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By Alice E liz a b e th Tmb u e

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G EO . G . F ET T ER C OM P AN

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To m ather Ste he n F itz y f , p ’ "a me; Tr ab u e a n d mother Aliee

Eliz ab eth Berr Tr ab ue de ( y) , s ee n da nt: of e arly p io n eer f ettler; of Ke n t u cky a n d lo ng

de F r a n k n res i n t: of li C o u n ty .

Au th or it ies C onsu lted

A ” Kentucky Pioneer in the Commonwealth , by N . S . Shaler .

’ ” M cN u l tt M cE ro . Kentucky in the Nation s History, by Robert y ” Hist o r ' o f y the Supreme Court of the United States , by Hampton

Carson . “ ” History of Franklin County, Kentucky , by L . F . Johnson , B . A . M .

Centennial Commemoration of the Town of Frankfort , by

John M ason Brown . “ ” History of Kentucky, by Campbell . ” History of Kentucky and Kentuckians , by E . Polk Johnson . “ Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky .

National Encyclopaedia of American Biography . ” Transylvania University, by Dr . Robert Peter and Johanna Peter . ” - The Wilkinson Burr Conspiracy, by Judge Shackleford Miller .

A Cor n er in C el eb r it ies

‘ - n u n in h e R e n o w e d R o me o r t a t e e r o n o h e o e s . , f p r g y f r

N PI CTURES"UE Frankfort Kentucky there is a quaint corner of the town from which have probably sprung more distinguished men than

from any like area in the United States . Covering about four acres , bounded by four streets bearing the historic names of Washington , Wilkin so n VVa in , M ontgomery and pp g, is the central group of some noble old houses which sheltered sires and sons whose deeds brought fame and ever lasting glory to Kentucky . Here dwelt two Supreme Court Justices , two

ffi six Cabinet o cers, nine United States Senators , seven Governors , Con

re ssme n g , seven foreign representatives , and it is here that three Admirals

w so of the Navy ﬁrst sa the light of day . Can any other town in small a space , even in Puritan New England , Knickerbocker New York or the

so Cavalier South , boast brilliant an array of Governors of the States and men of national and international importance ?

Within this small zone for at least one period of their lives , there lived the following brilliant galaxy

Supre me C o u rt J ust ice s

THOMAS TODD and JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN .

C abin e t Oﬁice rs GEORGE MORTI ER BIBB and JOHN JORDAN CR I TTEN

DEN .

U nit e d St at e s Se nat o rs d J OHN BROWN , ﬁrst United States Senator after Kentucky was a mi d tt e into the Union . He served three terms and was President pro 1 — tem 8 0 3 0 4.

JAM ES BROWN , ﬁrst United States Senator from Louisiana after it wa s admitted into the Union . By his hands the M onroe Doctrine was transmitted to France , in which country he remained as M inister for ix s years .

GEORGE M ORTI ER BIBB , twice United States Senator from Ken tucky ; appointed Secretary of the Treasury of the United States by

President John Tyler .

JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN , ﬁve times United States Senator,

” ‘ — lla i cl ut R m e lix l a "stru m i i A - - n a o a o I x . I f p r V rg l? e n e id Bk . V 7 8 7 8 4 Governor of Kentucky, member of Congress and twice Attorney General o f the United States— appointments by Presidents William Henry Harri so n and Millard Filmore . M ETCADF E THOMAS , United States Senator, member of Congress and Governor of Kentucky .

GEORGE GRAHAM VEST and BENJAM IN GRATZ BROWN , s both of whom served in the United States Senate from M i souri , the latter was c also Governor of that state , and was andidate for the Vice Presidency with Horace Greely .

U nit e d St at e s R e pre se nt at ive s

ROBERT PERKI NS LETCHER , served twelve years , was Governor o f Kentucky and M inister to Mexico .

JAM ES HARLAN , served several terms .

CHARLES SLAUGHTER M OREHEAD , member of Congress and

Governor of Kentucky .

F o re ign R e pre se n t at ive s

CHARLES S . TODD , Minister to Columbia and to Russia . T CHR I T EN D EN . THOMAS LEON IDAS , Consul at Liverpool

CHAPMAN COLEMAN , for twenty years First Secretary of the

American Legation at Berlin , later Consul at Roubaix , France and seven years Consul at Rome .

— D . JOHN GLOVER SOUTH , M . , Minister to Panama appoint ed by President Warren G . Harding .

W it h in t h is h ist o ric sp o t w e re b o rn t h re e Admirals o f t h e N avy

JOHN CRITTENDEN WATSON , CHAPMAN COLEMAN

TODD and HUGH RODMAN .

‘ The old citizens of Frankfort like to tell of the youthful p ranks - o f these embryo Admirals , whose sports on the Kentucky River, foreshadow

r was ed their future careers . A fourt h Naval o ﬂice who reared from infancy in this neighborhood and rose to the rank of a Commodore was

ROBERT P HYTH I AN . The home of his youth was the quaint old gabled - roof house on the northeast corner of Main and Wilkinson streets . He was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy at

Annapolis and of the Naval Observatory at Washington . Served in the

Navy during the Civil war, rendering creditable service . He married

Cordelia Brodhead , of Frankfort .

It is interesting to note how many of these distinguished men , honored by both State and Nation , were allied by the ties of marriage or blood , and yet who during the Civil War were completely divided by their separate sympathies . Almost without an exception , th ey were of Virginia ancestry .

6 Some were sturdy pioneers of Revolutionary service , who though reared amid luxuries rarely excelled in the homes of any other state , had despite the constant conﬂicts with I ndians , fought their way through the wilderness “ of forest and cane — brake to take up land grants and surveys in That newly discovered , wonderful country, The earliest settlements were of necessity around the forts at Harrods ’ burgh , Logan s Fort , Boonsboro and Danville , until land grants and early surveys rapidly created settlements further down the river .

Cou rt e sy o f t h e Ke n tuc k y Hi s tori c al Soci e t y . C e nt e n nial C e l e b r a tio n 1 8 8 6 of t h e I n co rp o r at io n o f t h e t o w n of F a n k o t K r f r , y.

1 8 6 was I n 7 , an act passed to establish the town of Frankfort on one e hundred acres of land belonging to James Wilkinson , who was at the tim

— in - Commander chief of the Western Division of the United States Army .

Wilkinson not only had the town established , but with characteristic energy utilized his soldiers to dig great drains that dried the swampy low grounds " o m t h e a o f o o ne an e l a ue a R e o ut o n a o ﬂi r ce . Fr D i ry C l l D i Tr b , v l i ry an d in the eastern end and by his generosity tact , attracted a most desirable population . The ﬁrst streets laid off by him were nearly all named for generals in the Revolutionary War, with the exception of Ann

Street , which was named for his wife , a woman said to have possessed rare charm and popularity , and Miro Street , named for the Spanish Governor of the Province of Orleans . It is claimed that the name Wapping was suggested by Mr . I nstone , an Englishman , whose cottage was the first home completed on this

— ﬁft h This historic square is j ust one twenty part of the original town , to which another hundred or more acres have long since been added on the South side . It is located in a triangle or corner of the town . Wap

at . ping Street , beginning St Clair follows the river west but two and a half blocks , when the river bends at almost right angles north . Follow

Wapping two short blocks , and here Wilkinson Street begins and follows the “ ” bend . The name Wapping is derived from Wapping Old Stair, the ’ King s wharf in London , and it is believed that there is no other residence “ ” street bearing this name , as letters addressed Wapping Street without city or state address, have found their destination from far distant points .

is Parallel with Wapping, Montgomery (now Main) named for General d fﬁ Richar Montgomery, a British O cer, who resigned his commission in

1 1 — 7 7 3 to come to America , and was in 7 7 5 appointed Brigadier General by the Continental Congress . I t was under him that Wilkinson had marched

was against "uebec . St . Clair Street named in honor of General Arthur ’ Be St . Clair of the Revolution , Wilkinson s own Division Commander .

St . . tween Clair and Wilkinson , lies Washington Street

i i Christened at its birth with history making names , is it surpr s ng that the power of suggestion ever recurs inspiring men to fame ?— but a word “ ” for the lay of the land and the setting for it s illustrious sons

Frankfort is the most romantic of spots— a constant inspiration where ’ artists never tire of painting and poets sing their songs— Theodore O Hara “ ” in his immortal Bivouac of the Dead , Henry T . Stanton , Robert Burns

M r s. Wilson , Jennie Chinn M orton and others . b It lies in a valley , surrounded y towering hills spread like tapestried screens with their never ending changes of color from the masses of Red

— bud , White Dog wood and the delicate greens of the early spring, deepen ing in tone as the summer wanes , to the blaze of red and gold of October .

r Winding half way around the town , dividing in it two , is the incompa able ’ in Kentucky River, wooded down to its water s edge , whence in many stances , garden walks lead back through rows of lovely ﬂowers to fine old

“ o m a n u n u s m nt in t h n t u t a t st o o t Fr p bli h e d d o c u e e K e c k y S e Hi ri c a l S c i e y.

8 square brick homes which have stood for many decades, and in a number of instances have been occupied through four or ﬁve generations by a single family to the present day .

se e We the picturesqueness of her situation , her lovely gardens and spacious homes , her peaceful , nay even drowsy aspect . The casual tourist motoring from Louisville , viewing from the winding pike the splendid new

Capitol buildings cameoed against the green hill beyond , often feels that after a brief inspection of these buildings all worth while has been seen , so crossing the bridge to the North side , they drive a few squares through

r e s t h e e n e C ou t y o f K tuc k y Hi s to ric a l Soci ty . Th e Ar s e n a l

the business section , until they mount the hill top , past the gray and Vener

— able arsenal and historic cemetery and on to the Bluegrass . region beyond . How few of these know or realize that had they but turned to t the lef after crossing the St . Clair Street bridge , and driven those two ’ short squares down Wapping near the river s bend , then over to Main

Street , encircling the square , they might have seen on either side of the street and in close proximity , the most historic small neighborhood to be 9 found in America . How often they would pause to ask who built these — homes what spirit of enterprise , culture and statesmanship was housed

Wa " within their lls in bygone days And were the travelers more favored , and could they enter the great wide halls, they would be greeted by what is even rarer in our fast changing American life— an almost unchanged ap

e arance r p within , where ﬁne old mahogonies and rare silver se vices have stood the test of time ; and where from lofty walls hang portraits by Gilbert

Stuart, Sharpless, Jouett , M oise and Fowler, John Neagle , Chester Har ding, Joseph Bush , M arshall , Robert Burns Wilson , Paul Sawyer, Charles Snead Williams and other artists contemporaneous with the generations as they came . And the women of these homes "A volume might be written of their charm and culture , their devoted loyalty to the past and to each other . With them the vicisitudes of fortune have counted little ; through pros p e rity and adversity they have kept faith with bygone days with a grace rarely to be seen in any community . Throughout the whole boundary of N orth and South Frankfort and extending into its country side , men of distinction lived and left their stamp indelibly upon the Commonwealth of Kentucky . Their names are legion and would compel an endless task to innumerate , but it is to this one small corner of the town that I must restrict my boundary, convinced that no other l o ocality of so small a radius has harbored s many men of distinction . It is of these men only, and where they dwelt that it is my purpose to write , regretting that I must pass , unmentioned , homes of citizens worthy of note , who with their families have occupied homesteads for four generations , and conﬁne my account to Governors of the states and men of National

- r and inter national impo tance .

General Wilkinson was a native of Benedict , Maryland , and had j ust completed his education for the medical profession when the news of Bunker Hill caused him to j oin the troops in front of Bo st o n f He soon became a staff ofﬁcer under General Gates and rose to t h erank of Colonel at Saratoga , and by the close of the war was recommended by Gates to the rank of Brigadier General . Though having for a time resigned his

1 1 re — commission and become a private citizen , in 7 9 he entered the army

wa - ih - and in 1 7 96 s Commander chief of the United States Army . He had engaging manners, was an eloquent public speaker, a clear thinker and

. was writer, and a man of more than ordinary attainments He a member of the Second Assembly, and as much as any man identiﬁed with Ken ’ tucky s early struggles for independence . He prepared the memorial in “ which the people of the Western country se t forth their grie vancie s and

1 0 ” ot ff besought equality of consideration . Washington is qu ed by Je erson “ as having said of him brave , enterprising to an excess , but with many ” unapprovable points in his character . I ndeed , old diaries in Kentucky record the fact that his autocratic tendencies were manifested by an order

ﬁ o ff commanding the of cers under him to cut their queues , the result having been many resignations . At this time the gulf states were under the control and belonged to the Spanish Government . Miro was in charge and granted some privi leges of trade and the free use of the Mississippi river for the transpor t atio n ff of freight , besides an o er of nearly ﬁve times as much for tobacco

wa as the Kentuckians were receiving . Wilkinson s under suspicion of having betrayed the district of Kentucky to Miro and the Spanish Govern

1 8 0 r ment . In 5 he held a high military position in the Territo y of Louisiana ; in 1 8 1 1 he was co urt marsh all e d and charged with treason in connection with Aaron Burr, but was acquitted . Later evidence was brought to light through letters of his own in the Spanish Archives , that 1 8 0 0 for several years prior to , he was a pensioner of the Spanish Govern

1 8 1 ment . He resigned from the United States Army and about 3 went to

Mexico , where he died twelve years later, said to have been possessed of large investments .

Wilkinson reserved for his o wn use the Wharfage space along the ’ Kentucky River from St . Clair Street to the river s bend , where , at the cross section of Wilkinson and Wapping Streets , on the southwest corner, he built a large dwelling, in proportion far excelling any house in town f a ferry landing at the bank . It was the pro fered use of this house to the state free of charge for seven years that helped to decide the location of

1 the Capitol six years later . Here November 7 93 , the Second Session of the Legislature was held , for although Danville had been the cradle of fi Kentucky political activities for nine years , the Capitol was rst established

1 in Lexington June 7 9 2 . There was thus transferred to Frankfort the politi cal importance which Danville had enj oyed . Andrew Holmes was at the time the temporary occupant of this house but it was subsequently for seven “ ” t - ﬁve b e y or more years better known as The Old Love House , it having ’ h M r t e s. come home of Elizabeth Love , one of Kentucky s strong women of pioneer days , noted for her social , intellectual and christian Virtues .

Her husband , Maj or Thomas Love , had served under General Anthony

Wayne . in his Western Campaigns , at the end of which he had retired and located permanently in Frankfort where for a number of years he and his “ ” wife were proprietors of a large tavern known as The Love House . It is here that Aaron Burr consulted with his lawyers and where he and many

1 1 noted men of their day were guests upon their Visits to this locality , and where the exiled French Prince Louis Philippe found for a period a home , and here it was at a ball given in his honor, that the young Prince met a surprise in t he refusal of Mrs . Love to accept him as a partner in the

sh e Minuet , explaining that had previously refused an humbler admirer whom sh e would j ustly offend . Many years later when the change of fortune had established him in the Tuileries , it was in conversation with a

and e distinguished American , that the Prince recalled the incident prais d the kind heart of the young ff n e t Burr had with humiliation seen his rival Je erso , chos n by an almos ff unanimous vote for a second term . Je erson would not appoint him to a r foreign mission , and he had lost inﬂuence afte slaying Hamilton . He

was 1 was ﬁrst in Frankfort in 1 8 0 5 . It in Frankfort in 8 0 6 that a local “ ” c newspaper, The Western World , unearthed the alleged conspira y of

Burr with Blennerhassett and others against t h e United States . On

N ovember the ﬁfth , the United States District Attorney, Joseph Hamilton D avie ss instituted proceedings in the United States District

Court , demanding that Burr be made to answer a charge of High mis demean or in organizing a military expedition against a friendly power .

Burr, who was at Lexington at the time , came to Frankfort with his young ”< 2 m attorneys Henry Clay and John Allen , and ﬁnding a delay i pending , insisted u pon an immediate trial . After several suggested postponements m by the District Attorney, conditioned by his failure to procure several i T h portant witnesses, it was not until December 3 that the climax came . e town and country side were crazed with excitement and the Court House crowded to its capacity . The ﬁnal failure of the grand j ury to return an ’ indictment was regarded by Burr s friends as a complete Vindication and 0 i celebrated that evening by a ball at the Philip Bush Tavern . C nsp ic o us

mong those present were ofﬁcers of both State and Nation . The fact that Joseph Hamilton Day less was a strong Federalist and political Opponent ff of the Je erson and Burr administration , and had a controlling inﬂuence “ ” ’ with the Western World , induced much sympathy for Burr s cause

Below is a copy of a letter from M rs . Parmelia Sawyer, a girl of but sixteen years old at the time of the ball “ A ball was given at the Philip Bush Tavern at the corner of Main

se t W i and Lewis Streets, where I danced in the same th Colonel Burr . My

— - a . vis vis , his partner , was Mrs Thornton , the daughter of our neighbor m f r o n M a so n B o n . h t n s o M . F ro m t e wri i g J h r w , Sr ’ ’ “ c e e a s c o n se nt t o t a e c a e o f h is c a se h e e ce e B u s le e Be f o r e B u rr r e i v d Cl y k h rg , r iv d rr p dg

' n a e in s uc o e ct a s t h e n m a — S h l e 1 in no w a e e e c e . a . o f h o no r t h at h e w a s y g g d h pr j y h rg d r p . 5 3

1 2 was — Judge Harry Innis . He handsome , with marked eye brows , small in stature , but digniﬁed in mien . In manner polite and reﬁned and quite a hero in my young eyes . On this occasion he wore small clothes , gold knee buckles and immense rosettes on his pumps 3 a queue tied with black ribbon , and powdered wig . His eyes were bright and

’ . 0 0 1 8 1 2 sh e When Mrs Love s only son j oined the tr ps of , with her ‘ “ ” o wn hands made the uniform which he wore and was the God M other of many another soldier of that period , knitting socks and supplying com i w n a . so so in forts every available y I n fact , Varied were her interests and t e rwo ve n was her life with all the historic events during her ﬁfty or more y ears of residence that no account of Frankfort could be complete without her . The old house has long since been supplanted by a modern

’ W die d an u a 1 1 8 a n su e h e r u s a n man e a s . e s w as t h e J ry 9 , 45 , h vi g rviv d h b d y y r H r t a t ﬁr st b u r i al in t h e n e w s t e c e me e ry. “ i 1 T h e o ld h o u se w a s r e p l ace d n 8 7 0 .

1 3 e sy o h e e n Hi s r e y C ourt f t K tuc k y to ic al Soci t . ’ M o nu me nt n o o e a a St a t e a lso sh o w i t m o h e o O H r . . g b f T d r

1 - 1 d 8 . a Congress by the people of Kentucky, 7 9 9 After Kentucky was

>I< 2 mit t e d two into the Union , he was one of the ﬁrst United States Senators ,

c being three consecutive times ele ted to that body, and its President pro

1 — tem 8 0 3 0 4. He proj ected several expeditions against the I ndians , ff was an intimate friend of Je erson , Madison and Monroe , and urged by

e ffe rso n l ma . and M onroe to accept Dip o tic ofﬁce , lined He was a

l e mo st classica scholar, ﬁne lawyer and ranked among t men of his day .

1 8 2 When the second State House was destroyed by ﬁre , 4, John Brown ,

Peter Dudley, John Harvie and James Shannon were empowered in 1 "‘4 to employ an architect to build the third permanent State Capitol . The design was considered at the time second only in beauty to the Nation ’s

‘ Li e r t Ha ll e H n n s h o me h is e e ct 1 6 b o . o h n B o w a a o r b y , r d 7 9 y J r f a r e t s I me o n a me s B o w n a nd G o v n . t w a s a ls o h e h o o H p t f . J r e r no r Be n a min a t z B o w n o a o ccu ie b t h e t h j Gr r . T d y p d y ﬁf / e n e at io n llI a r M a s o n a nd o h n M a tth ew S co tt . g r , y J

Capitol and stands today a credit to the classic tastes of that period , it being admirably suited to the Kentucky State Historical Society and the housing

1 2 0 . of fine old portraits , to which purpose it was dedicated in 9 “ ” 2 8 1 8 He died August , 3 7 at Liberty Hall , his Spacious brick resi

h is - dence , named for ancestral home at Washington Lee University, Lex in n w 1 — t o . as 6 g , Virginia This erected 7 9 as a home for his parents three years prior to his own marriage— o n the southwest corner of Wilkinson and

” e n a to . J o h n Edw a rd s w a s t h e o t h e r U . 8 . S r “ o n s st o o f e nt u C lli Hi ry K cky. “ t o S ri c kl an d o f Phil a d e lphi a w a s e mpl ye d .

1 6 M ontgomery Streets . The lot occupied the entire block . The house is a beautiful example of Georgian architecture , designed by Thomas Jef fe rso n , the glass having been brought out through the Virginia mountains on muleback . The ﬁne old garden is still to be seen extending back to the ’ river s edge , and is today the most extensive and beautiful of the many charming gardens to be found in Frankfort .

1 8 1 It is here in 9, that his wife Margaretta , nee Mason , assisted by S Mrs . Love founded the ﬁrst unday School ( Presbyterian) west of the All e gh anie s , the initial meeting having been under a large apple tree on the lawn , where the services were continuously held thereafter when the weather permitted , otherwise adj ourned to the commodious drawing room of her In June a large bunch of M ult aﬂ o ra roses from her garden was awarded the best attendant of the past winter . It is a fact

0 1 8 2 2 worthy of note that in the year ending September 3 , , among many

t wo ‘ who distinguished themselves , the highest marks were attained by Ann

Mary Crittenden who memorized Bible verses in twelve months ,

six while her younger sister, Cornelia Crittenden , aged years memorized

When we pause to consider that Kentucky was so many hundred miles from the seat of Government , beyond the Virginia mountains , and 1 8 with no railroad until 3 3 , it presents a unique situation that among

LaF a e tt e ff the distinguished men to have visited this home , were y , Je erson ,

r Z M adison , Monroe , General Wilkinson , Aa on Burr, achary Taylor, Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt— three of them having been present at one visit . ( See Addenda)

M rs. It was during the ball given in his honor, which Brown through

LaF a e t t e religious piety had failed to attend,that y , with the simplicity and informality of the really great , slipped quietly away to this house to pay his respects to the wife of John Brown , his early Aid , and the daughter of Reverend John Mason , his Chaplain in the Revolution .

His children were Mason and Orlando . Mason was on the Circuit

Court Bench for ten years , resigning to become Secretary of State of Ken tucky under Governor Charles S . Morehead , with whom he had written a Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky . With the characteristic taste and p ublic interest manifested by Judge Mason Brown when be became one of the ruling inﬂuences in having the second State Cemetery established in the United and in selecting

’ “ a ut o t e s a r t h e st at e me nt s o f s al o f M rs B o n M y h ri i e e v e r . r w s gr a n d c hild r e n a nd gr e a t n gr a n d c hild r e . ‘2 T h e st st ate ce me t e w a s a t M o unt Au u n M a ss ac use t t s ﬁr ry b r , h .

1 7 C its rare situation , he went even further and imported from New York ity, the celebrated young Russian Sculptor, Robert E . Launitz . To him he offered the hospitality of a home during the long delay while awaiting the arrival of the great marble shaft that had been shipped from Italy for the

c beautiful State Monument . This was to be ere ted to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican War . It came by way of the Mississippi River di

re ctl W . y from New Orleans, here a barge had been sent to receive it ’ Launitz rare art is met on eve ry hand throughout the entire cemetery . Mason ’s only child by his ﬁrst marriage“ was BENJAM IN GRATZ

BROWN , a graduate of Transylvania and Yale Colleges , who removed to 1 8 60 — 6 was Missouri , serving in the United States Senate 7 ; and Governor of that state 1 8 7 0 — 7 4 ; was also candidate for the Vice - Presidency on the ticket with Horace Greely . He attained great prominence throughout the country, having been a most able , eloquent speaker, an inherited quality

- partly attributable to his maternal grand father, the celebrated Jesse

Bledsoe .

de ce ndant He married Mary Gunn of Missouri and left many s .

Judge Brown having inherited the homestead , it has remained in an n unbroken line of inheritance through ﬁve generations to the prese t day, it now being the home of Mary Mason , and John Matthew Scott . Here ’ resided for the greater part of their lives , M ason s three daughters ’ M r s. . Margaretta , William F Barret , Kentucky s late Regent to the M ount

Vernon Association ; Mary Yoder , Mrs . William T . Scott ; and Eliza Eloise , ’

A. wife of Joseph C . Baily, a Surgeon U . S . , three of Kentucky s most prominent women , who each after but ten years of married life , returned widowed to the homestead , which had early become the property of Mrs .

M r Scott and where s . Baily still

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The old pioneer desiring that his two children might share equally in h is 1 8 h is so n h is estate, erected in 3 5 for Orlando , on the South corner of lot , another beautiful and spacious dwelling of Georgian Architecture . Orlando was Commissioner of I ndian Affairs and also a Journalist of

Frankfort . His ﬁrst marriage was to his ﬁrst cousin Mary Watts q ’k ‘‘ Bro wn so n r . and through the marriage of their , Orlando J , to Elizabeth

>k 4 H o rd — who survives him , with her three children Anne Hord , Mary

is Watts , and Mason Preston Brown , this home today held intact , and it would be hard to ﬁnd in America two lovelier examples of Colonial in

r r o . t e io s surviving s many generations Orlando Jr . served as Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty— second regiment in the Union Army under General

D . W . Lindsey , during the Civil War .

Last , but by no means least of this distinguished family, was the HON .

JAM ES BROWN , younger brother of John . He was born in Staunton ,

V 1 1 1 66 irginia , September , 7 and educated at William and Mary College ,

“ ma a s h is se co n o f t o n B o n . an o e e e a c e au t e o . e s D gh r Dr Pr r w Orl d rri d d wif , C rd li Pri , f M r Lu a s B o e a o o c . wid w . r dh d “ f o An ne c e o o an t . au t e o f u e L s a n e B . a nd D gh r J dg y d r , ( Pri ), H rd , Fr kf r

1 9 B v h l a t t h e w Jou e tt o a me s B o w n H n . J r

K 1 a 8 . but removed to Lexington , entucky, 7 9 He commanded a comp ny

rifl e me n 1 1 of under General Wilkinson 7 9 and was appointed , a year l ater, the first Secretary of State of Kentucky, by Governor Isaac Shelby, wh it s first Governor . Removing to Frankfort en the seat of Government was brought there , he for a number of years made his home with his brother J ohn , but soon after the cession of the Louisiana Territory , he settled in New Orleans , when he became Secretary of the Territory, and s ubsequently United States District Attorney . Becoming the first United

was 1 States Senator after that state admitted into the Union , December , 1 8 1 2 1 0 1 8 2 , he served two terms but resigned December , 3 when President

Monroe appointed him Minister to France , where he remained six years, it

b y th e D being his hands that , M onroe octrine was transmitted to the French

Government . A second document of importance which James Brown took w 2 1 8 2 ith him to France was the letter of February 4, 4 from President

LaF a e t t e M onroe to y , in which he stated that Congress, by resolution , authorized him to send a frigate to convey the Marquis de LaF aye t t e for a visit to this country . He had a distinguished and successful carre e r and possessed a most graceful and charming personality . He married Nancy Hart , a sister of

sudde ndl M rs. Henry Clay . His death occurred y in Philadelphia April

1 8 . 7 ) 3 5

In the two beautiful old homes built by Hon . John Brown can be

2 0 o r ait s . seen p g of these pioneer brothers , including Dr Samuel Brown ,

t h e celebrated physician and scientist , painted by noted English and Ameri

can artists of the day, forever a testimony to their distinguished appearance .

“ amu e B o n st o e sso o f M e c ne o f a ns a n a a n d t h e e at e s t e n c o u n Dr . S l r w , ﬁr Pr f r di i Tr yl v i gr w r f o n a n d M a a e t s t o n B t r w a s o n a n u a 0 1 6 in n a so n o R e v . e o n y, b r J ry 3 , 7 9 Vi rg i i , J h rg r ( Pr ) r w ,

a n d gr a n d so n o f J o h n a nd Eli z a b e t h ( P a t t o n ) Pr e st o n . e w as o e sso o f e m st An at o m a n d u e at an s a n a n e s t Le x H pr f r Ch i ry, y S rg ry Tr ylv i U i v r i y, 1 d t o o m w a r n e t e fo r t h e st nt o uct o n n t o t h e e st o f t h e in t o n K . a n e e g , y , 7 9 9 , wh i d b d fir i r d i i w f t h I n 1 8 0 h e h a d acc n at e u a s o f fiv e u n e e r o act c u se o e o o . 2 p r ph yl i C wp x , v i d pw rd h dr d p so ns e n N e w Y o a nd a e a s c an s e e u st ma n t e st e e me n t a , wh rk Phi l d lph i ph y i i w r j ki g h i r fir xp ri l t t m t s I t w a s u se in Le n t o n e e n e o e e n n e c o u a n t h e co n e nce o f t h e e o e a e p . d xi g v b f r J r ld g i fid p pl f E a m M c D o w ll o f i o nt H w a a ma i n u c o t a n o . e o f h s o w n c u . e s a c ss t e n E ry l di b rgh , S l d , Dr ph ri , h K . t o o n o n m u an e e e n e e e in a o t o e . D vi ll , y , w rl d r w d pi r Ov ri y S rg ry ’ an s l a n a n e s t h ad it s o n a t an e o r o s t a t o n n e a b o e m e Tr y v i U i v r i y ri gi D vi ll , Cr w S i , r y, N v b r , 1 8 t h e e m n a e mo e t o Le n t o n 1 8 and w as e st a s e t e e e ce m e 2 1 8 7 3 ; S i ry r v d xi g , 7 9, bli h d h r D b r , 7 9 . w t h t M a in t h a T h Law I t as e hi rd e di c l co ll e g e e U n i t e d S t t e s . e D e p a rt me nt w a s o rg a n iz e d b o o n e e o e c o a s a so e o f t h e R e o ut o n and me m e o f t h e V n a C o n y C l l G rg Ni h l , ldi r v l i , b r i rgi i v e nt i o ns.

C a U ﬁe ld 5‘5 h 0 0 k h 0 t 0 ra h t- ' Th e h i St a t e a it o l 1 8 2 . P 8 P s T rd C p , 7

2 1 r e s f t h e Ke n k H s l o e . P ai n t e d b y M atth e w Jo uct t Cou t y o tuc y i toric a S c i ty e e M a rquis de LaF ay tt .

2 2 meet his current expenses and returned home with the bonds for two cows and calves and the usual fees of that day . Though but nineteen years

was of age , he chosen and acted as clerk of the ﬁrst convention ever held in l that p ace , and of all the succeeding Conventions in Kentucky, until

1 2 the establishment of the state in 7 9 . He represented Kentucky in the

Virginia Legislature before Kentucky was declared a State ; was one of the electors of the Senate Clerk of the old Federal Court in the District , and upon the establishmen t of the Court of Appeals under the Second Con

stit utio n 1 it s . , 7 99, was appointed ﬁrst clerk At the age of thirty six he

it s was appointed a j udge of the Court of Appeals and at forty , Chief

Justice .

When the Seventh United States Circuit was formed, composed of ff Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, President Je erson appointed him an

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, commission ed M arch 3 , It being necessary to bring to the deliberation of the Supreme Court , some one well versed in the peculiar land laws of that

ff re vast Western region , it is said that Je erson in making his decision ,

o f quested each member Congress from the States in this Circuit , to com municat e a nomination of their ﬁrst and second choice and that the name of Todd appeared on every list , although personally unknown to many of his supporters . His decisions W hile on the Court of Appeals laid the foundation of the Land Laws of his State and his perfect familiarity with questions of this character gave him later a controlling inﬂuence with his associate brothers on the Supreme Court of the United States . This latter position he held

h is 1 8 2 6 . until death February 7 ,

C rit t e n At a meeting of the members of the Frankfort Bar, John J . was : den being called to the chair, the resolution adopted That in consideration of the acknowledged virtues and dis t in uish e d g talents , learning and character of the deceased and high

respect and esteem entertained for him by the Bar, they will attend the funeral on tomorrow and wear crape on the left arm for a space ” of thirty days .

It was said of him by Mr . Justice Story : “ He was patient and candid , in investigation , clear and sagacious in ” “ difﬁde nt r j udgment , with a j ust respect for authority and e ” in tiring his habits, he won the enviable respect of his associates . He had removed to F rankfort when the seat of the Government of

K was b ro u h t . y entucky . g there , and toda his old home can be seen on the

“ s a o nt me n t w a s a t c u l a l fl a t t e n t o e nt uc a s e ffe so n h a d o n t w o e a s Thi pp i p r i r y ri g K ky, J r l y y r Ho n o n B n o f a e t t u nt At t e o u s a o nt e . e c e e o o ne e ne al o f n t e pr v i l y pp i d J h r ki rid g F y C y, r y G r U i d He w a s t h e st e n t uc a n t o s in t h ne t t at s e e e a . S e . fir K ki rv C bi 2 4 n a orthe st corner of Wapping and Washington streets , a handsome two story brick house of square Colonial outline , whose gabled roof and spacious rooms have sheltered Todds even unto the fifth generation .

>I< 1 was e lde st By his ﬁrst wife , Elizabeth Harris , of Pennsylvania , his so n CHARLES STEWART TODD , born near Danville , Kentucky , Janu

2 2 1 1 ary , 7 9 . He graduated at William and Mary College , Virginia and

h is Le it ch ﬁe ld studied law with father, afterward attended lectures at Con n e ct icut under celebrated instructors and at Transylvania University , Lex in o n mim n c t . e e t g , Ky from which Institute so many physi ians and lawyers have gone forth . He volunteered in 1 8 1 2 and was on the staff of General William d Henry Harrison , as Division Ju ge Advocate of Kentucky troops and rose

— rapidly to the rank of brevet Colonel of Cavalry . When the war was

t . over, he located in Frankfor to practice Law He was Secretary of State of Kentucky under Governor George Madison and was later a member of the Kentucky Legislature . ’ ff Upon his return , after having served as charge de a airs to Columbia ,

1 8 2 South America , where he was appointed in 3 , he retired to a farm in

Shelby County, Kentucky, when in j ust recognition of his scientiﬁc knowl edge , he became President of the State Agricultural Society . A second and greater recognition of his knowledge of this science , was received some

n years later . While acting under the appointme t of President Tyler as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia , the Czar made him a member of the Imperial Agricultural Society , an honor but rarely conferred on a foreigner . In 1 8 50 he was one of the three Commissioners to treat with the I ndians on the Mexican border and drew up the ﬁnal report of the Com mission to the Government .

In appearance he was said to have resembled Louis Philippe .

He married Letitia , daughter of Governor I saac Shelby and Thomas , one of his several children , commanded a company in the Mexican War .

1 1 8 1 . He died May 4, 7 , while on a Visit to Baton Rouge , Louisiana

so n — — The second of Mr . Justice Todd John Harris Todd married his ﬁrst cousin , the beautiful Maria Knox I nnis, (daughter of Chief

Justice Harry Innis), who afterwards became the second wife of John J . “ t n a o E a t rs o n ann a a n a a r . e c e e e o n s e M . d M M s O h r hi ldr w r J h H rri T dd ; liz b h , J h H h ; ri , mu n t a n Ed d S rli g . “ h il t dre n e a s ma R o s u L t a a . e e . e H. o e a B e e t m e O h r g w r , D r Ch rl T dd , rri d rw ll ; i i , rri d Dr

o n a t e V n a ma e a n e M o se e G riﬂit h o f e ns o o . J h C r r ; i rgi i , rri d D i l l y , Ow b r

2 5 Through their son , Harry I . Todd , they were the grand

o f R parents REAR ADM I AL CHAPMAN COLEMAN TODD , born

l 1 8 8 Apri 5 , 4 in the two story brick house on the Southeast corner of

and t . M ain Washington Street , direc ly behind the Todd homestead In 1 8 6 2 , the Civil War being in progress , there was need for an increase in the United States Navy— hence h is appointment to Annapolis before the a e - g of fourteen , the appointment being made by his step grandfather,

Ho n . . John J . Crittenden , then a Representative in Congress

- Admiral Todd served in the Spanish American War . He was also commander of the ﬁrst exploration up the headwaters of the Orinoco and

- ﬁve Amazon Rivers , retiring from the Navy after forty years of service , with the rank of Rear Admiral .

He was twice married , ﬁrst to Ann M ary Thornton , a sister of the wife "‘2 of Admiral Watson 5 next to Eliza James who is the mother of his so n

r . Chapman Coleman Todd J , a Lieutenant Commander in the United

States Navy, who participated in the late War . s While serving on the upreme bench at Washington , Mr . Justice Todd was a frequent visitor at the White House during the administration of

President James Madison . There he wooed and won Lucy Payne (widow of George Steptoe Washington ) a sister of the peerless Dolly Madison .

Was t h e I 1 2 This ﬁrst wedding ever performed in the White House . ( 8 ) >“ so n in The eldest of this second marriage , James Madison Todd , h e rit e d the homestead , where he lived to an advanced age , surrounded by

L aF a e tt e a large President Madison , General y and many dis t in uish e d g men have been entertained within these walls .

L aF a e t t e When General y , accompanied by his son , George Washington

"< LaF a e tt e r y , his secreta y, Auguste Levasseur and ever faithful servant

Bastie nne 1 8 2 visited Frankfort on May 9 , 5 , seven military companies and a large number of private citizens in carriages and on horseback rode for miles out the public highway to meet and escort him into town . Mr .

so n Justice Todd and his small , James Madison , were among the riders, as it was at the Todd residence that he w as to be entertained at dinner that “ ” h is evening , before he repaired to the Weisiger House for a ball in honor .

“ e c e n e e a t a n a I o w h o ma e a ne a so n at e n e Th i r hildr w r C p i H rry . T d d , rri d J D v id ; C h ri “ ” Luc t t w h o ma e h e r st e - o t e o ma s Le o n a s t t e n e n a n d E a e t y Ki y, rri d p br h r Th id Cri d ; liz b h An n h a a e w o m e W m e n W a t so n . , rri d i lli H ry “ a u t o f u A n a f a n o t D gh e r J d ge dr e w J me s o Fr kf r . g” t h n o f M r ust i o n ma a e e e —W a m o nst o n o O e r c e . ce o b h s sec hildr J i T dd y d rri g w r , i lli J h T dd , wh o ma e M ss a n o M a so n o ma e M r . au a n . rri d i Sw i ; D ll y di T d d , rri d V gh “J T h e c e n o f a me s M a so n o an d A so n a B R e n c e e — A e an e ma e hi ldr J di T dd lli i ibb i k w r , l x d r , rri d A c e G a Luc a n e W a m o nst o n Ann M a Le t t a Le e ma e R o e t A t u li y ; y P y ; i lli J h ; ry ; i i , rri d b r r h r p so n nd a m r ma e M ss R o ss . e t e o f Lo u s e A a a e s M a so n . r i v ill ; lli i ; J d i , J , rri d i

ma n n o t e s ma e b Le a sse u b e s u se u e nt co m e a o o o f h is t a e s . y d y v r , b q ly pil d b k r v l 2 6 ’ It is said that upon the gala occasion of LaF aye t t e s entrance into

Frankfort from Louisville , the St . Clair bridge over which he passed, was garlanded with ﬂowers, the young boys of the town formed them selves into a military company , while the little girls ran through the

a streets strewing ﬂowers in his path . The Legislature of Kentucky p p ro p riat e d over eight thousand dollars towards the entertainment of LaF aye tt e and to defray the expenses of his accepted invitation to visit “ ” in vit io n Kentucky . An original to the ball at the Weisiger House can be

seen framed and hanging in the Kentucky Historical. Society Building at

n e b M e w e Pai t d y atth Jou tt Pai n t e d b y M atth e w J ou e tt

ll 'l r s h o ma s . o n e e Lu c a n e h T T dd, y P y Justic e T o ma s T o dd

e su urb Frankfort , as can also be s en the p life size portrait of him , painted b y i the famous Kentucky Art st , M atthew J ouett , by order of the Legis l at u re and Governor Desha during his stay in Washington i n the winter

"< 4 1 8 2 1 0 0 . 0 0 of 5 , Jouett having received $ 5 for the work Thus with t h e a LaF a e tt e whole of the United St tes acclaiming him , y passed from

— one triumph to another, visiting the twenty four states of the Union

u i n d ring his soj ourn of ﬁfteen months this country .

“ o m t h R st o f t h t st Fr e e gi e r e K e n uc ky Hi o ri c a l S o c i e ty.

2 7 W "e r e B . lza , P hotog aph r

T e B n u il Ai o n Bi h ur le o me t b r . h B. y H , b y J b b

EW so M EN have attained the dignity of the bench at early an age , and left so enduring an imprint upon the courts of Kentucky as did 0 HON . GEORGE M ORTI ER BIBB , born in Virginia , October 3 , 1 6 7 7 , son of Rev . Richard Bibb , a distinguished minister of the Episcopal

Church . He graduated at Hampton Sydney and William and Mary

1 8 Colleges , Virginia and in 7 9 removed to Kentucky, where he rose rapidly through his solid legal attainments until considered one of the most able lawyers of the state . When but thirty years of age , he was appointed one of

A e als the Judges of the Court of pp L and the following year its Chief

Justice . Succeeding Henry Clay in the United States Senate he served two

as terms and served nine years Chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court ,

b e gaining great distinction as such . This later position he resigned to come Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President John Tyler . At the close of that administration he entered upon the practice of the l aw in the District of Columbia and also acted as assistant in the ofﬁce

— 1 1 8 of the Attorney General United States . He died April 4, 5 9 in “ ” h is . Georgetown , D . C . eminent in profession , able and noted

2 8 He was the last representative to wear knee breeches at the National

Capitol .

His ﬁrst wife was Martha , a daughter of General and Governor Charles Scott (a General in the Revolution and ﬁfth Governor of Ken tucky) and through their daughter Frances Ann , descended the Burnley wh o ’ family, constituted one of Frankfort s most esteemed households for >k 1 c n ur a half e t y.

The home owned and occupied by Judge Bibb for many years , is an old fa is shioned two story house on Washington Street , which still standing wi th its same quaint New England entrance . It is but one half square out of my boundary and has long since passed from the possession of the Bibb family, but in the lovely old two story, gabled roofed brick house of his

e . . broth r, M r John B Bibb, on Wapping Street , have lived the Burnley fam ily for several generations, it now being occupied by Misses Fannie and Ann

a — M ryCrittenden , great grand daughters of George M . Bibb and grand

o f daughters John J . Crittenden .

But the most prominent of his descendants , and of the men and women of Frankfort without whom no social account could be complete and to

t h e whom author is indebted , through personal interviews , for the nucleus

— of information contained in this article , is his grand daughter MARTHA “ ” ANN , better known as M I SS PATTY BURNLEY . In her death at her h 1 6 1 1 ome above mentioned on Wapping Street , November , 9 9 , not only

Frankfort , but the state of Kentucky lost one of its most distinguished

— women . And it can be truly said of her that she died eighty eight years

— an young , with her brilliant mind lasting to the end ornament to any society . “ ” 2 1 8 1 D ave iss She was born July , 3 at Cornland , County Kentucky,

u the co ntry seat of her honored grandfather, Judge Bibb . Her father,

Albert S . Burnley, was the son of an English gentleman who emigrated to Virginia . At an early age M iss Burnley removed with her parents to Washington

City where her father was prominently engaged in the newspaper business ; ’ sh e while , as a pupil of M adam Conde s famous French School in New

York City, became a most proﬁcient French scholar . This accomplishment sh e - re retained throughout life and at the age of eighty six years , she by “ ” o f Oﬂicial quest , assumed the position Letter Writer for many of the

“ Amo n o t e c e n e t us P o m o n i u s At t c u s e o N a n d M a Lu a e e . c o c g h r hildr w r Ti p i , G rg ry y P h o nt a s w h o e st s in t h e lo n a at a o u n s K u ma e e e t . e B e a seco n , r gr v P r q Spri g , y J dg ibb rri d d t me in W a s n t o n t a nd t s l e e e a c e n . i hi g Ci y, l f v r l hi dr

2 9 people of Frankfort , adopting French orphans , during the World War . Her girlhood was spent in New York and the National Capital,where a n sh e was heir to the highest social adv ntages that wealth a d position bring . Her father’s health becoming impaired a few years pri or to the a e a Civil War, in order that he might be near his d ught r, H rriet , wife of

Mr . Robert Crittenden , he returned to Frankfort and bought the home of Mr . William D . Reed on Main between Wilkinson and Washington 1 ”< n Streets but lived only a few yearsto e j oy it .

At the beginning of the Civil War her only brother, George Bibb

Burnley espoused the Southern cause and went South . Desiring to be

t wo near him , his mother with her unmarried daughters, Patty and

Lucy, sold their home and soon followed , remaining South until the war ’ closed and throughout Miss Bur nle y s life no sentiment was ever dearer to her heart than the cuase of the Confederacy . With the loss in battle of her cherished brother and the already im S paired fortunes that most outherners sustained , they returned once more to Frankfort , a short time before the death of Mrs . John B . Bibb , when their uncle invited them to make their home with him . It is here “ ” that M iss Patty spent the last ﬁfty years of her life , the most beloved of women , an aristocrat in the highest sense , of a time honored race , whose portraits by the ﬁnest masters hung about her . Herself a musician , her home was the rendezvous for poets, artists and musicians , all seeking her commendation , charming men and women , young and old , with her stately presence , her keen perceptions and wit , while with her delightful conver

sh e . sation , combined the almost rarer art of listening Her strong relig ious faith and love for the Episcopal Church were deep It was remarked by one of Kentucky ’s most travelled and charming

sh e women , that had rarely, if ever, been in any prominent social com munity throughout the country but that some especially r epresentative citi zen had inquired for “ M iss Patty

“ N o w o n b e M r s R o e t e e . w d y . b r P pp r ” h a t r Lo u r o u c e fo r mo st o f m n o mat o n c o nce n n T e l e M s . i se W e l c h Lab o t w a s my s r y i f r i r i g “ b e o f M s B u n lif e i s r l ey. ak a r mo n Bo a B u M s. n Si li v r c k e r .

r Maria Allen and became the father of Col . William Logan C ittenden , who sacriﬁced his life in the Lopez expedition against Cuba ( 1 8 50 When captured at Cardenas and ordered to turn his back to the enemy and kneel “ : before the ﬁring squad , refusing to be blindfolded , he replied A Ken ” tuck ian d kneels to none except his God , and always ies facing his enemy , so with his own hand , he gave the signal for the volley of musketry, and

. died standing, facing the guns , His brother , Thomas Theodore , married

Carrie Jackson of Frankfort and removed to Missouri , where he practiced law until elected Governor of that State and was twice a member of Con

as gress . He too, must be added to my illustrious list , for some years he ﬁ supported himself by clerking in the general land of ce of Kentucky, while

. r . residing and studying Law with his uncle , John J Crittenden , in Frankfo t

1 0 1 8 6 John Jordan Crittenden was born September , 7 in Woodford

County , Kentucky . He attended Washington Academy and graduated at

William and Mary College . He studied law under the celebrated George b M . Bi b and in his profession exhibited so rare gifts that he soon rose rapidly into public favor . Although , in his profession an orator of great

a persuasive powers , eloquence and magnetism , possessing that peculi r power of oratory that can charm the learned and the ignorant at the same

i t me and though probably the greatest criminal lawyer of his day, he found politics much more congenial and devoted his life to public service .

He was Attorney - General of the Territory of Illinois 1 8 0 9 - 1 1 , was t e n times elected to the Kentucky Legislature , being four times made speaker of the house .

1 8 1 2 Serving in the War of , he was aid to Generals Ramsey, Hopkins

nd a Shelby and while with the latter, rendered distinguished service at

1 8 2 . . At the battle of the Thames . He was in 7 appointed U S District torney, but was removed after two years by President Jackson to whom he was radically opposed . He was Secretary of State of Kentucky ; ﬁve times United States Senator, and twice Attorney General of the United

— States appointments by William Henry Harrison and Millard Filmore .

After the death of President Harrison , he retired to ﬁll the unexp ired term of Henry Clay in the United States Senate .

1 8 8 Having been elected by the Whig party, Governor of Kentucky 4 , he resigned after two years to accept the appointment in the cabinet of

32 Fillmore . There are still in existence interesting old bank notes on which are printed pictures of Governor Crittenden and his wife , nee , Maria

Knox Innis .

was In the Senate , he the advocate of measures looking to the adj ust ment of diflicult ie s between the states , w as an ardent and outspoken ’ supporter of Clay s Compromise Measures, and was the author of the “ ” “ celebrated Crittenden Compromise , President of the Border State ” n 1 8 6 1 Conve tion at Frankfort , and although opposed to confiscation , the proclamation of the Emancipation and the enlistment of negro soldiers, he regarded these of minor importance and stood firmly for the Union .

1 8 6 1 In , he was elected to the Lower House of Congress and had j ust

h is 2 1 6 8 6 . completed term in that body when he died in Frankfort July , 3

>k 1 : 1 1 He was married three times ﬁrst 8 1 to Sarah O . Lee daughter

nco r o rat o rs of Maj or John Lee , one of the I p and trustees of Transylvania

University .

The eldest of his children , Ann Mary Crittenden , from early youth

w as gave promise of her future career . She but eleven years of age

1 8 2 when General Lafayette arrived in Frankfort on M ay 9, 5 and upon the occasion of an open air entertainment given the following day in his

sh e was honor, lifted upon an elevation that she might read aloud an original and most dramatic poem written to him . There were two copies made of this and printed in gold letters on white satin— one for him and one to be kept for herself . She became scholarly in her attainments , trans lating a number of books for publication from both the French and

German languages , besides being an authoress of ability and the biographer of her noted father . She married Chapman Coleman and through her

“ B o m h e h ad Ann M a e o e B o ne l a w h o ec ame th e seco n e o f y wh ry ; G rg ibb ; C r i , b d wif n f t an ll ma L o R v o n a Y o u e s e nt o e n e o e e e K . o s e n a e . s J h Cl rk g , Pr id C r C ll g , D vi , y ; Th id ; “ R o t w h o ma e a e t B u n e Eu e n a w h o e in o u t a n d a e Le e M a a e . b r , rri d H rri r l y ; g i , di d y h , S lli ri

33 several daughters, was the ancestress of representative families of Ken tucky . P so n . Her CHA MAN COLEMAN , JR who was at a German Uni versity when the Civil War broke out , returned to become a private in de f n s e e of States Rights and his native Southland . He was for twenty years

First Secretary of the American Legation at Berlin , having been ﬁrst appointed by President Grant ; then Consul to Roubaix France . He served in the State D e p arme n t at Washington and afterwards was for seven years l Consul at Rome . A h o ugh the greater part of his life was spent in foreign countries , it was to Kentucky and this corner that he returned for his bride , Jane Swigert Hendrick (daughter of Dr . J . R . Hendrick) whose “ ” home was The Terraces . This palatial colonial brick homestead was built by her maternal grandfather, M r . Philip Swigert , in the spacious lot on the southeast corner of Wapping and Washington Streets, the garden ’ o c of which is terraced down to the water s edge , the home today being cu ie d p by the ﬁfth generation . ’ Two of Mr . Crittenden s sons became distinguished during the Civil

. saw War Like many another father of that period in Kentucky , he his house divided against itself . Receiving the communication that the two armies were assembling for battle in Tennessee and that a beloved so n was a participant on either side , he as a member of Congress , secured a S c pe ial permit and under a ﬂag of truce , visited them both on the eve of battle .

The eldest , GEORGE BIBB CRITTENDEN , was educated under the celebrated Professor, B . B . Sayre and then graduated at West Point

1 8 2 h is 3 , but resigned after a year of service to study law with father and subsequently at Transylvania University . With many other Ken t uck i ans 1 8 2 , he was engaged in the war between Texas and Mexico , 4 , when they were captured and imprisoned for nearly a year at Matamoras and Mexico City . During this period the Mexicans issued an edict that

i a ce rtain proportion of the prisoners should be shot , the decision being made by the drawing of white and black beans from a box . Young fﬁ Crittenden as an o cer, was among the ﬁrst to draw and being successful slipped his bean to his intimate friend near by who had a wife and family

a at home , and for himself took the chance of a second draw, when gain ’ he was successful . Up on his release , a friend of his father s in Mexico

City gave him a horse , saddle , bridle and blankets and money to return h f e ome , but seeing a comrade ill and more needy, he once more e faced s lf , giving the horse and equipment to him , and made his own way home with

1 8 6 the others less fortunate . In 4 he received an appointment as Captain

3 4 R iﬂe me n of M ounted , later breveted M aj or for gallantry and served

during the Mexican War under General Winﬁeld Scott , participating in

all of the battles from Vera Cruz to the capture of Mexico . He returned to the regular army and rose to the rank of Colonel by 1 8 5 6 and saw

l 1 1 . 8 6 service on the frontier unti , when his strong Southern convictions

caused him to resign to enter the cause of the Confederacy, leaving the i service w th the rank of Maj or General Confederate States Army .

so n THOMAS LEONIDAS , the second of John J . Crittenden , was also ducat e d under Professor Sayre , but later studied law with his father and entered upon the practice with much promise . He too , served in the

Mexican War and was Aide to General Zachary Taylor, to whom through his mother, he was related and was appointed by President Taylor, a

— 1 8 . 1 8 6 1 Consul to Liverpool , England 49 5 3 In he succeeded General

m o ﬂice Si on Bolivar Buckner as Inspector General of Kentucky , which he vacated when appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers in the Union Army— was advanced to M aj or General and served to the close of the

War . He retired to private life , but was afterwards commissioned Lieu

— 1 8 6 tenant Colonel in the Regular Army, breveted Brigadier General 7 ,

1 1 remaining in the service until retired 8 8 on account of age .

He married h is step — sister Catherine Lucy Todd and his only child w rd as . the gallant young Lieutenant John J Crittenden , 3 , who though

- f but twenty one years of age , was on the sta f of General Custer and killed with him in that fatal massacre . His remains with many of those noble dead , were afterwards with much ceremony, removed to that hallowed

— hill top above Frankfort . Although having been reared in the home of his father on the south r west corne of Main and Washington Streets , General Crittenden at one period of his married life , occupied the two story frame house on the north

l su r west corner of Wi kinson and Main Streets , which is still standing , rounded by extensive lawn and garden . l “ ” Sal ie Lee , called Maria Crittenden , married Edward Howe Watson , and was the mother of REAR ADM IRAL JOHN CRITTENDEN WATSON who served in the United States Navy until retired at the age

— m of sixty two , with the rank of Rear Ad iral .

During the Civil War he was Flag - Lieutenant on the Staff of Admiral

Farragut on the Hartford and was present at the capture of Mobile Bay .

He commanded a vessel in the Spanish - American War and was Naval Representative of the United States Government at the Coronation of

3S King Edward VI I — a ﬁne Naval Ofﬁcer and most beloved by kindred and r f iends .

- His wife was Elizabeth Thornton , a grand daughter of Chief Justice ,

Harry I nnis . Three of his sons are military ofﬁcers of their country d Edwar Howe , a Captain United States Navy ; Thornton , a Colonel United m States Ar y and Alexander Mackenzie , a Maj or in the United States

Marine Corps .

2 h 1 8 2 h is Admiral Watson was born the 4 of August 4 , in the home of

. so n honored grandfather, John J Crittenden , where also was born his , r John J . Crittenden Watson J . , who has served as Consul at several different foreign h . s e Upon the marriage of M r Crittenden to the widow Todd , removed t o the Crittenden home with her several small Todds . Elizabeth Anne “ ” ’ e Todd marri d William Henry Watson , a brother of Maria Crittenden s

— husband , and here the step sisters , inseparable , with their Watson families , eventually returned to live in this complicated family connection , in love ’ and harmony unsu rpassed in a family s history until their children were reared and married from their door . ’ Governor Crittenden s third wife , nee , Elizabeth M oss , had also been previously twice married , ﬁrst to General Daniel Wilcox of the

United States Army ; and secondly to General William Ashly . With such deep affection was Mr . Crittenden held by his two sets of step children and step - grandchildren and so closely were they associated with his home and life , it is regretable that the lack of space prevents individual mention . Wh en we see the quaint old low two story brick house abutting on the s — treet , with no particular architectural merit save for the classic doorway , a noble example of Colonial design— and from the outer walls suggest ing by no means a spacious interior, we feel that this dwelling must have been blessed by love , as were the loaves and ﬁshes and made to go around .

The house came into t h e possession of M r . Crittenden when he removed to

1 8 1 . as Frankfort in 9, it having been built probably by Dr Joseph Scott it was occupied by him for many years . The land had once been the property of Aaron Burr, doubtless a speculative purchase in the early settling of Frankfort , through the intimate friendship of General Wilkin

so n .

When Daniel Webster and his family arrived in Frankfort on Friday,

1 1 8 LaF a e t t e w as May 3 , 3 7 , he like General y , met a few miles out of the

C rit t e n city by gentlemen on horseback and escorted to the home of Mr . den , where they visited until the following M onday , when they left for

" — e l n o f a at so n a re z Anne M a a a Lo "a a t e A m W o nt o n and a u O t h r chi dr d i r l ry ; S r h Th r ; y l F rr g .

36 ’ Louisville . The citizen s of Frankfort of all parties united in giving them

c a hearty welcome and on Saturday a large barbecue , chara teristic of the day, was prepared for them on the banks of the beautiful Elkhorn Creek . ’ M r . Webster s speech upon that occasion was long remembered with pride and pleasure .

1 1 8 8 - e ve On February 9, 4 , President elect Zachary Taylor, on the

ur t io n innau a . of his g , paid a visit to Governor Crittenden Arriving by boat , he was met at the landing by the members of the Legislature , the old Mexican soldiers and many other citizens who escorted him to the mansion . The semi — circular carriage step in front of this home was one of the two presented to M r . Crittenden , it having been the door step of the ﬁrst

State Capitol .

There is a celebrated marble bust of Governor Crittenden , by Joel T .

Hart , while portraits have been painted of him by the famous artists ,

Matthew Jouett and Moise and Fowler, the latter always painting together .

3 7 ONT EM P OR AN EOU S with John J . Crittenden , the gifted More was heads and Robert Letcher, HON . THOMAS M ETCALFE ,

2 0 1 8 0 . born in Fauquier County Virginia, M arch , 7

The ﬁrst of the family in this country, John Metcalfe , emigrated

was from Yorkshire England and settled in Virginia . He a graduate of

Cambridge and for many years after his arrival , was the principal of

His so n a , John , after serving as a Captain in the Revolution

1 8 . ary War, emigrated to Nicholas County Kentucky 7 5 He was married three times , his last wife , the widow of Eli Chinn , nee Rhoda Dent , of

Maryland , having been the mother of my sketch . Thomas Metcalfe received an ordinary English education and at the age of sixteen owing to the limited ﬁnances of his father, the old soldier, pion neer and father of sixteen children , he was apprenticed to an elder brother

rt and became a stone mason . It is even claimed that he came to Frankfo ’ and worked on the Governor s mansion , which he eventually occupied . His inherent intellect and ﬁne public spirit was destined for other things and he was soon recognized as a dominant factor in the local affairs of his

1 8 1 2 c community, when in , he was ele ted to the Kentucky Legislature from

— Nicholas County and re elected for several terms . He raised a company of Volunteers in 1 8 1 3 and fought gallantly at

Fort Meigs . Five years later, elected to Congress, he was continuously re - 1 8 2 8 elected until , when he became Governor of Kentucky as the can

i f s e d dat e o the National Republican Pa rty . He once more erv d in the Legislature and as President of the State Board of I nternal Improve l sub se ue n . ments , and q y ﬁlled the unexpired term of John J Crittenden , h is P e nns l in the United States Senate . It was speech at Harrisburg, y vania , which nominated William Henry Harrison for the Presidency . He possessed great force of character and was one of the most eloquent

. h i h o n o r men of his day Metcalfe County was named in s . The position ff of Secretary of War was o ered him , but on account of failing health , he declined it and spent the latter years of his life at his old home “ Forest ” 1 Retreat , Nicholas County, Kentucky where he died of cholera in 8 5 5 .

He was proud of his early struggles and delighted in being called , ” The Old Stone Hammer. His private residence while in Frankfort was on Main near Washing ton Street and his life and interests closely associated with his distinguished n eighbors .

“ a e an a G r atk ins o f V n a He m rri d D i i rgi i .

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is . head, a Professor at Baylor University, Waco Texas i h s K . 1 8 Having died at home in Covington , y , 54, a year later his remains were brought to Frankfort and interred with great ceremony . General John Marshall Harlan (afterwards Justice of the United States Supreme Court ) was Chief Marshal and many visitors from throughout the state were present .

w as A portrait of him painted by Matthew Jouett , presented by his

- grand daughter to the Kentucky Historical Society at Frankfort . For intermittent periods of time his residence was in several di fferent homes of this corner of the town .

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R His ﬁrst cousin CHARLES SLAUGHTE MOREHEAD , born

. 1 8 0 2 so n July 7 , in Nelson County Kentucky, was the only of Charles Morehead who married Miss Slaughter of Virgi n i a and who fought under a ’ Light Horse H rry Lee s command , being at the Surrender of Corn o wallace . He was frequently in b th House and Senate of the Kentucky

Legislature .

C h arle s Slaughter, like his distinguished cousin , was "a graduate of

40 Transylvania University . He was many times a member of the Ken tucky Legislature and often made Speaker of the House . While Attorney ’ General of Kentucky, under his cousin s Gubernatorial Administration , he with Judge Mason Brown , wrote a Digest of the Statute Laws of Ken

was tucky . He served one term in Congress ; elected Governor of Ken

1 8 h is . tucky 5 5 , making Judge Brown Secretary of State Having been appointed a delegate to the Peace Conference at Washing ton 1 8 6 1 and subsequently at the Border State Convention which met at

Frankfort , he in every possible way, used his inﬂuence to avert the Civil

was War . I n September, without Charge or Warrant , he arrested on suspicion of favoring the secession of Kentucky and was secretly conveyed a — LaF a e t t e cross the Ohio thence incarcerated in Fort y , New York , for a year . He lost much property during the War .

He married Margaret Levy of Woodford County, Kentucky and his so n Franklin C was named for the County which had given him such , " an overwhelming maj ority during h is Gubernatorial race .

His early home in Frankfort , a square two story brick house of colonial design , with a garden of ﬂowers at the Side , is still to be seen on the northeast corner of Main and Washington Streets— diagonally from the h ome of John J . Crittenden . It was built by Mr . John Harvie of

u . Virginia , and occ pied by him and his family for many years Adj oining these grounds on Washington Street stood the Episcopal

Parsonage , occupied by Bishop Benj amin Bosworth Smith . When con se crat e d 1 8 2 Bishop , he was made the ﬁrst Bishop of Kentucky in 3 , he was Superintendent of Public Instruction in Kentucky and at the head of the

1 — 2 1 8 6 8 8 0 . Common School System 4 4 I n , upon the death of Bishop

Hopkins, he became Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the

1 United States . Having removed to New York City , he died there May 3 ,

Hi M rs . 1 8 8 . s 4 at the age of ninety years three daughters , Louisa ,

— Willis Green ; Virginia and Elizabeth all lived to extreme old age and were long residents of this neighborhood , the latter having died there

— at the age of ninety eight years .

“ — m o n A a mu l a l e 2 W a . . i n e e 1 ma n a w h o ma e W . H s c e . e hi ldr w r , d , rri d S k r ; illi ; 3 J h ; 4

F r an k li n C .

41 old citizens of Frankfort recall the skillful violin music,

the wit and humor and delightful anecdotes of HON . ROBERT

1 0 1 8 8 PERKINS LETCHER , born February , 7 , in Goochland

so n County, Virginia, it is not hard to realize that he was the of Stephen

Giles and Betsy (Perkins) Letcher, the grandson of Giles and Hannah

( Hughes) Letcher, who emigrated to Virginia from the North of Ireland, both having been of Welsh decent . It is recorded in family documents that the Leach or Letcher family bore three crowns on their Coat of Arms, it having been granted by Edward I I I to a member of the family living at the time in Berkshire , who had entertained three

Kings in his Castle at one time . Rgmo ving to Kentucky with his father in early youth and after

1 8 1 2 . . serving in the War of , Mr Letcher studied law under Hon Humph

M arsh all and . rey , practiced in Garrard County Kentucky He represent ed that county several times in the Legislature and in 1 8 2 2 was elected

as ﬁrm to Congress, serving most creditably twelve years, a and consistent

Whig and as Speaker of the House . From there he was again elected to

n 1 8 0 the Ke tucky Legislature and made Speaker of the House , when in 4 he was elected Governor of Kentucky— one of his last ofﬁcial acts being the appointment of the ﬁrst Thanksgiving day proclaimed in the State ,

2 6 1 8 . 1 8 September , 44 In 49 he was appointed by Zachary Taylor En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, where he re mained three years .

Later he made a race for Congress , but was defeated by the Distinguish

>k 1 Br k inrid was ed John Cabell e c ge . He an able lawyer and devoted to

was . the best interests of his state . A county named in his honor It was during his administration as Governor that the Legislature of Kentucky appropriated a sum of money to remove the remains of Daniel and Rebecca Boone from Missouri to Frankfort , when nearly every county

re re of the state , besides many Southern and Western States were p

1 1 8 . sented at the ceremonies on September 3 , 45 They were held at their ﬁnal resting place in that most picturesque of all cemeteries— o n the hill top above Frankfort— which commands a view of the Spires and towers of the classic old town below and the Splendid panorama of river

“ n K . 1 8 2 1 H a o r e ne a o n a e ll B e c k n e w a s o n n e a Le t o n . e w as a M G r l J h C b r i ri dg b r r xi g , y , j in t h e M e c an W a r t c e in o n e ss and a s V c e - e s e nt t B uc an an w a s t h e xi ; wi C g r , i Pr id wi h h , yo un e st man w h o e e e t at o s t o n . He e s ne h is o s t o n in t h e n t e t at e s e n at e g v r h ld h p i i r ig d p i i U i d S S , ’ wh e r e h e h a d t a k e n a high p o s i t i o n a s an o r a t o r a n d s upp o r t e r o f Cri t t e n d e n s C o mpr o mi se

B l a n d t e mse n to t h e o u t e n c ause e n a o nt e B a e - e ne a h e w as i l , hr w hi lf i S h r , b i g pp i d rig di r G r l ; al so V ce - e s e nt o f t h e o n e e ac a nd o ne o f t h e mo st e e e a nd st n u s e o ﬁ ce s i Pr id C f d r y, r v r d di i g i h d f r o f th e o ut . o m h is o n e ul o c e a nd co mman o f a n u a e h e w a s o ne o f t h e e at e st S h Fr w d rf v i d l g g , gr s t at o s t at e nt uc e la m r h K ky v e r c i ed .

42 C a u ﬁe ld 8: k r e rs Shoo , Photog ap h

ie o n o n n a l e L n z W it h lim s e o v a ll e e l ow Th e D a n l B o e M u me t, t b t s b y a u e t . g p f y b and Vale wending their W ay for miles beyond in sup u rb and matchless scenery . There was a brilliant military procession ; the orator of the day was J ohn J . Crittenden . These burials in the new State Cemetery, were but the beginning of a long procession of illustrious dead who have been laid to rest near b y

N or Shall your glory be forgot ,

Where Fame her record keeps , Or honor points the hallowed Spot Where valor proudly On the northwest corner of Washington and Wapping Streets stands

” ’ s mmo t al o e m t h e B o u ac o f t h e e a b T e o o e O Ha r a w a s t t e n fo r Thi i r p , iv D d , y h d r , wri an d r e a d at t h e ce r e mo n i e s wh e n t h e r e ma i ns o f t h e K e nt uc k y so ldi e r s w h o f e l l at B ue n a m t o o n a t e t h e V st a e e o u t t o an o t in 1 8 0 and nt e e in t h e t at e e e e . i , w r br gh Fr kf r 5 , i rr d S C ry S f r c o se o f t h e l W a r it s e se s e e c a st u o n o n s a s an d l ace in o u r at o n a l Civi , v r w r p i r l b p d N i l m t e e C e e ri s. ’ 1 b ut w a s o n a e s e nt o f a n n o o n e l O Har a w as o n ne a an e K . 8 2 0 C l b r r D v i ll , y , , l g r id Fr kli He w a s o u nt I n t h e M e c an W a r h e w a s e e t t e M a o fo r a la nt r at o nt e a s . C y. xi , br v d j r g y C r r L E t o n t o u a At t h e e n n n o f t h e a ft e rw a rd s a ﬁ e ld o fﬁ ce r in t h e o p e z xp e di i C b . b g i i g Ci v il d u s u e nt A . an s e W a r h e w as ma e o o ne l o f t h e e t A a ama e me nt . . , d C l Tw lf h l b r gi C S , b q l y s n B n nd A t n e o n so n t h e at t e se e o n t h e st a f o f e n e a o . ec e a e rv d f G r l J h C r ki rid g lb r Sid y J h , l r ’ i n in A a a ma 1 8 6 b a a n e in h s a ms at o . o lo n e l O Ha r a a e h v i g di d r Sh il h C h vi g di d l b 7 , y s e c a act o f t h e Le s at u e h is e ma n s e e o u t ac t o an o t a nd nt e e p i l gi l r , r i w r br gh b k Fr kf r i rr d h r ne a r h is mi li t a ry c o ll e ag u e s o f t e M e xi c an W a . 43 the broad two story brick house with its central hall , such as almost uni versally prevails around this block , and many distinguished guests were

- entertained within its It is of two fold interest , having been the home to which Governor Letcher retired from the Governor’s Mansion i h s . and owned for the last sixteen years of life His widow, nee ,

Charlotte survived him here many years, but at her death , it d became the property of J UDGE WILLIAM LINDSAY, a profoun “ was lawyer and great j urist . By a historian it said . The history of

as J urisprudence in Kentucky, digniﬁed it was by many exalted names , ﬁnds

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Ho me o ov e n o R o e t P Le t ch e a nd l a t e r o u e W illia m Lin sa f G r r b r . r , f J dg d y

b e ne ﬁcie n t few whose powers and labors were more , fruitful and cumula time than William

Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, son of Andrew and Sarah Gil

M cC am b e ll more Davidson , and grandson of James Lindsay and Nancy p , of Lanarkshire , Scotland . After a liberal education , he removed to Ken C tucky, settling in Hickman ounty as a teacher, during which time he studied law and was admitted to the Bar at Clinton , where he continued

“ a h is in t h W o l W a r. o use no w o ne b . . 8 . o ns o se so n au e e e H w d y D r J C lli , wh P l , g v lif r d ” G o v . Letc e ma e st M a E e n E e s. h r rri d ﬁr , ry d pp ‘3 o o nso n . E. P lk J h

44 w ith ﬂattering success until the Civil War , when his strong Southern con v ictio ns led him to j oin the Confederate forces as a Lieutenant . Serving throughout the War, he was eventually made Captain of the Tennessee Regular I nfantry and remained with the Second Kentucky Brigade until

aro ll e d 1 8 6 . p as a prisoner of War, 5 Resuming the practice of the Law,

was he Shortly afterwards elected to the State Senate , serving with such

was credit , that before the close of his term , he elected to the Court of

—ﬁve — Appeals at thirty years of age and at forty one , became its Chief

Justice , acquiring great distinction on the bench . He displayed a rare combination of ﬁne talents , being a close analytical thinker , ﬁne debater, mingling wit and humor with logical reasoning ; of versatile powers and

ine xh aust ab le almost resources ; an indefatigable worker, cheerful and ” sunny a giant in stature and intellect .

From the bench , he retired to the practice of the law in Frankfort for a number of years , until appointed by President Benj amin Harrison , a commissioner - at - Large for the Chicago Exposition and subsequently select ed as one o f the ﬁve Commissioners sent by the United States Govern ’ ment to Europe in the interest of the World s Columbian Exposition . He and his wife who accompanied him , were received with distinction in

c European cities . While still abroad , the Democratic Party again ele ted

l a h im . a member of the Kentucky State Senate The President a so, p

a a pointed him member of the Interstate Commerce Commission , the p pointment being conﬁrmed by the Senate but he declined the ofﬁce .

John G . Carlisle having resigned from the United States Senate , to accept the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury under Cleveland , Judge Lindsay was elected to ﬁll the unexpired term and the following

- i re S x . year elected for a full term of years During that stirring period , “ ” 1 8 6 9 , when the Free coinage of Silver sixteen to one , was advocated by a great political party, among its staunchest opponents were these two great

Democrats , John G . Carlisle , Secretary of the Treasury and William Lind say , then United States Senator ; they were renowned for their eloquence , their influence being far reaching . He was a member during his entire service of the Judiciary Committee and gave unqualified support to the administration of Cleveland . ’ 1 0 1 Judge Lindsay s Senatorial office expiring March 4, 9 , the follow

M cKin le St . ing year he was appointed by y, a Commissioner to the

Louis Exposition . From Washington , he removed to New York City l C a ish . forming a partnership of Lindsay, Palmer and Upon his arrival , the Legislature of Albany invited him there to be welcomed as a citizen of New York , after which he was entertained at lunch by the Chief

45 Justice of the State, while the ladies of Albany gave an evening reception in his honor . “ I n N e w York City he was the Vice - President of both the Southern ” “ ” “ c Society and the Kentucky So iety, and Governor of The Virgin ” ians . He was an ofﬁcer of the Clan of Lindsay of Scotland and re lated to the Earls of Crawford and Belcarres .

I n his great Speeches que stions Constitution al and Political were argued with great force of logic and clearness of reasoning, while his “ 1 8 speech before the American Bar Association at Buffalo 99, The Power of the United States to acquire Foreign Territory” was the ﬁrst notable p ublic address deﬁning the acquisition of foreign territory and carried h is fame to the other hemisphere .

His wife Henrietta Semple , was the mother of his only surviving child , "1 Swe r . . . e . . Marion , wife of Mr Frank O , of Cincinnati After Mrs Lind ’ say s death he married Eleanor Holmes, daughter of Dr . George N . ’ Holmes, Chief Surgeon in General Armstrong s Division of the Confeder ate Army .

T h e l ast h o me o u e W illia m Lin s a u ilt u o n t h e r o u n s o nce f J dg d y, b p g d o ccu ie o n a me s a l a n a n d us ic e o h s h ll p d b y H . J H r J t J n M a r a a l a n a o in in th e h o me o Adm R o dma n H r , dj g f .

SSOC I ATED with Robert P . Letcher in his administration as

. 2 2 1 Governor, was HON JAM ES HARLAN , born June 8 0 0 . He ’ was Commonwealth s attorney for four years ; served two terms in

Congress from Boyle County Kentucky, during the last being chairman of the Committee for investigating Defalcations ; was P re side nt al elector on 1 8 0 the Whig ticket , 4 ; was Secretary of State under Governor Letcher ; served two terms in the Legislature ; appointed Attorney General of Ken

w s 1 8 tucky and a United States District Attorney when he died February ,

1 8 63 .

1 8 0 re Upon his appointment as Secretary of State of Kentucky , 4 , he moved to Frankfort , where for a number of years he occupied the large three story frame house then standing in the spacious grounds on the northwest corner of Wapping and Wilkinson Streets , which has long since been supplanted by the elegant home last owned by Judge William Lind

Here was reared one of the most striking ﬁgures ever on the Supreme

— so n Bench at Washington his distinguished , J OHN MARSHALL

HARLAN , prophetically named in honor of the great Chief Justice of the

United States .

1 1 8 Born June , 3 3 , he was but seven years of age when he removed from Danville , Kentucky . Receiving his early education under Professor

B . B . Sayre , he graduated in letters at Centre College under the Presiden c v of Reverend John C . Young, D . D . L . L . D . After studying law

h is with father, he graduated at Transylvania University under Chief

h is Justice , George Robertson and Thomas A . Marshall and entered upon

a . 1 8 8 profession t Frankfort I n 5 , he was elected County Judge of Frank lin , holding the position but one year, when he became the Whig or op position candidate for Congress in the Ashland District and after a contest which attracted the attention of the entire country, he was defeated by the Democratic candidate , Colonel William A . Simms, of Bourbon County , K entucky .

Upon the breaking out of the Civil War, he recruited and organized the Tenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry . Having served for some time as

n 1 8 6 Commander of his brigade , he was ominated by President Lincoln 3 , for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General . At this promising moment

h is m h is in ilitary career, the death of his father necessitated resigning from the army to return home in Frankfort . Shortly afterwards , he was elect

“ B t b u a t a n a 1 . o il y C p i H rry T dd .

48 ed by an immense maj ority of the Union Party, Attorney General of the State of Kentucky ; yet he was twice the unsuccessful candidate for Govern or . And from the ending of the Civil War, there was never a Republi f o . 1 8 can Governor Kentucky until the election of William O Bradley 95 ,

' ‘ i ‘ t h irt earsai s i a period of over y y éz ég 1 8 President Hayes appointed him in 7 7 , one of the Louisiana Com mission on the part of the Government to bring about some amicable plan

a of adj usting the unfortunate political status of that state . A foreign p

was ff . 2 pointment also o ered him , but he declined it On November 9, 1 8 7 7 , President Hayes appointed him an Associate Justice of the Supreme C 1 1 1 ourt of the United States , which position he held until his death in 9 ,

— extending over a period of thirty four years, his length of service having been exceeded by only two others— Chief Justice J ohn Marshall and AS

h is so cit e u . J stice , Stephen J Field ; and at the time of death , he was the oldest man on the bench . He married Miss M . F . Shanklin of I ndiana , a woman of great beauty and charm , who survives him , with several

M r . Justice Harlan had a most genial and delightful personality ; was of commanding appearance , being powerful and admirably built . I t was said of him in his youth , that his appearance alone was worth ﬁve thousand dollars a year to his profession .

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NOTHER of Frankfort ’s brilliant sons and a resident of this cele b rat e d neighborhood was the distinguished GEORGE GRAHAM 6 1 8 0 VEST, born December , 3 , son of John Jay and Harriet (Gra

f r . ham) Vest , o Virginia ancest y of Scotch Irish origin

Receiving his early education under Professor B . B . Sayre , he later

1 8 8 T rans lvan graduated at Centre College , Danville , Kentucky 4 , and at y

1 8 ia University 5 3 , the latter year removing to Missouri , where he practic 1 8 60 ed law . He was Presidential Elector ; a member of the Missouri House of Representatives 1 8 60 — 6 1 of the Confederate House of R e p re

— ﬁve se ntative s two years and of the Confederate Senate one . For twenty — 1 0 . years he served in the United States Senate until his death , 9 3

He married Sallie E . Sneed of Danville Kentucky and had three children . was Mr . Vest a lawyer of the highest ability and an unquestioned lead er in National Council ; a quick , witty and resourceful debater and took a high place in the Senate on all great National questions . Yet the great versatility of his talents was strongly illustrated in his pleadings before

50 “ ” the j ury when he composed the Tribute to the Dog, which has long ’ since become a classic . ( In Baldwin s Law Bulletin we ﬁnd the follow ing :) The occasion was the trial over the killing of a dog which was held

wa w in a Missouri town when he s a young la yer . ff Senator Vest appeared for the plainti , while Senator Francis M . Coch rell, then a county practitioner, represented the defendant .

Young Vest took no interest in the testimony and made no notes , but

ad at the close of the case arose and in a soft voice , made the following dress Gentlemen of the J ury : The best friend a man has in this

world may turn against him and become his enemy . His son or

‘ daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful .

Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with

our happiness and our good name , may become traitors to their faith .

The money that a man has , he may lose . It ﬂies away from him ,

— perhaps in a moment of ill considered action . The people who are

- prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us , may be the ﬁrst to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its

cloud upon our heads . The one absolutely unselﬁsh friend that man can have in this

selﬁsh world , the one that never deserts him , the one that never ’ proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog . A man s dog stands by

him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in Sickness . He will w sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blo and the snow ’ drives ﬁercely, if only he may be near his master s side . He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer ; he will lick the wounds and sores

that come in encounter with the roughness of the world . He guards

the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince . When all other

friends desert , he remains . When riches take wings and reputation

falls to pieces , he is as constant in his love as the sun in its j ourney

through the heavens . “ I f fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world , friend

less and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that

of accompanying him , to guard him against danger, to ﬁght against

h is . enemies And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes

his master in its embrace and his body is laid away , there by the grave

side , will the noble dog be found , his head between his paws , his

eyes sad , but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in ” death . f Upon the conclusion of his remarks , there were but e w dry eyes in m . au u e nt the audience The case was submitted without further g , and the ” j ury promptly returned a verdict for the pl antiff . This is regarded as one of the most beautiful tributes ever paid to a dumb animal .

Though Mr . Vest was born in the home of his grandfather, Mr . George

Graham , on the South Side of Frankfort , adj oining the bridge on the

Spot where now stands the Y . M . C . A . building, at an early age and for a number of years thereafter, we ﬁnd him residing on the southwest corner of Wapping and Washington Streets, in a two story brick house , ( the central hall and four front rooms, above and below), having been owned

an d . by his father . This house was later sold conveyed to Mrs Lucy

- in - Price Weisiger (widow of Captain Daniel Weisiger) and her son law,

Mr . Thomas Noble Lindsey, and since which time the house has been materially enlarged .

Mr . Lindsey was an able lawyer, member of the Legislature and of ’ t he Constitutional Convention of 1 8 49 ; President of the Farmer s Bank of Kentucky ; a gifted and versatile writer and a ﬁne citizen . Of the

h is so n large family who were reared eldest , General Daniel

Weisiger Lindsey, a lawyer of Frankfort , was during the Civil War,

— Colonel of the Twenty second Volunteer Infantry , United States Army,

1 G e n e ral and was in 8 63 appointed Inspector of Kentucky, which gave him the rank of Maj or General and supervisor over all of the Union

re M ilitary forces of the State . Having married Catherine Fitch , he moved to the South Side of Frankfort , where his widow and several children still reside .

so n The homestead has been retained by the second , the late M r . John

Brown Lindsey, also a prominent lawyer of Frankfort , who married Helen

six Talbot and it is still the home of of their children , their daughter,

i i i n Maria , being one of the best known mus c ans the state . Here again have been four generations in an unbroken line of inh e ri tance , even unto the ﬁne old portraits and mahogonies, while the garden ’ walk through rows of blooming ﬂowers, leads back to the water s edge .

“ th e c e n o f o mas N o e L n se a n d s a e a ce W e s e w e r e z— M a a O r hildr Th bl i d y I b ll Pri i ig r ri , a a lu k B n ma R o m s o f Le ano n K Lu m e . M c C s a e e o n . . c . D . rri d J h Th , b , y ; y, rri d D r J y l y y, D . ; a ma t l a R a so n M a B a n tc o s o m s e e e e m e e . e W e s e Th , rri d S l w ; ry ll , rri d H ry D Fi h ; J ph i ig r , t ma rri e d M a ri a Cri t t e nd e n W a so n .

52 D a nie l W e i i a D a nie l W e is i e rs. s M ge r C pt . g r

UST across Washington Street from here , and facing the residence of

Mr . Justice Todd on Wapping , is one of the most choice situations

for a home to be found in the city . The grounds comprise nearly a

it s block, with garden terraced back to the river, while it has been of many ’ fo l d interest in the chronicles of Frankfort s National servants . In the annals of the town ’s early days— among its largest land owners in and public spirited men , whose moral character was above suspicion and t e grity proverbial— o n every leaf is written the name of CAPTAIN DAN

1 I EL WEI SIGER . A city trustee 7 90 ; for ten years clerk of the County

Court ; of committees to build a new Court House , new bridge , new Capitol ; director of the ﬁ rst Bank ever chartered in Kentucky ( 1 8 0 9) and was in some way connected with every public improvement in the town itself or county of Franklin . 1 8 1 6 Born in Virginia May , 7 3 , he was the third of his name in this v country, the ﬁrst ha ing emigrated from the Netherlands and settled in

1 Virginia 7 45 .

Ranking as a Captain in N orthwestern Expeditions against the Indians , he eventually with his company, wended his way to Lexington , Kentucky, 1 0 about 7 9 , where Lucy Price , to j oin her pioneer parents , had preceded i . h s him Indeed , it is recorded in family records, that shortly after ar

h is in ff rival , while lying upon bed the Tavern su ering from a slight illness, “ his young Lieutenant said Captain Weisiger, come to the window, here

53 ” is something to cure your headache . To his surprise, it was the beautiful girl whom he well remembered having seen seated on the bank of a

e t 1 8 - 6 riv r, dressed for a dinner par y back in Virginia in 7 3 , when he and his company had forded the stream , but whom he had failed to meet

' being ordered that day to march with his men to ﬁght Indians— possibly ” the British .

1 1 1 They were married May 5 , 7 9 and located in Frankfort , occupying for several years a two story house built of hewn logs , that once stood in the lot above mentioned . Here was born Joseph Weisiger, the ﬁrst white male child born in ’ W e isi e r s r Th rough Captain g intelligence and indust y, he amassed a handsome estate, when he eventually removed to his massive dwelling on

R e a v ie w o T h e e r a c es a s s e e n m h v e Th e h o me o o t e r . r f T r , fr i r f M r s C h a ma n o l e ma n a n d o M r o h n Bu o e n r ck . p C f . J f rd H d i

U n d e rw d 8c U n d e rw d e s oo oo , Photograph r

A t e t h e s u r e n e r o t h e Hi h S e a s F l e e t Kin e o e a cco m a n ie b t h e P in ce o W a le s f r r d f g , g G rg p d y r f a nd Admir a l B e at t c a me a b o a d t h e attl e s h i N e w Y o k y, r b p , r , n t o j o in Admir a ls S imms a nd R o dma .

l is AST on the ist of the boasted progeny of this inspired corner, AD

- M IRAL HUGH RODMAN , a National and I nter national ﬁgure

in the late World War . As Commander of the Battleship Division

co — O —ﬂ e e t of our Naval Fleet , perating with the British Grand under Sir

2 1 1 1 8 David Beatty who received the ﬁnal surrender on November , 9 , of ’ the whole of the German s High Sea Fleet — a surrender which on so gigantic a scale has no precedent in Naval History .

6 1 8 — Admiral Rodman was born January , 5 9 the youngest child of

Dr . Hugh Rodman a prominent physician of Frankfort . His mother , c nee , Susan Anne Barbour, was a woman of ﬁne intelle t and force of character ; a descendant of the prominent Virginia families of Barbour,

Pendleton and Taylor , while of the latter a lineal descendant of two of t h e sons of no less a person than Colonel George Taylor of Orange County ,

Virginia , who sent ten of his eleven sons into the Revolutionary War, nine ffi of whom were commissioned o cers of either Army or Navy . The stories of Admiral Rodman ’s childhood in the town of his nativity are reminiscent of h is great love for ﬁshing and hunting ; of his youthful l pranks , and an irresistible tendency to wit and fun making , the atter

so b characteristic , evidenced y the camera even in the presence of King

George V . of Great Britain . He w as created a Knight Commander of The Order of The Bath by 56 “ King George V . The investiture took place on board The "ueen ”

2 t h 1 1 8 . Elizabeth , the Flagship of the Grand Fleet , July 5 , 9 His decorations by other countries are : Grand Corda u of the Order of

Leopold I I of Belgium ; Order of The Rising Sun , Japan ; Commander of the Legion of Honor, France ; Medal de la Solidaridad , Panama ; First

M e rit e . Order El , Chile ; Order of El Sol , Peru He also received the Distinguished Service Medal from the United States Navy in the World

War ; the Dewey Medal for service at the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1 1 8 8 , 9 ; the Spanish War Medal and the Victory Medal ; and two from “ ” the Sons of American Revolution , one each for service in Spanish and

World War .

Upon his return to this country at the close of the World War, he was elevated to the rank of a full Admiral , and made Commander in Chief of the Paciﬁc Fleet .

1 2 1 I n J uly 9 , he was appointed by Warren G . Harding, Minister and Envoy Extraordinary to represent the United States Government in

Lima , at the Centennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence of Peru .

R ufﬁ n He married Elizabeth , daughter of the celebrated Professor

. Oe lz a r W . e B , Photog aph r M r Lu ces B r o d/re a d B th la ce o A mi a l u h R o ma n u ilt b . ir p f d r H g d , b y

5 7 so Burwell Bassett Sayre , from whom many noted men in this locality

— received their college preparation and a Sister of Virginia Sayre , who had ’ married the Admiral s eldest brother, Dr . William Barbour Rodman , a physician of great skill and brilliancy— who ﬁrst recognized that pneumonia

co nt a e o us. so n is g He was long a resident of this square , and whose , Com mander Samuel Sayre Rodman , Medical Corps , U . S . Navy, was in Com mand of a Base Hospital at Gibraltar in the World War .

The birthplace of the Admiral is a broad two story brick house , the central one of the three homes on the north Side of Wapping Street . This t b was la er sold y his mother to GEN ERAL FAYETTE HEWITT, and occupied by him and his brother, Virgil and family for a quarter of a century or more . General Hewitt was a gallant ofﬁcer in the Confederate

States Army ; son of Robert and Elizabeth Chastain Hewitt , who removed

1 8 2 . from Bedford County Virginia 9 During the Civil War, General Hewitt Spent much time organizing the Confederate Mail System in the — f South and was assistant Adj utant General under Davis . He was staff o

ﬁce r . under Generals John C Breckinridge and Ben Hardin Helm , and participated in many bloody battles , having three horses killed under him , and distinguished himself as a gallant , daring and fearless soldier . 1 8 " I n 5 7 , he was appointed by Governor Stevenson , uartermaster

General of Kentucky, serving through two administrations . He was also

T h e State Auditor for two terms , resigning to become President of State

National Bank at Frankfort , which position he held until his death . His

ﬁne ability and large administrative skill , uprightness of character and generosity of nature , made him one of the most valuable men of his State.

His brother, Virgil , was Adj utant of the Sixth Regiment of Kentucky

A . Infantry, C . S . . in the brigade of General Joseph Lewis

58 HE MOST recent distinction to which this corner lays claim is the

appointment by President Harding of DR . JOHN GLOVER

SOUTH , as Minister to Panama .

2 1 8 so He was born in Frankfort , Kentucky, January 3 , 7 3 and as the n

M lvr . a of Colonel Samuel South , C . S and y Blackwell Jett , his wife , is of a family that dates its ancestry back to early pioneer settlers of Ken

— - . o ﬂice r tucky He is the great great grandson of Maj or John South , an of

1 8 the Revolutionary War, in command of Boonsboro 7 3 , and a member of the ﬁrst Kentucky Legislature , and of Captain William Bryant , founder of ’ the historic Bryant s Station , who married a sister of Daniel Boone .

Dr . South was educated at Dudley Institute , Excelsior Institute , the University of Arkansas and the Medical Department of the University of

h is . . 1 8 . Louisville , Kentucky, where he received degree of M D in 97 He has practiced medicine in Frankfort Since his graduation , with great success .

I n 1 8 99 he had charge of the Anti - small pox campaign in this part of

Kentucky . While President of the Kentucky State Board of Health from

1 0 — 1 2 1 c 9 7 9 , he was also President of the State Medi al Association , being the only man that has held these two positions at the same time .

1 . In 90 4, Mr South married Christine Duncan Bradley, only child of

William O . Bradley , former Governor of Kentucky and United States

Senator .

For upwards of ﬁfteen years , the residence of Dr . and Mrs . South has “ ” e b en in the historic grounds of the Old Love House , at the intersection of Wilkinson and Wapping Streets, where the river makes its bend around their garden . Having shown what the members of the past generations have done in service to their State and Country, it is with Singular pride that the name — ER KSI N E of LI EUTENANT COLON EL EDGAR HUME , M EDI A CAL CORPS, U . S . . , is added as a successor to the distinguished men who

o have gone before him . Linked to this historic square by intermittent s

o urn s j , in spite of the manifold activities which have taken him far aﬁeld , he is still regarded as a component part of Frankfort ’s contribution to the ’ Nation s history . His brilliant services in the World War have brought him recognition not only from America , but every land he touched . e A direct descendant of the Hum s of Wedderburn Castle , Scotland , "2 2 6 1 8 8 he was born December , 9 , in Frankfort , Kentucky, the only son

M t a o f o no fo r a ant at C h ic ama u a e He r ece iv e d t h e C o nf e d e r a e M e d l H r g ll ry g . Th r e w e r e o n only f o rty me d a l s a w a rd e d b y t h e C o n f e d e r at e G v e r nme t . ” E e a n o t h e o n a u t e ma e e n Oﬂ ut t . l r , l y d gh r rri d H ry

59 of Dr . Enoch Edgar Hume and Mary Ellen his wife , and from whom he inherited the characteristics of intellect , kindness and tenacity of purpose . “ His father served h is State with the ve rt iab l e spirit of the Doctor of the ” v Old School , honored and belo ed by the entire community, an example and heritage impossible to have entirely resisted . He was also a member of the Kentucky Legislature and Mayor of Frankfort .

The young Doctor received his B . A . and M . A . from Centre College ,

1 1 Danville , Kentucky ; M . D . from Johns Hopkins University 9 3 , and

ff 1 1 - 1 was on the Sta of the Johns Hopkins Hospital 9 3 4. He attended

- a 1 1 the Ludwig Maximili n University of Munich 9 4, and Royal Uni

1 1 n versity of Rome 9 5 , being a member of the Relief Expeditio after the

i Earthquake in the Abruzz , Italy in January the same year, receiving

r h k . Ea t qua e Medal in Silver for same At this time , he was mentioned in the Ambassador’s dispatches to the State

1 1 6 He was First Lieutenant in the Army Medical Reserve Corps 9 ,

r 1 1 and Hono Graduate at the Army Medical School 9 7 , when he became First Lieutenant in the M e dical Corps and was promoted through the

— d 1 1 8 . 1 1 various gra es, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel 9 In 9 7 , he served on the Mexican Border and was afterwards on duty in the

fﬁ G e n e ral l o ce of the Surgeon of the Army at Washington , ( M aj or Genera

1 — 1 1 1 William Crawford Gorgas) 1 9 7 8 . In 9 8 he was made the Command ing Ofﬁcer of United States Army Base Hospitals with the Royal Italian

1 2 Army, War Zone Italy . He was on temporary duty with N o . General

o A " H spital , British Expeditionary Force , France and with the merican Cen

' at —sur— LaF o ch e tres Toul , Vittel , Bazoilles Meuse , Contrexeville , , Chau

AS o 1 1 8 . e mont , Tours, Paris and Rouen , 9 American Red Cross Commissi n r

e 1 1 — 2 for S rbia 9 9 0 he had charge of all the activities in Serbia , Bosnia , A Herzegovina, Macedonia , N orthern Greece , Eastern lbania , Eastern u Montenegro, the Banat and with the Allied Army of Occ pation in o c Hungary ; als in harge of relief for the Russian , Polish , Lithuanian and

— Cz e ch o Sl o vack refugees in t h e B alkans . He was Commanding Oﬂice r of the United States Army First Corps

- 1 2 0 2 2 . . Area Laboratory at Fort Banks , Massachusetts, 9 , receiving C P . H from the School of Public Health of Harvard University and the Mas 1 2 1 sach use t ts Institute of Technology 9 and D . T . M . from the School of

Tropical Medicine of Harvard University 1 9 2 2 . At present he is again on duty in the o ﬂice of the Surgeon General of the Army .

“ st o f o n o ut Si e r Dr . J h S h . ” o ma s N e so n a e t h e Am ass a o at t s t me h a d e e n a e ue nt s to t o t h s Th l P g , b d r h i i , b fr q vi i r i o ne in an o t r r Fr kf r .

60 fﬁ so Among our American O cers , few, if any received large a number

— — of Decorations twenty - three in number having been knighted nine

Oﬂice r times . He was made Grand of the Royal Order of Saint Sava of Serbia ; Commander of the Royal Order of Danilo of Montenegro ; Com mander of the I mperial Order of St . Anne of Russia ; Commander of the Royal Order of George the First of Greece ; Commander of the Royal Order of Polonia Restitua of Poland ; Knight Ofﬁcer of the Sacred and

Military Order of Saint M aurice and Saint Lazarus of Italy , this being the highest order in the gift of the King to any save Royalty ; Knight Of ﬁce r of the Royal Order of the Star of Roumania ; and Knight Oﬂice r of the Royal Order of the Crown of Roumania . He received the Italian Croix de Guerre ; the Greek Croix de Guerre ; the C z e ch o — Sl o vack Croix de Guerre ; The Royal Serbian Red Cross ; t h e Greek Military Medal ; the Panamanian Medal de la Solidaridad ; the M ontenegrin Gold Medal for Merit ; the Serbian Sanitary Service Silver

Medal ; the Italian — Austrian Campaign Medal with two Stars ; the French Commemorative Medal for the Great War ; the White Cross of the Third Italian Army and the Italian Sil ver Earthquake Service Medal and the

is o ra i British General Service Medal . He a Fellow of the Royal G e g ph cal Society o f Great Britain and of the Dante Society of Italy .

was He married Mary Swigert of Frankfort , whose home ” The Terraces . They have one son , Edgar Erskine Hume Jr . Her r brother, John Buford Hendrick J . , held the commission of Captain in the Ordinance Department in the World War .

In concluding my account of this galaxy of National Celebrities , with the talented young physician and his brilliant war services, the fault

iii is all my own , if in vain I have labored to Show that the Spirit of

re vadin Spiration and service ever p g this historic corner, is neither dead nor Sleeping .

9“ M rs . o n Bu o e n a t f r and c . D ugh e r o M . J h f rd H dri k

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’ General L aF aye tt e s visit to Frankfort was also the theme of an in t e re sting letter written by Mrs . Margaretta ( Mason) Brown to her

M other Mrs . John M ason of New York City :

1 2 1 8 2 Frankfort , Kentucky, July , 5 the arrival of General LaF aye t t e occasioned as much bustle

as re ( in proportion to the population) here at New York, and I must

a late circumstance which I know will give you pleasure , as it was the cause of great gratiﬁcation to me . There was a Splendid Ball to be given in the evening, but as there were many Ladies who did not attend Balls, and

se e yet wished to the General , they were introduced to him at his Markee ,

I w as one of the number and had such a hearty and long - continued shake

c of the hand as to occasion the envy of many an impatient expe tant . In the evening twelve or fourteen of my particular friends took tea with me and urged me to go to the Ball in order to have another interview with the General . I told them my obj ections , that I had not frequented any place of public amusement for many years , and that although I might

Spend a few minutes in a Ball room without contamination , yet I thought it inconsistant with the profession I had made . Several of my friends “ replied that they were church members as well as myself and that

as though they would not go at any other time , yet such an occasion would

u never come again they tho ght themselves j ustiﬁed to attend . Thus we ’ o ff parted , they all paraded to the Ball , except Elizabeth Humphrey s

2 0 and myself , but they had not been gone more than minutes when who

LaF a e t t e so n . Should arrive here but General y , his and suite The Gen eral spent nearly an hour with us in most delightful conversation , while those who went to the Ball did not exchange a sylable with him . Had I not a triumph ?

“ was The General introduced to Mason at Lexington . He told him politely that he was indebted to his famil y for all the honor and pleasure he had received since h is arrival in America for that if h is uncle James Brown ( our Minister at the Court of F rance ) had not become Security a for his return , he would never have been permitted to le ve France . He paid but one other visit in town , and that was to Mrs . Todd , a Sister of

M rs . Madison .

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