Posted by Mercine --Previous Message--
on November 13, 2005, 10:38 am, in reply to "Poplar Hill owners"
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I know a few interesting facts about His Lordship's Kindness. Susan, no doubt, can call me on the veracity. First, there is an association in the 1800's with Mary Jenkins Surratt, the lady who was found guilty of participating in the Lincoln Conspiracy and was hanged in 1865. Her family, the Jenkins family, has roots in that area. There was a corner called Jenkins Corner which was near Andrews Air Base (today) and Mary's father was a servant/worker at His Lordship's Kindness. Also, there is an interesting possible connection through John Wilkes Booth's relationship with a Miss Hale. I can't remember her first name but I believe she was a member of the New Enland Hales and her father was a politician. Susan can supply more info, I am sure. But I believe at one time Booth was courting Miss Hale. (Lucy?) That's all I remember now. I think Mary Jenkins Surratt inherited her father's debt to his employer at His Lordship's Kindness, but I can't be sure.
: I had only a cursory knowledge of Poplar Hill,
: His Lordship's Kindness in Clinton. Doing
: further reading I noticed it was owned in
: the 1930's by Chandler and Rachel Cameron
: Hale. Would Chandler Hale have been a
: descendant of the New England Hales of whom
: the patriot Nathan Hale is the most famous ?
: Also, while I have no idea what their social
: life and entertaining consisted of, being
: yankees/northerners I'd be interested to
: know how they fit in with the more
: established southern aristocracy that
: characterized that area of the county, more
: so then I'd think that what remains today ?
: Thank you.
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