The Wauchope Family KatharineHughesmotherwasKatharineRutherfordWauchope, whowasbornincaponbridge,wva. Thefollowingpagespresentherfamilystory. (Wauchopeisawordmeaning ValleyofHope
Wauchopechildrenin1886,atCaponBridge,WV:(le:toright EdwardHouston,SamuelKendrickholdingMaryArmstrong,JosephAlleine,William Crawford("Bill",andArthurDouglas.KatherineRutherfordwasnotbornyet.
TheWauchopeFamily(Mrs.KatharineHughesmotherwasa Wauchope
KatharineRutherfordWauchope smaternalgrandfather:samuelkendrick; maternalgrandmother:clarindaspengler(born:feb3,1818,died:may13, 1851. Mrs.KatharineHughes Mother
AnotherinterpretaXonforthesamepicturefromtheprecedingpage. Ithasobviousmistakes:girlsareidenXfiedwithboy snames! WalkupFamilyin1897:SamuelKendrickWalkup(1,JosephWalkerWalkup(2,KatherineKendrickWalkup(3, KatherineRutherfordWalkup(4,GeorgeArmstrongWauchope(5,MaryArmstrongWalkup(6,JosephAlleineWalkup (7,WilliamCrawfordWalkup(8,ArthurDouglasWalkup(9,EdwardHoustonWalkup(10.Edwardgraduatedfrom HampdenWSydneyCollegein1897,sothatmustbetheoccasionforthispicture.
Clarinda Spengler was born February 3, 1818. Daughter of Capt. Anthony Spengler and Catherine Kendrick. She married Samuel Kendrick on September 19, 1839.!! Children of Clarinda Spengler and Samuel Kendrick:! 1. Mary Elizabeth Spengler: Married Robert Williams Crawford, November 2, 1870. Died: November 16, 1893. Children included: Anna Searles Crawford, Mary Roberts Crawford and Robert William Crawford.! 2. Katherine Ann Kendrick! 3. Samuel Edward Kendrick (Born: July 28, 1843; Died: August 9, 1862! 4. Charles Henry Kendrick (Born: 1847; Died: September 13, 1861! 5. Ella Francis Kendrick (Born: April 15, 1849; Died: January 7, 1889! 6. Clara Spengler Kendrick (Born: February 1851; Died: June 4, 1851!
Capt.AnthonySpengler AQerreRrement,Rev.andMrs.Hughesvisitedhermother sbirthplaceatcaponbridge,wva, andfoundsomeofherrootsintheshenandoahvalleyarea,inparrcular,thestrasburg,va. area,whichincludedinformaronaboutthewauchopefamillytree.thattreeincludedthe notablecaptainanthonyspengler. Spengler(1774V1834isburiedintheRiversideCemetery,Strasburg,VA.Hewasthefirstelder andtrusteeofthestrasburgpresbyterianchurch,towhichthislandwasdeededinjune1827. ThiswasoneofthePresbyterianChurchestheHughesvisited.
TheAnthonySpenglerHome Capt.AnthonySpengler,(1774V1834whobuilt thishouseearlyin1800,wasabrotherofcol. PhilipSpengler,born1761.Thela]ercame fromyorkcounty,pennsylvania,to ShenandoahCounty;wasLieutenantColonel ofthe6thvirginiaregiment,and representarveofshenandoahinthevirginia houseofdelegates,1818v19.
Theoldroad,theforerunneroftheValleyPike, passedupthehillimmediatelyinfrontof "SpenglerHall."TheDellingers,whosuffered atthehandsoftheindiansin1764,livedona partofthespenglerplantaron,notfarfrom "MaRnHill".Inthespringof1862,"Spengler Hall"wastheheadquartersofFederalGeneral Williams.Inthesummerof1864,GeneralJubal A.Early,C.S.A.,pitchedhistentonthelawn, butdidnotoccupythehouse. Severalsmallbrickbuildingsontheplaceare knownastheslavequarters.aninteresrng incidentinconnecronwiththebuildingofthe housewasthattheexpertcarpenterincharge ofthepanelingandfinishingoftheinteriorof thehouse,whofeltithispatriorcdutyto enlistinthewarof1812,leqsomeofthe mantelsunfinished,returningaqerthewarto completethejob. (Source:Virginia'W.P.A.'Historical'Inventory' Project,'1937
ChildrenofCapt.AnthonySpenglerandCatherineKendrick: 1. AbrahamSpengler(Born:November26,1796;Died:1841,Fla. 2. AnthonySpengler,Jr.(BornFebruary1,1798;Died:July18,1832,S.C..Married:AnnSteward. 3. ChrisRanSpengler(Born:March24,1799;Died:April20,1851,Strasburg,VA.Married:SusanHoffman inshenandoahco.,va.children:peteranthony,gen.abraham,lucyv.,marycatherine,george Madison. 4. SamuelSpengler(Born:June5,1800,Strasburg;d.WarrenCo.,VA. 5. IsaacSpengler(Born:January2,1802;Died:May17,1914 6. PhilipC.Spengler(Born:April18,1803,Died:FrontRoyal,VA.Married:MargaretE.RichardsinFront Royal,VA.Children:JohnJames,PhilipAlexander,RichardHenry. 7. Dr.JohnAnthonySpengler(Born:October27,1804Married:MargaretRussell.Children:JosephHenry. 8. ElizabethSpengler(Born:January19,1807;Died:June29,1884.Married:HenryGrove.Children: Elenora,SilasBillings,GeorgeWashington,LutherSpengler,Henrie]a. 9. BenjaminSpengler(BornJanuary19,1807 10. AmosB.Spengler(BornApril8,1809;Died:June29,1879.Married:MargaretStewart.Children: Elizabeth,Jane,CatherineE.,AnnieM.,Columbia,Harriet. 11. DanielSpengler(Born:December22,1810 12. CyrusSpengler(Born:August10,1816;Died:1890,Washington,DC.Married:MaryCatherineB. Redman.Children:SamuelM.,AliceAnn,LauraLee,EmmaEltainge,JohnJe],MaryCatherine,William Wirt,AmosLetcher. 13. ClarindaSpengler(Born:February3,1818;Died:May13,1851,Strasburg,VA.:ThiswasKatharine RutherfordWauchope sgrandmother;katharinehughesgreatwgrandmother.
ClarindaSpengler(daughterofAnthonySpenglerandCatherine KendrickmarriedSamuelKendrickonSeptember19,1839(b.June 11,1802,WarrenCo.,VA.,d.June8,1859(hisparents:Benjamin KendrickandAnnFunk. Children: Kendrick,MaryElizabeth Birth:14Mar1842ShenandoahCo.,VA Death:20Dec1914Strasburg,ShenandoahCo.,VA Kendrick,SamuelEdward Birth:28Jul1843ShenandoahCo.,VA Death:9Aug1862SlaughterMount.,VA Kendrick,KatherineAnn Birth:ABT1845ShenandoahCo.,VA Death:AFT1896 Kendrick,CharlesHenry Birth:ABT1847ShenandoahCo.,VA Death:13Sep1861MaRnHill,VA Kendrick,EllaFrancis Birth:15Apr1849ShenandoahCo.,VA Death:7Jan1889AR Kendrick,ClaraSpengler Birth:27Jan1851ShenandoahCo.,VA Death:4Jun1851Strasburg,ShenandoahCo.,VA
PreviousgeneraXonsofCapt.AnthonySpengler (Source: APageantoftheGoldenWest
ThewoodencoveredbridgeovertheCacaponRiveratCaponBridge,WestVirginia
Rev.JosephWalkerWalkup Rev.SamuelWalkup
Rev.JosephWalkerWauchope:BornDecember28,1826,NaturalBridge,VA.SonofRev SamuelandMaryToddHoustonWauchope.Died:December30,1903,Columbia,SC.Worked fortheamericantractsociety,waspastorofoldconcordchurch,va,1867v1873,evangelist anddomesrcmissionaryinhampshirecounty,wva.,1873v1890.pastorofthesecond PresbyterianChurchofRichmond,Virginia.Josephchangedthespellingofhislastnameto "Walkup"andusedthatformostofhislife.HissonGeorgechangeditbacktotheoriginal Scoeshname. FirstWife:JennieArmstrongwasthedaughterofRev.W.J.Armstrong. JaneWilson"Jennie"ArmstrongWauchope:Born:January25,1834,RockbridgeCounty,VA. Died:June21,1862,LongIslandCity,QueensCounty,NY.DaughterofRev.ThomasF.and Charlo]eChapmanArmstrong.MarriedRev.JosephWalkerWauchopeonJuly2,1861.Jennie diedamonthaqerthebirthofheronlychild,whenshelostherlifebythewreckingofa steamerinlongislandsound.
Rev.JosephWalkerWauchope ssecondwifewaskatherine Kate KendrickofFrederickCountry,VA.(Born:March6,1845.Died:July6, 1925.Childrenincluded:ProfessorGeorgeArmstrongWauchope, UniversityofSC.,Rev.JosephAlleineWauchope,Rev.ArthurDouglass Wauchope,andRev.WilliamCrawfordWauchope.Sheisburiedin SomervilleCemetery,Somerville,Faye]eCounty,TN.(Notethe differentdatesonthetombstone.
Rev.WilliamCrawfordWauchope:Born:September4,1880,CaponBridge, WVA.ReceivedtheA.B.degree:HampdenVSydneyCollege,VA.,1900;wasmemberof KappaAlpha.A]endedHarvardDivinitySchool,1905V1906.ReceivedtheS.T.B. degree:uniontheologicalseminary,richmond,va.,1908.ordainedinoklahoma, 1909,andworkedasaMissionarytoIndians,Colony,OK.;receivedintothe Presbytery,Lexington,Virginia;PastorofColumbiaMemorialChurch,Colony,OK., 1907V1910.(SamechurchthatRev.J.LeightonReadlaterserved.Heservedinthe U.S.Army:WarWorkCouncilY.M.C.A.(April1,1918,toDec.31,1918;wasreligious secretaryatcampgordon,atlanta,ga.,andassistantcampsecretaryatfortmoultrie, SC. Concord,NC.Presbytery:1913V1915.MissionarytoUpperMusquodoboit,Nova ScoRa,starRngMay1,1915. HemarriedAnneElizabeth"Beth"McLeod(b.8Mar1884,d.14Jun1943onMay 25,1908inSomerville,Massachuse]s.Theyhadoneson,DonaldM.Wauchope (b.abt1909,whodrownedwhenhewas16yearsold.helatermarriedbess Thompson(b.29Mar1878,d.7Jun1968.TheylivedinConcord,NC, wherehediedin1975. Rev.FrankHughesandhisfamilyvisitedRev.Wauchopeathishome inconcord,nc.,beforehepassedaway,july27,1985.hewasknownto KatharineHughesas UncleBill.
Rev.WilliamCrawfordWauchope BillmarriedAnneElizabeth"Beth"McLeod(b.8Mar1884,d.14 Jun1943onMay25,1908inSomerville,Massachusegs.Bethwas thedaughteroftherev.donaldb.mcleodandstellab.dyer. BessThompsonWauchope: Birth: Mar.29,1878 NorthCarolina,USA Death: Jun.7,1968 Concord CabarrusCounty NorthCarolina,USA BesswasthedaughterofJamesThompson.ShemarriedTheRev. WilliamCrawfordWauchopea:erthedeathofhisfirstwife.
Rev.SamuelKendrickWauchope:Born:April18,1871.Died: September20,1945.taughtatanIndianschoolnearAlbuquerque, NewMexico.SonofJosephWalkerWauchopeandKatherineAnn Kendrick.OnMay9,10,1940,hewasacceptedasamemberintothe OklahomaHistoricalSociety.MarriedOlgaN.Poulson(orPaulsen; Born:January12,1876;Died:October18,1961.Children:MarieKaren Wauchope(Born:June18,1903,Died:September10,1994,Roe KendrickWauchope(Born:December27,1904,Died:April11,1984, IreneK.Wauchope,MarRnA.Wauchope(Born:March22,1913.Died: February2,2000,OlgaCarolWauchope(Born:January12,1876,Died: October18,1961.KatharineHughesknewOlga.
SamuelmarriedOlgaNicolinePaulsen(b.12Jan1876,d.18Oct1961,onJuly25,1901in Chicago,IL.Theyhadtwosons,RoeKendrick(b.27Dec1904,d.11Apr1984andMarXn Armstrong(b.21Aug1910,d.30Oct1980,andthreedaughters,MarieKaren(b.18Jun1903, d.10sept1994,irenekatherine[jenkins](b.7may1907,d.3apr1960,andolgacarol [Harper](b.24May1918,d.4Jan2010. ThisphotoiscroppedfromaphotographyofJosephWalkup/Wauchope'schildrentakenin 1905.SamuelisholdingRoe.MarieKarenwasalsointhepicturebutnotclosetoherparents.
"Mr.SamuelKendrickWauchope,[classof 1894],wasborninAppomagoxCounty,Va... anddiedathishomeinshawnee,okla...he wasthesonofrev.j.w.wauchopeofthe PresbyterianChurch,foraXmearesidentof HampdenWSydney,wherehissonswere educated.thesubjectofthisnoxcespent mostofhismaturelifeinoklahoma,wasa rulingelderinthepresbyterianchurchat Shawnee,teacherintheSundaySchooland fullofevangelisxczeal.ofthefivewauchope brothers,onlytwoarenowliving Joseph Alleine,[classof1894],andWilliamC. Wauchope,[classof1900] butmrs.olgan. Wauchope,withsons,daughtersand grandchildren,survives.amongresoluxons passedbythesessionofthecentral PresbyterianChurchthefollowingstatement occurs: WeholdinaffecXonate remembrancethenoblechrisxanexampleof ourfriendandcowlaborer'"[source:recordof thehampdenwsydneyalumniassociaxon (January1946]. SamuelKendrickWauchope(picturedherewith hiswife,olga,andson,roewasbornin Appomagoxcounty,Virginia,theoldestsonof TheRev.JosephW.Walkup/Wauchopeand KatherineAnnKendrick.HeagendedHampdenW SydneyCollegeinVirginia.Hecameto Oklahomain1896,asaclerkintheGovernment IndianSchool.HewasmarriedtoOlgaNicoline PaulsenonJuly25,1901,inChicago,Illinois.He andhisfamilymovedtoshawneein1922, wheremr.wauchopeenteredbusiness.mr. WauchopewasamemberoftheCentral PresbyterianChurch,whichheservedfaithfully. HewasarulingelderforovertwentyWoneyears, wasafaithfulsundayschoolteacher,anda memberofthechoir.hisevangelisxczealand interestinsoulsweredoubtlessthemeansof bringingmanytochrist.hepossessedgreat humility,butwaseveracxveinpersonalwork. HewasamemberofSynodCommigeeon EvangelismandwassentbyhisPresbyteryto thegeneralassembly. SamuelandOlgahadfivechildren:MarieKaren Wauchope(1903W1994,RoeKendrickWauchope (1904W1984,IreneKatherineWauchopeJenkins (1907W1960,MarXnArmstrongWauchope (1910W1980,andOlgaCarolWauchopeHarper (1918W2010.
RoeKendrickWauchope:(Born:December27,1904;Died:April11,1984.Wife sname: LolaD.(Born:August5,1903;Died:November18,1987Children:IdaRuthWauchope,Chas RoeWauchope.TheylivedinShawnee,OK.Rev.Hughesandfamilyvisitedthem. FairviewCemetery Shawnee PogawatomieCounty Oklahoma
Rev.EdwardHoustonWauchope:GraduatedfromHampdenW SydneyCollege,VA.LivedinColony,OK.(Born:December18,1875. Died:October291914.BuriedinClintonCemetery,Clinton,Custer County,OK.
Dr.GeorgeArmstrongWauchope:BornMay26,1862,NaturalBridge,VA.Died:June10,1943,Spartanburg,SC. HeearnedthreedegreesfromWashingtonandLeeUniversity,includingaPh.D.in1889.HetaughtattheUniversityof MissouriandtheUniversityofIowa,beforecomingtotheSouthCarolinaCollegeasassociateprofessorintheDepartment oflanguageandliteraturein1898.hewasaprolificwriterofarrclesandessays,andhismostwellvknownwasthewriters ofsouthcarolina.heisprobablybestrememberedoncampusasthecomposeroftheuniversity'salmamater,"ahealthto Carolina,"whichhewrotein1911.HetaughtunRlhisreRrementin1943,atotalof45yearsofserviceatCarolina. Spouse:ElizabethBostedo Wauchope(1877V1972. Children:VirginiaWauchopeBass (1905V1998,RobertWauchope (1909V1979
Wrigenby Dr.GeorgeArmstrong Wauchope
ElizabethBostedoWauchope Buried:ElmwoodMemorialGardens,Columbia,SC.
Onherweddingday, 1899:
June21,1942
ElizabethBostedo Wauchopewithher daughtervirginiain 1905
Dr.RobertWauchope:Born:10December1909,Columbia,SC.Died:26January 1979,NewOrleans,LA. RobertWauchopewasanAmericanarchaeologistandanthropologist,whoseacademicresearch specializedintheprehistoryandarchaeologyoflarnamerica,mesoamerica,andthe SouthwesternUnitedStates. SonofGeorgeArmstrongandElizabethBostedoWauchope. "RobertWauchopewasanAmericanarchaeologistandanthropologist,whoseacademic researchspecializedintheprehistoryandarchaeologyoflarnamerica,mesoamerica,andthe SouthwesternUnitedStates. WauchopewasborntoGeorgeArmstrongWauchopeandElizabethBostedoWauchopein Columbia,SouthCarolinaonDecember10,1909.Hisinterestinarchaeologydevelopedearlyas aneaglescout,andupongraduarnghighschool,hewrotealfredv.kidderandaskedtojoin himonexcavaronsatpecos,newmexico.kidderacceptedrobert'srequestandinvitedhimto beanassistantattheforkedlightningruinsite.
Roberta]endedtheFirstPecosConferencein1927wherehemetH.S.andC.B.Cosgrove,who invitedhimtotheir1928 1929excavaRonsatStallingsIsland,Georgia.AQerleavingStallings Island,hea]endedtheUniversityofSouthCarolinawherehereceivedabachelor'sdegreein Englishin1931. HeenrolledatHarvardUniversityin1931,withhisinterestsfocusedonarchaeology.During 1932,WauchopeaccompaniedAlfredV.KidderduringexcavaRonsatUaxactun,Guatemala.In 1938,hegraduatedfromHarvardwithaPh.D.inanthropology,andtookajobattheUniversity ofgeorgia,teachinganthropologycoursesandsoutheasternprehistory.wauchopeheldhis posironfor18monthsbetween1939and1941.heisnotedforbeingthefirstarchaeology professorattheuniversityofgeorgia,thoughhiscareerwaspredominantlyattulane University. ThroughouthistenureattheUniversityofGeorgia,WauchopedirectedtheWPAarchaeological surveyofgeorgia.hesurveyedover200sitesnorthofmacon,andexcavated23sitesinmacon, Savannah,StallingsIsland,andatEtowah.Wauchopedevelopedandrananarchaeology laboratoryattheuniversityofgeorgia,inaddirontoseongupthestatesfirstdetailed archaeologicalsitefile.heplayedalargepartindevelopingtheceramicsequencefornorth Georgiaduringthetwoyearshewasthere.
In1940,Wauchopegotajobasassociateprofessorofanthropologyanddirectorofthe LaboratoryofAnthropologyandArchaeologyattheUniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill. Furthermore,WauchopeisnotedforhisextensiveworkonhousemoundsinUaxactun, Guatemala.Thestudyofthesesitesisoneofthemostextensiveofitskind,pertainingto householdarchaeologyofthemayaareaandmodernmayahouse.in1943,wauchopewas assignedtotheofficeofstrategicservicesinthemediterraneanfortheduraronofthewar.in 1947heconRnuedhisworkonhispreviousresearchfrom1935V1936atZacualpa,inthe Guatemalanhighlands.1947V1957,WauchopetaughtamulRdisciplinarymiddleAmerican researchprogramwithweeklyseminars,workingwithotherlarnamericanscholarsattulane. Duringthe1950sWauchopewasaskedtobegeneraleditoroftheHandbookofMiddle AmericanIndians.TheHandbookwasassembledatTulaneandconsistedof16volumes.Itwas publishedbytheuniversityoftexaspressfrom1964v1976,withmargaretharrisonasthe editortothehandbook.wauchopedidnotperformanyfieldworkaqerhisworkin1957unrl 1974whenhereturnedtoGuatemalatoworkonsmallsitesnearAsuncionMita.Wauchopeis respectedforhislongandcelebratedrmewiththemiddleamericaresearchinsrtute,aswellas buildingafoundaronandpickingearlystafffortulaneuniversity.in1967tulanehadasingle independentanthropologyfacility,nolongerjointwiththesociologydepartment. WauchopeisanuncleofunderwaterarchaeologistGeorgeF.Bass.
RobertWauchopeandhis mother,elizabethbostedo Wauchope,inNewOrleans, about1968
Rev.JosephAllieneWauchope:Born:September9,1873.Hemarried theformercarolw.harper.taughtschoolintexas;laterworkedfor DepartmentofEducaRon,CityofSt.PaulMN. MaryArmstrongWauchope(Called AuntMary bykatharine Hughes.
Rev.ArthurDouglasWauchope:Born:July11,1878,CaponBridge, WVA.Died:March15,1931,Atlanta,GA.Married:EdnaMaeRohr, May14,1883,Harrisonburg,VA.Children:CatherineLoisWauchope (Born:September18,1907.Died:September26,2001,EdnaA. Wauchope(Born:1908,TX.Died:?,ArthurDouglasWauchope,Jr. (Born:October18,1912,Concord,N.C.Died:October26,1985, Brevard,NC.MarriedLaurieTappanHayes,June27,1940.(Born:March 3,1916.Died:June11,1997,Brevard,NC.Fourlivingchildren.
MariaToddHouston:Born:23May1798.Died:30Nov1875.Maria ToddHouston(1stcousinofGeneralSamHoustonBuriedinHigh BridgePresbyterianChurchCemetery,NaturalBridge,VA. ShewastheseconddaughterofRev.SamuelHouston.Herhusband,SamuelWalkup (Wauchope,wasabrotherofthewifeofRev.Dr.John.McElhenney,thecelebrated "Pioneer"preacherofthePresbyterianChurchofVirginiaintheearlypartthecentury. Mr.Wauchopewasatfirsttheeditorofanewspaper,ormagazine,inLexington,Va.; aqerwardsthesheriffofrockbridgeco.,va.inthewarof1812,hewaspaymasterin thearmy,staronedatnorfolk,va. AQerthewar,heboughtafarminRockbridgeCo.,VA.,and,whileafarmer,married MaryToddHouston.Shewasasuperiorwoman,bothastointellectandheart.There neverwasatruerwomaninallrespects,faithfultoafaultineveryrelaronoflife, governedbygenuinereligiousprincipleunderallcircumstances,alwaysinherplaceat church,generousandliberalbeyondhermeans,carefullyinstrucrngherchildrenin religioustruth,sympathizingwithneighborsindistress,andfinallydiedamartyrtothe healthandcomfortofhergrandchildren.herdeathwassudden,inconsequenceof overvexerronandfargueinhera]enrontothefamilyofherson,samuelhouston Walkup,whilechanginghisplaceofresidence.Shediedintheyear1875,inthe77th yearofherage.
MaryToddHouston(conXnued: Shehadeightchildren,allofthemsons: 1.SamuelAugusRneWalkup,Dr. 2.JohnArthurWalkup,Farmer. 3.JosephWalkerWalkup,Rev. 4.Ma]hewHenryWalkup,TeacherandFarmer.Hewasamerchantandasoldierin thecivilwar;sonofmariat.houstonandsamuelwalkup.born:1829,rockbridge County,VA;Died:1909,MonroeCountyWVA.BuriedinHighBridgePresbyterian ChurchCemetery,NaturalBridge,VA. 5.SamuelRutherfordWalkup,diedininfancy 6.JamesDouglasWalkup,MerchantandFarmer 7.Wm.MadisonWalkup,Teacher 8.SamuelHoustonWalkup,Teacher FromthesehavedescendedthirtyVonegrandchildrenandanumberofgreat grandchildren. WhentheirchildrenbegantogrowupMr.[Samuel]Walkupsoldhisfarmandse]ledinLexington,wherehebuiltabrickhouseofconsiderable size.hisobjectinthismovewastoenablehimtogivehischildrenagoodeducaron.someyearsaqerthishesoldhispropertyintownand se]ledonaporronoftheruralvalleyestatewhichmrs.[mariatoddhouston]walkupinheritedfromherfather[rev.samuelhouston]aqer hisdeathin1839.mr.walkupbecamehelplessfromparalysissomeyearsbeforehedied,andenrrelyspeechless.helivedanddiedatrue, warmvheartedchrisran.hewaspeculiarlyindependentandunconcernedaboutwhatothersmightthinkofhim;hencehistruecharacterwas notwellunderstoodexceptbyhismostinrmatefriends.