Family Records

Compiled for the Descendants of Abra­ham Addams McAl|ister and His

Wife Julia Ellen (Stratton)McAHister, of Covington,

Virginia

Containing a Sketch of A. A. McA||ister, Prepared and

Published by the Conspiracy and Co-operation of HisSons. and Related Data. which will Answer Some of

the Questions Our Grandchildren are Sure to Ask

BY J. CRAY Mc/XLLISTER

N()Vl-'..\IBl-ZR. I‘) I2

TO THE MEMORY

OF

OUR MOTHER.

Foreword.

It is quite conunon to reserve our tributes until the subjectof them is dead. This pamphlet desires to speak while itssubject lives. yet not in eulogy but in narrative; not in wordsof flattery. which all true men should hate. but in presentationof a record. unassuming and faithful. which as descendants weshall ever cherish. This in part is the reason for the publicationof this record at this time. .'\nother purpose is to secure. forus and for those \vho follow us in the generations to come. apersonal signature. in -ach printed copy, of the dictated portionof this pamphlet.—the brief but interesting \\'ar Record. This.it should be added. was taken do\vn without thottght of 'arlypublication.

With this life-story it has been thought advisable to gatherup and present other data r -asonably familiar. doubtless. to thepresent generation. but equally certain to become less accessibleas other generations succeed our own; to perish. much of it.or at best to become family traditions of uncertain value. unlessplaced in printed form and distributed through the severalbranches of the family. This will account for not a little thatis included in these pages: ancestral notes. personal touches.familiar details. Since the pamphlet is not intended for thepttblic but for members of our own innnediate lines we havefelt free to print pretty much what we please. provided only itbe relevant. and fact. Care has been taken. even to e.\'tensi\'ecorrespondence. to make the record as complete and as accurateas possible.

In explanation of the genealogical part of this work it ma_vbesaid (to give an example) that “_loseph l)(ickiuson) Slratton"means that he was called by his lirst name Joseph; while lidna(Dickinson) Slratton. name wholly enclosed in parenthesis.means that her maiden name was Edna Dickinson.

The writer wishes to acknowledge not only the cordial co­operation of all the brothers in this work. but also the specialand invaluable assistance of two of them. llugh .\l. .\lc.\llister.of (‘ovington. Virginia. and .-\ddams S. .\lc.-\llister. of NewYork City.

PIIII 0'THE CHEMICAL PUBIJSHING COMPANY

Ennou. PA.

CHAPTER I.

Ancestry and Early Years.\\’hat strains have gone into our making? 'l‘o men and women

of what nations are we indebted for existence? What traits oftheirs have made our heritage and stamped in part our charac­ters? Questions indeed that cannot fail to call out our interest;as the ans\vers to them, rightly weighed and deeply pondered,cannot fail to lead us on to nobler living, for we too place onthis heritage our image and superscription and pass it down thegenerations. It is our privilege to be grateful for an uprightand honorable ancestry.

The McAllister Line.‘

The .\leAllister line begins with Hugh .\Ic:\lister (the namewas originally spelled with one I), a Scotch Protestant whoemigrated from Ireland to America about 1730 and settled inLancaster county, Pennsylvania. His wife was a Miss Harbison,and his children were Wary, Nancy, Jane. Eleanor, John, Hugh,Elizabeth and William. John settled in Shennan's Valley, Pa.,and Hugh and \\’illiam, both of whom were prominent in theIndian and Revolutionary \Vars, in Lost Creek Valley, thenCumberland. now juniata county, Pa.

‘7‘%“”%7L——The second son Hugh (“Major Hugh"), through whom we

trace descent, was born in 1736 in Lancaster county, Pa.;enlisted in the French and Indian War at the age of 22; wentunder Washington in Capt. Forbes’ company in 1755 to FortDuquesne; afterwards married Sarah Nelson. of Lancasteremmty, I’a., who had emigrated from Ireland in infancy withher father and mother. both of whom had died on ship-board;settled on a small farm in Sherman's Valley; sold it to his brotherjohn and (1760 or I76!) settled in Lost Creek Valley, Pa.; serve(lin l’ontiac’s \\'ar in 1763; was, successively, sergeant, lieutenant,

I see nlnoopenlng page: of "sketch of Captain Thompson Itemllster" (by 1. Gray.\teAllinter. I896).and "The Descendant: of Hugh Mcltllnter" (by 1. Guy. Jane andAddams 8. Ilemlinter, 19:2).

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and captain in the .'\rmy of the l{c\'uluti<m;‘ and \\':ts cmntnisv­5-ion;-(1,\I;tjm' of the Seventh llstlutlion of .\liliti;t in Cumberlandemtnty, l’:1., .\l;ty I. l;'.\’3. He was lt()spit:tl)lc. religious, publicspirited. progressive. His wife died Jul)’ 7. I802. He died.\'eptemher .12. 1310. l1:l\‘ln}.{ willed the ll()lllC.\‘lC£l(lto his son\\'illi;un. his fourth sun and sixth child. and our :tl1Cc.\‘t()I‘.

/fmtfll‘/%fz,fi\\'illi:nn .\lc.\lister ("judge \\'illi:un") was horn in .-\ugust,

1775. and married. .\'m‘cmher 2. lb’/).:. Sztruh 'l‘ltmnps0n (born1733). the d:1u;.:hterof \\'m. Tlmtnsun. Sr. (the name was spell;-(1uriginttlly withmtt the f’) (I754-I313). who pztrticipztted in themm];-5 of l£r;uul_\-xvineand (‘.erm:tntm\'n and wlmse wife was

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father. john Thomson. Sr.. originally a Scotch Covenanter. emi­grated from Ireland about I730 to Chester county, l’a.: mar­ried. tirst. .\liss (ireenlee; second. .\liss Slocum. and third. Sarahl’atterson; and William was the son of the first wife.‘ William.\lc.-\lister was paymaster of the 83rd Regiment in the \\'ar ofI312, and, March 4, 1842. was appointed one of the two associatejudges of juniata county. He was a man of fine presence, ener­

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getic, uneompromising. hospitable. a trustee of Lost Creek Pres­byterian Church for forty years. Here is a copy of a lettershowing one of the traits mentioned above:

Lost Creek Valley, liriday morning. I0 o­clock, 3! January, 1834. v.

\\'e have had busy times for the last 2.; hours. There hasbeen a party at our house such as has not been in our day.

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The Thomsons from Mexico and Goshen with the Sterrets and\Valters, a brother of Doctor .\lcCurdy's. . . . Eleven couplesleft our house last night..

I am with respect.\\’.\i. Me.-\Lis'n-zn.

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Judge Mc.-\lister died December 21, 1847. His widow diedMarch 7, 1862. Their children \vere: Jane 'l‘(hompson), whomarried judge l)avid Banks; Nancy, who died in infancy;H(ugh) Nelson, who married, first, Henrietta Ashman Orbison,and second, Margaret Ilamilton; Thompson, who married LydiaAddams; Robelt, who married Ellen _](ane) Wilson; Elizabeth,who married David Stewart; William, who died in infancy; ason, who died unnamed; (‘.(eorge) Washington, who marriedMary Myers.

Thompson McAllister, our ancestor, was born at the old home­stead in Lost Creek Valley, Pa., August 30, I811; married, Feb­ruary 14, I839, Lydia M(iller) Addams, of Millerstown, Pas.moved to the farm “Spring Dale," in Franklin county, nearChambersburg, I’a.; was elected a member of the PennsylvaniaLegislature in 1847, serving one term; moved to Covington, Alle­ghany county Va., in December, 1849. having purchased fromRufus Pitzer, Sr.. a 2,200-acre tract, the larger part of which isstill owned by the family, and built just across the river fromCovington the Virginia homestead “Rose Dale” in 1856-7, Heand his favorite brother Robert were always connected with mili.tary companies in Pennsylvania and were partners, under thefinn name of '1‘. McAllister 8: Co.. in building Section 18between Lewis and Alleghany ttmnels on the (now) Chesapeake’& Ohio Railroad. 17 miles west of Covington, at the outbreak ofthe Civil \Var. Thompson being in charge of the work. Eachtendered his services to his State. Robert to New jersey, wherehe was living. and 'l‘hompson to Virginia. In March, [861Thompson raised and at his own expense largely equipped nu;first volunteer company, for the impending war, in Alleghanycounty or that part of Virginia and was made its captain. Thiscompany, organized and drilled for the purpose of being plamdat the disposal of Virginia, whatever side the State might espouse,

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was Co. A, 27th Virginia Infantry, of the original “StonewallBrigade" (for conspicuous service at First Manassas convertedby special order of General Jackson into the famous “Car­penter’s Battery"), Captain L\lCl\lllStCl'being the oldest mem- \ ,ber of the Company and his son William the youngest. Heled his broken regiment in their daring second charge at First.\lanassas and contributed largely to the victory of the Confed-.~»erate forces that day. His brother Robert, then Colonel, after­wards General, McAllister commanded the First New Jersey inthe same battle, one of two regiments (the First and Second NewJersey) that threw their columns across the road at Centerville

and finally arrested the retreat that the Stonewall Brigade. more \_than any other, had brought to pass. Camp fever and large (nunsettled business interests necessitated, in August, 1861, the’ 9'resignation of command (furlough being denied). In the Fall) ‘

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From deeds recorded in Philadelphia beginning in the year E.I681 it is learned that the ancestors of the present family of I ‘ ‘i ‘- "Addams (name originally spelled Adams) in America came to /this country from England about 200 years ago and acquired

Lg’ ownership of land in Pennsylvania. The records show that onL December 22, 1681, William Penn deeded 500 acres in the

Province of Pennsylvania to"‘Robert Adams of Ledwell inO.\'fordshire, England." The will of ‘Robert Adams, dated July27, I717, and probated June 6, I7l9, refers to his “sister MaryCoates" and his “brother Walter Adams.” These three werechildren of a Mr. Adams of Oxfordshire, England, and Walter ébéom/0\ livedinOxfordTownship,Philadelphiacounty,Pa.HissonRichard, samett.

i&’%hurch,county, ma_r"ied Elsie Withers at Chr Philadelphia,I see " Sketch ofcaptnin Thompson )lcAllhter," by J. Gray Menlllnter, I891’;

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December22,1726.'l t foundedAdamstown.Pa., in 1761. He married Anna I.ane’."-whowas also of Englishancestry. The youngest son of William and Anna ( ne)Adams was Isaac .-\ddams (the additional d having be n in­serted. it is said. to distinguish him from a cousin of the samename). who married Barbara Ruth. daughter of Peter and Catli­erine Ruth, of German ancestry.

Isaac Adams was born ()ctoher 27. 1746, in Cocalico Township.

axLancaster county, l’a., near the site of :\damstown. He diedat Reading. l’a.. April II. 1809. in his 63rd year, and is lmricdwith his wife and brother john. In early life he moved toBerks county, I’a.. to become a farmer and subsequently movedto Reading. where he engaged in merchandising. He was CountyCommissioner of Berks County I777 to 1800 and a member ofthe State Legislature in I804-5.

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john .-\d(l:nns in Charles F.\':nts Cemetery, Reading, l’:i., nearthe northeast gate entrance.

The youngest of the six sons of Isaac and Bzirharzi (Ruth)Arlclzuns was .’\i)I'1lil2ll'tl.-\(ld;uns. who was horn in Adzmistown,l’a.. March 12. 1786. As a young man he was :1 merchant inRezuling. Va. He removed. about 1811. to Pg,-r). Comm,‘ 1)“.and hought the land on which .\lillerstown is hnilt. He'\\-as ;;member of one of the most important courts of the State and:1 mzm prominent in the religious. business and social interests

/%~%<m/e4%;z7of his town and county. He was thrice married. First to I. -(1-.second daughter of Jacob and I-‘.lizal)eth (Feather) ’.\lille‘: mg:Reading. Elizziheth Feather was the daughter Of lrclcr ‘.0!.\Iarie (Levzm) Feather. grzinddzntghter of Isaac and \hr fmfLe\-an and great-grzmd(laughter of Daniel and Marie. iizidmI.e\';m, Huguenots who fled from France to Ainsterdzun Ilolliiul)and subsequently,in I7I5. cameto .-\meric:iand settlcdiin

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l._v<li:1(Miller) .'\<l(I:uns were .v\nn I€(Iiz;1) aml l._vdi:1 .\I(iHcr)..r\nn I€(li'/.;n), horn _l:u1u:nr_v30, 181.’: died June 29, 1.\’9o. mar­ried. first. _l:1ml)Hc;u'cr of .\lilIcr.<tm\‘n. 1'3. (their son, (}o\'crnor_l:uncs ;\( tltlzuns) licuvcr. murriv.-(I .\l:1r_\'.'\. .\Ic.-\Ilistcr. the nicccnf (‘.'1pt:1in’I‘l1mnpsnn .\lc.-\Ilistcr). and nmrricd. sccoml. Rcv.

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.\lc.v\llister. .\lrs. :\ddams died March 5, I819, at the early ageof lwcm)--ciglit. The second wife of Mr. Addzuns was .\largaretNelson Steele and his third. .\lrs. llannah l)undas (loode (neelliddle).‘ widow of john (‘.oode. .\lr. .-\ddams died in Millers­lown’ p;.__l)ecember 26, 1349. His will, written ()ctoher 6. I849,a noble instrument. bequeathed to his widow the fine old mansionhouse (still standing; see picture in this booklet; and still ownedby descendants) during her life and the annual interest on $5,000.’l‘he remainder of the estate he willed to his two daughters andtheir heirs.

Lydia :\ddanis. our grandmother. was educated at Lindenllall Seminary. a .\lora\ian school located at Lancaster. l’a.llere. among other accomplishments. she was distinguished es­pecially in music. Her love of flowers was a passion with her(“Rose l)ale" was indeed well named). ller golden goodness.strength of character. sympathy. unswerving faith and faithful­ness. constitute a heritage that is fadeless. She died at “RoseDale." Cox-ington. \'a.. February 3. I902.‘ The ._-hi|.|,-enof Captain '|‘hompson and Lydia Miller (Addams) .\|c.-\llister“ere Clara l!(iddle) .\ic.'\|listcr. who married l)r. (‘zabriel .\lc­l)onald and who died in Covington. Va.. .\lay 28. I869 (l)r. .\lc.Donald was born .\lay Io. I827; was surgeon of the 22nd \'a.Regiment and later l)i\-ision Surgeon under General llreckin.ridge. C. S. :\.; died in his buggy near Union. \\'. \'a.. September22, 1891)): .'\(hraham) .-\ddams .\lc.'\I|istcr. the subject of thissketch; \\'illiam .\l(iller) .\lc.'\llister. who married .\larg;u-ct _.\_Erwin. and is a lawyer at \\'arm Springs. \"a.; lidgar 'l‘(lmm|,­son) .\lc.-\l|ister. who married. first. .-\lice C(avendish) .\lann(March 29. I341-()ctobcr 18. I395). and. second. Clementinel)ysard, and who lives in Covington. \'a.; and Annie l*‘.(Ii7.al)eth).\lc.-\llister. who married Dr. Joseph R(oot) l".ngland. and wholives at Cox-ington. \'a. (l)r. F.ngland was a member of Co. l).I4th \'a. Cavalry. C. S. A. He died at Covington. \’a.. _]anuar_\­22. l()l'.’.) The first four children were born at “Spring Dale."The youngest. .\lrs. England. was born in Co\'ington.'-’

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Settling in Virginia.

A. Addams .\lc.-\llister was born at “Spring l)ale," near St.Thomas, Franklin country, l‘a., August 25, I841. Seventy-oneyears later, namely, August 27. 28 and 29, I912, he gath­ered his six sons about him at “Rose Dale," Covington, Va.,and gave them that which they had often wanted to hear: a nar­rative of his life and struggles. A brief of these statementshas been made by the writer from notes taken at the time. andextracts from the type-written copy will now be given:

“.\ly father [Thompson .\lc.-\llister] sold his place there|“Spring l)ale"] because of his Dutch neighbors. Theyheld their land so high that he could not buy the additionallaml he needed. and he wanted, besides. better educationaladvantages for his children. lle. with my mother and Claraand Edgar (then a child in arms) came down into Virginia.via llagerstown. Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley,in the family carriage.‘ They went as far as Salem, justbeyond the present city of Roanoke. They were especiallypleased with the country about llollins Institute and weredisposed to buy. but while there they heard that the prop­erty of Ruftts Pitzer. Sr. (uncle of the Rufus l’itzer youknow) here at Covington was for sale. and they came overhere and bought it. The inclusive survey showed 2128 acresand included in the property were a sa\v mill and a flamingmill (now the Covington Roller .\lills).= The price paidwas. I think. about $I5.(xx). part of it in cash. lle alsobought about 169 acres outside from \\'illiam l)amron. Myfather then went back to settle up alfairs at ‘Spring l)ale.'where \\'ill and I had been left in the meanwhile. Eitherjust before or just after leaving Covington he heard of thedeath of my mother's father. .'\brah:un Addams. of .\lil­lcrstown. l’ennsylvania. lle and Rev. Samuel ll. .\lacl)on­ald. the other son-in-law. were appointed executors underthe will. lle made sale of his own personal property at‘Spring l)ale' and then. taking me with him. went to .\lil­lerstown to look after the sale of the personal property ofmy grandfather x\ddams. ()n this trip—-from Chambers­burg to llarrisburg—l had my first ride on the railroad. lwas a little boy eight years old. ln mingling with the crowdsat the sale l contracted plcurisy. but soon got over it. .\l_vfather put me to school in .\lillerstown while he was attend­mg to the business affairs and l was there until .\larch. 185:),

_'ll mu mule tn nu; at a cost of 5135. Contract in at " RoweDale."' "1 |'ElIl'IIary. I836.an lee lloe revered the dam ln two places.

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when we went back to ‘Spring Dale.’ Then my father, \\'illand I got into a two-horse r_oadwagon. in which things thatwe wanted to take to Virginia were loaded. and came viallagerstown. \\'inchester. llarrisonbnrg. l\ arm Springs andCallaghan's to Conngtou. reaching here in the night.

".\l y mother. with the other two cluldren..had. been board­ing at llurk's old hotel on the site of the (Jlllcll s llank. Bycontract the l'itzer home was to be occupied by them forsome time after the purchase. so we occupied the Simpsonhouse (on the Garrett corner. Bridge and \\'ater Streets)until we cottld get possession. and here Sister Annie wasborn. We moved into the l’itzer home some time in I851,I think. it was a long log house. four rooms on the firstfloor and two large rooms above. and kitchen outside; lo­eated just back of ‘Rose Dale.’ Here we lived until ‘Rosel)ale' was built; and here my father entertained over nightthe whole Presbytery of (ireenbrier on their way. horse­back. to the meeting of Synod at Lexington. (me of theimprovements soon installed was a Dutch oven. Some ofyou boys remember ll.

"Your grandfather began to build ‘Rose Dale’ in 1856.He selected the ltunber carefully. had it sawed at his saw­mill and had it dried in his kilns. Look at those windowframes. I had the side porch towards town put up twelveyears ago. The railing exposed to the weather rotted downa year ago. He built the front porch in I35‘; and the titu­bers. similarly exposed. are still sound and good. The stonefor the foundations was gathered from his farm and thebricks \\'et'c made on his own land (near the junction ofthe main line and the Hot Springs branch of the C. & t),)_1 pore oil brick. I remember. The house was finished inabout a year. .\fter we had moved in my mother got acheck for &_ooo from the estate of her father. This money.which was paid on the house. came in especially well. as thepanic of '57 was soon on us. During this panic my fatherand mother went north to buy furnitttre and furnishingsfor the house. but on account of Iinancial conditions theybought mttch less than they had planned to buy. Ilard times.unrest and the war came and ‘Rose l)ale' was nrr-rr fur­nished as they had purposed when the house was built.

lesides his farm. milling operations. &c.. my father he­gan railroad contracting business the winter of I.\'_;_;—_:,onthe Cm-ingtou & Uhio (now part of the Chesapeake &()hio) l\'ailroad: and he was engaged in this work untilthe outbreak of the war. The firms were Rosser & .\lc.«\l­lister t.\lr. l\'osser being from .-\mherst count_\‘.\'a.) and 'l‘.

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.\lc.-\llister & Co. llis younger brothcr Robert was hispartner in this latter lirm. which liegmt contracting afterRosser & .\lc.-\llister had begun operations. Rosscr & .\lc­.-\llistcr had Section 13 (near lleinatitc. across from Kcan's,about I3 miles west of Covington) and 'l'. .\lc.-\llister 8: Co.had Section I8 (all the construction work between Lewisand ;\llegh:my tunnels, about I7 miles west of Covington).

"l spent the session of 1858-9 at the :\c:ulcnI_v in Lewis­burg. W. \';t. 1 had attended private schools in Covington.hut except for at six weeks’ course at :1 business college inI366 this was my only winter off at school. The \var—:indconditions hefore and after it—put a college education outof the question.”

Cl l;\l"l‘ER II.

Through Years of War.

In the preceding chapter something was said of the militaryrecord of Captain Thompson .\lc.-\llister. An e.\'tended ac­count of this service was given in the sketch of him published in1896. but we take this opportunity of presenting other recordsthat should be preserved. 1-‘irst the equipment of the Company.which was drilled in the field just opposite “\\'hite llal|":

July 29th. 1861. \\'e the undersigned. members of Co. A. 27th Reg't.,agree to appropriate the amt. set opposite to our names for the purchaseof clothes. the kind and character of said cloth to be hereafter detertninedand to be purchased at such place and such time as may be deemed best.The money so appropriated to be paid into the hands of Capt. T..\Ic.-\|lister out of our first wages {tom the Confederate States Govern­ment. |'I‘hirty-one signed for $7.00 each. while 5 wanted only a shirt :1piece. at $2.50.]

Sr.\e.\"ro.~:. \'/t., .-\ug. 3. I861.CM'r. 'l‘. .\lt'.'\l.l.lSTF.|i. DEAR Sm:

There is no cloth here at present but l have left an order for somewhich will be manufactured and sent to Covington in a few days. Theorder is for 80 yds. heavy grey cloth (double width) and I50 yds. lightgrey cloth for shirts. The heavy cloth costs $I per yard and the light.50 making the whole hill $155. lt will be charged to your acc't. Writesoon as l shall feel anxious about the company.

Yours truly,

Grzo. .\lcKr:.\'mu-:t>:.

C0\'l.\'(2T0.\', .-\ug. I2, I861.

You had better get trimmings for 50 pair pants and as many shirts inRichmond and send them on as soon as possible. . . . I'm makingbut slow progress recruiting as there are many others recruiting herefor the western service. . .

Yours truly.Geo. .\lcl\'it.\'mu:t:.

Captain .\lc.-\llister’s Company, at first assigned to the 4th Va.

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Regiment as Co. l. was for a while in camp on Virginia lleightsat llarper's Ferry:

l)i\'. lld. Qrs.ll. 1-‘.May 25.

Spec. ()rder Nu.l’;||'nlL‘

Countersign New OrleansBy order of Col. Jackson

l-‘iutxx IL Joxtzs.:\. .'\. (lenl.

(other side) CAPT. .\lL‘.-\I.l.l'5Tt-‘.|l.\'irginia lleights.

Camp \'-a lleights. .\lay 25th.

Kant-an or rm: .-\imoin' AT llauu-r'.u's l-'r.iuo':Please exchange this flint luck with Thompson. a member of my com­

pany who was absent with his musket at the time the exchange was made.'1‘. .\lC:\l.l.|sTF.lI. Capt..

Com. I. 4th lnfantry.

Re-c‘«|,of Capt. 'l'hompson .\lc:\llister. Capt. of Comp. l. l-‘ourth Regt.lnfantrie. sixty-nine flint lock Inuskets.

.\lay 18th I861.G. .\l. Cocmu\.\', Master of ()rdnance.

|N:t' ll. llilh, .-\ss|.

The following letter. written by .\lrs. L. .\l. .\lc.-\llister to herhusband Captain Thompson l\lc.-\llister. will show conditions athome. It was written in great haste. about .\lay 3|, I861 :

".\l\' m'..\ullt:sn.\xu:Well why is it that you do not get our letters perhaps we (like many

ml",-rs.) had lu.-uer direct them to \\'inchester. \\"e have been sendingpapers but as you dont get them no use in paying out money (which 1,).the by we have not got) for naught. We have been passing throughexciting [times] last week from the reports we certainly expected to haveall our property burned and we women and children sent to the moun­tains the carriage was out horses harnessed and waiting for .-\dd:unswho was one of four runners between this and Lewishurg to report.Ask Col. Carpenter he can tell you all about it I have lots of thingspacked up that I dont mean to open yet awhile I had any quantity ofthings put in the graveyard lin the nearby orchard] such as leather andgear and metal articles I buried the garden pretty full of things thatwould not decay and we expected to take the wagons and carts full ofprovisions with us I was not frightened but I was pro\'oked to think that

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all our property was to be consumed for naught but to gratify those()hio desperadoes I dont like the way the Northern troops are sur­rounding us. I think 'tis almost time Gen Lee begins to drive them backI fear there is to be a terrible battle at the Ferry so man_y troops .-\hme that it was all at an end I have got that I am afraid to open thepapers I get .-\ddams to read it first I never made my calculations ofpassing through such times as these . . . I wish they would forwardme a good big cannon from headquarters and let us have fair play atsome of these reported troops I think we might find places in our moun­tain passes that we could rid the world of a few of them I feel likefight instead of tlight. .\Ir. Rice |Rev James M. Rice. the pastor of theCovington Presbyterian Church] cant content himself here left last.\Ionday preached at ()akland yesterday dont know when he will getback maybe he is sick I am glad to hear you are so well perhaps thewalks you take do _vongood I think if you need a horse you had bestget one. now if you have a light try and not expose yourself more thanis necessary. .v\lls well and join in love. No sign of Dr. .\Icl)'s [l)r.Gabriel McI)onald's| trunk it has been expressed from Riclnnond C|.\Irs. Clara .\Icl)onald] will write to him tomorrow to send you thepapers you require .'\lls well except .\Irs Carter. Yours truly

L\'mA."

About this time Captain .\lc.-\llister wrote his will. It \vaswritten hurriedly, in pencil. marked “l’rivate." with no dategiven. It is printed just as written:

‘‘I. 'l‘. .\lc.-\llister. of the County of .-\lleghany in theState of Virginia 8: now in the Volunteer Service of theState of Virginia being of sound body and of sane mindbut in view of the uncertainty of life & especially in view ofpresent dangers do make & publish this my last will & testa­ment hereby revoking all former wills by me at any timemade & declaring this to be my only true will & testament.

“In the first place I direct [“that" struck out] all my justdebts be paid inclttding my proper portion of those made incommon with the firms of Rosser & Mc.'\llister & 'l‘..\lc.-\llister & (To. (Tov. & I) R R. & the large debt duethe heirs of .-\. :\ddams is to be settled on equitableterms. based on a statement made by me & in the handsof my nephew _las lleaver being dated June — I860. &my estate shall be charged with interest from the date ofsaid .\‘ItIf('m(‘Ilf& that the share of said estate due to othersthan my wife Lydia or myself be paid out of any propertyor funds now in the State of l’-a.

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"I further direct that whereas by the will of my latefatherinlaw A. Addams dec’d land & other property wasleft to my \vife l._vdia& whereas a considerable portion ofhis share of said estate has been by his consent redeemedinto my possession as shown by the statment in the handsof _| Beaver above referred to. 8: whereas the object of saidtestator doubtless was to guard against the misapplication ofany portion of said estate to these |other?] persons than thehusband 8: offspring of said Lydia It is therefore mywill that the said estate shall be Inerged into & be part ofmy estate with the consent of my \vife the said Lydia, & tobe disposed of as herein after provided viz

".-\n inventory of all my personal effects shall be taken &filed in the clerk's ollice. the business of my estate includingfarming milling &c. shall be comlncted nmler the directionof my \vife Lydia for the space of two years at least fromthe date of recording this will & as mttch longer as the saidLydia my son A Adams & .-\ l):unron shall on consultationthink proper but not to exceed 5 years in the aggregate Theeducation of my children shall be provided for by my wifeLydia ottt of my estate. all money paid for tuition and alledttcatiott c.\'pcltses when from home shall be a charge uponthe share of each child with interest in a final distribution ofmy estate .\ly son A :\ shall receive at the expiration of thetwo years first named out of my estate 100025for his ser­vices as Superintendent & thenceforward sttch amount asmay be agreed upon by the three persons before named .-\tthe expiration of the two years or other time named for adistribution my wife Lydia shall be entitled to receive theportion of said estate allowed by la\v viz one third to belaid (ill or to remain jointly as she may then elect. Mydaughters Clara & ;\ to receive each one ()th & the balance tobe equally divided between my three sons .-\ \\'. & l-‘.. insuch way as may be equitable & right & if a division shallbe urged by the older heirs the minors may be representedby A. l)amron lisq. who is authorized to act in their steadin any division that may be made

“The hous with the brick school house in the town of Cov­ington recently purchased of _l.Cross with so much groundon & in rear of which said buildings stand as is embraced ina line running at right angles with the street commencingone foot east of the east end of the S. house & running atright angles across said lot shall be deeded to & be the prop­erty of my wife l._vdia independent of & beyond the diviseherein before provids for

‘‘It is my desire that my Son .\ .-\ transact the business as

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well of the heirs of 'l‘. .\lc.-\ as that of executor but withthe restriction first the continual sanction of my wife & ofA l)amron Esq. Said A .-\ is hereby appointed executor ofthis my last will & testament provided on application by anyone interested or by the said l)amron the coun y [county]court shall consider the application K‘if the said court enter­tain fear of a waste of the estate in his hands this appoint­ment will be by said court revoked."

l)r. (iabriel i\lcl)onald. who had enlisted as a private in Capt..\lc.-\llister's company, was soon transferred to wider serviceas a regimental surgeon with rank of Major.

ClI.\Itl.l-2$T0.\'.Kanawha Co.. 16th June. I861.This is to certify that l)r. (I. .\fcl)onald was assigned by Gen. Lee as

surgeon of the forces under my conunand. (liven under my hand dateand year above written.

C. \'. llvm-mur:s.Col. \'a. \'ols.

Soon came First .\lanassas. July 2|, 1361. Captain .\lc:\l­lister's own account of that battle and of his part in it, togetherwith the gallant part played by his brother Robert on the otherside. has been printed in the “Sketch of Captain .\lc.-\llister."We cannot refrain from giving an additional account \vritten.to J. (lray .\le.-\llister, umler date of April 18th, 1896, by .\lr.\\'m. .\l. .\lc.'\llister, who \'as with his father that day:

“We were (loublc-quickcd into line of battle on that day alittle past noon. in the intensest hot sun and under heavy firefrom the enemy's musketry and artillery. The entire Brigadewas in one continuous line. with the regiments arrangedfrom right to left. as follows: Second. fourth. fifth, twenty­sevcnth and thirty-third. We were supporting our ‘\\'ash~iugton .-\rtillcry.' and the ‘Rockbridge Battery’ and immedi­ately fronting the famous ‘Sherman's Battery.’ \\'e were re­quired to lie down as close to the ground as we could get andon our arms. with beads to the enemy. \\'e remained in thisposition for something like two hours. . . Finally our linesin front began to waver. then to give way and break in con­fusion both on our right and left and center and for a whileit looked as if we were to be swept off the face of the earth

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.-\II this titne we were in a state of utter ittactivit ' and it wasnot ttntil our tnain line of battle in front bec:nne routed thatwe were ordered into action. (ieneral Jackson passed alongthe entire line on foot and gave orders quietly to the coin­ntander of each Regt. to prepare for a charge. and at a givensignal we rushed forvard and charged like ‘wild men.’ giv­ing the ‘Rebel Yell’ with a will as we hastily moved for­ward. firing and re-loading as we went. It was just at thistime that the latnettted llee of South Carolina in tryingto rally his demorali7.ed men used that memorable language‘Rally men! Rally!! Look at Jackson's men! they standlike a Stone\'alll' .-\fter charging forvard for a consider­able distance the Regt. becatne tnore or less disorganized. andyour grandpa. being the ranking Captain. reorganized theReg't and made a second and final charge at the ‘HenryHouse.’ There were about seven or eight of ottr Co.. amongthem Joe l-‘udge.llob Montague. .\lurrill. and others and my­self. who pressed on ahead of the company before the re­organization and final charge. and when they ntade this sec­ond charge we were already at the Henry llottse a little tothe right of their course of charge. Major john \\'. Danielwas with us and remembers distinctly the part taken by yourgrandpa in this battle. There is no question that he led theReg't in this final charge aml that it contributed largely tothe ultimate success of the advance tnovetnent and the routof the enemy. I know that that \'as (‘-eneral jack-son'sopinion at and after the battle."

U. S. Senator john \\'. Daniel. mentioned in the letter above.sent the fo|lo\ving letter to the writer:

.\lv III-'..\lt .\Iu. .\lt‘.*\l.l.Is't't»Z|t:

U.\'lTl~ZlI Swvn-zs St-:.\-,vn:.

\\'.\sttt.\'r.'ro.\'. l). (‘.. Dec. 24. txoo.

It gives tne muclt pleasure to receive the memorial of your [grand]father—a just and pious tribute to a brave.Christian man.

trtte soldier and noble

I shall cherish it amongst my prized relics of the great days that triedmen's souls and that trying his found it of purest metal.

I remain.

(luv .\lc.-\t.t.ts'n:tt. l-Isq.

.\lost truly yours._].\'o. W. l).\.\'n:I..

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The two papers that follow will be of interest:

Hd quarters tst Brigade,Aug. 2nd, I861.

CM"l‘. .\lc.-\t.I.rs'n:x:

\\'ill detail two sentinels to report to Q'master Harman at once. Resp'y.F|lA.\'l\' B. Jomzs, Aid.

Clarence .-\. l-'onerden. aged 20 years. 5 ft. 7 in. high. a member of mycompany attached to the 27th Reg't Va. \'ols., has leave of absence forone week from this day to visit his family at Ashland near Riclnnondand report himself at the expiration of that time at this place or wher­ever the company may then be stationed.

(N0 dale.) T. .\lc.-\t.LIsrr:n. Capt.

We take up again the narrative of .\lr. .-\. .-\. .\lc.-\llister:

“When my father went away to war he put me in charge°f °"'~"')’thing. Even when l \'as a boy he had been ac­customed to send me to buy cattle in (ireenbrier and Botc­l0t_lrt counties aml to borrow money in l.ewisburg—andbring it back with me. The war broke up the railroad work.home of the men working for us enlisted in your grand­father's company and the others went elsewhere. The chiefclerk at Section I8 stole everything he could. He loadedup the goods at the company store and hauled them off andsold them. He even stored some of the goods at ‘Rosel)ale.' llefore we found out that these were company goodshe had gotten your grandfather to certify the amount that wasdue him for his services. He then took the papers to UncleRobert in New jersey and made him pay him. though heowed for the goods he had stolen aml for which he neverpretended to account. lie. of course. framed up a storyto suit. and this. together with your grandfather's actionIn siding with his State, caused a breach between the twobrothers that was healed only a few months before yourgrandfather died. in 1871. I found that the store was be­ing robbed—in fact found the thieves in it—aml hauled awaywhat the clerk left of the commissary goods and the equip­ment that could be moved. I used generally two wagons.

‘remember spending one night on the works. I had my|)|Sl()l with me. Finally I got the stuff down. but we hadto leave cars. carts. etc.. there. entailing large loss. Someof the people who lived in the neighborhood broke them

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up and sold the iron in them for scrap-iron just after the\var. Conditions were in such chaos that your grandfather(who had been refused a furlough) had to resign and comehome to look after his affairs. But, as you know. he con­tinued his active interest in war matters. He was madeconnnander of the Home (itlards and looked after thesoldiers and their families by extending them credit and giv­ing to them when they could not pay.”

The papers that fol|o\v show what it means to live on a high­way in war time:

Received 26th Sept 1861 of T .\fc.-\llister Two hundred 30 lb hay forgovernment teams hauling for Jo Mississippi Regiment of Floyds BrigadeCovington \'-a

Ll-Z0.\'J\|tD llM.I.I-:w.

Received ()ct 22ml 186! of T .\fc:\llister one black mule. which. beingdisabled was left at pasture on his farm at Covington. by a train belong­ing to a Tennessee Regt of Lee's l)ivision of the Confederate army the7th day of August last. the pasture bill for which is not yet settled

.-\. A. PITIIAN, \\'. .\l. S.

We commissioners sworn as aforesaid do report that we have valuedthe property taken by Col \\'m I. Jackson's Command from Thompson.\lc.-\Ilister as follows. 88 pannels of fence burned to average 8 rails tothe pannel making I204 rails. 8: we estimate said rails to be worth $35.00pr I00. making the aggregate sum of $3oI.oo—'l‘he said soldiers alsohnrned I2 pannels of plank fence which we estimate to be worth $4.41)pr pannel. making lllt: sum $53.1-lo.— Given under our hands this 16thday of January 1864

() C.u.i./u:n.\.\'l-'.ow/urn lh.-nu:CnMn.i-:s l)ur:ssi.i»:iz

ll-‘igurcs given as written.—_|. (2. .\lc.«\.|

Tm: (‘us-vi-:m:u.vrr:Smrrzs

To Tmmi-so.v .\lc.-\t.I.Isrx-:u. l)r.I364June 28th.

For pasture for one hundred (loo) head of Horses for UM‘ <li|)‘-3“the rate of sixteen cents (I6 cts.) pr. head pr. day. $|6-00­

I certify. on honor. that the above .-\ccount is Just & Correct.1). ll. Ln.I.v.

.-\pproved: .-\. A. Q. .\l. Detach.].\'o. It. l..\l-V.

Major Comdg. Detach Cav.

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. This is to certify that Sixty-fotir horses. belonging to the ConfederateStates in my care were pastured in a field of T. Me.-\llister (The field'f"¢‘lY used by .\laj. Lady) Five days from Tuesday. June 26th, until5"'“l-")3 July 3rd. & that said pasture was necessary is due & unpaid.

Josizrn "A\'TAl,'R$'l‘,Capt. Commanding Detaclnit.

per A. L. James.Covington July lltli. I864.

' ‘ - . . . .lhc following papers tell of other service in the district:

Requisition for twenty horses 20 saddles :0 bridles 8: 20 pairs blanketsfor the use of my company of .\lonnted Riflemen raised for the defenslelof the (‘nrelelnbrier district

l certify that the articles contained in the above requisition are neces­Silry for the efTiciency of the men if not to the very existence of theCompany.

_ _ T .\le.-\i.i.is'r+:ii CaptLovington Jan 3rd iX6Il2|

-'\")' ‘lll:|l'lt,'l’ltIEI$l('l’will fill this requisition who has horses on hand.3rd Jan 1862

.'\n antograpli letter from war-(‘-overnor Letcher evidentlyhas reference to the preceding:

lf General l)avis of (ircenbrier will raise two companies in l’ocahontas‘ ' u - q Ior (nreenbrier. who will regularly organize, and elect their officers. I will

eoniniission them. and arm them for service.JotI.\' l.l>2TCIll-Ill

Jany 7th I86:

C-‘ml. Mc.-\llister is :IlIlll()l'llt:(l [to] raise the two companies abovespecifiecl by Gov. Leiclier to Jan I862 ­

. A \\’ (1 l)Avis

(L'mlated.)The nnilersigiieil will furnish for the sustenance of Capt. llart's coin­

mand while fortifying in .-\llegh:iny the articlelsl set opposite otir names.A Hook. :2 bu. corn: 1‘. .\lc.-\llister. 3000 lb. bay. 2 bbl. flour. I50 lb.bacon; Caleb (‘.rilTitli.3 bu. pots.. 3 lm. meal ; :\. Fudge. to bn. corn.8: bacon: C. Sliirkey. potatoes: J. l.. Pitzer. I bbl. flour & prob.bacon & potatoes; l’. llyer. potatoes; Jas. Robeson, 2% corn.

.\l|( l’i-:.\'m:t.i.

Let the bearer have 50 lb feed & charge the ConfederacyT .\lc.-\i.i.isrmi

Jznd Feb 65

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Sept. t Iyear not given]l-'.xaInined .\lcCurdy's list for soldiers‘ families 8: find :9 families have

been sttpplietl by him.

ltelns from the accotmt of Capt. .\lc.-\llister \vith john C.Grove:

()ct. :9. I864. To making I pair shoes $10.00To half soling & patching shoes, daughter 5.00

.\'m-, 24 To healing gators for daughter 2.00Jan. 2|, I865. To footing boots. Tumbler (servant) .-5.00

" g.;_ " To makg. I pair boots. Adams 35.00

(The following outline of the Civil War record of A. A..\lc.-\|lister. I81):-5. Sergeant in Bryan's Battery, t3th BattalionVirginia .-\rtillery. C. S. .-\.. \vas dictated in the main to J. Gray.\lc:\llister on .\lay I2. t9to. and .-\ugust 25. l()l l, on the basis ofnotes previously secured by Hugh .\l. .\lc.-\llister. It is supple­mented by extracts from the diary kept by Mr. .\lc;\llisterthrough a part of the war (unfortunately the diary \vas copiedonly in part aml has been mislaid) and by copious extracts fromthe sketch of Captain 'l‘homas .-\. Bryan. the Captain of llryau'sBattery. by l)r. .\lilton \\'. llumphreys. a member of the Battery.a warm personal friend of A. .-\. Me.-\llister and just retired. onthe Carnegie Foundation. as Professor of Creek at the Universityof Virginia. This outline .\lr. .\lc.-\l|ister very carefully reviewedwith his son. J. (‘-ray .\lc.'\llister. August :5. |()l|. his ;'othbirthday. and subsequently. September :8, l()lI, signed a type­written copy of it for each of his six sons. Space for his signa­ture is left at the end of this tt:trrative. It will surprise him tosee all this in print. but we will simply have to bow to the inev­itable aml sign.)

During the session of I858-9 l attended school at the .-'\cademyin l.L'\\'isl)ttrg, (Zreenbrier county. \\'. \'a. .-\t the outbreak ofhostilities in I861. l. as the oldest son. was left in charge of thelarge business interests of my father. 'l'hompson .\lc.-\llister,who. as Captain of Company .-\. .z';th \'irginia. (original) Stone­wall lirigade. went immediately to the field of \var.

In response to a call for volunteers 1 enlisted. at the age of

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20, at l.e\\'ishttrg (then \'irgini:t). .\l:treh 27. I862. enrolling inl3T?':llI'SButtery, lztter :tnd perntztnently :1 part of the 13th Bat­tulton \'irgini.'t .'\rtiller_\'. C. S. :\.. and heeomittg sttccessivelycorporal (gunner) and sergezmt in the Battery.

“The members resided eltietly in .\lmtroe county. aboutone-third being front (lreenhrier. and .1 Small ntttnber front‘"ll3|Ccttt counties. The t‘()lll[):ll't_)’.nztmed originally ‘The.\luttr()e Artillery,’ but soon known as ‘llryanis Battery.’\\'tth llt) present. was mustered into service at Lewislntrg._.\l.'treh 27, 186.2. . . The battery consisted of threetron six pottmlers. The men were eztrefully drilled."(li!'_\'.'l!l. p. 3.)

.'\fter drilling ztt Lewislntrg for some time I went with the Bat­"~"')' \‘i:t Cuvingtun. \'n.. my home. to lillCllSlll:lll.\':t.. thence via

GSc-ruemtt A. A. .\lc:\llit¢kI'. C. 5. A.

Suletu. \'.1.. into \Iunroe L'0ttlll\‘ (now W. \':t.). where weczunped (n._-.-.r<3]; \'u|plmr) until the «luv before the battle ofl.ewis|ntt'g. .\l:n' 3; ;.\'(,» “-here we lost two guns, I think.

' ‘ ' -l _ , u

“l‘he emnntztml." under llrI1.I€|(l"~""('°"°""l ”°ll"P_“'.":s"‘"l\‘t'\'e«l In‘ mil to l)u|»lin and tnztrched thence to um.l’"'l».'.where llrvzm with his three guns— to which t\\0 "CW

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ones had been added—tool< part in driving the enemy fromthe place. General lleth soon afterwards led his force(Twenty-second and l-‘orty-fifth Virginia Regiments andI-‘.dgar's Battalion) against Colonel George Crook. who hadtwo regiments and one battery at Lewisburg. The battle\vas fought .\lay 23rd—the only battle of the war in whichan equal. if not superior. force of Confederates was de­feated. llaving driven the Federals down into the to\vn.situated in a basin between two high hills, llcth ordereda charge of all the forces, including the artillery. llryanand (hey protested against this, as their guns could renderbetter service where they were; but lleth gave them per­emptory orders to charge with the infantry. The result wasthat the l"orty-second Ohio, as yet not engaged. took theConfederates on the left flank. threw them into confusionand routed them. capturing all the guns. Two six-poundguns of llryan's Battery had been left at Greenbrier River.These alone were saved. For some time there was no morelighting. ln the meantime. Captain Bryan made out andsent to General lleth a requisition for ‘six pieces of artillery‘¢'l.'ffhIm_\-mu'!.rafli.t'¢'d'! (It was intended to be a six-gunbattery. and the six-pounders were considered unfit for use.)lleth, in a passion. ordered the company to be divided intotwo infantry companies and assigned to Edgar's Battalion.making it a regiment. ()n llryan’s motion. the companyvoted unanimously to ‘stand up before a thousand muskctsand be shot.’ rather than take muskets. The resulting crisiswas relieved by General lleth being transferred to the mainarmy below Richmond. with the rank of major-general.General \\'illianis succeeded llcth and adopted a conciliatorypolicy. Then .\lajor-General l.oring. bringing reinforce­ments. led the army against the enemy." (Bryan, pp. 4-5.)

After the battle of l.ewisburg we remained in camp in .\lon­roe county. l-‘.arlyin the fall of 1352. under General Loring, wewent to the Kanawha Valley. where we pursued the l-‘ederalforces in a running light from l-‘ayetteville to a point belowCharleston. l was with the guns.

“Bryan’s two guns took part in the capture of Fayettevilleand of Charleston. the rest of the company serving as infan­try. with the assurance that they soon should have cannon.The battery was not engaged in any more lighting duringthis campaign. Six new guns were furnished-—a mixedassortment—most of them good pieces. The artillery of the

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department consisted of Bryan's, Chapman's, I.owry’s,()tey's and Stamp's Batteries. Some of these had been sentto New River Bridge to go into winter quarters. Bryanwas ordered to join them. Chapman's Battery was trans­ferred to another department. and the remaining four bat­teries were umler Major J. Floyd King. . . . Bryan'sBattery had already constructed winter quarters for menand horses, once near Union, and again at the ‘Devil's Den’(well named), a few miles further from town." (Bryan,pp. 5-6.)

I had been quartered at both places. After our fighting inthe Kanawha Valley we encamped for some time at GauleyBridge, where a number of our soldiers contracted typhoid fever.Jim Clark among them. I nursed him through his sickness,brought him back in an ambulance to Giles Court House, Va.,and then rejoined my command in winter quarters at the Narrowsof .\'ew River. Later in the winter we went to Thorn Spring inPulaski county. \"a., and remained there for the rest of thewinter (I862-3).

Captain Bryan “found. at Thorn Spring. a ‘camp-meeting’ground, buildings and structures suitable for men and horses.Ile took us there and we occupied the grounds for thewinter. . . . In the spring . . . a small force ofFederal mounted infantry undertook to surprise and destroy‘King's Saltworks’ (as they were then called), the maindependence of Virginia and North Carolina for salt. Gen­eral \\'illiams proceeded thither with some infantry andordered two pieces of artillery from Thom Spring to joinhim. The operator wrote ‘two’ so carelessly that it wasmistaken for ‘ten.’ 'l‘wo pieces each from Otey and Stamp,and all six of Bryan. were sent. April 18th. to Saltville.. . . The enemy retired without a battle. The wholebattalion then assembled near Saltville. as ten pieces werealready there." . . . Later “the battery was assigned toa brigade that was to be commanded by Colonel (afterwardsGeneral) john .\lcCausland. . . . There was little light­ing in West Virginia during the campaign" of 1863.“.\lcCausland's command made a pretended attack on thestronghold of Fayetteville. May 19th and 20th. and then fellback pursued by the enemy. On the morning of the 21stthe enemy pressed the brigade and were repulsed by Bryan'sBattery. supported by a small force of infantry. . . .

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Late in the afternoon of the zlst the enemy overlook thebrigade at Raleigh C. II. (now Ilcckley)." where tlIe Batterywas engaged. as also on July I4th. oil the site of the preseIIttown of Raleigh. the last engagement of the campaign. “Inthe fall" of I863 “the whole brigade went to the Narrowsof .\'ew River and spent the winter there. III December.'\\'eril| Inade a raid upon the Virginia and Tennessee Rail­road. and the brigade took part in the attempt to capturehim. crossing Peter's .\Iouutain and Salt Pond Mountainfrom the west in terrible winter weather; but there was nolighting.” (Bryan. pp. 7. Io-I2.)

I participated in all the operations mentioned above. Reallythere was very little fighting from the fall of I.\'(I.: until theSpring of I864. when (May 9th) we were engaged in the battleat Clo_\'d's Farm. in Pulaski couut_\'. \'a.

“Early in .\lay." I864. “the whole brigade marched toPrinceton." now West Virginia, “and occupied a fort. Theenemy was known to be advauciug on the south side of .\'e\vRiver: nevertheless the command was ordered to repair toStaunton at once. When it reached Dublin." \"a.. “andllr_\'an's guns were being placed oil a train of llats. the orderwas countermanded and the whole brigade. .\Ia)' 8th,marched back to Cloyd's I-‘arm.some live miles from Dublin.aIId formed line of battle near the base of Cloyd's .\Iouu­tain." (llryan. p. I3.)

I)iur_\-.—I864_ .\la)' 3:light for Princeton.within 8 miles of P.

Ilroke camp at .\'arrows at day­\\'eather very disagreeable. CampedNight quite cold.

I)iur_\'.—.\lay 4: .-\rri\-ed at Princeton; fixed up forregular camp; day quite pleasant. .\'ight very cold. IndeedI thought I would have to get up to warm my feet.

I)iar_\-.—.\la_v5th: .-\larm about In A. .\l.; were orderedout to foruhcations where we remained until we wereordered to the .\'arrows; started about 6 I’. .\I. travelled untilnear daylight.

I)iur_\-.—-.\Ia_\-(Ith: Continued the march. passed the .\'ar­rows about to .\. .\I. going towards Dublin. Camped 2 miles:Ilm\‘L‘(‘.iles C. II.

I)iur_\'.——.\la_\'7th: llroke camp at daylight. .-\rri\'ed atDublin about 4 I’. .\I. expecting to take the train at 6 o'clock.()rder countermanded; eueuI_\'said to be adx-ancing.

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I)iar_v.—Sunday, 8th: Company drew clothing. Aboutio A. .\l. orders came to hitch tip and move to the front..\lo\'ed out lo the farm of Major Cloyd, where we com­menced throwing up temp. fortifications.

l)iar_\-.—.\lay9th: (.\'o entry.)l)iary.—.\lay Ioth: (No entry.)Battle of Clo_\-d’: I-‘iirm.—“'l‘lie Forty-fiftli Virginia.

Beekley's Battalion. and Stanip's Battery re-eiiforced thecoinmaiid. and (‘seneralJenkins came and assumed coinnianil.On the 9th was fought the terrible battle of Cloyd's Farm.It would require imicli space to narrate the brilliant workdone by Bryan and his guns on that day. Crook. who com­inanded the Federals. had 6,555 men and twelve pieces ofartillery. against about 2.300 Confederates with twelvepieces. The latter were at last forced to retire by a flankmovement. The center brigade of the enemy was com­manded by Colonel Rutherford Bnrehard Hayes. and inone of his regiments a company was commanded by FirstLieutenant \\'illiani ;\lcl\'inley,” each in later days a l_’resi­deiit of the United States. “Bryan brought off all his pieces.but Stamp's Battery (now commanded by Captain Dicker­son) lost two. The army crossed New River, and on theIoth an artillery duel of several hours’ duration came (ill.with the great railroad bridge between the two armies. Cap­tain Bryan was in command of all the artillery. llis horsewas killed under him. 'l‘lie guns were not withdrawn untilnearly all had exhausted their ammunition. and the Federallnfantry began to cross by a ford two miles down the river."( Bryan, p. 14.)

We lost two men attached to my piece at New River Bridgel’.\‘the explosion of a shell from the enemy. This occurred onthe retreat the next day (.\lay Ioth).

“.~\fter this there was no more fighting until June 5th..\lcCansland's Brigade camped at Bang's during the inter­vening time. Crook having witlidrawii into \\'est Virginia."( Bryan. p. I4.)

l)iurv.—.\lav iitli: Continued our retreat to the Big llill.six miles above Salem. Rained almost all day. .\leii verybadly provided with shelter; my iness having the only tent inthe camp.

I)iiirv.—.\lav l.’lll: Reiiiained in camp. \\'eatlier veryiliszigret-zililc. ‘l-‘.iieiny said to be at Blacksburg.

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too fast for us, getting out about ten hours before we arrived.we having marched 3| nnles getting almost to New Port,when \ve were ordered back; camping at the foot of themountain.

I)iury.—.\lay 14: The morning being very disagreeabledid not gel up until very late; was then aroused by waterrunning under us. .\larched to within t\vo miles of Chris­tiansburg. (‘.ot dinner on the \vay.

l)iury.—.\lay I5: Sabbath: Rained in morning. .\lasonRusk and myself rode into to\vn to preaching at .\lethodistchurch. Saw quite a number of pretty girls one of whomespecially took my eye.

I)iur_\'.—-.\lay Iof .\Ir. Lucas.water.

6: .\loved camp nearer town on the farm.\ very pretty place. but inconvenient to

l)iur_\-.——.\lay I7: No move to-day.have my canteen fixed.

l)iar_v.—.\lay I8-29: (.\'o entries.)"Meantime llunter advanced up the Valley of Virginia.

and a heterogeneous force. including .\lcCausland's Brigade.assembled near .\lt. Crawford on June 4th. This commandmnnbering about 6,000. including lmboden‘s and \'aughn'sCavalry. crossed over to the road along the base of theBlue Ridge :md met llunter with 9,000 men at Piedmont,9 A. .\I.. June 5th." 1864. (Bryan. p. I5.)

I)iur_\-.—.\lay30: Received orders to cook 3 days rationsand be ready to march; sent out for horses; I’. C. [Clark]and myself went out to \vash our clothes.

l)iur_\-.—.\lay3| : .\loved pieces to depot; took horses outand sent them on. we awaiting a train to take us to Lynch­burg; I telegraphed to l’a. telling him of our move. 'l‘rainarrived about noon. .\lauy ladies out to see us off.

I)iur_\'.—\\'ed. June I 2 Salem. .-\rrived here last night onthe train. where we lay over waiting other trains fromLynchburg. They not arriving we started a little after day­light for Lynchburg. llad quite a nice time on the way.the ladies cheering us by waving handkerchiefs, and theirsmiling faces. ;\rrived at Lyuchburg late. about noon.

l)iur_\-.-June 2: Left Lynchburg at 9 o'clock, last even­ing. Arrived at Charlottcsville about 3 A. .\I. when westarted for Stauuton. \vhere we arrived about I: .\l. I spentthe evening in trotting around town. Saw no one I wasacqtlainled with.

I)iur_\-.—- June 3:

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teams to draw our guns to .\It. Craivford. Started fromtown about I I A. .\l. \\'as very much pl ~ased with the cotiii­tr_v: .\let Col. Barbee. also Capt. Bryan. Capt's arm stillsore. Heard the Yankees had been in Covingtoii and hadlieeii driven from there liy .\lcCatislaiid.

/)I'ur_v.—_liiiie4: Army all moved into position, (‘ieneral_loii_escommanding. ()ur position in a wheat field. Re­iiiaiiicd there until about noon. when ive were ordered backinto camp. unliitclied and went for grass; Iiad scarcelygotten it before we were ordered and hitched up and movedin the direction of Stauiiton. \\'e camped at dark. Had agr -at d -al of trouble with horses.

.-\fter the eiigageiiient :it New River llridge we were takenover to Statintoii and down the Valley. where we engaged in thebattle of New Hope (or "l‘iediiioiit").

Ifalllr of iVme Hope (or “l’iednioiit").—“liiiliodeii and\'augliii simply kept out of the light. The remaining 4.900lost I.5oo men. so bloody was the struggle. General \\'illiamli. Jones was killed. ()ii this occasion Bryan's guns didwonderful ivork. 'l‘he- Confederates had about sixteenpieces. four of which were manned by boys who fled at thefirst tiring. 'l‘lie enemy liad tiveiit_v-four pieces under Cap­tain ll. .-\. l)ul'ont of the L'nited States Regulars." (llryaii.P- I5-)

“iur_\'.—_]iiIie 5: Resuiiied march at dayliglit_. llad notRune very far before we lI'.'ll'(l firing of artillery. _Wearrived on the field aliottt 7 o'clock A. .\I. Four of our pieceswere put in position on the right where we were e_xpose_-1to a verv severe fire of artillery. llad two horses killed inmy piece. .\lvself and one man wounded. I thought forsome time after that I had lost my eyesight. but lllilllkfi 10 3|kiiid l'rovideiice it was all right.‘

'l'lien we went back to the llliie Ridge .\loiiiitaiiis ii -ar \\’aynes­boro.

' Hllrnct from letter from Prof. .\liltoii \\'. Iliimpllreyl l0J- "-Vi)‘""“‘""“°"- ‘l'"‘lJM)‘ '9. mi: : " Ile "(.\lr. Mcx\|linter)"iiiid Clark were-the religloiinleudeni ofthe llnttery.mid often euiidiicted prnyer-meetliign. jiint an the bottle of Piedmont (or New Hope)“PMAbout to lieglii. June 5. ifilq. ten miles from Stnuiilon. he called a prayer-iiiu-t|ii_gwhile he. or some one else he hnd called on. was priiyiiig. n iihell istniek the ground IIIthe mldi-lof thoiie iixiienibled.and we were all ordered to our K""" "“'l"|l W“ "l00‘l.\'battle not II iniiii In "|'\'XII!'! flattery WMkilled Mid I10"? “‘°""d¢‘l '~“'-‘9l“""“ )‘°‘"' "'""~"’bed Itllltl knocked ll|'I0 his ¢')'esiby l shell and could iicarcely "#9 ‘"7 "°""“l "3!’ °'' W‘miiiit of the resulting intliiiiiuintloii."

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l)iar\-.—_Iune6: Continued our retreat from Fishersvilleto .\loimtain Top. where \ve went into catnp in the linestclover I think 1 have ever seen. I and my bed fellows sleep­ing under the caissons.

l)iar_\-.—]une 7: .\loved the pieces higher up on the hill.on the right of the road as you go to Charlottesville. Threwup some temporary works. ;\ll anxiously looking for (‘-en.llreckinridge with reinforcements. ()ld .\lr. llryan with us.

I)iar_\-.—_lune8: Strengthened our works: laid aroundin camp and cooked rations. Some of Gen. l$reckinridge'sstaff arrived. (1. \\'. Early of our mess quite unwell.

l)iar_\-.—_Iune9: The center section of our battery (theone I belong to) ordered to the front. .\loved do\vn to thecreek where we remained some time. were then orderedback. on our way back met some of the trains bringingtroops (the 22nd Regt.).

“Then followed the combined movement of Hunter andCrook against l.ynchbnrg. where. _Ittneism. Bryan did workwith his guns which won the admiration even of F.arl_v'smen. . . . ()n the ztst the Federals made their escapeat Salem. leaving eleven pieces in the hands of the Confed­erates. llryatt's Ilattery was close at hand. but was notengaged." (Bryan. Ii. I3.)

Thence through .\'elson county to Lynchburg. \vhere F.arl_vtook command: then after the light at Lynchburg we followedthe Federals to and beyond Salem. Then we turned and wentvia Staunton down the \'alley. Ilad lighting at Kernstown. \\'in­chester. and .\lonocac_vin .\lar_vland. Thence to near \\'ashing­ton. where we remained in sight of the capitol for about two days.

"Then began the great '\'alley Campaign.’ F.arl_v'scorpsand the .\rm_vof West \'irginia (under llreckinridge) wereorganized into the ‘.~\rmyof the \'alley' at Stannton. Therewere several artillery Lattalions. llr_van's. Chapman's. andl.owr_v's Batteries formed the Thirteenth llattalion VirginiaLight .\rti|ler_v under .\lajor \\'illi:un .\lcl.aughlin. Lien­tenant-Colonel _l. Floyd King being commander of the divi­sion (two battalions. one of which consisted of reserves).llr_van's llattery was reduced to four pieces. all three-inchrifles. The army marched down the \'alley by «link-rentroads. Hn the third of _lul_va part of it. with llr_van's andChapman's guns. took .\|artinslntrg. llr_van'sguns were notengaged. ( )n the 4th and 5th the army crossed the Potomac.

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and on the morning of the 6th two pieces of Bryan's Batterywere engaged near the .\lary|and Heights. The battery laythere under the fire of the heavy guns on the Heights tillthe night of the 7th. when the whole army marched north­ward. ()ii the 8th Bryan's Battery was on the extreme rear,followed by Federals from the Heights. \\'hi|e some firingwas done. it could Iiardly he called fighting. On the 9th wasfought the hattle of .\lonocacy. near Frederick City. againstLew \\'al|ace. ()iie section (two pieces) of Bryan's Bat­tery. under Captain llryan. was at the front under fire. hutseemingly not engaged. \\'allace. being defeated. retreatedtowards llaltimore. and on the Iotli Early marched towards\\'ashiiigton. . . . ()ii this day and the next Bryan's llatll-'|_')'was under fire from Fort Stevens. hut did not take part inthe cannonade.. ()n the night of the Izth the army willi­drew. aml on the l4lll recrossed the l’otomae into Lotidouiicounty." \'a. “The enemy pursued. harassing the _Con_l’ed­crates‘ rear. as the ariuv retired and crossed the Blue R‘idgethrough Snicker's (‘n'l]).llll0the \'alley. ()ii the tfith lzarlywheeled ahout. and lli'yaii's Battery took very active part inthe ensuing llattle of Castleniaii's l-‘err_v.' UH - - - .l“l." 33”“Early attacked Crook at Kernstown and routed _him.Bryan's Battery was hotly engaged with Federal ‘artilleryand aniioyed hy sharpshooters. During the pursuit llryanshelled the enemy from a hill which they attempted to oc­ctipy at \\'inchester." In the parallel march of the two ar­mies up the Valley to Cedar Creek there was “alinost con­stant fighting. in which llryan's Battery tools‘ 1>:lI'_l- ‘OI!:\iigust '.’§lll the hattery was “furiously engaged ‘Will! l-ed­eral cavalirv and artillery at short range hetween Shepherds­lmvii £lll(l‘I,cct()\\'ll. The Confederate infantry came upand relieved the situation." (B")'i‘“- l’l’- '5"7-)

We returned via Loudoun count." in“) ll“: \"‘"'~‘)'- “'l"~"'° “"5had oeczisimml skirmislies. the most serious of them at Leetowii.I participated in all of them as iuentioiied ahove. There was no""140 engagement until the important hattle of Winchester. the")lh of September. I864. In this hattle our battery was divided.our p:irt heiiig left at Steplieiisoifs I)epot. ahoiit five miles north

' Iixtmq (mm mR,.(,f p'."f_ _“m.,.. w, umnptirr.-_vnto J. (‘-my .\teAlliIter. July W.""3: "Tile only haul: in which lmme ln eviiitadwith )'°'“' ‘“"'" “'“' """ °r c""'°'|l|n||'x ‘:",,._ 1"“, 1, ,i.-,_‘in “-"(ch hgule it was made my duty lo see that all the gun:hzutIhg .-...,g,_.at we Hum), I mm: ‘O3.0“, [“',"-.i gumand saw that it iieeded no in­!-lriiction lroin me I do not suppose he ever knew that I for inkm‘ minutcii watched theworkllllt Ht‘his gun."

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of Winchester. ()ur own cavalry left us there and \vc raced to\\'inchester. to escape capture by the enemy and to get into thelight, which we did, and it \vas hot sure enough,—thc hottest fightl was ever in.

“Early on the morning of September l()lll began the greatand bloody battle of Winchester. Bryan's Battery first op­erated on the extreme left against the Federal Cavalry."(.~\. .-\. .\lc.v\. was here.) “lt was hotly engaged and oc­cupied several positions. .-\t last one section \vas left tooperate against the cavalry" (.\. .\. .\lc.'\. was here), “whilethe other two pieces. with Chapman‘s llattery. joined themain line of battle. Bryan remained with the section whichopposed the cavalry. The lighting of the artillery on thisday. when it was deserted by the infantry. has passed intohistory as something phenomenal. ()ne of the guns. withits drivers and cannoneers. was captured. having been leftbehind when the Confederate cavalry yielded to the Federalon the extreme left." (Bryan, pp. 18-20.)

Then followed l-'isher's Hill, where we lost our pieces. TheFederals flanked us and came in behind us. Jim Clark, whowas afoot. was almost overtaken by the enemy when l took himbehind me on my horse and carried him from the field.

“The Confederate army occupied the strong fortificationson I-'isher’s llill. two miles south of Strasburg. Late in theafternoon of September 20th the Federal army appeared onllupp's llill beyond the town. l-Carlyon the morning of the.’ISl lighting began. Bryan's llattery occupied the extremeright. and was engaged through the day and all the nextday. September 22nd. Late in the afternoon of this dayCrook's Corps climbed the mountain on the Confederateleft and turned that flank. .-\t dusk the \vhole line was giv­ing way. lileven pieces of artillery were abandoned.llryan's guns fired the last rounds in the engagement. andwere all brought off. but Captain Bryan and several of hismen. to escape capture. were compelled to take to .\lassa­nutten .\lountain. On September 24th the enemy overtookthe Confederates at Rood's Hill. and a running fight lasteduntil sunset" (.-\. .-\. .\lc.-\. engaged in it). “when l-‘.arly’sarmy took the road to l’.rown's (‘napthrough l’ort Republic.The Battery was not engaged any more until October 19th"at Cedar Creek. (Bryan, pp. 18-20.)

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W.’-\fte'r the battle at I-:isher's Hill we came up the \.'alley toayncsboro. I here, being sick, I left the command on sick leaveand soon came home. I did not get back in time for the battle

of Cedar.Creel<, the I9th of October, the only battle our batteryt'l.l1.::Ige«lm. from its organization to its mustering out. in which I(Il(l not participate. I rejoined my command, on the retreat. aday or two after the battle.

"Bryan's Battery \vas only once more engaged. ()n aVery cold day. when the ground was covered with snow, anda north wind blowing. two divisions of Federal cavalry weresent to find out whether Early had left the Valley, as Sheri­dan had been told. The infantry of Early's army, and Mc­Laughlin's Battalion (live pieces. as one of Bryan's was sohard frozen that the wheels would not turn) reached Rood'sIlill :\'ovember 22nd. just in time to save \\'icl<ham's Cav­alry llrigade from disaster. The cavalry, Confederate andl_'e_deral,\vas down on .\leem's Bottom. The artillery washnng rapidly from the hill. and the enemy, only 200 yardsaway. charging, when \\"harton's Division passed over theguns. llryan's gun had just fired a shell which explodedIII the gun, greatly endangering the infantry, and ColonelCarter gave the order to cease firing. This was the lastround fired by the battery or the battalion. SergeantIlumphreys was pointing the gun and Captain Bryan waspresent, ctmimzuuling.” (Bryan, p. 23.)

We went into winter quarters first near Fishersville and then0'‘ lllc .\'arrows of .\'ew River; and, as every winter, I rode toC""l"l~!t()n (they were glad to get the horses out aml have themrcd) and spent the winter at home. I went back to my command,l-ut we had no lighting. We were paroled and disbanded atChristiansburg, \'a., April I2, 1865. (Yes, I was there when itwas mustered in and I was there when it was mustered out.) Iwalked from Christiansburg back home to Covington. and mar­Pied .\lay to, 1865.

“When Richmond and l’etersburg fell. the battalion,without horses or guns (these having been left in Lynch­hllrg). joined I-Ichols' army at Dublin. On April 12th.three days after I.ee's surrender. the army under licholsreceived their discharge in the form of a two months’ fur­lough given at Christianslmrg. Ilryan. who had been on a

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short furlough, returned April llth and issued the finaldischarge to his men on April Izth. Such is a brief outline,of the military career of Captain Thomas A. Bryan, whowas one of the bravest men it was ever the fortune of thewriter to see under lire. and who handled his battery on thebattlefield so efliciently that men were often heard to re­mark that they had never before seen artillery manoeuveredlike infantry." (Bryan, pp. 23-24.)

The above. which has been given on the request of my ehil:_|;-en,presents in outline my service in the Civil War.

(Signed)

“Rose l)ale." Covington. \'a.November. 1912.

There were two books used by Mr. .\lc.-\llister in \var timethat have survived the changes of the years. One, “Science of\\'ar," \vas bought by Captain .\lc:\llister and given to him when.in I362, he volunteered for service. The three pencil notes on thefly-leaf are memoranda of money due from army comrades. Theother, Fables of La Fontaine. in French. bears the name of“_lohn (Zood. Reading." the same, probably, whose widow mar­ried .v\braham :\ddams. .\lr. .\lc.'\llister studied this book. underthe tuition of his friend .\lr. llumphries. through some of the dulldays in camp.

Quite a number of years ago the writer. while on :m overlandtrip with his father. asked him the question: “You have beenthrough the war and know what it is. lf you had the choice tomake over again—given the same conditions—\vhat would youdo?" Quietly. yet with a flash in the gray eyes that I can neverforget. he replied: “l would do exactly as I did."

This chapter should not be brought to an end without men­tion of the estimate that others have made and voiced of Mr..\lc.\llister's record as a soldier. Une estimate comes from the

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Chapterof the Daughtersof the Confederacy,whichD . 1-(‘upon hnn a (.ross of Honor on Confederate.Memorial

3')’ III Covmgton, Va.. June 3. I909. It may be of mterest toadd that the writer was one of two who delivered addresses to

ll“: 15'1"‘-‘atthrong in the Opera House that day. The other esti­mate. Ill two letters to the writer, comes from Professor .\lilton\\. llumphreys, whose sketch of Captain Bryan has been sol‘"'ls'°lyused in preparation of this record and who himself bears'll‘1t'_reputation of being one of the best soldiers in the service.lhis he wrote years ago: "I never saw a better soldier than5°"1(e:uIt .-\. .-\. .\lc.-\llister." And this in a letter dated July'9. l9l2:

"A-‘ X0" 51!)’.I am probably more familiar with your father's‘"'"')' life than any one now living. unless imlecd his corporal,.l5|"!CsClark, is still living; and yet as I was alvays with anotherKiln and generally in another section of the battery. there are"‘-'7)’few details that I can give.

“Your father was noted for positive piety, pure morals, manlycourage. and clmraclcr."

Cl l.\l"l‘l£l{ Ill.

Through Years of Peace.

"just after the war." reads the narrative of .\lr. .v\.A. .\lc.v\l­lister. “I don't believe that all of us together had a dollar inmoney. ".\'erythiug was in a chaotic condition. Your grand­father went to :\ugusla county aml on his own ohligation houghtwheat and flour. which he shipped over the Virginia Central Rail­road to _]ackson's river (nine miles helow Covington) and turnedit over to a committee the. .\l r. l-‘udge, Captain .\lcCnrdy and

possibly others composing it) to distribute to the people to keepthem from starving. Feed. hay and everything he had was atthe disposal of the needy. llis dehts were growing aml he couldnot collect on what was due him. He had heen one of the se­curities of John I). Sadler. Sheriff of the county. who failed..\lr. Rosser at this time was unable to make a settlement withhim. [He was very feehle and Capt. .\lc:\llister was also inhad health.| Some years later—just hefore or just after yourgrandfather's death—the settlement was effected. Virginia Statehonds heing turned over hy Mr. Rosser for the amount due.

“liven under such conditions your grandfather was alwaysready—-as he had always heen—to throw himself into anythingthat helped the connnunity and county. l remember the hadstretches of road he helped to make into good ones—one fromthe mill to town and another from the river hridge down throughthe town to what was known as Skeen's hotel (corner Main andLocust). llefore the war when the Virginia Central Railroadhad heen projected to _Iackson's River and the Covington &()hio had started from Cuvington. your grandfather had an in­timation that the \'irginia Central would huild to Covington ifproperly encouraged. and suhscrihed $2.000. although alreadylieavily in debt. \\"hen the roads joined at Covington the peopleat llealing Springs. then a more noted resort than now, wanted toget a road through to Covingtou instead of heing forced to usethe longer road via \\'arm Springs and .\lillhoro Springs to therailroad. Your grandfather and others interested the people herein the enterprise. took stock in it and persuaded others to do thesame. l have heard that he was speaking at the court house in

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f€;\'0r of the project and gave his estimate of the cost of halfo the road nearest Coviiigtoii. when some one called out, ‘\\'illyou build it for that ?' ‘Yes. I will.’ he replied. He and Kingtook the contract for that part of the road from Covingtonto the top of the mountain (aboitt 8 miles) and Mr. Shultz took

I .- 7 rs .the rest. \ our grandfather and king lost something. not niticli,on their contract. The road was laid out by .\lr. Kuper, a rail­road engineer. and it is one of the best roads in the State."

Mention has been made of the marriage of the returnedsoldier less than a month after he had been niustered outOf SCl'\'lCC. The bride-to-be he first met in church, at

C°"'"t-Z10". iii i862,—.\liss _](ulia) Ellen Strattoii, who wasborn in Maiden, Kanaivha county, (then) Virginia, the daughterOfJoseph l)(ickiiisoii) and .\lary .-\(nii) (lluster) Strattoii. ’l‘|ieStrattoii line‘ has been traced back to England through EdwardStrattoii (I) of Bermuda llundred. \'a.. whose son Edward (II)married Martha Sliippey. daughter of 'l‘homas Shippey. Theirson l'.dward (lll) married Ann Batte( daughter of Henry Batte:tlmr son 'l‘honias married Elizabeth Elam; Ilicir son Henry(who was a lieutenant in the naval service dtiriiig the Revolu­“°"“")' \\':ir. and later drew a pension of land) married SarahHampton; their son .-\rcliibald married Edna Dickinson (Oct. 13.W93): their son Joseph D(ickinson) Strattoii married Mary’\(|m) Buster (Oct. 30, i832). Edna Dickinson (born Sept. I5,'770: died in Kanaivlia county. W. \'a.. January 7, 1862) wasthe oldest child of Joseph Dickinson (born April it, 1742; died"'~'l“- I5. I318) and Elizabeth (\\'ooldridge) Dickiiison (born-i‘"‘- ll. I744; married loseph Dickinson. March 6. 1769; died3\o\'. 7, 13.3);

'5" " A llookofstrattoiin." by Ilnttle R. Strattoii.' (I-‘min fiiiitu-«I .\t:-niorlal owned by Mn. A. A. MeAllliit¢-r.Cov|IIIl0l|- \'II-).'

In meuioryot Jthtph l)ic|:iuison. born April iitli. I741.mnrrted Iillnbeth \\'ooldflllge. .\liIreh (Ali.I76-;. Rigid honesty mid plnlii ileiilitig were eoinplciiomt trnltitof his whole life. And died September ibtli. I3!‘­

lu memory of I-tllmbetli \\'ooldrldge. born jiiiiiiary ittlmioii. Mnrclibtli. nix). liy vrhoni iilie had

"lflllf Strattoii. Se-|)l'l'. i_stli. I770.\lll|iiuii Dickliivou. ]nn'y. 7tti. I772.:f“"°¥ Robertnon. 0ct'r. 2-Ali.i77,t.-5"")? Shrewxlniry. Sq-pt‘r. isth. 1776.ljleunnt l)k-kiiiiioii. April |5“l. i7‘\‘_s.|‘0r many years n coiisluteiil memberAnd died .\‘ovc.-int-er7|h_ ms

li. nu. niarrlecl Joseph Dick­

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Joseph Dickinson was from Redford county, \'a., and l?.liza­beth \\'ooldridge from near Richmond, Va.

Joseph l)(ickinson) Stratton. son of .-\rchibald and Edna(Dickinson) Stratton. was born in liedford county. \'a.. aboutthe year I790. lle tnarried. lirst. Theresa (.‘-ray.of Bedfordcounty. who died six months after their marriage. He remaineda widower for twenty years. He \\'as for :t number of yearssheriff of Iiedford county.

It is said that .-\rchibald Stratton served in the War of l3|2.It is certain that his son _I()scphDtickinson) Strattou did, and“Uncle lsham." until his death a servant in the family. waswith him as his body-servant. Here is a letter written to theyoung soldier by his mother:

Bl-2|)!-‘()R|ISi-:I'rn.\un-Lu TIIP. zrrn 181.3.Di-'..u¢

Son I now take my pett in order to write a few line: to you though dcsli.tute of a subject to write on but as \ve are at a distance a part 1 think ourduty compells us to write to each other to let us know how each other are.We have understood from Capt. Hopkins your Company was divided & Iwish to know What oflicers you fell under and how you are pleased withthem.

.\Iy Dear Son I hope you will_disclIarge your duty towards your comm»;­and return home and enjoy the Blessings of seeing us all and siting down inpeace for a season if not during life My son discharge your duty towardsyour officers & receive an honorable discharge from the duty of yourCountry-Be very particular my child to keep from disipation of of even­description-l am fully aware of the snares and enchanlments which attenilon an army an which in thousands of instances tends to ruin 1|“, )-(nuns ofour Country.

I am surprised my son you have not wrote to me before this time whenyou had a very good chance to write by Capt. IIopl;ius_ we are an we" mu]hope these may find you the same Your Sisters desire to be remembered toyou.

hont fail Writing by Henry l"r.Inkling IS we understand llenrv Davis isto take his place & he is to come up-if you write by post direct \-our lettersto llendreks So no more at present but remain your e\'er zdlertioiiate MotherTill Death

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head now another letter (or part of one) the destination. dateand signature of which are lacking.

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Trll .-\unl I-Edna.Cousin .\lull_\' Rock. and Mr. ltousmau \\'lm are all inter­vsu-«I. that Capt. \\'nllL-r ()lc_\-‘sCump.'m_\' .\l:IrcIu-al frnm Redford on Isl Sep­Wllllx-r ISI.|-wa.-a:Ill.'|c|Ie«l lo the Is! llrignxlr & Is! l)i\‘i.sim1of C:I\'nlr_\'-whicll

\t':|s :nu:nclu-clIn the .|llI llrigmlc of Iul':unr_\' Cmnnmuclml by (icul. John H.Ufckv an-l xlischurgcal 22ml I-'1.-hru::r_\'IM5.

Hus mfurumliou I lmvc luu-l_vul»[lnin}ul & is by me to he rclicul ull.

hnmc limc (we (In nut knmv |In\\' lung) after the close ofl|H~t!lIlc~'Jtm-pl: .\'lr:1l|nn mm-cal In .\l:ul«lcn (lhcn mllul "l\':m:1­‘VIII! .\':1liIIc.~"). \\'. \':n.. where forl\':m:n\\|I:: (mm-)cnumy.

4?/'/'%‘us 7.‘smnv u-:nrs I“. (.|(.,.l“.d in “H. mm. H.’ [)i¢kin_<un & .\'lIrc\\'.~'lmr_\'..~:n|l-1I1:|kcI'.~‘.his l<iI1.~IImI. lmlh nf whom had Innvcxl from Hul­

f‘""l munlv. \':n. \\'hilc living in K:m:u\'lI:1munly he Inc! andmurriul .\l:.nr\'.\( nn) Huslcr. 'l‘lu- lmslc-rs (munc nriginully Hus­t:ml)_ arc of: Irish :n1cc_<u-\-.('|;m.|iu5 Huqcr. :1 sun of \\'i||i:un

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Their son Claudius N. Buster (“.\lajor Claudius”) was born inAmherst county. \"a., .\larch I9. I77‘): m=||'|‘iL‘t|. in :\m|lL'!'$tcounty, \'a., March 19, I798, Nancy or Anne .\IalTit (some­times spelled .\lafl'et) (born Dec. 25. 1776; died Oct. 2, I841).(laughter of Thomas Mziflitwho came from Ireland and marriedElizabeth _]ohnson;' \\'as a farmer of large means; representedKanawha county. then Virginia. in the Virginia Legislature in1810 and again in t8|9; died .\'o\'. 5, 1842. at his (the Crawley)farm in (‘nreenlirier county. now West Virginia. and is buried

in the cemetery near Blue Sulphur Springs. W. Va.’ .\lary.-\(nn) Buster. (laughter of Claudius N. and Nancy (;\laflit) Bus­ter was born in Kanawha county, \\". Va.. April 25, I812, and

I Found among the paper: of Mn. Jinlia) l-tllen (stratlon) .\|eAI|ii\ter. and in herhandwriting. \\'r|lten ahout utyo. Added material in in hmeketa; nml om-line (alum.eixed: " (‘neat-uramlpn .|Ia0il came from Ireland and married a Mm _/ulnmwu.hy whomhe had: .\lary Mail‘-taml .\'a-njr .|lu[/il. Mary Mallit married Wm. ltmler. .\'aut_r Ma]/IImarried (‘lamina IIu:Irr.hy whomahe had lle|etia|or llelvetia]. (commonlycalled I-lliaa).who married Sudden .\Iatthewv-:tieoruelwanlilttgtonllhnter. who Inarried Eliza Reynoldsand Ann t.‘hilton;Cl:uulln-t.who was aealded todeath when an ininnt; Thoma: ljefleraonl.who never married; Jnlin who married [Capt] John K. johnaon. died without children:Clandina (and). lclandim-I-'ranl:lln|. whomarrled Hliuahelll Rader: .1lar_r/lam. who,..m-rial _/.ur/bl:Slmllou and .\I. .\l. ltoeke. lly her last hnahand I-he llhlra. Noelle] had twonoun.William and Thomaa. Ily her firat hnnhnnd ahe had Theresa Gray Stmtlon : julmI-.'IInaSlmlluu. wlw I|"||’|'i¢d 1‘- I"M¢'"l N!-‘F/II"-II”.W-5: James II. S. stratton. who mar­ried Annie Ilamlley. of Greenhrier leonnty. W. \'a.|. I

--c/.,...Iiu; Ihulrr [the grand-father of Mrs.Mary Ann Roche and great-grand-father ofMn, Julia I-Zllen(Strauon) llclllliaterl married a Mix: Suulfln, by whom ng had;Clamliux.Thomas. Franklin. \\'illianI. Rohert. lletay and .\'aney. Clmulilu married Min]\'au(_yMu/fiI_my grand-mother. William married .\Iia-i I-olly .\|.a'.¢_ 11.0",” ,..,..-,1,“.\Iiaa Polly Todd.

"I-SelmaIfitllultru married Archibald .\'ImIIou. hy whom me had 5 cI|IhI|'¢||_ ncmy[and] I-‘army.died while young :_/oarplt [ml-iusun. who married Theresa Gray and Mary/I, Ihultr: Amoret. who married Philip Houseman: _and .\leoea. who married .\'n|lmni¢l1.-,..l.m_ _/wrph Slmlluu had hy his wife Mary. 4 children : I Theresa (Bray ; _/uliu I-.'IIrn:James Henry Steptoe. and one who [was] horn dead. julm I:‘lIrumarried A. /lllrldlllMe.-llliiler on May toth. 1565-"

Clandinaand Dorcas (smnpter) limiterhad two other children not mentioned ahove:Ilenjnnlill. and I'anllne who married a .\lr. llniley. Edna (lliekinaon) Stratton la buriedin the llon-«emanfamily |{fI\‘¢-)'Il‘li near Paint Creek. \\'. \‘a. t-Jnlin mm: Johnaon (forwhom our mother wna named) died in .\la|deu. \\'. \'n.. JIIIN::3. Ill!-‘i.in her 52nd )­ear.

I \\'g have at " RosieDale" two silver enps once belonging to him marked " C. .\'. IL."mm (above) --"_ ,\_ um; (ahove) ".\II.‘/\“i!iI€|’."and (below) " 151.5--_

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\\'It.s'married I0 _luseph l). Strzattun at Clmrleston, W. \':1., on(let. 30. |.\'3_».|

. .\lr. Strnttnn. while agent for several salt eompzmies of thel\.'m:u\'h:t \':tlle_\'. with hum- and lnezulquztrters at .\l:tl(len. (lied-l"l." 0. 1343. at l'ert'ys\'ille. lm|.. as the result of it fall {ruin hisl“"'-“_°(mttsexl. it was thought. by Zl|)()])lC.\‘_\')on the 28th of Junepreviotts, am] was l)lll"lCtl:|lu)tl! two miles below I’err_\'s\'ille. .\letter from .\lr. .\. Ilznteher, (l.'|lc(l l.:tf:i)'ette. _|ul_\' .\'. 1843.

./2,7, ,/~,mM/L""'."-"I “l h:u'e never l<uuwn the tleuth ml .1 .~'tr.'mger more re­l""°“*"l- He was \‘er\' much C\‘l('ClllL‘(lthrtmghuut the \\':th:1sh

\'.'ille_\'. llis l)l.'lll(l.open ulul fr:ml< mntmer of tlning lmsiltess hmlt-ntlezm-tl him to ;.||_" H‘. “.35. ‘I 1:.-iptist l)_\'preference. but hzulnever ennnectecl himself with zmv rlmrclt. .\ few minute.~: l)C­

.f“r° his (leulll he e.Vlu'e.~'.~'e<lhim.~'elt' .14 lI£l\‘l".‘-I '"’ f'~""" "f ll”

'"C'\‘il.'tlnle cli.'In',{e :n\':titin;.f him. Smut‘ .""”r“i "fl'~'r- ""”"'-'l."- "ll' SN: " The ltmotcr. Dickinum and Strum... p.';.mn.,.,._" t._\-)\:l«l:unu S. .\lc.-\lli~tcr.

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_Ianuary 7. I347. his widow married the Rev. .\l(aloy) .\lasonRoeke. who was born in l‘-otetourt county. \'a.. January I9.|SI9; came to .\lalden as a young Ilaptist minister in I.\’.;.z;anddied there. at the early age of 32. .\lay 16, 1850. His will,written .\lay 4. 1850. and admitted to probate in l\'auawha coun­tv. .\lay .30. |.\'5o. left everything to his widow. The children«if _loseph l). and .\lary .-\. Strattou were: Theresa (‘.(ray). whodied .\lay 18, I893. at the age of 57; jtulia) lillen; and "Major"_Iames ll(enry) Sueptoe) Stratton (born _Inne I2, I.\'.;o; mem­ber of Co. ll. .’.*nd \'a. Infantry and then in cavalry ser­vice tmtil the close of the war; died in Lewishurg. W. \'a..Feb. 3. I895). The children of Rev. .\l. Mason and .\lary.-\. Roeke were: \\'illiam llternard) Roeke. now living inCharleston. \\'. \'a.. and Thomas .\l(ason) Rocke. who livesin Coviugton. \'a. .\lrs. .\lary .'\. Roeke. whose strength andheatlty of character and generous hospitality were conspic­uous traits. spent her last years at the home of her daughter. .\lrs..-\. .'\. .\le.-\llister. died there July 21. 1890. and is buried in CedarHill Cemetery. Covington. \'a. Her daughter. Theresa (2. Strat­ton. is buried by her side.

_l(ulia) Ellen Stratton graduated with honor at the VirginiaFemale lnstitute (now Stuart Hall). Staunton. Virginia. in 1857.being especially distinguished in vocal and instrumental music.She was a Inember. while in Staunton. of the Trinity ProtestantEpiscopal Church. We h.'|\'e before us as we write. two medalsshe won at the Y. I’. l.. one for scholarship and deportment (in1855) and the other for music (in I856). There are memoriesstill in Staunton of her elear. sweet voice.

The war came on. The family boarded for a while at the homeof .\Ir. llarvey llandley near Lewisburg. W. \'a. Then in jan­ltar_\'. 181:2.they refugeed at Callaghan's. live miles west of Co\'­ington. the family consisting of .\lrs. .\l. .-\. Roeke. her brotherThomas J. Buster. her children Theresa and lillen Stratton(James was in the army). William and Thomas Roeke. andseveral servants. .\lr. and .\lrs. “l’ip" Fry and Mr. and .\lrs..\lben (Zoshorn. of .\lalden. W. \'a.. boarded with them. Withthem too were .\lrs. l{oeke's brother. .\lr. (leorge \\'. lluster. andhis family. This brother had owned the beautiful and famous

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ll':Il(ll'°§:'::ll:llI‘ttrSprings in (Ireenbrier county. then \'irginia. buthm] ;‘q.lhlM‘ .l;r(’)l)'e-rt?-"11)Ctlllg-.’ll()l'Sot"the llzllmst ‘Church wholmmm-I-lw-tilt! mys school there. lhe large lituldiiigs were‘ , ie l-ederal army. lhe property. in litigation for

subsequentlyrevertedto the formerowner. TheCall;-.gh:"l't.'ltl'l(."(l‘together, for a year. and occlllued the faiiititlsLord \«|m.~.tgt. staml. property later owned and occupied by- on and some years ago burned In part. during his

of in theChristmasholidays.Thewriterhasheardfmnny “tr -‘licalxof ll'lC.C0llSl(lt.'ftltl()lland courtesy shown to the' ere by the Lmon cavalry olllcer. (neneral :\verIll. \vho°"'"l’-'|'l:"ctl through this mountain section of Virginia. “(len­cml -'\\'erill iv: ' a gentleman.” she always said. llut Callaghan's“"‘~“Vltllll on the track of contending armies and (‘neneral :\verill“'-'15not always near at hand. :\t the expiration of the rental3'°“"' .l3"“'«'"'.\‘-1863, Mr. George W. Buster and family moved10 the Lee l’ersinger place on Potts’ Creek. near Covington.“'l"~‘rcthey lived for the remainder of the war. and Mrs. .\l. A.R0‘~‘l~'eand family moved to Covington. their home for the next”‘_"'° )‘cars. Covington alTorded more of safety. but they wereStill to be disturbed by wars and rumors of war. once. at least.set guilt}: ll)’ their whilom protector. General .-\verill's force oft‘«'lvalrycame into Covington the night of December I9. I863.aml on the 20th burnt the county (toll) bridg-. The town wass""°‘l l’)' the ellorts of John Hunter (a slave of .\lr. James Burkwho owned the bridge) aml by the ladies of the town. who. whilethe Federals on the west side of the river laughed. formed inltllt.‘and carried water to save the bridge toll house. which shel­‘Wed also a store. a tailor-shop and the post oflice. This was‘l‘"‘t‘.and when the two west spans fell the town was consideredSafe.‘

“II! it is a long lane that knows no turning. The war ended«'11last. the soldiers came back home to their wives and sweet­l"~‘~'"‘!sand two lives full dear to us selected as their wedding day"It: loth of May :86‘ Something more must be said about thisc.\-cnt. It might Iseeniaiaverv bold thing to do to marry in such ahum‘ F~\'L'r_\'thingat “Rose Dale" and in C0\'l"l-31°" “'35 ‘"5"’l~¥-'"1ize(l.Though the estate was worth many thousands, money

I h""'"“"”°" liven by “rs. AmandaM.Evans to}- “-N)‘3""‘"l"“"- 5°“ '9°6'

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was scarce. Yet some money must be had, and so :1 collectionwas taken up, even the hands on the farm contributing. \\"hencounted it was found to total $1.15! But love laughs at otherthings save locksmiths. The next oldest brother, \\'illiam, "bor­rowed". he says. “a horse from one man and a spring w:1gonfrom another, took :1load of bacon to Fincastle, \"a.. and tradedit for enough factory jeans cloth for your father's wedding suitand a suit for myself as his ‘best man' (a three days’ trip)."This resourcefulness found its match in the party of the secondpart. The bride-to-be declared she wanted a wedding in white..\lrs. ;\n1anda .\l. l".\-znis.of Covington. tells us. in a letter of­August 3. I912, how the wish was carried out:

The marriage “was as you know in the dark days so soonafter the close of the war. There was but a select company of

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/124.1324..//.25.. yiw//26,/asfriends present and the girls of the party decided to make theoccasion as bright and joyful as possible; but how should wedress? We had nothing to wear and could get nothing. So wegot out the old party dresses that we had worn before the war.straightened and pressed them out and all appeared as we hadlire years before,—except the slippers. llaring taken up theart of making shoes and slippers during the previous four years.I was quite an expert. and the making of the slippers for thewedding fell to my share," (leather soles, from the tannery. andcloth tops. she once told the writer). "\\'¢_-made “"3 oc.casion as cheerful and joyous as it was possible in those saddays when we were guarded at every corner and almost afraidto say our lives were our own."

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(lm\l\I'3" :ll'l:l|lI1i:1.>iI‘lil.in ‘the llrinx-ip;1ls and helpers it nu-Iqls no l\-is­

Thc km;t ‘\”“.:.l. ;.1'l l Ilc c\cnl lu(.)k place. at. the Zl])p()llllC(ltnnc.‘MW “Wu m-1-I'lL'<\;1.l.t lc ll(Illlt.: ol the hrulc s mu‘ll1u.-r.lhc humc.mic Ur \lhi" .-H-U0!‘ l)fi'lll|l.\‘ .\lI:nmll;u1. x(1Ill(l|ll‘;:{.()lllhc west

lmimiug ..”."l .. lIl(L.l..('().\lll.l-{l()ll. north of the ('lll'ZL‘l|$ HzulkSIR.“ 1-?“ Ill In _\c.u l()l.! lIlllIll)t'!'C(l as :05 South .\l':nn- nu .|ll zwcnlxnlls lhc \‘cI'_\‘nlmlznclcs znul Inukc-slnfls'"‘'‘I‘' ‘lit’ \\‘c«ltling hulls ring all the more merrily. The l\'c\'.

llmuc of .\In. .\I_,\ km-Lc_ Coviugluu, \‘u.. IV-.3-'8

,l.'uncs' .\l. |\'icc. pastor of the l'rcs|)\'lcri:1n Church performedthe “""'~""0ll\‘. .\lis.~'. Tl)L'l‘t‘.\’:l Slranllo-II. .~‘i>‘lt'|'0f “K” '”‘i"°- “"“

mum of 1...}m.-mul .\lr. \\'illi:nn .\l. .\I.-.\mu.-.-. mm.-r of“'0 ;.{rnunI. \\'.'l_\1,“, "mm ‘nu. mhcr Hm-ml;u11swcrc .\|i.<.~'jclmic"M--~ (nuw .\1.~.-. \\'m. 1-:. Han. 1-‘nun... 1<_\-.). .\n.»,- (‘.corgi:umP"-""" l|IU\\' .\lr.~'. \\'m. .\'lu.-cn. of C()\'ill}.{l0”) ‘""l -‘H-*7"-\l“"-"

\\':usmn l’:u'nc (now .\lr.~‘.(3. (2. (‘.uoch. of .\‘l:u1mon. \':I.) zultl'\l"‘-"'3. _l:nIhc~sll. Slrzmnn. l(ulm) lcrnzml l’itzcr and J. F.("‘||'l~‘. llhc :u'm\' {rim-mluf llnc xl*unnI_). all three of wlmm arc

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no\v dead. The marriage certilicate is \vitnessed by .\liss JennieK. l’itzer (.\lrs. Hill) and .\liss .-\manda .\l. .\lcCurdy (now.\lrs. Evans. of Covinglon). The wedding gifts (quite elaboratefor the time) were a wash-rag (still among .\lother's relics). acake of soap and half a paper of pins! The wedding trip wasa walk to the farm!

.\lr. and .\lrs. .\lc;\llister after the marriage lived at the homeof Mrs. Rocke.

Soon after the war .\lr. .\lc.\llister \vas made a magistrateand served until I866. when the civil government was replaced bymilitary rule. lt was while he was serving as magistrate. and verysoon after the war. that he was beaten by soldiers in the streetfor his lirmness in protecting some of the family servants of.\lrs. Rocke from iusults by these men. It is unnecessary to addthat nothing was done about it. This military government lastedin Covington for about t\vo years. ln October. I865. .\lrs. RockeInoved back to .\lalden. now \\'est \'irginia. where she still ownedtwo houses. one of which she again occupied as her home. .\lr.and Mrs. .\lc.-\llister went with them. the party going by privateconveyance. .\lr. .\lc.~\llister returned to Covington. The oldestchild. Joseph T.. was born at .\lalden. Feb. 27. I966. In Mayof that year the father. mother and baby came to Covingtonand made their home at “Rose Dale" until Captain l\lc:\llisterhad linished building “White Hall" and they occupied it as theirhome. after the second child. .\lary Lydia. was born. .\lrs. Rockelater made her home in (‘-allipolis. Ohio.

In the Whid ol Business.

In .\larch and April. I366. while making his home temporarilyat .\lalden. .\lr. i\lt‘.'\llister took a six weeks‘ business course atllryant & Stratton's Business College. Cincinnati. He had againbeen placed in charge. under his father. of the latter's largebusiness allairs. lly the will of his father. Captain .\lc.-\llister,who died .\larch I3. I871. he managed the estate from thatdate for live years. paying off in that period debts against the es­tate (including security debts) aggregating more than $2o.ooo.This was in a time of financial depression. when creditors wereswift. debtors slow and losses large. llut for advances to heirs

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Wm "\;lt\\l\oul(l have been entirely free of debt by I876. .\lr.en.“-y 1- - e.«\lltster attended to all legal matters relating to the. . L t Irotltzh tlns period.

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I“"{'l‘|C“.E:l:llli:.i(ltL(()llt§lSlltl§£%hesitles huiltlings. of 2.467 acres of

is clear’ Iugiml .m1in'I« / > ag-cording to the ternts of a wt!‘ that/phc M". (kiwi «()t‘‘al rnotlel ()£:lQt:lll’:llt.'and nunute‘description.(\"i§[cr‘ while I _. \'o)er._.3I. I! ,o, was wrnten by Captain ..\lc­reads: “I m")II1.;, on Ins back In bed. a sufferer. Its lirst ItemLord ‘Hm mwclliltttf;118' botl)- the (lust muhmy sptrntlto ‘theof his lands "ml hm {-1- llrster :1-adl1ftt'l‘l:l(.'llf.l‘II.lt(:.|!)I.t:sllc (|;mm__dup . “ . );'.1nn asoa tst o a ns totng..mm] {mm T I. ttcttas to his son \\ llllnlll.-\\'ll0 put. them llIl()Gabriel _\[;.l)m(:_;l'=lr:~:znlulmay .\|el)on;nltl. Infant .llt‘!I|l'?of".\llr.sithe mill pro )0 ' . ‘W.'t..l( (t(.(ll\\ oyears before. \\as )(:(]ttL.Il‘lt.tof ‘and M. l_ fl). ctulststltng of the l'tI’ll‘lSand about ‘lay; acressmuhcm‘ rJ""""t:- lo ;\. aml E. ‘I. .\lc.v\lltsterJomtl)'. thehon‘ side: .u;t lo)fthe estate. ntelutlmg “Rose Dale and lantls. onI“. and :\'U _. tullaps Creek a.m.ljaeksons River. lo \\IlhanIestate m.du1|IL l-,. .\le."§llI'ster jointly. the northern part of theme csgllc re home \\lutc llall.. lhe further tll\'lSl0Ilofin the 'wm\t«Is made under the tlureettott of the COl'l1l'|llHCc.lI«'llI'tC(l

Anistcr hi antll on the basis of V:-Iltl.:|ll()ItSplaeetl I)’: gaptatn .\lc.lmrch:“c nus; on lands and‘ l)tllltllllgS. In this (l|\~’|‘st()ttand bymm l"m'd"_‘ll’r1l‘Csfi.\:e(l by Captain hie.-\lhster. the Rose l)alethe ‘;rc'v -Nl;\.mg tnaml_v south. but 111part north, of the creek.the H“-"ttut. '..llN.'t".\ltll‘tract and the strip between tlIe‘rt\-er amlI).-“ch t .L.l'.s\tllC lnrnptke fell to .-\. .-\. .\le.-\lhster. ( lhe Rosestrip " “nut has been iltltlctl to by s1tl)se(ptet1tpureltases and theThe “It,-II.‘the‘rn'er has rapully enhanced in \_'alueIn recent years.)otnt lweltl" between the creek and river and what is now

'k'"’\\'Il as the “\\'m. .\l. .\le.-\llister .'\«l<lition"to Covington fellI -‘ '\ . ." In I. .\lc.-\lhster. the former tract being later bought from

lI"']"‘l".\' -'\_...-\. .\lc.'\llister and the latter by \\'m. .\l. .\le.-.\llister.M“.‘\l‘|'~‘.‘ll\'t§l()n of the northern part of the estate \\'m. M.F ' '5"-‘I’rL'CL'l\'0(lthe property east of this 'l'urnptl<e and. Mrs.\‘l“‘l~'.'l‘|'_ltlthat lying to the west of the same. .\lrs. Lytha .\l.i “'\”'-*‘lt'r. according to the provision of the will. occupied theIomestead until her (Ieath. which occurred in I902.

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.\1r. .\. .\. .\1c.'\lli.~lcr rcnlctl thc mill property from the MC­l)nn:ihl heirs until July I. I-\'<\‘.;.\\'hcn ho luuk \\'i\h him as purl­ncr in the milling lnisiiicss .\lr. john \\'. Hell. who had been themiller in charge siiicc uhunt I-\'l>«\'.The new lirni continued torent the pI'upcr1_\' us In.-fnrc unlil I890. when i\ \\'ll.\' snhl to theCn\‘ing1un lnipmvcnlcm ’\'uInp:|n)'. fruln \\"hmn it \\'§|> rcnlctlfor 1! ycur. '|'hcn (in I.\'-;I) i\ \\'2|.\'pnrch:i.~ul h_\' .\lc.\lli.~lcr &

la.-ll. This lirln. which \\':|s iIl\‘l)l'p()I‘:|lcul in _\|;”-¢|,_ 1.,,.)_ ha‘­

cnlurgccl znul othcr\\'i.~c illl])l'()\‘\‘(i thc 1)l'n])crl_\' inm mg ('.,\-mg.lull holler .\Iil\.\‘. \\‘hcn lhc Inills \\'crc p\n'c|i:i.~'.cd in 1.\'.;() 1|“;

grinding \‘ll])I|Cil_\'per «lay \\‘2l.\’six or cight h:n*rcl.~:of lhmr and_-0 bushels of corn. The prcwnl c:1p:n'ily (mns1:nnI_v (axed)i\ mo i)£|l'l'L"\ of Hull!’ znul gun l)l|\i|t'i.\ of foul ‘lcr «In_\'.

In ]:nm:1r_\'. l«\",'()..\lr. .\Ic.\lli~1cr i)('j.{£lllllN.'l'Ch:|ll(li\‘i|lg in Cm‘­

’.II ‘J:

in vm .- . .

(‘”"-WI‘: Q.uh‘(t.{:];lu:;‘ttlj:t;~t.$:|Iti. '(‘ynn\-|’)'.tnulcr the firm n.:unt-hut’

tun.” “W luhim“. W-‘N mt?‘ ‘p.tt'lllt'cl.\]It|)cuttllllllctl until |.\.\‘I.\.\||i\h.r &_ Cu" Mr —l."|l ‘It I.||.~u )'.tt.l«.l¢¢)|1(.l1u~u.(lh'\.‘'\: _\_..\h..

l:t\\~_\~(.,.Of (.m_in”tm" l‘:_""‘ ' I-"|'1*h. .\I'.. the «lI.~'tIn_;1lI.~I1c«Ithe |)ll\‘il|t’.\\ \\';n\:ul<l‘l K;|ll}\-”.l.c lmflncr‘, H” [‘L.'hnmr'\. I’ H”:\\~‘ Va" and w<.l‘~aunt!» .~ k\.‘l.\. _h1h:tn l\. .\‘t'.\"l.\lCl' illltl (H.-urge" “""“ “"1” HM: umlcr thc nznnc of .\It‘­

"WI ‘|||||l|||||l|||||l|||l|||lI}||llllll||||||||||l||

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.‘ I ~ 4 Iv '15. - ..\ "1:-{Y ‘

“ \\'huc llznll." Cm-iugtnn, \'a.

‘\ll‘\ .. -_ . . . _Y‘H ‘\ (“Ill slllcc that tune umlcr the name of luhnn R. .\lc­

.\1||\|k.,. ‘\_ C” ‘\\" ' - - . .‘”‘”' lhl~' tnnc .\lr. .\lc.\l|t.~tcr ])ll|‘\‘ll.'l$Cl|the .\cutt c.~‘t:ttctuf

.;I :|crc.~' ). c.~t:ttc.< ml which thehuilt. the \\'c.~'tline running

1' the ('l1c.<::pc:n|<c & Uhinfrum thc mnuntnin tn the

SUU: . . .;"rcul|::(:'F'-lllt"l thy ( I-:).\\.('.\‘lJllQU!in“ Iwli’-\l\tl”n . ]~,:t.~1( u\~1n;,ttun ls |lu\\~

I!:|il\\.;l\_ ( lit |n1\.?t.ut flwgllt <I‘c]ml n

'.i\,‘_l_‘u'"‘(l Tl‘ ‘Nth sltlcx’ U] the r:nlro:uI.'ml!” ._ ' It must hI1cht~_\-umlllurk lhll.'1 lulu the l:n‘§_'crt1(‘\‘Clu|)lllL'lll.\on the

'l‘lu:.~‘cpropcrtic.~‘ wcrc

Ill lw_-‘van. Hc ztlsn pur­

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chased the llurk tract (of 75 acres). tlte _|ames Skeen tract (oftoo acres). the tract of 7| acres helonging to .\lrs. (3. (1. (loochand adjoining the llurk land. and .25acres. nearhy. of the .-\ndrewFudge land; and here lte has used scientilie methods of farmingwith excellent results. These tracts and otlters adjoining. m:tk­ing in all about (ioo acres and l_vingto the east of Coviugton andnear the corporate litnits. are part of his holdings at the presenttime. as is also a tract of I32 acres (.20 acres in a peach orchard)on the mountain several tniles to the west. Parts of the l:tnds near“Rose Dale.“ beginning in 188". were ttsed as the “Rose DaleMarket liarm." from 1890 to January. t9o8, in partnership withand under the management of .\Ir. 'l‘homas ll. Coleman andnow ( l()l.’.) under lease to .\lr. .-\. .-\. \\'ickline. .~\nother portion.consisting of nearly all the cleared land on the west side of theriver and lying to the west of “Rose Dale." ltas heen laid off intohuilding lots as “the .-\. .-\. .\lc.\llister :\ddition" and sold todesirable purchasers. this plan consistently carried out resultingin the erection of a nutuher of attractive homes in what is recog­nized as the most desirahle suhttrh of Covington. The total oflanded property. exclusive of platted lots. is given in for assess­ment as 2.'.’.3.’acres. just I5 acres less than Captain .\lc.\llisterhad liought when settling in Virginia. Three hrick stores. to­gether with a nttmher of dwellings in and just outside of Cov­ington, :tre also on the list.

Helping the Public Good.

.~\nonther tract of land belonging to .\|r. .\lc.\llister lieeamethe site of the paper and pulp mills of the West Virginia l'ulp& Paper Company. the largest industry in or near Covingtonand the largest mills of their kind in the South. This firm hadpurchased land for the estahlislnnent of their mills at Caldwell.just over the line in West Virginia. but such ohstacles werethrown in their way that they decided to seek a site elsewhere..\lr. .\lc.\llister was largely instrumental in securing this greatenterprise for Covington. The initial impulse and visit camefrom .\lr. R. l.. l'arrish. Sr" likewise a titan of large public spiritand vision. He had the thought. .\lr. .\lc.\llister had the l:tnd

desirable and needed. .-\ lirief conference between the two rc­

7in

sultedi . ~_ . _ _

“C “Ii ‘ti||Lz.:oti.itioii.~.between the Paper Mill Company and .\lr.‘ -' ser anl . .. - _ _ - _. .

I900. i the l()L.Ill()Ilof the plant in Co\ington in I899­iere better shownThe '. . - ­|)lll)llt spirit of the man has been iiowl lle sold

ll: ‘ .

hiisii:“i‘i:‘tll;ie“:e;'(:sl;ii 'tr‘ausaet-ions that soon folio“-ed. . .{MLM the mlummilc site of the llllllsftl low tigure, inthe .1¢\.cl”l"um; M Q!’/lfkt on it Ill his father s mil, )1,-zirsbeforeligures, _.-_;k_\_for l (i\.lll1,f'l()ll had liegttn; he sold.

.»l{ose [)alL_;,. I‘. ltiltsts or the olhcials of the company nearas fair” and. “L .L.\U.'lt.(lhis influence to induce others to actand ..-|]‘tl‘.k_('ui~.cU-l.L‘l'(.)ll.\l)\\~|lli the L0|ll|):l|3_\-;.llc cspeciall_\~ urged

C()lI]|);"‘\. ‘W “_h:‘-llt (l)f.l()'t.su\\'|l‘l.'(lby the Lox-mgtoii liupro\-eme.ntable |,(,n'k_‘-fur "1..1.i te l aper Company \\-as able to pro\-ule suit.

:iii ill‘;-;mg£:lnc‘ulicir. worknieii; he entered. ‘with Ins partner. intois L_xflm"gcd '|i,\‘\\luch water. wlucli the l aper Company needs,& “C”. “.h0;.\\ N..ltll‘llL.‘¢L'!~‘-S:Il',\-_'f0;-pox‘-er.needed b)' .\lC,-\ll'l.\‘lt'l'

C(i|I)l,;‘“\_. .';"~lItii s he opposite the inaui plant of the laperand l’()r'\\-.-":‘:l‘In brief, in c\-cry way possible he encouraged“.hm it M‘! the establishment of the ‘mills in (..o\'ington.iltljtlllliug £1":-‘u“f‘l]tl)(!.l'C(l'll.I£llthe paper mills and allied plantsground ( I4 .‘ltrt'(.).\l. .i. million (lol.lar's, (ice-ti]? about §’,(-).-.'lt.‘l'L'S-ofcords uf “.O0‘d'~ii‘ ll(.)\'cl'|c(l by buildings).‘ use {l'.()l.Il2,3‘ to. 3,3mm M H P per (a). mrn 3oo tons of coal day. |)l'0(me tooan lmmll;l.'~I'.'nid iio tons of. pulp a day. give employment tosmrcs m;“"". I Ieir -day and night shifts. and run no -compan_vum“ -'u~“‘‘t. iiulicatioii of the value of such an enterprise.to the_ -. surrounding country may be seen. and the services of

:cl:ll"|l:ll“.5|)lrllC(lman who figured largely and essentially in the‘ '“-I)' well be cherished by the whole coniinunity.r. .\lc.'\llister's largest single

at reasonable

his si.r\ ice. while probably .\IN . , _.Nitribution to the commercial welfare of the town and coin­in ‘ . , _ .‘""l,\. has been by no means the only one. .-\s president oftl - ~ .- ,'‘ Qmlllgton lniprorement Company from about I901 down to

to help in sccnriiig and estab­

::€l"i|l>‘r'L'seiittime he has been quick . '1».other industries at Covington and. once established. inencouraging them in every possible way. The iron furnace. theIllilt-lllllcshops. the tannery. the ;\lleghany lce Co. (stockholder),"ml other industries in Covington; the Virginia Hot Springs Coin­

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pany (stockholder) and the branch railroad line connecting Cov­ington and the Hot Springs nearhy (holder of bonds), have hadin him always an interested friend and helper. lle assisted inthe organi7.ation of the Coviugton .\'ational Bank (the first hankorganized in the town and section) and served for years as itsfirst vice-president. lle assisted also in the organization of theCitizens‘ .\'ational Bank of Covington. was vice-president fromits organization. 1900. until he was made president in I908 andpresident from that date to _lanuary I. l()I2. 'l‘hrough his termas president. at least. not a dollar was lost on bad paper and nota piece of paper was charged olT.—a record rarely duplicatedanywhere. .\luch of this \\'as due to his knowledge of personsseeking credit at the hank. for some of whom he endorsed per­sonally when others of the directorate hesitated. and without theloss of a penny therehy.stockholder in hoth.as constant.

Both banks are doing well and he is aIlls help to smaller enterprises has heen

From I895 to 184;) .\lr. .\lc.r\|lister was a member of the Boardof the Western State Hospital in Staunton, and his influence in

placing the conduct of that institution on a basis worthy of itspurpose was marked and recognized. From I838»down to thepresent time (l()|.’.). with the exception of one term. he hasheen a trustee of the puhlic schools of the district including Cov­ington. His interest in this work has been unflagging andhis service for it unremitting and of the highest order. lt willgo without question that he has done more than any other oneman in huilding up in Covington what is conceded to he one ofthe best schools in the State. He has alvays insisted on securingthe hest that was possible in the way of material equipment andteaching force. \\'hen for lack of funds progress was halted onthe present frame school building he put teams to work and hadmaterial for the large foundations placed ready to ham], askingand receiving no pay for the entire outlay. With this stimulusthe work went forward to completion. The handsome HighSchool structure just completed owes much to him. He gavefreely of his time and thought to securing an excellent huildingfor the colored school and in huilding it up in every way. The

principals of these schools will hear willing testimony to his con­

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y word but in lirni support,staiit - .encoiiraguiieiit not only l)lTorts to enforce discipliiie

-andout.oftheire. ­;ul\.0cacy of “wt st.iiid.;r(ls of education. More than. -once. inhe m_0n“mtc ' l:l'l:t:.l|) e.that. authority :lll(l.l'CS.[)0I1$lIl)Illlymustof the such rt lill‘tlti\(~||)ltlIt:must he inaiiitaiiied Il'l'CS|)cL‘ll\-Cstoutly for u"c i liii.iiiti.i positioii of the offender, he has stoodgrievance‘ Of ' ii crests of the school as against the iiiiaginarymemls. -“is r-In uiiriily lioy and unreasonable parents andfonuwcd “cl rilriii stand. the others of the Board co-operatilng.to the $ch-00l-Nili) through a scoreof years. held.the principala minimum th ipoiletliaii one crisis and has liahllily fedticed tolt|]§\\-crfi“ ' f‘-_ as its of earlier days. lle has been likewise -anmm wet.’ riuid of good roads. and it is no new {ad withof ilk. koml-l|I:c.l;.'tIl|)lL‘(liiideed to heliei-c that he is the pioneerme “Titer up-It s inovenieiit in Allegliziiiycounty. for it seems tospent in CI"1-I‘!-'1good many hours of his boyhood days were

N _ ‘caring iiearh_v roads of rocks that persisted in reap­

ll,'(:Vri"':kl;:l0"“'ll'l\l.l'C[.{lll£ll':iiid distressing frequency. \\’hat is now..S(_(m_§ I .- \‘<.’I'itiewas years ago a had stretch of road kiiowii asmm‘ ";.ld-(-lpt. lle put teains and men to work and made a- i the worst parts of it.

.\ . -.UT ll‘. .\lu\llister has been also an advocat"'9'" .\‘)'.~'-teiiiof taxation. \\'e reiiieiiiher the hig assessineiit’°0l~!~and. liusy with other alTairs though he was. his faitlifiil

\\' . . . .("'l\ on them for the piihlic good; much of it. as also his recent\' . - . . ­“_"_l~for equalizing the burdens of taxation. in the face of

(‘l'Ill(‘lSlll.

e of a fair and an

Other Claims and Services.

lu::‘ll‘v;'seliiisiiiess and civic interests have Ito! caused hiin to neg­i.it which should furnish their inspiration and direction:We interests of religion. lle was elected an elder of the Coviiig­

Ion Presbyterian Clinrch iii .-\iigust. iS7i. soon after the death of['35 lillllcr (\vlio had served in the same ollice from I853 untill"S_death. .\larch i3th. I37!) and is today the oldest elder inl’0Int of service in the church and one of the most useful. llewas a coiiiinissioiier of his (the Montgoniery) Presliytery in thefanious (‘-eneral ;\ssciiilil_v that met in llaltiniore in I887; and

(M)

in c\cr_\- cnlcrpriw nf hi~ church. us well as in lhv wurk ufullu-r cl:un'lu~~ nf lhv mun. he hux hu-n :n|\\':n_\'.~:1 lihcrznl ~up­

]Hu'lk’l‘. His hnmc. ax hi~ fnllu-I"~ l>cl'<n'v him. hue ‘NTII :1|\\‘;n‘~

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1gmr..4!%:-M4”/-«-/r»«

lhc rcvn;;nizc«l znml \\‘ch‘unlL' humc an’ 1]“. mi”i‘u.,._ “.|“,”u.l.fur :1 nwznl nr fur :| \i.~il. Fur all nlhcr fricml\~ ;,\ “-on H“.l;|lr|1-.~lrin_-4 has :1l\\':1_\'.<hung ull'.\i«l(' in lnhcll of the ¢,‘,(.,,_],..”“]Ul

|~_.,\‘.i1;.li1_\-up lw fuuml within‘. lm[»]n_\'n|'licm in whivh <:1|rm¢,1|“.l-_

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hi‘ fztitliftll helper in all things. .~h;n'e«l mm! he.'u'ti|_\‘. Few (hl_\‘.\‘hzne uune h_\'. \\‘hether ztl "\\ hile Hall" or :11“|\'n~e |);:|e. \\'ht'lll'rienrl.~ |l.‘l\‘t.'nut heen guestx within t|1e hnnle.

Thi~‘ is not the plnee In .~|)('Jli\‘of aid _-;i\'en to thu,~e whu enuhl|l(’\’l‘l' hope In mztke return in kiml. lhtt \\’ilhntll hrezteh of thel)l'npt‘it’lit\ it m;|_\' he ‘nit! that his help to the punt‘ Jltttl .~lr1I_-;g|in;_{i|Sl\‘ :t|\\‘:|}‘~ heen liItIe|_\' um] \\‘i.\('. Yuttng men just .~t.'n'tin_-4outin l>tt~ine~~ znnl nltlcr men (li\’ctllll'.’lg'('tl h:n'e knmvn that the)’

l'h<-tu;;I.‘uphl.'ILrlI M the hulnr of .\Ir. I'ln(‘l('l. ||u-ok1fl.('-1|-- ‘W5­‘"4 and .\lx~. .\te/\lli~u-r In [hr 11-“.

eutthl enunt £|i\\‘.'l_\‘.\on his \\'i.~L‘enunsel and help. .\l.'ut_\‘ t'.'unilie.~'ni limited re.~nuree.~. .'unuII_«;the l‘U|()l'('(i peuple ]».'u'tieu|:u'l_\‘. uwctheir humes and their il2ll)il.\ni thrift tn him. The writer usedto keep his f:ttl1er'.s lmuhs and he t't'llk'tllh('l‘.\' the small p:1_vn1eI1ts.Uflen with lung iuter\'.'t|.~' hetween. helped nut h_\' :1 tl:t_\".~wnrktum‘ and then. Mr. .\le.\lli.~let' ereetexl the lit'.~tand .\‘t‘t‘t)ll(lbuild­

i:|_«_{<m‘CtIpietl h_\' the l"it'.~l 5:tpli\’l ('httrt‘h (t‘Uh>t‘e<ll. the p.'l_\‘­

t1'.e!Il.~'fur them. |ilI:||1_\' t'(ul1p|L‘lL‘ll. rtumin_«_'thrnn_;h :1 number uf)‘e.'u'~‘. .\m| niueh of this help wax" e.\ten«Ietl when times were

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hard. expenses for the crlucntion of .\'C\‘L'1‘£t‘chihlrcn olT at schoolat one time :t prohlcllt in lhlznncc-_and other |htmtci:tl l)lll'(lCll.\'.knoxvn. and then only in part. to sonic of us. taxing c\‘ct'_\'rc­smtrcc and struilting credit :thno.~'t to thc hrs.-nking point. to Sit)‘

nothing of the llmulicztp of ill-hcztlth. 1.-specially in the cztrlyeighties. when \\‘¢.‘t:k.\'of travelling h_\' t‘2lI'l'i£t].{L‘through the coun­

try pro\‘t'(l the nu-xlccl prescription for the restoration of shat­tcrccl ncrvt-.< and :1 \\'c:nkcnt-«I frzunc. vomlitions resulting in nosnlztll ¢|c}.{I'u- from o\'cr\\'orl< .'ut«| \\‘orI'_\'. ()nl_\' u long-In-;ult:tl

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and energetic business man could have accomplished the taskSuccessfully. Such he was aml is.

\\.:.’I:<L""(’)f.his sons once said of him that “he thinks in figures."‘ .\\ that he can see as far and as sanely Into a business

l"'“Dosnion as any one \ve have ever met. \\’hen the “boom"

::l“\l.lt‘:\;l?()\'l.l|lgl()llin the early nineties he \vas one of the ver_\'There tn. \\ to kept Ins head aml reframed from speculation.\ere laughable instances of the reverse. but we forbearto mention them. And energy! What an amount of it has beenstored up and used in those live feet eight inches and those“He hundred and twenty-seven pounds! Driving hard all day;Posting books far into the night! Success has been won, butWon by hard work and constant struggles beginning (under hisf"_ll'°") ill I365 aml (himself in charge) in 1871 and continuing\vnhout break for a generation. That the panics of I873 and 1893‘:'"‘l ".107 were safely passed; the estate freed from large debts,

lltnposed in part by the heavy hand of war; the education of a"7140fiIIml_vaccomplished; every enterprise for the common good

-'I<l\'am'ed.and help wisely extended to the less fortunate is elo­

‘tllsnt testimony tothc livingofa life that welldeserves the reward.tinancial and otherwise. that crowns the later years. Yet what“'0 value most is the knowledge that high purpose, unflinching in­l'*''''")’ and generous dealing with the other man have marked¢'\‘_t-‘U’business relation and transaction through these years.\\ hen asked why he had resigned a certain responsible positionht‘ wrote in answer: “I could not stand for some things they‘\'t'I‘ein favor of." The wisdom and energy and public spirit andlittcll sense of honor that characterized his ancestors have in no“'|-<0 faded out in him. Nor have we power to measure what-“lltflla man is worth to his comnnmity.

Shadows.

The years have not passed without their meed of sorrow. On'\l-".\'23llI. I369. the older sister, :\frs. Clara B(iddle) l\fel)onald.“'lf'~' Of the beloved physician. l)r. Gabriel McDonald. passed"“'5|,\': and in less than two years. .\larch I3. I87I. after a bravefiklit for life against an incurable disease. the father of the home.Captain Thompson .\lc.'\llister. went out from earthly life. Twol"\‘L'lydaughters. each after a short married life. were cut down

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in the bloom of young womanhood, .\lary Lydia llammoud on()ctober 9th, 188%.and Clara Atnnie) Call, of typhoid fever. onAugust 12th, I903. .\'ot long before the latter date. on February3rd, |9o:. the widowed mother died at “Rose Dale.” Then onFriday morning. .\'ovember 23. I906, at “Rose Dale," came theheaviest blow of all in the death of the wife and tried companionof more than forty years, .\lrs. ]. Ellen .\lc.-\llister. The endc.ame unexpectedly. .\lrs. l\lc:\llistcr had been sick for aboutten days with bronchitis. from which she had suffered at timesfor a number of years. but except for weakness her symptomsindicated no serious condition until Friday morning. when. aftera more comfortable night and some evidences of improvement.she grew suddenly worse. ller physician was hastily summonedand restoratives were applied. but within a fe\v minutes. sur­rounded by her loved ones. she passed without pain or struggleinto everlasting rest. leaving to mourn her loss and to be gratefulfor precious memories her husband and six sons.

The funeral services were conducted at the home on Saturdayafternoon. the 24th. at 2 o'clock. by the pastor of the CovingtonPresbyterian Church. of which she had been a member for manyyears. and in the presence of many who knew and loved her.

The active pall-bearers were .\lessrs. J. \\'. Wallace. E. .\l..\'ettleton. 'l‘homas ll. Coleman. George .-\. Revercomb. ThomasH. Stirling. \\'m. A. Luke. .v\lbert l.. Noell, and the honorarypall-bearers .\lessrs. john \\'. Bell. john \\'. Bowie, Frank ll.llamniond. J. J. llobbs. \\'m. l". Anderson. Sr.. C. .\l. Shanahan,l)r. A. C. Jones. l)r. (lrville l.. Rogers and \\". Friend.

‘‘.-\sleep In Jesus.” “.\ly Times are in 'l‘hy Hand." and “Rockof Ages" were sweetly rendered at the home. and “In The Chris­tian's Home in Glory" at the grave. and there under a wealth offlowers sent by loving friends the body was laid to rest. a\vaitingthe day when all who are in their graves shall come forth andwhen they who serve the King shall know complete reunion andendless service.

.\ sincere Christian. impatient of pretense. a loving wife andmother. a true friend. reserved to others. feeling deeply hercrushing sorrows. and deeply sympathizing with others in greatlosses. hospitable. a lover of books and music and travel. gifted as

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a letter writer, generous, abounding in good works, she leftstricken hearts. and memories that are helpful and forever pre­vious. She \vas indeed. as the stone that marks her resting-placedeclares. “true as daughter, \vife. mother, friend, Christian."

The Later Years.

.\lr. .\lc.-\llister had spent part of the summer and early fall°f__")06 in travel in Europe with the two older sons. Joseph and\\ illiam. The benefits resulting \vere needed in the long fight forhealth. aml finally for life itself. between the years I908 andi910. Treatment at home was followed by a sojourn of severalmonths in Florida and then by resort to surg-ry. Finally, asthe result of operations and treatment in Louisville. where he-“bentthe winter of I909-Io. he was brought to full health again.‘in the 18th of .-\ugust. I908. in the city of Cincinnati. ()hio.he had married .\liss Nettie ll. llandley. a friend and connection0f the family. daughter of llarrison llandley (July to, 1821-July'-’9-1903) and Susan (Mann) llamlley (.\larch 4. I8z9-Novem­"ff 5- 1903). of Covington. aml granddaughter of John andl'.lIzabeth (Shanklin) llandley. of near l.e\visburg. W. Va., and0f .\loses ll(amilton) .\lann (died .\larch lo. I864) aml Alicef‘-\lcClintic) .\lann (died March 16. 1877). of near Falling“_l"'lllgStation. :\lleghany county. \'a. To her self-effacing devo­lion and skill .\lr. .\lc.-\llister‘s recovery to health is very largelydue. ller noblencss of character. wisdom. tact. and constantthought and service of others have placed not him alone but allof us. and many more outside the home. more largely in her‘it-‘htthan words can sav and have united us in the deepest sym­pathy for her through these days of suffering aml in the earnest\vish that she may be spared through many years to come.‘' On the 25th of August. l9il. .\lr. .\fc.-\llister celebrated. at

“Rose l)ale." his 70th anniversary. llis six living children werepresent to bring their greetings: J. 'l‘. .\lc.v\llister, of HotSl"'l"L'S. \'a.: \\"m. .\lcl). .\fc.»’\llister.of Covington. \"a.;Cray .\lc.-\llis[cr_ of L()uis\'illc, Ky.; .'\ddams S. .\fc.-\llister, of

‘ News is received. on final proofs are undergoing correction. that the end bu come.Alter long months of suffering. borne with beautiful acquiescence and trust. .\lrI. Me­M""“' Dmuletlaway at "Rose Dale" nt 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Ttumaday. October"- “N3.and wonburied in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Covington. the Saturday morning follow.'l'_'ll- The nlmm-t of medical science and nkiil. in Richmond. New York. Chicago and

Mlltlelptnin. lun-Iproved unnvailing. she was in her 55th year. having been born nearK"""“" CH)‘. .\lo.. December 2. IK57.

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New York; llugh .\l. .\lc.\llister and Julian R. .\Ic.'\|li.~'ler,ofCm-iugton. \'a.; and the following grand-ehihlren: Joe '1'. .\le..\|lister. _Ir.. and jean .\le.'\||ister. Hot Springs. \'a.; Franklin,\(¢l<lams) .\le.\|lister. .\lar_\' l._\'dia. (iertrnde and C;ulu_-rim;litllen) .\le.\|lister. of Covinglon. Uthers present were: theliostess. .\lrs. .'\. .\. .\le.\|lister. Mrs. \\'ni. .\lel). .\|e.\l|ister. .\lrs._lulian R. .\le.'\llister, and .\lrs. \\'iIlie Ste\'eIts()Ii, of Covingtotl;.\lrs. ('.. \\'. Strihling, of Point Pleasant. \\'. \'a.. and .\li.<.s_lo­sephine '|'elfor<l. of Lewishurg. W. \'a. The reunion dinner wasone the memory of which will linger; and the fellowship ot' the«lay one that will not be forgotten. Quite a good photograph\-.'as secured and then we wrote down our signatures from theoldest to the youngest. in tmeonscious preparation for this pain­phlet as we see it now. Since our gramlehiltlren will some «layIN.‘curious to know how we sign our eltecks in the payinent ofnionth|_v bills. or lest. alas! some of them should raise gt duum

whether we were able to write at all. we give innnetliately a {ae­siniile of the page of signatures written down that reunion (lay:

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' An account of the reunion would not be complete without men­tion of one other feature. \\'e have a poet in our number. byn:nne_l '1‘ \|..\"'. . . . . . . .. .- -. . .- . . L. tster. and he has pl.tu.d Its Ill his debt before.It was fitting that as oldest son and brother he should voicethis tribute for us all. .-\nd here it is:

"A Well Rounded Life."

Written for A. A. .\Ic:\llister on his 70th birthday by J. T. .\lcAllister.

I-'ull three score years ago and tenlle crossed life‘: threshold. to begin

That toilsome path which all true menMust climb who tnanhood‘s crown would win.

Amid the busy ways of trade.His act stood e\-er plumb with creed.

llis foe c‘er found him unafraid.His needy friend. I friend indeed.

If ever wrongful gain would buyHis name and honor at a price.

llis flaming wrath made such replyThat no man made that offer twice.

He fawned before no wealth or power;.\'o subtle bribe could make him blind.

lle counted mnnhood's richest dowerA loyal heart and honest mind.

In bitter days. when hope seemed dead.He wrestled still with fate, nnthrown :

Yet envy of another's bread.\'e‘er tool: the sweetness fmm his own.

Still on his sturdy form abidesThe freshness of life's morning dew:

.~\shigh burns faith and run love's tidesAs when to him the world was new.

.\'ow stands be where life's afternoonShines on his record and his fame,

Yet it reveals, Oh blessed boon !.\'o stain nor blot on his fair name.

.-\nd so we hail him. l-‘ather! Friend 3And pledge him love. and wish him joy ;

\\'ith earnest prayer that heaven may sendTo him its peace, without alloy.

The best thing about this poem is that every word of it is

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true. lnflexible integrity. unassuming physical and mental cour­age. a certain Scotch reserve blended with cordial hospitalityand ready sympathy. "long-headedness." deeply based convic­tions and readiness to abide by them at any cost. blazing scorn ofthe wrong and the mean. a large and practical public spirit­such are some of the traits and possessions of the man who ishonored most by those who know him best.

.""Nl the harvesting of ice.

Cl lAPTER l\'.

The Descendants.

. lo bring the records down to 1912 something must be added

‘I~::’i:l¢‘l';‘T:.l'I'IiIl1:'lrt'lie‘descendants of A. A. and”). E. Mc.-\llister.

Lydia “-meii \\t\.l"(:born to them: _]osep‘hI-(hompson),‘ Maryto“) -Cl. II-u\n . .Ll)(0llZll(l), _l(ames) (xray, Addams b(t'r‘at­omcgt .-tiiiiie). Hugh. .\l(alht), Julian R(obert). lhemph l., was born in .\lalden. \\. \’a., then the home

!-!l:andmother.’:\lrs.‘Mary A. ‘Rocket. .\lary Lydia was““_I _-|‘l 'R0..se l)ale. lhe other Sl.\‘ children were born atme Hall. the present home of .\lrs. .-\mne (.\lc.-\lhster) hug­land, less than two hundred yards from “Rose Dale." \\'e have

(\)\f.lL‘ll‘llI(nlg.lllthat no liner place to raise a family could be found.e In-ed, III a way. on-a farm. and thus were trained to rideand drive and work in the ottt of doors. yet we were in closetouch with the town of Covington. :\ big barn for rainy days‘WISnear. with an orchard just beyond. ;\ ctpper-shop anda black-smith shop were within a stone's throw. .-\ creek. wellstocked with fisli. and boasting an appropriate. though not elab­orate. water craft and a swimming hole well filled with boysIn season and out. ran just back of the home and emptied into"'9' "i\'cr that separated us from town. There was no bridgebetween when the older six of us were children. and boats.Wllicli seemed oftenest on the other side. were used for the pas­

-filgeover. Thus were developed biceps. lungs. and skill in row­‘"3 even when floods were high. .-\ml winters brought skating

We can be thankful now that wewere trained to work (and shirkers were tolerated. no not for amoment.) in an environnient such as this. We can be thank­“ll. too, for being reared in a family large enough to teachthe value of economy. ‘o-operation. the rights of others (whichsometimes they were not slow to assert or to defend) and the rule"f "1~!i\‘eand take." The family through many years consisted

1'‘ UN: parents. eight children. (‘.randmother Rocke and Auntl'heresa Stratton. the latter of whom helped in the teaching of

quite all of us. ()n this teaching. at home. in the schools in

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llugh julmu

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town and later in seminary, zeademy or college. strong emphasis\'as laid. “'l'he var. and \vhat preceded and followed," in thewords of l"ather's statement, "made it impossible for me to get acollege education, but l determined to educate my children. .-\tthe time I was educating you I \'as borrowing every dollarof the money that was needed. I believed it would b- a good in­vestment to put your money into your heads." The Shorter Cate­chism was faithfully drilled into us. The parents co-operatedin the government of the children according to a rttle determinedupon from the start. that each would uphold the other in all casesof discipline. ()bedience was considered fundamental and anydelay in rendering it was the subject of deep regret on the part ofthe olfender at the end of the inning (or before). We countas among the most delightful memories of the home the eveningswhen the mother would gather a few of us about her (it \'asno small task to corral the whole number) and read to us. ininimitable fashion. from “.\larse Chan" or “.\leh Lady." llercommand of the negro dialect. in reading and in story-telling.was unusual and charming. .\ score of negro “.-\unts" and“L'ncles" \\'ere our affectionate friends and a dozen or so of shin­ing little pickaninnies were our playmates. and we knew theirlanguage and their life.

In the large llible. extensively read and marked. which .\lotherused for y -ars. the following. in her clear. bold script. was foundamong the obituaries of members of the family. lt is a briefand beautiful tribute to “:\unt" .\lartha. our cook for many years:

.\lartha .\lnrris died gfltlt llecember. txog.

.-\ faithful servant & friend in .-\. .-\. .\lc:\llister's family for 23 yum-_g_llonesl_v & truthfulness were marked traits in her character. and whenshe died. :.ftcr months of intense sufl'ering. the .\lc:\llister family fell asif a member of the family had passed away.

_l()Slil’ll 'l‘( ll().\ll’S();\') .\lc.-\l.l.lS'l'l£l<. the oldest of thechildren. was born at .\lalden, \\'. \'a.. Feb. 27, 1866. He wastamed for his t\vo grandfathers, Joseph I). Stratton andThompson .\lc.'\llister. Two things marked him out in youth:he stood at the head of his class in mathematics and he couldwrite better than any boy in town. (He has abandoned thislatter accomplislunent and employs a typewriter.) lle grad­

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withhonorsat llaiiipdeii-SidiieyCollege,\"a.,withMood-l~li-Int).I|5i«\o,developnig while there :1 literary style that has

lawyer h .111‘atcr years 1i1'good stead. l)'eciding on the'lit'e of amom“; ortutl-l!.(3.l‘.C.(.ithe Linversity of \1rginia, spending fourmm Kl-"id". tie ;S(.l.ShllOllof. 18-59-90 and the whole of 181.90-91there

bar at «the-311:1.... .. B. in July, 1.891. He was admitted to ‘theto Fcbnr ,1!) term of the court, 1891, and ivas iroiii that time“S!” in TIT)‘.ltjxi. associated with his uncle, \l‘1lliani M. .\lc.-\l­name» of \l:..[)l'.tL;llL‘Cof l«'l’\\"at \\ arm bprings. \ a.. under the firm‘X93 1! “.111. .l.. &_j. l. -;\lc:\ll.1st.er.. He‘ married, April 118,daug»|“~. I-Iriii bprings. \a.,- irgniia l{(icli:irds) . .-hmlerson,fink) Kl‘ (I) (,aptain .%.aniuel \l (lii)(,'l’-f()l‘Cl.")and \ irgniia (Rich­in llt erson, of’\\ arm _bprings.\ a. (,aptain ;\nderson, born"I," lc~f‘l’"\f<)lll1t)'.\ a., .'\pr1l 5, 18:§(i.organized the first company~‘ - elson county for the Civil \\ar, but turned the actual

1l0IIlnian(lof it over to a friend. and was soon elected Captain of‘ "3 '_‘Jlh\ irgiiiia Infantry. His father was Robert H. .-\nderso1i,“ii .\elsoii county, \'a.. son of Robert .\'elson .-\ndersoii and(5|>c1icer) :\nderson; and his mother was Susan Kimbrough,‘limllllter of Joseph and Mary (Yancey) Kimbroiigli.

MZl\'ll1lei1'larg°-developments began ‘at Hot Springs. Va.. .\lr.her; ' Ister ilecitleil to open ‘up ‘an ollice at that place. He 1111111­. among his clients the Virginia Hot Springs Co.. aml variousOther corporations in Bath county. and has besides an e.\'tensivel"'iI<‘ticein the northern centers. in l’hiladelphia and New York

ctfliecizilly. He is a recognized authority on the land laws of \’ir­kiiiia, has been requested to redraft these laws aml is consulted at¢\'t‘I')' session of the State Legislature by members charged with"'0 preparation of laws aliecting the lands of the State.He is president of the Hot Springs \’alley Investineiit Co.. the"§"'~‘l»'ll«'Ill)'Land Co.. etc.. bill has found time to do importantliterary work. He had made a large collection of material

0f‘ lllc \'irginia militia in the Revolutionary War and is recog­nized as the best authority on that subject in .*\1nerica. This

i11:iteri:il will be issued in book form April 1. 1913. He assisted-hccretary Reuben (‘-. 'l‘h\vaite. of the Wisconsin HistoricalSociety. in the publication of “The l)unniore \\"ar;" and hasbeen a valued contributor to the “\"irginia .\lagazine of History”

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aml to the “\\'est \'irginia Historical Magazine." lle issued his“llistorical Sketches of Hot Springs and liath County, \'a." int9oS and character sketches. “llumor in Ebony," in H)!I. Hewas a trustee of llampden-Sidney College from I896 to two;organized the Hot Springs Library. which has been of untoldgood to the guests and the connmmity. and served as its firstpresident; and is put down in “\\'ho's Who in .-\merica" forI91.’-I3 as a Democrat. a Presbyterian. a member of the Virginiallar Association. once (iencral Secretary of the Pi Kappa Alpha(college) l-‘raternity am] a Mason. K. T. He lives at HotSprings. \'a.. in a bungalow of most ingenious and attractivestructure. The children of Joseph 'l‘(hompson) and Virginia(.\nderson) .\lc.'\llister are: Joseph 'l‘(hompson) .\lc;\llister._lr.. born at Warm Springs. \'a.. .\larch 24. 1394, and Jean(It raham) ;\lc.'\llister. born at \\'arm Springs. \'a.. December 6.1897. The older. “Joe 'I'..'' attended Cluster Springs ;\cademy.Cluster Springs, \'a.. lot I-I2.

.\l.-\RY l.Yl)l.v\ .\lc.v\l.l.lS'l‘l".l< \vas born September I. I868,and was named for her two grandmothers. .\lrs. .\lary .-\. Rockeand .\lrs. Lydia .\l. .\lc.\llister. She attended school at thel.ewisbnrg t\\'. \'a.) Seminary during the session of 1883-4,butcontracting scarlet fevet' was brought home as soon as conval­escent. aml was never again as strong. ()1: .\'ovember 29, I887, shebecame the wife of l-'r.'ml<ll(ollowa_v) llannnond. of Covington.\'a.. son of Col. (‘aeorge \\'(ilson) llannnond (C. S. A.) andEmma .\l(ason) (Scott) llammond, of Covington. \'a. She diedat “White Hall." Covington. \'a.. on the afternoon of ()t-tuber9th. I888. ller beauty of face. strength of character aml \vin­someness of manner are memories that abide with her host offriends. The following tribute. no less true than beautiful. waspenned by her pastor. the now sainted Rev. \\'m. l".. llill:

October loth, It-N4. was a day of gloom in Covington, Va.The face of every citizen had its lineaments ovcrspread withgrief. The deep toned bell of the Presbyterian Church, in dullmonotones. sent a lmsh to everyone. l-‘our ministers of theGospel, the pastor. aml a brother, who formerly occupied thattender relationship to this people. a Methodist and a Baptist.were in the pulpit. 'l‘he ooth l'salm is read. the hymn, “llow

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”"l’l’)' .'\re They. \\'ho Their Saviour Obey,” by request, issung. l-'irst Cor. I5: 35-58 is followed with a prayer by theliilstor. “Asleep in _]esus." touchingly, tenderly sung. falls \vithits sweet refrain upon the breaking hearts. The text. Matt. 25::33. "Well done. good and faithful servant . . . enter thoumu’ "'9 .l",\' of thy Lord." was dwelt upon. The collin lid wasremoved and almost all of a packed house. white and colored,passed by to see the remains. \vhich were taken to the cemeteryaml tenderly connnitted “in the hope of a glorious resurrection.”

lt was the body of the loved and loving .\lary Lydia llam­mond. consort of Mr. Frank H. llammond. whose breakingheart seemed buried with her. whom. but a few short monthsbefore, he had led to the hymeneal altar. Side by side themother aml the child sleep. ".'\slecp in _lesus." m0ll|0I' illltl“Child of the Covenant."

She was .\lary Lydia. daughter of A. .-\. and Ellen .\lcx\l­lister. and in her zlst year of life. who was called to the brightScenes of glory to meet the “loved ones gone before." and to be

:‘waiting and watching" for us who linger here. She was borninto a devoted l'resbyterian family. With such a mother andfather. she could but be trained in the nurture and admonitionof the Lord. llaptized by the sainted ]. .\l. Rice. received intofull communion by Rev. \\’. :\. Dabney, present at her funeral,she was united in the holy state of matrimony and buried bythe present pastor. who knew her when she was but a child,and watched her ripen into womanhood. “To know her wasto love her." She seemed to have been born again at a veryearly age. for in all her relationships she seemed to have beenimbued with the spirit of almighty grace. .-\n obedient child.

n affectionate

and intensely devoted wife. she bound to her by the cords ofesteem and ‘love all those thus related to her. Above all andsanctifying all. there was that crown of Christian womanhood.

She waits in the sweet lields of Eden.'l‘he loved ones here below.

"-'\s she f()lI()\\-edChrist, so may we follow her." biding ourtime with patience, until the Grand Master of the Universe will

say to us: “Well done . . . enter thou into the joy ofthy Lord.”

As her prayer had heen so shaped it was answered——“.\layIlive the life of a Christian and my end he like his l" She solived and so died. “'l‘herefore he ye steadfast. unmovahle, al­ways ahounding in the work of the Lord. forasmnclt as yeknow that your lahor is not in rain in the Lord.”

W. 15. II.

\\'ll.l.l.-\.\l .\lcl)(().\'.'\l.l)) .\lc.'\l.l.lS'l'l’.R was horn Janu­ary 15. 187:. and was named for his two uncles. \\'m. .\l. .\lc­.-\llister and Dr. (lahriel .\lcl)onald. From ahout the most mis­chievous hoy in Covington he has developed into one of itssteadiest and most suecessful husiness men. He attended Fish­hurne Military School (looked pretty well. too. in military clothes.and regularly wrote home for cakes and stamps) through the ses­sions of 1386-7 and 1887-8. .-\fter a while he thought he wouldsee how railroad work agreed with him. so he helped to constructthe tunnel at Ctnnherland Cap, near .\liddleshoro. Ky.. stayingthere ahout eight months. Later on he tmdertook some cott­

tract work on his own hook. and constructed one of the ap­proaches to the county hridge at Covington. lle made moneyon it and decided to go into husiness. May 1. I893. he and _I.llollis Rinehart. umler the name of .\lc.-\llister & Rinehart.established a hardware store in Covington. He bought out Mr.Rinehart's interest in the husiness .'\ngust I5. I894. The en­terprise not only weathered the hard times that marked thatyear. but developed after a few years into the .\lc.-\llisterHardware and Furniture Co.. and the combined husiness hasgrown to still larger proportions. in hoth a wholesale aml aretail trade. umler the firm name of the Covington llardware& Furniture Co.. lncorporated. \\'m. .\lcl). .\lc.-\llister heing hothpresident and owner. He has also gone e.\‘tensi\'ely into applegrowing. He is president of the Virginia Hot Springs ValleyOrchard Co.. with offices at (‘o\'ington. and is vice-presidentof the Virginia l-‘ruit (irowers' Association. with ofliees atStaunton. He is a director in the Covington National llankand the Covington Savings llank. aml was one of the organ­izers and for a time the vice-president of the latter. llc

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aiitllaiiieof‘the.ownersof theCoviiigtoiiGroceryother bu§i"c¢(i‘¢.s.i L)-.~0f $()\'ll'|£'l0ll, and is larflt.-I)’interested. inimcrcst .i" fiivtcrilirises in the town. He has taken an activelnumrisl “ml "1:oo(| .l'0.l'tl2smovement, and is an eiitliiisizisticwas for mmc-H cm )(.l' o the ,'\llcHlI&ll1y_.\utoino|)ile Uul). He~ me .1 member of the town cotiiicil.

A(-'}]l"i(l:.)c\\'\i:s'illil:t'1{'..\\-’_' \'a.. September 25th, .i8l).§- he niarriedand ”cmic“'t.|l£l‘I-II’l'|.irlow,‘daughter of Beiijaniiii l'(raiiklin)They were m:' '4.))R(l{eIiick). Harlow. of I'.c\\'lSl)lIl'g.\\..Fclmmr ' I)8-ll'l’\l;(-at ‘ enick s \ alley, (irCClll)flCrcounty, \\ . \'a.,Va.‘ Jm)’. :0. I; if. Lol: Harlow was horn in .~\llieniarlecounty.some yczm-0. lc 3f;,.ltlie son of lleiiry‘ .\lartin ll_:ir|(i\'\:; was ‘for‘\IO“r0c'c(-“"::L'()\\l l(.\:.:(lI'l()l'Sof the liarmers l‘l'lClI(l.. at Union.‘‘(,'rccm)ric )- - -L. from I835 to issn vas editor of ther lzra. and was for about a year in .\lempliis. leiiii.,

fill the “l)aily Bulletin" of that place. ‘‘Ile returned to Lewislitirg

:'l"cl;\;.'=.i:£ilil':l'l)Cg3lllthe practice of law. which he continued untilC’ "I ' 1, out of the war. when he enlisted in the (-reenlirier_-“«l I‘). and .\lay nth, 1862. was taken prisoner and confinedin Camp Chase until the following fall. when he was e.\'clianged,

:'l‘:::11l;|\'l'C(l"l()his regiment, and was in service until the close of_ «IT. l'rom June. 1866. to September 2. I887, he was

lC(llI()l‘and puhlisher of the “(irecnlirier Indepciident." of Lewis­“"ls'- :\fter selling out the “lndepeiident." he gave his atten­

:";"ll lo ‘filfllllllg and stockraising. “He was many times mayorCm‘;t~c\'\l:litirg. times a delegate to‘the .\€lll.()ll£IlDemocraticthe H" ' Ml. l.\\.|tc a nieinlier of the State Legislature. holding‘ - er position at the time of his death. He served on the

.l\:ilsonand tlinsobtainedhis title.of‘Colonel.’_ - -‘ \\.is married three times. His first wife was Hen­

lrli:-:t:i"'f.i(l)::yR'c.llli.Cl\'.daugliter of the late B. Renick. and tothe dc'uh|0l;\t'..\‘CrCllll(ll’(?ll were born. . . some years afterRcnicls (‘um 'iisl ii;:.t ‘xx-if? fol. lla:'lo\l\" l;l1lI'I:lt.‘tl.\liss Jennie{cw year; l.'“c;.i(:Iiti1.,itcro tiellate \{‘eiiicll.?:\~\-hodied aM Mu“h:'”-‘ Y.’ ” ii lune. I900. ie marriu ...rs. {nes llofliiiaii.1” - t. a. (.01. Harlow died in Leivislitirg. \\. \ a., June--a- Hxit.

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Allister are: l-‘ranklin Atddams) .\lc.-\llister. born Covington,\'a., July I7, 1896, and Mary Lydia .\lc:\llister, born Coviugtou.\’a., .\'ovember 13, 1897.

Mary Lydia is now attending school at Brownsburg. Rock­bridge county, \'a.

_I(.\.\ll".S) (‘.l{.v\Y .\lc.-\l.l.lS'l'li.R was born .\'o\'ember 27.187.2.and was named for his uncle. James ll. Stratton. aml hisaunt, Theresa (‘-ray Stratton. There is nothing to be notedabout his boyhood except his love for books. lle would havebeen taller had he read less. lle graduated ll. A. (with honors)at llampden-Sidney College. \'a.. 1894; was editor of the “BathNews," Warm Springs. \".|.. I894-5; business manager of the“Central l’resbyterian,” Richmond, \'a., 1895-8; gr;[(Iu;|[c(l 1;,l). Union Theological Seminary. Richmond, I9ol; took a post­graduate course there on the lloge .\lemorial Fellowship (firstholder of same). I()()l-2; was assistant professor of Hebrewthere. I902-3; pastor l-‘armville (Va.) Presbyterian Church,I903-4; adjunct professor of Hebrew in Union TheologicalSeminary. Richmond, I904-5; president of llampden-SidneyCollege, \'a., I905-8; supplied Hot Springs (\’a.) l’resbyterianChurch. I908-9; acting professor (I909-II, in the absence ofl)r. \\'. ll. Marquess on sick leave). then professor (since .\lay.lt)lI) of lliblical Introduction. linglish Bible and Biblical 'l‘he­ology in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky.Louisville. (I). I). Washington and Jefferson College. l"a.. andCentral L'ni\'ersity of Kentucky. I906.) Contributor to theologi­cal magazines and to the International Standard lliblc Encyclo­pedia. now being issued by the lloward-Severance Company.Chicago. \\'as secretary and later chaplain of the Pi Kappa .-\l­pha Fraternity; on staff of commander in chief of Sons of Con­federate \'eterans one year. and chaplain of the Virginia Di­vision. S. C. \'.. 1905-6. (See “Men of .\lark in Virginia." I908;“.\lcn of .-\merica." I908; “.\'ational Cyclopedia of ;\mericanIliograph_\';" “\\'ho's Who in l.ouis\'ille." l9l.’: "\\"l10'$ Who inAmerica." l()l..’-I3.)

lle married. in Winchester, \'a.. .\lay 18, I904, Meta F.(ggles­ton) Russell. daughter of Isaac \\'(illiam) Russell (llospitalSteward. second corps \'al|ey Division. .-\rmy of .\'orthern \'ir­

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ginia. C. S. z\.), and Sarah ll(cnrietta) litlizahcth) (Eggleston)Russell, of \\'iuchester. \"a. The marriage ceremony was per­formed hy the grandfather of the hride. Rev. \\'. (Z. liggleston,when he was 89 years of age.

The progenitor of the Russell family “\vas an Englishman\vho moved from lingland to Holland in 1688. His son, Rich­ard Russell, in I732, in company with many others, left Hollandin the vessel ‘City of London’ and came to America, and withsome others of his company purchased eight square leagues ofland from the lndians in the \\’yoming Valley in Pennsylvania.He had seven sons and one daughter. and of these sons. johnsettled in .\'ew York, Richard was killed by the Indians, Isaacremained on the home farm. Matthew settled in Western Penn­sylvania. Samuel in New Jersey, and James Russell and DavidRussell came to \\'iuchester. Va. David married (liehruary 2.I789) llanuah (‘-reenway, “daughter of William (‘-reenway. of(‘.reenway .\lanor, Va., who came to this country with ThomasLord l-‘airfax, of (‘-reenway court," whose vast domain wassurveyed by (ieorge \\’ashington. \\’illiam Greenway, whowas born, reared and married in Scotland. it is thought, wasLord I-‘airfax's agent and confidential friend. wed .\lary Stevens.and their children were .\lary. who wed Seth Stratton (kinto us); llannah. who wed l)avid Russell; (ieorgc and \\’il­liam. volunteers in the Revohuion. serving under General DanielMorgan. David Russell was born I755 and died December23. 1824. Hannah il'C(.'l'|\\'Zl)'was born January 22. 1764, anddied .\lay 27. 1843. Their third son. Isaac (.-\ugust I6, I795­l-‘ehruary 15. I357). a soldier in the \\'ar of 1812, and a merchantin \\'iuchester. \'a.. until his death. married. first. .\fatilda Perry._daughter of Alexander Perry, of Alexandria. Va. (She diedin 1822. He married. _Ianuar_v 1.2. 1337. l-Iliza .v\(nn) Baker(March 4. I814-August 9. 1904), whose I-‘rench Huguenot an­cestors “left France on account of the religious persecutions inthat country in the sixteenth century." Eliza Baker's father was_lames Baker and her mother was .\lagdalen Warden, both of\\'ardensville. (now) \\'. \'a. See “History of the Lower Shen­andoah \'alley." .\'orris. I890. Isaac \\'. Russell. whose sister,.\latilda .\l.. was the heroine of the hattlefield immortalized on

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canvas (in ()regon \\'ilson's painting "\\'omen's l)e\'olion," ete.),and in the writings of the novelist. john listen Cooke. was thethird child and second son of Isaac and liliza (Baker) Russell;was born liehruary to. 1844. and wed. .\'o\'eml)er 23. 1871, SarahII. 17..l’.ggleston. third child and second daughter of Rev. \\'illiam(‘.(eorge) liggleston and Frances Stanford) (.\luse) liggleston(horn I-‘ehruary 27. 1814; died .\lay l'.’..I862). both of Frederickcounty. \'a. Rev. \\'i|li:nn (7. liggleston. horn llaltimore. ()ctol)er23, 1815 (died April 25. I908). wed. lirst. Frances S. .\luse,daughter of Robert and lilizabeth .\luse. June 9. 1840. He nIar­ried. second. in t.\'63. Rehecca _I(ane) (Kerr) llackney (diedFebruary 7, I875. aged 56 years). daughter of \\'m. I). and Eliza­beth Kerr and widow of John ll. llackney; and. third. .\lrs. .\lary(Sperry) lleater. widow of john lleater; all of Frederickcotmty. \'a. .\lr. liggleston. for many years a striking figure inthe Baltimore Conference of the .\lethodist lipiscopal ClntrchSouth. was the son of _loseph and Sarah llenrietta lilizaheth((‘.eorge) l".ggleston. of llaltimore. See “Sketches BaltimoreC""f¢"'°'W'~‘- N"- '-" ll)‘ R01-507$.1381. am! "Family Records Com­piled for the |)escendants of I. W. and S. Ii. Russell." by _I.(iray.\lc.'\l|isler. 19:3.

The children of _l. (‘.ray and .\leta (Russell) .\lc.-\llister arc:_l(ames) (‘nray .\lc.-\llister. _]r.. born Ilampden-Sidney. \'a.. .\'o­\'eml)er I. I907. and Russell (‘»(reenway) .\lc:\|lister. horn \\'in­chester. \'a.. July 20. l9It. Address (I9t2): H33 CherokeeRoad. Louisville. Ky.

.I\l)|).'\.\lS S('l'R.'\'l"l‘()f\') .\lc.'\|.l.lS'|'|".R was born liehrttary24. 1375. and was named for his father. A. .-\ddams .\lc.-\llister.and the line of his mother. Ellen (Stratton) .\|c.-\Ilister. Hewas wound up in the mill and later “drowued" (being rescuedby his father). but lives on as one of the healthiest specimensof the family. .\lathematics was his pastime while a boy and set­ting up a self-hinder a half holiday. His career has hecn aremarkable one. and he ranks to-day as a world-authority on cer­tain snhjects in the electrical world. He graduated at the Penn­sylvania State College ll. S. (first honors). 1898. Previous tograduation he spent one summer in the shops of the Covington.\'a.. .\lachine Company. doing practical mechanical work. and

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two summers witlI a civil engineering corps doing local railwayand similar surveying. From July. I39-\'. to .-\ugust, I399. heobtained practical experience in electrical lo-:oInotive operationand repair \vitlI tlIe llerwind-\\'hite Coal Mining Company, at\\'indber. Pa. The time from .-\ugust. I-\'99.to September. I900.was spent in the factory of tlIe Westinghouse Electric & .\lanu­facturing Company. East Pittsburgh, to acquire information con­cerning the manufacturing details of direct-current aml alter­nating-current machinery. In I900 he received from Penn.State College the additional degree of E. E. for work doneafter graduation. III September. I900. he entered Cornell Uni­versity to take post-graduate work in electrical engineering :Indreceived the degree of .\l..\|.E. (with first honors) in I90I. FromI901 until I904 he held the positions of assistant and instructor inphysics and applied electricity at Cornell and was appointed act­ing assistant professor of electrical engineering at that Universityin 1904. In I905 he received from Cornell the degree of l’h. I).From I905 to I9I2. he \vas associate editor of the “Electrical __/7/L\\'orld," New York. He is.nuu' editor of that periodicahficmost widely circulated electrical journal published in ;\merica.Since I909 he has also been professorial lecturer on electri­cal engineering at Pennsylvania State College. Inventor ofalternating current machinery and writer on electrical sub­jects. .-\uthor of “Alternating Current .\lotors." used wide­ly as text- and reference-book in leadiIIg engineering schoolsof :\Inerica aIId now in the third edition. and also of Chapters 6and 8 of "Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers." Mem­ber and ollicer of numerous scientific (especially electrical) so­cieties. llis piano is his pipe. llis hobby is the faInil_v trecland he has dug deeper and climbed higher than any one in the

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1-4! VV2 3 ’ ” ’Cl.:\R.-\ .-\(.\';\'lE) .\lc.'\l.l.lS'l‘ER was born .\larch I7.

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gold medals for proficiency in voice culture and instrumentalmusic, she took a course in these subjects at the Cincinnati Con­servatory of Music, linishing there in .-\pril. I9oo. ()n ()etoberI6, I901, she married (ieorge \\'(el|ford) Call, son of Man­fred and Sallie lilizabeth (\\'att) Call. of Richmond, \'a..and grandson of -.\loses (Tall (of .\'ew Hampshire) andSarah l".li2abeth (Bryant) Call (born in .\laine). She died oftyphoid fever at Covington. \'a.. August l'.’, 1903. 'l'alented inmusic. gifted with a fine sense of humor, unselfish, lovable, shewell deserved this tribute from the pen of the president of thel.ewisburg Seminary, l\'e\‘. l)r. R. l.. 'l‘elford:

Trusting in the Saviour whom she had known aml loved fromchildhood, this beloved daughter and lamented young \vife fellasleep in _lesus on the morning of the 12th of August. and en­tered into the rest that “remaineth for the people of God." Shewas the only daughter of .'\. .v\. aml J. li. .\lc/\llistcr, hermother's devoted aml sympathetic companion, the pride and joyof her father's home. from which she went forth but a fc\v shortmonths ago a radiant young bride to establish and brighten ahome of her own. To the making of this home she brought tobear all of the faith. devotion and sacrifice of a high, generousand noble womanly nature. It was the sacred and unchangingcenter of the orbit in which her life revolved, and none whoknew her in this home could doubt that had she lived she wouldhave made it a sacred spot. from which sweet and gracious in­fluences would have gone forth to bless and brighten the world.

lndissolubly joined with her love for home was her love forher clmreh. She was a “child of the covenant," reared in anatmosphere of pra_ver. and early gave her heart to the Masterwhom she served with devoted loyalty all her days.

She was keenly alive and interested in everything alfectingthe welfare of the church. and was never happier than when en­gaged in some good work in behalf of the Master.

She was not onl_' a member of the several societies organizedwithin her own church for Christian work. but was also a Incin­ber of the Yohzmnan Society of the Second Presbyterian Churchof Petersbnrg. \'a.. and was the first member called from theranks of that noble band to enter the society of heaven. The

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news of her death reached the farewell meeting given by thissociety to Mr. Yohannan on the eve of his departure for Persia,and sensibly deepened the sadness and solemnity of that service.Resolutions of profound sorrow adopted by the society on thatoccasion have already been published.

llnt how inadequate is all human speech to convey the senseof loss that comes with her death! Uur hearts are greater thanour vocabularies. .\'o words can voice the unutterable loneli­ness that is felt in the home once brightened and blessed by herspirit! No words can tell the infinite pathos of her death! liromhow many lips have sadly fallen the words, “She had so muchto live for!" Young and gifted. rich in friends and hope, pos­sessing a winning aml gracious personality, with life just open­ing before her in all of its new experiences. its sweet revelations.its labors aml hopes and its sweet fruitions—suddenly the mes­sage came to her. “The .\laster is come and calleth for thee,"and in swift obedience to that sunnnons she laid down the workof life and hastened to meet her Lord.

lt is hard to realize that she is really gone. and that the sweetvoice which cheered many a saddened spirit and soothed manyan aching heart will be heard on earth no more. llut a new noteis heard in heaven. and another voice has joined the mighty chorusof song with which the redeemed above “cease not. day nor night.to celebrate his praise."

“.'\nother hand is beckoning us,.-\nother call is given;

.-\nd glows once more with angel stepsThe path which reaches heaven."

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The home occupied by .\lr. Yohannan. at Urumia. Persia. hasbeen named. in memory of her. the “Clara (.\lc.'\llister) Call.\lansc."

llL'(}ll .\l(.r\l-‘l-‘l'l‘) .\lc.~\l.l.lS'l‘li|{ was born April 7, 1879,and was named for "Major llugh" .\lc.v\li.steraml the .\lallitf:nnily on his mother's side. He was delicate when a boy amlwas devoted to his books. liven now _vouhave to pry him awayfrom a newspaper. (lint there are others). After attending

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schools in Covington he entered llampden-Sidney College, \'a.,and graduated there ll..\. in June, 1902. \\'hile at collegehe did not a little literary work, in short story writing, as revieweditor of the “llampden-Sidney .\lagazine" and as one of thestaff of editors of the college annual. “The l\'aleidoscope.” llehad been always interested in historical subjects and won the\'enahle llistorical .\ledal, one of the coveted honors of the Col­lege. treating the subject. "The History of .-\llcghany County."This history appeared later in the “Clifton Forge Review."This work admirably titted him for his share in compiling. alongwith J. _l. Lear, _lr.. and J. G. Jeter. The lamestown Souvenirv

Edition of “.\lleghany County. \'a.," an excellent manual of thecounty.

Before entering college he had engaged from time to time innewspaper writing. aml on graduation he took up this work.lle was associate editor of the “Clifton Forge (\'a.) Review,”June to Uctober, I902; reporter for the .\'ewport News (\’a.)"Times-llerald," July to .\'ovember, I903. am! April to .\'o\'em­ber, 1904; associate editor "l’etersbttrg Trade _lournal." now "TheAmerican Fruit and :\'ut journal." N(»\'et1t|)er.I903. to April,i9o4. From .\'o\'etnber, I9o.;_ to August. t9o7, he \-as |,(,(,|\-­keeper for the .\lc:\llister llardware & Furniture Co.. Covington.\'a.; .-\ugust. I907. to l)ecember. I909. Cashier Covington Sav­ings llank; l)ecemher. I9o9. to ()ctoher. t9to, book-keeper forthe .\lc.-\llister (now the Covington) llardware & Furniture Co,Since October. t9I(). he has been partner and Secretary-Tr-as­urer of the firm of Julian R. .\lc.-\llister & Co.. of Covington.\'a. lle is also secretary and treasurer of the Coviugton llard­ware & Furniture Co.. aml Treasurer of the Virginia Hot SpringsValley ()rchard Co. From January to .\lay. I912, he substitmcdas individual book-keeper for the Covington .\'ational Bank. llewas for some years (Irand Secretary of the Supreme Council ofthe Pi Kappa .'\l])ll:t Fraternity (being the third of the l)r()[hcrswho has held ollice in that prominent college fraternity) and wasfor sometime .'\lumni liditor of the Pi Kappa .-\lpha “Shieldand l)iamond." lle was for some years a deacon of the Co\'ing­ton Presbyterian Church and its treasurer. ()n _lanuary 3, I907.he married at Southside. .\lason county. W. \'a.. livalene Long.

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daughter of _Iames \\'.(.ashington) Long and Catherine .-\(nn)(ll«|""3l|l) l«0IIg. Plnlip Long came from Lorraine, Germany.settled in Pennsylvania. and after a short time located perman­‘''"l)'- '73‘). in Page county. \'irginia. llis estate has been handeddo ' .. ,~ , ­. \\n to Lu. Long of the sixth generation. Traces of the old

3:71;. old storage cellar. with walls and arched roof of.he\.vnme and secret drawers for valuables; the old well \\'Il.lI its

llnderground passages to the house and fort. etc.. may still be5'-‘cll.In a fair state of preservation. Philip Long's son \vas

named ‘Paul; his son was named Philip. His son .-\d:nn (whospent lnslmyliootl at the homestead) married .-\nna Rosenberger.

county.)Ya."l‘heirson(‘reorgeLongmarriedImn; \\. '.'lterrett of l min l leasant. \\. \ a.. and I/It'll’.son \vasiNcr- 4‘(lasnngton) Long. father; of l:.valene (Long) .\lc.-\l­“-. \..' . ‘(am Long znoved from‘l age (.o.. \'a.. to .\lason Co..hi; cg-ll...Ill I810. when lns son (-eorge was two years old: and- . ate has been handed do\vn to J. \\. l.ong. 'l he father

Of.limily Kirk Sterrett was William Sterrett. of Point Pleasant.\'a.. and her mother was Agnes Bell. of .-\ugusta Co.. \"a.—

lllc Sterrett ancestors came from Pennsylvania aml originallyfrom Scotland.—'l'he llannans came from Cork. lreland. 'l‘hom­-'|!~‘llannan. of .-\ugusta. Co.. \'a.. married Elizabeth Henry. ofthe family of Patrick Henry. Their son Henry married Rhodallenderson. of llemlerson. W. \'a.. aml their daughter. Catherine

:-\nn llannan. is the mother of Evalene (Long) .\lc.-\|lister.|'homas llannan (a line oarsman) was commissioned by thegovernlnent to carry important messages between ports on the( lhio river. He was a special friend of l)aniel Boone. and be­cause of his knowledge of the country and his tact in dealing withthe Indians. lloone selected him as his travelling companion inhis work of exploration. .'\s first man to leave the fort at PointPleasant he took up land and built a home some miles below onthe Virginia side of the Ohio river. where he remained un­disturbed by the Indians. while others who had followed weredriven back to the fort. llenry. son of Thomas llannan. wasborn in the fort at l’oint Pleasant.—\\'illiam llenderson mar­ried .\largaret Bruce. Both lived in Scotland. Their son Jamesllenderson. born in Scotland. married ;\lartha llamilton. of Vir­ginia. Tlwir son. Lieutenant _lohn llenderson. of .-\ug'usta Co..

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\’a., ‘fought in the battle of Point Pleasant, Uctoher I0, I774.His wife was .-\nne Givens. 'l'Im'r son, Col. John Henderson, of(ireenbrier Co., (now) W. \'a.. married Elizabeth Stadghill, ofCreenbrier Co.. \\’. \'a.. and their daughter, Rhoda Henderson,married Henry llannan. Col. John Henderson served in variousollices of the county aml State. He represented his district foreighteen years consecutively in the State legislature.

The Long homestead. “l".lm Grove." is on the Kanawha river,near .-\rbuckle, in Mason Co., \\’. \"a. The Sterrett homesteadis near Point Pleasant. .\lason Co.. \\’. \'a. The llannan home­stead is at Swan Creek. (near (iallipolis). Gallia Co.. ()hio. TheHenderson homestead is at Henderson. (near Point Pleasant).Mason C0,, \\’. \'a.'

The children of Hugh .\l. and livalene (Long) ;\lc.'\llister. allborn at the home of their parents near “Rose Dale." Covington.\'a.. are:

Catherine Etllen) .\lc.-\llister. born .-\ugust 31. I908; Claraf.(ong) .\lc.'\llister. born January 23. tom; and limily .'\(nn).\lc.'\llister, born August :8, I91].

_lL'l.l.'\.\' R(()lll’.RT) .\lc.\l.l.l.\'Tl':R was born Nov. 2!.1548!.aml \vas named for his mother (Julia) and his grandfather‘s

brother, General Robert .\lc.'\llister. No one kno\vs how earlyhe began to ride and drive horses; but he has loved them fromthe start. Indeed. he is the horseman of the family and winnerat the tournaments (except one time. when llugh distanced thecrowd and gave them a shock from which they have not recoveredto this day). _lulian struck a gold mine of a disposition andkeeps it working all the time. Consequently he is one of themost popular young chaps that ever lived in Covington. Hedecided to settle down to business some years ago and beingsomething of a salesman he clerked in the store of A. A. .\lc­Allister & Co.. for several years: then entered general merchan­dising. lirst with George \\’. Call. under the firm name of .\lc­.-\llister & Call. February I. u_n.:. aml then (in 1004) under thename of Julian R. .\lt'.'\llister & 0).. \\'ill and Hugh being. suc­cessively. the partners with him in a successful business enter­

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prise, the former until 1910and the latter since that time. Julianwas a charter member and prime mover in the “Retail .\lcrchautsAssociation," organized in 1911.

On October 7, 1908,at “Oak Grove,” near Savannah. Alleghanycounty, \'a., he was united in marriage with z\(nna) Gertrude.\lassie, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. Gray .\lc.-\llis­ter, the brother of the groom. This branch of the .\lassie familygoes back to Captain Thomas Massie (Colonist) who wed a MissBland and died before I740. Their son \\'illiam wed Lucy .\la­con. The son of William and Lucy Massie was Major Thomas.\lassie (born August II, 1747, at “Bottoms Bridge." New Kentcounty, Va.; married Sallie Cocke, who was born March 8, I761,at “'l‘urke_vIsland." on the James River, and who died April 20.1838. at “Level Green." ;\'elson county. \"a.). Major .\lassiewas in the spring of I775 chosen Captain of a large company of\°olunteers to assist in protecting \\'illiamsburg and environsagainst the depredations of Lord l)umnore; was that Fall com­missioned Captain to recruit a company of regulars to serve inthe 6th \'a. Regiment of the line on continental establishment amlmarched it to \\’il|iamsburg the Spring of 1776 and thence withits regiment to the north. where he saw service umler GeneralWashington. he himself for the two succeeding years being usu­ally on detached or particular service. Feb. 20, I778. he was pro­moted to the rank of Major. “lle acted alternately under thecommands of Generals Scott. \\'eedon. Sullivan. Morgan. \\'ood­ford. General Lord Sterling" and others, and “was afterwardsunder the commaml of Gen. Nelson as aidecamp in the winter of1780-81. when Arnold invaded Virginia and destroyed the publicstores and houses at Richmond." etc.. "and was finally at thesiege of Yorktown and the surrender of that post with theBritish army. in October, I781." (See “.'\fli(lavit of .\lajorThomas .\lassie. Feb. I5. 1833.") He died Feb. 2. I834. at hishome “Level Green," Nelson county, Va. His son Captainlleur_v .\lassie was born Oct. Hi. I784: wed. lirst. Susan PrestonLewis (six children by this marriage) ; wed. second. on .\lay I8.I826. F.li7.abeth Rutherford Daggs. of Hot Springs. \"a.. anddied at “Oak Grove." Jan. I2. I841. Capt. llezckiah \\’(illiam).\|assie. son of Henry and Elizabeth (Daggs) .\lassie. was born

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()ct. 2|, 1834, at “Oak Grove." where he lived all his life; wascaptain of Company (1, .:.md Virginia Infantry; wed, Ennnzn](u(ls(m) R_\':1l.~'..sister of nu\'cli.~'.l V. Ryals; and died Aug.23. I905. Their dzmglucr (lcrlruxlc is the wife of Julian R..\lc.'\l|islcr.

Julian R. and (‘acrlrudc (.\l:|ssic) .\lc.'\llislcr have one child:Gertrude .\l(:|s.<ic) .\lc.-\|lisu:r. lmrn at “Rose Dale." Cuvinglun.\'a., (.)clu|)cr 6. I909. They live (1912) at "Rose l)alc.”

Till’. HNI).