TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
INDIANA SOCIETY of
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS
Dedicated to HONORABLE JOSEPH ALLEN MINTURN
Founder and Governor Emeritus
By BOARD OF ASSIST ANTS 1940
SOCIETY OF
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS
In the State of
INDIANA
Founded and Organized April 14, 19 16, under the Authority of Charter Granted by The General Society of Mayflower Descendants under Date of March 2 1~ 1916.
The noblest ancestry that ever a people looked .back to with I ove and reverence. -John Greenleaf Whittier.
THE COl\1PACT. which was signed in the cabin of the :\layflower NoYember 11 (0. S.). Non•mber 21 (X. S.). 1620. has been called the cornerstone of the ci\·il tlnd religi•)US liberties of the t:-nited States.
Compact Signed in the Cabin of the Mayflower
In :re name of God, Amen.-,ve whose uames are under-written. the loyall subjects of our dread King James, by ~-e grace of God of Great Britaine. France & Ireland King, Defender of the Faith &c.
Haveing under-taken for ye glorie of God, and advancements of :re Chri:-tian faith, and honour of our King & Countrie, a vo~·age to plant :re first colonie in ye northerne parts of Virginia. doe b~· these presents solemnly & mutuall~· in ye presence of God and one of another. couvennnt, & combine our selves together into a ciYil body politick, for our better ordering and preser,·ation, & furtherance, of ~·e ends aforesaid; and by vcrture hereof to enacte, constitute and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances. aC"ts. constitution & offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for :re generall good of ye Coloni~; unto which we promi~e all due submh:sion and obedience.
In witness whereof we haYe h(•reunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod ye 11 of Xovember, in ye year of ~:e raigne of our soveraigne Lord King James of England, France & Ireland ye eighteenth, and of Scotland ye fifty-fourth, Anno Don. 1020.
1. ,T ohn Caryer tr.i. Edward Tilley 29. Degory Priest 2. William Bradford rn. .T ohn Tilley 30. Thomas Williams 3. Edward ,vinslow 17. Francis Cooke 31. Gilbert Winslow 4. ,Yilliam Brewster 18. Thomas Rogers 32. Edmond Margeson 5. Isaac Allerton rn. Thomas Tinker 3.'3. Peter Brown 6. Myles Standish 20 ..T ohn Rigdale 34. Richard Britterige 7. John Alden 21. Edward Fuller 3i;. George Soule 8. Samuel Fuller 22. John Turner 36. Richard Clarke 9. Christopher :Martin 23. Francis Eaton 37. Richard Gardiner 10. William Mullins :?4-. :Tames Chilton 38. John Allerton 11. William White 2j_ John Crackston 39. Thomas English 12. Richm-d Warren 20. Johu Billington 40. Edward Doty 13. J" ohn Howland 27. Moses Fletcher 41. Edward Leister 14. Stephen Hopkins 28. .T ohn Goodman
3 LIST OF PASSENGERS WHO- CAME TO PLYMOUTH -IN THE MAYFLOWER IN 1620
JOHN CARVER, Deacon of Church in Holland, First Governor; elected on the Mayflower; re-elected March 22, 1621; taken sick April 5, 1621; died either the next day or a few days after. KATHARINE, his wife, some think sister of Robinson; died May or June, 1621. JOHN HOWLAND, born 1592; married after August 14, 1623, the orphan daughter .of John Tilley and his first wife; died- February 23, 1673; aged 80. · . JASPER MOORE, a boy; died Decen1ber 6, 1620. DESIRE MINTER, a maid; returned to England and died there. ROGER WILDER, servant, unniarried; died a few days after landing. WILLIAM LATHAM, a boy; went to England about 1'640, thence to Bahamas and died there; some think Robert was· his- -son;------, maid; married perhaps Francis Eaton 1624-5 and -died soon after. · WILLIAM BRADFORD, baptized March 19, 1589, or March 29, 1590; he was of Robinson's church in Holland; elected Govei:nor 1621, and often until his death May 9, 1657, aged about 69. ' · DOROTHY MAY, his wife; married December 10, 1613; drowned off Cape Cod December 7, 1620. · · EDWARD WINSLOW, born October 18, 1595; elected Governor 1633, '36, and '44; died at sea near Hispaniola May 8, 1655 while Cron1well's commissioner to the West Indies. · · ELIZABETH BARKER, of Chester England, his wife; married at Leyden May 16, 1618; died March 24, 1621. GEORGE SOULE, in service; taxed after 1633; n1arried Mary Becket, who died 1677; he died 1680. ELIAS STORY, in service; died un1narried first winter. ELLEN MORE, in service, died unmarried first winter. WILLIAM BREWSTER. born 1566-7 at Scrooby; baptized March 29, 1590 (new style); ruling elder at Leyden and Plymouth till his death April 10, 1644 .• MARY, his wife; died at Plymouth April 17, 1627. RICHARD MORE, only survivor of his family; died 1694-1696. Bradford says had family. . LOVE BREWSTER, son; 111arried Sarah Collier 1634; died soon after, October 6, 1650, when will was dated; proved May 4, proximo. ; WRESTLING BREWSTER, youngest son; died unmarried before his father. : . -. · - • .- --- MORE, brother of Jasper, Richard and Ellen; died i:p. the spring of 1621.- . ISAAC ALLERTON, chosen Deputy Governor 1621; reµiovecf to· N~w Haven, Conn.; died .1659. : MARY NORRIS. married Noven1ber 4, 1611; died February 25, 1621. .. BARTHOLOMEW; their son; born Holland,-.1612; returned -t9 Englan4 and died there after 1650. . . REMEMBER, .their daughter; married Moses Maverick; :died aiter 165~. lVIARY, daughter; born 1616; married Thomas Cushman; died 1699. :: JOHN HOOKE, servant; died soon after· arrival. ·· MYLES STANDISH, born about 1586; chosen Captain Feb1·uary 17,-1621. He was a Leyden, but not a member of the church, often assistant; died October 3, 1656. ROSE, his wife; died January 29, 1621. (His second wife was Barbara Standish, who came on the "Ann," 1623.) 4 JOHN ALDEN, .not of Leyden church, but hired at Southampton; signed "compact" and remained; was the last survivor of the signers; died September 12, 1687, aged about 89. SAMUEL FULLER. the first physician, deacon at Leyden; his wife Bridget came later with a young child; died 1633. WILLIAM BUTTEN, servant; died November 6, 1620; the only· passen- ger who died on the voyage. · · · · . CHRISTOPH-ER MARTIN, of Billerica, Essex, England;'-agent to Eng- land and treasurer of the company; died January 8, 1621. ------,. his wife; died in the first sickness, 1621 SOLOMON PROWER, servant; died December 24, 1621. JOHN LANGEMORE, servant; died the last of December, 1620. WILLIAM MULLINS, of Dorking, Surrey, England; joined then1 at Sou~hampton; died February 21, 1621. · ALICE, his wife; died about the same time. JOSEPII__ .MULLINS, their son ;died first winter. PRISCILLA MULLINS, their daughter; married John Alden (the second or- t4ird marriage in the colony) di;ed after 1650. · · ROBERT CARTER, servant died first winter. WILLIAM '\I/HITE, married Leyden February 1, 1612; died February 21; 1621 ••. SUSANNA, his wife; sister of Samuel Fuller, mother of PEREGRtNE (the· first child born in New England, Provincetown Harbor, N9vem b~r,. 1620. He died 1704); also the first bride; married May 12, 1621, Governor· Winslow; died 1680. . · . RESOLVED WHITE, their son; born 1615; died between 1690 and 1694~ WILLIAM HOLBECK, servant; died first winter. EDWARD THOMPSON, servant; died December 4, 1620, Cape Cod·;' first to die at· Cape Cod. RICHARD WARREN, not of Robinson's church, .but -from London; left his wife Elizabeth, who came with five daughters in th.e "Ann'.'; they . had:two sons after her arrival; he-died 1628. · - · . STEPHE~ ~OPKINS, also from London, not of ;Leyden church; died 1644 between June 6 and July 27. · . ELIZABETH, his second wife; died between 1640 and 1644!' GILES, child by· a former marriage; died between M.arch 16,. 1689 and April 26, 1690. · . _ CONSTANCE, also by a former n1arriage; married Nicholas Snow; died October, 1671. . . . · DAMARIS, their daughter; married 1646 Jacob Cooke; another-daughter by· same name, Damaris, died young. . OCEANUS, their son; born on the voyage and died 1621.. EDWARD DOTY, hired by Hopkins; not of Leyden church; had family; died August 23, 1655. . EDWA~D LEISTER, hired by Hopkins; not of Leyden church; went to Virginia.. · . . __ EDWARD TILLEY, perhaps a brother of John; died first winter. ANN, his wif~;. died first winter. . HENRX- .~AMSON,.__ a. nephew or cousin; marr~d Ann Plummer 1636; ~ ·4ied J~. ·.. _ - · .. · · · - '. ·· . HUMILITY COOPER, a niece or cousin; she returned to .:mngland afl,er M2~ · · . · JOHN TILLEY, died "a little while after they came ashore'' (Bradford)_. ------, his wife; died a little while after they came ashore. ELIABETH, his daughter·; born 1607; married John Howland, 1623, after August 14; died December 21, 1687, aged 80. - _' .. · _.. FRANCIS COOKE; left his wife Esther,:who followed on the "Ann" with three children. She-was a nati,ve of' the. 'Netherlandsr. He died April 7, 1663. aged over 80. .5 JOHN COOKE, their son; married 1634 Sarah Warren; died Noven:iber · 23, 1695. · · · THOMAS ROGERS, brought his son; the rest of his children .canie ·after- wards; died early in 1621. · . . · · JOSEPH ROGERS, his son; will probated March 5, 1677,_ or '78; died more than nine months before. · ~HOMAS TIN~ER, died first winter. ------,. his w:ife; died first winter. ------, their son; died first winter. JOHN RIDGDALE or RIGDALE, died before April, 1621. ALICE, his wife; died·first winter. EDWARD.FULLER, brother of Samuel;--died early in 1621.· ------, his wife; died early in 1621. SAMUEL, their son; lived with his uncle 1621; married Jane Lothrop; died October 31, 1683. JOHN TURNER, left a daughter, .who is said to have come later. ------, son; died about same time as father, the first winter. ------, son; died about same time as the father, the first win- ter.. FRANCIS EATON, had a second wife; probably· Mrs. Carver's _maid, before August 14, 1623; he married third Chris~ian Penn ( who came in the "Ann," 1623) before 1627; had· children by first and ·1ast ~fe; died 1633. · · SARAH, his wife ( they were a young couple); died early ~ 1621,; . SAMUEL, their son, "a .young child" (Bradford);· married ~artha Bill- ington, 1661; died about 1684. - JAMES CHILTON, left one daughter in England who married and·eame later; never landed; died December 8, 1620. Provincetown· Harbor, on the "Mayflower." . . MARY, their daughter; married October 12, 1624, John Winslow, brother of Edward; made will July 31, 1676, probated 1679. .,... d· · JOHN CRACKSTON or CRAXTON, died the first part of March, 1621. JOHN CRACKSTON, his son; was living June 1, 1627 ;· died· 1628. -• JOHN BILLIN.GTON, was hanged 1630 for murder of John Newcomen. ELEANOR, his wife; married again, 1638, Gregory Armstrong; died November 5, 1650. JOHN, their son; died after 1626, but before his father. FRANCIS, another son; born about 1606; married 1634 Christian Penn, :widow .of Francis Eaton; died December 3, 1684. MOSES· FLETCHER, married Leyden, 1613, Sarah, widow of William Dingby; died within four months after arriving.· . JOHN GOODMAN, died among the twenty-one who died before end of ' March, 1621, according to Prince. Soon after arrival (Bradford). DEGORY -PRIEST, married at Leyden November 4, 1611, Sarah, widow · John Vincent, sister of Isaac Allerton; she came with her third hus band, .Cuthbert Cuthbertson, and two of Priest's daughte~ on. the "Ann." He died January 1, ·1621. · THOMAS V/ILLIAl'.fS, a single n1an; died soon a:fte:r- landing. GILBERT WINSLOW, baptized October 29, 1600; was born the Sunday . prec.~g his baptism; a brother of Gov:ernor Winslow; ·ret.urned to · · England about· 1626; died 1650., · ~ EDMOND-.MARGESON, a single man; died .early 1.621...... PETER BROWN, . single man, after-wards marr,je~ twice and had two ,. diildren by each wife; died 1633. · · · .,. . RICHARD ·BRITTERIGE, died December, 1620, the. first death after . landing at Plymouth.. · RICHARD CLARKE, unmarried died soon after landing. RICHARD GARDNER, became a mariner and lef1 the colony· after a few years; probably died in England. · 6 JOHN ALLERTON, a sailor on the "Mayflower," who decided to join the colony; signed the "Compact," but died before the vessel set sail to return. THOMAS ENGLISH, had no family; died in the spring of 1621. ---.ELY, returned to Europe after a year. WILLIAM T_~EVORE or TREVOUR. a sailor.; was also hired and re mained for a year, then returned. He was here later, perhaps more than once, but was neither passenger nor signer. . The "Mayflower" started with one hundred two passengers; two were born on the voyage, Oceanus Hopkins and Peregrine White. Forty-one men signed the "Compact." There were twelve other men, twenty-two wom~n, twenty boys and eight girls in the company-seventy-thres males and thirty females. In Dec·ember, six died; in January, eight; in Febru ary, seventeen; in March, thirteen, making forty-four. Fifty are known to have left descendants.
THE MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS From Whom Descent Has Been Proved 1. John Alden* 9. Edward Doty 17. Henry Samson -2. Isaac Allertont 10. Francis Eatont 18. George .Soule .3. John Billingtont 11. Edward Fullert 19. Myles Standish 4. William Bradford 12. Dr. Samuel Fuller 20. Richard Warren 5. ,villiam .Brewstert · 13. Stephen Hopkins t 2L William· Whitef 6. Peter Brown , 14. John Howland§ 22 ...Edward Winslow 1. James Chilton t 15. Degory Priest 23. Richard More 8. Francis Cooke t 1~. Thomas Rogers t * Includes descent from William and Alice Mullins and their daughter Priscilla. t Includes descent from wife or child on the Mayflower. § Includes descent from John Tilley and his daughter Elizabeth.
7 .Our Heritage
With th~ formuiatilig of the shortest document-ever writ ten.jn -history, t~e·immortal Compact became as the Morning Star to this.world of ours. · Poets have sung of its glories, statesmen have heralded· its praises, historians have quoted its unparalleled principles~ the greatest document that the world has ever produced, yet written by simple folk. This is our heritage, coupled with the exacting, heart rend•ing, fasci:qating story of a little band of religious, con scientious people. It is a story told· and retold, but always the· most inspiring that the pen has ever unfolded. The first winter, griev.ous and sickening, must have caused those re maining ~'to w~p' and. suffer almost unto death," yet their . . . . faith· in their God clothed ·them in ·determination ··and per- severance which was made manifest.
. In those days there were no institutions tb care for them as today. So great is the comparison that words are inade quate to portray the grandeur of this stalwart, ·magnificent little band of Pilgrims, idealists who became the greatest factor ever known in the moulding of civilization. From them have sprung men of great fame, presidents of these United States, statesmen, clergymen, poets, essay ists, which embodied the golden era of American literature; all of these and many more, alike, were descendants of these devout, religious well-balanced minds, who had an inv1ard peace, for they believed explicitly in the Divine, and craved -a peace for their loved ones without oppression. We, their descendants, have much to do, if we cherish and promulgate .the ideals of our ·Pilgrim-.Colony, under the stress of these times which threaten to invade our beautiful America. Again, we must be a place of refuge for kings and queens and royal blood who are coming to be our.. permanent guests. The Spirit of the Signers of the Compact is as potential today as then for America has become the most po,verf ul 8 nation on the globe and occupies the center of "political gravity." Wi~liam T. Davis has said that "in the cabin of the· May flower not only was the foundation-stone of republican institu... tions on this continent laid~ but the first New England town meeting was held and the first elective officer chosen by the will of a m~jority." A new. American political system based on these doctrines was the rock upon which the Constitution of the United States was based, which, as is well known, is the oldest writ ten form of government now existing in the world. It. is comprehensive and understandable to the nth degree. It has been the model for many constitutions.and is admired by the world.. And · so let us, Descendants of the Pilgrims, bear in mind and heart the immortal words of the great American Pilgrim.; descent poet, 'John Greenleaf Whittier~·
Not for their hearts and homes alone, But for the world their work was done; On ali the winds their thoughts have flown Through all the circuits of the sun.
·-Mrs. Tilden F. Greer, Governor, Gen. No. 8096 St. No. 128
9 Why· Mayflower Societies It is well at the beginning to note the distinction between· Pilgrims and Puritans. The Pilgrims were Separatists. That is they wanted to divorce themselves -completely from the -established Church of. England which had then and still has a political control. They were a distinct church before ihey ieft England for Holland and had as a· cardinal principle that the State had no jurisdiction over their spiritual beliefs and conduct and had no right to punish for spiritual sins. In other words, they believed in freedom of worship. The Puritans were not separated from the Established Church. They were equally opposed with the Separatists to many of the ceremonies of the Church but instead of separating from it, retained their membership and sought to purify it from within. During the Middle Ages pilgrimages to the Holy Land for devotional purposes were common and our Mayflower ancestors, feeling that they also were about to make a pilgrimage to America for the good of hu• manity, called themselves Pilgrims. They seemed to feel and act as if divinely guided; that they were a part of some divine plan. The Pilgrims were not guilty of persecutions. The burning of witches was at Saleni, Mass., in the Bay Colony, which was Puritan, and not in Plymouth, Colony. Roger Willian1s had his first church at Salem until the civil authorities . of Boston interfered. He removed to Plymouth "where he was received with much respect." After two years officiating as "teacher" in the church among the Pilgrim fathers, he returned to Salem from where he was again driven by the Puritan clergy and court of Massachusetts. He e_stablished himself at Providence and became the founder of Rhode Island, with absolute religious liberty as its chief cornerstone. The Quakers were driven out of Boston with cruelty by the Puritans and one hanged, but at Plymouth the Pilgrims received them, loved them, married them, and joined them in establishing a colony near Guil ford, N. C. Fron1 North Carolina many of the Quakers -emigrated to Indiana and a large number of the descendants are now active and honored members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Indiana. Our Pilgrim ancestors came with a profound sense of duty and a steadfast faith in God, w~ence that slogan on our money. They were religious exiles devoid of a restless desire for weath. They came to establish a home "where they and their children could enjoy religious freedom with church and state each separate and independent of each other." Under their compact, with which we are all familiar, they de veloped an elective system of government that became a model for later colonists and an inspiration in the development of our United States. They demonstrated the fallacy of communism, the holding of everything in common, urged as ideal by so many today. Under that system to which they were pledged and under which they started, the people soon complained that the lazy one shirked and the land was not brought into a good state of cultivation where the colonists did not know that they would have the same fields for successive years. After careful considera tion and knowing it was a violation of their contract with the stock holders in London, Governor Bradford and his assistants in 1624 allotted an acre of land to each of the 180 people in the colony. This "security in the result of effort" worked so well that the allotment was increased to twenty acres to each person. Never was the whole world in such turmoil as it. is in today. The foundations of a Society that we believed fixed and unbreakable are shaken. Communism, Nazisn1, Fascisn1, Atheism, aJI are ~ grappling 10 Europe and other parts of the world .and a:,;e s~king to break down everything our Pilgrim Fathers struggled and died to bequeath to us. But this -they cannot do if we and our children wake up to an apprecia tion. of the blessings we enjoy as an inheritance from the founders of the United States of America. Chief among the founders were the Pilgrim Fathers from whom we proudly claim lineal descent. But their descendants are unworthy and disgraced unless they do something more than the average citizen of this. great republic to save it for our posterity in this time of peril. "There are millions of Americ.ans who do not count their blessings as citizens of this nation," says the American Legion, and "there is nothing more important than to sell America to Americans." The danger is, we sit complacently While all of this is going on around, Forgetful that the price of liberty In vigilance, eternal, must be found. Our duty is to know our basic law The constitution, and its meaning drill Into our minds, our children's. and to draw Attention to the traitors who would kill Its benefits, to serve their selfish ends, Or try out vicious "isms" Satan sends. The writer had the honor of the leading oar in the organization of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Indiana. The Society had to obtain a charter from the General Society at Boston,. organized to study and perpetuate the teachings of the Pilgrim Fathers, and the application had to be signed by not less than twenty people whose lines had been approved by joining Mayflower Societies of other states. The Secretary General gave us the names of a half dozen Indi anians among whom was Mrs. Minnie Coffin who enthusiastically joined in the organization work. The late Herbert Folger, Secretary of the California Mayflower Society, was extremely kind and helpful in running down the lines of prospective members for us and qualifying them through California Mayflower membership. As we wanted to _start Ipdi ana on a firm foundation, we worked a year or two until .we had thirty. five qualified members on our application and the charter for the Society of Mayflower Descendants for the State of Indiana was issued March ~1, 1916, signed by Leonard Wood, Governor General, and William .S. Aller- ton, Secretary General. _ . To September 1, 1940, the Indiana Mayflower Society had qualified and admitted 882 members and the General Society over 14,000 members. It is to perpetuate the history of the Pilgrim Fathers and preserve their institutions that the Mayflower Societies are formed. · JOSEPH ALLEN MINTURN. General No. 8616. State No. 6.
Greetings Frotn Secretary General When I became a n1ember of the Society of Mayflower Descendants the Indiana Society was the youngest of the state- organizations, the baby in a fan1ily of seventeen, and it is difficult for T1ie to realize today you are preparing to celebrate your twenty-fifth birthday and our family' group of state societies has grown to thirty. The Indiana Society started out, however, ·with thirty-five charter members, a good send off, and since 11 then you· have increased your membership to well over a· hundred and 1 am ·certain your healthy growth has been due to the fact ·you have all -realiz·ea good ancestry places a burden on descendants,-. the _burden of emulating your forbears ·and being civic -conscious-standing for what is worth while in the con1munity. Too few of our patriotic and historical societies are imbued with a real desire to be an active force for civic betterment, the avowed prin cipal object of our General Society; too few really make a study of what will make an organization more popular with the members and possible applicants. -I can think of several societies who have lost membership and had their growth curtailed through this neglect and of more than several which have sunk a little better thari social gatherings, content with a selective men1bership of a few, with corresponding loss of prestige. It is an inexorable law that which stands still gathers n1oss or retro grades and you are to be congratulated on your quarter century anni versary on your realization of these facts and that you are an alive society pressing steadily forward to your goal. There is an interdependence between the State Societies of Mayflower Descendants and the General Society that is frequently disregarded, possibly on both sides, but as a clearing house for information the General Society can and is of material help to the state organizations, both the General Board and General Officers being willing and desirous of extending aid when able to do so. The Indiana Society has not been slo·w to avail itself of this, and has built up a mutual goodwill with profits to the State and General Society. An organization such as yours is, with wise and energetic leadership, cannot fail to imbue the youth of Indiana with the purity of outlook and strength of will that distinguished the people who founded and formed this great Republic. A Republic which has withstood for over a century repeated assault,s seeking to destroy it. If it is to endure it can only do so through a return to the principles and spirit in which this Nation was conceived. I ask you to bear that clearly before you. While it is fitting you should as an organization eschew such matters as savor of a purely political or religious nature in payment for "the noblest ancestry that -ever a people looked back to with love and reverence" you must cherish and maintain the ideals and institutions of American freedom and oppose anything that threatens their continuity. This obligation you should gladly assume. Let us not take unction unto ourselves because in us is the blood of th~ Pilgrims; only when we have so lived in the spirit of the Compact they might say: "Well done, good and faithful descendant." It is in .conceivable to me, we should fail to discharge our obligations or rest l:!ontent as a genealogical society with only social aspects. My heritage :fflames at such a conception. Surely the spirit that prompted Standish to send back the quiver filled with shot and powder is not dead within us. Surely the spirit that faced undaunted the wild ocean waste, the horrors of famine, the want, the disease. the bitter cold cannot have perished. In your Society there is every indication this spirit burns undimmed for your record of having attracted to you over one hundred young people as junior members is one unparalleled by any other state society and one of which you may justly be proud. A State Society should take stock of itself from time to·-time and from the corresponrlence between your Society and this office I know you_ have done this with an earnest desire not only to fulfill your pledges at the Congress but to be of real value as an organization in your individual state. You are to be congratulated therefore on the approach of your 12 twenty-fifth birthday on having -had a -useful and worth-while existence with a· bright- future before you. . _ May you grow in strength and force is the wish I present to you on behalf of the General Board of Assistants, the General Offi.~ers, and did they but know it, each member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Sincerely and faithfully yours, HAROLD G. MURRAY, Secretary General.
The Pilgrims in Verse Vigorous and· inspiring are the words which most adequately describe the lines in a book entitled "Historical and Other Poems" by Indiana Mayflower Society's Governor Emeritus, Captain Joseph Allen Minturn. This volume of three hundred pages contains over one hundred poems on virile topics that are particularly stimulating to the harassed and groping world of today. Appropriately the poen1s lay the foundation with "Our Pilgrin1 Fa thers" which traces the Pilgrims' quest for freedom of worship in their flight from England to Holland where~ "Ten years of com111on labor meant all autocratic seeds were dead And Liberty's majestic tree was raised on equal rights, instead. . The people there can1e tc their own for .A.ges soug~t, which n1en did pray- _ And from that spark a flame was blown, that circles round the World today." . . From Holland the Pilgrims continue their pilgrilnage and establish Plyn1outh Colony in America, but before landing they pledge themselves to God and "each to each" in the memorable con1pact: "First written constitution that! 111ark _well the place and·· mark . the day Where Freedom found a Hen1isphere, eons prepared, · to eons stay!" This poem sums up our debt to the Pilgrim Fathers and our re_sulting obligations in these words: "The Pilgrims gave us right of speech, and right to publish as ~~~~ . Implanting rev'rence for a God, in worship as our conscience taught. . _ As childhood shapes the life of Man, who late returns, -th' far may stray From living principles instill'd-so Nations in like orbets play. Most favor'd this our Nation was, and we who in her precincts dwell, That Freedom sang her cradle-song and taught her lips a God to spell. . As like a comet she may roam, and seem intent to lose her way The laws that bind will bring her hon1e, where. she was safe initially. . Descendants of the Pi1grin1 band who first set foot on Plymouth Rock . The honor, and chief burden yours, that Doors of ·Freedom still unlock!" 13 The rugged character· of John· ;Howland, Pilgrim, from .whom many people claim descent, and who was selected to command the trading expeditions into Maine where he figured with John ...L\.lden in the tragic Hocking affair, is graphically. described, as is his conscientious· proposal ·of marriage to Desire Minter because sh€ had nursed him· through the epidemic destroying half of the Colony, his rapture at her: refusal and his marriage soon to young Elizabeth Tilley. The poems to the Pilgrims are replete with quoteable couplets and close with the following one: "Their daily lives of righteousness confused the hopes of lying · tongues . · . _ And made a name for Pilgrin1s ,vhich through all ages will be sung!" · Another piece entitled· "An Ode to the Descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers"· graphically recounts the usurped power of kings which intrigue chained the -people of the Old World until, by the "romance of God"- ~' A new-found_ world on 111an awaits In which the seeds of Love may grow in grace .U nsilared by follies.· of his ancient race!" * * * * * .Till teachings of the Nazarene had made Such progress- that dead Hope its head could raise. - . . A ·continent, God's plan, unhampered-free! And who His chosen people there? Lo, see!
. - ~ - "Not Dutch, nor Jew; but Englishmen were cast
·For this last act before, .the curtain falls. - The World, attuned- to listen-in, depend On messages of hope their children send To all of Earth who would their fetters strike." This poem is a strong appeal to the sons and daughters of America: ". . . to guard to Trust Which awful Deity imposed to end man's inhumanity, His greed, his lawlessness, his lust." "The Renaissance of Peace" narrates historically the halting progress of Peace from Father Adam's time to Hitler's: "So naught, 'twould seem, can be regained by man Since Eden's fall, save by the chas'ning hand Of War in human cupellation done." This poet says Christ's message, "On Earth let there be Peace, Good will to Men,' 'is the antidote, not war; and he concludes by asserting: "No League of Nations, be it Wilson-born, Or camouflaged by any other name, Will change the leopard-spots of fighting n1en. They live today because their forbears killed The best. They are inbred to glorify _ The deeds of war as hero-worship's claim To most renown. Christ's love alone can make Enduring peace, by changing hearts of n1en To feel disgraced instead of glorified When forced to murder men in name of War." ESTHER l\IINTURN DAWSON. General No. 7582. State No. 99. 14 MRS. CHARLES ALBERT GALL
l\IARY ELIZA PE.ARCE GA.LL was born· in Indianapolis, Ind.• Feb. 1, 1870. She was the daughter of Thomas Charles Pearce who was born- in Torqu..-, Eng.; land, Feb. 24, 1840, and came. tO\ Xew York with his mother after the ·death of his father. During the CiYil ,Yar, he serYed in Company G, 71st Regiment, State :Militia Infantry. He came to Indianapolis in 186-l. He was an architect and contractor and built ma.n~· of the large Public Buildings in many parts of the 'C'nited States. He married Laura Hurd Webb on Janr 1, 1867. He died March 2"2, 1912,. lea'\"'ing a wife and two children. Mary Eliza Pearce and Charles · "William Pearce. :Mar~· Eliza Pearce was educated in the In dianapolis Public School and attended Oxford College in Ohio. She was married to Charles Albert Gall on June 18. 1890.. To this Union was born one son, Charles .Albert Gall, Jr., who married in New York, Clarice Dorothy Jun~. NoY. 14, 1023. They ha'\"'e three children, Lucile :\lary, Gloria Caroline and Irene Anne. Through her aunt. Cora Webb l\Iorgan, Mrs. Gall became quite interested in genealogy and has established lineage which includes First Crusaders and Royalty dating as far back as Charlemagne. She bas been acti'\"'e in the Second Presbyterian Church practically all her life: is a member of the Woodstock Countr~· Club. the Propylaeum, on the Board of tl1e Indianapolis Home for the Aged, Deputy Go'\"'ernor of the Indiana Society of l\Iayflower Descendants : member of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots, of the Colonial Dames, and Legal Descendants of Royal Ancestors. llRS. CH.~BLES ALBERT GALL Daughters of the American ReV'olution ana Deputy Governor General Daught('rs of Colonial Wars. 1939-19-12
15 ED.GAR HANKS EVANS
EV.ANS, EDGAR H •.\:XKS, a descendant of ,vnliam Brewster, Steplien Hopkins and .To~_n Howland, manufacturer; b. Edmund Hanks, Saratoga, -N. Y., .July 18, 1870; s .. J"esse Turner and l\Iary (Olmsted) Hanks. Adopted 1874 by George T: and· :Mary .T. (Robertson) EYans, Indianapolis. Ind., student Rose. Pol)·, Inst., 1887; •.\.._B. \Vabash College (Ind.). 1892, and hon .•;\. )I. 1902; hon. LL. D. Hanover (Ind.) College, 1937; Litt. D. Indiana Central ColJ.ege, 1938.;,. married Ella Laura l\Ialott, of lndfa~apolis, _In Trustee Wabash College since 1918, also national chairman :\Iillion Dollar Campaign, 1924: trustee Long College for '\Yomen (In• . EDGAR H •.\.NKS EV.4.:XS dianapolis) ;_ chairman Citizens Scllool Com- .'1.ssistant Deputy Go,·ernor General mission, -Indianapolis, 1923-27 and 1934-38; 1939-19-12 chairman Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, $700,000 Building Commission, 1920-30 (Elder of Clrnrc11 since 1902) ; chair:.t1an In dianapolis Near East Campaign, 1921; Ind. Russian Relief Campaign, 1921; Ind. Russian Relief Cam1>aign, 1922. l\fember '\Yabasb Alumni Assn .• Indiana Society :Mayflower Descendants, Delta Tau Delta, Indiana Society of Chicago; American Historical Society, awarded Staff of Honor by Indianapolis Chamber of Com merce, 1940. Republican. Clubs: Columbia, Indianapolis Athletic, ,voodstock> Dramatic, Contemporary. Home: 3445 N. Penns)·h-ania St .. Indianapolis. Ind.; (summer) Roaring Brook, Harbor Springs, ~lich. Office: Acme-Evans Co., Indian apolis, Ind. 16 DR. EDWARD F. HODGES DOCTOR ED-":--ARD FRAXCIS HODGES: (Indiana Xo. 1: l\Iass. No. 320; General Xo. 941). Charter l\Iember. and our first Governor. was born in Boston. l\lass. on August 1st. 1851. He was; ot Pilgrim ancestory through both parents. His mother. Anne Frances (Hammatt) Hodges (:Mass. :Xo. 273; General No. 861). born in Pl~·mouth. was descended from john Howland. His father, Edward Fuller Hodges. a natiYe of Vermont, graduate of Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1836, and a Boston attorne~·. was· a direct descendant -of Edwarcl Fuller of the ":\Iayflower." and of William Hodges. a founder of Taunton. Mass. The latter ·name appears on ,:the list of those able to bear arms in 1643." He died at Taunton in 16.14. His son J"ohn. and his grandson "William were both captains in the Taunton Militar~· Compan):·. Doctor Hodges also descended from Doctor Franch; · LeBaron. a Huguenot refugee, hero of Jane Austin·s romance, "A Nameless Noble man." This Frenchman, shipwrecked, and brought captive to Plymouth. was :finally freed, and at the request of its citizens, was allowed to practice there. Doctor Hodges_ had se,er-al Revalutionary ancestors. His great-great-grandfather was Samu('} Holden Parson~. A.- B. Harvard. 175G, and :Major-General in tbe Continental Army. He wa:-- one of three officers to plan the cap ture of Ticonderoga; w~s a .judge_ at Andre·s court-.martial; first President -of. the Society of the Cincinnati in Connecticut; a director DR. EDWARD F. HODGES of the Ohio Company, and Chief Magistrate at Governor l\Iarietta for the entire ~orth West Territory. 1916 His son. ::\Iidshipman William Walter Parsons was captured and sent as a prisoner. in chains, to the ,,est Indies. Do(•tor E. F. Hodges great-grandfather. Doctor Silas Hodges. m111tary sur geon. friend and adviser to General ,,·ashington. and member of his staff. settled in ClarPIHlon, Yermont, after the ReYolution. Another great-grandfather, Roger Fuller, was Corporal of the Hebron. Conn. l\Iilitar)· Company. Doctor E. F. Hodges was one of a large family. Among bi~ brothers were: Doctor ""illiam Hammatt Hodges, Harvard. :M. D .. 1871, physician. artist. singer. who died on the eve of bis debut in "Faust," at :Milan. Italy: Major-General Harry Foot Hodges, Engineer Corps, U. S. .Army. w· est Point. 1881. instructor there, designer of locks at Panama. and Commander of the 76th Division A. E. F., and George Clarendon Hodges. HarYard, A. B., 1876. a Boston attorney. A cousin. Edward E. Simmons painted murals for the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Although a Protestant, Doctor Hodges was sent as a child to Saint Hyacinth. Academ:y. near l\-fonti:eal. where he gained an excellent speaking knowledge of French. and ~ broad religious tolerance. He then attended the Boston Latin School. graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1867, and entered Harvard University at sixteen, graduating with the degrees of A. B. in 1871. and 1\1. D. in 1877. After a night course, he also received an M. D. from Georgetown in 1874, 17 while acting as clerk in the United States Patent Offic<.~, ,vashington. D. C. That institution also granted him an .A. :\I. in 1884. In his ~pare time he attempted to read Law. l>ut ulthough the brief course was never completed, it was ()f ,-alue to him later. At Harvard he was inspired l>y such brilliant instructors as Asa Gray, Doctor Oliver ,venc.lell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Louise Agassiz, aud Charles W. Eliot. Among his classmates were Henry Cabot Lodge, Bishop ,villiam Lawrence, Charles Bonaparte, and others who became outstanding figures in national affairs. His father's .hou~ested stands toe.lay as it di After graduation in 1871, he taught at Irvington-on-the-Hudson. Later he tra:v.elled in Europe and the Levant, where he met his future wife, Laura. Pletchet of Indianapolis, whom be married there on October :25th, 1877. Of their four children, only Dr. Fletcher Hodges survives. Dr. E. i,~. Hodges formed a partner ~hip with his wife's uncle, Dr. \Villiam Balwin Fletcher. .\fter this w:1s dissolved, he engaged iu an extensive general practice, giving special attention to Obstetrics,· in wbich be became Professor in the Indiana Medical College. He moved into a brick house-an old landmark at the northwest corner of New York and :Meridian streets since 1840. Here he built an addition for his office. which was later also occupied by his son Dr. Fletcher Hodges, who had become his associate. After Dr.. E. F. Hodges' death the building was razed and a filling station was erected upon the site. He was a member of several scientific and medical associations, Fellow of the Ro~·al :\licroscopical Society of London, Pathologist to the Central Ho~pital, Ol>tetrician to the City Hospital, Surgeon to the Police Department, the Atlas Engine ,vorks, anc.l the l.~. S. Arsenal, and examiner for several Life Insurance Companies. He was al~o a Vestryman at Christ Church, President of the Indiana Harvard Club, and of the Indianapolis Literary Club. His excellent cl:lssical foundation had given him an appreciation of language~, and he continue<.l to read Latin and French throughout his life. In t11e summer of 1911 there was an epidemic of Small rox in Can•IHlish, Ynmont. Although on vacation, Dr. Hodges immediatel:r volunteerd his ~er,·icc:-:, and on petition of the local pby:::;i<:ians, all technicalities were waived and in the en1erg.ency he was allowed to practice in the State without examination. He work~d tirelessly and efficiently until it was stamped out. To those who knew him, this was not surprising. It was merely another demonstration of his remark able energy, medical skill, desire to relieve human suffering, and an unselfish devotion to duty. The town presented him with a handsome silver loving cup. and he was honored b)· the entire community. Dr. and lirs. Hodges· wer~ ah1;oad at the ohthr.eak of the first \Yorld W"ar. and were impressed witlr England's preparations. ,for :that g-reat ~trugglc. .\fter some tlt'l:1~-. they finally reachcll .Alu.eric:i.: ju ~afcty. ,. ... ''0.o._ctor .l!.ptlgt!:-; hclon~e1l to that fast departing- dass of "Family. Doctor," 18 and in his many years of medical r,ractice, established himself firmly in the affections of the young :i.n " It would have been eas~· f<>r a man'.' trai11ed a~ Dr. Hodges was . . . to stop at that. But he used this merely as a foundation. On it he built a broad sympathy and an extraordinar~- capacity for knowledge. But he was first of all a physici:in. He demonstrated that a man with sufficient enPrg:r need not stop at success in a single line. He found time while attending to a busy practice to carry on his studies iu botany and bacteriology. He was never known to forget to wear a flower. . . In odd moments he found time to win honors a:::: a rifle shot, gem expert, judge of letters, an amateur motorist, an authority on Indian Life, a sailor, linquist ,and traveler . . " "In addition to the hundreds who knew him personally,. tla•re were many to whom his ruddy face. and curly hair were familiar sights ahout the streets of Indianapolis. In spite of his reticence. he could not hide his unusual ability. It was written iu his every movement. Few indeed were the strangers who 1)assed him ... without a second glance.... " (Indianapolis Xews; July 13, 1916.) "Although an aristocrat ahvays, he was catholic in his keen appreciation of the evidence of good. and with a quick and alert preceptiou of the skillful diag- 110::5tician his gentle heart, bro~d charit~·. aud :-troug per8onality made him at home with all the world " (X:1tio11al Cyclopedia of American Biography.) Doctor HodgPs at on time own,.>d a house:~ opposite tbe '°Old :uanse;' near the rude bridgl• which arc bed the flood. on the hanks of the ( ·oncord Rin•r. not far from bis fri<.•nd's. Dani«.>l :Frencbe·s. statute of the ":\Iinutt> :\Ian." antl scene of the pngag<.•ment hdwl't-11 the P:1triots and the British. He ueYer liYed there. He died of cardiac asthma at bi~ summer home, "GlimmPr~toue." iu Can.'1ulish. Vermont, on July 11th, 1916. "He was a man. take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again:· 19 DR. FLETCHER HODGES DOCTOR FLETCHER HODGES, (Ind. No. 3; :\lass. No. 1344; General No. 4050), second Governor of our Society, and, a <.·harter member, descends through both parents, Laura (Fletcher) and Doctor E Doctor Hotlges was born in Boston, l\Iass. on August 8th, J 878. He gra During the first "'urld ,var he was ap pointed examiner of the -!th Local Conscrip tion Board, and later received a commission as captain in the United States Army )Iedical Corps. He is a member of the Paul Coble DB. FLETCHER HODGES (l\Iedical) Post No. 26, American Legion, and Governor member and Past Governor of The Indiana 1916-1919 Society of Colonial ,vars, and of the S. A.. R., and National Vice-President of the Society of tl1e · ":-ar of 1812. Doctor Hodges is also a member of the Indiana Pioneer Society: the Indian apolis Art Association; the Harvard Club; the Contemporary Club; the Indian apolis Literary Club; the Hoo~ier )lotor Club; and the Hoosier Rifle Club. A communicant of Christ Episcopal Church, and a Yestryman there in 1910. He is interested in History and Genealogy, anu has painted a series of coats of arms of his various family lines. He married Rebecca Traill Andrews. of l\Ianche~ter-by-th-Se:1. l\Iass.. on September 1st, 1904. Doctor and l\Irs. Hodges live at 3160 North PennsylYania street, and have fiye children, and four grandchildren, all of whom are registered in the l\Iayfl.ower Society. 20 JOSEPH ALLEN MINTURN .JO~EPH ALLEX l\IIX'l'l."RX was horn on a farm in _-\thens County. Ohio . •June ~O. lStil. His father who had enlisted for a three ~-ear term in the Union _-\rm~- joined Company C. 39th Ohio Regiment a few days after the stork came. After the Civil \Var, Father Minturn remoYed to Fort \"\:-ayne. Indiana. and a year later located permanently at Tuscola. Illinois. where the boyhood days of .Joseph were sp~nt. After a militant desire to fighi. Indiau:-:. and marry the chieC8 daughter. he beg-:tn cultivating an artistic bent stimulated hy a peri-:onal acquaintance with the artist Gru<>ll who then lh·ed in the same county and lwc·:1use the editor of the ,veekly Review prais" \Vhen lie wa8 tweh·e, his mother died and his intense Joye of her so caused him to re,·olt when his father married again. that he came to Indianapoli~ at the age of fifteen and started to learn the machinist trade with the Xord~·ke and )Iarmon Co. Because he was a big, husk~- boy. he was soon put to work on a machine for taking the bends out of heaY)" line shafting. requiring plenty of muscle and a\"oirdupois. Tlle work was too hard for a fifteen )·ear old )·oungster. noticing which. his aunt. )Irs. Horace R . .Allen. took him into her family and ~ent him to the Indianapolis High &·hool. There Ile was in the room taught by :.\Irs. :\lay ":"'right Thompson. who afterwards married )Ir. Sewell. and was in chemi~try ::m 22 ARLIE L. RIGSBEE ..\.UI..IE L. RIGSBEE wa.s born in Rush Count~· un March 7, 1S82. and He was a memher of the Indiana Federation of Imrnranee .Agl•nts and the Indianapolis In su!°:mec A~cnts _\ssociation: thiry-s<.•<·01Hl ue ~rPe Ma.Ron, OriPntal Lodge :rnll Scottish ltite; se(~rctaYy and tr<.•asnrt·r of the In H•• m:nric•d I>elphia )f. Ifrstt•r in .Tune. l!l06. :t 1ul has two daughters. :.\[rs. K. H. Stepllens ARLIE RIGSBEE of J.:nvr~nc<.•, Irnl.. antl )Cr:--. E. Paul Tischer Governor of Rt1du•sh'r, ::\.Iinn. 1921-1922 23 MRS. EDWARD F. HODGES lIRS. ED,VARD FRANCIS HODGES (Laura Flet<-her). (In .. The winds of freedom filled the sails that bore the )Iayflower to America. The Pilgrims sou;.::ht hom<:>s in a new continent th~t promised larger liberty for the soul. and a hundred million free Amerieans are toda~- their debtors. "In hours of perplexity or peril we do well to remember the heroic company that dared the uncharted ~c>as to win for man a r~fu;.::c from oppression and bigotry. So small a ship. and yet it bore safely the ark of the co"r'enant of Demo<•racy ! "It is right and proJ}er for ever~· American to do re,erence to that gallant band, for their high courage and indomitable will established for a nation then unborn standards of a~piration and action that have become as a light to lighten all the world.''' "MEREDITH XICHOLSON." Indiana •.\.uthor. 25 WILLIAM E. OSBORNE \YILLIA)I EVG EUTOX OSBOUX. ninth ;.::t>ut>rntiou from .Tohn Howl:ual. w:1:-: hori1 .Tmw ~:3. JS71i. on a farm 1war E<·~,nomy. ,Ya;yne County. Irnliana. _-\.tteudt•<.l tll<' c-ommc,u aud hig-h :,;ehool:,; at Ecow:m)· :nul aftt.'r hi:,; un: ri:l;!t"' on April 2B. l~!Jli. to Ach:-;ah Cain. :1tt NH.led Earlham Colk•;.::e tl:c ~·(•:u of lS!17-!lS. In the full of l!JO-l lu~ ll'ft the farm and wt-n4 to Pnr,ltw c·uh·.. r:-:ity to t:lkt• up agriculture•. For two )"Par:-; he wa:,; forL•man at Purdue Exi,c•rinwut Station. lPn,·in;: that po sition on SE~ptc•mht>r :t l!)O!I. to cntPr the life in:surance 1,rofE•:s:-:ion a:s a lifo"s work. ~in<·e that date! hE' has either heen n special ft;!:t.>llt or geJwral :1gent of the Provhh•nt )Iu tual Life Insurance Company of Phil;1 :\IRS. l~HYAXT ,Y. GILLESPIE. desc·endant of ~. bn Howland. :sern~d as depuQ· goYernor gt•iwral rhret• year:-:. and a:-: a continuous board m«>m b« 1 1' :-:i IH·P l!)Hi. \\"hile ;:on•rnor. Comp:1ct Sunday Services were e:-tal•lil--h<.•d. same being held at the Tab eru:1<·lP. Pr,•:-:hyterian Church. Gon•rn,,r General Addison Pierce ::.\Ionroe :rnd ;\fr:-. ?\fonroe. Pro,·idence. R. I.. visited the Soei<.,ty. .-\ uanqtwt and reception was held for tlwm at the ""oodstock Country Club. with th<' 1\fayor of our city and many prominPnt c-iti7..<•n:-: :1:-: guests. ::.\fr:,:. Gill<~~pie is a member of the ::.\Iethodist Epi:-;<:(~r•al Chur<.·h and of the D. A. IL JIR~. BR\.". .\XT \T'. GILLESPIE Governor l!J26-192!) 27 WILLIAM C. SMITH \VILLIAM CLE)IENT S:\IITH. descendant of J obn Howland, is also a direct descendant of Captain John Mason, ::Major .James Fitch and the ten First Purchasers of Xantucket Island. The Barnard ancestr~- migrated to Guilford. N. C., and thence to Shelby County, Indiana. u·~ parents, Delphina Barnard and George :\I. ~1uith, beeame pioneers of Marion County, on t lie Brookville Road, at IrYington. He received his degrees of bachelor and master of science from Butler College, now Butler University. At the age of 21 he was elected surveyor of )larion Count~· by the Democrats. He married Elizabeth Burt in 1903 and they reside at 2910 College AYenue, Indianapolis. He is trustee and elder of the Central Chris tian Church; member of the board of direc tors of the Y. l\I. C. A. and Y. \Y. C. A.; ex member of board of trustees of Butler Uni Yersit)·; president of the Inland Bonding Company; president of the l:larion County Construction Company; member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. The stadium at Butler University was his WILLIAM C. SMITH last construction before retirement from ac Governor tive business aetiYities. 1929-1931 Governor General and Mrs. Robert :\Iunroe were guests of the Society during the governorship of )Ir. Smith. 28 MRS. SIDNEY J. HATFIELD MRS. SIDXEY .J. HATFIELD (Catharine Calhoun Peckinpaugh). l\IRS. FRED HOKE. descendant of Isaac Allerton, has served as treasurer for several terms and has been on the board continuouslJ since establishing her eligibility. MRS. FREDERICK J. HOKE Governor 1933-1935 REV. GEORGE SHEPARD SOUTHWORTH THE REY. GEORGE SHEPARD SOUTH ~-ORTH was born April 28, 1888. at Salem, Ohio: was graduated from Ken~·on ~Iilitary •.\.cademy and Kenyon College ; came to Indi ana polis from :Marquette, )Iich., where he was dean of St. Paurs Cathedral. and has served as rector of the Episcopal Church of the •.\.dvent since 1928. l\Iember of the board of assistants of the Indiana Society of )Iayflower Descendants, serving in capacity as elder and Governor of the Society. REV. GEORGE S. SOUTHWORTH Governor 1935-1937 31 HALFORD W. HOWLAND HALI·"'ORD ,vRIGHT HO,YLA.XD, born in Indianapolis, son of Charles Berry and :.\Iary \Vright Howland, has resided in this com munit~· ever since. Attended Indianapolis grade schools and Shortridge High . School. Married Edna L. DuBois. )!ember of )Iystic Tie Lodge. Pioneer Society. Exchange Club, Presbyterian Church. john Howland Society, and Contact Club. Paternal great grandfather f-ettled in Marion County in 1839. On ma tern:iJ ~i HALFORD ,v. IIOWLAXD Governor 1937-1939 32 MRS. TILDEN FREDERICK GREER :\IRS. TILDEX FREDERI<..:K GREER. a descendant of .John Howl:rnd. ~ecretar:r for six years of the Society. is a ~r;iduate of DePauw C'nin•r::--it:r. later dean of college latin an 33 Joseph Allen Minturn Award On February 3, 1940, the Board of Assistants established the "Joseph Allen Minturn A ward," honoring our founder and Governor Emeritus, which is to carry a cash prize for the best manuscript on Plymouth history. The contestant will be privileged to choose the individual topic for the manuscript. . Being appointed by our Governor, Mrs. Greer, to develop the plans upon which this should become a permanent project of the Indiana Society of Mayflo,ver Descendants, after very careful study we have -:irranged with President Daniel S. Robinson. Butler University, to create this award in connection with the department of history or journalism, the details of which will be under the direction of the awards committee of the university. · The manuscript, chosen by the awards con1mittee, will be read by the student-writer at the February n1eeting of the Society annually, a copy of the manuscript being presented to the Society for its files and the award being given at this time. In the creating of this award, the Board of Assistants feels that it is a splendid way in which to pron1ote interest and study in Plymouth history. "When a great man dies, he leaves an afterglow far into the night," so it was with the Plymouth colony. EARL C. TOWNSEND JR.~ Chairman. H.A.LFORD W. HOWLAND. Plymouth - 2020 "THE MAYFLOWER CHEST" In Miniature The four hundredth anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims will be celebrated at Plymouth in the year 2020. In 1938 the Board of Assistants voted to send a Mayflower chest to this celebration as the contribution from the Indiana Society to be opened by its Governor- in the year of 2020. The chest will be accepted for the Society on April 14, 1941, by its founder and Governor Emeritus, Honorable Joseph A. Minturn, at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Society. It will be presented to the General Society at the Triennial Congress at Plymouth in September, 1942, with the injunction that it be preserved fro1n dangers of destruction by fire or other elements. The chest will be of bronze, bearing the name of the Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants with an inscription directing that it shall remain sealed until the year 2020. It will contain such documents as the official committee passes upon. · · Every men1ber is invited to send in material or suggestions for con sideration by the con1mittee. After the n1aterial is assembled, all un bound articles will be written on the finest of rag paper in Indian ink so that the legibility will be preserved for this lapse of eigl)._ty years' time. All contents will be completed on February 1, 1941. BOARD OF ASSISTANTS. 34 Lineage Book A book that is on the shelves of the State Library in the genealogical department is the "Lineage Book" of the Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants. This book has be.en compiled from the lineage sheets of the men1bers of the Indiana Society from the date of its charter in March 21, 1916, to June, 1938. The Lineage Book, the Society feels, will prove its great value for future posterity, not only in preservation of records, but as references and leads to those who are interested in their heritage. In co111piling the book n1uch care has be~n given cu the copy work. It has been proofread several tin1es; however, there still may be a few minor faults, due to the original entrance papers. The Historian will appreciate these corrections sent direct to her. It has taken some time to compile the book. The index has been adjusted to three methods first, alphabeti~ally; second, nun1be1·ed in order of entrance to the So ciety ( and this number, being the state nu1nber, includes the general nun1ber), and, third, the ancestor from whon1 the n1ember is descended.. In all indexes the page number represents the state number of the men1- ber of the Society. The conunittee appointed to con1pile and con1plete this work included J.\rlrs. J arnes G. Haston, Mrs. Cornelius Posson, Miss Sara Katherine Laing, ,vith additional help being given by Mrs. Fred Hoke, Mrs. Sidney J. Hatfield, Mrs. Charles P. Shulhafer and Mrs. Tilden F. Greer. MRS. LUCY MINTURN HASTON, Historian.. Mayflower Library Complete list of material des:posited in the Genealogy Section of the Indiana State Library by the Indiana Society of Mayflo,ver Descendants. These books may be borrowed fro1n the library by n1embers of the So ciety. only, UPon request. American Historical Society-Pi~tures Relating to the Plymouth Colony (10 plates). New York; American Historical Society, n. d. Archel", G. L.-With Axe and Musket at Plyn1outh. New York; Ameri can Historical Society, 1936. Banks, C. E.-Planters of the-- Con1monwealth. Boston; Riverside Press 1~~ ' 'Bradford, W .-.Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606-1646. New York; Scribner's, 1908. Cushman, H. W.-Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cush n1ans. Boston; Little Brown & Co., 1855. ·Davis, W. T.-Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Boston; Damrell & Upham, 1899. Davis, W. T.-History of the Town of Plymouth. Philadelphia· Lewis & Co., 1885. . ' Deane, Samuel-History of Scituate, Mass., to 1831. Boston; Loring., 1831. 35 Doty, Philip H.-H:story and Genealogy of Abraha111 Doty and His De scendants with direct line to ED,vARD DOTY, PILGRIM, 1620-1940; 2430 0iiver Street, Fort ,vayne, Ind., 1940. Dungan, S. 0.-Ancestors and Descendants of Elisha Dungan. Dungan, 1930. Freen1an, Frederick-History of Cape Cod (two volun1es). Boston; Rand and A very, 1858-1862. Hanover, :Mass.-Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Hanover, Mass., 1727-1857. Rockland (l\'.Iass.) Press, 1898. Haston, Mrs. J. G.-Lineage Papers of the Society of Mayflower Descend ants in the State of Indiana, 1916-1938. 1938. Hills, L. C.-History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters (Cape Cod Series). Washington, D. C.; Hills, 1936. Hines, Lucy K. Fletcher-Grand111other Lucy Keyes Fletcher. Boston; Ranger, 1917. Howe, P. S.-Mayflower Pilgriln Descendants in Cape l\'.Iay County, New Jersey. Cspe .]}fay; Hand, 1921. Howland, \Villian1 F.-John Howland a Mayflower Pilgrin1. Detroit, Mich; Saturday Night Press, 1926. Jones, E. C. Brewster-Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907 (two volumes). New York; Grafton Press, 1908. 1\-Iackennal, A.-Homes and Haunts of the Pi lgrin1 Fathers. London and Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1899. l\1arble, Annie Russell-Women Who Came in the l\tlayflower. Marshall, W.-History of the l\Iarshall and Related Families. Lafayette; Haywood, 1922. Mayflower Descendants-Society of 1\-Iay:flower Descendants in the State of Illinois. Chicago, 1925. Minturn, J. A.-Historical and Other Poems. Indianapolis; Globe Pub lishing Co., 1939. Morton, 0. F.-Annals of Bath County, Virginia. Staunton; The McClure Co., 1917. Nickerson, W. S.-Land Ho! A Seaman's Story of the Mayflower. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1931. Otis, Amos-Genealogical Notes of Ban1stable Fa1nilies ( two volun1es) . .Barnstable, Mass.; Goss, 1888. Phillimore, W. P. W.-Norfolk Parish Registers. l\iarriages, 1540-1812. London; Phillimore & Co., 1899. Phillin1ore, VI. P. W.-Nottingham Parish Registers. Marriages, St. Nicholas Church, 1562-1812. London; Phillin1ore & Co., 1902. Southworth, G. C. S.-Essays and Poems. Indianapolis, 1929.- . Tilson, M. V.-The Tilson Genealogy, 1638-1911. Plyn1outh, 1911. United States Library of Congress-A111erican and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Washington. 1910. ;1(i Officers of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants GOVERNOR GENERAL Francis Russell Stoddard 52 Broadway New York, New York DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL, INDIANA Mrs. Charles Albert Gall 2865 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, Indiana ASSISTANT DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL Edg·ar H. Evans 3445 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana SECRETARY GENERAL Harold G. Murray 20 Lexington Avenue 420 Lexington A venue TREASURER GENERAL Frederi~k Dwight 43 Cedar Street New York, New York HISTORIAN GENERAL William A. McAuslan 9 Ashburton Place Boston, Massachusetts ELDER GENERAL Very Rev. Howard Chandler Robbins 45 Gramercy Park New York, New York CAPTAIN GENERAL John C. Whipple 51 Garden Street Boston, Massachusetts SURGEON GENERAL Dr. Andrew H. Cleveland 3326 Merrin1ac Street St. Louis, Missouri COUNCILOR GENERAL Gleason L. Archer 20 Derne Street Boston. l\iassachusetts 37 State Officers 1939~ 1940 GOVERNOR EMERITUS Hon. Joseph A. Minturn Ha. 3645-W GOVERNOR Mrs. Tilden F. Greer ______Jndianapolis 4730 North Capitol Avenue Br. 1285 DEPUTY GOVERNOR Mr. Halford W. Howland ______Indianapolis 6258 North Sherman Drive Br. 5673 l\ir. Paul H. Buchanan ______Indianapolis 5101 North Meridian Street Hu. 5131 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Mr. Norman E. Titus ______Jndianapolis 940 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place Ch. 1144 RECORDING SECRETARY l\ilrs. Sidney L. Scarborough ______Jndianapolis 3510 North Meridian Street Ta. 5035 HISTORIAN Mrs. James G. Haston ______Indianapolis 3054 Sutherland Ave. W a. 397 4 TREASURER Mrs. Fred Hoke ______Jndianapolis 3445 Washington Boulevard Ta. 3445 ELDER Rev. George S. Southworth ______Indianapolis 5318 North Delaware Street Br. 2364 SURGEON Dr. Fletcher Hodges ______..., ___ Jndianapolis 3160 North Pennsylvania Street Ta. 1211 CAPTAIN l\ir. "\Villiam C. Smith ______Indianapolis 2910 College Avenue Ta. 5371 BOARD OF ASSISTANTS Mrs~ Edna M. Barcus ______Indianapolis 3301 Central Avenue Ta. 4789 Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball ______..:Muncie, Ind. Mr. E. Arthur Ball ______Muncie, Ind. Mrs. H. Farr Waggener ______Franklin, Ind. 82 Wilson Street Mrs. A. M. Hetherington ______Indianapolis 5224 Pleasant Run Boulevard Ir. 0662 Mrs. S. E. Perkins------~---Indianapolis 3251 North Pennsylvania Street Ta. 1609 Mrs. James P. Wason ______Indianapolis 4038 North Illinois Street Hu. 4303 DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL Mrs. Charles Albert GalL ______lndianapolis 2865 North Meridian Street Ta. 5525 ASSISTANT DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL Mr. Edgar H. Evans ______Indianapolis 3445 North Pennsylvania Street Wa. 8582 · PAST GOVERNORS Mrs. Bryant W. Gillespie ______Indianapolis 1433 North Pennsylvania Street Li. 7992 · · Mrs. Sidney J. Hatfield ______.,j_Indianapolis 3302 Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive Ta. 1661 Mr. William E.Osborn ______Indianapolis 4018 Park A venue Li. 8315 38 Program - 1940 FRIDAY~ FEBRUARY SECOND Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Hodges 3360 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis Patriotic Program 8 P. 1\1. Speaker: Professor A. L. Kohhneier, Dean of History Departn1ent, Indiana University FRIDAY, APRIL FIFTH Cape Cod Dinner Dance Seven o'Clock Woodstock Country Club Indianapolis MONDAY, .A.PRIL TWENTY-EIGHTH Annual Election and Reports Luncheon, 12 o'Clock Y. W. C.A. 329 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis SUNDA~NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH Compact Sunday 10:30 A. M. Roberts Park Methodist Church 401 North Delaware Street Indianapolis TUESDAY,NOVEMBERNINETEENTH Annual Banquet Propylaeun1, 1410 North Delaware Street Reception 6 :30 P. M. Speaker: Hon. Floyd I. McMurray, Superintendent of Public Instruction State Officers 1940-1941 GOVERNOR EMERITUS Hon. Joseph A. Minturn Ha. 3645-W GOVERNOR Mrs. Tilden F. Greer______Indianapolis 4730 North Capitol Avenue Br. 1285 DEPUTY GOVERNOR Mr. Paul Buchanan______Indianapolis 25 West Fall Creek Parkway Ta. 3377 Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball ______Muncie, Ind. Minnetrista Road CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Mrs. W. Mitchell Taylor ______Indianapolis 3919 Washington Boulevard Hu. 8512 RECORDING SECRETARY 1\1:rs. Sidney L. Scarborough______Indianapolis 3510 North Meridian Street Ta. 5035 HISTORIAN l\'Irs. J an1es G. Haston______Indianapolis 3054 Sutherland Avenue Wa. 3974 TREASURER Mr. Earl C. Townsend ______Indianapolis 21 North Catherwood Avenue Ir. 5958 ELDER Rev. George S. Southworth ______Indianapolis 5318 North Delaware Street Br. 2364 SURGEON Dr. Fletcher Hodges ______Indianapolis 3160 North Pennsylvania Street Ri. 3166 . CAPTAIN Mr. Norman E. Titus ______Indianapolis 940 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place Ch. 1144 BOARD OF ASSISTANTS Mrs. Edna M. Barcus ______Indianapolis 3301 Central Avenue Ta. 4789 Mr. Ellis B. HalL ______Indianapolis 2841 North Talbot A venue Ta. 3278 Mrs. A. M. Hetherington ______Indianapolis 5224 Pleasant Run Boulevard Ir. 0662 Mrs. S. E. Perkins ______Indianapolis 3251 North Pennsylvania Street Ta. 1609 Mrs. Jess Pritchett Jr. ______Jndianapolis Cold Spring Road Hu. 7367 Mrs. H. A. 0. Speers______Indianapolis 1708 North Pennsylvania Street ~a. 9748 Mrs. Charles R. Weiss ______:______Indiana-polis 4433 Broadway Hu. 7069 _ DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL . Mrs. Charles Albert GalL ______.:._Indianapolis 2865 North Meridian Street Ta. 5525 ' ASSISTANT DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL Mr. Edgar H. Evans ______Indianapolis 3445 North Pennsylvania Street W a. 8582 40 PAST GOVERNORS Mrs. Bryant W. Gillespie __ "'.'" ______Jndianapolis 1433 North Pennsylvana Street Li. 7992 Mrs. Sidney J. Hatfield ______Jndianapolis 3302 Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive Ta. 1661 Mrs. Fred Hoke ______Jndianapolis 3445 Wa~hington Boulevard Ta. 3445 Mr. Halford W. Howland ______Jndianapolis 6258 North Sherinan Drive Br. 5673 Mr. William E. Osborn ______Indianapolis 4018 Park Avenue Hu. 7842 l\iir. William C. Smith______Jndianapolis 2910 College Avenue Ta. 5371 STANDING COMMITTEES AUDITING Mr. William C. Sn1ith, Chairman Mr. Paul Buchanan Mr. William E. Osborn HOSPITALITY Mrs. Sidney J. Hatfield, Chairn1an Mrs. Otis Dyar Mrs. Walter W. Ward Mrs.. William A. Oberholtzer Mrs. Thon1as B. Sonner l\'.IEMBERSHIP Mr. Halford W. Howland, Chairn1an Mrs. Charles Albert Gall Rev. George S. Southworth Mrs. S. E. Perkins Mrs. Sidney Scarborough PROGRAM Mrs. Edna M. Barcus, Chairman l\iir. Willis N. Coval Mr. Ellis B. Hall ROOM AND PROPERTY Mrs. Samuel E. Perkins, Chairman Miss Elizabeth Chip111an Mrs. H. Farr Waggener Mrs. Burton Knight l\irs. William Kendall PUBLICITY Mrs. A. M. Hetherington, Chairman Mr. Norman Titus 1\-Irs. James G. Haston SPECIAL COMMITTEES "JOSEPH ALLEN l\flNTURN AWARD" Butler University Mr. Earl C. Townsend, Chairn1an Mr. Halford W. Howland BUDGET Mr. Paul Buchanan, Chairn1an Mrs. Edna lVI. Barcus Mr. Halford W. Howland FELLOWSHIP Mr. James Duane Dungan l\Irs. Roy Elder Adan1s Mrs. l\.f yron Rush Green Mi-. John Bingham Mr. Walker Winslow l\Irs. Albert J. Beveridge Sr. Dr. Harry Heinrichs Mrs. Richard Bryson l\Irs. Leon G. Zerfas LEGISLATION Dr. Fletcher Hodges, Chairman Mr. Paul Buchanan Mrs. Charles Albert Gall 41 LIBRARY Mrs. Fred Hoke, Chairman Mrs. James G. Haston Dr. Fletcher Hodges _. JUNIORS Mr. Norman Titus, Chairman Mrs. Morris L. Brown lVIr. Dwight E. Posson Mr. Charles Grinnell Cleaver Mrs. Jess Pritchett Jr. l\fiss Martha Lou Cleaver Mrs. Perry Ratcliff Mr. William J. Cleaver Mrs. Herman Selka Mr. Samuel 0. Dungan II Mrs. Leo M. Stadtmiller Miss Mary Margaret Dyar Mrs. W. Mitchell 'Taylor Miss Claribele Hall Mr. John F. Townsend Dr. Nicholas Hatfield Mr. Earl C. Townsend Jr. Miss Wenonah Hatfield Mrs. Ronald Updike Miss Carolyn Ruth Kendall Mr. John S. Williams Mrs. Henry A. Lohse Mr. Joseph A. Wythe Miss Emily Louise Posson Mrs. Charles H. Zalac "MAYFLOWER CHEST" In Miniature Mrs. Sidney Hatfield, Chairman Dr. Fletcher Hodges Rev. George S. Southworth NOMINATIONS l\'.Irs. Charles Albert Gall, Chairn1an Miss Winifred Brill l\fr. San1uel 0. Dungan Sr. REVISIONS Rev. George S. Southworth, Chairma11 Mr. Willian1 E. Osborn Mr. Edgar H. Evans TELEPHONE Mrs. Jan1es G. Wason, Chairman l\irs. Charles Dawson M1·s. H. A. 0. Speers Mrs. James N. Lennox Mrs. Clyde Titus Mrs. Alvin Owsley Mrs. Earl Townsend Mrs. Cornelius Posson Mrs. Charles R. Weiss Mrs. Grier Shotwell Miss Mildred Weld URBAN Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball, Chairman, Muncie, Ind. Mr. Philip H. Doty______Muncie, Ind. Mrs. Otto Ebbinghouse ------Wabash, Ind. Mrs. James H. Evans ______Bloomington, Ind. Miss Ruth Greenham ______Lafayette, Ind. Mr. Stanley W. Hayes ______Richmond, Ind. Mrs. John Meredith______Franklin, Ind. Mrs. James H. Pennington ______Greenfield, Ind. Mrs. Harry Walters ______West Lafayette, Ind. YEAR BOOK Mrs. Edna May Barcus, Chairn1an Mrs. James G. Haston l\frs. ·Sidney L. Scarborough Mrs. Fred Hoke Mr. Norman Titus Program - 1941 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY SEVENTH l\'.lr. and Mrs. Charles Albert Gall 2865 North Meridian Street Indiana polis Historical Program 8 o'Clock "Joseph Allen Minturn Award" Manuscript Butler University Contest Winner MONDAY, APRIL FOURTEENTH Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Society Special Guest-Governor General Francis R. Stoddard, New York City Indiana World War Memorial Building Indianapolis TUESDAY, APRIL THIRTIETH Annual Reports-Election of Officers Y. W. C.A. 329 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis Luncheon 12 o'Clock JUNE Cape Cod Dinner Dance 7 o'Clock Woodstock Country Club Indianapolis SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH Con1pact Sunday Advent Episcopal Church, 10:30 A. M. Meridian and Thirty-third Streets Indianapolis FRIDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST Annual Banquet Propylaeum 1410 North Delaware Street Reception, 6 :30 P. M. Speaker Installation of Governor 43 Treasurer's Report November 1. 1939. Balance Railroadmen's B. & S. Association November, 1938 ____ $ 522.78 Balance American National Bank Nove111ber, 1938______168.33 Receipts: Banquet------$ 67.50 Dues------260.00 Junior memberships ------24.00 Registration fees ------47.50 Supplementals ------12.00 Reinstatement ------1.00 Certificate beneficial interest______12.88 434.88 $1,125.99 Disburse111ents 451.37 Balance Railroadmen's B. & S. Association Nove111ber 1, 1939 ___ $ 538.58 Balance American National Bank Nove111ber 1, 1939______153.61 Total assets------$ 692.19 Certificate No. 2185 for four shares of stock in ...~1nerican National Bank. Book value about $60. Certificate No. 6830 beneficial interest Fletcher A111erican National Bank. Coupons value $6.44 each. No liabilities. Respectfully sub111itted, KATHARINE HOKE, Treasurer. William C. Smith, Auditor. 44 ROSTER 1939-19.U .JOHX ALDE:X * Charter :Members 9168 182 .Adams, )lrs. Ro:y Elder (Leona Haywood). 4145 ,vashington Blvd., Indianapolis ------9th 1332;'.; Brown. )!rs. l\Iorris Lanville (.Janet Adams). ;j42;j X. :Meridian 283 St., Indianapolis ______10th 14106 316 Cleaver. ::\Ir • .Allen Grinnell, ,Ya:-:hington Center Rd., R. R. 1, Fort "'ayne, Ind______9th 141S4 329 Cleaver, ::.\Iiss ::\Iartha Lou, ,vashington Center Rd., R. R. 1, Fort ,Yayne, Ind·------10th Cleu·er, ::\Ir. Charles Grinnel, Washington Center Rd., R. R. 1, 141~ 3:30 Fort ,Ya)·ne, Ind ______10th 14107 317 Cleaver, )Ir. ,Yilliam .J es:mp. -1:Jo E. 48th St.. Indianapolis ____ 10th 9167 181 Haywood. )lrs. George Price (::\far)· .Jane )lar:-hall), 721 Brown St., Lafa)·ette. Ind.______8th 140-18 314 Heinrichs, Dr. Harry. 234 :X. DPI:iware St.• Indianapolis ______11th 140-17 313 Heinrichs. )Ir. Robert. :nu \\". !hh 8t .. ::\luncit>. Ind. ______12th 9653 193 Laing. ~!rs. Herbert G. ( Dt.•lla ::\laudc )faun,. :>-1:32 \Vashington Blvd.. Indianapoli.s ------9th 13326 284 Macomber. l\Irs. \Villiam Hiram ()lary Ann Adams), Drake Rd.. Kendallville. Ind. ______10th 9861 198 Mari-hall. :\Ir. Henry "·right. 1014 S. State St.. Lafayette, Ind._ 8th 96.14 194 S<·arborough, )!rs. Sidnt>y I-". (Katharhw Laing). 3510 N. Me ridian St., Inclianapolis ------10th 12708 268 Titus. :\!rs. Clyde ()lauc.'ie E:-se:-.::). 736 )I. D. ,,"oodruff Place, Indianapolis ------12th 9850 19"2 ".,.alters. :Mrs. Harry A. (Estelle ::\Iarshall). 215 ,Y. State St., Box :.;13 ,Yest Lafa)·ette, In DR. :,,iAJlt;EL l·TLLER 3 *Hod;!c::--. l>r. FlPtdu•r, :~lf;o X. l'e1111:-:yh·:rnia St.. l11cli:tn:t1101is__ !Jth ST.El"IIEX 1101-"KIXS .-,-- ll::>113 -•' Bryso11. )!rs. I:id1:1rcl (Fannie T:1.rlor), Spink .An11s Ilut<.•l. lndi:111.1111,li::------10th l:!u7, :!ti-'> EYans . .'.\lr. Edgar ll:111k:--, :-;44:; X. Pt·nnsylY:lllia St., Iutlian- apoli~ ------12th ·HHS .!I) Ha.re:--• .'.\Ir. St:mlt·~· \\",:lc..-ott. Box :1:14_ l:i<-11111011 ,JOU:S 110\\"L.\~D rn1~1 :!IJ4 •.\lleu. :\Ir:--. Ua:n11011u ::\litc·hl'll (IQ· ..:\lhPrtus Carpeut ... r), 417 ~- LilJcrty ~t •• )luncil'. lnci.______9th 1:!1.mv :,!t.jfj H:111. )!rs. Ecl,umui Burkt• (Hertha Cro8le~· J. )liunetrista, R HE:SitY SA:lfSO:S 11039 Perkins. III. :\Ir:-:. ~amuel E. (::\Iary l·"'lorencc )Iilford). 3:251 ~- PennsylYania St., Indianapolis ______..,.______9th GEORGE SOULE 13819 308 ,veiss, :\Irs. Charles Robert (Sophia Herberton Bispham), 4433 Broadway, Indianapolis ______.,.. 10th :llYLES STAXDISH 9580 102 ":-alters. Mrs. Harn· Arthur (Estelle llarshall), :21~ "'.'"· State St., \Vest Lafayette, Ind.______0th RICHARD ,vARBEN 13733 295 Bingham, ~Ir. John Hendricks, u750 Guilford A,e.. Indian- apolis ------11th 13033 215 Freeland, :llrs. Abbie (Abbie Haynes), 5~24 Pleasant Run Blvd., Indianapolis ------11th 11897 247 Greenham. :\Iiss Ruth. 215 Lutz Ave., ,vest Lafa;yette. Ind. ____ 11th 13034 276 Hetherington, l\Irs. A. l\I. (Gladys Freeland), 5224 Pleasant Run Blvd .. Indianapolis ------12th 14181 3:..">6 Hall. :\Ii~s Clarihelle Louise. 2841 N. Talbott ..-\.Ye •• Indianapolis 11th 1369'2 292 Hall. l\Ir. Ellis Bernard. 2841 N. Talbott AYe., Indianapolis ____ 10th 11896 246 .Tuday. ::\Irs. Clarence Bhtler (Irma Greenham), Ames. Iowa ___ 11th 13791 304 Kendall. :Miss Carolyn Ruth. 1212 Broadwa:r, Indianapolis ___ 12th 13792 305 Kendall. Mrs. ,villiam Horatio (Orrel R~-ker). 1212 Broadway, Indianapolis _.:______... ______11th 9169 183 liiller. :\Iiss Adah Leona. R. R. 4. Portland. Ind. ______lotb 4649 51 Otis. )Ir. Prederick Bishop. 2130 S. H. St.. Bedford. Ind.______9th 13693 293 Ratcliff. Mrs. Perry S. (Viola Ruth Hall). 10 South 8th St .. Lafa~·ette, Ind. ------11th 13732 294 Stadtmiller. :Mrs. Leo :Martin (Catherine Ann Bingham). 6047 Crittenden Ave.. Indianapolis ______12th 12708 268 Titus. Mrs. Clyde (Maud Essex). 736 M. D. \Yoodruff Place. ! Indianapolis ------,------12th 14180 325 Zalac. Mrs. Charles H. (Francis Louise Hall), 2421 Broadway, Fort Wayne, Ind.-~------11th MEMBERSHIP 1916-19-n CHARTER l\IE.llBERS General State ~o. No. ~-H 1 Dr. Et.lwar<.1 Francis Hodges. 11:.H X. Pennsylvania St.. Indianapolis. Fir:;t Governor, A1)ril H-J uly 11, 1H16; 8th, Edward }fuller; 8th, John Howland; 7th. \Yilliaw Bradford. .--, ).fr_; . .Edwtl.rd l·'r.mcis Hodge.s (Laura Fletcher), 1134: X. Pennsyl vania St., In<.lia.napolis. Governor, Xovcml>er ~1. 1922-August 23. 19:23; 10th, Degory Priest; 9th, Stephen Hl,pkins; 9th, Degory Priest. 40;j0 3 Dr. Pletcher Hodges, 3160 N. Pennsyh-ania St .. Indianapolis. Governor. 1916-Wtu: 8th. \Yilliam Bradford: !Jth. 1,;c1ward ~'uller; 10th, Edwar(l Fuller; 9tb. Samuel Puller; 0th, John Howland; 10th. Stevht.•n Hopkins; 10th, Dt.•gory Prie::;t; 11th, !Jegory Priest {~n Charter )lembers-:Nos. 1-58 lnclush·e Descendant of Genera- Junior General State tion State No. No. No. 10th 1 Fletcher !lodges, 111------~ 4050 3 10th 2 Arthur Carlisle Hodgt"~------=------.:.______4050 3 10th 3 Rebecca Garrison· ______:______.;.. 4050 3 10th 4 Daniel Garrison ______.;______4050 3 10th 5 Robert Wason Comfort______11255 234 10th 6 George Shephard Southworth, .Jr. ______1023:.i 2-21 10th 7 l\Iary Lee SchelL______7899 108 10th 8 Sue Schell------7899 108 10th !) Katharine Schell ------7899 108 9th 10 Ernest Eugene Burkhart______8265 137 10th 11 Charles Pei'r~· Zerfa ..;______;H0:3 60 10th 12 Ora Elizabeth Coats______:340:! 59 11th 13 ,vnlis Dawson Taylor ______1333:.i 286 11th 14 Lucile ::\Iary Gall______:2160 81 11th 13 Gloria Carolyn GalL______2160 81 11th 16 Irene Ann Gall______:2160 81 12th 17 Albert .Teremiah BeYeriugc IIL______4:!10 87 12th 18 E!izabebth Lincoln Beyeridge______4:!10 87 13th 1~) Barbara .Jean Dungan ______11807 2-:13 14th 2;J Louise LeFeber ------12268 . 256 14th 21 .John Samuel LeFeber ______12268 256 14th 22 .Tess Charles Pritchett IIL ______12266 254 14th 23 .Tames Robert Templeton ______12267 255 14th' :!4 .-\nnette Louise Templeton ______12267 25-5 11th -,~_., Priscilla .-\.dams Brown ______rn:32:; 283 11th :!(i .Tanet Adam:s l\Iacombrr ______1:~32H 284 11th ·>-_, ,villiam A.dams l\Iacombcr ______1:3:326 284: 11th 28 Ann-:~ Adams ::\fa.comber ______rn:326 28..J: 11th 2!) :l\Iarshall Adams ~Iacomb'-•r ______rn:326 284: 10th :30 l~ 61 IN MEMORIAM It is fitting that we call to mind the memory of those members of the society who, in tbe Providence of God, have been called to their reward. : Our forbearers who came to .America and settled in Plymouth possessed the characteristics of faithfulness to God and loyalty to the precepts of the ChrisUst.n religion. They did not· seek personal glory or wealth, but desired only the oppor tunity to :live and worship God according to the free dictates of conscience. To do this a high degree of heroism was necessary. : We b~lieve that these characteristics are enshrined in the hearts of their descendants today, and haYe been. exemplified _in the lives of those who have . ' departed from our midst and whom we remember at this time. · The following lines, written by my father, seem most appropriate in this connection: Death is strangely wed with glory In this brief terrestial scheme ; 'Tis the old, the oft-told story-_ 'Tis the frequent, solemn dream.. Wreathe the Cypress with the Laurel! Better, far, a heavenly crown. "'."hen life's poor rewards are 0Yer, Than ephemeral renown. Wreathe the Cypress with the Laurel! Better wear that radiant bay Of the Hero of life's battle, Than the crown that must decay. REY. GEORGE S. SOVTHW'ORTH, Rector, .A.dYent Episcopal Church, lndiana1)01is. 62 DE.CEASED MEMB-ERS General State No. No. 941 1 DR. ED'\VARD FRANCIS HODGES ______,...July 11, 1916 4086 16 PROF. DAVID '\VORTH DENNIS ______:May 13, 1916 4183 24 JUDGE MARCELLUS A. CHIPlL.\N ______April 12, 1918 4087 9') MR. WILLIAM H. HUBBARD ______January 20, 1920 4650 --52 :MISS HARRIET ZARA OTIS ______January 21, 1921 2991 35 MRS. FLORENCE R. BROOKS______September -, 1921 4616 38 lIRS. '\VILLIAM B. SKINNER ______February 27, 1922 4173 2 MRS. LAURA FLETCHER HODGES ______August 23, 1923 4647 49 MRS. LORENZ DO\V MOODY ______..:::. ______February 20, 1923 6838 88 MR. J •.\:UES EDWIN PITTS ______August 25, 1923 6284 75 l\IRS. DAYID EL)IORE BARNARD ______october 1, 1924 8633 85 MR. ARTHUR WENDELL OSBORN ______~'fay 10, 1924 8618 144 MRS. ARTHUR RENWICK l\IIDDLETON ______October 10, 1926 7894 103 1\IR. '\V ALTER EDGAR Sl\IITH ______December 10, 1926 -1161 20 l\IRS. ABRAHAlI N. PECKENPA'GGH ______May 10, 1927 5402 50 MR. CHARLES PERRY LESH ______Qctober 8, 1927 8960 166 MRS. ALBERT E. POUND ______July 18, 1927 4927 00 MR. ED\VARD KNOX PO"\VE ______September 28, 1929 6871 91 l\IR. ROBERT THOlIAS HUSTON ______November 14, 1929 2168 2a MRS. ALGERNO~ BlJTTERFIELD ______April 5, 1930 7895 104 MR. GEORGE :MAURICE SlIITH ______october 22, 1930 9155 180 MR. ROBERT CUSHMAN WINSLo,v ______April 18, 1931 78.37 102 MRS. CHARLES SHERl\IAX HARTLEY ______August 24, 1932 6056 69 MR. BURTON F. SWAIN ______Jlarch 2, 1933 0057 6.~ MR. WILBUR CLARK JOHNSON ______May 26, 1933 4156 34 MRS. ED HARRISON ______:______June 5, 1933 40~ 26 l-IRS. JENNIE ",•1.xSLOW"' ______December 13, 1934 6057 70 DR. ARTHUR l\IENDENHALL ______December 5, 1934 7931 111 llR. SAlIUEL •.\RTHUR MINTURN ______February 7. 1934 7999 116 MRS. JAl\IES FR• .\NCIS EDWARDS ______July 23, 1934 8001 118 lIR. OSCAR LAIRD 8lII'l'H ______September 30, 1934 9179 187 MRS. ARTHUR LOVf:LL SAWYER ______February 15, 1934 12296 2(ro MR. CHARLES ANDERSON DUNGAN ______February 15, 193a 10233 219 lIRS. HILBERT HEREPATH TOLER ______l\Iarch 19. 1935 4651 53 MISS FRANCES ZARA OTIS ______~"\Iay 8. 193.5 7082 92 MRS. DANIEL COOLIDGE FROST ______February 16. 1936 3430 32 MR. HENRY W. BENNETT______l\lay 19. 1936 4614 37 :MR. EUGENE E. STACY______November 13. 1936 9558 189 MR. THO:\I.AS SPENCER ______April 18, 1936 9171 185 l\IRS. CHARLES HERBERT HO,vE ______August 10. 1936 4071 10 1\IR. ARLIE L. RIGSBEE ______.Jannary 30, 1937 8902 155 MRS. J08EPHUS ROLLIN l\IORGAN ______August 31. 1937 13065 278 MRS. ARTHUR LEVY ______December 8, 1937 3564 8 DR. EDl\IUND D. CLARK ______March 16, 1938 9154 179 MRS. W.4.RD o,vEN DAYIS ______April 28, 1938 11808 244 MR. CHARLES J". BUCHANAN ______September 14. 1938 8761 152 MRS. LUTHER R. CRESSNER _____ :.______l\lay 4, 1938 8958 164 MRS. GEORGE LE"-.ELLEN ______DecPmhPr 9. 1938 7898 107 MRS. '\Y .-\LTER R. TURlL\N ______October 7. 19.~ 8002 119 MRS. I. N. HARLAN ______... ______February 26. 1939 12569 264 ~USS CATHERINE L:EE '\\rILSON______April 17. 1939 8006 123 MRS. l\IARY HARRIS ______J"une 13. 1939 13066 279 ~IR. SAl\IUEL HERBERT SHANK ______October 9. 1939 8747 l!"tO MRK FRANCIS REED ______December 13. 1939 4185 23 MRS. GEORGE F. LENNOX ______D?cember 19. 19!J9 8000 11; l\IRS. GLEN HOLLOWAY W ARNER ______J"une 6. 1940 63 FIRST PUBLICATION. 1916 The fir~t publication of the Society was a pamphlet of four pages •. which car ried on page one ·names of officers. the purpose of the Society, and the rules govern ing membership; page two, names of chartl.. r members; page three, names of llay flower passengers from whom descent has. been proved and names of ~ersons who married Adopted April 14, 1916 ARTICLE l Name The name of the Society shall be the "Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Indiana." ARTICLE II Object The object of the Society is to perpetuate the memory of the band of Pilgrims, passengers on the :Mayflower, who lande~ at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, De eember 20, 1620, to presei:Ye their records, t~eir his~ory, and all facts relating to them, their an~estors, and their posterity~ and to uphold and defend their faith by teaching love of God and country. Their acts .and examples have been instrumental in the stablishment of civil and religious liberty throughout the land. Their faith in God, their constancy of purpose :under severe trials, their fortitude under privations, and their. patriotism entitle them_. to the veneration of mankind, and form an example worthy of emu latio·n for all time. .L\RTICLE III l\iiembership Section l. Every lineal clescendant over eighteen years of age of ·any passenger on the Mayflowe~ on the voyage which ended at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December, 1620, shall be eligible to membership in this Society. Each candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by members of the Society, and elected at a meeting of the Board of Assistants. - . Section 2. Junior :Memb~rsbip: Children under eighteen years of any lineal descendant and member in good standing in the Indiana Society ~ay becom~ Junior Members of this Society and shall be elected to membership in the sam~ order as adult membership. ARTICLE IV Officers Section 1. The Officers of this Society shall be a Governor, Two Deputy Gov ~rnors, _Captain, Elder, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary~ Historian and Surgeon, to be elected by a majority vote. These officers, together with seven ot~er members elected for that pul"pose by a plurality vote by ballot at the April ineeting of the Society, shall constitute a Board of .Assistants, and shall serve for one year, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Newly elec·ted officers shall assume their duties immeditttely after the· annual meetin·g in Novem ber. Their duties, powers and prh·ileges shall be regulated by the By-Laws so· long as they·· are consistent with this Constitution; and any vacancies .oceasioned by death~ resignation or failure to attend three consecutive board meetings without valid reason may be filled by the Board of Assistants_ for the unexpired. term. Section 2. In acldit.ion to the above officers, there shall be nominated for a term of three-years a Deputy Governor General and an Assistant Deputy Governor General to· be elected by the General Congress. These officers shalt be ~x-oflieio members of the State Board of Assistants. · '. ·: Section' 3. The Past Governors shall be ex-officio members· of the State Board ff Assistants. ARTICLE V Meetings The _annual meeting of this Society shall be held in the city ·of Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on the twenty-first day of November of each year, the -anniver sary of the arrival of the Mayflower at Provincetown Harbor.· Iii addition to the annual meeting, regular meetings shall be held in February ·and ·April, - in, each year, and special meetings shall be held· upon the written request· of ten members or by a vote of the Board of Assistants. . The Board of Assistants shall ·meet · once -~ach month. except the months of .June, July and August, and special meetings of the Board shall be held upon the written request of three of its members, or at the call_of the Governor. The members shall constitute a quorum at &.11 meetings of the Society for the transaction of business. At all meetiD-gs of the Board of Assistants, exeept for the -elections of members, five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and for the election of new members to the Society, three may constitute a quorum. ARTICLE VI By-Laws The Society shall ha¥e power to ordain, establish. alter and repeal by-laws, rules and regulations for its goYernment. ARTICLE VII Seal The seal of the Society shall contain a representation of a sailing vessel of the seventeenth century, and around it the name of the Society and the words "Plymouth, 1620," and '"Iadiana, 1916:' ARTICLE VIII Amendments Any proposed amendment to this Constitution must be presented in writing at a regular meeting of the Society and shall be read and filed with the Secretary. The Secretary shall send out with the notice of the next meeting a copy of all such proposed amendment, with a statement that the same are to be acted upon ~t said meeting, and a two-thirds vote of all the members present at s~ch meeting ~ball be· required for the adoption of any amendment. -Robert's Rules:of Order. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I l\Iembersh!p Application for membc-rship in this Society shall be made in writing and shall be accompa~ied by the entrance fE>e. Such application shall be .approved by the Committee on l\!embership before the application blanks shall be issued. Each applicant shall then be required to gi'\"'e in detail, upon the blank forms furnished, the proofs of eligibility with complete reference to the authoritie~ quoted, all of which shall be sworn to. · Such applicati-on· shall then be referred to the Historian of the Society, and upon his report that he has found the pedigree papers to be correct,. '.and that the Historian General has appro'\"'ed the same, the-y- shall be referred to the Boartl of .-\.ssistants, who shall vote upon the same. Two negati'\"'e votes shall act as a rejE>ction of the applicant. In the event of the disappro¥al by the Committee on Membership of any appli cant, or the rejection of the applicant by the Board of Assistants, the entrance fee shall be retlirned- to the applicant. ARTICLE II Duties of the Go'\"'ernor It shall be- the duty of the Go'\"'ernor to preside at all meetings of the Society and the Board of Assistants and to perform such other duties as pertain to thP. chief officer of. an organization. ARTICLE III Duties of the Deputy Governor It shall be the duty· of the Deputy Go'\"'ernor to exercise all of the functions of the office of the Governor in the absence or the disability of tbe- Governor. - ARTICLE IV -Duties of· the Captain The captain shall act as marshal on all occasions of ceremony. 67 .ARTICLE V Duties of the El ARTICLE VI Duties of the Recording Secretary The Recording Secretary shall·· give d~e notice of all meetings of the Society and the Board of ..Assistants and keep a record of the proceedings of suc:h meeting. He shall notify new members of their election and keep a roll of the members of the Society. . .ARTICLE VII Dudes of the Corresponding Secretary The Corresponding Seeretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Society~ send out 11otiees. mail year books. l1ave charge of the seal and all d·ocuments belonging to the Society, and shall 1>erform suc:h. other duties as the Soei<•ty or the office may require. ARTICLE VIII Du ties of the Treasurer The Trea~ut"er shall ha,·e charge of all funds of the Society. He shall collect the fees ~nd d~ues and shall have charge of ail disbursements under the direction of the Board of ..Assistants. He shall keep an account of all receipts and disburse ments, shal_l r.epo~t the condition of the Treasury at the regular meetings of the Board of ..Assistants and shall make a detailed report at the April meeting of the Society. ARTICLE IX Duties of the Historian Historian shall examine and report upon all pedigree papers of applica~ts for membership. He shall keep a detailed record of all celebrations of the Societ~· anll shall file all documents, papers .and speeches. He shall keep a_ reeord of all certificates signed by him and do any other work assigned him by· the Board of Assistants. · ARTICLE X Duties of the- Surgeon The Surgeon shall have been duly admitted . to the practice of medicine and shall be under the order of the Governor and Board of Assistants. ARTICLE XI Board of Assistants The Board of Assistants shall have charge· and direction of the aff~irs of tlrn Society~ subject in 2.~! respe~ts. to such instructions .and limitations. as may from time to time be prescribed by the Society. They shall :fill _vacancies _among the officers for the balance of the term and shall appoint the following standing committees: Auditing, of three members. · Hospitality, of five members. Membership, of five members. Program, of three members. Publicity, of three members. Room and Property, of five-mem~t:s .. The chairman of each standing committee -sha-H -be a member of the Board of Assistants~ and.·the ·additional member m:a_y, be sel~~f) fro:µi ~h~ -members at largP... Each committee shall make a report through its c~airman at each ·regular meeting of the Board of ..Assistants. The l\iem·bership Coinmittee shall nieet at such time and place as may be designated by its chairman:.· And shall consider and act upon all preliminary applications an ARTICLE XII Order of Business The order of business of all stated meetings of the Society shall be: 1. Rcudi:n~ of min1.1tes. 2. Communic:ations. 3. Reports of officers. 4. Reports of committees. ~- Un.finish~cl business. 6. New bu~inc:-;s. 7. Election of officers (.April meeting) . •-\.RTICLE XIII Fees and Dues Sl'ction l. The entrance fee shall be five dollars ($;j.00), but two members of the same family may at the ARTICLE XIV ..\.mendments Amendments, alterations and additions may be made to these By-Laws in the i-:amc manner as proTided for amendments and cl1:rng-es in the Constitution of the Society. 69 INDEX Page Compact . 3 List of Passengers, 1620 4 Passengers f rem Whom Descent Has Been Proved 7 Our Heritage . 8 Why Mayflower Societies . 10 Greetings from Secretary General . 11 The Pilgrims in Verse . 13 G2neral Officers from Indiana . 15 Governors 17 Joseph Allen Min tt:rn A ward 34 Plymouth-2020 34 Mayflower Library . 35 Lineage Book 35 Officers of General Society . 37 State Offi.cers--1939-1940 33 Program-1940 . 39 State Offi.cers-1940-1941 . 40 Standing Committees . . 41 A.1 Program-1941 . I _, Treasurer's Report . . 44 Roster-I 939-1941 45 l\tlembership-1916-1941 49 Junior Membership . 60 In Memoriam 62 Dd::eased Members . 63 First Publication, 1916 64 General Information Concerning Society ., 64 General Order of Insignia . 65 Constitution ...... 66 By-Laws . 67