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soil. Just back of the garden—down the shore—is the family
burying ground surrounded with a high brick wall. Here lies the
remains of Willam H. Roy, eldest son of James H. Roy and
Elizabeth Booth, and beside him are the graves of his first wife,
Anne Seddon, and of his second wife, Euphan McCrae. His only
son who grew to man’s estate, James H. Roy, died unmarried, and
his sisters, the daughters of Anne Seddon, were Mrs. John C.
Rutherfoord (Anne 8.), of “Rock Castle,” and Mrs. Thomas H.
Carter of ‘‘Pampatike.”” Mrs. McCrae Washington, Mrs. Mc¬
Kendree Boyd, and Mrs. Richard H. Goldsborgh, were the chil¬
dren of Euphan McCrae, his second wife, and Mrs. Richard
Goldsborgh (Ellen Douglas Roy), his youngest and only surviving
child, now lives at “Green Plains.” The dainty beauty of her face
and figure stand out in the graceful old home like an exquisite
miniature in an appropriate frame.
During the War Between the States, Green Plains was ravaged
by the Federal troops. Gunboats came up the river and maraud¬
ing parties scoured the neighborhood, plundering and destroying
all they could not take with them. Mr. Roy died before this
period and his widow and younger daughters lived in a constant
state of anxiety. They had to endure stoically the sight of their
most precious possessions being stolen before their eyes, or be in¬
sulted by officers, as well as men. Fortunately all wine and liquor
had been secreted within the walls and, in spite of persistent search
and tapping of the panelling, it was not discovered, or worse than
insults might have resulted.
Green Plains is one of the few estates which still remains in
the family of its original owners, and is kept up so as to be a
pleasure to all who go there.
ANNE SEDDON RUTHERFOORD JOHNSON.
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