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Fall Meeting, with Ten and the Victorian Period Rooms in Fountain Signers Represented The Volume 45 • No. 4 • December 2011 SPIRIT OF ’ 76 Published by the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence The Revolution in central New York By Floyd Olney the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. They viewed the Gilbert Stuart he sun shone on the DSDI Columbus portrait of General Peter Gansevoort as well Day weekend, enhancing the beauty as other art of the revolutionary period; the of central New York in the autumn. T “Voyage of Life” by Thomas Cole; the There were 56 members and guests exhibition of Ansel Adams’ photographs; registered for this fall meeting, with ten and the Victorian period rooms in Fountain signers represented. Among those present Elms, the 1850 home which belonged to the for the weekend was guest Jamie Dauch, 5, founders. Later, we enjoyed a buffet supper who accompanied us on the Saturday bus in the Hotel Utica, our host hotel, and an tour decked out in full colonial dress informative talk by Dr. Russell Marriott, the complete with tri-cornered hat! Twenty-one owner of the General William Floyd descendants of General William Floyd homestead in Westernville. The PowerPoint registered for the weekend event, with some presentation featured photographs of the additional descendants attending the General Floyd family homestead in Mastic, dedication at the cemetery. Long Island, which is owned by the On Friday afternoon, the SODS and other National Park Service, and the Ralph Earl attendees were treated to a guided tour of portrait of the General in the National Portrait Gallery in Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. We learned of the General’s many contributions not only to the revolution, but also to the establishment and growth of New York State politics and the economy along the New York frontier. On a lighter note, we heard about the General’s disappointment with his daughter Photo by Kitty when she broke her engagement with Laurie Croft James Madison. Dr. Marriott detailed the state of the Westernville house when he purchased it and the process of restoration. Shelley Cruz with grandson, Jamie Dauch. continued on page 3 WHAT ’S IN THIS ISSUE The Revolution in New York . 1 Daughters of the American Revolution . 5 President-General’s Message . 2 Plaque dedication and cenotaph . 6 DSDI Spring Meeting . 4 Officers and Governors . 7 How to submit material . 4 Gifts and Contributions . 8 Change in By-laws . 4 Registrar-General’s Report . 9 Obituary: Edward Finch, Jr. 5 Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Officer_s_, _2_0_1_ 1-2012 Board of Governors 2011-2012 President-General JOHN CURTISS GLYNN, JR. 105 Elmsford Court, Brentwood, TN 37027 ______ First Vice-President LAWRENCE McMAHON CROFT 2604 N. Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23294 NEW HAMPSHIRE - Mrs. Kenneth S. Peterson Second Vice-President MILES JOSEPH McCORMICK 16-A Fountain Manor Drive, Greensboro, NC 27402 MASSACHUSETTS - Ms. Marianne M. Brinker Chaplain-General REV. FREDERICK WALLACE PYNE 3137 Periwinkle Court, Adamstown, MD 21710 RHODE ISLAND - Shelley Horsley Cruz (Interim) Registrar-General JAMES HERBERT ALEXANDER, JR. 7157 SE Reed College Place, Portland, OR 97202 CONNECTICUT - Shelley Horsley Cruz NEW YORK - Melvin Phillip Livingston Assistant-Registrar WENDY DAVIS-BUSHEY NEW JERSEY - Philip Robert Livingston Historian-General Vacant PENNSYLVANIA - Donald Crosset Ward, Sr. Assistant-Historian BLAKE HILL LEVERETT (Interim) 600 Oberlin Road, Augusta, GA 30909 DELAWARE - L. D. Shank, III MARYLAND - Mrs. Linda Coley Teare Treasurer-General DANIEL HEYWARD McNAMARA 8507 Henrico Avenue, Richmond, VA 23229 VIRGINIA - Robert Bruce Warden Laubach Assistant Treasurer ROBIN LEIGH RAWL 2528 Heyward Street, Columbia, SC 29205 NORTH CAROLINA - Miles Joseph McCormick SOUTH CAROLINA - Mrs. Laura Heyward Sturkie Secretary-General DONALD CROSSET WARD, JR. 103 East Wells Street, Apt. C-131, Baltimore, MD 21230 GEORGIA - Mrs. Julie Burnet McLaurine Assistant Secretary L. D. SHANK, III P.O. Box 634, Odessa, DE 19730 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Mrs. Laura Haines Belman Chancellor-General T. MICHAEL KENNEDY, ESQ. 100 Flintshire Way, Coppell, TX 75019 DSDI WEB SITE: http://www.dsdi1776.com Dear DSDI Members, I hope everyone had a wonderful and enjoyable summer. Kathryn and I spent several weeks in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona visiting family and friends and attended the Scottish highland games in Estes Park, Colorado with friends who came over from Scotland. So we had a busy and full summer. The October 7-9 meeting hosted by Floyd Olney and Liz was a good way to start the fall and was well attended by many members who traveled to upstate New York to attend and take in the historical sites around Utica and Westernville. I think during the signers roll call there were 19 General William Floyd descendants present and that may be a record. We started with the board meeting and conducted business for the good of the society that was followed by dinner and a talk by Dr. Russell Marriott who, with his wife Jackie, live in the General William Floyd home. It was a wonderful way to start the weekend. Having dinner and a speaker Friday evenings is something we have started and for those who host meetings I request we continue, including our annual general meeting in Philadelphia. Saturday morning we had our general meeting, followed by a tour of the Oriskany Battle Field and lunch. Then on to Fort Stanwix for a guided tour followed by a tour of the General William Floyd home, hosted by the Marriotts. To wrap up the day we dedicated a wreath to General William Floyd at his gravesite. So it was a full and enjoyable day followed by dinner with 18th century music. And a special thank you to William F. Olney, Jr. and Emily Olney for the lovely floral table arrangements and candy. There have been many emails between the DSDI administration and those recipients of scholarships concerning the lack of information on the release of scholarship funds. We are aware of the problem and the release of funds by the Trustee however, there is not much DSDI can do to expedite the process. Having said that, we will be communicating with the Trustee to see if there is anything we can do to assist. The scholarship application program for 2012 closes earlier this cycle so check the DSDI website for details. We have a new Governor for Connecticut, Shelley Cruz, who will also act as the interim Governor of Rhode Island until we can get someone to fill that position. If you are interested, contact the 1st Vice President-General. You will read in this edition about the loss of our Historian-General, Ed Finch, a life long member of DSDI and one of our strongest supporters. We were able to present the DSDI Patriots Award to Thorny Lockwood at the general meeting. It is well deserved by someone who spends many hours on projects in support of the society…so congratulations to Thorny. I hope to see many of you at noon on Nov. 5 for the benches dedication at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., and at the spring meeting in Norfolk. If you have any ideas or suggestions for the good of the society, please email them to me at: [email protected] . Sincerely, John Curtiss Glynn, Jr. 2 President-General The Spirit of ’76 The Revolution, continued front steps by our hosts Russell and Jackie Marriott and a re-enactor who The General Meeting of the Society was held on read to the assembly the Declaration Saturday morning in the Saranac Room of the hotel. We of Independence. We then divided then boarded a coach for a tour of the Oriskany into two groups for touring the Battlefield. We viewed the monument to the militia who homestead and viewing some of the sacrificed their lives in an attempt to relieve the British General’s original possessions. While Utica meeting hosts, siege of Fort Stanwix in nearby Rome. A National Park Floyd Olney and his the first group took the tour, the second wife, Liz McDowell. Service guide explained the importance of the battle in group enjoyed cider and colonial thwarting the British attempt to divide the colonies in cookies in the dining room and descendants had an their drive through central New York from opportunity to sign their name next to Canada. General Nicholas Herkimer was their ancestor on a duplicate copy of mortally wounded in the battle. Also the Declaration. Descendants were wounded or killed were many members of given an opportunity to sign the guest the Oneida nation who supported the registry so that copies of the completed Americans. Although the battle was a document can be mailed to them at a draw and the militia never succeeded in later time. After the groups alternated, reaching Fort Stanwix, the garrison at the we all followed a color guard with Fort succeeded in raiding the supplies in drum and fifer half a mile through the the British encampment while the British President-General John Glynn village to the nearby cemetery. DSDI soldiers were fighting at Oriskany. Other recognizes Thorny Lockwood for his long service to DSDI with the Patriots’ Award. Chaplain Rev. Fredrick Pyne, a Native Americans supporting the British descendant of William Floyd, led us in became disenchanted, having lost their supplies, and they a ceremony dedicating the DSDI plaque, which was deserted the cause. The British retreated to Canada. mounted on the tomb stone. The Rev. Mr. Pyne was assisted by some other descendants of William Floyd, After a box-lunch-picnic, under warm sunny skies, we grandchildren of the weekend host W. Floyd Olney. On boarded the coach for the short trip to Fort Stanwix behalf of the organization, President-General John Glynn where we were met by a re-enactor who described the placed a ceremonial wreath on the grave.
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