OUR CHIEFTAIN DIES

Brig . General Marshall Magruder passed away on the morning of July4, 1956, at Walter Reed Hospital. General Magruder was an earnesthardworking member of the Clan, having joined in 1919. He served asRanking Deputy Chieftain from October 1950 to 1952,and as Chieftainfrom October 1952 until the time of his death. His funeral was fromthe Fort Myer Chapel with full Military Honors, and burial was inArlington National Cemetery close beside his brother, Major GeneralBruce Magruder.

An appropriate memorial article on our highly esteemed and valuedmember will appear in the next issue of the Year Book.

,

i

B RH;. C~:-;ERAL ). IA RS IIAI.L :\LU ;RL:DER

1885-1 956

....•

YEAR BOOKOF THE

American Clan Gregor SocietyINCORPORAT ED

Conta ining the Proceedings of the1955 Annual Gathering

THE AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETYI NCORPORATED

WASHI NGTON, D. C.

Copyright, 1956

by

Thomas Garland Magruder, Jr.A cting Editor

Cussons, May & Co.• Inc., Printers, Richmond, Va ,

..

;;OFFICERS

SIR M ALCOLM MACGREGOR OF MACG REGOR, BARON ET••..• .•••••..•..•..• ..••Hereditary Chief"Edtnchip" , Lochearnhead , Sco tland

BRIG. G EN . M ARSHALL M AGRUDER, U . S . ARM Y, R ETIRED.•.. •... .. . .•. ..•.. •.. ...•.•Chief tainCleveland House, 2725 29th st., N. W., W ashingt on, D. C.

FORREST SHEPPERSON H OLMES... . ..•.......... ... .. .. .. . ... ........... .... ... . .A ssistant to the Chieftai n6917 Ca rleton Terrace, Colleg e Park, Md.

REv. DA NI ELL RA NDALL MAGRUDER.... .. ... .... •.... ......... ... .... ......Rankinq D epllty Chief tainHingham, Mass.

MISS A NNA LoUISE R EYNOLDS.... . .... ...... .... .. . .... ... ... ... ... .... .. .. . ..... .. .... . .... . .. .... .. .. ..•.. . . .•.S cribe5524 8th St., N . W., W ashin gton II, D. C.

MRS. O . O. VAN DEN B ERG R egistrarTh e Bria rcliff, 1862 Mintwood Place, N. W ., Washington 9, D . C.

MISS MARTH A S PRIGG P OOLE. A ssistant to the R egistrar4340 Ve rp lanc k Pl ace, W ashington 16, D. C.

MISS R EGI NA M AGRUDER H ILL H istorianTh e Briarcliff, 1862 lI1int wood Pl ace, N. W ., W ashington 9, D. C.

MRS. JOHN ROCH FORD DWY ER. Assistant to the His torian9421 Bull s Run Pa rkway, Beth esda 14, Md.

CLARENCE WILLIAM M CCORMICK. 'Treasurer4316 Clagett Road, Unive rs ity Park, Md .

J OH N FREDERICK D ORM AN , II I · Editor2311 Connecticut Ave ., Washington, D. C.

R EV. REUEL LAMPHIER H OWE ChaplainTh eological Se mina ry , Alexandria, Va.

D R. ROGER GREGORY MAGRUDER SurqeonLewis Mountain Circle, Charlotte sville, Va,

C. VIRGI NIA DIEDEL ChancellorThe Marlboro Apts., 917 18th St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

MRS. JAMES E . ALLGEYER DeplIty Scribe407 Consti tu t ion Ave., N. E., W ashington 2, D. c.

FORMER CHIEFTA INSEDWARD MAY MAGRUDER, M.D. (Deceased)CALEB CLARKE MAGRUDER, M .A., L .L.D. ( Deceased)J A M ES M ITCH ELL MAGRUDER, D.D., (Deceased)EGBERT WATSON M AGRUDER, P H .D. (Deceased)H ERBERT T H OMAS M AGRUDER, N ew York, N. Y.

W ILLIAM MARION M AGRUDER, Lexing t o n, Ky .FRANK C ECIL MAGRUDER, San Diego, Calif.

D OUGLAS N EIL MAGRUDER, I n d ia n ola , Miss.

COMM ODORE JOH N HOLMES M AGRUDER, J R.., Retired,

U.S.N., Waterford, Conn.

THE COUNCILThe Officers of the So ciety and the following :

HERBERT THOMAS MAGRUDER, Ex-OfficioWILLIA M MARION MAGRUDER, Ex-OfficioFRA NK CECIL MAGRUDER, Ex-Offic ioD OUGLAS NEIL M AGRUDER, Ex-Officio

CO MMODORE J OH N HOLMES MAGR UDER, J R., Ret., U.S.N., Ex-OfficioMRS. R EX HAYS RHOADES MISS COR N ELIA MAGRUDER BOWIE

ERN EST C. MCGEHEE DR. ROBERT E. FERNEYHOUGH

J . FRANKLI N ADAM S MISS E M MA WATERS M UNCASTER

CLA UDE WORTHI NGTON O WEN MRS. R UTH A SHLEY WALDE

WM. B. HAMILTON MAGRUDER TIIO~IAS GARLA ND MAGRUDER, J R.

ClanNumber

901

1122

STATE DEPUTY CHIEFTAINS

ARKANSAS- State Deputy Chieftain:

Stokes, Mrs. Etta Leone Stephens, Box 144, Hartman.

DI STRICT OF COLU MBIA-State Deputy Chieftain :

Bowie, Miss Cornelia Mag ruder, 1724 20th St., N. W., Wa shington.

1156 FLORIDA- State Deputy Chiefta in:

Magrud er, Nathaniel, Box 1823, 504 W . Hill view Ave., Sarasota.

1114 GEORGIA- State Deputy Chieftain :

Magrud er, Dudley Boston, Jr., 10 Club Drive, Rome.

1129 INDIAN A- State Deputy Chiefta in :

Schafe r, Mr s. Norman Frederick, 1839 N. College St., South Bend.

653 KENTUCKY- State Deputy Chieftain:

H enderson, Guy Russell, R.F. D. 3, Shepherdsville.

Assista nt Deputy Chieftain:

711 Magruder, W illiam Mar ion. 456 Rose Lane, Lexington.

1094 LO UI SIANA- State Deputy Chiefta in:

Rodriguez, Charl es Q., 3226 Carlotta St ., Baton Rouge, 13.

588 MIS SISSIPPI- State Deputy Chiefta in :

Magr uder, Douglas Neil, Indianola.

332 NEW J ERSEY- State Deputy Chieftain :

Magruder, Col. Lloyd Burns, Buttonwood Lane, Rumson.

705 NORTH CAROLINA-State Deputy Chieftain :

Magruder, Philip Brooke, 904 Magnolia St., Greensboro.

826 OREGON- State Deputy Chieftain:

Braun, Mrs. Ella Magrud er.

329 TE XAS- State Deputy Chiefta in :

Magruder, Wm. B. Hamilton, 420 Villita St., San Antonio.

22 VIRG IN IA-State Deputy Chieftain:

Hard, Mrs. Allen S., Ruckersville.

STANDING COMMITTEES

E DI T ORIAL :

Mr. John Frederick Dorman, III, Edito r, Resigned

Mrs. O. O. van den Berg, Registrar

Miss Regina Magruder Hill , Historian

Mr. Thomas Garland Magruder, Jr.

MEMBERSHIP:

Mr . Thomas Garland Magruder, Director

Mrs. O. O. van den Berg, R egistrar

NOMINATING :

Commodore J ohn Holmes Magrud er, j r., Ret., Chairman

Mr. Th omas Garland Magruder, Jr.

Mrs. Ruth Ashley Wald e

Miss Emma Waters Muncaster

Mrs. Jam es Murdock

ENDOWME NT FUND :

Th e Rev. Daniel Randall Magru der , Ranking Deputy Chieftain, Chairman

Mr. Clar ence Willi am McCormick, Treasurer

C. Virgin ia Diedel, Chancellor

Mr. H erbert Thomas Magru der, Ex-Chieftain

RESEAR CH :

Miss Regina Magruder Hill , Hi storian, Direc tor

Mr. Thomas Garl and Magruder, Jr., A ssistant Director

All State Deputy Chieftains, Ex-OfJicio M embers

MEMORIAL TABLETS AN D MARKERS:

Brig. Gen. Marshall Magruder, Chieftain, Chairman of Committee

Mr. Clarence Willi am McCormick, Treasurer

Miss Regina Magruder Hill , Historian

Miss Cornelia Magruder Bowie, D eputy Chieftain for District of Columbia

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 9

TABLE O F CONTENTS Page

61- 63

44

35

40 -41

61

6

11-18

'l:1

27

24 -26H omes of Yesteryear .Levi Ma gruder and the H enderson H omes.

Magruder, Brig. Gen. Mar shalL 2, 11, 21, 35

Attendance, 1955 Gathering .

Annual Address of the Chiefta in, Genera l Marshall Magruder .

Blad ensbur g, Mar yland, by J. Ninian Bea ll., .

Clan Archives .

Corrections for Year Books of 1953, 1954, 1955 .

Deput y Chief tains .

De scent from Empero r Charlemagne to Mar garet Campbe ll, Mother ofAlexander Magruder, Imrnigrant., .

Endowment Fund .

50th Anni ver sary Gatherin g, October 1959 .

Memorial Service: 51 - 54

With Special Tributes to the past Clan Officer s;

Rev. J ames Mit chell Magruder

Mr. Robert Lee Magruder, Jr.

Mr. J ohn Ed win Muncaster

Mr. William E rnes t Offutt, Sr.

Memorials : 56 - 60

Mr s. Mamie W ynne Cox

Mr s. Edward Greenvill e Magruder

Mr. Robert Lee Magruder, Jr.

Lt. Col William Kent Magruder

Mrs. H enrietta Maria Clarissa Follansbee Maynard

Mr s. F. Leonard Wailes

New Members during Fi scal Year October 1954 thru September 30, 1955.... 48 - 52

Of Int erest to Mernber s : 34 - 37

Prince George's Count y Hi stor ical Society. Se t of A.c.G.S.Year Books pre sented to ..

Bladensburg, Maryland

Surplus Yea r Books

The Scots Guard 's Regimental Band Concert

"Royal Scotland"

Herbert Clarence Bradshaw

Prince George's County Hi storical Society

10 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GllEGOR SOCIETY

TABLE OF CONTENT S- Continued Page

51- 60

48 - 51

Rosemar y Stokes-] ohnson

T heodore Ea rle Drane

The Magruder Chapter, D.C.D.A.R.

Dana Kin g Gatchell

Thomas Garlan d Magruder, III

Mrs. Allen L. H ord

Proceedings of the 1955 Gath ering 40 - 47

Program of the 1955 Gathering................................................................................ 38 - 39

Reports :

H istorian ; Regina Ma gruder HilL. .

Births, Marriages and Death s, with famil y background.Registrar; Mr s. O. O. van den Berg .

New Members with bri ef ancestra l notes.

Treasurer; Mr. Clarence Will iam McCormick .

Revolutionar y War Ser vice, continued fr om Year Book of 1955, p. 57 .

Some Herit ages of the E nglish Speaking Peoples in Their Struggle forF reedom, by Genera l Mar shall Magruder .

Standing Committee s : .

Editorial, Membership, Nominating, Endowment Fund, Research, andtablets and Marker s.

State Units; District of Columbia and Virg inia .

Tablets and Marker s, P laced to date ( 1955) .

Th e Value of Genealogy, by Regina Magrud er HilL. .

Year Books, Corrections for Issues of 1953, 1954, 1955 .

43

19 - 20

44 -45

7

28

21 - 23

29 - 34

61

COl'p-igJrUJ b)' l.ra R rothcrs &- COonI'll/I)' 19 ,1}

e l l AR I.E ~IAGX E .

King of the Franks and Emperor of Rome

.·Jf tcr I}, r ("IY'-(I1''''IY by Gi llSt'/'I'i' L OIlg},i

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY

DESCENTfrom

THE EMPEROR CHA RLE MAGNEto

MARGARET CAMPBELLM other of

A LEXAN DER MAGRU DER

11

CPB.G.T.

A compilation based prim aril y upon the result s of studies extending overmany years, by our clan member No. 63-1£rs. R. S. P ope of Dunwoody, Geor gia.The pertinent facts of each genera ton have been checked for specific page refer­ences. A sufficient number of these to prove the line are furnished from thefollowin g easily available books:

J ohn S. Wu rt s' Magna Char ta indicat ed MC, Parts 1 & 2, 6, 7Sir Douglas' Peerage of Scotland, vol. 1 indica ted PS

a Stewart-Duke of A lbany, begins at p. 42b Bruce-Ear l of Car rick begins at p. 316c Campbell-Duke of Argyle, begins at p. 84

Cokaynes' Complete Peerage (1893) vol. VBetham- Genealogical T ables, ( 1795)

MARSH ALL MAGRUDER

(Compiler)

F oretcord

Our beloved former Chiefta in, Caleb Clarke Magruder in a scholar ly article,wr itten in the 1919 Year Book developed th e influence of the Royal lines fr om thedawn of Scott ish history on down in our MacG rego r lineage; fir st through ancientScottish Kings, then through interm arriage into the great line of ancient PictKings. T his marriage of K ing Alpine's fa ther with Urgusia represented the unionof two of the most ancient, proud and Royal lines of that peri od. Through suc­cessive Scottish K ings, great Lor ds and Chief s, the Roya l blood flowed on downthr ough the MacGregors to Alexan der Magruder. Woven into thi s strea m werethe connections with other Roya l Ho uses of Europe also.

While not wishing to discount , in any way, the impact of Royalty on theMacGregor s ancestry on the paternal side, I do wish to kindle pride, as well,in the influence of Royal and other lines which have come down to us descendantsof Alexa nder Magruder, through his mother- MA RGAR ET CA MP BELL.

There are a number of our Charlemagne lines but the one assembled is a fairexample of the many connections with Roya l Ho uses and noble lines includingMagna Charta Sureties. Our proven line, as shown to Charle magne, connects usthrough him with known proven lines of Roya l Ho uses of Europe.

Thus the old motto of our clan "Sh riog hal Mo Dh ream" (my race is Royal)is found to be true whether we are thinking of our genealogical ancestr y on eitherAlexander 's patern al or maternal side.

12

MC 1935.. 2176.. 2196" 1753" 1758.. 1828" 2059" 2187

28840

MC 2196188

" 1741" 2029" 1758" 1848

MC 188" 2029" 2196" 1758" 1741" 1848

MC 2029" 2196" 1741" 188" 1848

MC 188" 1741" 2196" 2029" 1848

MC 188

YEAR B OOK A M DUCAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

O. Charlemagne was the greatest figure in the middle ages, King ofthe Franks and Emperor of the We st, King of Lombardy and It aly,and in fact of all Chri stendom. H e was "One of the nine W orthies."A gr eat administrat or , soldier, and champi on of Chri stiani ty. Hesecurely laid the founda tions of his vast empires, being vigilant,sagacious and energetic, both as a ru ler and command er. H e fosteredagriculture, tr ade, arts and letters with unt iring zeal; clearing awayforests, dra ining swamp s, founding mona steries and schools, build ingciti es, constr ucting splendid palaces, as at Aix, W orms and Ingeheim ;and drawing to his court scholars and poets from all nations, beinghimself proficient in science, as well as all har dy accomplishments.A commanding figure, nearly eight feet tall, and of great physicalstrength. H e was b. 2 Apr il 742 at Aix-La Chapelle and m. in 771Hildegard e, his 3rd wife, when she was 14. She was th e dau. of Childe­brand, Duke of Suabia. "H ildegarde was fai r, wise and good", th emother of his J sons and 11 children in all when she died at the ageof 25 in 782.

Th eir descendants are numbered in many of the Royal H ousesof Europe, inc. Geoffrey P lantagenet, who m. the gra nddaughter ofWi lliam the Conqueror, to the present ( 1955) Queen Elizabeth II .On the other hand , th eir ancestors go back through Clovis th e Great,Old King Cole, the Caesar s of Rome, etc. to Boadicea, Br iti sh Queen,who died AD 62. The entire span of years fr om AD 62 to 1955 of20 centur ies covers 73 genera tions. (See T able page 188, B.C. )1. Louis I , the Debonaire, 5th child of Charlemagne and Hildegarde,Roman Emp eror 814-840, was b. at Casseneuil 778. H e sue. his father814, died 840 and was bur . at Metz, H e m. 2nd Judith. H er younges t,child was,

2. Charl es II , the Bald, b. 823, Kin g of F rance 840, Emperor 875,died in 878, havin g rn. in 842 H erm int rudi s ( Ermentrude) dau. ofEndes, Count of Orl eans, she d. 869. By her Kin g Charles had a dau,Judith b. 844, wife of Ethelwolf, and a son,

3. Louis II, the Stammerer, King of France, b. 846, d. 879. By his2nd wife Adelheide, dau. of Ludolph, Duke of Saxony, he had ,

4. Charl es IV, the Simple, b. 879, d. 929. H e became K ing of Francein 893, and m. his 3rd wife Edgina in 918.· She d. 948, was the dau.of Edward the E lder, son of ALFRED The Great, Kin g of England(b. 849----d. 901) , and descendant of Egbert, 1st King of E ngland.Char les and Edg ina had,5. Loui s IV, d'O utremer , so named because he visited England in

I r

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 13

" .2029" 2196" 1741" 1848

MC 188/ 9" 2029.. 2196" 1741.. 1848

MC 189.. 2029.. 2196.. 1741.. 1849

MC ' 189.. 2029.. 2196.. 1741" 1849

MC 189.. 1741" 1892" 1849" 2196

MC 189" 1453" 1705.. 1741.. 2030" 1892.. 2175

MC 189" 1741.. 1849.. 1893

41" 2196/7

MC 192

his infanc y, was King of France, b. 920 and d. 954. During his reigna war was waged with Hu gh, the fa ther of Capet . In 939 he m.Gerberga, b. 913-d. 969, widow of Gislebert, Duke of Lorraine, anddau . of H enry I, the Fowler, Emperor of the Germans. They had,6. Charles, Duk e of Lorraine, b. 953, excluded from France, becameDuk e of Lower Lorr aine. While waging war for the French thronewith his cousin, H ugh Capet , he was taken pri soner and confineduntil his death in 993. He m. 2nd, Agnes, dau ghter of Henry, Countof Verm andois and Troyes, and his wife Princess Ed gina, grand dau.of King ALFRED The Great . Charles and Agn es had,7. Gerberga, Duch ess of Brabant , who became the wife of LambertBarbutus of Lorraine, first Count de Mons, who d. in 1015. They had,

8. Maud, wife of Eustace, Count of Bologne. They had,

9. Lambert, Count of Lens, d. 1054, was m. to Adelaide of No rmandy(sister of Will iam the Conqueror) . H e was b. 1027 at Fal aise, Th eyhad,

10. Judith de Lens (niece of William the Conqueror ) b. 1054, m.\Valtheof II , Ea rl of Northumberland, son of Syw ard, He wasbeheaded in 1073. Th ey had-I I. Mati lda of our line of descent (morelater ) and (11 ) Maud. After a bri ef sketch of her connections withtwo Magna Cha rta Surety Barons, wilt revert to-II. Matildaof our dire ct line.

( 11) Maud m. Simon de St. Liz, Ear l of Huntington and North­arnpton. H e was a Cru sader to the H oly Land and d. 1115 at theAbbey of Charity in France. Their daught er Maud St. Liz as thewidow of Robert de Tonbridge became th e wif e of W illiam d'Albini"The Briton", feudal Lord of Belvoir Castle, grandfather of theSurety William d'Albini, 3rd Bar on. Hi s son Wi lliarn-Meschinesd'Albini, d. 1167, 2nd Bar on, fath er of Wi lliam d'Albini the Surety,was Lord of Belvoir Castle, 9th in descent from Loui s IV, King ofFrance. H e m. Marj ory of Umf rav ille and d. May 1236. Isabeld'Albini gra nd dau . of the Sure ty W illiam d'Albini , d. 1301. Shem. Robert de Ross, who d. 1285. Robert was a grand son of theSurety Robert de Ross, 4th Baron of Hamlake Manor , b. 1197­d.I227.

Our line continues through,11. Matilda, d. 1131, dau . of Waltheof, sister of Maud (11) . niece

14 YEAR B OOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

MC 192

MC 192" 1609

MC 192" 2125

MC 192" 1654" 2125

•

12. Henry, P rince of Scot land and Earl of Huntingdon. He wasb. 1110-<1. 1152 durin g the life time of his father (S t. David) , tothe universal grief of all Scotland. Hi s wife, whom he m. in 1139,was Ada Wa rren, d. 1178, daughter of Willi am de Warren, and 2ndEa rl of Wa rren & Surrey and his wife Isabel Vermandois, the widowof Robert de Bellomont. (The spelling Warren and deWarren areboth used in these references.)Note 1. Ada's brother W illiam Warren, 3rd Ear l of Surrey, m.

Adela Ta lvace and had only a dau. Isabel Warren. Isabelm. Ham eline Plantagenet, and their daughter Isabel wasthe wife of ROGER BI GOD the Surety.

Note 2. Isabel Vermandois had by her 1st husband a son-Rober twho m. Arnica, the par ents of Robert de Bellomont, 3rdEa rl of Leicester, who m. Petr onella. Th ey had Margaret,wife of Surety SA TRE de QUINCEY . Th eir dau . MabelHawise Bellomont m. \ViIliam Meullent, 2nd Earl of Glou­cester, the parents of Amica Meullent (d. 1224) Countessof Gloucester, the wife of the Surety RICHARD de CLA RE,d. 1217.

Returning to 12, Prince Henry, Earl of Hu ntington and 9thEarl of Nor thumberland, and Ada his wife-who were the par entsof Margaret (s he was wife of Humph rey de Bohun, her eldest sonwas H enr y de Bohun the Surety b. 1177) and also parents of13. David, Ea rl of Hu ntingdon, younger brother of Malcolm andWilliam, Kings of Scotland, Knighted by King Henry II in 1170.He rn, in 1190 Maud, eldest dau. of Hu gh de Kevelioc, Ea rl of Chesterand sister of Ha wise Meschines. He d. 1219 at Yardley in North­amptonshire and was buried in Sawtry Abbey. Th eir daughter14. Isabel became the wif of Robert Bruce, 4th Baron of Annandale.H e was the son of William Bruce, 3rd Baron, and had lar ge esta tesin both England and Scotland. H e died in 1245 and Isabel in 1252.They had,15. Robert Bruce, great-great-grandson of David I , King of Scot­land, b. 1210-<1. 1295, who unsuccessfull y contested for the throne ofScotland-King Edward I, the arbitrator deciding in favor of J ohnBaliol. He m. in 1240 1st Isobel de Claire, b. 1226, daughte r ofGilbert de Claire the Sur ety. Their eldest son,16. Robert Bruc e b. 1243-<1. 1304, m. 1st 1271 Marjorie, daugh ter

of W illiam the Conqueror-b. 1027, d. 1086, m. in 1113 St. David I ,the son of Malcolm III, King of Scotland. David I is a descendantof King Cole AD 125. Malcolm Ill's 2nd wife, Margaret, dau. ofEdw ard the Exile, is a desc. of King ALF RE D the Great, b. 849d. 901. St. David I , hallowed by the people but never canonized, wasb. 1080-<1. 1153 at Carlisle, King of Scot land fro m 1124 until hisdeath . He was a wise and just King." She and David had,

52764/ 558

"MC

MC 19252

" 1654

187" 2030" 2196" 2256" 1653" 2124" 190/1" 171-

177MC 185

192" 1654" 2124" 1755" 1139" 205

YEAR B OOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY IS

PS 319

P S 31947

.. 160964/5

PS 319

P S 45" 319

47M C 1610" 66

193

65

PS 46MC 193PS 319

48MC2125

.. 1530

M C

of Neil Car rick and his 1st wife Mar gar et, dau. of Walt er , Hi ghStewa rd of Scot land, and they had 10 childre n. Af te r his wife Mar­jori e's death, he resigned the Ea r ldom of Car rick-brought to himby her, in favo r of his son. H e m. 2nd after 1296/7 Alia nore andhe died shortly before 4 Apr. 1304. H e was bur. in the Abbey ofH olm Cultram. Of specia l interes t is the m. of his dau. Mary Bru ceto Ne il (a lso called Nigel ) Campbell as his 3rd wife. She m. 2ndaft er death of N eil in 1316, Alexander Fraser , Great Chamb erl ainof Scotland and had issue. The most celebrated child of Robert Bruceand Marj ori e was his eldest son,17. King Robert Bru ce, 5th Ea rl of Carrick, b. 11 July 1274, d. June7, 1329.On 25 of Mar. 1306 was crow ned Kin g of Scotland. H ewas the eldest of 3 broth ers and 7 sister s, whose marriages withleading families of Scotland proved a most import ant element in his

PS 319 success . The early year s of Bruce were passed in Turnbury Castle,MC 1610 in later years due to th e misgivings of his aged fath er and his.. 193 fri endship for Kin g Edward I, the son joined the English court and

65 was adopted by the King. So young Bruce learned from the K ing,BGT DCX XI who later became his mortal enemy, how to use his own arts and

DCXIX weapo ns aga inst him. Kin g Robert Bruc e d. 7 June 1329 and is bur.in the Abbey Church of Dum fermline. By his 1st wife Isobel, dau .of Donald , 10th Earl of Mar, he had only-18. Marjory Bruce, dau . of Kin g Robert Bruce and Isobel, m. in1315 Sir W alter Stewa rt ( his 2nd wife) 7th in descent from Allanson of Flaad, N orman and the firs t Hi gh Stewa rd of Scotland.. SirW alt er was the 2nd son of J ames Lo rd Hi gh Stewa rd of Scotla nd andCecilia dau. of P atrick, Earl of March. Marj or y died within one yearof the birth of a son, her only child, 1315/ 6. Sir W alt er was b. 1293,sue, in 1309, d. 1327. They had Kin g Robert II, b. 2 Mar. 1315,d. 13 May 1390. Walt er m, thirdly Isobel Gra ham.

Ju st prior to Bann ockburn, W alt er br ought noble aid to Kin gRobert Bru ce, which greatly assisted in achieving the victor y. H ewas appointed to receive on the border Queen Eliza beth de Burgh­2nd wife of Kin g Robert Bruce and his daughter s ( Lady Mary andMarjory by his 1st wife Isabella Mar ) and other illustrious Scots,released from captivity in England. So W alt er became attac hed toand m. Marj ory in 1315.

In 1320 he became one of those patriot s who signed the famousletter to the P ope, asserting the independence of Scotland.

He d. 1326, 33 years old. Marj or y and Walter had Robert,19. Robert II ( High Steward) became the first Kin g of that House.H e was b. 2 Mar. 1315-<1 . 13 May 1390, a grandson of Kin g RobertBruce l st, who d. 1329. He was elected regent and finally succeededin 1357 to accomplish the free dom of King David II, taken pri sonerby Edward in battle of Nevilles Cro ss 1346, and had conferred onhim the Earldom of Stratherm for these services. King David, his

16

Note .MC 193" 1530

PS 56MC 2125CP 48" 49

P S 56MC2125

PS 57848890

332507

MC2125

MC 2125P S 88

P S 88336334

MC2125/6" 93

YEAR BOO K AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

uncle, d. 1370 with no issue and the throne was opened up to Robertwho was crowned in 1371 as King Robert II, thus becoming the firstStewart to hold the title. H e m. 1st Eli zabeth Mur e dau. of Sir AdamMure of Rowallan. King Robert II and Eli zabeth had 4 sons and 6daught ers. They wer e the par ents of both King Robert III b. 1337­d. 1406, and his bro. Robert, Duke of Alban y, b. 1340-d. 1409.Not e, I will digr ess a moment and discuss th e eldest son (20) then

revert to our direct line the 3rd son, 20.(20) John, aft erwards King Robert III, b. 1337-d. 1406, m. before1357, 1st Annabella Drummond, and had Jam es, (became KingJames I) b. in 1394-<1. 1437, m. Joan Beaufort, dau . of John Beaufort, son of *John Gaunt, son of King Ed ward III.

*John Gaunt's issue m. descendant s of the Sureties Saire deQuincy and John Fitz Robert.

Returning now to the continuation of the direct line-20. Robert (3rd son of King Robert II and Elizabeth Mure) , Dukeof Albany, Ea rl of Nenteith and Fife, b. 1340-<1. 419, m. 1st 9 Sept.1361, Count ess Margaret Nenteith (her 4th and Robert's 1st rn.) Hem. 2nd in 1380 Muriella Keith, d. 1449, eld. dau. of Sir William deK eith, Great Marischal of Scotland, and his wife Margaret Fraser .Robert became a Duke in 1348 and the Regent and Guardian ofScotland in 1388. Robert Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland andMuriella had a 2nd dau.,21. Marjory Stewart m. Sir Duncan Campbell, his 1st m. He wasson of Colin Campbell ( 11 generation ) , of Lochow and his wifeMar garet a 2nd cousin. Duncan was created Lord by Act of Parlia­ment at the instance of King James II in 1452. Duncan' s fath er m,th e sister (Margaret) of King Robert III Bruce's wif e,-AnnabellaDrummond. Marj ory Stewart was the granddaughter of Kin g RobertII. Duncan was the first Campbell to a ssume tit le "Lord of Argyll."H e was the Kin g's Ju sticiary and Lord Lieut. of Argyll County.H e d. 12 Aug. 1453 and is buried at Kilmun. H e m. 1st Marj oryStewart, 2nd daught er of Robert Duke of Alban y, Regent of Scot­land, and had Sir Colin of Glenurchy and Archibald .22. Archibald Campbe ll, the eldest son d. before Mar. 1440, pr e­deceasing his fath er. H e m. 1st Elizabeth, dau. of John, 3rd LordSomerville of Carnwath, 1st Ear l of Lenn ox , and left a son Colin,Earl of Argyle.23. Colin Campbell, th e 2nd Lord succeeded his grandfather in 1453,was created 1st Earl of Argyll in 1457, Hi gh Lord Chancellor in1483, Justiciary of Scotland, and d. in 1493. Prior to 1465 he m.I sabel St ewart, dau . of John Stewart, 2nd Lord of Lorn by charterfr om Kin g James III.No te: As Lords of both Lochow and Lorn, the Campbells became

overlords of Glenurchy, the ancient country of the Mac­Gregors. J ohn Stewart is descended fr om E lizabeth Burgh­2nd wife of King Robert Bruce b. 1274, crowned King 1306,

YEAR BOOK A MERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 17

MC 2126

MC2126

MC2126PS 89

90

PS 90336

MC2126MC2126

and through her descended from William de Lanvallei theSurety.

Colin and Isabel's eldest son,24. Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyle, Lord of Lochow andLorn , sue. in 1493. He became Lieut. Gen. of the Isle in 1500. Thisgreat Lord fell at F loddin Field 9 Apr. 1513. He m. Elizabeth, eld.dau, of John Stewart of Lorn and 1st Earl of Lennox . T hey had10 children , inc. Archibald who m. Lad y Glamis, an ancestor of presentEn glish Queen's grandmother , and 17 times removed fr om QueenElizabeth II. Their 4th son,25. Donald Campbell, Abbot of Coupar in 1526, Lord Privy Sealto Mary Queen of Scot s, Ancestor of Campbel ls of Kei thock inForfarshire,-he had five sons, one of whom was26. James Campbell, Baron of Abernchiel and Laird of Keithock(Angus in Pershire) . H e m. Lady Mary Montifex and they had,27. Lad y Margaret Campbell who m. Sir Andrew Drummond, 4thLord of Ballichove , Ist- m. 2nd in 1605 Alexander Magrud er, b. 1569.Nole : See a genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient H ouse

of Drummond by David Malc olm A.M. 1888 Washington ,ref. check s m. of James and Lady Margaret.Also see p. 81 ACGS Year Book 1929, for proof of marriageAlexander Ma gruder . (Register of the privy council of Scot ­land, Vol. 7, p. 600.)

They had-28.Alexander Magruder, b. in Pershire, Scotland, in 1610, d. at"Anchovie Hills" Md. in 1677, was an officer in the Army of Charl estI , and was sent as a pri soner of war by the Cromwell Government toVirginia in 1651. He moved to Maryland in 1652, where he ownedconsiderable land in then Calvert County, now Prince George's County.He m, 1st Margaret, dau. of Wm , Braithwaite, a member of the firstGenera l Assembly and Acting Govern or of Maryland. His otherwives were Sarah and Eli zabeth. Eli zabeth survived him.

Th e authoriti es listed below have been furnished by Mr s. R. S. Pope, forany one wishing to exp lore further the persons mentioned in this genealogy, or theirconnections. It is only a partial list of the many books bearin g on the personsinvolved, which she studied in her 20 year s of researc h concerning her MacGregorance stors.

1. O'Harts Irish Pedigree Vol II.2. Lives of Charlemagne (by contemporarie s) Eg inhard.3. Charlemagne the First of th e Modern s by Russell.4. Charlemagne by Link lett er , anoth er by W oodruff.5. Th e Dark Ages by Oman.6. The Dark Ages by Munro.7. The Mid dle Ages by H allam Vol 1.8. Th e Hi story of France by Qui zat.9. The Hi story of France by Goodrich.

10. The History of the Norman Conquest by Freeman.11. The Hi story of the Popes- World's Best Lit erature.

18 Y EAR B OOK AM ERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

12. Anna ls of Gregory of Tours.13. Magna Charta (Parts I to VI inc.) by J. S. Wurts. Particularly p. 691,

Vol IV, wherein Olive Magrud er Smith Pope is listed under descendantsof Charlemagne. Also Vol VI p. 1498. H er proven descent-proves theclan .

14. Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas.15. Th e Story of Scot land by Alice Mur e McKenzie-modern.16. Th e Rise and Fait of the Steuarts by Alice Mure McKen zie.17. Robert Bruce King of Scot s.18. Hi story of Scot land. H ume-Brown.19. H istory of Scotland by Andrew Lang.20. Burkes P eerage and Baronage.21. Records of the Priory Council of Scotland Vol VIII p, 600.22. The Family of Hay by Colcock.23. Castles and Keeps of Scotland by Frapre.24. Bruce by Linklater.25. Hi story of Scotland by Mackintosh.26. Your Fa mily Tree by Kimbatt and Ioudon.27. His tory of Wa les by Lloyd (which includes the Norman Bar ons on the borde r

and the Conquest).28. Froissarts Chronicl es.29. The Middle Ages by Duruy.30. The Middle Ages by Bretano.31. The Crusades by Belloc (tells of Hugh Magnus) .32. W illiam the Conquero r by Russett (very fine).33. Lives of Charlemagne by the Monk St. Gall.

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICEof the

D ESCE NDANTS OF A LEXANDER MAGRUDER

Compiled by the H istorian

REGI NA MAGRUDER HILL

Continued fr om page 57, Y ear B ook published ill 1955

19

PART IIPart I appeared in the 1955 Year Book, pages 51 th rough 57, and took in the

1st, 8th, and 9th child of Samuel Magruder and his wife Sarah Beall.Part II, appearing in thi s book, takes in the 3rd child , "B-I II", John Ma gruder

"of Dumblane" who married, December 15, 1715, Susannah Smith.Refer ences used ar e designat ed by the following symbols :#-T he Mar yland Revolutionar y War Militia List , on file in the Maryland

Hi storical Society, Baltimore, Mar yland.*-Revolutionar y War Record s Vol. I, by Brumbaugh and Hodges. D.A.R.

Library.A-American Clan Gregor Society Year Books.B-Beall and Bell Famili es, by Lieut. Col. F ielder M. M. Beall, U. S. A. Ret.M.A.-The Mar yland Archives-Copy in D.A.R. Library.N-Maryland Revolutionar y Record s, by Harry Wright Newman.S-Scharff's Hi story of Western Maryland.H .-Heitman.O.A.G.-Office of Adjutant General.C-Calendar of Vir ginia State Papers.D-Unpublished Revoluti onary War Record s by Hodges. D.A.R. Library.A.C.-American Archives. D.A.R. Librar y.

* • * • *PART II

"B-III"-MAJOR J OH N MAGRUDER "OF DUNDLANE" AND SUSANNAH SMITHTheir :1st Son : Nathaniel Magruder (1716-1785) , m. Margaret Magruder (1733-1795) .

Patriot. Appointed Jul y 3, 1776, Jud ge of and to hold elections in PrinceGeorge's County, Mar yland . Ref. : A, p. 22 ; A.C., Series 4, Vol. 6,p. 1495, 1497.

2nd Son : Nathan Magruder (ab. 1718-1785), m. Rebecca Beall.Patriot. Delegate fr om Lower Frederick Co., Md., to Provincial Congress

of June 22, 1774, which sent representati ves to the 1st Continental Con­gress in Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774. A member of Lower Frederick Co.Committee to car ry into effect the Resoluti ons of the 1st ContinentalCongress. A member of the Committee of Cor respondence and Observationfor Lower Frederick Co., Md. Signed Oath of Fidelity and Safety forMontg omery Co., Md., on the list of Joseph Wil son, Returns of Jan. 19,1778. Ref.: A, p. 58-60; S, Vol. I, p. 126 ; A.C., Vol. 3, Series 5, p, 1760.

20 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

Th ey had sons-1. Isaac Magrud er (1755-1808), m. 1778, Sophia Baldwin.

Patriot. Subscribed to Patriot's Oath.Private, in the 2nd Company, 29th Battalion, Montgomery Co. Md.

Militia. Ref. : D, Vol. 5, p. 45, and Vol. 3, p. 35.

2. Dr. Jeffery Magrud er (1762-1805) , m. Susanna MagruderPrivate, in 7th Company, Middle Battalion, Montgomery Co., Mary land

Militia. Ref. : #, p. 141 ; D, Vol. 5, p. 30.

3. J ohn Beall Magruder (d. 1826).Private, 2nd Company, 29th Battalion, Montgomery County, Md.,

Militia, Aug . 27, 1777.Patriot, Subscribed to Patriot' s Oath in Montgomery Co., Md. Ref. :

# , p. 137, 140 ; A, 1926-27, p. 34, 132.

Their:

1st Daughter : Elizab eth Magruder (Will 1799) , m. Richard Burgess.

They had sons:

1. John Magruder Bur gess m. Eleanor Magrud er.Ensign, Baltimore County, Md., 1777. Appointed Major, Middle Bat ­

talion, Prince George's Co., Md. Militia, Nov. 13, 1779. 1st Lieut.in Company of Capt. John Hawkins Lowe. Ref. : # , p. 6, 73; A,1911 -12, p. 91.

2. Dr. Richard Burgess, m. 1782, Mary Coolidge.En listed in Flying Camp by J oseph Burgess. Ref. M.A. Vol. 18, p. 40.Private in Capt. Edward Burgess' Co., Lower District of Frederick Co.,

Md. Militia . Ref.: M.A., Vol. 18, p. 42.

2nd Daugh ter: Cassandra Magruder (1722-1808), m. 1751, H enry Hilleary.

They had sons:

1. John M. Hill ear y, m. 1791, Verlinda Williams.Patriot, took Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance Montgomery Co., Md .,

1778. Ref.: D, Vol. 3, p. 65.Private, Middle Battalion Montgomery Co. Militia , 1st Company. Ref. :

D, Vol. 5, p. 36.

2. H enry Hilleary, Jr. ( 1760-<1. single).Patriot, took Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance, 1778, Montgomery

Co., Maryland. Ref.:·, p. 2; D, Vol. 3, p. 57.Private, Middle Battalion 1st Company, Montgomery Co., Md. Militia.

Ref.: D, Vol. 5, p. 36.

3rd Son : Col. Zadock Magrud er (1729-1811), m. Rachel (Pottinger) Bowie.

Patriot, took Oath of Fid elity and Allegiance, Montgomery Co., Md ., 1-19-1788 ;Made Jud ge of and to hold Elections for Montgomery County, Md., andwas appointed Commissioner for Montg omery Co., Maryland, Sept. 6,1776. Ref.: D, Vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 23, and Vol. 3, p. 65; A, 1926-27, p. 34 ;AC., Series 5, Vol. 3, p. 104, 173, 513, 1177, 1195.

Colonel of Upper Battalion, Montgomery Count y, Mar yland, Militia. Rd.#, p. 8, 68; M.A., Vol. 16, p. 37, 373.

YEAR BOOK AM ERICAN CLA N G REGOR S OCIETY

A TABULATION OF THE TABLETS AND MARKERSDEDI CATED TO DATE (1955)

by the

AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

21

M ARS H ALL MAGRUDER

1924 Gathering. Ref. p. 16, 1924-25 Year Book. P laced 14 November-i-t' In memoryof J ohn Magruder of Dunblane, b. 169~. 1750, and his wife SusannahSmi th," in Sai nt Barnabas Church, Leeland , Prince George's County,Maryland. Presented and paid for by Caleb Clarke Magruder, III.

1925 Gatherin g. Ref. p. 86, 1924-25 Year Book, placed by Magruder Chap ter,D.C.D.A.R.-uIn memor y of Samuel Wade Magruder, b. I728-d. 1792,and his wife Lucy Bea ll, b. 1738--d. 1795". Presented and paid for byth e Magruder Chapter.

1926 Gathering. Ref. p. 9 and 34, 1926-27 Year Book, placed in the Court H ouseat Rockvill e, Mar yland-c-'Tn memory of the Descendants of AlexanderMa gruder , Mar yland Immigrant , bear ing his surname, who served in theRevoluti onary Army from Montgomery County, Md.". Donat ed andpaid for by Caleb Clarke Magruder III.No te: Since the plac ing of this tablet in 1926, a new Court H ouse hasbeen built nearby and th e old court house is now used as the Po lice Court.The question has now ar isen as to whether or not thi s tablet should bemoved to the new Cour t Ho use, a much more permanent structure . Viewsof clan members, pa rticularly of those fro m Mar yland, are desired byth e editor.

1927 Gathering. Ref. p, 87, 1926-27 Yea r Book , a Bronze Tablet placed in SaintBarnabas' Church, Leeland , Md.- uIn memor y of Magru der ChurchOfficial s for Queen Anne Pa r ish from its Organization to the outb reak ofth e Ameri can Revoluti on." Donated and paid for by Caleb Clarke Ma ­gr uder, III.

1930 Gather ing. Ref. p. 9, 1930 Year Book. T ablet placed in Sai nt P aul' s Church,Baden, Prince George's County, Maryland-i-t'In memor y of the Magruderswho serve d on the Vestry of St. Paul's Church from 1692 to 1799".Donated and paid fo r by the Rev. J ames Mitchell Magruder, An napolis,Maryland.

1931 Gathering. Ref. p. 21, 1931 Yea r Book. A pine t ree planted by our Societyat "Mount Vern on" , Vi rg inia, as a "memoria l tr ee to George Washing­ton", "fo r his courageous resistance to oppression," by members of a clanwhose for ebears had suffered persecuti on for over 200 years, and tothe many Magruder s who rall ied to the suppor t of Washingto n agai nstan unjust tyranny, including 31 from Montgomery County alone, notmentioning those f rom other counties in Maryland . The tr ee was donatedand brought from "Glenmore", Vi rgi nia.

1931 Gatherin g. Ref. p. 7, 1931 Year Book. Bronze tabl et placed 15 October, inthe First Presbyteri an Church at H yattsville, Ma ryland-s-vln memory

22 Y EAR B OOK AMERICAN CLA N GREGOR S OCIETY

of Alexander Magruder, immigrant , 1652, progenitor of the Magruderfamily in the United Sta tes, born Perthshir e, Scotland, 1610, died "An­chovie H ills", Calvert County, Maryland, 1677. "'Come to me,' quoththe pine tree, 'I am the giver of honor.' '' Donated and paid for byWilliam Pinkney Magruder.

1932 Gat hering. Soil from the vario us state capitals brought by members of theclan and sprinkled around the Memorial Tree, plant ed at Mount Vernondurin g the 1931 Gathering. For thi s interesting ceremony see article inthe 1932 Year Book, p, 16.

1934 Gath ering. Ref. p. 10, Year Book 1934. On October 20 a bronze tablet wasplaced in the State H ouse at Annapolis, and dedicated "In memory ofthose descendants of Alexander Magruder who have held high publicoffices in Maryland"- Governor s, Members of Congress, State Senators,etc. Donated and paid for by Mrs. H oratio E rsti ne Mag ruder at a costof $100.00.

1946 Gathering. Ref. p. 13 and 39, Year Book, 1947. On October 19, a MemorialSpruce pine tr ee, a gif t of Mr s. Philip Hill Sheriff, was placed by thesociety, in Rock Cr eek Cemetery beside the wall leading fro m the RockCreek Road to Old Sain t Paul's Churc h. On December 7, 1946, a bron zetablet was placed beside the tree, "dedicated to the memory of CalvertSheriff Bowie and his Gold Star Comrades on the Honor Roll for WorldWar II of the American Clan Gregor Society." Th e tablet was pr e­sented by his grandmother, Mr s. Philip Hill Sheri ff (Walter Ann Me­Cormick) . The Magru der Chapte r of the Distri ct of Columbia participat edin the ceremony. Names of his comrades inscribed ar e :

Norman Butler Br iscoe, KentuckyRoy Edward Buchanan, TexasEdgar McGregor Clinksca les, OhioW illiam Albert Full er , D. of C.Fra nk Gilbreath Hamilt on, Virg iniaEdward Wallace Hi ggins, Mar ylandGarl and McGregor, J r., South CarolinaErnest P endleton Fra ncis Magruder, Scotland

(Nephew of our Hereditary Chief, Sir Malcolm MacGregor onhis mother 's side. On father's side descended from AlexanderMagruder .)

Lee Alexander Magruder, KentuckyJoseph Shirley Maj or, Jr., South Car olinaThomas Franklin Malone, GeorgiaRandolph Magruder Martin, j r., TexasJames Lin wood Page, Georg ia (l ater found alive)Frank P elham Stone, District of Columbia

The tablet was paid for by the Sheriff family. The material for themountin g of the bronze tablet and the work of sett ing it was the donati onof Mr. Lawrence J. Penkert , fath er of our "Honor Roll Member" La w­rence J . Penkert, Jr., and by two of his young sons.

Y EAR BOOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 23

1948 Gathering. Ref. p, 34, 1949 Year Book. A visit was made to the "MemorialPine" at Mount Vernon and a new picture of the tree obtained andprinted in the Year Book.

1952 Gath erin g. Ref. p. 21, 1953 Yea r Book. T he placing of lar ge black ironnum erals, 1715, on the chimney of th e home of John Magruder "Dun­blane," near Forestville, P rince George's County, Maryland . The costof $3.40, was borne by th e society.

1952 Gath erin g. Ref. p. 21 and p. 60, 1953 Year Book. Placed October 18. Dedi­cati on of br onze tablet, placed on outside wall of McDowell H alt, St.John' s College, Annapolis, Maryland-s-t'T o honor th e Three HundredthAnn iversa ry of the coming to Maryland circa 1652, of Al exander Ma ­gru der, founder and progenitor of the Magruder family in America, andto the men of his blood who have been students at St. J ohn's College",pr esented by the America n Clan Grego r Society. On page 61 are 23names of students. See also News Lett er of Oct ober 1953. Thi s tabl etwas paid for by th e Clan, the cost being $78.04.

1953 Gath eri ng. Ref. p. 30-33, 1954 Yea r Book. Presentation and dedication onOctober 16, of a memorial bronze tablet, placed on the walls of the Ruckers­ville Baptist Chur ch, Ruckersville, Virginia, on the 100th anniversa ryof the birth of Dr. Jesse Ewell, honoring his memory as one of thefounders of our society. T he cost of this tablet, $75.00, was born e bythe Society.

Pictures of these memorials and other interesting details concernin g th em arecont ained in th e referenc es to our Year Books.

A committee is being organized to draw up a policy to guide us in plannin gfut ure memorials. The high cost of bronze tablets makes it impossible to honorby such means but a very few of our most dist inguished member s. Having sur­veyed our past activit ies in this field we should be able to make appropri ate plansfor the future.

Sugges tions will be welcomed by members of the committee.

Marshall Magruder , Chief tain.

Committee members : Clarence W illiam McCo rmick, T reasurer

Miss Regina Magruder H ill, HistorianMiss Corne lia Magru der Bowie, Deputy Chiejtain,

D. of C.

24 YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N GamOR SOCIETY

HOM ES OF YESTERYEAR

HOME OF LEVI ( LEVI N) MAG RUD ER

B ULLI TT COUNTY, KENTUCKY

In the Year Book of 1954, page 40, there is pictured the home of Levi (Levin)Magruder, W e are featu ring thi s home again and are including a photograph ofLevi Magrud er and of severa l of his descendants.

The property on which the Magruder home is located was purchased onDecember 13, 1811, by Joseph Aud of Nelson County, Kentucky, fro m Henry Cristand his wife Rachel. Cris t was a Revolutionary Genera l, an Indian fighter , oneof the early settlers on Salt River in Bullitt County, a member of the KentuckyLegislature, and a Congressman from Kentucky. J oseph Aud was orig inally fromMaryland. T he deed describes th e land as being 304 acres on "Rock Run" andshows the purchase pr ice to have been $1,300. (Bullitt County, Kentucky, DeedBook B, page 250.)

In 1814 Mr . Aud sold a tract of ten acres, called "Assumption Hill ," and"adjoining the plantation the said Joseph Aud now lives on" to Th e Right Revere ndBenedict Joseph Flaget, Bishop of Bardstown.

Joseph Aud must have built his home shortly after he acquired the land forthe deed of 1814 shows that he was then living there. He died in 1815. (Appraisalof his estate is in Bullitt County Will Book A, page 220, dated October, 1815.)Mr . Wilhoite Carpenter Barrickman, a descendant of Joseph Aud and of Levi(Levin) Magruder and a life member of the American Clan Gregor Society,believes that the present home, or at least the main part of it, was built by J osephAud, since the house is almost one hundr ed and fifty years old.

In 1818 the dower right of Ann Aud, widow of Joseph Aud, was set off as126 acr es beginning at two white oaks on the south side of Rock Run and includingthe chapel ground. (Bullitt County W ill Book A, page 288.) In 1831, as a resultof a request by Levi Magruder, the Bullitt County Court ordered that the dowerof Ann Aud in land of J oseph Aud, deceased, her husband, be re-measured. Th ecommissioners appointed for that purpose report ed on October 10, 1831, thatby actual survey the dower interest was determined in a tract of land containin g304 acres on Rock Run, "now in occupancy of Levi Mag ruder and Mrs. SarahBlanford, giving to said Ann Aud 1/3 of improved and 1/3 of unimpro ved land,including 10 acres around the Chapel, and also including house and 1/3 of theapple orchard." (Bullitt County Will Book B, page 290.)

On March 11, 1830 Phili p B. Troutman and his wife Ann, Ignatiu s L. Audand his wife Nancy, and H enry C. M. Cartmill and his wife Mary had conveyedto Levi Magruder for $1000 the tract of 304 acres on Rock Run, "being the sameland conveyed by H enry Cri st and wife to Joseph Aud, the ancestor of the partiesof the first part, by deed Dec. 16, 1811 . . . reserving 2 acres conveyed to theRoman Catholic Church by Jo seph Aud, which 2 acres lies within the boundaryof the above described tract, and on which the Catholic Church or chapel stands."(Butlitt County Deed Book G page 185.)

LEn :\1.-\GRl·DER

17% -1868

D .-WID A. ( seated) .\ :-;0 E ZEK I El. :\1. ~ I Ar. Rt.:'Ol-:R

Twins-Born April 26, 18-\8

YEAR B OOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR S OCIETY 25

The difference between the two acres mentioned above and the ten acresdeeded to Bishop F laget in 1814 has not been resolved but it was on thi s tract thatSaint John's Chapel, locally called Bull itt Chapel, was built and a cemetery laidout. Joseph Aud is buried th ere and also his daught er E lizabeth Aud, who wasth e firs t wife of Levi (Levin) Magru der . Levi (n) was a P rotestant and a Mason,however , and when he learn ed that th e church would not permit his being buri edin the cemetery beside his wife, because it was consecrated ground, he laid offa plot of ground on his plant at ion adjoining th e cemetery, built a wall of stonearound it , and was buri ed there in 1868, with a headstone upon which is chiselledthe Masonic Square and Compass. T he entrance to "Levi's graveyard" was througha wrought -iron gate, made on the place by a Negro blacksmith . Mr. Barrickmanwri tes : "I purl oined one of the wrought- iron, hand -hamm ered nails with whichthe iron bars of the gate were attac hed."

H e continues : "In the ya rd of his home were two fine old pear trees, perhapsnearl y a hundred years old, when I was there twenty yea rs ago. One was 'Bett ie'stree' and the other was 'Rhoda's tr ee' ; they were set out, my mother told me,by her grandfather when she and Aunt Rhoda Ann (M rs. W illiam O. B. McCa rty)were littl e girls-about 1850. Th e 'cellar' which the 1954 Yea r Book mentionswas, I think, dug by Joseph Aud , down to water level ; it is about 30 feet deepand at the bottom was a vein of running water, in which milk , butt er , fruit andvege tables were placed in cr ocks and jar s for ref rigerati on."

It was in thi s house that Levi (n ) Magruder , his three wives and his twent y-twochildren made their home. It is both interestin g and gra tifying to his descendant sto know that th is fine old Aud-Magruder home of pioneer Kentucky days is stillin the possess ion of and occupied by one of their number, Mrs. Duk e Manakee( Mattie E. Mag rude r), daughter of Ben Magruder (1852-1943) , grandda ugh terof Archilbald Ferd inand Magruder ( 1822-1909), and great-gra nddaughter ofLev i (n) and E lizabeth Aud Magruder.

Th e pictures reproduced here are of Lev i(n) Magruder ( 1796-1868); histwin sons by his second wife, David A. and Eze kiel M. Magrud er, born April 26,1848 ; and his and E lizabeth Aud's granddaugh ter, Elizabeth ("Betty") MagruderLut es with her husband Philip H enr y H enderson. Betty was the daughter ofE lizabeth Zarilda Mag ruder who mar ried \Villiam Lutes in 1849, and was themother of our Deputy Chief ta in for Kentucky, Guy Ru ssell H enderson, of Sis terPhilippa H enderson of the Loretta Mother House, Nerinx, Ken tucky, both mem­bers of th e Clan, of Bessie ( Henderson) Maraman and of Robert C. H enderson.

Levi (n) Magruder's granddaughter, Agnes Lucille Magruder , the only childof John Levi Magruder , one of the sons of Lev i(n) and his third wife, loaned thephotogr aph of her gran dfa ther fo r thi s article.

Of the twin sons of Levi (n ) and Catherine (Brown) Magru der, David A.Magruder ( seated) was the father of William Mari on Magruder, a formerChieftain and now a State Deputy Chie fta in for Kentu cky, who loaned the photo­gr aph of the twins. Sister Philippa H enderson loaned the picture of her par ent s.

Th e history of th e Aud-Magruder planta tion was furn ished by WilhoiteCarp enter Barrickman of Au stin, T exas, whose grandmother, Letitia ( Magruder)Carpenter, was the eldest daught er of Levi (n) and E lizabeth ( Aud) Magruder.

26 Y EAR B OOK AMERICAN CLAN G REGOR SO CIETY

"RID GEVIEW"

The H enderson Home, S hephardsuille, Bullitt Count», Ken tucky

Thi s home was built by David Henderson, fath er of Philip H enry H endersonwho married Elizabeth (" Betty") Magrud er Lutes granddaughter of Levi(n)Magrud er . P hilip H enry was born in this house and died here, in the same roomin which he was born , on March 10, 1948, nearl y 93 years ago. Mr. Hendersonwas of Scotch descent , but due to the fact that his father was left an orphan inKentucky when the family was attacke d by Ind ians as they were coming intoKentucky fr om North Carolina, all records were lost. Mr. H enderson was bornJul y I, 1855, the son of David and Sara Jane (Buckman) Henderson. PhilipH enry Hen derson made farming at "Ridgeview" his life work. The family cele­brated the Centenary of his birth on Jul y I, 1955.

"R idgeview" has been in the family for over a hundr ed years. The orig inalhouse of logs was built in 1810, and a par t of it is still standing at the back of thepictured house, which was built in 1905. Thi s home is the birthpl ace of SisterPhilipp a, Guy Russell and Robert H enderson. Guy Russell and Robert havealways lived at "Ridgeview" where they farm the land and raise regis tered South­down sheep, and cattle.

"RIDGE\ 'IE\ \ '"

Till' Hend erson 1/011/( . S/rc/,lr/lrds-<'iU/.' , Bullit t COl/lit)' , I\·Cll flf Ck y

E LIZA BETH "B ET T Y" :\I AGRUIIER L UTES

1858 - 1939

and hey husband

PIIII.I p H ENR Y H E ND ERSON

1855 - 1948

•

Y EAI B oox A l.!£lICAN C LAN G l£GOl SOCTETT

50th ANN IVERSA RY GAT HERIN G

Ocroeea, 1959

T he Chie frain and members of the Commiuee urge every member to startpla ns to atte nd the 50th Annivers ary Gat her ing of the Clan in October , 1959.The Special Committee to make a rrangements for this Gath er ing ar e : Mr. Claude\ \' . O\\,"en, Mr, Herbert Thom as ~tagruder, Mr. Doug las Neil Magr uder , andMr. wm. n. Hamilton Magru der , Tbe Committee is work ing to make:' this anoutstanding Gat her ing and YO UR presence is essentia l to help mak e these plan sa grand success.

Car pools could be arranged of members and those eligible to membership ina given locality, In this way it would make it much less expensive to come froma distance. A bus pa rty could be made up and those using the bus could all gatherat a given city or town through which the bus t ravels. Reduced fares could nodoubt be a rranged for a party coming all the way through to Washington.

Another way to help is to work for membership among your family and thoseeligible: who ar(' not o f your immediate family and talk up coming to the Gath eringin 1959 with them. Let 1959 be a Banner Yea r in Anendarce f rom your State.

ENDOWMENT FUND

Three years ago at our annua l gathe ring an Endowment F und committeewas appointed with the hope that something const ructive could he: done at 01lC('towar d providing for thc permanent recor ds of the Clan . Last year when a letterwas sent out to every member of the Society asking ior cont ributions for thispurpo se, the response was very slight. Of course, with our Scotch natures it isdifficult for us to loosen up on our purse st r ings, but th is is a mat ter so muchto our interest that we ought not hesitate.

As we all know. our Socie ty is celebra ting the first fifty years of its exis tencein 1959. It is unfortunate that an En dowment F und was not begun in the earlydays. T he work of the Society has been carried on with slender resources allthrough the years . How much more effective ou r act ivities could he: and howmuch could be added to our enjoyment and inspiration of belonging to the CanGregor if we had adequate finances.

So, why should we not come to our filt ieth ann iversa ry with a substantialfund alread y sta rted Please send your cont ribution now to the Chieftain, and alsomention tile Society in your will, so that for all time you will have a sha re in thework of the Clan Gr egor .

D A NI U R A NDALL M AGI UP fJl

Chairman, E.wou-mnll Fund Committre

\Vhen making your Last \Vill and Testament insert the following pro vision :I s tve. devise and bequeath to the Endowment F und of the AmericanG a ll Gregor Society, Incorporated, a corporat ion orga nized under thelaws of the Distr ict of Columbia, the sum of $ _ .

28 Y EAR B OOK A lolEJUCA~ (LAN GREGOR SocIETY

STATE UNITS

Virginia Orqonises S tate Unit

T he Deputy Chieftain, Mrs. Helen Ewell Hord, of Ruckersville, Virginia,sent out invitati ons for the Vir ginia members of our 00111 to meet at a picni c onJune 2nd. Th e meeting place was to have been at the South River Picnic Campon Skyline Driv e, but unfort unat ely it rained in torrents from ver y early morningall through the day . T his practically broke up the meeting, but the Hard and Ew ellclansmen were well repre sented, and Mr . and Mrs . Forrest Holmes. Mrs . SusieMay van den Berg, and Miss Regina Magrud er lIill, d rove down f rom Washington,to the home of Mr. and Mrs . AlIl'O Hord, where a delight ful picnic lunch wasserved. Following the luncheon a meeting was held and the Virgi nia Sta te Un itwas organized, and Mrs. Ha rd was auth or ized to mak e plans for a meeting inJu ne 1957, at which time a more perman ent organization can be formed and officerselected. Great inter est is being arou sed over this event and it is the hope of theDeputy Chieftain that thi s Uni t will become an act ive influence in Clan affairs.

CLAN PICN IC

District of Columbia and Maryland

Invitations were issued by OUT Chie ftain, Genera l Marshall Magr uder andMrs. Magruder, to Clansmen in the Distr ict of Columbia and nearby Marylandand Virginia to att end a box-lunch get- together picnic in the Mansion at Parklawn,Montgomery County, Mary land, on Saturday, June 9th. Tw enty-one of our membersand nine of their friends attended. To the great disappointment 01 everyone, becauseof illness, General Marshall and Ann Magruder could not be with us.

This picnic was for the purpose of laying the foundati on for a State Unit tobe formed in the Dist rict o f Columbia and in Maryl and. Another meeting isplanned to be held in both Sla tes to effect the perma nent organi zation of thesetwo units.

•YUIt Bcc x A YE.Il.I CA N CLAN GllU;()ll Sccrer r

THE VALUE OF GENEALOGY, PAST,P RESENT AN D F UTURE

Where to Filld Dala and How to Prepare It

R EGINA MAGRUDF.Jl H ILL

29

•

"Genealogy is an account or history of the descent o f a person or family froman a ncestor ; enumeration of ancestor s and their childr en in the na tural order ofsuccession : a pedigree." T his definition was given in an art icle by Nellie GrantRoss in the American Clan Gregor Society Year Book, 1941.

Many perseus think of gen('alogy as being concerned wholly with the remotepast. Noth ing could be further from the truth, however , Your genealogy beginswith )'QU. And the records a genealogist uses are , on the whole, the same recordswhich are importa nt to us in many situa tions here and now.

Genealogical records play an important part in our lives through the presentday needs for establishing elig ibility for social security, in the sett le-ment of esta tes,in trans ferr ing our rea l estate, and in claiming government benefit , for mil itar yser vice ; every birth, marriage and death must be recorded in government offices:every ten yea r, coach person residing in the United States is enumerated in thecensus of population, Genealogy te concerned with much more tha n the joining ofan ancestral organization.

Even 50, however, the genealogist is most especially concern ed with ou rheritage-s-with the people and events o f the past and with the reco rds concern ingthose people and events.

To perpetuate the memory of his ancestors, one must know something aboutthem and wr ue it down for Iurure generations. Do not think that your ancestorhad to do something heroic: to be worthy of mention in the annals o f our history. Itwas the plain, simple', homely things that made up hi, span of life' ( as th('y makeUIJ ours ) and hi, participation ill the rout ine events o f the years was, in it s way,just as important as tha t o f the leaders of lhe t ime. I t is the informa tion con­cern ing where they lived, what their homes were hke, what they did, that tells uswhat kind of people our ancestors were.

Each reader of this art icle can help to preserve the history of his country andof his family by writing down all that he knows about his fam ily's past and byin vestigating its history in the record s the individual members lef t behind. Thisa rt icle is designed to help him find where the records concern ing his ancestors arelocated.

A gconealogist should have a curious, inquiring mind, the initiat ive to investigat ecovery clue that he tu rns up, an understandinl{ of the historical background of theperiod and area in which his ancestors lived 50 that the recor ds found can beproperly evalua ted, and in addition should possess an elusive qualit y best descr ibedas genealogical instinct-an ability to guess who and where and when and why,and on the basis of that guess , to be able to fi nd records to prove the guess correc t.

Wher, 10 F illd G, n, ologicol Doto ond Hour to Pupar, It

•"\Vho ?

collectillg recordsW hcon ? Whco re ?

kco ep inW hy ?

mind these four essentials of familyAnd also remember that informat ion

history :about a

JO YEAR B OOK AMEilICA N CLA N GIlE'.GOR SOCIETY

family is of no permanent value unless the source of the da ta is given. \Vheninterviewing a relative give his or her name and the dale of the lnrervlew: whenconsulting a printed book Rive the author, t itle, date ami place 01 publicat ion,volume number ( if more than one) and page number; whe n cons ulting manuscriptcourt records give the name of the book and its locat ion and the volume and pagenumbers. Th e import ance of cit ing sources of all informat ion cannot be stressedtoo highly.

T he searcher who is just beginning to gathe r info rmatio n should want towrit e down all that he knows and then to ask his rela tives fo r further recollec tionsabout the family. When all that the close relat ives can contribute has been assem­bled, he is ready to go to other sources.

Among the most auth ent ic sources of genealogical data are wills, court andchancer y suit paper s, deeds and land g rants, church recor ds of bapt ism, marr iagesand burials, fam ily Bibles, and birth and deat h cert ificates. Oth er good sources ar ecemetery records, tombstone inscriptions, applicat ions for pensions for milita ryservice, old letters and the population census schedules. Th e searcher should be sureto make exact copies or full abstracts so tha t no important data will be omitted.

But first it will be well for the searcher to consult mat eria ls which ar e inprint and can be located in libraries. In many local ities throughout thi s countryhistorian s and antiquarians have gathe red togeth er much info rma tion about thesettlement , early history and families of their county or city . Th e books whichthey have published tell us much about our ancestors, Many county histor iescontain biog raphical sketches of local citizens in which detai ls of their ancestr yare given.

Although no full account has been writ ten of most families, it is frequentlypossible to find a genealogy which mentions one's ancestors. T he searche r whofinds such a book is quite fortun ate, but if he wishes to trace a ll his ancestors hewill very soon discover tha t the sources to be discussed hereafter will have to beconsulted before he is finished.

Wills. In abstract ing a will be sure 10 include the date it was written, thenames of execut ors and witnesses and the date of prohate. Take down all namesmentioned and the rel ationship to the testat or when given. Note what each heirreceives, especially when land is willed, giving the acr eage and location of theland (count y and state) and its name if sta ted. In all cases head the abst ract withthe location and name of the book or court record, the volume number and thepage on which the record is found.

Cour t and chalU:rry suit f'(Jpr rs. Liti gat ion relati ng to debts, esta tes or eon­tract s often tells us mueh about the way our ancestors lived and of their financialaffairs. A suit concern ing an inherit ance is of particula r value since it l/:ives thenames of heirs and points out family relationships. Th e papers filed in connectionwith suit, will vary but ther e is usually a statement by the plainti ff sellin g forthhis complaint and an answer or answers of the defendants .

Deeds and land grants. Land gra nts are the record s of the conveyance oftracts of land by the governm ental autho rity in which a ll unclaimed and unoccu­pied land i, vested to a sett ler or other purchaser. Deeds are the subsequent t rans­fers of those tracts fr om one person or group to anothe r . T he land grant to atract is usually made only once but the trac t ma y be deeded many times ther ea ft er .

YEAR B OOK AMElUCAN C LAN GREGOR SOCIETY J1

Deeds a re importan t genea logically for severa l reasons. They sometimes de­scribe the descent of land and thereby connect several generat ions.

Th e possession by one man of a tract of land pre viously owned by anotherperson frequent ly indicates possession by inher itance if there are no deeds showingacquisition of the property. The possession by Samuel Magruder (son of Alex­ander the immigrant ) of "Alexa ndria" and " Dunhlane", which had been willedto his brothers James and John, is good reason in the absence of any deeds toassume tha t both brothers died unmarried and without heirs. [ S~ Year Book,1935, p. 48 and 49.]

Deeds may also con tain the name of a man's wife who is »ot mentioned in anyother record.

Chu,.ch records. Not all churches keep detailed records of their members butmuch information about our ancestors can be obtained from the pa rish registersof the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches, the minutes of Baptist, Methodist,P resbyter ian and other Protestant church es, and from the records of the Friends(Quakl"r) Monthly Mel"ti llgs.

Family Bib/a. The data entered in family nibil'S g ives much valuable in­formation about birth s, deaths and marriages. Examples of the family records inthe Bibles of several Magrude r families have been published in the Yea r Books,Among others , that of Ninian and Grace (Tow nsend) Magruder is in Year Book,1931, pages 69·7 1, and that of Levi (Lev in ) Magruder of Bullitt County, Kentucky,is in Year Book, 1934, pages 82-&3.

Birth ared death u rtifical,s. In the South during the colonial per iod theAnglican (Episcopal) Church was generally established hy law and records ofbirt hs and deaths were kept by it in an official as well as a religious capacity.Afte r the American Revolution the re was no legal requirement for the recordingof births and death s and it was not until after 1850 that ind ividual states passedlaws requiring that such records be rnnde and for warded to a cent ral repository.In recent years considerab ly more information has been added to these reco rds.

C,~ttry rccards and tombston, in.scril'tions. Most la rge public cemeterieshave records of the persons interred in them giving the dat e of burial and locationof the g rave. Such information is helpful to the genealogist when no monumentIdving dates of birth and death has been erected, since it usually identifies theapproximate time of deat h.

If a gravestone has heen erected, the searcher should be careful to copy thewording exactl y, using st ra ight or slanting lines to separate the lines of theinscription.

APl'liCilt ion.r [or "I i/ito,.)' peMon.r. The declarations made by former soldiersand their widows who became efigihle for pensions award ed by the United Sta tesgovernment are preserved at the Nat ional Archives in \Vashillgton, D. c., to­gether with other papers relat ive to their claims. Much family amI biographicalinformation can be obtained from these records. The sea rcher sllOuld take noteson all statements relat ing to famil y, military service and places of residence. Thedeposition s of other persons filed in support of the claim are often clues whichhelp to identif y the pensiuner .

The record of the last payment of a pension genera lly gives the death da te

32 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

of the pensioner and if the payment is made to the widow, it shows that she wasliving at that time. Ph otostatic or photographic copies of pension records canbe secured from the National Archives.

State Pensions for Revolut ional War Service will also help in establishingmembership in the Dau ghters of the American Revoluti on, the Society of theCincinnati, and similar societies. Pensions of the War of 1812 are often of helpin esta blishing proofs for membership in such societies.

Old fa mily letters. Cor respondence between members of a family was notso frequent a century ago as it is today. Eve nts in the life of a family over aperiod of severa l months may be mentioned in a single letter-births, marriages,death s and incidental references to the health of kinfolk. Many times an old letteris the only proof of a son or a daught er.

Population cenm s schedules. The United States censuses of populati on aretaken every ten years. From 1790 through 1840 the census records give the nameof the head of the famil y and the number of persons residing with him in desig­nated age groups.

The 1790 census of each state for which the schedules have been preservedwas published by the United States government and is available for examinationin most librari es. Th e later censuses, through 1870, are kept at the NationalAr chives in Washington, D. C, but microfilm copies of the census from 1830 to1880 are for sale and have been purcha sed by many librari es.

The 1850 census was the first to give the name and exac t age of each memberof the household.

The 1880 census gives even mor e information of value to the genealogist :such as the state in which the parents were born.

THE AC.G.S.NEEDS ASSI STANCEThroughout the United Sta tes there are many families descended from the

Clan Grego r in Scotland. T here are Grego rs, Grigar s, MacGregors, MacG rigors,Gregoys and Grigo rsons unnumbered; there ar e thousands of descendant s ofJames MacGregor of Virgin ia who changed his name to T homas MacGehee ; thereare other families of MacGregor descent who changed their surname when ourname was proscribed ; and besides all these there are many more lineal descendantsof the daught ers of Clan Gregor who now bear other surna mes. All these persons,descended through both paternal and maternal ancestors, are eligible for member ­ship in the American Clan Grego r Society.

Although the Magruders of Maryland and Virginia orga nized the A.CG.S.and most of the present members are descended fr om Alexander Magrud er, theMar yland immigr ant, the Clan files contain names of hundreds of unplacedMagruders.

Th ere is much genealogical work to be done. During the past few years chartshave been prepared showing the descendants of Alexander Magrud er . All infor­mation in the Clan archives has been used in prepar ing the charts and much addi­tional resear ch has been done. Th ere is still much work to be accomplished,however, before these chart s can be considered complete.

Some of the member s of the MacGregor Clan will receive requests from timeto time for help in locatin g needed informati on to complete lines. Specific ques-

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N G REGOR SOCIETY 33

tions will be asked about specific persons, and it is the hope of those compiling theCharts that much help will be received in this way.

It is hoped that our State Deputy Chiefta ins will or ganize their State Units,wher e practicable, to assist the Clan H eadquarters in extending this work. Theyshould seek information needed to complete lines of descent fr om their earliestancestor s to migrate to their state. If specific information is desired as to whatis needed from a pa rtic ular sta te unit a special request will be sent to the StateDeputy Chieftain.

W hen such a request is received, and the person to whom the request is sentis unable to supply the inf ormation from personal knowledge or records at hand,It is hoped he will tr y to get in touch with someone who may be able to help,either by letter , telephone or a visit. T he assistance of persons living in countyseats or the state capital will be particularly helpful since they have access to theofficial record s in the court houses and public offices.

T he Present and the Fut ure

So far we have dealt with the past, with our ancestors; but there is greatneed to preserve the records of the present and of the futur e. Many will say"why bother to keep family Bibles and family records now, when we have sucha wealth of vital statistics being kept by the States ?" Did you ever stop to th inkthat fires still occur, and tha t this was the cause of most of the destruction ofrecords in former years? T he New York State Capitol had a disastrous firesome few years ago when many valuable records were lost .

Each family should keep its Bible or family record books and pass the Bibleon to the next generation. Make provision in your W ill for the pass ing .on of theFamily Bible. In this way the younge r generations will come to attach great valueand reverence to the Fa mily Bible. Many of our ances tors when going to a newpart of the country to make their homes, would take the Family Bible even thoughthey had to leave something else behind.

Bible Records

Fam ily Bibles should give more than just the recor ds of the names, dates ofbirth, mar riage and death of the various members of a family. T he record shouldtell where the person was born and where he died and where he was buri ed, andthe relationship between the people inscribed therein. In recordin g the childrenhead the record with the name of their parents, then give the bir th, marriage anddeath date of each child and whom they married, with where they were mar ried.In sending a Bible Record for proof of a line copy the record just as it appearsin the Bible, or bett er still, send a photostat if that is possible.

Wills

A Will should give the Christian and maiden name of the wife, and the namesof all of the childr en ; not mere ly say "my dear wife", or "my dear wife Jane" ;or "my children". There are times when a Will is the only way in which to provethat a man marri ed a certain woman , and that he had children of certa in givennames. If a son or daughter has already been provided for mention should bemade of the fact in the Will, as thi s will prove that there was another child orchildren , not otherwise mentioned in the Will. It is also a help to a genealogist

34 YEAR B OOK A MERICAN C LAN G REGOR SOCIETY

if a W ill -gives the names of the parents of the wife, and if other people are men­tioned in the Will , the relat ionship is given to the maker. If propert y is inheritedfro m the father of the maker of a Will, give the name of the father. In a Willand also in Bible and Famil y records, if a person is known by a "pet" name, besure to give the "g iven name" of such a person as sometimes there is no con­nection"between the two names. A child may be named Margar et Jane and calledSue. There would be no way to know that her given name was Marga ret Jane.(I know of such a case.)

If our ancestor s in the first four or five genera tions had put such informationin their Will s the work on the Charts of the Descendants of Alexander Magruderwould have been much easier.

Young people are not interested in genealogical data and ask few questionsabout the older generations, but it is our dut y to provide the genealogical datato be used by these young folks, and by futur e genera tions, when they come to thereali zation of the importance of such data , and want to trace their ancestry inorder to belong to an organization, or for use in Old Age Pensions, settlementsof estates and in other legal procedures.

Qlteries

In the American Clan Gregor Year Books of 1951, page 48, and of 1952,page 45, you will find some specific questions on the early Magruder families.If the member s of the Clan will study these queries it may be that someone willbe able to give an answer, or at least a clue, on these problems.

In the"1951 Year Book, page 49, is a query on the parentage of James Magruderwho married as his 2nd wife Eleanor H arwood. W e have been able to prove hisparentage. He was the son of Samuel Brewer Magrud er and his 1st wife RebeccaMagruder (a cousin) . Samuel Brewer married 2nd, in 1808, Eleanor Waring.

Th e Historian will greatly appreciate any help in solving these questions sothat the persons involved may be properly placed on the Charts. Please note thenew addres s of the Hi storian : Miss Regina Magruder Hill , The Briarcliff, 1862Mint wood Plac e, Apartment 201, Wa shington 9, D. C.

OF I NTEREST TO MEMBERS

S ET OF C LAN YEAR B OOK S PRESENTED

to tile

PRI NCE G EORGE' S COUNTY H ISTORICAL SOCIETY

CO LLEGE P ARK, MARYLAND

At a meeting of the Prince George's County Hi storical Society on J anuary 20,1956, the American Clan Gregor Society presented to its library a complete boundset of the Clan Yea r Books. Thi s set was a gift of Mrs. Allen L. Hord ofRuckersville, Vir ginia, a daughter of our first Scribe, Dr. Jesse Ewell, V,and the presentation was made in accordance with a resolution offered by MissCornelia Bowie and unanimously passed at the October, 1955, Clan Gathering.

It was a cold night and cars with chains were needed to negotiat e the sleet,but a warm welcome was given to the MacGregors who accompanied their Chieftain

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N G REGOR SOCIETY 35

to the meeting, held in the Society's new home, the Calver t Ma nsion H ouse atRiverdal e, Mar yland.

General Mar shall Magruder made a shor t talk indicat ing the influence ofthe descendants of Alexander Magruder on the history of Prince George's County,particularly in its early days. H e also ment ioned the work presently being doneby the American Clan Grego r Society through the historical studies appearing inits Year Books.

Among the members of the Clan present at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs.Forrest S. H olmes, Mr s. Ruth Ashley Walde, Dr. Walt er Augustine We lls andMr. Forrest Dodge Bowie.

BLADE N SBU RG, M ARYLA ND

Our fellow Clans man, J. Ninian Beall , of Was hingto n, D. C, contributed anarticle entitled "Or iginal Name of Bladensburg," to the Ma ry land H ist oricalMa ga::ille, in Mar ch, 1955, pages 72-73), pointing out that the earl iest land transfersgive the name of th e settlement at the forks of the Eas tern Branch of P otomacRiver as Beall T own.

Th e tract upon which Bladensbur g is located was ca lled "Black Ash" or"Black Oak" and was owned by John Beall (1688-1742) who mar ried VerlindaMagr uder (1690-1745) . Among the purchasers ·were Sam uel Magru der , S r., whobought one lot on 13 December 1728 ( P rince George's County Deed Book M, page378) and Willi am Beall who bought lot 22 of one ac re on th e preceeding day( Book M, page 392) .

SURPLUS YEAR BOOKS

All Year Books remaining on hand from previous years have been assembledand checked with our future requirements. There are many members who maydesire to obtain books of particular yea rs to complete their sets or for other reasons.We can supply books for 1920, '21, '22, '28, '29, '30, '3 1, '33, '34, '40, '41, '45, '46, '48,'50, '52, '54, and '55. Some a re very scarce and therefore more valuable. Write theChief ta in and tell him which year or yea rs ' issue, and how many you desire, and hewill tell you the cost. You can save transporta tion of them by picking the m up atth e Gathering in October , or when you are in \Vashington. Give advance noticeas to your requirements and date desir ed.

T H E SCOTS GUARD'S R EGI MEN TAL B AND CONCERT

Members of the Clan residing near Washington, D. C, had severa l opportuni­ties during the past year to enjoy Sco tt ish associations.

In October and agai n in December, 1955, the Scots Guard's Regimental Bandwith Massed Piper s and Highland Dancers played concerts in Washington underthe auspices of the English-S peaking Union. Th e stir ring perform ances aroused theprid e and patrioti sm of the descendant s of Scotsmen who attended.

"ROYAL SCOTLAND"

On January 20, 1956, Miss H . Pattullo, whose historic home in Crail, Fi feshire,is now owned by the Scottish National T rust, showed her colored films entitled" Roya l Scotland" at the Sulgrave Club in Washington. Th e lecture which was alsosponsored by the E nglish-S peaking U nion followed a delight ful tea. T he pictures ofQueen Elizabeth and the Duk e of E dinburgh in their Thi stle Ceremonial Robes

36 YEAR BOOK A M ERICAN CLA N GREGOR SOCYETY

and the Honor s of Scotland were supurb and the clear colored pictures of the royalpalaces, histor ic castles and scenes of the west Hi ghlands were of grea t beauty andheld th e interest of Clan member s attending. Mr s. Ruth Ashley Walde was themoving spirit in inf ormin g Clan members of the lecture. Oth er s who were therewer e Dr. Walter Augustine We lls, Bri g. Gen. and Mr s. Mar shall Magruder , Mr.and Mrs. T homas Magruder , Mr. Jo hn Magruder, Mrs. R ex H ays Rhoades, MissMarth a Poole, Miss Catherine Poo le, Miss Pauline L. Mackey, Mrs. T helmaMagruder Clay and Miss Am y Belle H unter.

H ERBERT CLA RENCE B RADS H AW

One of our Clansmen, H erbert Clarence Bradshaw, has just published a 960­page book His tory of Prin ce Edward COllnty. Virginia. (Richmond: Dietz P ress,1955) . According to the pr ospectus issued by the publisher :

"Had the county selected its biographer, it could not have chosen a man bette radapted through his ca reer experiences to have done full ju stice to the subjec t. Anati ve, his interest still is rooted in the soil in his co-owne rs hip with his brother, C.W. Bra dshaw, of farms in Prince Edwa rd County.

"Born in Rice, Prince Edward County, Virginia, November 7, 1908, H erbertClarence Bradshaw is the son of Herbert Leslie Brad shaw and Dell Garnett Brad­shaw. H e married Mildred Eliza beth Cunningham of Millbank , P rince EdwardCounty, and he has dedicated his book to her and their three child ren Ka te Weaver,H erbert Cunningham and E lizabeth Scott.

"Receiving his B. A. degree from Ham pden-Sydney College and his M.A.from the University of Virginia, Mr. Bradshaw followed the teaching profession,firs t in McGuire's Uni versit y School in Richmond, th en as principal of th e Darling­ton High School in Prince Edward COlU1ty, and later as principa l of th e EmporiaPublic Schools. He is now associate editor of th e Durham, N. C; Mo rning H erald.H e is a member of P hi Beta Kappa and Omicro n Delta Kappa.

"H is humane interests lie in work for the blind and th e tubercular . He nowserves on the Nort h Carolina Stat e Commission for the Blind and is president of theDurham Count y T uberculosis and H ealt h Association. H e is a member of theboard of trustees of the Durham Public Libra ry. A former chairma n of the dea­cons of the Watt s S treet Baptist Church, Durham, he is chairman of th e programcommittee of the Ya tes Baptist Association and a member of the committee onSocial Service and Civic Righteousness of the North Baptist Convention."

T he Clan is proud to number another autho r and histori an among its membersand to commend his contribution to the history of Vi rginia and, in part, to the his­tory of the Clan. Many members of the McGehee family are mentioned in thevolume.

Copies of Hi story of Prince Edward County can be obtained from The DietzPress, 109 Eas t Cary Stree t, Richmond 19, Virginia, at $10.00 per copy.

Miss Rosema ry Stokes-Johnsen, daught er of W alt er Richard Stokes and RoseCamill e H ays, will become the bri de of John Benton Dyke on August 7, 1956.Rosemar y is a student of the University of Arkansas and will receive her bachelorof arts degr ee on June 2nd. She is a member and past president of Pi Beta PhiSororit y, and a member of the America n Clan Gregor Society.

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY 37

Theodore Erie Dralle, ano ther of the Clan's young members has received hisdegree in Ag riculture from the State College of Mississippi, and also his com­mission as Second Lieutenant in the army. He was chosen as an international farmyouth exchange student and will go to India for six months. Hi s mother writes:"Recently we had as a guest over the weekend a fellow student from India. Theexperience was very gratifying and we hope our son will represent us as well."

T he Magruder Chapter, D.C.D.A.R., was the winner in the "United StatesFlag Scrap Book Contes t" which was conducted this past year by the Sta te Com­mittee on the Correct Use of the F lag. Our Chapter and Clan member, Mrs. DixieM. Noble, collected the material and made the beautiful book which won on everypoint in the contes t. T he prize was a large F lag of the United States, which waspresented at the Distri ct of Columbia State Confere nce in March. Magruder Chap­ter is very proud of this F lag Book and of the F lag, which we are enjoying usingat our chapter meet ings.

After 33 years in "distinguished service" here, DQlUI Ki ng Gatchell will retireon June 15 as professo r of home economics at Auburn Politechnic Institut e. MissGatchell joined the staff at A uburn in June 1923, and has taught continuously sincethat time. She plans to make her future home in Bir mingham, Alabama.

Dr. Ra lph B. Draughon, AP I president, in comment ing upon her work atAuburn had this to say: "Miss Gatchell has taught by precept and practice the artof gracious and fine living to all women who have come to the Auburn campus, bethey club women, fa rm women, professional women, or women students."

" I know of no one who has had higher standards, or who has devoted so muchintense labor over and above the call of duty to your teaching and the thousands ofother activi ties in which you have been engaged," he wrote in a letter accepting herresignation. "Certai nly, those whom you have taught and those of us who havework ed with you over the years will never forge t you as a gr eat teacher andwonderful, loyal friend. You have brought honor and beauty and a high sense ofduty to your labors, and we cannot find proper words to express our appreciation."

Th omas Garland Magruder, Ill, was graduated in June, 1956, fr om the MedicalSchool of the Univers ity of Nebraska, situated in Omaha. He received his earlyeducat ion in the public schools, and is a graduate of the Fis hburn Military Schoolat Waynesboro, Virg inia, and of H astings College, at Hastings, Nebraska. Hewill interne for one year at the Hospital at Omaha.

Dr. Magrud er is the son of Th omas Garland Magruder, Jr., of Arlington, Vir­gin ia, and Alice Allin e Allen of White Sulphur Springs, Virginia . He is marriedand has a small daugh ter, Lau ra Ann Magruder.

38 YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY

1955 ANNUAL GATHERING

AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

FRIDAY, THE 21ST OF OCTOBER

Pilgri mage ill the District of Columbia

10 :30 a.m.-Registra tion, St. Mar garet's Episcopal Church,Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Place, N.W.

11:00 a.m.-Annual Church Service at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church.

Noon - Lunch at The Hi ghlands, Connecticut Avenue and Cali fornia St ., N.\V.

1 :00 p.m.-Inspection of "Clan H eadquarters," Apa rtment 803, The HighlandsSusie May van den Berg and Regina Magruder H ill, in charge.

3 :00 p.m.-Assemble in the Music Room of "Dumbarton Oak s," a cultural researchcenter of Harvard Uni versity, 1703 32nd Stre et, N.W., where C.Virginia Diedel will give a shor t talk on the center and on a formerowner, Edward Magrud er Linthicum, a Georgetown philanthropist.

SATURDAY, THE 22ND OF OCTOBER

Sheraton-Park H otel, Connecticut Ave. alia W oodley Rd., N.W. , Washin qto», D. C.

10 :00 a.m.-Registration in the west end of the Lobby.

10 :00 a.m.-Council Meeting in the Mural Room.

2 :00 p.m.-Annual Business Meeting in the Mura l Room.

Call to order by the Chieft ain, General Marshall Magruder.

Invocation by the Chaplain, Rev. Reuel Lamphier Howe.

Memorial Service.

Report s of Society Officers.

Report s of Committees.

Unfinished Business.

New Business.

Nomination and Election of Officers.

Annual Address of the Chief tain, Genera l Mar shall Magruder.

Announcements.

Adj ournment.

6 :00 p.m.-Registr ation in the east end of the Lobby, where dinner tickets may bepicked up and dues may be paid.

..

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

SA T URDAY EVE NI NG

39

Sheraton-Park H otel, Connecticut A ve. alld W oodley Rd., N. W ., Wash ington , D. C.

ANNUAL DINNER in the Burgundy Room

6 :30 p.m.-Members and friends to take their seats.

7 :00 p.m.-Piping in of the Chieftain and Guests.

Grace.

Pipin g in of the Ha ggis.

Chieftain' s Salut e to "Absentee Guests ."

Address, Mr . Norman G. Kindness.

Social Hour.

Songs and dances for the evening under the dir ection of ;

Mr s. Ruth ' Ashley Walde

ENTERT AI NERS

] ames Garrioch

Wm. L. K. Galloway

Frederick W. Turnbull

Andrew Patterson

* * * •

Miss Pauline L. Mackey .

Robert D. McMillen ·Frank ] . Govan ' -" ... t ;

George M. Kerr

*COMMITTEE to arrange for the 1955 GAT HERI NG

Forrest Shepperson Holmes, Chairman

Emma Waters Muncaster

Susie May van den Berg

Ruth Ashley Walde

C. Virginia Diedel

Regina Magruder Hill .

Thomas Garland Magruder, Jr.

YEAR BOOK AMERI CA N CLAN GREGOR S OCIETY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL GATHERING

O CTOBER 2 1ST AND 22ND, 1955

PILGRIMAGE

O CTOBER 2 1

Th e 46th Annual Gathering of the American Clan Gregor Society began at10.30 A.M., with the reg istratio n of members and friends in the foyer of St.Margaret' s Episcopal Church, located at Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Pl ace,N.W., in Wa shington, D. C. At 11 o'clock we went into the church for the AnnualChurch Service, which was conducted by our Chaplain the Rev. Reuel LamphierHowe, assisted by our former Chaplain the Rev. Enoch Magruder Thompson. Rev.H owe gave a very inspiring and challenging talk.

From the church we walked two blocks to "The Highlands" Apartment House,where luncheon was served to 50 persons. After luncheon we visited the 8th floor,Apartment 803, "Clan Headquarters." Mr s. van den Berg and Miss Hill , in whosehome the Headquarters is located, had a very interesting display of charts, books,oictures, records, etc. Th e time here was all too short, when it was announced thatwe must leave for "Dumbarton Oaks," a cultura l research center of Harvard Uni­versity, 1703 32nd Street, N.W ., where C. Virginia Diede! gave a delightfullecture on this center and on a former owner, Edward Magrud er Linth icum, aGeorgetown ' Phil antropist.

Th e afternoon sun was sinking when the members and their guests departedfrom this historical place to their various abodes.

SATURDAY M ORNING, OCTOBER 22ND

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING

Anna Louise Reynolds, Sc ribe

Colma L. Allgeyer, Depllty Sc ribe

The Council Meeting was held in the Sheraton Park H otel in the Mural Room,on the morning of the 22nd. Th ose present were : General Marshall Magruder,Chieftain and the following members of the Council, Rev. Daniel Randall Magruder,John Holmes Magruder, Ir., Miss Cornelia Magruder Bowie, Mrs. Susie MayGeddes van den Berg, Miss Anna Louise Reynolds, Mr s. Mabel Ta ylor Rhoades,William Marion Magrud er, Miss Emma Waters Muncaster , Forest S. Holm es, Mr s.Ruth Ashley Walde, B. H amilton Magruder, Miss Regina Magruder Hill, Th omasGarland Magruder, and Clar ence Will iam McCormick.

The main business had to do with finding suitable space for the Clan Archives,surplu s year books, and other propert y not actually required in the day to day workof the Registrar and Histori an in their quart ers. Thi s problem had ari sen on accountof the necessity for these officers to move to new lodgings. Being made awa re of thissituation in July, the Chieftain appointed a "Hea dquarter Committee" to study theproblems presented and make a report including recommendat ions to be placedbefore the Gathering for action. Th e report of that committ ee fo llows:

"Report of a Special Committ ee named by the Chieftain to inquire into working

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 41

space requirements for the Registr ar and Hi storian and storage requirem ents forrecord s, achieves and other Clan property.

The Committee has discussed the matter with the various member s of thecouncil that could be reached. It is also aware of the debt of gratitude which theClan owes to these faithf ul officers.

Th e committ ee wishes to present to the council the following conclusion :1. That the present member ship and income of the Clan will not permit it, at thi stime, to obligate itself for rental of space for Clan record s, Archives and otherproperty.2. That the committee quest ions the propriety of establishing a precedent of theSociety paying for space for this purpo se, since in past years such space has beengiven grat is.3. That until such time as the income from the End owment Fund permits, or in­crea se in membership permits, the space requirements for Clan records, archivesand property be handled as her etof ore on a year to year basis of storage space volun­teered gratis by the Clan officers or members.

4. In order to all eviate some of the burden now on the Registrar and Hi storian,the following is sugges ted for council considerati on :

A. Creation of the office of Archivist who would provide fo r the storage in asafe and accessible place, at home or office, of all old Yearbooks, record s, archives,books, gifts and articles, not in everyday use.

B. All current Yearbooks to be placed in the hand s of the Editor and thoseneeding th em in their work to requisition same fr om the Editor and a record of thedisposition of all Yearb ooks be kept by the Editor .

C. All stationery, pamphlet s and printed matter in current use to be placed inthe hands of one officer, possibly the Assistant to the Chieftain , and all officers torequisition needed supplies from said office r.

The Council also can explore the possibility of space for Clan archives in"Riversdale," the old Calvert mansion near Hyattsville, Maryland.

Th e Committee s understands that ther e is a possibility that the Maryland Parkand Planning Commission through the Prince George's County Historical Societywill give free space in the mansion for Clan archives provided said archives arehoused in proper locked receptacles.

Respectfully submitted,

Clarenc e W . McCormick, ChairmanC. Virginia DiedelTh os. G. Ma grud er

After a very careful discussion of the vari ous factors involved and of therecommendations of the committ ee, the Council voted to accept the report with therecommendations and that the Chieftain report them for action to the businesssession in the aftern oon.

BUSI N ESS SESSION

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22

The afternoon Business Session opened with a memorial service . A largeCro ss had been appropriately placed in the room, with places on the arms forcandles. The Chaplain , assisted by Miss H~1l and Miss June Lippincott Stockham,

42 Y EAR BOOK A M ERICAN CLA N G REGOR SOCIETY

conducted the ceremony. As the name of each departed member was called, MissHill read a short eulogy, while Miss Stockham lighted and placed a candle in itsproper place. A t the end there were light ed candles along the entire length of botharms of the cross . The eulogies were parti cularly inspiring and the short ceremonyquite impressive.

Th e separa te recommendations of the Council were taken up in turn , voted on,and each one finally appro ved. However, aft er the third recommendati on waspassed, Mr s. Esther Pitts Prevish stated that she would be glad to allow the societythe use of a basement room in her apartment building .( Woodbine), 2839 27thStree t, N.W ., W ashington, for the archives and other proper ty, etc. On the motionof Miss Hill this most generous offer was accepted and Mrs. Prevish duly thank ed.

Miss Cornelia Magrud er Bowie, a member of the Prince George's CountyHi stor ical Society, told us that thi s Society had agreed to offer some space at itsheadquart ers in "T he Old Calver t Mansion," at Riverdale, Maryland, for thestorage of certa in records, trophies, etc., of the American Clan Gregor Society. Norental would be charge d for this space, but the Clan would have to furni sh suitablecases for the storage of the materi al. In addition, the Mansion would be availablefor committee meetings, luncheons, etc. Miss Bowie stressed the point that sincethe for efath ers (including Alexander Magruder , the Immigr ant ) , of many of thepresent member s of the Clan had lived in this County, she thought it all the morebefitting that we accept the offer of this space. She concluded by saying that Henr yClay wrote the "Missouri Compromise" in this Calver t Mansion.

Mr . Hamilt on Magrud er made a motion that we accept the offer of space fromthe Prince George's County Hi stor ical Society, for a depository for arc hives andother art icles belonging to the Clan Grego r Society; unti l such time in the futurethat the Clan has a place of its own. Thi s motion was seconded by Mrs. RexRhoades, voted on and approved.

It was decided to leave the choice of the selection of an Archivist to the Chief­tain.

A resolution was passed chang ing the make-up of the nominating committee,by adding the name of the immediate past chief tain each year, in the present caseadding the name of Commodore J ohn H olmes Magrud er, Jr.

Th e resignations of two of the most valuable office rs those of Editor, Mr.Thomas Garland Magruder, and Treasur er, Mr . Clarence William McCormick,were read.

Miss Bowie made an appeal for a set of the Year Books to be donated tothe Prince George's County Historical Society. Mr s. Allen Hord (nee He lenW oods Ewe ll) of Ru ckersville, Virg inia, offered to send practically a completeset of Year Books for presentati on to the Prince ,George's County Hi storicalSociety in memory of her par ents, Dr . and Mrs. Jesse Ewell. Note : a complete setwas assembled and the presentation was made by the Chieftain.

Th e Chiefta in brought up the disposition of two special gifts, one for $300 andanother for $100, given by two of our members in connection with the moving ofour Headquart er s. The donor s names were finally revea led as Mr. Wrn. Hamilt onMagruder and Mr. Na thaniel Magrud er . After a discussion in which H amiltontook part , it was decided to defray the cost of moving out of the H ighlands fromthi s special fund and to place the remainder in the Genera l Fund . Thi s has beenaccomplished. Details will be included in the Treasur er's report for October 1956.

•

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N G REGOR SOCIETY 43

R eports of Officers:

Registrar, Mrs. O. 0 van den Berg, reported 22 new member s. Detailed re­port showing serial number of each member with a brief outline o f descent appearselsewhere. We now have 315 Juni or Member s of the Clan who ar e the children andgra ndchildren of members of the Clan. Of this number 52 have paper s on file, andth ey have paid dues in the past, but ar e no longer required to do so until they reachthe age of 18 years. It is the hope of th e Society that all 315 of the se Junior Mem­bers will join the Clan as Adult Member s when they are 18 year s of age.

Historian, Miss Regina Magruder Hill , reported 16 births, 11 deaths among ourmembers and 6 among relati ves of members, and 4 marriages. A detailed report andmemorials appear elsewhere in this book.

Tr easurer, Mr. Clarence William McCorm ick, reported the following br eak-down of fund s on hand on Oct ober , 1955 :

General Fund $1571.25

Research Fund 288.72

End owment Fund 1287.11

1959 Gatherin g Fund 100.00

Specia l Fund in connection with Gifts in mov-

ing Headquarter s 400.00

Hamilton Magruder, $300

Nathaniel Magruder, . 100

Checks not deposited-lI.00.................................... 11.00

$3658.08

Bills on Hand - $851.67........................................................ 851.67

Balance $2806.41

This report was received with thank s for his fine efforts in getting result s. TheChieft ain was directed to have the funds audited with in a reasonable time followingthe Gath ering. Thi s was accomplished by him personally and no irregularitiesfound.

No minatinq Committee, Mr. Th omas Garl and Magruder , Chairman, reportedthat Mr . McCormick had been persuaded to cont inue as treasurer for a while longer ,and the slate was presented as prepar ed without change, voted upon and passed. Theonly officer who was changed was the E ditor, who is now Mr . J . Frederick Dorman,III.

Mr. Th omas Garland Magruder was appointed Director of Member ship, andMrs. John Rochford Dwyer was appointed Assistant to th e Hi storian.

Busines s being disposed of the Chieftai n read his annual address :

44 YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

SOME HERITAGES OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES

IN THEIR STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM

In 2nd World War-

Sir Winston Churchill told in immortal words of "Their Finest Hour," whenwith their backs to the wall, they would fight on the beaches, in the fields, in thestreets, etc., and remain free. That's what they thought freedom was worth.

In 1776-

Much earl ier, our forebears of prerevolutionary days, declar ed that they wouldpledge "their fortunes, their lives, and their sacred honor" to remain free. Hereagain-no price was too high.

In 1215-

We are all familiar also with the part played by six of Alexander MacGruder'sBaronial Ancestors in 1215, when they assisted in wresting the "Magna Charta"f rom King ] ohn.

In 1745-

But I wish to remind you today of an event that took place in 1745 by ourScottish MacGregor Kinsman. I ran into it when researching the descent of ourHereditory Chief's line. Robert MacGregor, 21st Chief, had assembled the Mac­Gregor Clan to follow Prince Charles, in his effort to regain the Stuart Thronefr om the Hou se of Hanover (George II) . Th e King's minister , Gordan , was sentto entreat Chief Robert and his clan to lay down their arms and promised in thename of his Highness (the German King) to restore their name "MacGregor" andgrant other favors . Think what a tempting offer this was to our "nameless" Clan.But there was no hesitation, no indecision, or equivocation when the Chief spoke.And this was what he told the minister:

"Tell your King that he and his Clan appreciated the honor, but havingembarked in this affair they could not desert the cause, whatever they might suffer.That on the one hand, though his Highness might love the trea son, he must needhate the traitors; and on the other hand, they would justly incur the odium of theirown party: That therefore, they chose rather to risk their lives and [ortunes anddie with the characters of honest men, tho» live in injam», and hand down disgraceto their posterity." It was not until 1774, when Sir John Murray MacGregor,XXII Chief, and 1st Baronet, nephew of Old Chief Glencarnock, finally secured anact in favor of the members of the Clan Gregor, repealing the suppre ssion of theirnames. But wasn't that speech of Old Chief Glencarnock's worth the cost? Couldany example be more appropriate for us today, in illustrating courage, integrity,and forth-rightness?

These few examples indicate clearly the great value placed upon freedom bythe English Speaking people. It is a common heritage we share. It's somethingour own kith and kin have helped to build and leave us.

Our present day concept of the basic freedoms of man as an individual and hisdignity; our ideas of judical processes; relations of man to man and nation tonation ; have all been developed mainly by people who speak our common languageand in general have similar ideals, steeped in much the same tradition.

•

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY 4S

W e should be proud of our heritages, love of freed om, courage, and integrityand in our English Speakin g Race which contributed so generously of them.United we stand- Divided we fall.

THE A N NUAL DI NN ER of THE 46th GATHERING

In contrast to last year the weather was exce llent as the member s assembledin the lobby of the Sheraton Park H otel ar ound 6 o'clock and after chatting withfriends strolled into the Burgundy Room. There was an exciting interest in the air,especially as a piper would strike a few notes to test his pipes.

Promptl y at 6 :30 p.m. the doors were opened on the W est side and four pipersin full Scotti sh dress piped th e Chiefta in and our special guests to their places at thehead table. Th en while standing our Chaplain spoke the Grace.

Mr s. Ruth Ashley W alde had worked up the enter tainment which had plentyof surprises and pep. W e all thank and congra tulate Mrs. Walde on the success ofthe enterta inment features during the dinner.

W e had hardl y finished the first course when the pipers began a special andthrilling piece, for enter ing the hall appeared Miss Paulin e Leigh Mackey, lovelyin whit e robes and bearin g the Firey Cross-calling th e Clan members to Gath er.She was hail ed with enthusiasm-and right ly so, because in her blood was a strainof that gay Scotti sh rebel-Rob Roy MacGr egor .

During the main course was presented a special event this year-the "Address­ing of th e Haggis." First, the lead piper Maj or Jam es Gar rioch, appeared, thenMr. Andrew Patter son, custodian of the Haggis, followed by Mr. Jam es McCorklecarrying the Scotch on a tray, while the other pipers, Mr. Wm . L. K. Galloway andFrederick \V. Turnbull, followed. The H aggis was placed on a small table. Mr.Andrew Patt er son, waving his huge knife, stood beside it, while th e other membersof the gro up arranged themselves in a semi-circle behind him. The piper s quieteddown-then Mr . Patterson in Robert Burns' best Gailic and accompanied by themovements of his knife-Addressed the H aggis. All were very serious in executingtheir parts, still their antics and costumes creat ed lots of merriment.

A DDRESS TO A H AGGI S

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,Great chiefta in 0 ' the puddin' -race IAboon them a' ye tak your place,

P ainch, trip e, or th airm :W eeI ar e ye wordy 0' a grace

A lang's my arm .

The groaning trencher there ye fill,Y our hurdi es like a distant hill,Your pin wad help to mend a mill

In time 0' need,\ Vhile thro' your pores the dews distil

Like amber bead.

46 YEAR B OOK AM ERICAN C LAN G REGOR SOCIETY

Hi s knif e see ru stic Labour dight,An ' cut you up wi' ready sleight,Trenchin g your gushing entra ils bri ght,

Like ony ditch ;And then, 0 what a glorious sight,

Wa rm-reeking', rich!

Th en, horn for horn , they stretch an' str ive :Dei! tak the hindmost I on th ey dri ve,T ill a' th eir weel-swa ll'd kytes belyve

Are bent like drum s ;Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,

'Be thanket! 'hums.

Is there that owre his French raqout,Or olio that wad staw a sow,Or fricassee wad mak her spew

Wi ' perfect sconner,Looks down wi' sneering, scorn fu' view

On sic a dinner?

P oor devil I see him owre his trash,As feckless as a wither'd rash,Hi s spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,

H is nieve a nit ;Thro' bloody flood or field to dash,

o how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,The trembling ear th resounds his tr ead,Clap in his watie nieve a blade,

H e'll mak it whissle;An' legs an' a rms, an' heads will sned,

Like taps 0' thrissle.

Ye Pow'r s what mak mank ind your care,And dish them out th eir bill 0' fa re,Auld Sco tland wants nae skinking ware

T hat jaups in luggies ;But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer ,

Gie her a H aggis I

Throughout the dinner Mr. George M. Kerr at the piano and Mr. F rank ] .Govan winding his way among the tables and singing and playing on his accord ionfurni shed delightful enter tainment which kept everyone in a gay humor. After thecoffee we enjoye d watching Miss Mackey and Mr. McCorkle execute some fan cyScottish dances. T here were songs in which th e entire company took part such as"M acGregor' s Gath ering."

The Chieftain presented the guests at his table : The President of the SaintAndrews Society, Mr. Marcus F. H. Greenhorne and Mrs. Greenhorne ; Mr . Nor-

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 47

man G. Kindn ess, guest speaker, and vice-presid ent of the Sain t Andrews Society,and his wife, Mrs. Kindness ; Ex-Chieftain W illiam Marion Magruder, and hiswi fe; Rev. Daniel Randall Magruder, Ranking Deputy Chieftain; Rev. Reuel L.Howe, Chap lain ; and Mrs. Marshall Magr uder.

The Chieftain saluted the "Absentee" Guests and read the list :

Commodore Car y W. Magrud er, R. I.Miss Dana Gatchell, Ala.Mrs. Mari on Myrl Harrison, OhioMr s. Herbert T utwi ler, Ala.Mr . Lauch Magruder, Tenn.Mr s. Robert W. Full er, D. C.Mr. M. Hampton Magrud er, Md.Mr. Winbourne Magrud er Drake, "M t. Ararat," Miss.M. Guy Russell Hender son, Ky.Miss Mary Adelaide Jenkins, Md.Mr . Edward K. Gregor , N. Y.Mr . Henry Magruder Ta ylor , Va.H. A. Elliott, Va.Dr. Nathaniel MacGre gor Ew ell, Va.Mr . James Drane, TexasMr. Ninian Edwa rd Beall, Jr., Va.Miss Martha Po rte r Miller, D. C.Mrs. Wm . B. Hamilton Magruder, TexasMr. He rbert T. Magr uder, N . Y.Mr. J . Frederick Dorman III, D. C.Mrs. Margery Magruder Mobley, Va.Mr s. Hu gh Everett, j-, Va.Mr s. Kent C. Nicodemus, Md.Mr . Nathaniel Magruder, Fla .Mr. Claud W . Owen, D. C.

New members were asked to stand as their names were read, and were madewelcome. Char ter Member s and Li fe Members were also asked to stand.

T he Chieftain then introduced the guest speaker, Mr. Norman G. Kindnes s,past president or the St. Andrews Society of Washington and an engineer of note,who spoke on the Present Econom ic Condition in Scotland. Mr. Kindness and hiswife had recently returned fro m a visit to Scotland. His vivid and humor ous de­scription added a great deal to his inter esting address.

It was pleasing to note that quite a lar ge number of young people were presentand they seemed to he thoroughly enjoying the social hour of songs which followedand were loath to leave. However giving Mrs . Walde a vote of thanks for herenter tainmen t program, all joined hands and sang "Auld Lang Syne." Th us endedthe 46th Gathering of Clan Gregor.

48 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR

MRS. O. O. VAN DEN BERG

From December, 1954 to October 22, 1955

1216 Mr s. Delbert Clinton Peet, 401 South Flood Street, Norman , Okla. Mr s.Peet and her fath er , Lewis Beall Parsons, were born in Iowa ; her grand­father Ambro se Parsons and his wife Susannah Beall were born in Ken­tucky. Zachariah H ard ing, whose wife was Nancy Evans, was her gr eat ­grandfath er and he was the son of Leonard Beall and his wife EleanorMagrud er, she the daught er of Zachariah Magrud er and Sarah ---­and granddaughter of Sa muel Magruder, called Sr. , and his wife EleanorWad e.

1217 James Andrew Dr ane, Jr., 522 South Hickory Street, P ecos, Tex. Mr.Drane is the three times great-grandson of Cassandra Magrud er whomarried Willi am Drane, son of James Anthony Drane of Mar yland.Cassand ra was a daughter of Ninian Beall Magruder and his wife RebeccaYoung and granddaughter of Samuel Magrud er, 3rd, and his wife Mar­garet Jackson. Mr. Dran e has carried his Magruder line back to Archi­bald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll , of Scotland, whose wife was ElizabethStuart.

1218 Elijah Steel Drake, 116 Ulman Street, Bay Saint Louis, Miss. Mr . Drakeis the grandson of Susannah Priscilla Hawkins Magrud er who marriedBenjamin Michael Drake and son of Jam es Perry Drake who marriedClara Bell Wailes. His line goes back to Alexander Magruder, the im­migrant , and Elizabeth H awkins.

1219 Mr s. Philip David Shupe ( Ivie Parthenia J efferson) , Lake Gordon Drive,Box 116, Lake Hamilton, F la. Mrs. Shupe's ancestor, Aa ron Gregg, camefrom Scotland to New J ersey in 1764 or earlier, and died in Wilmington,Del. His son, W illiam Gregg, was born in New Jersey in 1766, marriedSarah Smith in 1797, and died near Wheeling, W . Va., in 1828. Theirdaughter Mary ( Po lly) was born in Carmichael , Pa ., and married Benja ­min Shepherd in 1821. Th eir daughter Mary Ruhanah married in 1855Alexander Barber Gorden , who was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1827.Their daught er Mary Belle married Jam es Newton Jefferson in 1877 andthey are the parents of Mrs. Shupe.

1220 Brother E ric Magruder, C.F.X. (born Ha rry Augustus Magruder),Mount Saint Joseph College, Baltimore 29, Md. Brother Eric is the son ofArthur Ancil Magruder and his wife Leora Summers. H e was son ofJ oseph Felix Magruder and his wife Ella Wh elon. He was son of Levi(Levin ) Magrud er , born in 1796 and died in 1868 in Bullitt Co., Ky., whosefirst wife was Elizabeth Aud (1796-1839) . He was son of ArchibaldMagrud er of Kentucky and his wife Cassandra Offutt. Archiba ld fought inthe W ar of the American Revolution.

1221 Mr s. John Austin Watson (Vara Caine Kramer), R.F.D., Waynesburg,Pa . Mr s. Watson's ninth ancestor was Willi am Gregg who was born inScotland or Ulster Ire land and died in Christiana Hundred, Del., in 1687.

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY 49

H er sixth ancestor was Ann Gregg who married her cousin, RichardGregg ; both were born in Loudoun Co., Va. Mrs. Watson's parents areGeorge Reppert Krame r and his wife Bessie Priscilla Dillinger, both ofwhom are living. Ot her family names in her line are J ones, Stevenson,

Eberhart and Curle.1222 Mr s. Malcolm Donald McDonald (Mary Frances Drane) , 2550 English

Avenue, Macon, Ga. Mr s. McDonald is on the line of Ninian Beall Ma­grud er who married Rebecca Young, daughter of William Young, Sr., ofMaryland. T heir daughter Cassandra married Will iam Drane ; th eir sonJohn Drane married Matilda Blanche Shaw; their son James WilliamDr ane mar r ied Hannah Frances (Frank) Hamphill ; their son ThomasJefferson Dr ane marr ied Eleanor Sisson, each born in Mississippi. Th eyare the par ents of Mrs. McDonald.

1223 Lt. Cmdr. Page Bowie Claget t, Locust Hill Fa rms, Mitchellsville, Md.Commander Oagett' s line stems from the marriage of James Magruder ason of Samuel I , and his wife Barbara Coombs. Hi s grea t-grandmotherwas Cornelia Weems Magruder , daughter of Dennis Magruder, Jr., whomarried George French Bowie. Their son John Mullik in Bowie marriedSally Cary Page of Virginia and their daug hter was Corne lia Bowie whomarried Thomas Fie lder Bowie Clagett who was born at "Weston,"Upper Marlb oro, Md. T hey were the parents of Commander Clagett.

1224 Mrs. David Chew Stephenson (Sarah Page Clagett}, R.F.D., Mitchells­ville, Md. Mrs. Stephenson is the sister of Commander Page BowieClagett.

1225 Leander Glenn Ja ckson, 2720 Eas t County Road, Odessa, Tex. Mr. J ack­son's first American ancestor was Major James MacGregor , alias ThomasMack Gehee, whose grandson Daniel McGehee marri ed Jane Brook Hod­nett in 1770. Mr. Jackson's parent s were Leander Gallatin Jackson andhis wife Missouri Blanken ship. Other names in the line are Williams,Glenn and Dejarnette. .

1226 Jr. Donald Francis Jackson. He is the son of Mr . and Mr s. Leander GlennJackson.

1227 Lt. Cmdr. Richard H . Mansfield, j r., Durham Driv e and River Road,Bethesda, Md. Commander Mansfield has two Magrud er lines. Fi elder,son of Ha swell Magruder, mar ried Mat ilda, daughter of Dr . Jeff ery Ma­gruder, whose parents were Nathan Mag ruder and his wife Rebecca Beall.Hi s great-grandparents were Captain Edward Magruder of Union Vall ey,Prince George's Co., Md., and his wife Laura Elizabeth Wil son.

1228 John Francis Ewell, 112 Luray Ave., F ront Royal, Va , Mr. Ewel's lineis fr om John Magrud er of "D unblane," Prince George's Co., Md., throughhis son Nath aniel and his son John Smith Magrud er, whose children be­came "MacGregors" through an Act of Maryland's Legislature in 1821.

1229 Mrs. Liford Leroy Gibson (Mary Dean Magruder ) , 860 Ratcliff Street,Shrevepor t, La. Mrs. Gibson's great-grandparents were Will iam WillsonMagruder (1795/ 7-1867) and his wife Mary Susan Williams. Th eir sonH enry O ay Magrud er married Roberta Campbell of Winchester, Va ., and

50 Y EAR B OOK A M ERICAN CLAN G REGOR SOCI ETY

•.' their 'son Robert Wil son Magruder married J ohni e Priscilla Dean of

',' ' Shelbyville, T enn. They are the par ents of Mrs. Gibson.1230 Walt er Dul any Addison, Mitchellsville, Md. Mr. Addison's line is from

James Magruder and his wife Barbara Coombs, through their son Enoch .;and his son Dennis Magruder, whose son Dennis, Ir. , married EleanorBeane Mullikin. Th eir daughter Corne lia W eems Magrud er marriedGeorge French Bowie and their daught er Ell en Moylan Bowie marriedF rancis Gir ault Addi son. They ar e th e par ent s of Mr. Add ison.

1231 ·Mrs. Lester Colby Mauldin (Ada Belle Drane) , Box 102, Fo rres t City,Ark: Mr s. Mauldin is a siste r of Mr s. Malcolm Donald McD onald, whoseClan number is 1222.

1232 Mr s. James Geor ge Fiala ( He len Margare t Fi sher ) , 1822 P ark Road,N.W., Washington, D. C. Mrs. F iala's g ra ndmother was Roberta BowieMagruder who married J oseph Thompson. Their daught er H elen Ma­gruder Thompson married Cha rle s E . F isher. They are the par ent s of

.. -Mr s, Fiala. H er uncle is The Rev. E noch Ma gruder Thompson, our own. for mer beloved Chaplain.

1233 " ' Mrs. E lmer F rancis Cassel (Nellie Lowe Turner) , 4102 Rosemary Street,Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Cassel's great-grandmothe r was Matilda AnnHill ear y who married J acob F etchig. She was daught er of W illiam Hil ­leary and his wife Margaret P erry and granddaughter of Jamima Ma ­gruder who married J oseph P err y. J amima was daught er of William Ma­gruder and his wife Mary F ra ser.

1234 Ernes t Clif ton McGehee, 2207 Lee H igh way, A rlington, Va . Mr . Mc­Gehee stems fr om William McGehee, son of Maj or James MacGregor, ofScotland, alia s Thomas Mack Gehee, and William's son J ohn who marriedAnn Groves in 1746. She was daught er of J ohn and Frances Gro ves. Mr.McG ehee's par ent s were George Campbell McGehee and his wife MildredHu ghes and his grandpa rents 'were Andrew Jackson McGehee and hiswife Mary J ane H ambleton.

1235 , Mr s. William Hutcheson Cra ig ( Ma rga re t Ma grud er ) , Quarter s 4316,Fort Meade, Md. Mr s. Craig is the daught er of our Chief ta in, Bri g.

. Gen. Marshall Magr uder and his wife, Ann ( Pey ton) Magruder. Her lineisFrom Colonel Zadok Magruder, son of J ohn Magruder of " Dunblane,".P rince George's Co., Md .

1236 ~1is s Amy Belle Hunter , 3730 W Stree t, N .W., Washington, D. C. Miss, Hunter is the daught er of J am es Hillen Hunter , son of Ann V . Magrudera.;d Edwa rd Scott Hunter. Ann was the daughter of Will iam Magruderand Leona Benton and gra nddaughte r of Samuel Brewer Ma gruder and

' his wi fe Rebecca Magruder.1237 Peyton Marshall Magruder, 757 Malaga Avenue, Cora l Gables, Fla. P ey­

'ton is the son of our Chiefta in, Brig. Gen. Mar shall Magruder. His lineis from Dr. Zadok Magruder th rough his son Zadok who marri ed Rachel'Cooke. Their son Julian married Mar garet Ann e J ohnson, a descendantof Au gustine Washingt on. P eyton's grandparents were our beloved Clans­man George Corbin Washingt on Magruder and his wife E leanor AnneHel en Marshall.

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN G REGOR SOCIETY 51

125M Mrs. Gustave Vi lla ret, Frances Fenwick Griffin, Mt . Vernon P .O., Va.Mrs. Villa ret' s parents were Mar y Edelwise Marshall and Robert Br yanGriffin; her maternal grandmother was Caroline Magruder Hill, Chartermember #99, who married Rich ard ( Dick) Hanson Marshall. Caroline'sparents were Richard Thomas Hill and his wife Eliza Fenwick, he the sonof Phili p H ill and his wife Sophia, whose par ent s were Thomas Magruderand his wife Mary Clarke, who were married J anuary 4, 1800. The line isfr om John Magru der "of Dumbl ane." Mr s. Villaret was tr ansferred toAdult Member ship but keeps her or igina l number , 125.

Tire lo// o'1(ill9 lutue becom e membe rs since Octob er, 1955Number

1238123912401241124212431244478

12451246-A12471248124912501251

Master Sgt. Lloyd Belle BreshearsMrs. James Alonza GannonMr. Charles Howard CandlerMr. Donald Richard MagruderMr. Robert Clifton McGeheeMr. Willi am Woodward MartinMiss Mary Louise Mart inMr. James W oodward Martin ( Reinstate d)Mr. Fred Fo rres t MaGruderMr s. Fred Fo r rest MaG ruderMrs. John Roberts ( Marion W ells)Mrs. George Andrew Lund (Elizabeth Magruder Greig)Mrs. Floyd Lankford (Co rr ie Clagett)Mrs. George H . Raffie (Renan Beall)Mrs. Mathew L. Lag ler (Barbara Martin )Genealogical lines of the above will appear in the next issue of the Year

Book.

A Correction:

In the 1954 Year Book, page 41, Clan Number 1129, the marriage date of Annand Nathan Wormack should be 1771.

REPORT OF THE HI STORIAN

R EGINA M AGRUDER HILL

T here have been sixteen birth s and four marriages dur ing the past yea r. E levendeath s occurred among our membership and six among relat ives of members. YourHi storian attended th e funera l of the Rev. James Mitchell Magrud er in Annapolis,and of Mr . John Edwin Muncaster in Rockville .

At the opening of th e Business Session on Sa turday af ternoon a Memorial Ser­vice was held, it being th e first such service that th e Clan has ever had. Th ere was awhit e Cross decorat ed with sprays of Maiden-H a ir Fern and containing a candle foreach of the deceased. Th e Chaplain, Rev. Reuel L. H owe, opened the service withPrayer followed by the readin g of a tribute to the three office rs and a member ofthe council who were among th e deceased ; then followed the reading of the namesof the other deceased members and their relat ives, and th e lighting of a candle as

S2 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR S OCIETY

each name was read. Miss Jun e Stockham ass isted the Hi storian by lighting thecandles. Reverend Mr. Howe closed the service with P rayer and the reading of aP salm.

The followi llg tributes were read:Reverend James Mitchel1 Magrud er , Doctor of Divinity, has passed from our

ken, but the memory of his strong persona lity lingers vividly with those ofus who knew and loved him.

Born of gentle forebears, he was in appearance and bearing thoroughly anaristocrat. H e was descended through his Scottis h Ancestor fro m manyKings.

His friends could be counted by the hundreds. H e enemies were few, if any.H is home life was exemplary, and his life in the Service of his Maker wasnot only an exam ple but an inspira tion. Truly he "Walked with God, and hetalk ed with God." He earned his place in his "Father's House" for alleternity.

Susie May Geddes van dell Berg.

We pay tribute at this time to Robert Lee Magruder, an ear ly member of theClan and one of our former Ranking Deputy Chiefta ins.

Robert Lee Magruder was fri endly and cordial and was of a kindly, loving dis­position. H e was a deeply religious man and not only loved his Church buthad a deep love for his family and his friends. The American Clan Grego rSociety meant much to him and he contributed many articles to its archives.H e greatly enjoyed attending the early Gatherings until pressure of workkept him away. Aft er his retirement last year he was making plans to be­come active in the Clan and to attend this Gather ing when his H eavenlyFather cal1ed him H ome. We who knew him shal1 miss him and his charm­ing frie ndly letters.

R egina Magmder Hill .J0110 Edwin Muncaster, a T ribute.In his eye there was a mer ry twinkle that betokened fr iendliness and cordialit y.

Hi s handclasp was sincere, his greeting warming and genuine, and though inhis sof tly modulated voice there was a suggestion of shyness, even a slightfaltering, it seemed as though the pleasure he found in just being fri endlymade it difficult a t times for his words to catch up with the rush of hisinmost feelings.

John Muncaster was truly an intel1ectual-not a pedantic sort so that his think­ing be undisturbed. He enjoyed lif e. H e was a voracious reader ; and hismind a precious storehouse. H ow successf ul1y and how enter tainingly hecould reach back into its inmost recesses to relate experiences and impressionsof earlier years, and how eagerly we listened I

But gifted with a good mind and a keen imagination, he was not a dreamer ;for there was a practical side to his nature that found expr ession in themult iple activities of farm lif e. The "Ridge" was a responsibility. It wasalso an inspiration ; for there his ancestors had made their home and rai sedtheir families. He would do no less ; and the constant demands on his time,his energy and his ingenuity were met in good spiri t, worthy of the pioneertradition he cheri shed. His neighbor s valued and sought his advice and

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 53

learned by his example. He was rat ed high among Montgomery Countymen who lived by and on the land.

Fortunate indeed in the choice of his lif e's partner; his efforts were susta inedby her love and her talents in life, and by the inspiration of her memory. H isfamil y became his pr ide, and in the breadth of his widened circle there wasroom for all his c1anfolk.

No one ever knew how much pleasur e he found in these Clan Gath erings, forlike the lawn aft er a shower he soaked up the refreshment he found in con­tact with kinsmen. If he did not often 'hold forth in meeting' , as the sayingis, his spir it was susta ined and enr iched. Th ere was little he missed.

Now he has come to the end of his course and has crossed over to join those ofblessed memory. We miss him. But we would not ask that his handcla spwith life eternal be loosened. Our pride in him drie s our tears. Anotherworthy clansman has become a precious memory.

H erbert T . Mag ruder

It is fitt ing that we pay t ribute to Willi am E rnest Offutt, Sr., who was for ashort time a member of our Council. Few of us had the opportunity of beingacquainted with him as he was with us only once, when we had the Rob RoyPicture showing, but those who met him found him cordial and likeable.The Council sustained a loss when he passed away.

R egina Maqruder Hill.

Oth er mem bers for whom candles were light ed and whose mem orials appear elseiohere ill this book were:

Black, Mr s. Hen rie tta Kingsley Cummings, December 3, 1954. Clannumber 130.

Cox, Mr s. Mamie Wynne, May 5, 1955. Clan member No. 356.Hi ggins, Mr . John Jam es, October IS, 1955, Clan member 56\.Magruder, Mr s. Edward Gr eenville, May 5, 1955, Clan member, As-

sociate 889.Magrud er, Lt. Col. Wil son Kent, September 14, 1955, Clan member 68\.Maynard, Mr s. Henrietta Marie Clari ssa Fo llansbee Maynard, Decem­

ber 17, 1954, Clan member 239.Wailes, Mr s. Mildred Thrif t, December 12, 1954, Clan member 1173.

R elatives of Ollr M embers :Addison, Mr. J oseph, July 15, 1955, father of Mr . Joseph Addi son, Ir., a new

member of the Clan.Ames, Mr. John Fi sher Ames, Jul y 20, 1955, fath er of Mr. Charles Fishe r

Ames, Clan member 888.Galloway, Harry L., Februar y 27, 1954, husband of our deceased Charter

Member 165c, Mrs. Virginia Ferneyhough Gallowa y.McCormick, Miss Eli za (Ida), October 15, 1955, sister o f our deceased

member Mr s. Philip Hill Sheri ff, and aunt of our treasurer, ClarenceWilliam McCormick, member 1062; of Wi lliam McCormick Brooks,member 811; and of Mrs. Charl ott e McCormick Pitts, member 1100.

Magruder, Miss He len, April 25, 1955, sister of our forme r Chief tain, Wil­liam Mari on Magruder, member 71\.

54 YEAR B OOK AM ERICAN C LAN GR EGOR SOCIETY

Rhodes, Mr s. Amelia Adams, January 19, 1955, sister of our CouncilmanJohn Franklin Adams, member 722 ; Mr s. Wm . P. Barber , member 928;Mr s. Jane Adams Lavert y, member 398 ; and Mr s. Adelaine AdamsMagill, member 781.

BIRTH S

Baker , Russell Andrew, III, February 12, 1955, to Russell Andrew, Jr. , and Ma ryMerl e Freeman Baker, she being a member of th e Clan. Russell III, is agra ndson of Mrs. Dor is Hill F reeman, also a member of the Clan. .

Baugh, Beverl y Bond, May 1, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Baugh , Jr.Beverl y is the first gra nddaughter of Mr s. F rederick H. Baugh, Sr. , a memberof the Clan.

Cook, Craig Campbell, Jul y 29, 1955, to Mr . and Mrs. Edwa rd Magruder Cook andgrandson of Mrs. Mary Emma Magruder Cook. Craig's par ent s and his grand­mother are all Clansmen.

Cook, Robert Willi am, Ir., Jun e 19, 1954, to Robert Wm . and Jean Randolph H ig­gins Cook. Robert is the first grandchi ld of Col. and Mrs. Jesse Higgins.Robert 's mother and grandfa ther are members of the Clan.

Donally, Daniel Joseph, Ju ne 27, 1955, to Daniel and Jean Elizabeth Dwyer Don­nally. H e is the first grandson of John Rochfo rd and Elizabeth Hill Dwyer ,who is a Clanswoman.

Ewell, John F rancis, Jr., October 5, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. John F rancis Ewell.Hi s fath er and grandfat her, Nathaniel MacGregor Ewe ll, are also Clansmen.John F ra ncis Ewe ll, J r. and Wa lte r Ewell Pugh are great grandsons of Dr.Jesse Ewe ll.

Green, Christopher Magruder, December 29, 1954, to Rober t Beaurega rd andElizabeth Ann Magruder Green, she a member of th e Clan.

Har vey, Te rryl Ann, Octobe r 16, 1954, to Mr. and Mr s. James H arvey, and agranddaughter of Mr s. Ella Lloyd Magruder Bra un, a Clan member.

Killam, David T homas, January 5, 1954, to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lloyd Kill amof Honolulu, T . H . H e is a gra ndson of our life member from H onolulu, LloydRan dolph Killam.

Knight , William Wilder, J une 13, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. W. W. Knight. Hi smother , the former Beverly Randolph, is a forme r Clan member,

Loveless, Kenneth Hi ll, Augu st 10, 1955, to W illiam Eld ridge Loveless and hiswife H elen, he being a form er member of the Clan. Kenneth Hill is a grand­son of J ohn Eldr idge and Marj orie Hill Loveless, the later being a Clanmember.

Magruder , Andrew Alexander, Janu ary 10, 1955, to J oseph H ull and MarjorieEvelyn Saunders Magruder, and gra ndson of Col. Lloyd Magr uder a Clansman .H is fa ther is a fo rmer member of the Clan.

McGarry, Susa n Lloyd, November 26, 1954, to Jam es F. and Genevieve LloydWo lfe McGarry. H er mother is a member of the Clan.

McGehee, Susan Claiborn, December 5, 1954, to Dr. Fielding and H elen ElizabethE well McGehee. Susan is a grea t-g randdaughter of Dr. Jesse Ewe ll.

Mansfield, John Magruder , Sep tember 3, 1954, to Lt. Comdr. Richard H., j r., andMar y Louise Reitz Mansfield. His fath er and gra ndmother, Mr s. Richard H .Mansfield ( Lilly Magruder), are both Clansmen.

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY ss

Pugh, Walter Ewetl, February 3, 1955, to Olen and Louise Campher Ewetl Pugh,she being a member of the Clan. Walt er Ewetl Pugh is a great grandson ofDr . Jesse Ewell.

These children ar e entered as members of the Clan as they are the children and/orgrandchildren of members. They do not pay dues until th ey become eighteen yearsof age and enter into the Adult Membership.

MA RRI AGE S

M ary I eonnette Toll to Me uri ts Peter K esnar

Miss Mary Jeann ett e T otl, daughter of Mrs. Hilda We tls T otl, of Kok omo,Indian a, became the bride of Mr . Maur its Peter Kesnar, of Carbondale, Illinois, ina double rin g ceremony in the chapel of Ema nuel Episcopa l Church, Champaign,Illin ois, on Ju ne 24, 1955. Fa ther Burgo master officiated at th e ceremo ny withthe member s of the two families and close friends as guests. T he bride was givenin marriage by her uncle, H oward Hillear y W etls. Among the guests were Mr.and Mr s. H oward H . W etls and their daughter , Sa rah Hilleary W etls ; Mrs. MirnaW ells, grandmother of the bride ; and the bride's mother , all of Kokomo, Indi ana.

Mary Jeannette was graduated from the University of Ill inois the pr ecedingSaturday with a maj or in anthropology. Mr. Kesner , a Korean veteran, will beemployed as a labor atory technician in a Decat ur , Illin ois hospital , and the couplewill make th eir home in that city.

Miss Margery Iuolue Mun caster to George Fred H aze/wood

Th e marriage of Miss Margery I volue Muncaster to George Fred H azelwoodtook place at Emmanuel Episcopal Chu rch in Cumber land, Maryland , on March 5,1955. The Rev. H . Maunsell Richardson officiated, and the Right Reverend NobleC. Powell, Bishop of the Diocese of Ma ryland, blessed th e marriage.

Th e bride is the daughter of the lat e Mr. and Mr s. W alt er James Muncaster ofCumberland, and is a member of the Clan. Number 215.

Mrs . H azelwood is a gr adu ate of A llegany H igh School, the Baldwin School,Bryn Maw r, and W ellesley College, W ellesley, Mass. She was a member of theJuni or Volunteer Service Corps, is a member of the Allegany County Bird Club,the Atlegany County Hi stor ical Society, Cumber land Branch of the American As­sociation of Univer sity Women, and until her resignation was employed byW CUM as tr affic manager .

Mr . Ha zelwood, who was born and educated in England, came to the Un itedSta tes in 1911, and is now a business man in Cumberland holding many offices of im­port ance and trust. H e is also Juni or Warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Churc h. H ehas a son, George Fred, Jr., who acted as best man for his fath er.

Alice Jean Moqruder to R oland A shley Timberlake

Double ring wedding vows were solemnized for Miss Alice Jean Magruderand Roland Ashley Timberlake at S o'clock Saturday afternoon June 11, 1955, inthe Trinity Episcopal Church, at Vict oria, Texas. T he Rt. Rev. Eve rett H . Jonescelebra ted the nuptials.

T he bride was escorted to the alter by her brother, Alexa nder Leonard Ma­gruder. She is the daught er of Mr s. Alexander Dalton Magruder, of Vict oria,

S6 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY

T exas, and the late Mr. Magruder, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr . and Mr s.Roland Henry Timberlake of Linn, Texas.

Miss Cynthia Ann Timberlake, sister of the brideg room, was maid of honor ,and Walt er Watson Magrud er, a brother of the bride, was best man.

A reception took place at the Victoria Country Club immediately after thewedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Timberlake will make their home at 181 Clover St., Chula Vista,Cali forni a, where Mr. T imberlake is an ensign in the Navy.

Diane E laine Farris to John W illiam Freeman

The marriage of Miss Diane Elaine Fa rris to John William Freeman wassolemnized on Februa ry 6, 1955 at Las Vegas , Nevada. Diane is the daught er ofAlfred S: Farris and Mildr ed Eu gene Engh; Mr . Freeman is the son of John(Jack) Merle Freeman and Genevieve Jack Hunt, of Glendale, California, andgrandson of Mrs. Doris Hill F reeman and the late Merle Freeman, of LangleyForrest , Virg inia.

Diane and Jack both graduated from the Herbert H oover High School inGlendale, and she is an accomplished pianist. John William is now a Corpora l inthe Marine Air Corps, and was named "Marine of the Month" for July 1955, at theEI Paso Marine Base. Jack and Diane will make th eir home in Glendale.

MEMORI ALSMRS. MAMIE WYN NE Cox

Mr s. Mamie Wynn e Cox, histor ian, newspaperwoman, author, and club­woman for more than fift y years, died at her home in Dallas, Texas, May 12, 1955.Mamie Staunton Wynne was born in Huntsville, Texas, the daughter of JohnMagruder Wynn e and Mary Delthis Adair Wynne. On J une 17, 1896, she marriedW illiam David Cox. .

Mr s. Cox spent many years in Dallas where she was an active member of theDallas Historical Society, Daughters of 1812, and the United Daughters of theConfederacy, Dallas Writers Club, Texas Poetr y Society, and related organizations.She was a member of the American Clan Grego r Society and, while she could notcome to the Gatherings in Wa shington, she loved to be among her Clan kin, andshe and her son attended the first State Unit Gathering of the Clan which was heldin San Antonio, T exas, May 31, 1953.

The author of many feature articles which gained recognition in weekly andmonthly periodical s, she is probably best known for her book The R omantic Flagsof Teras. Publi shed in 1936 as an auth entic history, it won many favorable re­views, and was used by Se1znick-International Studios for research in the movieGalle W ith the W ind. Oth er books written by Mr s. Cox include A L ove S tory ofMineral W ells and The History of the First Twe nty Ye ars of the S am H oustonState Normal Institute and Historic Hunt sville, a collector's item. Her story Wh erethe Raven Came to Rest won a gold medal award from the Texas W oman's PressAssociation in 1931. In October, 1939, she was awa rded a silver bowl by the Unit edDaughters of the Confederacy for historical research.

Mrs. Cox apparently inherit ed much of her writing ability since her mother,Mary Adair Wynne, gained considerabl e literary recognition.

ROH~RT LEE ~IAGR U'nER, JR.

1889 -1955

•

YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 57

After graduating from the Sam Houston Normal Institu te, Mrs. Cox taughtfor a while in Temple, Texas, High schools.

As associate editor of the Temple Daily T ribune, she became known for a dailyfeature, Th rough My S tudy Window. H er newspaper background included assign­ments as society editor, court report er and editorial writer.

She was president of the Texas W oman's P ress Association for two term s andpoet laureate of the Texas Division of the United Daught ers of the Confederacy forth ree years.

Survivors include a son, Willi am Adair Cox of Dallas, Texas, a sister, Mrs .T yler Haswell of Bryan, Texas, two grandchildren and three grea t-g randchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by the Reverend Bertram L. Smith, withburial in Laur el Land Memoria l Park.

M RS. EDWARD G REE NVILLE MAGRUDER

1870-1955

Final rites for Mr s. Edward Greenville Magrud er, local historian, were heldon May 7, 1955, at the First Bapti st Church of San Angelo, Texas, with buria l inFairmont Cemetery. Th e Reverend James Leavell officiated. Mr s. Magrud er, theformer Bett ie Guyler Ward, was born in Austin , Texas, January 2, 1870, and diedat her home in San Angelo, May 5, 1955. On Jul y 4, 1889, at Wallis, T exas, shemarr ied Dr. Edward Greenville Magru der, a gra ndson of Patri ck Magruder, thefirst Librar ian of Congress. She was an Associate Member of the Clan.

Mrs. Magrud er came to San Angelo with her husband in 1906 and that sameyear Dr. Magrud er built an eight-bed tuberculosis sanato rium near their home. Hedied in 1929.

As Hi storian of the Mountain Remnant Brigade, an organization of soldiers ofthe War Between the States, and of the Texa s Society, United Daughters of theConfederacy, Mr s. Magruder' s collection on the Civil W ar was among the mostcomprehensive in San AngeLo. Shortly before her death she had been engaged inwriting a history of the Texa s navy.

Mr s. Magrud er 's father settled Ward Ben, a small community named in hishonor, near H ouston.

Survivors include three daughters, Margar et Vashti Magrud er of San Angelo,Mr s. Hazel M. Baskerville of Dallas, and Mr s. Dorothy M. Buchanan of Bryan,Texa s, all three members of the Clan, and a son, H . Ward Magrud er of H ouston.

ROBERT L EE M AGRU DER, JR.

1889-1955

A Tribute by his sister, Florence Magruder Johnson

Robert Lee Magrud er, Jr., of Chipley, Georgia, passed awa y on Augu st 8,1955, at the hospital in LaGrange, Georgia, where he had been confined since June16. He had been ill since Mar ch. Fun eral services were held on the 9th at the Chip­ley Methodist Church, with The Reverend Robert Lyle, pastor , assisted by TheReverend Roy Etheridge and The Reverend Andy Bonner, conducting the services.Burial was in the famil y lot in the Chipley Cemetery.

Lee was born in Columbus, Georgia, November 27, 1889, the son of the lateRobert Lee Magruder, Sr., and Nannie Ben Gates. After his retirement from the

58 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY

Seaboard Air Line Rail road, at Columbus, in December, 1954, he came to Chipleyto make his home with his sister . He had thirty years service with that railroad.Survivor s ar e a sister, Mr s. F lorence Magruder Johnson of Chipley; two nieces,Mrs. Frances Johnson Murrah of Winter Park, F la., and Miss Elizabeth Magruderof New Smyrna Beach, F la.; two great-nephews, Robert L. Murrah of Atl anta, Ga.,and Kenneth F . Murrah of Winter Park, F la. ; an aunt, Mrs. Matti e Ammons, ofLaGrange, and an uncle, Harold Magruder of Chipley.

Lee was a member of the Amercian Clan Gregor Society and for a number ofyears was very active in its work. He served the Clan as Scribe, Rankin g DeputyChieftain and as a member of the Council. He submitted several articles for theYear Book, including an article on his fath er, Robert Lee Magruder, Sr ., and "T heGeorg ia Magru ders." He cont ributed two very valuable documents to the Clan," Hezekiah Magr uder, H is Ancestry and Descendants," and "Descendants of H eze­kiah Magrud er in W orld War H."

He loved being a member of the Clan and had expected to atte nd the Gatherin gin October, 1955, to renew old fri endships.

"We bow in humble submission to the will of Him, who doeth all things Well."But , we shall miss him so much.

LT. COL. WILSON K ENT M AGRUDER

1903-1955

Lt. Col. Wil son Kent Magruder died at W alter Reed Hospital in Washington,D. c., on September 14, 1955. H e was a member of an old Mar yland family andwas born in Hyattsville, on November 6, 1903, the son of the late Cassius Clay andAgnes Harrison Magrud er .

A veteran flyer, he took up aviation as a hobby while a civilian, flew his owncub plane and served for several years in the Marine Av iation Reserve beforeenter ing the Air Fo rce with a commission.

We ll known in the community, Col. Magru der ' had a wide acquaintance insevera l organizations in which he was active and in civilian Government agencies.He was a member of the American Clan Gregor Society.

After attend ing public schools in H yatt sville, he studied at George WashingtonUniversity. H e held positions in the Government Printing Office, and the FederalSecuri ty Agency, the Commerce Depar tment. In 1928 he accepted a position withthe Panama Canal P rinting Office, and while in Panama he met Juanita CarabeoForsman, whom he married in 1932, in Washington, D. C.

He served tours of duty with the Air Fo rce. After receiving his commissionin 1942, he was a Captain and a Maj or with the Eig hth Air Force in the EuropeanT heater of Opera tions until 1944, when he served at the P entagon in W ashington,D. C. In 1952 he was called to active duty in the office of the Assistant Chief ofStaff, G-4.

Col. Magruder was active in severa l orga nizations, including the United StatesAggies Rifle and Pi stol Club, of which he was president in 1953. In that year hewon the Na tional Rifl e Assoc iation championship. Hi s other memberships includedthe Masonic order, in which he belonged to the Federal Lodge ; Columbia Chapter ,Columbia Commandery Knight s Ternp lar, of which he was eminent past com­mander ; and Almas Temple of the Shrine. H e was also a member of the Henry C. ..

•YEAR BOOK AMERICA N C LAN GREGOR SOCIETY S9

t

Spengler P ost No. 12 of the American Leg ion, Na tional Sojourners No . 3, and theFranklin T echnical Society.

Col. Magruder' s illness led to his retirement from the armed forc es on June 30,1954.

H e is survived by his widow ; a daught er , Mr s. E thel Roberts and a son,Charles Forsman, both by th e previous marriage of his wife; two grandchildren;a sister, Mrs. Anna Minerv a Graves; and four brothers, Fie lder Thomas, LewisEdward, Irie Bryan and Cassius Clay Magruder, Jr. ; two sisters, H arr iett LucilleMagr uder and Ma rtha Agne s Magruder, predeceased him.

Col. Magrude r was a nephew of William Pinkney Magrud er of Hyattsville,Ma ry land and descended fr om Sam uel Magruder and E leanor Wade, through theline of Fie lder Magruder who married his cousin Matilda Ma gruder.

H ENRIETTA M ARIA CLARISSA FOLLANSBEE MAY NARD

1864-1954

By Her Dau ghter, Pau line Mavnard Trout

H enri ett a Mari a Clari ssa Follansbee was the daughter of J oseph Vinton andHenr ietta Su san W ebb Follan sbee. She was born in the home place at Gamb ri lls,Maryland, December 18, 1864, and died there on December 17, 1954, ju st one daybef ore her ninetieth birthday. She married Richard H . Maynard. March 27, 1894.

All of her life she was act ive in Church and community work until a short timebefore her death. Sh e established a Mission Sunday School on the "Edgewood"property which she inherited while my broth ers and I were children and where wemoved about 1904. Abo ut 1913 or 1914 we moved from "Edgewood" back to the oldhome place at Gambri lls. Mot her taught the Sunday School and persuaded theRector of St. Step hen's Churc h to hold serv ices there every Sunday nigh t. T hisMission lat er developed into St. J ohn's Chapel a t Gamb rills, for which mother gavethe grounds. She cont ributed genero usly of her t ime, energ y and money to thi sChapel a t Gambri lls. Mother did much cha ri table work in the community andman y times went with the Red Cross nur se f rom Annapolis to visit the sick anddestitute famili es. During th e first \Vorld War she was ver y active in Red Cro sswork.

Mother was a member of the Ame rican Clan Gr egor Societ y and greatlyenj oyed attending th e early Gatherings and reading the Y ear Book s. She wasparticular ly intere sted in the Magruder Chapte r D.A.R. in Washin gton, D. c., asshe was exceedingly proud of her Magruder ancestry. Since she was already aCharter member of the Ann e Arund el County Chapter , D.A.R. when Ma gr uderChapter was for med and cou ld not be a member of both, she insisted that I becomea member of Magruder Chapter. Mother was first Vice Rege nt of the AnneArundel County Chapt er aft er its orga nization on November 13, 1911, and was it shistor ian fo r year s. After she resigned thi s offi ce she was a consulting histor ian andwas often called upon to make impr omptu talk s on historical subjects. She alwaysseemed to have dat a on historical events at her fingert ips, and I believe that shewas at times guest speake r at other Chap ter s' meeti ngs. On several occasions shewas sent as delegat e or alte rna te to the Continenta l Congress of the. D .A.R. inWashington. She prepared many papers as the result of original research and some

60 YEAR BOOK AUERICAN CLAN GIlEGOR SOCIETY

of these were accepted for the National D.A.R. files. She was an avid student,especially of history, and had a remarkable memory until the day of her death.

She took an active part in the celebration of the Severn Parish Centennial in1945 ( St. Stephen's is the Mother Church of thi s Parish) , and prepar ed the datafor the celebration in 1946 when The Cross at the Chapel of Ease of thi s pari sh waserected by the Anne Arundel County Chapter.

Her children, grandchildren, and great-g randchildren, as well as her manyrelatives and friends, will miss her greatly and will remember her in their heartsalways.

M RS. F. L EONARD W AILES

1875-1954

Mr s. Mildred Thrift Wailes, widow of F . Leonard Wailes, died at her home inMadi son, Vir ginia, December 12, 1954. Fun eral services were held by the ReverendDavid Lewis and the Rev. Paul H eines of Piedmont Epi scopal Church in Madi son,of which she was a lifetime member.

"Pete," as she was affectionat ely called by her famil y, was born at " Rockland,"near Cha rlottesville, in Albemarle County, Vi rginia, on April 6, 1875, the daughterof Sally Bowcock and James Ea rly Thrift. She attended private schools and wasgraduated from Klienburg, a school for girls in Nelson County, Virginia, conductedby the Misses Wailes, the students taking their final examinations under the Uni­versity of Virginia professors. An ard ent reader and lover of books and of learn­ing, she taught for a number of years.

She spent many winters in Washington, D. C, with her brother, the late JohnBowcock Thrift, and was mar ried at St. Stephen's Epi scopal Church in that cityon November 22, 1916 to Frank Leonard Wailes, a well known atto rney of Sali s­bur y, Maryland. She lived in Salisbury until his death in November, 1953, and thenreturned to Madi son, Vir ginia, to make her home with her sister, E lsie MagruderThrift.

She was always interested in the American Clan Gregor Society and when­ever she could do so att ended its meetings with her sister, who is a charter member .

A quotati on from Th e Modison County Eagle at the time of her death mani ­fests her lovely character : "Mrs. Wailes' beauty, her splendid mind, which re­mained brilliant until she died, and her vast per sonal charm, endear ed her not onlyto relatives but to every one who knew her. The death of a tr uly great lady hasbrought wide-spr ead sorrow to those who knew and loved her ."

•

•

•

•

•

~IRS. F. L EOX ARH \ V AILES

ISiS - 1954

YEAR B OOK AMElUCAN CL AN GREGOR SOCIETY 61

CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE IN THE YEAR BOOKSOF 1953, 1954 AND 1955

• Please mak e these changes in your copy

1953- Page 52-Name should read Alexander Dalton Magruder.Pa ge 66-No. 1087, Change Alice to Allie.Page 65-No. 995, Change Brake, Mr s. Harold to read : Griffith, Mrs.

Harold.Page 65- No. 994, Change Halliday to Holliday.

1954--Page 23, 3rd para graph fr om bottom of page, Change Columbus, Georg ia toread Columbia County, Georgia .

Page 59-Under "The Clan's Old Guard" add :No. 8B-Ewell, Jessie, J r ., Ruck ersville, Va.

1955- Page 7S--Top of page, the 1st line should go above the heading "Mrs.Henri etta Kingsley Cummings Black," as it is the last line of thearticle on page 77.

ATTENDANCE AT THE GATHERING OF THE CLAN, 1955Addison, Mr. and Mr s. Walter W ., Mitchellsville, Md.Allgeyer, Mr . and Mr s. James E., Washington, D. C.

' - Ballard, Miss Judy, Baltimore, Md.Baugh, Mr s. Fr ederick H. , Baltimore, Md.Bopp, Mr s. Rudolph J ., Chevy Chase, Md.Bowie, Miss Cornelia Magruder, Wa shington, D. C.

I Bubb, Mr s. Ralph, Silver Spr ing, Md.-Cainon, Mr s. Cutler J ., Washington, D. C.-Ci ssil, Miss Alberta, Washington, D. C.Clagett, Mr . Page Bowie, Mitchellsville, Md.Cox, Mrs. Merle LeRoy, Chevy Chase Md.Craig, Col. and Mr s. Wi lliam H., Fort Meade, Md.

- Curtis, Miss Jan e P ., Manassas, Va.-Curtis, Mr s. Mary R., Alexandria, Va.Daniell, Mr. Smith Coffee, Port Gibson, Miss.Deneen, Miss Florence, Chicago, 111.Dwyer, Mr s. J . Rochford , Bethesda, Md.Everett, Mr s. Hu gh, j r., Alexandri a, Va,Ferneyhough, Dr. and Mr s. Robert , W arrenton, Va.F iala, Mr s. Jam es George, Washington, D. C.Galloway, Mr. Willi am L. K. , Washington, D. C, Clan Pipe rGannon, Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Alonzo, Wa shington, D. C.Gantt , Mr s. Helen W oods, W ashington, D. C.Gassaway, Miss Hel en Muncaster , Baltimore, Md.Gassaway, Miss Rosalie Hanson, Baltim ore, Md.

-Garioch, Jam es, Bethesda, Md., Maj or PiperGitting s, Miss Sarah Elizabeth, Arlington, Va,

- Hawkins, Mr s. M. L., Wa shington, D. C.Hill, Miss Regina Magruder, Washingt on, D. C.

62 YEAR BOOK AMERI CAN C LAN GREGOR SOCIETY

•Holmes, Mr . and Mrs. Forrest S., College Park, Md.Holmes, Mr. Forr est S., j r., College Park, Md.H ord, Mr s. Allen S., Ruckersville, Va.Howe, The Rev. Reue! L., Alexandria, Va.Hunter, Miss Amy Belle, Washington, D. C.Hunter , F rancis Key, Wa shington, D. C.

• Kindness, Mr. and Mrs. Norman G., Wa shingt on, D. C.Loveless, Mrs. John Eldridge, Wa shington, D. C.Lummis, Mr . and Mrs. Irwin L., Shadwell, Va.Lummis, Miss Frances L., Wa shington, D. C.Mackall, Mr. and Mr s. Willi am Whamm, Vienna, Va.Mackey, Miss Pauline, W ashington, D. C.Mansfield, Mr s. Richard H. , Bladensburg, Md.Milwit, Mr. Jacob, Wa shington, D. C.Milwit, Mrs. Virginia Diedel, Washington, D. C.Muncaster, Miss Emma Waters, Washington , D. C.Murdock, Mr s. James, Wa shington, D. C.Myers, Mr . Waring Gantt, Wa shington , D. C.Magruder, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Cart er Bowie, Arlington, Va.Magruder, Th e Rev. Daniel Randall, Hingham, Mass .Magrud er, Mr. Donald Richard, Ar lington , Va.Magruder, Mr s. William Eldon, Lexington, Ky.Magruder, Mr . and Mr s. J. Maynard , Arlington, Va.Magrud er, Mr . and Mr s. James M., Baltimore, Md.Magruder, Miss Jane Beall, Washington, D. C.Magruder, Mr . John, Arlin gton, Va,Magruder, Comdr. John Holmes, Jr., Wa shington, D. C.Magrud er, Miss Mari on, Arlington, Va.Magruder, Mr s. Marion Milton , Falls Church, Va .Magrud er, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Marshall, Wa shington, D. C.Magrud er, Dr. and Mr s. Roger Gregory, Charlottesville, Va.Magrud er, Mr. and Mr s. Roy, W ashington, D. C.Magruder, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Garland, Arlington, Va.Magruder, Mr . William B. Hamilton, San Anton io, Tex.Magrud er, Mr . and Mrs. William Mari on, Lexington, Ky.

·McCork le, Mr . and Mrs. James, Ar lington, Va.McCormick, Mr. Clar ence Willi am, University Park, Md.McDona ld, Mr. and Mrs. John G., Rockville, Md.McGehee, Mr . Ernest Clifton, Arlington , Va.McGehee, Mr. Robert Clifton, Arlington, Va.

·McGregor, Mr. and Mr s. Frank, Washington, D. C.· McGregor, Miss He len, Wa shington, D. C.·McGregor , Mr. T homas W., Washington, D. C.

Noble, Mrs. Dixie M., Washington, D. C.·Paterson, Mr. Andrew R , Washington, D. C.

Pitts, Mrs. Char lotte McCormick , Brandywine, Md.·Pitts, Mrs. J ean Melson, Brandyw ine, Md.

Poole, Miss Katherine Riggs, Wa shington, D. C.

•

•

..

YEAR B OOK AMERICA N CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY

Poole, Miss Martha Sprigg, Wa shington, D. C.Prevish, Mr s. Esther Pitts, Lanexa, Va.Reynolds, Miss Anna Louise, Washington, D. C.Reynolds, Miss Julia R., Arl ington, Va .Rhoades, Mr s. Rex Hays, Wa shington, D. C.Richard son, Mrs. Jessie Muncaster, Bladensburg, Md.

*Sikes, Miss Ruby E., Arlington, Va.*Smith, Mr s. Alma Guthri e, Bethesda, Md.

Stabler, Mr . and Mr s. Robert Rowland , Silver Spr ing, Md.Stockham, Miss June Lippincott , Lanexa, Va .Talbott, Mrs. Willi am Randolph, Rockville, Md.

*Taylor, Miss Dorothy M., Baitimor e, Md.Th ompson, The Rev. Enoch Magruder , Wa shington, D. C.Thrift, Miss El sie Magruder , Madison, Va.

*Turnbull, Mr. F rederick W ., St. Andrews Society, Washington, D. C.van den Berg, Mr s. O. 0 ., Washington, D. C.Walde, William, II, Washington, D. C.Wald e, Mr s. Ruth Ashley, Washington, D. C.Walker, Miss Letiti a Dunn ington, Silver Spring, Md.W alker, Miss Mar gar et Sa lisbury , Silver Spring, Md.Waters, Mr s. Basil Worthington, Der wood, Md.Waters, Miss Laura Ann, Derwood, Md.Wood, Mrs. Grace McGregor , Washington, D. C.Woolf , Miss E lsie K, Washington, D. C.

There were probably others attending who failed to regi ster .*Dm otes Guests.

6J