Notes on the genealogy of the Gholson family / by Edwin Gholson, October 11, 1897.
Gholson, Edwin, 1863-1949.
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Eleanor Gholson Taft 1GS5771 Edwin Gholson 1863-1949 Taken in his 85th year EDWIN GHOLSON Bom May 3, 1863 Died January 6, 1949 The Cincinnati Law Library Association A Tribute Edwin Gholson, librarian emeritus of this Association, who had been its efficient active librarian for forty-nine years, from 1899 to 1948, died January 6, 1949. The library itself, which during the time of his care increased from one containing some 20,000 bound volumes to one containing over 85,500 bound volumes and 25,000 pamphlets, is his most fitting memorial. But we, his associates, here record our appreciation of his untiring efforts in behalf of the library and of our admiration and affection for him as a man and as a companion. Edwin Gholson was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, May 3, 1863. His father was a physician and both of his parents were descended from old Virginia families. His grandfather, William Yates Gholson, was one of the original judges of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, and later a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Edwin was educated at Chalmers Institute, the University of Mississippi, and the Cincinnati Law School, from which he graduated in 1885. He was admitted to the bars of Ohio, Mississippi and Texas. After practicing for a time in Texas, he returned to Cincinnati in 1887, and formed a partner¬ ship with Hartwell Cabell. In 1889, he succeeded Maurice W. Myers as librarian after the latter’s death and thirty-eight years of service. The services of the two thus covered a period of eighty-seven years. The Court House riots and fire in 1884 completely destroyed the then existing library from which date it has grown to its present importance. The ideal of Mr. Gholson in administering the affairs of the 4 library was completeness, and in this respect its collections in many lines of the law are almost, if not altogether unique. It has virtually a complete collection of everything ever published in the way of American reports. Of the English reports, the collateral reports, the publications of societies and text books containing an appendix of cases, it has one of the two approxi¬ mately complete sets in the world. Its collection of Scotch, Irish and Canadian reports is correspondingly as complete. Its collections of State and territorial session laws are almost com¬ plete, and of State Statutes and Codes, of legal periodicals, of text books, of bar association proceedings and of jurisprudence and the history of the law, its collections are of the very best. Mr. Gholson could say with pride as he did in 1920, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Librarians, of which he was a charter member, “In the odd titles of the law, in legal biography and bench and bar reminiscenses, in legal miscellanies, in law pamphlets, and in collection of trials, no law library excels it.” All this material is catalogued and indexed on more than one-half million cards, each of which until his retirement had been prepared by the librarian personally. These results were attained with a very small income, and with very little clerical assistance, one assistant and one attendant, except for the last year, when he had also a part time clerk. He laboriously studied second hand lists and visited book stores in America and England and by these means purchased at moderate prices thousands of items which are either lacking in other libraries or for which they have paid large sums. This was possible only because of Mr. Gholson’s characteristics — perserverance, industry, and studiousness. But we record here not only this tribute to him as a librarian, but also our affection for a friend. He was a lovable companion, kind, helpful, and with a keen wit which made it a delight to be with him. He was married to Miss Eleanor L. Thomas, who died in November, 1891, leaving to his care and that of her mother an infant daughter, Eleanor, now Mrs. Hulbert Taft. The mutual admiration, love and devotion of father and daughter were ideal. To her we extend our deepest sympathy in the loss of her distinguished father, and direct that a copy of this record be sent to her. From the minutes of the Board of Trustees of The Cincinnati Law Library Association, February 2, 1949. 5 THE GHOLSON FAMILY ANTHONY GHOLSON B. about 1680 D. 1764 M. Jane JOHN GHOLSON B. 1715 D. 1790 M. Esther Cook 1739. Alive in 1766 THOMAS GHOLSON B. D. 1809 M. Jane Perry B. D. 1829 THOMAS GHOLSON, JR. B. 1780 D. 1816 M. Anne Yates. Her second marriage to George Freeman, Bishop of Texas, Arizona and Indian Territory in 1844. B. 1788 D. 1856 WILLIAM YATES GHOLSON B. Dec. 25, 1807 D. Sept. 21, 1870 M. Anne Jane Taylor, Dec. 25, 1827 1. Samuel Creed 2. Anne Jane (Glasgow) B. Nov. 12, 1805 D. Dec. 20, 1831 M. Elvira Wright, May 21, 1839 1. Virginia (Kittridge) 2. William Yates, Jr. B. Oct. 13, 1820 D. Oct. 19, 1885 SAMUEL CREED GHOLSON B. Sept. 13, 1828 D. Jan. 5, 1910 M. Mary Caruthers, June 12, 1855 B. Sept. 1, 1834 D. Mar. 28, 1929 EDWIN GHOLSON B. May 6, 1863 D. Jan. 9, 1949 M. Eleanor Lawrence Thomas B. 1866 D. 1891 6 1965 THE DESCENDANTS OF DR. SAMUEL CREED AND MARY (CARUTHERS) GHOLSON 1. WILLIAM YATES GHOLSON B. 1856 D. M. Edith Kempe, 1886 B. 18 D. 19 Children 1. Edith B. 18 M. Harry Blaising 2. Yates B. 18 D. 19 3. Katherine B. 18 M. 19 Roscoe Crabbs, Lester Gayle, Jr. 2. SAMUEL CARUTHERS GHOLSON B. 1859 D. 1893 M. Kate Harris B. 1873 D. 1943 Children 1. Harris B. 1888 M. Janet Fort, 1912 B. 1893 2. Winfield B. 1893 3. EDWIN GHOLSON B. 1863 D. 1949 M. Eleanor Lawrence Thomas, 1890 B. 1866 D. 1891 Children 1. Eleanor Lawrence B. 1891 M. Hulbert Taft, 1946 4. ARTHUR GHOLSON B. 1867 D. 1954 M. Elizabeth Lenore Clark, 1893 B. 1872 D. 1897 Children 1. Mary Barton B. 1894 M. Herbert Dowell 2. Samuel Creed B. 1895 D. 1918. Killed in First World War 7 5. CARY FREEMAN GHOLSON B. 1870 D. 1897 (unmarried) 6. ANNA JANE GHOLSON B. 1873 D. 1942 M. Daniel Irving Howard, 1892 Children 1. Daniel Irving, Jr. 2. Mary Creed B. 1895 M. George Lewis Davis 3. Cary B. 18 M. James Tucker 4. Virginia Woodson B. 1900 M. Frank Brandon Palmer 5. Benjamin Rollins B. 1902 D. 1943 M. Anne Depre 6. James William B. 1904 D. 1956 M. Monetta McWilliams 7. Anna Gholson B. 1908 M. William Henry Cammack 8. Arthur Gholson B. 1911 M. Cecil Abrom 9. Robert Taylor B. 1910 M. Anna Deloney 1 son, Edwin Gholson 7. NORMAN GLASGOW GHOLSON B. 1875 D. 19 M. Elizabeth Penick B. 18 D. Children 1. Daniel Penick B. 19 D. 19 2. Mary Caruthers B. M. 3. Samuel Creed B. M. 8. MARY VIRGINIA B. 1879 M. William B. Maclin 8 NOTES ON THE GENEALOGY OF THE GHOLSON FAMILY % The name, “Gholson,” evidently of Saxon derivation, is an extremely rare one, and I have been able to leam of no one bearing it, who did not trace his descent from the Virginia family. Chas. Edward Stuart, the Pretender, at one time, assumed the name of “Gholston,” but by what right, or for what reason, does not appear. This is the only reference to the name outside of the Virginia family that I have found, though I have examined with care all lists of early English names that have come under my notice. It cannot be stated positively who was the first settler in Virginia of this name. There is no reference to him in any of the published lists of Emigrants arriving there in the seven¬ teenth century. These lists, however, as a rule, are prefaced with the statement that the persons, therein named, had been examined as to their religious belief, and that they conformed to the tenets of the Established Church. There is some evi¬ dence to support the conclusion that the Gholsons, for some generations after their settlement in Virginia, belonged to the “Dissenter” element, and it is probable that the immigrant Gholson — even granting his English origin and descent — did not come to America directly from England, and perhaps did not, in the first instance, settle in Virginia. ANTHONY GHOLSON, born about 1680, died in 1764, is the first of the name, of whom there is any record, settling in Virginia. In 1763, he was living in the County of Orange, and was then an owner of a considerable estate. There is a mention of several deeds signed by Jane and Anthony Gholson. In 1763, we find him dividing his estate. He and Jane had several children, but it is the youngest, John, who is our ancestor, bom, 1715, died, 1790. On July 23rd, 1763, “Anthony Gholson, of St. Thomas Parish in the Coun¬ ty of Orange, for divers good causes and consider¬ ations, me thereunto moving, but more especially for the love and good will and tender affection I bear to my beloved children, as shall be hereafter named,” made a deed of gift of certain slaves and personal property to: “My son, William Gholson; my son, Anthony Gholson; my daughter, Elizabeth Rice; my daughter, Lucy Step, and to by grand-daughter, Jane Pollard;” 9 reserving, however, a life interest in all the slaves and chattels, to “my wife, Jane.” On the 8th day of August, in the same year, the said Anthony Gholson executed a deed of gift of certain real and personal property “to my son, John Gholson,” whose name did not appear in the preceding instrument. It is, perhaps, worthy of remark that both of these deeds are signed with a cross. Anthony Gholson was the four times great-grandfather of Edwin Gholson. On the 3rd day of December, 1764, Jane Gholson con¬ veyed to her son, John Gholson, her life interest in all of the property mentioned in the foregoing deeds. Between this last date, and the time at which his will was probated, July 26, 1790, there are a number of deeds made by John and Esther Gholson, of which the records are preserved in Orange County, but owing to the fact that the only description of the property, mentioned in the deed of gift from Anthony Gholson is “one lot of land which I bought from Nathaniel Rice,” I have been un¬ able from the data in my possession, to trace its disposition. This, if known, would settle all questions as to whether or not this John, the son of Anthony Gholson, was one and the same with the J ohn Gholson, who married Esther Cook, and to whom her father, Thomas Cook, gave the property described in the deed of June 25, 1741. That such was the case, I have no doubt, but I lack the absolute record evidence of the fact. There are, however, many things which go to indicate the correctness of this deduction. JOHN GHOLSON, son of Anthony and Jane ( ) Gholson, was born about 1715. The first notice that we find of him on the records of Orange County, Colony of Virginia, is in the deed referred to above, dated June 25, 1741, by which Thomas Cook, of St. Thomas Parish, in Orange County, Colony of Virginia, planter, conveys to the said John Gholson, and his wife, Esther (Cook), whom he married in 1739, the latter being the daughter of the grantor, one hundred acres of land on the North Fork of the North Anna River, the tract upon which the said John Gholson then resided, and is described as adjoining lands already owned by him. On June 25, 1747, “John Gholson, planter,” purchased an additional tract of land in the same locality, and he continued to reside there until as late as 1772, when he removed to a large plantation which he had purchased from Henry Beverly, and which is described as being “on Marsh Run in Orange County and near a notable ridge of rocks.” He 10 lived there until his death, which occurred in 1790, when his will was probated. The Home place devised to his two sons, Thomas and John, was disposed of by them in 1791 — they both being re¬ moved from Orange County. Esther, the wife of John Gholson, is mentioned and provided for in his will, and she was, conse¬ quently living, at least as late as October, 1786, this being the date of his will. Whether or not she survived him, does not appear. There is no record in Orange County of any will or settlement of her estate. John Gholson was in the French and Indian Wars under Colonel Washington, Company H. in 1754. THOMAS GHOLSON, (son of John and Esther Cook Gholson) . The name of Thomas Gholson appears on the Orange County records for the first time as one of the devisees in his father’s will (probated July 26th, 1790). In this, there is a devise of the Homestead to “my two sons, Thomas Gholson and John Gholson,” to be divided between them, and also a joint bequest of slaves and personalty. They were both named as executors, but John only qualified. Thomas had moved to, and was living in Brunswick County prior to November 18th, 1772, as is evidenced by a recital in a deed of that date from Adam Sims to him, in which he is referred to as, “of the County of Brunswick and Parish of St. Andrew.” His place was located on the Meherrim River, and the town of Gholsonville was named in his honor. On August 10th, 1791, “Thomas Gholson and Jane, his wife, of Brunswick, State of Virginia, and John Gholson and Frances, his wife, of the State of North Carolina” disposed of their interest in the Homestead in Orange County, and after this, as my correspondent there writes me “the name of Gholson nowhere appears in the records of Orange County.” From 1772 on, however, the name of Thomas Gholson appears with much frequency in the records of his new home, Brunswick County, and judging by the number of realty trans¬ fers to, and by him, he was evidently a man of affairs. The first deed in which his wife, Jane (Perry) Gholson joins with him, is one bearing date of October 28th, 1782, but nearly all of the records prior to that time are of deeds made to him in which her name naturally would not appear. I have not been able to obtain date of his removal to Brunswick County. The Perrys were settled in Middlesex County early in 1700. In his will, which is dated May 14th, 1806, he states that he is “old, weak and approaching near to the end appointed for all men.” His 11 will was proved and admitted to record, April 24th, 1809, so he probably died shortly before that date. His wife was alive at the time of the execution of his will, and is said to have survived him some years. The date of her decease is not known, but it was about 1829. There is no record of any will by her or any settlement of her estate in Brunswick County. The issue of Thomas and Jane (Perry) Gholson were six children. THOMAS GHOLSON, JR., the third son of Thomas and Jane (Perry) Gholson was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1780. He received an academic education, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice in Brunswick, Virginia. He was elected a Representative to the Tenth Con¬ gress in place of John Claiborne, deceased; took his seat, November 7, 1808, at the commencement of the second session of that Congress, was re-elected to the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth, serving until July 14, 1816, when he died at the home of his brother, Squire William Gholson in Brunswick County. His death is said to have resulted from the effects of a wound, received several years previously, while act¬ ing as Volunteer Aide on the staff of General Porter, during the War of 1812, and at the time of a threatened attack upon Washington by the British forces. A statement furnished by the Record Office of the War Department reads as follows: “The records of this office show that one, Thomas Gholson, served as a private in Capt. William Palmer’s Company of Infantry, 5th Regiment of Virginia Militia, War of 1812. His name appears on the roll of the period from May 30, to June 28, 1814, which bears the remarks: ‘Com. of service, May 31, 1814; Exp. service June 10, 1814,’ ‘Term charged 11 days; Aid to Gen. Porter.’ ” He married in Southampton County, Virginia, July 28th, 1806, Anne, daughter of Colonel William and Elizabeth (Booth) Yates, (born May 2, 1788). She survived him, and married secondly in 1818, The Reverend George W. Freeman, after¬ wards Bishop of the P. E. Church for Arkansas and Texas, (born June 13, 1789, died April 29, 1858). Anne died June 18, 1856 at Little Rock, Arkansas. There is no record of any will by, or settlement of the estate of, Thomas Gholson, Jr., in Brunswick County, and it is probable that his residence was in Southampton. His eldest son was born there, and an entry made by him in the family Bible refers to his parents as “of Southampton.” 12 The children of Thomas Jr. and Anne (Yates) Gholson were: 1. William Yates Gholson, born December 25, 1807, died September 21, 1870. 2. Cary Anne Gholson, bom 1809, died December 10, 1896 at Staten Island, New York. She married May 14, 1829 her first cousin, Thomas Sounders Gholson. 3. Thomas Gholson, lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee. Died in Holly Springs, 1856. 13 Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati William Yates Gholson 1807-1870 WILLIAM YATES GHOLSON, eldest son of Thomas, Jr., and Anne (Yates) Gholson, was born in Southampton County, Virginia, December 25, 1807. Graduated at “Nassau Hall,,, Princeton, New Jersey. He studied law at “Needham,” near Farmville, Virginia, under Chancellor Creed Taylor. He married Anne Jane Taylor, (bom November 12, 1805). niece of the Chancellor, and daughter of Samuel and Martha (Wood- son) Taylor, December 25, 1827. From this time until her death, December 20, 1831, he lived in Brunswick County, near Gholson ville. Whether or not he was engaged in the practice of law at this time, I do not know, but certain letters of his, which I have seen, indicate that he was living on his plantation and devoting more or less time to cotton raising. The children of this first marriage were : 1. Samuel Creed Gholson (married Mary Hannah Caruthers, in 1855) 2. Anne Jane Gholson (married Francis Thomas Glasgow, in 1853) After his wife’s death he lived for a time in Prince Edward and Cumberland Counties. Early in 1834, he moved to Mississippi; settling at Pontotoc in that state where he speedily acquired a considerable practice. He was one of the organizers of, and one of the earliest trustees of the University of Mississippi. He married secondly, May 21, 1839, Elvira, only child of Judge Daniel W. and Martha (Patrick) Wright, of Pontotoc, (born October 13, 1820). Her father was at one time Judge of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. The two children of this marriage were: 1. Virginia Gholson (married Edmund Kittredge) 2. William Yates Gholson, Jr. In 1844, William Yates Gholson sold his slaves, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where shortly afterwards, he was appointed City Solicitor. From 1854 to 1859, he was Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. From November 8, 1859 to December 1, 1863, he was Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, having been first appointed by the Governor to fill an un¬ expired term, and afterwards elected for a full term. In 1863, he resigned the office and returned to the practice of Law in Cincinnati. He died September 21, 1870 at his home in Avon¬ dale, near Cincinnati. His wife, Elvira (Wright) Gholson died October 19, 1885. He is said to have had few equals at the Ohio bar and 15 was an effective political speaker. The late Justice Stanley Matthews of the Supreme Court of the United States said of him: “As a man of great intellectual power, cultivated to a high degree by incessant activity, and furnished with all that laborious study could impart; of a well balanced temperament, uniting in just proportion the qualities of a sound judgment with an active and subtle preception; cautious in conclusions; ingenious in reasoning; he was remarkable, not more for the depth and reach of his abilities, than for his intel¬ lectual integrity and the courage of his convictions. His moral nature was equally harmonious, and in all that constitutes probity and honor, he was without stain. His self respect invariably preserved a dignity that was natural and easy; his respect for others, made his demeanor a model of urbane courtesy. At the bar, his superiority was never felt as an oppression. On the bench, he was kind, patient, free from prejudice and partiality, respecting not persons, regarding only law, justice and reason. He loved jurisprudence as a systematic science, for its logic, but never forgot that it was vitalized by the spirit of justice, and was, not an end for itself, but only a means to something higher. “His life was one of unremitting professional labor. His diligent and well directed industry was un¬ excelled. He amused his hours of leisure with the labors of authorship. His judicial opinions rank high for learning and accuracy. His failing health com¬ pelled him to quit the bench of the Supreme Court of the State, to which he had been called, after a full term upon the bench of the Superior Court of Cin¬ cinnati. He returned to the activities of the bar, and seemed for a time to find in its stimulus a renewal of his vigor. His mind indeed failed not, but his feebler body succumbed. He lived a life of useful activity, admired and loved by all who knew him; but by those who knew him best, his memory is not only a fra¬ grance, but a treasure.” The following is a quotation from the editorial page of The Mercury, dated, June 16, 1859, Oxford, Mississippi: “The Black Republicans of Ohio have nominated as 16 their candidate for Supreme Judge, W. Y. Gholson, who was formerly a citizen of Mississippi. While here, he professed great friendship for the South and her institutions, but he has treacherously turned his back upon us now: for the Black Republicans of Ohio will vote for no man for Supreme Judge if he favors the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. Such is one of the black hearted villains of the world.” On June 30, 1859, in the Oxford Mercury is to be read an editorial (one column), acknowledging the right of a son (Dr. Samuel Creed Gholson), to vindicate his father. This column admitted that in the hurry of composition, harsher epithets had been used, than the occasion justified. On the same page is a three column letter from Dr. Gholson, expressing his “subdued” anger, and in the most masterly prose, his filial honor and vindication of his father’s political stand. The letter ended with “And now, Sir, in conclusion, I have studiously avoided rodamantrade, which I abhor, as well as, all discourteous language. I have endeavored to adhere to that rigid politeness which I think one gentleman owes to another, under all circum¬ stances.” William Yates Gholson was the grand-father of Edwin Gholson. 17 SAMUEL CREED GHOLSON was bom at the country place of “Needham,” near Farmville in Cumberland County, Virginia on the 23rd day of September, 1828, and died January 15, 1910, at Holly Springs, Miss. “Needham” was the home of Chancellor Creed Taylor, his mother’s uncle, by whom she had been virtually adopted after the death of her mother. As to his early days, I can do no better than quote from a letter of his, which I have before me: “As soon as my mother was able to travel, we re¬ turned to Brunswick, near Lawrenceville, where my father had a farm. My recollections of this place are meager. When I was about three and a half years old, we went back to “Needham,” where my sister, Ann, was bom and my mother died one month afterwards. The next year my father moved to Mississippi, leaving my sister and myself at “Needham” with our dear old grand aunt or “grandma” as we called her. Here we lived, going to a country school at first, and after¬ wards to schools in Farmville, Prince Edward County, “Needham,” being about one mile from that village. When I was twelve or thirteen years of age, I went to our grandfather’s Sam Taylor’s in Richmond, where I was sent to a Presbyterian seminary, and my sister to a female school kept by Moses D. Hoge, afterwards a renowned Presbyterian Divine. About 1846, my father, then living in Cincinnati, Ohio, came to Rich¬ mond to see us, and took us back with him. I spent two years at St. Xavier’s College, returned to Rich¬ mond — read law one year with my grandfather, Samuel Taylor, did not like it, and began to study medicine. Graduated from the Virginia Medical Col¬ lege at Richmond; returned to Cincinnati in January 1852, and opened an office there. In September of the same year, I went abroad and spent the next two years studying in Paris. Upon my return I remained in Cincinnati only a few months, as in August, 1854, thinking that my health which had not been of the best, might be benefitted by the change, I left there on horseback and rode through Kentucky and Tennessee to Holly Springs, Mississippi. I stopped some days at Harrodsburgh, Ky., where I found an immense Taylor connection, and met some very near relatives of my grandfather — the Taylors, Glovers and Bledsoes.” 18 Though his intention originally had been to locate at Vicksburgh, after spending some weeks with his half-uncle, George Freeman, then a resident of Holly Springs, he concluded to remain there, and resumed the practice of his profession. His ability was speedily recognized, and from this time until the breaking out of the War, he was actively engaged in the practice. In March, 1861, he was appointed by President Davis, Surgeon of the Ninth Mississippi Regiment, then stationed at Pensacola, Florida. On the night of the 8th of October, the Confederates attempted a daring attack upon the Union forces on Santa Rosa Island. While successful in the main purpose of the attack — the destruction of the Federal camp — the losses of the Confederates, killed and captured were considerable, and, among the number of the latter, was Dr. Gholson. He was liberated shortly afterwards, but paroled to leave Florida. Re¬ turning home, he was given charge of St. Thomas General Hospital at Holly Springs, Mississippi. In the Fall of 1862, having transferred the effects of the hospital to Jackson, Mississippi, he was assigned to duty as Brigade Surgeon with General James R. Chalmer’s command. After the close of the War, he entered again upon the practice of medicine at Holly Springs, and was actively engaged in this until 1876, when he retired. Although as a young man, he had returned from Paris, after the dire prognostications of his early demise, he mercifully lived to be eighty-five. In his last years, his pleasure was read¬ ing French novels, and his enjoyment, the daily walks “up town.” At every turn, he was greeted by high and low, as he was loved and honored by the community. He was married June 12, 1855 to Mary Hannah Caruthers, daughter of Dr. Samuel 0. and Ann E. (Backus) Caruthers. To them were born eight children. Mary was born at Fincastle, Va., September 1, 1834, but was reared and educated at Holly Springs, Miss., where they had moved when she was three years old. (Holly Springs was then very primitive.) She died March 29, 1929 at the age of ninety-five in Memphis, Tenn., where she had gone to live with her devoted daughter, Mary, Mary’s husband, William Maclin, and her son, Arthur. Few people of eighty-five would have adjusted to a new home, as she did, with such ease and con¬ tentment. She was loved and cherished by the three members of the household. A justly famous housekeeper, Mrs. Gholson enjoyed pro¬ viding bountiful repasts for the family and friends. The dining 19 table was veritably a ‘‘groaning board.” Hot biscuits, corn cakes, corn pones, eggs and bacon, homemade sausage meat, and a platter of quail in season were offered for breakfast. The midday meal equally abundant, was followed by “tea,” at which there might be fried chicken or ham with “Grandma's” very special sugared pear preserves, and rice milk. As any house¬ keeper knows, these Lucullan feasts did not prepare themselves, the planning was done by the hostess and her daughter, Mary. They must supervise the women in the kitchen which was across the “gallery,” a distance from the house. Arduous tasks, but done without complaint, and with wholehearted desire to please others. Although Mary Gholson had eight children who grew to maturity, she, never in her life, weighed more than one hundred pounds. She was intelligent, calm, and serene. Thus, she met the dangers and anxieties of war, births, deaths of loved ones, and at the end, the handicaps of age. Her humor was gentle, but with spice, Her son, Edwin, was born while General Grant's head¬ quarters were in Holly Springs, and the soldiers occupied the town. “The Old Home Place” in the country was abandoned, and the family moved into town. This was not a large house, and it was ever a mystery, how so many people fitted into it. Mary Virginia, the youngest of the children, was the last to live at home. She married William B. Maclin, and resided in her home across town. The older Howard (Anna Gholson) chil¬ dren were always sent to be cared for, when a new baby was arriving at their house. The two Sam Caruthers Gholson's boys, Harris and Windfield, were there for vacations after their father died. Edwin Gholson and his daughter, Eleanor, came twice a year. After the death of Lizzie, Arthur’s lovely, young wife, he, and his daughter, Mary Barton, and son, Sam lived permanent¬ ly with his parents. Mary Barton married Herbert Dowell. Sam was in the Rainbow Division in the First World War. He came back to the United States, a First Lieutenant, to train men for combat. He need not have returned to France, but with characteristic deep feeling, decided he could not send soldiers he had trained, if he did not lead them in battle. The night of the Armistice, when others were celebrating victory, his father received the sad news that he had given his life for his country. This had happened just a few days prior to the signing of the Armistice. Without objection, it can be said that Mary Caruthers 20 Gholson was loved by all who knew her, so fair, gentle, and tolerant was she. Mary Gholson Maclin has these reminiscences: “Dr. Caruthers is the only ancestor I feel I would have liked to know, as I have heard of how sweet and lovable he was. “My little Mother’s Mother was named Andelusia Estemedora, and she was the daughter of Dorothy Chapelle, who in 1811, at the age of thirteen, married a widower, named Backus with two children. As the years went by, this young wife also had eight daughters. But, little Mother never seemed to have any fondness for her seven aunts, and I do not believe I ever heard the names of any of them. “My Dad (Samuel Creed Gholson) went to Paris, France to take a post graduate course in medicine, a few months after he got there, he had several severe hemorrhages, and his professor said ‘Dr. Gholson, I am going to call in a very noted lung specialist to see what he thinks of your case.’ The specialist gave a thorough examination and said: ‘Young man, do you wish to ever see your family again? If you do, I advise you to go back to the States right away, for I give you just six months to live.’ His reply was ‘I came to Paris to take a post graduate course, so regardless of what you say, I am going to stay.’ Which he did, and lived to be eighty-five, and had eight children. “When he returned to Cincinnati to see his father, and stepmother, whom he loved dearly, they insisted he see a doctor. That doctor said ‘Judge Gholson, if you want to do what is best for your son, buy him a good saddle horse and two saddle bags, and tell him to ride through the wide open spaces.’ This journey was to be one of the events of his life. It was his delight to tell of his journey through the unspoiled country. The magnificent forests, filled with game, the “branches” clear and teeming with fish. Getting to know people, making friends along the way. “Starting the long ride, with his destination Pontotac, Miss., the route he chose, took him through dear, old Holly Springs. He rode by the cemetery where a big crowd was coming away from a funeral. He pulled to the side of the road and watched the people. Among them was a man and woman accompanied by a teen- 21 aged girl, who was sobbing as though her heart would break. The young doctor watched them until they were out of sight. Then, he patted his horse and said: ‘This is the end of our journey, old fellow. I am going back to Holly Springs, and I am going to marry that young girl/ “That afternoon, my mother had been to the funeral of her beloved uncle, Alex Caruthers, who never knowingly let a wish of hers go ungranted. Within the year, they were married. “When my father went to Mississippi to live, he owned forty slaves in Virginia. With his usual kind heart, he told his sister, Ann Jane, that he did not want to separate members of a family, so he was going to give her a present of them. After he had lived in Holly Springs some time, he was passing through the Court House Yard, when he noticed a very young girl on the auction block. He was not interested, so did not intend stopping, but, as he was passing the block, he felt someone touch his shoulder. It was the little child being auctioned. She said “Please buy me, you have such a nice face. I know you would be good to me/ He paid $500.00 for her. He carried her home and told my mother he had brought her a nurse maid. She replied: ‘You mean you have brought me another baby to care for/ That night, when my mother was putting her to bed, she found the child had on three new cotton dresses, and three new bandanas on her head. Mother said she did not mind the deception, as the extra clothing meant some¬ thing in those days. That little girl grew into a wonderful maid, and refused positively to leave them after slavery was abolished. So, my dad kept her, but insisted on paying her wages, which Mirinda did not want to take. She finally married and went to Arkansas to live, but would come quite often to see them. We lost touch with her when we moved to Memphis. My dad did not believe in slavery or capital punishment. “Judge William Yates Gholson left a will instructing that $2,000.00 be given to each of my father’s children when they came of age. Mr. Kittridge (the Judge’s son-in-law, who had married my father’s half-sister, Virginia) was the executor. For some reason, he sent me the $2,000.00 when I was seventeen, and included 22 the interest which he had not done to any of the others. The envelope was addressed to Miss Virginia Gholson. I always thought I had gotten it under false pretenses, for I was not named Virginia after Mrs. Kittridge. While the family was visiting the Glasgows in Richmond in 1879, my little mother decided, when she first became aware she was to become a mother for the ninth time, if the baby was a girl, the middle name should be Virginia, after the state that had wel¬ comed them when the family had nowhere else to go. A funny, old world, Isn’t it.” A letter written in 1835 to his father Judge William Yates Gholson in Cincinnati by Dr. Samuel Creed Gholson in Holly Springs. Holly Springs, May 1st., 1835 My dear father, I am going to be married, an imprudent step, you will doubtless say, and perhaps it is, but I will give you my reasons & have you to judge. In the first place & above all, I am in ‘‘love.” 2ndly I am tired of my tavern life. 3rdly I believe it will be of great advantage to me professionally. 4thly I will be more settled & permanent, & have a greater incentive to busi¬ ness. 5thly I will be a happier & a better man. 6thly it is the destiny of man to marry & I am getting old enough to fulfil mine. Lastly & by no means last, I have found a woman in every way suited “I think” to make a good wife — one possessing every quality of the mind & heart, that is essential to a happy continuance of the relation we pro¬ pose establishing between us. In fact, tho not very beauti¬ ful, she possesses far more permanent attractions, & is be¬ loved by all who know her. I will now tell you who she is. Her name is “Mary” she is the daughter of an old physician of this place, Dr. Caruthers, is an only child. Dr. C. is a “Virginian” has been here 17 years, has had a large practice, during this time, & enjoyed the confidence of the whole community, is liberal & generous & therefore not very rich. For this last, I do not care, as I am quite sure of making as much money, in a year or two, as I may wish, my wishes are moderate. In reference to time, It is my desire to marry as soon as possible, as it will, firstly, make me more happy, & settled, 2ndly improve my practice, 23 3rdly, save money. Miss Mary’s parents insist upon our living with them, at least for a time, & I suppose the “old Dr” & myself will practice in Co. Tho’ nothing has been said of this last, yet. I desire, therefore, to marry bet. this & 15th of June, but in order to do so, I must have some little money. Can you give or advance me 250 or 300 dols? I say “advance,” because I felt some delicacy in saying “give” — to one, who has been so liberal as to give me, a very good “start” already. “I have sold thro” Uncle Geo. the 1/4 Sec. near Pintoloo, for $700. 1/3 — cash & notes 1 & 2 yrs, with int. from date. It was thought to be a very good sale considering “times” & that the land was ex¬ hausted by the improper tillage of tenants. It is almost impossible to dispose of anything for cash, here at this time without sacrifice, & notes discounted are cut in half. But a better time is coming, I hope. If I should be able to get married, I would like to have you all present, but there is little use in wishing this I am afraid? Give love to Mama & Va & Yates. Kind regards to Mrs. W. let me hear from you soon. S. C. Gholson 24 THE GLASGOW FAMILY Anne Jane Ghoison was born in 1831 at “Needham,” the home of her mother's uncle, Chancellor Creed Taylor. Her parents were Martha Anne Jane (Taylor) and William Yates Ghoison. Her brother, Dr. Samuel Creed Ghoison. She married in 1853 at Richmond, Francis Thomas Glas¬ gow, born in 1829. He graduated from Washington College, now Washington and Lee, in 1847, read law for two years and then became associated with the Tredegar Iron Works, an association which lasted for sixty-three years. A large part of the munitions and ordnance used by the Confederate Govern¬ ment were manufactured by the Tredegar Works. Although of a quiet, retiring disposition, he served on many Boards and had decided political opinions and causes. He possessed an excellent library and was an omnivorous reader. A devoted Presbyterian, he was an elder in the church as was his father and grandfather before him. Anne Jane (Ghoison) Glasgow was loved devotedly by her ten children. She went bravely through the years of the War, bearing and rearing the children and also under the strain and stress of the harrowing experiences of reconstruction. Although she lived until 1893, she was never in robust health. The children were: 1. Emily Taylor Glasgow who married Herbert T. Houston and died in 1913. 2. Annie Taylor Glasgow who married Frank Tarleton Clark and died in 1917. Her children are Josephine Glasgow Clark and Francis Glasgow Clark. 3. Joseph Reid Glasgow who died in infancy. 4. Cary Ghoison Glasgow who married George McCormack and died in 1911. 5. Arthur Graham Glasgow was born in 1865 and was graduated from Steven's Institute in New Jersey at the age of twenty. In 1891, he became engineer and general manager of the Standard Gas-Light Company of the City of New York. He was one of the organizers in 1892 of the firm of Humphrey & Glasgow, Ltd. of London, England. He also had varied interests in Norfolk, Richmond, and Portsmouth, Virginia. He was Vice-chairman of the American Red Cross Commission to Roumania in 1917 and Fixed-Nitrogen Administrator of the War Department in 1919. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Gas Association, and the Institute of Civil 25 Engineers of Great Britain. In 1911, he married the beautiful and charming Margaret Branch, and they had one child, Marjorie Gholson Glasgow who married Ambrose Congreve. The Arthur Glasgows lived for many years in London in the historic Moncorvo House, Ennismore Gardens. There they offered their generous hospitality and received their friends and the notable and distinguished personages of that day. 6. Katherine Anderson Glasgow who died in infancy. 