. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. , Maryland, andfrom Horatio to Horatios son, John. John Ridout, son of Horatio, had the following chil-dren: Horatio, Samuel, Eliza, Rachel, and Ann Ogle. Whitehall remained in the hands of this branch ofthe Ridout family until 1895, when it was purchased byMrs. W. G. Story, of Washington City, wife of G. Story, U. S. A. In the graveyard at Whitehall, lie generations ofthe Ridouts and their connections. Among the namesto be found there are those of: John Ridout, of Horatio,1793-1868; Weems Ridout, 1818-1881; Mary RidoutWinchester, 1812-1894;
. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. , Maryland, andfrom Horatio to Horatios son, John. John Ridout, son of Horatio, had the following chil-dren: Horatio, Samuel, Eliza, Rachel, and Ann Ogle. Whitehall remained in the hands of this branch ofthe Ridout family until 1895, when it was purchased byMrs. W. G. Story, of Washington City, wife of G. Story, U. S. A. In the graveyard at Whitehall, lie generations ofthe Ridouts and their connections. Among the namesto be found there are those of: John Ridout, of Horatio,1793-1868; Weems Ridout, 1818-1881; Mary RidoutWinchester, 1812-1894; Prudence O. Ridout, 1834-1909; Horatio S. Ridout, 1822-1851; Samuel Ridout,1824-1856; Meliora Ogle Ridout, 1858-1907; HesterAnn Chase Ridout, 1817-1888. The servants burying ground is not far from themasters graveyard and is situated at the base of agreat linden tree which was standing, no doubt, beforethe old mansion was built. MONTPELIER LAUREL, PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND SNOWDEN—JENKINS—TAYLOR—BLAKEMAN-PENDLETON—VON SCHRADER. j HE traveller, one hundred yearsago, on the old Annapolis-Wash-ington post-road, would have seena very beautiful homestead nearpresent-day Laurel, PrinceGeorges County, was Montpelier, home ofNicholas Snowden, just over the county line fromAnne Arundel County to Prince Georges County andabout halfway between the terminal cities of this much-traversed means of communication. Certainly hemight have alighted and broken his journey, forthe mansion—then an old house, as houses arefamiliarly reckoned—was one of the very hospitablehomes of the state, with a long tradition of goodliving and comfort, and had sheltered many men,famous and humble alike. George Washington hadspent nights there, even before the Annapolis-Wash-ington-post road was built, before the guest wasour great, austere Father of His Country. Andto-day, the old homestead still throws out protectingarms—though not over descendants of those who calledit into bei
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