
The announcement Of the marriage of
John Stettinius and Miss Longworth.
was published in the National INTEL
ligencer many years ago.
The Larz Anderson referred to was
a brother of Gen. Robert Anderson of
Fort Sumter fame, another noted Ken,
tuckian who distinguished himself dur
ing the Civil War. In the National
Gallery of Art, in the New National
Museum Building, there is a fine paint
ing Of Gen. Anderson and q mural
painting entitled Diana of the Tides"
presented by the present Larz Ander-
son and Mrs. Anderson, the former most
likely being grandson of the one OF
the same name who married Miss Stet-
tinius. =
John Stettinius
John Stettinius was born November 5,
1900, and was, therefore, one of the first
children born at the Federal Capital,
Down in Congressional Cemetery among
other tombs of the Stettinius family Is
an artistic stone to his memory.
Joseph S. Stettinius, the next son OF
Samuel E., married Helen Davis. and
settled in st. Louis, Mo. OF their three
daughters and one son. Julia 8. became
the wife of Robert F. Morrison, later
chief justice of the Supreme Court OF
California Bertha married John Wann.
and their daughter Florence became the
wife Of Otto Won Schwerin, a German
military officer; Helen married Mr..
Gilman. and the son, Edward r. Stet-
tinius, of the ]. Pierpont Morgan Co,
who died In 1925, rendered valuable aid
to; the Government during the First
World War, for which he was awarded