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20 OFFICIAL BULLETIN THE NATIONAL SOCIETY Samuel Willey and Eliza (Randal) Thompson; great-grandson of Jonathan and Polly (Willey) Thompson; great2-grandson of Samuel Willey, private, OF THE Colonel Stickney's New Hampshire Regt., General Stark's Brigade. EDWIN POTTER THOMPSON, U. S. Army (N. H., 17570). Son of J ohn l\Iilton and Mary Elizabeth (Walcott) Thompson; grandson of Ira W . and SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Cynthia Vv. (Spaldwg) Thompson; great-grandson of Richard and I rene (Whitcher) Thompson; great'-grandson of Be11jami" Thompso,., private, Col OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL onel Dearborn's New Hampshire Regt. JOHN HENRY THURSTON, Cambridge, Mass. (19018). Son of John Cheney President General and Harriet Maria (Snow) Thurston; grandson of Stephen and Philena Nelson A. McClary WASHINGTON, D. C., December I6, I907· Pamelia (Dunham) Thurston; great-grandson of Step he" Tlu•rston, private, 184 La Salle St. , Chica11o, Illinois CoL Edward Wigglesworth's Mass. Regt. GEORGE E. TILTON, Seattle, Wash. (18615). Son of Smilie and Mary E liza No.7 OFFICIAL BULLETIN beth (Bancroft) Tilton; grandson of James Madison and Catherine Augusta 7 (Chapin) Bancroft; great-grandson of James and Fannie (Kendall) Bancroft; great'-grandson of lames Bancroft, Sergeant, Capt. John Mellin's Company New Hampshire troops. The OFFICIAL BULLE'l'IN, issued about October rs, December IS, March GEORGE LUDLOW WALKER, New York, N. Y. (18g8o). Son of George 15, and.May IS, records action by the General Officers, the Board of Ludlow and Isabella (\Veyman) Walker; grandson of Abner and Elizabeth (Holcombe) 'Wyman; great-grandson of He,.ry Holcombe, Captain South Car Trustees, the Executive and other National Committees, lists of mem olina Cavalry. bers deceased and of new members, and important doings of State ALBERT WATERHOUSE, Honolulu, Hawaii (I8934). Son of Henry and J ulia Societi es. It is sent to the General Officers and Trustees and the N a II~wkins (Dimond) Waterhouse; grandson of Henry and Ann Maria (Anner) ti ona! Committees, to new members whose records are printed therein, Dimond; great-grandson of Jesse and Bethiah (Marquand) Dimon- great'- and a moderate supply to State Secretaries for general distribution. grandson of Daniel Dimo,., Ensign Fourth Conn. Militia. ' One issue is furnished free to State Societies that agree to distribute FR.\NK_ LEWIS WEAVER, Lowell, 1\Iass. (1902o). Son of Samuel IT. and it and to subscribe for the three other issues during the year, at the cost Mana E. (Brown) Weaver; grandson of Allan H. and Ruth L. (Keyes) of printi ng extra copies. This cost is two cents or less per copy, accord Hrown; g~eat-grandson of John and Dolly (Hoyt) Brown; great•-grandson of lllrcal• Hott, Second Lieutenant Second New Hampshire Regt. ing to the size of the edition. The following Societies distribute the ButJ,JlTIN to all their members: Rhode Island, New York, New J ersey, BENJAMIN CHENEY WHITE, Concord, N. H. (17571). Son of Nathaniel aml Armenia (Aldrich) White; grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Freeman) White; Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Missouri, great-grandson of Nathaniel White, Lieutenant, CoL Joseph Marsh's Regt. Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa. Vermont Militia. W I LLI AM LITHGOW WILLEY, Boston, Mass. (87o). (SupplementaL) Son of Tolman and P?ebe Langdon (Lithgow) Willey; grandson of Isaac J . and The Executive Committee deems a substantial increase of the membership ;:,usan (Ryan~ Willey; great-grandson of Darius Willey, Captain, CoL Her of the Society its greatest present need. It is not sufficient that the annual cules Mooney s New Hampshire Regt. additions of members should keep pace with the losses incident to death. As a CHARLES __ WILLIAMS, Hilo, Hawaii (I893J). Son of Henry and Mary (Kanealn) ~.dhams; _grands~n of Jesse and Roxana \Villiams; great-grandson Society chartered by Congress, an important, patriotic line of work is being of 0/Jed Wtlltams, pnvatc Fifth Company of Militia of Waterbury, Conn. entered upon, and that this may be vigorously prosecuted and extended, and that the National and State Societies may exercise the influence which they ou2ht, the Executive Committee urges upon all State Societies and individual members the supreme importance of additions to our membership. We should have three times the number now borne on our rolls. The time is opportune for ag2ressive, concerted action. 2 OFFICIAL BULL~IN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 3
lw securing recruits. A similar letter has be~n addressed ~o e~ch S~ate THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. Society, by order of the Executive Committee, suggestmg practtcal means of increasing the Society's growth. THE UNITED STATES: INFORMATION FOR IMMIGRANTS. ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP. At a meeting of the National Executive Committee held in New York October 1 the leaflet prepared by Judge Stockbridge on Information for T 0 hundred and forty-nine new members have been enrolled by the Immigrants was approved. Since then the leaflet has been approved and Reg:trar General as follows from June I to ~ecember I, I907: Ne": adopted by the U. S. Department of Commerce and Labor, which has York, 40 ; Massachusetts, 38; Illinoi_s, 23; ~h10, 2I; New Jersey, I_I, had it translated into Yiddish, Italian, Hungarian, and Polish. A small Connecticut, 10 ; Di trict of Columbta, 9; Mm~_esota, 9; Pennsylvama, edition of 15,000 copies was printed in English for the use of the differ 9 ; Iowa, 9; Indiana, 8; Washington, 7; Hawaii, 7; Colorado,?; New ent State Societies, so as to inform our members of the nature of the Hampshire. 5; Maine, 5; Maryland, 5; Vermo~t , 5; _Kansas~ 4, ~bode work. It has been set up in type in the four languages mentioned, and Island, 4 ; Utah, 3; Arizona, 2; ebraska, 2; Mtssoun, 2; Wtsconsm, I; as soon as the proof has been corrected, it will be printed. A contract 1\!ontana, 1; Texas, I, and Oklahoma, I. has been made for the printing of one million copies, 400,000 of them in NATIONAL YEAR BooK FOR I907· Italian and 200,000 in each of the three other languages. These copies will be di ~ tributed by our State Societies to the aliens now · in this THE NATIONAL YEAR BooK has been published in an ed_ition of I,5CJO country. The Department of Commerce and Labor will publish froni a cop1es,· an d b y order of the Board of Trustees has been dtstnbuted. pro . set of electrotypes furnished by our Society an edition of its own, rata to the State Societies. It makes a volume of 398 pages, contammg which will be distributed to the incoming immigrants. It is planned in a Jist of General Officers and National Committees for I907. Officers the near future to distribute the leaflet to the immigrant as he arrives from 1ss9 to rgo6, Charter, Constitution, and By-Laws, Officers of State aboard ship. It is also planned to publish it in other languages, so as to Societies and Local Chapters, Proceedings of the Denver Congress, J nne be able to reach the vast majority of those arriving in our country. 3 and 4, 1907, and records of 709 members e_nrolle~ from l\Iay I, rgo6, Fifty copies of the leaflet in English have been sent to the Secretary to June 1, I907· A limited number of copies IS avatlable to members on of each State Society, advising them to consider means of distributing application to State Secretarie . the circular in various languages among aliens in their region, and 'I particularly to members of societies or associations of foreigners. THE BuFFALO CoNGREss oF I9Q8. The special committee on printing and distribution desires a wide cir The Buffalo Chapter of the Empire State Society held a meeting _on culation of the leaflet in this country, and requests that information be o,·cmber 19 at the residence of l\1r. Trueman G. Avery.. The meetmg sent to the Secretary General as to the 11umber of copies that can be was called for the purpose of making plans for the entertamme~t o~ the successfully placed in the various cities. National Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, wluch IS to One thousand copies of the leaflet in English have been sent to Chi he held in Buffalo April 30 and. May I, Igo8. It was decided that t_he cago, where they are being used as a reader among the adult foreign Ruffalo Chapter should resolve itself into a committe~ of the wh~le wtth pupils of the night schools. A request has been received from Omaha power to appoint committees to carry on the plans, wtth the Prestdent of for 3,000 copies in nine different languages for di stribution in the night the Chapter as general chairman. It was also decided that several sub schools of that city. committees be appointed to carry out the details of the arrangements to be made and the general chairman was instructed to select these com RECRUITING CIRCULARS. mittees. It is the de ire of the Chapter to increase the membership Twelve thousand copies of a circular letter, signed by the President materially before the Congress in April, and in order to do this a mem General, under date of November 1, have been sent to State Secretaries bership committee was appointed with Frank B. Steele as chamnan to for distribution to members. The letter calls on members to use every further this work. possible effort to increase the efficiency of the Society's patriotic work 4 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONA l, SOCI ETY, S. A. R. 5
] OHN PAUL ]ONES. The position of the patriotic society in our country today is not clearly appre· hended, and, strange as it may seem, that is true to some extent even among There i in press a Congressional document entitled "John Paul the members of this and kindred societies. If these societies are to thrive, or Jones, Commemoration at Annapolis, 24th April, I90(5,'' which may be continue to exist, they must demonstrate a reason for their existence. It is well to commemorate in pillars of marble or tablets of bronze and to inscribe purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Print on the pages of history the deeds of self-sacrifice and heroic achievement of a ing Office, ·washington, D. C. century and a quarter ago, but patriotism does not consist in that; historical societies in every State of this Union are doing this very thing. It is laudable to cherish, preserve, and record the deeds of our ancestors, and to trace out the mazy lines of descent through successive generations, but this is not of itself DOINGS OF STATE SOCIETIES. a patriotic work; genealogical associations are formed and exist for this very purpose. No people have ever shown greater regard and reverence for their ancestors than the Chinese, yet they are today a subject race, and the Manchu THE CALIFORNIA SociETY on October I9 celebrated the I26th anm lords it over them. True patriotism is an ever·living principle--a vitalizing force in the present, versary of the surrender at Yorktown by a banquet. Addresses were using the past, but using it only as a source from which to draw inspiration for delivered by Mr. George C. Sargent, Vice-President ; Mr. Walter Mac action in the present, or to profit by the lessons which history may teach. It Arthur, and Mr. Alfred Holman on "The Spirit of '76 and its Relations is this which as individuals \Ve are too prone to forget, which as members of to Modern Strikes and Boycotts.'' so·called patriotic societies we are apt to ignore. The patriotic society, if it would be such in fact as well as in name, if it is to be anything more than a President Pelham W. Ames, of the California Society, is now residing social organization, if it is to continue to exist and prosper under such an appel· at 776 Beacon street, Boston, Mass. lation, must demonstrate its razson d'~tre not only to its membership, but before all peoples. It must have not only a definite aim, but even more be actively THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SociETY on November 20 held its fi rst engaged upon a definite work in the present, and such work should be in the meeting of the season at the Arlington Hotel. There was an attendance direction of counteracting the influences or tendencies which are or may be of about I40. Nine new members were announced, including Rear fraught with danger to the Republic today. No organization should be called or Admiral Charles Mitchell Thomas, U. S. avy, and ten applicants were regarded as patriotic which is not thus actively at work. To the close observer of this country the problem of the proper assimilation proposed for membership. and education of our vast immigrant population is one of great seriousness. Of Addresses were made by J udge Stockbridge, Hon. Terrence V. the population of this country today not less than I 6 per cent is foreign born. Powderly, and Ambassador David J ayne Hill. The annual accession to this number is in the neighborhood of a million. This Mr. Powderly, head of the information division of the Bureau of Im is a force within our body politic which cannot safely be ignored and may sooner or later have to be reckoned with. Let there be no misunderstanding. It is not migration, said that he had admitted long since that he was wrong in the intended to be suggested that this vast number of people are of vicious tendency declaration that ou r doors should be shut to the foreigner for ten years, or inimical to ·a well-ordered condition of society or state; but many of them or until we could take account of stock. He said that the immigrants are im pressionable and possess but a meager education, and it is of vast import· of today will be the good Americans of tomorrow. He pronounced the ance, looking to the future well-being of our country, whether they become citizens or not, that they acquire a correct understanding and appreciation of immigrant leaflet, prepared by the Sons of the American Revolution, to these U nited States, its institutions and manner of government. It is therefore be one of the best means ever devised for the enlightenment of aliens of vital moment to the State whether their first impression of our country and on the principles of the Government of the United States, and on the its institutions shall be that derived from some demagogue or professional agitator, or be intelligent and comprehensive. It may make all the difference opportunities afforded to law-abiding citizens of this country. between a law-abiding resident and a law-defying resident. Is there not here an Ambassador Hill commented upon the wide sympathy shown by the opportunity, a duty even to be performed just as patriotic as serving a gun in American delegates at the Hague Peace Conference. He said that this action or bearing the starry banner on a march? was due largely to the fact that the strains of many bloods run through So it bas seemed to your Executive Committee, and, thanks to the most valuable assistance of Compatriot J obn H. Moore, of this Society, the plan the American people. "The composite character of our Nation is an proposed by the Executive Committee bas received the hearty and cordial co-oper· advantage in that it gives to it a variant energy and a distinctive type of ation of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and this Society may congrat· American character." ulate itself that it is pointing the way for other patriotic societies to render a In his address on the future of the National Society, H on. Henry real and im portant patriotic work. Stockbridge, of the National Executive Committee, said : The plan now in operation is not, however, adequate to meet the situation. It ~ompr e b ends the f urnishing of first instruction to those who shall hereafter land NATIONAL SOCIETY, S . A. R. 7 6 OFFICIAL BULLETIN
on our shores. But what of the twelve millions or more President General McClary made an address, urging more active work In s~m~ m~nner they, too, should be reached and iven who are already here ) in recruiting membership. He said that the total enrolment of nearly but Similar mstruction. And here lies g • perhaps not the sam . o,ooo members since I889 had been reduced by death and other causes ness for our State Societies. . a most important field of labor and usefu~: 2 through the schools. But there ~V·:~ot~ersm~ll perce~tage contact may be had to Jc s than I2,000. or availed of. Certain events i ~ay not hitherto properly appreciated ;_ rr. Charles P. Megan, superintendent of the city's night schools, and holidays. Washington's Birthday n fl:gur d natwtnhal Fhistory are commemorated by Wh t d • ay, e ourth of July are . Prof. John H. Loomis, principal of the McLaren school, spoke briefly. . a. are we oing in proper observance of these days? • • ; I_nst~nces. ligation made has shown that but II . Partial mves· :\Iaj. Edgar Bronson Tolman, the retiring president, gave a stereopticon population can, if called on giv a very s~.a percentage of our foreign-born lectu re on views he took during the trip to the Colorado Congress last intended to be commemorat:d bye t::Y d:nte l~e·n~ ~onception of that which is June. Officers were elected as follows: President, Horace E. Horton, bus~ling !if~ to honor and perpetuate the ~:ea'; '~~hie lave bee'.' set ap~rt in our I02C6 Longwood avenue; Vice-Presidents, John Shepherd and Porter B. natlO~-achtevements which are the more im ortan vements In our ~tstory as a established some great fundamental princi le p t because they mvolved or Fitzgerald; Secretary, John D. Vandercook, Io8 La Salle street; Treas as mllestones in the march of h p of our government, and so serve urer, James H. Gilbert; Historian, James Edgar Brown; Registrar, fore be made to serve a doubl uman proglress. These anniversaries should there- e purpose t 1e paramount b · · Fred F. Loomis; Chaplain, Charles Herbert Young; Sergeant-at-arms, whether citizens or not, in the vital , fundam _on~ emg to Instruct all, government rests. • * • ental pnnciples upon which our Ll ewellyn R. Atkins. The National Society has awarded a medal and diploma to Compatriot But who is to do this work who will cr . practical form 1 To whom hav~ th "ti" eafte the sentiment which shall take Percy B. Coffin, First Sergeant of Company A, First Illinois Infantry, "f e Cl zens o this country t 1 k f step, 1 ':e, calling ourselves patriotic or anization o . oo or such a U. S. Volunteers, for patriotic service in the war with Spain in I8g8. from patnots, proved in the time of tl g , s, and boasting our descent make no move? * * * le country s need, stand supinely by and T HE IowA SociETY on November I3 entertained President General . Does the vastness of the work afford an I . . . . :t-lcClary at a reception in Des Moines. Addresses were made by Mr. It? Does it not rather suggest that our ~i}t hatwn for delay m entenng upon that our duty is to be measured b th p t 'eges have been and are great, and i\lcClary, Mr. Willard Secor, President of the Iowa Society, and rights we enjoy) It is undcniabl ty el s andard of our opportunities and the Treasurer General, and by Capt. E. D. Hadley, Secretary of the Society. · Y rue t 1at a membership f 1 1 too small for the work wh"cl S . o e even t 10usand is T he reception was under the auspices of the Ben Franklin Chapter, '· 1 1 we as a oc1ety should b d · · numuering more than eighty mill•ons.. B ut those entitled e to omg bIn ha " people of which Captain Hadley is President, and was given at the residence us are many times our present numbe d . . mem ers tp with paramount duty at this time . r, an ~n ~tew of our responsibilities the of i\ lr. Hubbell. Mr. McClary talked upon the objects, work, and needs ·' b 15 a most matenal mcrease of our b 1 of the Society and the desirability of increasing the membership. Par oruJer t_ at we m~y properly respond to our obligations. mcm ers tip in . ust tn proporttOn as our membershi rows . ticul ar stres was laid upon the work taken in hand of educating the it become possible to adequately pf g • Ill an even greater proportion will per orm our obligations t immigrants flocking to our shores in the rights and duties of citizens become a patriotic society no Jess in fact th . o our country, to higher citizenship. an tn name, and a potent force for a of this Republic. The Chapter has in hand the enterprise of engaging the colleges of G The JDistrict v of Columbia Society has appointed a committee, with the State in a competition for a bronze medal offered by til r State enera mcent as chairman, to secure the enactment of a Jaw to re- Society for the best work in each college in the study of the history of vent the desecration of the American flag in tl D" . p the United States. and the territories of the United St t le tstnct of Columbia a es. T HE KENTUCKY SociETY on October I9 elected the following officers, _THE HAWAIIAN SociETY has elected as President John all of Louisville: President, George Hall Wilson, Todd Building; Vice Btshop street, Honolulu; Secretary, Lyle Alexander Di~ke "~ffin~e r , Pres idents, George Du Relle and Charles A. Warren; Secretary, John II. Page, Court House; Registrar, Benjamin LaBree, Norton Building; J lulu.~~~:~iu~~~:~~~l ~re~:~!:~a~o~~~~e}~!~~l~r!:ll~~j• 1er tttdici;~::l on street,Bu·il~~;, Hono- Treasurer, George Twyman Wood, 450 W. Main street, and Chaplain, Very Rev. Charles Ewell Craik. H;~~o~L~O~S ~O.CIF:I'Y held its annual meeting and banquet at the THE MAINE SociETY on October 17 assisted in the unYeiling and ad . . fu I'l l" lt_ ca~o, on December 3, the 8gth anniversary of the presentation to the Valley Forge Park Commission of a monument mtsston o mots mto the Union · Abo·n•"t I :l·o mem bers atten d e d . erected in honor of soldiers of Maine who encamped at Valley Forge 8 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 9
during the Revolutionary War. The um·eiling of the monument Dracut by Old Middlesex Chapter, S. A. R., of Lowell, in honor of the the historic _camp ground_ is the first step that any State has take~p~: Dracut men who fought in the Revolutionary War. A picture of the erect ~1emonals _there for 1ts heroes of the Revolution. The monument is famous Old Elm in Cambridge will be included. a pohshed gramte bl~ck, ~ix_ feet high and five feet wide, and weighs The Society has subscribed $250 toward preserving the Royall House I34,000 pounds. The mscnptJOn states that the boulder is erected b th in J\Iedford, the former country seat of Governor Winthrop, the first State of Maine under the auspices of the Maine Society of the So; ~ 0 Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and, during the siege of the American Revolution. s Boston, the headquarters of General Stark. THE MA.RYLAND SociETY at its annual meeting, on October I9, elected THE l\1IcHIGAN SociETY held meetings of its Historical Section on the_ f~llowmg officers: President, Hon. George R. Gaither, Continental October 25 and November rs. At the first meeting Mr. Theodore H. Bmldmg, Baltimore; Vice-Presidents, Admiral Yates SterHng, James E. Eaton of the National Executive Committee, outlined a plan for secur Hancock, Thomas M. Maynadier, and Hon. Edwin Warfield· Secretar ing n:w members. A paper was read by Mr. Oscar James on Benjamin R. Fuller Shryock, 3I8 St. Paul street, Baltimore; Treasur~r, R. Ro:~ Franklin and the valuable services rendered by that great statesman Holloway, II3I Calvert Building, Baltimore; Registrar, George W. during the Revolution, and the subject was discussed by Mr. George W. M~Creary, 300 St. Paul street, Baltimore; Historian, Hon. Henry Stock Bates and others. bndge, II N. Calhoun street, Baltimore, and Chaplain, Rev. Henry At the November meeting Dr. Hal C. Wyman read a paper on "Our Branch, Ellicott City. Duties to Recent Territorial Acquisitions." Dr. ]. E. Emerson described On Sa_turday, ?ctober Ig, "Peggy Stewart Day," the Society went to some features of the Hawaiian Islands from personal observation, with ~nnapolis to ass1st the Daughters of the American Revolution in mark particular reference to taxation, tariff, and relations with the United m_g a tree on the campus of St. John's College, to be known as the States. L1berty Tree. Under it Generals Washington and Lafayette are said to THE NEBRASKA SociETY held its annual banquet at Omaha on October have held conferences prior to the Yorktown campaign. q. James H. Adams, President of the Society, acted as toastmaster . . The Maryland Society subscribed to a fund for the purchase of ten President General elson A. lllcClary responded to the first toast, h1stonc guns, which, with ten tablets, were unveiled on October 16, at "The Sons of the American Revolution." He gave a short sketch of the Fo:t McHenry, Baltimore, in the presence of several thousand people. purposes and objects of the Society and the work that it had already It IS proposed to establish this historic fort as a National Parle The accomplished, both educationally and in the matter of providing ~ppro progran~ included addresses by Compatriots Governor \Varfield, Judge priate tablets for marking the locations of many of the revolutiOnary an? ?thers. A tablet was erected by each of the patriotic Stock~n.dge battlefields. An essential purpose of the Society was to provide pam subscnbmg soc1et1es, one of them reading: ''This tablet is here placed phlets for the information and instruction of immigrants coming into by the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to the country, relative to American customs and the opportunities afforded commemorate its cooperation with the people of Baltimore in the reten for education and to instill in them a patriotic interest in the country, tion o~ the old battery in these works. ]. D. Iglehart, Chairman of and hereby increase their value as citizens. Committee; Henry Stockbridge, President; R. Fuller Shryock, Secre tary, 1907." Dr. George L. l\Iiller responded to the sentiment of "The Oregon Trail," and paid a glowing tribute to the soldiers of peace who sixty . THE MASSACHUSETTS SociETY has in press nearly ready for distribu four years ago gave to the United States this western empire. tion ~ 1~ew r_egister of its society, the first issued in three years. The \V. F. Gurley responded to the sentiment of the "Modern Patriot" in J front1sp1ece, m colors, will show a reproduction of a historical painting an eloquent address. by Clyde ~- Deland, of Philadelphia, representing the "Raising of the Rev. Frank L. Loveland was the closing speaker. He talked upon the F1rst Amencan Union Flag on Prospect Hill, Somerville, Mass., Janu "Righteousness of the Revolution." "No logic has yet developed the ary I, I7/6." The book has been compiled by the Society's Registrar, fact that war is wrong. If a single combatant is at liberty to assert a Herbert Wood Kimball. There are other illustrations, including a right by force, how much greater is the right of combined effort to reproduction from a photograph of the boulder and tablet erected at adjust wrongs of tryanny and oppression," said he, "and the world can II NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. IO OFFICIAL BULLETIN ies out in a field and shoot them that would make for the never repay the embattled farmers of the Revolution for what they did. the two cou ntr . Washington and his compatriots were but instruments of God to ac peace of the world. h d the federation of the English-speakmg complish a mighty task and they did it well. War will continue as long "Let us dream I~ e rt;am-;-d to be difficult to get an idea into an people of the wor · . Is. salk fifty ears to get it in it takes 100 as tyranny seeks to throttle human rights." Englishman' s.thea~ •. b~~ l!v~tn t~h:sgoverJng classes are learning some The Society has requested from the National Committee a supply of years to get 1 ou , a 3,000 immigrant leaflets, in nine languages, for distribution in the public th*~~· Buffalo Chapter is active in preparation fo: the next Con~r~~sd night schools of Omaha. . h ld on ovember 19 when committees were appom e THE NEw JERSEY ocrETY bas been honored by the election of its A meetmg was e ' President, Hon. ]. Franklin Fort, to the office of Governor of the State as noted above. Tall V!lRMONT Socr!lTY held its annual meeting at Burlington on of New Jersey. "While the Society very properly takes no part in par ~o- when the officers of the past year were re-elected. r. tisan politics, and strictly refrains from asking its members to do so, its entire membership, irrespccth·e of political affiliations, feels highly ~~~b;r ~;;!ton was elected as Historian to fill th~ vacancy dca~s~d b~ death of Hon. George G. Benedict. A resolutiOn was op e ex gratified that the people of the State have chosen its respected President ~ v the ·n an invitation to hold the National Congress of 1909 Ver:nont. for the chief executive office of this old commonwealth. ~n endorsed the plan the Secretary should wnte a history The active interest of the Society in its work has been kept up to the ~~~~S~ciet y tb~t standard of former years. Meetings have been held by the Chapters; of Vermont's part in the RevolutiOn. earnest efforts have been made to secure the balance of the funds neces sary to complete the erection of the Princeton Battle monument and the relocation of the "Old Sow" boulder and tablet, placed in charge of a committee for adjustment with the purchasers of the property. The annual meeting of the Society will be held on the anniversary of the battle of Princeton, January 3, 1go8, at the rooms of the ew Jersey Historical Society, in Newark, on which occasion an historical address will be delivered by a prominent member of the National Society, to be followed by an elaborate luncheon to be given by the Society to all the members present in lieu of the annual banquet which will be given at a later date.-}. R. MULLIIGN. THE EMPIRE STAT!l Soci!lTY gave its eighteenth annual banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, on November 25, celebrating the anniversary of the evacuation of New York City by the British. About 350 members and guests attended. President Marble delivered the address of wel come. Other speakers were President General McClary, extending greet ings from the National Society; Rev. ehemiah Boynton, on "The Sons of the American Revolution and the Needs of Today;" Rev. Charles F. Aked, on "Some Present Day Tendencies;" Hon. Job E. Hedges, Presi dent ]. Franklin Fort, of the New Jersey Society, and Hon. Henry E. Howland. Rev. Dr. Aked is an Englishman recently settled in this country. In the course of his address he said: "Engli h hearts have rejoiced over your triumphs and have seen in the sunlight that gleams in these folds of your flag the smile of God upon a people He loves. Men have dared to dream of war between us. If you could get half a dozen of the editors and the swashbucklers of 12 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R.
RECORDS OF 144 NEW MEMBERS REGISTERED FROM OCTOBER I IN MEMORIAM. TO NOVEMBER 30, 1907. ASHER ADAMS, Osage City, Kan. (17961). Son of Kimble and Elvina (Smith) THOMAS L. SEABROOK, Adams; grandson of David and Triphena (Sherman) Smith; great-grandson a member of the New Jersey SocJ.et y, d"1e d m . 1905 (date not given). of Phineas Smith, private, Colonel Swift's Conn. Regt., and Colonel Fletcher's Vermont Regt. CHARLEs vv. OPDYKE, a member of the ew Jersey Society, died March 9, 1907. GEORGE D. ADAMS, Cleveland, Ohio (19176). Son of George and Elizabeth (Dana) Adams; grandson of Asabel and Lucy (Mygatt) Adams; great· 2 d. JosEPHd t W H. WALKER ' a mem b er o f t 11e Dlstnct. . of Columbia Society grandson of Comfort S. and Lucy (Knapp) Mygatt; great -grandson of Eli Mygatt, Lieutenant-Colonel Sixteenth Conn. Militia. le a orcester, Mass., April 3, 1907. • E~WARD S. }ONEs, a member of the District of GEORGE JACOB ADAJIIS, Pender, Neb. (19226). Son of Charles Francis and Apnl 5, . Columbia Society, died Emily Margaret (Snider) Adams; grandson of George Johnston and Ellen 1907 (Horn) Adams; great-grandson of Stephen and Sarah (Johnston) Adams; }AMES F. VAN NE ST, a member of the New Jersey Society, died June great'·grandson of George Adams, private, Capt. John Parker's Company 7, 1907- )lass. 1Iilitia; great'-grandsou of Michael Johnston, private, Colonel Bedel's New Hampshire Regt., and Ebenezer Webster's Company of Rangers; great' BathWILLIAM N y HJ. ISHEPARD ' a mem b er o f t h e E mplre . State Society, died at grandson of Charles Johnston, Lieutenant-Colonel New Hampshire ~lilitia. y ' . ., u 21, 1907· JAMES K. ADAMS, Osage City, Kan. (17960). Son of Kimble and Elvina FREDERICK PARKER, a member of the New Jersey Society (Smith) Adams; grandson of David and Triphena (Sherman) Smith; great 17, 1907. , died August grandson of Phineas Smith, private, Colonel Swift's C<'nn. Regt., and Colonel Fletcher's Vermont Regt. . IVILLIAM R. HuNTINGTON, a member 0 f d d R the Empire State Societ)', WALTER STRATTON ANDERSON, Carlinville, Ill. (18842). Son of Wil· le at orne, N. Y., September 9, 1907. liam E. P. and Nellie Douglass (Hamilton) Anderson; grandson of John and d" ~TEPH~N A. BoYDEN, a member of the District of Columbia Society, Rebecca Rice (Pritchard) Hamilton; great-grandson of J osbua and Jane le at ast Falls Church, Va., October 14, 1907- (Craig) Hamilton; great2-grandson of 'vVilliam and Elizabeth (Dickerson) Hamilton; great•-grandson of Ale.~a,.der Hamilton, private, Capt. Joseph d. ]~HN ~IuNN VooRHES, a member of the District of Columbia Society, Cisna's Company, Westmoreland County, Penna. Frontier Rangers. le at orth Bend, Ohio, October IS, 1907- JOSEPH S. ANDREWS, Memphis, Tenn. (N. Y., 19257). Son of Joseph I. and \VILLIAM THOMAS CHURCH w . Miriam J. (Nones) Andrews; grandson of Joseph B. and Eveline (De Leon) Society died at Bristol R I 0 ARDb\\ ELL, a member of the Rhode Island ' • · ., cto er 16, 1907. Nones; great-grandson of Benjamin Nones, Aide to Washington, Lafayette, and De Kalb; grandson of Joseph and Sally (Salomon) Andrews; great . DAviD_t d dAn_ BOT CHAMBERS, a member of the Dl"strJ·ct of Columbia So- grandson of Hyam Salomon, negotiator of war subsidies of France and cle y, le m Washington, October 20, 1907. Holland. ,. TREN?R L. PARK, a member of the Empire State Society died in New RAYMOND CARLYLE AXTELL, Honolulu, Hawaii (18940). Son of Josephus ork C1ty, October 23, . ' Carlyle and Vina (Carlyle) Axtell; grandson of Jonathan Reeve and Mary ~ 1907 2 (Smith) Axtell; great-grandson of Silas and Elizabeth (Loree) Axtell; great - • C~ESTE~ T:"LER SHERMAN, a member of the District of Columbia grandson of He»ry Axtell, Major, Colonel Ford's Battalion New Jersey Society, died m Washington, November 5, 1907- troops. , THOli~AS IVILDES, a member of the Empire State Societ BER ~HARD RUDOLF BANNING, Honolulu, Hawaii (18939). Son of Frederic l' ork C1ty, November , . y, died in New 27 1907 and Clarissa (Armstrong) Banning; grandson of Richard and Clarissa (Chapman) Armstrong; great-grandson of Samuel and Hannah (Ferguson) Chapman; great!-grandson of Benjamin Chapman, patriot preacher, private Conn. i\filitia; great'-grandson of Jol•n (and Dorothy Hamilton) Ferg1 FREDERICK WILLIAM BEECHER Wellsvill N 1 2 1 GEORGE :I>L BRINKERHOFF, Springfield, Ill. (18848). Son of John and and Isabella Porter (Jones) B' h . e, · Y. ( 9 5 ). Son of Edward Foot ) B h eec er' !"randson of Lyman d R Sarah Ann (Walter) Brinkerhoff; grandson of George J. and Ida (Cassatt) ( e eec er; great-grandson of El" d R an oxana grandson of Andrew W d B . . 1 an oxana (Ward) Foote; great•• Brinkerhoff; great-grandson of John Brinkerhoff, private, Captain Swope's ar ' ngad1er-General Conn. Militia. Flying Battalion, York County, Penna. troops. JOHN SECORD BELDEN, Chicago, Ill. (1884o). Son .. ROBERT ANDERSON BRONSON, New Haven, Conn. (I9093). Son of Wil Frances (Cummings) Belden; grandson of E h . of Cha~les W1lhs and liam and Rebecca Elizabeth (Terrell) Bronson; grandson of Andrew and (Secord) Cummings; great-grandson of . p ra1m Merrill and Sarah Rebecca (Alling) Terrell; great-grandson of Eliakim Terrell, private, Fifth Samuel Wright's Co C I . Ephra•m Cumm•ngs, private Capt. mpany, o one! N1chols's New Hampshire Regt. ' Battalion, Wadsworth's Conn. Brigade. HERBERT FRANKLIN BILLINGS N t" k R ALONZO DE VOLSON BROWN, Brooklyn, N. Y. (1926o). Son of Jonathan of Arthur Gilbert and Etta E 'cAad1c ' ). BI: ~18117). Supplemental. Son and Dolly (Ellis) Brown, Jr.; grandson of Jonathan Brown, private First . · n rews tllmgs· g d F ra nklm and Ann P. (Palmer) Billin s· ' ran son of Benjamin Conn. Line, pensioned. (Kenyon) Palmer; great'-grandson of .iu~:eat-grandson of Luthe_r and Sarah THO:Ift\S CLARKE BROWN, JR., East Greenwich, R. I. (188o7). Son of ant, Fourth Battalion, Wadsworth's Co sB ~andford Palmer, F1rst Lieuten- nn. nga e. Thomas Clarke and Emma Frances (Cheeney) Brown; grandson of John Clarke and Ruth Greene (Howland) Brown; great-grandson of Clarke an1 WA~REN TYLER BISBEE, Chicago, Ill. (18843) Son umner (Tyler) Bisbee; grandson of Ale . d of John M. and Abbie Tabitha (Tibbitts) Brown; great'-grandson of Daniel Clarke and Margaret Catherine (Robson) Tyler; great-grandson xan er Sumner and Frances (Briggs) Brown; great3-grandson of Clarke Brown, Second Lieutenant, Tyler; great'-grandson of Abraham Tyler o~ Parker and Rebecca (Johnson) Qua rtermaste~, Rhode Island Line. son's Regt. Mass. Militia. ' F1rst Sergeant, Col. Samuel John- HENRY BUCKINGHAM, Lawton, Okla. (18952). Son of George Talcott and Lavina (Lindsley) Buckingham; grandson of Henry and Harriett (Talcott) ELIOT BLACKWELDER, Madison Wis (Ill 88 Gertrude (Boughton) Black ld ' · · I 39). Sou of Isaac S. and Buckingham; great-grandson of Thomas and Triphena (Hibbard) Talcott; we er; grandson of Peter d N II B grcat0-grandson of Isham Talcott, Colonel Sixth Conn. Infantry. great-grandson of Isaac Blackweld S an e Y lackwelder; Company, Col. George AI d ' Ner, ergea~~· Capt. Matthias Beaver"s exan er s orth Caronna Regt. JA:IIES AR:I>UTAGE BULL, U. S. Navy, League Island, Pa. (D. C. 18887). Son of James Henry and Katherine (Tilghman) Bull; grandson of James PAUL BLACKWELDER, St. Louis Mo 1 Hunter and Mary Augusta (Sheaff) Bull; great-grandson of Levi and Ann Gertrude (Boughton) Blackweld '. · d(Ill. 884I). Son of Isaac S. and er' gran son of Peter and N II BI CJacol>s) Bull; great'-grandson of Thomas Bull, Lieutenant-Colonel Penna. great-grandson of Isaac Blackweld S e y ackwelder; pany, Col. George Alexander's N:rt,h Cergeal_nt, Capt. Matthias Beaver's Com- Flying Camp. r aro ma Regt. WILLIA 1 COLLADAY BURGESS, Baltimore, Md. (19027). Son of Charles Ricketts and Mary Ellen (Colladay) Burgess; grandson of William and FREDRICKd J EUGENE . BLAKE• B n"d geport, Conn ( 19092) S f an osephme Augusta (Ward) Blake· · · on o Reuben Elizabeth (Ricketts) Burgess; great-grandson of Michael Burgess, Ensign (Humiston) Blake; great-grandson of 'R!randson of Reu_ben and Elizabeth Maryland 1\Iilitia, Member of Council of Safety. Humphrey's Company Sixth C L" uben. Blake, pnvate, Capt. David ' onn. me, pensioned. EDWARD GARFIELD BURKE, Deep River, Conr1. (19088). Son of Miles Coverdale and Harriet N. (Burdick) Burke; grandson of Edward G. and WALTER EAMES BLOUNT, Washington D C and Lucia (Eames) Blount· grandso~ of · (l8893). Son of Henry F. Mary Farrington (Smith-Fowler) Burke; great-grandson of William Burkt, Blount; great-grandson of p'· R" I " \Valter and Rebecca (Ripley) Recruiting Sergeant for the "Dean, frigate, letter of Marque." Cromwell," private Fourth powder monkey" frigate "Oliver ;;oum ;:.l~Y_' \\"ILLIA:I>f ALBERT BURNETT, Amherst, Mass. (I9I63). Son of George Brin Lydia (Hunt) Ripley· great• nn.d 1 1tla; great'-grandson of \Villiam and ton and Josephine Martindale (Horn) Burnett; grandson of Albert and Warner's Conn. Regt.' -gran son of William Hunt, Corporal, Colonel Elizabeth A. G. (Tiemann) Horn; great-grandson of Anthony and Mary F. (Newell) Tiemann; great'-grandson of Andrew (and Elizabeth Wyeth) HUGH DEMARESl' BOWKER Ja W uk Demarest and Susie Gordon' (S~ "tl )a B~ga;, Ill. (I 8836). Son of Hugh Newell, Deputy Commissary Mass. Militia; great3·grandson of Noal• Wyeth, Nancy Ann (Humiston) B ·k . 1 1 ow er; grandson of Franklin and private, Capt. Sam. Thatcher's Company, Colonel Gardner's Regt. Mass. O\\ er' great-grandson of R' d B owker; great'-grandson of Gid B k lCe an Betsy (Clark) Militia. Bigelow's Mass. Regt. eon ou• er, private and scout, Col. Timothy CHARLES TUFTS CALDWELL, Washington, D. C. (17593). Supplemental. Son of Thompson Baxter and Mary Ann (Ames) Caldwell; grandson of CHARLES EDWIN BRIGGS, Cleveland Ohio Sarah Elizabeth (Hanna) Brig . ' d (l9l78). Son of Charles and William and Polly (Alger) Ames; great-grandson of Israel (and Rachel S . h) gs, gran son of Isaac S . 2 ( m1t Briggs; great-grandson f E h . ampson and Mary Howard) Alger, private, Col. Edward Mitchell's Regt. Mass. Militia; great - great'· grandson of Simeon Sam o • p nam. and Deborah (Sampson) Briggs: grandson of Daniel Alger, private, Col. Jeremiah Hall's Regt. Mass. Militia; ence" and "Hazard" and sh . f,p.ron, Captam, ~!ass. Brigantines "Independ- great0-grandson of George Howard, private, Col. John Bailey's Regt. Mass. 1PS rotector" and "Ivfars." Militia; grandson of John and Tabitha (Hayward) Caldwell; great-grandson I6. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. of Sylvanus and Sarah (Snow) Hayward; great•-grandson of Joseph Snow t" randson of Paul and Sarah (Wheeler) Clark; great•• private Fourth Plymouth County Regt. Mass. Militia; great-grandson of Con n. Dragoons; grea --g rivate Conn. M ilitia, killed at Fort Griswold, Sept. J a nathan and Patience (Sturtevant) Ames, Jr.; great"-grandson of Cale b gra nd8songorfeaJt:gh~a:::;!• o~ E"os Goodale, private Lexington alarm. 6, 17 1 j • Sturtevant, private, CoL Theophilus Cotton's Regt. Mass. Militia. . ( ) Son of Gorham Bartlett and CY BULLOCK COFFIN, Austm, Ill. 1 88 37 . d El" A (Babbitt) HARRY CLARK CALDWELL, Washington, D. C. (18179). SupplementaL PER I k) Coffin. grandson of Luther an Iza . Helen Augusta (Bul oc • d M (Kingsley) Bullock· great'- Son of Charles Tufts and Caroline L. (Clark) Caldwell; grandson of Thomp d of Stephen an ary ' son Baxter and ?-fary ,\nn (Ames) Caldwell; great-grandson of William and llullock; great-gran son k C ta" Sixth Company Bristol County Regt., grandson of Step/.e" Bullae ' ap m, ' Polly (Alger) Ames; great2-grandson of Israel (and Rachel Howard) Alger, Mass. M ilitia. private, CoL Edward Mitchell's Regt. Mass. Militia; great•-grandson of Da11iel Alger, private, CoL Jeremiah Hall's Regt. Mass. Militia; great•-grandson . N y ( 18997). Son of Norris M. and WILLLU1 R. COMPTON, Elmlfa, . d of Peter and Amy C. (Norris) of George Howard, private, CoL John Bailey's Regt. Mass. Militia; great ~!ar y Louise (Brigham) Compton; granNson d J lia (Van Duser) Norris; grandson of John and Tabitha (Hayward) Caldwell; great2-grandson of t dson of Mathew · an u Compton; grea -gran V D private First Orange County Regt. ylvanus and Sarah (Snow) Hayward; great3-grandson of Josef>/• Snow, ~reat•-grandson of Adolpl• a" f upsel~' and Eliza (Johnson) Brigham; private Fourth Plymouth County Regt. Mass. Militia; great2-grandson of " k MTfa.1 1 grandson o uneas f New 'or I • p (I> ) Brigham; great'-grandson o Jonathan and Patience (Sturtevant) Ames, Jr.; great>-grandson of Cale b great-grandson of Timothy and atty amo~ Rc St11rteva,.t, private, CoL Theophilus Cotton's Regt. Mass. Militia. Phin eas Brigham, Sergeant, CoL John Jacobs s Mass. gt. WILLIAM CARPENTER, Boston, Mass. (19156). Son of Horatio and Hannah , c· N J. (N. Y. 19258). Son of Jobn S. WILLJ.n! FORCE COOl-.., Jersey >ty, f "s·l Condit and Mary (Hyndshaw) :\!aria (Cole) Carpenter; grandson of \Vooster and Lavina (Brown) Carpenter ; G · L Cook· grandson o 1 as d great-grandson of Asahel Carpenter, private, CoL Thomas Carpenter's .\lass. and eorg1ana · • d El" (Condit) Cook; great'-gran son Cook ; great-grandson of _James Ba~t r ~~!orris County New Jersey :Militia. Regt.; grandson of Nathaniel and Hannah W. (Bishop) Cole; great-grand of Ellis Cook, Colonel Eastern a a Ion r son of Phaneul and Sally (Carpenter) Bishop; great•-grandson of A bel C (I o8 ) Son of Henry T. and Carpenter~ private, CoL Thomas Carpenter's :Mass. Regt. ~IORELL E F. CROSS, West Haven,£ 1~n. an~ ~e~epta (Townsend) Smith; Julia (Smith) Cross; grandson o v_a T th Company Second Conn. GEORGE BYRON CARR, Lynn, Mass. (19155). Son of John Alexander and great-grandson of Asaf>h Sm•th, Jr., pnvatt en Annie Maria (~forrison) Carr; grandson of George \Vashington and Mary Hilton (Clark) Morrison; great-grandson of Bradbury and Anna (Sanborn) Regt., '775- Son of Silas Hib- Gl'ST \\'US FELLOWS DAVIS, Hartford, Conn. (19094)- p · t and :Morrison; greatz·grandson of Aaro" Sanborn, Lieutenant, Capt. Jeremiah ' ... • ... B b ) D ·s· grandson of James lerpon Clough's Company Kew Hampshire Militia; great-grandson of James and bard and Adela Abigail ( ar our avi f• w·n· m and Persis (Hyde) Os- . O d) D ·s· great-grandson o 1 •a Polly (Hilton) Clark: great2-grandson of Joseph Clark, private, Capt. Samuel Emily ( sgoo av> • . . 0 d Lieutenant Eighth Company, Gilman's Company New Hampshire Militia; grandson of John and Mary A. good ; great•-grandson of W.tloam sgoo • (McCoy) Carr; great-grandson of Jacob Carr, private, CoL Timothy Bedel's Eleventh Conn. Militia. New Hampshire Regt. M" ( 3) Son of Benjamin FREDI-: RICK LINCOLN DENNIE, Sandsto';;, .'n_n . gr~~~:on. of Beriah C. and JA:IIES CARLTON CARSON. Syracuse, N. Y. (19256). Son of Robert and Fernandes and Sarah Caroline (Wait) fenCn/Ie.' topher Wait private Fourth W "t· great grandson o •ns • f Rebecca (Rippey) Carson; grandson of Matthew and Eleanor (Grove) Rippey; D orot IIY (F•ox ) al • · C t Militia- great-grandson o great-grandson of Jo/w Rippey, Captain Sixth Company Eighth Battalion . "ew York Line, minuteman DutchessC outyn ~egt Ne;v York Militia. Penna. Militia. Coll sider Fo.t·, private Fourth Albany oun . k N J (N. y_ 19253) . Son of George IRA ,\. CHAPMAN, Indianapolis, Ind. (18148). Son of Marcus and Almyra Cl..\RI' NCE BELL DENNY, Newar ' . D. . andson of William Henry (Thompson) Chapman; grandson of J osiah and Isabella (Hitchcock) Chap Henry and Sarah Jane (Vandeventer) d ennyf ~illiam and Sarah (Bailey) man; great·grandson of lames Chapma11, private Yirginia Militia. and Rebecca (Bell) Denny; great-grDan son oS a t Bergen County New • d of He,.ry e"ny, erge n . Denn y; great--gran son d R b cca (Emmes) Bell; great2- TILDEN BALLARD CLARK, Appleton. Wis. (16972). Son of Orlando Elmer T ' f"l " . t ndson of Samue1 an e e . ersey ,, 1 1t1a; grea -gra C t C leb Champney's Company and Leda A. (Ballard) Clark; grand on of Rufus and Eunice A. (Wheeler) grandson of Natha,.iel Emmes, Corpora 1• ap · a Clark; great-grandson of Ezra and Cinderilla R. (Carter) Clark; great' ~la s s. troops. grandson of Barzillai and Mary (Crarey) Carter; great•-grandson of Jose t il y ( 19252 ) Son of George Henry Carter, Captain, Colonel Newberry's Regt. Conn. Militia; great-grandson of IJJ~RTII:;R T LOUI S DENNY, New York, N. . . William Henry and Vandeventer) Denny; grands_on. of Jacob and Hannah (Drury) \\'heeler; great2-grandson of Jacob Whee/a, nlld Sarah Jane ( W 111 and Sarah (Bailey) 2 Rebecca (Bell) Denny; great-grandson of Jam private Mass. Militia; great -grandson of Ebenecer (and Miriam Goodale) • d f Henry Denny Sergeant Bergen County New Dmry, private Third New Hampshire Battalion, Colonel Scammel; great> n mny: great--gran son o ' d R b (E nmes) Bell· great'- . . . d of Samuel an e ecca 1 ' grandson of Zedekiah Dmry, private, Colonel Moore's New Hampshire Regt. ; .J er sey M ilitia; great-gran son C t C b Champney's Company ~ran dson of h1athaniel Emmes, Corporal, ap · a1 e grandson of Anson Ballard; great grandson of Samuel FuUer and Diana (Rising) Ballard; great2-grandson of Israel Ballard, private Second Conn ~fa s s . troops. Regt., Colonel Spencer; great2-grandson of Josiah Risi,g, private, Sheldon's 18 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. MARION ELMER DINWIDDIE, Crown Point, Ind. (18146) . Son of Oscar and W \RD BALDWIN GUERIN, East Orange, N. J. (1869o) . Son of J osephu~ ED · d Abby Louisa (Baldwin) Guerin; grandson of Stephen 0. Guerm, M.ary. J~anna Dinwiddie; grandson of John W. and Mary Janette (Perkins) S. an dson of Vincent Guerin Sergeant Morris County New Jersey Dmwtddte; great·grandson of Joseph and Elizabeth (Betsey) (Cook) Perkins· great-gran ' great'·grandson of Elijah Cook, private, Col. John Durkee's Conn. Regt. ' ~Iilitia. · ( 8 8 ) Son of Ben)· am in Pearl FRED IRVING DROWNE, Dorchester, Mass. (19157). Son of Albert H. and RXEST Ali[ES HAGGOTT, Prescott, A nz. 1 7 2 · . . . E · d t Agnes (Gamble) Raggatt· grandson of W•lltam (and Melutabe) Louisa H. (Smith) Drowne; grandson of Israel and Christiana A. (Carpenter) an 11.l. argare , F ' M R gt . great- Drowne; great·grandson of Nathaniel Drowne, private, Col. Jonathan Reed's Pearl) Haggott or Haggit, private, Col. James ~yes ass; e · • . and other Mass. Regts. randson of John Pearl, Corporal, Col. Edward Wtgglesworth s Mass. Regt. • !randson of Samuel and Mary (Gordon) Gamble; great-grandson of George JAMES EDWIN DUFF, New Castle, Pa. (18643). Son of Alexander and Aikey Gordon, Corporal, Col. William Irvine's Regt. Smith (Fulkinson) Duff; grandson of Richard and Delilah (Leeper) FulkinsoO" great-grandson of John F"lkinson, wagoner, private New Jersey ~finute Men' GJIL\RD YAN BARKALOO HALE, Salt Lake City, Utah (15625). Son of pensioned. ' Frederic Albert and Mary E . F. J. (O'Grady) Hale; grandson of John Albert and Tulia Lucetta (Wiggins) Hale; great·grandson of Jo~n and Jane (Mar· JAMES ARAD ERWIN, Chicago, Ill. (18845). Son of Orlando R. and Mary rison) Hale; great•·grandson of David Hale, pnvate F>rst Compan~ Col. (Parsons) Erwin; grandson of Henry C. and Henrietta (Cook) Parsons; ~loses Nichols's New Hampshire Regt.; great"·grandson of Jolt". Hale, Colonel great·grandson of Starr and Elizabeth (Speer) Parsons; great•·grandson of Fifth New Hampshire Militia and Surgeon First New Hampslure Regulars. Abraham Parsons, private, Capt. Charles Smith's Company, General Water· bury's Conn. Brigade, pensioned. WILLIAM BAYARD HALE, New York, N. Y. (18~96) .. Son of William and .-\nna (Bunting) Hale; grandson of Thomas and Kathenne (Holloway) Bun! HIRAM KINSMAN EVANS, Corydon, Iowa (18345). Son of Hiram and Sarah ing; great·grandson of Thomas and Lavinia }L:":less) Hollowa~; great- Jane (Robeson) Evans; grandson of James and Rachel (Blanckly) Evans: grandson of John Lawless, private Eleventh \ trg>ma Regt., pensiOned. great·grandson of Evan and Margaret (Griffith) Evans; great2·grandson of Et•an Evans, Captain's Clerk, Capt. John Robeson's Company Penna. Militia. CHARLES WATTS HANSCOM, Quincy, Mass. (19161) . So~ of Watts Bowker and Sarah Perkins (Robinson) Hanscom; grandson of Otis Pmeo and Lydta. WALTER McMULLEN FARMER, Chicago, Ill. (19283). Son of George Allen (Bowker) Hanscom; great· grandson of I saac and Betsey (Pineo) Hanscom; and Harriet Amelia (McMullen) Farmer; grandson of George and Eliza great=-grandson of Aaron Hanscom, private, Lieut. John Scott's d~tachment (Shaw) McMullen; great·grandson of Angus and Jane (Richardson) Me· Sixth Lincoln County Regt. Mass. Militia; great·grandson of. Lev• Bowker, 2 Mullen; great ·grandson of Joshua Richardson, private Virginia Militia, private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's Mass. Continental Regt., penswned. pensioned. El'GENE HULL HARBISO:-<, Duluth, Minn. (19106). Son of John Wright FRANK FORD, St. Paul, Minn. (19104). Son of Eliab Latham and Martha and Carrie (Hull) Harbison; grandson of Amos G. and Cornelia E. Hull; M. (Snider) Ford; grandson of James and Lucy (Latham) Ford; great· great·grandson of Josial:t and Mary (Munger) Hull; great2·grandson of Josialr grandson of Nathaniel and Mary (Jones) Ford; great•·grandson of James H u/1, private, Colonel Wolcott's Conn. Regt. Ford, private, Col. Josiah Whitney's Mass. Regt. ; great·grandson of Eliab (and Lucy Latham) Latham, private, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Mass. Regt.; l~ll\VARD BENJAMIN HATCH, Chicago, Ill. (18838).. Son of Edward Benja great2·grandson of Woodward Latham, father of Eliab, Corporal, Col. Edward min and Helena (Merrill) Hatch; grandson of BenJamm and Susanna (Dut· Mitchell's Mass. l{egt.; great2·grandson of Nehemialt Latham, father of ton) Hatch; great·grandson of Benjami" Hatclt, private, Col. J oseph Marsh's. Lucy, Lieutenant, Col. Eliphalet Cary's Mass. Regt. Y ermont Regt. HOWARD WYMAN FOSTER, T ewksbury, Mass. (19158). Son of John Trull EZRA GUARD HAYES, Lawrenceburg, Ind. (18147). Son of Joseph and Nancy and Susan Rogers (Chandler) Foster; grandson of Zephaniah and Mercy (Billingsley) Hayes; grandson of Solomon Hayes, Seco.nd Lieutenant Ftrst (Trull) Foster; great·grandson of John Trull, Captain Mass. Minute Men: Penna. Battalion; great·g~andson of Joseph Hayes, Captam P enna. Cavalry. great·grandson of Amos Foster, Captain Mass. Militia. JOSEPH KENNICOTT HILTON, Iowa City, I owa (Ill. 19279). Son of Horati<> WILLIAM REED FOSTER, Webster City, Iowa (18347). Son of William G. Southard and Carrie Sylvia (Kennicott) Hilton; grandson of Joseph Edg:r and Anna M. Foster; grandson of William R. and Deborah (Reed) Foster: and Mary Fitz-Gerald (Nason) Kennicott; great·grandson of John and Sylv1a. great·grandson of William and Susanna Reed; great•·grandson of Isiah Reed, (Young) Nason; great•·grandson of Jolm YoJ ADIN \'INCENT IIIN!IIAN, Youngstown Oh'o grandson of Samuel Mendez and Sarah (Harris) Marques; great'·grandson of Abner and Emma (Shaw) II' ' ' (17342). Supplemental' of Isaac Marques, or Marks, private, Captain Van Rensselaer's Company, · ) S mman; grandson of w·1 · • on 1~g haw; great-grandson of Clark and Sybil (Cr:c~on) and Emily (War. Colonel Schermerhorn's New York Regt. g•andson of Ephraim and Poll (C I er \ Vanng; groat~ p,\UL MUNROE KEENE, Lynn, Mass. (19159). Son of William Henry and Jonathall (and Rachel Skinner) Cr:cker u v~r) Crocker; great•-~ran d on of Susan Harriett (Munroe) Keene; grandson of James Madison and Harriet pa~~. Conn. Minute Men; great<-grand~o~nv:t~ Capt. ~oshua P •_erce's Com l\lihtm, Lexington alarm. o ohll Sksnner, pnvate Conn. .\ugusta (Oliver) Munroe; great-grandson of Timothy and Sally (Newhall) :-runroe; great•-grandson of Timothy Munroe, Sergeant, Capt. Nathaniel HENDRICK . S · H OLDEN, Syracuse, N. Y. (I92 ) S Bancroft's Company of Danvers, Mass., April I9, I775· and Mana (Demarest) Holden; grandson of ~~l~s Hon of Erastus Frankhn Holden; great-grandson of Samuel Bennett . C. and Susan (Bennott) JA)!ES KE::-INEDY, Youngstown, Ohio (19186). Son of Thomas Walker and Conn. Regt_ ' pnvate, ol. P hilip B. Bradley's :-largaret (Truesdale) Kennedy; grandson of Hugh and Mary (\\'alker) Truesdale; great·grandson of Jolin Tmesdale, private, Cumberland County W ILLIS AUGUSTINE. HOLDEN, S yracuse, N. Y ( I9255 ) S Penna. :Militia. F ran klm and Maria (Demarest) Holden. . . on of Erastll! (Bennett) Holden. ' grandson of Giles H. and Su•aa ROBERT JOHN KIDD, Flagstaff, Ariz. (I878I). Son of Robert and Amanda B . B ra dl ey' s Conn. ' Regt.great-grandson of Samuel Be,.nett' pnvate,. Col. Philip Foster (Wilson) Kidd; grandson of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Foster) \\' il,on; great-grandson of A sa Foster, private Fifth Conn. Regt., Col. Philip WILLL\~I AUGUSTUS HOWELL N k, 8 2 and l\Iary Elizabeth IIoweii· ~a ~war fN.S J . (I 69 ) · Son of George \\. 13. Bradley. Howell; great-grandson of S~ In sodn Ro tephen H. and Esther (Wadel CII.\RI.ES C. KNOX, Youngstown, Ohio (I9I87). Son of Clark and 11argaret mu< an ache! (Drake) H 11 !,. LEE THOMPSON S~IITH New York VIRGIL J. TERRELL, Cleveland, Ohio (I9I77). Son of Franklin and Bridget and Nellie (Tho )• S . ' N. Y. (I899J). Son of Frank Wilder . mpson mith; grandson of Chaun p (Lawless) Terrell; grandson of Elihu F. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Terrell; ( Wilder) Smith; great-grandson of Jed d' cey . and Martha great-grandson of Ich,.bod and Rhoda (Williams) Terrell; great2-grandson of great•-grandson of Henry Well . es'·ah and Prudence (Wells) Wilder· y k M s, pnvate Ixteenth Albany C t R ' Oliver Terrell, private, Captain Warner's Company, Conn. troops. or ilitia; great•·grandson of J oun y egt. New County Regt. New York Militia. oseph Wells, Captain Sixteenth Albany CHARLES MITCHELL THOMAS, Rea r-Admiral U. S. N., Washington, D. C. (I88go). Son of Joseph Tuley and Belinda Jane (Mitchell) Thomas; grand WILLIAM ABBOTT SMITH Columbus Oh' son of Henry and Mary (Tuley) Mitchell; great-grandson of Joseph and Elvira A. (Thrall) Smith'· randson' f 10 (I9I90). Son of Marshall and Nancy (Brownlee) Tuley; great2-grandson of W1lliam Brow11lee, Lieutenant, .(West) Thrall; great · grand~o~ of Sam o l William. Cooley and Mary Chase Regimental Quartermaster, Grayson's Additional Continental Regt., Virginia. private Hampshire Countv Regt Ma ue M(~lnd Tnphosa Cooley) Thrall, Jr., Tl ll S Q • . ss. I Iha. great' grand on f S WILLIAM BAKE R THOMPSON, Washington, D. C. (7098). Supplemental. ~~a. ' r., uartermaster, Captain, Colonel WiJiet , - o amucl Militia; great'-grandson of William Co l C . t s and other Regts. lllass. Son of Israel and Martha Ann (Baker) Thompson; grandson of William and Mass. Militia. 0 ey, aptam, Col. John Moseley's Regt. Sarah Drown (Wheeler) Baker; great-grandson of Royal Paine and Sarah (Drown) Wheeler; great2-grandson of Frederick Drown, Lieutenant, Adjutant, EDMUND SPOONER, East Greenwich, R. I. (r88o6) S Col. Thomas Carpenter's Mass. Regt. Mana (Barke ) S - on of Alanson C. and r pooner; grandson of Paul and Ruth (Brown) Spooner; NELSON BARNARD TODD, Lynn, Mass. (19I6o). Son of Herbert E. and great-grandson of James and Ruth (Wilcox) Barker. great2-grandson of Rose i\L (Cashman) Todd; grandson of Nelson and L orency H. (Barnard) Isaac Barker, patriot in Rhode Island secret service. ' 2 Todd; great-grandson of Edward P. and Mary (Whitney) Barnard; great - JESSE EDWIN STILLMAN, Newburgh, N. Y. (I9z6r) grandson of Da11iel Barnard, private, Col. Enoch Putnam's Mass. Regt. and S h i\f 1 · - Son of Edwin Chester ara e vma (Doolittle) Stillman. grandso of (De Wolfe) Stillman; great-grandson ~f R n Chester and C. Esther STEPHEN TRIPP, Hoyt, Kans. (17958). Son of Samuel and Sarah M . Whitcomb's Mass. Regt., pensioned. oger Stillman, private, Col. .'\sa (Brown) Tripp; grandson of Stephen and Nancy (Benedict) Tripp; great grandson of Isaac and Marilia (Wall) Tripp; great2-grandson of Isaac Tripp, BENJAMIN COE WANDELt STILWELL, New York N y Member of Conn. L egislature, killed by Indians at Wilkes Barre, Pa., Dec. Charles Redman and Martha (Wandell) Stilwell· • d . (I899I). Son of I6, 1778- and Caroline Sophia (Pangburn) W d II· • gran son of Benjamin Coe Martha (Coe)· Wa d II· • an e • great-grandson of Abraham and THAXTER NORTON TRIPP, Lynn, Mass. (19I68). Son of Seth Dexter and n e • great·-grandson of Benja · C C . County Minute Men. great'-g d f """ oe, aptam Orange Edith Hallet (Norton) Tripp; grandson of Sylvanus and Mary (Dexter) . • ran son o Jo/m Coe Me be f N y P rovmcial Congress Deputy Ch . O ' m r o ew ork Tripp; great-grandson of Elisha De.~ ter, priva te Mass. Continental troops ; • airman range County Committee of Safety grandson of Charles Thaxter and Jane (Hallet) Norton; great-grandson of JOSEPH WARREN STILWELL U S A . . Andrews and Charlotte (Hallet) Hallet; great2-grandson of Jonathan Hallet, Son of Benjamin Watson and 'Ma; A ;my, \Vest Pomt, N. Y. (I9Z6J). private, Col. Nailianiel :Freeman's Mass. Regt.; great-grandson of Thaxter and Caroline A. (Garrison) p . y · ( eene) Stilwell; grandson of Joseph 2 eene • great-grandson of J oh d S I and Susanna (Chamberlain) Norton; grcat -grandson of JoseP" Chamberlaill, Garrison; great'-grandson of G d S n an ara 1 (Fowler) private Mass. Continental troops. grandson of Peter Garrison. ~rr~t ~~ usannah (Cooper) Garrison; greats. Schaick. ' pnva e rrst New York Militia, Col. Goose \'an ELBERT COLE TUTTLE, Ames, Iowa (18346) . Son of Amos and Abi Ann (Cole) Tuttle; grandson of Amos and Sarah (Richards) Tuttle; great-grandson ALFRED HENRY STRATTON Little Falls of Timothy Tuttle, Sergeant and Ensign Eighth Conn. Line. Mead and Mary (Oatman) Stratton. ' N. Y. (r9z67). Son of Nathaniel Stratton; great-grandson of Natha;,i~;a;:;son of Latham .and Phebe (Mead) HERMAN HEMINGWAY TUTTLE, Springfield, Ill. (1928o). Son of Elezar County New York Minute Men. cad, Second Lieutenant Dutchess and Anna (Constant) Tuttle; grandson of M erwin and Eliza (Hemingway) 2 Tuttle; great-grandson of Elezar and Desire (Bradley) Hemingway; great - JAMES STRODE SWEARINGEN Circleville 01 · grandson of Abijal• Bradley, and great3-grandson of Zebulon Bradley, privates Bedinger and Elizabetll (Nesbitt) Swe . • . 110 (I919I). Son of Henry Sixth Company, General Wooster's First Conn. Regt. Nancy (Bedinger) Swear' anngen, grandson of James Strode and S . . • mgen; great-grandson of Josiah and Phoebe (Strode) ROY WEBB VAN WAGNER, Waterbury, Conn. (N.Y. r8994). Son of George weanngen • great--grandson of Va d S great•-grandson of Van Sw . nf an arab (Swearingen) Swearingen; Henry and Lydia Ann (Sheldon) Van Wagner; grandson of Mead Z. and earongen ather of Sarah C t . E' I ••- Regt. · great-grandson of H B d' . • ap am Ig 1w Penna. Martha Chadwick (Hoag) Sheldon; great-grandson of James and Anna ' enry e •nger Captain Vi · · L' Robert and Nancy (Towns! ) N b' ' rgm1a me; grandson of (Mead) Sheldon; great'-grandson of Jonathan Sheldon, Mass. seaman, prisoner private, Capt. Thomas Clark:y c. es Itt; cgreat-grandson of Thomas Townsley, on prison-ship at Rhode Island. s ompany, olonel Watt's Penna. Regt. WILLIAM HENRY WALKER, Washington, D. C. (18889). Son of Redford GEORG~ HOYT TAYLOR, New York, N. Y. (19264) Son of dm Watkinson and Phebe A. (Elliott) Walker ; grandson of George Washington Harnet (Hoyt) Taylor; grandson of Daniel and Saily (AdamsE) und W. and an'd Mary (Watkinson) Walker; great-grandson of H enry and Elizabeth grandson of Aaron Adams, pnvate Ninth Conn. Militia. Taylor; great- (Willcocks) Watkinson; great2-grandson of William Willcocks, Aid-de-Camp to Major General Lord Sterling, Major U. S. Infantry. OFFICIAL BULLETIN THE NATIONAL SOCIETY GREGORY BURKITT WEBB Gl . and Mary Emeline (Greg~ry)enw~':::· N. J. (I86gi). Son of John Burk" OF THE Gregory; great-grandson of Chari Hgrandson of John Milton and J !Itt Gregory; great'-grandson of U . hes enry and Keziah Downing (ll u I& great•-grandson of Jolin Ely ~~~ Ml orehouse and Lucretia (Ely) G arber) OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION S ~- ' o one Fourth Conn B t r regory· AMuEL THOMAS WELLMAN . a ta wn, prisoner. • Knowlton and Mary B. Well:Oa~~veland, Ohio (I9I79l- Son of Sam OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL grandsou of Jacob W ellm " .' grandson of Thomas Wellman- uel Colonel Reed's New Ha mps h•.ue ' Rpnvate,egt. Capt. Levi Spaulding's c'ompany great- WASHINGTON, D. C., March I6, I9 ARTHUR EDSON WO Minnesota, and Iowa. Will"tam and AngelineODRUFF, Harriett Mount (II Carmelt • C onn. (rgogo). Son of Walter and _Laura (Miller) \Voodruff· un er) Woodruff; grandson of William (Lewts) \Voodruff. great" d • great-grandson of J otham and E th Euc:utive Committee deems a substantial increase of the membfrship C ti • C • --gran son of S all I W s er ur s s ompany, Colonel Hooker's Co ~ue oodruff, private, Captain Society its greatest present need. As a SocietY chartered by Congress, NATHA~IEL EUGENE WORDIN Bri nn. egt. patriotic: line of work is being entered upon, and that this maY thamel Sherwood and Frances A• dgeport, Conn. (19091). Son of Na· lllll~tant, Thom~s Cook and Ann (Sher"~:::ta ~ea-:enworth) Wordin; grandson of MMnu BUFFALO CONGRESS, APRIL 30, MAY I, I9Q8- Annual Congress for I9(>8 will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., on April and May 1. The headquarters will be at the Iroquois Hotel. A program has been arranged. members of the Congress will meet at 9 a. m., Thursday, April 30, Open Assembly Room of the Iroquois for conference, distribution literature, etc.