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PAL~IER PARKER WOODS, 'Iahukona, Hawaii (t4637). Son of James and ~Tary (Parker) Woods; grandson of John and IIanai l'arker; great·grandson of John and Kipikane Parker; great'·grandson of Samuel Parker, private :\lass. NATIONAL SOCIETY troops; great3.grandson of Ebcuc~er Pa,.kcr, private ~ewton, 1\lass., Company, ma;ched at Lexington Alarm. OF THE HORACE LEMUI~L WORCESTER, Rochester, N. H. (Mass., t8223). Son of Lemuel and Margaret (Pray) Worcester; grandson of Chadbourne and Abigail (Brackett) Pray; great·grandson of James and Anna Brackett; great'·grandson SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION of Jolm Brackett, pri,ate, Captain Ebenezer Sullivan's Company, James Scam. man's Mass. Regt.
JTF,NRY YOUNGS, Denver, Colo. (17381). Son of Oliver and l\Taria (de Yong) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL Youngs; grandson of Hcrtr)' Yourtgs, pri\·ate Fir.t and Fifth Regis. Orange County, New YMk, i\Jilitia. Preoident General Hon. Cornelius A. Pug.!ey New York WASHINGTON, D. C., December IS, Igo6.
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The OFFICIAL BULLETIN, issued from time to time as may seem expedient, contains information as to official action by the General offi c<'rs. the Board of Managers, the Executive and other National Com mittees, notice of members deceased, records of new members enrolled by the Regi trar General, and changes in officers and important doings of State Societies. State Secretaries are requested to promptly communicate to the Sec retary General brief abstracts of meetings or celebrations by their Soci eties. Information is desired as to newspapers devoting space to patriotic societies on certain days of each week. The Bur.r.ETIN is sent to the General officers and Managers and the National Committees, to new members who e records are printed therein, to a number of newspapers, and a moderate supply to State Secretaries for general distribution. Additional copies will be furnished to State Societies, in any number desired, at three cents each.
The Congress of I907 will be held in Denver, Colorado.
L·coRPOR.\TJON.-The first meeting of the corporators of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, duly called under the It provisions of section s of the Act of Congress approved June 9, I gOO (sec National Year Book for I gOO, pp. 94--¢), was held at the New Willard Ilotel in the City of Washington on November I7, IgOO. A 'l )
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number of the corporators named in the -barter w 're present, and the ing the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution "a meeting was organized by the election of Hon. M<.rris B. Beardsley as bodY corporate and politic, in the City of Washington, in the District of Chairman and Mr. A. Howard Clark as Secretarv Resolutions offered Columbia"; that the charter had been formally accepted by the Corpora by Hon. Henry Stockbridge were duly seconded nd adopted, accepting tors at a meeting held in Washington, November 17; and that a cer the charter of incorporation granted by Cougre s, and authorizing and tificate of acceptance of the charter had been duly filed in the office of directing the President and Secretary of the mee mg, and of the corpora the Secretary of State. Mr. Beardsley reported that the corporators had tion when elected, to execute and file in the ffice of the Secretary of adopted a temporary Constitution and By-Laws and had elected officers State a certificate of the acceptance of the charter conformably to the to serve until the annual meeting of the Corporation, to be held at the provisions of section 6 of the Act. time of the next annual Congress of the National Society. A Constitution and By-Laws were then aJopted and officers elected After consideration of the report of Mr. Beardsley it was voted that to serve until the next annual meeting o the corporation, to be held at the Committee on Revision of the Constitution and By-Laws, authorized the time of the Annual Congress of the .National Society. The officers by the Boston Congress, be requested in their work of revision to devise ,/ of the corporation elected were a President, five Vice-Presidents, a a practical plan for the consolidation of the Corporation and the present Secretary and a Treasurer, being the same persons as the corresponding National Society. It was voted that Mr. Stockbridge be added to the General officers of the National Society Revision Committee. The certificate of acceptance of the charter, signed by Morris B. The Chairman of the Committee on Education, in a letter to the Beardsley, A. Howard Clark, and Cornelius A. Pugsley, was filed in the President General, reported progress, and it was voted that it be sug office of the Secretary of State on November 23, r9Q6, thus perfecting gested to that Committee to make arrangements through State Boards of the corporation. Education for such instruction in public schools as shall teach true citizenship, and that the Committee formulate a plan for a wide distribu tion of the Society's tract on "A welcome to immigrants, and some good MEJ;;TINC oF G~N£RAI. MANAC~RS AND ExECuTIV~ CoMMITT~~ No~MBER advice," through the United States Immigration Bureau. 26, I9Q(i. Mr. Ross, for the Recruiting Committee, reported that letters had been A meeting of the General Managers and the Executive Committee of received looking to the formation of new societies in Mississippi and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, duly some other States, and that interest was being aroused in North Caro called by the President General, certified by the Secretary General under lina, South Carolina, and North Dakota. the provisions of Art. V, Sec. 2 of the Constitution, was held at the Commander Moore, for the Naval Records Committee, reported that Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, at 2 o'clock p.m., November 26, the measure recommended by the Boston Congress had been enacted rgo6. Those present were President General C. A. Pugsley, presiding; into law and that the Secretary of the Navy was taking steps to bring Vice-Presidents General Dr. Moses G. Parker, Hon. Henry Stockbridge, together the Naval records of the Revolutionary War. and Mr. Andrew W. Bray; Secretary General A. Howard Clark; Treas Mr. Joslin reported that the Publication Committee had formulated a urer General I. W. Birdseye; President J. H. Moore of the District of plan for publishing National and tate Society news in an OFFICIAr, Columbia Society; President William A. Marble, of the Empire State Bui.I.ETIN, the first one having beett issued under date of October rs. It Society; Mr. Nelson A. McClary, Mr. Trueman G. Avery, Gen. Edwin S. i proposed to distribute the BuLt.UtN as widely as the resources of the Greeley, and Mr. H. V. A. Joslin, members of the Executive Committee; National Society will permit and, with the cooperation of any State also Hon. Morris B. Beardsley, Chairman of the Charter Committee, Societies, it may be sent to all the individual members thereof. Howard De Haven Ross, Chairman of the Recruiting Committee, and After careful consideration and full discussion of invitations to hold Vice-President L. B. Curtis of the Connecticut Society. the Congress of 1907 in Norfolk, Buffalo, and Denver, and other locali- / The minutes of the meeting of the General Managers held in Boston, ties, it was decided that the next Congress should be held in the far May I, r9Q6, were approved. West, and it was thereupon voted to accept the invitation of the Colo- Mr. Beardsley reported for the Charter Committee that on June 9. rado Society and to hold the Eighteenth Congress in the City of Denver. r9Q6, President Roosevelt had approved the Act of Congress constitut- It was voted that $soo be appropriated toward the expenses of the Denver Congress. NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 5 4 OFFICIAL BULLETIN 11 done· there is much which is of equal importance. The condition Mr. W. H. Bayly, Commander J. H . Moore, and Mr. A. Howard wt our co~ntry, subject as it is and will be to the influx of vast hordes Clark were appointed a Committee to investigate and report to the next 0 f not too desirable foreigners, needs the constant care of our best Congress upon the advisability, practicability, and possibility of estab ~ople · unless we can Americanize them they will ruin us. To no set of lishing and maintaining in conjunction with other similar organizations ople 'does the task appeal so much as to the descendat;~ts of early set rers. Patriotic societies can do no nobler work-Morns B. Beardsley, in the City of Washington a central Bureau of Records, Research, and Bridgeport, Conn...... Information on the plan proposed by the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of My idea of what can be done IS somethmg hke th1s: to have prmted a the Ohio Society at the Boston Congress. mph let embodying a brief statement of the views of the Committee; The resolution offered at the Boston Congress to make and establish ~ggestions as to the study of local obligations and special meetings for the purpose. Statements also as to possible work in public schools.-W. the twenty-third of September as a day to be annually commemorated by J{. Wickes, Syracuse, N. Y. the Navy of the United States, to be known as "Paul Jones Day," was The watchword of the Society should be "Patriotic Education,'' with referred to the Naval Records Committee for consideration and report. emphasis on both words.-Dr. E. D. Gardiner, President of the Ohio The President General announced the death on July 19, rgo6, of Society.The Missouri Society 1s. about to take up t h e su b"Jects suggeste d b y t h e Walter Seth Logan, ex-President General of the National Society, and it Committee. We have published for general circulation 500 copies of was voted that General E. S. Greeley, Hon. Morris B. Beardsley, and an address by Rev. N. Luccock on "Revolution and Evolution." This is Mr. William A. Marble be a Committee to report commemorative resolu good educational w?rk a~d ha~ done the Society good.-Ashley Cabell, President of the M1ssoun Society. tions for action at the Denver Congress. The Wisconsin Society's work is among the immigrants of r6 years of The President General also announced the death on November 12, age and upwards; they who are already here and those who are to arrive rgo6, of William Rufus Shafter, Major General U. S. Army, a member need to be instructed as to the laws of and their duty to their adopted of the California Society, and it was voted that an expression of sorrow country. The roster of those who served in the Civil and Spanish wars is helping us in this work.-J. F. Pierce, President of the Wisconsin be entered on the records and communicated to the California Society. Society. The President General invited those present at the meeting to par The Michigan Society has brought the subject of instruction in our ticipate in the Annual Banquet of the Empire State Society at the early history and the principles of American government before the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel that evening. authorities of our public schools in Detroit. They have the matter well in hand, and are seeing to it that the voter of the future is instructed in There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned. what is required of a citizen. It is important here, in Detroit, where A. HowARD CLARK, not far from 70 per cent. are foreign born, or of foreign parentage. Secretary General. Rufus G. Lathrop, Secretary of the Michigan Society.
EouCATIONAL CoMMITTEE. WoRK oF STATE SociETIES. '!'he Educational Committee has received suggestions from various sources concerning the plan of work proposed in its report to the Boston J GRAn:s oF THE SIGNERS.-At the Congress in Independence Hall in Congress. The Committee issued on November 6, a circular letter 1905, a resolution was discussed and referred to the Pennsylvania So requesting further suggestions in order that there may be an interchange ciety to provide for more fitly marking the grave at Chester, Pa., of of opinions among members, and that State organizations may have the John Morton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. benefit of each other's experience. The Chairman of the Committee is A committee was appointed by the Philadelphia Chapter, with Major Rev. Rufus W . Clark, 24 Buhl Block, Detroit, Mich. Moses Veale as chairman, and the work accomplished is told in an illustrated pamphlet of twenty pages entitled "Graves of the Signers of Among the suggestions and reports of work done are the following: the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania," with the follow I think the work proposed is fundamental, and should be the first work ing preface : undertaken by the Society.-Charles W. Needham, President of the George Washington University, Washington, D. C. The Philadelphia Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Educational work is worthy of the best efforts of our Society. The realizing how greatly the American people are indebted to the Signers of marking of historical site~ and the preservation of documents have been 6 OFFICIAL BULLE'l'IN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 7 the Declaration of Independence, and that every honor possible should But we do well, however, to remember, as we glory in the valor of be shown to their memories, have deemed it a very worthy and proper our fathers, that- work to place in some permanent form the history of the graves of the "Those who on glorious ancestors enlarge, Signers, where they are located, how they are marked, and what care is Produce their debt, instead of their discharge." bestowed upon them; and, as far as possible, where the graves are not marked by some monument or tombstone, to create sufficient interest I do not wonder when we dwell too much upon our ancestral lines among the Sons of the American Revolution to have the graves prop tb t some one sho~ld slyly say: "When a man's talk is mainly of his erly marked. an~stors you may know that the !>est of the family is un~er gro~nd." But we glory tonight not alone m t~e ?eeds of t~e patnots of 76, but The remains of James Wilson, one of the Pennsylvania Signers, m the pc;rpetuation of those great pnnctples and tdeals of government brought from Edenton, North Carolina, were recently reinterred in for whtch our fathers battled, and which through all the years of our Philadelphia with National and State honors. The ceremonies were in country's history have been maintained by the courage and the devotion charge of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the James Wilson Memo of patriotic men and women. As I read the pages of our nation's history, of her great battlefiel~s, I rial Committee. The Sons of the American Revolution were represented have but one sentiment, glory, eternal glory a~d honor for th~ Amenc:an by a committee of the State Society. soldier and sailor, regular and volunteer ahke, whose sublime danng A resolution will be introduced at the Denver Congress providing for from Lexington to Gettysburg and to San Juan Hill and into the a National Committee to carry forward in other States the work so well Philippines means. that America stand~ obedient to the di~in.e behest that called her into bemg; means that amtd all the commerctahsm of today begun by the Philadelphia Chapter. the true blood of patriotism still flows; means that all the great prob TH!!; DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA SociETY held its initial meeting of the lems now confronting us in our governmental life, whether internal or external, whether. diplomatic or administrative, whether th~ cont~ol of season on November 2I, when Hon. Henry Stockbridge delivered an gtpntic corporatiOns or the status of the Monroe Doctnne, will be address on immigration. He urged the Society to take active steps to solved in the interests of the people, will be solved as promptly as the reach the masses of foreigners in our country, especially the aliens importance of the problems will permit, ~il,l be solved by. a ":'ise states crowding in upon our shores, and to teach them practical lessons of manship that has ever been ours, a patnottc statesmanshtp !tke that of James A. Garfield, who in a critical period of our nation's life stilled the patriotism and true citizenship. He urged reform in the naturalization tumultuous passions of men's hearts by the single sentence: "God laws. So long as it is possible in nine States that a foreigner after ftlJilS, and the Government at Washington still lives." twenty-four hours' presence in this country can take out naturalization We may rejoice that patriotism belongs not alone to any age, but to papers and cast his ballot, the institutions of the nation are alarmingly every age, and not alone to war, but is a mighty factor in times of peace. It may lie far below the surface of our ordinary life, yet when the State unsafe and insecure. or nation is imperiled, it breaks forth and sweeps before it all those TH!!; EMPIRE S'I'ATI!; Socii!;'l'Y held its seventeenth annual banquet at influences that are detrimental or harmful to the body politic, and builds up those that are for the betterment of the State and Nation. It the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, on the evening of Novem means a great deal for the stability of this republic if truth, honesty. ber 26, the 123d anniversary of the evacuation of New York by the duty, obligation to high ideals and lofty ambition, none of which may be British in I783. More than three hundred members, ladies, and other measured by a monetary standard, are not lost, but still abide and inspire guests were present. President Marble delivered an address of welcome tbe people of these United States. Well did our most distinguished compatriot, Theodore Roosevelt, say: "It is of mighty small importance and presided as toastmaster. Among the speakers were President Gen hether we are Republicans or Democrats, but it is of very real import eral Pugsley, Rev. J. Herman Randall, D. D., Hon. Charles E. Hughes, auc:e that we should be good Americans and do our duty in a straight Governor-elect of New York, and Rev. Willard Scott, D. D. decent fashion." 'ustly proud of our great State of New York; proud of our President General Pugsley's address was as follows: lelrel··head·ed. honest Governor-elect, Charles E. Hughes, who is with us PATRIOTISM AND Goon CI'l'IZI!;NSHIP. of her magnificent area, proud of her citizenship, proud . and financial institutions,-yes, proud even of her life MR. PRESIDI!;N'l', LAmEs, AND GENTLEMEN : We glory, as Sons of the tes. Ever has New York stood foremost in the history American Revolution, in the heroic deeds of our fathers, and we cele Ever have her citizens been jealous of her honor among brate tonight one of the most important events in their struggle for \illJ::,~.r~t Never, I believe, will they long permit her fair name to be independence, an event which was the consummation of their hopes, the ~ e1the~ bY; gr'!-ft i.n politics, graft in commercial life, or graft in her evacuation by the British of the City of New York, the end at last of financtal mstttuttons. With that rugged honesty, which has been their mighty conflict for liberty. 8 OPFIClAL BULL~I~ NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 9
the heritage from our fathers, I believe that the people of this State and petuated that the State of New York and the State of New Jersey will Nation, and especially the members of this great patriotic society, will produce 'unnumbered heroes, while from other States and territories of stand and stand firmly for those great principles and ideals of govern this great land will come :egiments and ~rmies of fearless men of ~t:ong ment that make for good American citizenship. courage and sturdy patnotism, who wtll stand not alone for m!lttary In the maintenance of those principles, which are as distinctly ours to prowess but preeminent for good citizenship. And among them may day as they were the early patriots', I believe that this organization, and there ~ found, if the day demands it, another Washington, another other kindred organizations like that of the Daughters of the Ameri Grant, and another Lincoln. can Revolution, should, and do, play a most important part. These organizations are doing a magnificent work not only in building monu Governor-elect Hughes, in his speech, said: ments, in marking battlefields, but they are instilling in the youth of When we contemplate our ancestral stocks we are impressed with the this broad land principles of patriotism, and are educating our foreign variety of relations made possible under our democratic institutions by a born population for good citizenship. wise selection of forebears. For mere pride of descent, however, I have One of the greatest problems now confronting us is the Americanizing scant respect. The distinction of ancestors is naught but humiliation for of the vast hordes of immigrants that are weekly landed upon our unworthy descendants. shores. I do not wonder that the wit of Ellis Island some time ago, It is our duty not simply to be ready to spring to the defense of the when he saw something like so,ooo immigrants landed in New York in country; it is our duty not simply to exercise intelligently the right of less than a week, said dryly: "I don't suppose they have left a soul in suffrage; it is our duty not simply to obey the laws-it is the -most para Europe, except American tourists." mount and patriotic duty to exhibit in simple, righteous and kindly living I believe we should gladly welcome to our shores the honest, upright the true American spirit. sons of other lands, but we do not want the criminals, the paupers; the There is too much vague love of country. What is needed today is love off-scourings of Europe. We do not want our citizenship weakened. of country expressed in terms which men on the streets would under We do not want our high ideals lowered. 'We do not want our Ameri stand. This would make the country's industrial life sweet and clean. can customs, our American institutions, our American Sunday disre Some men would lay down their lives for their country in times of garded. We do not want license masquerading as liberty. We want war, but in times of peace are content to promote their own benefit and men of brawn, brain, muscle. We want men of integrity of character, to adhere only closely enough to right conduct to keep them out of jail. high ideals, sturdy patriotism. We want the men who will become We want men who will not be a menace in times of peace. We want American in spirit, as well as American in citizenship. We have reason patriots in finance and in the organization of corporations who are will to rejoice that we have been so successful in Americanizing immigrants, mg to share the burdens of their fellow-men and equalize the oppor and that their children go forth with ours from the public schools of the tunities of society. The true American spirit makes brothers of us all. land with the Star Spangled Banner waving over their heads, singing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," Americans, every one of them. Tat HAWAIIAN SocrETY commemorated the 125th anniversary of the Our fathers nursed those "household virtues," and so should we, surrender at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, by the issuance of a circular "whereon rests the unconquerable State, and sung the cradle songs that summarizing the history of the Society and urging its members to re are the true foundations of anthems." newed patriotic endeavor. The Society celebrated the Fourth of July, If this nation is to take the lead in the march of human progress, in the onward sweep of civilization along the higher plane of humanity, our Jgo6, by appropriate exercises and was represented on a committee to boasted liberty must not degenerate into license, and we must know- award a prize to the teacher in the schools of the Territory who should "When to take occasion by the hand give the best plan for a patriotic exercise. And make the bounds of freedom wider yet." Tut h.I.INOIS Socu:TY held its annual meeting at the Ilamilton Club, I believe that through an enduring patriotism, a patriotism born of Chicago, on December J, the anniversary of the admission of Illinois moral courage, the people of these United States will behold with the Into the Union. The Society numbers 526 members. The following republic's ever increasing years an ever increasing grandeur, majesty officers were elected: President, Major Edgar B. Tolman, 108 La Salle and power worthy of the men who in all its generations have stood for t, Chicago; Vice-Pre idents, Horace Kent Tenney and John Shepherd; the highest and best in our national life. Behind this great organization, the Sons of the American Revolution, Secretary, John D. Vandercock, 188 Madison Street; Treasurer, James is a wealth of tradition. May it be so perpetuated that if the day de H. Gilbert; Registrar, Porter B. Fitzgerald; Historian, James Edgar mands it the State of Connecticut, represented here tonight by her Brown; Chaplain, Charles Herbert Young; Sergeant-at-arms, Eames Governor-elect and other worthy compatriots, will furnish another :Veagh. There was presented to E. C. Sturges a medal of honor, Nathan Hale. May it be so perpetuated that, if the day demands it, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will furnish patriots like those that -...rded by the National Society for his patriotic service in the War stood at Lexington, and Concord and Bunker Hill. May it be so per- with Spain. An oration on "Our Pilgrim Fathers" was delivered by • Luther Laflin Mills. IO OFFICIAL BULLI£TIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. II
THE MARYLAND SociETY on October I9 elected the following officers: by Admiral Foster entitled "Burgoyne's Surrender-Portsmouth Revo President, Ron. Henry Stockbridge; Vice-Presidents, }. Noble Stockett, lutionary Tablets." Yates Sterling, Edwin Warfield, George W. Hyde,/nd George L. Van THE VERMONT SociETY held its annual meeting at Montpelier on Bibber; Secretary, R. Fuller Shryock, 3I8 St. Pau Street, Baltimore; November 21. The annual fee was increased from one dollar to two Treasurer, R. Ross Holloway; and Registrar, George W. McCreary, 300 dollars, the additional revenue to be used for marking historic spots St. Paul Street, Baltimore. and the graves of Revolutionary heroes, and Lieutenant Governor Fisk, THE MICHIGAN SoCIETY Historical Section met on November 30 to Hon. John A. Mead, and Mr. W. T. Dewey were appointed a committee discuss "The Critical Period Following the Treaty of Peace." Rev. Dr. to recommend the expenditure of this fund and were empowered to ap R. W. Clark stated the conditions connected with the adoption of the point a subcommittee of one in each county of the State. A committee preliminary treaty of I782. The paper of the evening was by Harlow P. was al so appointed to urge an appropriation by the State for a monu Davock on the difficulties attending the breaking down of local and ment to Col. Seth Warner, a leader of the Green Mountain Boys. The provincial claims and prerogatives for the creating of a central govern Secretary of the Society has compiled a list of 5,65I Revolutionary ment. He covered the period from I782 to I789· Frank D. Taylor led sold iers who lived and died in Vermont. The Society endorsed the the discussion, dwelling upon the personnel of the time. Col. Oscar A. proposal to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the discovery of Lake Janes related the part taken by the soldier and his settlement in this ter Champlain. Officers elected were as follows: President, William James ritory. James Cosslett Smith called to mind the compromises necessary Van Patten, Burlington; Vice-President, William E. Hawks, Benning at the time in dealing with social questions, more especially in dealing ton; Secretary, Walter H. Crockett, St. Albans; Treasurer, Clarence L. with slavery. C. M. Woodruff showed the prophetic character of the Smith, Burlington; Registrar, Henry L. Stillson, Bennington; Historian, framers of the constitution. Charles Wright spoke of the problem of George G. Benedict, Burlington; Chaplain, Rev. Milton L. Severance. representation in the two houses of the legislative part of the Govern ment. George W. Bates traced the principles of this representation to its sources; Dr. S. H. Knight pointed out the distinctions between a monarchial and representative government; and Dr. Connor showed what really had been accomplished in the substitution of a power in the place of a king, showing for the first time in the history of the world IN MEMORIAM . the enthronement of the principles of "religion, morality and knowledge" CAPTAIN NATHAN APPLETON, a member of the Massachusetts Society, as set forth in the instrument of the organization of the territory of the died at Boston, August 25, I9 RECORDS OF NEW MEMBERS REGISTERED FROM WILLIAM HAMILTON BAYLY, Washington, D. C. (2o1o). (Supplemental.) OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 1, 1906. Son of Joseph Tate and Harriet (Hamilton) Bayly; grandson of John and Jean (McQueen) Bayly; great-grandson of David McQueen, Captain Seventh AMOS JOHNSTON ACKISS, Virginia Beach, Va. (18577). Son of John B. Lancaster County Battalion Penna. Militia. and Virginia (Whitehead) Ackiss; grandson of Caleb Lamont and Lavey (Fisher) Ackiss; great·grandson of Thomas and Susannah (Lamont) Ackiss; WILLIAM WILLS BEAL, Roxbury, Mass. (18450). Son of Edwin Wilder and great2-grandson of John Ackiss, Justice of Princess Anne County Court, Mem· Annie (Wills) Beal; grandson of Wilder and Adaline (Henderson) Beal; ber of Committee of Safety. great-grandson of Samuel Beal, Captain-Lieutenant Mass. Militia. GEORGE WASHINGTON ALDRIDGE, Rochester, N. Y. (18541). Son of HENRY DOLSON BETTS, Newburgh, N. Y. (18529). Son of William Miner George Washington and Virginia (De Orsey) Aldridge; grandson of Martin and Anna (Dolson) Betts; grandson of George W. and Julia A. (Miner) and Mary (Conkey) Aldridge; great-grandson of Jonas Conkey, Sergeant Betts; great-grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Betts; great•-grandson Ilampshire County Regt. Mass. Militia. of Tloomas Betts, private Fifth Conn. Regt.; great•-grandson of Thomas Betts, lltember of Norwalk Committee of Safety; grandson of Henry 1\f. and Anna RICHARD CLAY1'0R AUNSPAUGH, Norfolk, Va. (18579). Son oi Robert B. (Thayer) Dolson; great-grandson of William and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Tilghman and Anna M. (Claytor) Aunspaugh; grandson of Robert Mitchell 'l'hayer; great2-grandson of Leonard and Bridget (Belknap) Carpenter; great•· and Julia A. (Graham) Claytor; great-grandson of Michael (and Elizabeth grandson of Benjamin Carpenter, Signer of Association Pledge at Goshen, Lyle) Graham, private Penna. Militia; great•-grandson of Sann~el Lyle, Com· N. Y.; great2·grandson of Elijah and Anna (Cady) Thayer; great•·grandson missary Virginia troops, Collector of Specific Taxes; great-grandson of of David Thayer, private, Moses Hazen's Regt.; great•-grandson of Isaac Samuel Claytor, Sergeant Second Virginia Foot. Belknap, Member of Committee of Safety, Captain Fourth Brigade New York ERDMANN DWIGHT BALDWIN, Hila, Hawaii (14641). Son of David Dwight troops; great-grandson of Theophilus and Diana (Austin) Dolson; great•· and Lois G. (Morris) Baldwin; grandson of Dwight and Charlotte (Fowler) grandson of James and Ellen (Carpenter) Dolson; great'-grandson of James Baldwin; great-grandson of Solomon and Olive (Douglas) Fowler; great•· and Phoebe (Meeker) Dolson; great'-grandson of Isaac Dolson, drummer, grandson of Josiah Fowler, Captain, Major Meigs's Regt. Conn. Militia; Hathorn's New York Regt. great2-grandson of William Douglass, Colonel Conn. Militia and Line. CHARLES WOOD BOND, Framingham, Mass. (18446). Son of Daniel W. and CHARLES K. BARNUM, Brooklyn, N. Y. (18416). Son of Noah K. and Mary Susan J. (Dyer) Bond; grandson of Daniel Herrick and Deborah (White) (Starr) Barnum; grandson of Darius and Maria (Knapp) Barnum; great· Bond; great-grandson of Bethuel Bond, private, Dana's Company Waterbury's grandson of Set/1 Barnum, private Fifth Conn. Militia. Conn. Brigade. JOHN MURRAY BARTELS, Boston, Mass. (18445). Son of Herman F. and WILLIAM W. BOSTWICK, New York, N. Y. (18417). Son of Silas Brintnell Sally Innes (Forbes) Bartels; grandson of John Murray and Mary Elizabeth and Mary Gordon (Spencer) Bostwick; grandson 6f Barnabas Clapp and (Semmes) Forbes; great-grandson of Murray and Sally Innes (Thornton) :.lary E. (Brintnell) Bostwick; great·grandson of Robert Sturgeon and Sarah 8 Forbes; great•-grandson of Francis and Sally (Innes) Thornton; great -grand· ~Clapp) Bostwick; great0-grandson of R oberl Sturgeon Bostwick, private son of Harry Intoes, Superintendent of Virginia lead mines, Commissioner of Second Westchester County Regt. New York Militia. land claims; great-grandson of Thomas and Sophia Wilson (Potts) Semmes; great•·grandson of Jolm Potts, Penna. Frontier Ranger; great3-grandson of l'l.IF~~O~D WELLINGTON BRYAN'!', Chicago, Ill. (t8J8t). Son of Albert Samuel Potts, Commander of ship "Bull Dog'' Penna. Navy. \\r.tht~gton and Nancy (Wellington) Bryant; grandson of Josiah and Sally 1\\ •thmgton) Bryant; great-grandson of Josiah Bl'ya >£ t, private, Brooks's GEORGE B. BASCOM, Ticonderoga, N. Y. (18420). Son of Samuel Hopkins Hegt. Mass. Guards. and Elizabeth (Clark) Bascom; grandson of Artemeidorus and Chloe (Hul· burd) Bascom; great·grandson of Elias Bascom, private Mass. Militia and AHCIIIBA~D WILLINGHAM BUTT, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. (•64 u). Conn. Line; great-grandson of Ebenezer (and Mary Sheldon) Hulb~ SIDNEY SMITH CUSHING, Chicago, Ill. (18384). Son of Francis John and Ada Teresa (Smith) Cushing; grandson of William Theodore and Susan Arabella (Granger) Cushing; great-grandson of Theodore and Abigail (Jack· man) Cushing; great'-grandson of Caleb Cushing, Brigade Quartermaster Mass. Militia. EUGENE GRAY DICK, Oberlin, Ohio (18295). Son of Matthew Gray and Irene Joanna (Barber) Dick; grandson of Amzi Doolittle and Nancy Irene (Bailey) Barber; great-grandson of Eliphalet and Nancy (Bradish) Bailey; great•· grandson of James Bradish, Assistant Surgeon, Col. David Brewer's Ninth of EeiliiCI Hayes, Collector of Army Tax at'-Branford, Conn. Mass. Continental Regt.; great"-grandson of John Brculisl•, Member of Com· mittee of Correspondence and Public Safety at Hardwick, Mass. LOUIS DALE CARMAN, Washington, D. C. (14917). (Supplemental.) Son of Ezra Ayers and Ada (Salmon) Carman; grandson of Melancthon Freeman CHARLES RUFUS DODGE, Sewickley, Pa. (Ohio 18293). Son of Hiram Lake and Ann Maria (Ayers) Carman; great-grandson of Phineas Carman, private and Mary (Westcott) Dodge; grandson of Jeremiah and Harriet (Jackson) 2 Middlesex County, New Jersey, Militia. Dodge; great-grandson of Eusebus and Anna (Merchant) Dodge; great -grand son of Jeremiah Dodge, private, Charles Webb's Conn. Regt. JOHN H. CHADWICK, Tuscola, Ill. (18383). Son of James Montgo.mery and Parmelia (Sanders) Chadwick; grandson of James and Sarah Chadwick; great HAROLD CLARKE DURRELL, Cambridge, Mass. (18448). Son of Oliver grandson of Levi Chadwick, private, Mathias Ogden's New Jersey Regt. Heber and Sophia Gertrude (Eaton) Durrell; grandson of Oliver Bourne and Betsy Gooch (Peabody) Durrell; great-grandson of Thomas and Estl>er WILLIAM BEVERLY CHASE, Portland, Oregon (15520). Son of_ Levi and (1'owne) Durrell; great2-grandson of Benjamin and Hannah (Kimball) Dur Harriet (Vining) Chase; grandson of William and Hannah (Swtft) C?~_e; rell, Jr.; great"-grandson of Benjamin Durrell, Captain Mass. Militia, Mem great-grandson of Beverly Chase, private Dutchess County, New York, M1htta. ber Committee of Correspondence. CHARLES HOBAR'l' CLARK, Springfield, Mass. (18476). Son of Leonard and SELDEN MARVIN ELY, Washington, D. C. (7o1o). (Supplementals.) Son of Althine (Woodward) Clark; grandson of William Smith and Elizabeth (_Clark) John Selden and Sarah J. (McHenry) Ely; grandson of Selden Marvin and Clark· great-grandson of William Clark, private Nixon's Mass. Continental Esther S. (Griffin) Ely; great-grandson of Josiah and Dorothy (Gates) Grif· Regt. ; great•-grandson of John Clark, Delegate from Hubbardston in F~rst fin; great2-grandson of George Griflin, private Eighth Conn. Regt.; great' Mass. Provincial Congress; great-grandson of Samuel Clark, father of Eltza grandson of Timothy Gates, Sergeant Conn. Militia; great-grandson of Seth beth, Lieutenant Third Middlesex Regt. Mass. Militia. and Phoebe (Marvin) Ely; great0-grandson of Seth Ely, Captain Third Conn. HARRY ROUNTREE CLISE, Seattle, Wash. (17821). Son of Samuel Francis Militia. and Nancy (McKenzie) Clise; grandson of James and Lucinthia (Rowntree) HERMAN WEILLER FERNBERGER, Philadelphia, Pa. (18372). Son of Henry McKenzie; great-grandson of John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Row~tree; ~r~a~• and Julia (Weiller) Fernberger; grandson of Herman and Ellen (Ulman) grandson of Tl•omas Rowntree, private, Woodson's Company Nmth Vtrgtma Weiller; great-grandson of Simon and Sarah (Moyer) Ulman; great•-grandson Regt. of John N. and Elizabeth (Marshall) Moyer; great'-grandson of Jolln Marshall, Captain Second Penna. Line. JAMES HAVILAND CONKLIN, Huntington, N. Y. (18421). Son of Isaac ~ and Abigal (Berry) Conklin; grandson of Jesse and Phoebe (Wood) Conklm; PRANK FRANKENBERG, Columbus, Ohio (18552). Son of George 0. C. and great-grandson of Timothy Conklin, Lieutenant, Josiah Smith's Suffolk County Lucinda Paige (Armstrong) Frankenburg; grandson of Oliver and Lucinda Regt. New York Minute Men. (Paige) Armstrong; great-grandson of James and Thankful (Raymond) Paige; gr~at•-grandson of William Paige, Member of Mass. Provincial Congress and JOSEPH WARREN CROWELL, Cambridge, Md. (17249). Son of John and General Court, Captain Mass. "Alarm }\len," I775· Margaret Crowell; grandson of Joseph Crowell, private 1iddlese_x ,<;:ount~: New Jersey, Militia, prisoner in New York Sugar House and on bng Argo. l'R.\NCIS EATON FROTHINGHA!.I, New York, N. Y. (18533). Son of Nathaniel Francis and Margaret Tilden (Smith) Frothingham; grandson of ELLIS BLISS CURRIER, Northampton, Mass. (18447). Son of Bagley Carter Isaac Call and Joanna (Sampson) Frothingham; great-grandson of Richard and Clarissa (McKeith) Currier; grandson of Duncan and Marr: (Page) Frothingham, Field Commissary Knox's Artillery Regt. McKeith; great-grandson of Moses Page, Lieutenant New Hampshire State troops. GE~RGE HENRY GANSON, Cleveland, Ohio (18296). Son of George Wash Ington and Jennie Catherine (McGee) Ganson; grandson of Joseph Freeman EDGAR NEWELL CURTICE, Rochester, N. Y. (18538) .. Son ?f Mark and and Mary (Curtis) Ganson; great-grandson of Joseph and Abiah (Reynolds) Elmina (Goodnow) Curtice; grandson of Ebenezer _Curhce, pnvate,. Lemuel Ganson; great•-grandson of Nathan Ganson, Sergeant, Captain Daniel Shay's Johnson's Mass. Regt.; great-grandson of Jacob Curtice, Corporal Th1rd New Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Mass. Regt., pensioned. Hampshire Regt. NATIONAL SOCIETY, s. A. R. I'j 16 OFFICIAL BULLETIN HENRY HUBERT GIROUX, Brooklyn, N. Y. (18422). Son of Thomas Camille HARR_Y WAGER HU:LL, Brooklyn, N. Y. (18532). Son of Edward Hicks and Ehzabeth Ann (Ktpp) Hull; grandson of Abraham and Sarah (Smith) Ki . and Helen Augusta (Brown) Giroux; grandson of William and Ellen (McKee) great-grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth (C 1 ) Ki . • pp, Brown; great·grandson of Amos and Esther (Cutler) Brown, Jr.; great'· Abraham Kipp, private Fifth New York Li~~.'er pp, great-·grandson of grandson of Amos Brow,., Second Lieutenant, Isaac Gleason's Militia Com· pany of Waltham, Mass. BIRDSEY D. JACKSON, Buffalo, N. Y. (18423). Son of David G and 1\{. (Wade) Jackson; grandson of Schuyler and Frances K RANSOM ALPHONSO GREENE, Lowell, Mass. (18477). Son of Nutton and Mad~ ~elen Wade; great-grandson of Stephen and Louisa (H"ll ) W d . ( e ogg) Aurora (Goodno) Greene; grandson of William and Randilla (Clark) f H tt H"ll 1 s a e • great•-grandson 3 Goodno; great·grandson of Jonathan Rogers and Betsey (Green) Clark; great'· ot thewe C 1Mil" s; great. -grandson• of M edad H '"// s, L"teutenant Colonel Seven· een onn. ttia; great--grandson of Amasa Wade, private Conn. Militia. grandson of Timothy Clark, drummer, James Reed's Mass. Regt. JACOB DUNCAN JAQUES, Philadelphia, Pa. (18371 ). Son of Ed · Th GRANT B. GRUMBINE, Richmond, Mo. (15114). Son of Henry Bucks and and Charlotte Louise (Duncan) J wm omas Sarah A. (Gessner) Grumbine; grandson of Benjamin and Sarah (Bucks) (St hi ) D aques; grandson of William and Elmina 2 e ey uncan; great-grandson of William and Nan (Y Grumbine; great·grandson of John and Sophia Krumbine; great ·grandson of Duncan; great:-grandson of Joltn Duncan, Si ner of u cy . ?ung- Ben~age) Leonard Krun,bine, private, David Krause's Company Lancaster County, Company in Lancaster County' Pa .," Capta"111 g A ssoc1ate . Adssoctatlon Penna. Battalion.of Ltberty Penna., Militia; great·grandson of Jacob and Mary Magdalena (Albright) Bucks; great0-grandson of George Albright, private Fourth Battalion Lancaster LYMAN DENISON JONES New York N y ( 8 ) County, Penna., Militia. Mary Elizabeth (Tyler)' Jones; gra~ds;n ~f ~;~~~d :~~ ~/at ~ar~~ · and bury) Jones; great-grandson of Noah and Susannah (Love!) . EDWIN OSCAR HALL, Honolulu, Hawaii (14642). Son of William Wisner and Kinars~u: mg~ grandson of Joseph Love/J private, Lemue I R o b"mson ' s Mass. Regt. g Y' great-· Elizabeth Archer (Van Cleve) Hall; grandson of Edwin Oscar and Sarah Lyons (Williams) Hall; great-grandson of Owen and Sophia (Sibley) Hall; LUTHER SAGE KELLY, San Carlos Arizona (N y 1 3 and Jennette E. (Sage) K • 'd · ·• 8545). Son of Luther great•-grandson of Asa and Irene (Carpenter) Sibley; great -grandson of 11 0 Timothy Sibley, Colonel Mass. Militia, Member of Sutton Committee of Corre· Kelly; great-grandson of ~a~ief"~;,e:"e~, ~i;~;::::; a;:v!!~abEeth (CCheney) egt. Mass. Militia. ' ssex ounty spondence; grandson of Horatio Phillips and Charlotte Onisconsin (Clark) R Van Cleve; great-grandson of Nathan and Charlotte Ann (Seymour) Clark; great•-grandson of Thomas Young Seymour, Captain, Sheldon's Dragoons; FRANKH BAUDER d KENNEDY• E ast C leveland, Ohio ( 18291 ). Son of w·Ir enry an Martha (Bauder) Ken d d 1 tam great•-grandson of Thomas Seymour, Lieutenant Colonel Conn. Light Horse. (Klock) Bauder. ne y; gran son of Lodovic and Catharine Tryon County, N-!:ea~:~~~d;i7it~a~ Joseph Klock, private Palatine Battalion, AMOS B. HAMMER, Oklahoma City, Okla. (17749). Son of Augustus W. and Nancy (Bunner) Hammer; grandson of Peter Hammer, private First Penna. FRANKand EDWARDPamela (Locke) KIDDER Ki"d' dDorche . stedr, Mass. (t8478). Son of Joseph Tarbell Regt. er' gran son of Joseph d \b. il EUGENE W. HARRINGTON, Buffalo, N. Y. (18544). Son of Andrew B. and Locke; great-grandson. of Edmund (and R e b ecca H arnngton)~n 1 tgaMun (Munroe)L" Adell (Perkins) Harrington; grandson of Daniel and Serepta (Hill) Harring· te nan t ' Btgelow's Mass Regt kill d t M roe, teu· 2 Jonathan Harri,.gton Capta· ., M e Ma. onmouth, 1778; great'·grandson of ton; great-grandson of Ezekiel and Lydia (Cotton) Harrington; great -grand· , 1n ass. 1nute Men. son of Thomas Harrington, private, Captain Parker's Company Mass. Minute JACOB FRANKLIN KIRK p· Men at Battle of Lexington; great3-grandson of Heury Harrington, Signer of (Milner) Ki k· d ' •ttsbur~b, Pa. (t837J). Son of Jacob Levi and Jane r ' gran son of Levt a d R h I K" k Declaration of Colony of Mass. Bay, 1776. Kirk, Captain Fourth Battalion Chn t a~ e u ; great-grandson of Roger "'"'R ' es er ottnty, Penna., Associators. FREDERICK BARNARD HINCHMAN, New York, N. Y. (18419). Son of - AM. KUHNS Da t Ob" ( John Joseph and Julia Baker (Pratt) Hinchman; grandson of John Redding Kuhns; grands~n o~ o;,;.ll. JO 18288) .. Son of Daniel Y. and Leonora M. and Mary Morris (De Camp) Hinchman; great-grandson of joseph and Jane Kulnu, private Capta· ~ ta;. a~d Juha Kuhns; great-grandson of George Ford (Tuttle) De Camp; great'-grandson of Moses and Jane (Ford) Tuttle; PR•D ' m ra s ompany P enna. Flying Camp. great•-grandson of Jacob Ford, Colonel New Jersey Stale Troops. q AnnieW. (Comings)LEADBETTER L c!be' p or t1 an d ' Oregon (15521). Son of Charles H. and ea tter; grandson of I M a d S h (L I'LOYD HUGHES, Norfolk, Va. (15348). Son of Robert W. and Eliza (John· ,81"eat-grandson of W"JJ" d A . . n ara unt) Comings. ston) Hughes; grandson of Charles Clement and Eliza Madison (Preston) of David and Doro,th;m(~n ) n; Matilda (Sumner) Lunt; great•-grandso~ Johnston; great-grandson of Peter (and Mary Woodson) Jol•t~ston, Lieutenant, Colonel First Mass I f ose umner; great'-grandson of Joseph Vose Lee's Virginia Legion; great-grandson of John and Mary (Radford) Preston; ~ .n=~ ' great•-grandson of William Preston, Colonel Virginia Militia; great'-grandson I.I.IAMand Janette STILES (Stiles) LOOMIS L .'_Holyoke, Mass. ( t8479). Son of Elijah Williams of William Radford, Virginia privateersman on "Pha:nix," taken prisoner to ll"ellt·grandson of J o/I:o~;;• gran.dson of Roger and Lucina (Spelman) Stiles; England; grandson of Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton) Hughes; great· IC>n of Job Stiles . 'es, pnv~te Mass. Militia, pensioned; great'-grand· grandson of Hezekia/1 Morton, Captain Virginia Continental troops; great· ' pnvate Hampshtre County Militia. grandson of David Hughes, Captain Virginia troops; great•·srandson of J ohtl Morton, Captain Virginia troops. NA'l'lONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. I8 OFFICIAL BULLE'J.'IN 19 JOHN STANLEY LOW, Honolulu, Hawaii (14640). Son of John Somes and EUGENE ~ALVIN MYRIC_K, New York, N. Y. (18537). Son of Artemas B. Martha Parker (Fuller) Low; grandson of Frederick Gilman and Eliza (Davis) and Juha (Eveleth) Mynck; grandson of Calvin and Sally (Haskins) Myrick; Low; great-grandson of Joshua Gee and Lydia (Somes) Low; great2·grandson gran~son o_f Obed and Phrebe (Haskins) Myrick; great•·grandson of William of Jol•n Low, Colonel Mass. Militia, Member of General Court; great-grand Myrtek, pnvate, Zenas Winslow's Mass. Regt. and Continental Service. 2 son of Eliphalet Davis, drummer ?.