Sept 2020 Hotchkiss Family News Volume XV Issue 2 Lin Meeker, Editor HFA 2021 Reunion Plan to Attend Inside this issue: Hotchkiss Reunion Plans Hotchkiss Musical 3 Family Remain the Same for 2021 Plans are set. August 2021 will be the Hotchkiss Passings 2 138th aniversary of the Hotchkiss Family As- sociation. Don Hotchkiss has planned a won- Next Hotchkiss Book 2 derful event filled with interesting tours and Stats time for fun. Plan on attending our reunion on Amerin Hotchkiss 3 August 13,14 & 15, 2021 at Gettysburg, PA. vances, and encounters of the American Story The weekend will include tours of the mili- army and the British and Hessian army at tary cemetery where two Hotchkiss’ are bur- the Battles of Trenton and Princeton and ied, the Visitors Center, Gettysburg Cyclo- Coat-of Arms 4 lots more, check it out at rama, a battlefield tour with our own Hotch- https://www.amrevmuseum.org/visit Hotchkiss Cousins kiss Gettysburg expert, a ghost tour and an Eisenhower Home tour. Friday evening will Hope to see you all in Gettysburg! You can help! feature a ‘Welcome’ get together. During the You can assist the HFA in weekend we’ll see the reenactors camp with The Next Hotchkiss Book saving money by receiving ‘show and tell’, and a meal or two at historic the newsletter by email. taverns. We’ll have our evening program on Work on the next book has begun. Make no mistake, it is a long term project. If Here’s how it works: your Saturday. Sunday is a tour of the Eisenhower 2 editor sends an email to you Home. you descend from Samuel , Sarah, Daniel and Thomas you can contribute what you for the latest newsletter (2-3 Don has set up a block of rooms at The Inn know about your ancestors. You can yrly). It includes a brief at Herr Ridge with breakfast included. There download a pedigree chart at: overview of what the news- are other hotel/motels in the area as well. https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/wp- letter covers and a link di- Mark your calendar today and plan to make it content/uploads/Free-Charts-Templates/ rectly to the newsletter page a family affair; bring your children and grand- NGS-Basic-Pedigree-Ancestor- of our website. We do not children. Visiting historic sites helps us to share our mail list and send appreciate our history. A few additional ideas Chart_NGS_Final.pdf by blind copy. Please be for making the weekend into a memorable This is a a fillable chart so before you sure to update us with your vacation could include: Independence Hall begin entering information, save it to current email. If we have and the Liberty Bell in nearby Philadelphia, your computer. Then open and fill it in only your email, it would be about 2 ½ hours away. The new Museum of and save it with a name you’ll remember. helpful to also have a phone the American Revolution there is getting rave You can easily work on it a little at a # in case you change your reviews. Here are a couple of examples of time, save and reopen. You can mail a email and forget to update what you can see there. printed copy or email it to me. This chart us. You can send it to my is from the National Genealogical Socie- email: [email protected] Climb aboard a 45-foot replica ship and ex- ty. And/or you can send a family group perience the war at sea through the story of sheet, downloadable here: Your Ideas Welcome James Forten a 14 year-old free African https://www.archives.gov/files/research/genea American, who later became a prominent abo- Send the editor your com- logy/charts-forms/family-group-sheet.pdf ments, questions and ideas litionist and Philadelphia businessman. This chart is from the NARA, National See one of the most iconic surviving arti- for newsletter articles. Archives and is not fillable so you’ll Submit your own article. facts of the Revolution – General George need to print it and fill in by hand. See Washington’s War Tent, called the “rock star page two for more information about Your ideas are welcome! of the collection” by the New York Times. these forms and how they assist in pre- Write a short article, send Chart the action of the War on an interactive paring the book. Some stats about the a picture, or suggest an map that highlights the encampments, ad- book so far are on page two. idea today. Page 2 Hotchkiss Family News cialist in Italy and prison guard in Germany. He worked The Hotchkiss Family; Volume V... in pro- for Willamette Fiber & Chip Board and later for Champi- on Plywood. He was survived by his wife, Dona Town- gress send , daughters Eyvonne Utley and Nancy Weaver, Just to give you a brief update on the progress. I have brother Tom Townsend of Sweet Home, sister Ann Mou- been working on Samuel2 for years, so I have more ton of Eureka, Cal; three grandchildren, and nine great- info on him than the other three. I’ve been concentrat- grandchildren and one son Arthur Lee Townsend. Four ing on the other three: Sarah, Daniel & Thomas. brothers, a sister and grandson Dale Utley preceded him in death. There are 33 pages of names of descendants & spouses for Samuel—1584 names. Sarah is the most challeng- Dona M. Townsend 1928-2019 ing, only 154 descendants and spouses. Thomas, 25 Dona Mills Townsend, 91, of Lebanon, died 28 Oct 2019 pages of names —1200 names and Daniel, 16 pages of in Corvalis. She was born 13 Mar 1928 in Lacomb, OR, names—768 people. And there are 894 separate sur- the daughter of Claud and Mary Ann (Gaylord) Mills. names. She married Ray M. Townsend 8 June 1947 in Lebanon. They reside in Sodaville and Lebanon. Ray preceded her There are four books of family group sheets, each over in death on 2 Feb 2004. She was a homemaker, a mem- 1 inch thick, to be entered and researched to find de- ber of the Lebanon Garden Club, the Daffodil Society, scendants, plus cards and files. It begins with 12 boxes Lebanon Genealogy Club, the DAV Auxiliary & the of information, so there is a huge amount of infor- VFW Auxiliary. She is survived by daughters, Eyvonne mation yet to be entered. Just a bit about the addi- Utley and Nancy Weaver and sister, Betty McGown; tions…so far, we have Hotchkiss’ that founded towns three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was in Colorado, another branch that moved to Canada, a preceded in death by her son, Arthur Townsend & grand- Hotchkiss that was a master mechanic for the railroads son, Dale Utley. in Minnesota, Montana, and Alaska, early settlers in Michigan just to name a few. Ralph Hotchkiss 1928-2018 156-235-224 Once each name is entered, then the research begins to Ralph R. Hotchkiss (Bob) was born September 12, 1928 fill out the family with more information; sometimes in Pueblo County, Colorado to Arthur Lewis and Hazen from census information (1790-1940), birth, death, and D. Hotchkiss. He passed away on July 30, 2018 at the marriage information, etc. As you can tell, it is a long Union County Hospice in North Carolina. He was a re- term project. tired Navy veteran and watchmaker. He is survived by four step-children; Brandie Inouye of Mililani, Hawaii, Debbie Palumbo of Port St. Lucie, Florida, Kjel Nore of Hotchkiss Passings Duluth, Georgia and Roy Nore of Charlotte. Burial will Gale Eugene Hotchkiss 1954-2019 238-(10)32 be in Headrick Union Cemetery, Conemaugh, Pennsylva- Gale passed into the presence of his Lord on July 21, 2018. nia with his wife, Roydel and stepson, James who pre- He is laid to rest in White Tanks Cemetery, Litchfield Park, ceded him in death. Arizona. He was born 11 Sep 1954 in Boone, Iowa to Matt and Velva (Berglund) Hotchkiss. Gale grew up in Stratford, David P. Sunderville 137-72(10)-17 Iowa and graduated from Stratford HS. In 1972. He attend- ed Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. David P. Sunderville, East Rochester– Entered into rest He was employed by Dymle Construction of Jewel, Iowa, on July 16, 2019, at the age of 68. Predeceased by his Arrow-Acme of Webster City and others. Gale had a won- father, Donald Sunderville; father-in-law, Donald Spran- derful sense of humor and a kind and gentle spirit. He was kle, and cousins, Barb & Bev. Survived by loving his an avid reader, enjoyed watching sports and discussing poli- wife of 42 years, Bonnie Sunderville; children, Taryn tics. He is survived by his sister Barbara & brother Daniel Sunderville and Adam (Christie) Sunderville; grandchil- both of Virginia MN, sister Cathy (Russ) Simpson of Strat- dren, Jonas, Own and Justin; his mother, Loretta Soretta ford, IA, a niece Madison Simpson and many extended Sunderville, mother-in-law, Mary Lou Sprankle; twin family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents. brother Bruce (Vita) Sunderville, sister, Donna (Bob) Taylor; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Jim (Shirley) Ray Morris Townsend 1918-2004 Sprankle, Mary (Scott) Spring, Don Sprankle, Donna (Mark Rector) Sprankle, and Jeanne (Scott) Rumpf and Ray M Townsend, 85, of Lebanon died 2 Feb 2004 at his many nieces, nephews , cousin and dear friends. home. Born on 14 Dec 1918 in Harris Kansas the son of Henry William and Mabel A (Scharff) Townsend. He served in the U.S.