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3 YEAR BOOK OF THE American Clan Gregor Society CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING THE AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY JOHN BOWIE FERNEYHOUGH, Editor Richmond, Virginia

4 COPYRIGH T, 1929 BY JOHN BOWIE F ERNEYIlOUGIl, Editor PRESS OF C URTI SS PRINTI NG C OM PA NY I N CORPORATED RICH MO ND, VIRGI NI A

5 OFFICERS, 1928 H EREDITARY CHIEF SIR MALCO LM M ACGRE GOR OF l\{acgregor, B ARONET Lochearnhead, S cotlan d R EV. J AM E S MITCH E LL MAGR U DER, D. D Chi4tain E GB ERT WATSON MAGR UDER Ranking Dep uty Chieftain R OBERT LEE MAGR UDER, J R Scribe MRS. O. O. VAN DEN'BERG Registrar MISS MARY THERESE HILL Historian JOHN EDWIN lvl uncast ER Treasurer JOH N BOWIE FERNEYHOUGH Editor R E V. ENOCH MAGRUDER THOMPSO N Chaplain ALEXANDER MUNCASTER Chancellor D R. STEUART BROW N MUNCASTER Surgeon MRS. A NN E WADE SHER IFF Dep uty Scribe THE C OUNCIL D R. R OBE RT E. FERNEYHO UGH MRS. LAURA C. H IGGI NS DR. H E N RY B. McDONNELl. M RS. H OR ATI O E. MAGRUDER OLIVER B. MAGRU DE R M ISS R EBECCA M. MACGREGOR ' CLEMENT W. SHERIFF MRS. P H IL IP HILI. S HERIFF MRS. FLORENCE E. S MIT H H E NR Y MAGRU DE R T AYLOR D E P UTY CHIEFTAINS MRS. SUE MAGRUDER SMITH Alabama M RS. WM. G. MCCORMICK ArkanJaJ M RS. EUGENIA F. R E E S Calif ornia THOMAS L. P OL LOCK Colorado M ISS H EL E N WOLFE District of Columbia M ISS SALLIE 1. MAGRUDER Florida GEORGE MILTON MAGRUDER Georgia MRS. W I l'\ifred D. BROWN Illinois :\-1Rs. T. RAy COCKM AN I ndiana MRS. MAMIE B. FRISB E E I owa M RS. I DA MAGRUDER FOSTER }CanJaJ \ VILLETT C LAR K MAGRUDER K entucky T HOMAS MAGRUDER WADE : Louisiana CALVERT MAGR UD ER Massachureus ALVRA W. GREGORy Maine WILLIAM P. MAGRUDER Maryland MRS. ERNEST S. GRIFFITH Minnesota MISS NANNIE HUGHES M AGR UDER Miuiuippi

6 DEPUTY CHIEFTAINS-Continued MISS GERTRUDE O. PENDLETON Missouri GEORGE NINIAN SHORT Montana MRS. VIRGINIA M. CLARKE Nebraska MRS. JOHN A. McKEIGE New Jeruy \VILLIAM \VOODWARD New York M. M. HARRISON Ohio GEORGE C. W. MAGRUDER Oklahoma RICHARD B. MAGRUDER Oregon KENNETH DANN MAGRUDER Pennsylvania J. T. W. FLINT South Carolina JOHN B. NICKLIN, JR Tennessee WILHOITE C. BARRiCKMAN ,. Texas MRS. SALLIE M. STEWART J'irginia MRS. ELIZABETH H. SNIVELY Washington GRAY SILVER Trest Virginia MIss ELIZABETH B. MACGREGOR Wisconsin SPECIAL COMMITTEES PROGRAM The Rev. James M. Magruder, Chairman, Egbert W. Magruder, Robert 1. Magruder, jr., John Bowie Ferneyhough. MUSIC Mr. and Mrs. John Fran cis MacGregor Bowie. Clement William Sheriff. H OT EL Oliver Barron Magruder. R EGI STRATION D EC ORAT IO N OF HALL Miss Mary Th erese Hill, Mrs. Julia Magruder McDonnell, Mrs. Philip H. Sheriff. HONOR ROLL Rev. James M. Magruder, Chairman, Mrs. 1. C. Higgins, John Bowie Ferneyhough, Dr. George Mason Magruder. PUBLICITY Mrs. Anne Wade Sheriff, Robert Lee Magruder, Jr.

7 CONTENTS Pag«PROCE EDI NGS N INETEENTH A NNUAL G AT HE RING.. 7 PHILIP HILL SHERIFF-Mar y Theres«Hill _.. 11 MARY ALLAN HI LL-Mary Therese Hi ll " T o M AR Y ALLAN HILL" - S. M. G. lian den ' Brrg ANNUAL A DDRESS OF TH E C HIEFTA IN W IL L OF SAMUEL M AGR UD ER ".. ".. ".. " ' " 17 D ESCE NDA NT S OF MAGRU DE R R EVOLUTIO NAR Y SOLDIERS FROM M ON TGOME RY CO., MD., P ART T wo I SAAC MA GRUD ER-Calfb Clarki Ma grudrr. ; " G REETI NG TO THE C LAN"- Alicl M aud«ewfll GENERAL S T EPHE N DRANE-Robfrt Lu Magru der, Jr THOMAS J EFFERSO N MA GRUD ER-Kenneoth Dann M agrudeor G EORGE MILTON MAGRUDER-Robfrt La Ma gruder, It ' " 38 JOHN ARCHIBALD MAGRUD ER-Robfrt La Ma gruder, J r.. 42 HIRAM D RANE-Robfrt Lee M agrudrr, Jr WILL OF C OLO NE L H E NR Y RIDGELy-Mrs. [ennie M orton Dale., PROOF OF MARRIAGE TO N I NI AN MAGRU DE R OF ELIZAB ETH BREWER- Mrs. [ennie Morton Dale and Robert Lee Mag ruder, Jr.. 57 " W INDsoR"-Nannieo Hughes Magruder, 60 A MAGRUDER L OT I N GREENWOOD CEMETERy-Nannif Hughes M agrudeor J OHN MAGRU DE R SHELBY, M. D H ERB ER T STALEY MAGRUDER-Mary II. Ma gruda JOlI N MACGREGOR: A H e ro of "The Al amo"- W ilhoitf Carpenter B arrickm an AMONG O UR M EMB ER S " " I NDEX

8 ILLUSTRATIONS " W INDSOR" Facing Title Page PIULIPHILL SHERIFF Facing Page 11 M ARY ALLA N HILL... ' " " " 12 HIRAM DRAN E " 49 SMITH COFFEE DANIELL " 60 CATHARINE SKINNER (FREELAND) DANIELL " 62 HERBERT S TALEY MAGRUDER.. ' " " 64 WILL OF SA ~m E L i\1agruder " 72

9 PROCEEDING OF THE GAT HERING OF 1928 TH URSDAY, OCTOBER 18,1928 2:30 P. M. The Ninetee nth Ann ua l Gathering of t he American Clan G regor Societ y was called to order by the Chieftain, the Rev. J ames Mitchell Magruder, D. D., at 2:30 o'clock P. M., at the Willard Hot el, Was h ington, D. c., T hur sday, October 18th, 1928, and the afte rnoon session was opened wit h prayer by th e Chaplain, th e Rev. Enoch Magruder Thomp son. Th e Scribe read the minutes of the last Gathering, and in a few added remarks urged those present to increase the membership of the Society. He also emph asized th e need of collecting historical data. Th e report of the Registrar was given by Mr. Alexande r Muncaster, Chancellor, in th e absence of Miss Mary Magrud er. The resignation of Mi ss M ar y Magrud er as Regist rar was received with genuine regret. The Historian's report showed nineteen admitted to membership since last Gathering. Th e following deaths were reported: Mary Allan Hill, Landover, M aryland, December 29, Philip Hill Sheriff, Washington, D. c., June 25, Mrs. E. Austin Jenkins (Adelaide Lowe), Baltimore, Md. Memorial sketches of Philip Hill Sheriff and M ary Allan Hill, were read by th e Historian. The report of the Treasurer was as follows: Balance on hand, 1927 $ Receipt s for the year Total $ Expenditures Bal ance on hand, October 18, 1928 $ The Treasurer reported unp aid accounts for printing and postage amounting to $ The report of the Editor was deferred to the evening session. With pra yer by th e Chaplain, the Society was adjourned to meet in Bethlehem Chapel, Wa shin gton Cathedral. 7

10 8 AM ERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY THURSDAY,OCTOBER 18, :1 5 P. M. Upon special invitation of th e Cat hedral authorities, th e American Clan Gregor Society visited thi s Nati onal Shrine where sleep the remains of Woodrow Wilson and George S. Dewey. Appropriate services were held at 4:1 5 P. M., which were attended by tho se members of the Society who had gathered in Bethlehem Ch apel. THURSDAY,OCTOBER 18, :00P. M. The meeti ng was opened by invocati on by the Ch apla in, th e Rev. En och M agruder Thomp son. This was followed by th e Ed itor's report, which showed th at th e year book containing th e proceeding s of th e 1926 and 1927 Gatherin gs was published in M ay 1928, and in accordance with rules, copies were sent to th o'se only whose dues to th e Society were paid. The Chiefta in, Rev. J ames M. M agrud er, D. D., next addressed th e Society. In her usual happy mann er, Mi ss Alice Maud e Ewell read her poem "Greet ing to the Clan." " McGregors' Gatherin g" and " P ipes of Gordon's Men" was rendered by Mr. J ohn Francis McG regor Bowie, accompa nied on the piano by Mr. George Wilson. A paper " Descen dan ts of Revolutionary Soldiers from Montgomer y Coun ty, M aryland " Part II, " Isaac Magrud er, Pri vate" by Caleb Clar ke M agruder, was cord ially received. Anno uncement was made by the Chieftai n th at t he official sprig of pine for the 1928 Gathering was cut from " Cox H ays", Prince George's County, Maryland, prope rt y devised by Alexander M agruder, III, in 1779 to his son Alexande r H oward Mag ruder, Cap tai n of th e "Flying Camp", and was donated by Caleb Clarke Magruder. A telegram from Henr y Mag rude r T aylor of R ichmond, Virginia, regretting inability to attend the Clan Ga t hering and extend ing best wishes, was read, also a letter from M rs. J ames C. Lewis, of Louisville, Kentu cky, extending greet ings. A paper "General St ephen Drane" was read by Robert Lee Magruder. The Chieft ain announced t he Pilgrimage to Saint Paul' s Church, Prince Geo rge's Coun ty, Maryland, on th e 19th, and gave directions as to th e best route. On motion th e meeti ng was adjourned.

11 PROCEEDI NGS OF NINETEENTH AN NUAL GATHERING 9 FRIDAY, O CTOBER 19, :30 A. lvl. T he Society gathered at Saint Paul's Church, P rince George's County, Mary land, nea r " Anc hov ie Hill s", home of Alexand er Magruder. After a short service and addresses in the Church by th e Rector, t he Chiefta in of Clan Gregor, and Bishop George A. Beecher of Western Nebraska, a fish dinner was served by the ladies of St. Paul 's Pari sh. F RIDAY, O CTOBER 19, :00 P. M. In vocation by the Ch apl ain was followed by a paper, "T homas J efferson Magruder", pr epared by Kenn eth Dann M agrud er, and read by J ohn Bowie Fern eyhough. The Chi eftai n int rod uced the Rt, Rev. J ames M. Maxon and Bishop \V. T. Capers, of ' Vest T exas, in attenda nce at the Genera l Conventi on of th e E piscopa l Church being held in Washington, D. c., who exte nded greetings to t he Ame rican Clan Gregor Society. Discussion as to how to mak e up th e deficit in th e Treasury was t aken up and a subsc ription from th e memb ers realized th e sum necessary to clear t his debt. It was pointed out tha t th e cost of publishing the Yea r Books and other required printing, had increased to such an extent th at something should be done to mak e our income meet th e necessary expenses. A resolution, signed by sixteen memb ers, wa s offered by M r. Alexander M uncaster, Ch ancellor, that Rule 6, Section One be repealed, and the following subst ituted th erefor : "Se ction 1. E ach male voting memb er sha ll pay three dollar s per annum as dues, and eac h femal e voting member shall pa y two dollars per annum as du es, payable to th e Treasur er at each annua l Gatherin g for th e year following, t his rule to become effective on th e adjournment of th e 1928 Gath ering." This motion was seconded and passed by the Society. The Scribe an nounced he had collected three bible record s, nam ely George Mil ton Magruder, J ohn Ar chib ald M agruder, and Hi ram Drane, and ske tches of the se with historical data were presented. Mr. Caleb Clarke M agruder, for mer Chi eftain, took t he Ch air at th is tim e.. The nominating committee, composed of J ohn Bowie Fern eyhough, Egbert W. M agru der and Robert 1. M agruder, th rough M r. Egbert W. M agrud er, presented th e following officers for nomination: R EV. JAMES MITCHELL MAGRUDER, D. D Chit/tain E GBERT WATSOX MAGRUDER.. Ranking Deputy Chit/tain

12 10 A MERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY ROBERT LEE MAGRUDER, J R Scribe MRS. O. O. VAN DEN'BERG Registrar MISS MARY THERESE H ILL 1Iistorian J OH N EDWIN M UNCASTER Treasurer.J OHN B OWIE F ERNEYHOUGH Editor R EV. ENOCH MAGRUDER THO;\IPSON Chaplain ALEXANDE R M UNCASTER..... I Cha ncellor DR. STEUART B ROWN MUNCASTER Surgeon MRS. A NNE W ADE SH ERIFF Dep uty Scribe On moti on, duly second ed, the Society unanimously elected th ese officers for th e year The Chiefta in, again taking the cha ir, announced his app ointments for the ensuing ycar.! On moti on, a vote of thanks wa s extended th e Management of the Willard Hotel for th eir hospitalit y and courtesies during th e Gathering. The Society was adjourned aft er bened ictio n by t he Chaplain. 'See list of appointments and committees on pages 3 and 4. I

13 PHILIP 1I 1I.1. SHERIFF B Il R S,.\ Ln ~61 ; J)I W, J U S E 2;, In s

14 PROCE E DI NGS OF N IN ETEENTH A N NUAL GATH ERING II P H ILI P HILL SH E R IFF By MARY TH E R ES E HILL Phi lip Hill Sher iff was th e eldest son of Sa rah Elizabe th H ill and George Beall Sher iff of Prinee Georges County, M aryland. He was born M ay 10th, 1861 in th e old "Brick H ouse" near Landover, Maryland belonging to the She riff fami ly. Du ring his early childhood his parent s move d to his pa ternal gr an d mot her's home, " Beall' s Pl easure," the ancest ral home of the Beall fam ily, situated on th e E astern Branch of th e Potomac R iver, where he grew to manhood, and upon his ma rriage he esta blished a home upon a part of t he old home place where he rem ained until th e year 1922, when he purchased a home in Washington, D. C. On ovember 18, 1890 he married Walter Ann M ccormack, dau ghter of Alexand er ivlccorma ck and Elizabeth T ruma n Beall Young. Their wedded life was a very happy one, tho they had their share of sorrow. Philip Hill Sher iff was a man ad mired and respected by all who knew him and grea tly beloved by his relativ es and a lar ge circle of friends. Of a most gen ial nature, he wa s alway s an acqu isition to any gat hering, an d was at his best am ong a crowd of yo ung folk s; for he dearly loved to joke and teas e th em- alt ho he cou ld enter fullv into their more serious moods and was alway s ready with sympathy a~ d good counsel. Hi s kind ness of heart and charity were unboun ded. All who knew him feci a disti nct sense of loss in his passing; he was always the kind ly sympathet ic a nd courteous gen tlema n. Hi s dea th, on J une 25, 1928, was tru ly a t ragic one-being t he resu lt of a street railway accident, and was an overwhelming shock to his fam ily an d friends. Hi s widow and one dau ghter, Mrs. J. Ruper t Moh ler, survived him; but this daugh ter, H elen J osephin e, soon followed him- passing away Sept. 20, after a long and tedious illness. H is eldest dau gh te r, ~ I rs. Geo rge Ca lvert Bowie, (Susan Beall) died on J anuary 17, 1925, leaving two small sons, Ca lvert She riff Bowie and Ph ilip Su mmerv ille Bowie. M r. She riff was buried from All Souls' Epi scopa l Church on J une 27, 1928, and laid to rest in th e beautiful Rock Creek Cemetery. Philip H ill Sheriff was th e son of Sarah Elizabe th Hill an d George Beall Sheriff; grand son of Sop hia M agruder a nd Philip H ill; grea t gra ndson of T homas Magruder and M ary Clarke; great-great-grandson of Isaac M agrud er and Sop hia Baldwin; grea t-great-g reat-gra nds on of Na t han M agrud er and Rebecca Beall; great-great-great-grea t-gran dson of J ohn M agruder and Susanna Smith; great- grea t-great-great-grea t grandson of Samuel M agruder and Sarah Beall ; great-great-grea t- greatgrea t-grea t-g ran dso n of Alexander M agruder, M ar yland imm igrant, and M ar garet Braith wa ite.

15 12 AM ERICA N C LAN G REGOR S OCI ETY MARY ALLA N HILL By M AR Y T H ER E SE H n.r, Mary Allan Hill was the daughte r of Edward Everett Hill, of Pr ince Geor ges Count y, Maryland, and Catharine E. Coa d, whose old home " Cherryfie1ds" is well known in St. M ary's County, M arylan d. She was born on D ecember 31, 1902, at "Glenway", (Baltimore Manor) th e old home of the Hill family. H er fath er died on June 21, She had one brother, William W. Hill, 3rd. M ary Allan, as she was fami liarly called, possessed a most attractive per sonality and great charm of mann er. She had a large circle of friends, for she made friends most read ily and it always seemed a surprise to her to learn t hat she was so universally liked and adm ired. She was tru ly unconscious of her own attractiveness, and th at fact was her greatest charm. She was educated at th e Visitation Academy in Was hington, D. C., and was t ruly devo ted to th e good nun s who took such excellent care of her during her childhood, and she visited t hem frequ entl y afte r leaving school. H er brief life was filled with content and happiness; she never yearned for t he unat tainable, was always satisfied with home and th e love and care lavished upon her by her father, mot her and myself; for she was truly th e prid e and joy of our hearts. She was looking forward wit h grea t happiness to entering upon a new life in a home of her own in the near futu re. H er passing has left a rare, sweet memory. M ar y Allan attended th e Clan gatherings from her ch ildhood. Our late Chieft ain, Dr. M agrud er, always had a pleasant word for her, and gene rally a kiss, remar king it is th e Chieftain's privilege to kiss th e pretty girls; and our ex-chiefta in, Cal eb Clar ke M agrude r, " Cousin M ac", summed her up most beautifully by say ing th at she was "a rose of the old regime." Durin g her illness of ten long weeks she was always cheerful and pati ent with a sweet smile and loving words for all relatives and a host of friend s. Her great popul arity was fully attested by th e at tention an d many little act s of loving kindness showered upon her du ring th at tim e. She was called to her home beyond th e stars on Decemb er 29, Bu rial serv ices were held in St. M athew's Catholic Church and she was laid to rest in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washin gton, D. C., on her birthda y, December 31. M ary Allan Hill was th e daughter of Edward Everett Hill and Catherin e Coad; gra ndda ughte r of M ary Thomas Magruder and William W. Hill; great-granddau ghter of Thoma s Magruder and Mary Clarke; greatgreat-grandd aughter of Isaa c Magruder and Sophia Baldwin; greatgreat-great-granddaughter of Nat han M agruder and Rebecca Beall ; great-great-great-great-granddaughter of John Magruder and Susanna

16 ), [ARY,A I.I.,\ :-; Hu.r. BOR:"', Ih :c F.!-tBt:R.1I, 1902; DIt:Il, Ih :c ni Bt:R 29, 1927

17 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 13 Smith; great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Magruder and Sarah Beall; great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Alexander Magruder, Maryland immigrant, and Margaret Braithwaite. TO MARY ALLAN HILL She was our Little White Lamb, So sweet, and dainty, and pure, Type of an age gone by; In years a woman grown, In heart a little child, "For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven" She was our Little White Lamb. -So M. G. V. D. B.

18 14 AMERICAN C LAN G REGOR SOCIETY ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE CHIEFTAIN Members of The American Clan Gregor Society, Child ren of th e M ist, D escendants of the oldest Clan of Scotland: This is the first opportunity 1. have had since my election as a Chiefta in of the MacG regor Clan to express to yo u in person my ve ry great appreciation of th e honor yo u have bestowed upon me. Pr evented from attending t he final session of our last Gathering by the duty of hospit alit y, held sacred by all of Hi ghland Scotch descent, and hearin g not hing at th e morning session of an impending change at th e election of officers, you may ima gine my surp rise when confronted by the announcement in th e daily papers of th e honor t hat had been th rus t upon me in my absence. It has been said th at some men inherit grea tness, some achieve greatness, and some have grea tn ess t hrust upon the m. Cer tai nly, the honor of being elect ed by your suffrages as th e Chieftain of this Society can not be said to have been inherited : nor will any, I believe, accuse me of ha vin g soug ht the office; neith er by my own effort directl y nor, indi rectl y, through th e exert ion of friends in my behalf has th is distin cti on come to me: but while my back was tu rned, met aphorically, you have thrust th e sym bols of office into my hands. If I may as wort hily discha rge t he du ties of this office as my two predecessors have done during the last ninetee n yea rs, it is all th at I can hope for. Edward M ay Magruder, phys ician and fr iend, cultured of mind, expa nsive of heart, founder of this organization and it s sustainer th rough t he greater period of its existence, it is to him we owe all th at is best of achievement; for while others work ed with him it was his leader ship th at laid th e plans and inspired th e loyalty for th eir acco mplishmen t. D r. J esse Ewe ll and Mr. Caleb Clar ke Magruder th e elder, not to ment ion others, were t he Aaron an d the H ur who stayed up the hands of this Moses. We give thanks for th e good example of th ese t hree worth ies who have passed to t heir reward and for those nin et y-three other members of the Society who have fallen on sleep and rest from th eir labors. Ca leb Clar ke Magrud er, Junior, in th e three yea rs of his Chieftain ship, maintain ed th e high standa rd set by our first leader. Not only has he been untiring in his efforts for th e welfare of the Society, but he has given liberally out of his purse for th e erection of tablets in enduring bronze to keep sweet th e memory of Ma gruder wort hies who serve d th eir God an d th eir Country in Church and State. I have never heard any reason ass igned for Mr. M agruder's declinin g to be elected for another te rm; but if the difficulty of getting memb ers of th e Society to put on pa per th e annals of th eir particular br anches of t he famil y was a cont rib uting cause, I may confess th at I can und erst and his feelings. If The Ameri can Clan Gregor Society is to conti nue to be worthy of its traditions and to add to its laurels, eac h member must shoulde r a degree of responsibility for its future success and not only ma ke every effort to attend th e an nual gat herings here in th e City of Washin gton but to cont ribute paper s on th e lives of various memb ers of their own famili es desce nded from Alex-

19 PROCE EDINGS OF N INETEEN TH A NNUA L GATH ERING 15 ander Magrud er who died at hi s home plantation, " Anchov ie H ills," Prince George's Co., Md., in a hun dr ed yea rs before t he Revolutionar y War was fought-and, also, add resses upon the history of Scotland with special referen ce to t he Hi ghlan ds and th e Clan MacGrego r. The pu rposes of thi s Society, as origina lly set forth were : To perpetuate th e memory of our anc ient Clan Gregor ; To bring together th e descendants of th e Clan for mutual acqua int ance; To obta in and disseminate information whereby th e va rious members of th e Clan may be enabled to tr ace th eir lineage, and by which a hist ory of the Am erican Clansmen may be compiled. While th e st ate ment of th ese objects ha s been slightly cha nge d in wording, th ey rem ain essen tially th e same as whe n first adopted. Concerning th e period ju st pr evious to th e ap pea ra nce of Alexander MacGregor or Magrud er in th e Provin ce of Marylan d, a historia n of England has written of t he Scot s, at th e tim e of th e Union of Scot lan d and England, as follows; " In perseveran ce, in self-comma nd, in foreth ought, in all the virtues which conduce t o success in life, th e Scot s ha ve never been surpasse d. * * * * * I n mental cult iva t ion Scot land had an indi spu table supe riority. Though that kingdom was th e poo rest in Christend om, it already vied in -every bran ch of learn ing with th e most favor ed count ries. Scots me n, whose dwellings and whose food were as wretched as th ose of t he Iceland ers of our [1850] time, wro te Latin verse with mor e than th e delicacy of Vida, and mad e discoveri es in science which would have added to t he renown of Ga llileo." [Macaul ay, Vol. I, page 69.] " Scotland, in becoming pa rt of th e British mon ar chy, preserved her dignity. * * * She gave a king inst ead of receiving one. She retain ed her own constitution and laws. * * * The administ ra tion of Scotl and was in Scottish hand s; for no Englishman had an y moti ve to emigra te northward, and to conte nd wit h th e shrewdest and most pertinaciou s of all races for wha t was to be scraped together in th e poorest of all treasuries." [Ibid, pa ge 70.] If t he Englishman did not emigra te north, th e Scotchmen, in lar ge number s went south to better th eir fortunes. Of one of th ese th e sto ry is to ld (bearing out th e characteriz ation of shrewdness and pertinacity) th at ha ving moved to Lond on from Edinboro he was very successful in trade. T o his English friend s he was consta ntly speaking of Scotla nd and Edinboro in terms of highest pr aise. No city was as beautifu l as Edinboro; no land like Scotl and ; and th e people were th e br avest and th e best. Aft er one of th ese patriotic outbursts, a Lond on friend que ried; " Sandy, how comes it that you left Scotland, where eve ry thing is so fine, and ca me to smoky Lond on to live?" " \Veel, M on," was Sand y' s reply, "the land is fair and th e folk are gud e and bra ve: but th ey are a canny lot. I found it difficult to make a living th ere, conte nding wit h ot hers in my t rade. But I cam e to Lunnon and in compet it ion with th ese En glishmen, I ha ve don e pretty weel, pretty wed." Scotc hmen in gene ra l and MacGregors in particular have given a good account of themselves wher-

20 16 AMER ICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY eve r th ey have gone. Henry Whyte of Glasgow, in " Scottish Clans and Tartans," closes his sketch of th e :tvlacg regors wit h th ese words, "Many sons of th e Clan have distin guished th emselves as soldiers, commanders, governors of colonies, physicians, clergymen, merchants, and bankers, and the energy and spirit which susta ined th em in misfortune, cha racte r ize t hem still, and th e words of the song-macgregor, despite them, sha ll flourish forever-remain true." In thi s broad land, as represented by the name M agrud er, the record of th e Clan is undimm ed. In every walk of life Magruder blood has cont ributed to t he upbuilding and defence of our Country. I have sometimes been asked why we do not cha nge our nam e Ma grud er back to Ma cgregor int ertwined as the latter is wit h romance and poetry and made immortal by Sir Wa lte r Scott. My reply has been that the name Magruder ha s gathered some laurels of its own, tha t we th ink it worth while to cherish, on t he field of battle, on th e high seas, in th e Courts of ] usti ce, in legislative halls, in seats of learning, in counting-houses, in th e marts of trade and in th e realm of agricult ure. We can not relinquish th e one; but will cheri sh th e ot her and so doub le our inheritance of br ave deeds and loft y ideals. During t he past summer I have had th e pleasure of visiting several of our office rs and councilmen in th eir homes and partaking of th eir gracious hospitalit y. I trust more and more, as th e years go by, th ese friendships mad e at th e annual gat herings may beget deeper devotion one to another, each for all and all for each, so that, indeed, we may feel ourselves as one great famil y. Here we know no differen ce of religion or of politi cs. Magruder blood and MacGregor spirit are the ties th at bind us in a unity of Love. " Ha rk to the old free cry! 'Ard Choille', th e H igh Wood, rings. Hear! from th eir pine-clad heights Speak thine ancestral kin gs! " Hear Alpin and his sires To Gregor and his sons, 'Come, take the prize that's given To him who patient run s. 'T ake thou again th y sword And use it but for right! Take t hou again t hy crown And keep its honor bright. 'Be constant as th y pine Em blem of loyalty! Spare not t he mean and false! Sta nd for t he brave, t he free!

21 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 17 'So shalt th ou come agai n Unto thine olden place. Once more th y name is known; And roya l is th y race'. " THE WILL OF SAMUEL lv1ag RUDER A document of much interest to many memb ers of th e American Clan Gregor Societ y is th e will of Samu el "M agruder, a facsimilie of which appears as an insert in thi s issue of th e Year Book. The edito r is indebted to our former chiefta in, Mr. C. C. Magruder, for th e use of th e origina l will in making thi s copy. Sam uel Ma grud er, son of Alexander, th e immigrant, was born in Ca l vert county, Marylan d, in 165.J and died in Prince Georges coun ty, Maryland, in It is t he intention of th e editor to use ot her wills and historical papers in future issues of th e Year Book. Old Bib le record s of Clan famili es are also desired for pub lication. Certified copies of such records should be forw arded to th e editor wit h some account of th e persons therein record ed. Good photographs made actual size or larger than th e original would be better than written copies. WANTED-ONE COPY OF THE 1919 YEAR BOOK The edito r would like to obtain a copy of th e 1919 Year Book conta ining the P roceedings of the T ent h Annual Gathering for t he Library of t he Ame rica n Antiquarian Society. This libra ry wishes to bind the A. C. G. S. Yea r Books for th eir genealogical record s and needs th e above issue to complete the ir files. Will some one who has an ext ra copy mail it to th e editor?

22 18 AMERICAN CLANGREGOR SOCI ETY DESCENDANTS OF MAGRUDER REVOLUTIONA RY SOLDIERS FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND PART II. (T o be cont inued.) ISAAC M AGRUDE R By CALEB CLARI{E MAGRUDER, MD. Isaac M agrud er ' (N ath an 4, John s, Samuel ", Alexander I) born, Frederick Co., Md., 1755; died intest at e, Prin ce George's Co., Md. 1808; married (1) Prin ce George's Co., Md. 1778, Sophia Baldwin, born Prin ce George's Co., Md. 1759; died intest at e, Prin ce George's Co., Md. between 1798 and Isaac Magrud er ' was privat e, 2nd Co., 29th Battalion, Montgomery Co., Md. Mili tia, Col. John Mu rdock, commanding, Aug. 29, 1777; subscribed to th e " Patriot's Oath ", Montgomery Co., Md., 1778; and was privat e, Capt. J acob Du ckett' s Co., 34th M aryland Regiment Mch. 30, " French Menace." Isaac Magrud er and Sophia Baldwin had issue: I. Thomas Ma gruder s born Montgomery Co., Md., March 24, 1779; died testate, Prince George's Co., Md., August 14, 1830; marri ed Prince George's Co., Md., J an. 4, 1800 (date of license), Ma ry Clar ke, born Prin ce George's Co., Md. 1779; died int estate, Prince George's Co., Md., spring of Th omas Magruder 6 was Sergeant, Capt. J acob Du ckett's Co., 34th Maryland Regiment March 30, " French Mena ce"-privat e 14th Maryland Regiment Sept. 9, 1807; qu artermaster of same when he participated in th e Battle of Bladensburg, Aug. 24, Th omas Magruder 6 and Mary Clar ke had issue: 1. Thomas Baldwin Magruder 7 (M. D. Uni versity of Md. 1821), born Sept. 25, 1800; died Aug. 22, 1885; married (1) Dec. 23, 1823 Elizab eth Harrin gton, born 1798; died July 5, 18H ; issue: a. William Thomas Ma grud er! born J an. 16, 1825; died Dec. 8, 1889; married April 2, 1851 M aria J ane Hu ghes, born June 24, 1832; died Apr. 25, 1871; issue. b. Samuel Calvert M agrud er 8 born Mar. 12, 1827; died Aug. 7, c. Joseph Moore Magruder 8(Captain C. S. A., mortally wound ed at Battle of Corinth, Miss.), born Sept. 28, 1830; died Ma r. 19, 1863; marri ed Feb. 12, 1852, Amanda Louise McCray, born Mch. 17, 1832; died Ma y 2, 1853; issue. 1. Dr. Th oma s Baldwin Ma grud er 7 marri ed (2) Apri l 22, 1845 Sara h Olivia West (nee Dunbar), died Dec. 28, 1864; issue :

23 P J,OC E U H NG8 OF N II"ETEENT H A N MUAL G ATIl E J,IN G 19 d. l saac Dunbar Magruder " (c. S. A.), born Apr. 15, 1846; married Dec. 22, 1868,Martha Neal, born Nov. 28, 1848; died ~ t a y 16, 1924; issue. e. Ma ry ~1agru der " born Sept. 18, 1847; died J uly 7, f. Robert Walter Magruder " horn May 14, 1850; died Feb. 6, 1926, married (I ) J an. 22, 1880, Caroline Simi, born July 7, 1860; died Dec. 10, 1880; inue; married (2) Rose Yeiser (net! ~ Iont go mery ), no in ue; marr ied (3) Nov. 24, 1898 Annie Greenway H umphreys (net! Neil) born Feb. 15, 1862, issue. g. Alice ~ fa g rudcr " born Nov. 22, 1852; marri ed Dec. 28, 1876 Nicholas McDougall born Dee. 22, 18t7; Issue. h. Jennie Magruder e born Oct. 7, 1854; died Sept. 4, i. An unnamed infant. j. Herbert Staley Magruder " born Jan. 2, 1857; died Apri l 26, 1927; mar ried three rimes, issue. k. Charl es Magruder I born Oct. 25, 1859; died Jan. 28, l. Anna T homas Magruder ' born Feb. 24, 1862; died J une 14, 1918; married Nov. 21, 1883 Th omaa ~fa gru<i er Wade born Oct. 24, 1860; issue, m. ROla :'\lagruder" born April 30, Isaac Gr andison :'\hgrudcr ', born J uly 1802; died :'\lay 8, 1847; married Oct. 24, 1837, Margaret Elizabeth Hill, born 1813; died ~ I ch. 20, 1888; issue: a. Em ma Corbell ~ Iagruder, born Dec. H, 1838; died ~ Ia y 2, 1900; married Dec. 8, 1875 William Wilaon, J r.: no issue. b. Richard llill Magruder ', born Dec. 23, 1840; died Sept. 22, 1884; mar ried Nov. 18, 1875, Eugenia Duckett, born Nov, 21, 1857; died Dec. 8, 1923; leeue. c. ~ ta ry Fran ces ~la grud er, born Dec. 25, 1842; died Nov d. Henriett a Magruder s, born ~ t c h. I S, 1845; died in infan cy. e. Isaac Grand iaon ~ tag rud er " and J ohn Beall.\lag ruder., born Sept. 15, 1846; died I. G. ~ I., unmarried J une I, 1888;]. B. ~ t. unmarried Sept. 3, Sarah Magruder :, born.\iay 1804; died unma rried J uly II, Sophia.\lagruder " born.\tay 6, HI06; died ~ Iay 9, 1876; ma rried ~ la y 8, 1826, Ph ilip Hill, died Aug. 1870; issue: a. ~fary Anne H ill ", died Dec. 25, 1907; mar ried May 1857 Dtonyt iue Th addeus Sheri ff, died Nov. 1867, issue. b. Sophia Eugenia Hill ', died Mch. 14, 1883; married 1853.Bali[ Th omas Duckett, born 1825; died 1862; issue. c. Richard Th omas Hill " died 1895; married 1856, Elizabeth Fenwick, born Apr. 7, 1836; died J uly 6, 1902; Issue.

24 20 A Iol EIlICA N CLA N G RE GOR SoCI ETY d. Sarah Elizabeth Hill ', born Nov. 1835; died J une 14, 1907; mar ried Nov , George Beall Sheriff, born Dec : died J une 18, 1918; Iesue. e. William h u e Hilt. (Lt. C. S. A.), born Dec. 28, 18J6; died Ju ly 17, 1898; married Oct. I I, 1866 Henrietta Smith Saucer, born 1840; died Oct. 1912; issue. f. Philip Hill ', born 1838; died 1910; married Victoria Cra ufurd ; issue. g. John Beall Hill " (c. S. A.), born 1840; died unmarried Meh h. Brooke Berry Hill ', born Apr. 1842; died unmarried Dec. 8, I9H. l. Sarah Katherine H ill '. born J an. I, 1847; died f eb. 2, 1910: married Dec. Il. 1874, j oseph L. Nalley, horn Aug. II, 1832; died J uly ; Issue. j. T homa! Hill " died in infancy. k. J oseph Austin Hill ", born 1850; died unmarried Dec S. Caleb Clarke Magruder t (A. M. Georgetown (D. C.) Univen it), 1834), born j uly 10, 1808; died intesta te Apr. 5, 1884; married (I) May 28, 1833, Mary Sprigg Belt, born Mch. 9, 1812; died intestate M<:h. 6, 1845; issue: a. Augusta Magruder ', born May 1835; died test ate Ma y 30, 1898; married Apr. 3, 1856, Peter Hansbrough 1l00e, born Aug. 20, 1820; died ~ la y 14, 1898; issue. b. Th omas Belt 1l.lagruder ', born Dec. 26, 1837; d ied :\l<:h. 26, c. Caleb Clarke :\.lagruder " (A. B., 1858; A. M., 1861, Georgetown (D. C.) Uni versit y}, bo rn J an. 9, 1839; died testate J une 2, 1923; married j une 30, 1868 Bettie Rice Naill', born Aug. 19, 1842; died testate Sept. t, 1922; issue. d. Edward Walter Magruder e (C. S. A.), born Aug. 20, 1840; died j uly 31, 1886; marri ed (I) Apr. 10, 1866, Elizabeth :\.laria :\.Iullikin, born Aug. 29, Ism; died )'lay 27, 1882; ju ue; married (2) Nov. 18, 188S L."na r.ord.l/1 Osborne, born Mch. 23, 1855; died Sept ; issue. e. Mary Rebecca )' la gruj cr I and j ohn :\Iarsh all ),la g:rudcr ", born 1la y 25, 1843; died :\1. R. ), 1. J uly 30, 1843, J. M. ),L J uly 24, S. Caleb Clarke Magruder ' married (2) J une 3, 1847 Sallie Beanes Waring; died 1866; no issue; marri ed (3) Ellen Con tee T urner, born J uly 31, 1828; died Mc h. 16, 1896; no issue. 6. j ohn Beall )'lagruder', born J an. 15, 1810; d ied j uly 25, 1897, ma rried J an. 14, 183t, :\'[ary Anne Hill, born 1810; d ied Feb. It, 1877; in ue: a. Elizabeth Virginia Magruder ', born Oct. 23, ISH ; died unmarried J uly 3, 1852.

25 PaOCEED1N CS 0,. N INET EENT H A NNUAL G ATlIEIU S G Walt er Smitb M agruder ' born Apr. 1812; died unmarri ed J une Sta ley N icholls Ma gruder ', horn April ; died unmarri ed Sept Richard Weems ~1a grud er ', born Feb. 1816; d ied unmarried Oct. 15, 1836 in Miu iu ippi. 10. Archibald Smit h ~ta grud er' (M. D. J efferson Medical College 1838), born Feb. 18, 1818; died May 1, 1863; ma rried J an. 23, 18H Na rcissa Adamson, born J an. 25, 1819; died Aug. 25, 1903; ieeue : a. j oseph Magruder ', born ~lch. 4, 1845; died in infancy. b. J ane Penn ~iagru d e r ', horn Apr. 20, 1846; died Apr. 15, ; ma rried Robert Carn an Billop p, born Feb. 27, 1840; died Sept. II, 1909; issue. e. T homas Lynn Crittenden Magruder e, (" 1. D. University of ~ld. 1867), born J uly 3, 1848; died Sept. 10, 1906; married Emma Miller; no issue. d. Susan H illea ry ~ lag r u der', born Oct. 22, e. ~ I a ry J ohn Magruder ', born Aug. 7, 1851; died Aug. 28, 1916; marr ied June 27, 1883, D r. Lo uis A. Grimes, born Nov. 2, 1839; died J une 28, 1921 ; issue. r. Ella Win ifred ~ 1a g ru d ('r, born Apr. 1853; died J uly I, g. Laura Josephine Magruder ', born Feb. 3, 1855; died Feb. 7, h. Alice Maude :>tfagrudcr ', born J une 1857; died Ju ne 9, i. Laura :\bgrud er ', born Aug. 11, 1859; married J une 26, 1889 George Peter born Feb. 26, 1858; issue. J. J ulia Magruder ', bor n Mch. 29, 1863; mar ried Nov. 8, 1888, Dr. Henry Barnett :\l cdonald, born Oct. 30, 1863; ieeue. II. :\bry T homa' ~ 1a g r ud er', born :\1ay H, 1820; died J II lie 29, 1885; marri ed Nov. 26, 18H, William w tbon Hill, born Aug. 30, 1!!O8; died J ul)' I I, IS'H ; issue: a. Sarah :>t lagruder Hill ", born Dec. 24, ; d ied Feb h. Anne Reid Hill ', born Dec. 5, 18"'7; died J uly 29, 1890; mar ried J uly 6, 1869, Charlea Wright Ga ddea, bom Oct. 29, 1814; died J uly 18, 191"'; iaeue. c. William Walter Hill e, born Nov. 5, 1849; died unmarried 1\lay 25, d. T homas John Emmett Hill e, born Apr. 24, 1851; died Oct. IS, e. Virginia Magrud er Hlll e, born Mch. 22, 1853; died Sept. 12, 1916; married Nov. 17, 1899, Ed mund WilllOn, bor n J uly 1853; no lesue.

26 22 A~{ ERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY f. Clement Clark e H ill ", born Feb. 20, 1855; married Apr. 21, 1887, M ary J osephine Nea le, born July 7, 1859; died Dec. 1, 1923; issue. g. Edwa rd Everett Hill ", born May 21, 1857; died June 22, 1922; m a ~ried Oct. 10, 1900 Katherin e Coad ; issue. h. Alexand er HillS, born Aug. 20, 1859; married Oct. 30, 1889, Mary Matilda Sheriff, born May 6, 1860; died Sept. 7, 1909; issue. 1. Mary Th erese Hill ", born Dec. 26, 1860, Historian, American Clan Gr egor Society. II. Henrietta Magruder", married Jan. 6, 1802, Levin Beall; born Aug. 1780; no issue. III. Clarissa Harlowe (christene d Harvey) M agruder ", died Jan. 11, 1858; marri ed Oct. 14, 1806 J ames Webb, died 1843; issue: 1. Isaac Webb 7, born Oct. 4, 1807; died Oct. 9, M ar y Ed ge Webb 7, born M ay 3, 1810; died Mch. 12, 1894; married Feb. 24, 1835 Henr y Williams Woodward ; issue: a. William Woodward ", born Dec. 31, 1835; died Mc h, 20, 1889; married Sept. 27, 1865, Sarah Abigail Rodm an, born Sept. 15, 1840; died Sept. 22, 1913; issue. b. J ames Th omas Woodward ", born Sept. 25, 1837; died unmarri ed Apr. 10, Geor ge Randolph Webb ', born Dec. 14, John Nelson Webb ', born May 29, Sarah Mari a Webb ', born June 7,1818; died Mch. 13, Jane Henrietta Webb ', born Aug. 8, 1819; died Oct. 2, Henrietta Susan Webb ", ma rried Fo llensbee. 8. Clarissa Webb ', born Ma y 29, 1825; died Ju ne, IV. E mma Corbett Magrude r", born Apr. 11, 1798; died Sept. 3, marri ed J an. 25, 1815, Brooke M. Berr y, born 1794; died Feb. 6, 1847; issue: a. William Isaac Berr y ', born Nov. 16, 1816; died unma rried Sept. 2, Isaac Magruder 6 married (2) Apr il 3, 1802 (da te of license) Ann H ill, born Prin ce George's County, Md., died testate Prince George's Coun ty, Md., 1824, without issue. I have been assisted in the preparation of thi s paper by Miss Nannie Hughes Magrud er, our Deputy Chieftain for Miss., regarding the descendants of Dr. Thos. Baldwin Ma gruder; by Miss Mary Therese H ill, our Historian, with regard to th e descend ants of Isaac Gr andi son Magruder, Sophia (M agrud er) Hill and M ar y Th oma s (Magruder) Hill; and by Mrs. Henry Barn ett McDona ld, with regard to the descend ants of Dr. Archibald Smith Ma grud er. to each of whom I now express my appreciation.

27 P ROCEEDI NGS OF N INETEEN TH ANNUAL GATHE RINl; 23 G REET ING T O THE CLAN By A LI CE MAUDE EWE!.L After two years I greet you, Come from Virginia' s hills, Swept by the autumn br eezes, Moist wit h rain-brimmin g rills; Come from the Old Dominion T o kindl e love anew For th e dear friends and kindred And for Clan Gr egor too. So much is now a-doing, So much is to be done, \Vhen now we get togeth er For talk or work or fun. E'en Byrd ; now fly in airplane s, E 'en Smiths no longer bend Above th e fires in forges dark, T heir special trains attend. Whi te sails go daily flying Above my own Dunblane, T hough fire and flood are taking T heir way of wrath and pa in. H ow small is man before them, O'erwhelmed and swept away! How great is man when soaring Triumphant, proud, and gay! Here is th e age-old problem Once more to be discussed ; Sharpen your wits, my Clansma n Scour off the du st and rust. How hold th e old still sacred E'en th ough th e new afr ight? How bind t he two togeth er I n one harmonious sight? Of one thing I feel cert ain, Could Alpin come aga in H e'd eit her have an airplane Or else a special train.

28 24 A ME R ICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY Of one other thing I am certain, If Gregor could ari se H e'd st ump th e land for Alfred E. And help him win th e prize. Did Alpin live a Quaker, And die a peaceful death? Not so-he died a-killing Picts On Scotl and 's bloodiest heath. And did he fight on grape- juice Or half-of-one-per-cent? The stu ff th ey dr an k from beakers then It was more st rongly blent. He said his Pat er Noste r, His Ave M ary too, And loved th e H oly Father, What else was he to do? There wasn't one Reform er In all th at happ y day But now we' re rapping-scrapping About th e way to pray. Now here are two good fellows Sir Herbert and Prin ce Al We must have one or 'tother We can' t hold on to Cal. One holds a glass of water And says I wish 'twere st ronger, The other says This thirst accurst It cannot last mu ch longer. And th ey are such good fellows One can' t go very wrong In choosing either one of them So plucky, brave and st rong. But there are other ques tions, And we must pray for light Rise o'er th e t ricks of party Stand by the honest right. May we not all, like Alpine, An Ave M ary patter? No r thi nk to greet th at Ladye Fa yre I s such a dreadful matter? And may we not, like Gregor, Thank all the saints so kind, For giving us full loving hearts Wh en we have dined- and wined?

29 PROCEEDIN GS OF N I N ET E ENT H A N NUAL GATHERING 25 Oh may our souls like airplanes Rise high o'e r hatred's mist Hi gh o'e r th e earth-bred whispers T o faith's blue heights sun-kissed: And while we meet in Clanship, In race-remembran ce here, May we not all be Qua kers In friendship and good cheer?

30 26 AMERICA N CAN GREGOR SOCIETY GENERAL STEPHEN DRANE 7 (Ca ssandra Ma gruder ' Drane, Nini an Beall M agruder 6, N inian 3, Samuel ', Alexand er 1) Samuel 3rd', By RO BERT LEE MAGR UDER, J R., GEORGIA In making some resear ches at th e old Court House at Appling, Columbia County, Geo rgia, I found some bound copies of The Columbia. Sentin el which was th e county orga n, published weekly. D uring th e yea r 1883, in each weekly issue appeared some " Re miniscences of Columbia County, Geo rgia" which had been writ ten by Dr. H. R. Casey in In th e issue of Ma rch 7, 1883, appeared a sketch of General Stephen D rane, which I am pleased to bring to th e attent ion of th e American Clan Gregor Society. It is uniqu e in it s wording and also of histori c value. T he will of Stephen D rane is on record in Columbia Cou nty, Geo rgia in Will Book J, page 241. It was made J an. 18, 1879, and was ente red for probat e under da te of J an. 8, In his will mention is made of his second wife Susan F. Drane, and four children, Catharine L. Drane, Stephen D rane, William A. Drane and Susa n E. D rane. REMINI SCENCES OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, G EORGIA Written by Dr. H. R. Casey in 1878, and published in th e Columbia Sen/inti, t he county newspaper, in t he issue of March 7, "Genera l STEPHEN DRANE is th e son of William and Cassandra (Magruder) D rane, who were originally from Maryland, They left t ha t sta te in 1786 a nd set tled in Columbia Coun ty, th en Ri chmond, first bu yin g a small farm nea r wha t is now Dearin g, on th e Georgia R ailroad. Here these two good old people lived and toiled and accumulated prop erty. At th e death of Mr. Dran e his farm had increa sed to fifte en hundred acres. I t is now owned by Dr. J ames S. H amilton. He, the old man Drane, died at th e good old age of 81 yea rs, while his wife Cassandra survived him ten yea rs. She lived to th e adv anced age of 91 yea rs. I knew th em both, and knew nothing of th em th at was not to th eir credit. And on dying th ey left no line which th ey would wish to blot from t he memory of th ose who were to come after th em". If th e reader will t roubl e himself to examine th e nati vity of th e ea rlier settle rs of thi s county, he will find, I think, that about seventy per-cent of th em came from/ th e Old D ominion-"the M oth er of St ates and Statesmen"-twenty per-cent from M aryland, and th e rest from the Car olina s, wit h one, now and th en, from th e Nort h. With such popul a tion Columbia's prosperity was developed. The subject of thi s sketc h was born on his father's place in H e grew up to manhood with only th e rudiments of an "old field edu cation ",

31 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 27 but Stephen Drane had in him all the elements of a man, intellectually and physically. Standing six feet, four inches in height, erect and straight as an I ndian, with no surplus flesh, but of strong muscular developments, he was a Ma gnu s Apollo of a physical man. Though without th e benefits of an education, yet that Nature had lavished her gifts of mind as well as body, a mere glanc e at his record from 1836 to th e present tim e gives amp le evidences. The first years of his maj ority were spent on th e farm; th en in th e school room as an instructor of youth in th e elementary br an ches of an English education; th en as one of th e Justi ces of t he -Inferior Court, and a Civil magistrate for man y years. H e was always a promin ent man in politi cs, belonging to th e Clark party, and subsequently was th e great " Wa r Horse" of th e unterrified, old, iron ribbed Democra cy. H e was quite a figure head and promin ent man in th e days when Peter Crawford, A. W. Avary, Dr. Collins, J ack William s, Isaac Ramsey, Abn er P. Robertson, William B. T ank ersly, and ot hers were upon th e stage. I said he was th e "old wa r horse" of D emocracy ; he was also th e old " race horse" but he always ran ju st fast enough to come in second best. But thi s was no fault of his; for, while he could not be elected it was only th rough th e numerical st rengt h of th e ot her party. H e always secured th e full vote of his own party, and redu ced that of his opponents. In 1836, he was a candidate for th e Legislature, and was defeated by Guilford Alford, th e Whi g candidate for the Lower House. He was beaten by old Billy Wright, father of A. R. Wright, now of Rome, but who is a native of Columbia County. Then he was beaten by Ballard, and aga in by Curtis H. Shockley. But he ran th ese last to th e "saddle skirts " being beaten by from six to ten vo tes. He was once beaten by Dr. W. A. L. Collins for the Senate. He served und er Genera l J ackson in 1818, as First Lieutenant, and was promoted to th e rank of Ma jor, und er Colonel Homer Virgil Milton, who was Secretary of Stat e when Lym an H all was Govern or. They say th ere is nothin g in a nam e, but it " peers like" th ere is a " mighty heap " of poetry in that nam e. Colonel Mi lton was t he father of Colonel J ohn Milton, who marri ed Mi ss Burch, of thi s county, a sister of Mrs. Dr. William A. Martin. Drane was at t he surrend er of St. M arks, Florida; also at th e battle of Suwanee. Then holding th e rank of M ajor, he was highly comp limented by Genera l J ackson as an accomplished and read y soldier. He was made Brigadier Genera l for th e counties of Ri chmond, Columbi a and Warren, and promoted to M ajor General for th e Division of Columbia, Richmond, Warren, Green, Hancock and Taliaferro. Hi s first military command was from old Peter Early, in 1814, and the plateau of ground where his first military evolutions were performed is a part of th e Steiner Pla ce, once I think, owned by Tom M iller, of Augusta. Genera l Drane was for several yea rs County surveyor, and was an excellent officer. H e handled th e J acob sta ff as dext erously as he had done th e sword. He was a D eputy Sheriff und er Ben Adams, and was com-

32 28 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY plim ented by Judge William Holt as being the most efficient and best sheriff in his circuit. From 1820, I should say (but my memory Mr. Editor, und erstand me, run s not back to that date) or from early manh ood up to wit hin fifteen or twenty yea rs, Gene ral Drane, with his regimentals on, his bri ght D am ascus blade glittering in the sun, and mounte d on a gay charger was a fine looking officer. Bu i:age is now telling on th is once active-minded and physica lly st rong man. Now far advanced into th e "sere and yellow leaf" of life, an octogenarian, with his sword conve rte d into a plough sha re, and his J acob sta ff into a long walking stick, which he uses to support his feeble fram e, thi s once active and useful old man may be seen wit h slow and measured ste p, walking abo ut and overlook ing his little farm an d even performing some of t he drudgery of th e husbandman' s life. H avin g been for so many yea rs accustomed to an active, indu st riou s life, he finds it difficult to be idle. Wh at a commentary it is upon many of th e you ng men of th e present day! Think of it, ye who are wasting th e days of your lives in inglorious ease. " As th e twig is bent th e tree inclines." Cu lt ivate a line of indolence and laziness in youth, it will stick to you th rough life, just as the case of Ge neral D rane is the oppos ite. Industrious in early manh ood, th e same in middl e life, he feels now in old age th at as long as he is able to t otter along, he must be doing something, to use a homely phrase, " to make th e pot bile", or to get something to put into it for Susa n H am bri ck to cook. Ge neral Drane has been married twice. Hi s first wife was R ebecca Wilson, a siste r of M ajor Elias Wilson, one of th e oldest citizens, now of M cduffie County. Hi s second wife was Susan Hambrick of Wilkes County. He is now in his 81st year. H e speaks of building on another part of his plantati on which will put him again in Columbia County, and heartily will we welcome his return. Through all these long yea rs he has alwa ys borne the characte r of "an honest man, th e noblest work of God."

33 PROCEEDINGS OF NI NETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 29 THOMAS JEFFERSON MAGRUDER, SON OF NI NIAN By HIS GRANDSON, K ENN ETH DANN MAGRUDE R, P ENNSYLVANIA Dr. Ab raham M yerson, professor of neu rology at Tufts Medical Schoo l, once stated th at our ancestors have supplied us wit h a mould, which environment sculptures. In crud er fashion, we may say th at one is " a chip off th e old block." In writing about Thomas J efferson, son of N inian, thi s scientific principle can readily be applied. Thomas Jefferson first saw th e light of day on October first in 1826, on th e plan tati on of his fath er, near th e Shena ndoa h River in Frederick, now Clar ke Coun ty, Virginia, He th ereby began life in accorda nce wit h Magruder traditions. In du e tim e he was able to enjoy th e usual sports of children of t hat region. An elder brother, J ames Lyons M agruder, in his old age liked 10 recall one form of recreation, in particular. " I n th e spring," he said, " when th e fish ran up th e st ream, it was rare fun for us to get pine knots and run down to th e mouth of the river and set our nets in th e narrow places. T wo would go above on each side and splash and d rive the fish into th e net. Sometim es we would catch eels and water-snakes, but they were not poisonou s, Generall y by the time we got to th e mill, we had all we wanted. We would be wet and tired when we got home, but we enjoye d it. " The childhood da ys of little J eff, however, were becloud ed early; for his father died before th e boy had reached his fourth birthday. E nvironment soon becam e transformed by th e introduction of a ste p-fat her during th e following year. It was customary in this ante- bellum period for the widow of th e owner of a plantation to take unto herself a new hu sband for the management of her esta te. That Elizabet h (Lyons) M agruder accepted Philip Pullar for her help-mate, was a misfortune with farreaching effects. Pull ar was a young ma n of twenty-three or twenty-four years. His marriage eventua lly add ed three boys to t he fami ly, which was already large. J ohn Lewis and J oseph Clark married. Benjamin Franklin died in 1831, and was buried in th e famil y lot a t Magruder's Mills, then t he name of th e plantation home. Step-father Pullar was a pitile ss taskmaster and brought no happiness for the children. T he fami ly rose early, had breakfast by da ylight, and was ready for bus iness. After work ing all day, J ames Lyons Magruder recalled, he was aroused to go to th e saw mill at one o'cl ock in th e morning, to work t here un til time to go to the barn and feed, curry, and harn ess his team of horses, in prepa ration for starting out aga in immediately afte r break fast. When teaming near home, the work was not so severe, since it was possib le to return home before dark. But when it was necessary to travel to a distant point, the time for reaching hom e was extremely un certain.

34 30 AMERICAN CLAN G REG OR SOCIET Y Fa ll, winte r, and spring were generally th e seasons-for long trips, because of hauling lumb er, tan-bark, barrels, and other material. One night, for example, Jam es Lyons M agrud er did not get to bed until abo ut ten o'clock, after he had put away his horses, had had his supper, and had curried and rubbed his horses. At one o'clock, as usual, he was wakened to go to th e mill until time for proceeding to th e barn, where before break fast th e team had to be made ready for th e next trip to t he woods for saw logs. A mere stripling he was required to load th e wagon. Only th e fact that th e work did not cont inue all yea r, spa red young J ames from collapse. J eff, being too immatu re, escaped some of th e worst hardships, but was not immune fro m all. Nature introdu ced a novelty at M agrud er' s Mill s on November 12, 1833, one which would astound even today. Me teors came tumbling down from the sky resembling th e heaviest snow storm of large flakes, though leaving no t race upon the ground. The fall of 1835 witnesse d another sensation of a different va riety. I n a short time, the fam ily would be obliged to sur render th e old plantation to the heirs of Colston, who had leased th e property to t he Magruders for about forty yea rs. Accordin gly, Pull ar removed th e family still rema ining with him-his wife, Elizabe th (Lyo ns) M agruder ; her sons, William Wa lter and T homas Jefferson; her daughters, Sar ah Ann a,d Caroline; and th e two surviving sons by Pull ar. The husband of J ef 's half-sister Grace M agruder, Emanuel M ayne (destin ed to be judge), hi d persuaded J ames Lyons Magruder the year before to run away from herr ~. Itwas Pull ar who t ran spor ted the M agruder children with him bey Jnd th e boundaries of th e Southland, thus severing t heir cherished connection wit h the native heath of all their American ancestors. J ourneying wea risomely by covered wagon from th e Virginia home, th e family crossed th e Ohio River at Wh eeling, West Virginia, arriving at Lloyd sville, Belmon t County, Ohio. There th ey resided long enough to form a few congenial acquaintances, among whom were th e Van La w girls-h icksite Quakers- excellent people, whose religious views were rather shock ing to th e young M eth odis t s. There, too, another break occurred in th e fam ily when Caroline M agruder became wedded to Hi ram Lee on March 18th, From Lloydsville, th e family moved to Hopewell, Mu skingum County, where Pull ar became postmaster. Later in 1839 the family appeared in Ru shville, Fairfield County, Ohio Ru shville is commonly known locally as East T own, sepa rated from West Ru shville by Ru sh Creek. "East T own" was th e part selecte d for permanent residence by th e newcomers. The Meth odist E piscopal Church th ey attended, stands on th e opposite side of th e street from th eir home, slightly nearer th e main st reet. In Ru shville, Sarah Ann Ma gru der met Christian J ohn son, a young farmer, and in M arch, 1841, was married to him by Rev. M. P. Kellogue. They were th e parents of our lat e Deputy Chieftain of Ohio, J ames Mil ton J ohnson, who was nam ed for James Lyons, father of Elizabeth (Lyon s)

35 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEE NTH A NNUAL GATHERING 31 M agruder. When James M ilto n came int o th is world, his parents were still mourning the loss of his infant brother, T homas, named for Thomas Jefferson M agruder. Though in th e new surro undings, Pu llar persisted in conde mning his step-children to a life of d rudgery. J eff was a modest, likabl e, little boy, ambitiou s at th e same time; but he was kept in restraint by th e tyranny exercised. Finally, his brother "Will" brok e away from home. About 1841, Jeff, him self, could endure it no longer. Through William Rutan, who wit h his wife, M ar y Ann M agruder-a half- sister of J eff- was visit ing the family at Ru shville, J am es Lyon s Magrud er sent th e message th at he wante d to teach Jeff th e sadd lery trade, for which purpose J eff was to leave home with t he Rutans. T he offer was irresistible. Pullar objected strongly to losing J eff; but th e boy joined his brother in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, where he learned th e trade. I n later years, J am es Lyons M agruder referred to him as " such a good, faithful boy." Mechan icsburg, when J eff knew it, was merely a small hamlet, with only one school house. This was a small, brick bui lding maintained by sub scription. Three dollar s per qu arter was th e fee cha rged those who wished to attend. The pub lic money was insufficient for support ing th e school. Groceries and ot her supp lies were obtained from Cincinnati and other distant points. Frequ ently, th e stock on hand would be exhausted before th e arrival of anot her inst allm ent, so th ere would be a dearth for a while in some of th e hou sehold equi pment. But th ese inconveniences were accepted as th e lot of pioneers. For a Magruder to become a " black Republican", would seem to be nothing less t han high treason. In deed, J eff's fath er an d all of his American forefathers bearin g th e patronymic nam e had been slaveholders and st aun ch supporters of th e syste m. Hi s father, especially, was stern with th e slave s and insist ed upon th eir " knowing th eir place." There was t he negro who stole from Nini an Ma gruder's pig pen, for which offence he was taken to the whipp ing-post and given nine and th irty lashes wit h a cat-of-nin e tails on his generously salted bare ba ck. There was J eff's half-brother Richard Deakins Magruder, who joined as ove rseer for two dollars per day some slave dri vers headed for New Orleans. But it must be remembered that Nin ian died whi le J eff was st ill in his tenderest years, leaving him in th e care of a mother who was opposed to slavery and believed in kind tr eatment. Possibly th e dear old mammy, Aunt N an, who was his nurse while he was at th e most impressionable age, recited repeatedly the tragedy of bein g forcibly depri ved of her children, when the slave dri vers carr ied th em away. With so many influences in the one dire cti on, and with perhaps a better app reciatio n of th e slave's position developing from his own expe rience und er the governing hand of a proverbi al ste p-father, it should not be surprising that J eff was counted am ong th e ard ent Aboliti onists. The d ifference betwe en Ma gruder and the anti-slavery ad voca tes of t he South was in degree. H e was living in a transit ion per iod, in a region

36 32 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY where th e more extre me t hought was thriving. So sensitive was he to th e evils, th at he devo utly believed it to be impossible for one to be a D emocrat or slaveowner and a Chri stian. H is views were representative of th e norm al reaction to any awakening of th e social conscience wh ich th reatens to overt hrow long-est ablish ed custom. H e blundered, like so many of us today, in attempting to judge others by t heir deeds alone. When Jeff was twenty yea rs of age, J ames Lyons M agrud er made him his partner. T he next year, t he two brothers divided th eir stock, and "T. J." went to Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio. In this new community, young M agrud er built a respectable little brick shop, where he conducte d his saddle and harn ess business for two years and a half. Unt il abo ut 1875, the name of T. J. M agrud er remained on the wall of thi s building. F rom Woodstock, M agrud er moved- about th e year 1850-to Bellefontaine, Ohio, which conti nues at th e present day as a stronghold for descendants of Nini an M agruder. There Thomas J efferson was a member of th e firm of Rutan, M agrud er & Company. William Rutan was the hu sband of M ary Ann M agrud er, a half-sister of J eff. The business connection was not preserved ; for J eff soon sold out his share, and engaged in th e drug bu siness. This enterprise became quite exte nsive, th e medicine being sold throughout th e count ry, so that th e partners were deriving a good income. T. J., however, adhered to M agruder honest y. H e became convinced. th at his associa te was a qu ack, so he refu sed to have more to do with the bu siness. He sold out to t he "doctor", who agreed to pay th e debts of th e firm, which amounted to app roximately $1200, an obligation which M agruder subseq uently had to bea r. A letter in t he possession of the write r indicates th at a renewed partnership with Ru tan in T oledo was sought It reads as follows:- "Toledo Dec 5th 1853 "Mr Rutan " Dea r Sir " I Recd your letter on sat urday and must say that I never wa s more surp rized at any thing th an to hear of you r changing your oppionion abou t coming to T oledo But I can not fait you for not wanting to leave Bel1efontaine when considering you r situa tion there it would look a grea t deal like leaving and going into a strange land upon uncertainties. "as far as my going to M arion, I suppose I shall have to submit and go as it seems to be th e Best opening that I can think of at present. " But as fair as th e opening may appea r I never felt half so loth to leave any place as I do thi s at th e present time because th ere is an 'excellent opening here for a shop th at will be fil1ed soon by some one, and I would like to be one that would help fil1 it. As for Marion I dont expect to

37 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEE NTH A N NUAL G ATH ERI N G 33 becom e a perm an ent resident of th e place bu t possibly may be able to rai se a coupple of Hundred Dollar s in a year or so to enable me to start out again and fool it away. I will go over and see him tomorrow or next day and see what can be done. but if he dont give me a better Say than I t hink he will I wont go, But will make an oth er sta rt for ] olliott " I opened shop a few days ago made two Bri dles cove red a D ash have worked some a hamp and done $1.50 worth of Repairing and have th e promise of some more I engaged a set of H amp to a man for wood but I am afr aid th ey will come up missing like everything else that we have done in the place old man Love is down at th e heel becau se you dont take that lot and I expect Brown will swea r becau se yo u dont take his house he has had several good offers to ren t bu t held out for you to Buy or rent now none of them will take it But 'a ll's right that ends right' I would much rather work your stock up in T oledo than in Ma rion for I am sure I shall not make anyt hing th ere more th an will defray traveling expenc es I Reed your letter from M ar y ann and know ing it was fro m her I took t he liberty to open and read it. I enclose it in this th e report of This place being sickly may be false, th ere has been but little sicknefs Since I cam e I weigh ten lbs more th an when I came here and still gai ning " excu se this pencilling, I 've no good pen Yours Respectl y M agruder" I n spite of his reluctan ce to go to M arion, he moved th ere perm anently the very month he wrote th e above to R utan. I mmediately, he joined E pwor th Methodist Episcopa l Church. H e had previously joined the Ru shville M ethodist Chu rch, D ecember 5th, Religion always meant much to M agruder, prob ably due aga in to his moth er's influence. She at least introdu ced the family to Method ism for th e first time. H er parent s before her were pious folk, members of th e Methodist Church, who sent her and the other children to an academy of th e church for th eir education. Her father, wit h a lit tle help, even built a church on his farm. T he piety of her Grandfather Lyons mad e a deep impression upon the M agruder fami ly when he visited th e planta tion at th e age of ninety-five years. This fine looking, old gentle man left his home at Fa irfax Co urt Hou se on horseback and t ravelled forty miles in one day to his son's ho me west of Paris. Then he wen t three miles fa rt her, on horseback, to visit at M agruder's Mill s. H e came one day and returned th e next. But before departing, he said, "Now Betsey, call th e fami ly and we will have pra yers." Eliz ab eth (Lyon s) M agruder summoned eve ryone, including th e slaves. The patriar chal gra ndsi re had learn ed all the names on this single visit ; and he commenced by ask ing for God's blessing upon Ninian, his wife, M ar y, Sarah, J ames, Caroline, \Villiam, Am anda, and soon had named all, not neglectin g Aunt Nan and her son and daughter, th e slave s. H e th en put on his green baize leggings, tied with green braid, a large pin

38 34 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCI ETY above and two below th e knee. H is long overcoat comp leted th e attire. E rect in his bearin g, th e aged ma n mounted his horse from th e groun d nearl y as actively as a young man. Me mories of his blessings lived on. As a thorough Chri stian woman, J eff's mother could not tolerate profanity in her family. She was not hesitant in resortin g to drastic action upon occasion, as related by J ames Lyons Magruder. "Mother let us children have a room to ourselves to play in. Our little colored girl was playing wit h us and she did something that insulted me and I swore at her. Siste r Sara h was shocke d at my swearing, so she jumped up and ran in to th e other room where mother was and said 'Mo ther, Jimma swore.' M oth er came ru shing out with a hand kerchief in her hand. She tied it around my waist and said 'If you are bound to go to th e gallows, you might as well be hung now,' and hung me on the door knob and went on abo ut her work. I was pretty bad ly scared. After a while she came back and asked me if I would quit swearing, if she let me down, and I told her I would. That promise has always been kept before me and I have never violated it." This sta tement was made at the ripe age of eighty-e ight yea rs. We also have th e testimony of a grandson, J ames M ilton J ohn son. Wh en his father married Sarah Ann Magruder, the newly-weds went into th e wilds of Hocking County ; and Elizabeth (Lyons) Magruder felt tha t her daughter was being taken beyond th e boundaries of civilization. But the young son-in-law bravely vowed th en and th ere tha t he would always bring Sarah home once a yea r for a visit. J am es M ilton John son has recorded:- " I always looked forward to th ose annual visits as the brightest spots in my life; and you should have seen that dear old Grandmother; her life was certa inly a benediction; my fath er had no occas ion to take stock in the mother-in-law jokes; th ey would have been sacrilege to him." H er last message to her children was, "Tell th em to meet me in Heaven.' ' Wi th this pro nounced influence througho ut his youth, the religious acti vities of Thomas J efferson Magruder were a natural seque nce. At Epworth Church in Ma rion, he bega n to teach a Sunday School class, which he kept until he was th e oldest member of t he church. As th e boys of his class grew to manhood, th ey cont inued with him, eve n bringing th eir wives, until his class nu mbered more th an fifty. He was a delegate and member of th e first Ohio Sunday School convention of the Methodist Church. T hough th e efforts to entice William Ru tan to T oledo had failed, we find t hat on J anuary 2nd, 1854 a harness and saddle shop appea red in Marion under th e firm name of M agrud er & Rutan. One yea r lat er, Ma grud er purchased his partner's interests and cont inued th e bu siness very successfully as Magrude r's Saddlery Works, which became the chief concern of th at nature in Marion. Hi s sadd lery was hand-made, and it was in demand in all parts of Ma rion County. Horses, of course, were th e accep ted means of travel in th ose early days. Wh en Magrud er first went to M arion, he had yet to wit ness th e first trip there on the Baltimore & Ohio R ailro ad.

39 PROCE EDINGS OF NINETEENTH A N NUAL G ATHERING 35 Du ring the summer of 1924, th e writer met th e son of a man who had been an app rentice und er T. J. M agrud er in M arion. This son was in th e bu siness across th e street from M agrud er's saddlery shop. He sta ted th at President H ard ing' s wife th en owned t he building. President H ardin g was a young man when Ma grud er knew him. It is recalled th at M agruder regard ed him as quite promising. Beginning t o feel more comforta bly situa ted financially by 1855, M agruder entered at once into matrimony. On Febru ary eightee nt h of th at year, he was married by Rev. J ames Elliott to Elizabeth, daughter of J acob Fribley and Elizabeth Woods. The wedding took place in th e birthplace of the br ide at Old T own, near New Phil adelphia, Ohio. The write r had the pleasure of visit ing thi s pictu resque spot, where today in t he rolling country sta nds th e home, it self, on th e side of a hill overlook ing th e va lley. On t he side of th e house is an old Dutch ove n, th e Fribleys havin g been Ger ma ns from No rt humberla nd County in Penn sylvania. T homas J efferson M agruder' s ma rriage to a girl north of th e M ason and Dixon line, was th e first on thi s basis in his line. T his union mean t a furt her st rengthen ing of th e ties of Methodism. The following statement appears in th e " His tory of Tuscarawas County, Ohio" :- " T he first sermon in Old T own Valley was preached by Rev. John Rh odes, a Method ist ministe r, at th e Fribley cabin about Mr. Fribley's cabin and barn were used for some tim e as M eth odist sanctu aries. Fo r a time, J acob Fr ibley and William Wolf were th e only two Meth odist settlers in th e va lley." This cabin was one of t he first buil din gs erected by a white man in th at part of th e county. Its floor was of pun cheon ; th at is, of logs split in half. In 1924, th e wri ter found th at th e present owner of the homestead, th e second since th e Fribleys, had recently demolished thi s cabin, leaving th e second home built by J acob Fribley more th an a cent ury ago, th e only house of brick ever erected in Tuscarawas Valley. In th ese two homes, the Fribleys had introdu ced th e first family Bibl e known in t he Valley, a volume now in th e possession of Fribl eys in New Philadelph ia. ' Opposite th e Old Town Methodist Church is a bur ial ground of original settlers. There lies J acob Fribley with hi s wife, who " died in Christi an triumph." Rev. James William M agruder, D. D., was a produ ct of th e two M ethodist fami lies united. Oth er sons were Cha rles Otway and Thomas J efferson, th e latter dy ing in infancy. The lat e deputy chieft ain of Montan a, M rs. Mary Ru tan Short, was th e only daughter. Elizabeth (Fribley) Magrude r was more th an a passive Christi an. In 1875, she was one of th e women crusaders, who prayed in saloons in a body for th e reformation of th eir pat rons. Out of thi s effective movement sprang th e Women's Chri sti an T emp erance Uni on. The views of Thomas J efferson Magruder and his wife coincided. H e, too, was active for temperance, serving on th e finan ce committee of th e Peopl e's T emperance Reform Convention, which met in 1881.

40 36 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY After Magrud er' s marri age, he had an opportunity to buy an excellent home very chea ply. For many yea rs he was able to keep it ; but he had to pay the penalty for having th e t raits of a courtly Southern gentleman. So genero us and open-handed was he th at he went security for people wheneve r approache d. H is invari able reply to an appeal for a loan would be, " Why, certa inly. I thin k I can do th at. " In his mann er, one could read, "Your word is as good as your bond." Eventually came th e J ay Gould disaster. N eedless to say, Magruder was left to bear th e many debts of th ose he had so graciously assisted. This blow forced him to sell his residence on th e outskirts of Marion, which was situated on a bea utiful lot of four acres; and he moved over his store and shop. By faithful struggling, he finally succeeded t oward th e close of his life in paying every one of t he debts. T his tragic experience was a lesson to him, and he tried to impress upon his children the importance of th eir never being security for anyo ne. M agrud er persisted in his bu siness until failing health forced him to retire in H e was th e oldest bu siness man in th e city, both in years of life and in th e consecutive yea rs devoted to trade. He was also the oldest member of Kosciusko lodge, 1. O. O. F., in which he had held eve ry office. H e was a publi c-spirited cit izen and a valua ble man, always lending his aid to the advancement of any ente rp rise which would seem to promot e th e community's interests. For eight yea rs he was th e township treasurer; corpora tion treasurer for severa l years; and a member of the city coun cil and school board. Shortly before his death on October 9th, 1901, M agruder bought a modest home on a bare lot at 308 South Sta te Street, M arion, cultivat ed a ga rden, plan ted trees, and was abso rbed in beautifying his property when the end came. Following t he death of her husband, upon the adv ice of her son-in-law, Edmon d J. Short, and wit h th e app rova l of her son, J ames William, Elizabeth (F ribley) M agruder built a monument to Thomas J efferson M agruder in th e shape of a business block, four stories high. She th en sold her home and occupied an apa rtmen t in this Magruder Block, which, in 1924 at least, was adjoining the Y. M. C. A. Her add ress was 131}'2' South Sta te St reet. She, herself, rented th e rest of the buil ding. J an uary 14t h, 1906, she died in her apartment, as th e result of a stroke of pa ralysis. She was buried with her husband in Marion Cemetery, next to the Kling lot, t he family lot of President H arding's wife. Though Thomas J efferson Magruder longed to return to t he glories of his birthplace befo re he died, his dreams were never realized. That he ret ain ed the fund amental virtues of his Southern ancestors under va rying circumsta nces in t he new home, was evidenced throughout his life. That he prepa red t he way for expa nding usefulness of succeed ing generations, lend s further lustre to his na me.

41 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 37 "He was not of those who content t hemselves with th e achievements of th eir forebear s. Rather he followed their example in spending himself in the interest of his own and succeeding generations." Such ancestry should be one of th e spurs to human achi evement. _ Thomas J efferson Magruder was a son of N inian Magruder and Elizabeth Lyons, grandson of Sam uel Brewer M agruder and Rebecca Magruder, great-grandson of Samu el M agrud er III. and M argaret J ackson, greatgreat-grandson of Ninian M agru der, Sr., and Eli zabeth Brewer, greatgreat-great-grandson of Samuel M agrud er and Sarah Beall, great-gr eatgreat-great-grandson of Alexander M agruder.

42 38 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY GE ORGE M ILTON MAGRUDER 7 (George 6, Ninian Offutt 6, Ninian 4, Nini an 3, Samuel 2, Alexand er I) By ROBERT LEE MAGRUDER, GEORGIA I n making research at the old Court Hous e at App ling, Columbia County, Georgia, th ere was bro ught to my attention bound copies of The Columbia Sentinel. During t he year 1883, in each weekly issue appeared some " Reminis cences of Columbia County, Georgia", which had been prepared by Dr. H. R. Ca sey in I n th e issue for April 25, 1883, appeared a sketch of George M ilton M agruder, which I t ake pleasure in presenting before this Society, as it gives some cha racte ristics of t he subject of thi s sketch rather personal and of general interest to our membership. "George Milton Magruder was th e son of George and Susannah M agruder, and was born in thi s county in H e was twice marri ed. His first wife was Emily H eggie, who died in In 1852 he married Mrs. Lamar of Lincoln County. He had by his first wife ten child ren, of whom th ey raised eight. Five daughters are now in life, all active, st irring women, good housewi ves and helpmates to th eir husband s. The three sons fell martyrs to th eir count ry's liberties. Ramsey and Edwin Magruder were members of th e Ra msey Volunteers. T his fine company, with the gallant Captain Boyd as the leader, left old Columbia in J uly 1861, for the Old Domini on. Ramsey was Second Lieutenant and Edwin was third sergeant. The latter died in Suffolk, Virginia, on the march from Yorktown to Goldsboro, M ar ch 28, Ramsey died in Richmond, J une 16, Read th e long list of the names of "our D ead" on the monumental ta blet, and among the fallen heroes of the Ramsey Volunteers you will find th e names of the Magruder brothers. 1 And here I mus t be permitted to say t hat am ong the lady friend s who assisted me in getting up t his slight tribute in memory of our gallant dead, none was more fait hful and effective than Miss Mat Ma grud er, now Mrs. A. J. Avery, J r. The youn gest son, Oswell Magruder, like most young men, enthused with am OT patria, and anxious to avenge th e death of his brothers, tor e himself away from home, and in J uly 1864, th ough in feeble health, mad e for t he Western Army. No tidings came home from thi s delicate youth for a long tim e. Then news came that he had left Bri stow, T enn essee, to join the Firs t Georgia Cavalry. T hat was t he last heard of thi s soldier boy. I t is supposed t hat he was shot by bu shwha ckers. 'T is sad to part with dear ones under an y circumstances, but wh en Death st rikes down with a mysterious blow, keen indeed is th e pang and bitter sorrow. lthis tablet of marble is erected in the old Court House at ApplingGa.

43 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 39 The oldest daughter married W. H. Stanton. The second A. J. Avery, J r., the third T yler Lamkin, and the fourth Oliver Hardy, Columbia's active and efficient T ax Collector. If there is a man in the county t hat Oliver does not know, I might almost say that the man is not worth knowing, for he is bound to exerci se a sort of pastoral care over his flock- speaking after the manner of man. It is hard to resist that good, open, jolly, fun-ful face, round as the full moon, and covered all over with smiles. I think I have heard the boy s say that Oliver was a good feeder. I do not know whether he " lives to eat or eats to live," but I do know th at, with all his avoirdupois, this Falstaffian figure, he is as polite and graceful as a French dancing master, a popular ladie s man, and is quite sure to kiss the babies about voting time; and, as he is a standing candidate for life, as he say s, till he gets beat, he intends to take in a quantum JujJicit of rati ons to the end that he may never be off of foot or feed, and th e last end may still find him in harness. H e says th at old Uncle J ohnny Collins died in harness, and why not the present collector. The fifth daughter of George M ilton Magruder is now the wife of our clever townsman, J ohn Lan gston, and the two youngest boys, Lafayette and Bailey Magruder, ha ve grown up to manhood and are now indu strious and pro sperou s toilers of th e soil. Quite recently Mr. Stanton has died. I knew George Ma grud er well. He was one of Columbia's most prosperous planters and best citizens. He did not run heavy on cotton. He raised home supplies. H e always had corn, wheat and oats for sale, and hence farming was a success with him, and his large property increased under his judicious management. But alas, there came a "change over th e spirit of his dreams". Thomas Seay had purchased and was working a gold mine in Lincoln County, and induced Mr. Magruder to take a t hird interest wit h him, t hen a half, and finally sold out to him. This proved a bad investment, and an illustration of the old maxim, "Shoemaker stick to your last." From that day th e "gold fever has slept in Lincoln, but it has recently broken out afresh, and the Magruder mine, I learn, is booming up and attracting foreign capitalists. George Ma gruder was an acti ve-minded man, full of vim and hope, never despondent, but alwa ys looked on th e bright side. He was a noted grain producer, and the M agruder wheat was eagerly sought after. He was a.strong party man-an old line Whig. He had two sons by his last wife, Lafayette and Bailey. H e died June 27, 1864, after a long and painful illness. He was spared th e mortifying spectacle of seeing the Bonny Blue Flag, for which AA had given his three sons, trail in th e du st. Columbia lost a va luable citizen. "He sleeps well" in th e old family cemetery ncar his first wife and four of his child ren. "Requiescat in pact." The family bibl e of George Milton M agrud er, published by Kimber & Sharpless of Phil adelphia, Pa., is now in possession of his grandson " George M. Magruder, at Appling, Georgia.

44 40 A MERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY Geo rge M ilto n Magruder, was born in Columb ia County, Georgia, November 20, 1803,* died in Columbia County, Georgia, June 27, 1864*, married first on May 1, 1832*, Mary Emily Heggie, born April 19, 1814,* died September 19,1851*, and had I. Mary Louisa Magrud er 8, b. May 7, 1833*, married William H. Stanton, Feb. 20, 1861*: no issue. II. J ames Arte mus Mag rude r", b. April 27, 1835*, d. J uly 17,1846*. III. George Ramsey Mag rude r s, b. December 6, 1836*, d. Ju ne 16, 1864*, Richmond, Virginia, Second Lieut enant, 16th Georgia Infantry, C. S. A. IV. Edw in Camillus Magrud er s, b. August 29, 1838*, d. March 28, 1864*, Suffolk, Virginia, Third Sergeant, 16th Georgia In fant ry, C. S. A. V. Martha Susan Magrudcr s, b. J une 11, 1840*, marri ed Ap ril 15, 1875* to A. J. Avery, j r.; no issue. VI. Oswell Ca rmichael Magruder s, b. August 4, 1842*, d. J anuary 1865, as a Recruit, C. S. A. VII. T hirza Irene Magruder 8, born March 23, 1844*, marri ed J. T yler Lamkin, November 13, 1862*, had : 1. Emily Elizabet h Lamkin g, b. September 1,1 863*, married A. P. Barrett of Alabama, May 19, 1887*, had: a. Pearce Lamkin Barrett 1 0, b. f ebru ary 7, 1888*. b. Ea rly Holliday Barrett 1 0, d. in infancy. c. Lois Bar rett I 0, b. December 20, 1892.* d. Allie Sadler Barrett 1 0, b. October 26, 1895*. 2. Georgia H eggie Lamkin g, b. June 5, 1865*, d. October 26, 1894*; un mar ried. 3. Bertha Irene Lamkin g, b. September 19, 1867*, marri ed G. P. Bennett f eb. 6,1894*, had: a. Gladys Bennett 1 0, b. August 2, 1895*. 4. J ohn Lamkin g, b. Ma rch 9, 1871*, marri ed Pallie H at cher, had : a. Irene Lamkin 1 0, b. Ma delyn Lamkin 1 0, 5. Marie Lamkin g, b. March 18, 1883*, marri ed Carl H. Ellington, had : a. Buford Ellington 1 0, b. Irene Ellington 1 0, VII I. Cornel ia Em ily Magruder 8, b. J an uary 18, 1847*, d. May 18, 1888*, marri ed Oliver H ardy, May 5, 1870*, had : 1. Lillian Ambrose Hardy s, b. J anu ary 7,1871*, married Nathan 1.. Benton October 8, 1890*, had: a. Na than L. Benton, j r., 1 married Henrietta Roberts Aug. 21, 1922*. ' 2. George Magrude r H ard y 9, b. July 24, 1874*. IX. Ophelia Antoinette Magruder 8, b. Feb rua ry 4, 1848*, marri ed J ohn f. Langston, had : --- "Ind icat es bible record.

45 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATH ERI NG Roland Magrud er Langston g, b. December 23, Louisa Langston g, b. married W. S. Cooper. 3. Ophelia Langston 9, b. June 7, X. Eud ocia E mma Ma gruder s, b. September 17, 1851*, d. March 28, 1852*. George Milton Magrud er married, second, September 22, 1852*; Mrs. Matilda E. (Walker) Lamar, b. July 22, 1817*, d. Sept ember 12, 1898*, had : XI. Lafa yette Lamar Magruder 8, b. November 10, 1853*, d. August 17,1899*, Ma rch 2, 1875*; marri ed Anna Louise Young, b. August 29, 1854, had : 1. Emily E. Magruder 9, b. March 31, 1876*, married, 1st, William A. Chamblin, had : a. Willie Chamblin I 0, married, 2nd, Dr. J. D. Timmons, of Batesbur g, S. C., has: b. Ruth Timmons I 0, c. Magruder Timmons I 0, 2. George Milton Magrud er ", b. July 26, 1877*, now living at Applin g, Ga., ma rried J odie M arshall, J uly 5, 1903, greatgrand-daughte r of Daniel Marshall found er of th e Baptist Church in Georgia, had : a. George Milton Magruder, III 1 0, b. January 24, 1905, married May 22, 1928, Lexin Lottie Cone. b. Richard Lamar Magrud er I 0, b. August 27, Edwin Fletcher Magruder ", b. March 20, 1881*, now living at Asheville, N. C., married October 1903, Mamie Moss, had : a. Edward Magruder I b. Mary Magruder I 0, c. J ames Magruder I 0, d. Bailey Magruder I 0, e. William Magruder I 0, 4. Lafayette Lamar Magruder 9, b:, December 19, 1882*, now living Ha vana, Cuba, marri ed first Mrs. Bullock, no issue, married second Mary Lemmon had : a. Mary Jane Magruder I 0,. 5. J ames Bailey Magruder>, b. November 14, 1884*, d. J une 23, 1886.*,. XII. George Bailey Magruder 8, b. October 16, 1857*, d. November 13, 1916, married, J une 7, 1911*, J essie J eanne Fulghum; no issue. She died June 7, 1916.* *Ind icatea bible record.

46 42 AM ERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY JOHN ARCHIBALD MAGRUD ER 7 (John 6, Ninian Offutt 6, N inian 4, N inian 3, Samuel " Alexande r I) By ROBERT LEE MAGRUDER, G EORGIA J ohn Archibald Magrude r 7 th e only son of J ohn and Sara h (Prior) M agrud er, was born in Columbia County, Georgia, August 13, 1805, and died near Sharon, Mi ssissippi, April 21, 1887.* Hi s siste rs were: Ma ry, born 1801, marri ed Aquilla Flint, J uly 7,1819; Eleanor, born 1809, marri ed Hiram Drane, D ecemb er ; Sar ah, marri ed Eli as Scott, M arch 29, 1832; P amelia, married (1) Thoma s J. Wri ght, November 14,1833, (2) Washington W. Stone, J anu ary 14, 1841; Martha, marri ed Owen Harrison Baldwin, April 29, J ohn Archibald M agruder, accompanied by Owen Baldwin, his brotherin-law, made two visits to Mi ssissippi early in th e yea r 1840, riding horseback, one visit prospectin g and th e ot her when th ey both purchased property in Madison County, some six or seven miles eas t of Sharon. At th e tim e man y families were immigrating to th e farm land s in the socalled " Black Belt" of Alab am a and Mi ssissippi, which was open, to settlers as th e Indian s were dri ven westwa rd. The family left Geo rgia on D ecemb er 13, 1840, in pioneer fashion accompanied by slaves, live-stock and house furni shin gs, using carryalls and covered wagons for th e journey. They camped at night along th e way, and finally land ed safely at th eir ncw Mi ssissippi home on January 12, An outs tanding cha racte ristic of John Archibald M agrud er was thoroughness in eve rything he undertook. In building' his home and negro quarters, it was so th oroughly done, his house of cight rooms did not need a new cover for fifty yea rs, and is still standing, as are also several negro houses of hewn logs. H ere John Archibald Ma grud er lived until his death in 1887, and where he reared a larg e famil y. H e was a man of many sterling qu alities, chief of them being his ab solute honesty in all bu siness dealin gs. His was a quiet, industrious nature, and he firmly believed in th e old adage that an ything worth doing at all wa s worth doing well. H e was highly respected by both white and black, and was familiarl y known as " Ma rs Jack.". The famil y bible of John Archibald M agruder, publi shed by Robert P. De silver, of Philadelphia, Penn sylvania, is now in possession of Mrs. Georg e Burt Olive, of Camden, Missis sippi, his youngest and only living child. He was twice married-his first wife was Rachel Evalin e Shaw, whom he married on December 20, 1832,* She died October 30, 1834.* Indicates bible record.

47 PROCEEDINGS OF N IN ET EE NTH ANNUAL GATHERING 43 His second wife was M ary Ann Wilder, daughter of Solomon Wilder, whom he marri ed February 1, 1838*. She was born in Warren County, Georgia, J anu ary 4, 1819, and died at Sha ron, Mississippi, Nove mber 4, 1895.* John Archibal Magruder and Rachel Evaline Shaw (first wife) had : 1. Ma ry Ellen Magruder ", b. Columbia County, Georgia, Nove mber 13,1833*, d. June 6, 1901*, m. Robert T. Cheek, April 24, 1855*, and had: 1. William Henry Cheek 9, b. J une 16, 1858*, d. May 4, 1925, m, (l st) M ary J ennin gs, December 30, 1908, (2nd) Nannie Eldridge, Nove mber 8, J ohn Archibald Magrud er Cheek 9, b. July 28, 1860; no issue. 3. Elbert Alston Check 9, b. December 28, 1866, d. June 1923, m. May J ack, December 28, 1899, had : a. Elbert Alston Check, J r., 1 lives at Lak e Village, Ark. 4. Robert Check 9, b. August 3, 1871, m. Solie Pritchard; no issue. 5. Susie Ann Check 9, b. M arch 28, 1869, m. November 30, 1893, to D r. Charle s F. Smith, denti st of Canton, Miss. and had : a. Robert William Smith 1 0, b. Sept. 29, b. Jo Fraser Smith 1 0, b. March 25, 1897, m. Ada McDonnell, had : i. Sue Cheek Smith 1 1, b. Apri l 14, c. Evelyn Smith 1 0, b. M ay 6, 1899, m. Thomas H. Riddell, March 21, 1922, had: i. Thomas Ridd ell, J r. 1 1, b. July 8, ii. Charles Foster Ridd ell l I, b. June 6, d. Elizabeth Smith 1 0, b. Dec. 23, 1904, d. Aug. 4, e. Charles Foster Smith l O, b. Sept. 29, Dr. William Augustu s Cheek 9, b. Sept. 15, 1874, d. J an. 17, 1916, m. Lily Powell, Dec. 28, 1909, had : a. William Austin Cheek 1 0, lives at Pelican, La. John Archibal M agruder 7 and Mary Ann Wilder, second wife, had: II. Josephine America Magrud er ', b. in Wilkes County, Georgia, Nov. 10, 1838*, d. near Sharon, Miss., Ma y 20, 1885*; unma rried. III. Georgia Ann Magruder", b. in Taliaferro County, Georgia, March 18, 1840*, d. May 1, 1908*, m. Dr. Isaac Asberr y Shelby, of Camd en, Miss., Mar. 15, 1866, had : 1. Dr. J ohn Magruder Shelby s, b. Dec. 13, 1866, d. Aug. 5, 1928, married Carrie Clore, Oct. 22, 1889; had : a. Ma mie Shelby 1 0, b. Aug. 18, 1890, m. D r. J ohn W. Melvin, Nov. 29, 1911; had : i. J ohn Ed mond Melvin 11, b. Sept. 29, b. Isaac Clore Shelby 1 0, b. Jul y 28, 1894, d. Oct. 9, c. Helen Kat herine Shelby 1 0, b. J uly 28, 1901, m. J ohn Booth Ep ting Aug. 14, 1924, of Drew, Miss.; had : *Indicates bible record.

48 44 AMERICAN CLAN G REGO R SOCIETY i. Carrie J ean Epting 11, b. Nov. 25, ii. John Robert Epting 11, b. D ec. 23, Mark D. Shelby 9, b. Feb. 18, 1870, m. Dolores Semmes, Nov. 5, 1894; had: a. Alfonso T. ShelbyI., b. July 23, 1895 (Catholic Priest). b. Marie Georgette Shelby 1., b. Nov. 7, 1896, m. Bates Me Gowan, lives 8127 H ickory St., New Orleans, La.; has two c. ch ildren. R alph Shelby J., died in infancy. d. Mark Shelby 1., died in infancy. 3. Dr. Isaac Archibald Shelby 9, b. Nov. 7, 1872, m. Fannie Lacey \ Nov. 7, 1901 (Columbia, Miss.), 4. William Thomas Shelby 9, b. May 4, 1878, m. Maude Kennard Jan. 7, 1908 (Port Gibson, Miss.). 5. Mary Josephine Shelby 9, b. July 20, 1876, m. Willis Add ison Maxwell D ec. 22, 1897, lives at D urant, Mi ss.; had: a. Georgia Bea\l Maxwell! v, b. Dec. 16, b. Isaac Shelby Maxwcll!v, b. March 11, 1902, m. Mercedes French; had: i. Mercedes Maxwe\ll 1, b. Feb. 25, c. Lee Norwood Maxwell! ", b. Aug. 20, d. Ne ll Maxwe\ll 0, b. Oct. 8, 1908, d. Nov. 12, e. Shelby Magruder Maxwell 10, b. Jan. 7, IV. Henry Arch iba ld Magruder 8, b. in Madison County, Miss., Dec. 8, 1841"', died Dec. 18, 1896"', m, May 10, 1871, Virginia Octavia Scott, b. Aug. 13, 1851, d. Feb. 8, 1903, da ughter of E lias and Sarah (Magruder) Scott 7, (john Magruder 8, N inian Offutt', Ninian ', Ninian s, Samuel', Alexander I); had: 1. Mary Gus Magruder 9, b. Aug. 16, 1876, d. Nov. 7, Ninian Magruder 9, b. Sept. 5, 1879, d. Oct. 23, Lillian Magruder 9, b. Oct. 27, 1883, d. July 26, J osephine Magruder ", b. Feb. 16, 1886, m, Aug. 4, 1905, to Aristo tle E ldr idge, lives at Ca nton, Miss.; had : a. Alan Magrude r Eldridge 1 0, b. J une 23, b. Margaret Eldridge 1 0, b. J uly 8, 1909, d. May 19, c. Joh n Howe \l E ldridge 1 0, b. J uly 2, Willie Scott Magruder 0, b. M ay 10, V. Martha Baldwin Magruder 8, b. in Madison Coun ty, M iss. Sept. 26, d. at Hopkins, S. c., J uly 8, 1898, m, J ames H opkins, of South Carolina, Oct. 24, 1872, issue: 1. Willie Hopkins 9 2. Mary Hopkin s 9 3. Emma Hopkins 0, m. Hope Wh yte, live at 1825 Sumpter St., Columb ia, S. c., issue: a. Sarah Wh yte Indicat es bible record.

49 PROCEEDINGS OF N IN ETE EN TH ANNUAL G ATHERI NG 45 VI. Sarah Jane Magruder 8, b. in Madi son County, Miss., Oct. 16, 1846, d. Dec. 31, VII. Solomon Wilder Magruder t, b. in Madison County, Miss., July 13, 1848, d. May 1, 1896, near Sharon, Mi ss., m. Dec. 1, 1886, M ary Jos ephine Olive 8, born in M adison County, Miss., March 27, 1865, daughter of Young Burt7 and Beulah (Childs) Olive, granddaught er of John and Sarah (Magruder) 8 Olive (Ninian Offutt Magruder 5, Nini an c, Ninian 8, Samu el 2, Alexander I), I ssue: 1. Andrew Ma grud er ', 2. Beulah Magruder ", marri ed 1st, J ames Smirall, j r., issue: a. James Olive Smirall ' 0, b. June 3, married 2nd, Steven Mabry 1 0, issue; b. Steven Magrud er Mabry 1 0, b. Nov. 16, Mary Magruder ", b. Mar. 7, 1890, m. J uly 1, 1924, William Augustine Martin (live at Lookout Mountain, Tenn.); issue : a. John McEwen Martin 10, b. May 13,1927. b. William Ma gruder Martin 1 0, b. Oct. 22, Ruth Magruder ', b., married J ohn Ma grud er Pearce (b. in Miss.). Hi s moth er was a Mi ss Magruder (live in Central America- I927). Issue: a. Mary Catherine Pearce 1 0, b. Sept. 7, b. Frances Ruth Pearce 1 0, b. Apr. 3, c. J ohn Ma gruder Pearce 1 0, b. J an. 20, VIII. Dr. J ohn Thomas Magrud er 8, b. in Madison County, Miss., Aug. 22, 1850, d. Oct. 14, IX. Emma Augu sta Ma grud er 8, b. in Madison County, Miss., Feb. 21, 1853, d. Dec. 18, X. James William Ma gruder 8, b. in M adison County, Miss., Nov , d. J uly 6, 1917; rn. Georgia Lois Richards, Mar. 23, 1882 (lived at Ho lendale, M iss.}; issue: 1. Thomas Magruder " 2. James William Magrud er " 3. Annie May M agruder >, married George Madison Wheeler. issue: a. Willie Wheeler 1 XI. Felix Pryor M agruder s, b. in Madison County, Miss., J an. 17, 1857, d. Oct. 10, XII. Beulah Olive Ma grud er 8, b. in Madison County, Miss., J an. 27, 1859, d. March 8, 1913 in Shreveport, La., m. Perry L. Hayes, Apr il 6, I ssue: 1. Magruder Hayes., 2. Ca rrie H ayes., b.-----" rn. B. Robert s; issue: a. b. Beulah Roberts Jndicates bible record.

50 46 AMERI CA N C LAN GRE GOR SOCIETY X II I. Finnie Elizabeth M agruder 8, born Madison County, Miss., J an. 20, 1861*, marri ed George Burt Olive on Nov. 26, 1890*, born Madison County, Mi ss., Sept. 24, 1851, died Madison Coun t y, Miss., Aug. 21, He was son of Young Burt Olive 7 (Sarah Magruder Olive 8, Ninian Offutt M agruder >, Ninian ', N inian ', Samu el ', Alexand er I; had : 1. Youn g Burt Olive i, b. Sept. 10, 1891, m. Lillian Broadwell, July 6, 1921; had : a. Youn g Burt Olive 1 0, b. April 29, b. Stu art Broadwell Olive 1 0, b. Sept. 23, c. M ary Josephin e Olive I 0, b. Sept. 19, d. George Magrud er Olive I 0, b. Apri l 1, John Magruder Olive ", b. Ju ly 23, George Gilbert Olivc ", b. Oct. 15,1 898, rn. Gwendolyn Remfry, Apri l 17, Beulah Olive i, d. in infancy. Since two of th e children of John Archiba ld Magrud er 7 were married into the "Olive" fam ily-namely Solomon Wilder M agrud er 8 to Mary Josephine Olive; and Fannie Elizab eth Magrud er 8 to George Burt Olive, both grand-children of Sarah (M agruder) Olive, it is deemed appropriate to add something of th e relation to th e ancest ral line of her fath er Ninian Offutt M agrud er-originally from Maryland but who came to Geor gia with his cousin Ninian Beall Ma gruder afte r the Revolutionary War. Sarah M agrud er 8, daughter of Ninian Offutt M agrud er " (N inian s, Ninian >, Samuel ', Alexander I) was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, September 16, 1779, died in Columbia County, Geo rgia, Nov. 19, She was marri ed in Columbia Coun ty, Georgia, to J ohn Olive. He was born in North Carolina Nove mber 30, 1770, son of John Olive, a Revolutionar y patriot. (See Georgia Roster of the Revolution). J ohn Olive died in Columbia County, Georgia, December 13, He and his wife, Sarah (M agruder) Olive, are buri ed in th e Ninian Offutt Magruder cemet ery in Columbia Coun ty, Georgia, and their gra ves are marked with plain head and foot stones, with the following inscriptions : J ohn Olive, born in Raleigh, N. c., died in Columbia County, Ga., Dec. 13t h, 1836, in his 67th year. Mrs. Sarah Ma grud er Olive, wife of J ohn Olive, died in Columb ia County, Ga., Nov. 19, 1833, in the 55th year of her age. John Olive's will was mad e Apri l 23, 1836, and probated J an. 2, 1837, and is on record in the Court of Ordinary, Columbi a County, at App ling, Ga. Will Book W, page 385. Sarah Magrud er 8 and J ohn Olive had: 1. Youn g Burt Olive 7, b. in Columbia County, Ga., March 10, 1813, d. in Madison County, M iss., Dec. 29, 1895, m. Beulah Childs, Dec. 18, 1850; issue: 1. Mary J osephin e Olive 8, b. M adison County, Mi ss., Mar. 27, 1865, m. Dec. 1, 1886, in Madison County, Mi ss., Solomon Indicates bible record.

51 PROCEEDINGS OF NINET EE NTH A NNUAL GATHERING 47 Wilder Magruder a (John Archibald 1, J ohn a, Ninian Offutt i, Nin ian 4, Ninian a, Samuel ", Alexand er I), born J uly 13, 1848, died May 1, 1896; issue (see descendants of Solomon Wilder Magruder). r 2. George Burt Olive a, b. Madison County, Miss., Sept. 24, 1851, d. Madison County, Miss., Aug. 21, 1917; m. Madison County, Mis s., Nov. 26, 1890, Frances Elizabeth Magruder 8 (Jo hn Archiba ld 7, John a, Ninian Offutt a, Ninians, Ninian 3, Samuel s, Alexand er I), born J an. 20, 1861 (living in 1928), issue: a. Youn g Burt Olive 0, b. Sept. 10, 1891, m. Lillian Broadwe ll b. John Ma grud er Olive 9, b. Ju ly 23, c. George Gilbert Olive ', b. Oct. 15, d. Beulah Olive 9, d. in infa ncy. 3. Andrew Vinson Olive 8, b. in Madison County, Miss., May 21, II. Fabian J. Olive 7, b. in Columb ia County, Ga., May 7, 1815, d. in Mad ison County, Miss., J une 26, 1852; unmarried. III. Ann E. Olive 1, b. Columb ia County, Ga., Nov. 3, 1804, d. in Decatur, Ga., J une 8, 1880; married three times, (I) John Anderson, (2) Genera l Vinson, (3) Dr. John W. J ones. IV. Mary Magruder Olive 7, b. Columbia County, Ga., Sept. 1, d. Summerville, Ga., Sept. 5, 1875, married J ohn P. Eve, no issue. V. Loui sa E. Olive ", b. Columbia County, Ga., Dec. 15, 1817, m. P. Sutherland. VI. E veline T. Olive 7, b. Columbia County, Ga., Ju ly 5, 1820, d. in New York, Apr. 2, 1880; marri ed Trowbridge; lived in North Carolina. VII. Martha Burt Olive 1, b. Columbia County, Ga., May 17, 1809, m, Andrew J. Miller, of Augusta, Ga.; had 1. Edward T. Miller 8, m. A. Harri s. 2. Birtie Miller 8, m. T om Harris, Augusta, Ga. 3. Julia Miller 8, m. Olive H arri s. 4. Frank Miller a, m. S. Chandler. 5. William Miller 8, d. single. 6. Harriet Miller 8, m. A. Clements. 7. Frank Har vey Miller s, born Au gusta, Ga., Oct. 13, 1836 (Lieut. Oglethor pe InL, Co. A, 1st Georgia, C. S. A.; president Georgia Bar Associati on, and a recognized authority on Ecclesiastical law), married Julia Dyer Kitchern, had a. William R. M iller', married M. Phinizy, had i. Hamilton M iller 1 0, ii. William M iller 1 0, 8. Burt Olive Miller 8, m. Ann ie Jones, had a. William Miller 0, b. Kate Miller 9, c. Bessie Miller 9, d. Harvey Miller 9,

52 48 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 9. John T. Millers, m. Rebecca Royal, had a. Andrew J. Miller', b. Royal Miller', c. Martha Miller', 10. Mary E. Miller s, m. John C. Eve, Augusta, Ga., had a. Mary Eve', b. Willie Eve', c. Oswell Eve', d. Olive Eve', e. Sarah Eve '.

53 III1{A~1 \)RAS E B ORS. F t:r RI,,\ H 10. lsor); Dn:D, S t:pthuh:r l l, 1889 "

54 PROCEEDI NGS 0 1' N INETEENTH A NNUAL GATH ERING 49 HIRAM DRANE 7 (Ca ssandra Magruder 8 Dr ane, Ninian Beall Ma grud er a, Samuel 3rd 4, Ninian., Samuela, Alexand er I), By ROBERT L E E MAGRUDER, GEORGIA Hir am Drane 7, born on his father's place in Columb ia County, Georgia, Febru ary 20th, 1806, was th e fourth son of William and Cassandr a (Magrud er) Drane, who were originally from Mar yland. His mother, Cassand ra Magruder 8, born in Mo ntgo mery County, Maryland, September 13th, 1768, died in T albot County, Georgia, February 26th, 1860, was dau ght er of Ninian Beall and Rebecca (Youn g) Magruder, and his fath er, William Drane, born in P rince Geo rge's County, Maryland, July 14th, 1765, died in Columbi a County, Geo rgia, February 6,1 847, was son of Anthony Drane, of Prince George's County, Maryland, a Revoluti onary pat riot. Afte r th e War for In dependence, many families came from Maryland to Georgia. William Drane and his brother Walter Drane were among th e early pioneers who esta blished th eir home in Columb ia County. Ninian Beall M agruder and his first cousin Ninian Offutt Magruder, with their families, also came to Georg ia, takin g up military grants and established themselves on large plantat ions in ' Columbia Coun ty. It will be remembered, however, t hat Columbi a was carved from Richmond County, in th e year 1790 and th eir land s, th ough originally in Richmond County fell in th e new county of Columbia. The history of th e two families of Mag ruder, as well as that of th e two Drane broth ers has been irrevocably linked toget her. The two Drane broth ers, married daughters of N inian Beall Magruder. Hiram Dr ane spent his boyhood on his fath er's plantation in Colu mbia County, Georgia. He grew up to manhood with only th e rudim ents of an "old field education." Hi s early life was spent in hard work on the far m, where he acquired a knowledge of surveying. On Decemb er 20th, 1827*, he marri ed his cousin Eleanor Ma gr uder. (E leanor 7, Joh n 8, Ninian Offutt a, Ninian t, Ninian ', Sa muei >, Alexander '). She was born in Columbi a County, Georgia, July 20th, 1809*, daughter of J ohn and Sarah (Pryor) M agruder, and grand-daughter of Ninian Offutt and Mary (Harris) Magrud er. Hiram Drane lived in,columbia County, Georgia, until the year 1833, th e year the sta rs fell, when he moved with his family to Taylor County, Georgia; his new home being located ncar the lines of T albot and Taylor Counties. When he made thi s move he had accumu lated about eight hundred acres of land in Columbia County. Hi s wife Eleanor inherited some property and slaves from her Uncle Archibald M agrud er, a bachelor, who had accumul ated considerable property. (T his Archibald Magruder was son of Ninian Offutt Ma grud er, and had been a soldier in the American

55 50 A MERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY Revolution. His will, made March 22, 1837, probated May 6, 1839, is on record in Will Book W, pages 424, 5, 6 and 7, of Columbia County, Georgia. He made bequ ests to his nieces and nephews, children of his brothers G eorge, Zadock and J ohn Ma gruder, and sisters Sar ah Olive and Nelly Wynn e. H e is buried in the M agruder burying ground a few miles from Harlem, Georgia). Hiram Drane was a Democrat, and served one or two term s in th e Georgia Legislature sometime before th e \Var between th e States. He was considered too old for active military service, so remained at home to furni sh provisions for th e arm y. He served a long while as Justice of th e Peace, belonged to th e county court, and was known as "Judge Drane ". Freedom came to his slaves with th e closing of th e war. In th e summer of 1865 he worked th em as he had in slavery tim es, finishin g th e crops already planted. In th e fall he sold all his personal property and land at pub lic auction, leaving each negro enough provisions to carry him th rough th e winter-he had about twenty slaves at this time-and went to Mi ssissippi. H e could not see his way clear to pay his former slaves for th e work that th ey would have to do, so left to get into entirely new surroundings. When he made this decision, he and one or two of his sons-in-law, journeyed to Memphis, T ennessee, by train; secured horses and scouted arou nd in northern Mi ssissippi to locate some land. The old " Brown" plantation, conta ining a large acreage in DeSoto County, nca r Cockrum, app ealed to him. This he purchased and returned to Georgia for th e fami ly. Three of his marri ed daughters and th eir husband s went to Mississippi also. The daughters were Julia, wife of Charles Knowlton ; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Manes; and M artha, wife of J am es Matthews. The trip was made by train to Memphi s, and th en by private con v e y an ~ e to Cockrum. _ The three sons, Patrick Henry, Andrew Jackson and Hiram Walter Drane, drove wagons through the country with the hou sehold effects on th e move from Georg ia. T wo other families acco mpanied th e pa rty. They were three weeks making the journ ey. They had a lar ge ten t for rain y weather, which was used only th e first night out, th e weather continuing fair and frost y th e rest of the time. Hiram Wa lter Drane was only fifteen yea rs of age at the time, but he was made t reasurer, going ahead to arra nge provisions for th e members of th e par ty and th e animals. Hiram had instructed his sons not to tra vel on Sundays. One day t hey passed a meetin g house where services were being held. They th ought th ey were disobeying their father's injuncti on, however, th ey soon camd to a place where hog-killin g was going forward, and concluded that it was Saturday, and th at it was the usual busin ess session th at was being held at th e other place., The party crossed th e Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Georgia, and while camped out near th ere, some of Wilson's raid ers passed and

56 PROCEEDINGS OF N INETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 51 fired off guns. No damage was done and they were not further molested on th eir trip. The journey continued through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where th e river had to be forded as th e bridge had been burned, thence to Aberdeen, Missi ssippi and on to Cockrum. Hiram Drane acquired more land on th e Pidgeon Roost Creek, mostly forests, also property on Bear T ail Creek, meanw hile securing a residence containing a lar ge acreage in t he village of Cockrum. Eleanor Magruder, his first wife, was a M ethod ist, but H iram Drane joined th e Presbyt erian Church at th e age of fifty. He would ride horseback in all kinds of weather to atte nd serv ices at Hern ando. Part of this ride would be through Cold Water Bottoms, and frequentl y he would be covered with mud to his waist on his return. He had a reputation for honest y. He always paid his debts promptly, and believed in giving good measur e, pressed down, shaken together and running ove r, and would never accept more th an th e legal rate of interest when lending money, and less from widows. He was a man of considerable sense of humor. Once a Dr. Matthews had been seeing a slave for some month s without curing her. Hiram, believin g her a malingerer, had her tied up in a blan ket for t ransportation since she was so ill, cau sing all th e ot her slaves to laugh at her. This worked a cure, and th e good old D octor always resented th e laughter that was evoked when it was said that Hiram cured with a blanket in one day what he couldn' t cure in a month. The last days of Judge Drane were spent confined in an inva lid's cha ir, and having long passed th e usua l three score and ten, he ente red into rest on th e 14th of September, 1889, and his rem ains are interred at Cockrum, Mi ssissippi. The fami ly record of Hiram Drane is contained in a bible pub lished by Sumn er and Goodman, Hartford, in 1848, and is now in possession of H iram Walter Drane, M emphi s, T enn. Accordin g to thi s bible record " Eleanor Drane died in th e year of our Lord 1870, on th e 19th of November, ten minutes before one o'clock P. M." H iram D rane married second ly Mrs. E lectra Ann J ackson "whose maiden nam e was Haughton" born February 8th, She died "in the year of our Lord 1878 on th e 13th day of J anuary at 30 minutes after 4 A. M." T here were no children by th e second marriage. Hiram D rane 7, and El eanor (Magruder) Drane 7, had issue: 1. M ary D rane ", b. Dec. 11, 1828*, d. June 11, 1829*. II. William M agrud er Drane ', b. April 30, 1830*, d. Feb. 19, 1871*, married M aggie A. Bryan about 1859, had : 1. Minnie Drane t, married O. C. Bull ock, now of Columbus, Ga., and had: a. ' Floyd Bullock 10, married Sallie Nesbit. b. Edgar Drane Bullock 10, married M ar ion Lummus. *Tndica tes bible record.

57 52 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY c. Mar garet Bullock 1 0, marri ed Will McKee. d. Arthur Drane Bullock 1 0, married Ida Carson Brannon. 2. Arthur Drane i, married Elizabeth Burt, lived at Buena Vista, Ga., and had : ' a. Arthur Drane 1 0, b. Minnie Dr ane 10, c. William Edga r D rane I 0, d. M argaret Drane 1 0, e. Elizabet h Drane 1 0, 3. Margaret Drane i, marri ed E. B. Hornady of Buena Vista, Ga., and had a. Minnie D rane Horn ady. 4. Henry Drane 9, married M rs. Vickers, lived in T exas, no issue. III. Sara h Fra nces Drane 8, b. Aug. 17, 1832*, d. August 20, 1834*. IV. Pat rick Henry Drane 8, b. J an. 12, 1835*, d. Sept. 23, 1887*, was never marri ed. Buried at Cockrum, Miss. V. Martha B. Drane 8, b. August 21,1838*, rn, James Matthews and lived in T exas, and had : 1. Eleanor Ma tthews i, 2. Annie Mat th ews i, VI. Eleanor Elizabeth Drane 8, b. Nov. 21, 1840*, mar ried Henr y Manes, and had : 1. Fanni e Manes 9, m. (l st)--- Shinault, (2nd)---Bush. 2. Alice Manes 9, m. Flourn oy Spencer, brother of Colie Spencer, first wife of Hir am Walt er Dr ane, had : a. Lyle Spencer 10, VII. Louisa J. Dr ane I, b. J an. 23, 1843*, d. October 20,1 843*. VII I. Julia Augusta Drane s, b. Oct. 10, 1844*, d. J an. 24, 1912*, m, Charles Knowlton in 1865, and had : 1. Robert Knowlton i, d. in infan cy. 2. Homer Knowlton i, and Ernest Kn owlton i, twins. Ernes t d. in infancy. 4. Eleanor Knowlton i, 5. Edward Knowltonj, 6. Ja ck Knowlton i, 7. Beulah Knowlton i, 8. Lizzie Knowlton i, IX. Andrew J ackson Drane 8, b. June 5, 1847*', m, three times. 1st, Amanda Cummings, who died leaving one child who died in infancy. 2nd, Miss Burt of Buena Vista, Ga. No issue. 3rd, Mr s. Futrelle, born Oth ello Farrar, and had : 1. Louisa Drane i, m. (1) Mr. Rain ey, one son Bate Othello Rainey, (2nd) M r. Owens. X. Hiram Walter Drane 8, b. Nov. 12, 1849*, living in 1928, Memphi s, Tenn., marri ed, (I st) Feb. 14, 1878, Colie Pierce Spencer, b. Sept *1ndicates bible record.

58 PROCE EDI NGS OF N INETEENTH A NNUAL GATHERING 53 15, 1854, d. May 1, 1886, a sister of Fannie Spencer who married Dr. Walter Drane 8 (William P.7, Cassandra Ma grud er D rane s, Ninian Beall Magruder 8, Samuel 3rd 4, N inian 3, Samuel ', Alexand er 1). Hiram Walter Drane and Colie Pierce Spencer had : 1. Ruth Aurelia Drane 9, b. Nov. 29, 1878, m. Dec. 22, 1904 Judge Thaddeus Wood, lives at Gulfport, Miss., and had : a. Walter Lee Wood 1 0, b. June 7, b. Mary Drane Wood 1 0, b. Ma y 27, c. James Broaddu s Wood 1 0, b. J an. 17, Hiram Dudl ey Dran e 9, b. Nov. 13, 1882, d. Aug. 4, 1914, m, Oct Eleanor Van Hooks, now living Bartlett, Tenn., and had : a. Mary Eleanor Drane 1 0, b. Feb. 28, b. John Walter Drane 1 0, b. June 26, Vera Lyle Drane 9, b. Aug. 28, Julia Neal Drane 9, b. Aug. 13, 1883, d. Aug. 23, William Linton Drane ", b. Aug. 6, 1884, d. Sept. 25, Chester Alexander Drane 0, b. Mar. 25, 1886, d. June 16, Hiram Walter Drane 8, m. (2nd), Oct. 5, 1887, Sarah Anne Hayward, b. Dec. 15, 1859, living 1928 in Memphi s, T enn., and had: 7. Ethel Dran e 9, b. June 3, 1889, m. Dec. 14, 1916, Dr. Edgar Giles, living at Avalon, Miss. No issue. 8. Walter Earl Drane 9, b. Nov. 2, 1890, m. Oct. 21, 1923 Ruby Waller (lives at Canton, Mi ss.), and had : a. Frederi ck William Drane 1 0, b. Aug. 14, b. Nan Earline Drane 1 0, b. Feb. 27, c. Hiram Magruder Drane 1 0, b. Dec. 3, Dr. Miriam Ma gruder Drane 9, b. J an. 7, 1893, lives at Memphis, Tenn. 10. Hayward Benton Drane 9, b. April 26, 1894, m. Jan. 21, 1924, Louisa Sloan, lives at Natchez, Miss., and had: a. Cath erine Louisa Drane 1 0, b. April 11, b. Mary Ethel Drane 1 0, b. Aug. 27, Hugh Wanzer Drane 9, b. Feb. 10, 1896, m, Feb. 24, 1922, Mrs. Florence M urdaugh Glenn, lives at Louisville, Ky. No issue, 12. Thomas Gera ld Drane 9, b. June 22, 1898, m. Aug. 17, 1920, Rose Lindsay, lives at Memphi s, T enn., and had: a. T homas Lind say Drane I 0, b. Dec. 23, b. Gerald Vernon Drane 1 0, b. Aug. 21, Salome Drane 9, b. April 22, 1900, d. April 23, 'o' 14. Herbert Drane >, b. July 2, 1901, m. Oct. 31, 1925, Sallie Edna.. Earl y, lives at Memphis, T enn. No issue.. I. Xl. Th omas J efferson Drane 8, b. J an. 29, 1852"', d. Feb. 6, Indicates bible record.

59 / 54 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY WILL OF COL. HENRY RIDGELY COpy FU RN ISHED BY ~IR S. J ENNI E MORTON DALE, K ENTUCKY IN THE NAM E OF GOD, AM E N. The 30th day of April in th e yea r of our Lord 1705 and in th e 3rd year of the reign of Ou r Queen Lad y Anne by th e Grace of God, Queen of En gland, & c. I, H ENRY RIDGELY of Prince Georges County, in th e Province of Md., mercha nt, being sick and weak in body, bu t of sound and perfect memory, thank s be to th e Almighty God for the same, and knowing th e uncertainty of thi s life on ear t h and being desirous to settle things in order, do make t his my last will an d testament in manner following: Revoking and makin g void all other will and wills by me heretofore mad e and this only to be ta ken for my last will and test ament and no other. And first and prin cipally I commend my soul to Almighty God, my Creator, assured by believing that I shall be sav ed by th e precious death and merits of my blessed sav ior, J esus Chri st, and my body to th e earth from whence it was taken to be buri ed in such decent order as my executo r hereafter named 'shall be th ought meet and conve nient, and as touching such wordly estate as th e Lord in mercy hath lent me my will and meanin g is th e same shall be employed and bestowed as hereafter by this will is expressed. Willing th at what debts in right or conscience l owe to an y person or persons be paid and discharged in some conve nient tim e after my decease by my execut rix hereafter named. ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my dear loving wife Mary Ridgel y all th at my plantation wher eon I now dwell together with all and singular the land belongin g to t he same called or known by th e name of " Cotton" lying in Prince George County aforesaid to the proper use and behoof of my wife and assigns forever. ITE1Vl. I give and bequeath unto my child wherewith my said wife Mary now goeth, if a male child all that my plantation called "Larkin Forrest" purchased of Thomas Larkin and th e land belonging to the same and also 100 a. of land which I took up and add ed to th e same, and also a tract of land called " M ary 's Delight" containing 500 acres to him th e said child when it shall come to the age of 21 yea rs, and his heirs forever. But if th e said child wherewith my said wife now goeth shall be a female child I give and bequ eath th e said tract aforesaid to her the said child when she comes to the age of 16 yrs. or day of marriage which first happen, to her and her heirs forever ; my said wife to have the use benefit and profit of the said plantation and land afor esaid till either of the said children shall come to the ages aforesaid, maki ng no waste of the same. But if t he said child wherewith my wife goeth sha ll happen to die before they come to the said ages, th en I give the use, benefit and profit of the said plantat ion and land un to my wife during the term of her nat ural life. I TEM. I give and bequeath unto my son CHARLES RIDGELY all that plantation and land belonging to the same called "Hog Neck" and

60 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 55 'also 300 acres of land to be taken out of a tract of land called " Waldridge " adj oinin g to the said land of " Hog Neck" to him and his heirs forever. And also a tract of land called " Ridgely' s Lot" at Huntington lying in Anne Arundel County to th e use of th e said Charles Ridgely and his heirs forever as aforesaid, and I also will that what money is due Isaac M iller on his account at th e time of th e same hereof be paid by my executo rs hereafter named. I except th e land sold to Thomas Reynolds about 30 acres lying in th e fork of th e br an ch on th at side next to Neal Cla rk joinin g on Nea l Clar k' s liqu e (si c) sealed by Wrn. Griffith. ITEM. I will and orda in if th e child wherewit h my wife now goet h shall die before it come to th e age aforementioned then that th e said tract of land aforesaid mentioned called " Ma ry's D elight" shall be divid ed bet ween J ohn Brewer and J oseph Brewer, Thom as Odell and H enry Odell, sons of Thomas Odell, share and sha re alike to th e use of th em and th eir heir s forever. But if eit her of th e said four children should die with out an heir th en his or th eir parts or sha re to fall to th e surv ivo r of them and to the use aforesaid. I TEM. I will and desire that my wearing apparel may be divided between my brother Wm. Rid gely and my son Ch ar les. (Signed) HENRY RIDGE LY. Witnesses Thos. Reynolds. Richard Du ckett. J no. Ra ttenb yny. Lewis Duvall. Wm. Bladen, County General. I TEM. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Odell, th e wife of Thomas Odell to her and disposal a negro girl to be about 16 yrs. of age to be delivered in some conven ient time after my decease by my exrs. hereafter nam ed and also th e sum of 20 pounds st erling to be paid as aforesaid. I TEM. I give and bequ eath unto th e child wherewit h my said wife now goet h th e sum of 500 pounds ste rling, if a male to be paid to him at the age of 21 yrs. if a fema le at th e age of 16 yrs, or da y of marriage, which first happens, by my exrs, hereafter named. but if th e said whe rewith & c. should die also I t hen give and bequeath t he plantation and land belonging to th e same called " Larkin' s Forest " bought of T homas Larkin and 100 acres taken up as aforesaid to be divid ed between Henry Ridgely and N icholas Ridgely, my grand children and Henry Ridgely the son of Charles Ridgely, shar e and shar e alike to them and th eir heris forev er. But if either of t hem should without an heir then his or their part or share to fall to t he survivor of t hem and to the use aforesa id. I TEM. I give and beq ueath un to my grandson, H enry Ridgely, t he part remaining of the land called "Waldridge" after my son Charles Ridgely hath had his 300 acres out of th e said tract bequeathed aforesaid. I TEM. I give and bequeath unto everyone of my grandchildren which shall be living at the time of the da ting hereof th e sum of 10 pou nds sterling

61 56 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCiETY' when they come of 21 yrs, if males, 16 yrs, or day of marriage if females, but if any of th em die before they come to th e said age their part to fall to th e next brother or sister of th em. ITEM. I give to God daughter Martha Du vall th e sum of 5 pound s sterling and a yearling calf. ITEM. I give unto the use and benefit of th e church of St. Barn abas in Queen Anne Parish the sum of 20 pounds sterling. ITEM. I give to Rich ard Du ckett one good hog. Also I will and desire that my grandson Henry Rid gely shall be under th e care of Thomas Odell and Charles Greenbury and my grandson Nicholas Ridgely und er the care of my wife, but if my said wife die the said N icholas to be under their care also. And lastly for the remaining part of my estate whatsoever in E ngland or elsewhere I give and bequeath th e same unto my said wife after my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and of thi s my last will and testament I make my said wife my whole and sole and full executrix the same being in two sheets of paper to each of which I have affixed my hand and seal th e said 30th day of April Signed-Henry Ridg ely.

62 PROCEEDINGS OF N INETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 57 PROOF OF MA R RIAGE T O N IN IAN MAGRU DER OF E LI ZABET H BREWER By M RS. J ENNIE MORTON DALE ASSISTED BY ROBERT LEEMAGRUDER, JR. T his indenture Tripartiti: M ade ye 10 day of August of ye Year of our Lord 1712 and in ye 10 yea r of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lady An ne by ye Grace of God Queen of Gre at Britain and France and Ir eland defender of th e fait h and between NINIAN MAGRUDER of P rince George County in ye province of Maryland, planter, and Eliza. his wife in ye first part, JO SEPH BREWER of ye county of Ann e Arundel P rovi nce, planter of th e second part, JOSE PH BREWER of ye Coun ty of Anne Arundel of said Province of ye th ird part. Witnesseth ye whereas J ohn Brewer late of Anne Arundel County, deceased, fath er of ye above named John Brewer party of th ese presents did by his late will and testament ~ give and bequea th unto ye child wherewit h his wife Sarah Brewer then went with 150 acres of land to be taken by ye said will given to his said son John Brewer party hereto which 150 acres of land next adjoining to ye line known by ye nam e of Edward Selby's line which child named is ye Eliza, wife of ye above Nin ian Magrud er ad joining prov'd in his said will th at if either of his said children dye without issue ye said land to fall to next heir being ye above named J oseph Brewer as in and by ye said will relac on being th en unto had doth and may app ear. Now this indent ure further witnesseth th at ye said N inian Magruder and Elizabeth his wife and ye said J oseph Brewer for and in consideration of ye sum of 120 pounds of good and lawful money of En gland to t hem in hand paid at and before ensea ling deliverin g here by ye said Joseph Br ewer, the--- hereof they do hereby acknowledge and th ereof do fully acquit, exonera te and discharge th e said J oseph Brewer, his assigns forever all of ye 150 acre s of land so bequeathed as and to be taken out of ye 700 acres of land as ye said together wit h all trees, timber, t rees woods houses and dwelling houses, outhouses tobacco house, orchard s, gardens, fences and ot her appurtena nces to ye 700 acres belonging and all the title and right the y ye said Ninian Magrud er E liza his wife and th e said J oseph Brewer and assigns. Witness hereunto th e said N inian Magruder and Eliza his wife and said Joseph Brewer have hereto set their hands and seals ye da y and yea r above. Ni nian Magruder (Seal) Eliza M agruder (Sea l) J oseph Brewer (Seal) In presence of: Richard Du ckett Thomas 0. Kenmans (H is mark),. Land " Collierby"

63 58 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY This Indenture Triparti, recorded in the land record s of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, PK , folio 309, is important in that it contains actua l proof of marri age to Ninian Ma gruder of Elizabeth Brewer. Ninian Ma grud er, born 1686, died 1751, was the second son of Samuel M agruder I ( ) and his wife Sarah (Bea ll)' M agruder ( ) dau ght er of Colonel Ninian Beall. The Brewers are said to have "come over" with William th e Conquero r from No rmandy, and to have held " Bridgewater Castle" E ngland. The name is va riously spelled: Bruaer, d' Brieuer and Bru er. In the time of Henry II, William d'briwer or d'briewer, a noble baron, was in possession of " Obecome Cas tle". T he name has become Brewer, and J ohn Brewer the first in America by the name, is thought to have been born in Card iff, Wales, and to have come to Massachusetts in Later he was in the Nan semond Puritan Colony of Virginia. In 1649 th e P uritan Colony went to Maryland by invitation of Governor Stone, and J ohn Brewer settled on the South Ri ver near Ann apolis. The brick house he built in 1659 near the St at e H ouse in Annapolis is still sta nding.... J ohn Brewer acquired many acres of land in Marylan d. " Brewerton", " Larkington", " Wright" and " Security" were names of some of his tract s of land. John Brewer, Gentleman, was made Comm issioner for Ann e Arun del County in 1657 and was one of Captain Fuller's "Assembly of T en Men." He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1661, and was one of a "grand committee" of both Houses to dr aw up an act empowering the Governor to raise forces for protectio n against unfriendl y Indians. The Colleagues of J ohn Brewer in thi s "Act" were: Edward Lloyd, J. Bat eman, William Evans, Th omas Manning and George Ulys. Hi s wife was Elizabeth, and th eir children were J ohn, William and Rachel. In 1663, J ohn Brewer app ointed his friend Samuel Chew, as his attorney, and he must have died soon aft er th at, for in April 1664, "T he Widow's Choice" a tract of 640 acres in T albot County, was surveye d for Elizabeth Brewer. She died in 1668 and in her will provided for the sale of 640 acres on the Wye River to educate the children. J ohn Brewer, their son, was born in Ann apolis, Maryland, probably He had three tra ct s of land patented to him : "Exemption", "Brewer' s Chance" and " Colliesby ". He manned Sarah, only daughter of Colonel Henry Ridgel y, about Their childr en were J ohn, Jo seph and Elizabeth. John Brewer died AprilS, 1690, and his dau ghter Elizabeth was born aft er his death, nam ely October 26, i690. John Brewer appointed his wife Sarah, and her fath er Colonel Ridg ely, as his administrators. Later his widow married Thomas O'd ell, and he was made guardian of the Brewer orphans. Henry Ridgely was born in De vonshire, England in He settled in Maryland in 1659 on a royal grant of land containing six thousand acres. "Our Early Settlers" records that Henry Ridgely demanded land for transporting himself, his wife Elizabeth Howard, and four servants to America. Sometime before 1665 Elizabeth (Howard) Ridgely died, leaving no issue.

64 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERI NG 59 In 1661 James Warner, and Henry Rid gely were granted a certificate for 600 acres called " Ward Ridg e" on the north side of South River, joining a tract " Broom" formerly Richard Beard 's. In 1665 J ames Warn er assigned his right to H enr y Rid gely, probably as a marriage portion to his daught er Sarah Warn er, who about that tim e became the second wife of H enry Rid gely. James Warn er was churc h warden at Elizabeth Ri ver Church, Sewell' s Point Virginia in Tn 1651 he settled in Maryland on Bound Bay, Severn River, at th e head of the South River, and his land was on the northside, called " Warne r's Neck". James Warner's wife was Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lee) H arri s, and their children were Sarah, Katherine, Felix and Joann a. J ames Warn er died in 1673, and left his wife, Elizabeth, executrix. She must have inherited her mother's Quak erish views, as she "cannot for conscience sake swear". Her petition, evident ly for purposes of adm inist rat ion of th e esta te, was endorsed by a "Mr. Taylor." Henry Ridgely's city home was in Annapolis, near where the present State Hou se stands. He was vestry man of St. Ann 's Church, and was one of th e earliest found ers of Ann e Arun del County. In 1685, he had sur veyed for himself "Ridgely' s Forest" which covered all the ground around what is now Annapolis Junction. During his long life he held many positions of honor and trust. He was commissioned to Advan ce Trade in 1683; Justice of the Peace from 1686 to 1696; commi ssioned Captain of a compa ny of foot militia for Ann e Arundel County in 1689; Maj or in 1692, and Lieutenant Colonel in He was member of the House of Burgess es of Maryland 1683 and 1692 and was app ointed Gentl eman Ju stice in After the death of his second wife, Sar ah, Colonel Ridgel y married Mary (Stanton) Duval, widow of Mareen Duval, the Huguenot. He died in 1710, leaving his wife Mary, executrix. Colonel Ridgel y's will, unique in its quaint wording, on file at Annapolis, is of course quite valuab le to the descendants of Elizabeth Brewer and Ninian Magruder, her husband, but as an example of his Christian character and keen foresight in providing bountifully for th e members of his household, it is a priceless document.

65 60 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY " WINDSOR" With assist anc e from others I have written thi s sketc h of Wind sor. NANNIE HUGH ES MAGRUDER The wind s made weird music through th e huge capitals. Thus it gained th e nam e of "Windsor" and not from any fan cied resembl ance to Wind sor Castle as many suppose. Situate on a plan tation of abou t two thousand acres east of th e Mississippi river, not far from historic Bruinsburg (mad e so by th e landin g of Grant's arm y) sta nd th e ruin s of a once magnificent home, viewed by touri sts with wonde r and delight. T wentyfour Corinthian column s wit h th eir ca pit als mutely attes t it s form er gra ndeur. Wh at th oughts come to us as we look upon th em. How mutable are human affairs. Yet clinging tenderly abou t t hese colum ns is th e old Virginia creeper, God's handiwork making them even more beautiful- whisperin g, God is, Go d is. Wind sor was built by Srriith Coffee D aniell (born Oct. 10, 1826-died Ap ril 28, 1861) who was marri ed, J an. 9, 1849, t o Cat ha rine Skinner Freeland (born Aug. 31, 183D-died M arch 6, 1903). They were cousins being gra nd children of Catharine (Magruder) Skin ner. At th at time he was a young planter of thirty-four yea rs, a graduate of Oakl and College under its first president, J eremiah Chamberlain. He was a man of wealt h, cult ure and refinement combined wit h an innate love for th e beautiful as th e building of thi s home exemp lifies. I have been told th at he planned this home during an illness of long duration, showing a spirit of rare unselfishn ess in th at he had no t hought of self, but t hat those near and dear to him might find enjoyment in its beauty, and also inst ruct ion from th e splendid libr ary of his selection. There were thirty-two rooms in Win dsor. Its spac ious hall was supported on th e interior by a number of large columns. There were four entrances with seventeen iron steps leadin g to each. I could not give in det ail th e elegance of its interior furnishing but one cannot recall thi s home without rememb erin g t he marble man tels, mirrors reaching from floor to ceiling, old furniture of car ved rose-wood upholstered in crimson b rocade with draperies to mat ch; another room in green brocade; th e library with it s green hangings and oak bookcases; also, th e hall and dining room in oak. The mention of th e dinin g room brings to memory th e set of exquisite imported china with a band of pink and gold and th e Daniell monogram in gold. Very much enjoyed by visito rs to Wind sor was th e observatory where one could view th e surrounding country for miles. Wind sor was read y for 9ccupa ncy in M arch, The death of Mr. D aniell occurred one month afte r movin g with his family into thi s home. H e is buried in th e family cemete ry on Windsor plantation. After this sorrow war cam e with its devastation. One of his sons, who was quite a small boy at the tim e, remembers the landing of General Grant and his army at Bruinsburg on th e way to Vicksburg. In delibl y stamped on

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67 PROCE EDI NGS OF N INETEENT H A N NUAL GATHERIN G 61 his memory is a vivid picture of this army, not moving in column, but spread out with bayonet s fixed and deployed as skirmishers (to use th e militar y term ) th ey mar ched through th e broad fields of W ind sor and abou t the grounds. Afte r the battle of Port Gibson the wou nde d Un ion soldiers were brought to Wi ndsor and the house became a hospital. Fo r thi s purpose all th e furniture except from the hall and library was removed, th e libr ary being used by th e surgeon Dr. Loid (or Lloyd ), a man of refinement and cult ure. The few who still live and rem emb er him have not forgotten his unfa iling kind ness t o everyone. The dead men, numberi ng between fifty and sixty, were bu ried between two large red oak trees, where th ey remained until moved to their final restin g place. Strange to relate thi s house passed t hrough th e war uninjured, th ough it had some narrow escapes. And t hough supposed to be fire proof, it was burned in 1890 and how and where th e fire originated st ill rema ins a mystery. While th e war brought man y cha nges in th e old neighborh ood in and around Windsor, th e sorrow and devastati on were bravely born e. The famil y became ada pted t o t he change of circums tances and Win dsor again became t he social center because of its gracio us hospitality. Here th e daughter of th e home grew fro m girlhood into charming, vivac ious womanhood, endowed wit h all th ose at tributes of cha racte r th at mak e for popul arity and with her many Christian virt ues she has lived beloved by friends and relatives. And here in her home at Windsor she met J oseph Moore Magrude r who was t hen liv ing at Bru insburg plantation, he having th e place in charge for a New Orleans firm. Very shy and reserv ed he at once fell a vict im to her vivac iousness and charm and, like th e proverbi al fair y tale, it ended with a wedding at Windsor- one long to be rememb ered by the guests who were present. In th e famil y Bible is writ te n-"married at Windsor plantation, D ecemb er 13th, 1888, by th e Rev. D. A. Pl an ck, Pri scilla Daniell to Jo seph M oore M agrud er". Among th e graves at Windsor are th ose of Smit h Coffee Daniell and his wife, th eir gra nd mother, Ca tha rine (Magruder) Skinner ( ), and an infant da ughter of P riscilla (Daniell) M agruder th e present owner of th e pla ntation.

68 62 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY A MAG RUD E R LOT IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY, PORT GIBS ON, MISS. By M Iss NANNI E HUGII ES MAGRUDER, MISSISSIPPI I like to speak of this bur ial place as God's acre. T he wind gently waves the grasses above the low mounds where in th e springtime violets and whit e lilies shed th eir fragrance above those sleeping here, and in the mid-summ er heat white hydrangeas bloom. There are eight Ma gruder broth ers on this lot, sons of William Thomas Magruder and Maria J ane Hu ghes as the center monument shows: M aria Hughes Magrud er Born J une 24, 1832; Died April 25, William Th omas Magruder Born J an. 16, 1825; Died December 8, The family Bible gives the ir marriage: " Ma rried at Port Gibson, Miss. at the home of her mother, Mrs. Nancy Br ashear H ughes, on Wednesday, Apri l 2, 1851 by th e Rev. Zebulon Butler, Maria J ane Hughes to William T homas Magruder, both of Claiborne Co., Miss." The first son, William Hughes M agrud er, was born at Askamala plantation, Claiborne Co., M iss., on December 22, Died in Por t Gibson, Mi ss., September 13, Henry Hugh es Magrud er Born J anuary 26, 1854 at Aska mala plantation, Claiborne Co., Mi ss. Died May 15, J oseph Moore Magruder Born May 29, 1856 at Askamala plantation, Claiborne Co., Miss. Died Ma rch 21, 1904 at (Ret reat planta tio n) Westside, Claiborne Co., M iss. Robert Harper Magruder Born J une 17, 1858 at Askarnala plantation, Claiborne Co., M iss. Died J anuary 16, 1925 at Albin, Miss. Benj amin Hu ghes M agruder Born September to, 1859 at Askamala plantation, Claiborne Co., M iss. Died Decemb er 16, 1925 at Vicksburg Sanita rium. Thomas Baldwin M agrude r Born J anu ary 28, 1863 at Burlington plan ta tion, Claiborne Co., M iss. Died Febru ary 12, 1924 at MacGregor plantation. William Lindsay Magruder Born October 14, 1864 at Burlin gton plant ation, Claiborne Co., Mi ss. D ied at Askamala plantation, M ay 17, J ames Person Magruder Born April 22, 1871 at Askamala plantation, Claiborne Co., Miss. Died J une 8, 1906 at Vicksburg I nfirma ry. "O r ever the silver cord be loosed, or th e golden bowl be broken, or the pitch er be brok en at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. T hen shall the dust return to th e earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Three of these sons married and I give the data from the Bible: Ma rried on Wednesday, December 13,1 888 at Win dsor plantation, Claiborne Co.,

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70 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEE NTH A NNUAL GATHERING 63 M iss., by t he Rev. D. A. Planck, J oseph Moore Magruder to Priscilla Daniell. On Wednesday, Ma y 7, 1902 at th e Presbyterian Chur ch, Port Gib son, Miss., by th e Rev. H. H. Brownlee, J ames Person M agruder to Katesie Ri chardson Person. At th e residence of Robert D arrah, Meridi an, M iss., Wedn esday, July 17, 1918, Robert Harp er Magrude r to Mrs. Elizabet h Pattison Robinson. These brothers were sons of William Thomas Magruder and Maria J ane Hughes; grandsons of Thoma s Baldwin M agrud er and E lizabeth H arrin gton ; grea t-g ra ndsons of Thomas M agru der and M ary Clarke; great-g reat-grandsons of Isaac M agrud er and Sophia Bald win; greatgreat-great-g randsons of Na tha n M agruder and Rebecca Beall; great great-great-great-grandsons of J ohn Ma gruder and Susanna Smith; greatgreat-great-grea t-g reat-grandsons of Samu el M agru der and Sar ah Beall; great-great-great-great-great-great-grand sons of Alexander M agruder and Margaret Braithwaite. JOHN MAGRUD ER SH ELBY, M. D. By JOHN lligruder OLIVE, MISSISSIPPI Dr. J ohn Ma gruder Shelby, age 61 yea rs, passed away Sunday morning, August 5, 1928, at his home in Camden, Mi ssissippi. Having been engaged in th e practice of medicine in th e Ca mden neighborhood for the past thirty-five yea rs, Dr. Shelby had endeared hims elf to th e people of that section of th e county as only a faithful physician can. The weather was neve r too hot or too cold, distan ce too great, or th e road s too rough to preven t his answering promptly any call for his services. Through good yea rs and bad yea rs Dr. Shelby had been more than physician to his people. H e was friend and adv isor, and his memory th ey will ever cheris h. John M agruder Shelby was th e son of Georgia An n Magruder ( ) and Dr. Isaac Asberry Shelby; grandson of John Archiba l M agruder ( ) and Mary Ann Wilder ; great-grand son of Joh n Magruder and Sara h Pri or ; great-g reat-g ran dson of N inian Offutt M agrud er and Mary Harris; great-g reat-great-g ra ndson of N inian M agrud er, Jr. and Mary Offutt; great-g reat-g reat-g reat-g randson of N inian M agrud er, Sr. and Elizabeth Brewer ; grea t-great-g reat-great-g reat-g randso n of Samuel M agruder and Sar ah Beall ; great- great-g rea t-great-great-g reat- grandson of Alexand er M agruder, immigrant.

71 64 AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY HERBET STALEY J'vIAGRUDER By MIss M ARY H. MAGR UDER, MISSISSIPPI "Entered into rest at Louisville, Kentucky, April 26, 1927, and buried at Lexington, Kentucky, Herbert St aley M agruder, beloved husband of Ora M oss, and son of th e late Doctor Thomas Baldwin Magruder and Sar ah Olivia Dunbar aged seventy yea rs. ' So He bringeth th em into th eir desired Haven.' " The above announcement brought sadness to th e hearts ofa wide circle of friend s an d loved ones, who long had sha red associat ions with H erbert M agruder, some of whom had grown up with him and were his confreres in boyhood's happier day. He had few advantages, owing to th e limited income of his father, who had pledged all his possessions in support of a friend 's finan cial emba rrassment. I t being custo mary in th ose days to give un stintedly as proo f of one's friend shi p. In fact it was th e proud boast of most gentlemen of th at period- "He was no friend who could not endo rse a friend's note, without looking at th e face of it. " So Doctor M agrud er and a ncar neighb or lost sixty th ousand dollar s, in consequence of which th eir child ren were den ied educational pr ivileges, and were, so to spea k, not college-bred. This same spirit of loyalty was inherent in th e son, who often aided others in distress and helped th em to re-establish themselves in bu siness. H e was especially kind -hearted and generous-ra rely receiving any retu rn of favors. Notwithsta nding his father had been in t he House of Representatives for severa l terms, likewise two broth ers, he was not inclin ed to seek politi cal preferm ent, ye t was largely instrumental in securing such offices for others. Hi s ext reme cord iality and affability of manner, easily won friend s. An indefatigable worker of tirele ss energy, his foresight and bu siness ab ility were rema rkable. Though of frail ph ysiqu e, he was never idle, until incapacitated by repeat ed attack s of ill-health. Many yea rs ago, perhap s ove r twenty, he suffered a stroke of paralysis entirely affecting his left side, yet he recovered sufficiently when beyond mid dle life to be th e best salesman and highest salaried man in his company, receiving many recognitions of his worth and ability in innumerabl e prizes and recommend ati ons. Despite man y rever ses, and more th an his share of the disappointments and sorrows that fall to human lot, he was naturally optimistic. His per severance and pluck were wonderful, and he was not dismayed by physical weakness. Patience, he considered as the greatest virtue, and extreme gentleness was his forte. He never permitted the vexations and perplexiti es of the work-a-day world to intrude upon his social relations. A tenderness that was almost womanly characterized his dealings with everyone. The servants down on "the Old Plantation" loved him, and sorrowed when he was no more. Never had he failed to greet them kindly and remember them with gifts.

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73 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 65 He was devoted to his family and friend s and exceedingly libera l toward them. Of th e immediat e relatives surviving Mr. M agruder, are his wife, and two children by a fonher marriage-s-a son T om, located in London, En gland, and a daughter, who marri ed a naval officer, now stationed on th e Isl and of Gu am ; also two grandsons, Herbert Junior, and Kenneth Bailey, a splendid boy, form er student at Chamberlain-Hunt, who left school while in his teen s to enlist in th e World's War, and was distin guished by being early wounded in action. Mr. M agrud er was very st rongly attached to his nati ve sta te, though his wand erings in search of the fickle Goddess Fo rt une, led him through strange land s and far places. Hi s bu siness tr ansactions ca rried him to almost every city of import ance in th e Un ited St at es. H e loved his birth-p lace, Old Claiborn e. The old home town and th e home paper were inseparably linked to him by ties of tenderest affection. He yearned to be near to Na ture's heart. His own nature so child-like and bland, joyed in the "Simple Life," and found " Books in running brooks, Sermons in sto nes, and good in everything." With horse tethered near or loosely gra zing, he would lie at full length 'neat h the shade of a tree for hours, or watch a storm unm oved by th e lightning's play or roar of Heaven's art illery, because he had weathered man y a gale. His declining days were calmly spent in a home provided with every comfort and th e tender ministr ati ons of th ose nearest and dearest to him, in th e favored section of th e beautiful Blue Grass regions- "S o He bringeth th em into th eir desired H aven.". "T he Pilgrim th ey laid in a larg e upp er chamber facing th e Sun-ri sing - T he name of that cha mber was Peace." Herbert St aley Magrud er was th e son of Thoma s Baldwin M agruder and Sarah Olivia Dunbar (widow) West; grandson of Thomas Magruder and Mary Clark e; great-grandson of Isaac M agruder and Soph ia Baldwin ; great-g reat- gra ndson of N athan M agrud er and Rebecca Beall; greatgreat-great-grandson of J ohn Ma grud er and Susanna Smith; great-greatgreat-great-grandson of Samuel M agrud er and Sarah Beall; great-greatgreat-great-great-grandson of Alexander M agrud er and M arga ret Braithwaite.

74 66 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY JOHN MACGREGOR: A HERO OF "THE ALAMO" By WILHOITE CARPENTER BARRICKMAN, TEXAS In the land office of Te xas at Austin there are records that disclose th e fact that a MacGregor from Scotland, fought for, and gave his life in securing th e independence of th e Republi c of Te xas from Mexican rule., On June 6, 1835, a st atement in Spani sh was filed by Wm. Whiteley land commissioner, representing th e Mexican governm ent for th e Nachez (Neches) precinct, now a part of Ea st T exas, in which he cert ifies " that I have been acquainted with John MacGregor for some conside rable time. He is a good citizen, a man of Industry ; he is a single man a farm er by occupation and he is friendly to the Roman Catholick Religion." Following this certificate, which accompa nied an appli cati on of "Jo hn Mac Grego r of Scotland " as a colonist for a grant of publi c land, a patent was issued. Sub sequently, John MacGregor, in December, 1835, was at the siege of San Antonio de Bexar, enrolled in Captain Llewellyn' s company, and also as second sergean t in W. R. Ca rey's Co. On Mar ch 6, 1836, he was killed at The Alamo. AMONG OUR MEMBERS Mr. Wilhoite Carpenter Barrickman, Deputy Chieft ain for T exas, has sent for presentati on to the Society for its archives, a manu script copy of " Ancest ral Beginnin gs in America of MacGregor-Magrud er, Beall, Price, Phillips, Bland, M ckisick, Miller, Dickson, Lawson, Henderson, Young and Relat ed Families." These notes are the result of twenty five yea rs research by Mrs. Caroline Beall Pri ce of Austin, T exas, through th e record s of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, th e D istri ct of Colu mbia, county record s in many sections, public libr aries, family bibles, and old letters. The notes on Braithwaite, Mag rude r, Beall, H arri s, Warner, Ridgely, Brewer, M oore, and other families are of int erest to ma ny members of th is society and would provide valuable copy for the Year Books. Such data when brought to light by a careful genealogist should be made ava ilable to th e families interested and not reconsigned to " archives" which are seldom referred to. M rs. P rice is a descendant of Alexander Magrude r th rough Samuel 2 and Samuel 3. The editor has read with a good deal of interest a " Memoir of Leonard Covington, Brigadier General U. S. Army," written in 1861 by Leonard Covington Wailes, President of th e Hi storical Society of Miss issippi, etc. and edited and published in 1928 by Nellie Wailes Br andon and W. M. Drake.

75 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH A NNUAL GATHERING 67 The editors have added notes and an app endix conta ining letter s from General Covington to his brother Alexand er who moved to Mi ssissippi in An art icle on Gen eral Covington by Nellie Covingt on Wailes was pub lished in th e Year Book of This memoir will be placed in the archives of t he Society where it may be available for reference by those interested in th is branch of th e family. Colonel Benjamin P. Nicklin, U. S. A., retired, is now livin g at his home, 516 Pop lar Street, Chattanooga, T enn. Our fellow clansman, Mr. Mil ton Smit h Pope of Decatur, Alab ama, was who grad ua ted from th e Tuskegee Hi gh School in 1927, was one of Uncle Sam's boys on board t he battleship Wyomin g who aided in the rescue of th e survivors of the ill-fat ed liner Vestri s which was sunk off the Virginia Capes in Nove mber On the expirat ion of his enlistme nt Mr. Pope intends to enter college and complete his studies. He is th e son of Mrs. Robert S. Pope of Decatur and a gra nd-son of our deputy chieftai n for Alabama, Mrs. Sue Magruder Smith. "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Samuel Pope announce th e marriage of their daughter Sue Magruder to Mr. Lawton Willingham Griffin on March 31st, 1929, at Decatur, Georgia." "Mr. Rob Roy MacGregor, of Temple, T exas, is taking post graduate courses at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. M r. M acgregor is the grandson of William Flowers MacGregor, who served as Treasurer of th e St ate of T ennessee during the War Betw een the States." Henry Magruder Taylor, a memb er of the Coun cil of th e A. C.,G. S and forme rly departmental commander of th e American Legion in Virginia, has been promot ed to th ~ ' ~a n k of capta in and a~s ign~ d to t he Three Hundred and Eighteenth I nfantry, Eighti eth Division. Captain T aylor will he sta tioned at Fort Eu stis from July 6 to August 4 and will assist in the t raining of the C. M. T. C. stude nts. George Ninian Short, deputy chiefta in for Montana, president of Y. M. C. A., Butte, in cha rge of Three Fork s Portl and Cement Co., was marri ed on December 26, 1928 to Ora \Vagner, widow of Mr. Gaither, at Eri e, Penn sylvani a, in th e Lut heran Me moria l Church, Rev. E. M. Gearh ar t officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. E mma Wagner. Th e add ress of th e mar ried couple is 910 West Granite Street, Butte, Mont ana.

76 68 A ME RICAN C LA N GREGOR SOCIETY ADDITIONS TO ROLL SINCE ROSTER PUBLISHED IN 1927 YEAR BOOK 654 Barri ckman, Ma ry Wickstead, 651 S. 43rd St., Louisville, Ky. 657 Baumgardner, Dana L. David, Ipava, Ill. 656 Baumgardner, Mary N., Ipa va, Ill. 646 Blackstock, Mrs. Leo G. (Harri et Barrickman), 2814,% Rio Grande se., San Antonio, Tex. 658 Brown, David W., Macomb, Ill. 660 Brown, Dorothy Jean, Macomb, Ill. 659 Brown, Margaret E., Macomb, Ill. 671 Delaney, Ida May, Route 3, Winchester, Ky. 655 Flint, Florence Brown, 1677 Rock Springs Road, N. E., Atlanta, Ga. 669 F reeland, Mary Cecilia, Fayette, Miss. 653 Henderson, Guy Ru ssell, Shepherdsville, Ky. 652 Henderson, Mr s. Philip (Betty Lutes), Shepherds ville, Ky. 648 Hieatt, Mrs. Irvine T. (Lillie Smith), R. R. 2, Smithfield, Ky. 664 Hurst, Wilbur Magruder, Bureau of Publi c Roads, Washington, D.C. 666a John son, Mrs. James Milton (Esther E. Outram), 433 E. Court St., Urbana, Ohio. 647 MacGregor, Rob Roy, 307 E. Fourth St., T emple, Tex. 668 Magruder, Agnes Lucile, 325 So. Humboldt St., Denver, Col. 663 Magruder, John Holmes, jr., Lr-Com. U. S. N., 2222 Wyoming Ave., Washington, D. C. 667 Organ, Mrs. Paul T. (Christine Johnson), 564 E. Church St., Urban a, Ohio. 651 Pearce, Mrs. John Chester (Hetabel Hal ey), 479 W. Main St., 'Danville, Ky. 670 Silver, Mary Gray, 501 S. Queen St., Martinsburg, W. Va. 665 Smith, F. Eleanor, 214 Wyoming Apts., Washington, D. C. 661 Wolfe, William Lloyd, 702 E. 19th St., Chester, Pa. 662a Wolfe, Mrs. William Lloyd (Bertha Jones), 702 E. 19th St., Chester, Pa.

77 DEATHS REPORTED SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF YEAR BOOK Cockey, Edward Thomas Born 1846 Hill, Mary Allan Born 1902 J enkins, Mrs. E. Austin (Adelaide Lowe) Born Magruder, Herbert Staley Born 1857 Sheriff, Philip Hill Born 1861 Died Died Died Died Died 1928.

78 70 AMERICAN CLAN G REGOR SOCIETY CHANGE OF ADD RESS Th e following changes in address and correct ions have been made since the Year Book was published: 570a Beall, Elmer Ellsworth, 1322 Franklin Ave., Columbus, Ohio. 568 Beall, Mrs. Elmer Ellsworth (Julia T aylor), 1322 Franklin Ave., Columbus, Ohio. 569 Beall, J ulia Taylor, 1322 Franklin Ave., Columbus, Ohio. 196 Beall, Rut h, 218 South Map le St., Winchester, Ky. 236 Bowie, T homas Somervell, 183 Barrington St., Rochester, N. Y. 273 Boyd, Leroy Stafford, Arlington, Va. 8 Bukey, Mrs. John Spencer (Roberta Jul ia Magruder). 172 Ferneyhough, Fannie Ashley, th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 561 Higgins, John J ames, 3800 Military Road, Washington, D. C. 562a Higgins, Mrs. John J ames (Clare Lipscomb), 3800 Military Road, Washington, D. C. 479 Higgins, Walter Muncaster, 123 S. Pennock Ave., Highland Park, Pa. 493 Magruder, Carter Bowie, Lt. U. S. A., 8th F. A., Schofield Barracks, H.T. 645 Magruder, J ames Mosby, 132 Char les St., Annapolis, Md. 486 Mob ley, M rs. Claiborne R. (Marjorie Lockhart Magruder), Box 836, Blyt heville, Ark. 99 Mars hall, Mrs. Caroline Hill (Magruder), rd St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 282 McColl, Mrs. Susie Mitchell, 926 Mass. Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 517 Van den'berg, Mrs. O. O. (Sue Mae Geddes), Apt. 612, Rocham beau Apt., Washington, D. C. 72 Wolfe, Helen, 1830 R St reet, N. W., Washington, D. C. 595 Wolfe, Mrs. Marc ia Cecil Magruder, 1830 R St reet, N. W., Washington, D. C. 506 Permenter, Mrs. Shim (Ma bel Magruder), Room 402, Hildebrandt Bldg., J acksonville, Fla. 593 Rhoades, Mrs. Rex Hays, Quarters 66, West Point, N. Y. 326 Smith, M rs. William W. (Isabell Geddes), 815 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D. C. 634 Woodberry, Mrs. John H. (Ma rguerite Magru der Flin t), Kearney Ave., Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Members are requested to notify the Scribe of change of address.

79 INDEX Page "An chovie Hills" Barrickman, Wilhoite Carpenter " Beall's Pleasure" Beecher, Bishop George A.. 9 Bowie, John F. M oo Brandon, Mrs. Nellie Wailes 66 Brewer, Elizabeth "Bri ck House" Daniell, Priscilla Capers, Bishop W. T Casey, Dr. H. R "Ch erryfields" "Cox Ha ys" Dale, Mrs. J ennie Morton.. 54,57 Daniell, Smith Coffee Drake, W. M Drane, Cassandra (Magruder) Drane, Hiram ,49 Drane, General Stephen.... 8,26 Elizabeth River Church Ewell, Miss Alice Maude... 8,23 "Flying Camp " Freeland, Catharine Skin ner 60 "Glenway" Greenwood Cemetery Griffin, Lawton Willingham 67 Hill, Mary Allan ,12 Hill, M iss Mary Theresa... 11,12 Jenkins, Mrs. E. Austin Lewis, Mrs. J ames C MacGregor, J ohn MacGregor, Rob Roy MacGregor, William Flower 67 Magruder, Alexander, III.. 8 '1vIagr uder, Alexander Howard Mag rude r, Caleb Clarke.8,9,17,18 Magruder, E. W Ma gruder, George Milton.. 9,38 Mag ruder, Herbert Staley.. 64 Page 8,18 Magruder, Isaa c. Magruder, Rev. James Mitchell ,8 Ma gruder, John Archiba ld.. 9,42 Magruder, J oseph Moore Ma gruder, Kenn eth Dann.. 9,29 Magruder, Miss Mary Ma grud er, Miss Mary Holmes 64 Magruder, Mi ss Nannie Hu ghes ,62 Magruder, Ninian Ma grud er, Robert Lee. 8,9,26,38,42 Magrud er, Samuel.. Magruder, Thomas Jefferson Magrud er, William. Maxon, Rt. Rev. J ames M. Muncaster, Alexander. Micklin, Col. Benj. P. Officers, Olive, John Ma gruder. Pope, Milton Smith. Pope, Miss Sue Magruder.. Pope, Mr. and Mr s. Robt. S. Price, Mrs. Caroline Beall. Ridgely, Hen ry, Will of.. "Ridgely's Forest". Rutan, William. Saint Mathew's Church. Saint Pau l's Church... ' ". Shelby, John Magruder. Sheriff, Philip Hill. Taylor, Henry Magruder. T he Alamo. The Columbia (Ga.) Smtintl Th ompson, Rev. Enoch Magruder. Visitation Academy. "Ward Ridge". "Warner's Neck". Wilson, George. " Windsor". 49, , , ,9 63 7, ,38 7,