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Show DESCENDANT OF BETSY ROSS. Great-Granddaughter of Originator of American Flag Gets $37.50 a Month. Philadelphia. Threo lineal descendants descend-ants of Betsy Ross aro living hero In comparative poverty. Ono of them is an employe of tho municipality. Snrah Markloy Wilson, custodian of tho museum at Independence hall, Is MISS SARAH MARKLEY WILSON. (Great-Granddaughter of Famous Betsy Ross.) tho great-granddaughter or tho originator origina-tor of tho American Hag. Her greatgrandfather great-grandfather wob John Clnypoolo, tho third husband of Betsy Ross. Miss Wilson, a gentle, woll-bred old woman, lives with nn older slstor, Clarissa Sldnoy, nnd nn Invalid brother, broth-er, Jacob, whom both help to support, In Thomns avenue, Sherwood, West Philadelphia. Tho meager wages $37.G0 a month sho receives from tho city, nnd tho llttlo hor sister can contribute by maintaining a small prlvnto school, aro tho family's only means or support. sup-port. Renowned throughout tho country as nn authority on revolutionary history, his-tory, consulted personally and by. lot-tor lot-tor by hundreds or persons In .3arch or historical Information, Miss Wilson Is of great value to the city us an intelligent in-telligent cuHtodlan'of Its past. Sho can accurately answer nil tho questions of all who visit tho museum. Her amiability, hor charming old-timo courtesy and hor fund of Information mako hor Invaluable In her position, und yet sho recolves from tho city a smaller pittance than tho avorngo vcribwomau. Whllo sho Is consulted by Colonial Dames, Daughtors of tho Revolution and mombers of othor historical societies, so-cieties, und has hen elected nn honorary hon-orary member of itovornl of these, Miss Wilson Ib too retiring nnd too proud to mnko her straitened condition condi-tion known, oven to thoso who might bo willing to aid her. Thoro is, however, n movement on' foot among her friends and somo oth ers who know hor worth to intorcsl councils In increasing her salary to at least $E0 a month. Their llttlo liouso in Sherwood 1 6 rich mainly in associations. Heirlooms Heir-looms Inherited from Betsy Ross comprise com-prise much of tho furniture. High-backed High-backed chairs, splndlo legged tables, old silver, china nnd pewter wnro that would delight tho heart of tho antiquarian anti-quarian aro In ovldcnco ovorywhoro. An atmosphere of gentility nnd old world grace pervades tho modest abodo where these old people aro passing pass-ing their declining days In want. In hor lolsuro moments Miss Sarah Wilson makes for salo copies of tho flag her great-grandmother mado. |