A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33245 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 22 1877 Article Description: Funeral of William Poore Article Text: The funeral of William Poore took place yesterday afternoon from Trinity Church, Catholic, Georgetown. Father Casey read the burial service and paid a loving tribute to the memory of the young man. The pall-bearers were John H. Cotter, William Hunt, Robert Pyles, W. Heise, John Devote, and Lewis Rosebush. The casket was of walnut trimmed with silver. On the top of the casket was a handsome silver plate with the name, age, and time of death. The floral tributes were profuse. A large number of friends attended the funeral. The remains were buried in the Catholic cemetery above Georgetown. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33244 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 19 1877 Article Description: An Action for Divorce Article Text: An Action for Divorce Laura V. Ballanger yesterday filed her bill for a divorce from Hampton Ballanger. She charges that she was married to defendant in Georgetown on the 28th of May, 1866, and that she lived with him for 2 years after that date. The 25th of July, 1868, defendant deserted plaintiff, and has not since lived with her or contributed to her support. The plaintiff also charges abuse and cruelty on the part of the defendant toward her. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33213 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 13 1884 Article Description: Sea-Faring Man Appears in Alexandria with a Strange Story Article Text: Alexandria was considerably stirred yesterday by the appearance of a sea-faring man. He stated that he was John T. Evans, who had been missing from that city since 1857, and that he now appeared to claim his share of his father's estate, valued at $120,000. Many of the oldest inhabitants were called upon to identify the stranger. There was a division of sentiment, some saying that it was Jack Evans, while other were equally positive that the stranger was an impostor. Public opinion was divided and bets were freely offered on both sides of the question. The stranger's story was that in 1857 he had a dispute with and left his father, John T. Evans, a well established hatter on King Street, and who also had the reputation of being a trader in anything that money could be made out of. After leaving Alexandria, young Evans went to Philadelphia, where he opened a saloon, but he was not successful in the venture, and accordingly he returned to Washington, where he remained fo! r a short time, and subsequently left for Petersburg, Va. For 3 months he remained at Petersburg, and then he returned to Philadelphia and entered the merchant marine, making his first voyage to Liverpool in 1859. From Liverpool he went to the West Indies, where he was shipwrecked and picked up by an English merchantman bound to Yokohama, Japan. At the latter place he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving on the Lackawanna for 3 years. He went to Honolulu after serving his time in the navy, and became a bookkeeper for a firm in the Sandwich Islands. All this time he had no tidings from home, and neglected to write because of the trouble with his father. Stubbornness, too, had a great deal to do with this course. After the war closed he returned to Philadelphia, and from that place he wrote home for the first time since he had left Alexandria. In 1868 he received a letter from his sister Virginia, now Ms. William A. Stuart, of Alexandria, urging him to come hom! e, as it would be to his interest to do so. Since that time he has ne ver heard a word from his people, and he has continued at his business in China, whither he went for a second voyage. He served all 9 years in the navy, and then quit the service to engage in the business of a shipping master at Yokohama. Recently he made up his mind to return to the U.S., and he went to San Francisco, where he met an old Alexandria acquaintance named Smoot. From him he learned that his father had been dead about 10 years and that the other heirs were searching far and wide for the missing brother, in order to turn over to him his share of the estate, for their father had died without making a will. From the same acquaintance, he learned that the estate was valued at over $100,000, and that all he needed was to produce the papers showing his identity and obtain his own. He at once entrusted the case to the firm of W. O. Mushback & Co. of Alexandra, and yesterday he called upon his friends for the first time and was astonished to find such a cold meeting! . He was called an impostor and cheat by some, while others declared that he was the same Jack Evans who had been worsted in a fight and had his nose broken when a young man about Alexandria. The claimant is a heavy built man, with a dark moustache and iron-gray hair. He says he is 52 years old, but he does not look above 40 and his hands are unmistakably those of a sea-faring man. He does not affect any display about dressing, except a small diamond pin in his necktie, and he is undoubtedly what he claims to be, a man who has seen considerable of the world. The register at the Braddock House, in Alexandria, where he stopped yesterday, shows the name of "John T. Evans, San Francisco," written in a good business hand. He says that he has saved some money in the course of his travels, which he finds he will need to fight his case on account of the opposition manifested toward him in Alexandria. He called upon one of his sisters who recognized him by certain India ink m! arks on his right arm, but it was too late for him to accomplish anyth ing. He has preserved the letters and other memoranda of his early life, which, together with pictures of his father and mother, he proposed to place in the hands of his attorneys for such use as they may deem proper. Two of his sisters, he says, refused to recognize him, but this was for obvious reasons, and he will convince them yet that he is their brother. Another phase of the case is that a woman has presented herself, claiming to be the widow of John T. Evans, Jr., but he emphatically denies that he was ever married, and declares that this woman is the only impostor in the case. He says he does not anticipate anything but a favorable result after he submits the documentary and other evidence now in is possession. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33211 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 29 1877 Article Description: Divorce Court Article Text: A bill for entire divorce from Helen A. Kittson by her husband, William H. B. Kittson was filed yesterday. The declaration recites that the parties were married in this city August 9, 1870, defendant's maiden name being Helen A. Rudge, and the parties lived together until November 6, 1875 (1873?). At that time the lady deserted her husband, and is, as he is informed, residing in New Haven, Connecticut. Mr. Kittson wants to have some advantages himself, and Mr. John B. Lathrop, his attorney, is persuaded that on the above showing, he can obtain them. Yesterday in the Equity Court, a decree was granted in the case of Bergman vs. Bergman. The custody of the children was awarded to the father, he being plaintiff n the suit. Mr. John F. Ennis appeared for the plaintiff and B. G. Lovejoy took the testimony. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33196 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 31 1884 Article Description: Marriage Licenses Article Text: Marriage licenses have been granted James P. Berry of Topeka, Kansas, and Louisa Lucas; John H. Harbin of this city and Mary A. Skinner of Potomac City, Va.; George P. Moody and Mittie W. Baker of Richmond, Va.; S. K. Armstrong of Woodville, Va., and Mary R. Brown of Silver Spring, Md.; Julian M. Beard of Rutland, Md, and Ellen V. Phelps; William Kelly and Nettie Ashton. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33193 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 30 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married GOVE – CHAMBERLIN. On Saturday, December 27, 1884, by the Rev. Dr. Barker, MR. J. EDWARD GOVE, of Cambridge, Mass., to MISS KATE CHAMBERLIN, of Beloit, Wis. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33191 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington, DC Article Date: December 25 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married SMITH – WASHINGTON. At Christ's Church, Easton, Md., On December 23, 1884, by the Rev. W. Y. Beaven, rector of All Saints' Parish, HENRY T. SMITH, of Washington, D.C., to MISS ANNA M. WASHINGTON, of Virginia. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33190 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 24 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married UPPERMAN – KINSLEY. On December 23, 1884, at the rectory of the Eighth-Street Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Eugene Peck, HORACE W. UPPERMAN and LILLIAN KINSLEY, both of Washington, D.C. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33188 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 20 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married MAY – LYON. On December 4, 1884, at Memorial P. E. Church, Baltimore, Md., by the Rev. William M. Dame, ERNEST H. MAY, of Washington, D. C. and JENNIE McD. LYON, of Baltimore. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33178 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 19 1884 Article Description: Marriage Licenses Article Text: Marriage licenses have been granted to William Robinson, of Prince George's County, Md., and Mary Holmes; Charles H. Hirth and Ada Osborn; Francis F. Turner and Wilhelmina Biggs, both of Anne Arundel County, Md.; Philip G. Russell and Lillian Kendall; Jesse Lawson of Plainfield, NJ, and Rosetta E. Cookley; H. Gibson Camper of Anne Arundel County, Md., and Georgia I. Greene; Peter B. Meredith and Annie E. Brooks; William Henderson and Carrie Washington; Thomas Bowie and Virginia Allen; S. Kaiser of Philadelphia, Pa., and Elizabeth A. Tobe; John R. Lynch of Natchez, Miss., and Ella W. Somerville, of Mobile, Ala.; William Buckner and Eliza Edwards; Beverly W. V. Howard of Warrenton, Va., and Josephine Moran of Fauquier County, Va; William Walter Mann and Martha C. Proter (Protor?); James E. Samuels of King George County, Va., and Kate M. Thomas; Henry Snowden and Louisa F. Easter; Basil Ashton and Isabel Estrich; Anderson Williams and Annie Diggs; Peyton Washington and Jane E. ! Bell; Oliver Griffin and Mary Washington, both of Georgetown; William Campbell and Sara Dorcas; John Newman of Arlington, Va., and Clara Lewis. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33176 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 12 1884 Article Description: Maried Article Text: Married PATTISON – MOXLEY. On the 10th of December, 1884, by the Rev. Stephen A. Kelly, FRANK H. PATTISON, of Baltimore, Md., to FLORENCE R. MOXLEY, of this city. No cards. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33175 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 10 1884 Article Description: Divorce Asked for Desertion Article Text: Joseph J. Osthous has filed a petition for divorce from Catherine Osthous. The were married February 27, 1877, by Rev. Father Fortune at St. Dominick's Church and two children have been born to them. He alleges that on the 14th of December, 1881, she willfully deserted him. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33173 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 6 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married ALMY – COGSWELL. At the Church of the Holy Cross, Plainfield, N.J., Dec 3, 1884, by the Rev. T. L. Murphy, ENSIGN AUGUSTUS C. ALMY, U. S. Navy, to SUSAN WILEY, daughter of the late Colonel Milton Cogswell, U. S. Navy. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33172 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: December 4 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married ROTHROCK – GROFF. At Foundry M. E. Church, Wednesday, December 3, 1884, at 1 o'clock, by the Rev. Dr. Nailor, HAMILTON IRVING ROTHROCK to BESSIE GROFF, daughter of Frank B. Groff, esq. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33170 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 28 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married ALLEGER – HANZSCHE. At Rockville, Md., Oct 26, 1884, by the Rev. R. T. Brown, WALTER W. ALLEGER and EDITH S. HANZSCHE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33163 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 27 1884 Article Description: Wedded on Thanksgiving Eve Article Text: Mr. A. B. GRIFFITH and MISS CARRIE E. BRYAM, daughter of J. H. Byram, were married last night at 8 o'clock at the house of the bride's father, No. 2023 H Street, NW, by the Rev. Dr. Childs. Mrs. Byram's costume was of white albatross cloth. The presents were unusually large and handsome and consisted mostly of silverware. Among those present were Mr. L. D. Wine, T. J. Luttrell, G. S. Kraft, G. M. Barker, Benjamin G. Whiteside, Col Wright, M. R. Thorp and wife, Joseph Gawler, W. Stewart, W. H. Stuard (Stuart?), W. H. Wetzel, M. A. Griffith, W. A. Griffith, Dr. F. Howe and wife, and many others. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33162 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 26 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married NICHOLSON – WISE. At Epiphany Church, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1884, by the Rev. Dr. Lenard, DR. WILLIAM NICHOLSON to HENRIETTA WISE, daughter of the late Capt. Henry A Wise, U.S.N. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33160 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 26 1884 Article Description: A Wedding in High Life Article Text: Sing Sing, N.Y., Nov 25. LIEUT. JOHN I. KANE and MISS FANNY RANDALL BRANDIETH, daughter of Hon. George A. Brandieth, niece of Hon. Samuel J. Randall, and granddaughter of the late Dr. Benjamin Brandieth, and Gen. Aaron Ward were united in the bonds of matrimony this afternoon. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride's father in Ellis place, Sing Sing. The bride was presented by her father with a share in the Brandieth Company, valued at $50,000; a check for $500, a silver tea service, a grand piano and a Victoria carriage. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33158 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 23 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married DAVENPORT – GILMAN. In New York Thursday, November 20, by the Rev. James O. Murray, D.D., LIEUT. RICHARD GRAHAM DAVENPORT, U.S.N., and SERENA HALL GILMAN, youngest daughter of the late Winthrop Sargent Gilman, of New York. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33157 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 22 1884 Article Description: Married Article Text: Married ADAMS – WINDSOR. On Thursday Noon, November 20, 1884, by Rev. Dr. Addison, FRANK C. ADAMS to EVA R. WINDSOR. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com