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Show WAS KIN TO WASHINGTON. Miss Catherine Thompson, Deceased, ftftl Claimed Noble Ancestry. Bft Because sho bclloved herself to bo Bft tho grandnlcco of George Washington, BBJ Miss Catherine Thompson refused aid Bft of tho county officials at, Waukcgan, , ftftj 111., and died alone and ")ri poverty. . BBJ What basis tho wcroau had for her BJ claim of relationship to tho first presl- ' BBJ dent Is not known. Tho few people f Bft who know her In Waukcgan aro( how- ftftj over, convinced that she camo of good ftl family. Sho oxhlbttod evidences ot BBJ culture and refinement. ftBJ Miss Thompson had received. some ftftj nld from tho county offlclala, but sho JBJB ' ite-"". Ti l BBI fl PT ) I Ui I J m ' H frrf$i' ifk tt. "iijiU BBJ b j m rffusod later prolters ot assistance 4iiBBl from tho somo sourco, saying that the fH nlcco of ihu founder of tho republic , ftftl should not become a nubile charge. -ftft - ?"r!M , ffll ........i.-., . .rfrll..lMMJ MflffiggM |