YEAR BOOK I OF

American Clan Gregor Society

CONTA INING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING, 1922.

EGBERT WATSON MAGRUDER EDITOR

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Copyrighted By EGBERT WATSON MAGRUDER, Editor.

1- OFFICERS .

HEREDITARY CHIEF,

SIR MALCOLM MAcGReGOR OF MAcGReGOR, BART.,

Balquhidder, S cotland.

OFFICERS ELECTED - 1922

D R. EDWARD MAV MAGRUDeR Chiejtaln CALeB CLARKe M AGRUDeR Rankin i] Deputy Chieftain J OH N BOWIe FeRNeVHOUGH Scrib e MRS . R OBeRTA J Ui.IA MAGRUDeR B UKeV R egistrar MISS },! ARV THeRe s e Hn.L Historian J OH N EDWI N MUNCASttR Treasurer E GBERT VATSON l\I AGRUDeR Editor R ev. J AMe s MITCHe LL MAGRUDeR, D . D Chaplain ALeX ANDeR M UNcASreR Chancellor M RS. A NNe WADe WOOD SHERIFF Dep uty Scribe D R. STEUART BROWN M UNCASttR Surgeon

COUNCI LMEN-APPOINTED 1922

WILLIAM NeWMAN DORs eTT. MR S. L AURA COOK HIGGINS. HORATIO ER SKINE MAGRUDeR. MR S. CAROLINE HILL MAR SHALL. D R. R. F. F eRNeVHO UGJI. MISS HEI.EN WOODS MAcGReGOR GANTT . HERBERT THOMAS MAGRUDER. OLIVER B ARRON MAGRUDER. H ENRV B ARNeTT M c DONNeLL. CLEMeNT WILLIAM SHeRIFF. DEPUTY CHIEFTAINS-APPOINTED ANNUALLY.

MAJ. ED. M. Turwrr.sa Alabama LILBURN D. MAGRUDeR ...... •., Anicona MRS. ANNIe M , MCCORMICK Arkansas f ALDERT S. HILI California DR. ALex. C . 1IAGRUDER Colorado MRS . JessIe W. G . MYERS Dis trict of Columbia GeoRGe A. MAGRUDER Fl orida RODERT L . M AGR UDER Georqia MRS. STELLA P. LYU~s Illinois GRAHAM O. STOUT Kentucky THOS. 11 . WADE Louisiana CALVERT 11AGRUDER Massachusetts ALVIRA W. GReGORy Maiu« WILLIAM P . 1Mississippi MISS GERTRUDE O . PENDLETO N Miss ouri MRS . FANNIE EWELL WILSON Mont ana MRS. VIRGINIA M . CLARKJ; Nebraska MRS. HARRIeT C. JONes...... •...... New Jersey DO NALD D . MAGRUDER New Y OI'll CAPT. V e SALIUS S. MAGRliUER Ohio GeORGe CORBIN WASIIINGTON MAGRUDER Oklahoma RICHARD B . MAGRUDER Oreqon MR S. ELIZAB eTH P. SIMPSON Pennsylvania MISS CARRIE O. PEARMA N South CarolinCl MISS ELIZABETH M. DAVIS Tennessee JAMES TAYLOR MAGRUDER Texas HENRY MAGRUDER TAyLOR...... •...... Virqinio MR S. ELIZABETH H . S NIVELy Washinqton GRAY SILVER West Virginia MR S. NANCY GRAHAM SIM MONS Wisconsin

COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP

JOH N Bowrn FeRNeYHOUGH, Scribe...... •..•....Forest Hill, Richmond, Va • DR . EDWARD MAY MAGRUDER. Chieftain Charlottesville, VII. MISS MA llY TH ERESE HILL, Hist orian R. F. D. , Landover. Md. MRS. ROBERTA J ULIA (MAGRUDER) BUKEY, Registrar Vienna, Va . SPECIAL COMMITTEES-APPOINTED 1922

I. COMMITTEE AT LARGE. Dr. William Edward Magruder, Jr.

II. C OMMITTEE ON P ROGRAM . Dr. E. M. Magruder .

III. COMMITTEE ON PINt. Caleb Clarke Magruder.

I V. COMMI'I"I'EE ON M USIC. Miss Helen Woods MacGre gor Gantt, Chairman; John Francis Mac­ Gregor Bowie; Mrs. J. F. MacGregor Bowie; Mrs. Jes sie Waring Gantt Myers ; William Newman Dorsett ; Miss Susie Mitchell Dor sett; Mrs. A. W. W. Sheriff; R. B. Griffin ; Miss Frances F. Griffin ; Miss Rebecca Mac­ Gregor. V. COM MT'I"I'EE ON H OTEr. ARRANGEMENTS. Clement William Sheriff.

VI. C OMMITTEE ON D ECORATIO N OF Hxr.r, Miss Mary Th erese Fill ; Mrs. Julia (Magruder ) McDonnell ; Mrs. Phillip Sheriff.

VII. COMMITTEE ON R EGISTRATION. Oliver Barron Magruder.

V III. COMMITTEE ON HO NOR Rotr., Dr. E. M. Magruder , Chairman; Mr s. R. J. M. Bukey ; Mrs. L. C. Big-· gins ; Rev. ]. M. Magruder ; C. C. Magruder, Jr.

• 6 AM ERICAN CLAN GRF,GOR S OC IETY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE GATHERING OF 1922. TH URSDAY, N OVEMBER 9TH . , 3 P.•~f.

MUSI C- "Hail to the Chief," as the officers enter the hall, preceded by bearer of the American Flag and the Service Flag. SOCIETY CALLED TO ORDER by Chieftain. INVOCATION by Chaplain. MU SIC-"The Star Spangled Banner", ' Chorus ; Miss H elen Wood s Gantt , Accompanist. REPORT of the Scribe. REPORT of the Registrar. REPORT of the Hi storian . MU SIC-"The Braes of Balquhidder" ; Solo, Miss Jean Campbell. REPORT of the Treasurer. REPORT of the Editor. PAPER- "A Boy Soldier of 1861-65", Pa rt Second, by Horati o Erskine Magrud er, Va, MU SI C- "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" ; Violin Solo, Miss Geneva Powell, Helen de Mott, Accompanist. ADJ OU RNMENT until 8 P. M.

8 P. M .

SOCIETY CALLEDT O OR DE R by Chieftain. MUSIC-ulfacGregor's Gathering"; Solo, 1Il rs. J ohn Francis MacGregor Bowie, George Wil son, Accompanist. PA PER-"The Proscription and Restoration of a Name", Chapter F irst. Annual Address by Chieftain, Dr. Ed. May Magrud er, Va. MUSI C- "The Sweetest Flower Th at Blows" ; solo, Mr s. John F . M. Bowie, George Wil son, Accompanist. "CENTENNIAL ODE" (1822-1922)-Lieutenant John Bailey Nicklin , Jr., Tenn. MU SI C- Solo, Mr s. John Francis MacGregor Bowie, Mr. George Wil son, Accompanist. PAPER-"Dr. Th omas Baldwin Magruder", by Thomas Magruder W ade, La. " MU SIC-Duet, Mrs. J ohn Francis MacGregor Bowie and Miss Richie Mcl. ean, Mr. George Wil son, Accompanist. ADJOURNMENT until 3 P. M. Friday. PROCEIIDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A NNUAl. GATH ERI NG 7

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH .

3 P. M.-Reglliar Session

SOCIETY CALLED TO ORDER by Chieftain. MU SIC-uln the W oods'l-c-Heller-c-Piano Solo, Louise Turner. PAPER-uLawson William Magruder", by Admiral T homas Pickett Magruder, U. S.N., Mississippi. MUSIC- uScotch Fantasy"; Violin Solo, Leah Patti son. PAPER-Dr. Jesse Ewell, by Mrs. Mary Ish (Ewell) Hundle y. UNFINIS HED BU SI NESS. NEW BUSINESS. ADJOURNMENT until 8 P. M.

8 P. M .

SOCIETY CALLED TO ORDER by Chieftain. SOLO- uMacGregor's Gathering" ; Mrs. J ohn Francis MacGregor Bowie, George Wil son, Accompanist. PAPER-UMagrud er Students at Leading Educational Institutions of the United States (concluded) by Caleb Clarke Magrud er, Jr. PIANO, VIOLIN, CELLO-Miss F rances Fenwick Griffin ; Mr. Robert B Griffi n ; Mr. Louis E. Bradford. ELE CT ION OF OFFICERS. SO LO-"All Th ings Come H orne at Eventide", by Mrs. John F. M Bowie, George W ilson, Accompanist. VIOLINSOLO- Robert B. Griffin. DUET- UComing T hrough the Rye" ; Misses Leah Pattison and Mil­ dred Koons. PIANO SOLO-Miss F rances Fenwick Griffi n. SCOTTISH REEL-Misses Leah Pa ttison, Mildred Koons; Miss Helen Woods MacGregor Gantt, Accompanist. \ SOLO-Miss Ritchie McLean, George Wil son, Accompanist. CELLOSOLO-Louis E. Bradf ord. DUET-Miss Richie McLean and Mrs. John F. M. Bowie, George Wil­ son, Accompanist. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THECHIEFTAIN OF APPOINTIVE OF­ FICERS AN D COMMIT T E ES . PIA NO, VIO LIN, CELLO- Miss Frances Fenwick Griffi n, Mr. Rob­ ert B. Griffi n, Mr. Louis E. Bradf ord. • RESOLUTIONS. SONG-uThe Star Spangled Banner", by the whole Gatherin g. F INAL ADJOURNMENT. GE NERAL RECEPTION. 8 AMERIC.... N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIE TY.

NOVEM DER 9TH .... ND 10TH, 1922.

The Thirteenth Annual Gathering of the American Clan Gregor Society met in the New Ebbett Hotel, Wa shington, D. C., November 9th and 10th, 1922. The Society was called to order by the Chieftain, Dr. E. M. Ma­ gruder, at 3 P. M., on November 9th, and the proceedings were carried out essentially as given on Pages 6 and 7. A vote of thanks was extended Miss Marga rette Muncaster for the able manner in which she had assisted the Treasurer in collecting dues. By unanimous vote, the Gathering extended its sincere sympathy to Mr . J . F . M. Bowie, who was then sick. The afternoon of the 10th was the time for the election of officers, but on motion of Mr. Alexander Muncaster, duly seconded, the election was postponed until the evening gathering. At the evening session the elective officers as given on page 3 were unanimously elected. The Chieftain an­ nounced the appointive Councilmen as given on page 3, the Deputy Chief­ tains as given on page 4, and the Special Committees as given on page 5. The report of the Hi storian showed the following member s to have died :

Mrs. Maria Juli a (T urne r) Strang .1880-1922 Mr . Wm . E. Muncaster 1839-1922 Mr s. Elizabeth Rice ( Nalle) Magruder 1842-1922 Mrs. Adelina Magruder (Wyatt) Davis 1846-1921 Mrs. Carolina (Mayne) Pollock. 1842-1921

T he Rev. James Mitchell Mag ruder exhibited a miniature of Thomas Magrud er, the father of General John Bankhead Magruder. This miniatu re is in the possession of Miss Mary Amelia Fi sher, of H anover, Pa ., a mem­ ber of the society. A vote of thanks was extended to the Management of the H otel Ebbett for the courtesies extended the members of the Society during the gathering. A vote of thanks was also extended to all of the Committees who had done such excellent work in making the gathering such a success. . Adjourn ment. • PROCEEDINGS OF T HIRTEENTH ANNUAL GATHERING 9

REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE CLAN GREGOR SOCIE TY.

NOVE MBER 9TH, 1922.

Some years ago there was a dri ve among some of the colored folks tc build a new church. It was being done in style, with teams and committees, and the town was nicely divided off in sections with a captain in charge of each. Meetings were held every now and then and calls were made on the captains for report s. Brother Hall reports, $226 as the work of his section for the week, Brother Slappey, $95, Brother Snowden, $172, and so on. Brother Johnson, being called, says, "Brother J ohnson repotes progr ess." Every week it was the same, Brother J ohnson "repoting" progress. After a couple of months there was a meeting and Broth er Johnson was absent. Inquiry from his nearest neighbor brought out the report,"Bro ther John son done builthis self a house." Your treasurer can "repote progr ess" but it is not within the realms of the keenest imagination that he can build "his self a house." \Ve are in a little bette r financial condition than last year, owing largely to the activity of my eldest girl, who was home for the summer and needed prac tice in mailing envelopes. She was really busy for about a month, and raised the bank account from $2 to about $200. All the Treasurer did was to see that the checks were endorsed and that suited him to the ground.

I have the honor to report as follows:

Receipts from dues of 1918 $ 12.00 1919...... 38.00 1920...... 78.00 1921...... 245.00 1922...... 36.00 from sale of year books...... 10.25 interest on Liberty bond...... 2.13

421.38 Balance on hand at last Gathering .. $133.45

Total . $554.83 10 A MERICAN CLAN G REGOR SOC IETY

Paid Out- For printin g year book of 1920 $234.50 Programs 1921...... 8.50 Treasurer's Receipt books...... 6.00 Stationery...... 16.09 Badges...... 3.00 Officers expenses...... 6.00 Postage, Editor...... 25.04 Scribe...... 2.50 Treasurer...... 5.75 Engraving Year Book 1920...... 14.87 1921...... 6.25 328.50 ------Balance in bank. .. 226.13

Out of this the year book and engraving of 1921 still have to be paid as well as the expenses connected with the Gathering, but members have done better this year than last. JOHN E. M U NCAS'I'ER, T reasurer. PROCEEDINGS OF TIIIRTEENTIl A N N UAL GATHERING 11

ANNUAL ADDRESS. THE PROSCRIPTION AND RESTORATION OF A NAME.

PART 1.

By DR. EDWARD MAY MAGRUDER, CllleFTAIN. Only once in th e history of man has th e name of a family of human beings been proscribed or prohibited by law. Only once in the history of mankind has a law -making bod y attempt­ ed to legislate th e name of a famil y out of existe nce. But so it was and " MacGregor" of Scotland was the name, the name that we, members of The American Clan Gregor Society, claim as the name of our for efather s who trod th e heather of Scotland's wild s soon after the light of civi lization departed with th e Roman Eagl es from the British Is les in the 5th century, A. D. Now why wa s thi s rar e, thi s uni qu e, distinction connect ed with the name of on e of the ancient families of Scotland? Why should the gov­ ernment of a nation concern itself with the proscription of th e name of on e of its families ? The answ er is not far to see k though th e story is a len gthy on e. Among the Scottish Hi ghland Clans a IlUme fr equently carried with it great we ight and influ ence. E sp eciall y was th is th e case wit h th e Clan Gregor, the prestige of whose name was so widespread and a source of such pride and rev er enc e with its member s, th at th e name alone of Mac Gr egor serve d as a rallying po int and a bond of un ion that kept th e Clan unit ed and added ten fold to its stre ng th. In th e words of an Act of Parliament, "The bare and simp le nam e of MacGregor mad e th at whole Clan to presume of their power, force, and strength, and did enc ourage th em, without reference of th e law or fear of punis hme nt, to go for ward in th eir iniquities ." Therefore, as a means of inflicting punishment and of destroying their pride, power, and prestige, it was decided to aboli sh by law the name oi MacGrego r (also Gregor) . This was don e a nd it is our purpose here tonight to explain th e proscription of th e name of MacGregor and to celebrate the one hundreth anniversary of its restorat ion ( 1822-1922).

THE COM ING OF THE ROM ANS I NTO BRITAI N. • 50 A. D. The Romans, during the reign of the Emperor Claudius, made a per­ manent landing in Britain in th e yea r 50 A. D ., und er the generalship of Vespasian, who wa s afterwards emperor of Rome; this landing wa s 96 12 A MERICA N CLAN G REGOR SOCIe TY yea rs afte r Caesar's two temporary invasion s of 55 and 54 B. C. They found the island inhabited through out by many tribes of Celts, the same race of peopl e as th e Gauls of France, th e Ib erians of Spain, th e H elvetian s, and th e people of wes te rn E urope ge ne ra lly. The Island of Bri tian was divid ed by th e Rom ans into North and South Britain by means of the W all of Antoninus about 35 miles long, erected bet ween the rivers F orth a nd Clyde, w hose purpose was to hold in ch eck th e barb arian s of th e north, who kept making in road s into the conquered, Romanized, portion of the island. Lat er , th is defensive wo rk proving inadequ at e, it was aba ndoned, and th e Wall of H adr ian and Severns, about 70 or 80 m iles long, was built 80 miles farther south bet ween th e river s Solway and T yne, for th e same purpose. T he Rom an s thus abandoned No rt h Bri tain in th e 5th century, A. D. (Robertson says in 410 A. D. an d Brown says in 446 A . D .) The inhabitant s of North Bri tain, which was called Caledonia, were composed of 21 differen t tr ibes, all of the same Celtic race and speak­ ing th e sa me lan gu age, but having different nam es and being ind epend­ ent of eac h ot her. At a lat er period they were included und er th e ge n­ eral name of Ca ledonians a nd then Pi cts, Ce ltic South Britain was in due time reduce d to th e sta te of a Rom an province, bu t the Rom an s were never ab le to subdue the barbarous Pict s of th e north, who offered a stronger resista nce tha n any th e wo rld-con­ quer ors had ever encountered. Sometime later in th e 5th cent ury ( Ro bertson says in 418 A. D .) th e Roman s were compelled by the increasing pressure of the Teutonic Races of Germany to permanently withdraw from South Britain also.

THe COAliNG OF T HI~ ANGLO-SAXONS I NTO BRITAIN. 449 A. D . Upon th e per man en t withdrawal of the Roman s from South Britain in 418 A. D., thi s pr ovin ce was spee dily ove rrun by the T eut on ic Races of Germa ny, beginn ing abo ut 449 A.D., an d included un ­ der the general term of Anglo-Saxons who, in the course of time, drove th e Rom ani zed Celtic Brit on s int o th e m ountains of Wales, and Cornwall an d then adva nced into North Britain, whic h th ey occu­ pied as fa r as the Gramp ian Mountains that form the dividing line be­ tween the Hiqhlands on the north and the Lowlands on the south. As the Sout h Briton , who was a Celt, and the A ng lo-Saxon, who was a Teuton, were entirely different in race, th er e was no amalgamation between them but rath er a war of attempted extermination iII which the Briton was force d up into the mountainous regions of Wales, Cornwa ll. and Stra thclyde, where the Celtic race was prese rved in more or less •

AM" .ct. Sutk.. JUlinA (

.:\IA I' OF SCOTl..A:\O. PROCEJ>DI NGS OF THIRTEeNTH A N N UAL G ATHERING 13 purity. Strathc1yde was a kingdom of Celtic Britons established in the southwest corner of the Scottish Lo wlands aft er th e incoming of the An glo-Saxons,

THE COM ING OF TH E S COTS I NTO B RITAIN. 503 or 506 A. D. Mean while, about 503 or 506 A. D., soon after th e final departure of th e Roman s from th e whole Island of Britain, th ere ap peared upon th e wes t coast of North Britain the Scots or Dalri ads, a Celtic or Gaelic people of th e north of Ireland, which was th en know n as Scotia or th e land of th e Scots, who made perman ent sett leme nts in the W est ern H ighlands where th ey cam e into conflict with th e Caledonian s or Picts, and for centuries the fortunes of wa r varie d between th em . "Picti" means painted. The leaders of th e Scots were three brothers, F ergu s, Lorn, and An­ gus, whose descendants form ed the Scoto-Irish Dynasty of kings who ruled over th e Scots above mention ed. T hey brought onl y 150 men at first. The last king of th is dyn ast y was Alpin, whose father was th e Scot­ tish King Eocha IV and whose mother was Urgusia, daughter of Ur­ gui s, kin g of th e P ict s. Alpin was cro wn ed in 833 A. D. and fell in th e bat tle in Ayr sh ire, in 836, leaving three sons , Kenn eth, Dounghea, and Gr egor.

THE U NIO N OF S COTS AND PIe TS.

843 A. D. Kenn eth MacA lpin (Kenneth Son of Alpin) succeeded his father , King Alpin, as kin g of th e Scots in 836 and in 843, through th e rights of his Pictish gra ndmother, Urgusia, also obtained the Picti sh crow n, thus un itin g th e two peopl es, th e P icts and th e Scots. About 1020 A. D . the nam e Scotia (S cotland) was tra nsfe rre d from Ir eland to North Britain and th e peop le of th e latter began to be called Scots; th e word " P icts," mean ing "painted," disappear ed about th e sa me time. North Britain was first called Alba n by the Gae l P icts, th en Caledonia by th e Romans in 78 A. D., th en P ictavia in 296 A. D ., and th en Scotia by the Latin writers in 1020 A. D.

R ACIAl, COMPOSITIO N OF HIGHLANDERS AND LOWLA NDI>RS. Comi ng down th en to the tim e in which we are chi efly interest ed, to the time when society began to be organized in our motherland, to the period in which Clans probably originat ed, we find that the Scotti sh High­ lan ders and Lo wlanders were quite differen t in race. 14 AMF.RICAN CLAN G REGOR S oCI~Y

Th e Hiqhlanders were made up of Picts and Sco ts, both Celtic, in fact on e rac e, th e Pi ct s being aborigi nes and th e Scots imm igra nts from Ireland. The Lotolanders were a mixed race composed of : Picts, who were Celtic aborigines; Romans, who were conquero rs fr om Italy ; A nqles, Saxons, Dalles, Noruieqians, and Nornums, who were all Teu­ tonic conquerors fr om Germany, Denmark, Norway, and France ; Frisians and Flemi ngs, who were peaceable T eutonic immigrants from H olland or the Netherlands. We find, th en, to state it briefly, that th e H ighlands are mainly Celt ic or Gaelic in race, and the Lowlands chiefly Teutonic. T his differ ence in race, together with th e fact that the Hi ghl and Celt s had once owned the fertile Lowlands and had been dispossessed by the over­ whelming numbers of the Te utons, gave rise to the racial feud that ex isted for so man y years between H ighl a nders and Lowlander s,

T HI!: CLAN AND ITS O RIGI N. Clan was an organiza tion peculiar to the Scott ish Hi ghlands where the whole populat ion was divided into separa te Clans, with separate names, badg es, colors, custo ms, coa ts of arms , etc. W ebster says :

"A Clan is a social g roup comprising a number of households the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor, bear a common sur­ name, and acknowledge the para mountcy of a Chief who bears this name as a distinct tit le, as "The MacGregor," "The Ch isholm", "The Mac l.aughlan", Etc. Besides Clansmen of the blood the Clan may in­ clude bondsmen and adoted foreig ners all of whom, however, must take the common surna me of the Clan." "Da ughters, afte r marriage outside of their own Clan, forfeit member ­ ship and, with their children, become members of the Clan of their husbands."

In the Celtic or Gaelic Language the word "CiaII " means children and "Mac" means son, the prefix "Mac" being handed down to children, grand childre n great grandc hildren, and so on ad infini tum. T he terms "T ribe and "Clan" are almost synonymous and have nearl y the same meaning, though Clan seems to convey the idea of closer relation­ J ship and greater intimacy and to be more exclusive. In each the members are supposed to descend fr om a common ancestor-in the case of Tribe in both male and fema le lines, while in the case of Clan descent is supposed to •• be in the male line only and all its members are supposed to have the same surname or fam ily name; thus, those of th e Clan Gregor are called MacGr egor.T he subdivisions of a Clan are called Sep ts, PROCItEDINGS OF TIIJRTEItNTH A N N UAL GATHERI NG 15

When Kenneth MacAlpin, upon assuming the double crown of the Picts and the Scots in 843 A. D., changed the seat of government fro m Inver­ lochy, the capital of the Scots in the W estern Highland s, to Abernethy, the Pi ctish capital in the Eastern Highlands, which was followed by the re­ • moval of the marble chair or stone (upon which, for ages the Scottish Kings had been crowned) from Dunstaffnage in the West to Scone in the Ea st, these changes caused no detriment to the Gaelic population of the Highlands. But when, in 1066, Malcolm III, called Ceanmore T he Big Head, transferred th e seat of govern ment from Ab ernethy in the Ea st ern H igh­ lands to the Lowland city of Dunfermline, just north of the Fi rth of Forth, which also became, in place of lona, the Sepulchre of the Kings, the people of the Highlands suffered great damage, as it took from their midst the protecting, civilizing, and refining, influence of the Court, and the High­ landers, never very remote from barbarism, were left to their own devices and resources in the administration of the laws.

1n tn e words of the historian Bro wn e ; "T he rays of royal bounty, which had hitherto diffu sed its protect­ ing and benign influence over th e inhabitants of the Highlands, were withdra wn and left th em a pr ey to anarchy and poverty. The peop le. now beyond the reach of laws, became turb ulent and fierce, revenging in person those wrongs for which the adminis­ trators of th e laws were too distant and too feeble to redress," "T hence arose the institution of Chi efs who became judges and ar ­ bit ers in th e quar rels of th eir clan smen and follow ers, and who were surrounded by men devoted to th e defence of their rights, th eir property, and th eir pow er ; accordingly th e Chi efs established wit hin th eir own territories a jurisdiction almost independent of their liege Lord, the King." T he Clan Sys tem th en probab ly ori gin at ed in need for protection, and sprang into existe nce during "T he Dark Ages" (between th e Fall of Th e Western Roman Empire in 476 A. D. and the beginning of T he Reformation in th e early part of th e 16th century) , a time of extreme lawlessness, wh en " Might Made Right" and questions we re deci ded by

"T he simple plan, That he should take who has the power And he should keep who can." T Thus mutual need of protection kept sons, gra nd sons, and gr eat grand sons, under the parental roof. As th eir numbers increased, larger communities in the shape of vil­ lages, etc., sprang up, necessitating the acquirement of more land, which was procured by purchase, marriage, spoliation, etc.: but in all cases th e underlyin g principle, th e esse nce of Clan ship, was sim ilari ty or community of nam e. 16 AMERICAN CLAN GR eGOR SOCn<:TY

Retainer s, both those of th e blood a nd those by adoption, wer e ex­ pected to render to the Clan or to th eir chief certain services , either of a military or industrial nature, in return for shelte r, sus te na nce and protect ion .

OFFICERS OF A CLA N

(Of Three Varieties) . 1. Chief . At the head of each Clan was The Chief who was generally a a lineal descendant of the founder of th e Clan , w hose nam e he bore with the prefix Mac. Hi s word was law with the Clan member s and th e office was hereditary, belon ging to th e repr esen tati ve of th e ma in stem; but a Chi ef might be elected in case of ex tinction of th e ori ginal s tem. A man of spec ial ability, courage, wealt h, and popularity might attract not only his ow n kith and kin but for eign er s also wh o, by simple chan ge of name to th at of th e Clan ances tor, might become m emb er s of the organi zation . 2. Chiejtains. In the case of a large or numerou s Clan as the Macgr egor s, wh en th eir " numbers becam e too great for th e dom ain th ey occu­ pied", ther e were frequent migrations to other districts, whe re other patrony mics or nam es we re often employe d, as Gra nt, MacNab , Mac­ Kay, E tc. Over th ese subdivisions, ca lled Se pts, th er e were Chief­ tains who exe rted th e authority of a Chi ef over their Se pts and had mu ch influ enc e with th e Chi ef. 3.Captain. Th e Captain was an office r who led the Clan in war and might be the Chief or not according to circums ta nces. W hen th e Chi ef was deficient in capacit y, some on e else of unusual capacity or a bil­ ity was chose n to lead in mili ta ry operations, w he ther he was in th e male line of th e fou nd er or not. E ven w hen th er e we re both Chi ef and Captain in a Clan a part of th e Clan adhered any how to the Ch ief as militar y lead er.

L OYALTY TO CHIef AN DC LAN. Lo yalty to Chief an d Clan was very strong . It is re late d that af ter th e suppression of th e last Stuart rebellion of 1745, which was sup­ ported almost entire ly by Highlander s (MacDonald s) , those of the Highland Chi efs who were not captu red fled to E urope and th eir C lan smen at hom e, after payi ng th e regul ar ta x to th e ge ne ra l gov­ ern ment, volu nta rily taxed th em sel ves a sec ond time for th e support of th e exiled Chiefs who would other wise have sta rved and who, it is sa d to relat e, were not always deser ving of such devotion a nd loyalt y. As a com panion verse to th e Biblical quotation it may with truth be said: PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAL GATHERING 17

Greater love hath no man th an this T hat a man should lay open his purse To his friend .

ABOLITION OF THE CLAN SYSTE~1. T he Clan sys tem was abolish ed by th e British Parliament in 1747, on account of th e political troubles to whic h it gave rise. T he bold Hi gh lander was more loyal to Chi ef and Clan th an to Ki ng and Gov­ ern me nt, a nd when th ere was conflict bet ween th e Genera l Gove rn­ men t and Clan Organ izat ion he gave th e preference to his Clan. Man cannot serve two masters, hence th e Clan, which was th e wea ker, had to go; but th e senti me nt still survives, and while th e Clan has now no political influ en ce nor sig nifica nce th e old Clan s are still rep­ resented by Societies th at tak e th e places of th e Clan s. T hus there are th e Clan Gregor Society, T he Clan Cam eron Socie ty, Etc.

T HE CLAN GREGOR.

ORIGIN AN D ANTIQUITY OF THE CLAN G R£GOR.

T he MacGregors claim royal origin, the common belief being that th e founder of the Clan was Gregor, th e youngest son of Ki ng Alpin Ma cAchaia, who reign ed from 833 to 836 over th at race of Celt s that came from Ireland to Scotland in 503 or 506 A. D. T his is th e mo st pop ular belief. A later belief and th e opinio n adva nced by Miss Murray MacGr egor of MacGregor, great au nt of th e present Ch ief, is th at the founder was Grig, Girig, or Gregory th e Great, who was king of all Scotland from 878 to 889 A.D.(Robertson) or from 882 to 893 A. D. (B row ne) and who ass ociate d with himself in th e government a grands on of Ke nneth MacA lpin nam ed Eoc ha. T hese two associate kings were force d to abdicate in 889 or 893 after a reign of 11 years. T he MacGregors we re, th erefor e, of pure Celtic stock and of royal ori gin either way. W ith regard to the antiquity of our Clan there is an Ancient Chron­ icle in the Celtic Lagu age relat ing to the genealogy of th e Clan Ar­ thur which says,

"There is none older excepting the rivers, th e hills, and the Clan Gregor." (See "Sketc h of Clan Gregor", by Major E. M. Tutwiler, Year Book 1909-10) . N O TE. I t may be added th at th e original Patronymic of th e Clan Gr ego r was MacAl pin and th ey were frequent ly term ed the Clan Al­ pin, an individual tribe of them still re ta ining the latt er nam e ( Scott). 18 AM ERICAN CLAN GR EGOR SOCIETY

HOME AND POSSESSIO NS OF THE CLAN GREGOR.

( See "Sketch of Clan Gregor", by E.M. Tutwiler, Year Book 1909-10) . The original home of the Clan Gre gor was Glen Orchy, in Western Scotland, where th ey were located during the reign of Malcolm Can­ more, 1057-1093. H ugh of Glen Orchy was the first of their chi efs so sty led. Their chief Malco lm fou ght for Bruce at Ban ­ nockburn in 1314. Later they occupied a wide tr act of land u ll th e boundary lines of Argyle and P er th Shire s around Loch Katrine and th e north end of Loch Lomond. As th e Clan increased in numbers th ey acquired extensive po ssessions in other parts as Glenst rae, Glenlyon, Glengyle, Glen Dochart, and the vicinities of Lochs Lomond, Katrine, Erne, Rannock, and others. Un fortunately th ey lost all through th e intrigu e, tr eachery, and misrepresentation, of their enemy neighbors, the Dukes of Argyle, Breadalbane, and Athole, leaders and Chiefs of th e Campbells, as will be show n later.

CHARAC'i'ER OF TH E M ACGREGORS.

In addition to the ge nera l Qualities possessed by most Hi gh landers, some good and some bad , as loyalty, pride, devotion, ferocity, desire for reven ge, and high sense of honor, th e MacGregors we re es pecially noted for R espect for the plighted wo rd, which not even fear of death could dest roy. They were likew ise cons idered th e bravest and most warlike Clan in Scotland and, with th e exce ption of the Mac Donalds, th e largest and most powerful, as th ey were without doubt th e oldest, of all th e Clan s. The Clan Greg or we re classed among the wild, untutored, Clan s.

"Their passions were eage r and wit h a little management on the part of some of th eir most powerful neighbors th ey cou ld easily be 'hounded out' to commit violenc e of which th e wily instigators took the ad­ vantage and left the ignorant MacGregors an undivided portion of blame and punishment" (S cott ) .

In many inst anc es th e MacGregors were but too willing too ls, thoug h less deserv ing of blame than their more civilized instigators. I n the cour se of time most of th e irregulari ties committed in th e vicinity of the MacGregors was credited to them and their nam e be­ came sy non ymous with th ieves, robber s, and mur derers, against whom wa s turned the han d of everyone. T hen followed royal confiscations and proclamations, Acts ' of Privy Council and Parliament, with letters and commissions of "fire and sword", agai nst the MacGregors, who were hunted like wild anima ls, th eir goods taken, an d dwellin gs burned. PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTI>ENTH A NN UAL G ATHERI NG 19

O N THE LO SI NG SIDE G ENERALLY. In th e various contest s for th e throne of Scotland, as tho se between Ba liol and Bruce, and between James III and James IV, and later for • th e throne of Great Britain bet ween the hou ses of Stuart and H anover , th e MacGregors had the mi sfortune to espouse th e losing side in each case. They were especia lly loyal to th e hou se of Stuart, not withstanding th e fact that th eir mo st cru el and per sist ent persecutors, J ames VI and Charles I, were found in th at hou se. Only on e ro ya l Stuar t in all history befri ended th e Clan and that was Charles II. The misfortune of always bein g on th e losing side in politics and th e claim of roya l descent cou ld not fail to excite th e enmity a nd jeal­ ousy of th e reigning hou se as well as of the great nobles and barons around about and add fuel to the flam e alrea dy kind led against th em.

T HE CL AN C AMPBELL. The Clan Campbell, with the Earl of Ar gyle at th eir head as Chief, we re th e immediate neighbors of th e Mac Gr egors and th eir inveterate enemies.

O N TH E WIN NIN G SIDE G ENERALLY. T he Campbells, naturally craft y and cunning, some how managed always to be on the winning side politically and pro sper ed accordingly, thus wielding at the capital lar ge politi cal influence, which they did not scruple to use aqainst those whom they regarded with disfavor. The ex tens ive possession s of the MacGregors and th e power an d con sequenc e they had acquired excited th e envy and hat e of th e Camp­ bells, led by th e Earl s of Ar gyle and Breadalbane, who, trusting more to craft and intrigue than to martial prowess, took advantage of th eir ignorance in matters of law and jurisprudenc e and proceeded to hav e the MacGregor lands, to which the natural owners had no recorded deeds, pa tented and the deeds recorded in the names of the Campbells, and th en endeavored to oust th em from th e la nds they had been oc­ cupyin g from tim e immemorial. T he MacGregors na tura lly re siste d seizure of th eir property an d im­ pr udently attempted to hold it by "T he right of the sword" ( Coir a glaive ).

"T his conduct was represented at the capital as art smg from an un­ tameable and innate ferocity which nothing, it was said, could remedy save cutting off th e tribe of Macgregor roo t and branch " (Scott). T he Campbells th en brought down upo n them th e might of th e nat ional government against whic h a mere Clan was powerless. 20 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIIWY

Hundreds of MacGregors peri sh ed in th eir struggle against over­ whelming odds in open fight and on th e scaffold ; ot her hundreds, driven from home, perish ed from exposure and starvation, wh ile th ey were hunted with bloodhounds with a price on th eir hea ds. They were thu s rend ered landless and hom eless and without th e mean s of making a living. Many took refuge' among neig hboring Cla ns with whom th ey lived as renter s, laborers, and retain er s, while others sought th e wildest fast­ nesses wh ere th ey lived a savage life depending for subsiste nce upon hunting and fishing as well as upon th e pi1lage and plunder of those who had ro bb ed th em . Then follo wed more royal proclamations with " Le tters of Fire and Sw ord" and Acts of Privy Council and Parliament, all dir ected again st th e Clan Gregor. "Notwithstanding these severe denunciati ons some of the Clan still possessed property and continu ed to exe rcise mu ch authori ty by th e 'Right of the stro ngest,' (Co ir a glaive) in the vicinity of Loch Lo­ mond"(Scott). T m; B AT11.E OF G LENFRUIN.

FEB. 7, 1603. (See I ntroduction to " Ro b Roy", by Sir Walter' Scott.) But th e crown ing offen ce of th e MacGregor s was th eir defeat of th e combined forces of th e Calquhouns, Gra ha ms, Buchan an s, and some of the citizens of Dumbart on, in the Battle of Glenf ruin, Feb, 7, 1603, just southwest of Loch Lom ond in th e Southwestern Hi gh­ lands. Writer s differ in th eir stateme nts of th e numbers engaged on eac h side. Acc ording to on e writer, th e MacGrego rs, under th eir Ch ief, AI­ laster or Alexander MacGregor, of Glenstrae, numbering 200, fou ght in self -defence, gained a brilliant victory and, with the loss of only two men slew 200 of th eir opponents who numbered 800. Scott gives, MacGregors 300 or 400, th eir opponent s double th at number, Mac­ Gregors slain two, opponents slain 200 or 300. " In th e report of th e battle to K ing James VI, th e fact s were dis­ torted to th e discredit of th e MacGr egors who we re without friends at cou rt to explain th e cir cumstances and defend th e Clan ; and th e fac t that the victors, in th e pursuit, slew such a large number (200) and lost so few (o nly two) was repr esented to th e kin g as unjustifi abl e seve rity. In order that the kin g might appreciat e th e exte nt of th e slaug hter th e widows of th e slain, to th e number of eleven score, in deep mourning, mounted on white palfreys, and each bearing her hu s­ band's bloody shir t on a spea r, appea red at Sterl ing in th e presen ce of th e monarch to demand vengeance for th e death of th eir husbands" (Scott). P ROCEEDI N GS OF THIRTEeNTH A N N U AL GATHeRING 21

C ONSEQu eNces OF THE B AT'l'L e OF GLe NFRUIN. T houg h th e Ma cGregor s we re victorious in th is battle, "The Bab e unborn had reason to repent it", so dreadful to th e Clan we re th e con ­ sequences of that victory . Deprivation of name (April 3, 1603). robbery, starva tion, bloodhounds, torture, "fire and sword," ruin and death , followed for centuries-all legalized under the titl e of, Royal Proclamati ons, Com­ missions of F ire and Sword, Acts of Parliament and Privy Council, Etc., Etc. No race exce pt on e of supreme stamina could have surv ived th e horrors per petrat ed, und er th e nam e of Law and Just ice, upon thi s devoted Clan. PR QTF.CTI Ve NAMes. When deprived of th eir name th ey took for protect ion th e names of those among whom th ey were living and in whose emp loyme nt the y were. In some instances th eir patrons and employe rs suffered th em to live on as before und er th e protection of th eir nam es ; but in other cases, especially when th e Ma cGr ego rs had prospered a nd had amassed pro perty, th eir patrons yielded to th e desire for gai n and betrayed th em to th eir per secutors an d even joined in the chase. T he family of th e Ch ief ass umed the pro tec tive name of Murray while ot hers took th e names of Stewart, D rummond, Grant, Gra ham, Mac­ Nab , Ma cKay, Buchanan, and even Campbell. Rob Roy, whose birth is va riously given as occ urring in 1660, 1666, and 1671, in comp lime nt to his mother, Margar et Campbell of Glen­ falloch, ass umed th e nam e of Cam pbell. His wife Mar y was a dau ghter of th e Laird of Glenfa lloch also a Cam pb ell, th e pr evailin g tho ug h erro­ neou s belief being that her nam e was H elen.

ExecUTI ON OF THe se ACTS. "The exec utio n of th e severe Acts of Parliament an d Privy Co uncil agains t th e Clan Gregor was entrusted in th e wes t to th e Ea rl of Ar ­ gy le and th e Clan Cam pbell and in the eas t to th e Ea rl of Athole an d his followe rs" (Scott). "The MacGregors resisted wit h determined courage, some times ob­ taini ng tr an sient adva ntages, and always so ld th eir lives dearly" (Scott). "Finally the pride of Allas ter MacGrego r, of Glens trae, th e Chi ef of th e Clan Gregor, who was a bra ve and ac tive man, was so mu ch low­ ered by the sufferi ngs of his people th at he resolved to surrende r him­ self wit h his principal followe rs to th e Earl of A rgyle on condition th at th ey should be sent out of Scotland, his idea being to go to London and plead his cause before th e king in person , and to th is Argyle ag reed" (Scott). " Ma cGregor had mo re reason s th an one for expec ting some favor from the Ea rl, who had in secret advised and encouraged him to man y of th e desperate actions for whic h he was now called to acc ount" (Scott). 22 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCI ETY

But Argyle was as treacherous and dishonorable as th e wild Chi ef wa s hon est and true. " Ma cGregor was sent und er a strong g uard ju st across th e frontier into En gland, and being thu s, in th e literal se nse, 'se nt out of Scotland', Ar gyle was judged to have kept faith with him, though th e sa me guard which took him th ere brought him back to Edinburgh in custody" wh ere he was tr ied Januar y 20, 1604, found guilty, and immediately han ged along with seve ra l of his follo wers. "T he Ea rl of Argyle was reward ed for his treachery in the surrender and execution of MacGregor and his chief clansmen by a grant of the lands of Ki ntyre" (Scott).

P ERSecUTION OF THE C LA N GREGOR

C H RONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED.

(S ee, "Acts of P arl iam ent Directed Against Clan Gr egor," by Dr. Ernest Pendleton Magruder, in Year Book 1911-12; Introduction to " Rob Ro y", by Sir W alter Scott; "The Ma cGr egors", by E yr e-Todd, in Scott ish Field 1913) .

FIRST E N ACTM ENT OF P ENAL L AWS AGAINST THE M ACGREGORS• .1" Th e First T hree Quarters of The Fourteenth. Centur», under King s Robert I. and David II. Bruce, of Scotland, the MacGregors suf­ fer ed pr operty con fiscations : First, Because a portion of the Clan supported Batiol against Bru ce for the Scottish Crown; and Second, Because the MacGregors claimed roya l descent, which excited the jealousy of the Bru ces, In 1420 under James I. of Scotland the Kni ght of Lochow, a Campbel1, stirre d up th e MacNab s against th e MacGr egors, which led to th e Battle of Cri anl ari ck in which th e MacGr egors nearl y wiped out th e Mae Na bs. The K night of Lochow th en, und er preten ce of keeping th e king's peace, proc ured "Letter s of F ire and Sword" against both, burning th e dwellin gs a nd annex ing th e lands of the MacGregors. In thi s way Sir Colin Cam pbell, second son of th e Kni ght of Lo chow, becam e L aird of Glenurchy in 1432, and by 1504 the ancient patrimony of th e Clan Gregor, Glendoc hart, Glenlyon, Balloch,E tc., had passed to th e Cam nb ells. On October 17, 1488, under J ames IV. of Scotla nd the earliest Act of the Scottish Parliament against the MacGregors was passed, which "gave to th e Lo rd s power s to take and punish all tr esp assers guilty of th eft. reft , and other enormities." P ROCEEDI NGS OF T IIIRTEEN TII A N N UAL GATUI;1U NG 23

011 Se ptember 22, 1563, under Mary Queen of Scots, Acts of Scott ish Privy Council granted commission to Nobles and Chiefs to pursue Clan Gregor wit h "Fire and Sw ord" and " Discha rges th e lieges to receive or assist th em wi th meat, drink, or clothes". In 1587, under James V I. Act of Scottish Parliament, called "T he General Bond", was passed holding th e Ch iefs of Clan s resp on sibl e for th e deeds of th eir Clan sm en. 011 J III:J', 13, 1590, under James VI. Act of Scottis h Privy Council directed another cru sad e agains t "The Wicked Clan Gregor, so lon g con­ tinuing in blood , slaug hte r, th eft , and robber y", in whic h "Le tters of fire and sword" were denounced agai nst them for three years, following th e murder of Drumrnond-ernoch in 1589. 011 March 30. 1596. James V I. wrote a letter at Ho llyrood in which he showed great ill will again st the Clan Gregor. 0" March 3, 1601, under James VI. a Commission of Lieutenancy over the Clan wa s gra nted to th e Earl of Argy le, which placed th e Earl in control of th e Clan.

H £RE COMES I N TilE B ATTLE OF GI.ENFRUIN, F EB. 7, 1603, AN D ITs C ON­ SEQU EN Ct:S, WHICH SEE, BACK.

0" A pril 3, 1603, under James VI. Act of Scottish Privy Council proscribed or prohibited by law the names Gregor and MacGrego r and pro­ hibited those MacGregors who were prese nt at the Battle of Glen­ fruin ( Feb. 7, 1603) and on oth er rai ds from carrying wea pons except a blunt poi nted knife, both prohibitions being under pena lty of death . Th is Act WaS passed on the Sunday on which J ames VI. bad e far ewell to the people of E dinburgh in th e Church of St. Giles to go and reside in E ng land. T his , it will be ob ser ved, was just after th e Battle of Glenfruin. About this time , the MacGregors were being hunted with blood hounds and th er e were sundr y messages to " Raise th e Sho ut a nd F ray" upon th em. III 1607, under James V I., the Ea rl of Argy le demanded the gift of the lands of Kintyre as reward for his serv ices against th e Clan • Gr egor. A bout this tim e also. there was a royal proclamation prohibitin g the own­ er s of boats from taking any MacGregors across th e Lochs wh en the y wer e fleein g for sa fety. In 1610, under Jam es VI. "Commi ssions of Fire and Sword" were issued against the Clan Gregor. 24 AMERICAN CLAN GREeOR SOCIETY

In Jan uary, 1611, under James V I. the MacGregors were besieged on an island in Loch Katrine, where they had taken refu ge and shut th em selves up, a nd an atte mpt was made to annihilate th em ; but the seige failed. 0" Janllary 31, 1611, under James VI. pard on was offered by the govern­ ment (probably by th e Scott ish P arli ament or Privy Council) to an y Mac Gregor who might slay or betray another MacGregor. • It. May, 1611, under James VI. a proclamation was issued that the wives and children of the Clan Gregor should be rend er ed up to th e Lieutenant (Earl of Argyle) and that th e wives should be "marked upon the face with a ( redhot ) iron key" as a means of identificati on. 011 I une 24, 1613, under James V I. Act of Scottish Privy Council prohib­ ited th e assembling of more than four MacGregors at an yone time in a ny one place, und er penalt y of death. On Jun e 28, 1617, under J ames VI. Act of Scottis h Parli ament, durin g King James' only visit to Scotland after he left it in 1603, ratified and approved all th e above Act s, becau se many Mac Gregor Ch ildren were approaching maj ority and, if allowed to bear the old name, they would make th e Clan as lar ge and strong as before. 0 11 May 12, 1627, under Charles I., remission was granted to Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenurc hy, son of Sir Duncan Campbell of Lo cho w 'or Black Duncan with the Cowl, for services aga inst the Mac­ Gregors. 0" JUlie 28, 1633, under Charles I. Act of Scottish Pa rliament ratified and approved all th e Ac ts of P rivy Council and P arli ament made and gra nted heretofore agains t th e Clan Gregor and required all of th at Clan at th e age of 16 yea rs to give security for future good behavior , and likewise prohibited all min isters and pr eachers from bapti zing or christening any ma le child with th e nam e Gregor or MacGr egor "under pena lty of deprivat ion " of office. 0" Iune 19, 1634, under Charles I. a proclamation was issued agai nst the Clan Gregor. 011 December 23, 1640, under Charles 1., a commission against the Clan Grego r was granted to Will iam, Ea rl of Monteith, President of H is Maj est y's Council and Lord Chi ef Just ice of th e Kin gdom. In addition to th e for egoin g Acts of per secution against th e Mac­ Gregors, a pri ce was put on th eir head s at so mu ch a head when brought in to th e magistrat es, as if th ey we re wolves or other beast s of prey, and eve ry effort was mad e to exterminate th e Clan . But th ese attempts all failed and th e Clan survived to earn honorabl e distinction. PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAL GATH ERING 25

1ST R EPEAL OF P ENAL LAWS A GAI NST THE M ACGR EGORS.

On A pril 26, 1661, under Charles II . Act of Scottish Parliament an­ nu l1ed and rep ea led a l1 the various Act s against the Clan Gregor and restored to th em th e ful1 use of th eir famil y nam e becau se, in th e lan gu age of th at Monarch, "T hey had conducted th em selves with such loyalty and affection to Hi s Majest y as might ju stl y wipe off a l1 memory of former mis­ carriages and tak e away a l1 marks of reproach for th e sa me."

S ECOND E NACTME NT OF P IW AL L AWS AGAINST T HE MACGRF.GORS .

On Iun e 15, 1693, under W ittiam and Mary Act of Scottish Parliament annulled and repealed Act of 1661 and revived Act of 1633 and thus again proscribed the name of MacGregor and Gregor and renewed th e former Act s of per secution. There ar e no reasons given why th ese penal Acts should have been ren ewed nor is it al1eged th at th e Clan had been g uilty of lat e irregularities, but it is sa id th at an influence th e same with th at whic h dictated th e "M assacre of Glencoe" ( MacDonalds) occasioned the re-enaction of th e penal statutes against the MacGregors. It does not, however, appea r th at after th e Revolution (i . e. th e ac­ cession of W ittiam and Mar y to th e th rone) th e Acts against th e Clan were severely enforce d; and in th e latter half of t he 18th century th ey were not enforced at a l1.

2ND AND L AST R EPEAL OF P ENAL L AWS AGAINST THE MACGREGORS.

On November 29, 1774, under George III. Act of Briti sh Parli ament (vi z. of th e U nited Ki ngdom) repealed Acts of 1633 and 1693 and re­ vived Act of 1661, and thus res to red for a l1 tim e th e use of the nam es Gregor and MacGr egor with a l1 th e rights and pri vileges of loyal citize ns. T his was done upon th e init iative of Gregor Drummond, a Cad et of th e Clan , who persona l1y bore al1 th e ex­ penses of th e Act. In 1820, John Smith Magrude r of P rince Geo rges County, Maryland, had th e nam es of his five sons, viz., Mortimer, Nathan ial, Rod er­ ick, H en ry, and Alaric, change d from Magruder to MacGregor, by th e L egislature of Marylan d. For some reason not given th e Clan did not as a whole resume th eir old nam e of MacGr egor until 1822, though in some few ind ividu al ins ta nces th ey did . In 1822, under George IV. and upon his initiative Act of Parliament gra nted to Sir Evan John Murray Lic ense to resume his family name of MacGregor, and immediately 826 of his Clan sm en resumed th eir old nam e and subsc ribed a deed recogn izing him as th e tineal hereditar y Chief of th e Clan Gregor and th e descendant and heir 26 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR S OCIETY

of the MacGregors of Glenstrae. He had been Lieutenant Col­ onel in the service of the Ea st I nd ia Company and Auditor Gen­ eral of India (in Bengal). During the persecution of his Clan th e fami ly of the Chi ef had adopted the protective name of Murray. He' was created Baronet wit h the tit le of "Sir" in 1795 and wa s the first Baronet of th e Clan.

D URATION OF TilE P ERSECUTIO N OF TilE M ACGREGORS.

First P eriod of Persecution, from beginning of 14th century-say about 1301-in reign of Robert Bruce-to 1661 in reign of Charles II . .. 360 years.

First Period of A mnesty, from 1661 in reign of Charles II. to 1693 in reign of William a nd Mary 32 years .

Se cond Period of Persecution, from 1693 in reign of W illiam and Mary to 1774 in reign of George III. 81 years.

S econd Period of Amnesty, from 1774, in reign of George III. to pr esent time , 1922 148 years .

The Per secution of th e MacGregors lasted in all, 360 plu s 81 ye ars, i. e., 441 years.

In th e language of Sir W alter Scott,

"The MacGregors showed no inclination to be blotted out of the ro ll of Clanship. T hey subm itte d to th e law as far as to take th e names of th e neighboring fam ilies among whom th ey happened to live, Drummond, Graham, Buchanan, Stewa rt, Grant, MacNab, MacKay, and even Campbell; but to ;,11 intent s and purpo ses of com­ bination and mutu al att achment they remained the Clan Gre gor, united together for right or wrong, and menacing with the general vengeance o f their race whomsoever committed aggr essions against any indi­ vidua l of th eir number. They continued to take and give offenc e with as little hesitation as before" (S cott). T hu s in all the tim e of per secution the Clan clung to gether in secret and in secre t taught th eir chi ldr en to ch eri sh the memory of a nam e that evok ed feelings of fear wh erever spoken and that, in th e years to come, however associated with violence and bloodshed, wa s to sta nd for courage, loyalty, constancy, devotion , ho nor, an d truth. T he distingui sh ed Antiquarian, the late Dr. Joseph Ander son, say s .. that "Since th e repeal of the penal laws against th em, there is no clan name which has earned more honorab le distinct ion th an th at of Mac­ Gr egor." PROCEEDINGS OF TlIIRTEENTH ANN UAL GATHERING 27

R ECORD OF OVER SUS M A C GR ~'()RS IN T HE WORLD WAR.

True to their martial and patriotic nature and instinct when the mailed fist of th e Teutonic Demon th reatened th e liberties of the world, from the uttermost parts of the earth the children of Grego r responded to th e call of th e " F iery Cross" until the Kaiser fell to rise no more. In th e serv ice of th e British Emp ire during th e World W ar we have th e followin g record of th is nam e:

Killed and died of wounds...... 366 Wounded 889 Missing and not heard from 150 Prison ers of wa r 25-31

Total Casualti es of th e MacGregors .1430-1436

Honors and Distinctions won (as medals, crosses, mention in dispat ches, etc.) 99 Victoria Cro sses (the high est milit ar y dist inction ...... 2 one having been wo n by an officer in a Can adian con­ tin gent and on e by a bank cler k from E dinboro. T he only oth er Vic toria Cross wo n by a MacGregor was in th e Crimean W ar of 1855, by a private, R. Mac­ Gregor, of the 2nd Bat ., Ri fle Brigad e. (See Year Book 1916, page 17.)

(A t th e Gathering of 1923, Deo Vo lente, I hope to deal with The Ame rican Descendants of the Clan Gregor.)

"THE OFFICIAL SPRIG OF PI NE"

"T he Officia l Sprig of Pine" worn at the 1920 Gathering of the Ameri­ can Clan Gregor Society was supplied by Mr. C. C.Magrud er, j r., and came from "Headake," property owned by Sarah Magruder, first, and devised by her to her daughter, Eleanor Wad e and grand-daughter, Sarah Clagett. = """'

28 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

CENTENNIAL ODE .

(Tm: CLAN GREGOR.) 1822-1922, (To C. C. M., Jr.)

By J, B. NICKLIN, In.

I.

Kin g Alpin lived and reign ed and met his death A thousand years ago amid th e Scot And th ere in ambush , yie lding up his bre ath, H e fell and, fall ing, left a bitter blot Upon th e Pi cti sh nat ion for his woes. And soon th ey paid in full, for Kenneth cried A loud for vengeance on his father's foes, And with "Bas Alpin" ga there d to his side His com ra des who desir ed no rest or peace Till Alb an's foeme n should th eir lives release. With filial love he hon ored th ere those men Who br ought his father 's head from off th e pike Where deep, barbari c hat e had placed it th en Am on g th e Pi cts, and next his arm did strike Sw ift blows when all was ready for th e fray. How horrid was th e vengeance Kenneth took , How many were his foes that fell that day W hen Drusk en with his bravest men mu st look Upon th e vengeance of th e mo nar ch's son, Who spared not age nor ra nk, but even slew Until a glorious victory was won And all his foem en from his wa rriors flew. The Pictish land s in an ger laid he was te, The foes th em selves rem aining fled away, And Kenn eth cha nge d th e names that th ey had placed So th at th e Gothic traces would decay. Hi s kin gdom prospered fro m the peace that came W ith union of th e nations in his da y, And st ill we hail th e sp lendo r of his name.

o glory of our nobl e Clan, So lon g as mind and memory can Control th e heart and life of man, PROC!>EDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAL GATHERING 29

So long our greatness thrives. And thus till end of time and rac e W e hold th e glory of our place; In joy our line we proudly trace To those of bravest lives.

Then Donald to his brother's throne secure Ascended with deceit, Hi s peopl e thought his worth and wit wer e meet But soon his end wa s sure: Hi s nobles saw he could but heed th e call Of Pleasure wh en it offered of its lure, Usurped his regal sway and robbed of all Hi s pow'r and thus his fall. In pri son wa s he cast to lose his ways Wher e, fearful, he him self did end his days. Such wa s his lonely end, While Kenneth's son did mount th e throne, And wise his ways did wend. H e gov ern ed well his land six yea rs and ten, And th en he bad e adi eu to crown and Scone To pa ss aw ay from every mortal ken.

II.

And so the centuries passed and many tr aced Their line to Kenn eth's youngest son whose name Was Gre gor, he whose life has ever placed Our Clan amon g the most renown ed to fam e. But war was eve r rampant in th e land And warrior s formed a band To plunder without fear The hamlets far and near Till hatred all amo ng th e clan s was fanned. But honor was for ever dear to th ose Of royal Gregor 's line ; Their plighted word did ever br ightly shine With eith er fri end s or foes: Nor pain nor fear of death could e'er annoy Nor could th e pow'r of rival clan s destroy This honor whi ch wa s both of prid e and joy.

To Gr egor, son of Scotland's King, Whose prai ses still we stand to sing, 30 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

Our loyal fealty now we bring A s in th e da ys of yore; T o others wh o have known of joy And so rrow's ever dread alloy , But most of all, our ow n Rob Ro y, We render hom age more.

Thus still we love thi s hon or that th ey knew In older days when friends and hearts were true.

III. o br ave and wa rlike Clan, th e best of all, T he oldes t, and most powerful, save one, H ow falsely swore thy foes to cause thy fall, How cruel we re th e wrongs th at oft we re don el With "fire and swo rd," with P rivy Council oft, With Ac ts of P arliament , thy ruin came, For Argyle sought with lies and tales so soft T o sully e'e n th e glory of thy nam e. A nd Fate consp ired to jo in th y arms alway Unto th e losing side in many a fray, T ill Bruce and Stewart both W ere never slow nor loath To listen to th y foes am id th eir day. And so the Argyle pow'r pr evailed until The greatness of th y Clan was sca ttered far A nd like th e wa ning of some mighty star See med wholly crushed an d so foreve r still. By "roo t and bran ch" th e British J ames desired T o kill th ee with th e whole of an his might. How dark was th en th e length of thi s th y nigh t Till evil fortunes for a tim e retired. F orbidden was th y ancie nt name an d banned Throu gh out th e wid e ex tent of each fair land. The Sec ond Ch arl es alone of Ba nquo's line Was gra cious, so a little peace wa s thine; But Oran ge, join ed with Stewart, th en renewed The per secutions of th e horrid past And four score yea rs with bitterness we re strewed Till George th e Third as ide th e stigma cas t.

MacAlpin I Ho w each heart awakes With th robs of pride that ne'er for sakes P RoCeeDI N GS OF THIRTeeNTH ANNUAL GATHeRING 31

A Scot who eve rm ore partakes Hi s share of Gregor 's line. W e gat her now to pledge an ew On ce mor e our love and honor tru e, Forsak ing never aught of due, MacAl pin, tha t is thine I

No longer was th e name of Gregor laid Beneath a curse that ex iles of them mad e.

IV.

An d th en the next succeeding George designed An Ac t to grant permission to resume The old, for bidde n name. No more th e doom Of death o'e rsha dow ed him who kn ew behind H im lay a line of nob lest birth, and da red Retain his name in spite of kin g and foe T hro ug h fear and famine eve n when he shared T he bitter har dship s of an exile's woe . Ti s now an hu ndred yea rs sinc e wa s restor ed T he cherished name of Scotland's eldest Clan, Preser ved throu gh ages, e'e n through fire and sw ord, To show th e grea t fidelity of man : No t all the pow'r of foe s or kin gs or state Or persecut ion s could for one brief day D estroy th e glory of that nam e, thou gh F at e So seldo m showed a ligh t upon th eir way. But faithful even unto death, at last The days of suffe ring foreve r passed And peac e again did bless With beauteous happiness T he pathway oft in depths of so rrow cast.

o glorious Clan, of nob le name, None o ther is so link ed to fam e, T hroug h coun tless suffer ings th at came, MacAlpin, as is th ine: W e love th ee, for our hearts unite In praising th ee that saw th e light Amid th e darkness of that night, And now in peace doth shine I

" S' R IOGHAIL MO DHREAM." 32 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOClJ<:TY

DR. THOMAS BALDWIN MAGRUDER.

By TnoMAs M AGRUDJ<:R WADE.

Dr. Thomas Baldwin Magruder was born Sept ember 25, 1800, at th e ancient family mansion, near Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, Maryland, and had he lived on e month and two days longer would have reach ed th e age of eighty- five yea rs. Aft er gra duating in medicine from th e lead ing medic al school of Baltimore, Mar yland on April 2, 1821, Dr. Magruder determined to venture out to th e th en sparse ly populat ed Southern St at es, and in September, 1822, rode on horseback fro m his native country to this region through the wild, unsettl ed intervening country, and at the end of a journey of two months reached Port Gibson, Mississippi , which city and vicinity continued to be his hom e, save for a yea r or two in th e early fifties, when he returned to his old home in Maryland , until his death. H e entered at on ce upon a success ful professional car eer after se­ curing his license to pr actice medicine in th e Sta te of Mississippi on April 12, 1824, whic h licen se was dul y filed and recorded by Mr . P . A. Va ndhorn in his office on July 13, 1827, and he it was who es ta blished th e first dru g store in th e town of Port Gib son , Mississipp i. A yea r or two after his arrival in th e county he was united in mar­ riage to Miss Elizabeth H arrington, December 23, 1823, and this union was blessed with th ree sons, Sam uel Calver t, Honorabl e William Thomas, and th e lat e ga lla nt, Captain Jo seph Moore Magruder, who fell in defense of th e "Los t Cau se" and th e land of his nati vity at th e ba tt le of Corinth. Mr s. Magruder died on th e 5th of J uly, 1844, at th e age of fifty-six aft er having lived a useful and truly Christian life. In her day it was the custom of the Choctaw Indians, who then in­ habited Claiborne County, Mississippi, in g reat numbers, to camp at "Grude rs", as th ey pronounced the nam e, and th ey we re always kindly treated by th e " Mistress of Cabin Wood." At her death lar ge numbers of th em attended her fun eral and ex­ pressed th e deepest sorrow for th e loss of th e friend whose kindness to th em and consi deration never wavered or kn ew dimi nution, Many years afte r the Choctaws left Claiborne County and moved to th e Northeast counties of Mississippi th ey made annual visits to th e home of "G ruders" as th ey truly loved him and his fam ily ; and th is custom continu ed for seve ra l yea rs afte r th e Civil W ar. On April 22, 1845, Dr. Magrud er wedded his second wife, Mr s. Sara h Oli via Dunbar W est , daughter of th e lat e Isaac Dunbar of Ad am s County, Mississipp i. T his union was blessed with ten children ': Mary, DR. TIIO~IA S BALOWIX .\ IAGRUDt:R. UOHS, 1800; Dree, 1885. PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAL GATHERI NG 33

J enn ie, Charles, who died in early youth or infancy, Anna T homas (Magrud er) Wade, died Jun e 14, 1918 ; and those living: Isaac Dunbar, Rober t Wa lter , Herbert Staley, Alice (Mag ruder ) MacDougall, and Rosa. M rs. Magruder wa s a wonderful home builder as she showe d goo d taste, refinement an d cult ure in all the appointments of her home and its surroundings. She was an active and consist ent member of the Episcopal Church. After indifferent health for severa l yea rs Mr s. Ma gruder died December 28, 1864. 7 Dr. Magruder was an active participant in publi c affairs for more than sixty yea rs, and sca rcely a public gathering was held in which he did not figure conspicuously and always in a usefu l way. H e pos­ sessed an exc ellent memory, and th e reminiscenc es of his car eer would fill a volume. There was not one of th e old homes in Claiborne County which he had not visited in his professional capacity, nor a square mile over which he had not travelled. Very often in his early life he was called upon to act as arbiter in personal difficulties, and although of a quick temper and of great personal courage he " Iways advocated peaceable adjustments as the best way to sett le difficulties. H e was for man y years th e on ly sur vivor of those who were partic­ ipants in th e Ross-G ibb s duel in 1826, being present in th e cap acity of surge on and attend ed upon each of the participants when th e affair wa s over . In 1839 Dr. Magruder was elected to th e Lo wer House of th e Mis­ sissippi Legi slature as a Whi g, of which party he was an earnest ad­ vocat e and lead er, and in 1842 was re-elect ed to th e position. In th e following yea r he was his party's candidate for the Sta te Sen­ ate against General P ermena s Bri scoe, but was defeated by on e vote. In 1860 he was brought out by his adherents and admirers as a can di­ date for th e State Con stitutional Con vention, which pa ssed th e ordi­ nances of Secession, but as he was a Union man in sentiment he was not a strong supporter of th e measure but adv oca ted a con vention of all Southern States to sec ure united co-operation before adopting th e measure. As the "Secess ion" measure had found great favor with the masses and owin g to th e great ability and popularity of his competitor, Hon. H enry T. Ell ett, he was defeated. After th e war he becam e an active, prominent and trusted Demo ­ crat, and as a testimonial of his worth he was elected to th e Mississippi Legi slature in 1881 at the age of four score years . He wa s ver y active an d ea rn est in his desire to do himself and his friend s justice, and not­ withstanding his advanced age he mad e an ab le and intelligent Legis­ lator and during his entire term of servi ce he was never abse nt from his scat. Although he was reared in the Episcopal faith he becam e connect ed 34 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY with the Methodist church afte r going to Mississippi, but upon the establishment of an Episcopal chu rch he at onc e transferred his mem­ bership, and with it rem ain ed connected until his death. Its impres­ sive and so lemn burial se rvice being rea d at his fun eral and over his g rave . H e was also buried wit h Mason ic Honors, for of th at order he had been a memb er fro m 1825, holding memb er sh ip in W ashingt on Lodge No.3. H e was a man of refinem ent and was mo st sociable a nd his hospital­ ity was enjoye d by his numer ous frie nds. Although he had his ups a nd do wn s in busin ess life he always maintain ed th e strictest integrity a nd always ma naged to sur round his family with many comforts, and gave his childre n good educational adva ntages. Du ring his last ittn ess his physician, childre n and gra nd-c hildre n we re in consta nt atte nda nce, a nd his eve ry wa nt was anticipated with tendern ess and affection. Dr. Magruder died on Sunday eve ning, Au gu st 23, 1885, and was buried Monday aftern oo n from Sa int James E piscopal church, Port Gibson, th e Reverend Newe tl Logan officiating. Of him it ma y be sa id, " Mark th e perfec t man and behold th e upr igh t for th e end of th at man is peace." H e was a son of T homas Magrude r and Mary Clarke, grand-son of I saac Magruder and Sophia Bald win, great-g ra nd-s on of Natha n Ma­ gruder and Re becca Beatl, great-great-gra nd-s on of John Magruder and Susa nna Smith, great-great-grea t-grand-s on of Sa muel Magrude r and Sa ra h Beall, great-great-grea t-great-grand-s on of Alexander Ma­ grude r and Margaret Br aithwaite.

CORRECTION.

In the Year Book of 1920, the name of Mr s. Matilda Beatl (James C.) Lewis was by mistake put among the Deceased Members. It is with much pleasure that this mistake is corrected for Mrs. Lewis is very much alive and lives at 1632 Franklin Street, Denver , Col., and takes a deep and active interest in the Clan.

, P ROCEEDINGS OF THlRTE£ NTH A N N UAL GATH£RI NG 35

WILLIAM EDWIN MUNCASTER.

By HIS SON, J OH N EDWIN M U NCASTER.

H E subject of th is short sketch was born in Baltimore, Md., June 12th, T 1839, and spent the ea rly years of his Ii fe through teething and measles in that city. H e then was sent to the home of his Grand­ ; mother Muncaster as he has told the Society in the sketches read by him at the Gatherings of the past. H is Fa ther, Edwin Magruder Muncaste r, was born in Montgome ry County Md., and lived on the farm of his father through most of his school days. He ente red West Point, and was a class­ mate of Robert Edward Lee, but after two years at the academy, he was compelled to resign on account of an affect ion of his eyes which forbad e further studies. He returned to Montgomery County and after a few years married Rachel Robert son, also a native of the county. T hey moved to Bal­ timor e city where he engaged in the dr y goods business for a number of years. T he failure of his wife 's health was followed by a return to the country, where she owned the farm of about 700 acres at F lower H ill, and 350 acres at Milton. T he return was in 1851. She died in 1859, and he re­ mained alone at the old place till his deat h in 1880. He was the only grand­ father I ever knew and he certainly was not fond of children. I remember him as an active old gentleman, who always rode horseback, and never had a riding horse. He 'spent alterna te Sundays at Milton, the home of my fath er , and at W aveland, the home of his elder daughter Harriet, always bringing a litt ie package of candy for the children, and staying till the clock struck four. W hen the last stroke was st ill ringing on the air he would be about out of the door, on his way home. T he rooms at Fl ower H ill are only about twenty five feet square and in his time were heated with fire places, so there is not much wonder he felt crowded when the childre n got aro und him, so they did not surround him very much. William Edwin Muncaster has told all about his early days up to the end of his college days. On his return from Roanoke in 1859, Milt on Farm, with enough slaves to work it was given him by his mother , and he became a farmer in 1860. He continued active contro l of the place until 1895, when he retired ostens ibly to take life easy. About that time the heirs of John Will son Mag ruder lost the head of the family, Zadok Magruder , 4th , and he took charge of the estate, so had about as much to do as when managing his own farm . The emancipation soon cleaned out his fr ee labor, and as Milton had been rented for many years, it had become a series of beautiful glades sep­ arated by tree lined gullies, and of the 350 acres, only about 150 was under cultivation. The cleari ng up of thi s land , with labor no longer free was a task that would not be undert aken at the present time, but in about twenty years another hundred acre s was added to the plow land but the boss's bank 36 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY account still remained very low. During the war between the stat es, the place was raid ed by both Union and Confederates, all the horses being tak en by both. My fath er followed Gen. Early, I think it was, after one raid and got back severa l worn-o ut plugs from something like forty miles away. With these he kept at work, and some of his tales of experiences were as laughabl e as any he has told to the Society. H e was in Washin gton the night that Lincoln was shot and spent eight or nine hour s gett ing a pass to return home, as everyone was held in the town for a couple of days. Oct. fifteenth , 1867, he married Hannah Smith Magruder, daught er of John Willson Magruder, and Caroline Minerva Bradley, at "the Rid ge" , the old home of John Magruder, and Col. Zadok Magruder. There were three children born to them, Julia Bradley, who lived only eleven days, but long enough to get registered on the old famil y Bible as "Born Oct. 23rd, 186g, John Edwin, Born September 29th, 1869, and Luther McCauley, Born, Feb­ ruary 4th, 1871. The latter died May 18th, 1917. William Ed win Mun caster , never held any place under eith er state or count y gove rnment, and so far as I can remember , never went to a political meeting of any kind, though he was much in the public eye as a .prominent citizen. A s one member of the clan Politic said when some question affecting the district was being agitated, "We must look after William Munc aster, he controls more land than any man in th e two districts." And he did. With th e Magruder estate and his own, he more than doubled the acreage of any other ta xpayer . H e was a progr essive farmer and always tried new thin gs in a small way at first, makin g larger investments if he found them success ful. H e was a breeder of Jer sey cattle of some prominence, and of Berkshire hogs, serv­ ing as vice president of the Ameri can Berkshire Associat ion for many yea rs. H e was a large exh ibitor at the County Fair from along in 1850, and was a member of the board of Directors from 1882 to 1892, serving as president of the Agricultural Society in 1886-87. H e was instrumental in having a great many improvement s made to the grounds and buildings and gave per sonal supervision to most of them . H e served as a director in the Savings In sti­ tuti on of Sandy Springs, a little bank which has the unique distinction of havin g over a million dollars in deposits, with the building situated in a town of not more than twenty houses. It is managed entirely by farmers, and pays depositors four per cent always, and five per cent about every five years. H e was a dir ector of the Mutual Insurance Company of Sandy Spring another farmer owned and mana ged institution, but he resigned from both institutions some months before his death, becau se he said he could not hear what was being said and was becoming a nuisance to the other mem­ bers. Hi s judgment of markets in his later years was almo st infallible, and the dealers to whom he sold farm produce used to say that they always made a quick sale of any crop he sold them as the price was sure to drop in a few days, when let to go. \YII . I.I A ~ 1 Enwr « :\l u NCAST I-:R . BUH :':. 1&39; Due, 19Z2. PRO CEEDINGS OF THIRT£ENT H A N N UAL G ATH ERING 37

H e was a staunch Presbyterian , and attended the church at Rockv ille for seventy yea rs scarcely ever missing a Sunday. For many years the superin­ tendent of the Sunday school, he held the position of treasurer of the church, and at his death was an elder, and member of the board of Trust­ ees. H is pastor, the reverend J ohn Henderson, said, in his funeral sermon, "'T hou shalt come to thy grave in full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in its season.''' Job 5 :26. This word of God seems appropriate to this memorial service for one who exemplified the dignity of farmin g, the fundamental calling of mankind. This har vesting of his earthly life-work brin gs into our possession for use and enjoy ment many golden grains of life-nouri shing power. Of these I can only barely ment ion thr ee or four: 1st- Our frien d's life yields us a Christia n appreciation of one's forebears. H e was a finely bred typical christian Mary lander. He drew his being from fa r reaching ancest ral lines. He recognized the failings, shunned the faults, but greatly prized and honored the virtues of Maryland life under the old regime. As a mother hands down her heirlooms to her daught ers, so in the graphic, graceful pen pictures of this cultured man we have thin gs to cherish and admire. No one better than William Muncaster could take us to the spring heads of our country's life and dignity. No one with true sympathy and appreciation could pilot you to family homesteads ; to seats of learning, fro m forgotten Tusculum to modern Rockville, and above all to the sites of ancient churches which have been the well springs of piety and of moral leadership in the county's life. 2nd-Appreciative of our debt to the past, gratef ul for our rich inher­ itance, William Muncaster was very practically progressive. Recall how helpfully he was at work in societies and organizations for promoting the business and social welfare of the county. You will notice in this week's paper his name among the regular contributors to the support of the benevolent work of the Social Service League. I note this because his progressive spirit was as systematic, painstak ing, and persistent in altruistic for ms of benevolences as it was in orga nizing business agencies. In the high tension of the late war yea rs, William Muncaster gave an intelligent and self-denying support to the agenc ies for the relief of suffering. 3rd-The most positive and most helpful force in his life was his personal union to God in Christ and his loyal and devoted agency in the maintenance and spread of the Church of God. He re as elsewhere the cardinal char­ acteristics of his life were exemplified. H is caref ul, diligent at­ tention to details, his steadfast atten dance upon and participati on in worship, his self- denying generosity, his self-contro l in co-opera ting with others, his courtesy and fine thought fulness of others, chara cterized him as a Christian Gentleman. 38 A MERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

Thy gentleness hath made a trllly great soul! " No man in this Society was more energetic in securing members, and he would go to any amount of troubl e to connect up lines of members, who were not quite sure, sometimes making several trips to the city of Wa sh­ mgton, or to Rockville, to hunt over old record s that no one else would think of. He was never of very robust health , and always had to take care not to overdo. In later years he was always independent of all help and always hitched up his own horse when going on his many trips even a couple of weeks before his death . Along in 1909 or 1910, he suffered a stroke of paralysis, whic h rendered him incapable of speech for a week or so and it was diffi cult for him to talk for a long time af terwards. H e practically recovered all his faculties in a few month s th ough, and while he always "kept his house in order" in expectation of another it never came. He died on J anuary 4th. 1922, after an illness of only a few days, and was buried in Union Cemetery near Rockville, Md. William Edward Muncaster, was the son of Edwin Magruder Mun­ caster, and Rac hel Rob ertson, grandson of Zachariah Muncast er and H arriet Magruder, grea t grandso n of W alt er Magruder and Mar gar et O rm e, great-great grandso n of Na thaniel Magrud er and Eliza beth, great-g reat-g reat grandson of Capt. Alexander Magruder and Ann W ade, great-great-g reat-g reat grandson of Samuel Magruder and Sarah Beall, grea t-grea t--grea t-grea t-great grandson of Alexande r Magruder, the Emigra nt . O r take th e line of his moth er , he was gra ndso n of Wi lliam Rob­ ertson and H arriet Cooke, great gra ndson of Nathan Cooke and Rachel Magrud er, great-great grandso n of Col. Zadok Magruder a nd Rachel Pttinger Bo wie, grea t-grea t-grea t grandso n of John Magruder and Susa nna Smith, great-great-grea t-grea t gra ndso n of Sa muel Magruder a nd Sa ra h Beall, etc.

A M ONG THE MEMBERS.

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JOSEPH MOORE MAGRUDER.

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Frank Foote.

O SEPH MOORE MA GRUDER was a memb er of th e Claiborne J Guards, th e second compan y organ ized in Claiborne County ; mu s­ tered into Confederat e Service April 29, 1861; ap pointed Cor poral ; was a part of th e ar my of N orthern V irginia und er General L ee; took part in the battle of Seve n P ines and in all the principal battles ; was promoted Captain in 1862 and commission ed by th e President (Dav is) to return to Claiborne Coun ty and raise a Cavalry Compan y ; or gan ­ ized a Cavalry Compan y in May 1862 known as Magruder Partisan s; mu st ered into Confederate serv ice June 14, 1862. T his compa ny tak­ ing part in th e campaigns around P ort Gibso n and Vic ks burg, Miss­ issippi and Port Hudson, Louisiana. H e was mo rt all y wou nded in 1863 an d died in 1863. Frank Foote.

JO SEPH MOORE MAGRUDER.

By M RS. NANNI!; H UGHES M AGRUDeR .

Citi zen and Soldier-Fi tti ng exordium for th ese lin es tendered in loving memory of one who made the supreme sacr ifice in those dark days when North and South wa rre d against each other in th e bitter struggle for supremacy. T he mem or y of those days, hush ed now in th e mist s of histo ry, comes always fr eighted and fragrant with many a n unforgotten nam e that embalmed Southe rn valor in th e eternal glory of th e world's proudes t records. A Claiborne wri ter (D. George Humphreys) says of 1861-Magruder, Martin, Buck, three high ­ souled men as old Claiborne, mother of soldiers and sta tes me n, eve r sent to battle. These were our leaders. Company C, 4th Mississippi Cavalry, successively commanded by Captains Magruder and Martin who both paid the penalty of th eir zea l to th e Bars a nd Sta rs of th e South with th eir lives. But a Confederat e soldier and one of our state's abl est lawyer s, Mr . John McC. Martin, althoug h having suffe red recently a severe surgica l op eration on his eyes, has kind ly written his recollection s of him and ow ing to th is fact th e record was dictated. But the thrill of those soldier days remained with him and he has given in det ail man y int eresting fact s of th e war record of Captain Magruder of Company C, 4th Mississippi Cavalry. Captain Ma gruder was educated in the schools of Port Gibson and 40 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY was graduated from Oakland Co llege. Hi s tast es we re literary, hav­ ing contributed both prose and poetry to various periodicals. That he loved life is best ex pressed in his own word s from a poem published by the Port Gib son H erald of 1850: And art thou happy, that each year but brings Thee near er to the tim e thou'lt leave these things ? Forbid th e thought-we ar e of earth not tir ed, W e love th e sce nes which you so much admired, But, oh too well, we kno w, our sighs a nd tears Can never stop th e course of on ward years : F or onw ard ever , in spite of human will, O ld Time ad vances, ever onward still. In Youth and Manhood, nature appealed to him. The .Iure of th e great out-of-doors, birds, tr ees and flowers, and in the Port Gib son Herald of 1849 a stanza reads- I love to tread th e valleys swee t, With bounding heart and careless feet And non e but H eaven to see. To mark the skies' unclouded dome; T o feel th at here I am at home Among th e old Oaks free. "Anna Mar ye", a song writte n by him, becam e popular . No doubt thi s inn at e love of nature and fr eedom of th e out-of -doors wie lded an influence in choosin g the voca tion of planting and his plantat ion, Lodi, numbering a bout one thousand acr es, still rem ain s in th e fam ily. Endowed with ment al qualities above th e average to gether with a winning personality, he was a social .favorite and on February 12, 1852, he married Amanda Louise McCray, of Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi . The ceremony wa s performed by the Rev. John Lane of the Methodist E pisco pal Church. Miss McCray wa s a descendant of _the fam ily for which the city of Vicksburg is named and a portrait of her in our possession shows her to have been a woma n of both beauty and int elligenc e and we ar e told that to th ese were added all the att ributes of a lovely Christian character. At her death he was left with one dau ghter. H e was a devoted hus­ band and a fond father. In beautiful Greenwood Cemeter y, he sleeps among those he loved and close to the child of his adoration. In­ scribed on th e marker is:

J OSEPH MOORE MAGRUDER SEPTEMBER 28, 1830 MARCIl 19, 1863 Joseph Moo re Magruder was th e th ird son of Thom as Baldwin c.'PTA!" los""" ~ [ OORr. ~ [AGRu m: R . BOR l\' , 1830 ; Dreu, 1863. PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAL GATHERING 41

Ma gruder and Elizabeth Harrington, grandso n of Thomas Magruder and Mary Clarke, great grandson of I saac Magruder and Sophia Ba ldwin, great -great grandson of Nathan Ma gruder and Reb ecca Beall , great-great-great gra ndson of John Magruder and Susanna Smith, great-great-great-great grandson of Samuel Magruder and Sarah Beall, great-grea t-great-great-grea t gra ndso n of Alexander Magruder (Immigrant) and Margaret Braithwait e.

RECOLLECTIONS OF JOSE PH MOORE MAGRUDER, CAPTAIN ,OF COMPANY C, 4TH MISSISSIPPI CAVALRY.

By JOH N McC. MARTIN .

The first troops which enlisted in the se rvice of the Confederate States enlisted onl y for twelve months. The term of enlisting expired so far as th e Twelfth Mississippi Infantry Regiment was concerned at Yorktown , Virgi nia. T he Claiborne Gua rds, after wards known as Compan y K , T welfth Mississippi Regiment , was among th e first to en­ ter th e servi ce of th e Confederat e Sta tes from Claiborne County and Joseph Moore Magruder was a privat e in thi s compan y. T he Miss­ ississippi Rifles, however, commanded by McKiever, preceded the Claiborne Guards. At th e reor ganization of th e T welth Mississippi Regiment, a number of th e Claiborne Guards determined to return home and reorgan ize into another Compan y. Among th e number who returned was Colon el H enry Hugh es and Joseph Moore Magruder, th e latter having just been commissioned Captain . A full list of th e Claiborne Gu ards pr epar ed by Mr . F rank Foote, and no w owned by th e County of Claiborne, is on file with th e Chancery Clerk. There is also on file all th e commands th at left Claiborne County for service in th e Confederat e Army as well as all former citi zen s of Claiborne County who enlisted outside of th e County in other comma nds. As soon as Colon el Hu gh es returned from Vir ginia, he commenc ed raising a regiment to be known as Hugh es' Ran gers. Captain Ma­ grude r acti vely engaged in reorgani zin g a Company as one of the num­ ber of the above named regiment . H e so on succeeded in for mi ng a full Company, which aft erwards became th e famous Company C of th e Fourth Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Colonel Hugh es' command was partly reorgani zed as Rangers when the first approach of the Unit ed States gun boats was made at Grand Gulf. This partly reo' or gani zed battalion with all of Compan y C that was then read y to go into camp was concentra te d behind Geter 's Hill at Gr and Gulf, and was later stationed in a fortification fronting t he Mississippi 42 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

River near old Grand Gulf Cemetery ; within this fortification was Hoskin's battery of thr ee gun s. Thi s batt ery opened on the Federa l F leet and immediately a terrific cannonade began first directed at the Fort and afte rwards at the bui ldin gs in the old town of Gra nd Gulf, and still later, to the Public Road leading from Grand Gulf to­ ward the Whitney residence. T he Fort was considerably battered and Hoskin's guns compelled to fall back in the direction of th e Whitney resid ence. Hughes' Ranger s wer e withdrawn to th eir old position behind Geter's Hi ll. The cannonade lasted about four hour s, she lls, grape shots and cannonist er bein g thrown into th e town a nd alon g the road to th e Whitney residence. The whole to wn wa s soon in a blaze. Not a house escaped the flames; women with di­ sheve led hair and some with babi es in th eir ar ms fled from their homes to ward the Whitney residence and screa ms we re m ingled with th e bursting she Us, and th e marvel is that not a sing le on e of the fleeing residents of the burnin g town was hurt but all were taken into the homes of peop le in th e Second Di strict of th e County and some were taken into homes in Port Gibson. Soon after this occurrence Hughes' Battalion was completed and assembled at w ha t is kn own as old Benjamin Hollow. T he re it remained in camp for about a wee k. From th er e it went to Oaken Grove on e of th e places no w own ed by th e descendants of Captain Ma gruder 's brother but a t that tim e own ed, as th e writer rem ember s, by a branch of th e Archer family. The Command remain ed at Oak en Gro ve about a week and was then ordered to join Colonel Power s' Bri gade in the vicinit y of Port Hudson. Three or four days later it went into action at what is called Fluker 's Fi eld where it captured a wago n train loaded with all sorts of commissary supplies and burned nearl y one hun­ dred wagons, the team being taken charge of by the Command. Captain Mag rud er led his Company in th is eng ageme nt and in fact led th e entire regiment. In the F luk er 's Fi eld action he at­ tacked and disper sed the escorting tro ops of the train, himself at th e very foref ront. Just before th e Fluker 's Fi eld action three battalions known as Stockdale's, Norman's and Hughes' Batt alion, mer ged into a regiment which became th e famous Fourth Mi ss­ issippi Cavalry Regim ent. Some shor t time before th e F luker's Fi eld eng ageme nt Compan y C commanded by Captain Ma gruder wa s order ed to proceed to and ente r th e cit y of Baton Rou ge to feel out the position of the Union forces. It approached the city of Baton Rouge by what is known, as the writer remember s, as th e Monticini Road. The advance was stopped at a bridge, a fight ensued and the enem y retreated but soon reappeared largely reinforced. T he Company was then with- PROCEEDI NGS OF TIIIRTE£ NTH A N N UAL GATHERING 43 drawn. Meanwhile the seige of Vicksburg was under way and th e siege of Port Hudson had commenced. The enemy wa s making da ily raids in th e country surrounding Port Hudson, J ack son, and Clinton, Louisian a, also in th e vicinity of Bayou Sa ra. Almo ~t dai ly th e Fourth Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, no w commanded by C. C. Wi lburn , as Colonel Hu ghes had died at his home in or near Port Gibson, en gaged in daily comba ts wi th th ese raiding parties. Captain Magruder was most ac tiv e in th is service and his Compan y render ed th ese attem pt s at raid s cos tly to th e ene my, in prisoner s captured and wagons destroyed as we ll as in killed and wounded. Wh ile the siege of Port Hud son was in full swing tr oops, constantl y concentrated through the transport service, engage d in closing every avenue of the besieged town. Colonel F rank Power s commanding the Brigade of which the Fourth Mississippi Regiment was one, planned an attack at Harrisburg to destroy the supplies that were concentrated at that point for Banks' army. In this attac k the Fourth Mississippi Regi­ ment and Company C, Captain Magruder commanding, played a con­ spicuous part, as the enemy was taken by surp rise, the out posts captured, camp broken up, and disorganized bands of the enemy's troops thrown back from th e landing. A large number of tr an sports were set on fire, and a rse na ls blo wn up and a tremendou s qu antity of arm y sup­ plies burned. Th e enemy, however , finally rallied and brought up large reinforcem ent s and forc ed Power s' Brigad e to retreat in th e direct ion of Clin ton, Louisiana. Ve ry so on afte rwards an en­ gage ment took place on the Mississippi River between an iron-clad gunboat flying the Confedera te flag and a large Federa l gunboat or ship. Th e iron-clad sunk the enemy's ship but was soon af te rwa rds blown up by its own men. When Port Hudson surre ndered, P ower s' Bri gad e was put under the command of an Arkansas Colonel, named Maybry, who became noted for his dash , cou rage an d activity . H e attacke d th e U nion forces in position outside the College at Jackson, Louisiana, and utt erl y destroyed th em , taking a number of negro troops prisoner s and capturing a batter y. A number of dead bodies we re found in the rooms of "the Coll ege along with so me wounded men who had been firin g on th e Confederates from th e windows. I n this en­ gage me nt, Captain Magruder 's command was among th e first to reach th e position of th e enemy and to work up to the entra nce of the College bui lding. The whole bri gad e had been dismounted an d were fighting as infantry. Not long after thi s, th e command was order ed to J ackson, Miss­ issippi to meet th e famous Sh erman Raid mo ving by wa y of Jackson throug h Chunk y Station on to Meridian. As Sherma n advanced, Maybry's Bri gade, fighting every inc h of the ground, retreated to- 44 AMERICAN CL AN GR Ee OR SOCI ETY ward Chunky Station and whil e cro ssing Chunky Cre ek, which wa s almost swimming, th e enemy opened fire on Company C which succeeded, however , in reaching high ground East, forming with th e regiment to repel the attack. Between th is point and Merid ian, Sherma n's Army began its retreat and was hot ly followed by May­ • bry's Bri gade and rear -guard actions were fought day and night. ] ust about four o'clock one evening, th e rear g uard of the retreating Union forc es was struck near Canton, Mississippi, and a fierce charge was made by Company C head ed by Captain Magruder. The comma nd ran into th e enemy in an ambush behind an osage orange hed ge connect ed at one end with an old rail fenc e. After th e first shock from th e ambuscading enemy, Captain Magruder ordered a char ge, and wh ile leading th e charge fell mortally wounded. H e was ta ken to camp and thence to th e home of a planter in the neighborhood where he was atte nded by his half -brother , Mr. Isaac Magruder and other members of th e Compan y. Aft er lingering for a short time he died and an escort bor e his remains home. Cap­ tain Magrud er was an exceptional man in every way. He was cool, self-possessed, capable, brave, but not reck less. H e led his Com­ pany in every engageme nt not indulging in th e cheering that broke from th e lips of th e commands while charging, but looking care­ fu lly for every opportunity to achieve victory and taking care never to lose command of him self. On th e morning of th e day that he was mortally wounded, he app eared at th e head of his Company in full dr ess uniform with new trappings place d on his horse and said, " I will be killed tod ay and I intend to die in full dre ss uniform." These are th e last words that the write r rem ember s as bein g ut ­ tered by him exce pt wh en he gave the final command to char ge th e enemy that had ambuscaded us and which ended so fat ally for him . This imp erfect sketch is give n rather ha sti ly and from th e mem ­ ory of one w ho was but a boy at that time, but in whose mind is a vivid picture of all that has been above rep eated, though in some respect s as to detail, it ma y be slig htly inaccurate, bu t in th e main, it tells wh at th e write r kn ew of Captain Josep h Magruder com­ manding Company C, Fourth Mississippi Regiment. PROC EEDI NGS OF THIRTEENTH A NNUAL GATHERI NG 45

MRS. AMANDA LOUI SE ·MAGRUDER McLEAN.

By NANNJE H UGHES MAGRUD~.

• MANDA LOUISE MAGRUDER McLEAN was born at Oak A Grove plantation, Claiborne County, Mississippi, February l lth, in th e year l853- died at Touro In firmary, New Orleans, Louis­ iana, April th e 17th, 1908. She was th e ch ildless widow of William Brant McLean. H er father was a true and brave officer in th e C~nfed ­ erate Army, and was wounded (a nd died later) leading his com­ pany in a victorious char ge at Canton, Mississippi. H er mother, nee Amanda McCray of Vicksburg, Mississippi , was a descendant of the famil y for which th at city is named. On both sides she came of mo st honorable lineage and in her own person and char acter exemplified all th at this implies. Of finest training and education-intellect ual, modest, reserved, long-suffering, of cruelest physical pain, cheerful an d hopeful to the end, she leaves a memory fragran t an d pr ecious to those who loved her. L eft early an orphan she was christened as a beloved dau ghter, of her uncl e, th e late H on, W illiam Thomas Ma gruder, and his wife. It was to th e memb er s of thi s family, her cou sin s, that she clun g with sis terly devotion. She was educated at Port Gibson Coll egiat e Acad emy und er th e tutel age of P rof essors Ricketts and Wright, but later sent to a fin­ ishing school at Nazareth, Kentu cky, where aside from the other studies, she indulged her love for music, paintin g and the womanly art of embroidery . Re turning home she wa s warmly welcomed into the Soc ial Co­ terie of th e town, also of New O rleans, to whic h cit y she ma de fre­ qu ent visit s. But her mo st enjoyab le reminiscenc e wa s a delightful trip to Wa shington, D. C., with her grandfather, Dr. Thomas Bald­ win Magruder. T here she met quite a number of Ma gruder rel­ atives in and around W ashington (some of th e younger generation being Clan Members) . I think th ey mu st have combined to mak e her stay among th em so pleasant th at th e memo ry of their bountiful ho spitality remained eve r with her. Of her marriage on Septemb er 28, 1876, to William Brant Me­ Lean which took place at the Presbyterian Church in Port Gibso n, the Editor of the Port Gibso n Reveille speaks of as a bri lliant social eve nt- the nu pt ials of two of old Claiborne's choicest children, W ill McLean and Teenie Magruder, or as the license rea d W illiam Bra nt .. McLean an d Amanda Lo uise Magruder. H e dwelt on th e pop­ ularity of the couple and how that at precisely half pa st eig ht o'clock while th e organ, under the exquisite touch of Prof. Wharton, gave in melodious sw eetness the wedding march, the att enda nts pre- 46 A MERICAN CLAN GR EGOR S OCIETY ceding the betrothed in the following order-Mr. J ohn McC. Martin and Miss Katherine Humphreys, Mr. Amos Burnet and Miss J ennie Coleman , Mr . Ch arl es Mason and Miss Alic e Magruder, Mr. R. WaI­ ter Magruder and Miss Lizzie Magruder. Rev. D. A. Pl an ck, pastor of th e churc h, deliver ed a beautiful address on th e sa nctity of th e marriage vow, the responsibilities of the marital relation as a Chri stian institution and also th e necessity of mutual confiden ce and forb ear ance. T he Bened iction was pron ou nced and joy and gladness were visible am ong the host of con gr atul at ing friends. Almost her entire married life was spent in New Orl eans excep t for brief visits home or trip s durin g the summer months, until ill health forced them to retir e to the quiet of their country home "Lodi" one mile from Pa ttison, Mississippi. A fter the death of her husband she again made her home with her uncle's fami ly and on the night of April 17, 1908, th e wo rld lost a tend er and gracious ge ntle-woma n, who dearl y loved its beautiful gifts and possibilities and who did her ge nero us best to make life bright and joyous. Th ose who are nearest to her know that the greatest di­ vine virtue of charity had made its temple in her heart and believe that she has been gathered by the Great Shepherd into the Eternal fold. Am anda Louise Magruder McLean was the onl y child of Joseph Moore Mag ruder and Amanda Louise McCray, grand daughter of Thomas Bald­ win Magruder and Eli zab eth H arrington , grea t gra nd daughter of T homas Magrud er and Mar y Clarke, grea t-great gra nd dau ghter of Isaac Magruder and Sophia Bald win, grea t-great-great gra nd dau ghter of Na­ th an Magruder a nd Rebecca Beall, grea t-grea t-grea t-great gra nd dau gh ­ ter of John Mag ruder and Susan na Smith, great-g reat-g reat-great-g reat gra nd dau ghter of Sa muel Magruder an d Sa ra h Beall, great-great-grea t­ great-grea t-grea t gra nd dau ghter of Alexander Magruder and Mar­ ga ret Braithwaite.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

By JOH N M ACGREGOR OF S COTLAND. The Victoria Cross was instituted during the Crimean War, by Ro yal Warrant, dat ed 29th J anuary, 1856, for the purpose of reward­ ing ind ividual officers and men of th e British Army and Navy who might, in th e pre sence of th e enemy , perform some signal act of valour or devotion to their country, there being previously no means of specially rewarding distingui sh ed bravery in action. :\I RS. A~IAXnA Lou isa ~ I AGR U[) ER l\kLl-::\x. BOR X, 1853 ; Dutn, 1908. P ROCEEDI NGS OF T IIIRTEEN TH A N N UAl, G AT H ERI NG 47

MRS. REBECCA RUTAN WILLIAMS.

By MRS. H. E. PAI, MER.

LT H OUGH several years have passed since the death of Rebecca R. A Williams, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, the many requests for a memoir to be published in our magazine still continue to come in. Mrs. W illiams was one of the charter members of the A. C.G., and one of its loyal supporter s to the end of her life. The writer has rarely, if ever, met one so true to her own blood, or more proud of ancestry and fami ly ties. She was the daughter of Willi am Rutan and Mar y Ann Ma­ gruder, and great grand daught er of Samuel Brewer Mag ruder, She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on April II , 1848, and resided in that town all her life, except for a period of eight months in her early marri ed life, when she lived in Logansport, Indiana. She was married on Dec. 20, 1865, to Captain John B. W illiams, and survived him only eight years. This long wedded life was a happy one, al­ though many sorrows were mutually borne by the pair. Three fine boys came to bless their home, but one by one were summoned away by the angel of Death . After Captain Williams' death , in 1908, Mr s. W illiams was left without any near relat ive. She was a very wealthy woman, and her thought s turned more and more to plans for placing her fortune where it would count for the most. She presented a beautiful park to her native city, following this up by another wonderf ul gif t of funds for a hospital, to be named for her mother. T oday, every visitor to Bellefontaine is driven to Rut an Park and to the Ma ry Rutan H ospital as two of the show places of Bellefontaine. Another gift not long before her death was the provision of a handsome propert y to be used for a Y. M. C. A. building. These are some of the larger gifts that this generous woman gave her nati ve city, but only the Recording Angel knows of the hundred of lesser generos ities to individuals. The boys and girls sent to college at her expense; the vacations given poor, worn-o ut seamstresses, clerks, widowed mothers, for "Many a poor one's blessing went With her beneath the low green tent, Wh ose curtain never outward swings."

Of a most retiring and conservative disposition, only a very few of the inner circle of her many friends and admirers reali zed the charm of her personality. A wetl-read woman, she was conversant with everything of interest in the literary and scientific world, and was also an accomplished musician and an art critic of no mean abilit y. 48 A MERICAN CI,AN GR EGOR SOC Il\TY

For many month s before the end came, Mr s. Williams was confined to her bed, the last few weeks unable to see any but the nur ses and nearest friend s. She passed to her reward on November 28, 1916. A prominent minister of the city preached a sermon regardin g her life and work, and I quote his words as voicing the general feeling regarding our translated kinswoman : "We cannot all give land for parks and hospitals, we cannot all make such large benefa ctions to the welfare of humanity, we cannot all bequeath to our fellowmen such material monuments to stand through the coming years as memorials of generosity and philanthropy. In congratulat ing the donor over the 'phone for her gift she modestly said in reply,'I think we ought to do what we can for the people.' Therein is the possibility of your memorial and mine,-just in doing what we can for the people-be It litt le or much, be it conspicuous or obscure-just so it is done in the right spirit and in the full measure of devotion to God and the people. Of Mary of Bethany, Jesus said, 'She hath done what she could.' 'W here­ soever this gospel shall be preached thr oughout the whole world this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Of the generous-hea rted, philanthropic woman who has broken the ala­ baster box of her love over this city we believe it may be said of her, too, 'she hath done what she could.' And through coming years as long as time shall last and, this city shall stand on the summit of Ohio, the beneficiaries of her gi ft shall rise up and call her blessed and this that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her and of her mother, anoth er Mary, whose name the gift shall bear." I shall close with the words of that famous littl e poem by Leigh Hunt which was recited by our public-spirited and eloquent fellow-citizen who acted as the donor's representative, in presenting her gift to the City Council :

Abou Ben Adhem (ma y his tri be increase!) Awoke one night fro m a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Excee ding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "W hat writest thou ?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, "T he names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, th en, W rite me as one who loves his fellowmen." PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAl, GATHERING 49

It came again with a great wakening light. The angel wrote, and vanish'd. The next night, And showed the names whom love of God had bless'd, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

Genealogy,

Mrs. Rebecca Rut an Williams was the daughter of William Rutan and Mary Ann Magruder, granddaughter of Ninian Magrud er and Grace Town­ send; great granddaughter of Samuel Brewer Magrud er and Rebecca Ma­ gruder ; great-great granddaughter of Samuel Magruder, III and Margaret J ackson; great-g reat-g reat granddaughter of Ninian Magruder and Eliz­ abeth Brewer ; great-great-g reat-g reat granddaughter of Samuel Magrud er and Sarah Beall ; great-g reat-g reat-g reat-g reat granddaughter of Alexander Magrud er, the Immigrant. 50 AMERICAN CLAN GR EGOR SOCIETY

A BOY SOLDIER OF 1861-65.

PART SECOND.

By H . E . M AGRUDER.

NMY paper read at th e Gathering of 1921 I finish ed up my experi­ I ences in th e Battle of Spottsylvania Court House On Genera l Lee's march from th at field to the North Anna River, I was cap ture d by a lar ge Cavalry Pi cket Detail on May 22, 1864, on th e flank of th e F ederal General Barlow' s line to whom I was carrie d when th e picket s we re called in. While wit h t he pick ets I fared sump tuously, eac h cavalry man havin g a nice shoulder of country ba con and th e officers ham s hung to th e cantle of th eir sad­ dles, which was fine, ea ten raw. General Barl ow was busily fortifying on the south side of the Matta­ poni River in Caro line County, and by him I was sent back to General Han.. cock, who was nervous and very anxious to learn if General Lee's whole army was in his front. H e lost 24 hours here fortifying on his way to seize the North Anna Bridges by mistaking Confederate General Whiting's Division, extended in heavy skirmish order, for General Lee's front. Gen­ era l Whiting was on his way to rein force General Lee and on meeting General Hancock's advance placed his whole division in extended skirmish line, thus giving General Lee time to occupy the three ava ilable bridges over the North Anna River . The next mornin g General Grant with the balance of his army came up and all hurried for the North Anna. We were then put in with the prisoners at Genera l Grant's headquarters and learned fro m him the art of getting an arm y along compactly and with dispatch. The road was given up entirely to horses and vehicles while sap­ pers trimmed a path way, 6 feet wide, of underbrush on each side of the road for foot soldiers, allowing them to split the column of fours 2 by 2 or 1 by 3 according to the location of large trees in the line of march. Streams were filled full of rails allowing the water to pass thru and the men to pass dry shod and without delay. Thus a column of infantry was each side of the artillery and wagon tr ains, both protecting and shortening the length of the column by two thirds. I was humiliated and nearly whipped by the magnitud e and completeness of General Grant's army; the headquarters' band equalled a Dixie Brigade, and wagons, ambulances, beeves, etc., in never ending lines. We mar ched with his headquarters to the North Anna, our rear guard dis­ puting the way at every hilltop to give General Lee time to fully prepare. W e (p risoners) gloried in our shells coming over and scaring the Yank s, we feeling that they were not intended for and would not hurt us and getting much pleasure out of their discomfiture. P ROCtEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A N N UAL G ATH ERING 51

At the river a fine trap was set for General Gra nt, but the trigger failed. The central bridge was to be held by General Jenkins and the en­ emy's column allowed to cross the other two to be whipped in detail. But General J enkins and his whole force were captured and all went awry. W e were then put with his force and started for the North via Port Royal on the Rappahann ock river, General Gra nt's base of supplies, to which point we had a hot , dust y, march of two days and one night. My prisoner chum was Major Kyle, a full blooded Irishman from North Carolina. All he had to do was to make his nationality known to General Grant's Iri shmen and no South or North existed; pocketbook and haversack were opened and donations made. One was a fine four-pound shad and we longed for night and a chance to cook it ; the desired op­ portunity found us in a freshly-worked cornfield on a hill top and no water. The hoes of the workers were in our boundary; the handles were used for fuel and a hoe for a baker-when 10 I it was a salt shad and no her­ ring was brinier. We were salt burnt and dri ed up for several days and on the verge of cussing that salt shad, as there was little water and that of poor quality in the section thru which we were marching. We passed several yards looking like a heavy snow had fallen where the skulking bummers had opened feather beds looking for hidden jewelry. One good snow ball would have been more to our taste than diamonds, as any salt burnt, parc hed, throat will testify. Arrivi ng at Port Royal we 1500 prisoners were park ed in a high -paled garden awaiting th e un load ing of boats. H ere we saw th e evil effects of passing wounded men th ru columns of well men. A wagon train of badly wounded were passing a brigade of recruits on their way to the fro nt. In a few moments several spasmodic shots were heard and we saw one recruit shoot one of his fingers off to render himself unfit for further service. We soon ate every thing including nut grass in that garden and left it in a prevailing rain in such a state of mire as is seldom seen, and hurried on to a boat from which horses and mules had just been unloaded without time for cleaning. So we had the foulest of foul rides to W ashington where the commissioned office rs were unloaded, and then, after being on exh ibition, we were carried back to Point Lookout, a point of land on the north side of the mouth of the Potomac River, between the latt er an cl Chesapeake Bay, where there were 12000 Confederate prisoners enclosed in a stockaded pen. W e arrived on a hot day in June and all the inmates were lined up on our line of march to see the "f resh fish" come in and hear the latest news fr om Dixie. I was never so dazed as by that sight. Most of the prison­ ers had on only very scant and tattered shirts, and they were the most un­ couth looking gang of barbarians, I had ever conceived. W e were crowded S2 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOC IETY into Sibley tents, 16 or 18 in each tent, where fleas, lice, and itch, abounded as the sands of the sea, which fact accounted for the aversion, on the part of the wise, to " full dr ess". I existed 'midst these surroundings feeling each day a week long, and a long week too, until I caught on and became a manufacturer ; then the days became too short and I really enjoyed the life. I carved watch chain hooks out of cow's horn or bone and finally added an artistic bird or animal sit­ ting on the top of each hook, all for sale. F inding littl e sale for these except to the chainrnakers among the prisoners, on credit and at great sacrifice in price with bad pay, I added horsehair chain making to my line ; then it was possible to sell the finished product for cash to the outside detail prisoners, who sold to the tr inket hunters at the modest profit of three to one, in spite of which I kept in cash money and amassed enough to buy a fourth interes t in a cracker box house, S by 6 feet in dimensions, intended to accommodate the four owners. T he house .was made from the plank in cracker boxes, no timber over 2 feet long being allowed in the prison lest it be made into scaling ladders, etc., for escape. T hese houses were on the steamer state' room plan, the berth folding to roof duri ng the day .and botto m berth to sit and eat on. T hese mansions housed mainly the elite, prosperous, and thriv­ ing set of nabobs, who had a standing at the cook houses which the common herd of tenters could never acquire. We had a sheet-iron stove larger than a gallon bucket on which we could "heat up" our very scant ration as well as cook all kinds of bought grub, the top edge being turned up an inch high. Men of the prison cook house detail would deal with us, discreet, exclusive. nabobs, while they could not risk their reputation with the pitiless common herd of Sibley tenters, to whom they never had anything to sell. To us they sold reasonab ly, delivered after taps, 9 P . M. Chips for stove five cents per peck, select meat skimm ings, pure lard, twenty cents per gallon. sugar, coffee, tea, and other hospital supplies, in season, when accessible to them. We then lived like the nobility- pancakes the full size ' of the stove top in plenty and well greased, syrup, coffee, tea, etc., etc. There was excite­ ment on tap all the time, on the line of wonderful bargains to be bought. All of the hai r off the comm..ndant's fine horse's tail for chains was one, whch came near ending the profession, when the Major appeared on a rat­ tailed charge r the next day with anger visible and pronounced from top to toe. Times were threatening but the sight was worth it. I worked at my trade from sun to sun and enjoyed it and its fruits hugely and was as happy as a king. Moral-..void idleness, practice great discretion with whom you deal; engender confidence; let not your right hand know the work ings of the left. T hen the variety of goods offered on reasonab le terms will surprise one. Every hidden crevice in that little mansion was chock full and getting fuller, as we constantly had the winter P ROCEEDI NGS OF T HIRTIl" N TH A N N UAl. GAT HIl RING 53 and a change on our minds, knowing not what a day might bring forth amidst the prevailing suffering around us. But do not become so set as to practi ce war morality in times of peace. I might here add that the chief topic on the mind of a soldier and es­ pecially a prisoner is food. food, food, of which he never has hal f enough. On November first 1864 an order passed for all prisoners to fall in line for inspection, except one of the sick list in each establishment to remain as property guard. As soon as those in good health were parked in solid form another order passed for all property guards to fall in line for in­ spection for exchange. I passed with 1300 others, selected as unfit for early service. Our separation being thu s sudden and unexpected, we land­ lord s lost all our property and were immediately marched on board the larg e steamer, Northern Light and held bet ween Fo rtress Monroe and Rip Raps many days and at Hilton Head and at sea for a month or more, and were finally exchanged at Fort Pulaski, Georgia. We were much crowded on ship, poorly provided for, and with very scant grub. Seeing how the cat was hopping, while sleeping on deck under some hanging quarters of beef for the Fdera l Officers, I concluded it propitious, while the going was good, to haversack several pounds of beef during the time of plenty, not knowing the future. But with no access to fire and raw unsalted beef, which is a poor appetizer, we hung together until the odor of that beef nearly took the deck, and on the sly I h..d to consign it to the briny deep, and then sun the haversack wrong side out, in order to feel that I had not the beef with me still. My Ii fe was probably saved while on this vessel by making the acquaintance of a nice gentleman connected with the culinary department ..nd trading with him a hair watch chain for my oil -cloth cap cover, which he took with him and brought back under his cloth ing, chock full of brown sugar. We had subsequent deals mutually beneficial. Befo re proceeding further I will add in this place that there was more than usual avers ion to sickness in prison life, as after a few days' tr eatment in tent by the hospital steward, if the latt er could not effect a cure, the sick were taken to the hospital whence I never knew one to return, which was the prevailing belief with ..11. On arrival at Savannah we were mar ched with great display to a big feast (?) which was set before us on the table and with seats. Meat and bread were almost missing, but such sweet potatoes and rice, and the greatest fraud of the age to a sta rved soldier, pomegranates I I have never eaten one since; I thought I had something to eat, when 10 I a spoonful of littl e seeds out of a quart of waste hull and pith. We were then marched to a sandy field provided with rice straw to sleep on, "the straws" being the size of one's thumb to the little finger. We were held here several days for transportation, which proved to be the tops of loaded frei ght cars for General Lee's army in Virginia. We had a very long, circuitous, route, owing to cut roads by the enemies' raiders, and at the speed of fro m three 54 AMf"aICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY to fifteen miles per hour according to engines ..nd grades. We were sup­ posed to forage largely on the country through which we were passing, which comprised getting off at the head of the train on up grades and get­ ting corn and persimmons mostly and any other pick-ups possible until the rear of the train approached; days were middling good but the night s were fearful and severa l rolled off while asleep, and their fate did not overtake us ; but the loss of hats was very apparent, as once off they were generally gone. W hile the train was passing slowly-along the street of a large city I ran into a large store, which happened to be a ladies' dress goods establishment, and requested the propr ietor to buy a hunk of fat Nassa u meat that I had, saying I was hungry and had no way to cook the meat while he did and could feed it to his help. He did not w..nt it on any terms. I said it was worth three dollars but he could have it for two. A crowd began to gather. So he handed me the two dollars and I laid the meat, to his horr or, on the counter, telling him I was not begging and ran for the train, tho others were disposed to give me money. I went to the home of a kinswoman in Greensboro, North Caroli na, and ate all my good manners would permit. which was almost all on the war- time table and about a fourth of what r wanted; but she kindly put up a lunch for a fr iend on the train, whom I did not see on my return; so when I had eaten his I had half enough. In Richmond, Virginia, I actually board ed a passenger coach for home, where I arrived in December with an insatiable appetite, weighing one hun­ dr ed pounds, whereas I had left in May previously weighing one hundred and sixty-five pounds. T he usual vocation of the common prisoner was gambling-trade-such as a plank with many "chews" of tobacco cut up on it, each for two slices of brea d, unsanitary sea truck for tobacco or bread, was hing clothes for bread or tobacco, etc., and an even mindful weather eye to the future for grub, and all those not sufficiently prosperous to enter the lines of business, loafing and watching their betters with longing eyes. There was only one tree within our prison walls, and that the size of one's arm under the shade of which I succeeded in getting only once. My prison experience taught me much, and especially how trustworthy our fellow man is in high places and how best to profit thereby and look­ out for number one that "old sta rvation" does not catch you. Oh I that my period of thrift had survived the days of war that in age I might enjoy ease, idleness, and luxury. PROCEEDINGS OF THIRTEENTH A NN UAL G ATH ERIN G 55

GEORGE BEALL SHERIFF.

By MRS. A NNE W ADE WOOD S HE RIFF. EO RGE BEALL SHERIFF, was the eldest son of Mrs. Susan Beall G G. ( Young) Sheriff, and Lemuel Sheriff. He was born ..t "Beall's P leasure," the ancestral home of his family, situated on the East­ ern branch of the Potomac River, Benning, D. C. George Beall, had two brothers, D. Thadius and Lemuel, the latt er dying when he was hardly grown, so George Beall and "Thad" grew up together. As soon as they were old enough to straddle a horse well, they were sent to the academy at Bladensburg, to school, along with the Hill boys, and a black boy, to keep them out of mischief and care for the horses ; later to Georgetown College. A fter completing their education, they settled down, to what may be termed, gentlemen farmers, at their mother's home. At that time tenants worked the place in corn and tobacco. T he parents of George Beall and Thad were married very young,- their mother was only fifteen, and their father not much older. He died very young, soon after the birt h of his youngest son, so their mother was left a widow at 23 years old, with three littl e boys to rear , and the responsibility of a great many slaves, and a large farm (w hich she was most capable of doing) having inherit ed her propert y fr om her Aunt, Miss Susan Greenfield Beall. She remained a widow, and died at the age of 91 years. George Beall was the first of the broth ers to marry. Thad was a man of fine appea rance,-very intellectual, and an old-time democrat, taking an acti ve part in politics, and was one of the leaders of his party. H e held many prominent positions, and was Jud ge of the Orphans Court at the time of his death. George Beall Sheri ff was married to Miss Sarah Eliz­ a beth Hill, November 23, 1858. He took his young bride to the "Old Brick H ouse," near Landover, Mar yland, engaged in farming, and so com­ menced a long life of perf ect happiness. Th ey continued to live there for About eight years, aft er which the two broth ers exchanged homes. Thad was also a 33rd degree Mason. George Beall Sheriff and his family moved back to the old Home stead, at Benning, his devoted mother living with them, and assisting in raising the fast grow ing family. The childre n loved her as a mother, as well as a g randmother, and called her " murnrna.' The children of George Beall Sheriff and Sa rah Elizabeth Hill, were Mauduet Elizabeth, who died soon afte r reaching womanhood; Philip Hill , married W . A. McCormick; Clem ­ ent Willi am, married Ann Wade Wood, of Maryland ; Isibel Sarah, married John W. Young; Mary Lemuel, who died soon af ter she was grown ; and George Beall, Jr., married to Emi ly Ritt er, of Pennsylvania. The two eld­ est boys, were fond of the farm, and engaged in gardening and out-door life. "Bee," (as Philip was called) , and Clem, were great buddies, working 'together like two little colts. They were especially fond of playing marb les, 56 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR S OCIETY and gunning, in the swamp behind the house, for ortalin and reed birds. On one occasion, when "Bee," was very eager to kill a bird, he mistook his ga me and sprinkled Clem well with shot. Th e boys thr ew their guns down and ran home, scared to death . Their fath er quickly hooked up the buggy, and took Clem to old Dr. Lewis, at Bladensburg, who soon picked out the shot. The boys were fond of telling jokes on their fath er. One time, they had used up all their shot, so they put up a large load of powder, in the old "muzzle loader," and put it back in its place over the window. Shortly afterwa rd, their fath er came hurrying in for the gun to kill a hawk,­ the boys followed close in his footsteps, to see the result , the hawk rose slowly, and he blazed away.v-a voice called from the porch,-"Pa, did you kill it ?" he answered, "no" but "Gosh, I burnt him up." The boys disappeared be­ hind the barn to laugh, and did not tell him for sometime afterward s that there was no shot in the gun, and he enjoyed the joke as much as they. George Beall Sheriff, when I first knew him, was past middle age. In height, he was about six feet, and weighed about 180 pounds. H is hair and mustache were iron gray, his hair was brushed back fr om a high, broad for ehead,- eyes, brown and piercing, that quickly twin kled at a joke, small feet and wel1 shaped hands, which he used in graceful gestures when talk ing or in an argument, when he would rise to his feet. H e was extremely neat and wel1 dressed, ready to go to town without changing. On the littl e finger of his left hand he wore a ring,- a family heirl oom, containing the hair of his gr eat grandmother Greenfield. He also wore a watch charm that he prized. It may be said of him that he was a typical gentleman of the old school, genial, hospitable, dignified and modest. H is counsel and advice were often sought by his friends, and neighbors. He was descended from distinguished ancestry, Col. Ninian Beall, and the Greenfields, on one side,-the Mauduets, Jacksons, and Youngs, on the other side. The orig­ inal grants, (with the seals in good preserva tion to the different parcels of land, ) deeded Col. Ninian Beall (w hich he inherited in direct line) were kept locked in a little satchel. He kept a diary, and wro te a very plain, neat hand. Each day he dotted down something in this littl e book. He had recorded there the date of a certain warm day, of which he referred to aa the "hottest day he ever knew." "Bee" and Clem, said Pa had helped them to plant some seed, and had become "heated up," not being used to the sun, and hoe. George, Jr. was a "chip of the old block" and balked at the hoe like his father. Soon after leaving col1ege, he took a position in the Han ­ over Na tional Bank, New York City, under his cousin, Mr. James W ood­ ward , at that time President of the Bank. Mr. Sheriff died at his home, Jun e 20, 1918, aged 75 years. The interment was in the family lot, in Mt. Olivet Cemetary, Washington, D. C. Mr.Sheriff was born and raised in the Episcopal Church and was broad minded and generous to al1 other denominati ons. Ju st beore his death he joined the Roman Catholi c Church, the Church of his wife. .:\ IN:-; . CEORGE B1';:\ LI. S HERIFF. ~r R . G>:O RGI: B" :ALL S UERIFF. BO II: ~, Dutn, 1907. BOR X, 18·U ; DIED, 1918. P ROCEEDIN GS OF THIRTEENTH ANNUAl, G ATH ERI NG 57

MRS. SARAH ELIZABETH HI LL SHERIFF.

By MRS. ANNE WADE WOOD SHERIFF.

ARAH ELIZABETH HILL, wife of George Beall Sheriff, and daugh­ S ter of P hilip and Sophia (Magruder) H ill, was born at the old home­ stead "Baltimore Manor," in Prince Georges Co., Md. "Ba ltimore Man or" was devised to John H ill, a direct ancestor by his father, Clement Hill, 2nd, progenitor of the Hill family, in Prince Georges Co., Md., and in part, this property remain s in possession of the family, at the present time. Little Bettie, (a s she wa s called) the subject of this sketch, grew up with her brothers and siste rs , under th e carefu l guida nce of digni­ fied, and old-time devoted parents, a nd her black "Mammy ," known as "Mammy Sop hy Jack," faithful and kind. I n th e fami ly, she always assisted at the Br ide's toilet, was in close attendance at a visitation of th e "stork" (w hich was frequent in those old-fa shioned days) and a faithful watcher in the death chamber , when life's last spark flickered out. Little Bettie was on e of th e youngest, in a large family. She had th ree sisters and five broth er s. William, Isaac, an d "Jack" were her favorite brother s, th e latt er was a typical old bachelor and a con stant visitor in la ter years , at his siste r Bettie's home. The Hill children re­ ceived th eir early education at home, un der the training of a govern ess. Later on , th e boys attended th e old acade my a t Bladensburg. William Isaac graduated at Georgetown College , wit h the de gree of A. B. in 1875. H e and J ack, were both brave soldiers in th e "War between th e States." The girls complet ed th eir education at boarding school, in Washing to n. Bettie wa s a born scholar, always fo nd of books, and spe nt man y an hour in her old Mammy Sophy's voluminous lap, list en­ ing to "Mother Goo se," and Ghost stories, and other tal es,-commenc­ ing with " O nce upon a tim e- ", and end ing with "T hey married, an d lived happily ever af ter ward." T he Hi ll childre n did not ha ve man y playmates, t he children they knew, lived some distance away, on large planta tions like theirs. Among their neighbors, were the Berrys, Magruders, Ph ilipses, and Mrs. Susan Beall G.Sheriff, Miss Susan as she was called, being a rich young widow, strong mi nded, as we ll as fascinat in g. She had two st urd y littl e boy s, whom she kept we ll under control,-George Beall th e eldest, an d D. T had ius. In those days, each fami ly had a retinue of slaves, and about once a week, th e Hill chi ldr en with " Ma mmy So­ ph y" would spend th e day wit h some of the neighbor's chi ldren. I t was th e fash ion then, for little girls to wear wors ted dresses, of bright hu e, and little white aprons, wh ich Mam~ y kept spotless . They would 58 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY all crowd in the big carriage, drawn by two, gentle bay horses, and driv en by Uncle Ben, as black as the "ace of spades,"-a slim boy called F red, who would swing behind to opcn the gates, which were numerous, between " Marse Philips' " plant ation and Miss Susan' s. Aftcr reac hing th e last gate, Uncle Ben would say to Fred, "Go 'long to your Aunt Jan e's, and meet me here at four o'clock sharp." So it was in this way, the "Quality" vis­ ited each other, and were usually invited the Sunday before, at Church. On on e occasion , when th c Hill and Sheriff children were sent to wait in th e parlor, for th e seco nd tabl e, Mammy Sophy told Mistress Hill that she thought Geor ge Beall a bad little rascal. H e ran across the room, and with both hand s, rumpled up little Bettie's hair, and snatched her litt le lace handkerchief out of her apron pocket and threw it behind th e open fire. T his was the firs t atte ntion th at George Beall paid to his bab y sweetheart, whom he married in the first bloom of youth. Bettie grew up to a winsome lass,- was rath er small of stature, reg­ ular features, very black hair, lar ge soft brown eyes, a winning smile, and full of charm, in per son al appea ra nce, and ment al ab ility. She was endowed with a poetic temperament,-devotcd to music, and played on the piano and sang sweetly. Sarah E lizabeth Hill was united in marriage to Geor ge Beall Sher­ iff, on No v. 23, 1858, in th e Cit y of Washington. Thcy made th eir horne at the " O ld Brick House" near Landover, Maryland, where their early married life was spent. Six children blessed th eir union,­ namely : Eli zab eth Mauduet, Philip Hill, Clement William, Isibel Susan , Mary Lemu el and George Beall, Jr. Isibcl was a baby , wh en Mr. and Mr s. Gcorge Beall Sheriff, moved to th e old Beall Homestead, at Benn ing, It may be truly said that no happier famil y ever lived. Soon aft er Christmas, in 1907, Mr s. Sheriff's health began to fail. The best medical skill and loving attention, cou ld not stay the ca ll and she died, aged 72. A friend wrote of her thus :-"T he deat h of Mr s. Sa rah Elizabeth Sheriff, which occurred on June 14, 1907, left a great void and sense of loss in th e hearts of all who kn ew and loved her,-rare inde ed, is a nature like hers,-a combination of broad Christi ­ anity, gentle firmness and personal charm. Time dealt kindly, by the beauty of her face, for which she had been remarkable in youth, and the dear grandmother of seventy years, was almost as beautiful as the fair mother of forty, the age at which the writer of this sketch, first remembers her. Mrs. Sheriff's outward sclf merely reflected her true loveliness, that of the soul ; in :.11 God's green garden of the sanctified dead, summer bloom and winter blight, will cover no fairer, sweeter memory , than the subject of this,-poor tribut e. from one who loved her." H er funeral was held from the Church of the Holy Name, Washington, D. -s "<: ~ ... ;", '" ~ "' w '"~ co 0 .•" ..,'" :; -c " ~ u: :::l ~ ~ < Q w .., CO 0 PROCtJ;;D1NGS OF THIRTt:t:NTH A NN UAL GATHt:RI NG 59

C.She was laid beside her two daughters, Maud and Mary , in the family lot, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D. C.

"Earth to earth, and dust to dust, Calmly now the words we say, Left behind, we wait in tr ust, For the Resurre ction day, Fa ther, in Thy gracious keeping, Leave we now, Th y servant sleeping."

Sarah Elizabeth (H ilt) Sheriff, was the daughter of Sophia Magruder, and Phili p Hilt , granddaughter of Th omas Magruder and Mary Clark ; great granddaughter of Isaac Magruder, and Sophia Baldwin ; great-great grand­ daughter of Nathan Magruder and Rebecca Beall ; great-g reat-great grand­ daughter of John Magruder and Susanna Smith; great-g reat-great-great granddaughter of Samuel Magruder and Sarah Beall ; great-great-great­ great-g reat granddaughter of Alexander Magrud er, Maryland immigrant. 60 A MERICAN C LAN G REGOR SOCIETY

MAJOR LAWSON WILLIAM MAGRUDER OF MISSISSIPPI.

By T. P. M AGRUDER, R EAR ADMIRAL, U. S. N.

y F AT HER, Lawson William Magruder, was born on March 3, M 1842, in Madison County, Mississippi. H e wa s the son of Samue l Magruder and Rebecca Sprigg Drane. Hi s branch of th e Magruder family mo ved to Columbia County, Georgia, after th e Revolutionar y War. Hi s great grandfather was Viv ian Beall Ma ­ gr uder, who died in Georgia about 1810. Hi s gra ndfather, William Magruder, left Georgia for Mississippi about 1836 but died in Ala­ bama on his way . La wson W illiam Magruder was rea red on a plantation, and his early ed ucation was in th e hands of a tutor, th e min ister of a neighbor­ ing P resbyterian Church, and entered Princeton Coll ege in 1859. So thorou gh had been his prepara tion at home that he entered th e junior class of Princeton Coll ege in 1859. H e was one of a lar ge number of st ude nts at Princeton who left in April, 1861 to follo w the fortunes of th e Confederacy. Before leaving coll ege, however, he took th e exa m­ inations, and lat er, received his diploma from Princeton Coll ege. H e enlisted as a private in a company formed in his nat ive county, and took part in th e first Battle of Manassas, wh ere he was wounded by a minn ie ball , going through th e chee k. H e rose rapidly in the Army, and soon was a cap tain and Aid on th e staffs of Genera ls, F eather ston, Ander son and W althall. At th e Battle of Ch ickam au ga he voluntee red to carry dispatches through a ve ry dan gerou s area, and at that time, was again wounded by a gra pe shot in th e th igh. F or thi s act of courage, he was give n a pair of sp urs by th e Ge neral Commanding, and handsomely cited in orders of th e day. H e we nt through th e Atl anta Campaign, and sur­ rendered with Johnson 's Army in North Ca rolina in April, 1865. H e was at th is time, par oled with the rank of Major. He returned to Mississippi on Janua ry 17, 1867, and married Jessie Kil patr ick. For seve ra l yea rs he was a planter, and at th e sa me time, studied law. In 1871, he mo ved to Vick sburg, Mississippi , th en the largest town in the State, to practice his pro fession , and became on e of th e lead ing lawyers of th e Sta te. H e commanded a compan y in th e insurrection of 1874, and by his wise counsel he assisted in restor ing tr anquility amongst th e negroes around Vicks burg (some of whom had gathered for an attack on th e whites) th ereby av oiding mu ch bloodsh ed. Major Magruder became a successful lawyer, and took an active in- PROCEEDINGS OF T HIRT EENTH A N N UAl. GA TH ERING 61 ter est in politics. H is political caree r ended, ho wever, when he opposed th e free silver idea. H e was at one time a member of th e Con stitutional Convention, and as a member of the Jud iciary Committee, helped to draft the clause in th e constitution , tak ing away fro m th e ignorant the right of suffrage.H e was at one time, a Commission er of th e Supreme Court, and several of his decisions have been widely quoted. In the summer of 1904, he took an active part in the campaign for the courage, devotion to friends, generosity, at times a hindrance, and a gruder was inform ed by the Governo r elect, that he was to be made a jud ge of the Supreme Cour t of that State. This had been, for a long time, his ambition. Unfo rtunately, one August mornin g, while in his flower ga rden, gathering roses for a sick fri end, he was stricken with paralysis fr om the effects of which he never fully recovered, and died on July C, 1908. Lawson William Magrud er and Jessie Kilpatrick Magruder had nine chil­ dren, of whom, I am the eldest. Two girls died, one in infancy, and the other, Louise, a beaut iful child suddenly, at the age of fourteen. My mother's grief over the death of her only daught er was so poignant, that she became ill and died a very few years af ter. Of the seven sons, there were five in the great W ar ; two of whom are officers of the Regular Navy, and one, Samuel Sprag ue the Paymaster on the ill-fated T ransport T iconderoga, was murd ered by a German Sub­ marine in September 1918. The youngest son J . M. Magrud er, enlisted as a privat e, went to France, and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant after the War. As I remember, the dominating traits of my fat her's charac ter were, courage, devotion to friends, ge nerosity, at tim es a hindrance, and a keen sympathy for young people. H is advice was often sought by young men to whom he always gave a sympathetic hear ing and then gave to them the best of his heart and mind. Major Magruder's memory is still endeared to his fellow citizens of Vicksburg, Miss. as has very recently been demonstrated to me by many touching proofs. I think I can pay no greater tribute to his memory, than to say that the heritage he gave his sons was such, that all married noble women, and each one stands well in his calling and in his community. 62 AMERICAN C LAN GREGOR SOCIETY

MAGRUDER STU DENTS AT LEADING EDUCA­ TIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. (Concluded.)

Bv CA LEB CLARKE M AGRUDER, JR. PAPE R o n th e above subject, read before th is Society at its A last Gathering (1922) , showe d that at 24 State Universiti es th er e had been registered a total of 73 Magruder stude nts of whom 31 had degr ees conferred upon th em. T hat at 24 other U nive rsities an d Coll eges th ere had been registered 78 Magruder st udents of whom 32 had degrees conferre d upon th em, incl uding 5 gradua tes of th e U nite d Sta tes Military Acad emy, 3 gra d­ uat es of th e Virgi nia Military In stitute, and one purely honorary degree. S o that , of 151 Ma gruder st ude nts register ed at 48 S tate U nive r­ sities and Colleges 63 had degr ees conferre d upon th em. T his pap er reveals, that at 19 State Univer siti es, five of th e States mentioned having no State Un ivers ity, th er e have been registered 16 Magruder students of w ham 7 had degr ees co nferred upon th em . That at 28 other Universiti es and Coll eges th er e have been reg­ istered 37 Magruder students of whom 25 had degr ees conferred upon th em , including 4 gr aduates of th e United States Naval 'Acad­ emy an d one purely honorary degr ee. So that of 53 Ma gruder students registered at 47 State Univer­ sities and other Uni versities an d Colleges 32 had degr ees con ferred upon them . The two paper s con sequ ently show that in 43 State Universit ies (5 States having no State Universit y) and 52 other Universiti es and Coll eges, ag gr egating 95 of th e Leading Educational In stitution s of the United States, 204 Magrud er students have been registered of whom 95 had degrees conferred upon th em, or rather I should say , th ere we re 112 degrees conferred, since some of th ese students re­ ceived more than a single degr ee, including 5 gra duates of the United States Milit ar y Ac ade my, 3 grad ua tes of th e Virg inia Milit ary In sti­ tute, 4 graduates of the United States Naval Academy, and two purely honorar y degr ees as before menti on ed. A further analysis shows th e degr ees in kind to be as follows : *A. B., 12 ; B. A., 17; B. S., 6 ; Ph . B., 2; B. L., 1 ; LL . B., 7 ; B. Des., I ; M. A., 3; A. M., 8 ; LL. M., 2; M. P. M., 1; M. Phi1., I ; D. D.S., 4; Ph. D., 1; L.L. D., 2; D. D., 1; M. D., 31.

•A. B. and B. A . are the ume d eg r ee. , thou gh the tormer I. In Latin anrt the latter In E ng ll. h. The s a me dtattnctton applle. to the degree A. Ill. and M. A. PROCEEDINGS OF TIIIR'I'E£ N'I'H A N N UAL GATH£RING 63

That th e stude nts who had 2 degrees conferred upon th em number t2 ; th at th e students receiving 3 degrees number 3, while but one student received 4 degrees. And fur ther, th at of professi onal degrees conferre d th at of Medi- cine largely outnumbers all th e others combined. Univer sit y of Alabam a.' U niversity of Arizona.! U nive rsity of Ca lifor nia.! . U niversity of Co nnec ticut." U nivers ity of Delawar e." Universit y of Geo rg ia: T homa s Magruder, -A. B., 1826. In dian a U nive rsity. " Stat e U nive rsi ty of Iowa : George Raymond Magruder, Iowa, D.D .S., 1904. Mr s. George Raym ond Magruder, (n ee Mar y Alice McVey) Iowa, . B. P h. and Special Certifica te in French, 1905. U niversity of Ke ntucky : E lla Mau d Magruder, Ky., 1910-11. Eng le H art Ma gru der, Ky., 1909-12. Joseph Sedley Magrude r, Ky ., 1876-77. Mar y P auline Magruder, Ky., 1919-21. Orion Magruder , Ky ., (Eng r.) 1905-06. W illiam M. Magru der, Ky., L L.B., 1914. Louisian a Sta te U nive rsi ty: A. L eonard Magruder, T exa s, 1889. F uqua Magruder, La., 1897. Cary Waltham Magruder , Miss., 1903-04. Mr s. H arriett Fuqua Magruder (nee H arriet Fuqua), La. , B. A., 1914. Na thaniel Magrud er, Texas, B. A., 1913. Mr s. Mary Magruder Guilbeau (n ee Mar y Magruder), La ., B. A., 1913. University of Main e.! University of Massa chu setts.t Universit y of Minnesot a.' Universit y of New Harnpsh ire.> U niversity of New J erse y.s Universit y of New York: J ohn H . Magruder, M.D., 1861. Universit y of North Dakota.1 University of Oregon.! Universit y of Rhode Island,s University of South Carolina.s Uni versity of South Dakota.! 64 AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOC IETY

University of Tennessee." West Virginia U niversity.' Universit y of Wyoming." Amher st College, Mass." Centre College, K y.: Benjamin Hughes Magruder, Miss., B.A., 1882. D ickinson College, Penn.s Fordham University, N. Y.S Georgetown College, Ky.s H ampt on Sidney College, Va. : Egbert Watson Magruder.! Va., A. B., 1891. Franklin Minor Magruder," Va., 1887-88. J efferson College, Pa.: Arc hiba ld Smi th Magruder, Md., M.D., 1838. (Thesis, "Scarlet Fever.") George W . Magruder, Va., M.D., 1859. Zac hariah S. Magruder, Va., M.D., 1849. (T hesis, " Intermitt ent Fever.") W illiam B. Magruder, Va., 1847-48. Joh ns Hopkins University, Md.: , Caleb Clarke Magruder, J r.," Md. (Philosop hy, L iterature, H is- to ry) 1888-89. Egbert Watson Ma gruder.s Va. (C hemistry) 1892-97. Ernest Pe ndleton Magruder," Md., B.A., 1895. F ra nk Abbott Magruder, Va ., P h.D., 1911. H erbert T homas Magruder," N. Y., 1900-01. Hugh Sisson Magruder, Md., B.A., 1891. Marga ret Magruder, Md., 1915-17. W illiam H oward Magrude r, La., 1893-95. W illiam T homas Magruder, Oh io, (Eng r.) 1886-87. Lafayett e College, Pe nn.s Loyola College, Md.: Ca leb Clarke Mag ruder, Jr.,o Md.,A.B., 1894 j A.M., 1898. Mercer Hampton Magruder.? Md., A.B., 1896. Miami University, Ohio." Northwe stern U niversi ty, 111. S Randolph- Maco n College , Va .: William Howa rd Magruder, L a., 1874-76. Rob ert Magrude r, Md., 1871-73. Rut gers College, N. J.s Sai nt Lo uis University, Mo.s Standford University, Calif." Swarthmo re College, Pe nn.: Emma Magru der, Md., 1888 and 1891. P ROCEEDI NGS OF T HIRTEENTH A N N UAL G ATHERING 65

T rinity College, Conn." T rinity College, N. C.s Tufts College, Mass.s Tulane U niversity, La.: Alexa nder Covington Ma gruder , Colo ., M.D ., 1900. A. Logan Magruder, L a., B.A., (Ed.) 1921. Evangeline Ma gruder (Mrs. J oseph V. Folso, Jr.) La ., B. Des., 1919. James W . Ma gruder, Miss., M.D ., 1876. L evin F . Magruder, Va .,M.Ph., 1904; M.D ., 1905. M. J . Magruder, La ., M.D., 1889. Thomas V. Ma gruder, Ala., M.D., 1910. Union Coll ege, N. Y.s United States Naval Academy , Md .: Car y Waltham Ma gruder , Miss., gra duate of 1908. Charles Gallow ay Ma gruder, La., grad uate of 1920. John Holmes Magruder, W . Va., gra duate of 1911. Thomas Pi ckett Magruder.t? Miss., graduate of 1889. University of Louisvill e, Ky.: Bonnie Magruder ( Mrs. A. S. Blunk) Ky., B.A., 1921. H enry A. Magruder, T exa s, D .D.S., 1897. H . P . Magruder, D.D .S., 1889. Washington University, Mo." W est ern Reserv e U niversity , Ohio.' Yale U nive rsity, Conn : Benj amin Drak e Magruder.v! La., A.B., 1856, L .L .D., 1906. H enry Latham Magruder, m., 1885-88.

1. No Ma grud er St ud ent e n ro lled up to 1921. 2. No State Unlverelty. S. No Ma grud er . St uden t en ro lled up to 19 22. 4. Edito r, A. C. G. S.; Priva t e, Wor ld Wa r. H . R. M. Ii. S ke tch read betore A. C. G. S. In 1923. 6. Hl etorlan, Edito r, Co u n cil man, A. C. G. S. 7. Ch let Surgeon, Se rbian U n it No . 3, A m e ri can R ed Cr oe". Di ed In Typhu" ep ide m ic a t B elgr a d e. A p r il 8, 1915. H . R. M. 8. Cou ncil m a n, A. C. G. S. 9. H older or Sc holareh lp, Georgetown (D. C.) Unlverelty (Law) 189 7-9 8. 10. R ear A dmir al , U.S. N.; In com man d ot U. S. S. Nevada d u r ing the W orld War. H . R . M. 11. Ch le t Ju"tlce, S up reme Court ot IlIlnol e. Sketch r ead betore A.C. G. S. In 1911 . 66 AM£RICAN CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY

MRS. CAROLINA MAYNE POLLOCK.

By H ER SO N, TOM L. POLLOCK.

RS. CA ROL INA MAYNE P O LLOCK passed away on Marc h M 26th, 1922 at th e hom e of her son, T om L. Pollock in Denver, Colorado. Mrs . P ollock wa s born Sep tember 2nd, 1843, at Vien na Cross Road s, Oh io, and was the dau ghter of Emanu el Mayn e and Grace Magruder Mayn e. H er father serve d through out th e grea ter part of th e Civil W ar and was killed almost at its close, ju st at th e end of a victorio us battle in which he served with disti nguished ga llantry. Hi s titl e at th e time of his death was captain. On e of his sons, a bro th er of th e deceased, also lost his life during th e Civil W ar. As a yo ung girl, Miss Mayn e attended school at Bellefontaine, Ohio, at th e W oman 's Department of th e Ohio Wesleyan Universit y. I n 1866 she mar ried John Emmett Pollock, a Civil W ar vetera n, and th ey mad e th eir home at Bloomington, I1linois. Mr. Pollock was a gradua te of Miami Coll ege, Ohio, and for fifty years wa s one of th e fore most lawyer s of th e Middl e W est and in fact , was active in his profession until th e date of his death in Decemb er, 1914. During all th ese yea rs th e deceased and her famil y were honored and respected memb ers of the community in which th ey resided. T o thi s union we re born six children, five of whom survived th e deceased. Among these is Commander E. R. Pollock. U. S. N.. who graduated from the Na val Acad emy and who has serve d many years as a naval officer. Commander Pollock ha s received many decora­ tions from our govern me nt an d others for distingui shed service es­ pecially during th e Spanish and World Wars. During th e World War thi s distinguish ed son of th e deceased was in cha rge of th e en­ tire per sonnel of th e naval aviat or s in France and wa s lat er attached to th e P eace Con ference. In recognition of his services, he received am ong other decorations th e F rench Legion of Honor. The other children of the deceased who survive her are Nellie P. R ead, wife of Professor F. O. Read of Wisconsin University; J. M. P ollock, attorney-at -law in Chicago ; Tom L. P ollock, attorney-at-law in D enver, Colorado; Paul W . Pollock, attorney-at -law , Bloomington, Illinois. The deceased wa s a memb er of th e First Presbyt erian Church. Bloomington, I1linois, for fifty years, and wa s a memb er of the D. A. R. and of th e American Clan Gregor Society. She took great int erest in th e activities of th e Am eric an Clan Gr egor Society and in its membership and in all of the proceedings in connec­ tion th erewith. While a woman of great beauty and distinguished charm :\I Rs. CAROLIXt: ~L\ y X lo: P OI.I.OCK. BOH X. 18-13; D ian, 1921. PROCEEDINCS OF TIIIRTEENTH A NN UAl, GATHERINC 67 wh ich showed her very ap pare ntly to be to th e manner ' born, her chief delight was in th e dom esti c surroundings of her fam ily. She was loved devotedly by her famil y and friend s and she wa s equally devot ed to th em and was ge nerous and cha ritable in th e ex tre me. H er sunny temp eram ent and her vivaci ty made her a charmi ng ad­ dition to all circles in which she came in contac t a nd remained with her th rou gh out her life. W ith th e high est sense of hon or and stern ju sti ce in th e sett ing of sta nda rds for herself, she was kind and for giving to all of those who had erred an d showed an y sign of repentan ce. Mrs. Carolina Mayn e Pollock was th e daughter of Ema nue l Mayn e and Grace Magruder ; gra ndda ughter of Ni nian Magruder and Gr ace Town sen ; grea t-gra ndda ug hter of Samuel Brewer Magru der and Re­ becca Beall : grea t-grea t-gra nddaug hter of Sa muel Magruder III, and Margar et Jackson ; great-grea t-grea t-gra ndda ug hter of Ninian Ma­ gruder, Sr., and Elizabeth Brewer ; great-great-g reat-g reat-granddaughter of Samuel Magrud er and Sarah Beall ; great-great-g reat-g reat-g re;.t-grand­ daughter of Alexand er Magruder, Maryland Immi grant . INDEX

Page P ag e A Boy So ldier of 1861-65, by H. " H eadake" 27 E . Magruder 50 Hill,P hilip 57 Ad dre ss, Annual, by Dr. E. M. H ill, Sop hia Ma gruder 57 Magruder 11 Hughes' Rangers 41 Alpin, King 28 Ke nneth MacAlpin 13 Among the Members 38 MacAlpin, K enneth 13 A nglo-Saxons' Advent into Brit - McCray, Amanda 45 ain 12 MacGregor s, Character of.. 18 Annual Address of Chi eftain, MacGregor, John, The Victoria Dr. E . M. Magruder II Cross 46 "Baltimore Manor," Home of Mc Lean, Mrs. Amanda Louise the Hi lls 57 Ma gruder, by N. H . Ma - "Beall P leasure," Home of th e gruder 45 Bea lls 55 McLean, William Brant 45 Britain, Divi sion of Island by Magruder, C. C., j r., Paper on Romans 12 Magruder Students at Leadin g Ca ledo nia 12 Educational Institu tions of Campbell, Clan 19 th e United States 62 Cen tennial Ode, by J . B. Nick- Magruder, Dr. E. M., Annual lin, Jr 28 Address II Chieftains, Deputy...... 4 Ma gruder, Hannah Smith ~6 Clan, Abolition of th e Sy stem 17 Magruder, H. E. ,Paper, A Boy Clan CampbeJL 19 Soldier of 1861-65 50 Clan, Officers of... 16 Ma gruder, Cap tain J oseph Moor e 32 Clan, Origin of... 14 Ma gr ud er, Jo sep h Moore, by Committee on Membership...... 4 Frank Foote 39 Committees, Sp eciaL...... 5 Magruder, Jo sep h Moor e, by Cou ncilmen 3 J. 1-L Ma rt in 41 Co rrection 34 Ma grude r, Jo sep h Moore, by Cross, V ictoria, by J ohn Mac - Mr s. N. H. Ma gruder 39 Gregor 46 Magru der, Major Lawson Wi l- Deputy Chiefta ins...... 4 liam , by T . P . Ma gruder 60 Drane, Reb ecca Sprigg 60 Ma gruder, Mary Ann 47 Dunbar , Isaac 32 Magr uder, N. H ., Paper on Mrs. Foote, F ra nk, Paper on J . M. A. L . M. Me Lean 45 j Magruder 39 Magruder, Mr s. N. H ., P aper on Glenfruin, Ba tt le of.. 20-23 Josep h Moo re Ma gr ude r 39 Gregor Clan, Origin of... 17 Magruder, Sarnuel., 60 Harringt on , Miss E lizabeth 32 Magruder, Sarah, Home of.. 27 70 AMERICAN CI,AN GREGOR SOCIETY

Page Page Magruder Students at Leading Proscription and Restoration of E ducational In stitutions of th e a Name, by Dr. E. M. Ma- United States, by C. C. Ma- gruder 11 gruder, J r 62 Recollections of Jo seph Moore Magruder, Dr. Thomas Bald - . Magruder, by J. M. Martin 41 win , by T. M. Wade 32 Report of Treasurer -9 Magruder, Rear Admiral T . P., Robertson, Rachel.. 35 1 Pa per on William Law son Rutan, William 47 Magruder 00 Scots Entrance Into Britain 13 Magruder, Zadok. 35 Scots and Picts, Uni on of... 13 Malcolm 111.. 15 Sheriff, Mr s. A. W. W ., Paper - Martin, J . M., Recolle ctions of on George Beall Sh eriff 55 Jo seph Moore Magruder ,41 Sheriff, Mr s. A. W. , Paper on Mayn e, EmanueL 66 Mr s. Sarah Elizabeth Sh eriff 57 Mayn e, Grace Magruder 66 Sheriff, D. Thaddeus 55 Membership, Committee on...... 4 Sheriff, George Beall , by Mrs . " Milton Farm 35 A. W . Sheriff 55 Minutes, Synopsis of...... 8 Sheriff, Lcmuel., 55 Muncast er, E. M 35 Sh eriff. Mr s. Sarah Elizabeth Hill, by Mrs. A. W. W. Sher- Munca ster, J. E., Paper on Wil- iff 57 liam Edwin Mun cast er 35 Special Committees...... 5 Mun cast er, William Edwin, by Sprig of Pin e, Official.. 27 J . E. Munca st er 35 Synopsis of the Minutes...... 8 Nicklin, J . B., j-, Centennial Treasurer, Report of...... 9 Od e 28 The Victoria Cro ss, by John Official Sprig of Pine 27 MacGregor .46 Officers 3 Wade, Eleanor 27 Penal Laws Against MacGreg- Wade, T . M., Paper on Dr. ors, E nac tment of.. 22 Thomas Baldwin Magruder 32 Penal Laws Against Mac Gre g- Wall of Antonius 12 or s, Repeal of 25 WaH of Hadrian 12 Pollock, Mrs. Caroline Mayn e, West, Mr s. Sarah Olivia Dun- by T . L. Pollock 66 bar 32 Pollock, T . L., Paper on Mr s. Williams, Captain John B 47 Caroline Mayne Pollock 66 Williams, Mrs. Rebecca Rutan, Proceedings 6 by Mrs. H. E. Palmer 47