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grandson of Abraham Knowlto11, Second Lieutenant Third Essex County Regt. Mass. . OFFICIAL BULLETIN CONVERSE DETTMER WEST, Montclair, N. J. (28365). Great".grandson of 01' William Hamli,., private Fifth Regt. Conn. Line; great2-grand•on of Robert Culbertso1r, Colonel Penna. Militia; great!tgrandson of Ebene::er Parsons, pri­ THE NATIONAL SOCIETY vate Conn. Militia. 01' THI!: ROBERT HOLLAND WHEELER, Towson, Md. (27864). Great2-grandson of Ignatius Wheeler, Colonel Harford County Militia. ORLO CAHILL WHITAKER, Norfolk, Va. (Ill. 28294). Great"-grand,on of SONS _OF THE Richard Wallace, Quartermaster in Lochrey's Expedition, \Vestmoreland County, Orpnized April 30, 1889 Penna., under Col. George Rogers Clark, prisoner. President General £lmer M. Wentworth, Des Moines, Iowa. Incorporated by Act of Congreaa June 9, 1906 MORTIMER WHITEHEAD, Washington, D. C. (2118). Supplemental. Great•• grandson of Robert Dunn, Quartermaster Sergeant, Capt. John Walton's Com­ pany Light Dragoons, Captain of Express Riders. Volume XI OCTOBER. 1916 Number 2 JAMES AUSTIN WILDER, Honolulu, Hawaii (28527). Great"-grandson of Sanutel Williams, Lieutenant Sixth Regt. Conn. Continentals. Published at the office of the Secretary General (A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Insti tutlon), Washington, D. C., in June, October, December, and March. . EARLE BOLLINGER WILLIAMS, Olympia, Wash. (28562). Great'-grandson of John Guild, patriot preacher in New Jersey. Entered as second-class matter, May 7, 1908, at the post-office at Washmgton, )). C., under the Act of July r6, 1894. FREDERICK HENRY WILLIAMSON, Brooklyn, N. Y. (2826o). Great2-grand­ son of Mathias Milspaugh, Sergeant, Colonel Janson's Regt. and other service. THE OFFICIAL BuLLETIN records action by th~ General 0!-ficers, :he FRANCIS CUSHMAN WILSON, Santa Fe, New Mex. (23924). Great"·grandson Board of Trustees, the Executive and other Nat1o~al Comm1tte~s, lists of William Ware, Sergeant, Col. Abiel Mitchel's Mass. Regt. of members deceased and of new members, and Important domgs of FREEMAN EARL WINANS, Seattle, Wash. (28566). Great2-grandson of Jacob Cra11e, Lieutenant Colonel,_ Col. Asher Holmes's New Jersey Regt. State Societies. In order that the OFFICIAL BU:LETIN m.ay be u~ to d t d to insure the preservation in the NatiOnal Soc1et~ arch1ves EDWARD WINSLOW, Montclair, N. J. (28599). Great-grandson of Natha111ei a e, an · · t State Winslow, Major, Col. Benjamin Tupper's Tenth Mass. Regt. of a complete history of the doings of the ent1re orga~1za 10n, HERBERT RAYMOND WOLCOTT, Springfield, Mass. (28652). Great•-grandson Societies and local Chapters are requested to commumcate prom_ptly of Ephraim Chapin, Captain First Hampshire County Regt. Mass. Militia. to the Secretary General written or printed ~ccou~ts of all meetl~gs ARCHIBALD M. WOODRUFF, Newark, N. J. (28362). Great-grandson of Par­ elebrations to forward copies of all notices, circulars, and ot er sons Woodruff, private Essex County New Jersey Militia; great•-grandson of or.pnnte c d matter '·1ssue d by them , and to notify him at once of dates of Israel Rickey, private Somerset County New Jersey Militia; great2-grandson of death of members. Seth ~Voodruff, private, Col. Edward Thomas's Regt. New Jersey ~filitia; 2 great -grandson of Rufus Crone, private Second Essex County Rcgt. New Jersey Militia; great-2grandson of Stafford Wilson, private Eastern Battalion Morris County New Jersey Militia; greatO.grandson of Lewis Mulford, private L LETTER TO STATE SOCIETY PRESIDEN_TS. Essex County New Jersey Militia. WILLIAM WOODWARD, Worcester, Mass. (28519). great-grandson of Joshua In July the President General sent the following letter to President: Phillips, private, Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. Mass. Militia; great-grandson of of State Societies: Nehemiah Woodward, private, Col. Benjamin Bellows's Regt. OFFICE OF PRESIDENT GENERAL, LOUIE DOUGLAS WRIGHT, Chicago, Ill. (28295). great"-grandson of Asa Douglas, Jr., Major Seventeenth Albany County Regt. New York Militia; DEs MoiNES, IowA, July zr, I9I6. great'-grandson of Asa Do1

mmittee and pedigrees of members enrolled from May 16, What suggestion can you make to broaden the influence of the State Executive· co • and National Societies? 1915, to April JO, 1916. Do you propose to make an aggressive campaign for new members? G CoMMITTEE has been increased in membership by the addi- Bear in mind the purposes of this Society: To unite and promote THE F LA N W h" t D C and fellowship among the descendants of the men who, by their services or of Rear Adm. George W. Baird, U. S. ., as mg on, . ., . t Col M W Wood, U.S. A., Boise, Idaho. sacrifices, achieved the independence of the American people; to inspire LteU. · • • them and the community at large with a more p"rofound reverence for "IGHTH ANNUAL CoNGREss.-The Empire State Society con- T WENTY-..,. . · · · ! the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to foster tes making arrangements for either a special tram or s~ecm cars true patriotism. the Annual Congress at Nashville, Tenn., in May~ 19.17, gomg by the THE NATION NEEDS YOUR HELP. :a of Chattanooga, and visiting Lookout Mountam, If enough mem­ Sincerely yours, be[s of the Society from New York, New Jersey, and New. Engla~d can be obtained to secure the special conveni.ences. Commumcate w1th T. D. Huntting, 220 Broadway, New York City.

/siGNERS' MEMORIAL BOOK. A joint committee of three members on the part of the Sons ?f the American Revolution and three from the J?escendants. of the S1gn~rs of the Declaration of Independence has m pre~a:abon a. memonal President Ge11eral. volume to the Signers, to be publish~d un~er the JOmt auspices of the two organizations. The joint comm1ttee IS as follows: R.. C. Ballard The President General has planned v1s1ts to most of the State So­ Thruston, Mr. A. Howard Clark, and Col. George A. Elhott, of the cieties during his term of office in order to arouse the personal interest Sons of the American Revolution, and Mr. Charles Thornton Adams, of every member in the general objects of the organization and in Mr. Gordon Woodbury, and Judge Albert. McClellan Mathewson, of practical patriotic work of present-day importance. He has already the Descendants of the Signers. All the thtrteen mem?ers of the ~a­ arranged for extended trips in October and November to many of the tiona! Memorial Committee of the Sons of the Amencan Eastern Societies. ~~volutJOn will participate in the undertaking. It is expected that th~ JOint com­ OFFICIAL NOTICES. mittee will meet in November and be ready to report defimte progress. The National Year Book for 1916 was completed on September 27. [/I' HE WASHINGTON GUARD. . It is sent officially to the General Officers and Trustees, officers of State Societies, one copy to each local Chapter, delegates attending the General Officers of The Washington Guard have been appomted as Newark Congress, chairmen of National Committees, and to about roo follows: h p "d t puhlic libraries. In response to the notice in the June OFFICIAL BULLE­ Honorary Commander-in-Chief, Elmer M. Wentwort , res1 en TIN and by postal card of June 7, subscriptions for 430 additional copies General. were received, as required, before August I, from State Societies, Chap­ Governor General John Lenord Merrill, East Orange, N. J. ters, and individual members. The Secretary General holds a few re­ Lieutenant Gover~ors General, Benjamin C. Allin, 1215 E. 52d St., maining copies for sale at 75 cents each, in paper covers, or $r.oo, cloth Chicago, Ill., and Webster Bruce, 8o Baker St., Lynn, Mass. bound, postpaid. The book is of 355 pages, containing a list of the Secretary General, John Thornley Neff, 22 Beech St., East Orange, General Officers and of National Committees for I9I6; the National N.J. S L M Charter; Constitution and By-Laws; list of officers of State Societies Registrar General, Luther Atwood, 8 Sagamore t., yon, ass. and local Chapters ; the Proceedings of Newark Congress, May 15, I6; Treasurer General, Albert J. Squier, Gray Oaks, Yonkers •. N. Y. addresses at the banquet, May 16; minutes of meetings of Trustees and Chaplain General, Rev. J. Edward Kirbye, D. D., Des Momes, Iowa. 4 OPFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 5 · h"story It is made up of questions, with clearly The Constitution of the Guard is published in the I9I6 National Year nd Amencan 1 . 74 h . f th Book, pages I97-I99. It provides for a National Commandery, State a t d answers to each. Mr. Chancellor L. J en~s, c a1rman o e Commanderies, and Posts. Several State Commanderies and Posts stat~ I Committee on Americanization and Ahens, states that the have been organized and others are being formed. Full information N~ ~~na"remarkably good and its circulation among those who expect may be obtained from John Thornley Neff, Secretary General of the qUI~::ome citizens of th~ would be a wo:k of great Guard. to 1 , Copies of the pamphlet may be secured by addressmg the S~­ va ue. f th y M C A or Dr. Samuel D. Barnes, Honolulu, H. . NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING. retary o e · · · · - Some progress has been made toward the early construction of a ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP. National Archives Building through the approval by the President, on June 28, I9I6, of a law repealing the following clause in the act of F m May I to September 30, I9I6, the Registrar General e~rolle_d ro members in 37 State Societies, as follows: Arkansas, I' Cah- March 4, I9I3, this clause having delayed the adoption of plans and estimates already prepared : 3f2I nl·aewi8. Colorado 6. Connecticut, 7; Florida, 2; Hawaii, I; Illin?is, orn , • ' ' k L · iana 2 · Mame 28· Indiana s· Iowa, I2; Kansas, 4; Kentuc y, 4; OU.IS ! ' M ' That before the said designs and estimates are completed inspection 5 . 'Massachus~tts, 33; , 6; Minnesota, 2; MissounN I ; y onk shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury of ' 2. Nebraska IO. New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 42; or . the best modern national archives buildings in Europe, and consulta­ e'~ tion shall be had with the best authorities in Europe on the construction ta~a, i;e State) ~3. 'North Carolina, 2; North Dakota, I ; OhiO, 38' and arrangement of archives buildings. ~kl~:oma, I; o:ego~. I6; Pennsylvania, 8; Phili~pi~e~, I; ~hode ~sland, s; South Dakota, z; Utah, 6;_ , I; VIrgtma, 6, Washmgton The plans proposed show a building containing 3,000,000 cubic feet of 2 space, with an extension to 8,900,000 cubic feet, and also showing an State, IS; , I; Wyommg, · intermediate capacity which the Department will recommend as abso­ lutely necessary for immediate use. Several sites have been considered ..,/ LAFAYETTE'S BIRTHDAY. and estimates have been prepared of the cost of each. A draft of the Th Sons of the American Revolution in various parts of the country legislation necessary for acquiring a site and proceeding with the con­ arti:i ated in the observance of Lafayette's B~rthday on Sept.ember 6, struction of the building will now be submitted to Congress. severalP P members servmg. on the Lafayette Anmversary Committeed 1 andb the Lafayette Day Citizens' Committee. It was the secon gen~a o - COMMITTEE ON AMERICANIZATION AND ALIENS. servance of this anniversary in the United States. In New hYo~. e~_er­ cises were held in the afternoon at the City Hall, under t e I:ec Ion Chancellor L. Jenks has been appointed by the U. S. Bureau of Edu­ of the Citizens' Committee, and in the evening a banquet was g~vent:t cation a member of a "Committee of One Hundred" to take part in the the Waldorf-Astoria in honor of Ambassador Jusserand, un er e "America first campaign." The committee is to work to induce 3,000,­ direction of the France-America Society. ooo non-English-speaking immigrants to attend night schools and learn the language of this country. The membership of the committee is made up of representatives of the Young Men's Christian Association, MEMORIAL AT VALLEY FORGE. American Association of Foreign-language Newspapers, State Super­ At historic Valley Forge there is being erected a_ Washington Me~o­ intendents of Instruction, various societies of alien citizens, etc. rial Chapel adjoining which is a Patriots' Hall, Clo1ster of the Colom_es, The Citizenship Education Committee of the Y. M. C. A. of Honolulu, Historical Museum and Library, and a Thanksgiving Tower, the entire in co-operation with the Sons of the American Revolution, has published group to cost more than a quarter of a million dollars: f r a I2-page pamphlet prepared by Charles F. Clemons, Judge of the The Memorial Chapel is nearly completed and w1ll be ope_ned o United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, entitled "What services in November, I9I 6 · E very 0 b"el c t in the chapel w1ll. beTh a an Applicant for Naturalization Should Know About Our Government." memorial to those who took part in the building up of ou: nation. . e It is a carefully prepared quiz on the Constitution of the United States design of the chapel roof or ceiling furnishes a splendid opportumty 6 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 7

for each State. of ?ur Union to be represented by one of the forty-ei ht Wars, the Order of Founders and Patriots, and the Military Order of panels, on whtch IS to be carved the State coat of arms, while in ~he Foreign Wars, all of Connecticut, will dedicate a Bay in the Cloister of floor below. wlll be placed the seal of the State in bronze with the name the Colonies in memory of the Connecticut soldiers who suffered and of ~e~son m whose honor the panel and seal are placed. The State died at Valley Forge. Soctetles of the ~ons of the American Revolution should quickly avail themsel.ves of thts opportunity to be represented in this Valley Forge DOINGS OF STATE SOCIETIES. Men~on.al: many panels already having been taken by other So · t' and mdtvtduals. cte tes ~e California Society on the evening of June r6 commemorated the by giving a dinner and dance at Hale's Pom­ ~7- f'i:t ' ~ - -"-- . pe:an Court, San Francisco. The program included a solo, "The Sword ~· t£.~- ~- :' .. :.::-:;:.~-·='-- ~ , . f • - ...... :"--..~ of Bunker Hill," by Mr. Delevan B. Bowley, and an address on "The . _.., c::...... Significance of Bunker Hill," by Compatriot Thomas B. Dozier. ~ ~ ~ .i¥ .__ "'S_,, Flag Day was observed in San Francisco and throughout California ,..... ~~ -...... · .... by the general display of the "Stars and Stripes," and appropriate exer­ ""~~,.....- .. ,.,.,... 4o; . cises were held in many of the public schools. Under date of August 22 the Society addressed the following notice to principals of high schools: Hoping to arouse an interest in merican history, the California Society of the Sons of the Am~ric n Revolution offers three prizes ~f $25, $rs, and $ro respectively to e pupils in.. the high schools o~ ~ah­ fornia for the three best essay written on What Was the Spmt of 1776 ?" . Essays to contain from nine hundred to eleven hundred words, stgned with name of the writer, with name and address on separate paper, and sent to the Secretary of this Society by the principal before Jan­ uary 1, 1917. The Society to retain essays, with the right to publish. Judges of award are: Henry A. Melvin, Justice of the Supreme Court; Thomas B. Dozier, and Thomas E. Haven of San Francisco. Objects of the Society are "to inspire among the members * * * and the community at large a more profound reverence for the prin­ ciples of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage The pl~ns for Patriots' Hall and Thanksgiving Tower are completed historical research in relation to the American Revolution." and_ provtde ample room for meetings of such patriotic societies as destre to assemble at this sacred spot; and in the Museum ·u b The Colorado Society undertook a very successful campaign to have pre~erved and exhibited the rare relics of the Revolution andw~th e every automobile in the State display the Stars and Stripes on Flag penods of the c~untry's history which have already been gathered her:~ Day. Many members of the Society participated in the historical . Funds to. provtde for the early erection of the entire group of build­ pageant in connection with the celebration of Colorado's fortieth birth­ mgs are bemg c~llec~ed and the committee in charge of the work hope day as a State, representing Signers of the Declaration of Independence fo_r a country-wtde mterest in the project. Information may be ob­ and other American patriots. tamed from ~ev. W: ~erbert Burk, Valley Forge, Pa., or from Col. George A. Elhott, Wtlmm~ton, Del., President of the Delaware Society The Connecticut Society held its annual business meeting, at the of the Sons o_f the Amencan Revolution, both of whom are members Hartford Club, at noon, on June 14, when the following officers were of the Memonal Chapel Committee. elected: President, Capt. Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford; Vice-Presi­ On Octob~r 14 the Society of the Cincinnati, the Sons of the Ameri­ dent, George F. Burgess, New Haven; Secretary, Charles G. Stone, can Revolut10n, the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Hartford; Treasurer, Henry C. Sherwood, ~ridgeport; Registrar. Fred- NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 9 8 OFFICIAL BULLETIN preme Court of the District of Columbia; addresses for our new citi­ er.ick Bostwick, New Haven; Historian, Frank B. Gay, Hartford. zens by William F. Gude, Esquire, to former Germans; Salvatore Desio, lam, The Rev. Dr. William De L L ' Chap- L oss ove, Hartford · N ec 1 · Esquire, to former Italians; Dr. John Constas, to former Greeks; Dr. everett Belknap, Hartford; Auditors Frederick W H jl d rSo ogtst, F. Beardsley, Bridgeport. ' · a an amuel Leopold Glushak, to former Russian Hebrews. Secretary Stone reported a membership of I 003 Six h d d d The Empire State Society held its regular meeting on June 20, at had been contributed to the Belgian relief 'fund It un re ollars Huntington, L. I., when 28 members were present from New York City, that the first high-school winner in the pri . was announced ra dd ht f ze essay contest was the besides those of the local Chapter. The visitors were entertained by g · n aug er Ro a· German. emigrant' and the first g rammar-sc h ool the local compatriots and by the Ketewamoke Chapter, D. A. R., at the ~~.ner was a usstan gtrl, who came to this country only five ye.lrs Huntington Marine and Golf Club for lunch, and afterward on an automobile ride through the country and at receptions at the homes of ha~dreafsu$rer6Henry C. Sherwood of Bridgeport reported a balance on Compatriot and Mrs. George D. Bangs and of Mr. Wm. J. Mathewson. 0 1,4 J.04. President Ames told of the work done by the Society and of plans for Historian Frank B. Gay read a war-time letter from Governor the future. Addresses were made by compatriot Edward Hagaman athan Trumbull td General Gage the British ffi Jon- Hall, on the early history of Long Island; by Compatriot Douglas A ( f h • o cer. p .~eet 1Lng 0 t : Board of Managers preceded the annual meeting Conklin, on the early Colonial history of Huntington; by Mrs. Gilbert rest en ee prestded .. A. R. Kimball of Waterbury reported that th~ Scudder, Regent of Ketewamoke Chapter, D. A. R., on the work of ~ol~ey Ffor the Conn~cttcut Bay in the Cloister of the Colonies of the the Daughters of the American Revolution and their co-operation with a ey orge Memonal Chapel had been raised. the S. A. R.; by Compatriot Ron. Cornelius A. Pugsley, on "Prepared­ Dr: George C. F. Wi.lliams of Hartford moved that a committee be ness," and by the Rev. ]. Jeffrey Johnston, pastor of the First Presby­ appomted. to. confer .wtth th.e committees of other societies, that all terian Church of Huntington, on the history of the early religion in mtght. umte m selectmg an mscription. President Lee named as the eastern Long Island. cComt~tttefe D.odctor Williams, Judge Morris B. Beardsley, and Lewis B The usual custom of the Society in having a flag placed on the tomb ur ts ojEn geport. · of Lafayette in Paris on the Fourth of July was made a very im­ pressive and important occasion this year. Many prominent officials The~~tri~t of ~olumbia Society of the Sons of the American and men of France and the United States were present, and Premier ~~vol to~ umted With the Sons of the Revolution in conducting patri­ Briand made glowing tribute to the Americans now fighting for France. ~/~~~ercts:;hat t~e.~e of the 'Y~shington Monument on the morning The Paris edition of the New York Herald reproduced a picture of the Y 4· e c ~rman of the JOmt committee was Commander John ceremony, which was in charge of Compatriot Hanson Cleveland Coxe H . Moore, U. S. N. (retired). of the Empire State Society. th ~hef Jar~~ audience included many recently naturalized citizens and The Society had entire charge of the celebration held in Central Park, etr amt t.es, who had been specially invited, as well as members of New York City, on the Fourth of July, and furnished the escort to the several Ital.tan, Greek, Hebrew, and German societies. speakers at the Stadium and posed the tableau of the Spirit of 1776 at 'd The Manne Band furnished a concert program. Gaillard Hunt Pres­ the City College. President Ames was chairman of the Manhattan Safe :id:~t o~ the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbi~ pre- and Sane Fourth of July City Committee. . he French Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand attended as s~ecial The Year Book for 1915-1916 ( 107 pages), besides the usual interest­ guhests, and there were also present several members of the cabinet ing account of the work of the year, with patriotic addresses, list of ot er members of the diplomatic corps, and many members of Con~ members, etc., contains about a dozen colored illustrations of flags and gress. banners. . The order of exercises included: Invocation by Chaplain George Li _ mgst. on Bayard • U · S · N. avy, o f t h e S ons of the Revolution; presenta-v THE CoRNELIUS VAN DYcK CHAPTER of Schenectady on June 14 pre­ ~on1 of t~e colors; greetmgs from the Presiding Officer; reading of the sented an American flag to Union Coll ege. Many alumni attended the ec ara~10n of Independence, by Albion K. Parris of the Sons of the exercises on the campus. Former Governor Myron T. Herrick of RevolutiOn; address by A~sociate Justice Ashley M. Gould of the Su- Ohio, late Ambassador to France, was the principal guest of the occa­ sion. IO OFFICIAL BULLET! . NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 1.1

County Clerk Moon, Pre ident of the Chapter, presented the flag in Mayor Stone extended a welcome to the newly. naturalized citizens, the name of the Sons of the American Revolution. Doctor Richmond not only on behalf of the great American Republic,_ but on behalf of accepted both flag-pole and flag in the name of the college. "They h l'ty of Syracuse which they have chosen for thetr home. shall not only indicate loyalty, but shall express to us national patriot­ teeDr. Peter Roberts ' spoke on " The Spmt.. o fA menca.. " ism, which has its home in every man's breast." Ambassador Herrick said in part: Th · spirit rests upon the freedom of the individual, the _vindication 0 f h~~an rights, and an undivided allegiance. to. the Repub_hc. . The flag which you have just raised means more to us this year than The War of r8r2 was fought with qreat B:•~am to. estabhsh ~h~ nght it has meant to us in many years. We have had an expression of f the individual to make his own chotce of cltlzenshtp. The Ctvt! ~a~ patriotism in Europe from which we are drawing new inspiration every ~vas fought to end forever the inhum'!-nity of slav~~Y· An undtvt e day here in America. To many it has seemed we had forgotten that aile iance to the Republic does not requtre o~ every ctttzen that h~ fo_rget our first obligation is to our country. In Europe we have seen the l ut behind him everything connected wtth the coun~ry of hts btrth. shedding, like a garment, of all selfishness and the subordination of all f~r 81at is manifestly impossible and unnecess3:ry; but •.t do_es mead 3:n personal interest for their country. It is our obligation to prepare to unqualified support of the doc~rine ,of "Amenca first m nght an m defend that flag, that it may never be lowered in disgrace. 1· ustice in all things and at all times. . . . Tho~e who come to us from foreign_ shores _are acqumng an •_nterest A very successful meeting commemorating Lafayette's Birthday was in the estate of a rich family, not an t~povensh~d ~ne. The nght of held on September 6 in the Historical Society rooms. Chas. P Sanders participation in that estate carries with tt an ob!1gat10n to observe the and others were the speakers. On October 28 President Moon will I aw S o f the land and a willingness. . to make sacnfices to preserve these present the naturalization papers to new citizens admitted by the Sep­ laws and to uphold the Const1tut1on. tember term of the Supreme Court. The Chapter has issued attractive Gen. Le Vant Dodge of Kentucky declared that all ma~kind has folders describing the meetings for rgr6-rgr7 and listing officers and placed upon the United States the task of demo~strating that dem?cracy members. is more than an ideal; that it is real and practicable. Th~ weldmg of ADIRONDACK CHAPTER, at Hudson Falls, held an interesting meeting the children of all nations into one American people, w1th common in August, when the following officers were elected: President, Wil­ ideals and ·common interests, is the task which is now being performed. loughby L. Sawyer; Secretary, I. Van I;Y. Gill; Treasurer, Archibald S. The success of the experiment, General Dodge declared, rests largely Derby. with the conduct of these new citizens who were guests of ?ono: at the celebration. They must necessarily play an important part m thts great THE SYRACUSE CHAPTER is arranging, through President Wickes, an work, the speaker said. interesting and vital program for the year, particularly dealing with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and their framers HuNTINGTON CHAPTER, Huntington, L. I., held its regul_ar meeting on and signers as they relate to the present-day problems and trials of June s. The new President, Mr. Fred M. Hazzard, pres1ded. Reports our democracy. · of committees showed a new flag-pole had been erected at the new Americanization Day exercjses were held at the State Armory under Town Hall at an expense of fifty dollars; also eight essays had been the management of a Citi.zens' Committee, of which Hon. Newell B. received in competition for medals offered by -tbe So~iety. Mem?e~s Woodworth was chairman. Special guests included citizens naturalized were appointed to serve on the following. State Comm_1ttees: ~atn?ttc in June, rgr6. Four t!musand citizens stood in the great drill hall and Legislation Committee, Patriotic EducatiOnal Committee, H1stoncal pronounced the pledge to the flag. The exercises included music by Committee, Recruiting Committee, Standard Bearers to serve on State Syracuse Harmony Orchestra; introductory remarks by the presiding Color Guard. officer, Mr. Woodworth; receiving the colors and pledge to the flag; NEWBURGH CHAPTER held its summer meeting on the evening _of massing of the colors by patriotic organizations; address of welcome June 2r, at the invitation of Samuel L. Stewart, President, _at Brooks1de by Mayor Walter B. Stone; address on "The Spirit of America," by Dr. Farms and was well attended. It was preceded by a dmner. Com­ Peter Roberts; address by Gen. Le Vant Dodge; flag drill, and tab­ patriot' Stewart reported as delegate to the _Twenty-.seventh Annual leaux. Congress at Newark. Tm: Chapter took a leadmg part m the Ind~pe_nd­ The printed program gave the names of more than a thousand nat­ ence Day celebration at Washington's Headquarters. The prmc1pal uralized during the pr~eding year. speaker was Hon. W. M. Calder of Brooklyn. Flag Day was very gen- I2 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NA'fiONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 13

erally obs.erved through publicity work done by the Newburgh Cha ter he had his friends and his enemies. To all he was as open as the day. and the c1ty newspapers. P In his death there is lost so much that was noble, so mu~h t~at was constant in opposition to all that is ignoble, so m.uch th~t 1~sp1red ad­ The ~£aiian Society on May 16 adopted resolutions in memory of miration, so much that was an example of upnght thmkmg and of Compatnot Ro:-vland Jay Greene, a life member of the organization. upright living so much that contributed to our "stock of harmless pleas­ ure." his family nor his friends can mourn for him as one Under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu the s Neithe~ of th A . R I . ' ons whom they have lost, for he will live in their memory-a memory that . e mencan evo ut10n, the Daughters of the American Revolu- will be a storehouse out of which will come nothing of evil, only good. t~on, and the Citizenship Committee of the Y. M. C. A., patriotic exer­ For him what epitaph so speaks the truth as "Blessed are the pure in cises were held at the Palace Grounds, Honolulu, on the morning of heart, for they shall see God." !uly 4· Hon. Sanford B. Dole presided. The program included read­ The Mainr"Society.-At a meeting of the Board of Councillors, on mg of the Declaration of Independence by Mr. C. C. Bitting, address by September 16, Rev. William G. Mann of Westbrook was elected Chap­ Judge Horace W. Vaughan, and patriotic music. lain. Vice-President General Philip F. Turner of Portland, Me., rep­ .~he ln.Jlia~a Society.-Secretary S. S. Miller having been called into resented the National Society at the Fairbanks Family Association meeting at Dedham, Mass., in August. m1htary serv1ce, he has been succeeded by Edward J, Bennett 1023 N. Delaware street, Indianapolis. ' . The Society has appointed a School Republics Com­ • The l~w. Society on September 13 made to the following colleges mittee to promote the introduction of the school republic method of of Iowa Its tenth offer of bronze history medals for the best work i moral and civic training in all the public schools of the State. This the history ~f the United States: Iowa State College of Agriculture an~ system has been successfully carried out in many cities of the country the Mechamc Arts, Ames; Iowa State University, Iowa City; Iowa under the direction of Mr. Wilson L. Gill, formerly a member of the Wesleyan ~olle.ge, Mount Pleasant; Upper I, wa University, Fayette; Sons of the American Revolution. The Massachusetts Society Commit­ Drake ~mverstty, Des Moines; Central 9ollege, Pella; Iowa State tee consists of George H. Nutting, chairman; James C. Peabody, Ver­ Teachers College, Cedar Falls; Cornell C6llege, Mount Vernon. Grin­ non A. Field, Frank E. Woodward, ex officio; Lieut. Col. Charles M. nell College, Grinnell; Morningside College, Sioux City; Leande; Clark Green, Treasurer of School Republics Fund. College, Toledo; Des Moines College, Des Moines; Tabor College, The Society Field Day will be held at Plymouth on October 12. lfabor; Ellsworth Colle.ge, Iowa Falls; Coe College, Cedar Rapids; Penn THE FRANCIS LEWIS CHAPTER of Walpole.-Members of the recently ·College, Oskaloosa; S1mpson College, Indianola; Highland Park Coi- organized Post of The Washington Guard celebrated July 4 by taking Jege, Des Moines. · part in a street parade and with exercises and a banquet at the "Ar­ Th_e six .institutions first above named have been constant from the mory," the home of President Isaac Newton Lewis. Two of the young first m the1r acceptance of the offer. In the nine years just passed 136 men of the Francis Lewis Post of The Washington Guard are in the college medals have been awarded and given to students in these hi.,.her service of their country-Capt. Edward A. Lewis, U. S. Army, and i~stitutions of learning. Medals of different design have, in the m~an­ Lieut. Harold F. Lewis, U. S. Navy. tu:ne, be~n a:-varded through the gift of individual compatriots to 154 wmners, m .h1gh schoo~s; in all 290 medals, to promote the study of the THE OLD EssEx CHAPTER of Lynn held its twenty-first annual meeting country s history and m the hope of stimulating patriotism. at the Associates Camp, Swampscott, on April 14. Col. James Morgan, "Uncle Dudley" of the Globe, gave a talk on the "Tercentennary T~ntucky Society on September r6 lost one of its most promi­ Celebration of the Landing of the Pilgrims." The Chapter numbers nent members, Gen. Basil Wilson Duke. The following tribute to his 22o members. The following officers were elected: President, Charles memory appeared in a Louisville paper: Frederic Smith; Vice-Presidents, Henry Fuller Tapley and Webster It ~s impossible to speak of General Duk~in terms of moderation Bruce; Secretary, Luther Atwood, 8 Sagamore street; Treasurer, Henry for h1s. bound~ry w~s of such large dimension. His courage, his kindli~ Morris Kelley, 20 Sagamore street; Historian, Charles Howard Bangs, ness,, h1s readm!l', h1s memory, his humor, his every faculty, native and M. D.; Chaplain, Rev. Frederic Williams Perkins, D. D. acqmred-rare, mdeed, could be found his equal. Like all strong men, NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. IS I4 OFFICIAL BULLETIN At the request of President General Wentworth, a committee con­ The N ra_ska _Society has elected as its Secretary Mr. Addison E. sisting of Newell B. Woodworth, chairman; David L . Pierson, Thomas Sheldon, Legislative Reference Bureau, University of Nebraska, Lin­ W. Williams, John H. Burroughs, and C. Symmes Kiggins has prepared coln, to succeed Secretary Clarence S. Paine who died on June 1 c . p . ' 4· a fitting tribute to the memory of Doctor Whitaker for publication in ompatnot ~me, as Secretary of the State Society and · former Presi- a memorial volume which the church at Elizabeth has in preparation. dent of the Lmcoln Chapter, was one of the most earnest and efficie t PARAMUS CHAPTER met at Ridgewood, at the home of its President, members. of t~e ?rganization. He was 48 years of age. Stricken wi~h Judge Cornelius Doremus, on the evening of June 16. Reports w~re pneumo~Ia, Ius Ill~ess ~as of only five days' duration. A wife and four children survlVe him. Mr. Paine was secretary of the N ebr sk received on the activities of the Chapter, and upon the recommendatiOn S_tate Historical Society and of the Mississippi Valley Historical of the Committee on Monuments and Memorials the placing of markers \o~ on the graves of Revolutionary soldiers, buried in the following places, ciety. He :was splendidly equipped for historical work, and the Ne­ braska Society has become strong and influential through his efforts was authorized: Arcola, Bergenfields, Closter, Demarest, and Hacken- He was a member of the Lincoln Rotary Club, the Knights of Pythias: sack. The Committee on National Preparedness presented the following and _E lks. As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, his services were always at the command of his compatriots. resolution, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That Paramus Chapter, No.6, New Jersey Society, S. A. R., The New Hampshire Society on Jun 13 held its annual meeting in hereby expresses its belief in a system of preparedness as a measure to the State Senate Chamber at Concord, hen Rev. Dr. Chalmers deliv­ insure peace, and that it pledges its support to a~y reasonable plan for ered_ an address on "The Effect of th Revolution on Religion." Com­ that purpose which may be adopted, and that 1t recommends to _the Legislature, State of New Jersey, and to the Congress of the Umted patnot Isaac Walker, a real son of Revolutionary soldier, sat on the States the adoption of some effective plan. platform. Offi7ers ele:ted were: resident, Franklin W. McKinley, Manchester; VIce-Presidents, Harry T. Lord of Manchester Henry H After the business session, the guest of the evening, Mr. H. B. Metcalf and ?en. ]. N. Patterson of Concord; Secretary~ Treasurer: Goetschins of Hackensack, and a former President of the Bergen Ho:vard J:"· _H ill, Conc?rd; Registrar, Charles C. Jones, Concord; His­ County Historical Society, spoke on the "Growth of the Republican tonan, W1lham F. Wh1tcher, Woodsville; Chaplain, Rev. Lucius Water­ Idea in Europe." He sketched the growth and history of the early man, D. D., Hanover. republics, so called, and pointed out the fact that they were not really as we understand the term. It was not until the foundation of this The Ne Jersey Society.-The holding of the Annual Congress at republic on American soil that it was admitted that the source of power Newark aroused deep i_nterest in the work of the Society throughout resided in the individual. Leading his hearers up through the successive the State. There are nme local Chapters fully organized and others in steps which were taken, often blindly, in the struggles that were made process of formation. for more rights until the day of equal rights for all men dawned, the Rev. :Villiam ~orce Whitaker, D. D., former Chaplain General of speaker showed what immeasurable blessings the citizens of this the the National Society, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Eliza­ first real Tepublic enjoy. It was a most effective plea for enlightened beth, passed away in his sleep on July 9. He was born in Southhold patriotism. Mr. Goetschins sees danger signs ahead, however, most L. I., and _was ~n his fifty-fifth year. Doctor Whitaker was a graduat~ strikingly, he thinks, in the declining interest manifested in religious of the Umv~rs1ty of Penn~ylvania and of the Union Theological Semi­ affairs-the increasing tendency to ignore a higher power than the nary, of which he was a d1rector at the time of his death. He was an human power in government. authority on the history of New York and ew Jersey and had made On July 2 a patriotic service was held at the First Reformed Church, a number of addresses on that subject. Doctor Whitaker was unmar­ attended by the Paramus Chapter and other patriotic societies. ried and is survived by his mother, 84 years old, and his father, 94 The address was delivered by the Rev. J. A. Van este, who took as years old, the Rev. Dr. Epher Whitaker, pastor of the Presbyterian his text Psalm xliv: 3: "For they got not the land in possession by Church in Southhold. their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right The National Society was officially represented at the funeral by hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou Vice-President General T. W. Williams. NATIONAl. SOCIETY, S. A. R. I6 OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Tennesse/society has begun a propaganda for a more general hadst a favor unto them." It was an appeal for recogmtwn of God's display of the American flag on public buildings, school-houses, office hand in the birth and development of this Nation and for adherence to buildings, hotels, etc., in Nashville and throughout the State. A news the moral and religious principles on which it was founded and which story stated that on one day in May last only two flags were seen have been eljluently set forth by its poets and hymn-writers. flying in the entire city of Nashville.

The Rhofte Island Society observed Lafayette's Birthday, on Sep­ The Utah Society held a banquet at the Alta Club, Salt Lake City, tember 6, with exercises at the monument to "Our French Allies in the on the evening of Tuesday, June 27, when the guest of honor was Revolution" in the North Burying Ground, Providence. The invocation President General Elmer M. Wentworth. was by Rev. Charles Fremont Roper, Chaplain of the Society. During the banquet Governor Spry acted as toastmas~er, and Attor~ey President Frederick Dickman Carr . delivered a short address, and General Albert R. Barnes, President of the Utah So~1ety, gave the In­ also read the General Order issued by President Andrew Jackson, on troductory toast. Mayor W. Mont Ferry spoke to Prepared~.ess f~r and George Albert Smith had "Preparedness for Peace as h1s June 21, 1834, to the Army and Navy of the United States on the death w " of General La Fayette. su:f~ct. c. c. Goodwin made an addre.ss. Former PresSide~t Heber M. Chaplain Charles Fremont Roper delivered an address and eulogized Wells was presented with the ceremomal badge of the ?c1ety. the French General for the services which he rendered to the struggling When the time came for the Governor and other offic1.als present to Americans during the War of the Revolution. bid adieu to members of Battery A, bound for the Mex1ca~ bo:de:, a The Society furnished a floral piece, made of the colors of the recess was taken. The Governor, the Mayor, and other ?ffic1als .mv1ted S. A. R., in form of the rosette. General Wentworth and the other diners to join them m greetmg the Under the auspices of the Sons of the American Revolution, the troops. d h t t ed celebration of Independence Day by the city of Providence was held After the farewell demonstration had conclude , t e par Y re urn at the Opera House on the morning of July 4· Seats were reserved to the club and the program of after-dinner spee~hes began. It ~on­ for newly naturalized citizens, and at the completion of the exercises eluded with all present taking the oath of alleg1ance to the Umted they were given a reception by the speakers and committee. The pro­ States, administered by the Governor, as it is taken by the &:uardsmen. gram included: Prayer by Rev. Thomas ]. O'Connor; introduction by In the course of his address Mr. Wentworth told. o~ the a1ms of the Adj. Gen. Charles W. Abbot, Jr., ex-President of the Rhode Island Society and outlined the work of the year. He sa1d m part: Society; reading of the Declaration of Inaependence by Grace H. E. The Sons of the American Revolu~ion is not a mutu.al admiration Foley of the Oxford Street School; solo, "Star Spangled Banner," by society It is non-partisan, non-sectanan, non-controversial. It ~bt as Mrs. Olive B. Schleicher, the audience standing and repeating Pledge its aim. the promotion of patriotism whenever and whereder /osfl t~· s It is a society made up of descendants of those stur Y ore a er to Flag-"! pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the republic for which of ours and who inherit the spirit and ene:gy of thesEe la~er: Tho~e it stands. One nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all"; letter ancesto~s of ours proved their faith by the~r works. mu atmg 1elr from His Excellency R. Livingston Beekman, Governor of Rhode Is­ exam le, the Sons of the American Revolutwn h~ve shown themselves land; address by His Honor Joseph H. Gainer, Mayor of Providence, leade;s of men, devoted to whatever movement m1ght advance the com- mon welfare. T f d "d f 1 nd" and address by Rev. Edward Holyoke, D. D. Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt and a. t an pres1 en 1a ca !- The General Laws of Rhode Island, Chapter 349, Section 31, provide date Hughes have been affiliated with the Soc1ety. . . d d d that "any person not a member, respectively, of the Society of the Our Society stands for a high degree of patr:wtlsm. ~n eman s Cincinnati, Society of Sons of the American Revolution, Society of the that every man enjoying the privileges o! Amencan Citizenship s~all perform the duties of citizer.ship. It believes .that all men becom~ng Daughters of the American Revolution [and about fifteen other organ­ citizens, either through the naturalization of the1r par~nts or otherw1se, izations], who shall use or wear, respectively, the name, badge, decora­ should feel called upon to take such an oath as that 1mposed upon the tion, insignia, button, or rosette thereof, unless he or she shall be en­ soldiers of this country. The oath follows: f · h d titled to use or wear the same respectively, under the Constitution and "I solemnly swear before the Almighty God to bear true a1~ an allegiance to the United States of Ameri~a; to defend them agamfst hll By-Laws or rules and regulations of said societies or orders respect­ invasion whatsoever, foreign or dNew Hampshire Militia and Ensign WILLIAMS p AUGUSTUSA ADAMS ' Elizabeth ' N · J · ( 288 73 ) Great-grandson of Continental Line; great'-grandson of Jonatha11 Badgley, private Essex County a.m son dams, private :Mass. ~:lilitia; great-grandson.of Tl t C · II 1addeus Pierce, New Jersey Militia. 2 P nva e, aptam eywood's Company Mass. lilitia. CHARLES E. A. BALL, South Orange, N. J. (28710). Great -grandson of Jacob reat-grandson of Jol"' Harris, THOMAS AD. KINS. Richmond, Va. (28347 ). G Ball, private l\Iorris County New Jersey Militia. 3 S econ d L 1eutenant First Virginia Regt. CHARLES FLOYD BALLOU, Dorranceton, Pa. (Colo. 28059). Great -grandson 2 of Seth Ballou, private, Col. Samuel Ashley's Regt. New Hampshire Militia. RANSOMSte,vart WALLACE Jr . t AKIN C ' Sullivan • Ind . (2 7719). Great -grandson of James Virgini; Ra.~g~;~~a e, apt. Andrew Lynn's Company Westmoreland County WALTER BARLOW, East Detroit, Mich. (28827). Great-grandson of Benjamin Barlow, private Mass. Militia; great-grandson of John P. Whaley, ship car- FREDERICK RICHMOND ALLE::-1 p 'd of He::ekiah Allell, Jr. private ence, R. I. ,<•7195). Great•-grand on penter under John Paul Jones. -C,ap/o~~ TIIO~lAS HARVEY BAR ES, Crawfordville, Iowa (28210). Great'-grandson of great"-grandson of El~a-cr .S enezer ~attle s Company Mass. Militia; p;,/1 Jol"' Barnes, Captain Second Charlotte County Regt. New York Militia. Mass. Minute Men; gr;at'-gran~:~n e:fe~nat~iel apt. Robert S~ith's Company CHARLES ROYCE BARNEY, San Francisco, Cal. (28740). Great-grandson of Co~<~pany Mass. Militia; great'-grandson of Simeor::l';"ey, E~Sign \Vatertown Reed's Mass. Regt. aVIS, pnvate, Col. James Luther Barney, private First Company Second Conn. Regt., Col. Joseph Spen- cer. HORACE ETHAN ALLEN T 1 d Ol · GEORGE DUDLEY BARR, Buffalo, N. Y. (28471). Great0-grandson of Nicholas Alle11, Major of Vern-:o~t \~o~u~;eers":n~:~90h~). Great'-grandson of Heber great'-gr~ndson of Bille Messmger, Sergeant ~a ~ro~le;, ~en. ~than Allen; Patterso11, Captain Bucks County Penna. Militia. Col. BenJamin Simonds's Mass. Regt. ' P · e er orter s Company, JOHN JOHNSON BARRET, Anchorage, Ky. (266oo). Great-grand on of Francis Barret, private, Capt. Robert Barret's Company Virginia Convention Guards, WILLIAM DEWEY ALSEVER S ·racuse N Jonathan Salisbttr)' Captain ~f ~onn '. t. Y ... I(28461). Great'-grandson of pensioned. 3 , ' · pnva eer ndustry" · great" d f HILMAR ROBERT BAUKHAGE, Danville, Ill. (28761). Great -grandson of ·vat 1an Hartshorne, private Ca t J H . , ' --gran son o Conn.1 Line. • p . . untmgton s Company, Eighth Regt, Elea::er Reed, private, Capt. Reuben Butterfield's Company Mass. Militia. ARTHUR WILLIAM BEACH, Sheldon, Iowa (28217). Great2-grandson of Da<•id ARCHER ANDERSON, Richmond, Va. ( 28 ) G .. private Virginia Militia. 350 · randson of W•ll1am Anderson, Beach, private Morris County New Jersey Militia. 3 MERRILL GLEN BENJAMIN, Salt Lake City, Utah (28189). Great -grandson EBEN BENTON ANDREWS Salt Lake C't U h Ezekiel Tr~te , private, Coi. Caleb Cush;:·. ~~ (28190). Great.'-grandson of of Elijah Sheldon, private, Capt. Hanchett's Company, Col. Thaddeus Cook's and other service. g s ass. Regt. at Lexmgton Alarm Conn. Regt. · THOMAS RODERICK BENTO , Syracuse, N. Y. (28464). Great'-grandson of JULIAN BOTTS ANDREWS, JR. , Brooklyn, N. Y. (28456) Jonathan Andreu.os, Captain Second Scarboro Com . Great'-grandson of Samuel Warner, private Third Conn. Artillery Regt. County Regt., Mass. Militia. pany, Third Cumberland HANSEN BERGEN, Seattle, Wash. (28928) . Great'-grandson of John Brower, private 'fhird Albany County Regt. New York Militia. ALFRED WASHINGTON ARRINGTON J p 2 grandson of Job Spalding Sergeant c' I 'ih ueblo, Colo. (z8o6o). Great'- FREDERICK LESLIE BERRY, San Francisco, Cal. (26774). Great -grandson of Mass. Regt., and Col. Ti~othy Bigeiow?s. Re:mas Marshall's Company, Tenth Obed Williams, private, Col. David W'ooster's First Conn. Continental Regt. and other ~ervice. 22 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 23

LOUIS BEVIER, Ja., New York, ~- Y. (28451). Great2-grandson of David County New Jersey :Militia; great3-grandson of Stephen Cra11e, private Second Bevier, Adjutant Third Ulster County Regt. New York Militia. Regt. Essex County New Jersey Militia. CHARLES E. BEVINS, Schenectady, N. Y. (28457). Great-grandson of Samuel ERCY EDGAR BROWN, Ames, Iowa (28205). Great2-grandson of Jolrn Brown, Downi11g, private Third New Hampshire Regt. p private Second Middlesex County ~ egt. New Jersey Militia; grea~3 -grandson DAVID NASH BIBBINS, Ja., Bridgeport, Conn. (27968). Great2-grandson of of Daniel Moores, Member of Comlillttee of ObservatiOn and Inspecbon,_ Wood­ Thomas Nash, Captain, Col. Samuel Whiting's Regt. Conn. Militia. bridge, N. J.; greats-grandson of Samuel Brewster, Member of Committee of 2 2 Safety and of New York Provincial Congress; great -grandson of James Edgar, JOHN LYONS BINGHAM, Chicago, Ill. (28762). Great -grandson of Thomas 2 Baldwin, Sergeant, Capt. Robert Durkee's Company Twenty-fourth Conn. Regt. private Middlesex County New J<;_rsey Militia; great -gra~~son of Thomas Alston, Ensign First Middlesex County Regt. New Jersey Mihtm. WILLIAM OLIVER BLANDING, Providence, R. I. (27178). Supplementals. RALPH DAVIS BROWN, Crete, Neb. (28382). Great2-grandson of Joseph Brown, Great-grandson of Christopher Blanding (and Martha Martin), Corporal, Col. Captain Colonel Shepherd's Regt. New Hampshire Militia; great2-grandson of Thomas Carpenter's Mass. Regt.; great2-grandson of Sylvauus Martin, Captain, Col. Thomas Carpenter's Mass. Regt. Bettiamin Huntom• private, Capt. James Shepherd's Company, General Stark's New Hampshire Regt.; great•-grandson of Zeb11lon Davis, Captain Fourth 3 ERNEST BLUE, Salem, Ore. (28417). Great -grandson of Michael Blue, private, Cumberland County Regt. Mass. Militia. Capt. Hanse Van Meteres' Company Virginia Militia. CHARLES HOWE BROWNELL, Boston, Mass. (28655). Great-grandson of JOHN ALFRED BODINE, New York, N. Y. (28455). Great'-grandson of Peter Nathaniel Foote, minute man, Capt. Dyer Throop's Company of Colchester, Brown, Second Lieutenant First Maryland Regt.; great3-grandson of Andrew Conn. Beall, Captain Maryland Militia. GEORGE SEAL BROWNWELL, Philadelphia, Pa. (286_89). Great'-gr~~dson of THOMAS BODLEY, San Jose, Cal. (28744). Great-grandson of William Bodley, Casper Bro

DOUGLAS EWAN CLARKE, Cleveland, Ohio (28638). Great3·grandson of John Gnerrant, private, Capt. Taylor's Company Second Va. Regt. ANI< V. CYPHERS, East Orange, N. J. (28852) .. Great2-grandson of Abraham FR Le Foy, private, Lieutenant Colonel Fell's Battalzon New Jersey State Troops. EDWIN HUNT CLARKE, Lakewood, Ohio (28918). Great'·grandson of Scotto(w) Clark(e) 3rd, Sergeant, Major Zenas Winslow's Mass. Regt. ERASMUS ALSTON DANIEL, Ja., Washington, .N . C : ( 24523 ) · Great'-grand- son of John Alston, Captain in the North Carolzna Lme. JOHN FREDERICK CLEARWATERS, Lander, Wyo. (20045). Great'·grandson • d f Heber Allen, Major of John Barnes, First Lieutenant Seventh Virginia Regt.; great-grandson of OHN F. DAVIS, Toledo, Ohio (28650). Great--gran son o William Gookins, private, Col. Ira Allen's Vermont Regt.; great'·grandson of J of Vermont Volunteers, under his brother, Col. Ethan Allen. Daniel Mmzger, private Fifth Regt. Conn. Line. ILFORD WILLIS DE BERARD, Chicago, Ill. (28765). Great'-grandson o! W Ebene::er Whitney, private, Col. Rufus Putnam's and other Mass. Regts. an AUSTIN COLGATE, Orange, N. J. (28863). Great2-grandson of Jedidiah Morse, private, Capt. Ephraim Manning's Company Conn. Militia. Col John Crane's Regt. Continental Artillery. JOliN DECROW, Wellesley Hills, Mass. (28657). DOUGLAS SANFORD COLYER, Newark, N. J. (z8858). Great2·grandson of ~ALTER Great•~grand~~~/f lo/w Sanford, Captain, Colonel Malcolm's New York Regt. John Farrington, private, Capt. Stephen Farrington's Company !I ass. ' 1 •:· FREDERICK SAMUEL COMPTON, Terre Haute, Ind. (27721). Great'·grand­ HARRY ALFRED DEVER Chicago, Ill. (27rr4). Supplemental. Great•-g~~ • son of Vivian Daniel, Captain Orange County Virginia Militia. son of Jo,.athan Copela~d, Sergeant, Capt. Eliakim Howard's Company, o o· HORACE MANN CONAWAY, Fredonia, N. Y. (Ohio 28912). Great-grandson nel Cary's Mass. Regt. of hutin of Michael Conway or Co1£away, seaman on Maryland ship "Defense," George HENRY WELLS DEWEY, Tacoma, Wash. (2857J). Great-grandson Berkshire Cook, Commander. Detuey, Corporal, Capt. John King's Company, Col. John Ashley's County Regt. Mass. Militia. FREDERICK MILLER COOK, Aberdeen, Wash. (28569). Great'-grandson of Elijah Cook, private Fourth Conn. Line, pensioned. CONDIT WILLIAM DILLEY, Sterling, Kans. (26992). Great'-grandson of Daniel Axtell private First Washington County Battalzon Penna. Militia, 1781. JAMES S. COOPER, Ja., Salem, Ore. (28415). Great2-grandson of Frederick Cooper, private York County Penna. Militia, Corporal in Captain McRee's EDSON RODE~ICK DORMAN, Longmeadow, Mass. (28675) . Great"-grandson Company North Carolina Militia, pensioned. of Amos Dorma~>, private, Col. Jonathan Latimer's Conn. Regt. ARTHUR CHASE DOW, Ja., Chicago, Ill. (28766 ) . G rea t" -gran dson of Jonathan PHILLIP CLINTON CORNELIUS, Brooklyn, N. Y. (28469). Great2-grandson of ·Moses C orne/ius, Signer of the Declaration of Fealty to the Continental Hall private Col. Theophilus Cotton's and other Mass. Regts. ' ' N J ( 886 ) Great•-grandson of Congress at Jamaica, N. Y., January 19, r 776. TALBOT BEDELL DUNN, Ridgewood, . . 2 5 . C R t New Thomas Carpenter, Second Lieutenant Second Westchester ounty eg . KENNETH RANNEY CORNER, Cleveland, Ohio (28633). Great2-grandson of Lot Bassett, Sergeant, Capt. Matthias Toby's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's York State Militia. . Gr t•- randson of Mass. Regt. and other service, pensioned. CLIFFORD GREENE DYER, Provrdence, R. I. (2719~).. ea gh vessels. OLIVER PERRY COSHOW, Roseburg, Ore. (284rr). Great2-grandson of Lemnel Oliver Jillson, seaman on Mass. privateer "General Mlflhn" and ot er 2 Perin, Sergeant, Col. Thomas Carpenter's Company Mass. Militia. HENRY CHENEY EDDY, Montclair, N. J. (~8499 ) · S upp1 emen tal · Great •

BENJAMIN WARREN COUCH, Concord, N. H. (25394). Great2-grandson of grandson of Samuel Sargent, private Mass. Mmute Men. f Jo/m Couch, private, Col. 's New Hampshire Regt. WILLIAM SIMONSON EDDY, Plam. fi e ld , N · J · ( 2 885g) • Great'-grandsonI" M o. LESLIE CRAVEN, Portland, Ore. (28422). Great2-grandson of Thomas Craven, lames Eddy, private, Col. Sylvanus Seely's Regt. Eastern Batta ron orns private Penna. Militia; great2-grandson of John Beatty, Lieutenant Fifth County New Jersey Militia. Cumberland County Battalion Penna. Militia. GILBERT yALE EDWARDS, Stratford, Conn. (27970). Great'-grandson of WILLIAM CANDEE CROSBY, Janesburg, N. J. (28713) . Great-grandson of John Holbrook, Jr., Member of Derby Conn. Committee of Inspection for Benjami" Andrews, private, Colonel Silliman's and other Conn. Regts. soldiers' clothing. Great'-grandson of VARICK CHITTENDEN CROSLEY, Webster City, Iowa (28213). Great'· THOMPSON COlT ELLIOTT, Walla Walla, Wash. (2893.~~- • don of grandson of Onesimus Risden, private, Col. Samuel Herrick's and Col. Ira Noah Barber Lieutenant Nineteenth Regt. Conn. Mlhha; gr;;~:~~ran s Allen's Vermont Regts. James Smith,' Sergeant, Capt. John Deshon's Company Conn. II Ia. d CLEVELAND ROSELLE CROSS, Lakewood, Ohio (289o8) . Great"-grandson of CHARLES BYRD ELDER, Chicago, Ill. (28015). SupplementalC. Great•-g~;n:~a~ . C t S el Peck Jr 's Tenth ompany, Joseph Temple, private, Capt. Josiah Fisher's Company, Col. Samuel Fletcher's of Ephraim Clark, pnvate, ap. amu f s' . .T, ttle private Capt. Abra­ Battalion Vermont Militia. Wooster's Conn. Regt. ; great!!-grandson o en u , . ' C . ' C C n Militia. great'-grandson of Justm Dewey, or JOHN BURDON CURRIER, Claremount, N. H. (25395). Great"-grandson of ham Stanley s ompany on · ' hi 's Mass Regt and other John BZ

EDWARD 0. CYPHERS, Belleville, N. J. (28712). Great2-grandson of Abraham Member of Provincial Congress. I Great· Le Fay, private, Lieutenant Colonel Fell's Battalion New Jersey State Troops. MILTON WALWORTH ENSIGN, Lincoln, Neb.. (27319). Supplementa · grandson of Datus Ens£gn, private Mass. M1ht1a. • OFFICIAL BULLETIN ATIONAL SOClETY, S. A. R.

HARRY CLAY EWING, Portland, Ore. (28423). Great-grandson of William K STINSOX GANNETT, Salem, Ore. (28416). Greata -gran d son o f Michael Ewi11g, private Lancaster County Penna. Militia; great-grandson of Alexander FRAFN I Major General Mass. Militia, Member of General Court. Scott, Jr., private Sixth Lancaster County BattaHon Penna. Militia; great•­ ar ey, 8) G at' grandson of Joshua grandson of William McEntire, Member of Lancaster County Penna. Com­ EL LEVI GANTS, Providence, R. I. ( 2 719 · re - mittee of Observation. SA ?.~U d II fifer Colonel Danielson's and other Mass. Regts. WILLIAM FRANKLIN EYSTER, Crete, Neb. (28383). Grandson of George SH E;;~:~ EL~SWORTH GARDINER, Mount_ Plea~nt , t.Mi~~-od~5:~:~·d ~~;:: Eyster, private, Capt. l\Iichael Snyder's Company, Colonel Swopes's Penna. plemental. Great"-grandson of Nicholas Gardtner, epu y Regt. era! Assembly. Great-grandson of Richard DUDLEY FARRAND, Newark, N. J. (28720). Great'-grandson of Beth11el Fer­ HIRAM Col. Josiah Parker's Virginia ra11d, Lieutenant Morris County New Jersey Militia. Gates,TY~ERte pnva , GCAap~Eia!Rp~c~~~;;!er~a.Co~:~~8}:·

REGINALD GOODWIN FERNALD, Santa Barbara, Cal. (28729). Great'-grand­ Regt. 2) Great-grandson of Elisha Hllbbard, son of Jonathan N owell, Captain, CoL William Prescott's Regt. Mass. Militia; 2 THEODORE GRAY, Berkeley, Cal.' (2873 . Col. Philip Burr Bradley's Regt. great -grandson of H~rettles Femald, private Mass. Militia. private, Capt. Jonathan Johnson£s ;o,mpa;~:, •e rs private Captain Speakman's Conn. Militia; great-grandson o o u~ ' ' , WILLIAM MONTAGUE FERRY, Salt Lake City, Utah (28188). Great'-grand­ son of Nathan Harwood, Captain, Col. Israel Chapin's Second Hampshire Company, Colonel Glover's Mass. Regt. . ) Great'- County Regt. Mass. Militia. EENIIALGH Perrysburg OhiO (2865 t • GEORGE PARTRIDGE G_R, . t M~ss and New 'Hampshire Troops; great•- QUAY HEDGES FINDLEY, Cleveland, Ohio (28905). Great'Lgrandson of John grandson of Amos Partndge, pnva e 'c I E h Hale's New Hampshire f F · Cragin Sergeant o · noc Van Pelt, private Third Middlesex County Regt. New Jersey Militia. grandson o rancts ' . . ' I First Lieutenant, Col. Abraham Regt.; great"-grandson of Abt}al• Whee er, NORRIS BARNABAS FITCH, Bismarck, N. Dak. (26557). Great-grandson of Zoroaster Fitch, private, Col. Gideon Warren's Regt. Vermont Militia. Drake's New Hampshire Regt. Great"-grandson of AY ADOLPH GREENWALD, New York, N. Y. (2846.2). WILLIAM KOUNTZ FI'fCH, Indianapolis, Ind. (27717). Great2-grandson of J James Pettigrew, Lieutenant Eleventh Regt. Penna. Lme. dson of GeO>·ge Zachariah Fitch, Captain Mass. Minute Men and Col. Samuel Brewer's Mass. Regt. SHELDON SWOPE GREINER, CRhicago,Gill. (~8~?;ne G:~~-g~~~ks County Vol- Greiner, private First Penna. egt., enera ' LEWIS VAN SYCKLE FITZ RANDOLPH, Plainfield, N. J. (28869). Great­ grandson of Joseph F. Randolph, Captain New Jersey Militia. unteers. Supplemental. Great- SETH JESSE GRIFFIN, Salt(FLa7e )City;iv~::h C~zp~~Jjl~eph Warner's Company, FRED LOWELL FLYNN, Bucks Harbor, Me. (28313). Great;·grandson of grandson of John Ftnten en on , P ' Sam11~l Marston, Corporal, Col. Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regt. Colonel Woodbury's Mass. Regt. f JOHN BRITTON FORBES, Mill Valley, Cal. (28730). Great-grandson of lob ( 868 ) Great-grandson o Britton, private, Capt. Jacob Hinds's Company, Col. 's Regt. New J AMES WORKMAN GR~~c~~dG~:rkOs~~::~~ ~~tta~on ~~nna. Militia; gr~at"- Hampshire Militia and other service. /acob Grove (Graff), . Third York County Battalion Penna. M•ht•a. grandson of Frantz Graff, pnvate ) G t=- JOHN FRANKLIN FORBES, San Francisco, Cal. (28731). Great'-grandson of E GUILFORD West Medford, Mass. (28779 · rea lob Britton, private, Capt. Jacob Hinds's Company, Col. James Reed's Regt. WILLIAM WALLA~ . G 'If d Sergeant -Capt. Eleazer Lindsey's Company, and other service. grandson of Ben}amsn us or ' .. d of Samuel Marble minute man, Colonel Gerrish's Mass. Regt.; greaft-Dgran son "ass . great-grandson of Enos JOHN FRANCIS FORWARD, Hartford, Conn. (27971). Great-grandson of 1 p t , Company o anvers, .1u ·, • Joshua McMaster, private Mass. Minute Men at Lexington Alarm and other Capt. Jo m u nam s h' M'l't'a• great'-grandson of Benjamin Rtch­ service. Hadley, private New Ham~s Ire, ~~ ' ' Regt . great•-grandson of William ar_ds, privaEte, . Col~n1el R~i\7~:~ sgrea~:.~randso;; of James Pope, Lieutenant, HARRY FRAZIER, Richmond, Va. (28878). Great2-grandson of William Lewis, RtchardsJ ns1gn .1, ass. • Major Tenth Virginia Regt. Col. Benjamin Gill's Mass. Regt. ( ) Great'-grandson of Jackson HENRY CHARLES FRISBIE, Cornell, Wis. (Ill. 28767). Great"-grandson of FREDERICK NEST GUNN, Richmond, Va. 2 8349 · losePI• Story, private, Col. David Gilman's Regt. New Hampshire :\Iilitia; FrayserJ private Virginia Militia. great'-grandson of lo11athan Mitchell, Colonel Mass. Militia on Bagaduce Ex­ Fl (20698). Great"-grandson of l ohn J AMES RUTLAND GUNN, Madison, M:rion's South Carolina Brigade, Mem­ pedition, r 779. Baxter, Lieutenant Colonel, General JOSEPH OWEN FRITZ, Wooster, Ohio (28635). Great-grandson of Martin her of General Assembly. Great"-grandson Fritc, private, Capt. Samuel Cochran's Company Tenth Lancaster County Bat­ F RANK DREW HALL, Fargo, N. DCak. (2339;).f ;au!e~~em~~~=~ate to New York talion Penna. Militia. of John Ha=cltille, Member of ommlttee o • HARRIS L. FULLER, Lincoln, Nebr. (28384). Great2-grandson of Stephen Fuller, Provincial Congress, Member of Vermont Assembly. Captain First Regt. Conn. Militia. QUARLES DUFFIELD WRENN HALSEY, 1\Ion.tclair, N. J. (28;76). Supple­ of Committee of Safety LUCIEN B. FULLER, Lincoln, Nebr. (28387). Great2-grandson of Stephen Fuller, mental. Grcat•-grandson of Silas Halsey, Cha~rman • Captain First Conn. l\Iilitia . of Southampton, Long Island, N. Y. 28 OFFICL..._L BULLE'fiN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. ROY WILKERSON HANNA, New Haven Conn Jose pi• Wilkerson private Capt R 1 h' F lk. (2797Z). Great-grandson of B EBER AUGUSTUS HOPKINS, West Roxbury, Mass. (28776). Great•-grand­ Regt., Col. Char!e~ Scott, ~ension.ed. a p •au ner's Company Fifth Virginia son of Elkanah Hopkins, private, Capt. Jonas Parker's Company, Col. John Brooks's Mass. Regt. HERBER'!' ROY HARE, Manila, P. I. (24964). Great'· randson Jr., and great•-grandson of Seth Beal Sr ri g of Seth Beal, RO BERT HIRAM HOPKINS, Chicago, Ill. (28oo1). Supplemental. Great'­ Company, Lieutenant Colonel Symm's Detaci;mep tval\tfes, CGapt. dSamuel Ward's grandson of Robert Hopkins, II, private, Captain Long's "White Creek" Com­ so f D "d M n ass. uar s. great'-gr d n o 01't orse~ Sergeant, Capt. Peter Vaiii's ' an . pany, Dr. John Williams's New York Regt.; great'-grandson of Robert Hop­ ki11s, I, Corporal, Captain Long's "White Creek'' Company, Dr. John Wil­ of Nathaniel Braley, First ~r7;r~ie:;i::~~~randson Liet~;~~n~Ia;~n~~iv~~::: liams's New York Regt. ASA FOSTER HARSHBARGER Berkeley Cal ( 8 ) ARTHUR CORBITT HOSKINS, Detroit, Mich. (28rso). Great0-grandson of A F · ' • · 2 74 r . Great0·grandson of sa osier, P~Ivate, Capt. Ebenezer \\'ebster's Com an C Nicholas Stoner, lifer, Col. James Livingstone's New York Regt.; great"­ New Hampshrre Regt. P y, ol. l\Ioses Nichols's grandson of Henry Stoner, private, Col. James Livingstone's New York Regt. JAMES DANA HAR'l'WELL S 1 0 ( CLARENCE RAYMOND HOWE, Providence, R. I. (27194). Great"-grandson of Gale J . t C ' ~em, re. 284t4). Great'-grandson of Richard Regt: r., pnva e, apt. Ehhu Lyman's Company, Colonel Porter's Mass. Natl•an How, Captain, Col. Josiah Whitney's Mass. Regt. WILLIAM EVERETT HOYT, Salem, Mass. (28658). Great8-grandson of Thomas FRANK EDWIN HAWKES 0 f d l\I Williston, Sergeant, Capt. Joel Smith's Company, Col. John Glover's Mass. King, l\Iember of Commi~teex o~r Safe~ ~~~J~~~ieg~:e~~·-~~:~:soPnroof B_e•l•jaCmi" Regt. gress. ~ · vmcm on- ARTHUR HURD, Abilene, Kans. (26991). Great0-grandson of Da11 Hurd and great'-grandson of Josiah Hurd, privates Morris County New Jersey Militia. CLARENCE EDWARD HEALD, San Francisco, Cal. (2g733 ). Great•- rand of Al>rCaillamS Andrews, Lieutenant and Adjutant, Capt. Joshua \Valke~'s c~:n ROLLIN HURT, Columbia, Ky. (288o3). Great-grandson of John Mo11tgomery, pany, o . amuel Denny's l\Iass Regt · t• d - Orderly Sergeant, Colonel Merriwether's Virginia Regt. vate Sixth Regt. New Hampshir; l\liliti·~ :.~~a ~~::n s=~~ic~f ~~::~:.e~uett, pri- EVERT OLNEY HUTCHINS, Chicago, Ill. (28768). Great2-grandson of Samuel FRED MASSEY HEDGER Walla Walla w ' . 8 8 Burnell, private, Colonel McLellan's Conn. Regt.; great -grandson of Stephen ~;;~:~~~~ Massey, Sergea~t, Capt. Jeren;iah ';;~~is~: ~~~~an:r~:t,:r;;:~~~:hi~! Tucker, Lieutenant Fourth Regt. Conn. Light Horse; great'-grandson of Tim­ otlzy Starr, Captain of Conn. privateer "Hamlin." BURNS HENRY D t "t J\f" h ( L" ' e rO! • rc · 28147). Great'-grandson of Eli Br ARTHUR HOWARD HUTCHINSON, Seattle, Wash. (28567). Great2-grandson _reutenanl\tf, Capt. Thomas Comstock's \'ermont Company at Battle ::"~:n, of Ames Pierso11, Sergeant, Colonel Green's Regt. Mass. Militia; great"-grand­ nrngton ember of Windso C t. J n- Vermon't. r onven IOn, une 4, 1777, establishing State of son of J oslrua Barron, Ensign Mass. Militia. JOHN NEWTON HYDE, Boston, Mass. (28659). Great0-grandson of William WRIGHT ~ADD HESS, Douglas, Wyo. (20046). G Hess, pnvate Penna. Militia. reat'-grandson of Baltzer Hyde, Lieutenant Colonel Second Battalion Maryland Flying Camp. GEORGE PRESTON IRELAND, SpringEeld, Mass. (28777). Great"-grandson FREDERICK_WIIE_ELER HINCKLEY, Portland, Me. ( 8Jro). of N 1 1 H 2 Great-grandson of Isaac Leland, private, Col. Nathan Hale's N"ew Hampshire Regt. and other e re1111a ' mckley, private, Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's Mass. Regt. service. GEORGE HARRIS HINCKLEY, Portland M ( 8 FRED PATTEN JAMESON, Olympia, Wash. (28572). Great0-grandson of Joshua Nehemiah Hinckley, private, Lieut. Col. of Calvi~; S~i;~.~).l\1a~re~t·!~andson Edwards, Sergeant, Colonel \'lard's Mass. Regt. EDWARD BERING HITCHCOCK Ch . . e . Jllstin Hitchcock lifer Capt 'Jon:mp~rg~ ,Ill.C (28299). Great"-grandson of HEMAN DURYEA JANES, Chicago, Ill. (28285). Supplementals. Great-grand­ son of H ema11 J a11es, private, Col. David Rossitter's Mass. Regt.; great-grand­ Mass. Regt.;__ gre~t"-gra~dson ~f Lllk: H~~~:;ck, o::~n::r c::~npelh. WilCliams's son of Ca.sper Ro11se, recognized patriot, lent £r,ooo to the government in Mass. RecrUitmg Committee. s Ire ounty r 779 to carry on war. HARRY HERALD HOARD, Lakewood, Ohio (28634). Great-grandson of D · ALBERT DEWEY JEWETT, Edgartown, Mass. (27566). Supplementals. Great2- HR oard, prr~ate, Capt. Harrison's Company, Colonel Wynkoop's Ne yavtkd egt., pensioned. w or grandson of Caleb Loi Cooke, private, Col. Eleazar Brooks's :\lass. Regt. STUART OM~R LANDRY, New Orleans, La. (26285). Great'·grandson of John IIUGII LOWRIE McGINITIE, Neligh, Neb. (28385). Great-grandson of William Glover, pnvate Second Regt. :-Jorth Carolina Continental Line. Hamilto11, private, Capt. Samuel Finton's Company First Cumberland County JOHN II. LAVTERMAN, Salem, Ore. (28413). Great-grandson of Hosea Hamil­ Battalion Penna. Militia. ton, AdJutant, Col. Henry Ludington's New York Regt. WILLIAl\1 MciLVAI NE, Des Moines Iowa (28214). Great'-grandson of George WILLIAM DAVENPORT I,EEDS. New York, N. Y. (28473). Great'-grandsoo Coffinberry, private Virginia State Troops. of A 11drew Peters, Lieutenant Colonel Fifteenth :\lass. Regt. ARTHUR LAWRENCE McLEAN, Berkeley, Cal. (28746'. Great'-grandson of FRANK H. LEONARD, Evamton. Ill. (28i7o). Great'-grandson of Solomo11 Joseph McLea~>, private, Colonel Paisley's Regt. North Carolina Militia, pen- Leo11ard, pnvate, Col. Samuel Herrick's Regt. Vermont l\Iilitia; great'-grandsoo sioned. of Jabe= Hammo11d, private, Capt. Warren Cottle's Company Vermont Militia· PERRY RAY.IO!'W FOSTER lARSIIALL, Newark, N. J. (28856). Great•• gr~~t~-grandson of Joseph Jl'iu g, private Fourth Plymouth County Regt. Mass: grandson of Samuel Perry, private Essex County New Jersey Militia; great'· M!lttta. grandson of Sam1 Maxwell, private Essex County New Jersey :.\lilitia. gran~son of Ale.~a11der Blai11 , Lieutenant Albemarle County Virginia l\Iilitia; JOHN A. MATHEWS, Syracuse, N. Y. (28470). Great-grandson of Jolw Pelle­ great--grandson of s.omttcl Jlu_rrell, E_nsign \ 'r irginia Line, pensioned; great'­ treau, private, Col. Josiah Smith's Regt. Suffolk County :.\lilitia. grandson of John W11111, Capta•n Amelia County Virginia Militia; great•·grand- 32 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 33 JACOB EDGAR MECHLING, Terre Haute, Ind. (27718). Great•-grandson of Jacob Mechling, Captain Fourth Westmoreland County Battalion Penna. Militia. HENRY HARNDEN NOBLE, Chicago, Ill. (28288). Supplementals. Great•• WALTE~ ROBERTSON MEINS, Boston, Mass. (28662). Great•-grandson of grandson of James Noble, Jr., private, Col. John Ashley's Mass. Regt. and Et:ektel Leach, private, Capt. Benjamin Kimball's Company Col. John Mans- other service; great2-grandson of Benjamiu. Harnden, Lieutenant, Capt. Na· field's Mass. Regt. ' thaniel Heath's Company Mass. Guards; great8-grandson of Josiah Kidder, GUY SUMMERSIDE MERRILL, Minneapolis, Minn. (25319). Great'-grandson private, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's Mass. Regt. of John Merrtll, Sergeant, Col. Samuel Herrick's Vermont Regt. ERNEST MORRISON NOURSE, Gunnison, Colo. (28046). Great•-grandson of GEORGE HOLBROOK MESSENGER, Linden, Iowa (28218). Great•-grandson of Daniel Nourse, private, Seth Morses's Company, Colonel Ward's 1\Iass. Regt. Davtd Holbrook, private Thirteenth Mass. Regt. HARRY GALE NYE, Chicago, Ill. (20878). Supplemental. Great•-grandson of 3 ARTHUR HOWARD METCALF, Walpole, Mass. (28778). Great'-grandson of Lemt

HARRY WARREX POGUE, Jerseyville, Ill. (28755). Great'-grandson of Charles JOHN BOWEN ROOT, Chicago, Ill. (25950). Supplementals. Great-grandson of De Wolf, Recruiting Officer Rhode I sland Troops. James Greene, private, Col. Christopher Greene's First Rhode Island Battalion; EARLY SAMUEL POPPLETON, Detroit, ~fich. (Ohio 28904). Great-grandson great'-grandson of Oliver Babcock, h., Lieutenant, Capt. Barker Wells's First of Samuel Popp/etou, Sergeant Vermont State Troops, pensioned. Hopkinton Rhode Island Company, June, 1775, and May, 1776, Col. Joseph FRANKLIN CHASE POPPLETON, Prospect, Ohio (28903). Great-grandson of Noyes. Samuel Popp/etoll, Sergeant Yermont State Troops, pensioned. OTIS LEONARD ROSS, Sioux Falls. So. Dak. (27291). Great'-grand•on of Amos Main, Ensign Eighth Regt. Conn. Militia. WILLIAM MILLER POPPLETON, Delaware, Ohio (28902). Great-grandson of Samuel Poppletoll, Sergeant Vermont State Troops, pensioned. HIRAM SOLOMON ROTH, Kellogg, Iowa (282o8). Great'-grandson of Peter Rhoads, Member of Penna. Assembly and Committee of Observation. GEORGE MORRISON POST, Salem, Ore. (28418). Great'-grandson of Davia Post, private Militia Company of Hebron, Conn., on Lexington Alarm. FORREST l\L RUNYAN, Detroit, Mich. (Ohio 12954). Supplemental. Great"­ grandson of Alerander Ogle, private, White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle FREDERICK ALFRED _PRINDLE, Cleveland, Ohio (28907). Great'-grandson of County Delaware Regt. Nathamel ~rc11c/o, pnvate Mass. Continental Troops; great'-grandson of Abijah STEPHEN GEORGE RUSK, East Cleveland, Ohio (2864o). Greats-grandson of Jemson, pnvate, Col. John Rand's ~lass. Regt. Jacob Morgan, County Lieutenant, Berks County, Pa. MILTON BENTLEY PURDY, Detroit, Mich. (28748). Born at Hamilton, N. Y., FREDERICK WESLEY SALMON, Mount Olive, N. J. (28724). Great'-grandson August ,>8, 1839. Son of Jeremiah Purdy (1761-1842), private, Capt. John of Peter Salmon, Captain Western Battalion Morris County New Jersey ~hepard s Company, Col. Jonathan Baldwin's Regt. Artillery Artificers, pen­ SIOned. Militia. HERBERT KING SALMON, Stanhope, N. J. (28723). Great"-grandson of Peter SAMUEL ANDERSON PUR\' L\NCE, San Francisco, Cal. ( ). Great'­ 2s735 Salmon, Captain Western Battalion Morris County New Jersey Militia. grand>on of John Purviauce, private, Capt. \Vm. Findley's Company Eighth Cumberland County Battalion Penna. ~lilitia. JEREMIAH BAKER SALMON, Hackettstown, N. J. (28722). Great'-grandson of Peter Salmon, Captain Western Battalion Morris County New Jersey CHARLES WALTER RANDALL, White Stone, Va. (28877). Great"-grandson of Paul Shuster, prn·ate eventh Battalion Philadelphia County ~Iilitia. Militia. EDWIN LAWRENCE SAVAGE, Springfield, N. J. (28715). Greats-grandson of RUSSELL BRCCE RANK! ', 1\ewark, N. J. (28588). Supplemental. Great'­ Stephen Ray, private Dutchess County New York Militia. grandson of Elisha Stet•CJIS, private, Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's Artillery Regt. CLARK VOORHIES SAVIDGE, Olympia, Wash. (28574) . Great2-grandson of STEPHEN BILLINGS RANSOM, New York, N. Y. (N. J. 28861). Great-grand­ Coerl Voorhies, private Middlesex County New Jersey Militia. son of Stephell Billi11gs, Captain-Lieutenant Second Regt. Conn. Line. WILLIAM FRANCIS SAWYER, Sterling, Mass. (28666). Great2-grandson of LA QUINIO RAWSON, Lakewood, Ohio (28632). Great'-grandson of Josia/1 Eara Sawyer, Ensign, Capt. Nathaniel White's Company, Col. Josiah Whit­ Rawson, pnvate, Capt. Reuben Petty's Company, Lieut. Col. Samuel Williams's ney's Mass. Regt. Mass. Regt. WALTER FREEMAN SAYWARD, Bradford, Mass. (28667). Great-grandson of ALBERT RUSSELL RICH, Oil City, Pa. (28685). Great-grandson of Solomon George Sayward, Second Lieutenant, Capt. William Ellery's Company Mass. Loveland, Captain Conn. Sea Service; great2-grandson of Thomas Loveland Artillery. private, Col. Samuel B. \Vebb's Conn. Regt. ' F;ARLE MONTGOMERY SCOTT, Dalton, Mass. (28782). Great-grandson of AUGUSTUS BARRETT RICHARDSON, Toledo, Ohio (28920). Great•-granrlson Acarial• Satuyer, private, Col. Samuel Canfield's Conn. Regt.; great2-grandson of Nathan Ri~hanlsou, Corporal, Capt. Ithamer Wright's Company Mass. Min­ of Aaron Parspns, Sergeant, Captain Burt's Company Mass. Militia. ute Men, Apnl 19, 1775. RUMSEY WING SCOTT, Montclair, N. J. (286o8). Supplemental. Great•• SOLON 0. RICHARDSON, III, Toledo, Ohio (28919). Great•-grandson of Nathan grandson of John Scott, Lieutenant Virginia Militia. R•chardso11, Corporal, Capt. Ithamer \¥right's Company Mass. Minute Men, EARL BENJAMIN SEARCY, Springfield, Ill. (28772). Great'-grandson of John Apnl 19, 1775. Connelly, private Maryland Troops, pensioned. ELMER ELLSWORTH RITTENHOUSE, Montclair, N. J. (28871). Great-grand­ WOODARD W. SEARS, Buffalo, N. Y. (28472). Great"-grandson of Thomas son of Ab11er Rittenhouse, private New Jersey Militia. Sears, Lieutenant Third Dutchess County Regt. New York Militia. GERARD HEPLER RITTENHOUSE, New Brunswick, N. J. (28870). Great'­ GEORGE E. SENEY, Toledo, Ohio (28649). Great2-grandson of Jolm Seney, grandson of Abuer Ritte11house, private New Jersey Militia. Lieutenant Colonel Fifth Battalion Maryland Militia; great'-grandson of James REGINALD CHAUNCEY ROBBINS, Hamilton, Mass. (28665). Great-grandson N. Nicolson, Captain Continental Navy on ships "Defence" and "Trumbull," of ,Ashbel Wright, private, Capt. John Chester's Company, Col. Joseph Spen­ prisoner 1781 to end of war. cer s Conn. Regt. 1 CARLTON SPENCER SEVERANCE, Salt Lake City, Utah (28187). Great - EMMETT EDWARD R013INSON, Jacksonville, Fla. (20699). Great•-grandson of grandson of Abram Kirby, private, Capt. Amaria.h Babbitt's Company, Col. Charles Floyd, Captain St. Helena Guards, South Carolina ~Iilitia. Benjamin Simonds's Mass. Regt. HOWARD PIERCE ROE, Chicago, Ill. l28771). Great'-grandson of Hebard WILLARD SHATTUCK, Tacoma, Wash. (28568). Great-grandson of Samuel Smallwood, Captain in Grayson's Continental Regt. Shattuck, Sergeant, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt. Mass. Militia, pensioned. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIJt'l'Y, S. A. R. 37

JOSEPH WILLETT SPOONER, Grand Rapids, Mich. (28149). Great-grandson JOSEPH IL SHEPHERD, Holliston, i\Iass. (28668). Great'-grandson of Dat•id of Hfiug Spoo11er, Captain Eleventh Company, Colonel Sparhawk's Mass. Regt. Fairba11ks, Captain, Colonel Heath's and Colonel Mcintosh's Mass. Regts. RIDGLEY GARRETTSON SHEPHERD, Holliston, Mass. (28669). Great'-grand­ CHARLES HARRY SPRAGUE, Bridgeport, Conn. (27974). Great"-grandson of son of Dat-id Fairba11ks, Captain, Colonel Heath's and Colonel Mcintosh's ] oseph Mansfield, Captain Sixth Regt. Conn. Line. Mass. Regts. CH ARLES MASON STAFFORD, Minneapolis, Minn. (Mass. 28670). Great"­ grandson of Andrew Stafford, Sergeant, Colonel Richmond's Regt. Hohode MILTON W. SHERWOOD, :\Iontreal, , Canada (Ohio 28646). Great'­ grandson of Samuel Smith, Sergeant, Capt. Caleb Kimball's Company, Col. Island Militia, pensioned. Jacob Gerrish's Regt. Mass. Militia. H ENRY LOTHROP STAFFORD, Duluth, Minn. (~ass. 28671). Great'-gra~d_s?n of Andrew Stafford, Sergeant, Colonel Richmond s Regt. Rhode Island Mtlttia, WILLIAM ROBERT SHIMER, Bethlehem, Pa. (28686). Great3-grandson of Edward Shimer, Captain First Northampton County Battalion Penna. Militia, pensioned; great'-grandson of Gard11er Greenleaf, recognized patriot, _lent money for bounty; great2-grandson of Samuel Kidder, Member of Commtttee Member of Committee of Safety. 2 2 of Correspondence at Medford, Mass.; great -grandson of Ebe11ezer Lotllrop, ALBERT ADDISON SICKLEY, Springfield, N. J. (28855). Great -grandson of Captain of Matrosses, First Barnstable County Regt. Mass. Militia; great'­ Matthew Mead, Lieutenant Colonel Conn. Militia. grandson of James Davis, Captain Mass. Seacoast Guards; great'-grandson of 2 CHARLES RUSSELL SIMONSON, Verona, N. J. (28853). Great -grandson of Peter Lewis, Corporal, Col. Simeon Cary's Mass. Regt. Barnea Simonson, recognized patriot, furnished forage. MORGAN HEWITT STAFFORD, Newtonville, Mass. (286p). Great•-grandson CHARLES S. SIMONSON, Verona, N. J. (28716). Great-grandson of Bamea of Andrew Stafford, Sergeant, Colonel Richmond's Regt. Rhode Island Militia; Simonson, recognized patriot, furnished forage. great•-grandson of Gardner Greenleaf, recognized patriot, lent money for HENRY RAE SIMONSON, Verona, N. J. (28854). Great"-grandson of Barnea bounty; great"-grandson of Samuel Kidder, Member of Committee of Corr~­ Simonson, recognized patriot, furnished forage. spondence at Medford, Mass.; great2-grandson of Ebenezer Lothrop, Captam HARRY R. SIMPSON, Somerville, Mass. (25427). Supplemental. Great'-grand­ of Matrosses, First Barnstable County Regt. Mass. Militia; greats-grandson ?f James Davis, Captain Mass. Seacoast Guards; greatl.grandson of Peter Lewts, son of Alexander Simpson, Signer of New Hampshire Association. Corporal, Col. Simeon Cary's Mass. Regt. LANDRETH ROSS SINE, Lincoln, Nebr. (28388). Great'-grandson of William FORRIS DE AYRE STEVENS, Grand Rapids, Mich. (28826). Great"-grandson Annan, Member of New Jersey Committees of Safety and Correspondence. of Cyprian Stn•ens, Sergeant, Capt. Jonas Hubbard's Company, Colonel Ward's ISAAC CHIPMAN SMART, Burlington, Vt. (27488). Great-grandson of Timothy Fuller Chipman, private, Capt. John King's Company, Colonel John Ashley's Mass. Regt. CHARLES CRAWFORD STEVENSON, Ja., San Francisco, Cal. (28742). Great­ Berkshire County Mass. Regt.; great'-grandson of Thomas Chipman, private, grandson of Hotvard Griffith, J!;nsign, Col. Zadock Maryland Re_gt.; Capt. Roswell Downing's Company, Col. John Ashley's Mass. Regt. Magrud~r's great"-grandson of Greenberry Griffith, Member of Comm1ttee of Observation. HAROLD ALBERT SMITH, Columbus, Ohio (28644). Great2-grandson of Samuel WAL1.'ER SAVAGE STILLMAN, Omaha, Nebr. (28386). of Thrall, Jr., private, Capt. William Cannon's Company, Col. David Leonard's Great•-~trandson Mass. Regt.; great'-grandson of Samuel Thrall, Sr., Captain, Col. Marin us J osiall Stillman, Lieutenant, Colonel Ashley's Mass. Regt.; great'-grandson of Willett's Regt. on Mohawk River; great'-grandson of William Cooley, Captain, Jolin Stillman, private, Colonel Ashley's Mass. Regt.; greatl.grandson of Uriah Mitchell, Quartermaster, McDougall's Brigade, private Fourth Dutchess County John Moseley's Mass. Regt.; great'-grandson of Peter West, Member of Com­ Regt. New York Militia; great"-grandson of Robert Milliken, private Fifth mittee of Inspection at Tisbury, Mass., 177 5· New York Regt., Col. Lewis Dubois; greatl.grandson of Solomon Deming, MORTON WISTAR SMITH, New York, N. Y. (t6315). Supplemental. Great'­ Ensign, Col. John Fellows's Mass. Regt. grandson of lames Piper, Lieutenant Colonel Penna. Rifle Regt., died a pris­ WILLIAM STOCKING, Detroit, Mich. (25656). Supplemental. Great-grandson oner of war in 1776. of Timon Miles, private, Capt. Phineas Porter's Company, Col. Andrew Ward's PARDON HUDSON SMITH, Cleveland, Ohio (28639). Great3-grandson of Shu­ Conn. Regt. and other service, pensioned. bael C o11ant, Member of Governor's Council and Council of Safety of Conn. JOSEPH WARREN STONE, Cleveland, Ohio (28647). Great'-grandson of lol•n ROBERT HINEMAN SMITH, Eureka, Ill. (28756). Great'·grandson of Isaac Cowles, or Cole, Second Lieutenant, Col. Philip Burr Bradley's Fifth Regt. Smith, Captain Essex County New Jersey Militia; great<-grandson of Timothy Conn. Line. Meeker, Sergeant Essex County New Jersey Militia. CHESTER A. STRAIL, Chicago, Ill. (28774). Great'-grandson of Elisha Miller, STEPHEN MOORE SMITH, East Orange, N. J. (28374). Supplemental. Great'­ private, Colonel Bradford's Mass. Regt. grandson of Stephen Pricket, private, Captain Morgan's Company Second CARLYLE EDGAR SUTPHEN, Newark, N. J. (28707). Grandson of loh11 Middlesex County Regt. New Jersey Militia; great•-grandson of William Ryno, Sutphen, private, Captain Walton's Company Li~ht D~agoons; great-g~andson Captain Middlesex County New Jersey Militia; great'-grandson of Silas Wash­ of Dirck Sutphen, Sergeant, Capt. Barnes Smocks Artillery and Captam Wal- burn, private, Colonel Hammond's Regt. Westchester County New York Militia. ton's Light Dragoons. GEORGE THURSTON Sl'ICER, Providence, R. I. (t8112). Supplemental. CARLYLE EDGAR SUTPHEN, Ja., Newark, N. J. (287o8). Great-grandson of Great-grandson of Joseph Spicer, volunteer at Fort Griswold, Conn., Sept. 6, Jol•n Sutphen, private, Captain Walton's Company Light Dragoons; great"- t78t. NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 39 OI<'I<'ICIAL BULLETIN ~·ILLIAM PETIT TROWBRIDGE, Interlaaken, Wash. (28575). Great-grandson grandson of Dirck Sutpl•en, Sergeant, Capt. Barnes Smock's Artillery and \ of Luther Trowbridge, Major, Regimental Adjutant, Seventh Mass. Regt. Captain Walton's Light Dragoons. WILLIAM T. TRULL, Lowell, Mass. (28783). Grea~2...grandson of John Trull, ARTHUR _CORN~LL SWINTON, Raritan, N. J. (28851). Great•·grandson of Captain Seventh Middlesex County Regt. Mass. M1ltt1a. Fredenck Frel•nghu~~~n, Member of New Jersey Provincial Congress, Colonel JACOB AR'l'HUR TURNER, Milton, Mass. (28673). Great-grandson of Ezekiel Somerset County M1htta. Tolman, First Lieutenant, Capt. Seth Sumner's Company, Col. Benjamin Gill's WILLIAM CLINTON TALMAGE, Cleveland, Ohio (28911). Great-grandson of Mass. Regt. and other service. George Ely, Colonel Hunterdon County Regt. New Jersey Militia. DONALD BAIN VAIL, Ridgewood, N. J. (28857). Great"-grandson of Isaac Vail, EDWARD IRVING TAYLOR, Winchester, Mass. (28786). Great•-grandson of Captain, Col. William Humphrey's Fifth Dutchess County Regt. New York Abraham Van Keuren, Second Lieutenant Fourth Dutchess County Regt. New York Militia. Militia. GEORGE VAN WICKLE VOORHEES, Somerville, N. J. (27796). Supplemental. JOHN THOMAS TAYLOR, Leavenworth, Kans. (26993). Great-grandson of Great'-grandson of Richard Laird, Lieutenant, Capt. John Walton's Company Benjamin Harrison, Signer of Declaration of Independence; great-grandson of First Regt. New Jersey Militia. John Cleves Symmes, Colonel Third Sussex County Battalion New Jersey ARTHUR WAKEFIELD, Newark, N. J. (23355). Supplemental. Great-grandson Militia, Chief Justice of New Jersey. · of Gilbert McMJ

FRANK E. WIEDEMANN, Terre Haute, Ind. (27720). Great•·grandson of John Heiser, private, Capt. John Doyle's Company Sixth Regt. Penna. Continental Line. ARTHUR VERNE WIGGIN, Crawford, Nebr. (28390). Great"·grandson of Gad Sutliff, Sergeant, Captain Buckley's Company Conn. Militia and other service.

AMBROSE SPENCER WIGHT, Spirit Lake, Iowa (28219). Great2·grandson of William Farnsworth, private Sixth Albany County Regt. New York Militia. CHARLES ALONZO WILDER, Cleveland, Ohio (28641). Great·grandson of Rettben Wilder, private, Capt. William Greenleaf's Company Mass. Militia and other service, pensioned; great'· grandson of A sa Wilder, private Mass. Militia. ARCHIBALD M. WILLARD, Cleveland, Ohio (28909). Great·grandson of Samuel Willard, Captain, Col. Ira Allen's Vermont Regt.; great2·grandson of Jonathan Willard, private, Col. Ira Allen's Vermont Regt. LOUIS WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Brooklyn, N. Y. (28458). Great'·grandson of Jonathan Paulding Horton, Major First Westchester County Regt. New York Militia. ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS, Governor of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla. (281o6). OFFICIAL BULLETIN Great·grandson of Jo11athan Williams, private Conn. Troops, 1778. o .. JAMES CAROTITERS WILLSON, Louisville, Ky. (288o1). Great"·grandson of Matthew Willson, Captain Augusta County Virginia Militia. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FREDERIC NEWHALL WILSON, New York, N. Y. (2846o). Great•·grandson of Adam Wheeler, Captain Sixth Regt. Mass. Continental Line. HERBERT WINANS, Trenton, N. J. (28719). Great2.grandson of John Winatrs, Sergeant, Col. John Nicholson's New York Regt. and Sheldon's Light Dragoons, pensioned. SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHARLES BARTON WOOD, Olympia, Wash. (27883). Supplemental. Great· President General Organized April 30, 1689 grandson of Hesekiah Wood, private Fourth Westchester County Regt. New York Militia. Elmer M. Wentworth, Des Moines, Iowa. Incorporated by Act of Congress June 9, 1906 CHARLES ALBERT WOODRUFF, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. (28737). Volume XI Great·grandson of Oliver Woodruff, private Fourth Company First Conn. Regt. DECEMBER, 1916 Number 3 EDWARD DAY WOODRUFF, Salt Lake City, Utah (11629). Supplemental. 2 Great ·grandson of Jesse Hotchkiss, Physician Conn. Troops, died in service Published at the office of the !"ecretary General (A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Insti­ September 29, 1776; great"·grandson of Gideon Hotchkiss, Captain Conn. Light tution ), Washington, D. C .. in june, October, December, and March. Horse, Member of Committee of Inspection. Ent,•red as second·cla