REGISTER !9 »^ \ «««<^ .3 Book.. W 4- 7 ^ PUi;SEN'Tlil) BY ,<*" i)^ ^'1 i r J. Kennedy Stout PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY 1899-1900 REGISTER OV THE Washington Society Sons of the American Revolution 1895-1900 PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY, AND CON- TAINING BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE NA- TIONAL SOCIETY AND STATE SOCIETY, AND A LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE SOCIETY, TOGETHER WITH THE NAMES AND SERVICES OF THEIR REVOLU- TIONARY ANCESTORS. .W4T Publication Committee KivL S. Smith, Registrar Chari.es S. Gi,eason, Secretary William F. Babcock, Historian LowMAN & Hanford, Printers, Seattle, Wash. «ia. IT 'J ' CONTENTS Page The National Society — Introduction v Origin of the Society and Why There Are Two Societies __ viii Movements Toward Union xiv History of the National Society xxv OflScers of the National Society xxxii Constitution of the National Society xxxviii The Washington Society — Organization and History xlvii Suggestions for Proving Eligibility Ivi Ofl&cers of the Society . lix Constitution and By-Iyaws Ixii Spokane Chapter No. i Ixviii Seattle Chapter No. 2 Ixix Alexander Hamilton Chapter (Tacoma) No. 3 Ixxiv Necrology Ixxix Roll of Members, Washington Society i Index of Ancestors 95 Index of Members 97 Family Record 99 Generous men, exalted patriots, immortal statesmen ! For your deep moral and social affection, for your elevated self-devotion, your bold daring, the multiplying millions of your posterity, as they spread backward to the lakes, and from the lakes to the mountains, and from the mountains to the western waters, shall, in all future time, come up to the temple of the Most High, with song and anthem and thanksgiving, with cheerful symphonies and hallelujahs, to repeat your names; to look steadfastly on the brightness of your glory; to trace its spreading rays to the points from which they emanate; and to seek in your character and conduct a practical illustration of public duty in every occurring social exigency. JOSIAH QUINCY. HE PATRIOTIC Americans of the Nine- teenth Century owe an apology to the world for neglecting so loug to gather up the minor facts of the Revolution and do honor to the individual patriots of 1776. Three-quarters of the century had passed away before there was made any organized movement to perpetuate the memories of individual members of that grand, but irregular, band of patriots who had dared to brave the fury and strength of a tyrannical king, and who by their resistance, their devotion, and their extreme self- sacrifice, annulled the authority of that king in this land, and made possible the erection of a government best suited to the needs of an independent, enlightened people. At first thought it seems strange that so long a time elapsed before any eflfort was made to compile the records of the Revolution- ary soldiers, and stranger still that families had taken so little care to preserve in unmistakable form the names and services of their individual ancestors; but when we come to study the conditions more closely, the reasons are apparent. The patriots of the Revolution were, for the most part, men of small means, the wealthier class having, almost in a body, remained loyal to the crown; and the close of the war found those j^.atriots poorer still, for, during the struggle, the lead- ing cities had been much of the time in the hands of the enemy, trade and agriculture had been neglected, and the soldiers had been paid, when at all, in a scrip which at the IDasl^tngton Soctetg time was wortli but little and which did not attain face value until it had passed out of their hands. In fact the soldiers' pay had scarce sufficed to keep shoes upon their feet. The war left the soldiers poor, and with them it was a struggle during the rest of their lives to provide even to an insufficient extent for their families. Many of them with ox-teams turned their faces toward western New York, or to the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky, or to the wilder- ness of Ohio, and there they, and in most cases two genera- tions of their descendants, labored to hew homes from the forest, and gain, if possible, in addition to their political inde- pendence, a financial one. Under such conditions the Revo- lutionary soldier found no time to make a record of his past; he pointed to the flintlock upon the wall of his loghouse and told its story to his children. But why did they need to record it? Did they not have him to tell it? They were familiar with the " broken soldier " who, "Kindly bade to stay, Sat by the fire and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. ' ' Was not this more interesting than any written account? A half century passed away and with it most of the participants in the struggle, and their Revolutionary services, unrecorded as to details, began to pass into tradition. At this time some common movement to compile the individual history would possibly have occurred had not the thoughts of the people been turned to sectional differences, which were intensified year by year and finally culminated in another strife, which demanded all of the attention of all Americans. By the time this later and greater struggle had ended and the first bitter enmities had given way to a deep, thankful, restful feeling of restored nationality, a full hundred years had elapsed since the birth of our Nation. The last Revolution- ary soldier had gone, and the battlesmoke of three great intervening wars had bedimmed the traditions of that first vi Sons of tt^e Qmmcan Kecolution common cause. The biographer and the historian had recorded the deeds of the leaders and the campaigns of the armies en masse, but the story of the suffering and sacrifices of the private soldier was unwritten except as it was con- tained in the yellowed muster rolls, pay rolls and pension records, hidden away in the archives of the Nation and the original states and the libraries of historical societies, and inaccessible to his descendants. Even his name was fre- quently a matter of dispute among his grandchildren of the third or fourth generation. The Americans of 1876 began to hunt out and treasure all that could be found touching the doings of their honored ancestors. The Centennial at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, provided just the stimulus needed, and the years since that great patriotic expo.sition have proved a record-searching, attic-rummaging, chest-delving quarter century. We may say with truth that in this quarter century has been a revival of Americanism, used in no partisan or anti- alien sense, beginning with the celebration in 1875, when President Grant planted a beautiful young tree on I^exington Common, a sort of liberty tree monument to the memory of the past. The next year came the Centennial at Philadelphia, the most elaborate of all, and then followed a long list of hundredth anniversaries, commemorating the Evacuation of New York, the Surrender of Yorktown, the Inauguration of Washington, etc., until the list closes with our recent general commemoration, on December 14, 1899, of the death of him who was "First in the hearts of his countrymen." Co-inci- dent with these earlier celebrations we find the birth of the hereditary patriotic societies, the first of which appeared upon the Pacific Coast far from the hallowed ground. The time was ripe for the work which such societies could do, and dozens of them were formed, of "sons," and "daughters," and "children," of the Revolution, of other wars, and of colonial times. The amount of good they have accomplished can only be appreciated to its full extent by the historian, Vll IDasl^ington Society whose duty it is to rescue truth from oblivion and transform tradition into history. One of the good results of this renaissance of American- ism was the widespread interest in ancestry which it aroused. And so readily did the people take up this work that it is not strange that observing visitors formed the opinion that Amer- icans spent an undue amount of time searching for the names and deeds of their ancestors. But there was need for it; we had neglected to keep records; the westward movement had separated families; the keeping of the family record in the family Bible was becoming obsolete; and we at last realized that in the rush and hurry of our lives we were actually forgetting family history, and were unable to answer the pertinent genealogical questions which the rising generations were asking. To quote from the Register of the Empire State Society Origin of the So- Sons of the American Revolution for 1899, ciety and why there edited by compatriot Edward Hagaman are two Societies. Hall of New York City — "Foremost among these modern patriotic societies are two, based on Revolutionary descent, having a common origin, and now possessing nearly identical purposes and qualifications of membership, namely, the Society of the Sons of the American Revoi,ution, and the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Of these two organizations the Society op the Sons of the American Revolution is the larger and more influential body, with a distinguished mem- bership which includes the President of the United States, William McKinley; the Commanding General of the Army, Nelson A. Miles; the Admiral of the Navy, George Dewey; Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, David J. Brewer; the United States Ambassador to France, Horace Porter; the late United States Ambassador to Spain, Stewart L- Woodford; ex- Vice-President Levi P. Morton; the presi- dent pro tempore of the United States Senate, William P. Frye; United States Senators, Chauncy M. Depew, John W viii Sons of tl]e Ctmertcan Het)oIutton Daniel, Marcus A. Hanna, Cushmau K. Davis, Henry C. Lodge, Orville H. Piatt, and Redfield Proctor ; the governor of the State of New York, Theodore Roosevelt ; Assistant Secretary of State, David Jayne Hill; General Simon B. Buckner, General Frederick D. Grant, General A. W. Greeley, General Charles King, General Thomas M. Anderson, Gen- eral William R. Shafter, General J. C. Breckinridge, General Joseph Wheeler, and many other representative citizens in official and civil life. On May i, 1899, the organization con- sisted of forty different societies in the United States, Hawaii, and France, with the following active membership : Arizona 20 Arkansas 31 California 333 Colorado 99 Connecticut 1018 Delaware 32 Dist. of Columbia 391 Florida 35 France 15 Hawaii 72 Kansas 155 Kentucky 106 Louisiana 44 Maine 357 The origin of the Society of the; Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, and the causes of the existence of two societies with similar names cannot be better given than by quoting almost verbatim from a paper written by compatriot Henry Hall of New York City (formerly Historian General) and officially adopted by the National Society Sons of THE American Revolution. The Society of the Cincinnati, formed in 1783, was the first, and for nearly one hundred years the only society of men whose membership was derived from the American Revo- lution. From the nature of its constitution it has always been a small society, and has grown smaller with time. It takes little part in public affairs, and is virtually a delightful social Maryland .. 167 Utah . 52 Massachusetts. . ..1375 Vermont . 290 Michigan . . 328 Virginia . 102 Minnesota .. 417 Washington .... . 120 Missouri .. 200 Illinois . 520 Montana. 28 Indiana Iowa 160 New York ..1159 . 125 Ohio .. 379 Nebraska . 74 Oregon .. 147 New Hampshire . 282 Pennsylvania . . .. 155 New Jersey . 395 Rhode Island . . . . 234 West Virginia. . . . 15 South Dakota. . . . 20 Wisconsin . 187 Tennessee .. 17 Texas .. 25 Total .9681 IK lDasl]ington Society club, or collection of social clubs, one of whose public services has been to keep alive among its own members and their immediate relations a strong interest in pedigree and in the American Revolution. The first of the modern patriotic societies was known as "Sons of Revolutionary Sires," and, strangely, was formed on the Pacific Coast, three thousand miles from the ground made historic and hallowed by the struggle for American independence. It was agreed upon and instituted October 22, 1875, at the office of Dr. John L,. Cogswell, on Kearney street in the city of San Francisco, California, where about ten men held a meeting, by invitation of Doctor Cogswell, and resolved to form a society to be composed exclusively of lineal descend- ants from the heroes and statesmen of the American Revolu- tion. On the following 4th of July there was a public procession in San Francisco, and about forty of the eighty members of the new society paraded in the procession, thirteen of them bearing shields emblematic of the thirteen original States. The society elected officers that same day, and there- after, for years, held many public meetings of a patriotic and literary character, whose proceedings were reported in the newspapers and reprinted in what the society called ' ' bul- letins," and in the latter form widely distributed. At that original meeting of October 22, 1875, ^r. Edwin Sherman, of Nevada, who was present, suggested that the proposed societ}^ should be made a national one, not local ; and accord- ingly when, in 1876, the California Society adopted a consti- tution, it provided for "auxiliary" branches, co-equal societies, and a national representative body. That word "auxiliary" cropped out afterwards in the East in a most unexpected manner. This constitution of the first society of descendants of the American Revolution ever formed since the Revolution itself, possesses genuine historic value, and has many unique features. Copies were sent out all over the United States. And this California society is, in fact, the pioneer, and led to the formation of all the modern hereditary patriotic societies. X Sons of tl]c Ctmertcan Her»oIutton Some of these little books, with the circulars and bulletins of the California Society, were sent year after year to residents of New York City. The California movement excited interest in the East; but California was three thousand miles away and had never even been heard of at the time of the American Revolution, and there were those who felt that societies of this class could not be formed in the Kast as the children of a society in California. In 1883, however, a few men in New York City met and organized an independent society there, called ' ' Sons of the Revolution." Thus the seed planted by California had sprouted at last in the metropolis. The new society was small in membership, and at first intended to be purely local. But finally it also adopted a constitution, providing that societies might be formed in other States, each of which should be an ' ' auxiliary branch. ' ' That expression, ' ' auxilary branch, ' ' adopted from the California Society's constitution, was an error of judgment, now at last confessed, but long persisted in. It was that word "auxiliary," and that alone, which led to the creation of two sets of societies. A Society of Sons of the Revolution was organized in Philadelphia in 1888, although refusing to be "auxiliary " to New York, This movement of 1883 awoke fresh interest in the subject of patriotic societies in the East; but the word " auxiliary " prevented gentlemen in New England and others of the orig- inal thirteen States from organizing societies of their own. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other States each supplied far more men for the American Revolution than New York. A natural pride prevented those states from being ' ' auxiliary ' ' to New York. For about five years, therefore, these two societies in the East and the pioneer society in California were all there were of these modern societies. In 1888, a few New Jersey members of the New York Sons of the Revolution proposed to form a New Jersey society. The New York Sons told them they would be recognized only xi tOasl^mgton Society as an "auxiliary" society, and not otherwise, and, further, that they would better join either the New York or Philadel- phia Society anyhow, and not have one of their own. These patriotic and enterprising Jerseymen then went to work. In the spring of 1889 they organized, by correspondence and personal visits, State Societies of Sons of the Revolution in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. They then called a convention of them all, to meet in New York City, April 30, 1889, the day of the great celebration of the looth anniversary of Washington's inaugu- ration. The object was to organize a national society — mark the name — of Sons of the Revolution, in which each State Society should be a co-equal sister organization, and none of them "auxiliary" to any other. They never dreamed of forming a new organization. Their whole purpose was to bring the influence to bear, to induce New York to repeal the "auxiliary " article in her constitution. If, when the New Yorkers heard of this movement, they had promptly met and repealed the " auxiliary " article, there never would have been two sets of societies. No one wanted two sets of societies; no one thought of it. But what did the New Yorkers do ? They actually met and adopted a new con- stitution, in which the "auxiliary" article was made longer, more explicit, and more binding, thus ignoring the patriotic sentiment and natural pride of every sister state, and declaring war upon any movement having for its object the co-equality of the different State Societies. By making all the other States "auxiliary" to New York, the annual election of national ofl&cers would have to be held in New York, and would always have been controlled by the local members. To the National Convention referred to, every existing Society was invited, and delegates attended from thirteen out of the twenty, including the original one in California, with persons present from New York and Pennsylvania. The xii Sons of tl^c Gmertcan Her»oIution convention met at Fraunces' Tavern, April 30, 1S89. There the Pennsylvania delegates took the floor and urged that all the other Societies should become " auxiliary " to New York. This was debated for a long time. Pennsylvania was asked if her Society was "auxiliary" to New York. She replied, " No.'' The convention then refused point blank to agree to the "auxiliary" relation to New York. Not one state in that whole convention would agree to that proposition. The New Yorkers refused, for their part, to recognize the others as "sister" Societies, and both Pennsylvania and New York took no further part in the proceedings. The question, what should be done, then arose. The convention was there, in actual session, acting in behalf of eighteen states, including the original Society in California. The delegates felt deeply the injustice of an attempt to impose an un-American style of organization upon a Society which should be pre-eminently American in all its sentiments, objects and framework, and especially to try to control in this manner a movement which New York had not even originated. After discussion, before adjournment, the convention organized as a National Society, taking the name of " Sons op the American Revolution." Our national organization thus began its existence with eighteen State Societies, while the "Sons of the Revolution " had only two; and every one of the eighteen soon thereafter adopted the title Sons of the American Revolution. Now after ten years from the organization of the National Society its membership may well contemplate with pride its progress. It has, by its enterprise, public spirit, and incessant activity, so stimulated patriotic sentiment that now the United States is thronged with a multitude of patriotic societies. Our progress has been due to the fact that at the very beginning our society was organized upon the broad American principle of constituting one National Society, divided for convenience into co-equal, sister-State Societies, and the latter subdivided to some extent into local branches or chapters; and the further fact that the Sons of the American Revolution was the xiii IPasl^ington Society especial society that admitted no man to membership unless he was a lineal descendant of a patriot of the American Revolu- tion. The wisdom of these provisions has been so apparent that the Sons of the Revolution have, since the events of 1889, repealed the "auxiliary" article in their constitution, and still later have abolished their long- cherished provision for admission by collateral descent. It has been on account of our strict requirement for membership, and because of the thorough Americanism of our organization and the public spirit of our members, that an exceedingly large number of men of high social position and national reputation have joined our society in all parts of the country. The very rigid and excellent application blank, now used by all the different Societies of Sons and Daughters, originated with us, and has been adopted on its merits by all of them. If there is rivalry, because there are two sets of Societies, the influence is healthful, because it is leading us all to greater undertakings than would have been possible without the spice of what, it is hoped, is a generous and friendly emulation in achieving a larger number of inspir- ing works for the glory and welfare of our common country. A movement for the union of the Nationai< Society of THE Sons of the American Revolution and the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution began ovemen s owar ygj-y soon after the formation of the Na- Union. ■' ^ ^ TioNAL Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1889; but the overtures of the National OfiEcers of the Sons of the American Revolution were not cordially reciprocated by those of the other Society, and little progress toward union was made for three years. The agitation of the subject, however, set in operation in the Society of the Sons of the Revolution influences favorable to an amalgamation, one of the fruits of which was the abolition of the ' ' auxiliary ' ' clause in their constitution which had been the bone of so much contention, and the adoption of a form of organization based more nearly on the representative American idea. About this time, several of the larger and xiv Sons of tl^e Ctmencan Hccolutton more influential State Societies of the Sons op the American Revolution received invitations from Societies of the Sons of the Revolution in New York and elsewhere to join their General Society. Our Societies, so invited, feeling that as State Societies they could not, in good faith with their asso- ciates, accept such invitations, replied that they could unite with the Society of the Sons of the Revolution only under a union of both General Societies, upon terms mutually to be agreed upon. At length, after receiving distinct assurances, privately but repeatedly, that such a movement was actually desired by the Sons of the Revolution, the Connecticut del- egates to the Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution held in New York City, April 30, 1892, intro- duced the following resolution, which was adopted without dissent: Whereas, There now exists in several States of the Union, Soci- eties of the Sons of the Revolution and Societies of The Sons of the American Revoi,ution; and Whereas, The purposes and objects of these Societies are identi- cal and their interests mutual; therefore Resolved, That this organization hereby appoints Jonathan Trum- bull of Connecticut, together with the Presidents of the State Societies of this organization in those states where both organizations exist, as a committee to consider union; and the Sons of the Revolution are hereby cordially and earnestly invited to appoint a similarly constituted com- mittee of an equal number, in the sincere belief that by such a conference all difl&culties may be overcome and a fraternal union of both organiza- tions will be the happy result. A copy of the foregoing resolution was transmitted to the Sons of the Revolution, with the result that they took similar action. During the ensuing nine months the committees appointed by the two Societies held frequent meetings, sepa- rately and jointly, and at last agreed to a report which was submitted to the respective Societies at general conventions held simultaneously in different rooms in the Mutual I^ife Building, New York City, February 16, 1893. At this time the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution existed in over thirty states and numbered nearly 4000 mem- XV iPasl^tngton Society bers, while the Society of Sons of the Revolution existed in ten states with a membership stated to be 2364. The plan submitted proved far from satisfactory to the larger Society, the Sons of the; Amkrican Revolution, for it (i) surren- dered our name for that of the Sons of the Revolution; (2) gave up our colors for theirs; (3) abandoned our seal for theirs; and (4) proposed a Constitution composed largely of verbatim provisions from theirs and containing many objectionable features. Among the latter was the provision admitting mem- bers by collateral descent. The Sons of the American Revolution prided themselves especially upon their exclu- sion of "collaterals," and the incorporation in the proposed Constitution of the ' ' collateral ' ' provision of the Sons of the Revolution was regarded as a lowering of the standard of eligibility, to which the "American" Sons were extremely reluctant to accede. Nevertheless, so earnest was the desire of the S. A. R. Congress to effect a union, that the delegates reluctantly yielded their preferences and unanimously adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Report be accepted and its recommendations adopted, and that when we adjourn it be to meet in joint session with the Sons of the Revolution to carry into effect the recommendations of said Report, and perfect the union of the two Societies. Provided, that we reserve the right of every individual member of either body to offer any amendments which he may think pioper, to the plan of union or the Constitution, for the consideration of the joint meeting of the two societies. This action was announced to the Congress of the Sons of the Revolution with the result that, after the midday recess, the Sons of the Revolution sent to the Sons of the American Revolution a delegation, headed by Fredk. S. Tallmadge, President of their New York State Society. Mr. Tallmadge addressed the Sons of the American Revolution, rehears- ing the efforts of the joint committee to propose a satisfactory report, stating that "every ground was gone over," and con- tinuing: " This meeting, as we understand it, is to adopt or reject that Report and that Constitution, and if there is anything imperfect about it that xvi Sons of tl^c Ctmertcan Het?oIution needs amendment, let it be made at some future time. But when we are just on the eve of uniting under the same roof, with our hearts beating almost as one, don't let us, for a trifling objection, leave and p irt tonight, perhaps to meet no more." He theu announced that the Sons of the Revolution had adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That we recommend the union of the Sons of the Revo- lution and the Sons of thb American Revoi^ution, and the adoption of the Constitution proposed by the committees of said Societies by the Report received at this meeting. And concluded as follows: " We desire, as it is toward the close of the afternoon, that you will pass a resolution similar to that, and that my friends who are here (for I am proud to call them such) will simply say, Away with debate ! Away with amendments ! Let the future take care of itself. Let us unite with one name and one country." Upon the withdrawal of the delegation of the Sons of the Revolution, the President General of the Sons op th^ Amer- ican Revolution, General Horace Porter, delivered with great dignit5^ earnestness and force, a strong appeal to his compatriots to exercise patience and self-sacrifice, and accept the proposed basis of union. Some further discussion ensued, resulting in the adoption verbatim by the S. A. R. of the resolution reported by Mr. Tallmadge as adopted by the Sons of the Revolution, to-wit: Resolved, That we recommend the union of the Sons of the Revo- lution and the Sons oe the American Revolution, and the adoption of the Constitution proposed by the Committees of said Societies by the Report received at this meeting. This action was communicated to the Sons of the Revo- lution, who informed the Committee conveying the resolution that they would be down stairs in a few moments for the joint Congress. After an interval of an hour and a half, several Sons of the Revolution appeared at the door of the Sons op the American Revoi^ution, and the latter rose to their feet and began to applaud. The Sons of the Revolution, however, xvii tDa5l]tngton Society proved not to be the whole Congress coming for the purpose of union upon the terms now mutually agreed upon, but a committee conveying an entirely new proposition. The pro- position of the Sons of the Revolution was that each General Society appoint a committee of two members, with power to select a fifth person who should belong to neither society, who should examine the membership credentials of both Societies and should erase from the list of membership in each of the Societies the name of any member, from whose credentials and application it appeared he was not entitled to membership under the requirements of Article III of the Constitution just adopted. As soon as the revised membership list had been certified to the Presidents- General of the two Societies, they were to call a joint meeting of the Societies for the adoption of the Constitution (which had already been adopted), and for the election of ofiicers;and "said Constitution, if approved at such meeting, together with the proceedings of this con- ference or meeting, shall be submitted for final ratification to the various State Societies." The astonishment of Thk Sons op the American Revo- lution at this new proposition was apparent in the absolute silence with which the remarks of the spokesman were received. The Sons of the American Revolution had no objection to the scrutiny of their membership papers, as they regarded their membership credentials, based on lineal descent, superior to those of the other Society; but they considered the proposal a violation of the agreement just adopted by both Societies which provided that in order " that this proposed union may be made effectual " the respective National Societies should, on February i6, 1893, P^ss a resolution recommend- ing union and adopt the proposed constitution (as had been done), and at "a joint meeting immediately thereafter of the two General Societies, [should occur] the adoption of the new Constitution and election of officers to serve until the last Wed- nesday of April, 1S94, or until their successors are elected." The departure from the terms of the agreement was considered xviii Sons of tl?e Gmerican Hcoolution the wider in view of statements made earlier in the day by Mr. Tallmadge of the Sons of the Revohition to Thk Sons of the American Revolution that " every ground was gone over " and his earnest plea, ' 'Away with amendments, ' ' etc. After the S. A. R. had yielded reluctantly to this plea and repressed their desired amendments, the Sons of the Revolution appeared with a radical amendment of their own. The proceedings of the Congress of the S. A. R. after the withdrawal of the Committee of the Sons of the Revolution were brief. After a few remarks, making clear the position of the Society, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we disapprove of the motion as not pertinent to paragraph 4 [above quoted] of the Report of the Committee, and we request the other Society now to unite with us and to adopt the Constitu- tion in accordance with that paragraph. This action was communicated to the Sons of the Revolu- tion, who stood by their new proposition as unanimously as The Sons of the American Revolution had rejected it; upon learning which. The Sons of the American Revolu- tion adjourned sine die. The failure of the Congresses of 1893 to unite, did not, however, put an end to the movement. The cordial relations existing between individual members and individual State Societies of the two General Societies gave evidence of the hearty sentiment still existing in favor of an amalgamation, and the belief entertained by The Sons of the American Revolution, that the action of the Congress of the Sons of the Revolution on February 16, 1893 did not represent the prevailing sentiment of that Society, led them the more readily to forget the irritating incidents of the late unsuccess- ful effort. During the next three years the mutual disposition for union increased and on April 20, 1896, the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, at its triennial meeting at Savan- nah, Ga., adopted resolutions extending a fraternal invitation to The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to unite with them in a single society. xix IPasI]tngton Society This was cordially met by the National Congress of THE Sons of the American Revolution assembled at Richmond, Va., by the adoption on April 30, 1896, of resolu- tions setting forth the ' ' strong, sincere" desire of the Congress "for a consolidation of the two Societies into a single Society, upon a well-considered basis of union;" offering to "submit the membership rolls, and the orginal credentials, on which membership has been granted, for fresh examination, to a com- petent and disinterested committee;" pledging the Society "to erase from its rolls of membership the names of all persons, indicated by said committee as not having indubitable proof of lineal descent" from a Revolutionary ancestor; empowering the General Officers ' ' to appoint a committee of able, compe- tent and disinterested men, who shall confer with a like com- mittee "appointed by the Sons of the Revolution to agree upon a basis for the union of the two Societies ' ' which should be transmitted to the respective State Societies for approval, and "when a majorit}^ of the State Societies of each organiza- tion shall have approved the same," a "special Congress of the United Societies" shall be elected "to form a national organization; and pledging "The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, heartily and sincerely to labor for the removal of every possible cause of disagree- ment between the two Societies, and to effect a satisfactory union at the earliest possible date." This action was followed by an exchange of correspond- ence between the General Officers of the two Societies. On May 9, 1896, The Sons of the American Revolution communicated their resolutions to the other society. On May 25, 1896, the Sons of the Revolution wrote that they were pre- pared to appoint a committee to examine credentials, and that after the membership rolls had been revised they were prepared to unite in a call for a Congress of the two Societies for union on the basis ' ' of the Constitution agreed upon by both Societies, February 16, 1893, as amended by the General Society Sons of the Revolution at its triennial meeting in Savannah, on April XX Sons of tl^e Ctmerican HcDoIution 20, 1896." This amendment by the Sons of the Revolution consisted of the elimination of the provision for membership by collateral descent. On May 29, 1896, Thk Sons of the American Revo- lution replied, inviting the General Officers of the other Society to meet their National Officers at the Waldorf Hotel, at 3:30 p. m,, June 3, for the purpose of selecting by mutual agreement a committee on membership credentials; promising to strike from their rolls the names of any members found dis- qualified for membership; and calling attention to the omission of the Sons of the Revolution to respond to the proposition for a joint committee on basis of union. The Sons of the American Revolution said that the basis agreed upon in 1893 was unsatisfactory in view of existing knowledge and conditions, and cited the important amendment proposed by the Sons of the Revolution as a precedent for further modification in the line of improvement. On June 3, 1896, at 3:30 p. m. the National Officers of the Sons of the American Revo- lution assembled at the Waldorf Hotel to meet the General Officers of the other Society, but none appeared. On June- 8, 1896, the Sons of the Revolution wrote that they had no power to appoint a committee on basis of union; that they considered the basis "concluded by the terms of the agreement adopted in 1893," although they insisted on their amendment, adopted April 20, 1896. On July 28, 1896, The Sons of the American Revolu- tion wrote, calling attention to numerous defects in the basis of union and proposed Constitution of 1893, and asking whether, if the Sons of the Revolution declined to appoint a conference committee to prepare a new basis of union, they desired to proceed with the work of scrutinizing the creden- tials of the members in both Societies to the end that one point of dispute might be eliminated, and the organizations brought that much nearer union. Upon August II, 1896, the Sons of the Revolution wrote that they considered the request of The Sons of the American 2 xxi IDasl^tngton Society RiIvoLUTioN for a joint committee on basis of union, a rejec- tion of their invitation; that they had no authority to appoint such a committee; and that, as the examination of credentials could be of value only in case of prospective union, they could not appreciate the importance of the appointment of such a committee, unless they were assured that The Sons of the American Revolution would act on the lines of their invi- tation. On September 21, 1896, The Sons op the American Revolution replied, concluding as follows: "We understand that j'our Society, by correspondence and with- out the holding of a personal conference between your officers and ours, rejects all our propositions looking to bring about sucli action, and instead of co-operating -witli us with a view to forming a basis of union by mutual agreement, insists upon an absorption of our Society by yours, by taking your name, acting under your charter, and conducting the business under a constitution which has been shown in a previous letter to be seriously defective, obsolete, and practically impossible for both. We can only therefore, express our extreme regret that in spite of the earnest efforts made by this Society, both in 1893 and in rhe present year, the much desired negotiations for union have been brought to a standstill." Matters remained in statu quo until April 19, 1897, when the General Society Sons of the Revolution at its meeting in Philadelphia adopted resolutions, appointing a committe of five to act with a like committee which thej' requested should be appointed by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, "these two committees of five each to constitute together the above named joint committee of con- ference on basis of union, which shall consider the constitution and plan of union of 1893, and all proposed changes thereto, and come to an agreement, if possible, respecting a new gen- eral constitution, and a plan of union between the Societies. Each constituent committee of five shall report to its own gen- eral assembly the results of the conference, together with its own lecommcndations respecting them;" and appointing an adjoun.ed meeting of their assembly to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Octoberi2, 1897; and requesting the National Society OF THE Sons of the American Revolution to appoint a xxii Sons of tl?e Clmcrtcati Herolutton similar committee and to hold a meeting of its Congress in Cincinnati, Obio, on October 12, 1897, ^t which time the reports of the joint committee should be received by the respective bodies. At a meeting in Cleveland, April 30, 1897, the NaTionai, Society of the Sons of thk American Revolution, agreeable to the request of the other Society, appointed a com- mittee to agree upon a basis of union, and report to an adjourned Congress to be held in Cincinnati, October 12, 1897. The joint committee thus appointed worked assiduously during the next few months, and when the two national bodies met in different rooms in the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, October 12, 1897, the constituent committees presented to their repect- ive national bodies, and unanimously recommended the following BASIS OF UNION : " I, The members of the two National Societies unite in forming the National Society of the American Revolution by the adoption of the Constitution hereinafter following and the election of officers as pro- vided therein, at a meeting to be held jointly in the City of Cincinnati, October 12, 1897. ''2. The General Board of Managers shall designate Colors, Seal, and Insignia, and direct a rule or rules for wearing Insignia, and use of Colors "3. The Insignia of either or both existing Societies may be worn on ceremonial occasions with the Insignia of the Un ted Society or alone. "4 The State Societies of both existing Societies shall report the adoption of a Constitution in accordance with the new National Consti- tution, to the Secretary General, promptly on that action being taken, or united State organization effected. "5. The Treasurer General of each existing National Society shall turn over to the new Treasurer General, when he shall be duly qualified, all balances in their respective treasuries, taking his vouchers therefor. " 6. The Registrars General of the two existing Societies shall turn over all records and documents in their respective offices to the new Registrar General when he shall have been duly qualified, taking his voucher therefor, " 7. The Constitution recommended herein shall become operative by virtue of its ratification by the delegates of a majority of the States of each National Society, votirg at the joint meeting of the two National Societies contemplated." xxiii IDasl^ington Society The proposed Constitution of the Society of the American Revolution provided that every member of either National Society should be enrolled as a member of the new Society, that all members should be lineal descendants of Revo- lutionary patriots; and that the Constitution should take effect when ratified by a majority of the States of each National Society voting in joint meeting. The Congress of The Sons of the American Revolu- tion adopted the report of the Joint CommiUee unanimously without amendment. About 5:30 p. ra. a committee from the Sons of the Revolution appeared and reported that they had adopted the constituti The Constitution adopted at that time pro- vided that the National Society should consist of the presidents of the State Societies and delegates elected by such Societies in proportion to their respective membership. XXV IPasl^tngton Society During^ the succeeding year numerous meetings of the National Board of Managers were held and the work of organ- izing State Societies was carried on so energetically that at the first Annual Congress, held at Ivouisville, Ky., April 30, 1890, ten new Stale Societies were reported, making a total of twenty-eight, with an aggregate membership of 2500. At this Congress the Constitution was carefully revised. At the close of the session a banquet was given to the delegates by the Kentucky Society, at which Governor Simon B. Buckner presided. The second Annual Congress was held at Hartford, Conn., April 30, 1 891. At the opening of the Congress the delegates were welcomed by Governor Buckley, and at its close were tendered a banquet by their compatriots of the Connecticut Society. On April 30, 1892, the third Annual Congress meet in the Governor's room in the City Hall in New York City. Thirty State Societies were reported with a total membership of 3503. At the close of the Congress the Empire State Society enter- tained the delegates at a banquet at Delmonico's, at which Hon. Chauncy M. Depew presided. Early in 1893 the National Society received an invitation from the Illinois State Society to hold its Annual Congress and the first triennial Conclave of the general membership at Chicago, on June i6th and 17th. In accordance with the Constitution, on April 30th, a pro for ma session was held in New York City at the ofl&ce of Gen. Horace Porter, President General, and adjourned to meet at Chicago June i6th The Chicago session met in the Art Institute on the above date, and the reports received showed that the membership had increased to 4100. At the close of the session the Congress adjourned to become the guests of the Illinois Society at a banquet given at the Union lycague Club, at which Hon. Henry M. Shepard, President of the Illinois Society, presided. On the following day more than a thousand Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution gathered at the Music Hall on the xxvi Sons of tl^e Qrmvkan Het?o!ution Exposition grounds to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Gen. Horace Porter presided and delivered the initial address, followed by Hon. Chauncy M. Depew, of New Yt^rk, and William Wirt Henry of Virginia. The Assembly then adjourned to the Casino for luncheon. In the afternoon a spirited meeting was held by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the Woman's Building. The fifth Annual Congress was held in Washington, D. C, on April 30, 1894, and a general membership of 4592 was reported. During the noon recess the delegates went in a body to the White House where they were received by President Cleveland in the East Room. In the evening the delegates were entertained by the District of Columbia Society in the parlors of the Arlington Hotel. On May i, 1895, the sixth Annual Congress met in the Old South Meeting House in Boston, President General Horace Porter presidiiig. The reports showed that several new State Societies had been formed and a total membership of 5878 attained. In the evening a banquet was held at the Vendome, Edwin Shepard Barrett, President of the Massachusetts society, presiding. The following day was devoted to an excursion to the battle fields of Lexington and Concord. The City of Richmo'.id, Virginia, was the meeting place of the Seventh Annual Congress on April 30, 1896. President General Horace Porter presided. The Registrar General's report showed a total membership of 7783. In the evening a banquet was tendered by the Virginia Society at the Hotel Jefferson, William Wirt Henry, President of the Virginia Society, presiding. At the Eighth Annual Congress held April 30, 1897, at the Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, Ohio, Edwin S. Barrett, Vice-President General, presided. The membership at that time numbered 8996, divided among thirty-six State Societies and one Society in Hawaii. The Western Reserve Society tendered the delegates a banquet in the evening at the Ilollen- den Hotel, James M. Richardson, President of the Ohio Society, xxvii IPasl^ington Society presiding; and on the following day the Daughters of the American Revolution held a reception at the Colonial Club. The Ninth Annual Congress was held in Lafayette Rooms, adjoining Washington's headquarters at Morristown, N. J., April 30, 189S. Edwin Shepard Barrett, President General, presided. The reports showed a total membership of 9141, an average annual increase during nine years, after deducting losses, of 1020. A barquet was given by the New Jersey Society. On May ist and 2d, 1899, the Tenth Annual Congress met iu Philharmonic Hall, Detroit, Mich., Vice-President General, Franklin Murphy, presiding. Congratulations were cabled to Compatriot George Dewey. Reports showed a mem- bership of 9690. Ou Sunday evening, April 30, a church service was held at vvliich the Chaplain General, Rufus W. Clark, preached the sermon. On Monday afternoon a recep- tion was tendered by the Louisa St. Ciaire Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, at the Hotel Cadillac. In the evening the delegates were entertained in a delightful manner by the Michigan Society at the Hotel Cadillac. On Tuesday evening a banquet was lield at the Russell House at which Senator Thomas W. Palmer presided, and the following per- sons responded to toasts : Hon. Franklin Murphy. Secretary of War Alger. General Wesley Merritt. General Joseph E. Wheeler. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. General Horatio C. Kiug. General Joseph C. Breckinringe. Rev. Nehemiah Boynton. The foregoing is but a brief account of the Annual Con- gresses of The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. To give a detailed account of the patriotic work accomplished by the National Societ)' and the various State Societies is impossible. xxviii Sons of tl]e Ctmertcan Kecolutton The scope of its work is perhaps best indicated by the following extract from the address of the 1- ^ 1 • ^ J ^ President, Horace Porter, at the Annual has accomplisned. Congress, in Boston, May i, 1895: " This Society has made so much progress throughout its existence that you may pardon me for alluding to some of the salient objects which have been accomplished. "This Society secured from Congress a law under which the records of service in the Revolution in the Executive Departments in Washing- ton have been indexed and placed in a fireproof building in the Smith- sonian Institute. That is the very basis upon which we found the mem- bership of this Society, the thorough search made of those records giving an assurance that the credentials are ample for every compatriot that enters this organization. " It has secured from Congress a law authorizing oificers of the reg- ular Army and Navy, who are members, to wear the badge of this Society on ceremonial occasions. That has a deeper significance than you may suppose. In France and other European countries the laws do not authorize anyone to wear publicly any decoration or badge unless that is in some way authorized by the person's government, and we think that under this law, this Society will be the only one entitled to wear publicly then its badge, " Some time ago v> e secured from the New Hampshire Legislature, the construction and public dedication of the statue of that grand old hero, General John Stark. " It was this Society which originated the beautiful custom of Flag Day, setting aside June 14 as the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our National Ensign, for such celebrations. "It obtained f:omthe New York Legislature the passage of a law forbidding the display of foreign flags upon public buildings, unless the ofiicial representatives of a foreigi power are guests of a City or the State; and the Governor, who promptly signed that la v, is a member of this Order. " Its members promoted the construction and took the place of honor in the dedication of the great monument to the heroes of Ben- nington. " In 1892 it took the most prominent part in the Centennial celebra- tion of the laying of the corner stone of the National Capital, September 18, 1893, when William Wirt Henry, the grandson of the great Patrick Henry, was selected from this Society as the orator of the day. ' ' It has stimulated interest in the American Revolution by more XXIX It)asl]ington Society than two hundred public celebrations of anniversaries of important events. " It has preserved, as a permanent historical monument, the head- quarters of Jonathan Trumbull, old Brother Jonathan, in Connecticut. "It has initiated the movement to which we must give the entire credit to our honored Massachusetts Society, of the plan of marking the graves of the patriots of the American Revolution, with bronze and iron markers. "It has advocated the passage of a law by Congress forbidding the desecration of the national flag for advertising purposes, and has pro- moted the general display of flags on public schools " It has promoted historical research, by offering to each of a large cumber of American colleges, for annual competition by the students, a large and handsome silver medal for the best essay upon " The Principles Fought for in the War of the American Revolution," also to schools a silver medal, and a bronze medal to certain scholars. " It has saved by means of a law that has been passed in the New York Legislature, the desecration ot the old historic building known as the City Hall in New York City. " It has built an expen.ive monument at Dobbs' P"erry to commem- orate the spot where Washingiou and Rochambeau pb.ui'.ed the York- town campaign. ' It has presented National flags, portraits of Washington and prize medals to large numbers of schools and academies in different parts of the country. " It has contributed, by the energe-ic efforts of its members, to the appointment of April 19 as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, in place of the old Fast Day. " It has secured appropriations from the Legislature of Maryland and private individuals, for a splendid monument in Baltimore, to the men of the American Revohition, "These are only some of the steps which have been taken by this Society.'' The annual reports of the Registrar General show what the Society has accomplished in the way of gathering atid preserving the individual records of service o*^ the men of the American Revolution. Through its efforts the Government has compiled from the musters and pay rolls and re -ords found in the various departments, and so indexed as to render them readily accessible, the records of nearly 350,000 Revolutionary XXX Sons of tl^e Qmmcan Hcr»oIution soldiers. The splendid reference record has been supplemented by copies cf additional rolls in the possession of original States, and all will be printed as soon as the search for lost rolls is completed, making a magnificent printed memorial of the deeds of our ancestors du'iug those perilous days. This great work has been accomplished by the Record and Pen;->ion office of the War Department, and the record of any individ- ual soldif. r found there is freely and promptly given to appli- cants therefor by that office. Energy on the p.art of the National Government h.is inspired reijcwed energy by Stale officials, resulting in the discovery of mcst valuable records supposed to be irretrievably lest. Jn the State archives at Albany there have been brought to light oiigii.-al rolls contain- ing many thousand names, proving that New York furnished at least 43,633 .soldiers in the srrvice, and those names ) ave been printed in a qucrto volume issued by the State Comptrol- ler. In Mar3'land, likewise, many rolls have been discovered. Massachusetts is cow fngagfid in publishing a record in detail of the service of every Revolutionary soldier from that State. The archives of ihe Society in the Registrar Gemral's office are of very great genealogical and historical importance, con- sistl?]g a^ they do of over 12,000 application papers filed since the founding of the Society, for in those papers arc recorded the names of more than 50,000 of the children, j;rand children and great grand children to the present gen-: ration of nearly 20,000 of the active participants in the War of the Revolution from whom our members claim descent. Here, tco, the deeds of those soldiers apd patiio'.s are told in a more complete £nd graphic manner than in mu-^ter rolls or pay rolls, and many whose daring deeds were almost forgotten now live in the active memory of their descendants in this great American organization. XXXI IDasl^ington Soctetg List of National Officers. For the Years 1889 to 1899. General Officers Elected at New York, April 30, 1889. President General HON. WM. SEWARD WEBB Vice-President General for Alabama MAJOR G. B. WEST Vice President General for Arkansas COL. S. W. WILLIAMS Vice-President General for California COL. A. S. HUBBARD Vice-President General for Connecticut MAJ. J. C. KINNEY Vice-President General for Delaware A. J. WOODMAN Vice President General for Illinois BISHOP C. E. CHENEY Vice-President General for Indiana WM. E. E'^GLISH Vice-Presi.'ent General for Kentucky HON. S. B. BUCKNER Vice-President General for Maine HON. C. H. DENISON Vice-President General for Maryland .REV. JOHN G, MORRIS, D D. Vice-President General for Massachusetts HON. E. S. BARRETT Vice-President General for Michigan WM. H. BREARLEY Vice-President General for Minnesota HON. JOHN B. SANBORN Vice-President General for Missouri HON. D. R. FRANCIS Vice-President General for New Hampshire. . . .HON. H. K. SLAYTON Vice-President General for New Jersey HON. ROBT. S. GREEN Vice-President General for New York HON. WM, H. ARNOUX Vice-President General for Ohio HON. R. B. HAYES Vice-President General for Rhode Island HON. E. B. ANDREWS Vice-President General for South Carolina. . .HON. WADE PIAMPTON Vice-President General for Tennessee DR. D. C. KELLY Vice-President General for Vermont HON. W. P. DILLINGHAM Vice-President General for Virginia HON. FITZHUGH LEE Vice-President General for West Virginia HON. JOHN J. JACOB Vice-President General for Wisconsin HON. WM. D. HOARD Vice-President General for Dist. of Columbia. ADMIRAL D. D. PORTER Vice-President General for France EDMOND DE LAFAYETTE Secretary General LIEUT. J. C. CRESAP Assistant Secretary General CHAS. J. KING Assistant Secretary General WILSON L- GILL Assistant Secretary General WM. F. CREGAR Treasurer General JAMES OTIS Registrar General L. L. TARBELL Chaplain General REV. TIMOTHY D WIGHT xxxn Sons of tl^e Qmertcan Hecolution Generai, Officers Ei.ected at Louisvili^e. Ky., Aprii, 30, 1890. President General HON. WM. SEWARD WEBB Honorary Vice-President General DAVID D. PORTER Honorary Vice-President General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON Honorary Vice-President General EDWIN S. BARRETT Vice-President General HON. LUCIUS P. DEMING Vice-President Genera! GOV. SIMON P.. BUCKNER Vice-President General HON. WM. H. ARNOUX Vice-President General JOSIAH C. PUMPELLY Vice-President General DR. G. BROWNE GOODE Secretary General LIEUT. JAMES C. CRESAP, U. S. N. Treasurer General JAMES OTIS Registrar General LUTHER R. TARBELL Historian General V/M. FRANCIS CREGAR Surgeon General WM. THORNTON PARKER, M. D. Chaplain General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHE-SEY, D. D. General Officers EI.'^CTED at Hartford, Conn., Apr 11,30, 1891. President General HON. WM. SEWARD WEBB Active Vice-President General GEN, HORACE PORTER Active Vice-President General JO N'ATHAN TRUMBULL Active Vice-President General GEN. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON Active Vice-President General JUDGE ALBERT EDGERTON Active Vice-President General COL. CHAMPION S. CHASE Honorary Vice-President General, REAR ADMIRAL WORDE ^^ U.S.N. Honorary Vice-President General LUTHER L. TARBELL Honorary Vice-President General WM. WIRT HP:NRY Secretary General I.IEUT. JAS. C. CRESAP, U. S. N. Treasurer General JAMES OTIS Chaplain General RT. REV, CHAS E. CHENEY Registrar General DR. G. BROW.-.E GOODE Surgeon General DR. CHAS. E, BRIGGS Historian General HENRY HALL XXXUl IPasl^tngton Society Genkrai, Officers Eeected at I-^ewYork City, April 30, 1892. President General GEN. HORACE PORTER Vice-President General JON'ATHAN TRUMBULL Vice-President General GE.-!. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE Vice-President General HON. HENRY M. SHEPARD Vice-President General GE^J. T. S. PECK Vice-President General PAUL REVERE Honorary Vice-President General HON. CKAUNCEY M. DEPEW Honorary Vice-President Gei;eral HON. THOS. F. BAYARD Honorary Vice-President General GEN. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON Secretary General A HOWARD CLARK Registrar General iJR. G. BROWNE GOODE Historian General HENRY HALL Surgeon General DR. AURELIUS BOWEN Chaplain General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY, D. D. General Officers Elected at Chicago, III., June 16, 1893. President General GEN. HORACE PORTER Vice-President General HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW Vice-President General HON. HENRY M SHEPARD Vice President General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON Vice-President General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE Vice-President General HON. HENRY C. ROBINSON Secretary General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY Treasurer General CHAS. W. HASKlNS Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian General HENRY HALL Chaplain General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY General Officers Elected at Washington, D.C, April 30, 1894. President Gc neral GEN. HORACE PORTER Vice-President General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE Vice-President General COL. THOMAS M. ANDER.^ON, U. S. A. Vice-President General WM. RIDGELY GRIFFITH Vice-President General EDWIN S. BARRETT xxxiv Sons of tl?e American Heoolution Vice-President General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD Secretary General FRANKLIN MURPHY Treasurer General CHAS. W. HASKIN3 Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian Gneral HENR.Y HALL Chaplain General RT. RKV. CHAS. E. CHENEY Generai, Officers Elected at Boston, Mass , May i, 1895. President General GEN. HORACE PORTER Vice-President General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE Vice-President General COL. TKOS. M. ANDERSON, U. S. A. Vice- President General EDWIN S. BARRETT Vice-President General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD Vice-President General HON. CUSHMAN K. DAVIS Secretary General FRANKLIN MURPHY Treasurer General CHAS. W. HASKINS Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian General HENRY HALL Chaplain General RT. P.EV. CHAS. E. CHENEY Generai, Officers Ejected at Richmond, Va., Aprii, 30, 1896. President General GEN. HORACE PORTER Vice-President General COL. THOS. M. ANDERSON, U S. A. Vice-President General ED WI M S. BARRETT Vice-President Geaeral IlOlT. JOHN WHITEHEAD Vice-President General WM. RIDGELY GRIFFITH Vice-President General WM. WIRT HENRY Secretary General FRANKLIN MURPHY Treasurer General CHAS. W. HASKINS Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian General HENRY HALL Chaplain General RT, REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY XXXV IPasl]ington Society GeneraIv Officers Elected at Ci,evei,and, Ohio, ApriIv 30, 1897. President General EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT Vice-President General COL. THOS. M. ANDERSOV, U. S. A. Vice-President General HON. JOHN WHITEIiEAD Vice-President General HON. JAMES M. SICHARDSON Vice President General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS Vice-President General GEN. J. C BRECKINRIDGE Secretary General FRANKLIN MURPHY Treasurer General CKAS W. HASKINS Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian General HENRY HALL Chaplain General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY Generai, Officers Ei^ected at Morristown, N.J,, April 30, 1898. President General* EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT Vice-President General FRANKLIN MURPHY Vice-President General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, U. S. A. Vice-President General COL. THOS. M. ANDERSON, U. S. A. Vice-President General HON. JAMES. M. RICHARDSON Vice-President General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD Secretary General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS Treasurer General CHAS. W. HASKINS Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian General EDV/D. M. GALLAUDET Chaplain General REV. RUFUS W. CLARK *Died, Dec. 21, 1898. XXXVl Sons of tl]e Clmerican Heoolutton Generai. Officers Elected at Detroit, Mich., May i and 2, 1899. President General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY Vice-President General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, U. S. A. Vice-President General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD Vice-President General HON. THOMAS W. PALMER Vice-President General HOS. JONATHAN TRUMBULL Vice-President General HON. JAMES H. ANDERSON Secretary General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS Treasurer General C. W. HASKINS Registrar General A. HOWARD CLARK Historian General EDWARD M. GALLAUDET, LL. D. Chaplain General REV. RUFUS W. CLARK, D. D. xxxvu iPasl^tngton Society CONSTITUTION OP THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AHERICAN REVOLUTION ARTICLE L— Name. The name of this Society shall be "The Sons OF THE American Revolution." ARTICLE II.— Objects. The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the memory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the priuci])les of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as we'll as documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war; to foster true patriotism ; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution of our Country and the injunctions of Washington in his Farewell Address to the American people. ARTICLE III.— MEMBERSHIP. Section i. Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual ser- vice in the cause of American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Conti- nental, Provincial or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a civil officer, xxxviii Sons of tl^e Ctmerican Het?oIutton either of one of the Colonies or States or of the National Government; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain. Sec. 2. Applications for membership shall be made to any State Society, in duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by the General Board of Managers, and shall in each case set forth the name, occupation and residence of the applicant, line of descent, and the name, residence and services of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolution, from whom he derives eligibility. The applicant shall make oath that the statements of his application are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Upon the approval of an application by the State Society, to which it is made, one copy shall be transmitted to the Registrar General of the National Society, who shall examine further the eligibility of the applicant. If satisfied that the member is not eligible, he shall return the application for correction. And in case of such return the State Society shall, on failure to satisfy the Registrar General of the eligibility of such appli- cant, drop his name from membership. Sac. 3. The official designation of the members of The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution shall be "Compatriots." ARTICLE IV. — NATIONAI, AND STATE SOCIETIES. Section i. The National Society shall embrace all the members of the State Societies of The Sons of the American Revolution now exist- ing or which may hereafter be established under this Constitution. Sec. 2. Whenever in any State or Territory in which a State Society does not exist, or in which a State Society has become inactive or failed for two years to pay its annual dues to the National Society, fifteen or more persons duly qualified for membership in this Society may associate themselves as a State Society of The Sons of the American Revolution, and organize in accordance with this Constitution, they may be admitted by the General Board of Managers to the National Society as "The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution," and shall thereafter have exclusive local jurisdiction in the State or Territory or in the District in which they are organized, subject to the provisions of this Constitution; but this provision shall not be construed so as to exclude the admission of members living in other States. Sec. 3. Each State Society shall judge of the qualifications of its members and of those proposed for membership, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, and shall regulate all matters pertaining to its own afi"airs. It shall have authority to establish local chapters within its own jurisdiction and to endow the chapters with such power as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with this Constitution. It shall have authority, after due notice and impartial trial, to expel any member who, by xxxix IPasl^tngton Society conduct unbecoming a gentleman, shall render himself unworthy to remain a member of the Society. Sec. 4. Each State Society shall submit to the Annual Congress of the National Society a report, setting forth by name the additions, transfers and deaths, and any other changes in the membership and progress of the State Society during the preceding year, and make such suggestions as it shall deem proper for the promotion of the objects of the whole Order. Sec. 5. Whenever a member in good standing in his Society changes his residence from the jurisdiction of the State Society of which he is a member to that of another, he shall be entitled, if he so elects, to a certificate of honorable dismission from his own State Society, in order that he may be transferred to the State Society to whose jurisdiction he has changed his residence; provided, that his membership shall continue in the former until he shall have been elected a member of the latter. Each State Society shall, however, retain full control of the admission of members by transfer. Sec. 6, Whenever the word "State" occurs in this Constitution, it shall be held to include within its meaning the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States. Sec. 7. A Society may be formed in any foreign country by fifteen or more persons who are eligible to membership under this Constitution, which shall bear the same relation to the National organization as the State Society, subject to the provisions of this Constitution. ARTICLE V. — OFFICERS AND MANAGERS. Section i. The General Ofl&cers of the National Society shall be a President General, five Vice-Presidents General, a Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar General, Historian General and Chaplain General, who shall be elected by ballot by a vote of the majority of the members present at the annual meeting of the Congress of the National Society, and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected; Provided, that the President General and five Vice-Presidents General shall not be elected for a second term. Sec. 2. The General Officers, together with the Presidents of the State Societies ex-officio, shall constitute the General Board of Managers of the National Society, which Board shall have authority to adopt and promulgate the By-Laws of the National Society, to prescribe the duties of the General Officers, to provide the seal; to designate ar^d make regu- lations for the issue of the insignia, and to transact the general business of the National Society during the intervals between the sessions of the Congress. Meetiugs of the General Board may be held, after not less than ten days' notice, at the call of the President General, or, in case of xl Sons of tl]C dmerican Hcpolutton his absence or inability, at the call of the Senior Vice-President General, certified by the Secretary General. Meetings shall be called at the request of seven members. At such meetings seven shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 3. An Executive Committee of seven, of whom the President General shall be Chairman, may be elected by the Board of Managers, -which Committee shall, in the interim between the meetings of the Board, transact such business as may be delegated to it by the Board of Managers, ARTICLE VI.— DUES. Each State Society shall pay annually to the Treasurer General, to defray the expenses of the National Society, twenty-five cents for each active member thereof, unless intermitted by the National Congress, pro- vided that the National Board of Management may increase said dues at any time, not to exceed fifty cents in all, by a two- thirds vote, when the necessities of the National Society so demand. All such dues shall be paid on or before the first day of April in each year for the ensuing year, in order to secure representation in the Congress of the National Society. ARTICLE VII— MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. Section i. The annual Congress of the National Society for the election of the General Officers and for the transaction of business shall be held on the 30th day of April or on the first day of May in every year. The time, hour and place of such meeting shall be designated by the Board of Managers. Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Congress may be called by the President General, and shall b^; called by him when directed so to do by the Board of Managers or whenever requested in writing so to do by at least five State Societies, on giving thirty days' notice, specifying the time and place of such meeting and the business to be transacted. Sec. 3. The following shall be members of all such annual or special meetings of the Congress, and shall be entitled to vote therein : (^i) All the officers and the ex-President General of the National Society. (2) The President and Senior Vice-President of each State Society. (3) One delegate at large from each State Society. (4) One delegate for every one hundred members of the Society within a State and for a fraction of fifty or over. Sec. 4. State Societies shall only be represented at meetings of the National Society by members of their own State Society, or by members of other State Societies who may be designated by the regularly ap- pointed delegates from such State Society who may be present at any xli IDasI^tngton Sockt^ meeting of the National Society; and that the delegates representing any State Society, as provided herein, shall be authorized to cast the entire vote to which such State Society is entitled, each delegate or representa- tive present being authorized to cast his proportionate vote, or fraction thereof. ARTICL,E VIII.— AMENDMENTS. This Constitution maybe altered or amended at any meeting of the Congress of the National Society provided that sixty days' notice of the proposed alterations or amendments, which shall first have been recom- mended by a State Society, shall be sent by the Secretary General to the President of each State Society. A vote of two-thirds ot those present shall be necessary to their adoption. BY=LAWS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ARTICIvE I. — EI.ECTION OF OFEICERS. All nominations of officers shall be made from the floor, and the election shall be by ballot. A majority shall elect. The nominations may be acted upon directly, or may be referred to a committee to exam- ine and report. ARTICLE II.— OFFICERS. The duties of the General Officers shall be such as usually apper- tain to their offices, and they shall have such other duties as are hereinafter imposed. They shall report at the annual meeting, and at such other times as they may be required to do so by the General Board of Managers. ARTICLE III. — PRESIDENT GENERAL. Section i. The President General, in addition to his general duties, shall be ex-officio chairman of the General Board ol Managers and of the Executive Committee and a member of every other committee. xlii Sons of tl^e Ctmerican Hepolutton Sec. 2. At each annual meeting he shall appoint the following Standing Committees: Committee on Auditing. " Correspondence. " Credentials. " Finance. *' Organization. " Unfinished Business. The duties of the above committees shall be such as usually pertnin to committees of like character, and such as may be defined by the Board of Managers. ARTlCIvE IV, — VICE-PRESIDENT GENERAIy. Section i. In the absence of the President General the Senior Vice-President General present shall preside at the Annual Meeting. Sec. 2, In the prolonged absence or inability to act of the Pres- ident General, the executive authority shall be vested in the Vice-Pres- ident General first in order of precedence. ARTICLE v.— secretary generai,. The Secretary General, in addition to his general duties, shall have charge of the seal, give due notice of all meetings of the National Society or General Board of Managers, of which he shall be ex-officio a mem- ber. He shall give due notice to all General Officers and State Societies of all votes, orders and proceedings affecting or appertaining to their duties. He shall distribute all pamphlets, circulars, rosettes and supplies, as directed by the General Board of Managers. ARTICLE VI.— TREASURER GENERAI,. Section i. The Treasurer General shall collect and receive the funds and securities of the National Society, He shall deposit the same to the credit of "The Sons of the American Revolution," and shall draw them thence for the use of the National Societ}', as directed by it or by the General Board of Managers, upon the order of the President General, countersigned by the Secretary General. His accounts shall be audited by a committee to be appointed at the Annual Meeting. Sec. 2. He shall, if so required by the General Board of Managers or the Executive Committee, give bonds for the safe custody and appli- cation of the funds. ARTICLE VII.— REGISTRAR GENERAI,. The Registrar General shall keep a register of the names and dates of the election, resignation or death of all members of the several State xliii lDasl]ington Society Societies, and shall have the care and custody of all duplicate applica- tions for membership. He shall issue, upon the requisition of the Secretary or Registrar of the several State Societies, certificates of membership and insignia to every member entitled thereto, through such Secretary or Registrar. ARTICLE VIII.— HISTORIAN gkne;rai.. The Historian General shall have the custody of all the historical and biographical collection of which the National Society may become possessed, and shall catalogue and arrange the same, and shall place the same in a fireproof repository for preservation. ARTICI^E IX. — CHAPI,AIN GENERAI,. The Chaplain General shall be a regularly ordained minister, and shall open and close all general meetings of the National Society with the services usual and proper on such occasions. ARTICLE X.— STATE SOCIBTIES. Every State Society shall (i) Notify the Secretary General of the election and appointment of all officers and delegates. (2) Pay to the Treasurer General on the ist day of March, or within sixty days thereafter, the sum of twenty-five cents for each acti\e mem- ber thereof. (3) Transmit to Ihe Registrar General duplicate applications of all accepted members, and notify him of the resignation or death of all members thereof. ARTICLE XI. — GENERAI. BOARD OF MANAGERS. Section i. The General Board of Managers shall prepare and carry out plans for promoting the objects and growth of the Society; shall generally superintend its interests, and shall execute such other duties as shall be committed to it at any meeting of the National Society. It shall have charge of the printing of the Diploma and the manufac- turing of the insignia, and shall determine the price at which the same shall be issued. Sec. 2, It shall have authority to admit or reorganize as a State Society any association of fourteen or moie persons duly qualified for membership in the Society. Sec. 3. It shall have the power to fill any vacancy occurring among the General Officers, and an officer so elected shall act until the follow- ing annual election and until his successor shall be elected. xliv .•f.iM lurinsi'-^v^ I ■ ijomjuAi OHVERSE KEVER.sk INSIGNIA OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Sons of tl^e Ctmerican HetJoIution Skc. 4. It shall have the authority to make, alter and amend the By-Laws as hereinafter provided. Sec. 5. The Presideat General may call meetings of the General Board of Managers at any time he may deem necessary, and shall call such meeting upon the written request of any five members thereof, pro- vided that not less than five days' notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be given. ARTICLE XII. — EXECUTIVE committee. The President General may call a meeting of the Executive Com- mittee at any time, and shall call such meeting on the written request of three members thereof. ARTICLE XIIL— SEAi,. The seal of the Society shall be two and three-eighths of an inch in diameter, charged with the figure of a minute-man, grasping a musket in his right hand, and surrounded by a constellation of thirteen stars, who shall be depicted in the habit of a husbandman of the period of the American Revolution, and as in the act of deserting the plough for the service of his country; the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of an inch wide, within which shall appear the legend, "National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, organized April 30, 1889." ARTICLE XIV.— certificates. All members of the Society, wherever admitted, shall be entitled to a certificate of membership duly attested by the President General, Secretary General and Registrar General, countersigned by the President, Secretary and Registrar of the State Society to which such member shall have been admitted. ARTICLE XV.— INSIGNIA. The insignia of the Society shall comprise (i) a cross surmounted by an eagle in gold, (2) a rosette. Section i. The cross shall be of silver, with four arms, covered with white enamel and eight g Id points, same size as Chevaliers' Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, with a gold medallion in the center bearing on the obverse a bust of Washington in profile, and on the reverse the figure of a minute-man, surrounded by a ribbon enameled blue, with the motto: ' Libertas et Patria" on the obverse, and the legend "Sons of the American Revolution" on the reverse, both in letters of gold. The cross shall be surmounted by an eagle in gold, and the whole decoration suspended from a ring of gold by a ribbon of deep blue with white and buff edges, and may be worn by any member of the xlv lDasl]tngton Society Society on ceremonial occasions only, and shall be carried on the left breast, or at the collar if an officer of the National Society, or the President, active or past, of a State Society. Sec. 2. The rosette shall be seven-sixteenths of an inch in diame- ter, of usual pattern, displaying the colors of the Society, blue, white and buff, and may be -worn by all members at discretion in the upper left-hand button-hole of the coat. ARTICLE XVI.— INDEBTEDNESS. No debts shall be contracted on behalf of the National Society. Kvery obligation for the payment of mcuey, except checks drawn against deposits, executed in the name or on behalf of the National Society shall be null and void. ARTlCIvE XVII.— AMENDMENTS. These Ry-Laws may be altered or amended by a vote of three- fourths of the members present at any meeting of the General Board of Managers, notice thereof having been given at a previous meeting. xl VI S. W. Scott PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY 1895-1899 ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY Mainly through the eflforts of Col. Thomas M. Anderson, then stationed at Vancouver Barracks, there was organized in the City of Portland on June 6, 1891, the Oregon and Wash- ington Society Sons of the American Revolution, composed of about twenty gentlemen of accepted eligibility. This Society grew rapidly, and on February i, 1894, the first Washington Chapter was organized at Spokane through the efforts of Col. J. Kennedy Stout, of that city. On September 25, 1894, ^^ the suggestion of Mr. A. S. Gibbs, of Seattle, the members of the Society residing on the Sound met at Seattle and organized Seattle Chapter No. 2. The organization of these Chapters in Washington stimulated the growth of the Society in this State, and on June 17, 1895, about twenty-five of the members residing in Washington met in Seattle and organized the Washington State Society. Immediately following the organization of this Society and its recognition bj^ the National Society, thirty-one mem- bers of the Oregon and Washington Society, including the twenty-five gentlemen who perfected the Washington organiza- tion, were granted demits to the new Society. On September xlvii It)asI]tngton Society 7, 1895, the Secretary reported to the Board of Managers that the Charter list had closed with fifty-nine members, thirty-four of whom had been received by demits from the Oregon and Washington, and other State Societies. At this meeting a seal for the Society was adopted, described as follows: "A representation of Washiugton cross- ing the Delaware, above which are thirteen stars and the motto of the Society, Libertas et p atria, and below which is, Organ- ized, June ly, iSp^. Around the outer circle is the name, Washington Society Sons of the American Revoi^u- TION." The First Annual Meeting was held February 22, 1896, in the parlors of the Rainier-Grand Hotel, the President, Col. S. W. Scott, in the chair. On motion it was decided, "That whenever a member of this Society shall hear the national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, played or sung, he will stand uncovered, time and place fitting " This custom, adopted and followed by the patriotic societies, is now generally observed by the public. After adjournment the members held a banquet, and with patriotic speeches and music passed a most enjoj^able evening. President S. W. Scott delivered an address and the follow- ing toasts were responded to: "The State of Washington," Hon. Frank Hanford. "George Washington," Mr. Will H. Thompson. "The Women of '76," Hon. John F. Gowey. "The Judiciary," Hon. C. H. Hanford. During the following year the Society offered cash prizes of $25 and $10 to the pupils of all high schools, normal schools, and colleges in the State of Washington (except the State University, which had been included in a similar offer by the National Society) for the best composition on ' ' The Principles and Lessons of the American Revolution." Much interest was taken in the contest and many well written compositions were received and are now in the archives of the Society. xlviii Sons of tl]e CImcncan Het?oIutton The Second Annual Meeting was held February 22, 1897, in Seattle st the Rainier-Grand Hotel, and reports showed that twenty new members, including two " original sons, " had been received during the year, making a total of loi . After routine business and the election of officers, the members adjourned to meet in the evening at a joint banquet with the Washington Society Sons of the Revolution and the Mary Ball Chapter of Tacoma and Rainier Chapter of Seattle, Daughters of the American Revolution as guests. The following toasts were responded to: "Washington's Standard of Patriotism," Hon. Andrew Faulk Burleigh, S. A. R. "The Minute Man," Hon. Robert Brooke Albertson, S. of R. "The Army and Navy," Dr. K. Weldon Young, S.A.R. "The Women of '76 and Their Daughters," Mr. William Allison Peters, S. of R. "What Our Forefathers Left Us," General James Bard Metcalfe, S. A. R. "The Old Patriotism and the New," Mr. George Don- worth, S. of R. "The Story of the Past and the I^essons of the Present," Rev. Arthur Newton Thompson, S. A. R. In addition to the foregoing toasts Mr. Thomas Rochester Shepard, S. A. R., S. of R., recited the following poem, which he had written for the occasion: @^ft^ Munsiott of 3^rcedom» Daughters and Sons of those \vho, for the sake Of all men's welfare, gave their sweat and blood To build for Liberty and Light and Peace One Home from sombre tyranny afar: Amid the shadows (passing clouds, v/e pray) That our horizon, else so bright, bedim. Let us hold converse with the wills of these. Our sires, who our abode, their monument, Designed, and best its key of strength should know. xlix tPasI^tngton Society The Question of the Sons. Ye, who ordered our House, — Deep its bases placed, firm its corners braced, Framed its portals wide, room to none denied. Room for growth supplied ; Plans untried essaying, bold design displaying, Building undismayed, of failure unafraid, — Ye, who ordered our House: We, now, who occupy, — Look! 'tis grown how large ! jealous on either marge. Sole foemen at our wall, the shouting sea waves brawl; Broad shelter over all. Spanning the farthest wings, one domed roof ample springs. Arching elate from tropic gulf to frozen strait; So wide our borders lie ! Doubting, dismayed, we question you, — You who builded, you who knew, — Stands the foundation firm and true ? Wide and high the fabric looms — Safe, from outer storms, the rooms. But peril lies within the door! What bode these tremors, spreading o'er From quivering roof to quaking floor? — When the huge household, faction-rent, Some greedy, others envious, discontent, In restless millions hither sways and yon. Reckless all seem, so but their cause is won, Of strain to the fair fabric at such cost Of blood and anguish builded. Have we lost The spirit of your counsels? Oh, this night, Fathers, your Sons cry unto you for Light 1 The Fathehs' "VVabning. Four-square we builded the House — four-square; Four pillars chief its weight sustain : Union, and Freedom, and Justice, and Peace — These firm, the house enduring shall remain. One broad floor-arch, of each man's right upbuilt, The Law its keystone, bears these pillars all: Each right preserved, with equilibrium nice The arch endures — destroyed, the House must fall. 1 Sons of tl)e Ctmerican Hccolution But Ignorance now, with boldness self-begot, Would have the rabble rule each man's affairs; Numbers, not knowledge, all must dominate — The whole's a sum of noughts, so Ignorance declares. Baneful the blight, whenas ye once have lost The Individual we counted all; When Socialism rears a State of slaves. See Freedom, Union, Peace and Justice fall. Sons of the Revolution ! Remember, Your forefathers gave not their lives to replace Kings with a Mob, one tyrant with many — We died, that no ruler the Law might efface: The Law, of Wisdom born, not hatched in fraud, Decreed for spoil, at demagogues' behest; But framed by men who, seeking naught for self, By brains and courage rise to lead the rest: The law, that leaves each man his own to hold, Or gained by brawny arm, or brain and gold. Look, that your peril grow not with neglect ! Let law the Man, each man the Law respect; Swift, else, your mansion to its downfall draws Whelmed in anarchic ruin. In this cause We bid ye speak our people. Had they read Aright the v/arning scroll of nations dead. How quicker, easier and more direct Might have been gained what now, through the effect Of chastisement and tribulation sore, Humiliated public pride and, more. Social convulsion, classes' deadly strife, Threatening the free Republic's very life, — Through bitter lessons, hardly shall they reach ! But thus alone doth destiny virtue teach Unto the nations. Would that once they heard. Ere sad experience taught them. Truth's first word! The Pledge of the Sons. Truth have ye spoken ! The ice have ye broken Of deadly indifference that bound us! Of evil o'ertaken, the House hath been shaken — 'Tis the doctrine of fools would confound us ! By our Honor we pledge ye, your pillars shall stand ! By our Honor we pledge ye, the wise shall command' With Courage and Strength, of Intelligence born, Your Household shall put the false doctrine to scorn. Each man shall toil free, and reap his own toiling. Law guarding all ever, but never despoiling. li IPasI]tngton Society During the year 1897-98 the Society presented to each of the high schools in the State of Washington a fine copy of GilbiTt Stuart's Athenaeum portrait of George Washing- ton, together with a framed facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. On Tuesday evening December 21, 1897, at a special meet- ing, the Society unanimously approved the action of the joint session of The Nationai, Society Sons op the American RevoIvUTion and National Society Sons of the Revolution, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12, 1897 (see Movements Toward Union) and ratified the new Constitution in the follow- ing resolution: "Whereas, There are two great National Patriotic Societies known as the Sons of the Revolution and The Sons of The American Rev- OLunOxV, each having objects, principles and purposes practically the same, each requiiing of their membership descent from a recognized patriot of the war of the American Revolution; and "Whereas, By a vote of their respective National bodies an adjourned session of each was called to meet in the City of Cincinnati, October 12, 1897. for the purpose of agreeing upon a just, equitable and honorable basis of consolidation of these Societies; and "Whereas, At such joint session a basis of consolidation was agreed upon, and adopted by a unanimous vote of The Sons OF THE American Revolution, and a majority vote of the vSons of the Revo- lution, said agreement providing, (i) for a reorganization under the name and style of the "Society of the American Revolution;" (2) that each State Society shall submit the papers 1 f its Society to the Registrar of the other Society, and in the event that there shall be any question as to the eligibility of any member of either Society the papers shall be submitted to a Joint Committee on Revision of Membership Rolls, they to decide upon his right to become a member of the "Society of the American Revolution;" (3) that the merging of the two Societies shall not take place until the action of the Cincinnati meeti; g has been adopted and the nev/ Constitution ratified by a majority of the State Societies of each organization, and "Whereas, We believe that in Union there is strength, that the existence of two such Societies, similar as they are in scope, eligibility, principles and objects, is inimical to the best interests of either, is un-American in principle, and unworthy of the descendants of the men lii Arthur S. Gibbs SECRETARY, 1895-1899 James Blake Howe TREASURER, 1896-1896 Edward Weldon Young REGISTRAR, 1895-1899 George Hunt Walker VICE-PRESIDENT, 1896-1900 Irving T. Cole TREASURER. 1896-1899 Sons of tl|e Ctmcrican Keoolution who fought in a common cause for the common interests of a common people, therefore be it ''Resolved, By The Washington Socik'iy Sons of the Ameri- can Revoi^UTION, that we are emphatically in favor of and endorse the action of our National Society in promulgating a new Consti- tution, and the merging of this Society into a new organization to be composed of The Sons of the American Revoi,ution, and The Sons of the Revolution, and to be known as 'The Society of the American Revolution." The Third Annual Meeting of the State Society was held Feb. 22, 1898, in Knights of Pythias Hall, Seattle. The Registrar reported seventeen new members received during the year and one compatriot, William ly. Pike, deceased. In the evening at the Stevens Hotel a joint banquet was held with the Sons of the Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution. The president of the evening was the Right Rev. William Morris Barker, Bishop of Olympia, President of the Washington Society Sons of the Revolution, and the toastmaster was Mr. Krastus Brainerd, of the Wash- ington Society, Sons of the Amejrican Re;voi,ution. The following were the toasts: "The Day We Celebrate"— Mr. Robert C. Strudwick, S. A. R. "The Old Continentals, in their ragged regimentals, Fearing not" — Mr. Fred Rice Rowell, S. A. R. "The Constitution of the United States"— Mr. Charles Ed- ward Shepard, S. of R. "Our Heritage" — Mr. Charles S. Gleason, S. A. R. "The Home Guard— "What will not woman, gentle woman dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up." — Mr. Livingston Boyd Stedman, S. of R. The Fourth Annual Meeting of our Society was held in Elks Hall, Seattle, February 22, 1899. President S. W. Scott delivered an able address, making many recommendations for the Society's welfare, which were fully endorsed by the mem- bers. 4 liii tPasl^ington Society Eight new members were reported as received during the year. The Board of Managers was instructed to prepare and publish a year book, and, before publishing the same, to notify all the members to make any corrections or additions which they wished to their records. The President, Col. S. W. Scott, and Secretary, A. S. Gibbs, finding it necessary to decline re-election, were given a vote of thanks for their untiring efforts for the welfare of the Society, and Compatriot Gibbs was elected an Honorary Past President with all the rights and privileges pertaining to that office. In the evening a reception was held at the Queen Anne Club House, where the following program was followed and a most enjoyable evening was spent, the Daughters of the American Revolution being guests of the Society: Address of Welcome Col. Simon W. Scott Invocation Rev. E. M. Randall, Jr. "The Star Spangled Banner" Wagner's Orchestra Address— "The White Man's Burden" ---Will H. Thompson Song, (a) "To Stay at Home Is Best" (b) 'Maiden With the Ivips Sae Rosy" Miss Helen Holmes Address — "Freedom, the Heritage of a Noble Race"-- Rev. E. M. Randall, Jr. Song I ^^, ';.^;^^^f ^^,^^" I Mrs. Hamilton Stillson ** t (b) "Love Song" J Address — "The Revolutionary Soldier" . Dr. E. Weldon Young Song — ' 'America. ' ' Under the direction of Compatriot Edgar Ray Butter- worth, the Club House had been beautifully and appropriately decorated with flags and many quaint and curious relics of Revolutionary and Colonial times; and with music, addresses, refreshments, and happy conversation, one of the most delightful of evenings was passed. At a meeting of the Board of Managers, August 7, 1899, the Registrar, Historian and Secretary were elected a commit- tee with full powers to edit and publish the Society's Register. liv Sons of t^e Ctmerican Heoolution On Sunday, November 12, 1899, at Plymouth Congrega- tional Church, Seattle, under the direction of a joint committee from The Daughters of the American Revolution, The Sons OF THK American Revolution and The Sons of the Revo- lution, there was conducted a very beautiful and impressive service in honor of the Washington Volunteers, lately returned from the Philippines, and their late Comrades who had fallen in the service of their country. Addresses were delivered by Rev. J. P. D. lylwyd and Compatriot Rev. K. M. Randall. Compatriot Will H. Thompson wrote for the occasion "The Roll of Death," which is given herewith: ^ixt Boir of B^at(t The proud land ftands with reaching arms To fold her children to her breaft; She calls with joy her heroes home, To furl their tattered flags and reft; But Grief mult her fad vigil keep Where Fortfon and his comrades fleep. We leave the tumult and acclaim, The martial mufic wild and fweet, The tramp of holts, the gleam of arms, The roar of welcome from the ftreet. And foftly speak, with bended head, Love's holy requiem for the dead. Muffle the drums, and trail the flags! Silence the trumpet's brazen throat! O, veil the pageantry and pomp Where heroes march and banners float. While low, and flow, below our breath We call the folemn roll of death! The thunders of the guns recede, The bugle-echoes faint afar, While from the ifles a mightier voice Rolls from the crimfon felds of war, As Glory calls acrofs the deep The long roll of the brave who fleep! Iv IDasl^mgton Socictg In addition to the patriotic work heretofore mentioned, the State Societ}^ for the purpose of better enabling its members and applicants for membership to prove their ancestors' services, has gathered an excellent reference library, which is kept in the oflSce of the Registrar, and is open during oflBce hours for consultation by all persons desiring to look up their ancestors' record. The library contains the valuable reference works: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolu- tion. State Papers of New Hampshire — Revolutionary Rolls, 4 Vols. Archives of the State of New York — The Revolution. New York in the Revolution, Pennsylvania Archives (Revolutionary), 6 Vols. Heitman's Historical Register of OflEicers of the Conti- nental Army, 1 775-1 783. And the Year Books, or Registers, of the Societies of California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, and the Year Books of the National Society for 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899. Suggestions ^^^ following extract from a circular issued for Proving by the Washington Society will be of assistance Eligibility. to those who desire to ascertain their ancestors' Revolutionary services: Revolutionary ancestors are usually found in from the third to the sixth generation counting backwards from the applicant. As a man has two male ancestors in the third generation, four in the fourth, eight in the fifth, sixteen in the sixth, one whose family can be traced to Revolutionary times in all lines may expect to find from four to twenty-four patriot ancestors, for frequently men of two and occasionally Ivi Sons of tl^e Ctmcrican HetJoIution of three generations served their country in some capacity. The first step is to trace one's lineage back to the Revolution by as many lines of descent as possible. Every man must make this search in his own way, guided by family history. Considerable correspondence is often necessary to obtain the missing links of lineage; but the task is a delightful one, and he who begins the fascinating search for an ancestor seldom stops until he has exhausted all possible sources of informa- tion. After the names and residences of the men of the family who lived in the time of the Revolution have been ascertained, the next step is to ascertain if they served. It is exactly at this point that the greatest caution is necessary. There may have been two men in the same town of the same name, one of whom served and the other did not. Family traditions and town records are in this case always important and useful guides. The records of enlistment and service in the various states may be secured from the following sources: Massachusetts— Write Secretary of State, Boston, or consult the Massachusetts books in the Society's library. Connecticut— Consult Connecticut book in Society's library. DeIvA WARE— Write Secretary of State, Dover, Delaware. Georgia— Write Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia. Maine— Write Bureau of Industrial and I,abor Statistics, Augusta, Maine. Maryland— Write Commissioner of Land Office, Annap- olis, Maryland. New YoRK—Consult New York books in Society's library. New Jersey— Write Adjutant General, Trenton, New Jersey. New Hampshire— Consult New Hampshire books in Society's library. Vermont— Write Adjutant General, Montpelier, Ver- mont. Ivii IPasl^tngton Society Virginia — Write W. G. Stannard, or Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. Rhode Island — Write Secretary of State, Providence, Rhode Island. Pennsylvania — Consult Pennsylvania books in Society's library. Also write Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Inte- rior, Washington, D. C, and Col. F. C. Ainsworth, Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. Lineage is usually based on private sources of informa- tion. Revolutionary service must be confirmed by documentary proof or commonly accepted historical authority. During the year 1899- 1900, the Washington Society has steadily added to its membership until its records show that, in the less than five years since its organization, one hundred and forty-two citizens of that young State which bears the name of ' ' The Greatest American ' ' have established their claims to lineal descent from Revolutionary sires, and joined this patriotic organization. Iviii Sons of tl}e Qmmcan Her?oIutton Officers of the Washington Society. 1895-6 President Col. Simon W. Scott, Seattle 1st Vice-President Col. J. Kennedy Stout, Spokane 2d Vice-Preside7it---^tv. Arthur Newton Thompson, Tacoma Secretary Arthur S. Gibbs, Seattle Registrar Dr. E. Weldon Young, Seattle Members of the Board of Managers. Arthur W. Doland, Spokane. John Franklin Gowey, Olympia. James H. S. Bartholomew, Monte Cristo. CorneHus H. Hanford, Seattle. Dr. Samuel Judd Holmes, Seattle. Ell S. Smith, Seattle. 1896-7 President Col. Simon W. vScott, Seattle I St Vice-President Col. J. Kennedy Stout, Spokane 2d Vice-President George Hunt Walker, Tacoma Secretary Arthur S. Gibbs, Seattle Treasurer Irving T. Cole, Seattle Registrar Dr. E. Weldon Young, Seattle Historian William F. Babcock, Seattle Chaplain Rev. Arthur Newton Thompson, Tacoma Members of the Board of Managers. John F. Gowey, Olympia. Cornelius H. Hanford, Seattle. Dr. Samuel Judd Holmes, Seattle. Benjamin D. Crocker, Walla Walla. Delegates to National Congress. Arthur S. Gibbs, Seattle. Addison A. Undsley, Olympia. Alternates. George A. Virtue, Seattle. Harrison G. Foster, Tacoma. lix rOasI^ington Society Officers of the Washington Society. 1897=8 President Col. Simon W. Scott, Seattle ist Vice President Cd. J. Kennedy Stout, Spokane 2d Vice President George Hunt Walker, Tacoma Secretary Arthur S. Gibbs, Seattle Treasurer Irving T. Cole, Seattle Registrar Dr. E. Weldon Young, Seattle Historian William F. Babcock, Seattle Chaplain Rev. Arthur Newton Thompson, Tacoma Members of the Board of Managers. Cornelius H. Hanford, Seattle. James H. S. Bartholomew, Monte Cristo. Augustus V. Bell, Seattle. Benjamin D. Crocker, Walla Walla. Delegates to the National Congress. John F. Gowey, Olympia. Lyman E. Knapp, Seattle. Alternates, Millard T. Hartson, Spokane. Herbert S. Griggs, Tacoma. 1898=9 President Col. Simon W. Scott, Seattle ist Vice-President Col. J. Kennedy Stout, Spokane 2d Vice-President George Hunt Walker, Tacoma Secretary Arthur S. Gibbs, Seattle Treasurer Irving T. Cole, Seattle Registrar Dr. E. Weldon Young, Seattle Historian William F. Babcock, Seattle Chaplain Rev. Edwin M. Randall^ Jr., Seattle Members of Board of Managers. Cornelius H. Hanford, Seattle. Carmi Dibble, New Whatcom. Benjamin D. Crocker, Walla Walla. Arthur E. Kirkland, Colfax. Augustus V. Bell, Seattle. Ix / "^"^^t Rev. Edwin M. Randall Jr. CHAPLAIN, 1898-1800 Ell Stone Smith REGISTRAR, 1899-1900 Charles S. Gleason SECRETARY, 1899-1900 Augustus V. Bell TREASiURER, 1899-1900 William F. Babcock HISTORIAN, 1896-1900 Sons of i\l^ Ctmertcan Hecolutton Officers of the Washington Society. 1899=1900 President Col. J. Kennedy Stout, vSpokane 1st Vice-President George Hunt Walker, Tacoraa 2d Vice-President Dr. K. Weldou Yot"ng, Seattle Secretary Charles S. Gleason, Seattle Treasurer Augustus V. Bell, Seattle Registrar EH S. Smith, Seattle Historian William F. Babcock, Seattle Chaplain . Rev. Edwin M. Randall, Jr., Seattle Members of the Board of Managers. Benjamin D. Crocker, Walla Walla. Carmi Dibble, New Whatcom. Ivyman E. Knapp, Seattle. Frazier A. Boutelle, Louisville. Fred Rice Rowell, Seattle. Delegates to National Co7igress. Arthur S. Gibbs, Seattle. Harrison G. Foster, Tacoma. Elected February 22, 1900. President Dr. E. Weldon Young, Seattle ist Vice-President Herbert S. Griggs, Tacoma 2d Vice-President Millard T. Hartson, Spokane Secretary Charles S. Gleason, Seattle Treasurer Augustus V. Bell, Seattle Registrar ,_ . Ell S. Smith, Seattle Historian William F. Babcock, Seattle Chaplain Rev. Edwin M. Randall, Jr., Seattle Members of the Board of Managers. Milo A. Root, Seattle Dr. Samuel Judd Holmes, Seattle. Carmi Dibble, New Whatcom. Frazier A. Boutelle, Vancouver. Charles H. Baker, Seattle. Delegate to National Congress. Col. J. Kennedy Stout, Spokane. Ixi rOasl^ington Society CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE Washington Society CONSTITUTION ARTICIvE I. NAME. The name of this Society shall be the Washington Society Sons of the American Revolution, ARTICLE II OBJECTS. The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the memory of the men, who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the Amer- ican Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble to the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP, Any male person is eligible for membership who is of the age of twenty-one years, and who is a lineal descendant from an ancestor who, with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause of Amer- ican Independence as a soldier or seaman, or as a civil officer in one of Ixii Sons of tlje Clmerican HcDoIutton the several colonies or states, or as a recognized patriot; provided he shall be found worthy. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS. Section i. The officers of the Society shall be a President, First and Second Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar, a His- torian, and a Chaplain. Sec. 2. The officers named in the preceding section, together with five other members, shall constitute a Board of Managers, and this Board shall have the power to fill vacancies that may occur among the officers of the Society or the members of the Board. Past Presidents shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Managers, Sec. 3. The officers and managers and delegates to the National Society shall be elected by a vote of the majority of the members voting at the annual meetings of the Society. This vote may be personal, by proxy or by letter. The officers and managers shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected. ARTlCIvB V. AMENDMENTS. This Constitution shall be altered, amended or repealed only by a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Society, the vote being either personal, by proxy or by letter. Amendments must be offered at least three months before the annual meetings, so that they can be submitted to the members of the Society. BY'LA-WS SECTION I. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. An applicant for admission to the Society must make application in duplicate (on forms obtained from the Secretary), enumerating the ser- vices of his ancestor in the War of Independence, together with the detailed statement of the immediate generations of his pedigree. The applicant shall make oath that the statements of his application are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Such applicant must be nom- inated by a member of the Society, and may be elected a member by Ixiii IDasl^trtgton Society a two-thirds vote at anj' meeting of the Society or of the Board of Managers. SECTION II. SUSPENSIONS, ETC. The Board of Managers shall have power to suspend or to expel any member of the Society for sufficient cause by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the Board; provided, that tw ) weeks' notice of the pro- posed action shall have been given to each member. A member so sus- pended or expelled shall have the right to appeal to a meeting of the Society from the action of the Board of Managers. SECTION III. FEES AND DUES. The initiation fee shall be three dollars and the annual dues three dollars, payable in advance. When a member is elected after the annual meeting his dues for the remainder of the year shall be at the rate of twenty-five cents per month, or fraction thereof. There shall be no fee for affiliating from other state societies. A member who is one year in arrears for dues, and shall remain so three months after notice of his indebtedness has been mailed to his last known residence, shall be dropped from the roll of members by the Board of Managers, and may be reinstated to membership by said Board upon payment of his indebtedness to the Society, or satisfactorily accounting for his default. SE-TION IV. MEETINGS. The annual meeting of this Society shall take place on the twenty- second of February of each year, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, when it shall take place on the following day. At this meeting the officers of the Society shall be elected, a majority of the votes for any officer constituting a choice. The annual dues shall be collected at this meeting. Special meetings of the vSociety may be held at the request of five members of the Society or of the Board of Managers. SECTION V. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Society not less thau ten members shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. Ixiv Sons of tlje Ctmerican Heoolution SECTION VI. DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. The President, or in his absence the ist or 2d Vice-President, or in their absence a chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Society. He shall exercise the usual functions of a presiding oflBcer, and shall enforce a strict observance of the Constitution and By-Laws. SECTION VII. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society, and shall keep a record of the election, death or expulsion of members. He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation, and records of the Society. He, together with the presiding ofl&cers, shall certify all acts of the Society or Board of Managers. He shall, under direction of the President, give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society, and shall give due notice to the officers and members of all votes, orders, resolutions and proceedings of the Society affecting them or appertain- ing to their respective duties. He shall perform such other duties and make such returns as may be prescribed by the Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society. SECTION vin. DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. The Treasurer shall collect all fees and dues and shall have the care and custody of all the funds of the Society. He shall deposit the same in a bank to the credit of the Society, and shall draw them thence for the purpose of the Society only, as may be ordered by the Society or Board of Managers, upon the approval of the President and the certificate of the Secretary. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and dis- bursements, and at each annual meeting shall make report and submit his accounts for audit. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society. SECTION IX. DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR. The Registrar shall investigate the proofs of eligibility for mem- bership, and, if correct, shall approve and transmit them to the Board of Managers for acceptance. He shall file and keep on record a copy of all applications (or proofs) for membership. He shall be custodian of all historical and genealogical papers or books of which the Society may Ixv lDasI]ington Society become possessed, whicli shall be open to inspectioa by aiiy member of the Society. He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the Society or Board of Managers. SECTION X. DUTIES OF the; historian. The Historian shall keep a record of all historical and commem- orative celebrations of the Society, prepare and edit the same for publica- tion under the direction of the Board of Managers and shall act as Necrologist for the Society, and, if possible, present a biographical sketch of deceased members at the next annual meeting, and perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Society or Board of Managers. SECTION XI. DUTIES OF THE CHAPLAIN. The Chaplain shall perform the religious offices of the Society. SECTION XII. DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. The Board of Managers shall have the general superintendence of the interests and business of the Society. They shall perform such other duties as may be committed to them by the Society. At each annual meeting they shall make a general report. Four members shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Board. SECTION XIII. ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTERS. When not fewer than seven members of this Society residing in the same locality desire to organize a Chapter thereof, they shall present a written request to the Board of Managers for authority to do so, which authority being granted they may adopt such a Constitution and By-Laws not inconsistent with the Constitution of this Society, as they may deem proper. They shall have authority to admit members to the Chapter, but all such members must first be members in good standing in the Washing- ton Society, and none but such shall be continued in membership in any Chapter, The President of any Chapter having a membership of not less than twelve members shall be ex-officio a member of the Board of Man- agers of this Society. A Chapter may select one or more delegates to represent it at any meeting of the Society. Ixvi Sons of tl?c Ctmerican HetJoIutton In the election of officers of this Society such a delegate or delega- tion shall be entitled to cast the votes of the Chapter only by presenting proxies therefor. Upon all other issues before this Society a Chapter may certify its actual vote pro and con to this Society, and such vote shall have the same potency as if cast by members of the Society actually present and voting. The Secretary of each Chapter shall make a report to the Secretary of the State Society not later than February loth each year, giving a list of the officers and members of the Chapter at that time. SECTION XIV. STANDING COMMITTEES. At each annual meeting the President shall appoint the following Standing Committees: Committee on Auditing. Committee on Finance. Committee on Organization. The duties of the above committees shall be such as usually per- tains to committees of like character, and as may be defined by the Board of Managers. SECTION XV. ORDER OF BUSINESS. At all annual meetings of this Society the following order of busi- ness shall be observed, viz. : I. Opening exercises. Calling roll of officers and members. Reading minutes of last meeting. Reports of officers. Reports of committees. Applications for membership. Unfinished business. Election of Officers, Board of Managers and Delegates. New business. Final adjournment. SECTION XVi. AMENDMENTS. Amendments to these By-Laws may be made at any meeting of the Society, by a vote of the majority of the members of the Society; pro- vided, that a notice of the meeting and a copy of the proposed amend- ment shall be sent to every member at least three weeks prior to such meeting. Ixvii IDasI^tngton Societg SPOKANE CHAPTER NO. i. BY MILI,ARD T. HARTSON. In the fall of 1893, Egbert T. Steele, a Charter Member, and Arthur W. Doland, an early member of the Oregon and Washington Society, S. A, R., were living in Spokane, when J. Kennedy Stout joined it as No. 86. Mr. Stout persuaded his friends, William H. Maxwell, Henry M. Hoyt and Kirt- land K. Cutter to join, and Gen. T. M. Anderson, President of the Society, then Coloiiel of the Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, at Vancouver Barracks, wrote to him, suggesting the organ- ization of a Chapter. J. C. McKinstrey was the seventh mem- ber in the city, and on February ist, 1894, Spokane Chapter No. I, Oregon and Washington Society, was formally organ- ized, with J. Kennedy Stout as President, A. W. Doland as Vice-President, and Henry M. Hoyt, as Secretary. The Oregon and Washington Society had to amend its Con- stitution to provide for the establishment of Chapters, so that it was not until the following fall that Spokane No. i, and Seattle No. 2, were regularly admitted, but as of the dates of their organization. On February ist, 1895, the Chapter re-elected most of its ofl&cers, and on February 22d, held its first annual dinner at Davenport's, with a dozen members present. During that year the Washington State Society was chartered, and as J. Kennedy Stout was elected First Vice- President of the State Society, the Chapter, on February ist, 1896, elected A. W. Doland, President, H. M. Hoyt, Vice- President, Chester F. I^ee, Secretary, and W. H. Edes, Treas- urer, and at the dinner on the 22d, founded the pleasant custom of presenting to the out-going President, the beautiful insignia of the Order. The Chapter grew steadily in membership, drawing from the best social, professional and business element of the city, Ixviii Sons of tl^c Ctmcrican Het?oIutton and in 1897 elected H. M. Hoyt, President, Chester F. Lee, Vice-President, and Millard T. Hartson, Secretary. In i8g8, Mr. L,ee being out of the city, M. T. Hartson was elected President, Chester F. lyce, Vice-President, and Dr. George T. Doolittle, Secretary, and in 1*^99, the following officers were elected: Mr. Chester F. Lee, President; Dr. George T. Doolittle. Vice-President; Rev. Brian C. Roberts, Secretary; Mr. W. H. Edes, Treasurer; Mr. A. G. Avary, Registrar; Mr. Thomas Hooker and Mr. James F. Sloane were elected Trustees. The Chapter has entertained as guests, at its dinners, T. D. Rockwell, Georgia Society Sons of the Revolution, and Mr. Woolsey, of the Empire State Society, S. A. R.; and also the Rev. B, C. Roberts, of the New Hampshire Society; Chaplain C. C. Batemau, U. S. A., of the Montana Society, and H. Burns Ferris, of the Illinois Society, all of whom have since become affiliated with Spokane Chapter. In 1896 the wives of the members were invited to the annual dinner, and the agreeable innovation was discontinued only on account of the increase in the numbers of the membership. The only public parade in which the Chapter has taken part was that at the funeral of Ensign Monaghan, in 1899, but it was represented by its officers in the public presentation of the portrait of Washington and the fac-simile of the Dec- laration of Independence, given to the Spokane High School by the Washington State Society, S. A. R. SEATTLE CHAPTER NO. 2 This Chapter was originally organized as a Chapter of the Oregon and Washington Society. On September 15, 1894, Compatriot Arthur S. Gibbs, of Seattle, issued an invitation to the members of the Oregon and Washington Society living 5 Ixix IPasl^ington Society on the Sound to meet in Seattle, Tuesday evening, September 25, for the purpose of organizing a local Chapter. In response to this invitation, Compatriots KU S. Smith, R. C. Strudwick, Arthur S. Gibbs, G. A. Virtue, A. E. Hanford, E. R. Batter- worth, Frank Hanford and C. P. Blanchard assembled at the time and place designated. Ell S. Smith was elected temporary- Chairman and Arthur S. Gibbs, Secretary; and a committee was chosen to draft a Constitution and by-laws and report at an adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting held October 4, the report of this committee was received, and a Constitution and by-laws adopted. On Tuesday, October 9, the following officers were elected to serve till the first Monday in February, 1895: Ell S. Smith, President; James B. Howe, Vice-President; Arthur S. Gibbs, Secretary; Frank Hanford, Treasurer; C. W. Saunders, Regis- trar; J. W. Hall and J. F. Gowey, members of the Board of Managers. At a meeting held December 1 1 , the Chapter was notified that its charter had been approved by the Oregon and Wash- ington Society. At the Annual Meeting held February 4, 1895, the report of the Secretary showed that the Chapter had fourteen charter members, and three members were elected at that meeting. The heretofore named ofiicers were re-elected for the ensuing year. A committee was appointed to investigate the advisability of forming a Washington State Society, S. A. R. At a meeting on April 25, 1895, the report of the Committee was received and it was resolved by the Members present to issue an invitation to each Member of the Oregon and Wash- ington Society, residing in Washington, to attend a meeting to be held in Seattle on May 29, 1895, for the purpose of organizing the Washington State Society, S. A. R. No other meetings of the chapter were held during that year, the atten- tion of the members being devoted to the State Organization, which was perfected in June of that year. Ixx Sons of tl]c Gmertcan Her>oIution At the Annual Meeting on February 5, 1896, the Chapter formally severed its connection with the Oregon and Washing- ton Society^ and became Chapter No. 2 of the Washington Society. Nine names were added to the membership and the following officers were selected for the ensuing year: George N. Alexander, President; John I,. Cole, Vice President; A. V. Bell, Secretary; C. P. Blanchard, Treasurer; Salvador Ellicott, Registrar; G. A. Virtue and A. M. Gow, Members of the Board of Managers. At a meeting held June i, four members of the State Society were elected members of the Chapter, and a Commit- tee was appointed to arrange for the observance of Bunker Hill Day, and to invite the Rainier Chapter, D. A. R., and the members of the Sons of the Revolution, residing in the city, to participate. It was subsequently decided by a joint Committee from the three organizations to observe Flag Day, which occurred on Sunday, June 14. The exercises, which took the form of a patriotic musical program, and a sermon by the Rev. William Arnold Shanklin, were held in the First M. E. Church and were attended by the members of the organiza- tion in a body. At the Annual Meeting, February i, 1897, five new mem- bers were elected, and the officers elected for the ensuing year were: Dr. S. J. Holmes, President; John L,. Cole, Vice- President, C. S. Gleason, Secretary; J. N. Wallingford, Treasurer; Frank Hanford, Registrar; Dr. H. Stillson and G. N. Alexander, Members of the Board of Managers. On June 23, the Chapter under instructions from, and on behalf of the State Society presented to the High School of Seattle the portrait of George Washington and a fac simile of the Declaration of Independence. The presentation took place in the Assembly room of the High School before a large and representative audience. Dr. Samuel J. Holmes, Presi- dent of the Chapter, opened the exercises in a pleasing manner, and introduced Compatriot C. H. Hanford, Judge of the United States District Court, who made the presentation Ixxi tPasl^tngton Society address in wliicli he spoke of the objects of our Society, and sought to impress upon those present, and particularly the young people who were about to leave, and those who might thereafter attend the High School, the importance of cultivat- ing a warm and hearty patriotism such as he hoped would be inspired by the sight of the noble features of the Father of His Country, and by a study of that immortal document, the Declaration of Independance, Miss Leora Conn, president of the graduating class, responded, saying in part: "We desire to express to you our gratitude for the deep interest you have manifested toward our school and for the favor you have conferred upon us by making us the recipients of these gifts. We shall treasure them here because they represent to us, first, your kindness toward our school, and, second, the great principle that underlies all our institutions. The one shows us the Declara- tion of our forefathers that our country should be free; the other is the portrait of him who made that Declaration true. Your Society is striving to foster that spirit of patriotism which animated the breast of Washington and his colleagues. Our school is endeavoring to inculcate that same patriotism and aiming to make the pupils the truest and most loyal citizens." On Sunday, July 4, patriotic services were held in the First Presbyterian Church, under the auspices of this Chapter, at which the following program, interspersed with patriotic music, was rendered: Invocation Rev. Arthur L,. Hutchison, D. D. Reading Declaration of Independence Charles A. Riddle Address- Rev. David Claiborne Garrett Benediction Rev. Edwin M. Randall, Jr. At the Fourth Annual meeting, February 7. 1898, tv,^o new members were admitted and the following officers elected : C. S. Gleason, President; A. V. Bell, Vice-President; Dr. Hamilton Stillson, Secretary; J. N. Wallingford, Treasurer; Ixxii Sons of tl^e Ctmertcan Heoolution A. Murdoch Gow, Registrar; Fred Rice Rowell and G. A. Virtue, members of the Board of Managers. On May lo, Ticonderoga Day, the Chapter held a social smoker, the members being entertained by stories and remin- iscences, and the exhibition of interesting Revolutionary relics. On the evening of Tuesday, June 14, Flag Day was observed by the Chapter, together with the Seattle High School. The assembly room of the High School was elabo- rately decorated with flags. An interesting program was given, including choruses by the High School, and The Star Spangled Banner, sung as a solo by Mrs. C. E. Marvin. Mr. C. S Gleason, President of the Chapter, made the opening address, and Mr. James B. Howe delivered a scholarly addres's on the history, sentiment and deeper meaning of our National ensign. On Friday evening, January 6. 1899, the members of the Chapter attended a celebration of the anniversary of Wash- ington's Wedding Day at the residence of Mrs. G. H. Heilbron, as guests of Rainier Chapter, D. A. R. At the annual meeting, 1899, the following officers were elected: Dr. Hamilton Stillson, President; J. N, Wallingford, Vice-President; Edwin Ripley, Secretary; Frank Hanford,' Treasurer; Thomas E. Evanson, Registrar; John L. Cole and A. V. Bell, members of the Board of Managers. At the Annual Meeting of the Chapter held February 14, 1900, the following officers were elected: President, Hon. C, D. Emery; Vice-President, Edwin Ripley; Secretary, Walter B. Beals; Treasurer, C. P. Blanchard; Members of the Board of Managers, J. N. Wallingford and Hamilton Stillson. Ixxiu tPasI^ington Society HISTORY OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON CHAPTER NO. 3. Tacoma. BY BENJAMIN L. HARVEY. "Alexander Hamilton stands in the fro7it rank of a generation never surpassed in history y— James Bryce. On October 7, 1895, a circular, announcing that a meet- ing was to be held in the studj^ of the First Presbj^terian Church, Tacoma, October 9, to take under consideration plans for the formation of a Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution, v\^as mailed to a number of gentlemen who were thought to be eligible and interested. This circular was signed by the Rev. A. N. Thompson, Second Vice-President of the Washington State Society, and Mr. Benjamin L. Harvey, a member of the State Society. As a result of the meeting on October 9, 1895, a formal organization of the Alexander Hamilton Chapter, of Tacoma, was perfected in the law office of Walker & Fitch, Fidelity Building, on February 20, 1896, the Rev. A. N. Thompson acting as temporary chairman and Mr. B. ly. Harvey as tem- porarj'- secretary. Those present at this first meeting were the Rev. A. N. Thompson, Geo. B. Blanchard, Harrison G. Foster, Geo. H. Walker, Robert G. Walker, Walter M. Bosworth, B. L. Harvey. These gentlemen, together with Mr. Alexander B. Todd, took an active interest in the formation of the Chap- ter, and constituted the charter members. Mr. Herbert S. Griggs, Mr. Everett G. Griggs, Mr. John L. Hopkins, Mr. T. W. Enos, Mr. O. G. Ellis, Mr. C. M. Riddell, Mr. C. W. Matson and Mr. P. W. Dakin have since been elected to membership. At this first meeting the name of ' ' Alexander Hamilton ' ' was suggested by Mr. George H. Walker and unanimously adopted as the name of the Chapter. Ixxiv Sons of tl?c Ctmerican Heoolutton The first officers, elected February 20, 1896, were as follows: President — Mr. Harrison G. Foster. Vice-President— Rev. A. N. Thompson. Secretary— Mr. Robert G. Walker. Registrar and Treasurer— Mr. B. I^. Harvey. These officers, together with Mr. Geo. B. Blanchard and Mr. Walter M. Bosworth, constituted the first Board of Man- agement. On January 11, 1897, the Chapter elected its second officers, as follows: President — Mr. Harrison G. Foster. Vice-President — Mr. George B. Blanchard. Secretary— Mr. Robert G. Walker. Registrar and Treasurer— Mr. B. L. Harvey. On December 22, 1899, at an adjourned meeting, the fol- lowing were elected as the third officers: President— Mr. Herbert S. Griggs. Vice-President — Mr. O. G. Ellis. Secretary — Mr. C. M. Riddell. Registrar and Treasurer— Mr. B. L. Harvey. To the members of the Daughters of the American Rev- olution in Tacoma the Alexander Hamilton Chapter owes a debt of gratitude, and it takes great pleasure in extending at this time its sincere thanks for many favors received. To their untiring energy and gracious hospitality has been due the success of many pleasant meetings. The first large gathering at which the members of the Chapter took part was held in the handsome home of Col. C. W. Griggs, February 22, 1896, in honor of the birth of George Washington. This celebration was in the form of a banquet. Mr. H. S. Griggs acted as toastmaster; the Rev. A. N. Thompson responded to the toast ' ' The Sons of the American Revolution," and Mr. George H. Walker to " The State of Washington." Ixxv tPasl^ington Society On January 1 1, 1899, the Chapter gave its first celebration in honor of Hamilton's birthday. It was held at the residence of the President of the Chapter, Mr. Harrison G. Foster. The guests were received with true southern hospitality; the house was prettily decorated with flags, and the evening enlivened with music. "The Significance of the Declaration of Independence," was the title of an able paper read by Mr. H. S. Griggs at a joint meeting of the Sons and Daughters, October 24, 1897. At this same meeting, in a symposium on "Equality," Mr. George B. Blanchard prepared a paper embodying the ideas of Alexander Hamilton on this subject, and Mr. B. ly. Harvey one giving those of John Adams. On November 18, 1897, Mr. George H. Walker read a critical paper on Samuel Adams, and Mr. Harrison G. Foster prepared a paper giving some incidents of the signing of the Declaration. " I^etters of Col. Anthony Crockett, from Family Papers," was the title of the principal event of October 19, 1898, read by Mr. Crockett M. Riddell. "Such a Christmas revel as was held Wednesday night b}^ the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution has never been approached in Tacoma before," said a local paper in speaking of the meeting of December 21, 1898. The program in full for that eventful evening was as follows: " Now Christmas is come Let us beat up the drum And call all our neighbors together — And when they appear, lyCt us make such a cheer As will keep out the wind and the w-eather." Christmas Revels of Ye Olden Times. Enter Master of Revels, followed by his Court — Ancient Christ- mas, Dame Mince Pie, Robin Hood, Maid Marion, Roast Beef, Queen Bess, Plum Pudding. Ixxvi Sons of tl^e Ctmcrican Hcr>olutton Minuet by the Revelers. Crowning and Lighting of Yule Log. Firelight Tales and Ballads. Genealogy of the Adam Family. Quartette, "Brimming Brown Bowl." Refreshments — Wassail and Sweet Cake. Virginia Reel by Ye Sons and Daughters. The colonial home of Col. C. W. Griggs was most beau- tifully decorated with flags and evergreens. Mr. H. S. Griggs acted as Master of Revels. Mr. O. G. Ellis, Capt. E. G. Griggs and Mr. C. M. Riddell assisted in dancing the stately minuet. The gentlemen were dressed in silk knee-breeches, and the ladies in old-time costumes. Mr. P. W. Dakin sang sweetly. Mr. B. ly. Harvey read a burlesque genealogy of the Adam family. The festivities were ended with a Virginia reel, during which report says "that one of the grave gentlemen lost his queue, but continued, nothing daunted." The program for February 22, 1899, states that Mr. Har- rison G. Foster is down for a paper about "Women of Revo- lutionary Times;" Mr. George H. Walker, "Abigail Adams," and Mr. O. G. Ellis, "Dolly Madison." On April 26, 1899, ^^^ Daughters again honored the Sons by asking them to assist in "A Play: Columbia and Her Children. Characters represented by many Sons and Daugh- ters." No less personages than George and Martha Wash- ington saw pass before them in review the Children of Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean. Of the Sons in this very unique play, Mr. H. S. Griggs took the part of "Democrat;" Mr. O. G. Ellis, "Labor," and Mr. C. W. Matson, "Pop- ulist." Mr. C. M. Riddell acted the part of "Billy," body servant to George Washington. The acting was so well done by all that it is said that this was one of the most successful private plays ever presented in Tacoma. On October 28, 1899, the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated in Wright Park, Tacoma, a fountain in Ixxvii IDasl^tngton Societg honor of Narcissa Prentice Whitman. Alexander Hamilton Chapter, as a Chapter, donated to this worthy cause ten dollars, and was represented at the ceremonies by its President, Mr. Harrison G. Foster. Such, in brief, is the history of the Chapter and the work of its members. Some of the exercises in which it took part have been grave and some gay, but whether grave or gay it is hoped and believed that all have been dominated by true American Patriotism. The officers of the Alexander Hamilton Chapter elected December 22, 1899, were: President — H. S. Griggs. Vice-President— O. G. Ellis. Secretary— C. M. Riddell. Registrar and Treasurer — B. I/. Harvey. Ixxviii Lieut. Henry Moss Boutelle Sons of tl^e Gmcrtcan Heoolutton HENRY MOSS BOUTELLE was born at Vancouver, Wash- ington, June 17, 1875. On July 9, 1898, he was appointed Second Lieutenant and was assigned to the 3d U. S. Artillery. He was killed in action at Aliaga, Philippine Islands, Novem- ber 2, 1899. At the time of his death he was in command of a com- pany of Macabebe Scouts, well in front of General I^awton's advance, and the fact that the only white man with him was soon after dangerously wounded, makes it impossible at the time of this publication to give the particulars of his death. The letters from his comrades and superior ofl&cers alike attest his manly and soldierly qualities. He was an honor to his country, to his native State and to the uniform he wore. Ixxix IDaslitngton Society WILLIAM PIKE was born January 12, 1820, at Martins- burgh, Lewis County, N. Y., where the early years of his life were spent. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army, serving as Corporal in Company K, 77th New York Volunteers. Soon after the close of the Civil War he moved to Michigan, where some members of his family still reside. In 1889 he removed to Seattle, where he lived greatly respected by all who knew him. He died February 25, 1897. ixxx William Pike son of a revolutionary soldier ROLL OF MEMBERS ERRATUM. Roll of Members, page i, 5th line from bottom of page: For "later with Gen. Alger," read "later on the staff of Major-General Auger, commanding 19th Army corps." Note: The figures on the left indicate the State number and the figures on the right, the National number. In the lineage the names of the Revolutionary ancestors are printed in small capitals. Generations antedating Revolutionary ancestors are given whenever they have been recorded in the Society's archives, or have been furnished the editing committee. The small index figures have been substituted for a rep- etition of the word "great," thus "great-grandson" signifies "great- great-grandson." SIMON W. SCOTT Seattle. 7876 General Land Agent, Pacific Coast Company. Born in Allen^ Allegany County, N. Y., October 6, 1833. Entered the service of the United States at the beginning of the Civil War as color sergeant with the Seventh Regiment of New York militia, of which he had been a member for several years. This regiment was on the way to Washington within five hours after President Lincoln's first call for volunteers, and was the first body of troops to enter the capital, being mustered in April 18. He was with his regiment as long as it was in the service; returned to New York and the day after he was mustered out re-enlisted in the 174th New York Vol- unteers; assisted in raising that regiment, in which he was Quartermaster with the rank of First Lieutenant. Was ordered to the Department of the Gulf, and was soon detailed for stafi" duty, first with General Dudley, later with General Alger, and remained in active service until he was mustered out on December 23, 1865. Always active in military matters, he assisted in reorganizing the Washington Artillery at New Orleans; assisted in organizing the First Battalion of IDasl^tngton Society militia in Washington Territory, and was elected Major thereof. Under the new state law he helped raise the First Regiment of the N. G. W., and was unanimously elected Colonel. Other duties compelled him to decline the honor, but at the urgent request of Colonel Haines he accepted the Lieutenant-Colonelcy. He was later appointed on the staflf of Brigadier General Curry as Assistant Inspector General; was Inspector General on the staff of Governor McGraw for four years. He has twice been Provost Marshal of Seattle, first during the anti-Chinese riots, and later during the Seattle fire. His whole civil life has been closely connected with the railroad and transportation business, first as General Eastern Agent of the Great Central Line (which ofiice he left in 1861 to accept a sergeant's rank), later as General Agent of the Southern Railroad Association, and for the past twelve years has been connected with the Oregon Improvement Co. and its successor, the Pacific Coast Co.. and for the past eight years has been its General Land and Tax Agent. Son of Simon Scott and Lydia (Kellogg) Grandson of ELEAZER SCOTT and Hannah ( ) ELKAZER SCOTT was born in 1759 and died in Allen, Allegany County, N. Y. He was a Private in Captain Blake's Company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Connecticut Militia. He was wounded at the battle of Stillwater. (Certificate of the Commissioner of Pensions.) 2 JOHN KENNEDY STOUT 6786 Spokane. Lawyer. Born in Wilkesbarre, Luzerne County, Penn., November 29, 1849. Son of Asher Miner Stout and Ellen C. (Gildersleeve). Grandson of Abram Stout and Anna Maria (Miner.) Great grandson of Asher Miner and ( ) Great 2 grandson of SETH MINER and ( ) Great ^ grandson of Hugh Mi tier and ( ) SETH MINER was born in New London, Conn, in 1745; lived in Norwich, Conn., whence he joined the Connecticut Sons of tlje Ctmerican Hct)oIutton Militia as Ensign of the First Company, 20th Regiment, He was in action at Breeds Hill and other places, and died at Doylestown, Penn., January, 1822. In 1776 he was employed under order of Congress to build a guard fence around Norwich jail, to secure Dr. Church, the traitor. (Colonial Records, State of Connecticut, Vol. 15, pp. 252, 443, 661). 3 ARTHUR S. GIBBS 7309 Seattle. Cashier, Pacific Coast Company. Born at North Adams, Hillsdale County, Mich., April 23, 1857. Son of Lucius E. Gibbs and .Sarah (Green). Grandson of Samuel E. Gibbs and Lydia (Bush). Great-grandson of ARIJAH BUSH and Mary (Calender). Great-grandson of Heman Gibbs and Jemima (Elmore). Great •^ grandson of SAMUEL ELMORE and ( ) ABIJAH BUSH was born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., January 25, 1754. He was a Private in Capt. William Bacon's Company, Col. John Fellows' Regiment. He enlisted August 5, 1775; received his order for bounty or its equivalent in money at Dorchester, December 19, 1775. He was also in Capt. William Bacon's Company, Col. Porter's Regiment; also in Lieut. Jeremiah Hickox's Company, Col. John Ashley's Regiment. Enlisted July 6, 1777; discharged July 27, 1777. He was a pensioner, and when he drew his last pension in 1845, at the age of 91 years, he rode to Albany, N. Y., on horseback, a distance of 18 miles. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. II, p. 927). It is a family tradition that he held the rank of Major and was a member of the Cincinnati. SAMUEL ELMORE was born June 19, 1720, lived in Sharon, Conn., and died at Elmore, Vt., August 23, 1805. He was Captain of the 3d Company (afterwards Major) of the 4th Continental Regiment of Connecticut Troops under Col. Benjamin Hinman, in 1775; mustered out December, IDasl^tngton Society 1775. He served as Lieutenant Colonel under General David Wooster before Quebec until the spring of 1776. Early in 1776 he was given command of a regiment in the Northern Department under General Schuyler, which was later stationed at Fort Stanwix and disbanded in 1777. In 1779 he was a deputy from Sharon in the Connecticut General Assembly. (Heitman's Historical Register. Connecticut men in the Revolution, pp. 44, 59, 60, 96, 113). 4 JAMES BLAKE HOWE 6791 Seattle. Lawyer. Born in Charleston, S. C, July 7, i860. Son of William B. W. Howe and Catherine Gadsden (Edwards). Grandson of James Fisher Edwards and Rebecca Harriet (Gadsden). Great-grandson of Philip Gadsden and Catherine (Edwards). Great-grandson of CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN and (Hasell). CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN was born in Charleston, S. C. in 1724 and died August 28, 1805. He was made Colonel of the ist South Carolina Regiment June 17, 1775; promoted to Brigadier General of the Continental Army Sep- tember 16, 1776; resigned October 2, 1777. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress that met in New York in 1765 and to the First Continental Congress in 1774, in which he urged an immediate attack on General Gage at Boston. He was actively engaged in the siege of Charleston in 1776; signed the capitulation when the city was captured; was arrested for violation of the terms of capitulation and sent prisoner to St. Augustine, Fla. He refused to give his parole after the arrest and was imprisoned in the dungeon of the castle for forty-two weeks. (Heitman's Historical Register. American Cyclo- pedia, Vol. VII, p. 551. Bancroft's History of the United States, edition of 1854, Vol. V, pp. 294, 295.) Sons of t\}z American KeDoIution 5 EDWARD WELDON YOUNG 7328 Seattle. Physician. Born in Koniska, Mcl^eod County, Minn., July 5, 1869. Sou of Thomas Miles Young and Marion (Holmes). Grandson of Robert Buchanan Young and Rebecca (Miles). Great-grandsou of William Young and Margaret Buchanan. Great ^ grandson of JAMES YOUNG and EJlizabeth (Cooper). JAMES YOUNG was born in Derry County, Ireland, lived in York County, Penn., and died in Browne County, Ohio, at the age of 109 years 3 months. He was a Captain in Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Troops, August i, 1777. (Heitman's Historical Reg- ister. Rolls of Revolutionary Soldiers of Pennsylvania.) Family tradition says that he participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Cowpens, and was with General Washington at Valley Forge. 6 ARTHUR W. DOLAND 6766 Spokane. Wholesale Druggist. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N. H., September 4, 1857. Son of John Doland and Elizabeth (Hall). Grandson of Samuel Hall and Polly (Ray). Great-grandsou of WILLIAM HALL and Great ^ grandson of DANIEL HALL and Jean (Barr). Great-grandson of JOHN HALL 2d, and Elizabeth (Dickey). Great * grandson of John Hall and Great ^ grandson of JOHN RAY and JOHN HALIy 2d, was born in the North of Ireland; came to America in 1730 and lived in New Hampshire. He was a member of the "Committee of Safety," Manchester, N. H ; a signer of Resolutions to Continental Congress, and one of a Committee of Seven to form plan of government for the State of New Hampshire in 1778 and also in 1783. (Potten's History of New Hampshire, pp. 427, 428, 442, 494, 500, 505.) DANIEL HAI,!, was born in I^ondonderry, N. H., July 28, 1744, and enlisted in the Continental Army in 1775 and IPasI^ington Society attained the rank of I^ieutenant. (Certificate of Secretary of State^ New Hampshire.) WIIylylAM HALIy was a soldier in the Continental Army. (Certificate from Secretary of State, New Hampshire.) JOHN RAY was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War. 7 JOHN FRANKLIN GOWEY 6759 Olympia. (Membership Ceased). U. S. Consul, Nagasaki, Japan. Born in L,ewisburgh, Champaign County, Ohio, December 7, 1846. Son of Hartford D. Gowey and Eliza A. (Willey). Grandson of Benjamin F. Willey and Maria (Strong). Great-grandson of Ethan Allen Willey and Mary (Brockway). Great ^ grandson of ABRAHAM WILLEY and Susanna (Beck- with). Great ^ grandson of Alley Willey and Mehitabel (Richardson). Great * grandson of John Willey and Elizabeth (Harvey). ABRAHAM WII,I.EY was born inKastHaddam, Conn., May 1 1, 1750. He served as a Private in Capt. John Willey' s Company, Col. Joseph Spencer's Regiment, Connecticut Militia, which marched from the town of East Haddam to Boston at the "Lexington Alaim." (Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution. Isaac Willey, of New London, Conn., and His Descendants.) 8 CORNELIUS H. HANFORD 7883 Seattle. U. S. District Judge. Born in Winchester, Van Buren County, Iowa, April 21, 1849. Son of Edward Hanford and Abby J, ( Holgate) . Grandson of Thaddeus Hanford and Abby (Brown). Great-grandson of WILLIAM BROWN and ( ) Grandson of Abraham Levering Holgate and Elizabeth (Jones). Great-grandson of Cornelius Holgate and Mary (Levering). Great ^ grandson of John Holgate and Great ^ grandson of MATT HOLGATE and Great-grandson of Nathan Hawley Jones and Abigail (Clark). Great ^grandson of Clark and Rebecca (Baldwin). Great » grandson of PELEG BALDWIN and Sons of tl]e Ctmerican Heoolution William Brown was born in Connecticut and lived in the town of Norwich. He enlisted April 9, 1777, was made a Corporal May 8, 1779, was made Sergeant in Capt. Samuel Comstock's Company of the 5th Connecticut lyine, Lieut. Col. Isaac Sherman, 1780. He was one of the "Forlorn Hope" that captured Fort Hamilton, October 14, 1781, and received a badge for his bravery. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 345, 361, 468.) MATT HOLGATB was Ueutenant Colonel of the 7th Battalion of the Philadelphia Militia in 1780. PEIvEG BALDWIN was born in Milford, Conn., July 13, 1708 and died in 1797. He was a member of Capt. Peck's Company, Col. Douglass Wadsworth's Brigade, 5th Battalion Connecticut Troops, 1776. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution.) 9 JAMES HULL SHERMAN BARTHOLOMEW 7318 (Demitted to California State Society S. A. R.) Journalist. Born in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 23, 1848. Son of Sherman Willard Bartholomew and Mary Eliza (Port). Grandson of Ira Hull Bartholomew and Mary (Drury). Great-grandson of Ira Bartholomew and Caroline (Shattuck). Great-grandson of JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW and Mary (Sexton). Great ^ grandson of Andrew Bartholomew and ( ). JOSEPH BARTHOI.OMEW was born in Branford, Conn., May 6, 1721, lived in Wallingford, Conn., and died in 1782. He enlisted as a Private in April, 1775, at the time of the "Lexington Alarm," and was afterward promoted to the oflSce of Lieutenant under the command of Capt. Cook of the Wallingford Compau5^ (Connecticut Men in the Revolu- tion. Genealogy of the Bartholomew Family.) It is family tradition that his father, Andrew Bartholomew, was a Captain of Militia, and family records seem to confirm it. 7 lPasI]tngton Society lo SAMUEL JUDD HOLMES 7885 Seattle. Physician. Born in Palmyra, Jefiferson Co., Wis. , October 12, 1854. Son of Miles Holmes and Nancy Sophia (Cowles). Grandson of Israel Holmes and Sarah ( Judd). Great-grandson of SAMUKIv JUDD and Bede (Hopkins). Great ^grandson of Jolin Judd and Nancy (Bronson). Great ^ grandson of John Judd and Hannah (Hickox). Great * grandson of Thomas Judd and ( ) Grandson of Addison Cowles and Phoebe (Coll). Great-grandson of Ashbel Cowles and Rhoda (Lee). Great •^ grandson of JOSIAH COWLES and Jemima (Dick- inson). SAMUEL, JUDD was born in Waterbury, Conn., Decem- ber 26, 1734, and died September 11, 1825, In 1783 he was commissioned Captain of the 5th Company, or "Train Band", in the 27th Regiment of the State of Connecticut. (History of Waterbury, Connecticut, and lithographic facsimile of commission in possession of Samuel J. Holmes.) JOSIAH COWLES lived in Southington, Conn. He was a member of the Committee for the relief of the Boston sufferers from the Port Bill; also a member of the Committee for the relief of soldiers' families during the Revolution. He also marched from Southington to Boston at the time of the suffering caused by the closing of the Port of Bristol. ("His- tory of Southington," Hartford County, Conn.) n ELL STONE SMITH 7317 Seattle. Publisher. Born in Washington, L,itchfield Co., Conn., June 24, 1827. Son of William Smith and Julia (Stone). Grandson of Samuel Smith and Lucy (Hall). Great-grandson of JOHN SMITH and Mary (Ford). Great-grandson of EPHRAIM SMITH and Sarah (Newton). JOHN SMITH was born in Milford, Conn., February 2, 8 Sons of tl^c Ctmerican Her>oIutton 1744; died December 25, 1819. Reserved as a Private in the 7th Regiment of Connecticut Troops, Capt. Isaac Bost- wick, Col. Charles Webb, from July 12 to November 8, 1775. He also served in Capt. Betts' Company of the 2d Regiment of the "Connecticut I^ine," from February 15, 1777, to March 31, 1780, and was mustered out as I,ieu- tenant. He was present at Tyron's raid on Danbury^ April 25, 1777, where he was captured and taken prisoner to New York. (Certificate of Adjutant General, Connecticut. Con- necticut Men in the Revolution, p. 492.) EPHRAIM SMITH was born at Milford, Conn., in 17 15 and died at the age of 106 years at Wolcott, Conn. He was a Private in the 6th Company of the 5th Regiment of Connecticut Troops, Col. Waterbury. He enlisted May 12, and was discharged October 23, 1775. He was also a Private in Col. Douglass' Battalion (Capt. Johnson's Com- pany) Connecticut Troops, in 1776. He was present at the battles of Long Island and White Plains. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 68, 407.) 12 GEORGE NELL ALEXANDER 7325 Seattle. (Membership Ceased.) Born in Williamson, Wayne Co., N. Y., October 7, 1843. Son of David Alexander and Mary Ann (Howell). Grandson of Nell Alexander and Patience (Arnold). Great-grandson of WIIyL,IAM ARNOLD and Iceas Gorton (Malern). WILLIAM ARNOLD served in Capt. Stephen Kim- ball's Company, Col. Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment, Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Also under Capt. Abraham Windsor, Col. Brown's Regiment; also under Capt. Wood, Col. Elliott's Regiment. He was a Minute Man at the battle of Lexington, a Sergeant in 1775, 1776 and 1777, a Quartermaster in 1778 and 1779, and a Lieutenant in 178 1. (Heitman's Historical Register.) lDa5l]tngton Soctetij 13 WILLIAM B. ARMSTRONG 7888 Seattle. (Membership Ceased.) Born at Mound ville, Marshall Co., W. Va., December 13, 1864. Son of Singleton T. Armstrong and Arabella (Burton). Grandson of John M. Armstrong and Ann M. (Townshend). Great-grandson of WILL,! AM ARMSTRONG and Hannah (Devecmor). Great-grandson of JAMES ARMSTRONG and ( ) WII^IylAM ARMSTRONG was made Ensign of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, March 9, 1777, and served for a time near the close of the Revolution. (Heitman's His- torical Register.) JAMES ARMSTRONG was born early in the eighteenth century and lived in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn. He was Quartermaster of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, February 29, 1776, to January, 1777; Ensign of the 2nd Pennsylvania, May 21, 1776; 2nd lyieutenant November ber II, 1776. Retired January, 1777. (Heitman's His- torical Register.) Family tradition says that he served as Colonel at the defense of Fort Moultrie, and was at the battle of German town. 14 AUGUSTUS V. BELL. 7889 Seattle. General Agent I^ife Insurance Co. Born in Pleasant Township, Knox Co., Ohio, June 19, 1854. Son of George H, Bell and Jane B. (Rowan). Grandson of Robert Bell and Charlotte (Blan chard). Great-grandson of JUSTUS BI,ANCHARD and Chloe ( Marshall). Great ^ grandson of Simon Blanchard and Rebecca (Sheldon). Great ^ grandson of John Blanchard and Mary (Crosby). Great-grandson of Samuel Blanchard and Hannah (Dogget). JUSTUS BLANCHARD was born in Billerica, Mass., November 22, 1759, lived in Billerica and Woburn, Mass., and died at Catskill, N. Y., September 9, 1831. He was a Private in Capt. Edward Farmer's Company, Col. Green's Regiment, 10 Sons of ti^e Ctmcrican HcDolutton which marched at the Lexington "Alarm;" also in Capt. Benjamin Walker's Company, Col. Kbenezer Bridge's 27th Regiment; also in Capt. John Wood's Company, Col. Loammi Baldwin's 26th Massachusetts Regiment; also in Col. Thos. Nixon's 6th Regiment; also in Capt. Elijah Danforth's Com- pany, Col. Nixon's Regiment; also in Capt. Thomas Barnes' (lyight Infantry) Company, 6th Regiment; also in Lieutenant Col. Smith's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment; also in Lieut. Col. Daniel Whiting's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment. He was present at the battle of Bunker Hill and siege of Boston. He was at the battle of Long Island, and taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington, and confined in the Liberty St. "Sugar House" Prison until his exchange in the spring of 1777, when he enlisted again for the war, and was in the campaigns of '77, '78, '79 and '80, and at Valley Forge. Dis- charged May 2, 1780. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. II, p. 151. Revolutionary Rolls Mass. Vol. 12, p. 73, Vol. 56, p. 178, Vol. 57, p. 19. Mass. Continental Rolls. History of Billerica.) 15 CARLISLE P. BLANCHARD 9323 Seattle. Merchant. Born in Washington, D. C, September 27, 1852. Son of Claude D. Blanchard and Meda (Anderson). Grandson of Samuel Anderson and Susan Dayton (Wheaton). Great-grandson of JOSEPH WHEATON and Sallie (Fletcher). JOSEPH WHEATON was born in Flatbush, Long Island, in 1756, and died in Baltimore, Md., November 23, 1828. He was one of the principal promoters of the volunteer expedition organized at Machias, Me. under Capt. Jeremiah O'Brien, which, on June 12, 1775, in the merchant sloop Unity, pursued from the port of Machias the British armed schooner Margaretta of 40 men, 4 light guns and 14 swivels, and captured her in a hand to hand fight. Joseph Wheaton hauled down the captured flag, receiving a severe cutlass wound in the head. This is believed to have been the first British lDasI]ington Society flag captured at sea during the Revolution. On September 24, 1777, he was at Exeter, N. H. in the service of the State and on January 20, 1778, was appointed lyieutenant in Capt. Samuel Dearborn's Company, I,ieut. Col. Peabody's Battalion, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, which Battalion was detailed for service in Rhode Island and camped on the college campus. Providence, March 13, 1778. While at Providence he was appointed by General Sullivan, member of Courts- martial June 12 and July 25, and served with his regiment in Rhode Island until January i, 1779. On March i, 1779 he was appointed Ensign in the 2d Regiment Rhode Island Con- tinental Infantry, Col. Samuel Angell, by Maj. Gen. Gates, which appointment was confirmed by Gen. Washington June 3, 1780, and approved by the General Assembly of Rhode Island June 14. 1780. He was in the Staten Island expedition under Maj. Gen. lyord Sterling January 15-16, 1780, and in the affair of Connecticut Farms June 7, 1780, and also in the combat at Sprague Field June 23, 1780. On January i, 1781, he was transferred to the ist Regiment Rhode Island Con- tinental Infantry, Col. Christopher Green, at West Point. On February 2, 1781, he was assigned to the Light Infantry Com- pany of his Regiment, Capt. Stephen Olney, Lieut. Col. Gimat's Battalion, in Maj. Gen. Lafayette's Light Infantry Division, and was immediately made Regimental Quarter- master of his battalion. He marched with his battalion to Virginia and was at Wilton May 19, 1781, and at the battle at Jamestown, July 6, 1781; he was present at the siege and cap- ture of Yorktown, September 29 to October 19, 1781. On the evening of October 14, he led his company in a storming column and captured the British redoubt defended by Maj. James Campbell. In this assault he was shot through the lungs and taken to the hospital at Richmond. On May i , he was transferred from the Light Infantry to the 7th Com- pany of the same Regiment and from February 8 to February 13. 1783. was in the expedition from Fort Herkimer to Fort Oswego in which he commanded the advance guard. He was 12 Sons of tl]c Ctmertcan HcDoIutton honorably discharged December 25, 1783. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. (Heitman's Historical Reg- ister. Memoirs of Major Joseph Wheaton by Asa Bird Gardiner.) 16 ERASTUS BRAINERD 7891 Seattle. Journalist. Born in Middleton, Middlesex Co. Conn., February 25, 1855. Soa of Normau I^eslie Brainerd and Lena (Campbell). Grandson of Erastus Brainerd and Mary W. (StancliflF). Great-grandson of Silas Brainerd and L,ucinda ( ). Great 2 grandson of JOSIA.H BRAINERD, Jr. and Lois (Hurl- burt.) Great ^ grandson of Josiah Brainerd, Sr. and ( ). JOSIAH BRAINERD Jr. was born in Haddam, Conn. August 17, 1739. He was Knsign of the ist Company, Capt. Eliphalet Holmes, Col. Samuel Selden, Fourth Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 403. Genealogy of the Brainerd Family by Rev. David D. Field.) 17 EDGAR RAY BUTTERWORTH 7892 Seattle. Undertaker. Born in Newton, Suflfolk Co., Mass., March 3, 1847. Son of William Ray Butterworth and Eliza (Norwood), Grandson of NOAH BUTTERWORTH and Nancy (Ray). NOAH BUTTERWORTH was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, Oct. 19, 1761, and lived in Cumberland, R. I. and Wrentham, Mass. He enlisted as a Private on Dec. i, 1776 in a Rhode Island Regiment, Col. Archibald Crary, and served 15 months. Enlisted again June i, 1778 and served 4 months under Col. Green D. Olney. Enlisted again June i, 1780 and served 6 months. (Certificate of Commissioner of Pensions.) tDasl^ington Societij i8 IRVING T. COLE 7893 Seattle. Lawyer. Born in Troy, Renssaelaer Co., N. Y. Novem- ber 28, 1863. Son of John C. Cole and Lydia (Tomlinson). Grandson of Calvin Cole and Fayette (Balcom). Great-grandson of Samuel Balcom and Polly (Knapp). Great 2 grandson of HENRY BALCOM and Kezia (Stow). HENRY BALCOM was born at Sudbury, Mass., Aug. 16, 1740, and lived in Newfane, Vt. He was with Gen. Stark in the battle of Bennington and afterward at the battle of Saratoga. He served about 6 weeks in 1780. (Certificate of the Adjutant General of Vermont.) 19 EDWIN W. CRAVEN 7894 Seattle. Attorney-at-law. Born in Lancaster, Jefferson Co., Ind., April 25, 1851. Son of John Gill Craven and Martha (Willson). Grandson of Thomas Craven and Rebecca (Selfridge). Great-grandson of THOMAS CRAVEN and Eleanor (Adams). Great ^ grandson of Peter Craven and Mary (Oliver). Great * grandson of Jacobus Craven and ( ). Grandson of William Willson and Mary (Gaston). Great-f^randson of Joseph Gaston and Martha (Hutton). Great 2 grandson of JOHN GASTON and ( ). Great ^ grandson of WHvIvIAM HUTTON and Rebecca ( ). THOMAS CRAVEN was born in Bucks Co., Penn., October 24, 1756; lived in Warwick, Bucks Co., Penn., and died in Indiana Co., Penn., 1832. He was a Private in the "Associated Company" of Warwick, August 21, 1775. (Archives of Pennsylvania, Second Series, Vol. XIV, p. 163). Tradition says that he was at Valley Forge, and participated iu the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Germantown and Brandy- wine, where he was slightly wounded. JOHN GASTON was born in May, 1740, lived in Somer- set Co., N. J. and died September 10, 1823. He was a mem- Sons of tl^e Ctmcrtcan HeDoIutton ber of the "Committee of Correspondence" for Somerset Co., N. J. ("Minutes of Provincial Congress and Coun- cil of Safety" of New Jersey, 1775-6, p. 162.) Tradition says that he was also a Minute Man. WILLIAM HUTTON lived in Abbeville Co., S. C. Tradition says that he served as a Captain under General Marion, 7307 20 GEORGE TILTON DOOLITTLE Spokane. Physician. Bom in New Haven, New Haven Co., Conn., October 23, i860. Son of Tilton Edwin Doolittle and Mary (Cook). Grandson of John Cook and Mary (Munson) Great-grandson of Samuel Cook and Mary (Kirtland). Great 2 grandson of THADDEUS COOK and Sarah (Hall). Great ^ grandson of Samuel Cook and Hannah (Lewis). Great ■* grandson of Samuel Cook and Hannah (Ives). THADDEUS COOK was born in Wallingford, Conn., September 10, 1728. He was Major in Col. Ward's Regiment, Connecticut Militia, 1776. He was afterwards made Colonel of the loth Regiment, Connecticut Troops and served under Generals Spencer and Wooster. He was engaged at Danbury at Tyron's Raid, 1777. (Heitman's Historical Register. Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 109, 424, 435, 492.) The original commission of Thaddeus Cook as Colonel of the loth Regiment, signed by Jonathan Trumbull, is in the possession of the Doolittle family at New Haven, Conn. 21 WILLIAM HENRY EDES 7319 Spokane. Real Estate. Born in Norridgework, Somerset Co., Me., June I, 1838. Son of George V. Edes and Susan (Wetherell). Grandson of CHARIvES WETHERELL and ( ). CHARLES WETHERELL was born in Pepperel, Mass. in 1764; lived in Norridgework, Maine. He enlisted as a '5 IDasl^tngton Society Private in April, 1780, Capt. Thomas Hartshorn's Company, Col. Michael Jackson, from the State of Massachusetts and served 9 months, and died in 1833. (Certificate of Com- missioner of Pensions.) 22 SALVADOR ELLICOTT 6797 Seattle. (MembersKip ceased). Born in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Md., July 8, 1852, Sou of Benjamin ElHcott and Mary (Carroll), Grandson of William Carroll and Henrietta (Williamson). Great- Grandson of Daniel Carroll and Elizabeth (Driggs). Great 2 grandson of DANIEI/ CARROLIv and Elendor ( ). DANlEIy CARROLrly was born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George Co., Md. and lived in Maryland. He was a Delegate from Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1784. On July 9, 1778, he signed the Articles of Confederation. On Nov. 25, 1777, he was chosen a member of the Governor's Council of Maryland. (L,amman's Biographical Annals of Congress. Maryland Archives Vol. XVI.) 23 CHARLES DELAUS EMERY 7345 Seattle. IoIutton Ivce, from October 21 to November 2, 1781. He was also a member of the Committee of Safety for Vermont, 1 776-1 780. (Records in the Office of the Adjutant and Inspector General of Vermont. The Walkers of the Old Colony and Their Descendants. The Story of My Ancestors in America, by Edwin Sawyer Walker.) THOMAS SAWYER was born at Bolton, Mass., 1742, and lived in Vermont. He was a Private in a Massachusetts Regiment in 1777 and stationed at Ticonderoga. His term of enlistment expired and he removed to Vermont. In 1778 he was elected Captain of a Company of "Minute Men." He assisted in protecting the frontier from invasion from the Canadian Borders, and later was for two years in command of "Fort Ranger" at Rutland, Vt. (Hemenway's Historical Magazine and Gazetteer of Vermont. Records of Revolution- ary Service on file at MontpeUer, Vermont. Story of My Ancestors in America, by Edwin Sawyer Walker.) 78 ROBERT GILE WALKER 8903 Tacoma. Eoan Broker. Born in Springfield, Sangamon Co., 111., June 22, 1867. Son of Edwin Sawyer Walker and Emily M, (Hunt). Grandson of Sawyer Walker and Malinda (Gile). Great-grandson of Jesse Walker and Prudence (Sawyer). Great 2 grandson of GIDEON WALKER and Rachel (Foster). Great 2 grandson of THOMAS SAWYER and Prudence (Car- ter). (See GEORGE HUNT WALKER, No. 77.) 79 FRED RICE ROWELL 8904 Seattle, I^awyer. Born in South Thomaston, Knox Co., Maine, December 29, 1856. Son of Luther H. Rowell and Sarah Whiting (Matthews). Grandson of Rice Rowell and Sally (Dunning). Great-grandson of WILLIAM ROWELL and Mrs. Ruth (Matthews) (Tenant). 53 lDasI]tngton Society WIIvIylAM ROWELIy was born in New Hampshire in 1755 and lived in New Hampshire. In 1786 he moved to Thomaston, Knox Co., Maine, where he married and lived, reared a family and died September 30, 1811. He enlisted as a Private May 5, 1775, in Capt. Henry Dearborn's Company, Col. John vStark's Regiment, New Hampshire Troops, and was with his regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. (Eaton's History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine. New Hampshire State Papers, Revolutionary Roll, Vol. I, p. 69.) 80 WALTER M. BOSWORTH 8905 Tacoma. Civil Engineer. Born in Bristol, Kenosha Co., Wis. October 30, 1 86 1. Son of George Bosworth and Sophia Eliza (Marsh). Grandson of Hamuion Marsh and Catherine Content (Etheridge). Great-grandson of Nathaniel Etheridge and Content (Chatn- pHn). Great-grandson of WILLIAM CHAMPLIN and Content (Brown). Great ^ grandson of JOSEPH CHAMPLIN and Maty (No5'es). Great -^ grandson of Christopher Champliu and Elizabeth (Den- nison). Great ^ grandson of George Dennison and Mercy (Gorham). Great ^ grandson of John Gorham and Desire (Howland). Great ' grandson of John Howland and Elizabeth ( ). Grandson of Harvey Bosworth and Sophia (Nash). Great-grandson of Reuben Nash and Abagail (Woodward). Great ^ grandson of ISAAC NASH and ( ). WIIvIvIAM CHAMPLIN enlisted in the army at the age of 16 years and assisted in building a fort at Stonington Point and was afterward stationed there three months under com- mand of Capt. John Belcher; afterward stationed at Groton Fort under Capt. Peleg Noyes; afterward stationed at New L,ondoa Fort 3 months. Served under Capt. Andrew Staun- ton in guarding coasts and harbors, 15 months. Enlisted as Sergeant for 3 years under Capt. Elijah lycwis; marched to 54 Sons of tl^c Ctmcrican Hcr>oIutton New Jersey and joined Washington's army; marched to the bank of the Delaware River near Philadelphia and repaired the fort at that place, then under command of Col. Christopher Green; defended the fort against British and Hessian Troops; wintered at Valley Forge; was one of a party of volunteers to ford a stream and search for provisions for the army; was in the battle of Monmouth. While at Red Bank, R. I., he was one of a party of volunteers to cross the river and capture a British Battery. He assisted in manning the sloop Ha^icock which captured a brig loaded with wine. Hs went out in the Oliver Cromwell and captured a brig. He was Captain of Marines on board the Minerva which captured the Hibernia and the Hannah. He sailed in the sloop Spitfire, commanded by Capt. Thompson, which gave chase to a British galley and drove her into Fire Island. On this expedition he shot away the rudder of the British boat, causing her capture. (Docu- ment entitled "Tales of the Revolution" dictated by William Champlin and written by his son-in-law, and now in posses- sion of Mr. Bos worth.) JOSEPH CHAMPWN was born at Mt. Hope, R. I., 1759, and lived at Westerly, R. I. He was Colonel of a Regiment of Militia from Rhode Island early in the war. He marched his troops to Stonington Point, Conn., and prevented the landing of British Troops from the ship ''Rose.'" He died of "Camp Distemper." ISAAC NASH was a Captain in the New Hampshire Militia and was killed at the battle of Bennington. (Heit- man's Historical Register, page 306.) 81 HERBERT STANTON GRIGGS 8906 Tacoma. Lawyer. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minn., February 27, 1861. Son of Chauncey W. Griggs and Martha Ann (Gallup). Grandson of Chauncey Griggs and Hearty (Dimock). Great-grandson of Stephen Griggs and Elizabeth (Lathrop). Great ^ grandson of ICHABOD GRIGGS and Mary (Hatch). 55 XPasI^ington Society ICHABOD GRIGGS was born in Tolland, Conn, June 7, 1744, lived in Tolland and died in New Rochelle, N. Y. He enlisted in Roger Knos' Company, Col. Joseph Spencer's Regiment, Connecticut Militia, May 9, 1775, and was dis- charged December 18, 1775 His name is enrolled in the roster of Connecticut Troops as a Sergeant, Capt. Solomon Willes, from the Town of Tolland. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 23. 47. Waldo's Early History of Tolland, Conn.) 82 CEPHAS C. BATEMAN 6713 Manila. P. I. Chaplain U. S. A. Born in Ionia Co., Mich., May 16, 1857- Son of Calvin Augustus Bateman aud Rhoda Cordelia (Harris). Grandson of Calvin Bateman and Harriet (Barber). Great-grandsou of ZADOC BATEMAN and Lucy (Wheat). Great ^ grandson of Eleazar Bateman and Sarah (Putnam). Great ^ grandson of Ezra Bateman and . ZADOC BATEMAN was born in Connecticut, August 17, 1762, and lived in Hancock, Mass. He was a Private in Capt. Williams' Company, 12th Mass. Regiment Continental lyine. 83 FRED HENRY NETTLETON 8908 Spokane. Mining. Born in Wilmot Flat, Merrimac Co., N. H., February 12, 1861. Son of Daniel Nettleton and Ellen Cheney (Wilmarth). Grandson of Jonathan Munro Wilmarth and Lucy (Cheney). Great-grandson of JOSEPH CHENEY and Susanna (Wads- worth). JOSEPH CHENEY was born in Dover, Mass., in 1761, lived in Dover and died at Olneyville, R. I., at the age of 76. He enlisted December 11, 1776, as a Private in Capt. Eben- ezer Battle's Company, Col. William Mcintosh's Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, and served 19 days at Castle Island. 56 Sons of tl^e Clmcncan Hecolution He also served in Capt, May's Company, Col. Brooks' Reg- iment, from November 4, 1777, 150 days. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol. Ill, p. 389. Records of the Town of Dover, Mass. I^ife of Martin Cheney, p. 13.) 84 ELIAS BEAN WHITMAN 8909 Walla Walla. Real Estate and Insurance. Born in Boston, Middlesex Co., Mass., January 20, 1824. Son of Elias Bean and Lucinda Porter (Whitman). Grandson of Joseph Whitman and Lucy (Parks). Great-grandson of THOMAS WHITMAN and Jemima (Porter). THOMAS WHITMAN was born in Stow, Mass., Octo- ber 18, 1 75 1, and lived in Stow. He enlisted as a Lieutenant October i, 1779, in Capt. Silas Taylor's Company, Col. Jon- athan Reed's Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and was discharged November 8, 1779. (Massachusetts Archives, Vol. XXIII, p. 179. History of the Descendants of John Whitman, Weymouth, Mass.) 85 FRANK STUART SOUTHARD 8910 Seattle. Attomey-at-Law. Born in Newton, Union Co., Ohio, March 12, 1865. Son of John Q. Southard and Lucinda Maria (Green). Grandson of Theodones Green and EHza Ann (Stuart) Great-grandson of Nathaniel Stuart and Keziah (Toby). Great-grandson of JOSEPH STUART and Elizabeth (St. John). JOSEPH STUART was born in Norwalk, Conn., Feb- ruary II, 1762, and lived in Connecticut. He enlisted as a Private March, 1779 in Nathan Gilbert's Company, Col. Mead, Connecticut Troops and served 14 days. Enlisted as Private July, 1779, in Capt. Nathan Gilbert's Co., Col. Mead's Regiment, and served 11 days. Enlisted in the winter 57 IPasl^tngton Soctetg of 1780 as a substitute in Capt. Cloe's Company and served 2 months. Enlisted in September, 1781, as a Private in Capt. Eliakim Smith's Company, Col. Sheldon's Regiment, and served 2 months. Enlisted in April, 1781 as a substitute in Capt. King's Company and served 2 weeks. Enlisted in the fall of 1 78 1 as a Private in Lieut. Seth Abbott's Company and served 3 days. Enlisted in August, 1782, as a Private in the same Company, Col Mead's Regiment and served 2 days. Enlisted in the fall of 1782 as a drummer in Capt. Nathan Gilbert's Company, and served 2 weeks. (Certificate of Com- missioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.) 86 EVERETT GALLUP GRIGGS 8911 Tacoma. Lumberman. Born in Chaska, Carver Co., Minn., Decem- ber 27, 1866. Son of Chauncey Wright Griggs and Martha Ann (Gallup"). Grandson of Chauncey Griggs and Hearty (Dimock), Great-grandson of Stephen Griggs and Elizabeth (Lathrop). Great 2 grandson of ICHABOD GRIGGS and Mary (Hatch). (See Herbert S. Griggs, No. 81, ) 87 JOHN N. WALLINGFORD 8912 Seattle. Real Estate. Born in Athens, Somerset Co., Maine, July 4, 1833. Son of JONATHAN WAI^LINGFORD and Betsey (Bunker). JONATHAN WALLINGFORD was born in Rochester, N. H., July 5, 1762, lived in Maine and died there August, 1847. He enlisted at the age of eighteen as a Private under Capt. Timothy Emerson, Col. Thomas Bartlett's Regiment, New Hampshire Troops, and marched to the defense of West Point. Term of service, 3 months and 18 days. Betsey Bunker Wallingford received a pension as the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier for many years until her death Septem- ber 6, 1889. (N. H. Records of Revolutionary War, Vol III, p. 119.) 58 John N. Wallingfokd son of a revolutionary soldier Sons of tl]e Ctmertcan Hecolution 88 HAMILTON STILLSON 8913 Seattle. Oculist. Born in Bedford, I^awrence Co., Ind., February 14, 1857. Son of Joseph Stillson and Eliza Jane (Reddick). Grandson of Abel Stillson and Sarah (Wetmore). Great-grandson of ABElv STiLIvSON and Jerusha (Prindle). Great-grandson of James Wetmore and Mabel (Peck), Great ^ grandson of JOSIAH WETMORE and ( ). Great ^ grandson of EPHRAIM PECK and Sarah (Porter). ABEL STlIvLSON was born in Newtown, Conn., 1759, and died in Newtown September 14, 1828. He enlisted as a Private in Capt. Elias Dunning's Company, Col. Benjamin Hinman's Regiment, 13th Connecticut Troops, August 12, 1777, and was discharged September 28, 1777. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 268.) JOSIAH WETMORE was born in Huntington, Conn. He enlisted as a Private October 5, 1777, in Capt. Samuel Beardslee's Company, Col. Samuel Whiting's Regiment of Militia, State of Connecticut, for a short campaign at Fish- kill, commanded by lyieut. Col. Jonathan Demon. Discharged October 13, 1777. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, P- 519-) EPHRAIM PECK was born in Milford or Newtown, Conn., May 21, 1721 and lived in Newtown. He served as a Private May 13 to October 8, 1775, in the ist Company of Col. David Waterbury's 5th Regiment Continentals. (Con- necticut Men in the Revolution, p. 64. ) 89 THOMAS HOOKER 8914 Spokane. Business Manager of Spokane Chronicle. Born in New Haven, New Haven Co., Conn., January 10, 1848. Son of Samuel Hooker and Elizabeth vStrong (Baldwin). Grandson of Dr. William G. Hooker and Melinda (Metcalf ). 11 59 IDasI^tngton Society Great-grandson of NOADIAH HOOKER and ( ). Grandson of Shubael Strong and Lydia Ann (Bailey). Great-grandson of Samuel Bailey and Lydia (Crocker). Great 2 grandson of JOHN? CROCKER and Ann (Camp). NOADIAH HOOKER was born in Farmington, Conn., 1737. He was a member of "Committee of Correspondence and Relief" in 1774. He was captain of a band of "Liberty Men" at Farmington, and in 1775 enlisted a Company of men and went to the relief of Boston. He was appointed Captain of the 6th Company, 2nd Regiment of Connecticut Troops, April 26, 1775. He was also Captain of a Company in Col. Wolcott's Regiment at Boston, January to March, 1776. In 1777 he was Colonel of a Regiment of Connecticut Militia, in service at Peekskill under Col. Erastus Wolcott. (Connecti- cut Men in the Revolution, pp. 48, 381, 437, 494, 498, 623. Heitman's Historical Register, p. 227.) JOHN CROCKER was born in Montville, Conn., in 1734 and lived in Montville. He served as Corporal from May 6, 1775, to December 18, 1775, in the 5th Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Troops, Capt. James Chapman, Col. Samuel Holden Parsons. (Connecticut Men in the Revolu- tion, pp. 74, 347.) 90 MILLARD TRACY HARTSON 8915 Spokane. Lawyer. Born in Alden, Erie Co., N. Y., May 13, 1857. Son of Henry Hartson and Dorothy (Smith). Grandson of Matthew Smith and Jemima (Ackley). Great-grandson of ISAAC C. ACKLEY and Ruth (Burr). ISAAC C. ACKLEY was born in Connecticut, and lived in East Haddam, Conn. He served as a Private in Capt. Daniel Cone's Company, Col. Henry Champion's Connecticut Regiment. Term of service was 8 months and 15 days. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 653, 664. Certificate of Commissioner of Pensions.) 60 Sons of tlje Ctmcrtcan Heoolution 91 FRANK TRUMAN POST 8916 Spokane. Attorney-at-Law. Born in Potsdam, St. L,awrence Co., N. Y., April 16, 1862. Son of John Fobes Post and Harriet (LiUie). Grandson of Oliver Post, Jr. and Clarrissa (Fobes). Great-grandson of OLIVER POST and Experience Submit (Hoyt). Great ^ grandson of Gideon Post and Mary (Chase). Great ^ grandson of Stephen Post and Hannah (Hosmer). Great * grandson of Abraham -ost and ( ). Great-grandson of JOHN FOBES and ( ). Great-grandson of EDWARD FOBES and ( ). OI.IVER POST was born in Hebron, Conn., October 21, 1746, and lived in Hebron, Conn., and New Marlboro, Mass., and died at Hinesburgh, Vt. He was a Private in Capt. Jon- athan Steam's Company, Col. Dickinson's Regiment, Mass- achusetts Militia. He marched on the Ticonderoga "Alarm" and served from July 9 to August 12, 1777. (Massachusetts Archives.) JOHN FOBES was born in 176 1. He was a Private in Capt. Daniel Pomeroy's Company, Danielson's Brigade, Massachusetts Militia, July i to October 31, 1778. Served under Oen. Stark in Northern Department; served in Capt. Joshua L. Woodbridge's Company, Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg- iment, June to November, 1779. Served also in Capt. Eben- ezer Sheldon's Company, Col. Murray's Regiment, July 14 to October 10, 1780. Served also 5 months and 6 days in a Rhode Island Regiment in 1 779. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. V, p. 819.) EDWARD FOBES was born in 1739. He was a Private in Capt. Benjamin Bonney's Company, Col. Elisha Porter's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, July 31 to August 27, 1779. Served at New London, Conn. He was a Private in the Con- tinental Army, July 7 to December 16, 1780. He was also a Private in Capt. Daniel Lunt's Company, loth Regiment 61 tPasl^mgton Society Massachusetts Liue, June 20, 1781; served till close of war. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol V, p. 818.) 92 JOHN LEWIS HOPKINS 8917 Tacoma. Agent Northern Pacific Express Co. Born in Covington, Kenton Co., Ky., July 13, 1837. Son of William Hopkins and Lucy (Winters). Grandson of John Hopkins Jr. and Elizabeth (Hughes). Great-grandson of JOHN HOPKINS and Isabella (Reid). Great ^ grandson of John Hopkins and Elizabeth (Densmore). Great ^ grandson of John Densmore and ( ). Great-grandson of JOHN HUGHES and Mehitable (Baswell). JOHN HOPKINS was born in Ivondouderry, N. H., March 10, 1739, and lived in Windham and Londonderry, N. H. He was a Private in Capt. Reid's Company, Col. John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted April 23, 1775, and served 3 months and 16 days. (New Hampshire State Papers, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, pp. 74, 178.) JOHN HUGHES was born in 1724 and died in 18 19. He served as Ensign in Capt. Daniel Runnel's Company, Col. Moses Nichol's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, belonging to Gen. Stark's Brigade. He enlisted July 20, 1777. (New Hampshire State Papers, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, p. 412. Certificate of Commissioner of Pensions.) 93 CHARLES MINOT SHEAFE 8918 Seattle. Born in Durham, Stafford Co., N. H., January 13, 1843. Son of James Smith Sheafe and Eunice (Dodge). Grandson of Eben Smith and Hannah (Richardson). Great-grandson of JOSEPH RICHARDSON and ( ). JOSEPH RICHARDSON was a Private in Capt. Ben- jamin Titcomb's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment, New Hampshire Militia. He enlisted May 29, 1775, and 62 Sons of tl^c Ctmerican Het)oIutton served 2 months and 8 days. (New Hampshire State Papers, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol, I, pp. 115, 141, 193, 250, United States Pension Rolls.) 94 GEORGE S. BROOKE 8919 Spokane. Banker. Born in Dubuque, Dubuque Co., Iowa, February 12, 1855- Son of Robert D. Brooke and Mary (Smith). Grandson of Rev. George A. Smith and Ophelia Ann (Williams). Great-grandson of Isaac H. Williams and L,ucy (Slaughter). Great 2 grandson of PHILIP SLAUGHTER and (Stro- ther). Great-grandson of JAMES SIvAUGHTER and ( ). Grandson of Thomas Alexander Brooke and Henrietta Maria (Real). Great-grandson of LLOYD BEAL and Elizabeth Waugh (Jones). CAPT. PHILIP SLAUGHTER was born in Culpepper Co., Va., December 4, 1758, and lived in Culpepper. He was ist Lieutenant in the i ith Virginia Regiment, December 20, 1776; Regimental Paymaster March 14, 1777; Regiment designated 7th Virginia, September 14, 1778; Captain Lieu- tenant, November i, 1778; Captain, May 13, 1779; retired February 12, 1781. (Heitman's Historical Register, p. 368.) The following extract from the diary of Capt. Philip Slaugh- ter, published in " History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpepper, Va.", besides giving interesting incidents of his service, bears upon the record of James Slaughter: "December 4, 1849. * * * * After going to school eighteen months, the Revolution began, and I, not yet 17 years old, entered into Capt. John Jameson's Company of Minute Men with Lawrence Taliaferro as Colonel, Edward Stevens Lieut. Colonel and Thomas Marshall as Major. The Regiment met in Major Clayton's field, near Culpepper, C. H., to drill in strong brown linen hunting shirts, dyed with leaves, and the words "Liberty or Death" worked in large white 63 tOasI^tngton Society letters on the breast; bucktails in each hat, and a leather belt about the shoulders with tomahawk and scalping knife. In a few days an express came from Patrick Henry, Commander of the ist Virginia Continental Regiment. ***** My father, Col. James Slaughter, with Col. Marshall and others had the honor of being in the first battle (the Great Bridge) fought in Virginia. I was sent home to school. In the spring of 1776 I again left school and entered in Col. John Jameson's Troop of Cavalry for 3 years; but before we marched I was appointed a Lieutenant in Capt. Gabriel Long's Company of riflemen, and we marched to join the army under Washing- ton in New York. In 1777 we were attached to the nth Con- tinental Regiment commanded by Daniel Morgan." Lieut. Slaughter served during the war; was at Brandy- wine and Germantown and wintered at Valley Forge, where his messmates were the two Porterfields, Johnson, and Lieut. John Marshall (later Chief Justice of the United States.) (History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpepper, Va.) JAMES SLAUGHTER. (See above extract from diary of Philip Slaughter.) He commanded a regiment at the battle of Great Bridge, Virginia. (History of St. Marks (Va.) Parish, p. 158.) MAJ. LLOYD BEAL was 2nd Lieutenant 7th Maryland, April I, 1777; I St Lieutenant June 8, 1779; transferred to ist Maryland January i, 1781; Captain February 10, 1781 and served to April, 1783. (Heitman's Historical Register, p. 79.) 95 A. GEORGE AVERY 8920 Spokane. Lawyer. Born in Moravia, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 16, i860. Son of Benjamin Lathrop Avery and Ruth (Pickens). Grandson of Asahel Avery and Nabbey (Buck). Great-granson of DANIEI. BUCK and ( ). DANIEL BUCK lived in New York State, near Great Bend, Penn. He was 2nd Major in the 17th Regiment, Col. 64 Sons of tl]e Ctmerican Herolution William Bradford Whiting, Kings District Militia, New York; commissioned October 20, 1775, and recommissioned February 20, 1776. He resigned June 17, 1778. (Archives of State of New York, p. 273.) 96 HENRY M, BOUTELLE 8921 Born in Vancouver, Clarke Co., Wash, June 17, 1875; killed in action at Aliaga, Philippine Islands, November 2, 1899. Sou of Frazier A. Boutelle and Mary H. ( ). Grandson of James A. Boutelle and Emeline (Lamb). Great-grandson of Nathaniel Boutelle and Polly (Hill). Great ^ grandson of EBENEZER BOUTELLE and Thankful (Walkup). Great ^ grandson of James Boutelle and Abigal (Simpson). Great-grandson of John Boutelle and Harma (Davis). Great ^ grandson of James Boutelle and ( ). Great-grandson of JOHN HILL and ( ). (See Frazier A. Boutelle, No. 63.) 97 THOMAS E. EYANSON 8922 Seattle. Manufacturer. Born in Philadelphia, Penn., October 26, 1836. Son of Thomas Eyanson and Mary (McCloskey). Grandson of JOHN EYANSON and Anna (Eddy). JOHN EYANSON was born in Cecil Co., Md., January 23. 1750. and died in lyebanon, Penn., May 31, . He was a Private in New Jersey Continental Line, 3d Battalion, 2nd Company, Capt. Thomas Patterson; marched with Battalion to Fort Ticonderoga. Was discharged March, 1777. He also enlisted June 15, 1777, in Pennsylvania Militia at Chester, Penn., Capt. William Price's Company, Col. John Hannum; 65 lPas!]tngton Society was at the battle of Brandywine and spent the winter at Val- ley Forge. His name is sometimes spelled Ironson, or Ireson. (Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XIV, p. 80. New Jersey Records.) 98 WILLIAM PIKE 8923 Born in Martinsburgh, L,ewis Co., N. Y., January 12, 1820; died in Seattle February 25, 1897. Son of WILIvIAM PIKE and Tryphena (Cole). WIIyLlAM PIKE was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., and lived in northern and central New York. He served as a Sergeant in the New York Militia, Capt. Jacob Phillip's Com- pany, Col. Robert Van Rensselaer, 8th Regiment, ist Bat- talion. (New York State Archives, Vol. I, p. 268.) 99 GILBERT M. BUTTERWORTH 8924 Seattle. Undertaker. Born in Foxboro, Norfolk Co., Mass., May 15, 1871. Son of Edgar Ray Butterworth and Grace M. (Whipple). Grandson of William R. Butterworth and Eliza (Norwood). Great-grandson of NOAH BUTTERWORTH and Rachel (Ray). (See Edgar R. Butterworth, No. 17.) 100 JAMES FRENCH SLOANE 8925 Spokane. Merchant. Born in Lock Haven, Clinton Co., Penn., April 16, 1850. Son of Alexander Sloane and Emeline (Hayes). Grandson of William Hayes and Mary ( ). Great-grandson of JAMES HAYES and Sarah (Brown). JAMES HAYES was born in Ireland, February 29, 1740, and lived in Lycoming Co., Penn. In 1777 he was ist Lieu- 66 Sons of tl)e Ctmertcan ^epolution tenant in Capt. Cookson Long's Company, 2d Battalion Penn- sylvania Militia, known as the " Northumberland Rangers." (Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XIV, p. 329.) 101 ANDREW FAULK BURLEIGH 9851 Seattle. Lawyer. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Penn., January 7, 1858. Son of Walter A. Burleigli and Caroline (Faulk). Grandson of Andrew Jackson Faulk and Charlotte ( ). Great-grandson of John Faulk and Margaret (Heiner). Great ^ grandson of Jasper Heiner and Ann Garten (Brodhead). Great ^ grandson of DANIEL BRODHEAD and Elizabeth (Depue). DANIEL BRODHEAD was Lieutenant Colonel Com- mandant, 2d Battalion of Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March 13, 1776; participated in the battle of Long Island; transferred to 4th Pennsylvania October 25, 1776; Colonel of 8th Pennsylvania March 12, 1777, to rank from Sep- tember 29, 1776. Later appointed by Gen. Washington to supersede Gen. Mcintosh in command of the Western Mil- itary Department with headquarters at Port Pitt, Penn. Received the thanks of Congress October 27, 1779, for execut- ing (under direction of Gen. Washington) the important expedition against the Mingo and Munsey Indians and that part of the Senecas on the Alleghany River. Transferred to ist Pennsylvania January 17, 1781, and served to close of war. Brevet Brigadier General September 30, 1783. Died November 15, 1809. (Heitman's Historical Register. De Hass' History of the Indian Wars of Western Virginia.) 102 HOWARD TYRONE MALLON 9852 Spokane. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, November 28, 1861. Son of Patrick Mallon and Sophia P. (Beadle). Grandson of Thomas D. Peadle and Phoebe Ann (Starbuck). Great-grandson of MICHAEIv BEADLE and Philena (Brow- nell). 12 67 IPasI^tngton Society MICHAEIv BEADLK lived in Washington Co., N. Y., and died about 1830. He was appointed June 22, 1778, Quartermaster in the 13th Regiment, Albany Co. New York Militia, I^ieut. Col. Cornelius Van Veghten commanding, and was in active service in the battles of Bennington and Sara- toga. (Archives of State of New York in the Revolution, pp. 272, 320.) 103 GEORGE H. BELL 9853 Seattle. Retired. Born in St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, October 13, 1824. Son of Robert Bell and Charlotte (Blanchard). Grandson of JUSTUS BLANCHARD and Cliloe (Marshall). (See Augustus V. Bell, No. 14.) 104 JAMES BARD METCALFE 9854 Seattle. Attorney-at-Law. Born in Natchez, Adams Co., Miss., January 15, 1848. Son of Oren Metcalfe and Zuleika Rosalie (Lyons). Grandson of Thomas Metcalfe and Sibyl (Chapin). Great-grandson of NATHANIEL CHAPIN 2nd and Sibyl (Terry). Great ^ grandson of Nathaniel Chapin and Sarah ( Abbee). Great ^ grandson of Thomas Chapin and Sarah (Wright). Great * grandson of Japhet Chapin and Abelena (Cooley). Great ^ grandson of Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely ( ). NATHANIEL CHAPIN 2ND was born in Enfield, Conn., December 31, 1738, and lived in Enfield. He was Ensign in 2nd Company, Col. Comfort Sage's Regiment, Third Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade of the Continental Army, Connecticut Troops. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 398.) 68 Sons of tl^e Ctmertcan Hcoolution 105 EDWIN MORTIMER RANDALL JR. 9855 Seattle. Clergyman. Born in Nepeuskum, Winnebago Co., Wis., January 14, 1862. Son of Edwin Mortimer Randall and Lucretia C. (Steele). Grandson of Nehemiali Randall and Sallie (St. Clair). Great-grandson of GERSHOM RANDALL and Judith (Kin- ney). GERSHOM RANDAIvL was born in Worthington, Mass., and died in Northampton, Mass. He enlisted as a Sergeant April 20, 1775, at the L,exington "Alarm" in Capt. Ebenezer Webber's Company, Massachusetts Troops, and served 6 days. He served as Corporal in Capt. Ebenezer Webber's Company, Col. John Fellows' Regiment, August i, 1775. 3 months and 11 days. Served as Corporal in Capt. Webber's Company, Col. Fellows' Regiment, Dorchester, October 7, 1775. He also served in Capt. Kbenezer Webber's Company, Col. Ezra May's Regiment; enlisted September 20, 1777, and discharged October 3, 1777. Was in the expedition to Stillwater. (Massachusetts War Records, Vol. XIII, p. 204; Vol. XVI, p. 75; Vol. LVI, p. 45; Vol. XXIV, p. 23.) 106 WILLIAM MORRIS BARKER 9856 Tacoma. Bishop of Olympia, Born in Towanda, Bradford Co., Penn., May 12, 1854. Son of George R. Barker and Anna Ellis (Morris). Grandson of Samuel Wells Morris and Anna (Ellis). Great-grandson of Benjamin Wistar Morris and Mary (Wells). Great-grandson of SAMUEL MORRIS and Rebecca (Wistar). SAMUEL MORRIS was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1734, and lived in Philadelphia. He was Captain of the Philadelphia lyight Horse City Troops, December i, 1776, service i month and 27 days, and was present at the battle of Trenton; also served in September, 1779, 8 days; also served 3 days in October, 1777; also served 7 days in January, 1781. (Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. II, pp. 768, 769, 770, 773.) 69 IDasl^ington Society 107 JULES LYLE PRICKETT 9857 Spokane. Mining and Real Estate. Born in Edwardsville, Madison Co., 111., April 13, 1853. Son of Johu A. Prickett and Elizabeth M, ( Earnsbach). Grandson of Jacob Prickett and Martha (Harris). Great-grandson of George Harris and Lydia (Hempstead). Great-grandson of JOSHUA HEMPSTEAD and Lydia (Burch). JOSHUA HEMPSTEAD was born in New I^ondon, Conn., in 1724; lived in New London and died in 1806. He was a Private in New London, Connecticut Militia, Capt. John Deshon, 3d Regiment, and marched at the Lexington "Alarm" to Boston. He was also High Sheriff of New London Co., and brought the news of the battle of Bunker Hill to New London. (Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 513. New London Co. Historical Society.) 108 ROBERT C. STRUDWICK 7321 Seattle. Attorney-at-Law. Born in Hillsboro, Orange Co., N. C, August 24, 1857. Son of Frederick Nash Strudwick and Mary (Burwell). Grandson of Edward Strudwick and Ann Eliza (Nash). Great-grandson of Frederick Nash and Mary (Kollock). Great ^ grandson of SHEPARD KOI/LOCK and Susan (Annett). Great-grandson of Isaac Annett and HANNAH (WHITE). SHEPARD KOLLOCK was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1750 and died July 28, 1839. He was Lieutenant of a New York Militia Regiment in 1776; ist Lieutenant 2d Continental Artillery, January i, 1777; resigned January 3, 1779. He was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. (Heitman's Historical Register, p. 254.) HANNAH (WHITE) ANNETT by her active patriot- ism materially influenced the attitude of New Jersey during the Revolution. Sons of tl]c Qmmcan Het>olutton 109 HENRY LANE WILSON 9858 Spokane. United States Minister to Chili. Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., Ind., November 3, 1856. Son of James Wilsou aud Emma (IiigersoU). Grandson of John Wilson and Margaret (Cochrine). Great-grandson of James Wilson and Agnes (McKee). Great 2 grandson of WILLIAM McKKE and Miriam (McKee). WIIylylAM McKEE was born in Ireland in 1732 and died in Lancaster, Ky., October 16, 181 6. He was Captain of a Company of Militia in Virginia and was engaged in the battle at Point Pleasant, Va., May 10, 1778. He was Captain in Virginia Eine of Continental Army, and for 3 years' service as such was granted 4,000 acres of land by the State of Virginia. (History of Virginia, p. 196 of Appendix. The McKees of Virginia and Kentucky.) no JOHN LOCKWOOD WILSON 9860 Spokane. Ex-United States Senator. Born in Crawfordsville, Ind., Montgomery Co., Ind., August 7, 1850. Son of James Wilson and Emma (IngersoU). Grandson of John Wilson and Margaret (Cochrine). Great-grandson of James Wilson and Agnes (McKee). Great-grandson of WILLIAM McKEE and Miriam (McKee.) (See Henry Lane Wilson, No. 109.) Ill PAUL WORTH DAKIN. 9861 Tacoma. Financial Agent. Born in Cherry Valley; Ostego Co., N. Y., May 7, 1862. Son of George William Bethune Dakin and Anna M. (Olcott). Grandson of Samuel Dana Dakin and Mary Pierce (Mumford). Great-grandson of Samuel Dakin and Mary (Farrar). Great-grandson of AMOS DAKIN and Sarah Thankful (Minott). Great ^ grandson of Samuel Dakin and Mercy (Minott). 7' IPasI^tngton Society Great-grandson of Joseph Dakin and Dorothy (Wooster). Great-grandson of Thomas Mumford and Mary Sheldon (Smith). Great ^ grandson of David Mumford and Rebecca (Saltonstall). Great » grandson of GURDON SALTONSTALL and Rebecca (Winthrop). Great ■* grandson of Gurdon Saltonstall and Jerusha (Richards). Great 2 grandson of Rev Stephen Farrar and Eunice (Brown). Great-grandson of SAMUEL FARRAR and Lydia (Barrett). Great-grandson ot George Farrar and Mary (How). Grandson of Horatio J. Olcott and Harriet M. (Leonard). Great-grandsou of Daniel Leonard and Sarah (Alden). Great-grandson of Howard Alden and Rhoda (Williston). Great ^ grandson of CONSIDER WILLISTON and Rhoda (King). Great * grandson of Joseph Williston and Hannah (Stebbins). AMOS DAKIN was born in Concord, Mass., January 29, 1732 and lived in lyincoln, Mass. He was one of the Assembly at Kxeter, N. H., July 21, 1774, to choose delegates to the Congress at Philadelphia, September i. He was on the "Committee of Correspondence" for the County during the Revolution. He was in the Company of I^ieut. Samuel Brown, Col. Daniel Moore's Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers in 1777. (Town Records of Mason, N. H. Rev- olutionary War Rolls of New Hampshire, Vol. XIV, p. 528. Vol. II, p. 346.) GEN. GURDON SALTONSTAL lived in New London, Conn,, and died September 19, 1785. He was Colonel in the Connecticut Militia, 1775-1776; Brigadier General Connecticut Militia, September 10, 1776, to May, 1777. (Heitman's His- torical Register, p. 355. Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 96, 429, 433, 445, 450.) CAPT. SAMUEL FARRAR was born in Concord, Mass., September 28, 1708, and lived in Concord and in Lincoln, Mass. He was Lieutenant in Captain William Smith's Company of "Minute Men," Col. Abijali Pierce's Regiment, which marched on the "Alarm" April 19, 1775; service 24 days. Also Lieutenant in Capt. John Hartwell's Company, Col. Eleazer Brooks' Regiment; service 5 days. Also Captain of 6th Company, 3d Middlesex Co. Regiment of Massachusetts Sons of tl^e Ctmerican Hccolution Militia. Also Captain of a Company in Col. Reed's Reg- iment, sent to reinforce the Northern Army under Gates, 1777. He was a member of the first Committee of Corre- spondence and of the Middlesex Convention of August 30, 1774; also a member of the Provincial Congress of October II, 1774. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolu- tionary War, Vol. V, p. 536. (Potter's Old Families of Con- cord, p. 107. Shattuck's History of Concord, p. 300.) CONSIDER WILIvISTON was born in Springfield, Mass. He was Ensign under Capt. Elihu Kent, Connecticut Militia and responded to the Lexington "Alarm" April 20, 1775; service 9 days. Also 2d Lieutenant in the 2nd Connec- ticut Volunteers, May i to December 17, 1775, in Oliver Hanchett's Company, Gen. Joseph Spencer's Regiment; dis- charged December 17, 1775. (Connecticut Men in the Rev- olution, pp. 22, 51. Sufl&eld Town Records. Sufiield and the Lexington Alarm, by H. F. Sheldon.) 112 EDWARD RANDALL TAYLOR 9862 Seattle. Clerk. Born in New Orleans, La., September 15, 1854. Son of Zaimon Taylor and Lydia Moore (.Blydenburgh). Grandson of ELEAZE!^ TAYLOR and ( ). Great-grandson of ZALMON TAYLOR and ( ). ELEAZER TAYLOR lived in Connecticut and died there March i, 1836. He enlisted May 16, 1775, in Capt. Doolittle's Company, Col. Waterbury's Regiment of Connec- ticut Troops and was discharged October 8, 1775. He enlisted again June 22, 1776, in Capt. Benedict's Company, Col. Phillip Bradley, Wadsworth's Brigade, Connecticut Troops, and was discharged December 28, 1776. His name appears among the pensioners of Fairfield Co. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 69.) ZALMON TAYLOR lived in Connecticut. He enlisted May 16, 1775, in Capt. Doolittle's Company, Col. Waterbury's Regiment of Connecticut Troops, and was discharged Novem- 73 IPasl^tngton Society ber 4, 1775. Enlisted again June 25, 1776, in Capt. Ben- edict's Company, Col. Phillip Bradley, Wadsworth's Brigade, Connecticut Troops and was discharged January 11, 1777. (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 69, 422, 651.) 113 WILL H. THOMPSON 9863 Seattle. Attorney-at-Iyaw. Born in Calhoun, Gordon Co., Georgia. March 10, 1848. Son of Matthew Grigg Thompson and Diantha (Jaeger). Grandson of Wilson Thompson and Mary (Grigg). Great-grandson of MATHEW GRIGG and Ann ( ). MATHEW GRIGG was born in Virginia in 1746 and served as a Private in the Virginia Troops. He was in service 3 years under Capt. Mountegay, Col. Buford. (Cer- tificate of Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.) 114 CHARLES W. MATSON 9864 Tacoma. Bank Clerk. Born in Rockford, Winnebago Co., 111., January 10, 1862, Son of Ezekeil Lovejoy Matson and Catherine (Fitz Randolph). Grandson of James Fitz Randolph and Rebecca (Fitz Ran- dolph). Great-grandson of James Fitz Randolph and Charlotte (Faulkes). Great 2 grandson of ROBERT FiTZ RANDOLPH and Sarah (Taylor). Great ^ grandson of Robert Fitz Randolph and Catherine (Tay- lor.) ROBERT FITZ RANDOLPH was born in New Jersey, and lived in Middlesex Co., N. J. He served as a Private in a Middlesex Co., N. J. Regiment of Militia with Washington in his New Jersey campaign. His home was destroyed by the British and everything that could not be hidden was taken by them. (Certificate of Adjutant General, New Jersey.) 74 Sons of tl?e Ctmcrican Hcoolution 115 ETHAN ALLEN 9865 Spokane. (Membership ceased.) Broker. Born in Dubuque, Dubuque Co., Iowa, July 12, 1837. Son of William G. Allen and Huldah (Deen). Grandson of GAINS DEEN and ( ). GAINS DKEN was a Private in the 9th Regiment of Albany Militia, called out to hunt for and apprehend Tories. (Manuscripts of the Colony and State of New York in the Revolutionary War, Vol. VI, folio 148.) 116 PHILLIP PLUMMER FOSTER 9866 Spokane. Clerk. Born in Brooklyn, Queen's Co., N. Y., October 3. 1872. Son of Henry Jackson Foster and Augusta (Plummer). Grandson of John Lincoln Plummer and Susan (White). Great-grandson of James White and Susan (Atwood). Great ^ grandson of WAIT ATWOOD and ( ). WAIT ATWOOD was born and lived in Plymouth, Mass. He was a Private in Capt, Abraham Hammatt's Com- pany, which marched on the "Alarm" of April 19, 1775, to to Marshfield; service 11 days; also a Private in Capt. Thomas Mayhew's Company, Col. Theopilus Cotton's Regiment; enlisted May i, 1775, and served 8 months. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. I, p 348.) 117 WILLIAM HICKOX WHITTLESEY 9867 Seattle. (Membership ceased.) Lawyer. Born in Winchester, Frederick Co., Va., August 8, 1858. Son of Joseph H. Whittlesey and Catherine Knox (Fauntleroy). Grandson of Thomas T. Fauntleroy and Ann (Magill). Great grandson of CHARLES MAGIIyl/ and Mary Buckner (Thruston). Great ^ grandson of CHARLES MYNN THRUSTON and Mary (Buckner). (See Charles F. Whittlesey, No. 56.) 13 75 tOasI^ington Society ii8 MILO ADELBERT ROOT 9868 Seattle, Attorney-at-Law. Born in Bureau Co., 111., January 22, 1863. Son of William H. Root and Sarah Cordelia (Holroyd). Grandson of Henry Root and Huldah (Bennett). Great-Grandson of ISRAEL ROOT and ( ). ISRAEL ROOT lived in New York. He was a Private in the 2d Company, 7th Regiment of New York Troops, Capt. John Phillips, Col. Abraham Van Alstyne. (Archives of the State of New York, pp. 258, 267.) 119 ALBERT EDWIN BAILEY 9869 Seattle. Insurance Agent. Born in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., Cal., February 12, 1869. Son of James Dyas Bailey and Rebecca (Hartley). Grandson of Edwin Bailey and Margaret (Dyas). Great-grandson of Paul Bailey 2nd and Sibyl ( ). Great-grandson of PAUL BAILEY and Ann ( ). Great ^ grandson of Ebenezer Bailey and Mary ( ). Great * grandson of Joseph Bailey and ( ). Great ^ grandson of John Bailey and Sarah ( ). PAUL, BAIIyEY was born in Scituate, Mass., in 1743, and lived in Scituate. He was a Private in Capt. Hay ward Pierce's Company, 2nd Plymouth Regiment, Col. John Cush- ing, December, 1776; service 15 days. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, chosen at a town meeting October 3, 1774. In July, 1775, he was appointed to command the coast guard from Marshfield to the Glades. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, appointed June 4, 1774. (Records of the Town of Scituate, Mass. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, p. 459.) Sons of tl)e Ctmerican Heoolutton 120 FREDERICK E. ELMENDORF 9878 Spokane. Broker. Born in Brooklyn, King Co., N. Y., November 10, 1870. Son of James H. Elmendorf and Feary Sprague (Elwell). Grandson of Anthony Elmendorf and Sarah (Clark). Great-grandson of Martin Elmendorf and Rachel (Roosa). Great ^ grandson of JOHN ELMENDORF and Margaret (Dela- mater). CAPT. JOHN EI.MENDORF lived in Kingston, N. Y. He was Captain under Col. Johannis Snyder, ist Regiment New York Militia, in July, 1777. When Governor Clinton was inaugurated in Kingston, he was summoned to appear at the Court House with his Company as a Guard of Honor. (Archives of State of New York, Vol. I, p. 157.) 121 CROCKETT MORGAN RIDDELL 9871 Tacoma. Lawyer. Born in Irvine, Estelle Co., Ky., January 5, 1863. Son of William Mize Riddell and Kittie Ann Dandridge (Crockett). Grandson of William Robertson Crockett and Margaret (Pem- berton). Great-grandson of ANTHONY CROCKETT and Margaret (Robertson). ANTHONY CROCKETT was born in Prince Edward Co., Va., January 19, 1756, and lived in Virginia and Ken- tucky. He enlisted in the 7th Virginia Regiment, Capt. Thomas Posey, Col. Alex. McClanahan, February, 1776. He, with his Company, joined Col. Daniel Morgan's Reg- iment in January, 1777, and was engaged in the battles at White Plains, Round Brook and Somerset. In August, 1777, he joined Gen. Gates, and was in the battle of Saratoga, and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. In 1778 he was commissioned L/ieutenant in Capt. Jesse Evans' Company, — th Regiment. In 1779 he joined Gen. Geo. Rogers Clark's 77 lPasI]tngton Society command and served with it until 1781. (Letters written by Anthony Crockett and now in possession of Mr Riddell. Certificate of the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.) 122 OVERTON GENTRY ELLIS 9872 Tacoma. L,aw3^er, Born in White Cloud, Nodaway Co., Mo., October 26, i860. Son of Thomas Cowle Ellis and Jane Harris (Gentry). Grandson of Overton Harris Gentry and Lucinda (Reid). Great-grandson of RICHARD GENTRY and Jane (Harris). RICHARD GENTRY was born in Albemarle Co., Va., September 26, 1763, and died in Madison Co., Ky., February 12, 1843. He enlisted at the age of 17 years in Capt. William Dalton's Company of Virginia State Troops in 1780. He was also a Private in Capt. John Miller's and Benjamin Harris' Companies, Col. Richardson's Regiment, Virginia State Troops, in 1 78 1. He was present at the surrender of Corn- wallis at Yorktown. (United States Pension Rolls, Soldiers oi the Revolution, Vol. III.) 123 ELMER SHERMAN FOLLMER 9873 Seattle, Wholesale L,umber and Shingles. Born in Watsontown, Northumberland Co., Penn., December 3, 1861. Son of Henry William Follmer and Elizabeth Hayes (Chamber- lain). Grandson of Daniel Follmer and Susannah (Diefenbacher). Great-grandson of JACOB FOLLMER 3d and Anna Catherine (.Waters.) Great ^ grandson of Jacob Follmer 2nd and Acfolona ( ). Great ^ grandson of Jacob Follmer ist and ( ). Grandson of Moses Chamberlain and Mary Ann (Correy). Great-grandson of WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN and Ann Mary (Kimble). Great ^ grandson of Lewis Chamberlain and Louisa (Woolzy). JACOB FOIvI^MER was born in Berks Co., Penn., December 14, 1733, and lived in Turbot, Montour Co., Penn. 78 Sons of tl^e Ctmcrican Herolution He was Ensign in the nth Company, 2nd Battalion Northum- berland Co. Pennsylvania Associaters, Col. James Potter, January 24, 1776, and served during that year. He was also a member of the Assembly that met in Philadelphia, Novem- ber 28, 1776, for the purpose of adopting a State Government. (Pennsylvania Archives Vol. XIV., 2nd Series, p. 322. Annals of Buffalo Valley, published in 1797 by Lane S. Burt, Harris- burg.) LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN was born in New Jersey, September 25, 1736, and lived at Chamber- lain's Mills, Lewisburgh, Penn. He was Major and Lieut. Colonel in the 2nd New Jersey Volunteers, Col. Daniel Cham- bers, enlisting from Hunterdon Co. and serving i year and 7 days. He participated in the battles of Monmouth and Ger- mantown. He captured a party of Hessians and brought them prisoners into camp. (Certificate of Commissioner of Pensions.) ^M HARRY SHEAFE 9874 Seattle. Miner. Born in Holden, Mo., September 28, 1872. Son of Charles Minot Sheafe and Anna L. (Jones). Grandson of James Smith Sheafe and Eunice (Dodge). Great-grandson of Eben Smith and Hannah (Richardson). Great 2 grandson of JOSEPH RICHARDSON and ( ). (See Charles Minot Sheafe, No. 93). 125 CHARLES EMERY HATHAWAY 9875 Fort Walla Walla. United States Army. Born in Seattle, King Co., Wash., January 11, 1878. Son of Henry E. Hathaway and Rae (Emery). Grandson of Charles I). Emery and Lavinia (Evans). Great-grandson of Josiah Emery and Julia C Beecher). Great 2 grandson of Nathan Emery and Betsey (McCrillis).J Great 3 grandson of JOSIAH EMERY and Rebecca (Wood- man). Great * grandson of Moses Emery and Hannah (Morrison). 79 tDasI^tngton Soctctg Great ^ grandson of John Emery and Mehi table (Longfellow). Great ^ grandson of John Emery and Mary (Sawyer). Great '^ grandson of John Emery and Mary (Webster). Great * grandson of John Emery and Agnes ( ), who came to America from Hampshire, England, in 1635. (See Charles D. Emery, No. 23.) 126 WALTER BURGES BEALS 12426 Seattle. Law Student, Born at St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minn., July 21, 1874. Son of James Burrill Beals and Catherine (McMillan). Grandson of Samuel James Beals and Susan Burrill (Greene.) Great-grandson of Samuel Beals and Abigail (James). Great ^ grandson of SAMUEL BE ALE and Rebecca (Wilk- erson). Great * grandson of Lazarus Beale and Lydia (Wheat). Great ^ grandson of Lazarus Beale and Ruth (Andrews). Great ^ grandson of Lazarus Beale and Susanna (Lewis). Great '' grandson of Jeremiah Beale and Sarah (Ripley). Great * grandson of John Beale and Nazareth (Hobart). Great-grandson of William Ray Greene and Susan Arnold (Burrill). Great ^ grandson of Samuel Ward Greene and Polly (Night- ingale). Great ^ grandson of WILLIAM GREENE and Katherine (Ray). Great-grandson of William Greene and Catherine (Greene). Great ^ grandson of Samuel Greene and Mary (Gorton). Great ^ grandson of John Greene and Anne (Almy). Great '' grandson of John Greene and Joan (Tattersall.) Great ^ grandson of JOSEPH NIGHTINGALE and Elizabeth (Corliss). Great 4 grandson of SAMUEL NIGHTINGALE and Abigail (Belcher). Great * grandson of GEORGE CORLISS and Waitstill (Rhodes). Great ^ grandson of James Burrill and Sally (Arnold). Great » grandson of JAMES BURRILL and Elizabeth (Rawson). Great * grandson of EBENEZER BURRILL, and Mary (Mans- field). Great ^ grandson of JONATHAN ARNOLD and Molly (Burr). Great * grandson of Josiah Arnold and Amy (Phillips). 80 Sons of tl|c Ctmerican Her>oIutton Grandson of Samuel J. R. McMillan and Harriet (Rutler). Great-grandson of Thomas Long McRlillan and Jane (Gormly). Great-grandson of SAMUEL McMILLAN and Isabel (Long). Great ^ grandson of Thomas McMillan and ( ). Great ^ grandson of John Gormly and Elizabeth (Gill). Great =* grandson of JOHN GILL and Jean (Shaw). Great-grandson of John B. Butler and Catherine (Gazzam). Great-grandson of JOHN BUTLER and ( ). SAMUEL BKALE was born in Cohasset, Mass., March 7, 1758, and lived in Cohasset and Boston, dying in Boston March 7, 1795. He enlisted August i, 1775, in Capt. Job Cushing's Company, Col. John Greaton's Regiment, serving 2 months 14 days. He was a member of Capt. Cushing's Company, of Col. Heath's Regiment, in October, 1775, the Regiment being encamped at Fort No. 2. He was allowed bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, for eight months' service in the army during the year 1775. From August 8 to November, 1776, he was a matross in Capt. J. W. Edes' Com- pany, of Col. Thomas Craft's Regiment of Artillery, and a bombardier from February to May 8, 1777. He also served i month and 8 days in Capt. Heath's Company, of Col. Craft's Regiment, in the autumn of 1777, that Company having been drafted to serve in Boston. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sail- ors in the Revolution, Vol. I, pp. 849, 850. Massachusetts Archives, Vol. XIV, p. 53; Vol. LVI, p. 243; Vol. LVII, file 25.) WILLIAM GREENE JR. was born in Warwick, R. I., August 16, 1731; lived in Warwick and died November 29, 1809. He was a deputy from Warwick in 1773, 1774 and 1776, and in February of the latter year, a member of the Committee of Safety of Rhode Island. In August, 1776, he was appointed Justice of the Superior Court and was elected to the same oflfice in October of the same year, and in February, 1777, was elected Chief Justice. He was a member of the General Assembly and in May, 1777. was elected Speaker; at the general election in May, 1778, he was elected Governor, and annually re-elected to the same office for eight years. He took a very prominent part in the Revolutionary movement in 81 tPasl|tngton Society the State of Rhode Island, serving on the Council of War continuously, and on the "Emergency Committee" at vari- ous times. (Official Records of the State of Rhode Island, Vol. VII, pp. 204, 240, 383, 442, 453, 511, 601; Vol. VIII, PP- 5' 56, 127, 219, 229, 386. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.) JOSEPH NIGHTINGALE was born in 1747; he lived most of his life in Providence, R. I., dying there November 3, 1797. In 1774 he was one of those who protested against the depredations of the British revenue boats, at the begin- ning of the controversy which ended in the destruction of the the Gaspee. Early in the year 1775 he was chosen by the General Assemblj^ to take charge of the removal of the cannon and ball from Fort George and to keep the same in his charge until further orders. He was Captain of the Independent Company of Cadets of Providence for the years 1775 and 1776. This organization corresponded to the Minute Men of the other New England States. In December, 1776, the Gen- eral Assembly appointed him Major General of the Militia of the vState of Rhode Island. He must have seen active service in 1779 or 1780, for in January, 1781, the General Assembly ordered him "To make an abstract of the troops who served under him in the August Alarm, in order that they might be paid for their services." In 1781 he was one of the persons who were appointed to receive recruits from the town of Providence, and in July was chosen Captain of the Senior Class Cadet Company of that city. (Official Records of the State of Rhode Island, Vol. VII. pp. 175, 262, 364, 539; Vol. VIII, p. 65; Vol. IX, pp. 315, 430.) SAMUEL NIGHTINGALE was born in 1715, probably in Braintree, Mass, He lived in Providence, R. I., and died November 30, 1786. In 1761, when Judge of the Superior Court, he took a firm stand against the encroachments of the British revenue officers, and, by refusing to grant the writs they demanded, materially curtailed their power for harm. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence which 8a Sons of tl)c Cmmcan Her>oIutton was chosen in Providence town-meeting January 19, 1774, and was a member of the Committee of Safety of Rhode Island in 1776. (Official Records of the State of Rhode Island, Vol. VII, pp. 273, 453.) GEORGE CORIyISS was born December 25, 17 17; during most of his life he resided in Providence; he died in that city June 16, 1790. He was chosen a member of the Committee of Inspection, which was elected in Providence town-meeting December 17, 1774, "To act with the Com- mittee of Correspondence and see that the agreement with the Continental Congress is strictly kept." He was also a mem- ber of the Committee of Safety of Rhode Island in 1776. He furnished 35 oars for Gen. Sullivan's expedition, for which he was allowed 8 pounds 15 shillings. (Official Records of the State of Rhode Island, Vol. VII, pp. 285, 453; Vol. IX, p— ) CAPT. JAMES BURRII^I, was born in Lynn, Mass., March 7, 1744; while quite a young man he removed to Prov- idence and Hved there until his death in 1824. In 1776 he was Captain of the Second Company of Providence Militia; in 1778 Captain in Col. Jabez Bowen's Regiment and in 1781 Major of the First Regiment of Rhode Island Militia. (Official Records of the State of Rhode Island, Vol. VII, p. 516; Vol. IX, p. 386. Records in the U. S. War Department.) EBENEZER BURRILL, ESQ. was born in Lynn, Mass., February 6, 1702, and died there in 1778. He was a delegate from Lynn to the General Court of Massachusetts, which convened in October, 1774. Gov. Gage had called the Court, but he afterwards rescinded his call; the delegates met notwithstanding, and resolved themselves into a Provincial Congress to consider the dangerous and alarming state of affairs in the Colonies, and to adopt measures best adapted to promote the best interests of the Province. (History of Lynn. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute Vol XIII, p. I.) ' ' DR. JONATHAN ARNOLD was born in 1741, lived in Providence, R. I., and died February 2, 1793. He was a 14 83 tPasI^tngton Society member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1774, Deputy to the General Court in 1776-77, and Assistant in 1778-79- 80-81. In October, 1776, he was appointed Examiner of Surgeons for the Army and Navy, and in December, Director and Provider for the General Hospitals; in 1780 he was Assistant Purveyor General to the Medical Department and Superintendent of the Hospitals for Convalescents; he was also Director of the Hospitals for the Militia. He was a charter member of the Providence Grenadiers and was at one time a surgeon in the Army. In May, 1776, the General Assembly of Rhode Island passed an Act formally renouncing allegiance to the English Crown; this was the first Act of this class passed by any of the Colonies. The preamble of the Act was written by Dr. Jonathan Arnold. In August, 1782, he was appointed delegate to the Continental Congress, and in May, 1783, he was elected a member of that body. (Rhode Island Records, Vol. VII, pp. 285, 589; Vol. VIII, pp. 11, 84; Vol. IX, pp, 34, 371, 387, 588, 690. Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island. Arnold's History of Rhode Island, Vol. II, pp. 375, 376. Appleton's Clyclopedia of American Biog- raphy.) SAMUEI^ McMIIylvAN was born, probably in Scotland, in 1753, and lived in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He enlisted January i, 1776, in Harford Co., Maryland, in Capt. Thomas Ewing's Company, of Col. Smallwood's Regiment of Mary- land Line; Capt. Ewing was soon promoted and the Company was commanded by Capt. Daniel Bughy, of Annapolis. At the battle of I^ong Island he was taken prisoner, together with his brother William, and kept on Long Island until November, when they were taken to Halifax; they were imprisoned there until April, 1777, when they, with others, escaped. He returned to Massachusetts and upon his recov- ery from sickness, he re-enlisted in Capt. Lemuel Trescott's Company of Col. Henley's Regiment. August i, 1777. In the spring of 1778, Henley's, Lee's and Jackson's Regiments were consolidated and commanded by Col. Jackson, in which command he served until the close of his service in 1781. He 84 Sons of tl?c Ctmerican Hcoolutton was in the battles of Monmouth and lyong Island. It is a tradition in the family that his father served in the militia at various times, and fought with his two sons at the battle of Monmouth. He was a very religious man, and is said to have taken his two boys apart from their regiment and prayed with them for victory before engaging in the battle. (United States Pension Office. Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. XLI, p. 229.) JOHN Gllylv was born in Scotland in 1748 and lived in western Pennsylvania. He enlisted in Capt. Isaac Seeley's Company of Col. Francis Johnson's Regiment, the Fifth Penn- sylvania lyine, in May, 1777, serving three years. (Rolls of Revolutionary Soldiers of Pennsylvania, Vol. I, p. 561. Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. X, p. 548.) ENSIGN JOHN BUTI.KR enlisted May 29, 1777, in Capt. Willis Cliffs Company, of Col. Samuel Wyllys' Reg- iment, the Third Connecticut L,ine; he served three years as Sergeant, and soon after he was discharged he was appointed Ensign in Capt. Allen's Company of Col. Samuel Canfield's Regiment and served one year, part of the time as Quarter- Master. (Records of the U. S. Pension Office. Connecticut Men in the Revolution.) 127 EDWARD PHIPPS KINGSBURY 12427 Olympia. Surveyor General of Washington. Born in Holliston, Middlesex Co., Mass., September 25, 1855. Son of Elijah Kingsbury and Joanna W. (Phipps). Grandson of Eli Phipps and Betsey (Whiting). Great-grandson of Aaron Phipps and Hannah (Bullard). Great 2 grandson of AARON PHIPPS and Zuriah (Haven). AARON PHIPPS was born in Sherburne, Mass., Feb- ruary 18, 1736, and lived in Sherburne (now Holliston). He was one of the Committee of Correspondence relative to "dutied teas" in the town of Sherburne. In 1774 he was a member of the committee to post the names of all persons who should sell or consume East India teas. He served 14 days as Sergeant in Capt. John Storr's Company at the 85 IPaslitngton Society I,exington "^ Alarm." His name appears on the Roll of Capt. Ezra Eames' Company, June i8, 1775, and for several years later. Also served as a member of Capt. Amos Perry's Com- pany, Col. Hawes' Regiment, July 28, 1778, to September 12, 1778. (Morse's History of Holliston and Sherburne, Mass. Records of State of Massachusetts. Records of the town of Holliston and Sherburne, Mass.) 128 TRUMAN W. ENOS n^iS Tacoma. Banker. Born in Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., January 13, 1865. Son of Levi Sherwood Enos and Cattierine Keeney (Hill). Grandson of Erastus Hill and Pamelia (Keeney). Great-grandson of Jesse Keeney and Catherine (Middaugh). Great 2 grandson of THOMAS KEENEY and Mercy (Lamb). THOMAS KEENEY was born in Hartford, Conn., May 10, 1 751, lived in Connecticut and New York and died in Tioga, Penn., January 10, 1840. He was a Private in Capt. J. Well's Company, Col. Wolcott's Regiment, Connec- ticut Troops, January, 1776; also Private in Capt. Roswell Grant's Company, Col. Obadiah Johnson's Regiment, 1778; also in Capt. Samuel Granger's Company, Gen. David Water- bury' s Brigade, Connecticut Troops, 1781; also served for a time in Capt. Bissell's Company, Col. Pitkin's Regiment. (Certificate of Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 384, 528, 565.) 129 IRA WELLS KIMMEL 12429 (Demitted to District of Columbia Society. Clergyman. Born in Somerset, Somerset Co., Penn., March 24, 1861. Son of Charles A. Kimmel and Harriet (Patton). Grandson of Jacob Kimmel and ( ). Great-grandson of John Kimmel and ( ). Great 2 grandson of MICHAEL KIMMEL and ( ). Grandson of John Patton and Harriet (Wells). Great-grandson of John Wells and Mary (Musser). Great-grandson of JAMES WELLS and (Brown). Great 3 grandson of RICHARD BROWN and Mary (Stev- enson). 86 Sons of tl]e Ctinerican Hepolution MICHAEI. KIMMBIy was born in York, Penn., March 14, 1736, and lived in York. He enlisted January 6, 1776, in York, Pennsylvania Militia, and was made ist Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion Pennsylvania I^ine; he was regimental Pay- master May, 1777, and retired with rank of Captain July i, 1778. (Historical Records of Pennsylvania.) JAMES WElyl/S was born and lived in I^ancaster, Penn. He was ist Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Artillery, Con- tinental Line, Col. Proctor, 1777 and 1778; resigned March, 1778; participated in the battles of Broad Brook, Brandy wine and Germantown. (Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series. Vol. XI, p. 210.) It is family tradition that he frequently enter- tained Gen. Washington at his home in Lancaster, Penn. RICHARD BROWN was born and lived in Lancaster, Penn. He was 3d Lieutenant in Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, June to October 26, 1775; Captain in ist Battalion of Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March, 1776. Was wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776. (Heitman's Historical Register.) 130 THOMAS WICKHAM PROSCH 12430 Seattle. Secretary Chamber of Commerce. Born in Brooklyn, Kings Co., N. Y., June 2, 1850, Son of Charles Prosch and Susan (Conkling). Grandson of Sylvester Conkling and Charity (Reynolds). Great-grandson of WII,IvIAM REYNOI^DS and Martha (Lamo- reaux ) . Great 2 grandson of John Lamoreaux and Betsey (Tice). Grandson of Sylvester Conkling and ( ), Great-grandson of DANIEI, CONKI^ING and ( .) WILLIAM REYNOLDS (Runnels or Raynolds) was born in England, May 5, 1754, and lived in Orange Co., N. Y. He enlisted as a Private in Capt. Francis Smith's Com- pany, Col. Jesse Woodhull's Regiment, Orange Co., N. Y. Militia. He was in the battle at Fort Montgomery, under 87 IPasI^mgton Society command of lyieut. Henry Brewster; was severely wounded by a bayonet through the lungs, and never fully recovered. He was captured and carried prisoner to New York, where he was held from October 6, 1777, to August 6, 1778. He was pensioned 30 shillings 8 pence per month, from October 6, 1777, to December 23, 1779. (Certificates of New York and U. S. Hospital Records. Archives of State of New York, Vol. I, p. 545.) DANIKIy CONKLING (Conckling, Conklin) was a Pri- vate in Capt. Phineas Rumsey's Company, from Orange Co., N. Y. 132 CHARLES HINCKLEY BAKER 12432 Seattle. Civil Engineer. Born in Chicago, Cook Co., 111., Novem- ber 30, 1864. Son of William T. Baker and Eliza Annie (Dunster). Grandson of Samuel Dunster and Susan Perkins (Dow). Great-grandson of JASON DUNSTER and Mary (Merriam). Great ^ grandson of Jason Dunster and Rebecca (Cutter). JASON DUNSTER was born in Cambridge, N. H., March 27, 1763, and lived in Mason, N. H. He enlisted as a Private, March 1781, in Capt. Hasting's 3d Company, 9th Massachusetts Regiment, Col. Henry Jackson. Joined the army at White Plains, July 1781. Discharged December 31, 1783. (Henry Dunster and his Descendants, by Samuel Dunster.) 133 CHARLES McCLURE DOLAND 12433 Spokane. Student. Born in Chicago, Cook Co., 111., June 7, 1877. Son of Arthur W. Doland and Hannah Kate (Mellum). Grandson of John Doland and Elizabeth (Hall). Great-grandson of Samuel Hall and Polly (Ray). Great ^ grandson of WILLIAM HALL and ( ). Great-grandson of DANIEL HALL and Jean (Barr). Great * grandson of JOHN HALL and Elizabeth (Dickey). Great 2 grandson of JOHN RAY and ( ). (See Arthur W. Doland, No. 6.) 88 Sons of tl^e Ctmerican Herolution 134 HIRAM BURNS FERRIS 9793 Spokane. Born in Carthage, Hancock Co., 111., January 25, 1872. Son of Hiram Gano Ferris and Julia Esther (Holton). Grandson of Isaac Hoi ton and Phebe (Arnold). Great-grandson of SETH ARNOLD and Rebecca (Ranney). SETH ARNOLD was born in Haddam, Conn. , Septem- ber 3, 1747, and died in Westminster, Vt., July 6, 1849. He served 14 days as a Private in Capt. Abraham Tyler's Com- pany of Connecticut Troops that marched to Boston at the lyexington ' ' Alarm " ; he was also a Private in Capt. Samuel Gale's Company, Col. Samuel H. Parson's Regiment, May 19, 1775. to December 19, 1775. He was also Sergeant in Capt. Cornelius Higgins' Company, Col. William Douglass' Reg- iment, 5th Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, 1776. He served under Washington at New York; was at the battle of Long Island, and in the retreat to New York under Col. Douglas. He afterwards engaged in the battle of White Plains. Dis- charged December 25, 1776. (Connecticut Men in the Rev- olution, pp. 12, 49, 77, 317, 409, 498.) 135 JAMES OTIS SMITH 12434 Vancouver. Born at Callais, Me., April 15, 1833. Son of William P. Smith and Emily (Knight). Grandson of Paul Knight and (Whitney). Great-grandson of Jonathan Knight and . JONATHAN KNIGHT was one of the party under Capt. O'Brien which, on June 12, 1775, boarded and captured the British armed schooner Margaretta in the harbor of Machias, and it is said to have fired the first gun in that expedition. (Yf^r Book of Paul Jones Club, S. A. R., Portsmouth, N. H., pp. 35, 36.) 89 lDasI]tngton Society 136 WILLIAM WELCH 12435 Seattle. Teacher. Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon Co., N. J., November 20, i860. Son of Ashbel Welch and Mary H. (Seabrook). Grandson of Aslibel Welch and Margaret (Dorrauce). Great-grandson of GEORGEJDORRANCE and Alice (Trum- bell). Great ^ grandson of James Dorrance and Elizabeth ( ). GEORGE DORRANCE was born June 25, 1736, and lived in Wyoming, Conn. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 24th Regiment Connecticut Militia, October, 1775, and a Major in the same regiment in May, 1777, and Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment in October, 1777. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, Vol. XV, p. 152. Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 440. Public Records of State of Connecticut, Vol. I, pp. 265, 430.) 137 SHELLA LEIGH HUNT 12437 Spokane. Born in Trenton, Mercer Co., N. J., February 24, 1874. Son of William Hunt Jr. and Laura (Shellabarger). Grandson of William Hunt and Mary (McCord) . Great-grandson of Ralph Hunt and Lydia (Eyre). Great ^ grandson of MANUEL EYRE and Mary (Wright). Great ^ grandson of George Eyre and Mary (Smith). Great * grandson of George Eyre and Sarrah (Collison). MANUEL (or EMANUEL) EYRE was born in Burling- ton, N. J., November 10, 1736; lived in Philadelphia, Penn., and died July, 1781. He was a shipbuilder and a member of the Committee of Inspection on the Navy Board, which was created February 13, 1777. He built the Bull-dog, which was the second vessel ordered built by the Navy Board. He was a Captain in the Associated Battalions and Militia of the Philadelphia Brigade in 1777. He was also a Captain in the Pennsylvania Artillery during the Revolution and until his 90 Sons of tl^e Ctmerican Her>oIutton death. (Pennsylvania Archives, 2d Series, Vol. I, pp. 75, 585, 586, 587; Vol. Ill, p. 707. Colonial Records of Pennsyl- vania, p. 432.) 138 CHARLES MINOT SHEAFE JR. ,2438 Seattle. Lawyer. Born in Holden, Mo., August 14, 1874. Son of Charles Minot Sheafe and Anna L. (Jones). Grandson of James Smith Sheafe and Eunice (Dodge). Great-grandson of Eben Smith and Hannah (Richardson). Great ^ grandson of JOSEPH RICHARDSON and ( •'). (See Charles Minot Sheafe, No. 93. ) 139 HENRY ROSE HARRIMAN 12^39 Seattle. Law Student. Born in Gloucester, Mass., September 29 1877. Son of Nathan Harding Harriman and Martha Fidelia (Blood). Grandson of Joseph Blood and Elisabeth Goodrich (Proctor). Great-grandson of Joseph Blood and Hannah (Walker). Great ^ grandson of BENJAMIN WAIvKER and '-. BKNJAMIN WALKER was born in Massachusetts in 1742, lived in Chelmsford, and died of wounds received in action, in Boston, August 15, 1775. He was a Captain in Col. Ebenezer Bridge's Regiment, May 27, 1775. In the battle of Bunker Hill he commanded his Company, was wounded and taken prisoner, and kept in prison until his death. The following is taken from Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution: "In the meanwhile, Capt. Walker of Chelms- ford, with fifty resolute men, had marched down the hill near Charlestown and greatly annoyed the enemy's left flank. Finding their position very perilous, they marched over to the Mystic and did great execution upon the right flank. Walker was there wounded and made prisoner, but the greater part of his men succeeded in gaining the redoubt." (Heitman's Register, p. 415.) 15 91 IPasI^tngton Socktg 140 LOUIS RAY BURGESS 12440 Tacoma. OflScer U. S. Army. Born near the town of Salem, Kenosha Co., Wis., March 22, 1871. Son of Louis Burgess and Ambrosia (Paddock). Grandson of Francis Paddock and Cecilia (Munson). Great-grandson of William D. Paddock and Mary (Lusk). Great 2 grandson of DAVID PADDOCK and . DAVID PADDOCK was born in Scotland and lived in Duchess Co., N. Y. He was a private in Capt. David Water- bury's Company, of Col. Henry Luddington's 7th Regiment of Duchess County Militia, July 1779. (Manuscript "Treas- urer's Certificates," in the New York State Library, Vol. IX, p. 37. New York Revolutionary War Rolls, p. 441.) 141 CARL STINSON HOLMES 12441 Seattle. Clerk. Born in Chicago, 111., November 28, 1878. Son of Marcus Morton Holmes and Jennie (Stinson). Grandson of William Cochran Stinson and Sarah E. (Poor). Great-grandson of Moses Poor and Sally (Little). Great 2 grandson of MOSES LITTLE and Mary (Stevens). MOSES WTTLE was born in Hamstead, N. H., August 3, 1742, and lived in Hampstead. He enlisted in Capt. Samuel Richards' Company, Col. John Stark's Regiment of N. H. Troops, April 23, 1775. He participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. (State Papers of New Hampshire, Vol. I, p. 55. "The Descendants of George I^ittle", by George T. Little) 142 THOMAS STEPHEN ELLIS 12442 Seattle. Attorney-at-Law, ex-Captain U. S. V. Born in New Orleans, La., March 15, 1870. Son of Ezekiel John Ellis and Josephine (Chamberlin). Grandson of Harvey Chamberlin and Juliette (McKeen). Great-grandson of John McKeen and Sally (Collins). Sons of tl]e Ctmerican Hecolution Great ^ grandson of Levi Collins and Abigail (Stanton). Great ^ grandson of ISAAC WHEELER STANTON and- Great * grandson of Joseph Stanton and . Great ' grandson of Joseph Stanton and . Great ^ grandson of John Stanton and . Great ''' grandson of Thomas Stanton and . ISAAC WHEEI.ER STANTON was a Sergeant in Capt. Witter' s Company of Minute Men; marched from the Town of Preston, Conn., at the "Lexington Alarm", and was in the service 12 days. He was also 2nd lyieutenant of the 2nd Company of the 4th Battalion of Wadsworth's Brigade, com- manded by Col. Selden, from June to December, 1776. (Conn. Revolutionary Rolls, pp. 20, 403.) 143 BENJAMIN WALSH PETTIT 12443 Seattle. Bank Teller. Born in Rock Island, 111., February 26, 1867. Son of William Beall Pettit and Emily Louisa (Coldy). Grandson of Henry McEwan Pettit and Jane Mary Ann (Beall). Great-grandson of William Murdoch Beall and Frances (McClerry). Great-grandson of ELISHA BEALL and Jane (Perry). Great ^ grandson of Nathaniel Beall and Ann (Murdoch). Great * grandson of James Beall and Jane (Edmonston), ElylSHA BEAlvIy was born January 4, 1748. He was on special service during the campaign on Long Island and during the retreat across New Jersey, up to the crossing of the Delaware River at Trenton. He was afterward ist Lieu- tenant and Captain of the ist Battalion of Maryland "Flying Camp", Gen. R. Beall's Brigade, serving until the close of the War. He was mustered out of service as Captain in 1783. (McSherry's History of Maryland. Safifell's Reviews of the Revolution.) 93 IDasl^tngton Society 144 L T. TURNER 12444 Seattle. Attorney -at-Iyaw. Born near the village of Frencli Camp, San Joaquin Co., Cal., February i. 1864. Son of Garrison Turner and Elizabeth Jane (Starr). Grandson of Samuel Fletcher Starr and Talitha Cumi (Belknap). Great-grandson of Jesse Belknap and Jane (Garlinghouse). Great-grandson of JONAS BELKNAP and Esther (Parker). Great ^ grandson of Samuel Belknap and Mary (Newton). Great * grandson of Samuel Belknap and Mary (Dickenson). JONAS BEIvKNAP served in the Massachusetts Troops throughout the Revolution; he enlisted May 3, 1775, in Capt. John Cowls' Company, of Col. Benj. Woodbridge's Regiment, serving 3 months and 6 days; he was also a member of this Company in October, 1775. In November, 1776, he enHsted in Capt. lyuke Day's Company, of Col. Brooks' Regiment, his name appears on the pay rolls of the Continental Army from January i, 1777, to December 31, 1779; also from January i, 1780, to December, 1780, during which year he served 2 months as Private and 10 months as Corporal; was a member of the lyight Infantry Company of Col. Brooks' Regiment February 20, 1781, and in 1782. He was discharged June 10, 1783, by General Washington, his term having expired. He was one of the soldiers who received honorary badges. (Mass. Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, pp. 906, 907, 918.) 94 Sons of t^e Ctmericon Keoolutlon INDEX OF ANCESTORS State No. Ackley, Isaac C 90 Antiett, Hannah (White) . . . 108 Armstrong, WilUam 13 Armstrong, James 13 Arnold, Dr. Jonathan 126 Arnold, Samuel 71 Arnold, Seth 134 Arnold, William 12 Atwood, Wait 116 Bailey, Paul 119 Balcolm, Henry 18 Baldwin, Peleg 8, 28, 29, 30 Bartholomew, Joseph 9 Bateman, Zadoc 82 Beadle, Michael 102 Beal, Uoyd 94 Beale, Samuel 126 Beall, Elisha 143 Beeman, Samuel 58 Belknap, Jonas 144 Bent, Silas 24 Bitley, John 75 Blair, Robert 24 Blanchard, Justus 14, 103 Blanchard, Ozias 61 Boutelle, Ebenezer 63, 96 Brainerd, Josiah Jr 16 Brewster, Samuel 68 Brodhead, Daniel 101 Brown, Richard 129 Brown, William 8, 28, 29, 30 Buck, Daniel 95 Buck, Daniel 74 Buck, Jonathan 74 Burrill, Ebenezer 126 Burrill, James 126 Bush, Abijah 3 Butler, John 126 Butterworth, Noah 17, 99 Carroll, Daniel 22 Chadwick, Thomas 44 Chamberlain, William 123 Champlin, Joseph 80 Champlin, William 80 Chapin, Nathaniel 104 Cheney, Joseph 83 State No. Cook, Thaddeus 20 Conkling, Daniel 130 Corliss, George 126 Cosby, Zachery 45 Cowles, Josiah 10, 32 Craven, Thomas 19 Crawford, Edward 72 Crocket, Anthony 121 Crocker, John 89 Dakin, Amos Ill Deen, Gains 115 Dorrance, George 136 Doty, Joseph 53 Dunster, Jason 132 Elmendorf, John 120 Elniore Samuel 3 Emery, Josiah 23, 125 Evans, Evan 47 Eyanson, John 97 Eyre, Manuel 137 Farror, Samuel Ill Fitz Randolph, Robert 114 Fobes Edward 91 Fobes, John 91 Follmer, Jacob 123 Foster, Isaac 73 Gadsden, Christopher 4 Gaston, John 19 Gentry, Richard 122 Gill. John 126 Gillett, Jonathan 24 Grant, Gustavus 40 Greene, WiUiam Jr 126 Grigg, Mathew 113 Griggs, Ichabod .j. 81, 86 Hall, Daniel 6, 133 Hall, James 26, 27 Hall, John 6, 133 Hall, William 6, 133 Halsey, Silas 38 Hayes, James 100 Haymond, William 31 Hempstead, Joshua 107 Hill, John 63, 96 Hitchcock, Noah 48, 49 95 / / tDasI]tngton Society state No. Hoar, Joseph Jr 48, 49 Hoar, Josepli 48, 49 Holgate, Matt 8, 28, 29, 30 Hooker, Noadiah 89 Hopkins, John 92 Howell, John 39 Hoyt, Daniel 33 Hughes, John 92 Hunter, Robert 24 Button, William 19 Judd, Samuel 10, 32 Keeney, Thomas 128 Kimmel, Michael 129 Kirkland, John 34, 35 Knapp, Job 36 Knight, Jonathan 135 Knight, Samuel 34, 35 Kollock, Shepard 108 Lee, Amos 37 Lee, Jared 37 Leet, Isaac 62, 69 Lermond, Alexander 65 Lindsley, Aaron 38 Little, Moses 141 Livingston, Abraham 70 Magill, Charles 56, 117 Maxwell, Hugh 34, 35 Maxwell, John 39 Merrill, Moses 61 Merrill, Thomas 61 Miner, Seth 2 Morris, Samuel 106 Mulford, Jonathan 59 Muirhead George 39 McKee, William 109, 110 McMillan, Samuel 126 Nightingale, Joseph 126 Nightingale, Samuel 126 Norton, George 64 Norton, William 64 Paddock, David 140 Paine, William 40 Peck, Ehpriam 88 Phipps, Aaron 127 Pike, William 98 Post, Oliver 91 Randall, Gershom 105 Ray, John 6, 133 Reynolds, William 130 State No. Rice, William 67 Richardson, Joseph 93, 124, 138 Richmond, Gideon 66 Ripley, Hezekiah 42 Rochester, Nathaniel 46 Root, Israel 118 Rowell, William 79 Rutter, Thomas 43 Saltonstall, Gurdon Ill Sawyer, Thomas 77, 78 Scott, Eleazer 1 Sevier, Volentine 41 Sewall, Dummer 74 Slaughter, James 94 Slaughter, Philip 94 Smith, Ephriam 11, 48, 49 Smith, George 24 Smith, James 48, 49 Smith, John 11, 48, 49 Smith, Stephen 76 Stanton, Isaac Wheeler 142 Stillson, Abel 88 Stough ton, Oliver 24 StoUi;hton, Shem 24 Stuart, Joseph 85 Taylor, Eleazer 112 Taylor, Zalmon 112 Thompson, Stephen 1st 60 Thompson, Stephen 2d 60 Thruston, Charles Mynn. . .56, 117 Tolman, John 51 Valentine, Obadiah 59 Walker, Benjamin 139 Walker, Gideon 77, 78 Wallingford, Jonathan 87 Ward, John 52 Weed, Jonathan 53 Wells, James 129 Wetherbee, Abijah 73 Wetherell, Charles 21 Wetmore, Josiah 88 Wheaton, Joseph 15 Whitman, Thomas 54, 84 Whittle, Thomas 55 Willey, Abraham 7, 25 Williston, Consider HI Wilson, James 62, 69 Woodhull. Nathaniel 50 Wyllie, John 65 Young, James 5, 57 96 Sons of tl]e Ctmerican Hcr»oIutton INDEX OF MEMBERS state No. Alexander, George Nell 12 Allen, Ethan 115 Armstrong, William B 13 Avery, A. George 95 Babcock, William F 66 Bailey, Albert Edwin 119 Baker, Charles Hinckley 132 Barker, William Morris 106 Bartholomew, J. H. S 9 Bateman, Cephas C 82 Beals, Walter Burges 126 Bell, Augustus V 14 Bell, George H 103 Beman, Nathan 58 Blanchard, Carlisle P 15 Blanchard, George B 61 Bosworth, Walter M 80 Houtelle, Frazier A 63 Boutelle, Henry M 96 Brainerd, Erastus 16 Brewster, James Meeker 68 Brooke, George S 94 Buck, Franklin A 74 Burgess, Louis Ray 140 Burleigh, Andrew Faulk 101 Butterworth, Edgar Ray 17 Butterworth, Gilbert M 99 Cole, Irving T 18 Cole, John h 67 Craven, Edwin W 19 Crocker, Benjamin David 64 Dakin, Paul Worth Ill Dibble, Carmi 75 Doland, Arthur W 6 Doland, Charles McClure 133 Doolittle, George Tilton 20 Edes, William Henry 21 Ellicott, Salvador 22 Ellis. Overton Gentry 122 Ellis, Thomas Stephen 142 Elmendorf, Frederick E 120 Emery, Charles Delaus 23 Enos, Truman W 128 Eyanson, Thomas E 97 State No. Ferris, Hiram Burns 134 Follmer, Elmer Sherman 123 Foster, Harrison G 73 Foster, Phillip Plummer 116 Gibbs, Arthur S 3 Gleason, Charles S 24 Gow, A. Murdoch 62 Gow, Harding M 69 Gowey, Frank McDonald 25 Gowey, John Franklin 7 Griggs, Everett Gallup 86 Griggs, Herbert Stanton 81 Hall, Henry Knox 27 Hall, James Winslow 26 Hanford, Arthur Elwood 30 Hanford, Clarence 29 Hanford, Cornelius H 8 Hanford, Frank 28 Harriman, Henry Rose 139 Hartson, Millard Tracy 90 Harvey, Benjamin Looker. ... 31 Hathaway, Charles Emery . . . 125 Holmes, Carl Stinson 141 Holmes, Henry E 32 Holmes Samuel Judd 10 Hooker Thomas 89 Hopkins, John Lewis 92 Howe, James Blake 4 Hoyt, Henry Martyn 33 Hunt, Sheila Leigh 137 Kimmel, Ira Wells 129 Kingsbury, Edward Phipps. . . 127 Kirkland, Arthur E 34 Kirkland, Eugene H 35 Knapp, Lyman E 36 Knox, Charles L 71 Lee, Chester Fairman 37 Lindsley, Addison A 38 Mallon, Howard Tyrone 102 Matson, Charles W 114 Maxwell, William Howell 39 Metcalfe, James Bard 104 Nettleton, Fred Henry 83 97 IPasl^ington Society state No. Paine, Waldo Grant 40 Peters, John R 41 Petti t, Benjamin Walsh 143 Pike, William 98 Post, Frank Truman 91 Prickett, Jules Lyle 107 Prosch, Thomas Wickham 130 Randall, Edwin Mortimer Jr. . 105 Riddell, Crockett Morgan 121 Roberts, Brian Chadwick 44 Ripley, Edwin 42 Robinson, John O 65 Root, Milo Adelbert 118 Rowell, Fred Rice 79 Rutter, Clement Stocker 43 Scott, Simon W 1 Shane, Carlos Walstein 45 Sheafe, Charles Minot 93 Sheafe, Charles Minot Jr 138 Sheafe, Harry 124 Shepard, Thomas Rochester.. 46 Shippen, Joseph 47 Sloane, James French 100 Smith, Benjamin W 76 Smith, Clarence Austin 48 Smith, Edward Everett 49 Smith, Ell Stone H Smith, James Otis 135 State No. Southard, Frank Stuart 85 Steele, Egbert T. S 50 Stillson, Hamilton 88 Stout, John Kennedy 2 Strudwick, Robert C 108 Taylor, Edward Randall 112 Thompson, Arthur N 60 Thompson, Will H 113 Thornton, Charles W 70 Todd, Alexander Brent 72 Tolman, Warren W 51 Turner, Iv. T 144 Valentine, Albert I, 59 Virtue, George A 52 Walker, George Hunt 77 Walker, Robert Gile 78 Wallingford, John N 87 Weed, Gideon Allen 53 Welch, William 136 Whitman, Elias Bean 84 Whitman, Stephen Greenwood 54 Whittle, George Haswell 55 Whittlesey, Charles F 66 Whittlesey, William H 117 Wilson, Henry Lane 109 Wilson, John Lockwood 110 Young, Edward Weldon 5 Young, Thomas Miles 57 98 Family Record ^amilQ Bccord WnntilQ Record 2?amilg BecorJi Wnxnil^ Record ^dtnilQ 5Sccora 'SFntnil^ Bccora ^{)mtls Hecorft WnmilQ Record ^amtlg JJ^corft Tamils Record WntnU^ ^ccoti LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 011 697 530