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VOL  XLIX  No.  4 

American  Revolution 
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CONTENTS  FOR  0CT03ER,  1916 


PAGE. 

A  War-ship  of  the  Revolutionary  Period Frontispiece 

Our  Sea  Forces  of  the  Revolution.    Edgar  S.  Maclay 227 

Parliamentary  Puzzles  Solved.    Cora  Welles  Trow 238 

Fairfax  County  Committee  of  Safety.    S.  C.  Stunt z 239 

Early  Days  Along  the  Potomac.    Evelyn  Martha  Emig 246 

Engraved  Portraits  of  American  Patriots.    Natalie  Sumner  Lincoln 249 

Description  of  Bombardment  of  Fort  McHenry 254 

The  Wood  Yard 255 

Early  History  of  Edgefield,  S.  C.    Sarah  Rainsford  Collett 256 

Mrs.  C.  R.  Davis,  Chairman  Committee  on  Legislation 261 

When  My  Mother  was  a  Little  Girl.    Sophie  H.  Bushncll •  • 262 

Ye  Olde  Heirlooms 263 

Work  of  the  Chapters 264 

Book  Reviews  :    Colonial  Men  and  Times;  McClure  Family 273 

Maxwell  Genealogy;  Fiskback  Genealogy;  Sketches  of  the  Stranges:  Campbell, 
Lincoln,  Miller,  Mitchell,  Montgomery,  Turner  Family  Magazines. 

Revolutionary    Records 275 

Marriage  Record  Exchange :   Alexandria,  Va 277 

Genealogical  Department 279 

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Official  List  of 288 

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— no  other 
soft  drink 
like   Bevo 


A  beverage  with  positive  virtues.  Bet- 
ter than  just  non-intoxicating — it's  good  for 
you.  More  than  wholesome — it's  a  nutritive  beverage. 
More  than  being  refreshing— it's  pure,  free  from 
bacteria.  You  will  like  Bevo  for  its  goodness — it  will 
rep-y  you  by  its  nutritive  wholesomeness.  Serve  your 
guests  with  Bevo — then  ask  them  what  it  is.  They 
will  make  a  guess,  but  they  will  be  wrong. 

Get  Bevo  at  inns,  restaurants,  groceries,  department 
and  drug  stores,  picnic  grounds,  baseball  parks,  soda 
fountains,  dining  cars,  steamships,  and  other  places 
where  refreshing  beverages  are  sold  —  Look  for  the 
Fox  on  the  crown  top  of  every  bottle. 

Guard  against  substitutes.  Have  the  bottle  opened 
in  front  of  you,  first  seeing  that  the  seal  is  unbroken 
and  that  the  crown  top  bears  the  Fox. 

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FOREWORD 

My  Dear  Fellow  Members  : — 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  National  Society  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution  the  President  General  is  enabled  to  send 
through  the  official  organ  of  the  Society  a  message  to  each  one  of  the 
members. 

How  much  this  privilege  means  to  me,  how  greatly  I  value  this  precious 
opportunity ! 

I  would  make  my  message  a  link  between  you  and  me,  my  Daughters, 
an  assurance  that  although  we  may  never  meet  face  to  face  the  feeling  goes 
out  from  the  heart  of  one  American  woman  to  the  heart  of  another,  that 
the  tie  we  recognize  in  this  fellow  membership  of  ours  is  one  born  of  high 
aspirations,  created  by  a  reverent  love  of  the  things  our  Patriots  stood  for, 
integrity,  high  ambition  for  all  that  is  good,  toleration,  unselfishness  and 
all  the  most  beautiful  things  in  life.  Our  Patriots  gave  us  these,  they  are 
the  things  we  must  pass  on  to  those  who  will  follow  us,  they  are  the  cause 
of  our  being. 

I  believe  that  few  of  us  realize  how  much  power  a  great  body  of  good 
women  represent. 

This  is  a  power  that  is  yours  if  you  will  awaken  to  its  full  possibilities. 
To  this  end  I  would  urge  you  to  keep  in  close  touch  with  your  fellow  mem- 
bers, the  members  of  your  chapter,  your  State  and  particularly  your  National 
Head. 

It  should  be  possible  at  a  moment's  notice  to  transmit  to  every  member 
a  message,  a  warning,  an  appeal — this  can  only  be  made  possible  by  your 
personal  effort. 

In  these  times  when  great  issues  fairly  rock  our  nation  to  its  depths, 
who  can  say  how  great  a  service  we  may  give  our  country  if  we  are  in 
reality,  organized  womanhood? 

I  exhort  you,  my  Daughters,  be  alert  to  keep  close  to  our  great 
Organization  and  realize  fully  the  power  of  united  effort. 

This  message  is  not  the  usual  effort  of  an  Official  Head  to  hold  together 
the  different  parts  of  a  great  body;  I  beg  you  to  read  into  my  lines  far  more 
than  that. 

I  call  upon  you  to  unite  so  that  we  may  stand  together  should  our 
country  need  us,  a  body  of  great  value  because  we  are  efficient,  united  and 
can  spread  out  our  power  all  over  our  land. 

Service  is  not  measured  by  terms  of  office,  the  most  precious  thing  in 
all  this  splendid  Society  of  ours  is  our  fellow-membership,  and  this  is  a 
golden  circle  of  nearly  one  hundred  thousand  links.  May  it  ever  grow 
stronger  and  more  uniting  is  the  prayer  of 

Your  President  General, 
(Mrs.  William  Cumming  Story)  Daisy   Allen    Story. 


My  dear  Fellow  Members: 

Acting  under  the  authority  of  the  twenty-fifth  Continental  Congress 
of  the  Daughters  of  The  American  Revolution — we  have  introduced  into  the 
United  States  Senate  and  the  House  of  Representatives,  a  Bill  petitioning 
the  Government  to  purchase  for  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  "Monticello," 
the  home  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  the  author  cf  The  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence. 

Inasmuch  as  the  vote  of  our  Daughters  of  the  Amercian  Revolution 
Congress  was  unanimous  in  support  cf  this  measure  I  feci  sure  that  our 
members  will  wish  to  do  all  they  can  to  aid  in  the  passage  of  this  Bill.  I  am 
appealing  to  you  to  make  this  a  matter  of  personal  interest,  and  to  use  your 
broad  influence  to  reach  not  only  the  Daughters  in  your  State,  but  all 
ether  citizens  who  will  aid  bur  efforts  to  preserve  this  most  precious  his- 
toric place. 

Monticello,  which  was  built  and  from  Jefferson's  early  youth  planned 
Dy  him,  is  a  spot  of  great  beauty  and  value.  There  are  seven  hundred  acres 
in  the  property.  The  Mansion  has  been  preserved  in  its  original  beauty  and 
dignity  through  years  of  effort  on  the  part  of  the  owner,  the  Hon  Jefferson 
M.  Levy,  and  his  distinguished  uncle,  Commodore  Uriah  Phillips  Levy.  The 
furnishings  and  many  priceless  relics  have  been  preserved  and  are  included 
in  the  price  of  the  Mansion. 

We  surely  must  preserve  the  home  and  grave  of  this  great  Patriot  and 
fittingly  honor  his  memory.  You  can  help  best  by  writing  yourself,  and  by 
asking  your  friends  to  write  personally,  to  the  members  of  Congress  from 
your  State  to  the  Senators  and  Congressmen  and  asking  them  to  vote  that 
the  United  States  Government  purchase  Monticello. 

Please  write  your  Senators  and  Representatives  at  once.  The  fate  of 
this  noble  historic  place  depends  upon  your  prompt  and  personal  effort. 

I  am, 

Faithfully  yours, 

DAISY    ALLEN    STORY, 
President  General,   N.    S.   D.   A.   R. 

Mrs.  Wm.  dimming  Story. 


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Our  Sea  Forces  of  the  Revolution 

A  series  of  articles  describing  newly  discovered  sea  battles  and  other  important 
historical  data  of  the  Revolution. 

(A  copy  of  the  first  seven  chapters  of  this  series  will  be  sent  to  any  United 
States  postoffice  address  on  the  receipt  of  twenty-five  cents.  Address:  "Secretary's 
Office,  American  History  League,  311  50th  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.) 

(Continued  from  September  issue) 


CHAPTER  XIV 

Massachusetts'    Campaigns    on    the 
Sea  in  1775-76. 

In  the  first  two  years  of  the  Revolu- 
tion the  British  made  Halifax  and  Que- 
bec their  principal  bases  for  military 
operations  against  the  rebelling  colonists 
and,  with  the  evacuation  of  Boston, 
March  17,  1776,  those  points  became 
their  centers  of  activity  until  the  occupa- 
tion of  New  York  city  late  in  1776. 
Naturally,  therefore,  there  was  a  con- 
stant stream  of  war  craft  and  supply 
vessels  passing  to  and  from  England 
having  the  Nova  Scotian  coast  or  the 
Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence  as  its  objective  or 
starting  point. 

It  was  in  their  attacks  on  this  maritime 
line  of  communication  (virtually  "in  the 
rear  of  the  enemy")  that  our  sea  forces 
of  the  Revolution  delivered  some  of  the 
most  effective  blows  against  British  su- 
premacy    in     America.       In    preceding 


chapters  we  have  noted  how  ten  British 
vessels  were  captured  off  St.  John's, 
thirty-one  taken  while  endeavoring  to 
enter  Boston  harbor,  and  many  other 
daring  seizures  on  the  high  seas — while 
the  gallant  fight  of  our  gunboats  on 
Lake  Champlain,  October  11-13,  1776,  is 
too  well  known  to  need  mention  here. 
Being  nearest  to  the  English  naval  bases 
at  Halifax  and  Quebec,  Massachusetts 
took  the  lead  in  sea  operations  against 
British  storeships  going  to  and  from 
those  points  in  the  years  1775  and  1776. 
We  can  readily  imagine  that  British 
officials  were  greatly  incensed  over  the 
"impudent"  capture  of  the  king's  cutter 
Margaretta,  by  the  people  of  Machias, 
and  took  prompt  measures  for  "chas- 
tising the  rascals."  They  fitted  out  two 
sloops  at  Halifax,  the  Diligence,  carry- 
ing eight  guns  and  fifty  men,  and  the 
Tapanagouchie,  armed  with  sixteen 
swivels  and  manned  by  a  proportionable 


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number  of  men.  They  sailed  from  Hali- 
fax early  in  July,  1775,  bound  for  Ma- 
chias. 

Having  heard  of  the  impending  "chas- 
tisement," Jeremiah  O'Brien  made  prepa- 
rations accordingly.  He  shifted  the  guns 
of  the  captured  Alar  gar  etta  to  the  swifter 
sloop  Unity  and  mounting  a  few  cannon 
aboard  the  coaster  Portland  Packet,  he 
sailed  to  meet  the  enemy.  Scarcely  had 
this  little  squadron  cleared  Machias  har- 
bor when,  on  July  12th,  or  just  one  month 
after  the  capture  of  the  king's  vessel,  the 
Diligence  and  Tapanagouchie  were  sight- 
ed. Availing  himself  of  his  superiority 
in  sailing,  O'Brien  attacked  the  English 
craft  separately,  quickly  compelled  them 
to  surrender,  and  carried  them  into 
Watertown. 

Captain  O'Brien  renamed  the  Tapana- 
gouchie, Alachias  Liberty  and  took  per- 
sonal command  of  her ;  having  as  first 
lieutenant  his  brother  William.  In  the 
summer  of  1775  O'Brien  made  a  highly 
successful  cruise  in  this  craft,  having  as 
a  consort  the  captured  Diligence,  Captain 
Lambert,  who  had  for  his  first  lieutenant 
O'Brien's  brother  John.  These  cruisers 
appeared  off  the  harbor  of  Glouces- 
ter on  August  9,  1775,  just  after  the 
British  cutter  Falcon,  Lieutenant  Linzee 
of  the  royal  navy,  had  chased  two  Ameri- 
can schooners  off  Cape  Ann — capturing 
one  of  them  while  the  other  ran  into 
Gloucester  for  refuge.  Accompanied  by 
his  prize,  Linzee  entered  the  outer  harbor 
and,  observing  O'Brien's  vessels  deter- 
mined to  capture  them  also.  Coming  to 
anchor,  Linzee  sent  a  boat  and  two 
barges,  containing  thirty-six  men  under 
the  command  of  his  first  lieutenant,  to 
carry  the  Machias  Liberty  by  boarding. 

Surmising  the  enemy's  intentions, 
O'Brien  ran  his  craft  close  inshore,  where 
he  had  the  support  of  the  Americans  on 
land,  and  opened  a  destructive  fire  on 
the  boat  party — killing  three  and  wound- 
ing the  lieutenant  in  command.  Observ- 
ing that  his  men  were  being  hard  pressed, 
Linzee  sent  his  cutter  to  their  aid  and 
then  began  firing  on  the  town  with  the 
Falcon's  guns      After  several  hours  of 


this  bombardment,  O'Brien,  seizing  a 
favorable  moment,  made  a  dash  at  the 
Englishmen  and,  with  the  loss  of  only 
two  men,  captured  the  schooners,  barges 
and  cutter,  and  made  prisoners  of  thirty- 
five  men.  It  was  only  with  the  greatest 
difficulty  that  Linzee  and  his  wounded 
lieutenant  escaped.  About  eighty  men 
were  engaged  with  Ethan  Allen  when  he 
captured  Ticonderoga  with  its  garrison 
of  forty-nine  men.  More  than  two  hun- 
dred Americans  were  engaged  in  this 
equally  brilliant  defeat  of  the  enemy  in 
Gloucester  harbor. 

It  was  not  always  victory  that  our 
hardy  sailors  experienced  on  the  ocean 
— as  is  well  illustrated  in  the  careers  of 
the  "Yankees"  of  Massachusetts.  In 
June,  1776,  the  Yankee  Hero,  a  brig  of 
fourteen  guns  and  forty  men  under  the 
command  of  Captain  J.  Tracy,  was  cap- 
tured by  the  British  frigate  Lively;  but 
not  without  a  severe  action  in  which  four 
of  the  Americans  were  killed  and  thir- 
teen were  wounded — a  total  in  casualties 
of  seventeen  or  more  than  a  third  of  the 
entire  number  of  Americans  engaged. 
In  the  land  battle  of  Harlem  Plains — 
fought  in  September  of  the  same  year — 
the  Americans  had  seven  killed  and  eight 
wounded,  a  total  of  fifteen. 

Quite  as  unfortunate  as  the  Yankee 
Hero,  was  the  Yankee,  a  large  sloop  of 
nine  guns,  manned  by  forty-three  men 
under  Captain  Johnson.  This  craft  got 
to  sea  early  in  the  summer  of  1776  and 
in  July  captured  the  British  merchant- 
men Creighton  and  Zachara,  laden  with 
valuable  cargoes.  Captain  Johnson  de- 
tailed crews  to  man  these  prizes  and  then 
proceeded  to  escort  them  to  an  American 
port,  but  before  he  reached  a  place  of 
safety,  the  prisoners  in  the  prizes  over- 
powered their  captors  and  united  in  an 
attack  on  the  Yankee.  Captain  John- 
son's crew  had  been  seriously  reduced 
by  manning  his  prizes,  so  that  each  of 
the  British  crews  outnumbered  the  en- 
tire crew  then  aboard  the  Yankee.  Also, 
the  Creighton  and  Zachara  mounted  for- 
midable batteries  so  that  their  united 
attack    on    the    Yankee    soon    compelled 


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Captain  Johnson  to  surrender.  The  final 
victors  arrived  with  their  prize  (the 
Yankee)  in  Dover,  England,  and  John- 
son and  the  survivors  of  his  crew  were 
thrown  into  Mill  Prison  where  they 
were  treated  with  great  cruelty. 

As  if  to  make  up  for  the  loss  of  her 
sister  Yankees,  the  Yankee  Ranger,  in 
August,  1776,  captured  three  English 
brigs  laden  with  cotton,  coffee,  oil,  etc., 
which  she  brought   safely  into  port. 

While  off  Boston  in  June,  1776,  the 
little  sloop  Lady  Washington,  Captain 
Cunningham,  was  attacked  by  four 
barges  filled  with  British  sailors  from  a 
near-by  man-of-war.  Cunningham  made 
a  stout  resistance  and  finally  drove  the 
barges  off,  after  killing  and  wounding 
"several"  of  the  enemy.  Our  records 
do  not  state  the  exact  number  of  the 
British  casualties  in  this  sea  fight,  but  we 
do  know  that  in  the  land  battle  of  Har- 
lem Plains  the  enemy  had  two  killed  and 
twenty  wounded.  The  heroic  defense 
made  by  Captain  Cunningham  has  es- 
caped mention  in  our  histories  but  the 
battle  of  White  Plains  has  been  fully 
recorded.  In  the  following  October 
Cunningham,  again  cruising  off  Boston, 
captured  an  English  ship  laden  with  rum, 
sugar  and  cotton,  which  was  brought 
safely  into  port. 

In  August,  1776,  the  Massachusetts 
12-gun  sloop  Revenge,  Captain  J.  White, 
manned  by  only  eighty  men,  captured 
the  British  ships  Anna  Maria  (laden 
with  rum  and  sugar)  and  Polly  with  an 
assorted  cargo;  the  brigs  Harlequin  and 
Fanny,  laden  with  general  merchandise, 
the  sloop  Betsy  and  another  craft,  and 
also  more  than  one  hundred  English 
sailors. 

Equally  successful  was  the  Massachu- 
setts 8-gun  sloop  Rover,  Captain  Forres- 
ter, also  manned  by  eighty  men.  This 
mite  of  a  craft  had  the  audacity  to  attack 
the  English  ship  Africa.  True,  the 
Africa  was  only  a  merchantman,  but 
merchantmen  in  those  troublous  times 
were  well  armed  and  their  crews  were 
quite  as  carefully  trained  in  the  use  of 
weapons  for  defense,  as  in  the  handling 


of  sails.  That  the  Africa  was  well  pro- 
vided with  ammunition  is  shewn  in  the 
fact  that  the  battle  had  lasted  only  a  few 
minutes  when  she  blew  up  and  only  three 
of  her  crew  of  twenty-six  mrn  were 
saved.  In  a  degree  the  fate  of  this  ship 
paralleled  that  of  the  Continental  frigate 
Randolph  which  was  blown  up  during 
her  unequal  struggle  with  the  British 
ship  of  the  line  Yarmouth,  when  only 
four  of  the  Randolph's  complement  of 
315  men  survived.  In  the  well-known 
battle  of  Trenton,  seventeen  Hessians 
were  killed.  In  this  unknown  sea  battle, 
twenty-three  of  the  enemy  were  killed. 
Before  regaining  port,  Forrester  cap- 
tured the  Snow  (a  vessel  little  larger 
than  a  brig)  Lively  and  the  brigs  Mary- 
and-James,  Sarah  Ann  and  Good  Intent, 
making  in  all  more  than  one  hundred 
prisoners,  or  twice  as  many  as  Ethan 
Allen  made  at  Ticonderoga. 

In  September,  1776,  the  Massachu- 
setts sloop  Dolphin,  Captain  Leach, 
armed  with  only  eight  swivels  and 
manned  by  twenty-five  men,  captured 
the  Royal  George  (having  a  cargo  of 
provisions)  and  a  sloop  laden  with  fish 
— all  of  which  was  most  acceptable  to 
the  rebelling  colonists  since  their  com- 
munications with  Europe  were  constantly 
menaced  and  their  fisheries  were  at  a 
standstill.  Earlier  in  the  war  the  Dol- 
phin had  been  commanded  by  Daniel 
Waters,  afterward  a  captain  in  the  Con- 
tinental navy. 

Some  time  in  1776  Captain  Crabtree 
of  the  Massachusetts  brig  Hannah  & 
Molly,  in  a  most  daring  manner,  cap- 
tured five  vessels  and  sixty  men  in  the 
harbor  of  Liverpool,  Nova  Scotia — "all 
taken  by  a  stratagem."  It  is  regrettable 
that  the  meager  official  records  do  not 
explain  just  what  this  stratagem  was, 
but  we  can  rest  assured  that  it  was  some 
clever  Yankee  trick  in  seamanship.  One 
of  the  prizes  was  a  ship  mounting  four 
guns  and  eight  swivels,  and  the  others 
weie  a  brig,  two  schooners  and  a  sloop — 
laden  with  fish  or  lumber. 

What  might  be  called  the  "three  Rs" 
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Republic,  Retaliation  and  Resolution. 
The  first,  a  12-gun  sloop  commanded  by 
John  Foster  Williams  of  the  Massachu- 
setts State  Marine,  in  1776  captured  the 
ship  /  lius  Caesar  besides  another  ship, 
heavily  armed  and  with  a  valuable  cargo, 
which  was  brought  into  Boston.  About 
the  same  time  the  10-gun  brig  Retalia- 
tion, manned  by  seventy  men  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Giles,  had  a  battle, 
lasting  two  hours,  with  a  British  ship 
mounting  six  cannon  and  finally  captured 
her.  In  the  following  August  the  4-gun 
schooner  Resolution,  manned  by  forty 
men  under  Captain  W.  Wand,  captured 
an  armed  schooner  which  was  acting  as 
a  tender  to  a  squadron  of  British  war 
ships.  (In  another  record  the  Resolu- 
tion is  credited  to  Maryland  instead  of  to 
Massachusetts.)  Thus  these  three  little 
craft,  carrying  in  all  twenty-six  guns 
and  nearly  two  hundred  men,  captured 
four  of  the  enemy's  vessels  manned  by 
eighty-five  men. 

In  September,  1776,  the  6-gun  schooner 
Independence,  manned  with  twenty-five 
men,  Captain  Nichols,  captured  six  of 
the  enemy's  vessels  manned  by  nearly 
one  hundred  men.  In  the  same  month 
the  8-gun  brig  Joseph,  also  manned  by 
only  twenty-five  men  under  Captain  Bab- 
bidge,  captured  a  schooner  and  in  the 
following  November  a  ship  with  a  valu- 
able cargo. 

On  October  14,  1776,  the  6-gun 
schooner  General  Gates,  Captain  Carle- 
ton  (afterward  commanded  by  Captain 
B.  Tatem)  captured  an  English  schooner 
which  was  brought  safely  into  port. 
While  off  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  however, 
the  General  Gates  was  attacked  by  the 
British  armed  brig  Hope  and  was  com- 
pelled to  surrender — the  American  com- 
mander and  his  crew  of  fifty  men  es- 
caping by  jumping  overboard  and  swim- 
ming ashore.  In  the  same  month  the  10- 
gun  schooner  America,  Captain  Snow 
(afterward  commanded  by  Captain  Nich- 
olson) made  a  valuable  seizure  in  a  Brit- 
ish ship  laden  with  rum,  sugar,  wine  and 
logwood  which  was  brought  into  a  Con- 
necticut port.     In  October,  1776,  the  6- 


gun  schooner  Liberty,  Captain  Peirce, 
manned  by  twenty-five  men,  captured 
a  ship  or  a  brig  loaded  with  fish  and 
lumber. 

Other  seizures  by  Massachusetts  war 
craft  in  October,  1776,  were  made  by 
the  12-gun  brig  Charming  Peggy,  Cap- 
tain J.  Jauncey  (or  Chauncey)  which 
captured  a  snow  laden  with  provisions 
for  the  British  army;  the  8-gun  sloop 
Speedwell,  Captain  Greeley  which  cap- 
tured a  snow  and  brought  her  safely  in 
Boston ;  and  the  2-gun  privateer  Putnam 
which  captured  an  English  privateer  of 
eight  guns  and  twenty  men. 

CHAPTER  XV 

"General  Washington's"  Campaigns 
on  the  Ocean 

It  is  well  known  that  George  Wash- 
ington, when  in  his  teens,  was  to  have 
entered  the  navy.  A  commission  as  mid- 
shipman was  secured  for  him  but,  at  the 
last  moment,  parental  affection  inter- 
vened ;  so,  instead  of  becoming  the  pos- 
sible "Nelson  of  America"  his  career 
was  changed  and  he  attained  the  higher 
honor  of  becoming  the  "Father"  of  the 
noblest  country  on  earth  today.  But,  if 
Washington's  great  abilities  were  di- 
verted from  the  sea,  his  name  was  given 
to  a  war  craft  which  had  a  career  on  the 
ocean  rivaling,  on  a  smaller  scale,  that 
of  the  "Great  Soldier"  on  land.  Few 
war  vessels  in  the  naval  history  of  the 
world  had  such  an  active  career  as  the 
General  Washington,  pierced  for  twenty 
6-pounders  and  usually  carrying  a  com- 
plement of  one  hundred  and  twenty 
men.  She  was  engaged  in  several  of  the 
most  stubborn  sea  fights  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, captured  or  assisted  in  capturing 
more  than  sixty  vessels,  was  herself  cap- 
tured by  the  British  and  then  recaptured 
by  the  Americans,  and  was  the  last  ves- 
sel of  the  Continental  navy  of  the  Revo- 
lution to  bear  our  flag  afloat. 

But  another  distinction  is  due  this 
craft.  In  October,  1782,  the  General 
Washington  sailed  from  Philadelphia 
for    Europe,    bearing     important     dis- 


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patches  for  our  commissioners  who 
were  negotiating  terms  of  peace.  On  its 
return  voyage  early  in  January,  1783, 
several  months  before  the  treaty  was 
signed,  King  George  recognized  the  in- 
dependence of  the  United  States  when 
he  issued  a  passport  to  the  "ship  Gen- 
eral Washington,  belonging  to  the 
United  States  of  America." 

As  might  be  expected,  Washington 
was  a  name  popular  in  ship  nomencla- 
ture during  the  Revolution.  A  brig 
bearing  this  name  sailed  from  North 
Carolina  in  1775.  She  carried  ten  guns, 
ten  swivels  and  eighty  men  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Martindale,  but 
had  not  been  to  sea  many  days  when  she 
was  captured  by  the  British  frigate 
Fowey  and  was  carried  into  Boston. 
When  the  enemy  evacuated  that  city, 
March  17,  1776,  the  Washington,  with 
four  other  captured  American  craft, 
again  came  into  the  possession  of  the 
Americans. 

We  have  noted  how  the  private-armed 
sloop  Lady  Washington,  Captain  Cun- 
ningham, of  Massachusetts,  had  a  use- 
ful career  off  Boston  in  1776.  In  De- 
cember, 1779,  Pennsylvania  loaded  the 
16-gun  ship  Lady  Washington  (manned 
by  sixty  men  under  the  command  of 
Captain  S.  Young)  with  tobacco  and 
sent  her  to  France  to  sell  her  cargo  and, 
with  the  proceeds  of  the  sale,  to  pur- 
chase commodities  the  colonists  were 
greatly  in  need  of,  and  transport  them 
back  to  the  United  States.  On  the  out- 
ward passage,  however,  the  Lady 
Washington  was  captured  by  the  British 
frigate  Roebuck. 

Connecticut,  also,  sent  out  a  cruiser 
bearing  this  name,  the  12-gun  brig 
Washington,  Captain  Odiorne,  manned 
by  eighty  men — a  force  larger  and  far 
more  efficient  than  many  of  the  "fleeting 
bands"  of  militia  organized  on  land 
which  have  occupied  so  much  space  in 
our  general  histories.  In  September, 
1776,  this  craft  captured  the  brig 
Georgia,  a  schooner  (both  laden  with 
valuable  cargoes)  and  a  snow  loaded 
with  cannon  for  the  use  of  the  British 


army  in  their  operations  against  the  re- 
belling colonists  —  a  capture  of  far 
greater  value  (as  the  American  army,  at 
that  time,  was  sorely  in  need  of  artillery) 
than  many  made  by  the  afore-mentioned 
"fleeting  bands"  of  land  militia. 

But  the  General  Washington  that  did 
the  really  wonderful  campaigning  on  the 
ocean  during  the  Revolution,  came  from 
the  little  colony  of  Rhode  Island.  Built 
early  in  1780,  she  was  regarded  as  a 
"splendid"  vessel,  one  of  the  swiftest 
then  afloat.  In  her  first  cruise,  under 
the  command  of  Captain  Walker,  she 
was  attacked  by  an  18-gun  ship  and  a 
6-gun  brig.  For  six  long  hours  the 
Americans  repulsed  the  repeated  at- 
temps  of  the  enemy  to  board  and  finally 
drove  their  assailants  off.  In  this  action 
the  General  Washington  lost  her  main- 
mast and  had  three  of  her  men  killed 
and  three  wounded. 

Returning  to  port  for  repairs,  the 
General  Washington  again  got  into  blue 
water  and  this  time  fell  in  with  a  British 
fleet  of  fifty  merchantmen,  convoyed  by 
several  fast-sailing  frigates.  One  of  the 
latter  gave  chase  to  the  distinguished 
American  but  the  splendid  qualities  of 
the  privateer  enabled  her  to  drop  her 
pursuer  out  of  sight  before  night 
came   on. 

Continuing  her  cruise,  the  General 
Washington  was  caught  between  the 
American  coast  and  Admiral  Arbuth- 
not's  fleet  and  was  captured.  Renaming 
her  General  Monk,  and  replacing  her 
twenty  6-pounders  by  the  same  number 
of  9-pounders,  the  British  took  her  into 
their  service  under  the  command  of  Cap- 
tain Rodgers — an  officer  of  the  Royal 
Navy,  of  unusual  ability  and  undoubted 
courage. 

According  to  the  Reverend  Dr.  Gilpin 
in  his  "Life  of  Captain  Rodgers,"  dur- 
ing the  two  years  Rodgers  commanded 
this  ship  he  took  or  assisted  in  taking 
more  than  sixty  American  vessels,  one 
of  them  being  the  28-gun  Continental 
frigate  Trumbull,  Captain  James  Nichol- 
son. In  August,  1781,  the  Trumbull, 
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lost  her  fore-topmast  and  main-top  gal- 
lant mast  during  a  heavy  gale.  Owing 
to  the  scarcity  of  American  seamen  at 
this  period  of  the  Revolution,  this  frig- 
ate's crew  of  one  hundred  and  eighty 
men  had  been  filled  out,  largely,  by 
British  captive  sailors. 

While  in  this  precarious  condition, 
both  as  to  her  masts  and  crew,  the 
Trumbull  was  attacked,  about  ten 
o'clock  one  night  in  the  middle  of  Au- 
gust, by  the  British  32-gun  frigate  Iris 
—  formerly  the  Continental  frigate 
Hancock  which  the  enemy  had  captured 
off  Halifax — and  another  English  war 
craft.  The  weather  was  then  rainy  and 
the  wind  came  in  squalls.  The  wreck  of 
the  Trumbull's  spars  covered  the  fore- 
castle or  dragged  in  the  water  over  her 
side,  rendering  it  exceedingly  difficult 
to  steer.  One  arm  of  the  fore-topsail 
yard  was  thrust  through  the  foresail 
while  the  other  arm  was  jammed  on 
deck. 

When  battle  at  close  quarters  seemed 
imminent,  many  of  the  British  seamen 
in  the  Trumbull  extinguished  the  lan- 
terns and,  leaving  the  deck  entirely 
dark,  ran  below  and  secreted  them- 
selves. Nicholson,  with  not  more  than 
fifty  American  sailors  and  officers,  made 
a  gallant  defense.  Among  the  officers 
were  Alexander  Murray,  Richard  Dale 
and  Christopher  Raymond  Perry 
(father  of  Oliver  Hazard  Perry)  all  of 
whom,  afterward,  won  distinction  in 
the  United  States  Navy.  In  spite  of 
the  difficulties  under  which  they  fought, 
it  seems  likely  that  they  would  have  suc- 
ceeded in  beating  their  assailants  off  had 
not  the  General  Monk,  toward  the  close 
of  the  battle,  come  upon  the  scene  and, 
taking  a  raking  position  under  the  crip- 
pled Trumbull's  stern,  compelled  her  to 
surrender. 

But  the  day  of  the  General  Washing- 
ton's return  to  her  rightful  side  in  the 
struggle  for  independence,  was  drawing 
near. 

In  March,  1782,  some  of  the  lead- 
ing merchants  of  Philadelphia  fitted  out 
the    trading    vessel    Hyder   Ally   as    a 


cruiser  for  the  protection  of  their  mer- 
chantmen while  in  the  Delaware.  The 
Hyder  Ally  carried  sixteen  6-pounders 
and  110  men  under  the  command  of 
Lieuteant  Joshua  Barney  of  the  Conti- 
nental navy.  Early  in  April  the  Hyder 
Ally  convoyed  seven  merchantmen  down 
to  Cape  May  roads  where  they  were 
discovered  by  the  British  frigate  Quebec, 
Captain  Mason,  and  the  General  Monk. 
Mason  ordered  the  General  Monk  to 
enter  the  roads  to  reconnoiter  and,  if  the 
merchantmen  were  not  too  heavily 
guarded,  to  attack  them. 

In  compliance  with  these  instructions, 
Captain  Rodgers,  in  company  with  the 
British  14-gun  privateer  Fair  American, 
about  noon,  April  8th,  rounded  Cape 
May  Point  and  stood  for  the  convoy. 
Barney  signaled  the  merchantmen  to  es- 
cape up  the  bay  while  he  maneuvered  to 
cover  their  retreat.  The  English  cruis- 
ers made  straight  for  the  convoy,  the 
Fair  American  directing  a  broadside  at 
the  Hyder  Ally  in  passing  (to  which 
Barney  paid  no  attention)  and  then  con- 
tinued in  chase  of  the  traders,  capturing 
one  of  them  and  causing  another  to  run 
aground.  But  before  the  Fair  American 
could  secure  her  prizes,  she  ran  hard  and 
fast  aground,  which  left  the  Hyder  Ally 
and  the  General  Monk  alone  to  contest 
the  supremacy  of  the  roads. 

Rodgers,  with  his  usual  dash,  made 
straight  for  the  Hyder  Ally,  intending  to 
deliver  his  broadside  and  then  board  in 
the  smoke  of  the  guns.  Observing  the 
Englishman's  intentions,  Barney  re- 
sorted to  a  ruse.  He  instructed  the  man 
at  the  wheel  to  execute  his  next  order 
"by  rule  of  contrary."  Just  as  the  ves- 
sels were  about  to  foul,  Barney  called 
out  in  a  loud  voice,  which  he  intended 
to  be  heard  aboard  the  General  Monk, 
"Hard  aport  your  helm !  Do  you  want 
him  to  run  aboard  us?"  By  "rule  of 
contrary,"  the  wheelman  clapped  the 
helm  hard  to  starboard  which  quickly 
forced  the  Englishman's  jibboom  into 
the  Hyder  Ally's  fore  rigging,  in  which 
position  the  General  Monk  was  exposed 
to  a  raking  fire  from  the  entire  American 


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broadside.  This  was  an  advantage 
Barney  was  aiming  for  and  he  soon 
"clinched"  it  by  lashing  the  two  craft 
together. 

It  was  a  hopeless  situation  for  the 
General  Monk,  in  spite  of  her  heavier 
guns.  Rodgers  made  several  desperate 
attempts  to  board  but  each  time  his  men 
were  driven  back,  so  he  was  compelled 
to  rely  mostly  on  his  small  arms.  In 
that  method  of  fighting,  also,  the  Ameri- 
cans had  the  advantage  for  many  of  the 
marines  in  the  Hyder  Ally  were  "back- 
woodsmen" and  "unerring  marksmen." 
One  old  trapper  from  Buck  County, 
Pennsylvania,  soon  attracted  the  per- 
sonal attention  of  Barney  by  coolly  ask- 
ing of  that  commander  (during  the  hot- 
test part  of  the  action  when  every  man 
in  both  craft  was  exerting  himself  to 
the  utmost  to  gain  the  victory)  :  "Say, 
Cap,  who  made  this  gun  I'm  using?" 
Naturally,  Barney  was  irritated  by  such 
a  seemingly  trivial  question  at  a  moment 
when  the  fight  was  in  a  critical  stage, 
and  he  returned  a  rough  answer.  The 
old  trapper,  however,  was  not  abashed. 
He  fired  with  a  coolness,  deliberation 
and  accuracy  that  aroused  the  admira- 
tion of  all  who  saw  him.  Twice  more 
did  the  trapper  put  this  question  to  Bar- 
ney when  the  American  commander 
sharply  asked  why  he  wanted  to  know 
the  name  of  the  gun's  maker. 
"W-a-a-1-1,"  replied  the  man  with  a 
drawl  peculiar  to  mountaineers,  "this 
'ere  bit  o'  iron  is  jes'  the  best  smooth- 
bore I  ever  fired  in  my  life" — and  in 
proof  of  his  assertion  he  discharged  the 
piece  again  and  "brought  down"  another 
man. 

Barney  realized  that  these  rough 
woodsmen  were  not  accoustomed  to  the 
strict  discipline  of  a  war  ship,  so  he  over- 
looked the  breach  of  nautical  etiquette 
when  another  Buck  County  trapper 
called  out  to  him:  "Say,  Cap,  do  you 
see  that  feller  with  the  white  hat?" 
Barney  looked  in  the  direction  indicated. 
The  backwoodsman  fired  and  Barney 
saw  a  man  wearing  a  white  hat  on  the 
General  Monk's  deck  jump  at  least  three 


feet  in  the  air  and  fall  to  rise  no  more. 
"Cap,"  again  called  out  this  backwoods- 
man, "that's  the  third  feller  I've  made 
hop." 

The  accuracy  of  these  trappers  in 
marksmanship  was  clearly  demonstrated 
when,  after  the  battle,  the  Americans 
found  that  all  the  Englishmen  who  had 
been  killed  or  wounded  with  small  arms, 
had  been  struck  either  in  the  head  or 
breast. 

That  he  might  better  direct  the  oper- 
ations of  his  crew,  Barney,  when  the 
battle  was  at  the  hottest,  jumped  on  the 
binnacle,  where  he  presented  an  excel- 
lent target  to  the  enemy's  sharpshooters 
— as  he  quickly  discovered.  One  bullet 
tore  the  skirt  of  his  coat  and  another 
passed  through  his  hat,  grazing  the 
crown  of  his  head.  These  shots  came 
from  the  General  Monk's  tops  and  Bar- 
ney called  on  his  marine  officer  to  have 
his  men  clear  the  Englishman's  rigging 
of  sharpshooters.  The  order  was  obeyed 
with  such  precision  that,  in  a  few  min- 
utes the  General  Monk's  tops  were 
cleared  of  men. 

Immediately  after  this,  while  Barney 
was  still  standing  on  the  binnacle,  his  at- 
tention was  attracted  by  one  of  the 
Hyder  Ally's  officers  who,  with  the 
cook's  meat  ax  in  hand,  was  in  the  act 
of  striking  an  American  sailor  who  had 
deserted  his  gun  and  was  skulking  be- 
hind the  mainmast.  Just  then  a  round 
shot  from  one  of  the  bow  chase  guns  in 
the  General  Monk  smashed  the  Hyder 
Ally's  binnacle  and  threw  Barney  to  the 
deck.  Fearing  that  his  commander  was 
hurt,  the  officer  threw  down  the  uplifted 
ax  and  rushed  to  Barney's  assistance. 
Barney,  however,  had  not  been  seriously 
injured  and  quickly  regained  his  feet. 
Meantime  the  skulker  had  got  over  his 
"first  scare"  and  had  returned  to  his  gun 
where  he  fought  courageously  to  the 
end. 

Joseph  Bedford,  Barney's  brother-in- 
law,  was  serving  in  the  Hyder  Ally  as 
a  volunteer,  his  station  being  in  the 
maintop.  A  musket  ball  penetrated  his 
groin  but  he  was  so  "het  up  with  fight," 


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that  he  did  not  know  of  the  injury  until 
after  the  battle  when  he  had  returned  to 
the  deck — and  fell  exhausted  from  loss 
of  blood. 

Rodgers  made  desperate  efforts  to  ex- 
tricate his  ship  from  the  unfortunate 
position  into  which  she  had  been  trapped 
by  the  quick  wit  of  the  American  com- 
mander. But  all  in  vain.  Barney 
seemed  to  anticipate  every  move  and 
"countered"  it — taking  special  care  to 
have  the  General  Monk's  standing  and 
running  rigging  cut  away  so  that  she 
could  not  make  sail  even  if  she  extri- 
cated herself  from  her  unlucky  position. 

Twenty  minutes  from  the  time  the 
battle  opened  more  than  a  third  of  the 
men  in  the  British  cruiser  were  killed 
or  wounded.  "The  first  lieutenant, 
purser,  surgeon,  boatswain,  gunner — in 
fact,  every  officer  in  the  ship  excepting 
one  midshipman  was  either  killed  or  in- 
jured." Rodgers  himself  was  painfully 
hurt  in  the  foot.  The  Quebec,  being  too 
far  away  to  afford  immediate  relief, 
Rodgers,  thirty  minutes  after  the  action 
opened,  surrendered;  his  casualties  be- 
iny  twenty  killed  and  thirty-three 
wounded,  more  than  a  third  of  his  entire 
complement  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
six  men.  On  the  part  of  the  Americans 
four  were  killed  and  eleven  were 
wounded.  At  the  battle  of  Trenton  the 
American  casualties  were  two  killed  and 
four  wounded,  while  the  Hessians  had 
seventeen  killed  and  seventy-eight 
wounded. 

When  the  Americans  boarded  the 
General  Monk,  Rodgers  had  one  of  his 
men  go  into  his  cabin  and  bring  up  his 
beautiful,  silver-mounted  fowling-piece, 
which  the  British  commander  threw 
overboard,  declaring  that  "This  shall 
never    become     the     property     of     any 

d d  rebel."     He  forgot,  however,  to 

destroy  his  private  signal-book  which 
materially  assisted  Barney  in  escaping 
from  the  Quebec  which  was  making 
every  effort  to  come  upon  the  scene  of 
hostilities. 

Barney  placed  thirty-five  of  his  men 
in  charge  of  his  prize  and,  without  even 


waiting  to  learn  her  name,  caused  her 
English  colors  to  be  rchoisted  and  dis- 
playing British  colors  from  the  Hydcr 
Ally's  gaff,  made  sail  up  the  bay  as  if  in 
pursuit  of  the  merchantmen.  Deceived 
by  the  British  colors  on  the  Hydcr  Ally 
and  General  Monk,  Captain  Mason  re- 
laxed his  efforts  to  close  on  these  ves- 
sels. He  was  further  deceived  when  he 
found  his  signals  to  the  General  Monk 
correctly  answered — as  Barney  was  en- 
abled to  do  by  using  the  captured  signal- 
book — so  the  Hyder  Ally  and  her  prize 
were  able  to  reach  a  place  of  safety  be- 
fore dark.  Several  of  the  General 
Monk's  bow  ports  had  been  battered  into 
one  chasm  and  365  shot  holes  were 
counted  in  her  mizzen  staysail. 

Congress  purchased  the  General 
Monk,  restored  her  original  name  and 
placed  Barney  in  command  of  her.  As 
we  have  mentioned  in  preceding  chap- 
ters, our  sea  forces  brought  into  the 
United  States  nearly  all  the  ready  cash 
or  specie-values  the  rebelling  colonists 
had  during  the  Revolution.  There  were 
several  captures  which  represented 
$100,C00  each  in  gold  dust,  cash  or 
specie-values.  Sometime  in  1781  the  22- 
gun  privateer  General  Stark,  Captain  \Y. 
Coas,  of  Massachusetts,  captured  three 
large  ships  from  London  bound  for 
Quebec,  whose  cargoes  were  valued  at 
$400,000,  besides  capturing  the  packet 
Halifax  off  the  coast  of  England  after 
a  battle  in  which  the  enemy  had  four 
killed  and  six  wounded. 

The  General  Washington  was  now 
ordered  to  bring  into  the  United  States 
what  was  probably  the  first  considerable 
amount  of  real  cash  resulting  from  the 
$10,000,000  loans  or  credits  negotiated 
by  our  commissioners  in  Europe. 

On  May  18,  1782,  Barney  received 
sealed  instructions  (which  were  to  be 
opened  only  when  so  many  days  at  sea) 
from  Robert  Morris,  "Superintendent  of 
Finance  of  the  United  States,"  which 
directed  him  to  proceed  to  Cape  Fran- 
cois in  Hispaniola  (now  Haiti  and  San 
Domingo),  where  he  was  to  receive 
$600,000  in  cash  from  the  French  and 


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Spanish  fleets  "if  found  there."  About 
this  time  our  Continental  troops  were 
on  the  verge  of  open  mutiny  because  of 
long  deferred  pay — and  it  was  of  the 
utmost  importance  that  Congress  should 
have  some  real  money  in  hand.  Shortly 
before  this  Washington  wrote:  "Our 
only  hope  was  in  financial  aid  from  Eu- 
rope; without  it  the  next  campaign 
would  flicker  out  and  the  revolution 
die."  From  this  it  will  be  seen  that 
Barney's  errand  was  of  vital  importance 
to  the  cause.  That  it  was  one  of  great 
risk  and  danger  will  be  seen  in  the  fol- 
lowing. 

Spurred  on  by  the  ever  increasing 
complaints  of  the  British  commercial 
interests  to  the  effect  that  they  were  be- 
ing utterly  ruined  by  the  unprecedented 
activities  and  successes  of  American  sea 
forces,  the  Admiralty  had  massed  the 
largest  portion  of  England's  navy  off  the 
seaboard  of  the  rebelling  colonies  in  a 
determined  effort  to  prevent  either  the 
out-going  or  in-coming  of  American 
vessels.  Putting  to  sea  from  Baltimore, 
Barney,  under  cover  of  night,  managed 
to  elude  the  blockading  squadrons  and 
shaped  his  course  southeastward.  Ar- 
riving in  the  vicinity  of  Turk's  Island 
(the  southernmost  of  the  Bahamas) 
about  midnight,  he  fell  in  with  a  heavily 
armed  ship  which  acted  in  a  suspicious 
manner.  The  usual  hails  not  being 
answered  satisfactorily,  Barney  de- 
termined to  inquire  more  closely  into  the 
stranger's  character. 

He  ordered  a  shot  to  be  fired  across 
the  newcomer's  bow  as  a  signal  to 
heave-to,  but,  the  American  crew,  stand- 
ing beside  their  loaded  cannon,  with 
lighted  "match-sticks"  in  their  hands, 
misunderstood  the  order  and  delivered 
an  entire  broadside.  Even  this  elicited 
no  response  from  the  stranger  which 
was  now  observed  dropping  behind  and, 
soon  working  herself  into  a  position 
astern  the  General  Washington,  poured 
in  a  raking  broadside. 

Barney  quickly  brought  his  ship 
around  and  an  "elbow-touching-elbow" 


running  fight  ensued.  The  General 
Washington's  rigging  had  been  severely 
injured  by  the  several  raking  broadsides 
the  enemy  had  been  able  to  deliver  be- 
fore the  American  got  fairly  alongside, 
which  made  maneuvering  difficult.  Also 
it  was  evident  that  the  stranger  was  be- 
ing very  ably  handled  and  was  armed 
with  9-pounders.  The  General  Wash- 
ington carried  the  same  caliber  but  only 
by  having  had  6-pounders  bored  to  the 
larger  caliber — a  dangerous  experiment, 
as  Barney  discovered  when  six  of  his 
cannon  were  dismounted  at  the  first  fire 
from  the  effect  of  9-pound  charges  of 
powder. 

Barney  now  realized  that  his  only 
chance  was  at  the  closest  quarters  and 
he  tenaciously  held  a  position  so  near 
the  enemy  that  their  yardarms  some- 
times interlocked.  Aboard  the  General 
Washington  was  James  H.  McCulloch, 
afterward  collector  of  the  port  of  Balti- 
more, who,  although  only  a  passenger, 
seized  a  musket  and  with  the  coolest  in- 
trepidity, engaged  in  what  he  called 
"target  practice."  He  fired  more  times 
than  any  other  man  in  the  ship.  Having 
the  full  use  of  her  sails,  the  stranger 
drew  ahead  and  rapidly  increased  her 
lead.  Barney  made  every  effort  to  get 
alongside  again  but  soon  a  9-pound  shot 
hit  the  head  of  his  mizzenmast,  splitting 
it  half  way  down  to  the  board.  Thus 
crippled  the  General  Washington  was 
compelled  to  sheer  off.  On  the  follow- 
ing day  she  captured  a  brig  laden  with 
rum  and  sugar  with  which  she  arrived 
safely  at  Cape  Francois.  At  this  port 
Barney  learned  that  the  French  fleet  had 
been  defeated  by  the  English  and  the 
surviving  French  ships  had  collected  at 
Cape  Francois.  The  French  officer  in 
command  detailed  the  64-gun  ship  of  the 
line  Eveillie  to  escort  the  General  Wash- 
ington to  Havana  where  Barney  tock  on 
board  the  $600,000  in  specie  and,  still  in 
company  with  the  Eveillie,  shaped  his 
course  for  the  United  States. 

When  off  the  Delaware,  these  two 
cruisers  were  chased  by  a  British  line 


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of  battle  ship  and  two  frigates.  Barney 
made  a  straight  run  of  it  for  the  river 
entrance,  the  gallant  Frenchman  cover- 
ing his  rear  with  a  well  directed  fire  at 
the  enemy  which  carried  away  the  fore- 
topmast  of  the  leading  frigate.  Gaining 
the  Delaware  safely,  the  Eveillie  soon 
afterward  sailed  for  France. 

Meantime  the  General  Washington 
made  her  way  up  the  Delaware  and 
about  three  o'clock  on  the  morning  fol- 
lowing her  arrival  in  the  river,  Barney 
found  that  he  had  another  kind  of 
enemy  to  deal  with.  At  that  period  of 
the  Revolution  the  waterway  between 
Philadelphia  and  the  Capes  was  infested 
with  "refugee"  boats,  manned  by  tories 
who  made  it  a  practice  to  hide  in  ad- 
joining creeks  and  bays  and  pounce  upon 
unsuspecting  merchantmen  as  they 
passed  up  and  down  the  stream.  Just 
before  he  had  sailed  on  this  voyage, 
Barney  captured  the  loyalist  schooner 
Hook  'em  Snivey.  These  "refugees," 
through  their  spies  in  Philadelphia,  had 
learned  of  the  George  Washington's 
mission  and  knew  that  she  was  now  re- 
turning laden  with  silver  and  gold  cash, 
and  were  lying  in  ambush  to  capture 
her.  Barney  was  fully  alive  to  the  im- 
portance of  his  mission.  He  knew  into 
what  abject  distress  the  Continental 
troops  had  been  reduced  from  long  de- 
ferred payment  of  wages  due  them. 
Spurred  by  this  thought,  he  ran  boldly 
among  the  refugee  boats,  poured  in  his 
starboard  and  port  broadsides,  sank  one 
of  the  barges  containing  sixty  men,  cap- 
turned  several  others,  put  the  remainder 
to  flight,  recaptured  five  American  ves- 
sels    (with     thirty     prisoners     aboard) 


which  these  refugee  barges  had  seized, 
and  reached  Philadelphia  with  the 
$600,000  in  safety — one  of  the  most 
perilous,  difficult  and  brilliantly  executed 
military  expeditions  undertaken  by  any 
army  officer  of  the  Revolution  holding 
a  rank  corresponding  to  that  of  lieuten- 
ant in  the  navy. 

But  welcome  as  this  $600,000  was  to 
Congress  at  that  crisis,  more  and  much 
more  cash  was  absolutely  indispensable  if 
the  new  nation  was  not  to  be  born  "stone- 
dead."  Barney's  remarkable  success  in 
getting  the  "sinews  of  war"  from 
Havana  led  Congress  to  select  him  to  get 
another  "ship-load"  direct  from  Eu- 
rope. In  October,  1782,  he  sailed  in  the 
General  JJTashington  from  Philadelphia 
for  Europe ;  obtained  another  "cargo" 
of  money  and  secured  from  King  George 
the  passport  mentioned  in  the  first  of 
this  chapter — for  the  ship  "General 
WasJiington,  belonging  to  the  United 
States  of  America."  Yet,  in  spite  of 
this  royal  passport,  Barney  gave  a  wide 
berth  to  all  sails  on  his  return  voyage 
across  the  Atlantic ;  took  no  chances 
with  his  cargo  of  real  money,  and  on  the 
twelfth  of  March,  1783,  arrived  safely 
in  the  harbor  of  Philadelphia. 

The  following  year,  in  June,  1784, 
the  General  Washington,  then  the  only 
United  States  war  vessel  in  commission, 
still  under  Barney's  command,  made  an- 
other trip  to  England  on  a  mission  of 
national  importance,  and  returned  in 
safety  thus  rounding  out  a  career  un- 
equalled by  any  other  vessel  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  United  States  during  the 
entire  Revolution. 


The  readers  of  this  entertaining  and  instructive  series  of  articles  will  be  interested  to 
know  that  the  author  of  them,  Mr.  Edgar  S.  Maclay,  has  been  spending  the  last  month — 
August  fifteenth  to  September  fifteenth — as  a  volunteer  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Maine,  in  its  cruise 
of  "Preparedness." 

Through  an  inadvertence  the  old  Burnham  Tavern  where  the  troops  wounded  in  the 
Battle  of  Machias  were  taken  after  the  battle,  was  reproduced  in  the  September  issue,  labeled 
"Jeremiah  O'Brien's  birth-place."  The  editor  and  the  author  regret  this  error,  as  every  effort 
is  made  to  have  a  truthful  description  of  historic  places  as  well  as  of  historic  facts. 


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Parliamentary  Puzzles  Solved 

Cora  Welles  Trow 


In  a  cleverly  written  article  recently 
appearing  in  a  popular  periodical,  we 
are  told  that  women  consider  Parlia- 
mentary Rules  instruments  to  crush  op- 
position and  that  they  use  them  as  awk- 
wardly as  a  child  uses  the  scale  at  her 
first  music  lesson.  We  wonder  if  the 
woman  who  wrote  these  remarkable 
opinions  has  any  real  knowledge  of 
what  women  are  doing  in  the  world,  has 
any  conception  of  the  innate  desire  ex- 
isting in  the  generic  woman  to  do  what 
she  does  in  the  proper  way. 

We  would  almost  conclude  she  was 
ignorant  of  women  and  their  activities. 

The  National  Society  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution  has 
built  up  an  organization  which  is 
founded   on   the   observance   of    Parlia- 


mentary Law  and  this  society  has  reason 
to  realize  that  what  is  done  properly  is 
founded  upon  a  rock.  Anyone  who  con- 
siders that  Parliamentary  Law  is  a  sys- 
tem of  oppression  and  suppression  has 
no  understanding  of  it. 

Parliamentary  Law  is  founded  on 
justice  and  all  who  aspire  to  preside 
should  fit  themselves  for  the  task  by 
learning  the  rules  governing  the  pro- 
cedure of  meetings.  When  a  meeting 
is  over  all  should  feel  the  presiding  of- 
ficer has  treated  all  with  fairness.  If 
this  is  felt  Parliamentary  Law  has  been 
observed. 

A  good  working  knowledge  of  Parlia- 
mentary Law  is  the  first  requisite  for 
any  office.  Many  have  still  to  learn  this 
truth. 


QUERIES  ANSWERED 


A.  K.  writes  to  be  informed  as  to  the 
rights  of  the  following  situation : 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  a  chapter  of 
which  she  is  Regent,  a  motion  was  in- 
troduced and  carried,  that  a  committee 
should  be  appointed  to  do  certain  work. 
The  committee  has  done  the  work  and 
has  reported  and  the  report  includes  a 
bill  for  expenses  that  A.  K.  considers 
excessive.  What  is  to  be  done?  Is  the 
Chapter  liable  for  that  bill? 

Answer.  In  considering  this  situ- 
ation the  following  points  must  be  made 
clear : 

Was  the  work  authorized  by  the 
motion  that  created  the  committee  such 
as  required  the  expenditure  of  money? 

Did  the  motion  specifically  authorize 
the  committee  to  send  in  a  bill  ? 

Is  there  anything  in  your  By-Laws 
about  the  expenses  of  your  Committees? 

As  a  general  rule  unless  specific  au- 


thority is  given  by  motion  or  by  Stand- 
ing Rule,  committees  must  apply  for 
authority  to  incur  expense  or  the  liabil- 
ity rests  on  the  committee. 

Your  Board  of  Management  should 
consider  the  matter  and  decide  whether 
the  work  ordered  involved  the  expendi- 
ture claimed. 

M.  R.  is  puzzled  over  a  recent  ruling 
of  her  Regent.  The  Regent  announced 
at  the  last  chapter  meeting  that  after 
that  date,  she  would  name  the  Chair- 
men of  all  Committees.  Had  she  a  right 
to  do  this? 

Answer.  Whatever  system  is  out- 
lined by  your  By-Laws  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  Committees  must  be  followed. 
If  no  system  is  outlined  Committees 
must  be  created  under  the  Subsidiary 
Motion  to  Commit.  In  that  event  it 
rests  with  the  Chapter  to  decide  who 
shall  name  the  Chairmen. 


(Airs.  Trow,  whose  address  is  350  West  55th  Street,  New  York  City,  has  consented  to 
answer  questions  of  a  parliamentary  nature  through  the  magazine.  This  new  feature  will  be 
of  great  interest  and  value. — Editor.) 


THE  FAIRFAX  COUNTY  COMMITTEE  OF  SAFETY 

By 

S.  C.  Stunts,1  Secretary  Fairfax  Historical  Society. 

Author   of  "The   Second  Mrs.   Jim,"   "Mrs.    Jim    and   Mrs.    Jimmie."    etc. 


The  Fairfax  County  Committee 

of  Safety,  1774-1775 

George  Washington, 

Chairman 

Robert  Adam 

William  Hartshorne 

Charles  Alexander 

James  Kirk 

Philip  Alexander 

Thomas  Lewis 

Charles  Broadwater 

Gecrge  Mason 

William  Brown 

Lee  Massey 

John  Carlyle 

Edward  Payne 

Martin  Cockburn 

William  Payne 

Townshend  Dade,  Jr. 

Thomas  Pollard 

John  Dalton 

William  Ramsay 

George  Gilpin 

William  Rumney 

Henry  Gunnell 

Thomas  Triplett 

Robert  Hanson  Harrison 

John  West 

"Preparedness,"  we  speak  of  today, 
with  quite  an  air.  But  a  hundred  and 
forty  odd  years  ago  they  had  a  truer 
name  for  the  same  condition.  They 
called  it  "Safety." 

And  so  Committees  of  Safety  were 
organized  in  every  one  of  the  colonies, 
and  in  a  great  many  of  the  more  im- 
portant counties  in  each  colony.  The 
powers  of  the  provincial  committees 
may  be  judged  by  those  of  the  Virginia 
committee,  which  consisted  of  eleven 
members  chosen  by  the  Provincial  Con- 
vention, July  18,  1774.  They  were  em- 
powered to  grant  military  office,  to 
appoint  commissaries,  paymasters,  and 
contractors,  and  to  provide  for  the 
troops  which  even  at  that  time  it  seemed 
would    be    necessary    in    view    of    the 


disturbed  relations  with  the  mother 
country.  Every  officer  was  obliged  to 
swear  obedience  to  this  body,  and  its 
members  were  exempt  from  military 
duty. 

The  county  committees,  which  were 
elected  by  conventions  of  the  people  at 
the  recommendation  of  the  provincial 
convention,  were  to  co-operate  in  every 
way  possible  with  the  provincial  com- 
mittee, and  there  is  no  doubt  that  they 
did  this  with  the  utmost  willingness.  It 
was  the  county  committees  which  made 
it  possible  for  the  revolutionary  ma- 
chinery of  government,  disconnected  and 
unusable  as  it  became  at  times,  to  ac- 
complish its  ends  finally. 

It  is  difficult  to  tell  in  what  light  the 
committees  of  safety  were  considered  by 


The  writer  desires  to  make  acknowledgements  to  his  wife,  whose  preparation  of  a 
paper  on  this  subject  for  reading  before  the  Fairfax  County  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American   Revolution,  first  interested  nim   in  this  important  group  of  men. 


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the  people  as  a  whole,  but  we  know  that 
if  the  war  had  turned  out  differently  the 
prominence  of  the  members  of  these 
bodies  would  have  insured  them  speedy 
punishment.  Usually  no  pay  was  given 
these  committeemen,  although  they  gave 
freely  of  themselves  and  of  their  time, 
and  in  return  they  received  no  recog- 
nition for  their  efforts,  and  in  fact  have 
become  practically  forgotten  except  by 
the  writers  of  history. 

The  county  committees  of  correspond- 
ence were  smaller  bodies  organized  to 
handle  matters  more  expeditiously  than 
the  Committees  of  Safety  could.  The 
Fairfax  County  Committee  of  Corre- 
spondence in  November,  1775,  consisted 
of  Mason,  Dalton,  Ramsay,  Kirk,  and 
Carlyle,  with  the  addition  of  John  Muir, 
the  last  not  a  member  of  the  Committee 
of  Safety  however. 

The  power  and  influence  of  these 
county  committees  varied,  of  course, 
greatly  depending  on  the  location  of  the 
county,  the  nature  of  the  population,  and 
the  ability  of  the  leaders.  It  is  certain, 
however,  that  no  county  committee 
throughout  the  American  Colonies  con- 
tributed so  much  to  the  cause  of  our 
independence  as  did  that  of  Fairfax 
County,  Virginia. 

This  county  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Revolution  was  slightly  larger  than  at 
present,  the  thirty-six  square  miles  of 
the  present  Alexandria  County  not  yet 
having  been  turned  over  to  help  form 
the  District  of  Columbia.  It  was  a  farm- 
ing county  with  iron  works  at  Col- 
chester, and  the  city  of  Alexandria, 
which  was  a  busy  port  and  the  most  im- 
portant in  northern  Virginia.  As  a  re- 
sult of  this  division  of  population,  we 
find  the  Committee  of  Safety  drawn 
from  both  city  and  country.  City  mer- 
chants, attorneys,  and  physicians,  and 
country  farmers  and  plantation  owners 
of  all  ages  from  22  to  58,  all  gathered 
together  in  the  common  cause.  Most 
of  the  men  were  native  Americans,  but 
at  least  three,  Brown,  Ramsay,  and 
Cockburn,  were  born  abroad.  Thirteen 
out    of     the    twenty-five    members     of 


whom  we  have  record  had  served  as 
vestrymen  of  Truro  or  Fairfax  Parishes, 
so  that  they  were  accustomed  to  work- 
ing together.  This  large  percentage  of 
vestrymen  reveals  the  close  connection 
between  church  and  state  that  existed 
up  to  this  time  in  Virginia.  Others  were 
closely  related  by  intermarriage  of  fam- 
ilies. As  an  example  of  some  of  them 
— two  of  the  cousins  of  George  Mason, 
the  Misses  Bronaugh,  married  the  Rev. 
Lee  Massey  and  Martin  Cockburn ;  the 
sister  of  William  Brown  was  the  wife 
of  Charles  Alexander ;  Robert  Hanson 
Harrison  was  nephew  by  marriage  of 
Ramsay  and  William  Payne,  and  great- 
nephew  of  Mason ;  and  the  two  Alex- 
anders and  Townshend  Dade,  Jr.,  were 
first  cousins.  In  addition  Carlyle  and 
Dalton  at  least  had  been  partners  in  busi- 
ness in  Alexandria  and  so  continued 
until  the  death  of  Dalton  in  1777. 

The  location  of  Fairfax  County  at  the 
head  of  navigation  on  the  Potomac  made 
it  especially  dangerous  for  the  members 
of  the  Committee  of  Safety  to  take  the 
stand  they  did,  for  Washington  and 
Mason  at  Mt.  Vernon  and  Gunston  Hall, 
and  the  numerous  Alexandria  members, 
Carlyle,  Dalton,  Brown,  Ramsay,  Harts- 
horne,  Harrison,  and  Alexander,  at 
that  place  were  all  in  easy  reach  of  any 
attacking  force  which  might  ascend  the 
Potomac.  In  fact  British  ships  of  war 
did  come  to  Alexandria  and  there  is  a 
well  authenticated  story  of  the  capture 
in  that  port  of  a  war  vessel  by  cavalry 
during  the  Revolution.  It  is  highly 
probable  that  these  men,  so  closely  as- 
sociated by  their  home  interests,  had  the 
feeling  so  well  expressed  by  Franklin, 
that  they  must  hang  together,  other- 
wise they  should  hang  separately. 

Out  of  the  twenty-five  men  who  were 
members  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  of 
this  county  two  at  least  were  of  national 
prominence.  George  Mason,  friend  and 
neighbor  of  George  Washington,  one  of 
the  founders  of  Alexandria  in  1749, 
member  of  the  Virginia  Committee  of 
Safety,  August  to  December,  1775,  and 
of  the  Virginia  Conventions  of  1775  and 


THE  FAIRFAX  COUNTY  COMMITTEE  OF  SAFETY  241 


George  Mason,  of  Gunston  Hall,  fourth  of  this  name  in  Virginia,  friend 
and  neighbor  of  Washington,  author  of  the  Bill  of  Rights  and  the  Fairfax 
Resolves,  slaveholder,  yet  an  opponent  of  slavery,  vestryman  of  Truro  Parish, 
but  a  strong  worker  for  the  disestablishment  of  the  church.  A  far-seeing 
statesman  and  an  ardent  patriot. 

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242    DA UGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


1776,  was  the  author  of  the  Fairfax  Re- 
solves and  of  the  famous  Bill  or  Rights, 
which  had  such  great  influence  in  the 
formation  of  our  present  form  of  gov- 
ernment. He  it  was  who  in  1780  sug- 
gested the  plan,  later  adopted,  by  which 
Virginia  ceded  to  the  Federal  govern- 
ment her  claims  to  lands  north  and  west 
of  the  Ohio  River.  In  1787  he  helped 
to  frame  the  Constitution,  but  because 
of  the  large  and  indefinite  powers  given 
Congress  by  the  Constitution,  he  opposed 
its  ratification  in  the  Virginia  con- 
vention. 

The  other  one  was  of  world-wide 
fame,  and  no  words  of  ours  can  add 
any  lustre  to  the  name  of  the  com- 
mander-in-chief of  the  army  and  navy 
of  the  colonies,  and  first  President  of 
these  United  States,  George  Wash- 
ington. 

Aside  from  these  two  men  there  were 
several  others  of  more  than  merely  local 
fame.  Robert  Hanson  Harrison,  clerk 
of  the  Fairfax  County  Committee  of 
Safety  in  1774,  was  a  native  of  Mary- 
land, who  had  established  himself  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  Alexandria,  and  suc- 
ceeded his  brother-in-law,  George  John- 
ston, Jr.,  January,  1776,  as  aid  and  con- 
fidential secretary  to  General  Washing- 
ton with  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel. 
On  the  death  of  his  wife  he  returned 
to  his  native  state,  and  on  March  10, 
1781,  became  Chief  Justice  of  the  Gen- 
eral Court  of  that  commonwealth.  In 
1790  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  as- 
sociate justices  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States,  but  died  at 
Bladensburg  while  on  his  way  to  Phil- 
adelphia to  take  his  seat,  leaving  two 
daughters,  Sarah  and  Dorothy.  An  in- 
teresting discussion  of  his  Revolutionary 
services,  appears  in  the  claim  of  his  de- 
scendants for  commutation  pay  in  1830.2 

Dr.  William  Brown,  probably  the 
youngest  committeeman,  is  another  man 
who  played  an  important  role  in  the 
Revolution.     Graduating  from  the  Uni- 


versity of  Edinburgh,  in  1770,  at  the  age 
of  18,  he  established  himself  in  practice 
at  Alexandria.  His  position  in  the  com- 
munity is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  soon 
became  a  vestryman  of  Truro  Parish. 
Enlisting  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war  as 
a  military  surgeon,  he  soon  became  As- 
sistant Physician  and  Surgeon  General 
for  the  middle  division  of  the  army  with 
hospitals  under  his  charge  at  Lititz  and 
Bethlehem.  From  Lititz  he  published 
the  first  American  Pharmacopoeia  (see 
reproduction  of  title-page)  for  use  in 
army  hospitals.  He  served  until  1780, 
and  then  returned  to  his  practice  in 
Alexandria  and  vicinity  where  he  died 
in  1792,  and  was  buried  at  Preston,  near 
that  city,  leaving  a  number  of  descend- 
ants, as  did  most  of  the  members  of  the 
committee  with  the  exception  of  Wash- 
ington and  Cockburn. 

Other  members  less  widely  known 
outside  the  county,  but  of  local  fame  and 
reputation,  were  the  Alexandria  firm, 
Carlyle  and  Dalton,  who  were  associated 
in  business  for  many  years.  John  Car- 
lyle (1720-1780),  one  of  the  founders 
of  Alexandria,  was  a  son-in-law  of  Wil- 
liam Fairfax,  and  built  the  Carlyle 
house,  and  completed  Christ  Church 
when  the  contractor  defaulted.  Among 
his  descendants  is  Mrs.  Burton  Harri- 
son, whose  delightful  Belhaven  Tales 
give  so  true  a  picture  of  Alexandria  life 
in  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth 
century.3 

Capt.  John  Dalton  (d.  1777),  who  is 
more  or  less  eclipsed  by  his  partner,  was 
one  of  the  first  Alexandria  landowners, 
a  vestryman  of  Fairfax  Parish.  Two 
of  his  daughters  married  William  Her- 
bert and  William  Bird,  and  left  numer- 
ous descendants. 

One  of  the  most  versatile  members  of 
the  committee  was  the  Rev.  Lee  Massey, 
who  first  studied  law  with  George  John- 
ston, Esq.,  of  Alexandria,  the  friend  of 
Patrick  Henry,  and  then  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  vestry  of  Truro  Parish 


2U.  S.  House  of  Rep.  26th  Congress,  1st  series  Report  436,  p.  37. 
"See  William    and   Mary  Quarterly,   Vol.    18,  p.  211   et.  seq. 


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PHARMACOPOEIA 

SIMP  L.I  CIORUM 
EFFICACIORUM, 

IN       USUM 

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AD      EXERCITUM 

Fcederatarum  America  Ciyitatum 

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ANGUSTIIS, 

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patriae  noftrs  illato  debitis, 

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PHILADELPHIA: 
ExOfficina  STYNER&  CIST,  m.dcc  lxxvz*j. 

(THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  PHARMACOPOEIA. 

Compiled  by  Dr.  William  Brown,  one  of   the  members  of  the  Fairfax   County   Com- 
mittee of  Safety,  and  Assistant  Surgeon  General  of  the  Middle  Division  of  the  Army.) 


244    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


was  sent  to  England  to  be  ordained  and 
became  rector  of  that  Parish.  This  posi- 
tion he  held  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
war  when  he  resigned,  studied  medicine, 
and  practiced  until  his  death  around  his 
home  on  the  Occoquan.  A  charming 
miniature  of  one  of  his  younger  sons  is 
handed  down  among  the  descendants  of 
the  Bronaugh  family,  from  among  the 
ladies  of  which  the  Rev.  Lee  Massey 
chose  his  third  wife.  This  young  man, 
while  a  lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Marine 


Lieut.  Lee  Massey,  son  of  the  Rev.  Lee 
Massey  of  the  Fairfax  Committee  of  Safety, 
nephew  to  Harrison,  Payne,  Cockburn,  and 
cousin  of  Mason.  From  a  miniature  ozvned 
by  Mrs.  IVm.  Champe  Boswell  of  Baltimore, 
hitherto  unpublished.  Artist  unknown.  Period 
between  1807-1812,  when  the  young  Lieutenant 
was  drowned. 

Corps,  was  drowned  in  1812  at  the  Gos- 
port  Navy  Yard.  Tradition  has  the 
story  that  one  of  his  cousins,  a  Miss 
Bronaugh,  to  whom  he  offered  his  hand 
and  heart,  declined  the  man  but  accepted 
the  miniature.  However  true  this  may 
be,  her  great-grand-daughter  still  treas- 
ures the  little   picture   with  the   initials 


"L.  M."  in  gold  across  the  braided  hair 
at  the  back  of  the  miniature.  The  pic- 
ture is  also  of  interest  as  showing  the 
Marine  Corps  uniform  of  the  period  in 
color,  thus  fixing  the  date  at  which  cer- 
tain changes  were  made  in  that  uniform. 

At  least  one  of  the  members  of  the 
Committee  was  apparently  not  up  to  the 
standard  of  the  membership  as  a  whole. 
Ordained  in  1765,  Rev.  Townshend 
Dade,  Jr.,  son  of  a  vestryman  of  Fairfax 
Parish,  was  twice  brought  before  a  com- 
mittee of  the  vestry  to  investigate  his 
conduct  and  finally  resigned. 

That  the  meetings  of  this  committee 
were  always  peaceful  ones  can  hardly  be 
believed,  since  the  members  were  all  men 
of  affairs,  used  to  giving  orders  and  to 
being  obeyed,  yet  no  record  exists  of 
any  definite  troubles.  Record  does  exist 
of  a  more  or  less  traditionary  nature  of 
trouble  between  certain  members  of  the 
committee  before  this  period.  In  1754, 
while  Washington  was  stationed  at  Alex- 
andria as  colonel  of  militia,  Col.  George 
Fairfax  and  William  Elzey  were  candi- 
dates for  the  Assembly.  William  Payii2 
was  a  supporter  of  Elzey,  while  Wash-., 
ington  was  strongly  in  favor  of  Fair- 
fax's candidacy,  and  in  an  argument  on 
the  street  said  something  which  Payne 
construed  as  an  insult,  and  promptly 
knocked  him  down  with  his  cane.  The 
men  of  Washington's  company  hearing 
of  this  or  seeing  it,  rushed  to  his  assist- 
ance, but  he  ordered  them  to  disperse, 
as  he  knew  what  steps  to  take.  The 
next  morning  Payne  was  summoned  to 
meet  Washington  at  his  quarters.  Not 
knowing  just  what  to  expect,  but  sup- 
posing he  was  being  sent  for  to  be  chal- 
lenged to  a  duel,  although  courtesy  de- 
manded that  a  second  be  sent  to  him 
direct,  he  visited  Washington's  rooms, 
when  to  his  surprise  he  was  welcomed 
with  an  apology  from  the  headstrong 
young  officer,  who  was  even  then  great 
enough  to  acknowledge  that  he  was  en- 
tirely in  the  wrong,  and  that  Payne  was 
fully  justified  in  knocking  him  down.4 


4See  Alexandria  Herald,  Sept.  10,  1819. 


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245 


That  the  fighting  character  was  not  con- 
fined to  that  generation  of  the  family  is 
evidenced  by  the  story  told  by  Brockett 
and  Rock  concerning  one  of  Payne's  de- 
scendants, that  he,  Albyn  W.  Payne,  of 
Warrenton,  was  the  man  "who  struck 
Billy  Patterson." 

From  Four-Mile  Run  to  Hunting 
Creek  extended  the  estate  of  one  of  the 
committee  members,  Charles  Alexander 
(1737-1806),  for  whose  family  the  city 
of  Alexandria  was  named.  His  home 
was  at  Preston  near  Alexandria,  and  it 
is  told  that  his  son  Charles  was  the  first 
gentleman  in  Virginia  to  take  a  stand 
against  the  habit  of  after-dinner  tippling 
so  common  in  his  day.  After  the  second 
round  of  wine-glasses,  he  was  accus- 
tomed to  rise  and  retire  with  the  ladies 
to  the  drawing-room. 

Col.  Martin  Cockburn  must  have  been 
a  gentleman  of  strong  character  also. 
He  was  an  English  gentleman,  who  after 
a  trip  to  Jamaica  was  visiting  friends 
in  the  colony,  among  them  George 
Mason,  when  he  met  one  of  Mason's 
cousins,  Miss  Nancy  Bronaugh.  Unable 
to  carry  her  away  to  England,  in  spite 
of  his  efforts  in  that  direction,  he  re- 
turned to  Virginia  at  the  first  oppor- 
tunity and  settled  down  as  a  neighbor  of 
Mason's.  There  he  lived  with  his  wife 
for  upwards  of  fifty  years  without  a 
word  on  either  side  to  disturb  the  har- 
mony of  their  life.  On  telling  this  re- 
cently to  an  old  aunt  to  whom  the  name 
"Uncle  Martin"  was  perfectly  familiar, 
her  comment  was  amusing,  "Oh,  yes, 
Aunt  Nancy  had  paralysis  of  the 
throat."  Readers  may  draw  their  own 
conclusions. 


While  not  a  member  of  the  committee 
proper,  the  name  of  George  Broadwater 
should  be  mentioned  in  this  connection. 
Delegate  from  Fairfax  to  the  General 
Assembly,  he  was  chosen  to  attend  the 
Williamsburg  convention  and  to  present 
the  resolutions  prepared  by  George 
Mason,  known  as  the  Fairfax  Resolves. 

That  the  members  of  the  committee 
were  not  "slackers"  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  Gilpin  served  as  a  major,  Rumney 
as  a  colonel,  and  Pollard  and  Triplett  as 
captains  in  the  Fairfax  Militia  in  ad- 
dition to  those  who  served  in  the  Con- 
tinental Line. 

Lack  of  space  prevents  the  greater 
elaboration  of  the  strength  of  the  indi- 
vidual members  of  the  Fairfax  County 
Committee  of  Safety,  but  enough  has 
been  told  to  show  clearly  that  among  the 
strong  men  of  the  period  the  members 
of  the  Committee  of  this  small  county 
probably  were  as  able  as  those  of  any 
other  committee,  and  that  they  con- 
tributed a  greater  share  to  the  making 
of  the  nation  than  did  those  of  any  other 
county  in  the  colonies.  It  was  especially 
fitting,  therefore,  that  a  portion  of  this 
county  should  have  been  transferred  to 
the  Federal  Government  as  part  of  its 
seat  of  government,  and  it  will  always 
be  a  matter  of  regret  that  the  pride  of 
our  First  President  and  the  fear  of 
criticism  because  of  his  own  and  his 
wife's  holdings  on  the  Virginia  side  of 
the  Potomac,  should  have  prevented  the 
development  of  the  District  on  both 
sides  of  the  Potomac  as  originally 
planned. 


The  first  daily  newspaper  in  the  world  was  established  and  edited  by  a  woman,  Elizabeth 
Mallet,  in  London,  1/02.  It  was  called  The  Daily  Courant.  The  first  daily  paper  published 
in  the  United  States  was  started  by  a  woman.  The  first  newspaper  in  Rhode  Island  had  a 
woman  as  its  publisher;  as  had  also  the  second  paper  started  in  New  York  City. 

The  Maryland  Gazette,  the  first  paper  established  in  Lord  Baltimore's  Colony,  was  started 
by  a  woman,  and  the  same  is  true  of  The  Virginia  Gazette,  the  first  newspaper  to  print  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 


Early  Days  Along  the  Potomac 

A  History  of   George   Washington's  River  Farm 
By  Evelyn   Martha  Emig 


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The  Washington  Hatchet  Farm,  Mount  Vernon,  Va. 


Scarcely  a  dozen  miles,  as  the  crow 
flies,  from  the  Executive  Mansion  of 
today  to  the  Colonial  home  of  our  first 
President  on  the  b-ink  of  the  placid 
Potomac.  Scarcely  a  hundred  years 
since  the  site  of  the  capital  was  a  wilder- 
ness and  Mount  Vernon  a  gathering 
place  for  fair  ladies  and  brave  men;  the 
cynosure  of  the  infant  nation.  Only 
four  generations  have  come  since  then, 
but  the  habits  and  customs  of  that  day 
seem  like  relics  of  antiquity. 

Little  is  commonly  known  of  the  his- 
tory of  the  Washington  estate  beyond 
the  fact  that  it  was  the  residence  of  the 
"Father  of  His  County."     Mount  Ver- 


non was  a  part  of  the  royal  grant  to 
Lord  Culpeper.  It  was  given  to  Colo- 
nel John  Washington,  the  cavalier  of 
Cromwell's  time  and  great-grandfather 
of  the  first  President,  in  1617,  for  bring- 
ing one  hundred  colonists  to  Virginia. 
At  his  death  the  estate  was  bequeathed 
to  his  son  Lawrence  from  whose  hands 
it  passed  to  his  son  Augustine,  the 
father  of  George.  Augustine  left  it  to 
his  eldest  son  Lawrence,  and  George 
inherited  it  from  his  half-brother  before 
he  was  twenty-one.  From  time  to  time 
he  added  the  surrounding  property  until 
he  had  accumulated  nearly  ten  thousand 
acres.     This  estate  was  divided  into  five 


246 


EARLY  DAYS  ALONG  THh  LUlUMAC 


247 


farms ;  the  Mansion  House,  Dogue  Run, 
Union,  Muddy  Hole,  and  River  Farms. 
Most  of  the  property  is  now  occupied 
by  cottages  and  bungalows  which  form 
ideal  summer  homes  for  weary  Wash- 
ingtonians,  but  the  River  Farm,  Wash- 
ington's favorite  and  richest,  which  he 
purchased  in  1767  from  William  Clifton, 
has  lain  untouched  for  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  The  fences  are  old  and  rotten ; 
beside  them  grow  the  wide-spreading 
cherry  trees,  which  the  President 
planted  and  from  the  pasture  land  have 
sprung  up  hundreds  of  stately  pine  and 
cedar. 

The  present  owner  is  only  the  fourth 
possessor  since 
Washington,  who 
left  the  farm  to 
his  nephew 
Charles.  On 
April  2,  1859, 
Stacey  H.  Snow- 
den  purchased  the 
property  and  it 
continued  in  his 
possession  until 
April  6,  1894, 
when  it  was  sold 
to  the  late  John 
C.  Delaney,  who 
on  April  2,  1915, 
conveyed  it  to 
Clayton  E.  Emig,  a  Washington  lawyer. 

In  1894  the  Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Rail- 
way laid  its  tracks  in  a  course  that  com- 
pleted a  perfectly  formed  hatchet  and 
handle,  as  shown  in  the  government 
map  heading  this  article,  and  the  estate 
has  been  christened  the  Washington 
Hatchet  Farm.  The  present  owner  in- 
tends to  preserve  the  metes  and  bounds 
laid  out  by  the  Washingtons.  Here  it 
lies  in  all  its  pristine  beauty,  a  wonder- 
ful tract,  with  acres  of  grand  old  trees — 
pine,  needle  cedars,  oak,  walnut,  ash, 
chestnut,  cherry,  apple  and  mulberry — 
among  whose  spreading  branches  birds 
of  all  kinds  mate  and  build  their  nests. 

Scarce  a  dozen  miles — and  all  un- 
known— and    yet    so    rich    in     history. 


Part  of  the  Original  "King's  HigJiway,"  Bordering 
on  the  Hatchet  Farm 


Here,  long  before  the  Pilgrims  came, 
perhaps  before  Columbus  lived,  was 
founded  the  Indian  town  of  Asasomeck, 
capital  of  the  powerful  Algonquin  tribe. 
Capt.  John  Smith,  probably  the  first 
"pale-face"  to  tread  this  soil,  came  here 
to  smoke  the  pipe  of  peace.  For  many 
years  the  village  thrived  until  during 
the  Bacon  Rebellion  of  1676  the  Colonial 
troops  under  Col.  John  Washington 
massacred  the  inhabitants  and  entirely 
destroyed  the  settlement. 

Down  by  the  bank  of  the  old  Potow- 
mack  a  spring  still  gushes  forth.  "Heal- 
ing Waters"  the  Indians  called  it.  Capt. 
John  Smith's  diary  refers  to  it  as  the 
"Sweet  Waters." 
Beside  it  run? 
the  old  Indian 
trail.  Part  of  it 
the  Colonists  wid- 
ened into  the 
King's  Highway 
which  ran  from 
Williamsburg,  the 
first  capital  of 
Virginia,  to  the 
Shenandoah. 
Some  of  the  trees 
still  stand  that 
flanked  it  and  the 
wagon  ruts  of  a 
century  ago  are 
visible.  Over  this  trail  came  the  Indians 
on  peaceful  or  hostile  errands  ;  over  the 
highway  young  Washington  drove  his 
bride  to  her  new  home ;  over  it  marched 
his  weary  troops  on  the  way  to  York- 
town. 

At  the  water's  edge  was  the  famous 
Clifton  Ferry,  established  by  the  Legis- 
lature in  1745.  General  Washington's 
diary  frequently  refers  to  the  King's 
Highway  and  Clifton  Ferry  on  this  his 
favorite  farm.  It  was  the  only  ferry 
for  miles  around  and  the  accepted  cross- 
ing for  all  transportation  between  New 
York  and  Georgia.  W.  H.  Snowden  in 
his  "Historic  Land  Marks  of  Virginia 
and  Maryland"  says :  "Capacious  boats 
were   provided   and   manned   by    sturdy 


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negro  oarsmen  and  the  rate  of  ferryage 
was  for  a  man  or  horse,  one  shilling ; 
for  every  coach,  chariot  or  wagon,  six 
shillings ;  for  every  cart  or  four-wheeled 
chaise  or  chair,  two  shillings."  (Hen- 
ing's  Statutes,  Vol.  V,  p.  364,  and  Vol. 
VI,  p.  19.) 

How  many  hundred  hogsheads  of  to- 
bacco have  been  rolled  down  to  the  ferry 
to  be  loaded  on  the  waiting  bridge  in 
Broad  Creek  Bay,  on  the  Maryland  side 
of  the  river!  This  bay  was  across  from 
Washington's  property,  at  the  junction 
of  the  Potomac  and  Piscataway  Rivers, 
where  stood  the  settlement  of  Piscat- 
away, founded  in  1634  by  the  Catholics. 
It  was  there  that  the  Jesuits  established 
their  first  mission  for  the  evangelization 
of  the  Indians  and  there  the  first  print- 
ing press  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic 
was  set  up.  In  1694  the  famous  Broad 
Creek  Church  was  erected  at  this  place 
and  the  "Father  of  His  Country"  often 
crossed  on  the  ferry  to  attend  divine 
worship  on  the  Maryland  side.  The 
ferry  was  discontinued  in  1806. 

Near  the  spring  was  the  old  dueling 
ground  where  many  well-known  combats 
took  place  and  up  on  the  hill  stood  the 
famous  Old  Ferry  House  beneath  whose 
hospitable  roof  there  tarried  many  a 
noted  guest.  This  spot  was  a  favorite 
scene  for  barbecues  and  social  gaieties, 
a  picnic  ground  of  a  century  ago. 
What  tales  might  not  these  old  trees  tell, 
could  they  but  speak ;  stories  of  stately 
ladies  in  paint  and  powder ;  of  blushing 
maidens  who  concealed  their  interest  be- 
neath an  air  of  languor  and  hid  their 
eager    eyes    behind    a    fan;    of    gallant 


dandies  who  satisfied  their  every  whim 
— until  they  won  their  hands — and 
scowled  jealously  at  favored  rivals;  of 
the  inn  in  the  background  where  the 
portly  obsequious  host  looked  to  their 
comfort  and  sternly  shouted  orders  to 
the  grinning,  hurrying  negroes.  From 
across  the  river  the  soldiers  swarmed  to 
join  in  the  merry-making,  from  Fort 
Washington,  which  guarded  the  ap- 
proach to  the  embryo  capital. 

The  fort  remains,  grim  silent  guard- 
ian, but  all  the  rest  are  gone.  Where 
the  inn  once  stood  in  all  its  glory  lie  in 
scattered  heaps  a  few  old  English 
bricks ;  the  soldier's  path  is  soft  with 
grass,  and  of  the  old  King's  Highway 
scarce  a  hundred  trees  remain.  Only 
the  spring  still  bubbles  forth,  chuckling 
or  sighing  as  it  muses  on  old  times.  I 
wonder  if  the  ghosts  of  men  of  old  do 
never  meet  around  it  in  the  twilight ! 
The  little  waves  lap  gently  on  the  beach. 
One  seems  to  hear  the  soft  paddle  of  an 
Indian's  canoe.  It  is  a  long-absent  brave 
returning. 

The  echo  of  a  laugh  that  died  a  cen- 
tury ago  rings  out,  as  the  "Father  of  His 
Country"  approaches  in  his  coach  and 
four,  sweet  Nellie  Custis  by  his  side. 
Assisted  by  faithful  old  slaves  he  dis- 
mounts with  dignity  and  saunters  down 
to  the  old  ferry — but — only  a  row  of 
piers  remain,  smoothed  and  grayed  by 
time  and  tide — and  from  the  shore  he 
looks  up  the  river — seven  miles — to  see, 
in  the  distance,  the  pure  white  dome  of 
the  Capitol  of  today,  and  the  granite 
shaft  of  the  Monument  raised  in  his 
memory. 


THE  BELLS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION,  published  by  William  M.  Clemens,  56  Pine 

Street,  N.  Y.    Price  $1.00. 

This  little  pamphlet  contains  the  names  of  the  Bells  who  served  in  1776;  and  as  the 
names  are  arranged  according  to  states  alphabetically,  and  then  alphabetically  under  the  sepa- 
rate states,  it  makes  all  the  information  collected  easy  of  access,  and  will  be  of  value  to  any 
descendant. 

THE  PENN  FAMILY  OF  VIRGINIA,  published  by  William  M.  Clemens,  56  Pine 

Street,  N.  Y.    Price  $1.00. 

This  is  another  of  the  dollar  books  issued  by  Mr.  Clemens,  and  contains  a  good  deal  of 
interesting  material  not  accessible  to  all  and  so  carefully  and  accurately  indexed  as  to  be 
readily  used  by  any  searcher  of  the  Penn  Family  data. 


Engraved  Portraits  of  American  Patriots 
Made  by  Saint  Memin  in  1  796-1 81 0 

By  Natalie  Sumner  Lincoln 

Author  of  "I  Spy,"  "The  Official  Chaperon,"  "  C.  0.  D." 
Copyright,  1916,  by  Corcoran  Gallery  of  Art. 
{Continued  from  August  Magazine) 


So  universal  is  the  interest  aroused  by 
the  reproduction  in  this  magazine  of 
Saint  Memin's  celebrated  profile  like- 
nesses of  distinguished  Americans  that 
hundreds  of  strangers  visiting  the  Na- 
tional Capital  make  it  a  point  to  stop  at 
the  Corcoran  Gallery  of  Art  to  inquire : 
"Is  my  ancestor  in  the  Saint  Memin  col- 
lection?" 

This  interest  is  sure  to  be  accentuated 
now  that  the  D.  A.  R.  Magazine  is  to 
be  given  to  every  member  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  many 
of  whose  ancestors  are  undoubtedly  rep- 
resented in  the  Saint  Memin  collection. 

In  publishing  a  page  of  the  unidentified 
Saint  Memin  portraits  in  this  number  it 
is  hoped  that  readers  of  the  magazine, 
who  can  furnish  data  and  additional  in- 
formation as  to  the  identity  of  the  por- 
traits, will  communicate  with  the  author 
of  this  article.  All  information  so  gath- 
ered will  be  placed  on  file  among  the 
records  at  Memorial  Continental  Hall, 
and  also  be  given  to  the  Corcoran  Gallery 
of  Art,  which  owns  the  famous  Saint 
Memin  collection  from  which  these  re- 
productions are  made.  Announcement 
will  also  be  made,  as  well,  in  the  D.  A.  R. 
Magazine  whenever  one  of  these  "un- 
known" portraits  is  positively  identified. 

The  quaint  portraits  of  Miss  Hannah 
Breck  and  Miss  Burgess  shed  an  inter- 
esting light  on  the  costume  of  the  period 
and  the  style  of  dressing  the  hair.  Miss 
Breck  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Breck 
of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  sister  of  Samuel 
Breck  of  Philadelphia.  She  was  noted 
for  her  beauty  and  charm  of  manner. 
She  was  born  in  Boston  in  December, 
1772,  and  died  near  Philadelphia  in 
1846.  In  1810,  she  married  James 
Boyd,  of  Boston. 

Unfortunately  little  data  is  at  hand 


concerning  Miss  Burgess,  except  that  she 
was  the  daughter  of  William  Burgess,  a 
distinguished  citizen  of  Philadelphia. 

Thomas  Wright  Armat,  a  merchant 
"prince"  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  distin- 
guished philanthropist,  removed  from 
that  city  during  the  yellow  fever  epi- 
demic in  1793,  to  his  country  estate, 
"Loudoun,"  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  and 
there  dispensed  the  hospitality  for  which 
he  and  his  family  were  famed.  After  the 
Battle  of  Germantown  many  dead  were 
buried  in  the  grounds  at  "Loudoun," 
and  a  section  of  the  estate  was  used  as 
a  hospital.  Mr.  Armat  named  his  coun- 
try place  after  Loudoun  County,  Va., 
where  his  ancestors  first  settled  on  emi- 
grating to  America  from  Cumberland, 
England. 

Thomas  Wright  Armat  married  his 
cousin,  Anne  Yates,  of  Cumberland,  Eng- 
land. They  had  one  daughter,  Jane  Caro- 
line Armat,  who  married  first,  a  cousin, 
William  Armat,  by  whom  she  bad  two 
daughters,  Anne  and  Fanny.  At  William 
Armat's  death  they  went  to  "Loudoun" 
to  live  with  their  great-grandfather,  and 
their  mother  shortly  after  married  Mr. 
Sherrill. 

The  youngest  daughter,  Fanny  Armat, 
died  unmarried,  and  her  sister  Anne 
married  Gustavus  Logan,  son  of  Albanus 
and  Maria  Dickinson  Logan,  and  great- 
grandson  of  James  Logan,  of  "Stenton," 
Germantown,  Pa.,  and  grandson  of  John 
Dickinson.  They  had  four  children :  Al- 
banus Charles,  Fanny  Armat,  Maria 
Dickinson,  and  Jane  Caroline  Armat. 
The  latter  married  Edward  Luxmore, 
and  lives  in  Surbiton.  England.  She  has 
in  her  possession  the  original  copper 
plate  made  by  Saint  Memin  of  her  an- 
cestor, Thomas  Wright  Armat,  from 
which  the  engravings  were  taken. 


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Left  to  right:  Miss  Hannah  Breck,  Miss  Burgess 


Saint  Memin  did  not  always  reduce 
his  large  profile  likenesses  on  pink  tinted 
paper  to  the  same  size.  The  tiny  en- 
gravings of  George  Washington  are  his 
smallest  work,  and  the  profile  likeness  of 
Eliza  Custis  Law,  granddaughter  of 
Martha  Washington,  is  next  in  size,  and 
shows  the  same  exquisite  workmanship 
for  which  the  Frenchman  is  justly  noted. 

Eliza  Custis  was  the  sister  of  George 
Washington  Parke  Custis  and  a  descend- 
ant of  Lord  Baltimore.  In  1796  she 
married  Thomas  Law,  a  man  nearly  fif- 
teen years  her  senior,  and  the  brother  of 
Lord  Ellenborough  of  Scotland.  Willful, 
fascinating  Eliza  Custis  and  her  some- 
what erratic  husband  Anally  separated  in 
1804   and   shortly   after   were   divorced; 


Eliza  Custis  Law, 
Granddaughter  of  Martha   Washington 


this  is  said  to  be  the  first  divorce  ever 
granted  in  the  United  States  of  America. 
During  their  married  life,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Law  resided  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
the  former  was  an  extensive  speculator 
in  land. 

Saint  George  Tucker,  Virginia's  fa- 
mous jurist,  was  born  on  the  Island  of 
Bermuda  in  1752,  and  died  in  Warmin- 
ster, Va.,  in  1828.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  William  and  Mary  College,  finished 
a  law  course  there,  and  returned  to  Ber- 
muda to  practice,  but  came  back  to  Vir- 
ginia in  1777  and  bore  arms  in  defense 
of  the  Colonies,  attaining  the  rank  of 
Lieutenant  Colonel  at  the  Siege  of  York- 
town. 

He  married  Frances  Bland,  the  mother 
of  John  Randolph,  in  1778,  and  after  the 
war  was  appointed  professor  of  law  at 
William  and  Mary  College,  succeeding 
Chancellor  Wythe.  In  1804  he  became 
the  presiding  justice  of  the  Virginia 
Court  of  Appeals,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Annapolis  convention  of  1786. 

Judge  Tucker  was  poet  and  author  as 
well  as  jurist,  and  he  left  to  posterity 
dramas,  both  tragedy  and  comedy,  of  a 
high  literary  order. 

Saint  Memin  made  the  profile  likeness 
of  Eleanor  Martin  shortly  before  her 
marriage,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  to  Rich- 
ard Keene  on  24th  February,  1801,  and 


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the  portrait  does  full  justice  to  the  dainty 
beauty  which  made  her  the  toast  of  Bal- 
timore, Md.  Her  mother  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Cresap,  the  famous  Indian 
fighter  and  patriot,  and  her  father  was 
Luther  Martin,  of  Baltimore,  nicknamed 
"the  Federal  bull-dog"  by  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson. 

The  Baltimore  bar,  even  at  that  date, 
was  distinguished  by  an  extraordinary 
assemblage  of  the  highest  order  of  legal 
talent,  comprising  such  men  as  Luther 
Martin,  William  Pinkney,  Robert  Good- 
loe  Harper,  Roger  B.  Taney,  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Winder.  Luther  Martin  con- 
tinued to  attract  the  public  as  an  able 
and  brilliant  lawyer,  and  in  1778  was 
appointed  attorney  general  of  Maryland. 
In  1794  his  friend,  Judge  Samuel  Chase, 
of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court, 
having  been  impeached  in  the  House  of 
Representatives  on  charges  for  malfeas- 
ance in  office,  Martin  defended  him,  and 
his  argument  on  that  occasion  was  one 
of  the  most  powerful  ever  heard  in  an 
American  court  room  and  is  still  referred 
to  with  wonder.  Judge  Chase  was  ac- 
quitted. Martin  was  engaged  in  another 
case  of  even  wider  celebrity  when  he 
defended  Aaron  Burr  in  the  latter's  trial 
for  high  treason  at  Richmond,  Va.  In 
1814,  Martin  was  appointed  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer 
for  Baltimore  City  and  County,  and  in 
1818  was  again  appointed  attorney  gen- 
eral for  Maryland  and  District  Attorney 
for  Baltimore.  His  powers  were  at 
length  shattered  by  a  stroke  of  paralysis, 
and  owing  to  his  pecuniary  embarrass- 
ments he  removed  to  New  York,  where 
he  resided  with  Aaron  Burr,  who  thus 
repaid  the  services  which  Martin  had 
rendered  him  in  former  years.  Martin 
died  on  July  10,  1826,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two. 

In  the  Saint  Memin  collection  at  the 
Corcoran  Gallery  there  is  a  profile  like- 
ness of  Luther  Martin  executed  by  Le- 
met,  who  copied  the  celebrated  French- 
man's style,  but  his  work  cannot  be  com- 
pared with  the  latter.  The  Lemet  por- 
trait was  given  to  the  Corcoran  Gallery 
by  William  R.  Hayden  of  Baltimore. 

Dr.  Frederick  May,  son  of  John  May, 
a  wealthy  merchant  of  Boston  and  one 
of  the  famous  party  who  threw  the  tea 


overboard  in  Boston  Harbor,  was  born  in 
1773  and  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  in 
1847.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  in 
1792,  and  studied  his  profession  under 
the  celebrated  Dr.  John  Warren.  He  re- 
moved to  Washington  in  1795,  and  be- 
came the  family  physician  of  General 
Washington  and  of  many  other  eminent 
persons  of  that  period.  At  the  time  of 
his  death,  Dr.  May  was  president  of  both 
the  Medical  Society  and  the  Medical  As- 
sociation of  Washington.  He  had  eight 
children,  namely :  Dr.  John  Frederick ; 
George,  a  merchant  of  New  Orleans ; 
William,  a  lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Navy ; 
Henry,  a  lawyer  in  Baltimore ;  Charles, 
a  colonel  in  the  U.  S.  Army;  Julia,  who 
married  Henry  Oelrichs,  of  Baltimore ; 
Laura,  who  married  George  D.  Wise ; 
and  Julian,  a  lieutenant  in  the  U.  S. 
Army. 

Stephen  Decatur,  United  States  naval 
officer  and  father  of  Commodore  Deca- 
tur, who  attained  a  fame  unsurpassed  by 
that  of  any  officer  of  his  time,  was  born 
at  Newport,  R.  I.,  in  1751,  and  died  near 
Philadelphia  in  1808.  He  was  of  French 
descent,  his  father  being  a  native  of  La 
Rochclle,  France,  and  an  officer  in  the 
French  navy  who  emigrated  to  America 
and  married  in  this  country.  During  the 
Revolution  Captain  Decatur  commanded 
privateers  "Royal  Louis"  and  "Fair 
American,"  and  in  May,  1798,  was  ap- 
pointed post  captain  in  the  U.  S.  Navy 
and  cruised  on  the  American  coast  in  the 
ship  "Delaware,"  capturing  the  French 
privateers,  "Le  Croyable"  and  "Mar- 
suin."  Before  leaving  the  navy,  Captain 
Decatur  commanded  a  squadron  on  the 
Guadeloupe  Station,  and  upon  his  retire- 
ment he  engaged  in  business  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

James  McHenry,  Secretary  of  War  in 
President  Washington's  first  Cabinet,  was 
born  in  Ireland  in  1753,  and  died  in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1816.  He  received  a 
fine  classical  education  in  Dublin,  but  on 
account  of  delicate  health  made  a  voyage 
to  this  country  and  remained  here,  going 
to  Philadelphia  in  1771.  In  that  city  he 
met  Margaret  Caldwell,  of  the  celebrated 
family  of  that  name,  whom  he  married. 

McHenry  studied  medicine  under  Dr. 
Benjamin  Rush,  and  subsequently  accom- 
panied General  Washington  to  the  camp 


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h 


Photos — Rice  Studio,  Washington 
Saint  Memin's  Engraved  Portraits  of  American  Patriots.    Top  Row,  left  to  right:  Thomas 
Armat,  Captain  Stephen  Decatur,  Sr.     2nd  Row:  St.   George  Tucker,  James 
McHenry.    3rd  Row:  Miss  Eleanor  Martin,  Dr.  Frederick  May. 


254    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


at  Cambridge,  joining  the  army  in  1776. 
He  was  appointed  medical  director,  and 
shortly  after  was  made  prisoner  by  the 
British  at  Fort  Washington,  and  was  not 
exchanged  until  the  spring  of  1778.  On 
May  15th  of  that  year  he  became  General 
Washington's  secretary,  and  through  life 
was  Washington's  tried  and  trusted 
friend.  In  1780  he  was  transferred  to 
the  staff  of  General  Lafayette  and  re- 
mained with  him  until  the  end  of  the  war. 
Dr.  McHenry  held  many  and  high  of- 
fices in  Maryland ;  he  was  appointed  to 
Congress  and  labored  to  secure  the  ratifi- 
cation of  the  Constitution,  in  which  he 
was  successful,  notwithstanding  powerful 


opposition.  He  was  made  Secretary  of 
War  in  Washington's  Cabinet  in  1796, 
holding  office  through  that  Administra- 
tion and  subsequently  under  President 
Adams  until  1801. 

Fort  McHenry  in  Baltimore  Harbor  is 
named  for  him,  and  it  was  during  the 
War  of  1812  that  Francis  Scott  Key, 
being  imprisoned  temporarily  on  board  a 
British  ship  during  the  bombardment  of 
Fort  McHenry,  while  watching  the  be- 
leaugered  ramparts,  wrote  his  immortal 
poem,  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner,"  now 
the  National  Anthem  of  the  United 
States. 

(This  series  to  be  continued) 


Description  of  Bombardment  of  Fort  McHenry 

(This  letter,  never  before  published,  was  urritten  to  the  Rev.  William  Stephenson,  and 
copied  for  this  magazine  by  his  granddaughter,  Miss  Fannie  E.  Parker,  Havre-de-Grace,  Md. 
The  brothers  James  and  George  mentioned  were  also  brothers  of  Rev.  William  Stephenson; 
and  it  was  George  Stephenson  accompanied  by  Nathan  Smith  and  Daniel  Cooly  who  so  well 
assisted  in  defending  Havre-de-Gracc  during  the  War  of  1812.) 

Baltimore,  September  17,  1814. 
To  William  Stephenson, 


Dear  Brother :  I  intended  to  have 
written  you  yesterday  but  was  prevented 
by  other  engagements  and  the  uncer- 
tainty of  the  mail  proceeding  on  its  usual 
route.  It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  in- 
form you  that  after  a  most  tremendous 
assault  by  land  and  water,  but  princi- 
pally on  Fort  McHenry  by  our  enemies, 
that  they  have  retired  down  the  Bay 
without  doing  any  essential  injury: 
some  valuable  lives  have  been  lost  on 
our  side  and  a  considerable  number 
wounded,  many  only  slightly,  others 
very  badly.  This  aw  nil  state  of  things 
commenced  Sunday  last,  when  the 
enemies  fleet  appeared  in  sight  at  the 
mouth  of  the  river  with  a  fair  wind  and 
tide  which  enabled  them  to  work  their 
ships  inside  of  North  Point  during  the 
day,  and  to  commence  landing  troops 
the  latter  part  of  Sunday  night  so  that 
early  on  Monday  morning  they  were  all 
ashore,  say  about  7,C00,  and  about  half 
past  one  o'clock  the  advance  of  our 
army  consisting  of  the  Fifth  and — regi- 
ments under  Cols.  Street  and  Long, 
Capt.   Montgomery's  company  of  Artil- 


lery and  Major  Bear's  troop  of  horse 
(the  whole  commanded  by  Brig.  Gen. 
Strieker)  engaged  the  British  Army,  and 
retreated  agreeable  to  previous  orders, 
with  the  view  of  drawing  them  up  to 
the  main  body,  so  that  on  Monday  morn- 
ing the  British  were  within  five  or  six 
miles  of  the  city  and  many  of  the  in- 
habitants began  to  fly.  During  these 
movements  on  land  the  enemy  favored 
by  wind  and  tide,  had  succeeded  in  get- 
ting up  about  15  sail  of  frigates  and 
bomb  ships  within  2>T/2  or  four  miles  of 
the  Fort  and  on  Tuesday  evening  at 
seven  o'clock  precisely  commenced 
throwing  shells  and  rockets  into  the 
Fort.  The  bombardment  continued  until 
about  half  past  eleven  o'clock  at  night 
with  some  intervals  when  it  ceased  en- 
tirely. During  these  intervals,  favored 
by  rain  and  excessive  darkness,  the 
enemy  succeeded  in  working  a  heavy 
bombship  and  a  number  of  barges  past 
the  Fort  and  up  the  Ferry  Branch  out 
of  reach  of  the  guns  of  the  Fort,  and 
supposing  their  object  of  effecting  a 
landing  attained,  commenced  throwing 
shells  and  rockets  to  cover  their  land- 
ing and  at  the  same  time  a  most  tre- 
mendous fire  of  mortars  and  shells  into 


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Fort  McHenry.  Our  battery  on  the  hill 
between  town  and  Fort  and  on  the  Pat- 
apsco  River  opened  a  most  tremendous 
and  disastrous  fire  on  ships  and  barges 
which  compelled  a  retreat  on  the  part 
of  the  enemy  who  must  have  sustained 
great  injury  as  many  were  heard  loudly 
calling  for  help,  that  they  were  sinking. 
About  ten  o'clock  all  their  troops  were 
on  the  way  down  the  river  and  in  the 
course  of  the  day  all  reached  North 
Point  where  the  landed  troops  re- 
embarked  and  yesterday  stood  down  the 
Bay  as  far  as  Swan  Point.  It  is,  how- 
ever, the  prevailing  opinion  they  will 
pay  us  another  visit.  It  is  said,  and  be- 
lieved, that  Gen.  Rose  is  killed  and  that 
the  British  have  lost  a  number  of  men. 


In  consequence  of  the  great  expectation 
of  another  attack  I  have  determined  to 
send  my  family  out  of  the  city,  and  if 
I  can  get  conveyance  will  send  a  part  to 
you  and  to  brother  James  and  George, 
to  take  care  of  during  this  present  time 
of  distress,  the  remainder  will  go  among 
the  friends  of  my  wife.  In  executing 
this  determination  I  shall,  however,  be 
guided  by  circumstances,  aware  of  the 
expense  of  removing  so  large  a  family. 
We  are  all  well  but  my  wife  who 
is  somewhat  afflicted.  I  hope  these  lines 
will  find  you  all  well.  Time  compels  me 
to  close  my  letter, 

with  esteem 
Yours 

John  Baxley,  Jr. 


The  Wood  Yard 

This  old  house  was  closely  connected  with  the  participants  in  the  battle  of  Fort  McHenrv. 
It  had  been  bought  by  Col.  Richard  West,  one  of  the  most  intimate  friends  and  patients  of 
Dr.  Beanes.  Hearing  the  news  of  the  arrest,  Col.  West  left  immediately  for  the  house  of 
Francis  Scott  Key  in  Washington,  to  beg  him  to  intercede  with  the  authorities  for  the  release 
or  exchange  of  Dr.  Beanes.    The  result  of  Key's  mission  is  known  to  all  patriotic  Americans. 

Mrs.  West,  daughter  of  Gov.  Fdward  Llovd,  and  aunt  of  the  boy  artist,  sixteen  years 
of  age — John  Ross  Key  of  Washington,  D.  C. — persuaded  her  young  nephew  to  paint  for  her 
the  house  which  had  been  for  fifty  years  the  home  of  her  happy  married  life.  While  examining 
it  carefully,  he  discovered  on  the  old  weather-cock  on  the  roof  the  date  of  construction — 1692. 
A  few  years  after  the  young  artist  completed  his  sketch,  the  house  was  destroyed  by  fire;  and 
this  picture  is  the  only  representation  known  to  exist  of  one  of  the  most  famous  Colonial 
homes  of  Maryland. 


Early  History  of  Edgefield,  South  Carolina 

By  Miss  Sarah  Rainsford  Collett 


First  residence  in  Edgefield,  S.  C,  built  in  1735 


During  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
when  South  Carolina  was  mobilizing 
troops  from  her  scanty  population  and 
sending  supplies  of  food  and  ammuni- 
tion, to  her  army  headquarters,  tradition 
tells  us  that  the  people  of  that  part  of 
Ninety  Six  District,  which  afterwards 
became  Edgefield,  entered  the  fray,  and 
fought  and  suffered  perhaps  more  than 
in  any  other  part  of  the  State,  One  of 
the  bloodiest  episodes  of  that  bitter  war 
which  raged  between  Whigs  and  Tories 
in  the  fight  for  American  independence 
was  fought  at  Cloud's  Creek  in  1782. 
And  here  fell  thirty-two  martyrs  to  the 
American  cause.  A  handsome  monu- 
ment should  mark  this  spot,  but  instead, 
it  is  an  old  field,  overgrown  wTith  trees 
and  shrubbery,  and  with  nothing  to  tell 
the  coming  generation  of  the  bloody 
massacre  which  occurred  there.  This 
took  place  in  the  eastern  part  of  Edge- 
field District,  just  three  miles  from  the 
Town  of  Leesville. 

Another  battle  of  note  in  this  District, 


was  fought  at  or  near  "Old  Pine  House," 
only  six  miles  from  Edgefield.  It  has 
been  suggested  that  members  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
of  Edgefield  County  have  a  marker 
placed  where  this  battle  was  fought. 
Pine  House,  as  a  good  many  know,  was, 
until  the  completion  of  the  Charlotte, 
Columbia  &  Augusta  Railroad,  the  name 
of  the  post  office  in  that  community, 
which,  after  the  building  of  said  road, 
was  changed  to  Trenton  after  the  ancient 
and  historic  town  of  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Old  Pine  House  was  the  ancestral  home 
of  the  Weavers,  a  family  noted  for  its 
wealth  and  lavish  hospitality.  Old  Pine 
House,  which  had  become  the  property 
of  the  late  Mr.  Benjamin  Bettis,  was 
burned  shortly  after  the  war  between 
the  States.  While  these  events  are  re- 
corded, other  operations  were  made  that 
were  of  lesser  importance,  and  the  early 
settlers  of  this  County  were  massacred, 
their  homes  burned,  and  an  earthly  para- 
dise changed  into  utter  desolation.     It 


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was  during  these  troublous  times,  and 
while  her  husband,  James  Scott,  was 
lighting  for  American  independence,  that 
Hannah  Beale  Scott,  my  great,  great 
grandmother  had  buried  in  a  pot,  or 
other  iron  vessel,  all  the  family  silver — 
including  coin  as  well  as  silver  plate — in 
an  old  field  which  was  never  recovered; 
as  owing  to  the  death  of  the  old  servant 
who  assisted  her,  together  with  the  long 
and  continuous  operations  of  the  enemy, 
the  place  where  the  pot  containing  the 
treasure  was  buried,  became  overgrown 
with  briars  and  shrubbery.  Mrs.  Scott's 
home  was  frequently  visited  by  the  To- 
ries, demanding  food  and  other  assist- 
ance, and  on  one  occasion  she,  with  her 
little  grand-daughter  were  alone  in  the 
house,  and  just  at  the  twilight  hour,  she 
had  a  visit  from  the  marauding  enemy 
demanding  money  and  valuables.  Mrs. 
Scott  stoutly  declared  that  she  had 
neither — which  was  true,  owing  to  the 
fact  that  a  few  days  previous  she  had 
had  all  of  her  valuables  buried — when, 
the  rascals  discrediting  her,  turned  to 
the  little  grand-daughter,  and  demanded 
that  she  tell  where  the  treasure  was  hid- 
den, whereupon  the  little  girl,  who  was 
barefoot,  crawled  under  the  bed  to  escape 
questions  and  threats  of  these  outrageous 
men.  They  persisted  in  their  search,  and 
even  punched  the  little  girl's  bare  feet 
with  the  ends  of  their  bayonets,  but 
neither  Mrs.  Scott  nor  the  little  girl  be- 
trayed themselves,  and  so  the  pillagers 
were  forced  to  leave  without  securing 
any  booty.  Mrs.  Scott  lived  on  a  large 
plantation  of  three  hundred  acres  or 
more  on  Turkey  Creek,  which  was 
granted  to  her  husband,  James  Scott,  on 
the  13th  day  of  May,  1768.  Washing- 
ton's trail,  leading  from  Charleston  to 
Washington,  is  said  to  have  passed  near 
that  part  of  the  District  which  became 
the  Town  of  Edgefield.  Efforts  should 
be  made  to  discover  this  trail,  and  mark- 
ers should  be  erected  along  its  course. 

In  1783  an  ordinance  was  passed  by 
the  law  makers  of  South  Carolina,  ap- 
pointing commissioners  to  divide  the 
districts     of     Charleston,     Georgetown, 


Cheraw,  Camden,  Ninety  Six,  Orange- 
burg and  Beaufort  into  Counties  of 
convenient  size.  In  Ninety  Six  the  com- 
missioners were  Thos.  Brandon,  Levi 
Kesey  (Casey),  Philemon  Waters,  Ar- 
thur Simkins,  Andrew  Pickens  and  Si- 
mon Berwick.  Under  this  ordinance, 
Edgefield,  Abbeville  and  Newberry  were 
laid  out,  for  in  the  act  of  1785,  "For 
laying  off  Counties  therein  mentioned, 
etc."  Abbeville,  Edgefield  and  Newberry 
are  spoken  of  as  existing  counties.  Edge- 
field District  is  in  the  Western  part  of 
South  Carolina,  bordering  on  the  Savan- 
nah River,  which  separates  it  from 
Georgia,  and  had  an  area  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred and  forty  square  miles.  It  is 
bounded  on  the  North  by  Saluda  River 
and  drained  by  the  sources  of  Edisto  and 
Little  Saluda  Rivers. 

Among  the  earliest  preachers  in  Edge- 
field District,  we  find  the  name  of  John 
B.  Mitchell.  He  was  of  the  Methodist 
denomination  and  preached  for  fifty 
years  of  his  life.  He  was  a  soldier  of 
the  Revolution,  who,  being  captured  and 
made  a  prisoner  by  the  British,  probably 
in  New  Jersey,  accompanied  their  armies 
to  the  South  as  a  servant  to  one  of  their 
officers.  Another  was  William  Eddins, 
who  early  became  the  subject  of  con- 
verting grace,  being  received  in  the  com- 
munion of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was 
from  early  manhood  until  1816  a  most 
acceptable  minister,  not  only  in  Edge- 
field, but  in  other  parts  of  South  Carolina. 
About  this  time  he  moved  to  Tennessee, 
where  he  died  in  1837.  William  Eddins 
was  also  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  en- 
tering the  service  from  Newberry  County 
at  the  early  age  of  sixteen.  Not  long 
after  his  service  began,  he  was  taken 
prisoner,  and  with  other  prisoners  started 
under  a  guard  for  Ninety  Six.  His  horse 
was  taken  from  him  and  assigned  to  one 
of  the  guards.  On  their  way  his  guard, 
who  had  possession  of  his  horse,  dis- 
mounted to  take  a  "wee  drap."  or  dram 
and  placed  his  musket  against  the  tree. 
Young  Eddins  was  allowed  to  halt  with 
him — he  drank  repeatedly  until  the  rest 
of     the     guards,     with     the     prisoners, 


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among  whom  was  Eddins'  father,  had 
preceded  them  some  distance ;  and  young 
Eddins  observing  that  his  keeper  had 
become  careless,  seized  his  musket, 
mounted  his  own  horse  and  escaped. 
He  returned  home  to  inform  his  mother 
of  his  escape,  but  he  had  the  prudence  to 
hide  his  gun  in  a  hollow  log.  That  night, 
and  after  the  family  had  retired  to  bed, 
the  Tories  paid  them  a  visit.  William 
and  his  brother  secreted  themselves  be- 
tween the  bed  and  the  wall,  but  the  pry- 
ing rascals,  who  were  engaged  in  the 
search,  discovered  the  feet  of  the  boys, 
and  were  in  the  act  of  dragging  them 
out,  when  the  mother  said,  "Do  let  the 
children  alone."  For  a  wonder  they  de- 
sisted, and  after  a  short  time  left  the 
house.  William  Eddins  remained  with 
Pickens  to  the  close  of  the  war,  and  then 
entered  upon  life  without  money  or 
means  of  any  kind.  While  a  resident 
of  Edgefield  District  he  was  engaged  in 
the  culture  of  tobacco  as  well  as  minis- 
terial work,  and  the  first  crop  of  tobacco 
he  made  without  a  horse,  but  persevering 
industry  overcame  all  difficulties,  and 
during  his  residence  in  Edgefield  he  re- 
alized quite  a  comfortable  fortune. 

The  oldest  house  in  Edgefield,  a  pic- 
ture of  which  heads  this  article,  was 
built  in  1735  and  is  knowie  as  the  old 
Tutt  house.  Within  a  few  feet  to  the 
south  of  this  residence  is  the  old  Tutt 
family  burying  ground  wherein  rests  the 
body  of  Col.  Richard  Tutt  who  com- 
manded a  company  in  the  South  Caro- 
lina Continental  Establishment,  and  who 
died  in  1807,  aged  58  years.  A  marble 
slab  marks  his  grave,  and  an  iron  railing 
encloses  the  ground.  The  second  oldest 
residence  in  Edgefield,  built  by  Matthew 
Mims  more  than  a  century  ago,  has  been 
continuously  occupied  by  members  of 
that  family  in  a  direct  line.  The  present 
occupant  is  Mrs.  Isabella  Lake  Mims 
aged  eighty  years,  a  lady  of  rare  culture 
and  literary  tastes,  who  for  half  a  cen- 
tury was  organist  of  the  First  Baptist 
church.  Another  old  house  was  built  by 
Stephen  Tillman,  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution ;  and  the  tall  white  chimney  at  the 


end  of  the  house  bears  the  date,  1796. 

The  two  oldest  churches  in  Edgefield 
County  are  Little  Stevens  Creek  Church, 
a  little  off  the  old  Cambridge  Road,  and 
near  Meeting  Street,  built  about  the  year 
1785;  and  Horn's  Creek  Church,  about 
five  miles  South  of  Edgefield,  on  the  old 
"Stage  Road"  leading  to  Augusta,  and 
built  about  1792.  Tradition  states  that 
the  dedicatory  services  of  this  church 
were  attended  by  persons  from  various 
parts  of  the  State,  and  that  parties,  in- 
cluding ladies,  rode  horseback  from 
Charleston,  a  distance  of  about  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  miles  to  attend  these  ser- 
vices. Both  of  these  churches  are  of  the 
Baptist  Denomination  and  are  built  near 
the  banks  of  Stevens  Creek  and  Horns 
Creek  respectively,  from  which  the 
churches  took  their  names. 

One  of  the  first  schools  in  Edgefield 
District  was  at  Mount  Enon.  This  was 
a  large  male  academy,  near  "Coleman's 
Cross  Road,"  and  just  a  few  miles  from 
the  banks  of  Saluda  River.  The  Ham- 
burg, or  South  Carolina,  Railroad,  a 
hundred  and  thirty-six  miles  in  length,  at 
the  time  of  its  completion  in  1833  was 
the  longest  railroad  in  the  world.  This 
railroad  had  its  Western  terminus  in 
Hamburg,  at  one  time  a  thriving  post 
village  in  Edgefield  District,  on  the  left 
bank  of  the  Savannah  River.  A  bridge 
connects  this  place  with  Augusta.  In 
days  of  old,  Hamburg  was  a  great  cotton 
market  and  business  center,  and  planters 
and  trades-people  drove  their  wagons 
and  teams  hundreds  of  miles  laden  with 
cotton  and  other  farm  produce  to  market 
there.  Tennesseeans  and  Kentuckians, 
regularly  each  fall,  came  through  the 
country  with  droves  of  horses,  sheep, 
swine  and  even  turkeys,  to  the  then 
popular  market  of  Hamburg. 

The  first  bank  in  Edgefield  District 
was  at  Hamburg.  The  stockholders 
were  wealthy  and  prominent  men  and 
the  bank  possessed  large  capital.  A  sur- 
veyor of  prominence  of  the  early  days 
of  Edgefield  was  Amos  Blocker.  Edge- 
field, the  capital  of  Edgefield  District,  is 
fifty-six    miles     from    Columbia.     The 


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village  was  made  the  County  Seat  in 
1791,  and  the  first  court  was  held  there 
in  1792.  Edgefield  was  incorporated  a 
town  in  1830. 


Court  House,  built  1830 

One  of  the  earliest  teachers  in  the 
Town  of  Edgefield  was  Charles  K.  John- 
son, a  graduate  of  Yale,  who  afterwards 


became  the  founder  of  the  Female  Col- 
lege at  Anderson.  The  first  post  office 
at  Edgefield  was  established  July  1st, 
1795,  with  John  Simpkins  as  postmaster. 
Of  the  churches  in  the  town  of  Edge- 
field the  Methodist  takes  precedence  over 
all  others  in  the  point  of  age,  though  the 
date  upon  which  the  church  was  or- 
ganized can  be  given  with  no  degree  of 
accuracy.  It  is  understod  however,  that 
the  first  was  erected  on  the  lot  where 
now  stands  the  home  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Mims. 
The  next  house  of  worship  was  of  the 
Baptist  faith.  The  large  and  handsome 
new  edifice  just  completed  is  built  on 
the  original  site,  the  titles  to  which  were 
given  nearly  a  century  and  a  half  ago,  by 
Capt.  Arthur  Simkins  of  Revolutionary 
fame.  Capt.  Simkins  was  also  the  gen- 
erous donor  of  several  acres  of  land  on 
which  was  erected  Edgefield's  first  pub- 
lic school  building.  To-day,  on  this  his- 
toric ground,  with  its  magnificent  stretch 
of  woodland,  stands  a  modern  brick  high 
school  building,  thus  perpetuating  the 
use  for  which  it  was  given  so  many, 
many  years  ago.     The  third  church  to 


House  built  by  Matthew  Mims,  Edgefield,  S.  C. 


260   DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


be  built  in  Edgefield,  and  at  the  present 
time  the  oldest  one,  is  Trinity  Episcopal 
church.  This  quaint  little  church  of 
brick,  so  loved  by  its  thirty-five  or  forty 
communicants,  was  built  in  the  year 
1839,  largely  through  the  efforts  and 
generosity  of  Col.  Edmund  Bacon,  Mr. 
Whitfield  Brooks  and  his  wife,  Mrs. 
Mary  Parsons  Carroll  Brooks. 

The  first  newspaper  at  Edgefield  was 
the  Bee  Hive.  This  paper  was  published 
at  Pottersville,  near  where  now  stands 
the  home  of  the  late  Dr.  Horace  Parker. 
Its  existence  was  of  short  duration,  and 
was  followed  by  the  Edgefield  Adver- 
tiser, which  was  established  in  1835. 
The  Advertiser  is  now  the  oldest  paper 
in  South  Carolina.  Among  the  wills 
first  recorded  are:  William  Perrin, 
James  McGittons,  William  Martin,  Thos. 
Roberts,  Edward  Leverman,  Francis 
Posey,  William  Harvey,  Sophia  Hiles. 
Ellis   Marcus,   Robert   Belcher,   Richard 


Allison,  William  Talbert,  Samuel  Marsh, 
Samuel  Howard,  Thos.  Kirkland,  Benja- 
min Cockram,  David  Tribley,  Edward 
Keating,  Alexander  McGregor,  John 
Rivers,  William  Holmes,  Jacob  Fudge, 
John  Canfield,  James  Scott,  Elizabeth 
Meyer,  Peter  Day,  Jonathan  Wright  and 
many  others.  Most  of  these  wills  are 
recorded  as  early  as  1787  with  Mr.  M. 
Simkins  as  Ordinary. 

Many  interesting  facts  might  have 
been  added  to  this  article  did  space 
permit ;  and  undoubtedly  there  are  many 
others  of  which  I  am  unaware.  Enough 
has  been  given  to  show  that  Chapman's 
History  of  Edgefield — replete  with  in- 
terest as  it  is — has  by  no  means  ex- 
hausted the  field.  What  more  worthy 
object  could  a  chapter  have  than  to  per- 
petuate the  history  of  the  noted  men  and 
women  of  its  locality  in  permanent  form 
for  the  benefit  of  posterity. 


On  July  4,  1916,  a  Government  Marker  was 
unveiled  at  the  grave  of  Lieutenant  William 
Baylis,  who  served  in  the  Eighth  Virginia  regi- 
ment during  the  Revolution.  He  is  buried  one 
mile  north  of  Calhoun,  Missouri,  and  is  said 
to  be  the  on!y  Revolutionary  soldier  buried  in 
Henry  County. 

A  historic  sketch  of  the  life  of  this  patriot 
was  given  by  his  oldest  grandson,  Wm.  Steel 
of  Sedalia,  Mo.,  the  dedicatory  address  was 
delivered  by  the  youngest  great-grandson,  Bay- 
lis Steel,  Post  Master  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  the  marker  was  unveiled  by  the  great- 
great-grandson,  William  Steel,  Jr.,  of  Sedalia. 
An  address  of  Welcome  was  given  by  Miss 
Dorman,  Regent  of  the  Udolpha  Miller  Dor- 
man  Chapter,  under  whose  auspices  the  marker 
was  erected,  and  the  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Wm. 
R.  Painter,  spoke  of  the  work  of  the  Daughters 
in  the  past,  and  the  service  it  stands  ready  to 
render,  if  needed,  in  the  threatened  war;  an  J 
in  conclusion,  the  members  of  the  chapter 
rlaced  bouquets  of  Forget-me-nots  on  the  tomb 
in  loving  remembrance  of  the  patriot  who  had 
passed  away  in  October,  1S40. 


Marker  Erected  for  Lieut.   Wm.  Bavlis 


MRS.  CHARLES  RUSSELL  DAVIS 


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Mrs.  Charles  Russell  Davis,  Vice  President  General  from  Minnesota,  Chairman  Committee 

on   Legislation,  etc. 


In  response  to  many  requests  from  different 
parts  of  the  country,  pictures  and  short 
sketches  of  the  different  Chairmen  of  National 
Committees  will  be  given  from  time  to  time 
that  the  Daughters  may  become  familiar  with 
the  faces  and  personality  of  those  leaders  who 
are  spending  so  much  time  and  strength  in 
their  behalf.  The  first  one,  naturally,  is  the 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation 
whose  labor  was  rewarded  last  April  by  the 
passing  of  the  bill  whereby  the  patent  on  our 
inrignia  was  extended  fourteen  years,  some- 
thing that  had  never  before  been  granted  any 
individual  or  organization. 

This  last  month  a  bill  has  been  passed  ex- 
empting the  Daughters  from  taxation  on  the 
land  recently  acquired  by  them,  and  also  on 
any  other  land  which  may  be  acquired  by  them 
in  the  future  in  that  square.  Through  her 
efforts  a  bill  has  been  introduced  for  the  pur- 
chase of  Monticello  by  the  Government. 

Undoubtedly  the  chief  reason  why  Mrs. 
Davis  succeeded  where  others  have  failed  is 
in  large  measure  due  to  her  ability  as  a 
"mixer."  When  we  note  that  her  father  was 
one  of  the  most  devoted  adherents  of  Stephen 


A.  Douglas,  accompanying  him  on  his  famous 
debating  trip  in  1860,  and  continuing  the 
friendship  until  he  as  one  of  the  pall-bearers 
accompanied  him  to  his  grave;  that  her  oldest 
brother  lost  his  life  while  a  member  of  the 
Second  Company  of  Minnesota  in  1862,  and 
that  his  funeral  was  the  first  military  funeral 
in  Chicago  for  a  Union  soldier ;  that  her 
father  was  so  pronounced  a  Democrat  that 
his  paper,  the  Chicago  Times,  was  attacked 
during  the  war;  and  that  shortly  after  their 
removal  to  Minnesota  she  became  the  wife  of 
a  Republican  politician,  one  does  not  wonder 
so  much  at  Mrs.  Davis'  gift  of  knowing  what 
to  say  and  when  to  say  it  to  have  effect ! 

Joining  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  soon  after  her  husband's  election 
to  Congress,  in  1904,  Mrs.  Davis'  work  has 
been  mostly  of  a  National  character  although 
she  was  for  a  time  the  Vice  Regent  of  the  St. 
Paul  chapter  of  which  she  is  a  member.  Her 
five  ancestors  through  whom  she  claims  eligi- 
bility to  the  Society  were  all  from  New  Eng- 
land, and  range  in  years  from  the  eighteen 
year  old  boy  who  shipped  as  a  mariner  on  the 
"Dean,"   to   Lieut.    Col.    Aaron    Cleveland    of 


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Canterbury,   Conn,  who   with  his   son,  Aaron  The    meeting    of    the    National    Board    on 

Cleveland  Jr.  marched  to  Boston  in  the  Lex-  April  twenty-fourth,  at  which  time  Mrs.  Davis 

'   e-ton  Alarm  received   endorsement   without   opposition    for 

the  position  of  Vice  President  General,  was 
Mrs.  Davis  is  one  of  the  few  women  who  one  of  the  largest  ever  known  in  the  history 
actually  enjoys  reading  the  Congressional  0f  the  Society.  Thirty-eight  states  were  rep- 
Record  ;  and  next  to  working  for  the  D.  A.  R.  resented  at  this  meeting ;  eight  of  the  nine 
her  chief  delight  is  to  listen  to  the  debates  in  National  officers  were  present;  eighteen  of  the 
both  Senate  and  House  on  political  questions  twenty  Vice  Presidents  General  and  thirty- 
of  the  day,  none  of  which  are  too  abstruse  two  State  Regents.  To  be  the  choice  of  such 
for  her  to  follow  with  interest  and  apprecia-  a  gathering  is  indeed  an  honor  worthy  of 
tion.  mention. 


When  My  Mother  Was  a  Little  Girl 

By  Sophie  H.  Bushnell 

(Mrs.  Elizabeth  Walker  Hyndshaw,  widow  of  Silas  Condit  Hyndshaw,  who  passed 
away  September  20,  1915,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Airs.  Drayton  W.  Bushnell,  in 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  spent  her  childhood  days  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  No  story  from  books 
could  equal  in  her  children's  minds  the  tales  told  them  of  the  times  she  had  as  a  little 
girl  in  Ohio;  and  Mrs.  Bushnell  has  jotted  them  down  for  other  children,  in  loving 
remembrance  of  the  dear  one  whose  presence  is  so  sorely  missed. — Editor.) 

"When  I  was  a  little  girl  living  in  Cincinnati,  where  I  was  born,  I  loved  to  go  and 
visit  my  grand-mother  Walker;  I  was  a  favorite  grand-child,  having  been  named  Eliza- 
beth for  her. 

"She  lived  on  a  farm,  which  at  that  time  we  considered,  wray  out  in  the  country;  the 
house  was  very  attractive,  with  a  porch  extending  across  the  front  which  overlooked  Mill 
Creek  Valley. 

"The  farm  of  those  days  is  now  a  busy  manufacturing  district  of  the  city;  it  was  land 
purchased  when  my  grandfather  and  great-grandfather  came  to  Ohio  early  in  the  19th 
century. 

"A  part  of  it  is  still  owned  by  members  of  the  family,  and  only  a  few  years  ago 
there  were  four  generations  living  upon  it. 

"When  staying  with  my  grandmother,  I  always  asked  her  to  take  me  for  a  walk  in  the 
old  burying  ground  which  joined  the  home  lot.  She  would  help  me  over  the  stone  wall 
and  then  we  would  wander  among  the  graves,  she  telling  me  the  stories  of  those  who 
had  been  laid  to  rest  so  far  from  their  beloved  Maryland. 

"Her  favorite  story  was  of  her  coming  from  Baltimore  County,  Maryland,  to  Ohio 
with  her  young  husband — John. 

"She  told  of  their  household  goods  being  packed  and  sent  by  wagon,  but  she  preferred 
to  take  the  journey  on  horseback,  and  so  her  husband  consented  to  let  her  try  it,  for  he 
knew  if  she  tired  of  traveling  that  way  she  could  find  a  place  in  one  of  the  wagons. 
She  told  of  the  days  and  days  they  rode  through  the  mountains,  of  the  difficulties  and 
dangers  they  encountered,  but  the  excitement  of  it  all  and  the  wonder  and  grandeur  of 
the  scenery,  made  it  well  worth  while. 

"Before  leaving  the  old  home  in  Maryland  they  had  freed  their  slaves,  but  a  little 
later,  for  the  love  of  master  and  mistress,  those  slaves  had  followed  and  had  assisted  in 
making  the  home  in  the  new  country. 

"On  rainy  days  we  children,  my  little  sisters  and  brothers,  were  allowed  to  play  in 
the  attic,  but  we  were  always  warned  by  grandmother  not  to  touch  the  soldier  clothes' 
— those  clothes  seemed  sacred  to  her.  Future  events  devoloped  the  fact  that  the  soldier 
clothes  had  belonged  to  great-grandfather — he  had  served  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  in 
Maryland,  and  after  coming  to  Ohio,  as  his  son  John,  my  grandfather,  was  in  poor  health, 
he  took  his  place  in  the  War  of  1812." 

The  old  family  burying  ground  had  to  be  abandoned  years  ago,  but  the  remains  of 
these,  our  forefather  pioneers,  who  helped  make  the  history  of  the  Middle  West,  peace- 
fully rest  in  the  beauty  and  quiet  of   Spring  Grove  Cemetery,  Cincinnati. 


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This  little  chair  is  over  150  years  old.  James 
Darby  and  his  wife,  Ann  Roan,  with  their 
children,  came  by  wagon  from  Orange  Co., 
N.  C,  to  Mo.  in  1828,  settling  in  Manchester, 
near  St.  Louis.  Ann  Roan  Darby  rode  in  this 
little  chair  all  the  way.  After  her  death  it  was 
given  to  her  youngest  son,  Andrew  Warwick 
Darby  whose  wife  in  1877  had  rockers  put  on 
it.  Their  daughter,  Miss  Pinkie  King  Darby, 
still  owns  the  chair;  and  her  niece,  Miss  Mar- 
garet L.  Duvall,  had  a  picture  made  of  it  for 
the  magazine. 


This  drum,  now  the  property  of  the  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant, la.,  Public  Library,  was  used  by  David 
Fox  of  Conn,  at  the  Battle  of  New  York  ir, 
1776.  The  young  drum-bearer  is  a  descendant 
of  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  Lieut.  Robert  Por- 
ter of  Penna.,  and  the  picture  was  obtained 
through  the  kindness  of  Mrs.  N.  H.  Ambler, 
Historian  Susan  Riviere  Hetzel  Chapter,  D.  C. 


In  my  mother's  room,  drawn  close  to  her  sewing  table,  stands  her  old  rocking  chair; 
just  where  she  loved  to  sit  and  sew,  dreaming  of  the  early  years  of  her  life  and  telling  me 
of  the  interesting  events   she  had  lived  through. 

The  old  chair  has  held  the  mothers  of  three  generations ;  these  mothers  ha  /e  rocked 
their  babies  to  sleep  in  the  old-fashioned  way,  telling  them  stories  and  singing  to  them 
until  baby  eyes  grew  heavy  and  the  "sand-man"  claimed  his  own. 

The  chair  was  one  of  the  first  articles  of  furniture  purchased  by  Christopher  Walker, 
of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,   for  his  young  wife,   Rachel,  in  1839. 

When  my  mother  was  married  in  1858  the  chair  was  given  to  her,  as  her  mother 
had  died  two  years  before  and  the  home  was  to  be  broken  up  for  a  time. 

So  my  grandmother's  children,  and  my  mother's  children  and  grandchildren  have  been 
held  in  the  loving  embrace  of  the  old  rocking  chair  which  began  its  work  of  love  back 
in  Cincinnati,  when  that  great  city  was  in  its  infancy. 

May  the  mothers  of  future  generations,  to  whom  this  chair  will  descend,  be  all  that 
the   old-fashioned   mothers  have  been,   who   have  entered  into  eternal  rest. 

Sophie  II.  Bushnell. 


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"If  ever  the  time  comes  when  women  shall  come  together  simply  and  purely  for  the 
benefit  of  mankind  it  will  be  a  power  such  as  the  world  has  never  before  known." — Matthew 
Arnold. 

(Owing  to  the  number  of  chapter  reports  awaiting  publication  the  Editor  has  been  obliged 
to  omit  a  great  many  interesting  descriptions  of  social  affairs,  or  matters  of  local  interest. 
The  desire  of  the  individual  chapter  or  its  members  has  to  be  sacrificed  for  the  good  of  the 
whole.  If  the  chapter  historian  will  remember  that  there  are  over  fifteen  hundred  chapters 
in  existence ;  that  this  Department  is  not  established  for  the  purpose  of  publishing  an  annual 
report — that  should  be  sent  to  the  State  Regent — but  to  record  work  which  may  be  of  value 
for  other  chapters ;  and  that  all  reports  should  be  written  on  only  one  side  of  the  paper,  and 
if  possible  be  typewritten,  it  will  greatly  facilitate  matters.  The  reports  are  arranged 
alphabetically  according  to  states  and  alphabetically  according  to  chapters  in  the  states.) 


Mary  Penrose  Wayne  Chapter  (Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.)  unveiled  a  marker  at  Fort 
Wayne  last  June  under  peculiarly  fitting 
circumstances. 

Fort  Wayne  takes  pride  in  the  fact 
that  she  is  older  than  Indiana,  that  she 
was  a  thriving  village  long  before  Indi- 
ana took  her  place  among  the  States  of 
the  Union  and  before  Indiana's  star  was 
placed  on  the  blue  field  of  Old  Glory. 
In  1894  Fort  Wayne  celebrated  her  cen- 
tury of  existence. 

In  the  year  1795,  at  the  memorable 
Treaty  of  Greenville,  Chief  Little 
Turtle,  wisest  of  the  savages  of  all  time, 
pleaded  with  Gen.  Wayne  to  permit 
the  Indians  to  retain  the  ownership  of 
the  lands  on  which  the  city  of  Fort 
Wayne  now  stands.  He  called  it  "that 
glorious  gateway  through  which  have 
come  all  good  words  from  the  North  to 
the  South  and  from  the  East  to  the 
West."  Wayne  shared  with  Washing- 
ton the  conviction  that  "the  Miami  vil- 
lage points  to  an  important  post"  how- 
ever, and  refused  the  earnest  plea  of  the 
Red  Man. 

On  Sunday,  June  5,  1916,  Fort  Wayne 
inaugurated  the  celebration  of  the 
Centennial  of  Indiana  by  a  song  service 
of  six  hundred  trained  voices  at  the 
pageant  grounds.  During  the  following 
week,  "The  Glorious  Gateway  of  the 
West,"  an  historical  pageant  of  the 
story  of  Fort  Wayne  was  presented  by 
a  company  of  eleven  hundred  citizens. 
— the   greatest    historical    pageant    ever 


given  in  America,  and  said  by  many  to 
have  been  the  most  beautiful. 

It  was  during  this  week  that  the 
chapter  unveiled  a  memorial  marker  at 
Harmar's  Ford  in  commemoration  of 
the  American  soldiers  who  lost  their 
lives  at  this  ford  along  the  Maumee 
River  when  Chief  Little  Turtle  de- 
feated the  troops  under  the  command 
of  Gen.  Josiah  Harmar  in  1790.  The 
regent,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Crankshaw,  presided 
at  the  ceremonies,  lifted  the  flag  from 
the  boulder,  and  introduced  Ex-Presi- 
dent Taft,  who  spoke  briefly  commend- 
ing the  D.  A.  R.  for  its  work  in  mark- 
ing historic  spots  for  future  generations. 
The  Star  Spangled  Banner  and  the  Fort 
Wayne  Hymn  were  rendered  by  a  band 
together  with  a  chorus  of  hundreds  of 
school  children.  The  State  Regent, 
Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck,  and  Robert  B. 
Hanna,  addressed  the  large  audience  on 
patriotic  subjects,  inspiring  their  audi- 
tors to  other  similar  deeds. 

The  marker  is  a  huge  boulder  on  con- 
crete base  with  a  bronze  tablet  set  in, 
portraying  a  terrific  battle  with  the 
Indians  where  the  soldiers  are  struggling 
across  the  ford,  and  below  it  is  the  in- 
scription : 

To  the  Memory  of  Major  John 
Wyllys  and  His  Brave  Soldiers  Who 
Were  Killed  Near  This  Ford  in  the 
Battle  of  Harmar's  Ford,  Oct.  22,  1790, 
With  the  Miami  Indians  Under  Chief 
Little  Turtle. 

Erected  by  the  Mary  Penrose  Wayne 


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Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  in  the  Centennial 
Year,   1916. 

During  the  entire  week  the  chapter 
kept  open  a  tea-room  in  the  Woman's 
Building,  the  proceeds  being  devoted  to 
a  memorial  planned  for  the  Pioneer 
Mothers  of  Indiana. 

Martha  Brandriff  Hanna, 

Historian. 


Priscilla  Alden  Chapter  (Carroll 
and  Glidden,  Iowa)  has  held  nine  reg- 
ular meetings  during  the  year.  In  place 
of  having  a  Washington  party  as  has 
been  our  custom  we  gave  a  moving  pic- 
ture show  which  netted  us  about  $30. 
Our  members  were  also  very  successful 
in  raising  a  fund  for  the  Belgians. 

We  had  about  eight  hundred  small 
cards  and  fifty  large  ones  printed  on 
"The  Flag,  Its  Use  and  Its  Forbidden 
Abuse."  We  posted  the  large  cards  in 
public  buildings,  and  gave  the  small 
ones  to  the  school  children,  hoping 
thereby  to  call  their  attention  to  the 
proper  observance  of  our  National  em- 
blem. We  have  given  to  the  Berry 
School,  to  Continental  Hall,  and  enter- 
tained our  friends  on  Flag  Day.  We 
have  one  Real  Grand-Daughter  in  the 
chapter;  and  while  we  have  no  historic 
spots  in  our  vicinity,  enjoy  study  along 
historic  lines. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Leffingwell, 

Historian. 


Oceanic  Hopkins  Chapter  (Pitts- 
burg, Kansas),  organized  Feb.  6,  1914, 
has  just  issued  a  year  book  for  1916-17. 
Especial  prominence  is  given  to  its  Rev- 
olutionary Grand-daughter,  whom  as  it 
has  no  Real  Daughter,  the  chapter  has 
adopted  for  its  own,  to  cherish  and 
protect. 


Frankfort  Chapter  (Frankfort,  Ky.) 
dedicated  en  July  Fourth  with  appro- 
priate ceremonies,  a  lot  in  the  State 
cemetery  in  which  will  be  at  some  fu- 
ture time  a  monument  to  the  memory  of 
the  eighteen  Revolutionary  soldiers  who 
lie  buried  in  the  cemetery.    In  this  work 


of  removing  from  every  section  of  the 
State  the  bodies  of  the  Revolutionary 
soldiers  whose  graves  are  now  un- 
marked or  neglected,  and  in  ultimately 
erecting  a  beautiful  monument  to  their 
memory,  the  chapter  hopes  to  interest 
not  only  all  the  other  Daughters  of  the 
State,  but  every  loyal  and  patriotic  cit- 
izen of  Kentucky.  This  lot,  obtained  by 
the  Frankfort  Chapter  from  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Frankfort  Cemetery, 
has  been  marked  with  granite  blocks  on 
which  are  inscribed  the  letters 
"D.  A.  R.,"  and  it  is  open  to  all  chapters 
of  the  organization  in  the  State,  having 
been  formally  given  in  the  name  of  the 
chapter  by  the  Regent,  Mrs.  George 
Baker,  and  accepted  for  them  by  the 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  Eli  G.  Boone. 

As  the  quartet  began  singing  the  Star 
Spangled  Banner  Miss  Margarette 
Frazier,  great,  great  grand-daughter  of 
Col.  Anothony  Crockett,  and  Miss  Marie 
Lockett,  descendant  of  the  Rev.  William 
Hickman,  advanced  from  opposite  sides 
and  slowly  began  to  lift  the  great  flag 
that  covered  the  graves  of  three  of  Ken- 
tucky's bravest  soldiers — the  Rev.  John 
Gano,  re-interred  by  the  Frankfort 
Chapter;  the  Rev.  William  Hickman,  by 
the  Susannah  Hart  Shelby  Chapter,  and 
Col.  Anthony  Crockett,  by  the  Histori- 
cal Society.  On  each  of  the  graves  lay 
crossed  two  Revolutionary  flags.  The 
old  brass  cannon  that  was  twice  cap- 
tured from  the  British  by  Col.  Crockett 
and  was  fired  at  his  burial  more  than 
seventy-five  years  ago,  was  to  have  been 
fired  again  on  this  occasion.  But  owing 
to  the  fact  that  so  many  of  the  men  of 
the  city  had  been  called  to  the  colors. 
no  one  at  home  thoroughly  understood 
the  old  gun,  and  so  the  firing  was  aban- 
doned. Instead,  the  descendants  down 
to  the  fifth  and  sixth  generations  came 
forward  with  their  floral  offerings  and 
placed  them  on  the  graves  of  their  kins- 
men. Then  followed  eulogies  of  the 
three  illustrious  men  and  as  the  audience 
sang  America  the  graves  were  decorated 
with  flags — Confederate  flags  for  the 
Confederate       soldiers,       Revolution  an' 


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flags  for  the  Revolutionary  soldiers,  and 
"Old  Glory"  for  the  soldiers  of  the  War 
of  1812,  the  Mexican  and  Civil  War. 
It  is  hoped  that  each  year  exercises  will 
be  held  in  the  cemetery,  and  as  the 
Israelites  set  up  Memorial  stones  as  a 
sign  so  these  stones  may  be  a  memorial 
forever  of  the  brave  and  indomitable 
spirit  of  our  forefathers  and  fore- 
mothers  which  enables  us  to  dwell  peace- 
fully and  happily  in  this  beautiful  land 
of  Kentucky — the  one-time  buffer  be- 
tween the  Northwest  Territory  and  Vir- 
ginia, which  George  Rogers  Clark  used 
so  successfully  as  a  protection  for  Vir- 
ginia from  the  Indians  under  General 
Hamilton. 

The  first  Revolutionary  soldier  to  be 
buried  in  the  D.  A.  R.  lot  was  the  Rev. 
John  Gano,  whose  remains,  with  those 
of  his  wife,  were  removed  from  the  old 
Forks  of  Elkhorn  burial  ground,  which 
is  now  a  part  of  an  open  field,  and  re- 
interred  June  9,  1916,  by  the  chapter 
with  the  assistance  of  friends  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Gano  family.  On  the  old 
gravestones  of  Kentucky  river  marble, 
which  were  also  removed,  and  now  mark 
the  spot,  in  quaint  old  lettering  are  the 
following  inscriptions :  Sacred  to  the 
Memory  of  the  Rev.  John  Gano,  who 
departed  this  life  the  tenth  day  of  Au- 
gust, A.  D.  1804,  in  the  78th  year  of  his 
age.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
be  zvith  you  all — Amen.  .  .  .  Sacred 
to  the  Memory  of  Sarah  Gano,  wife  of 
the  Rev.  John  Gano,  who  departed  this 
life  April  22,  A.  D.  1792,  in  the  57th 
year  of  her  age." 

The  Rev.  John  Gano,  "fighting  Chap- 
lain," was  born  in  Hopewell,  N.  J.,  July 
22,  1757.  He  was  educated  at  Prince- 
ton ;  organized  and  was  pastor  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  in  New  York  City 
in  1762;  and  for  a  number  of  years  was 
also  pastor  of  a  church  in  Philadelphia. 
He  entered  the  Continental  Army  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  Revolution,  earned  his 
title  by  always  going  with  his  regiment 
into  battle,  and  served  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  was  a  personal  friend 
of   George  Washington,  and   is   said   to 


have  baptized  him.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  Mr.  Gano  returned  to  his  church 
in  New  York  City,  remaining  there  until 
1786,  when  he  emigrated  to  Kentucky, 
became  the  first  chaplain  of  the  Ken- 
tucky legislature,  and  is  said  to  have 
preached  the  first  sermon  ever  given  in 
Frankfort. 

The  remains  of  the  Rev.  William 
Hickman  were  removed  from  the  same 
old  cemetery  by  the  Susannah  Hart 
Shelby  Chapter  and  placed  in  the 
D.  A.  R.  lot.  William  Hickman  was 
born  in  1750  in  Virginia,  was  associated 
with  Gano  in  founding  the  Baptist 
church  in  New  York  City ;  was  the  first 
Baptist  minister  to  preach  in  Philadel- 
phia ;  participated  in  the  Indian  wars 
before  the  Revolution  and  besides  his 
services  in  the  army,  established  a  rec- 
ord for  spreading  the  gospel  in  the 
wilderness.  He  preached  the  first  ser- 
mon in  Kentucky  (at  Harrodsburg) . 
organized  the  Forks  of  Elkhorn  Baptist 
Church,  the  first  church  established  in 
Kentucky,  and  during  his  life  organized 
twenty  churches  and  in  one  year  bap- 
tized five  hundred  converts. 

The  inscription  on  his  stone,  very 
much  broken,  which  was  placed  on  his 
grave  in  the  D.  A.  R.  lot,  and  will  be 
restored  by  the  Susannah  Hart  Shelby 
Chapter  reads:  "Rev.  William  Hick- 
man, Sr.,  Died  January  21,  1834,  aged 
87  years.     Peace  be  zvith  you — Amen." 

Anothony  Crockett's  remains  were 
taken  from  the  Presbyterian  cemetery 
on  the  old  Julian  farm  in  the  County. 
His  grave  and  that  of  his  wife  were 
marked  by  ■  "altar  tomb  stones,"  much 
broken  now,  leaving  no  sign  of  inscrip- 
tion on  the  stone  over  his  grave  but  a 
very  much  defaced  piece  of  his  wife's 
stone  reads :  "Sacred  .  .  .  memory 
.  .  Ary  Crockett,  .  .  .  was 
bom  (April)  11,  1760,  and  departed  this 
life  Sept.  18,  1818."  He  enlisted  at  the 
age  of  twenty  and  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Brandywine  and  Saratoga,  as 
well  as  many  minor  engagements.  At 
Saratoga  he  gave  aid  to  Lafayette  when 
he  was  wounded.     Afterwards  he  joined 


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Clarke  as  Lieut.  General  and  fought  at 
Blue  Lick,  Piqua  and  Chillicothe,  Ohio, 
in  a  letter  in  the  possession  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Historical  Society  he  described 
Benedict  Arnold  at  Saratoga,  comment- 
ing on  his  reckless  bravery.  He  served 
also  in  the  War  of  1812 ;  was  a  member 
of  the  Kentucky  Legislature ;  Sergeant 
of  Arms  of  the  State  Senate,  and  died 
in  1838. 

Laura  L.  French, 
Corresponding  Secretary. 


Lake  City  Chapter  (Lake  City, 
Minn.),  although  only  three  years  old, 
is  able  to  report  progress  in  outside 
patriotic  work.  A  larger  sum,  propor- 
tionately, than  any  other  chapter  in  the 
State,  was  raised  for  the  work  in  Bel- 
gium ;  and  early  in  July  when  our  "Bath 
Houce"  was  formally  opened  on  Point 
Park,  our  chapter,  through  its  regent, 
Mrs.  Woodford,  presented  a  fine  Flag 
to  the  Park  Board  of  the  city  to  be  cared 
for  and  used  at  Point  Park.  A  large 
crowd  assembled  to  witness  the  raising 
of  the  Flag;  and  many  of  the  audience 
were  for  the  first  time  instructed  how  to 
"salute  the  Flag."  A  large  number 
came  with  picnic  baskets  to  partake  of 
the  evening  meal  with  the  beautiful  sur- 
rounding of  land  and  water;  and  our 
chapter,  with  thrifty  and-  patriotic  in- 
tent, had  a  booth  for  the  sale  of  coffee 
and  ice  cream  and  realized  about  $30.00, 
which  will  be  used  for  our  Minnesota 
soldiers  at  the  Mexican  border.  As  the 
months  pass  we  realize  that  there  are 
many  ways  whereby  we  can  help  the 
advance  of  patriotic  thoughts  and  deeds 
in  our  beloved  country,  and  hope  to  re- 
port still  other  deeds  at  some  future 
time. 

Anna  B.  Underwood, 
Corresponding  Secretary. 


The  Elizabeth  Denton  Chapter  (Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.)  held  memorial  services 
and  unveiled  the  government  marker  to 
Lieutenant  Joseph  Boggs,  a  Revolution- 
ary soldier,  on  Memorial  Day,  May  30, 
1916,  at  Westport,  Missouri.    Lieutenant 


Boggs  was  born  October  20,  1749  in 
Chester  County,  Pennsylvania.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Riddle  in  1770.  There  were 
three   children — Jane,   Ruth  and   David. 

Joseph  Boggs  enlisted  as  a  Revolution- 
ary soldier,  with  his  brother,  David,  as 
wagon  boss,  and  four  of  his  wife's  broth- 
ers, in  1777.  He  was  commissioned 
Lieutenant  of  1st.  Company,  4th  Bat- 
talion under  Lieutenant  Colonel  Barthol 
omew,  May  10,  1780.  He  suffered  a 
severe  wound  in  the  Battle  of  Valley 
Forge,  and  a  minor  wound  at  Stony 
Point.  Joseph  Boggs  came  to  Missouri 
about  the  year  1810  and  settled  on  a 
farm  where  the  old  work  house  of  Kan- 
sas City  now  stands.  The  old  tree  re- 
mains that  stood  at  the  spring  which 
supplied  water  for  the  family. 

Mrs.  Charles  M.  Johnston,  a  great- 
granddaughter  of  the  patriot  and  home- 
builder,  was  present  with  her  son,  and 
unveiled  the  marker.  Appropriate  pa- 
triotic services  were  held.     The  address 


Memorial  for  Lieut.  Joseph  Boggs. 

was  given  by  Mrs.  Selden  Robertson, 
Regent.  The  marker  waj  placed  in  the 
southwest  corner  of  the  Badger  Lumber 
Company's   building,   together   with   the 


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broken  stone  found  and  preserved  by  the 
Daughters  three  years  ago.  The  setting 
is  unique  and  artistic,  and  not  more  than 
thirty  feet  from  the  original  site  of  the 
grave,  the  ground  having  been  acquired 
by  the  city  for  commercial  purposes. 
This  grave  is  the  farthest  west  of 
any  Revolutionary  grave  that  has  been 
marked. 
Emma  Geiger  Magrath,  Historian. 


St.  Louis  Chapter  (St.  Louis,  Mo.) 
has  dwelt  especially  upon  our  organiza- 
tion as  being  fundamentally  for  patriotic 
and  educational  work,  and  deprecated 
the  gradual  slipping  of  some  chapters 
into  practically  a  general  form  of  club 
work.  Our  papers  have  held  to  that 
line  of  thought,  though  filled  with  mod- 
ern spirit  and  originality,  some  titles  be- 
ing "Views  of  the  Father  of  His 
Country  on  the  Woman  Question," 
"Neutrality,  Safety  First  and  Prepared- 
ness," "Some  of  General  Washington's 
Difficulties,"  "The  Brilliant  Christmas 
of  1776  and  the  Gloomy  One  of  1777" 
— and  have  been  varied  with  recitations 
of  interest  and  splendid  vocal  and  in- 
strumental music. 

The  last  program  of  the  Chapter  year 
before  the  Congress  was  most  inspiring., 
our  speaker  being  Major  George  Goode. 
U.  S.  A.,  on  the  stirring  and  suggestive 
title  "What  Our  Flag  Does  Wherever 
It  Goes."  We  have  also  had  a  meeting 
restricted  to  early  Missouri  history,  and 
one  on  Continental  Hall,  the  latter  being 
illustrated  with  slides ;  have  kept  up  our 
work  in  the  Ozark  school ;  have  con- 
tributed to  many  causes  vitally  connected 
with  our  work  and  on  the  twentieth 
birthday  of  the  chapter  issued  a  History 
of  the  St.  Louis  Chapter.  When  it  is 
known  that  the  preparing  of  this  history 
was  done  by  a  charter  member,  contin- 
uously active  and  beloved  as  Historian, 
Regent,  and  for  some  years  Honorary 
Regent,  Mrs.  John  N.  Booth,  whose  ver- 
satility and  abounding  social  and  mental 
gifts  are  known  to  all,  it  will  also  be 
evident  how  deeply  we  prize  the  booklet 
with  its  valued  history. 


We  yield  to  no  chapter  in  our  claim 
for  the  energy  and  effectiveness  of  our 
Flag  Committee,  Mrs.  Funkhouser, 
Chairman,  always  alert,  fearless  and  de- 
termined; and  the  Old  Trails  movement 
has  our  deep  sympathy  and  co-operation. 
Mrs.  Emily  A.  Nelson, 

Historian. 


Ontario  Chapter  (Pulaski,  N.  Y.) 
has  taken  for  study  the  past  year  "The 
Industrial  and  Social  Phases  of  Ameri- 
can Life  From  1780  to  1850."  We  gave 
a  prize  to  the  student  in  our  High  School 
having  the  highest  average  in  American 
History ;  have  helped  towards  the  fund 
for  a  soldiers'  monument  for  our  town, 
and  raised  -  a  goodly  sum  towards  the 
Belgian  Relief  Work. 

Miss  Sarah  E.  Hadley, 

Historian. 


Nabby  Lee  Ames  Chapter  (Athens, 
Ohio)  passed  the  thirteenth  milestone 
Jan.  23,  1916,  and  from  the  original 
twelve  charter  members  has  grown  to  a 
membership  of  fifty-eight. 

The  study  subject  for  the  year,  "Our 
Country — Some  Phases  of  Its  Progress," 
has  called  forth  some  of  the  best  dis- 
cussions ever  heard  before  the  chapter. 

Flag  Day  was  grandly  kept.  Athens 
homes  and  business  houses,  as  well  as 
the  beautiful  and  historic  college  build- 
ings, were  fittingly  decorated,  making 
the  city  literally  a  bower  of  flags.  The 
Fourth  of  July  was  celebrated  in  a  safe 
and  sane  manner,  the  display  of  fire- 
works being  attended  with  strict  order- 
liness. The  chapter  collected  and  sent 
a  large  sum  to  the  Belgian  Relief  Com- 
mission in  response  to  the  appeal  of  the 
National  Society ;  has  given  towards  the 
Ohio  panel  in  Valley  Forge  Memorial 
Chapel ;  and  contributed  also  to  Conti- 
nental Hall. —  (Mrs.  Warren  V.) 
Floride  Kistler  S Prague,  Historian. 


Oklahoma  City  Chapter  (Oklahoma 
City,  Okla.)  started  the  year  1915-16 
with  a   meeting,  Oct.    13,   1915,   at  the 


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home  of  Mrs.  Albert  M.  Lehr.  We  then 
had  a  membership  of  128. 

The  year  has  been  a  very  busy  and 
interesting  one.  Our  three  special  days, 
Organization  Day,  Washington's  Birth- 
day and  Flag  Day  were  fittingly  cele- 
brated. The  chapter  was  entertained  on 
Organization  Day,  Dec.  14th  (as  always 
on  that  day),  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  R.  P. 
Carpenter,  the  founder  of  the  chapter. 
Accounts  and  reminiscences  of  the  early 
days  of  the  chapter  were  especially  en- 
joyed by  all. 

Washington's  Birthday  was  celebrated 
by  a  luncheon  given  at  the  "Lee  Huckins 
Hotel,"  with  toasts  on  the  topic  of  the 
day,  "Preparedness."  When  the  "Bat- 
tle Cry  of  Peace"  (a  moving  picture 
favoring  Preparedness)  was  shown  in 
this  city,  we  accepted  the  offer  of  the 
representatives  of  that  picture,  to  give 
us  ten  per  cent  of  the  proceeds  of  two 
performances,  our  only  obligation  being 
to  pay  for  the  printing  of  tickets  and 
endeavoring  to  secure  a  large  attend- 
ance at  these  performances.  Flag  Day 
was  celebrated  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Sutton.  The  house  was  a  mass  of  flags. 
It  seemed  very  appropriate,  that  on  that 
day  we  should  hear  an  account  of  the 
battleship  Oklahoma,  whose  flags  had 
been  presented  to  her  by  our  chapter. 
Mrs.  H.  Coulter  Todd  had  visited  the 
battleship  at  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard 
and  gave  us  an  interesting  description 
of  that  visit.  Since  then  we  have  heard 
that  the  flags  have  been  received  by  the 
officer  in  command  of  the  "Oklahoma" 
and  turned  over  to  the  battleship. 

Our  charities  have  not  been  neglected 
this  year  either.  We  have  kept  up  our 
scholarship  at  the  Martha  Berry  School, 
sent  our  usual  Christmas  box  to  that 
institution,  made  bags  for  our  own  Mu- 
nicipal Christmas  Tree,  sent  a  small 
contribution  to  a  fund  for  a  chair  for 
the  President  General,  and  sold  Belgian 
Flags.  $435.47  was  raised  in  this  way 
for  the  Belgium  Relief  Fund. 

At  the  dedication  of  the  capitol  build- 
ing here  in  Oklahoma  City,  seats  were 
reserved  for  the  D.  A.  R.,  and  in  the 


cornerstone,  laid  on  that  day,  there  is  a 
history  of  this  chapter. 

Isabel  B.  Hamilton, 

Historian. 


The  Moses  Van  Campen  Chapter 
(Berwick,  Penna.)  started  on  a  "Pil- 
grimage" on  Oct.  15,  1915,  stopping  first 
at  Sunbury,  where  the  members  had  been 
invited  to  the  dedication  of  a  marker  to 
Shikellamy,  an  Indian  Chief  friendly  to 
the  United  States.  An  inspection  of 
Fort  Augusta  followed,  where  a  large 
collection  of  interesting  Indian  and  other 
relics  are  on  display,  among  them  a  min- 
iature of  the  old  fort  and  stockade.  We 
inspected  the  underground  powder  stor- 
age room  where  special  points  of  in- 
terest were  shown  us.  From  there  we 
went  to  Northumberland,  and  were  es- 
corted through  the  home  of  Dr.  Joseph 
Priestly,  the  discoverer  of  oxygen.  We 
also  visited  the  Unitarian  church  of 
Northumberland,  founded  by  Dr. 
Priestly,  and  the  cemetery,  where  we 
placed  a  large  wreath  on  his  grave,  and 
it  was  with  reluctance  that  we  left  this 
spot  for  the  next  point  in  the  Pilgrim- 
age. At  Catawissa,  another  stop  was 
made,  the  old  Quaker  Meeting  House 
visited,  and  a  marker  placed  in  the  ad- 
joining cemetery  in  memory  of  Hugh 
Hughes,  a  Revolutionary  ancestor  of 
some  of  our  members.  The  exterior  of 
Forts  McClure  and  Jenkins  were  visited 
on  our  return  and  as  we  reached  home 
we  agreed  that  our  Pilgrimage  was  most 
delightful  and  instructive. 

On  Feb.  19,  1916,  we  celebrated  the 
fourth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
the  chapter,  and  received  several  gifts, 
the  most  important  of  which  were  money 
for  the  work  of  the  chapter ;  a  gavel 
made  of  wood  taken  from  Fort  Augusta, 
and  a  scholarship  from  the  president  of 
Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  to  go  to  a 
well-prepared  student  back  of  whom  the 
chapter  will  stand.  It  is  to  be  known  as 
the  James  Wilson  Scholarship,  in  mem- 
ory of  the  Signer  of  the  Declaration  who 
was  also  a  trustee  of  Dickinson  Col- 
lege in  the  first  fifteen  years  of  its  ex- 


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istence,_and  owner  at  one  time  of  the 
land  upon  which  Fort  Jenkins  stands, 
and  where  the  chapter  hopes  in  the  near 
future  to  place  a  marker  upon  a  piece 
of  land  given  us  the  same  day  by  its 
owners. 

Washington's  Birthday  was  pleasantly 
celebrated  by  a  short  program  followed 
by  a  most  interesting  address  on  "The 
Spirit  of  Washington."  Flags  were  sold 
and  the  proceeds  turned  over  to  the 
Commission  for  Relief  in  Belgium ;  $165 
donated  to  the  Public  Library  Fund; 
$15  donated  toward  the  "safe  and  sane" 
celebration  of  the  Fourth  of  July  in  the 
town ;  and  the  slides  for  the  school  chil- 
dren, authorized  last  year  have  been 
ordered  placed  on  the  school  grounds. 
(Mrs.  A.  C.)  Edna  K.  Jackson, 

Historian. 


Tunkhannock  Chapter  (Tunkhan- 
nock,  Penna.)  has  just  completed  a 
pleasant  and  profitable  year  under  its 
reeent,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  H.  Oliver. 
Papers  on  the  history  of  Luzerne,  Lack- 
awanna, Bradford  and  Wyoming  Coun- 
ties have  been  prepared  and  read. 
''Children's  Day"  was  an  interesting 
session  when  the  children  of  members 
took  part  in  a  historic  program.  "Guest 
Day"  has  become  an  annual  affair  and 
this  year  the  gathering  was  unusually 
profitable.  Those  eligible  to  the  National 
Society  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  were  invited,  an  entertain- 
ment prepared,  refreshments  served,  and 
over  twenty  new  members  were  added 
to  Tunkhannock  Chapter,  as  a  result.  A 
suitable  boulder  is  soon  to  be  placed  in 
Meshoppen,  Penna.,  to  designate  the  trail 
of  "Sullivan's  March"  in  this  territory. 
Our  Chapter  House  is  at  present  under- 
going extensive  improvements,  to  be  fin- 
ished .  in  September.  Tunkhannock 
Public  Library  has  had  a  successful  year 
and  is  "housed"  in  Chapter  House,  hav- 
ing been  organized  and  for  several  years 
maintained  by  the  "Daughters." 

(Mrs.  J.  W.)  Carrie  A.  Peck  Piatt, 

Historian. 


Warrior  Run  Chapter  (Milton, 
Penna.)  has  completed  its  tenth  year  of 
progressive  work.  Nine  meetings  are 
held  each  year  at  the  homes  of  the  mem- 
bers ;  and  after  the  business  meeting  a 
program,  instructive  as  well  as  inter- 
esting, is  always  prepared.  We  have 
given  generously  to  the  various  chari- 
table objects  as  they  have  been  presented 
to  us,  and  contributed  each  year  to 
Memorial  Continental  Hall. 

We  have  erected  a  marker  on  the  site 
of  Fort  Freeland  on  Warrior  Run.  This 
fort  was  destroyed  July  18,  1776,  by  a 
company  of  British  soldiers  guided  by 
a  band  of  about  forty  Indians.  We  have 
also  marked  with  the  state  marker  of 
Pennsylvania  the  graves  of  twenty-nine 
Revolutionary  soldiers,  and  expect  to 
mark  more  as  fast  as  they  can  be 
definitely  located. 

On  Flag  Day  this  year  we  had  a  reg- 
ular Flag-raising  at  the  house  of  one  of 
our  members ;  and  afterwards  held  me- 
morial services  for  our  dear  past  Presi- 
dent General,  Mrs.  Donald  McLean — 
to  whom  the  Flag  was  so  especially  dear 
— and  also  for  our  own  members  who 
had  passed  away  during  the  year.  We 
are  hoping  not  to  fall  behind  but  to  press 
forward  the  next  ten  years  to  still 
greater  things. 

Mrs.  Godcharles,  Regent. 


Bennington  Chapter  (Bennington, 
Vt.)  celebrated  its  great  day,  the  six- 
teenth of  August,  with  more  than  usual 
enthusiasm  this  year.  In  the  morning 
the  chapter  took  part  in  a  parade  which 
is  said  to  have  been  the  longest  and  best 
since  the  dedication  of  the  Bennington 
battle  monument  twenty-five  years  ago. 
This  was  followed  by  the  dedication  of 
our  beautiful  new  hospital — the  Henry 
W.  Putnam  Memorial  Hospital — where 
Bennington  hopes  to  fight  our  next  great 
battle  against  the  common  enemy  of 
mankind — disease.  In  the  afternoon  the 
chapter  was  entertained  at  the  home  of 
the  regent,  Miss  Jennie  A.  Valentine, 
and  a  number  of  guests  from  out  of 
town  were  invited  also  to  share  in  the 


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bounteous  hospitality.  The  grounds  were 
decorated  with  the  large  flag  and  pen- 
nant, 250  feet  long,  presented  by  the 
"Bennington"  to  its  namesake  town,  and 
placed  by  the  town  in  the  keeping  of  the 
chapter. 

The  officers  of  the  Fort  Massachu- 
setts Chapter  of  North  Adams,  Mass., 
the  members  of  the  Ondawa-Cambridge 
Chapter  of  Cambridge,  New  York,  and 
the  editor  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  Magazine,  whose 
ancestor  served  with  General  Stark  and 
his  New  Hampshire  men  in  that  historic 
battle,  represented  the  four  states  so 
closely  united  on  that  occasion ;  and  as 
all  joined  in  the  salute  to  the  Flag,  one 
at  least  thought  of  the  words  spoken 
August  16,  1799,  by  Anthony  Haswell, 
first  printer  west  of  the  Green  Moun- 
tains ;  founder  and  editor  of  "The  Ver- 
mont Gazette,"  the  first  newspaper  west 
of  the  mountains ;  first  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral of  the  State  of  Vermont ;  a  man  of 
note  from  the  time  he  came  to  Benning- 
ton in  1783  until  his  death  in  1816; 
whose  tomb  can  still  be  seen  a  few  yards 
east  of  the  old  Congregational  church  in 
Old  Bennington : 

Never,  O  never  can  Vermont  forget 
her  brave  allies  from  Berkshire — Never 
can  all  the  darkening  shades  of  time 
erase  the  memory  of  the  gallant  Stark 
from  our  minds.  They  rushed  with  open 
bosoms  to  oppose  the  foe,  to  check  his 
progress,  or  to  share  our  fate.  .  .  . 
The  fate  of  America  at  that  time  ap- 
peared suspended  with  an  even  beam, 
and  this  the  pivot  on  which  all  must  turn. 
The  defeat  of  Baum,  under  Providence, 
decided  the  fate  of  Burgoyne,  and  the 
surrender  of  Burgoyne  the  fate  of 
America.  .  .  .  But  if  at  any  future 
time  .  .  .  our  independence  should 
be  endangered,  .  .  .  may  the  spirit 
of  1777  reanimate  our  zeal,  may  we 
seize  the  sword  as  a  dernier  resort,  and 
live  respected  or  die  at  Freedom's 
shrine. 

Fairfax  County  Chapter  (Fairfax, 
Va.)  has,  the  past  year,  lived  up  to  its 


reputation,  well  deserved,  of  doing  ex- 
cellent work.  An  Essay  Contest,  con- 
ducted for  nine  years  among  the  pupils 
of  the  county  public  schools  was  changed 
to  giving  examinations  in  United  States 
history  for  medals  and  prizes.  The  re- 
sult was  beyond  our  expectations.  The 
teachers  say  that  the  many  children  who 
took  these  examinations  are  well 
grounded  in  the  critical  periods  of  our 
country's  history.  We  distribute  four 
gold  medals,  twenty  or  more  books  as 
prizes,  and  send  out  about  one  hundred 
Honorable  Mention  cards  which  the 
children  highly  prize.  The  County 
School  Board  supports  this  work  both 
financially  and  otherwise. 

We  feel  greatly  honored  to  be  one  of 
the  Chapters  to  erect  a  protecting  fence 
around  one  of  the  forty  historic  mile- 
stones which  were  placed  around  the 
District  of  Columbia  when  it  was  laid 
out  in  1790.  We  dedicated  this  fence 
with  appropriate  exercises  on  June  15, 
1916,  "Bunker  Hill  Day."  Our  stone  is 
in  Virginia,  in  a  secluded  spot,  on  the 
boundary  line  between  Fairfax  and 
Alexandria  counties,  the  latter  county 
having  been  a  part  of  the  original  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia. 

We  are  maintaining  two  loan  scholar- 
ship funds ;  one  for  boys  at  William  and 
Mary  College ;  the  other  for  girls  at 
Harrisonburg  Female  Normal  School. 
The  latter,  a  great  pride  with  us,  assists 
many  girls  to  obtain  certificates  as 
normal  graduates  to  teach  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  state.  We  increase  this 
fund  every  year  through  personal  gifts, 
entertainments,  and  the  small  rate  of  in- 
terest paid  by  the  girls. 

Our  next  work  of  interest  planned 
will  be  to  place  a  marker  on  the  site  of 
the  first  Court  House  erected  in  Fairfax 
County.  The  first  courts  were  held  in 
Colchester,  at  the  residence  of  the  cleric. 
In  1742,  Brian  Fairfax  deeded  six  acres 
of  land  a  mile  north  of  the  present  town 
of  Vienna  for  a  county  court  house. 
This  charming  spot,  where  we  expect 
to  place  our  marker,  commands  a  fine 
view   of    the    surrounding   country    and 


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distant  mountains,  and  was  ideal  for  the 
purpose.  A  brick  building,  later  de- 
stroyed, was  erected  and  court  sessions 
held  there  the  following  year.  This 
building  was  abandoned  in  1757  when, 
after  Braddock's  defeat,  Washington, 
then  a  captain,  advised  the  removal  of 
the  court  house  to  Alexandria  because 
the  Indians  had  threatened  to  cross  the 
mountains  and  burn  the  records. 

In  1800,  when  that  part  of  Fairfax 
County  which  included  Alexandria  was 
ceded  to  the  Government  as  a  part  of 
the  District  of  Columbia,  a  second  re- 
moval became  necessary.     At  this  time, 


Court  House,  Fairfax,  Va.,  built  in  1800 


four  acres  of  land  situated  on  the  Little 
River  turnpike,  the  highway  between 
Washington  and  the  larger  towns  of  the 
county,  were  donated  by  Mr.  Richard 
Ratcliffe  and  the  present  court  house 
was  built  thereon.  It  was  then  known 
as  Epps'  Corner,  later  was  called  Provi- 
dence and  in  1851  was  named  Fairfax 
Court  House,  which  was  recently 
changed  to  Fairfax.  The  first  court  was 
held  there  April  21st,  1800,  and  one  of 
the  earliest  transcripts  was  the  will  of 
George  Washington  which,  in  the  testa- 
tor's own  handwriting,  yellow  and 
marked  with  age,  is  the  county's  most 
cherished  possession.  There  are  many 
quaint  and  interesting  records  of  wills, 
orders  of  court,  and  contracts  to  be 
found  in  those  great  time-stained  vol- 
umes so  carefully  preserved  in  that  old 
court  house,  which  are  a  fair  index  of 
the  characters,  customs,  and  practices  of 
our  Virginia  forefathers  and  fore- 
mothers.  To  those  who  enjoy  these  rich 
pictures  of  the  past  no  records  in  our 
country  could  be  more  interesting  or  in- 
structive. 

(Mrs.  B.  W.)   Kate  Strong  Summy, 

Regent. 


In  the  August  issue  the  question  was  asked  if  anyone  had  given  more  in  the  matter  of 
Preparedness  than  the  former  State  Regent  of  Mo.  whose  only  son  was  fighting  on  the 
border.  The  Organizing  Regent  of  the  Old  96  District  Chapter,  writes  from  Edgefield,  S.  C, 
that  she  has  given  both  of  her  sons  for  their  country's  service ;  has  broken  up  her  home,  and 
with  her  youngest  child,  come  back  to  Edgefield  until  the  need  for  their  aid  is  over. 

Through  a  typographical  error  the  name  of  the  Ottawawa  Chapter  in  Michigan  was 
printed  in  the  June  issue,  Ottawa. 


ARTICLES   FOUND  AT  THE  TWENTY-FIFTH  CONTINENTAL  CONGRESS. 


Owners  can  address :  Business  Office,  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  prove  property. 

1  silk  evening  wrap ;  1  baggage  check ;  1  pair  eye-glasses ;  feather  boa ;  black  lace 
scarf,  and  one  decorated  in  gilt ;  1  R.  I.  D.  A.  R.  badge ;  1  Chataqua  Lake  pin ;  1  silver 
pin  with  blue  cross ;  2  U.  S.  N.  L.  pins ;  1  pin  with  red  cross ;  center  of  a  D.  F.  P.  A.  pin ; 
1  umbrella ;  jet  ornaments ;  2  hat  pins ;  1  long  and  2  prs.  short  white  gloves ;  2  prs.  black 
kid  gloves;  1  pr.  brown,  and  a  number  of  odd  gloves;  1  lavender  and  2  black  veils;  4 
fans ;  gilt  rose ;  eye-glass  lens ;  straw  folder  of  cards ;  handkerchiefs  and  a  pamphlet  on 
Ann  P.  Cunningham. 


Book  Reviews 


COLONIAL  MEN  AND  TIMES,  by  Mrs.  Lillie  DuPuy  VanCulin  Harper,  1730  Wal- 
lace   Street,   Philadelphia,   Penna.     Price  $10.25. 


This  beautiful  specimen  of  the  art  of  the 
printer  and  binder  contains  in  its  624  pages 
material  valuable  enough  in  itself  to  warrant 
the  setting.  It  is  divided  into  three  parts. 
The  first,  perhaps  the  most  interesting  to  the 
general  reader,  is  "The  Journal  of  Col.  Daniel 
Trabue,"  written  in  1827,  and  describing  his 
experiences  in  Virginia  and  Kentucky  during 
the  Revolution.  The  original  manuscript  is 
in  the  Draper  Collection  in  the  Library  of  the 
Wisconsin  Historical  Society ;  and  the  de- 
scription of  an  eye-witness  of  the  Siege  of 
Yorktown,  Wayne's  Treaty  with  the  Miami 
Indians,  Daniel  Boone's  Trial  by  Court- 
Martial,  etc.,  never  before  printed,  is  of  great 
value,  which  is  further  enhanced  by  explan- 
atory notes  describing  the  principal  characters 
mentioned  by  Trabue. 

The  second  part  contains  much  interesting 
historical  data  concerning  the  Huguenots,  and 
forms  an  excellent  introduction  to  the  third 
part  which  deals  with  the  genealogies  of  the 
Trabue  Family,  together  with  the  Allied  fam- 
ilies of  Beaufort,  Brevard,  Campbell,  De 
Bow,  DuPuy,  Earley,  Flournoy,  Haskins, 
Hill,  Kirtley,  Loving,  Meyer,  Patteson,  Per- 
rott,  Roberts,  Tanner  and  Terry.  The  work 
closes  with  a  valuable  chapter  on  "Hints  for 


Virginia     Genealogical     Work,"     and     thirty 
pages  of  index. 

Coats  of  Arms,  in  color,  of  the  Trabues, 
DuPuys  and  Beauforts  illustrate  the  book, 
and  may  be  bought  separately  for  $2.50  apiece. 
The  record  of  a  number  of  Revolutionary 
soldiers  are  given ;  and  one  notes  with  interest 
that  the  five  sons  of  John  James  and  Olympia 
(DuPuy)  Trabue  were  prominent  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary struggle.  The  oldest  son,  James, 
was  Commissary  General  and  also  Surveyor 
of  what  later  became  Kentucky ;  John  was  a 
Colonel  and  also  Deputy  Surveyor  of  Ken- 
tucky Lands ;  William  was  Sergeant  in  the 
Virginia  Line,  and  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Charleston,  South  Carolina;  Daniel,  although 
only  sixteen  years  of  age,  served  as  a  private 
under  Capt.  Matthew  Scott,  becoming  Colo- 
nel and  Issuing  Commissary  General  in  later 
life;  and  Edward,  who  fought  at  Guilford 
Court  House,  emigrated  to  Kentucky  with 
his  wife  Martha  Haskins  (a  daughter  of 
Colonel  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Hill)  Haskins) 
built  for  themselves  a  home  in  Woodford  Co. 
and  made  a  home  for  their  aged  mother, 
Olympia  Trabue,  who  died  there  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  ninety-three  years. 


MAXWELL  HISTORY  AND  GENEALOGY,  also  Baptismal  Record  of  the  Rev. 
John  Craig,  D.D.,  of  Augusta  County,  Virginia,  1740-1749,  by  Florence  W.  Houston, 
Laura  C.  Blaine  and  Ella  D.  Mellette.  Published  by  C.  E.  Pauley  &  Co.  Indianapolis 
Engraving  Co.  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  Address  Mrs.  E.  M.  Houston,  1001  N.  Jefferson 
St.,  Springfield,  Mo. 

THE  McCLURE  FAMILY,  by  James  Alexander  McClure,  419  W.  Washington  St., 
Petersburg,  Virginia.     Price  $4.00. 


As  "Colonial  Men  and  Times"  treats  of  the 
descendants  of  the  French  Huguenots  who 
emigrated  to  Virginia,  settling  first  near  Man- 
ikin, so  the  McClure  and  Maxwell  Genealogies 
treat  of  the  descendants  of  the  sturdy  Scotch- 
Irish  who  came  on  foot  or  horseback  to  old 
Augusta  County  (which  is  now  divided  into 
twenty  distinct  counties  in  two  different 
states).  As  has  been  said  of  them  by  a  his- 
torian of  the  times,  their  dwellings  for  years 
were  hardly  better  furnished  than  the  wig- 
wams of  the  Indians ;  there  were  no  tables, 
chairs,  knives  and  forks,  glass  or  chinaware. 
The  mention  of  "cart-wheels  and  tire"  in  an 
inventory  of  1746  is  the  first  intimation  of  a 
wheel-vehicle  in  the  settlement;  but  "the  big 


ha'  Bible"  was  found  in  nearly  every  cabin. 
James  McClure,  the  founder  of  the  family  in 
Augusta  County,  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Tinkling  Spring  Presbyterian  Church, 
organized  in  1740;  and  in  the  Maxwell  Gene- 
alogy is  published  for  the  first  time  the 
Baptismal  Record  of  the  Rev.  John  Craig, 
the  first  pastor  of  Tinkling  Spring.  While 
treating  especially  of  the  McClures  in  Vir- 
ginia the  Genealogy  devotes  a  number  of 
pages  to  the  McClures  of  the  Carolinas,  New 
York,  Mass.  and  Penna.,  and  about  forty 
pages  are  devoted  to  the  allied  families  of 
Alexander,  McCown,  Tate,  etc.,  and  to  an 
index. 
No  pains  have  been  spared  in  the  Maxrjell 


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274    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Genealogy  to  obtain  correct  data.  Dr.  Joseph 
Brown  Turner,  Secretary  General  of  the 
Presbyterian  Historical  Society  of  America, 
spent  months  at  the  Court  Houses  searching 
original  records  and  both  in  the  records  of 
the  Maxwells  and  in  the  42  allied  families 
a  number  of  important  corrections  have  been 
made  to  printed  records,  especially  in  the 
Anderson  and   Gentry  families.     Forty   pages 


are  given  to  the  index  which  contains  nearly 
7,000  names,  and  by  an  ingenious  arrangement 
has  the  military  record  combined  with  the 
family,  so  that  one  can  tell  at  a  glance  in 
looking  in  it  whether  the  man  served  in  any 
of  the  wars  of  his  country.  A  number  of 
records  of  other  Maxwells  are  also  given  in 
the  bcok,  and  every  descendant  will  find  it 
of  great  assistance  as  will  all  genealogists. 


GENEALOGY  OF  THE  FISHBACK  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA,  1714-1914,  com- 
piled and  edited  by  Willis  Miller  Kemper.  Published  by  Thomas  Madison  Taylor,  12  West 
44th  Street,  New  York  City.     Price  $4.00. 


That  Virginia  was  settled  by  descendants 
of  Huguenots  and  Scotch-Irish  is  generally 
known;  but  comparatively  little  has  been 
written  of  the  German  colony  which  was 
organized  as  early  as  1714  within  its  boun- 
daries. Twelve  sturdy  German  families  were 
brought  over  at  that  time  to  work  in  the  iron 
mines  and  became  the  forerunner  of  a  numer- 
ous and  virile  part  of  her  population.  This 
genealogy  treats  of  the  numerous  descendants 
of  John  Fishback  of  the  town  of  Truback 
(Truppbach)  near  the  city  of  Siegen  in  the 
state  of  Nassau  in  Germany,  whose  daughter 
Elizabeth,  born  at  Germantown,  Virginia 
(Germanna),  February  13,  1723,  married  John 
Peter  Kemner,  son  of  John  Kemper  of  the 
town  of  Muesen  near  Siegen.     The  Fishbacks 


as  well  as  the  Trabues,  DuPuys,  Maxwells 
and  McClures  emigrated  to  Kentucky,  after 
having  served  their  country  from  Virgina 
during  the  Revolution.  Martin  Fishback,  at 
the  age  of  seventeen,  was  present  at  the  siege 
of  Yorktown  and  surrender  of  Cornwallis. 
He  married  Lucy  Amiss  and  had  eleven  chil- 
dren; while  his  cousin  John  Fishback,  also  a 
Revolutionary  soldier,  who  was  at  the  Battle 
of  Cowpens,  married  Martha  (Pattie)  Pick- 
ett and  had  ten  children.  The  intermar- 
riages in  the  descendants  of  this  family  make 
one  dizzy,  and  it  is  a  satisfying  thing  for  a 
genealogist  to  be  able  to  have  them  all  clearly 
expressed  in  black  and  white.  Eleven  pages 
of  index  complete  the  book  and  add  to  its 
value. 


SKETCHES    OF    THE    STRANGES    IN  AMERICA  AND  ACROSS  THE  SEAS, 
compiled  by  Alexander  Taylor  Strange,  Hillsboro,  111. 


This  pamphlet  of  137  pages  deals  with  the 
descendants  of  Capt.  Amos  B.  Strange,  who 
was  born  in  Kent  County,  Virgina,  about 
1750,  served  throughout  the  Revolution,  mar- 
ried Frances  Bayley  (daughter  of  an  Irish 
settler)  in  1788,  was  with  General  Gates  in 
the  capture  of  Burgoyne  at  Saratoga,  and  also 
in  his  defeat  at  Camden ;  was  a  Captain  of 
Militia  in  the  War  of  1812,  received  a  pension 


for  his  services  and  died  at  the  age  of  85 
years,  in  South  Carolina,  to  which  place  he 
had  emigrated  soon  after  the  Revolution. 
The  writer  has  evidently  tried  to  collect  all 
the  records  obtainable  of  the  different  fam- 
ilies by  name  of  Strange  and  has  succeeded 
in  making  a  very  readable  volume  which  will 
be  the  nucleus  of  a  fine  genealogy  in  years 
to  come. 


CAMPBELL— LINCOLN— MILLER— MITCHELL— MONTGOMERY— TURNER. 
Family  Magazines  of  the  above  families,  published  by  William  M.  Clemens,  56  Pine 
Street,  New  York  City,  have  recently  been  added  to  the  Library.  They  are  of  uniform  size, 
contain  eight  pages  of  genealogical  material  each,  and  all  are  well  indexed.  All  the  material 
is  of  more  or  less  value ;  but  to  a  casual  observer  the  New  York,  Maryland  and  Maine  mar- 
riages and  abstracts  of  wills  in  N.  Y.  in  the  Campbell  line;  the  Tennessee  Lincolns :  the 
Millers  of  Hampshire,  Mass. ;  the  Bedford  Co.,  Va.  and  early  Ohio  marriages  in  the  Mitchell 
line;  the  Montgomery's  of  Vireinia  and  the  Humphrey  Turner  line  seem  especially  worthy 
of  note.    Any  one  of  them  is  well  worth  the  price  asked — fifty  cents. 


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EVOLUTIONARY    IXECORDS 


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This  department  is  intended  for  hitherto  unpublished  or  practically  inaccessible  records 
of  patriots  of  the  War  for  American  Independence,  which  records  may  be  helpful  to  those 
desiring  admissioD  to  the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  and  to  the 
registrars  of  chapters.  Such  data  will  be  gladly  received  by  the  Genealogical  Editor  of  thi9 
magazine,  under   whose  supervision  this   department  has  been  placed  for  the  present. 


Graves  of  Elijah  and  Charity  {Lockwood)  Cook,  Homer,  Mich. 


Elijah  B.,  son  of  Jared  and  Ruth  (Hutchin- 
son) Cook,  was  born  at  Preston,  Conn.,  Sept. 
11,  1759;  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Jan.  1777, 
at  Preston,  and  served  under  Captains  Na- 
thaniel Webb,  Lemuel  Clift  and  Phelps ; 
shared  the  distresses  of  Valley  Forge  and 
was  in  the  battles  of  Monmouth  and  Stony 
Point.  Once  during  the  war  he  found  his 
way  into  the  British  camp  as  a  spy  and  was 
discovered  there  by  a  Tory  who  came  from 
the  same  neighborhood.  He  succeeded  in  es- 
caping with  safety,  however;  but  on  meeting 
this  Tory  after  the  war  was  over,  told  him 
"If  I  ever  set  eyes  on  you  again,  I  will  shoot 
you  on  sight."  The  Tory,  knowing  Elijah's 
reputation  both  for  truth  and  as  a  good  shot, 
took  care  never  to  be  seen  again  by  him. 

Near  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  Elijah 
Cook     married     Mrs,     Charity     (Lockwood) 


Sherwood,  the  widow  of  a  Revolutionary 
soldier,  Isaac  Sherwood,  who  had  one  child 
by  her  first  husband,  James  I.  Sherwood,  born 
Sept.  4,  1780.  Charity  was  the  daughter  of 
the  Revolutionary  soldier,  Joseph  Lockwood. 
Jr.,  who  was  a  private  from  1775  to  1777  in 
Col.  Mead's  regiment,  and  sergeant  from  1777 
to  1779  in  Col.  Lamb's  artillery.  Joseph's 
wife,  Charity  Knapp,  cared  for  and  reared 
the  children  at  home  during  her  husband's 
absence  and  with  her  daughter  Charity  ren- 
dered many  kind  deeds  to  the  sick  and  needy 
and  made  clothing  for  the  sodiers  in  the  field. 
The  two  Charitys  —  mother  and  daugh- 
ter encountered  many  hardships,  which 
they  met  with  great  fortitude.  When 
after  the  daughter's  marriage  to  Elijah 
Cook  the  Tories  plundered  the  town  of  Green- 
wich, they  buried  their  household  goods.    Later 


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some  of  this  same  furniture  was  brought  to 
Michigan  with  them.  Soon  after  the  Revolu- 
tion the  Cooks  moved  to  New  York  state 
where  their  thirteen  children  were  born;  but 
in  1836  Elijah  and  his  wife  Charity  moved  to 
Homer,  Michigan,  that  they  might  spend  their 
last  days  with  their  son,  Elijah,  born  July  17, 
1793,  who  with  his  wife  Catherine  Roatrick, 
had  come  to  Michigan  in  1834  and  founded 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  being  one  of 
its  pioneer  preachers   there. 

Elijah  Cook  was  first  of  all  a  farmer;  but 
between  seasons  often  made  shoes  or  did 
jobs  of  masonry.  He  was  six  feet  tall,  very 
proud  and  very  stern.  His  wife,  Charity,  five 
feet  six  inches  tall,  was  as  proud  as  her  hus- 
band, and  ruled  him  with  an  invisible  but 
unyielding  rod.  She  wore  caps,  but  was  very 
proud  of  her  beautiful  hair  which  was  so 
long  she  could  stand  on  the  end  of  it. 


When  Congress  voted  not  to  grant  any  more 
pensions  to  Revolutionary  soldiers  for  fear  of 
bankrupting  the  country  Elijah  Cook  burned 
his  discharge  papers ;  but  in  1832,  whi!e  a 
resident  of  Clarkson,  N.  Y.,  he  obtained  a 
pension  which  he  continued  to  receive 
throughout  his   life. 

A  chapter  in  Homer,  Michigan,  is  named 
Charity  Cook,  and  its  regent,  Mrs.  William 
H.  Cortright,  has  recently  published  a  little 
pamphlet,  called  "Descendants  of  Elijah  B. 
Cook  and  Charity  Lockwood  Cook,"  giving 
all  the  known  descendants — a  goodly  multi- 
tude, as  well  as  the  ancestry  of  each. 

"They  need  not  envy  those  who  trust  to 
their  books  or  their  statutes  or  their  speeches 
to  make  them  famous.  They  have  written 
their  influence  in  human  flesh  and  blood ;  it 
will  throb  in  the  veins  of  the  race  as  long 
as  they  have  a  descendant  in  the  world.  This 
is  their  promise  of  immortality." 


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This  Bible,  now  m  the  Possession  of  Mrs.  J.  L.  Gnss  of  Clinton,  Mo.,  is  over  one  hundred 
and  twenty-two  years  old.  ft  was  the  Property  of  John  and  Susanna  Cotton,  and  contains  Hie 
family  record  beginning  with  f>eir  e'dest  child,  Ralph  Cotton,  born  17*2,  who  ma-ricd  Miss 
Kitchen  of  Virginia  and  served  in  the  Revolution  from  that  part  of  the  state  which  is  now 
Kentucky.  According  to  tradition  John  and  Susanna  Cotton  went  from  North  Caro'ina 
to  Virginia ,  where  their  family  of  eight  children  were  born.  These  children  moved  to 
Kentucky  Mrs.  Goss  is  a  descendant  of  John  Cotton  through  his  daughter  Elizabeth  who 
married  1  homas  King,  a  Revolutionary  soldier  from  Virginia,  on  whose  record  Mrs.  Goss 
joined  the  Udolpha  Miller  Dorman  Chapter.  An  interesting  feature  of  the  Bible  is  that  it 
also  contains  a  record  of  the  birth  of  the  slaves  of  the  family. 


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Mrs.  Willard  S.  Augsbury,  Historian  General,  Chairman 

GLEANINGS  FROM  ALEXANDRIA,  VA.,  HERALD,  MARCH  15-SEPT.  10,  1816, 

copied  by  S.  C.  Stuntz,  Secretary  Fairfax  Historical  Society,  Vienna,  Va. 

{Dates  in  parentheses  are  date  of  paper.) 

MARRIAGES. 

Joseph  Anderson  and  Miss  Harriet  Mitchell,  both  of  Occoquan,  Prince  William  co.,  at 
Georgetown,  August  4. 

Robert  S.  Blacklock,  merchant,  to  Miss  Ann  Ramsay,  both  of  Alex.,  April   16. 

Harrison  Bradley,  formerly  of  Andover,  Mass.,  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Huigle,  of  Alex. 
[April  29.] 

Daniel   Cawood,  merchant,   and   Miss   Mary   M'Fee,  both  of  Alex.,  March   16. 

William  R.  Chapman,  Esq.,  and  Miss  Martha  Hayes,  only  d.  of  Capt.  James  Hayes  of 
Dumfries,   at   Dumfries,    March   31. 

William  M.  Chick,  merchant  of  Washington,  and  Miss  Ann  Eliza  Smith,  d.  of  Joseph 
Smith,   merchant,   of  Alex.,   April    11. 

Langhorne  Dade,  and  Miss  Eliza  C.  Scott,  both  of  Alex.,  July  18. 

Edward  Deeble,  and  Miss  Margaret  M'Clish,  both  of  Alex.,  June  11. 

Washington  Drane,  merchant,  of  Washington,  and  Miss  Ann  M.  S.  Dade,  of  Alex.,  at 
Washington,  June  23. 

Peter  Dunbar,  merchant,  and  Miss  Anna  Rose  Cracoft,  both  of  Alex.,  June  27. 

Jacob  Forteney,  Sr.,  aged  72,  and  Miss  Priscilla  Hicky,  aged  32,  both  of  Alex.,  in  George- 
town,  May  23. 

William  C.  Gardner,  of  Newport,  R.  L,  to  Miss  El Francis    Cazenove,    dau.  of  A.   C. 

Cazenove,  Esq.,  of  Alex.,  May  16. 

Hon.  William  Gaston,  representative  in  Congress  from  N.  C,  and  Miss  Eliza  Worthing- 
ton,  of  Georgetown,  at  Georgetown,   Sept.  9. 

John  Gemeny  and  Miss  Matilda  Figg,  both  of  Alex.,  June  25. 

John  Howard,  of  Alex.,  and  Miss  Eliza  C.   Fullmer,  of  Fairfax  county,  Va.,  Aug.  1. 

John  King  and  Miss  Jane  Achord,  of  Savannah,  at  Savannah,  May  15. 

James   Macdaniel  and   Mrs.   Margaret  Tomblin,  both  of  Dumfries,  at  that  place,  July  11. 

P.  H.  Minor,  Esq.,  and  Miss  Sally  Ashton  Washington,  both  of  Alex.,  May  9. 

Edward  Sheehy  and  Miss  Ann  McLaughlin,  both  of  Alex.,  June  23. 

John  Weightman,  merchant  of  Washington,  and  Miss  Sidney  Lyles,  d.  of  late  Col.  William 
Lyles,  at  Broad  Creek,  Md.,  June  2  [May  27?]. 

Clement  B.  Weston,  of  Alex.,  and  Miss  Juliet  Way,  of  Hartford  county,  Md.,  in  Balti- 
more county,  April  4. 

Thomas  White  and  Miss  Ann  M.   T.   Manley,  both  of  West  End,  Fairfax  county,  June  6. 

fohn  T.  O.  Wilbar  and  Miss  Sarah  Perrv,  dau.  of  Mr.  Alexander  Perry,  both  of  Alex., 
July  9. 

Dr.  Thomas  Wolfe,  of  Winchester,  and  Miss  Mary  Ann  Patton,  of  Alex.,  May  14. 

DEATHS. 

Francis    Asbury,    superintendent    of    the    M.    E.    church    in    America,    at   home    of    George 

Arnold,  Stafford  county.     (April  12,  May    17.) 
Mrs.   Elizabeth   Boiseau,  mother  of   Mr.   Joseph   Boiseau,   of   Alex.,   at   Marseilles,    France, 

Feb.  21,  1816. 
Tohn    Borrowdale,    native    of    Cumberlandshire,   Eng.,  sailed  as  master  from  port  of  Alex. 

for  23  yrs.,  March  22,  1816. 
Mr.   Walter  Brocket,   sen.,  of  Alex.,   May  24,    1816. 
Mrs.   Mary   Cannon,   consort   of   Mr.   Luke    Cannon,    of    Oak    Hill,    near    Dumfries,    Prince 

William  county,  in  her  47th  yr.,  leaving  10  ch.,  Aug.  15,  1816. 

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Solomon   Cassidy,  deed.,  W.   Ball  and  William  Cassidy,  exee'rs.      (May  20,   1816.) 

Right  Rev.  Thomas  John  Clagett,  Bishop  of  the  P.  E.  church  in  Md.,  in  Prince  George 
County,   August   2,    1816. 

Bede  elements  estate,  Thomas  Irvin,  exee'r.     (March  15,   1816.) 

Capt.  Hugh  VV.  DeNeale,  dee'd.     (May  1,  1816.) 

Samuel  Dexter,  of  Mass.,  at  Athens,  N.  Y.     (May  10.) 

Hon.  Paul  Hamilton,  late  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  at  Beaufort,   S.   C,  June  30,   1816. 

Gen.  Thomas  K.  Hardin,  late  member  of  Congress,  in  Tenn.,  of  wounds  received  in  a 
rencontre  with  Col.  Simpson,  April  [  .'March]  18,  1816.     (April  19.) 

Matthew  Harrison,   Esq.,   of   Dumfries,  dee'd.      (July  3.) 

Col.   Benjamin  Hawkins,   agent   for   Indian   affairs,  in   Creek   agency,  June  6,    1816. 

Mr.  William  Jones,  merchant,  youngest  son  of  the  late  Mr.  Charles  Jones,  at  Fredericks- 
burg, by  the  explosion  of  a  keg  of  powder,  July  13,   1816. 

Daniel  McDougal,  of  Alex.,  native  of  Scotland,  in  45th  year,  July  31,  1816.  Mary 
M'dougal,  adm'x.     (Aug.  26.) 

Peter  F.  Marble,  formerly  of  Loudon  county,  and  Harrison  county,  Va.,  and  in  1813  com- 
missioned by  Gov.  Shelby  a  lieut.  and  paymaster  of  militia  in  Ky.,  near  the  home  of 
John  Scheler,   Standardsville,   Orange  co.,  July  11,  1816. 

Jacob  Merchant,  dee'd.,  of  Dumfries,  Philip  P.  Dawe,  exee'r.     (July  3.) 

Joseph  Myers,  dee'd,  Polly  Myers  adm'x.     (June  3.) 

Capt.   George  North,  dee'd.      (March  6.) 

James  H.  Owens,  of  Alexandria  co.,  dee'd.     Marlon  Schofield,  adm'r.     (Aug.  26.) 

Benj.  D.  Patterson,  dee'd.    Sarah  Patterson,  adm'x.     (June  3.) 

Widow  Tabitha  Perrson,  at  Ashby,  Mass.,  in   her   101st  year.      (July   12.) 

Mr.  William  Smith,  merchant  of  Alex.,  and  formerly  of  Newburyport,  in  37th  yr.,  Alay  15, 
1816. 

John  Somers,  dee'd.     Daniel  Somers  adm'r.     (July  8.) 

Hon.  Richard  Stanford,  representative  in  Congress  from  N.  C,  at  Georgetown,  April  8, 
aged  47  yrs. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Wheeler,  consort  of  Mr.  Samuel  Wheeler  of  Alex.,  in  her  40th  yr.,  at  the 
house  of  Mrs.  H.  Adams,  Fairfax  co.,  June  20,  1816. 

Gerardus  W.  Wiley,  2d  son  of  late  Rev.  David  Wiley,  at  Georgetown,  aged  19  yrs.,  April 
15,  1816. 

\Tr.  Peter  Williams,  a  young  man,  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  July  25,  1816,  from  a  blow  while 
diving. 


COLONEL   WILLIAM   PRICE 

In  the  Liberty  Tribune,  Liberty,  Mo.,  for  raised  at  Harper's  Ferry  and  was  commanded 
Jan.  9,  1880,  mention  was  made  of  the  death  by  Capt.  Stevenson.  As  soon  as  organized 
on  Jan.  3,  1880,  of  Major  Winfrey  E.  Price,  Jt  was  sent  to  Boston,  where  my  father  was 
one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  the  county,  who  transferred  to  Washington's  Life  Guards,  and 
was  buried  near  his  old  home  in  Fishing  remaine<J  m  *Jor  three  years.  He  was  then 
River  township.  His  name  was  inadvertently  +statl°ned  at  Fredericksburg  Va.,  and  con- 
omitted  from  the  list  of  Revolutionary  De-  ta?uf.d  t0  remaJ,n  *?'  Untl\  near  the  cIosef 
scendants  of  Clay  Co.,  Mo.,  contributed  by  of.  *e  war.'  Wchen  h(j  ra!Sed  a  C°mpan>:  °.£ 
Mrs.  G.  N.  Clardy,  Historian  of  the  Alex-  ™lunteers  «  Spottsylvama  Co.  Va.-joined 
ander  N.  Doniphan  Chapter  of  Liberty,  Mo.,  the  *rmX  undeJ  ^ashmgton-and  participated 
and  published  some  months  ago.  In  the  J"  the  siege  of  Yorktown.  In  the  year  1782 
sketch  of  his  life  written  in  1870  by  himself,  *£  emigrated  to  Kentucky;  was  with  General 
he  states  ■  Wayne  in  his  campaign  against  the  North- 
western Indians  after  St.  Clair's  defeat,   and 

"I  was  born  in  Fayette  Co.,  Kentucky,  Oct.  commanded    the    advance    guard    of    Wayne's 

4,  1726.     My  father,  Col.  William  Price,  was  army.     He  died  in  Jessamine  Co.,   Kentucky, 

a    native    of    Prince    Edward    Co.,    Va.,    and  I   emigrated   to   Clay   Co.,    Mo.,   in   1825,   and 

served    in  the   Continental   Army   during  the  have    resided   here   ever    since;    have   been   a 

entire  Revolution.     He  was  a  member  of  the  member  of  the  Baptist  church  since  1829,  and 

first  company  organized   in  Virginia   for  ser-  have      been      and      am      an      uncompromising 

vice   against  the  British.     This  company  was  Democrat." 


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Mrs.  Amos  G.  Draper,  Editor,  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

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ANSWERS 


4018  (3)  Clark.  Mrs.  J.  P.  McN aught, 
Hermiston,  Oregon,  has  kindly  sent  us  a  copy 
of  her  record  of  Christopher  Clark;  and  as  it 
differs  greatly  from  the  one,  taken  from 
Woods'  History  of  Albermarle  Co.  Va.  which 
was  published  in  the  June  issue,  we  are  giving 
it  in  its  entirety.  Christopher  Clark,  who  m 
Mildred  Terrill  Mch.  13,  1757,  was  the  first 
(not  the  second)  child  of  Micajah  and  Judith 
(Adams)  Clark,  and  was  b  Apr.  20,  1737. 
Mildred,  his  wife,  was  b  June  7,  1741,  and  was 
the  dau  of  David  and  Agatha  (Chiles)  Terrill. 
The  ch.  of  Christopher  and  Mildred  were : 
Micajah,  b  Feb.  24,  1758;   Christopher,  b  June 

6,  1760;  David,  b  Apr.  8,  1762,  m  Mary  Clark 
in  1794;  Mourning,  b  Aug.  12,  1764,  m  Wm. 
Bibb  Key,  son  of  Martin  Key;  Judith,  b  Oct. 
22,  1766,  m  Peter  Wyche ;  Rachel,  b  Oct.  8, 
1768,  m  (1)  John  Bowen,  m  (2)  John  Dailey; 
Agatha,  b  Aug.  28,  1770,  m  George  (or  John) 
Wyche:  Mary,  b  Oct.  1,  1772,  m  Thomas 
Oliver:  Samuel,  b  Oct.  5,  1774:  Joshua,  b  July 

7,  1777;  Mildred,  b  Mch.  24,  1779,  m  Shelton 
White:  Terrill,  b  Sept.  3,  1781;  Susan,. b  Mch. 
5,  1783,  m  McCarthy  Oliver:  Lucy,  b  April 
19,  1786,  m  James  Oliver.  According  to  Mrs. 
McNaught's  record,  the  Micajah  Clark  who  m 
Miss  Gatewood  in  1786,  was  not  the  son  of 
Christopher  Clark,  but  the  sixth  son  of  his 
next  younger  brother,  Robert  Clark,  and  his 
wife  Susanna  Henderson.  He  was  therefore 
the  cousin  of  Micajah,  son  of  Christopher 
Clark. 

4080    Davis.      There   was    a   Nathan    Davis 
who  emigrated   from   N,  J.  to   Harrison  Co. 


Va.  (now  West  Va.)  and  was  a  Capt.  in  the 
War  of  1812.  He  belonged  to  one  of  the 
Davis  families  who  came  to  West  Va.  in  1789 
when  ten  families  (almost  the  entire  member- 
ship of  the  Shrewsbury  Seventh  Day  Baptist 
Church)  removed  from  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.  to 
Harrison  Co.  and  organized  the  New  Salem 
Church.  Rev.  Jacob  Davis  (not  the  father 
of  Nathan)  Avas  the  pastor  and  had  been 
chaplain  during  the  Revolution,  and  several 
others  of  the  congregation  had  seen  service  at 
that  time.  The  above  information  is  gleaned 
from  the  "History  of  the  Seventh  Day  Bap- 
tists in  Europe  and  America."  Mrs.  T.  C. 
Davis,  Nortonville,  Kansas,  is  preparing  a 
genealogical  history  of  the  descendants  of 
William  Davis,  the  ancestor  of  those  who 
emigrated  to  West  Va.  Mrs.  J.  E.  Law,  216 
Sycamore  St.,   Clarksburg,  West  Va. 

4320  (2)  Lane.  A  letter  has  just  been  re- 
ceived from  W.  R.  Layne,  Marsh  Strong  Buil- 
ding, Los  Angeles,  Calif,  stating  that  he  is 
compiling  a  History  of  the  Lane  Family  giving 
particular  attention  to  the  Southern  Lanes, 
Laynes  and  Laines.  Any  data  pertaining  to 
such  families  will  be  very  much  appreciated. 
A  considerable  quantity^  of  information  has 
been  gathered  already  and  is  open  to  those 
who  may  be  interested.  There  are  many  who 
can  qualify  for  membership  in  the  D.  A.  R. 
through  Thomas  Layne  of  Virginia.  It  is 
hoped  that  in  the  near  future  Mr.  Layne  will 
give  more  particulars  of  Daniel  Lane  as  well 
as  of  Thomas  Layne  through  this  Department. 
Gen.  Ed. 


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4430.  DeSaussure-Norris.  The  parents  of 
Nathan  Norris  (July  3,  1770— Mch.  5,  1851) 
were  William  Norris  who  d  in  1782  and  his 
wife,  Agnes  Frederick,  who  d  in  1822.  The 
other  ch.  of  Wm.  and  Agnes  were :  William, 
Eliz.,  Sarah  and  Stephen.  Wm.  Norris  served 
in  the  Rev.  war  in  Capt.  Zachariah  Smith 
Brooks'  Co.  In  the  same  company  was  John 
De  Saussure,  who  in  all  probability  was  the 
father  of  Mary  De  Saussure,  wife  of  Nathan 
Norris.  The  family  cemetery  of  Nathan 
Norris  is  at  his  old  homestead  near  Batesburg, 
S.  C.     Mrs.  Nannie  Norris  Tillman. 

4454.  Russell.  Capt.  Wm.  Russell  com- 
manding a  company  of  Fincastle  Co.  Va. 
Militia,  built  the  first  fort  at  Point  Pleasant 
(in  what  is  now  Mason  Co.  West  Va.)  in 
1774.  See  First  Report  West  Va.  Archives 
and  History,  p  237.  Capt.  Russell  rendered 
distinguished  service  during  Dunmore's  War 
and  the  Revolution,  and  became  General  in 
1792.  According  to  the  Second  Report  of 
West  Va.  Archives  and  History,  p  109,  Gen. 
Wm.  Russell,  a  hero  of  the  battle  of  Point 
Pleasant,  Oct.  10,  1774,  was  Representative  in 
the  Va.  Assembly  from  Washington  Co.  Fin- 
castle Co.  was  formed  from  the  southern  part 
of  Botetourt  in  1772,  but  existed  only  four  years 
when  in  1776  three  counties  were  created  from 
its  territory — Montgomery,  Washington  and 
Kentucky.  In  the  Answer  to  4451  in  the  July, 
1916  magazine  the  statement  is  made  that 
Elizabeth,  sister  of  Patrick  Henry,  m  Gen. 
William  Russell  for  her  second  husband.  This 
was  doubtless  the  same  Gen.  Wm.  Russell. 
The  Co.  Clerk  of  Abingdon,  Washington  Co. 
Va.  might  be  able  to  furnish  data  which  would 
show  if  Phoebe  who  m  Roland  Lindsay  was 
the  dau  of  this  Gen.  William  Russell  or  not. 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Law,  216  Sycamore  St.,  Clarksburg, 
West  Va. 

4505.  Jones.  A  letter  has  been  received 
from  Miss  Susie  Gentry,  Franklin,  Tenn., 
stating  "I  am  sending  you  some  Jones  Gene- 
alogy to  correct  some  given  in  the  August 
magazine  by  Mrs.  Mims  of  Edgefield,  S.  C. 
As  there  were  three  distinct  families  of  Jones 
in  N.  C.  it  is  very  easy  to  confuse  them.  I 
come  of  two  of  the  three — the  "White  Plain" 
and  "The  Crab-tree  Creek"  both  of  whom 
were  named  Nathaniel  Jones ;  one,  the  son  of 
Evan,  the  other  of  Francis  Jones.  Generals 
Willie  and  Allen  Jones  were  of  the  "Cad- 
vvallader  Jones"  family,  friends  of  the  other 
two.  The  two  Nathaniels  were  both  of  Wake 
County  and  have  many  descendants. 

In  the  August  magazine,  paee  125,  Mrs. 
Mims  says :  Nathaniel,  son  of  Francis  Jones 
Sen.  died  in  1815,  ?nd  in  his  will  mentions 
wife  Rachel,  and  children,  Joel  Lane,  Alfred, 
Burwell,  Perrv,  Timothv,  Walton,  Wesley  and 
several  daughters.  "The  Nathaniel  Jones 
mentioned  above  was  not  the  son  of  Francis 


but  of  Evan  Jones  and  wife  Elizabeth  Wells. 
Evan  was  the  son  of  Evan  and  Ann  (Hill) 
Jones,  and  grandson  of  Evan  Jones  of  Craven 
Precinct,  N.  C.  a  member  of  the  Colonial 
Assembly  of  N.  C.  my  maternal  ancestor,  six 
removes.  This  Nathaniel  Jones  is  known  as 
"White  Plain,"  "Cream  Eating  Nat,"  "Cross- 
Roads  Nat,"  and  is  the  one  whose  descendants 
are  eligible  to  the  D.  A.  R.  and  also  to  the 
Daughters  of  1812.  He  m  (1)  Amelia  (or 
Millicent)  Blanchard,  and  (2)  Rachel  Perry, 
mentioned  in  his  will.  I  am  his  descendant 
by  his  first  wife,  through  their  dau  Sarah 
Elizabeth  who  m  John  Lane,  son  of  Col.  Joel 
Lane  of  Raleigh,  N.  C.  All  the  ch.  mentioned 
in  the  will  were  by  his  second  wife,  Rachel 
Perry.  The  Nathaniel  Jones,  son  of  Francis 
Jones  Sen.  is  known  as  "Crab-tree  Creek 
Jones"  and  m  Ann  Snickers  of  Snicker's 
Ferry,   Frederick  Co.  Va. 

The  ch.  of  Francis  Jones  m  as  follows : 
Tignal  m  Penelope  Cain  (my  ancestor.)  John 
m  Mary  Cain,  sister  of  Penelope ;  Frank  m 
Frances  Yancey,  Mary  m  John  Cullers,  a  Rev. 
soldier,  and  Colonel ;  Judith  m  Capt.  Wilson, 
captain  of  a  merchant  vessel;  Lydia  is  thought 
to  have  m  Drury  Mims ;  Matthew  lived  in 
Wake  Co.  N.  C.  I  do  not  know  whom  he 
married ;  Albridgton  m  Fanny  Calvert  in  1794 
in  Va.  Either  Lucy,  Betty  Day  or  Jemima  m 
a  Capt.  Brown  who  was  a  merchant  vessel 
captain,  and  having  no  children  willed  $1000 
to  a  favorite  nephew  sewed  up  in  a  pair  of 
drawers,  (copied  from  family  records  in  my 
possession.) 

4520.  Boone.  In  Rowan  Co.  N.  C.  is  found 
the  marriage  bond  of  Squire  Boone  to  Jane 
Vancleft  July  11,  1765.  witnessed  by  Squire 
Boone,  John  Johnston  and  Sam  Tate.  This 
is  framed  and  hangs  on  the  wall  in  the  clerk's 
office.     Miss  Susie  Gentry. 

4540  (6)  Fuller-Allen.  David  Allen,  b 
1801,  m  Mch.  9,  1826  Amanda  Fuller,  a  rela- 
tive, and  resided  near  his  father.  He  d  Dec. 
23,  1842  and  his  wid.  m  (2)  a  Woodworth. 
David  was  the  son  of  Jonathan  Allen  and  his 
wife  Susannah  Fuller.  Jonathan  resided  in 
Woodstock,  Conn,  until  1816  when  they  settled 
near  the  present  town  of  Glouster,  Ohio,  where 
he  d  Oct.  1,  1826,  aged  55  yrs.  2  mo.  3  days. 
(See  Chauncey  Cem.  Insc.)  His  will,  dated 
Sept.  29,  1826,  is  on  file  in  Athens  Co.  Ohio, 
Vol.  1,  p  81.  Susannah  was  b  Nov.  20,  1777,  m 
Mch.  24,  1796  and  d  Aug.  19,  1835.  She  was 
the  dau.  of  Job  Fuller,  and  his  wife,  Susannah 
Russell,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Phoebe  (Roberts) 
Russell.  Job  was  bapt.  Aug.  9,  1752  in  Thomp- 
son, Conn,  and  served  as  drummer  in  Capt. 
Samuel  Chandler's  11th.  Co.  in  the  11th.  regi- 
ment at  N.  Y.  (See  Conn.  Men  in  the  Rev.) 
Apr.  25,  1781,  Job  and  Susannah  Fuller  of 
South  Brimfield,  Mass.  convey  land  bought 
there   in   1778,   1779  and   1780      Oct.  8,   179-1 


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James  Fuller  was  appointed  adx.  of  the  estate 
of  Job  Fuller,  late  of  South  Brimfield,  dec'd. 
and  in  1802  Jonathan  and  Susannah  Allen, 
Jared  and  Polly  Talbot  signify  their  willing- 
ness to  "have  our  uncle,  James  Fuller  of  Hol- 
land appt.  adx  of  estate  of  our  father,  Job 
Fuller,  late  of  South  Brimfield.  This  agree- 
ment was  dated  Woodstock,  Conn.  May  29, 
1802.  Job's  name  appears  on  a  note  drawn 
in  1791,  so  he  must  have  died  between  1791 
and  1794.  In  the  N.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Record 
(1904)  Vol.  35,  pp  55-6,  incorrect  ancestry  of 
this  Job  Fuller  is  given.  Job  of  Barnstable 
went  to  Wayne,  Maine  to  live,  as  is  shown  in 
the  History  of  Wayne.  Job  was  the  son  of 
Capt.  James  Fuller  of  Thompson  and  Kill- 
ingly,  Conn.  bapt.  Oct.  28,  1722,  at  Salem, 
Mass.  who  went  with  his  father,  Samuel  Ful- 
ler, to  Killingly,  Conn,  in  1727  or  8;  m  at 
Thompson,  Conn.  Dec.  4,  1738,  Abigail  Ruewee 
(dau  of  John  who  was  formerly  of  Dudley, 
Mass.)  In  1777  James  with  his  son  Job  sold 
their  land  in  Killingly,  and  moved  to  South 
Brimfield,  Mass.  (now  Wales)  and  in  two 
deeds  dated  Dec.  17,  1784,  is  styled  Captain. 
July  5,  1786,  Job  Fuller  sold  his  brother  James 
land  "which  is  the  farm  that  was  lately  owned 
by  my  honored  father  James  Fuller,  late  of 
South  Brimfield,  dec'd."  This  James  Jr.  b 
Sept.  1,  1760,  served  one  term  as  a  substitute 
for  his  brother  Job,  and  later  for  himself,  and 
was  a  Rev.  pensioner,  resident  in  Athens, 
Chio.     IV.  V.  Spragae,  Chauncey,  Ohio. 

4561  Davis.  See  last  sentence  of  Answer  to 
40S0  Davis  in  this  issue.     Gen.  Ed. 

4565.  Knox.  Miss  Hattie  S.  Goodman, 
Woodleaf,  N.  C.  published  in  1905  a  book 
called :  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Sketch 
of  the  descendants  of  John  Knox  of  Rowan 
Co.  N.  C.  and  other  Knoxes.  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hard- 
wick,  Cleveland,  Tenn. 

4594.  Morton.  General  Charles  Lukens  Da- 
vis, U.  S.  A.  Retired,  is  a  descendant  of  John 
Morton,  the  Signer,  and  was  for  two  terms 
President  of  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of 
the  Signers.  His  address  is  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
and  as  he  is  also  an  authority  on  all  the  de- 
scendants of  John  Morton,  it  is  probable  that 
he  can  assist  in  tracing  this  line.    Gen.  Ed. 

4607  (3)  Reeder.  Mary  Reeder  who  m 
Thomas  Hubbell  was  one  of  the  twelve  chil- 
dren of  Joseph  and  Susannah  (Gano)  Reeder. 
Joseph,  fourth  of  the  name  was  the  son  of 
Joseph  (wife  unknown)  grandson  of  Joseph 
and  Eleanor  (Leverich)  Reeder;  and  great 
grandson  of  Joseph  Reeder  the  immigrant. 
Frank  Holt,  Staunton,  Va. 

4608.  Whiting-Thurston.  Jonathan  Whi- 
ting who  m  Elioenai  Thurston  was  b  May  25, 
1724,  and  was  the  son  of  John  Thurston,  and 
his  wife,  Mary  Wight.  John  was  b  at  Wrent- 
ham,  Mass.  Jan.  16,  1694-5,  and  d  there  Feb. 
13,  1755.    He  could  not,  therefore,  have  served 


in  the  Revolution.  Elioenai  Thurston  was  the 
dau  of  Danifl  Thurston  who  was  b  in  Med- 
field,  Mass.  Sept.  25,  1695,  m  in  Boston,  Feb. 
11,  1719-20.  Deborah  Pond  and  was  a  wheel- 
wright and  tavern  keeper  in  Wrentham,  now 
Franklin,  Mass.  He  also  was  too  old  to  have 
served  in  the  Revolution.  Elizabeth  K.  Folsom, 
Exeter,  N.  H. 

4621.  Martin.  There  was  a  William  Mar- 
tin who  served  as  a  private  in  Capt.  Josiah 
Fish's  Co.  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state  of 
Vt.  during  the  year  1781 ;  and  also  a  William 
Martin  (probably  the  same  one)  who  served  in 
Capt.  Benjamin  Whitney's  Co.  in  Windham 
Co.  Vt.  from  Oct.  30,  1783  to  Mch.  1784  in- 
clusive. Windham  Co.  is  bounded  on  the  east 
by  N.  H.  and  on  the  south  b}r  Mass.  (See  Vt. 
Rev.  Rolls,  pp  392,  571  &  629.)  Gen.  Ed. 
There  was  also  a  family  of  Martins,  whether 
the  same  one  or  not,  I  do  not  know  John 
Martin,  b  Shaftesbury,  Vt.  1766,  emigrated  to 
Cayuga  Co.  N.  Y.  in  1794;  had  a  brother  Wil- 
liam who  was  a  shoemaker  in  Oneida  Co.  N.  Y. 
They  were  the  sons  of  Henry  Martin,  b  1732 
and  grandsons  of  a  Martin  who  was  b  in 
Ireland  in  1700.  Mrs.  L.  H.  Doty,  732  Forest 
Ave.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

4632.  Griggs.  Nancy  McClellan,  dau  of 
James  and  Eunice  (Eldredge)  McClellan,  lived 
at  Woodstock,  Conn,  near  Hampton,  Conn, 
and  m  John  Griggs.  James  McClellan  was 
the  son  of  Gen.  Samuel  McClellan  who  m  (1) 
Jemima  Chandler;  and  m  (2)  Rachel  Abbe. 
The  second  wife  was  James'  mother.  Mrs. 
R.  A.  Burns,  5147  Ridge  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

4633.  Thomas.  There  was  a  Jacob  Thomas 
who  filed  an  application  for  pension  in  1818, 
while  a  resident  of  Harrison  Co.  Va.  (now 
West  Va.)  aged  60  years.  He  enlisted  in  1782 
in  the  first  reg't.  of  Dragoons,  Capt.  Morrow, 
Va.  Line.  There  was  a  Jacob  Thomas  who  m 
Elinor  Haynes  in  1800  in  Harrison  Co.  If 
this  was  the  pensioner  it  was  probably  a  second 
wife.  More  complete  information  can  be  ob- 
tained by  addressing  the  Commissioner  of 
Pensions,  Washington,  D.  C.  Mrs.  J.  E.  Law, 
216  Sycamore  St.,  Clarksburg,  West  Va. 

4642.  Norris.  Mrs.  Law  also  writes  that 
probably  Ann  Norris  who  m  Minter  Bailey 
was  the  dau  of  William  Norris,  an  English 
schoolmaster,  who  settled  in  Va.  and  whose 
son  John,  b  1760,  was  a  Rev.  soldier,  serving 
from  Fauquier  Co.  and  in  1807  moving  to 
Harrison  Co.  Va.  (now  West  Va.)  She  sug- 
gests that  by  corresponding  with  the  Co.  Clerk 
of  Fauquier  Co.  at  Warrenton,  Va.  one  might 
find  the  list  of  children  of  William  Norris, 
and  could  tell  definitely. 

4655  (2)  Knox.  See  Answer  to  4565  in  this 
issue.     Gen.  Ed. 

4664.  S.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers.  In  the  August 
magazine  W.  H.  B.  inquires  concerning  a  list 
of  S.  C.  Rev.   Soldiers.     There  were  twenty- 


282    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


five  or  thirty  thousand  soldiers  in  the  Rev. 
from  this  State.  Lists  have  been  published 
through  the  letter  N,  and  others  will  follow 
as  early  as  possible.  Those  published  will  be 
found  in  "Stub  Entries  to  S.  C.  Revolutionary 
Claims,"  edited  by  A.  S.  Salley,  Jr.  Those 
unpublished  have  been  indexed  and  are  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  Historical  Commission  of 
South  Carolina.  Certified  copy  of  claim  will 
be  furnished,  on  payment  of  a  very  small  fee, 
by  the  secretary  of  the  Historical  Commission, 
Columbia,  S.  C.  Miss  Marian  Salley,  Orang- 
burg,  S.  C. 

4668  (3)  Graves.  In  his  application  for 
pension  Lewis  Graves,  born  Spottsylvania  Co. 
Va.  July  17,  1760,  makes  no  mention  of  any 
children  except  a  daughter  Jane  who  m  David 
Sholars.  He  also  mentions  a  wife,  Ruth.  He 
d  in  Newton  Co.  Ga.  in  1835.  Mrs.  Edwin 
Lang,  College  Park,  Ga. 

4672.  Hall.  Levi  Hall,  a  Rev.  soldier  and 
pensioner,  enlisted  in  Stonington,  Conn,  moved 
to  Newport,  N.  H.  where  June  8,  1783,  he  m 
Mrs.  Martha  (Silver)  Putney.  She  was  called 
Patty.  They  had:  Samuel,  b  Apr.  7,  1785; 
Anna,  b  July  31,  1786;  Nancy,  Edward,  Me- 
linda,  Emeline  and  Martha,  also  called  Patty. 
1  have  a  bar  on  the  record  of  Levi  Hall.  Mrs. 
G.   W.  Hunt,  Antrim,  N.  H. 

4673.  Jackson.  As  I  entered  the  D.  A.  R. 
on  the  record  of  John  Jackson  who  m  Eliza- 
beth Cummins,  I  know  that  he  was  a  Rev. 
soldier  and  have  prepared  a  large  part  of  the 
early  history  of  the  family  for  print ;  but  as 
the  later  generations  are  so  scattered  I  have 
not  yet  completed  the  work.  I  have  the  Samuel 
Jackson  Bible  in  which  the  date  of  his  death 
is  recorded  as  Jan.  4,  1842  at  Terra  Haute, 
Ind.  He  m  Barbary  Regar  and  had  only  one 
dau,  Mary,  who  m  a  Brake  and  was  my  grand- 
mother. He  was  the  third  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Cummins)  Jackson.  Isaac  and 
Elizabeth  were  living  in  Deywood,  Bourbon 
Co.  Kansas  in  1865,  and  were  not  possessed 
of  much  land  at  that  time.  Mrs.  IV.  H.  Sonle, 
229  Oakland  Ave.,   Pasadena,   Calif. 

4677  (2)  Tate-Anthony.  Anne  or  Nancy 
Tate  m  James  Anthony,  who  was  b  Dec.  18, 
1752,  and  was  the  sixth  child  of  Joseph  An- 
thony, Sr.  (1713-1785)  and  Elizabeth  Clark, 
who  was  b  Feb.  15,  1722.  Mrs.  J.  F.  Mc- 
Naught,  Hermiston,  Oregon. 


4686.  Bean.  Capt.  Wm.  Bean,  the  firsi 
white  settler  of  Tenn.  lived  on  Boone's  Creek 
near  Watauga,  and  afterwards  settled  Bean's 
Station,  where  he  built  a  fort.  He  had  a  dau. 
Sarah,  who  m  John  Bowen,  and  was  the 
great  grandmother  of  my  husband;  had  also 
Russell,  Ahab,  Jesse,  Jerry,  Lydia,  Sarah  and 
Jane.  The  latter  was  scalped  by  the  Indians 
in  1799.  I  never  heard  of  James,  Isaac  or 
Polly  as  being  his  children.  Mrs.  A.  S.  Bo- 
wen,  Chickamauga,  Ga. 

4708.  Carter.  Edward  Carter  m  Mary 
(called  Polly)  Cash,  not  Cook,  for  his  third 
wife,  and  by  her  had  William  Carter,  whose 
genealogy  is  desired.  Edward  was  my  own 
great  grandfather,  but  the  genealogy  of  Miss 
Cash  is  not  known.  Champe  Carter  McCul- 
loch,  1831  Lamont  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

4709.  Tylf.e.  Genevieve  T.  Kiepura,  2715 
Douglas  St.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  writes  that  the 
husband  of  Anna  Sanford  was  Samuel  Tylee, 
whom  she  married  about  1790,  and  that  the 
children  were  named  Tylee  and  not  Tyler  as 
given  in  the  August  issue. 

4713.  Hampton.  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Miller  of 
Thomas,  West  Va.  is  authority  on  the  Hamp- 
tons of  Va.  and  is  about  to  issue  a  genealogy 
of  that  family.  He  might  be  able  to  assist 
S.  F.  D.  Col.  C.  C.  McCulloch,  1831  Lamont 
St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

4756.  Osnoon.  There  was  a  Carleton  Os- 
good living  in  Boston,  Mass.  in  1790  with  one 
male  over  16  years  (himself)  three  males 
under  16  years,  and  one  female  (presumably 
his  wife)  in  his  familv,  according  to  the  Census 
of  1790  for  Mass.  In  N.  H.  Rev.  Rolls,  Vol. 
3,  p  350  Carleton  Osgood,  Lieut,  signed  April 
11,  1780,  at  Boston,  Mass.  the  discharge  of 
Peter  Akerman  of  the  Invalid  Corps,  formerly 
of  Col.   ScammeH's  reg't.     Gen.   Ed. 

4757.  Olmstf.p.  In  the  "Revolutionary  Sol- 
diers from  Litchfield  Co.  Conn,  prepared  with 
so  much  care  by  the  Mary  Floyd  Tallmadge 
Chapter  assisted  by  other  chapters  in  the 
county,  the  name  of  Zadnck  Olmsted  does  not 
appear.  Is  it  not  possible  that  he  served  in 
the  War  of  1812  which  was  often  called  "The 
Second  War  for  Independence'-  and  as  he  grew 
old  spoke  of  his  services  as  in  the  "War  for 
Independence"  which  his  auditors  supposed 
referred  to  the  Revolution?    Gen.  Ed. 


QUERIES 


4761.  Woods-Hughy.  Henry  Woods,  b 
Nov.  22,  1807,  d  June  24,  1848;  m  in  Brown 
Co.  Ohio  Sept.  17,  1826  Ann  McCracken  Hughy 
"who  was  born  1806  and  died  July  1,  1862." 
Who  were  the  parents  of  each  of  the  above? 
E.  T.  M. 

4762.  Ames.    Wanted,  all  gen.  data  and  Rev. 


service  of  Elisha  Ames,  b  Preston,  Conn.  1758. 
B.  A.  S. 

4763.  Turner.  Names  of  w'fe  and  children 
and  date  of  marriage  desired  for  Philip  Tur- 
ner, physician  and  surgeon  in  Rev.  War. 
Names  of  wife  and  children  and  place  of  en- 


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listment  desired  for  Philip  Turner,  private  in 
Rev.  War.    /.  M.  A. 

4764.  Beaumont.  Information  desired  of 
Anne  Beaumont  (1750,  Lebanon,  Conn. — 1837, 
Livonia,  N.  Y.)  m  1772  Elijah  Parks  of  Guil- 
ford, Conn. 

(2)  Clements.  Who  were  the  parents  of 
Susanna  Clements  of  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  m  ab. 
1758  to  Henderson  Walkup  of  Framingham, 
Mass.  I  am  trying  to  find  early  history  of  the 
Clements  family. 

(3)  Dickinson-McClellen  (McClellen.) 
Who  were  the  parents  of  Simeon  Dickinson,  a 
Rev.  soldier  b  at  Amherst,  Mass.  before  1760, 
and  Sallie  McLellan  or  McClellen,  whom  he  m 
at  Petersham,  Mass.  in  1781?  Will  someone 
tell  me  where  to  find  the  history  of  the  two 
families? 

(4)  Olmstead.  All  dates  desired  for  James 
and  Alary  (White)  Olmsted,  whose  dau.  Mary, 
b  1755,  m  Benjamin  Hyde  at  Lebanon,  Conn. 
B.  H.  M. 

4765.  Hiter-Sincleton.  Were  James  and 
Ann  (Singleton)  Hiter  the  parents  of  Eliza- 
beth Y.  Hiter  (Jan  5,  1805— Feb.  27,  1881)  m 
March  22,  1825  Elijah  G.  Pollard  (March  21. 
1800— Jan.  9,  1840)  ?    All  gen.  data  desired. 

(2)  Pollard-Hampton.  Names  of  parents, 
with  data,  desired  for  William  Pollard  (Aug. 
27,  1761 — June  6,  1841)  and  Fanny  Hampton 
(June  11,  1771— Oct.  6,  1829)  who  were  m  Feb. 
21,  1790,  and  lived  in  Boone  Co.  Ky. 

(3)  Victor- Bruington.  John  Victor,  d 
April  8,  1791  (where?)  m  Jan.  1,  1776  Hannah 
Bruington,  who  d  June  20,  1788  and  lived  in 
Ky.  Wanted,  dates  of  their  birth  and  the 
names  of  Hannah's  parents. 

(4)  Kerlin-Victor.  Who  were  the  parents 
of  Elizabeth  Kerlin  (Jan.  15,  1790— June  14, 
1851)  m  March  29,  1807  Littleton  Victor  (Feb. 
19,  1784— Dec.  30,  1858)  ?  From  what  part  of 
Kentucky  were  the  Kerlins  and  Victors? 
W.  M. 

4766.  Thompson.  Information  desired  of 
the  marriages  and  time  and  place  of  birth  of 
John  Thompson  of  Hampshire  Co.,  W.  Va., 
who  had  a  land  grant  from  Lord  Dunmore, 
Gov.  of  Va.,  and  who  served  in  the  Rev.  and 
the  War  of  1812,  and  was  in  Washington's 
army  at  Yorktown.  His  known  children  by 
the  first  wife  were  John  and  Rebecca,  who  m 
Joshua  Selby.  He  m  (2)  a  Miss  Clutter  or  a 
Miss  Bell,  and  had  Amos,  Elijah,  Mahala, 
Mary,  Massey  (m  Hensel  Marshall)  and  Pro- 
cena  (m  Elijah  Dalbey).  After  the  death  of 
his  second  wife  he  went  to  Athens  Co.,  Ohio,  to 
live  with  his  daughters,  and  is  buried  near 
Guysville,  Athens  Co.,  but  the  dates  are  ob- 
literated from  his  tombstone.     N.  D.  T. 

4767.  Chace-Durfee.  All  gen.  data  and 
Rev.  service,  if  any,  wanted  for  the  parents  of 
Dudley  and  Mary  (Durfee)  Chace  of  Assonet, 
Mass.,  whose  children  were  Deborah    (m  Al- 


fred W.  Potter  of  Warwick,  R.  I.  ab.  1830) 
Conklin,  Eliza,  Ephraim,  Benjamin  and  James. 
(2)  Haswell.  Wanted,  maiden  name,  with 
gen.  and  Rev.  data,  of  Marcy,  wife  of  Philip 
Haswell,  private  in  R.  I.  militia  and  state 
troops,  m  in  1827.    M.  B.  S. 

4768.  Lyon-Hosford.  All  gen.  data  desired 
for  Matthew  Lyon  and  his  wife,  Miss  Hosford. 
niece  of  Ethan  Allen,  m  in  Vt.  Was  there 
Rev.  service  in  her  line? 

(2)  Whiteside- Stockton.  All  data  wanted 
for  John  Whiteside,  son  of  Wm.  Whiteside  of 
County  Kildare,  Ireland,  and  Elizabeth  (Stock- 
ton) Whiteside  of  N.  C.  Was  Wm.  related  to 
Peter  Whiteside,  business  partner  of  Robert 
Morris  of  Philadelphia?  John  served  in  the 
Rev.  from  N.  C.  and  probably  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  King's  Mountain.  Among  his  ch. 
were  Samuel,  Wm.,  Lot,  Joel  and  Margaret. 
He  emigrated  to  Ky.  and  to  111.  in  1793.  I 
would  like  to  know  if  Elizabeth  Stockton  was 
related  to  Richard  Stockton,  and  if  there  was 
Rev.  service  in  her  line.    D.  L.  \V. 

4769.  Webb-Clark.  Thomas  Webb  served 
in  the  War  of  1812  under  Capt.  Nathan  Lewes, 
enlisting  probably  from  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and 
m  Rebekah  Clark.  I  would  like  to  know  her 
father's  name,  and  if  he  or  Thomas'  father  had 
any  Rev.  record.     H.  IV.  C. 

4770.  Maddox.  I  want  the  names  of  the 
parents  of  Peter  Alexander  Maddox,  b  West- 
moreland Co.  Va.  about  1785,  and  of  Dorcas 
Horton  Maddox,  his  wife  and  first  cousin,  m  in 
Westmoreland  or  Fauquier  Co.,  Va.,  ab.  1814, 
later  moved  to  Jackson  Co.,  Ga.,  where  a  dau. 
was  b  in  1828.  Before  the  Civil  War  they 
moved  to  De  Soto  Co.,  Miss.  Dorcas  had  a 
brother  Snowden.  I  should  like  to  correspond 
with  a  member  of  this  branch  of  the  Maddox 
family.    /.  L.  K. 

4771.  Timberlake-Poindexter.  Will  some 
of  the  North  Carolina  D.  A.  R.  please  look 
through  records  of  Bertie  Co.  and  Franklin 
Co.  and  see  if  there  is  any  data  there  about 
Francis  Timberlake.  He  was  a  schoolmaster, 
and  lived  near  Lewiston,  N.  C.  The  Census 
of  1790  states  that  he  was  then  living  in  Hali- 
fax District,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  C,  and  had 
three  sons  and  several  daughters.  Have  the 
early  marriage  records  of  Petersburg,  Va. 
been  published  in  the  D.  A.  R.  Magazine? 
The  parentage  of  Nancy  Poindexter  is  greatly 
desired,  and  the  date  of  her  marriage  to 
Francis  Timberlake  above.  They  were  Vir- 
ginians by  birth  but  moved  to  N.  C.  before 
the  Rev.  He  was  killed  by  lightning.  Wanted, 
proof  of  his  service  in  the  Rev.  Wheeler's 
History  of  N.  C.  states  that  "There  were  no 
Tories  in  Bertie" ;  "The  whole  country  as  one 
man,  was  for  Independence  and  Liberty." 

(2)  Trice-Barbee.  Tabitha  Trice,  b  Apr. 
8,  1802  in  Orange  Co.  N.  C.  was  the  dau.  of 
Harrison    and    Gillie    (Barbee)    Trice,    whose 


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birth  dates  I  am  anxious  to  secure,  as  well  as 
Gillie's  father's  name.  She  had  brothers  named 
Grey  and  George,  a  brother  who  settled  in 
Ky.  near  Hopkinsville,  and  a  brother  Aaron 
who  lived  at  his  father's  home  three  miles 
north  of  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C.  Did  any  Barbees 
of  N.  C.  serve  in  the  Rev.?    M.  E.  T. 

4772.  Gallup-Kinnie.  Wm.  Gallup,  b  in 
Voluntown,  now  Sterling,  Conn.,  was  the  son 
of  Isaac  and  Amy  (Kinnie)  Gallup,  dau.  of 
Thomas  Kinnie  of  Voluntown  or  Stonington, 
Conn.  Is  there  Rev.  service  here,  and  has 
anyone  joined  the  D.  A.  R.  through  these 
men?    E.  D.  P. 

4773.  Sherman-Foote.  Ab.  1789  Abel  or 
Abiel  Sherman  (b  ab.  1738,  killed  by  Indians 
June,  1794)  and  his  wife  Lucy  or  Lucinda 
(Foote)  Sherman,  with  two  grown  sons,  Ezra 
and  Josiah,  and  one  small  dau.  Amy,  later 
Mrs.  Samuel  Beach,  removed  from  Conn,  to 
Short  Creek,  Va.,  and  ab.  1793  came  to  Water- 
ford,  Ohio,  and  remained  in  Fort  Frye  until 
the  next  spring,  when  the  Olive  Green  colony 
was  organized  and  Sherman  Station  estab- 
lished. I  would  like  the  name  of  the  town 
or  county  in  Conn,  from  which  they  moved, 
and  the  date  of  their  marriage,  also  name  of 
Lucy's  father.  Is  there  Rev.  service,  on  either 
side? 

(2)  Jeffords  (Jefferds.)  Wanted,  all  data 
as  to  wife,  children,  and  dates  of  Samuel  Jef- 
fords or  Jefferds,  Sergeant,  2d  Lieut,  and  1st 
Lieut,  in  the  Continental  Artillery  of  Mass. 
during  the  Rev.    A.  B.  R. 

4774.  Boswell-Clark.  In  Penna.  Archives, 
Second  Series,  Vol.  Ill,  p  308  is  record  of 
marriage  in  Swedes  Church,  Phila.  of  John 
Boswell  and  Jean  Clark,  Dec.  17,  1777.  In  the 
Register  of  the  Moravian  Seminary,  Bethle- 
hem, Penna.  for  1791  is  the  statement  "Eliza 
Boswell,  b  1779,  ward  of  Clark,  Charleston, 
S.  C."  Was  the  above  Eliza  the  dau.  of  John 
and  Jean  (Clark)  Boswell?  Any  information 
of  either  of  these  people  greatly  desired. 
C.  L.  McC. 

4775.  Ickes-S  heads.  Hannah  Margaret 
(Sheads)  Myers,  b  Gettysburg,  Penna.  Jan.  6, 
1818,  where  she  d  July  20,  1881,  was  the  dau 
of  Peter  Sheads,  b  Jan.  13,  1781  Adams,  then 
York  Co.  Penna.  who  d  Gettysburg,  June  11, 
1848.  His  mother's  maiden  name  was  Anna 
Maria  Ickes,  b  York  Co.  Penna.  d  Charles- 
town,  West  Va.  Tradition  says  she  was  the 
dau  of  Capt.  Peter  Ickes,  of  the  5th.  Co.  York 
Co.  Mil.  April  5,  1778  and  the  8th.  Co.  7th. 
Batt.  York  Co.  Mil.  June  17,  1779  (Penna. 
Archives,  Second  Series,  Vol.  XIV,)  Can  this 
be  proved?    S.  M.  S. 

4776.  Armitage.  Samuel  Armitage,  b  Eng. 
lived  in  Newburyport,  Mass.  but  d  in  Charles- 
ton, S.  C.  Mch.  7,  1810  while  in  service  as  a 
mariner  in  U.  S.  Navy.     According  to  tradi- 


tion he  also  served  in  the  Rev.  Official  proof 
desired. 

(2)  Langworthy-Brown.  Andrew  Lang- 
worthy  m  Ruth  Brown  ab.  1755.  They  lived  in 
Conn,  and  also  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.  Ancestry 
of  each  desired  with  all  gen.  data  and  Rev. 
service,  if  any. 

(3)  Anthony-Leonard.  John  Anthony,  b 
1750,  near  Taunton,  Mass.  m  Mary  Potter  in 
1771  and  had  two  daughters :  Content,  b 
1775  m  Cyrus  Leonard,  and  Nancy,  m  Peleg 
Cornell.  Was  John  or  his  father  Job  Anthony 
in  the  Rev.  war?  Ancestry  of  Cyrus  Leonard 
desired.     E.  J.  A. 

4777.  Steele.  Information  desired  of  the 
ancestry  of  Wm.  Steele,  b  1771,  m  Mary,  who 
was  b  1774.  They  had:  John  D.  b  Feb.  10, 
1793;  Elizabeth,  who  m  Mr.  Massie,  b  May  1, 
1796;  and  one  other  dau.  The  family  moved 
to  Ky.  from  Va.  and  John  D.  Steele  became 
a  noted  pioneer  preacher  of  the  Christian 
Church,  and  died  at  the  residence  of  a  grand- 
son.    What  was  the  name  of  the  grandson? 

(2)  Funk.  Wanted,  name  of  wife,  Rev. 
service  and  all  gen.  data  of  John  Funk  of 
Strasburg,  Va.  He  was  the  father  of  Samuel 
Funk,  b  Aug.  3,  1768,  who  m  Eliz.  Cordell 
July  6,  1791,  lived  first  near  Strasburg,  Va. 
then  moved  to  Tenn.  and  from  there  to  111. 
They  had  nineteen  ch.  as  follows :  Fannie, 
b  July  12,  1793,  m  Mr.  Arnold;  Nimrod,  b 
Oct.  23,  1794;  John,  b  Mch.  5,  1796;  Catherine, 
b  Feb.  10,  1798;  Isaac,  b  Nov.  18,  1799;  Su- 
sanna, b  Jan.  11,  1801;  Samuel  Jr.  b  Dec.  5, 
1802;  George,  b  Feb.  14,  1804;  Nancy,  b  Oct. 
28,  1805,  m  Mr.  Roe ;  Martin,  b  Apr.  24,  1807 ; 
Esau  and  Jacob,  twins,  b  Sept.  7,  1808 ;  Presley, 
b  Aug.  4,  1810;  Mary  Ann,  b  June  12,  1812; 
three  ch.  who  d.  inf. ;  Martha  and  Caroline, 
twins,  b  Sept.  23,  1821.     L.  M.  D. 

4778.  Tinkham.  Amos  Tinkham,  b  Mid- 
dleboro,  Mass.  July  10,  1729,  m  Sarah,  dau.  of 
Peter  Sr.  and  Eunice  Tinkham  in  1752,  and 
had,  among  others,  Amos,  b  Nov.  21,  1765  who 
m  Susan  Thomas  and  went  early  to  Windsor, 
Vt.  Did  Amos  Sen.  or  Jr.  render  any  service 
during  the  Revolution? 

(2)  Tjhomas.  Did  the  father  of  Susan 
(Thomas)  Tinkham,  ment.  above  render  any 
service  during  the  Rev.  war? 

(3)  Nutting.  Amos  and  Susan  (Thomas) 
Tinkham  had  among  others,  a  son,  Jacob,  b 
Oct.  28,  1797,  Windsor,  Va.  who  m  Rebecca 
Nutting,  b  Aug.  4,  1800,  Reading,  Vt.  Did 
Rebecca's  father  or  grandfather  serve  in  the 
Revolution?     V.  P.  S. 

4779.  Bussey.  In  Mass.  Archives,  Vol.  II, 
mention  is  made  of  a  Thomas  Bussey  who 
served  in  the  Rev.  as  a  Second  Lieut.  When 
and  where  was  he  born?  All  gen.  data  con- 
cerning him  desired. 

(2)  Morey.  Robert  Morey  of  Newport, 
R.  I.  was  a  large  ship  builder  and  is  said  to 


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have  had  his  choice  of  going  to  war  or  build- 
ing ships  for  the  Government.  He  chose  the 
latter,  superintended  a  Navy  Yard  at  East 
Greenwich,  R.  I.  built  two  ships,  one  of  which 
was  named  "The  Beach  Bird"  and  gave  them 
to  the  Government.  The  "Beach  Bird"  is  cele- 
brated  in  song  as  having  come  into  Newport 
Harbor,  under  full  sail  without  any  crew  on 
board.  Official  proof  of  this  service  desired, 
and  any  information  in  regard  to  Robert 
Morey.     C.  G. 

4780.  Hitchcock-Hull.  Information  de- 
sired of  the  parents  of  Angelina  Hull  who  m 
Raymond  Hitchcock  Sept.  12,  1813  in  Court- 
land  Co.  N.  Y.  Angelina  was  b  in  1797.  Did 
the  parents  of  either  serve  in  the  Revolution? 
II  \    B.   K. 

4781.  Reeder.  John  W.  Reeder  lived  in 
Washington,  D.  C.  moving  from  there  to 
Charlottesville,  Va.  and  thence  to  Waynesboro, 
Ya.  He  was  the  son  of  John  Reeder  and  his 
wife,  Rachel  Boswell,  dau.  of  Wm.  Boswell. 
Information  desired  of  this  family.  Do  they 
connect  with  the  Maryland  or  N.  J.  families 
of   Reeders?     N.  H. 

4782.  Cobb-Fuller.  John  Cobb  b  Norwich, 
Conn.  Oct.  21,  1744  m  Sept.  25,  1783,  in  Rupert, 
Yt.  Mary  Fuller.  Official  proof  of  service  of 
John  Cobb  desired.  Mary  Fuller's  father  lived 
first  at  Plainfield,  Conn,  then  at  Shelborne, 
Pawlet  and  Orwell,  Yt.  Did  he  serve  in  the 
Revolution? 

(2)  Cobb.  Gideon  Cobb  Jr.  b  Stonington, 
Conn.  July,  1718,  d  Pawlet,  Yt.  1798.  Did  he 
render  any  patriotic  service  during  the  Revo- 
lution ? 

4783.  Farneyhough.  Did  anyone  serve  in 
the  Rev.  from  Warren  Co.  Va.  by  name  of 
Farneyhough?  My  ancestor  m  Miss  Lucas 
(probably  Agnes)  and  had  sons:  Edward  and 
Milton.  The  latter  m  Martha  Edwards  of 
Henry  Co.  originally  from  Albermarle  Co.  Va. 
The  "hough"  has  been  dropped  from  the  name 
and  it  is  now  spelled  Farney  or  Fernev. 
E.  S.  IV. 

4784.  Greene-Potter.  Elizabeth  Greene,  b 
Newport,  R.  I.  Nov.  8,  1792,  dau  of  Pardon 
Greene,  m  Mch.  6,  1808,  Benjamin,  son  of 
Capt.  George  and  Mary  (Stillman)  Potter 
who  was  b  Westerly,  R.  I.  in  1785.  Who  was 
Pardon  Greene?  Ancestry  and  official  proof 
of  Rev.  service,  if  any,  desired.     E.  P.  A. 

4785.  Shaw  (Shaun  or  Shawen).  Joseph 
Shawn  m  Katherine  Baker  and  lived  in  Md. 
Wanted,  parentage  of  Joseph  Shawn  with  all 
gen.  data  and  Rev.  service,  if  any.    /.  /.  5". 

4786.  Kxowlton.  Ezekiel  Knowlton  m  Su- 
sannah Morgan  and  had  a  son,  Wm.  who  m 
Hannah  Hastings.  They  lived  in  Shrewsbury, 
Ipswich  and  Charlton,  Mass.  Official  proof  of 
Rev.  service  of  either  of  these  men  desired. 

(2)  Green-Kinney.  Samuel  Green  m  Han- 
nah Kinney  of  Sutton,  Mass.  in  1779.     Is  there 


any  record  of  Rev.  service  in  this  line?     They 
lived   in   Sutton   or  Leicester,   Mass. 

(3)  King.  John  King  of  Leicester,  Mass. 
was  the  son  of  John  or  Dexter  King,  said  to 
have  been  a  Rev.  soldier.  Official  proof  with 
all  gen.  data  desired.    A.  C. 

4787.  Humphrf.wille.  Information  de- 
sired of  Timothy  Humphreyville  who  m  Eliz. 
Reed,  supposedly  at  Albany,   N.  Y.     C.  H.  P. 

4788.  Thomas.  Adam  Thomas  served  in 
the  Rev.  as  member  of  second  Battalion  of 
Associators  of  Northampton  Co.  Pa.  under 
Capt.  Henry  Hagenbuck,  Aug.  6,  1776.  He 
moved  later  to  Adams  Co.  Penna.  where  he 
d  bet.  1840  and  1850.  Whom  did  he  marry? 
When  was  he  born?     A.  B.  E. 

4789.  Richardson.  In  Smith's  History  of 
Ga.  p  622  mention  is  made  of  Walker  Rich- 
ardson among  the  Rev.  soldiers.  In  what 
capacity  did  he  serve?  His  dau  Katherine  m 
Reuben  Thornton  but  lived  only  a  few  years 
and  was  buried  in  Habersham  Co.  Ga.  All 
gen.  data  desired  of  Walker  Richardson. 

(2)  Brown-Benson.  John  Brown,  b  ab. 
1764,  m  Nancy  Benson  and  was  the  son  of 
John  Brown,  Corporal  in  Second  Continental 
Ga.  reg't.  Who  was  Corporal  Brown's  wife? 
Was  Nancy  Benson  a  dau  of  the  Rev.  soldier, 
John   Benson? 

(3)  Thornton-Dozier.  Mark  Thornton,  b 
Ya.  m  Susannah  Dozier  and  had  son  Dozier 
b  Lunenburg,  Va.  Apr.  14,  1755.  Before  the 
Rev.  they  moved  to  N.  C.  and  later  settled  in 
Ga.  where  they  rec'd.  Bounty  Warrants  in 
Wilkes  Co.  Dozier  became  a  Baptist  minister 
and  m  Miss  Hill ;  lived  first  in  N.  C.  then 
moved  to  Ga.  where  he  d  in  1843.  In  what 
way  did  they  assist  in  establishing  American 
Independence?     H.  J.  E. 

4790.  Millin  (Millen) -McDowell.  As  I 
am  working  up  a  history  of  the  above  families 
of  Kentucky,  I  would  be  glad  to  correspond 
with  anvone  who  is  interested  in  the  same 
lines.     IV.  H.  B. 

4791.  Sturges-Ferris-Kimball-Hoyt.  In 
going  through  an  old  cemetery  in  the  heart 
of  Norwalk,  Ohio,  I  found  several  stones 
that  are  old  enough  to  have  marked  the  rest- 
ing-place of  a  Rev.  soldier;  yet  none  of  their 
names  are  on  the  list  of  Rev.  soldiers  buried 
in  this  county.  The  families  of  these  men 
so  far  as  I  know,  have  long  since  disappeared. 
Some  time  ago  I  sent  the  accepted  list  of 
Rev.  soldiers  buried  in  Huron  Co.  (in  which 
Norwalk  is)  to  the  War  Department  for 
verification,  as  our  County  Commissioners  had 
refused  markers  because  they  had  no  proof 
that  the  names  were  those  of  bona  fide  Rev. 
soldiers ;  but  the  War  Department  replied  that 
it  had  not  the  clerical  service  sufficient  to 
look  up  information  of  this  kind.  I  there- 
fore appeal  to  the  Genealogical  Department 
for  any  information  you  may  be  able  to  give 


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that  may  be  of  service  in  locating  these  pos- 
sible Rev.  soldiers.  The  names  are :  Nathan 
Ferris,  d  1883  aged  81  years ;  Agur  Hoyt,  died 
1836 ;  Moses  Kimball,  died  1835,  aged  94  yrs. ; 
and  Lewis  Sturges,  died  1844,  aged  82  years. 
C.  IV.  S. 

4792.  Garrard.  Rev.  John  Garrard  was  a 
minister  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  said  to 
have  been  a  patriot  as  well  as  his  sons.  His 
son  Jonathan  is  said  to  have  defended  the 
Fort.     Official  proof   of   this   service   desired. 

(2)  Hays.  In  1743  Edward  Hays,  member 
of  a  Baptist  church  in  Md.  ab.  10  miles  from 
Baltimore,  called  Chester  Ridge,  moved  to 
Berkeley  Co.  Va.  Did  he  render  any  service 
during  the  Revolution?  All  gen.  data  con- 
cerning him  desired.    F.  A.  C. 

4793.  Lane.  Wanted  dates  of  birth,  death, 
marriage  and  name  of  wife  of  Jacob  Lane  of 
Dutchess  Co.  N.  Y.  who  served  as  a  private 
in  Dutchess  Co.  Militia  during  the  Rev.  He 
had  four  ch.  John,  b  May  22,  1776;  Rachel,  b 
Aug.  30,  1779;  Jacob,  b  Jan.  28,  1782,  m  Eliz. 
Vincent;  Peter  b  Aug.  17,  1785. 

(2)  Willis.  Caleb  Willis  of  Oneida  Co. 
N.  Y.  was  b  1781  and  d  1839.  He  m  Sally 
Wheeler.  Information  of  his  ancestry  -with 
all  gen.  data  and  Rev.  record,  if  possible. 
R.  B.  D. 

4794.  King.  Capt.  Jonathan  King  of 
Brookfield,  Mass.  m  Abigail  and  had  several 
ch.  who  were  also  b  in  Brookfield.  What  was 
Abigail's  surname?  What  were  the  dates  of 
birth  and  death  of  Capt  Jonathan  King? 
M.  L.  R.  B. 

4795.  Leonard-Miller.  Jacob  Leonard  m 
Eleanor  Miller  June  16,  1785  near  Wilming- 
ton, N.  C.  and  had  several  children ;  the 
eldest,  Esther,  m  John  Poitevent  in  1810. 
Does  the  Leonard  Genealogy  recently  acquired 
by  the  D.  A.  R.  treat  of  that  branch  of  the 
Leonard   family?     /.  F.  S. 

4796.  Wilson.  Information  is  desired  of 
James  Wilson,  who  with  three  brothers  came 
to  this  country  and  settled  in  Md.  or  N.  J. 
James  Wilson's  son  Joseph  was  b  Cynthiana, 
Ohio  June  5,  1807,  and  d  Feb.  5,  1877  in  111. 
He  m  Mariah  Jollv  in  Ohio.  She  was  b  Dec. 
24,  1808  and  d  Jan.  3,  1854  in  Oxford,  Ind. 
Were  they  related  to  James  Wilson,  Signer  of 
the  Declaration?      V.  J.  S. 

4797.  Hawkins-Hardin.  Wanted,  names 
of  parents  of  Anna  Hardin  or  Harden,  and 
Benjamin  Hawkins,  of  Va.  Also  Rev.  record. 
E.  W.  B. 

4798.  Waggener-Garnett.  John  Waggener 
iu  Sarah  Garnett  in  Va.  in  1785.  Was  the 
father  of  either  of  them   in  the   Revolution? 

(2)  Phillips-Bland.  Dec.  31,  1784,  Wm. 
Phillips,  heir  to  John  Phillips,  dec'd.  was 
allowed  land  given  for  a  private  of  the  Va. 
Cont.  Line;  and  in  1805  Wm.  Phillips  rec'd 
his   portion  from   Samuel   Coleman.      In    1795 


Wm.  Alexander  of  Prince  William  Co.  Va. 
sold  land  to  Wm.  Phillips  on  Hardin's  Creek, 
adjoining  the  land  he  then  lived  on.  In  1802 
Wm.  Phillips  owned  land  on  Coleman's  Run. 
In  1810  William,  John,  James,  Berry,  Benja- 
min and  Aaron  Phillips  had  land  on  Hardin's 
Creek  (Nelson  Co.  Ky.  Records).  Was  Wm. 
Phillips  the  son  or  younger  brother  of  John 
Phillips,  Rev.  soldier?  What  is  known  of  his 
early  history?  Wm.  m  Margaret,  dau  of  Os- 
borne and  Lettice  Bland.  Who  were  the  par- 
ents of  Lettice  Bland,  and  what  was  her 
maiden  name?     F.  L.  P. 

4799.  Hall-Macklin.  My  great  grand- 
father, Samuel  Hall  m  Eliz.  P.  Macklin,  who 
is  said  to  have  come  to  Ark.  from  Ga. 
Wanted,  ancestry  of  each,  with  all  gen.  data, 
and  Rev.  record,  if  any.     C.   IV.  C. 

4800.  Chick.  My  grandfather,  Ambler 
Chick,  was  b  Louisa  Co.  Va.  ab  1790;  m  Mary 
Ragland  of  Va.  Who  were  the  ancestors  of 
each  of  them?  Was  there  Rev.  service  in 
either  line?  Is  there  a  genealogy  of  either 
family  mentioned?     N.  C.  P. 

4801.  Selby.  Joshua  Selby  who  m  Mary 
Johnson  had  the  following  sons :  Leonard, 
Johnston,  Tom,  Friend,  Nicholas,  Lorenzo 
Dow.  One  of  them  was  b  Dec.  1,  1814.  Was 
Joshua  a  descendant  of  Wm.  Selby  who  lived 
in  Accomac  Co.  Va.  in  1774,  and  was  promi- 
nent in  the  Revolution?    P.  J. 

4802.  Woods.  George  Woods,  b  1792  Pas- 
quotank Co.  N.  C.  m  Eliz.  Turpin  (b  Tenn. 
in  1803  or  4)  in  Salem,  Ind.  and  d  in  1861  in 
Lebanon.  She  d  in  Iowa.  They  had :  Wm., 
John,  Daniel,  Mark,  Wesley,  James,  Sampson, 
Nancy,  George  and  Thomas.  Who  were  the 
parents  of  George  Woods? 

(2)  Can  anyone  tell  me  where  I  can  find 
a  book  called  "History  of  Ohio  Falls"  C.  O.  S. 
which  on  p  423  has  a  reference  to  George 
Woods?     F.  B.  IV. 

4803.  Johnson.  Information  wanted  of 
Wm.  Johnson,  b  Dec.  27,  1749,  wife  Sarah, 
eldest  son,  Alexander  Johnson,  all  of  Rock- 
ingham Co.  N.  C.    R.  B.  J. 

4804.  Duncan.  Can  anyone  give  me  his- 
tory of  Dr.  Samuel  Duncan  or  tell  me  where 
I  can  find  the  same?  Any  advice  will  be 
gratefully  received.    S.  B. 

4805.  Boone.  In  the  August  D.  A.  R. 
Magazine  it  is  said  that  the  three  youngest 
ch.  of  Squire  Boone  and  his  wife  Sarah  Mor- 
gan, Squire,  Nathan  and  Hannah,  were  not 
recorded  in  the  Exeter  Meeting.  Can  anyone 
tell  me  when  Hannah  was  born,  whom  she 
married  and  where  and  when  she  died? 
F.   C.  R. 

4806.  Babcock.  Wanted,  information  re- 
garding Azariah  or  Ezeriah  Babcock,  who  was 
honorably  discharged  on  the  frontiers  between 
Canada  and  the  U.  S.  after  the  close  of  the 
Rev.     He  was  the  first  man  to  reach  Wolfe 


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of  the  Vose  family  have  made  the  art  of  manufacturing  Vose  Pianos  their 
life-work.  For  sixty-six  years  they  have  developed  their  instruments  with 
such  honesty  of  construction  and  materials,  and  with  such  skill,  combined  with 
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piano  for  the  American  home.  Their  new  Grand  is  the  climax  of  their 
achievement,  wonderful  in  tone,  action,  and  general  construction.  It  attracts 
both  the  ear  and  the  eye,  and  is  the  finishing  touch  in  adding  refinement  to 
the  home. 

Delivered  in  your  home  free  of  charge.    Old  instruments  taken  as  partial  payment  in 
exchange.      Time  payments  accepted.      If  interested  sendjor  Catalogues  today. 

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after  he  was  shot  at  Quebec  in  1755.  His  dan 
m  and  had  a  dan.  named  Esther  P.  Sweet,  who 
m  a  Farrand.  Ezeriah  Babcock  was  a  native 
of  Mass.  or  Conn.     A.  S.  F. 

4807.  Dewey- Tracy.  Wanted,  Rev.  record, 
and  any  gen.  data  concerning  David  Dewey, 
b  Jan.  3,  1720  or  21,  and  his  wife,  Deborah 
Tracy,  both  of  Stonington,  Conn,  where  they 
were  m  Sept.  28,  1741. 

(2)  Dewey- Witter.  David  Dewey,  Rev. 
soldier,  son  of  David  and  Deborah,  ment. 
above,  was  b  1746  and  d  May  1,  1839.  He  m 
Sarah  Witter,  b  1743,  d  Feb.  13,  1804,  of 
Hopkinton,  R.  I.  at  that  place,  Jan.  12,  1768. 
Desire  names  of  all  of  their  children.  Those 
living  in  April,  1853  were :  Phebe  or  Theda 
Carpenter;  Jabish  Dewey,  Fanny  Streeter.  Is 
there  a  genealogy  of  this  branch  of  the  Dewey 
family?  Desire  also  names  of  Sarah  Witter's 
parents,  with  all  gen.  data,  and  Rev.  service, 
if  any. 

(3)  Robinson-Vail.  Linus  Robinson,  b 
Feb.  8,  1775,  m  June  21,  1795,  Parnel  Vail  b 
Feb.  6,  1778.  Linus  was  the  son  of  "Dan" 
Robinson.  Was  Dan  a  Rev.  soldier?  Desire 
also  the  name  of  his  wife  and  all  gen  data 
concerning  them.  Is  there  a  Robinson  gene- 
alogy which  treats  of  this  branch  of  the 
family?  Want  also  names  of  Parnel  Vail's 
parents  with  all  gen.  data  and  Rev.  service, 
if  any. 

(3)  Bennett.  Wanted,  Rev.  service,  name 
of  wife  and  date  of  marriage  and  death  of 
Josiah  Bennett,  b  1721  or  2,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Jemima  Bennett  of  Scituate,  R.  I.  Josiah 
was  living  in  1779  as  shown  by  a  deed  given 
his  son  Stephen.     L.  R.  C. 

4808.  Robins-Boyd.  John  Robins  was  a 
Rev.  soldier,  I  think  from  Washington  Co. 
Penna.  He  m  Feb.  20,  1781  in  Washington 
Co.  Sarah  Daily  of  Md.  Their  son,  Philip 
Robins  b  Oct.  5.  1785,  m  Dec.  10,  1809,  Nancy 
Boyd,  said  to  be  the  grand-daughter  of  James 
Wilson  of  Penna.  Their  dau.  Sarah  Robins, 
b  Aug.  12,  1809,  m  Mch.  11,  1829  Wm.  Tavlor 
Irwin,    b    Aug.    19,    1803.      They    left    Penna. 


lived  for  a  time  in  Ky.  where  their  home  was 
burned  and  then  moved  to  Bainbridge,  Ross 
Co.  Ohio.     IF.  F.   Y. 

4809.  Camp.  Phineas  Camp  enlisted  in 
Capt.  Nathan  Stodard's  Co.  Conn.  May  21, 
1777  and  d  Jam  28,  1778,  presumably  in  action. 
What  was  the  maiden  name  of  his  wife,  the 
date  of  their  marriage,  and  names  of  their 
children.  Did  they  have  a  dau.  Deborah  who 
m  Samuel  Allen  at  Milford,  Conn,  in  1774? 
L.  A.  J. 

4810.  Smyth-McDonald.  Tobias  Smyth  m 
Mary  McDonald  and  lived  in  Va.  during  the 
Rev.  Their  dau  Catherine  m  Elisha  McNew 
ab  1780.  Did  either  Tobias  or  Elisha  serve 
in  the  Revolution?  Any  data  concerning  this 
family  desired.     A.  S.  B. 

4811.  Bogart-Gross.  Jonathan  Bogart  m 
Cynthia  Gross  and  ab  1832  came  from  Ky.  to 
Mo.  to  live.  They  had  several  daughters, 
among  whom  were :  Eleanor  and  Eliz.  who 
lived  in  or  near  Fayette,  Mo.  Eliz.  m  Walter 
Bragg  Smoot  and  had  two  sons  by  him.  They 
left  Mo.  ab.  1861  and  went  to  Piano,  Texas 
to  live. 

(2)  Smoot.  Walter  Bragg  Smoot,  ment. 
above  was  the  son  of  Henry  and  Annie 
(Waters)  Smoot.  Henry  was  b  in  Shenan- 
doah Co.  Va.  and  had :  Wm.  Middleton,  and 
Walter  Bragg  Smoot.  Who  were  the  parents 
of  Henrv  Smoot?  Was  there  Rev.  service  in 
this  line?     M.  L.   IF. 

4812.  Mixney-Reeder-Martin.  Martha 
Minney,  b  Bedford  Co.  Penna.  1775  m  Andrew 
Martin  and  moved  to  Licking  Co.  Ohio.  Her 
mother's  surname  was  Reeder.  Wanted,  any 
information  in  regard  to  either  the  Minney, 
Reeder  or  Martin  families,  especially  Rev. 
service,  if  any. 

(2)  Green-Beam.  Benjamin  Green,  b  Lou- 
don Co.  Va.  1755  moved  to  Md.  then  to  New- 
ark, Licking  Co.  Ohio.  His  first  wife  was 
Catherine  Beam  ;  and  he  is  said  to  have  served 
in  the  Rev.  Any  information  of  either  the 
Beam  or  Green  family  desired?     IF.  P. 


An  old  Bible  was  recently  found  among  the  effects  of  the  late  Mr.  Barney  of  Blairs- 
town,  Iowa,  which  was  left  with  him  years  ago  by  a  friend.  It  has  the  following  entries 
which   mav   be   of   value   to   the   descendants : 

Charles  Ackley,  b  Feb.   17,   1788.  d  Feb.   11,  1845. 

Minerva  Ackley,  b  Mch.  3,  1788. 

Lucy  Ann  Ackley,  b  Sept.  2,   181b. 

Daniel  R.  Talcott,  b  April  18,  1806. 

Charles  Ackley  married  Minerva  Innus  Jan.  22,  1815. 

Daniel  R.  Talcott  m  Lucy  Ann  Ackley  Oct.   19,   1837. 

Sarah  M.  Talcott,  b  Dec.  24,  1838;  d  Feb.  18,  1839. 

Lucy  Ann  Amelia  Talcott,  b  June  20,   1843. 

Sarah  Adell  Talcott,  b  Jan.  25,  1849. 

Charles  D.  Talcott.  b  July  11,  1852. 

The  owner  of  this  Bible  can  obtain  it  by  addressing  Miss  Mary  G.  Barney,  Blairs- 
town,  Iowa. 


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The  Crimes  We  Commit 
Against  Our  Stomachs 


By 
Arthur  True  Buswell,  M.  D. 


Eugene  Christian 


A  MAN'S  success  in 
life  depends  more  on  the 
co-operation  of  his  stom- 
ach than  on  any  other  fac- 
tor. Just  as  an  "army 
moves  on  its  stomach"  so 
does  the  individual.  Sci- 
entists tell  us  that  90%  of 
all  sickness  is  traceable  to 


the  digestive  tract 

Physical  efficiency  is  the  backbone  of 
mental  efficiency.  Unless  our  stomachs 
are  effectively  performing  their  functions 
in  the  way  Nature  intended,  we  can't  be 
physically  fit.  And  unless  we're  physi- 
cally fit,  we  can't  be  thoroughly  successful. 

As  Dr.  Orison  Swett  Marden,  the  noted 
writer  says,  "the  brain  gets  an  immense 
amount  of  credit  which  really  should  go 
to  the  stomach."  And  it's  true — keep  the 
digestive  system  in  shape  and  brain  vital- 
ity is  assured. 

Of  course,  there  are  successful  men 
who  have  weak  digestions,  but  they  are 
exceptions  to  the  rule.  They  succeed  in 
spite  of  their  physical  condition.  Ten 
times  the  success  would  undoubtedly  be 
theirs  if  they  had  the  backing  of  a  strong 
physique  and  a  perfect  stomach.  There 
are  a  thousand  men  who  owe  their  suc- 
cess in  life  to  a  good  digestion  to  every 
one  who  succeeded  in  spite  of  a  poor  di- 
gestion and  the  many  ills  it  leads  to. 

The  cause  of  practically  all  stomach 
disorders — and  remember,  stomach  dis- 
orders lead  to  90%  of  all  sickness — is 
wrong  eating. 

Food  is  the  fuel  of  the  human  svstem, 
vet  some  of  the  combinations  of  food  we 
nut  into  our  systems  are  as  dangerous  as 
dynamite,  soggy  wood  and  a  little  coal 
would  be  in  a  furnace — and  just  about 
as  effective..  Is  it  any  wonder  that  the 
average  life  of  man  today  is  but  39  years 
— and  that  diseases  of  the  stomach,  liver 


and  kidneys  have  increased  103%  during 
the  past   few  years ! 

The  trouble  is  that  no  one  has,  until  recently, 
given  any  study  to  the  question  of  food  and  its 
relation  to  the  human  body.  Very  often  one 
good  harmless  food  when  eaten  in  combination 
with  other  harmless  foods  creates  a  chemical 
reaction  in  the  stomach  and  literally  explodes, 
giving  off  dangerous  toxics  which  enter  the 
blood  and  slowly  poison  our  entire  system, 
sapping  our  vitality  and  depleting  our  efficiency 
in  the  meantime 

And  yet  just  as  wrong  food  selections  and 
combinations  will  destroy  our  health  and  effi- 
ciency, so  will  the  right  foods  create  and  main- 
tain bodily  vigor  and  mental  energy.  And  by 
right  foods  we  do  not  mean  freak  foods — just 
good,  every  day  foods  properly  combined.  In 
fact,  to  follow  Corrective  Eating  it  isn't  even 
necessary  to  upset  your  table. 

Not  long  ago  I  had  a  talk  with  Eugene  Chris- 
tian, the  noted  food  scientist,  and  he  told  me  of 
some  of  his  experiences  in  the  treatment  of 
disease  through  food.  Incidentally  Eugene 
Christian  has  personally  treated  oyer  23,000 
people  for  almost  every  non-organic  ailment 
known  with  almost  unvaried  success.  An  en- 
viable record  when  one  considers  that  people 
nearly  always  go  to  him  after  every  other 
known  method  has  failed. 

One  case  which  interested  me  greatlv  was 
that  of  a  young  business  man  whose  efficiency 
had  been  practically  wrecked  through  stomach 
acidity,  fermentation  and  constioation  result- 
ing in  physical  sluggishness  which  was  nat- 
urally reflected  in  his  ability  to  use  his  mind. 
He  was  twenty  pounds  underweight  when  he 
first  went  to  see  Christian  and  was  so  nervous 
he  couldn't  sleep.  Stomach  and  intestinal  eases 
were  so  severe  that  they  caused  irregular  h^art 
action  and  often  fits  of  rreat  mental  degression. 
As  Christian  describes  it,  he  was  not  50%  effi- 
cient either  mentally  or  physically.  Yet  in  a 
few  davs,  by  following  Christian's  suggestions 
as  to  food,  his  constipation  had  completely 
gone  although  he  had  formerly  been  in  the 
habit  of  taking  lar^e  dailv  doses  of  a  strong 
cathartic.  In  five  we^ks  everv  abnormal  symp- 
tom had  disappparpd — his  weight  having  in- 
creased 6  lbs.  In  addition  to  this  he  acquired 
a  store  of  physicnl  nnd  mental  energy  so  great 
in  romnarison  with  his  former  self  as  to  almost 
belie  the  fact  that  it  was  the  same  man. 

Another  instance  of  what  proper  food  com- 
binations can  do  was  that  of  a  man  one  hun- 
dred pounds  overweight  whose  only  other  dis- 


comfort  was  rheumatism.  This  man's  greatest 
pleasure  in  life  was  eating.  Though  convinced 
of  the  necessity,  he  hesitated  for  months  to  go 
under  treatment  believing  he  would  be  deprived 
of  the  pleasures  of  the  table.  He  finally,  how- 
ever, decided  to  irj  it  out.  Not  only  did  he 
begin  losing  weight  at  once,  quickly  regaining 
his  normal  figure,  all  signs  of  rheumatism  dis- 
appearing, but  he  found  the  new  diet  far  more 
delicious  to  the  taste  and  afforded  a  much 
keener  quality  of  enjoyment  than  his  old 
method  of  eating  and  wrote  Christian  a  letter 
to  that  effect. 

But  perhaps  the  most  interesting  case  that 
Christian  told  me  of  was  that  of  a  multi- 
millionaire— a  man  70  years  old  who  had  been 
traveling  with  his  doctor  for  several  years  in  a 
search  for  health.  He  was  extremely  emaciated, 
had  chronic  constipation,  lumbago  and  rheuma- 
tism. For  over  twenty  years  he  had  suffered 
with  stomach  and  intestinal  trouble  which  in 
reality  was  superaciduous  secretions  in  the 
stomach.  The  first  menus  given  him  were  de- 
signed to  remove  the  causes  of  acidity,  which 
was  accomplished  in  about  thirty  days.  And 
after  this  was  done  he  seemed  to  undergo  a 
complete  rejuvenation.  His  eyesight,  hearing, 
taste  and  all  of  his  mental  faculties  became 
keener  and  more  Hert.  He  had  had  not  organic 
trouble — but  he  wis  starving  to  death  from 
malnutrition  and  decomposition — all  caused  by 
the  wrong  selection  and  combination  of  foods. 
After  six  months'  treatment  this  man  was  as 
well  and  strong  as  he  had  ever  been  in  his  life. 

These  instances  of  the  efficacy  of  right  eating 
I  have  simply  chosen  at  random  from  perhaps 
a  dozen  Eugene  Christian  told  me  of,  every  one 
of  which  was  fully  as  interesting  and  they  ap- 
plied to  as  many  different  ailments.  Surely 
this  man  Christian  is  doing  a  great  work. 

I  know  of  several  instances  where  rich  men 
and  women  have  been  so  pleased  with  what  he 
has  done  for  them  that  they  have  sent  him 
checks  for  $500  or  $1000  in  addition  to  the 
amount  of  the  bill  when  paying  him. 

There  have  been  so  many  inquiries  from  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  from  people  seeking 
the  benefit  of  Eugene  Christian's  advice  and 


whose  cases  he  is  unable  to  handle  personally 
that  he  has  written  a  little  course  of  lessons 
which  tells  you  exactly  what  to  eat  for  health, 
strength  and  efficiency.  This  course  is  pub- 
lished by  The  Corrective  Eating  Society  of 
New    York. 

These  lessons,  there  are  24  of  them,  contain 
actual  menus  for  breakfast,  luncheon  and 
dinner,  curative  as  well  as  corrective,  covering 
every  condition  of  health  and  sickness  from 
infancy  to  old  age  and  for  all  occupations, 
climates  and  seasons. 

Reasons  are  given  for  every  recommendation 
based  upon  actual  results  secured  in  the  au- 
thor's many  years  of  practice  although  tech- 
nical terms  have  been  avoided.  Every  point 
is  explained  so  clearly  that  there  can  be  no 
possible   misunderstanding. 

With  these  lessons  at  hand  it  is  just  as 
though  you  were  in  personal  contact  with  the 
great  food  specialist  because  every  possible 
point  is  so  thoroughly  covered  that  you  can 
scarcely  think  of  a  question  which  isn't  an- 
swered. You  can  start  eating  the  very  things 
that  will  produce  the  increased  physical  and 
mental  energy  you  are  seeking  the  day  you  re- 
ceive the  lessons  and  you  will  find  that  you  se- 
cure results  with  the  first  meal. 

If  you  would  like  to  examine  these  24  Little 
Lessons  in  Corrective  Eating  simply  write  Ihe 
Corrective  Eating  Society,  Department  7510, 
460  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York  City.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  enclose  any  money  with  your  re- 
quest. Merely  ask  them  to  send  the  lessons  on 
five  days'  trial  with  the  understanding  that  you 
will  either  return  them  within  that  time  or  re- 
mit $3.00,  the  small  fee  asked. 

The  reason  that  the  Society  is  willing  to  send 
the  lessons  on  free  examination  without  money 
in  advance  is  because  they  want  to  remove  every 
obstacle  to  putting  this  knowledge  in  the  hands 
of  the  many  interested  people  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible, knowing  full  well  that  a  test  of  some  of 
the  menus  in  the  lessons  themselves  are  more 
convincing  than  anything  that  can  possibly  be 
said  about  them. 


Please  clip  out  and  mail  the  following  form  instead  of 
writing  a  letter,  as  this  is  a  copy  of  the  official  blank 
adopted   by    the    Society    and   will    be  honored  at    once. 


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PAGE. 

Governor's    Mansion,    Seattle,    Washington Frontispiece 

Visit  of  President  General  to  the  State  of  Washington 293 

Conference  of  National  Society  Daughters  of  the  Am.  Rev 296 

Marking  the  Old  Oregon  Trail 304 

Address  of  Judge  Thomas  Burke 307 

Parliamentary  Puzzles  Solved.     Cora  Welles  Trow 310 

Vermont  from  the  Election  of  Thomas   Chittenden  Through  the  War  of   1812. 

Mrs.  W.  R.  White 311 

October  17,  1777,  and  Some  of  the  Incidents  Connected  Therewith 315 

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Letter  from  Chairman  of  Final  Payment  of  Debt  on  Hall 330 

National  Old  Trails  Road  Department 331 

What  the  Daughters  Are  Doing  in  Other  Societies  ;  The  Coterie  Club 333 

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Current  Events  342 

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Visit  of  the  President  General  to  the  State 
of  Washington 


If  anyone  elects  to  devote  a  few  mo- 
ments to  the  reading  of  my  very  inade- 
quate report  of  the  Conference  held  in 
Seattle,  Washington,  on  August  six- 
teenth, 1916,  and  the  days  spent  in  that 
wonderful  State,  I  hope  that  I  may  bring 
about  two  conditions  of  mind  that  I  be- 
lieve every  Member  of  our  organization 
should  acquire,  a  full  realization  of  the 
great  value  of  these  Conferences  and  an 
appreciation  of  the  broadening  result  of 
an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  States  that 
are  geographically  remote  from  our 
Headquarters. 

It  is  impossible  to  over-estimate  the 
great  mutual  benefit  of  personal  acquain- 
tance among  our  members,  the  reason- 
ableness of  a  full  discussion  and  consid- 
eration of  the  most  important  issues 
which  these  meetings  afford,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  the  great  pleasure  one  derives 
from  the  interchange  of  experiences  and 
the  council  of  our  fellow  members, 
which  makes  the  National  Conference 
an  occasion  of  really  great  value. 

The  educational  value  of  a  broader 
knowledge  of  our  Country  and  our  Peo- 
ple need  hardly  be  dwelt  upon,  but  the 
limited  acquaintance  that  some  of  our 
members  have  with  the  local  interests  of 


remote  sections  leads  me  to  feel  that  to 
fail  to  know  our  States  is  a  sin  of  omis- 
sion. 

To  know  Washington  is  an  experience 
of  great  pleasure,  for  nothing  can  give 
one  a  realization  of  her  splendor  and 
wonders  until  one  goes  to  her. 

I  am  glad  that  such  a  State  bears  the 
name  most  dear  to  all  Americans  and  is 
worthy  not  alone  in  her  wonderful  beauty 
but  in  her  fine  high  Spirit. 

In  addition  to  the  delights  of  surpass- 
ingly beautiful  scenery,  our  journey  was 
made  most  enjoyable  in  a  material  sense, 
for  our  comfort  was  perfect  on  the 
Northern  Pacific. 

On  August  fifteenth  the  Lady  Stirling 
Chapter  unveiled  a  Boulder. 

To  the  inexperienced,  it  may  appear 
that  there  is  some  sameness  and  monot- 
ony in  the  unveiling  of  many  Memorials, 
but  to  one  who  has  traveled  the  road 
taken  by  General  Nicholas  Herkimer  and 
his  brave  men  from  Little  Falls  to  Oris- 
kany  and  has  in  one  day  participated  in 
fourteen  unveilings,  finding  in  each  one 
some  unique  and  different  interest,  one 
will  know  full  well  that  each  unveiling  is 
unlike  all  others. 

The  special  points  of  interest  on  this 


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occasion  will  show  how  individual  and 
interesting  this  celebration  was. 

A  Military  Escort,  the  presence  of  the 
Governor,  a  detachment  of  the  Camp 
Girls,  gave  great  interest  to  the  occasion 
and  when  the  Boys  from  the  Parental 
School  waved  the  Stars  and  Stripes  and 
sang,  "We've  been  in  many  a  fix,  since 
seventeen  seventy-six,  but  the  old  Flag 
Never  Touched  the  Ground,"  it  was 
thrillingly  beautiful.  The  Battle  which 
was  commemorated  was,  I  believe,  the 
only  Indian  Battle  in  which  our  Navy 
took  part. 

A  peculiarly  personal  touch  was  given 
to  the  creation  of  the  Tablet,  in  that  the 
material  of  which  it  was  made  was  given 
by  the  Members  and  represented  many 
family  heirlooms,  copper  card  plates  and 
other  bits  of  metal. 

On  August  sixteenth  the  Conference 
was  held  in  the  Scottish  Rites  Temple  in 
a  room  of  large  dimensions,  of  great  dig- 
nity and  full  of  exquisite  symbolism. 

The  Conference  was  largely  attended, 
the  Reports  showed  great  achievement 
and  most  alert  discussion  and  debate 
marked  it  as  an  occasion  of  real  and  in- 
telligent action  which  was  admirably  re- 
ported by  Mrs.  Wm.  Finley  Dunlap,  State 
Rec.  Sec. 

Several  notable  addresses  were  made ; 
Mr.  O.  J.  C.  Dutton,  Vice-President 
General,  Nat.  Soc.  S.  A.  R.,  and  his  ex- 
cellency, Governor  Lister,  spoke  with 
great  eloquence,  and  Judge  Thomas 
Burke's  address  was  so  very  inspiring 
and  fine  that  I  have  asked  him  to  permit 
us  to  print  it. 

The  reports  given  were  so  good  that  I 
wish  I  could  make  detailed  mention  of 
them,  but  I  trust  that  a  part  of  the  most 
vital  points  at  least  may  be  given  in  the 
State  Recording  Secretary's  report. 

Mrs.  Edmund  Bowden,  State  Regent, 
presided  with  grace  and  ability  on  all  the 
occasions  when  called  on  to  do  so. 

I  wish  to  be  pardoned  for  a  very  per- 
sonal reference  to  one  of  our  valued 
members,  the  Vice-President  General 
from  Washington,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ferry 
Leary,    and    I   wish   I   could   convey   to 


every  member  a  realization  of  how 
blessed  our  Society  is  in  having  the  ac- 
tive service  and  unqualified  devotion  that 
Mrs.  Leary  gives  to  the  organization. 
A  woman  of  remarkable  strength  of 
character  and  mind,  she  came  to  Wash- 
ington in  her  early  youth,  daughter  of 
the  first  Territorial  Governor,  she  con- 
tinually had  thrust  upon  her  responsibil- 
ity and  care,  and  from  her  broad  experi- 
ence she  has  developed  a  great  and  good 
woman,  self-reliant,  able  and  brave,  a 
rare  and  splendid  character. 

The  Mary  Ball  and  Virginia  Dare 
Chapters  extended  most  cordial  recep- 
tions to  their  many  friends  and  a  beauti- 
ful luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  Henry 
McCleary  in  Tacoma,  to  which  inter- 
esting city  we  motored  on  August  sev- 
enteenth. 

We  spent  a  night  on  the  shore  of  one 
of  Washington's  exquisite  lakes  as  the 
guests  of  Mrs.  Parker,  and  a  very  elab- 
orate and  most  enjoyable  banquet  was 
given  at  the  Country  Club  by  the  Mary 
Ball,  and  Virginia  Dare  Chapters 
D.  A.  R.  and  the  Alexander  Hamilton 
Chapter  S.  A.  R. 

We  were  the  guests  of  the  Governor 
and  Mrs.  Lister  in  the  exquisite  Execu- 
tive Mansion  in  Olympia  and  a  beautiful 
luncheon  was  given  there  by  the  Saca- 
jawea  Chapter,  and  at  its  conclusion  we 
attended  an  unveiling  of  the  first  Oregon 
Trail  Marker  which  took  place  at  Turn- 
water. 

The  ceremonies  were  interesting  and 
very  inspiring  and  presided  over  by  Mrs. 
S.  J.  McKee  most  ably.  Mrs.  Overton 
Gentry  Ellis,  Chairman  of  the  Old  Ore- 
gon Trail  Committee,  has  achieved,  with 
her  Committee,  a  work  of  which  the 
National  Organization  may  well  be 
proud. 

I  am  particularly  appreciative  of  the 
hospitality  of  the  Governor  and  Mrs. 
Lister  in  their  beautiful  home  which  par- 
takes not  only  of  all  of  the  dignity  of  an 
official  Mansion  but  has  also  that  most 
precious  of  all  qualities  the  atmosphere 
of  a  Home. 

His  Excellency,  as  the  chief  Executive 


Ernest  Lister,  Governor  of  Washington. 


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and  also  as  a  gifted  orator,  is  naturally 
in  great  demand,  and  his  courtesy  in 
speaking  on  a  great  many  different  occa- 
sions during  the  official  visit  of  our  So- 
ciety was  greatly  appreciated. 

An  interesting  visit  to  the  Navy  Yard, 
where  we  were  taken  in  Mr.  Kennedy's 
good  boat,  a  most  beautiful  sail  on  Puget 
Sound,  made  an  occasion  of  great  inter- 
est ;  we  visited  Captain  and  Mrs.  Countz 
and  saw  the  largest  dry-dock  in  the 
country. 

The  last  evening  of  our  visit  in  Wash- 
ington was  spent  in  company  with  many 
of  the  women  who  had  made  our  visit 
so  enjoyable,  and  with  some  of  Washing- 
ton's most  distinguished  men  as  the 
guests  of  Mr.  Black,  who  gave  at  the 
Washington  Hotel  a  superb  banquet 
when  the  famous  gold  service  was  used. 

During  all  of  my  stay  in  Washington  I 
was  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Leary  in  her  mag- 
nificent home,  which  occupies  some  fif- 
teen acres  right  within  the  city  limits  and 
is  situated  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
sections  of  the  City.  The  reception  given 
by  Mrs.  Leary  was  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful affairs  I  have  ever  seen. 

It  was  a  source  of  great  regret  to  me 
that  I  had  to  forgo  the  pleasure  of  visit- 
ing Hoquiam,  Everett  and  especially  the 
State  of  Oregon. 


The  remembrance  of  the  cordial  wel- 
come accorded  us,  the  happy  experience 
of  meeting  and  knowing  the  people  of 
this  great  State,  will  remain  with  me  one 
of  my  most  cherished  memories. 

I  was  surprised  to  find  so  fine  a  cli- 
mate and  learn  that  the  thermometer 
rarely  goes  below  freezing  and  the 
flowers  blossom  out  of  doors  until  De- 
cember. 

Nothing  can  exceed  the  grandeur  of 
this  State  or  its  physical  loveliness,  and 
the  spirit  of  its  people  is  worthy  of  the 
name  it  bears. 

I  hope  that  you,  my  Daughters,  will 
realize  the  great  value  of  opportunities 
for  conference  and  meeting;  and  that 
this  movement  for  a  National  conference 
held  in  the  intervals  between  the  con- 
vening of  our  Continental  Congress  in  a 
section  of  our  country  which  is  access- 
ible to  the  far  Southern  and  Western 
States,  inaugurated  in  this  Administra- 
tion, may  become  a  fixed  custom  and  the 
tie  of  friendship  and  unity  may  grow 
steadily,  stronger  and  more  enduring. 

Faithfully  yours, 

Daisy  Allen  Story, 
President  General, 
N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 


Conference  of  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 

August  15-21,  1916' 


Honored  by  the  presence  of  Airs.  Wil- 
liam dimming  Story,  of  New  York, 
President  General  of  the  organization, 
the  second  Conference  of  the  National 
Society,  Daughters  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution, to  be  held  outside  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  opened  in  Seattle,  Washing- 
ton, Tuesday,  August  15th,  1916. 


The  unveiling  of  a  large  boulder  by  the 
Lady  Stirling  Chapter  in  City  Hall  Park, 
on  the  site  of  the  Battle  of  Seattle,  which 
it  commemorated,  comprised  the  first 
day's  program. 

The  Battle  of  Seattle,  which  this  boul- 
der commemorates,  was  fought  January 
26,    1856,   between  the   Indians  and  the 


1  Lack   ni   space   compelled   the   editor  to   condense    greatly   this    admirable    report,    every    word    of   which 
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settlers  of  the  little  settlement,  which  was 
only  saved  from  being  wiped  out  by  the 
timely  arrival  of  the  ship,  Decatur. 

Lady  Stirling  Chapter  is  fortunate  in 
being  able  to  have  their  boulder  located 
on  the  exact  spot  where  the  battle  was 
fought. 

On  one  side  of  the  boulder  is  a  me- 
morial tablet  of  bronze  made  from  old 
ornaments  and  other  articles  of  copper 
contributed  by  members  of  Lady  Stirling 
Chapter.  It  is  22  inches  long  and  18 
inches  high  and  contains,  besides  an  in- 
scription, the  insignia  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  in  the  upper 
left  hand  corner  and  an  engraving  of  the 
sloop  Decatur,  whose  guns  proved  the  de- 
ciding factor  in  the  memorable  battle,  in 
the  lower  right  hand  corner. 

In  large  letters  are  the  words : 

"The  Battle  of  Seattle  was  fought  on 
this  ground  January  26,  1856.  This  me- 
morial tablet  is  erected  by  Lady  Stirling 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  August  15,  1916." 

In  the  center  of  the  tablet  is  inlaid  an 
old  copper  cent,  coined  in  1856,  the  year 
of  the  battle,  and  donated  especially  for 
this  purpose  by  Mrs.  A.  J.  Trumbull,  past 
regent  of  Lady  Stirling  Chapter.  Just 
beyond  the  border  of  the  tablet  is  carved 


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in  the  stone,  the  State  motto,  "Patriotism, 
Reverence,  Remembrance,"  originally 
proposed  by  Lady  Stirling  Chapter. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  boulder  is 
one  of  the  famous  Maine  Memorial  Tab- 
lets, made  from  metal  collected  from  the 
battleship  Maine  on  its  resurrection  from 
Havanna  Harbor.  The  tablets  are  made 
by  the  Government  and  are  presented  to 
patriotic  organizations  for  purposes  of 
this  kind.  Through  the  efforts  of  Mrs. 
H.  T.  Bredes  and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Trumbull  of 
Lady  Stirling  Chapter  and  Congressman 
Will  E.  Humphrey  this  tablet  was  ob- 
tained for  the  boulder. 

The  tablet  is  21  inches  long  and  14^2 
inches  high  and  contains  the  standard 
memorial  design  prepared  by  Charles 
Keck,  of  New  York,  in  honor  of  the  mar- 
tyr crew  of  the  Maine. 

Members  of  Lady  Stirling  Chapter  are 
justly  proud  of  the  fact  that  with  the 
exception  of  the  Maine  Memorial  Tablet 
the  entire  piece  is  of  local  production. 

Mr.  O.  J.  C.  Dutton,  Vice-President 
General  of  the  National  Society  and 
President  of  the  Washington  State  So- 
ciety S.  A.  R.,  presided  and  introduced 
each  of  the  speakers.  After  the  invoca- 
tion, Miss  Esther  McCullough,  of  Lady 
Stirling  Chapter,  led  the  impressive  Flag 


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Unveiling  of  tablet  by  the  President  General,  1916. 


Salute.  Mr.  Dutton  then  introduced 
Mrs.  Bowden,  State  Regent  of  Wash- 
ington as  a  pioneer  Daughter  of  the 
West,  who  could  always  be  found  in  the 
fore  of  those  working  for  the  good  of  the 
city  and  of  the  D.  A.  R. 

Mrs.  Bowden,  in  response,  said : 

"It  has  been  said,  'There  is  a  Divinity 
that  shapes  our  ends,  rough  hew  them 
how  we  may.' 

"For  years  the  members  of  Lady  Stir- 
ling Chapter  have  been  working  at  plans 
for  the  placing  of  a  marker  on  the  site 
of  the  'Battle  of  Seatle.'  Again  and 
again  has  postponement  and  disappoint- 
ment come  to  them,  and  all  the  while 
Destiny  was  holding  in  her  hand  the 
precious  favor  of  having  this  boulder 
unveiled  by  the  highest  officer  in  our  or- 
ganization, our  well-beloved  President 
General. 

''Destiny  formed  the  strongest  link  in 
the  chain  of  circumstances  leading  to  this 
visit  today,  when  in  1914  Mrs.  Eliza 
Ferry  Leary  was  elected  Vice-President 
General  for  this  State.  She  needs  no 
introduction   to  you.     Her  constant   at- 


tendance at  the  National  Board  Meet- 
ings ;  her  energy  and  active  interest, 
brought  to  the  official  notice  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
in  Washington  City  the  loyalty  and  ear- 
nest work  of  the  Daughters  in  this  far- 
away State  of  Washington. 

"While  our  President  General  has 
come  thousands  of  miles  to  be  with  us 
today,  we  are  happy  that  the  wonderful 
achievements  of  the  past  half  century 
have  brought  her  with  speed  and  in  com- 
fort, in  contrast  to  the  journey  of  the 
little  band  of  settlers  who  defended  this 
spot  sixty  years  ago,  who  came  those 
same  miles  in  weariness  and  danger. 

"For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the 
organization  in  the  State  of  Washington 
have  we  the  honor  of  the  presence  of  our 
national  leader  in  an  official  capacity. 
Therefore,  it  is  with  the  greatest  pride 
and  pleasure  that  I  have  the  honor  of  in- 
troducing Mrs.  William  dimming  Story, 
President  General  of  the  National  Soci- 
ety Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion." 

The   President   General   responded    in 


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her  most  happy  vein ;  congratulated  the 
State  of  Washington  on  the  personnel  of 
its  officers  and  members,  and  stated  that 
she  was  glad  to  acknowledge  the  debt  of 
gratitude  of  the  National  organization 
for  the  loyal  service  of  the  Washington 
Daughters. 

She  asserted  that  the  unveiling  of  the 
memorial  boulder  was  a  source  of  pride 
and  gratification  to  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  and  that  they  joined  with  her  in 
rejoicing  with  Lady  Stirling  Chapter  on 
the  occasion. 

Mrs.  John  Towers  of  Lady  Stirling 
Chapter,  accompanied  by  the  Marine 
Band,  sang  "The  Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner" ;  Governor  Ernest  Lister  and  Hon. 
Will  H.  Thompson  gave  stirring  ad- 
dresses, and  Judge  C.  H.  Hanford,  who 
was  a  small  boy  at  the  time  of  the  Bat- 
tle erf  Seattle  and  with  the  other  members 
of  his  family  took  refuge  in  the  Block 
House,  retold  briefly  the  scenes  of  that 
time. 

Then  Mrs.  Story,  attended  by  two  lit- 
tle serving-maids,  Helen  Flora  Thomp- 
son and  Dorothy  Frances  Lawshe,  lifted 
an  American  Flag  from  the  Boulder  and 
sent  the  emblem  to  the  top  of  the  nearby 
flag-pole.  Heads  were  bared  as  the 
breeze  caught  Old  Glory  and  the  Marine 
Band  began  the  strains  of  the  Star  Span- 
gled Banner,  followed  by  the  singing  by 
the  boys  from  the  Parental  School  of 
"The  Old  Flag  Never  Touched  the 
Ground." 

Mrs.  William  H.  Oliver,  Regent  of 
Lady  Stirling  Chapter,  presented  the 
Boulder  to  the  city,  as  follows : 

"Lady  Stirling  Chapter  has  provided 
this  boulder  to  mark  the  spot  which  holds 
sad  and  triumphant  memories  to  many  of 
these  present,  hallowed  with  the  blood  of 
Seattle  Pioneers,  shed  to  give  to  the  glori- 
ous West  the  fairest  city  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  It  is  in  keeping  that  we  should 
raise  a  memorial  to  those  whose  charac- 
ters and  principles  have  so  largely  made 
cur  city  what  it  is.  We  have  placed  upon 
this  boulder  our  Washington  State  Mot- 
to, and  in  giving  it  into  your  charge  we 


hope  it  will  prove  to  every  citizen,  every 
visitor  to  our  city,  and  to  every  child,  a 
lesson  in  Patriotism,  in  Reverence,  and 
in  Remembrance." 

This  was  accepted,  in  the  absence  of 
the  Mayor,  by  the  President  of  the  City 
Council ;  and  the  crowd  slowly  dispersed, 
filled  with  a  deeper  understanding  and 
reverence  for  the  hardships  our  ancestors 
endured. 

Among  those  present  were  Mr.  Walter 
Graham,  eighty-eight  years  old,  the  only 
living  survivor  of  the  Battle  of  Seattle, 
and  who  had  lost  an  eye  in  the  engage- 
ment ;  Mr.  Percy  Herbert,  Coxswain  of 
the  Maine,  attired  in  his  old  uniform, 
and  a  number  of  the  old  settlers  who 
were  children  at  the  time  the  battle  was 
fought.  Back  of  the  crowd  stood  twenty- 
four  Spanish-American  War  veterans,  a 
company  of  Blue  Jackets  from  the 
Cruiser  Virginia  and  Monitor  Cheyenne, 
and  a  company  of  Marines  from  the 
Navy  Yard — all  of  whom  stood  at  at- 
tention when  the  boulder  was  unveiled. 

On  Wednesday  morning,  August  16, 
1916,  the  Conference  formally  convened 
in  the  Scottish  Rite  Temple,  and  after 
singing  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  the 
invocation  was  pronounced  by  the  State 
Chaplain,  Mrs.  S.  L.  B.  Penrose.  Judge 
Thomas  Burke,  "one  of  Seattle's  most 
representative  and  best  citizens,"  and 
Governor  Lister  addressed  the  audience. 
The  latter  especially  commended  them 
for  their  work  in  educating  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  patriotism  the  aliens  coming  to 
the  United  States.  He  stated  that  in  a 
land  greatly  composed  of  a  foreign  ele- 
ment, as  is  the  United  States,  the  native 
citizens  must  draw  the  newcomers  into 
pride  of  the  country  of  their  adoption 
through  familiarity  with  its  ideals  and 
history. 

Mrs.  George  C.  Squires,  State  Regent 
of  Minnesota,  who  had  traveled  from 
Minnesota  to  be  present  at  this  Confer- 
ence, was  then  introduced  and  spoke  of 
the  aims  and  work  of  the  daughters  in 
Minnesota. 

Mrs.  Bowden  in  her  address  of  weL 
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"Looking  into  your  interested  and  ex- 
pectant faces — Daughters  of  the  State  of 
Washington — I  realize  how  keenly  the 
event  of  today — the  visit  of  our  highest 
national  officer  in  an  official  capacity — 
has  been  anticipated  by  you. 

"I  welcome  you  all  who  are  devoted  to 
the  interests  of  home  and  state  and  coun- 
try. 

"It  is  years  since  a  President  General 
crossed  the  borders  of  our  state,  and  then 
she  did  not  come  as  President  General, 
but  as  Mrs.  Fairbanks.  Our  numbers 
were  few,  and  when  Mrs.  Bacon,  our 
State  Regent,  heard  that  Mrs.  Fairbanks 
was  coming  in  company  with  her  hus- 
band, who  was  to  be  here  on  official  busi- 
ness for  the  Government,  she  hastily 
gathered  a  few  of  us  together  at  her 
home.  How  long  ago  it  was  you  may 
judge  when  I  tell  you  that  having  been 
given  the  honor  of  escorting  Mrs.  Fair- 
banks from  the  hotel  to  Mrs.  Bacon's 
home,  we  went  in  a  hack  drawn  by  two 
horses,  the  most  elegant  mode  of  convey- 
ance to  be  found  here  at  that  time ! 

"Mrs.  Fairbanks  was  a  most  affable 
woman  who  greeted  us  cordially.  A  year 
or  two  later  she  spent  a  few  hours  in 
this  city. 

"We  have  been  greeted  by  our  com- 
patriot— have  heard  the  kindly  words  of 
greetings  from  distinguished  guests.  We 
will  tell  the  President  General  of  our 
work  in  the  state  for  the  betterment  of  a 
stranger  from  a  foreign  land ;  of  our  def- 
erence for  the  Flag;  of  our  Old  Oregon 
Trail,  soon  to  be  duly  honored ;  of  our 
hopes  of  new  Chapters ;  and  we  will  lis- 
ten to  her  counsel  for  our  future  guid- 
ance. 

"For  two  years  we  have  had  a  'friend 
at  court'  who  long  has  desired  and 
planned  for  this  most  important  and 
happy  occasion,  and  today  sees  the  fulfill- 
ment of  her  hopes.  I  voice  the  gratitude 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  state — and  pre- 
sent Mrs.  Leary." 

Mrs.  Leary  said  that  this  was  the  hap- 
piest day  of  her  life,  as  for  three  years 
she  had  hoped  and  prayed  to  make  this 
event  possible,  and  bring  Mrs.   Story  to 


the  coast.  "She  comes  to  us  most  appro- 
priately— in  daisy  time,  and  it  is  with 
the  greatest  pleasure  that  I  introduce  to 
the  Daughters  of  Washington  —  Daisy 
Allen  Story." 

The  President  General  counseled  the 
Daughters  to  work  shoulder  to  shoulder 
in  the  fight  for  preparedness ;  spoke  of 
the  offer  of  the  owner  of  Monticello,  the 
home  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  to  the  Gov- 
ernment to  sell  this  historic  place,  and 
urged  the  Daughters  to  use  their  influence 
with  their  Senators  and  Representatives 
that  the  home  with  its  priceless  relics 
might  be  preserved  ;  confided  to  them  her 
great  hope  that  the  close  of  her  admin- 
istration might  see  the  debt  on  Memorial 
Continental  Hall  completely  wiped  out, 
but  that  her  greatest  ambition  was  to 
bring  the  Chapters  in  all  the  states  into 
harmony  that  the  v.hole  organization 
might  be  unified  and  strengthened 
thereby. 

At  the  conclusion  of  her  address, 
which  was  most  enthusiastically  received, 
the  audience  rose  and  gave  her  the  Chau- 
tauqua salute. 

Miss  Florence  G.  Finch,  National 
Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee 
gave  a  most  interesting  report  on  The 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine.  She  spoke  of  the  trials  and 
tribulations  of  the  Magazine  in  the  past, 
of  the  new  era  that  was  hoped  had 
dawned  for  it  under  the  new  system  in- 
augurated at  the  last  Continental  Con- 
gress ;  gave  a  list  of  advertising  rates  and 
urged  the  Daughters  to  assist  in  every 
way  possible  to  get  good  legitimate  ad- 
vertising for  the  Magazine. 

After  luncheon  most  helpful  and 
thoughtful  reports  were  given  by  Mrs. 
Henry  McCleary,  National  Chairman, 
Old  Trails  and  Roads  Department,  and 
the  following  State  Chairmen :  Mrs. 
Overton  Gentry  Ellis,  of  the  Old  Oregon 
Trail  Committee;  Mrs.  N.  E.  Walton,  of 
The  Immigrant ;  Mrs.  George  Holmes 
Applet  on,  of  Committee  to  Prevent  Dese- 
cration of  the  Flag;  and  Mrs.  Elinor  In- 
gersoll  Thorne,  of  Chapter  Extension 
Committee. 


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Mrs.  Ellis  said  in  part : 

The  Oregon  Trail  begins  at  Gardner, 
Kansas,  where  it  diverges  from  the  Sante 
Fe  Trail,  and  extends  northwest  through 
Kansas,  Nebraska,  Wyoming,  Idaho, 
Oregon,  and  Washington,  terminating  at 
Olympia,  Washington. 

The  idea  of  marking  the  Oregon  Trail 
as  a  patriotic  work  to  be  undertaken  was 
first  officially  advocated  by  the  S.  A.  R. 
in  the  annual  address  of  President  of 
the  Washington  State  Society,  Overton 
Cxentry  Ellis,  in  1908. 

The  next  official  recognition  of  the 
Oregon  Trail  was 
the  placing  of  a 
large  boulder  by 
the  Sacajawea 
Chapter  D.  A.  R. 
to  mark  the  end  of 
the  Oregon  Trail 
on  the  site  of  the 
old  block  house 
formerly  in  Olym- 
pia, now  Capital 
Park.  Mrs.  C.  J. 
Lord,  of  Olympia, 
was  the  originator 
of  this  project. 

The  completion 
of  this  monument 
marking  the  end 
of  the  Oregon 
Trail  attracted 
state -wide  atten- 
tion and  served  to  concentrate  the  inter- 
est of  the  D.  A.  R.  and  S.  A.  R.  on  the 
plan  to  mark  the  entire  length  of  the  old 
road  between  Vancouver  and  Washing- 
ton— 140  miles. 

Mrs.  Henry  McCleary,  State  Regent 
of  the  D.  A.  R.  in  Washington  appointed 
the  Old  Oregon  Trail  Committee,  which 
formally  organized  in  January  of  1914 
and  inaugurated  the  work  under  her 
leadership.  She  made  this  the  paramount 
feature  of  her  administration,  advocating 
it  in  her  talks  to  the  chapters  of  the 
D.  A.  R.  and  in  her  address  at  the  An- 
nual Meeting  of  the  S.  A.  R. 

The  Committee  began  first  the  study 
of  state  history,  and  endeavored  to  gather 


Marking  the  End  of  the  Oregon   Trail. 


information  in  regard  to  what  had  been 
done  by  the  D.  A.  R.  in  other  states. 

Kansas  began  the  marking  of  the  Old 
Oregon  Trail  with  stone  markers  two 
feet  high  and  one  foot  square,  which 
were  placed  at  short  intervals,  the  legis- 
lature appropriating  $2,000.00. 

Nebraska  inaugurated  the  plan  of 
erecting  monuments  upon  the  sites  of  the 
old  forts  and  at  the  state  boundaries  with 
small  stone  markers  at  the  cross-roads. 
A  sum  of  $2,500.00  having  been  appro- 
priated by  the  legislature  to  defray  the 
expense. 

Wyoming,  with 
a  legislative  appro- 
priation of  $2,- 
500.00  is  following 
Nebraska's  plan. 

Idaho  is  now 
formulating  plans. 
Oregon  D.  A.  R. 
have  discussed  sev- 
eral plans  which 
have  resulted  in  the 
State  Assembly  of 
March,  1916, 
pledging  to  place  a 
monument  at  the 
Oregon  end  of  the 
Interstate  Bridge, 
which  crosses  the 
Columbia  River  at 
Vancouver,  hoping 
they  may  be  able 
to  raise  $5,000.00  or  $10,000.00  for  that 
purpose. 

During  the  year  of  1914  the  Oregon 
Trail  Committee  of  the  S.  A.  R.  was  ap- 
pointed. Since  that  time  the  two  societies 
have  co-operated  in  the  work  most  cor- 
dially. 

The  committees  are  greatly  indebted  to 
Mr.  George  H.  Himes,  Secretary  of  the 
Oregon  State  Historical  Society,  who 
came  to  the  state  of  Washington  in  1853 
and  is  an  acknowledged  authority  on  N. 
W.  history.  Mr.  Himes  met  with  the 
committee  members  and  suggested  the 
plan  of  placing  markers  at  intervals  near 
places  that  were  prominent  during  the 
early  days.     He  conferred  with  the  com- 


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mittee  and  the  Washington  State  High- 
way Department  in  establishing  the  iden- 
tity of  the  present  Pacific  Highway  with 
the  Old  Oregon  Trail.  They  are  also 
greatly  indebted  to  the  State  Highway 
Commissioner  and  to  the  State  Highway 
Board,  Governor  Lister,  Chairman,  for 
their  cordial  co-operation. 

With  the  guidance  of  histories,  the  re- 
cent trip  of  Ezra  Meeker,  and  the  invalu- 
able aid  of  the  friends  mentioned  above, 
the  Committee  finally  decided  that  there 
are  ten  places  along  the  Old  Oregon  Trail 
of  historical  importance,  all  of  Avhich  are 
fortunately  on  the  completed  portions  of 
the  Pacific  Highway.  This  latter  fact 
insures  the  permanency  of  the  marker. 
The  markers  will  be  placed  at  Tumwater, 
Bush's  Prairie,  Tenino,  Centralia,  Jack- 
son's Prairie,  Cowlitz  Landing  near  To- 
ledo, Clequa,  Kelso  on  the  old  wagon 
road  opposite  Monticello,  Kalama,  La 
Center.  The  location  to  be  determined 
by  Gen.  Hazard  Stevens,  who  represents 
the  joint  committees  of  the  D.  A.  R.  and 
S.  A.  R.,  and  the  Highway  Commis- 
sioner, Mr.  J.  N.  Allen. 

During  1854  and  1855  General  Stevens, 
as  Internal  Revenue  Collector  for  the 
U.  S.  Government  traveled  the  old  road 
on  horseback  from  Olympia  to  Portland 
many  times.  His  clear,  accurate  mem- 
ory, as  well  as  official  maps  he  had  made, 
cleared  many  doubtful  points  as  to  the 
exact  line  of  the  road. 

From  the  beginning  the  committee 
unanimously  agreed  upon  the  following 
conditions  to  control  all  decisions  : 

1st.    Uniform  markers  the  entire  way. 

2nd.  Size  large  and  high  enough  to 
bear  an  inscription  easily  read  from  any 
vehicle. 

3rd.  To  be  placed  near  as  possible 
historic  places,  but  upon  the  state  high- 
way for  safe  keeping  and  for  informa- 
tion of  the  traveler. 

The  State  Highway  Board  passed  a 
resolution  giving  permission  to  place 
these  markers  on  the  right-of-way  of  the 
Pacific  Highway  and  insuring  state  care 
of  them  for  all  future  time. 

The  Committees  have  decided  that  the 


boundary  marker  to  be  placed  at  Van- 
couver, Washington,  shall  be  a  drinking 
fountain.  It  is  to  be  placed  to  face  the 
concrete  sidewalk  which  is  the  pedestrian 
approach  of  the  bridge  terminal,  where 
it  is  most  available  and  will  bear  its  mes- 
sage of  reverence  for  the  heroism  of  the 
pioneer  to  every  passerby.  The  bridge 
between  Vancouver  and  Portland,  Ore- 
gon, is  to  be  completed  by  November, 
1916,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  Oregon 
Trail  Fountain  will  be  unveiled  at  that 
time. 

Telegraphic  greetings  were  received 
from  the  State  Regents  of  Calif.,  Conn., 
Fla.,  Ga.,  111.,  Kansas,  Ky.,  Mass.,  Mich., 
Mo.,  Nebraska,  N.  Y.,  and  Oregon;  and 
from  the  former  State  Regent  of  Calif., 
Mrs.  Thayer.  Of  the  fifteen  chapter 
regents  in  the  state  of  Washington,  all 
but  three  were  present  and  gave  short, 
but  most  interesting  reports  of  the  Chap- 
ters' work,  thus  giving  to  the  visitors  a 
much  better  conception  of  what  is  going 
on  in  the  far  western  state  of  Washing- 
ton than  could  have  been  gotten  in  any 
other  way  in  so  short  a  time.  The  for- 
mer State  Regents  gave  reminiscences  of 
the  work  during  their  term  of  office,  thus 
bringing  the  old  up  to  the  new ;  and  the 
President  General  in  her  closing  remarks 
dwelt  upon  the  help  the  western  members 
of  the  Board  had  been  to  her  and  said 
that  she  felt  that  congratulations  were 
most  certainly  due  the  women  of  the  west 
for  their  patriotism.  She  mentioned  es- 
pecially the  report  on  Immigration  as  be- 
ing one  of  the  strongest  on  that  subject 
she  had  ever  heard ;  and  congratulated 
the  state  on  the  work  of  the  Chapter  Ex- 
tension Committee,  adding  that  with 
such  a  committee,  existing  only  in  the 
State  of  Washington,  it  was  not  to  be 
wondered  at  that  the  state  was  making 
such  rapid  strides  in  chapters  and  mem- 
bers. 

A  large  and  brilliant  reception  was  held 
in  the  evening  at  the  beautiful  home  of 
Mrs.  Eliza  F.  Leary.  Western  flowers 
and  western  foliage  ran  riot  over  the  spa- 
cious rooms  which  were  filled  until  a 
late  hour  with  the  many  Sons  and  Da  ugh- 


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ters  who  came  to  do  homage  to  their  be- 
loved President  General,  Mrs.  Story. 

Mrs.  John  T.  Condon  introduced  the 
guests  to  the  members  of  the  receiving 
line,  who  were :  Mrs.  Edmund  Bowden, 
State  Regent  of  the  State  of  Washing- 
ton; Mrs.  William  Gumming  Story,  Pres- 
ident General,  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. ;  Mrs.  Eliza 

F.  Leary,  Vice-President  General,  from 
Washington ;  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Squires,  State 
Regent  of  Minnesota,  and  Miss  Florence 

G.  Finch,  Chairman  of  the  Magazine 
Committee. 

The  Past  Regents  of  the  State  and 
Mrs.  Penrose,  State  Chaplain,  presided 
over  the  urns,  and  were  assisted  by  the 
younger  members  of  the  local  Chapters. 

There  were  many  guests  present  from 
New  York,  Michigan,  Minnesota,  Colo- 
rado, Montana,  California,  Oregon,  and 
other  of  our  sister  states. 

Thursday,  August  17,  the  President 
General,  the  State  Regent  and  Vice  Pres- 
ident General,  from  Washington,  and 
others  were  guests  of  Mrs.  Cleary  at  a 
beautifully  appointed  luncheon  in  Ta- 
coma ;  and  in  the  afternoon  a  reception 
was  tendered  by  the  Mary  Ball  and  Vir- 
ginia Dare  Chapters,  where  a  large  num- 
ber gathered  to  hear  the  President  Gen- 
eral speak  of  preparedness  and  other 
patriotic  topics.  Later  the  party  were 
shown  Tacoma's  world  famous  natural 
stadium  and  in  the  evening  were  honor 
guests  at  a  dinner  at  the  Country  Club 
where  the  presidential  party  spent  the 
night. 

Friday,  August  18,  a  beautifully  ap- 
pointed luncheon  was  tendered  in  the 
Executive  Mansion  at  Olympia  by  the 
Sacajawea  Chapter.  Mrs.  C.  E.  Beach 
gave  the  address  of  welcome,  to  which 
the  President  General  responded ;  the 
State  Regent  spoke  on  Marcus  Whitman, 
and  the  Vice-President  General  on  "Our 
Pioneers,"  while  Mrs.  Ernest  Lister,  wife 
of   the   Governor,   replied   to   the   toast, 


Mrs.  Ernest  Lister. 

"Why    I   am   not   a    member   of   the    D. 
A.  R." 

An  informal  reception  followed  the 
luncheon,  after  which  the  party  attended 
the  unveiling  of  the  first  Oregon  Trail 
Marker,  at  Tumwater,  a  description  of 
which  follows  this  account.  Mrs.  Story, 
Mrs.  Bowden,  Mrs.  Leary  and  Miss 
Finch  were  entertained  over  night  by 
Governor  and  Mrs.  Lister,  and  other 
meetings  had  been  planned  at  Hoquiam, 
Everett  and  McCleary,  but  these  plans 
were  obliged  to  be  given  up  and  with  gen- 
uine regret  we  saw  our  President  General 
turn  her  face  Eastward  Saturday  morn- 
ing. Her  visit  has  been  of  incalculable 
benefit  to  our  great  organization,  not 
only  for  the  present  time,  and  will  prove 
far-reaching  in  its  effects. 

(Mrs.  Edmund)  Angie  Burt  Bowden, 
State  Regent. 

(Mrs.  John)  Edith  M.  Wallace, 

State  Corresponding  Secretary. 

(Mrs.  Wm.  F.)  Sarah  Parker  Dunlap, 
State  Recording  Secretary. 


President  General  speaking  at  Tumwater,  Washington,  August  18,  1916. 

Marking  the  Old  Oregon  Trail  in  the  State  of  Washington 
By  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 

By  Mrs.  Overton  Gentry  Ellis,  Chairman 


Early  in  the  afternoon  of  Friday, 
August  18,  1916,  a  concourse  of  over  six 
hundred  had  assembled  to  witness  the 
ceremonies  incident  to  the  unveiling  of 
the  first  marker  on  the  Old  Oregon  Trail, 
in  Tumwater,  Washington  The  Presi- 
dent General  N.  S.  D  A.  R.  had  come 
from  her  home  in  New  York  State,  the 
State  Regent  of  Minnesota  from  her  dis- 
tant home,  and  many  other  guests  from 
different  states  were  present  to  testify 
by  their  presence  the  reverence  felt  for 
the  pioneers  who  had  blazed  the  trail  and 
thereby  saved  the  Northwest  to  the 
Union. 

The  programme  at  the  unveiling  of 
the  Tumwater  marker  brought  together 
also  a  remarkable  assemblage  of  people 
directly  connected  with  the  history  of  the 
Old  Oregon  Trail  and  prominent  in  the 
making  of  past  and  present  state  history. 
Gen.  Hazard  Stevens,  the  presiding  of- 
ficer, is  the  son  of  Governor  Isaac  Stev- 


ens, first  appointed  Governor  of  Wash- 
ington Territory,  who  came  in  1853  to  as- 
sume his  official  duties.  General  Hazard 
Stevens  was  made  Internal  Revenue  Col- 
lector for  the  United  States  in  1854  and 
traveled  the  old  road  on  horseback  when 
it  was  still  a  trail.  He  made  the  official 
maps  of  the  state  in  those  days  and  is  an 
author  of  note,  and  an  authority  on  the 
history  of  the  Northwest. 

Hon.  P.  D.  Moore,  Chaplain  of  the 
Pioneer  and  Historical  Society,  of  Thurs- 
ton Co.,  who  pronounced  the  invocation, 
came  to  the  state  as  a  federal  appointee 
of  President  Lincoln. 

Mrs.  J.  S.  McKee,  State  Vice  Regent 
of  the  D.  A.  R.  and  Chairman  of  the  day, 
who  made  the  introductory  address,  is  the 
grand-daughter  of  Elkanah  Walker,  who 
brought  his  bride  from  the  state  of 
Maine  on  their  wedding  journey  in  the 
party  of  Marcus  Whitman,  to  Walla 
Walla.    Her  father  and  mother  took  their 


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Marker  on  the  Old  Oregon  Trail  at  Tumwater,  Washington,  1916. 


306    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


wedding  journey  from  Oregon  City  over 
the  Oregon  Trail  to  Tumwater  and  on  to 
Gray's  Harbor  which  faces  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  their  bridal  home  being  one  of  the 
first  in  what  is  now  Hoquiam. 

Mrs.  Overton  Gentry  Ellis,  who  pre- 
sented the  marker  to  the  State  Regent, 
D.  A.  R.,  and  State  President,  S.  A.  R., 
is  the  daughter  of  Presley  Gray  Nilhite 
who  came  over  the  Oregon  Trail  in  1849 
and  in  1862  made  the  trip  from  Sacra- 
mento, Calif.,  to  Portland,  Oregon,  then 
on  to  Walla  Walla  and  northward 
through  what  is  now  Yellowstone  Park 
to  the  headquarters  of  the  Missouri  River 
and  thence  down  the  river  to  his  home 
in  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Mrs.  Edmund  Bowden,  who  received 
the  marker  for  the  D.  A.  R.,  is  a  native 
Daughter  whose  forbears  held  many  im- 
portant places  in  the  history  of  the  Ore- 
gon country. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ferry  Leary,  Vice-Presi- 
dent General,  who  presented  the  marker 
to  the  state  and  the  city  of  Tumwater,  is 
the  daughter  of  Governor  Elisha  P. 
Ferry,  first  elected  governor  of  the  state 
of  Washington  and  a  prominent  figure  in 
state  history. 

The  four  little  children  who  raised  the 
flag  that  covered  the  marker  were  Anne 
Bayless  Allen,  daughter  of  the  State 
Highway  Commissioner,  James  N.  Allen, 
who  has  contributed  so  greatly  to  the  suc- 
cessful completion  of  the  monument; 
Charles  Alden  Aetzel,  grandchild  of  Mrs. 
Fannie  S.  O'Brien,  an  honored  D.  A.  R. 
who  as  a  young  girl  went  over  the  Old 
Oregon  Trail  to  Portland  to  attend 
school ;  James  S.  Stanford  represented 
the  S.  A.  R.,  and  Elizabeth  Jaynes  the 
D.  A.  R.  as  well  as  the  S.  A.  R.,  and  to 
each  and  to  all  the  unveiling  was  the 
occasion  for  general  rejoicing. 

This  Marker  placed  at  Tumwater  is 
the  culmination  of  about  two  years'  work 
by  the  committees  in  studying  state  his- 
tory to  accurately  locate  the  old  road  be- 
tween Puget  Sound  and  Oregon,  in  in- 
vestigating plans  of  marking  the  way  and 
securing  satisfactory  design,  materials 
and  construction.    The  entire  plan  in  de- 


tail was  endorsed  by  both  socieies  and  the 
committees  have  faithfully  and  with 
pleasure  carried  it  to  completion. 

The  marker  is  solid  sand-cast  concrete, 
reinforced  by  steel  wire  netting  and  two 
three-quarter-inch  rods  from  summit  to 
base.  It  is  five  feet  high,  the  face  of  the 
shaft  two  feet  broad  and  it  is  one  foot 
thick.  The  color  is  almost  white  and  the 
surface  dressed  smooth  as  marble. 

The  bronze  tablet  is  ten  by  twenty 
inches  and  bears  the  insignia  of  the  two 
societies  in  the  upper  corners.  The  in- 
scription in  large  letters  is : 

OREGON  TRAIL 

1844 

MARKED    BY    THE    DAUGHTERS 

AND    SONS    OF   THE   AMERICAN 

REVOLUTION  IN  THE  STATE  OF 

WASHINGTON 

1916 

The  bridge  near  which  this  marker  is 
placed  was  recently  completed,  the  per- 
manent road  approach  will  surround  the 
foundation  of  the  marker  and  the  grass 
cover  it,  thus  making  an  appropriate  set- 
ting for  the  marker.  The  Pacific  High- 
way which  extends  the  entire  western 
length  of  the  state  is  the  main  thorough- 
fare and  most  traveled  road  in  the  state. 
The  first  pioneers  under  Col.  Nicholas 
Michael  T.  Simmons  who  pushed  their 
way  through  the  dense  forest  and  across 
the  many  rivers  from  Vancouver  to  the 
tidewaters  of  Puget  Sound  at  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Olympia,  selected  their  un- 
marked way  with  such  accuracy  that  no 
better  road  has  ever  been  found.  The 
Pacific  Highway  is  almost  identical  with 
the  first  trail  throughout  the  entire  dis- 
tance of  140  miles  between  Vancouver, 
Washington  and  Olympia. 

Ranking  high  in  the  honor  roll  of  the 
nation  is  the  name  of  "Pioneer."  It  is  a 
mission  of  this  society  to  keep  alive  the 
memory  of  those  who  blazed  the  great 
highways  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pa- 
cific. 

No  more  fitting  memorial  can  be 
erected  than  to  mark  the  old  historic 
trails  which  were  the  scenes  of  their  daily 


MAKING  THE  OLD  OREGON  TRAIL 


307 


toil  and  heroism.  To  make  permanent 
these  roads  is  to  establish  a  civilizing-  in- 
fluence  which  bind  town  and  country  in 
mutual  welfare — a  great  element  in  mak- 
ing the  solidarity  of  the  American  nation, 
in  unifying  the  national  spirit. 

The  markers  on  the  Pacific  Highway 
and  the  fountain  at  the  Vancouver  Bridge 
will  appropriately  mark  the  last  link  of 
the  Oregon  Trail  and  complete  the  great 


western  highway  which  George  Wash- 
ington began  when  he  surveyed  the  "Wil- 
derness Road"  for  Colonial  Virginia. 

These  markers  will  speak  to  posterity 
of  the  heroic  men  and  women  of  our  past 
and  the  reverence  which  the  D.  A.  R. 
and  S.  A.  R.  express  for  the  brave,  far- 
seeing  ones  who  perceived  the  path  from 
the  land  of  yesterday  to  the  land  of  to- 
morrow. 


Address  of  Judge  Thomas  Burke 
Before  the  Conference  of  the 
National  Society  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
held  at  Seattle,  August  17,  1916 


"The  rise  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  to  power  and  influ- 
ence is  one  of  the  most  promising  signs 
of  our  times.  Your  unwavering  stand 
for  an  undivided  and  undiluted  Ameri- 
canism has  been  a  patriotic  inspiration  to 
the  whole  country. 

"  'That  man,'  says  Samuel  Johnson,  'is 
little  to  be  envied  whose  patriotism  would 
not  gain  force  on  the  plain  of  Marathon, 
or  whose  piety  would  not  grow  warmer 
among  the  ruins  of  Iona.' 

"That  American,  whether  man  or 
woman,  whose  patriotism  would  not  be 
quickened  and  strengthened  by  the  con- 
templation of  the  lives  and  services  of 
the  founders  of  this  Republic  is  un- 
worthy to  enjoy  the  blessings  of  a  free 
country. 

"In  these  days  one  occasionally  meets 
with  a  person  or  a  small  group  of  persons 
who  find  fault  with  our  representative 
form  of  government,  who  sneer  at  the 
men  who  conceived  and  framed  it,  decry- 
ing their  ability  and  even  imputing  un- 
worthy motives  to  them.  In  nearly  every 
such  case  there  is  the  implied  or  the  ex- 
pressed statement  that  the  critics  could 
give  us  a  much  better  form  of  govern- 
ment if  it  were  left  to  them.  They  re- 
mind me  of  a  story  of  Charles  Lamb,  who 
being  at  a  dinner  where,  the  conversation 
turning  for  a  moment  on  the  subject  of 


Shakespeare's  plays,  a  bumptious  per- 
son loftily  declared  that  he  could  not 
see  anything  so  very  fine  in  Shakespeare's 
works ;  that  if  he  had  a  mind  to  he  could 
write  like  Shakespeare ;  whereupon 
Charles  Lamb  quietly  remarked  that  the 
gentleman  was  right,  all  that  he  lacked 
was  the  mind.  Such  persons  are  gener- 
ally as  ignorant  of  the  history  of  their 
own  country  as  they  are  of  general  his- 
tory and  of  human  nature. 

"It  is  said,  and  truly  said,  that  a  gov- 
ernment is  to  be  judged  by  its  action  upon 
men  and  by  its  action  upon  things ;  by 
what  it  makes  of  the  citizens  and  what 
it  does  with  them.    Judged  by  this  stand- 
ard the  United  States,  under  the  benefi- 
cent influence  of  free  institutions,  is  the 
most  successful  government  that  has  ever 
existed.      The   activity,   energy,   courage 
and  inventive  genius  of  our  people  have 
been  the  wonder  of  the  world.     General 
prosperity    here     has     attained     greater 
heights  and  has  been  more  widely  dif- 
fused  than    in   any   country   under   anv 
other  form  of  government  known  to  his- 
tory.    Our  progress  in  the  arts  and  sci- 
ences  has   kept   pace   with   our   material 
prosperity.     The  education  of  the  people, 
which  in  other  countries  before  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Republic,  was  the  privi- 
lege of  the  few,  has  here  been  made  the 
birthright  of  all. 


308     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE. 


"The  right  to  a  free  education  is  a  part 
of  the  inheritance  of  every  child  within 
the  bounds  of  this  Republic. 

"These,  among  other  things,  are  what 
the  government,  created  by  the  illustrious 
men  of  the  Revolutionary  period,  has 
done  and  is  doing  for  us ;  this  is  the  sys- 
tem of  government  which  their  wisdom, 
patriotism  and  sacrifices  established  and 
transmitted  to  us ;  and  who  dares  say  that 
it  is  not  the  richest  and  noblest  inheri- 
tance ever  bequeathed  to  the  sons  and 
daughters  of  men  ? 

"And  now  what  are  we  doing  to  safe- 
guard this  priceless  inheritance?  We 
have  here  the  richest  country  in  the 
world,  count  its  wealth  not  by  the  hun- 
dreds of  millions  but  by  the  hundreds  of 
billions.  We  have  one  hundred  millions 
of  people  engaged  in  peaceful  pursuits. 
One  country  lies  between  two  great 
oceans.  In  the  present  state  of  the  art  of 
war  there  is  but  one  great  nation  in  the 
world  as  utterly  helpless  as  we  are  in 
case  of  war,  and  that  is  China.  Our  reg- 
ular army  is  hardly  sufficient  to  police 
our  Mexican  border.  Our  navy  is  rela- 
tively weak  in  ships  and  clearly  under- 
manned. We  are  without  munitions  and 
other  means  of  defense  in  case  of  war. 
A  powerful  army  which  could  be  sent 
against  us  by  a  great  power  would,  in  our 
present  situation,  drive  the  hundred  mil- 
lions of  people  before  it  like  chaff  before 
the  wind.  These  deficiencies  cannot  be 
supplied  by  shouting  that  we  can  lick  all 
creation.  The  time  has  come  for  deeds 
instead  of  words  in  the  preparation  of  the 
country  to  defend  its  integrity  and  its  lib- 
erty. A  great  statesman  has  said,  Tf 
there  is  anything  certain  in  human  affairs 
it  is  that  valuable  acquisitions  are  only 
to  be  retained  by  a  continuation  of  the 
same  energies  that  gained  them.'  Is 
there  anyone  so  deluded  as  to  believe  that 
we  are  putting  forth  the  same  energy  to 
save  our  inheritance  that  was  exerted  to 
gain  it  for  us  in  the  first  instance  and  to 
preserve  it  during  the  civil  war  ? 

"I  believe  in  universal  compulsory 
service.  The  plan  suggested  recently  by 
Admiral  Goodrich  seems  to  me  a  good 


one.  Every  boy  on  reaching  the  age  of 
eighteen  years ;  that  is,  when  he  has  fin- 
ished or  has  had  time  to  finish  his  high- 
school  course,  should  give  one  year  to  the 
service  of  his  country.  He  should  enter 
the  army  to  receive  the  training  and  dis- 
cipline that  will  qualify  him  in  the  hour 
of  need,  if  such  hour  unhappily  should 
come,  to  defend  his  country  with  skill 
and  courage  against  any  enemy.  That 
training  would  necessarily  involve,  in  ad- 
dition, valuable  instruction  for  the  per- 
formance of  his  duties  in  civil  life.  After 
his  year's  service  he  would  return  home  a 
better  man  physically,  mentally  and  mor- 
ally. His  training  would,  among  other 
things,  teach  him  discipline,  the  lesson  of 
obedience,  respect  for  the  rights  of 
others,  a  high  sense  of  justice  and  a  com- 
radeship which  would  lead  him  to  regard 
others  as  in  truth,  his  brothers.  Under 
such  a  system  six  hundred  thousand 
young  men  would  be  trained  every  year, 
an  invincible  army  for  the  defense  of 
home  and  country.  And  in  the  pursuits 
of  civil  life  there  would  be  in  a  few  years 
millions  of  as  efficient  men  as  could  be 
found  in  any  part  of  the  world. 

"It  may  be  said  that  the  year  spent  in 
the  army  would,  in  the  aggregate,  amount 
to  a  very  serious  loss  to  the  industry  and 
commerce  of  the  country.  But  do  you 
think  we  can  have  a  country  without 
making  sacrifices  for  it  ?  Men  or  women 
cannot  truly  love  their  country  unless 
they  do  something  for  it,  and  by  doing 
something  I  do  not  mean  merely  high 
professions  of  devotion  or  occasional  acts 
of  public  service  involving  no  serious  in- 
convenience to  the  citizens  doing  them. 
The  service  for  the  country  that  I  have 
in  mind  involves  self  denial,  personal  in- 
convenience, personal  discomforts,  real 
sacrifices,  and  all  these  as  frequently  as 
the  public  welfare  calls  for  them.  Re- 
member what  I  have  said:  that  if  there 
is  anything  certain  in  human  affairs  it  is 
that  valuable  acquisitions — like  free  insti- 
tutions, like  liberty  regulated  by  law — are 
to  be  retained  only  by  the  continuation  of 
the  same  energies  that  gained  them.  This 
furnishes  a  good  criterion  by  which  to 


ADDRESS  OF  JUDGE  1HOMAS  BURKt 


3W 


judge  whether  we  are  doing  our  full 
duty,  exerting  the  energy  we  ought  to 
put  forth  to  make  us  worthy  of  our  in- 
heritance and  to  preserve  it  unimpaired. 

"Moreover,  the  plan  of  universal  com- 
pulsory service  that  I  have  just  spoken  of 
is  essentially  democratic.  All  young  men, 
without  exception,  who  are  physically  fit 
should  be  called  to  the  colors  at  eighteen 
for  one  year's  service.  They  meet  on  a 
common  ground,  the  boy  from  the  hum- 
ble cottage  and  the  boy  from  the  stately 
mansion  standing  side  by  side  for  home 
and  country.  It  often  will  happen  that 
before  the  year's  service  is  over  the  boy 
from  the  humble  home  will  be  the  captain 
and  among  his  private  soldiers  will  be 
boys  from  the  homes  of  the  rich.  They 
will  look  up  to  their  captain  with  pride 
and  confidence,  because  they  will  know 
he  rose  by  merit,  not  by  favoritism.  It 
will  be  recognized  by  all  that  there  is  no 
aristocracy  created  by  the  Ruler  of  the 
universe.  Such  a  service  would  furnish 
the  highest  example  of  true  equality  and 
would  be  the  realization  of  one  of  the 
noblest  American  ideals. 

"The  sooner  we  come  to  realize  that  in 
the  economy  of  nature  we  can  not  hope 
to  have  rights  and  privileges  without  giv- 
ing an  equivalent  therefor,  the  better  it 
will  be  for  our  country.  Nature  is  a 
thrifty  goddess  who  never  gives  some- 
thing for  nothing.  If  people  would  have 
the  blessings  of  free  institutions  they 
must  show  themselves  able  and  ever 
ready  to  defend  and  maintain  them.  On 
no  other  condition  are  they  to  be  had. 
That  is  controlled  by  a  law  of  nature 
which  no  legislature  or  congress  can 
amend  or  repeal. 

"But  we  are  told  by  some  very  good 
people  that  preparation  against  war  is 


wholly  unnecessary;  that  a  peaceful  na- 
tion like  the  United  States  need  have  no 
fear  of  aggression  on  the  part  of  any 
other  nation.  I  can  see  how  people  could 
reason  themselves  into  this  view  three 
years  ago,  but  I  cannot  understand  how 
any  intelligent  person  can  hold  it  today  in 
the  face  of  the  frightful  object  lesson  to 
the  contrary  which  Europe  is  now  giving 
to  the  world.  The  teaching  of  history  is 
against  it.  Human  nature  is  against  it. 
Fundamentally  human  nature  is  the  same 
yesterday,  today  and  forever — the  same 
in  its  primal  instincts,  the  same  in  its  im- 
perious appetites,  the  same  in  its  turbu- 
lent passions,  the  same  in  its  towering, 
ruthless  ambitions,  as  it  was  when  Athens 
was  the  glory  and  Rome  was  the  mistress 
of  the  world.  Human  nature  is  the  one 
constant  factor  in  the  great  problem  of 
how  to  keep  the  peace  between  nations. 
Civilization  at  times  has  had  mild  re- 
straining influence  upon  it,  but  has  never 
been  able  to  change  it  in  its  deeper  as- 
pects. That  being  so,  there  is  but  one 
course  left  to  a  people  who  are  worthy  of 
liberty,  and  that  is  to  be  ever  ready  and 
able  to  defend  and  maintain  it.  It  is  with 
a  nation  as  with  an  individual :  its  rights 
will  only  be  secure  from  being  disregard- 
ed when  the  nation  is  able  and  habitually 
disposed  to  stand  up  for  them. 

"Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, it  is  your  high  office  to  instill  this 
lesson  of  patriotism  into  the  hearts  of  the 
people,  to  arouse  them  to  a  sense  of  duty, 
to  impress  upon  them  that  patriotism  is 
something  more  substantial  than  fine  pro- 
fessions, that  it  means  eternal  vigilance 
in  the  public  interest  and  a  willingness  to 
undergo  any  self  denial,  to  make  any  sac- 
rifice, even  life  itself,  for  home  and 
country." 


The  fifth  and  youngest  son  of  Mrs.  Emma  B.  Merryman,  of  Portland,  Ore.,  has  just 
enlisted,  making  the  two  hundred  and  ninety-first  member  of  the  family  to  serve  his  country 
during  the  last  140  years. 


Parliamentary  Puzzles  Solved 

Cora  Welles  Trow 


When  reviewing-  the  excitement  caused 
by  the  threatened  railroad  strike,  it  is 
interesting  to  note  the  important  part 
played  by  P.  L.  in  the  settlement  of  the 
difficulty. 

At  first  a  conference  was  held  between 
the  President  of  the  United  States  and 
the  parties  directly  interested.  After  that 
a  bill  was  drawn  which  is  the  same  as  a 
main  motion,  and  that  bill  or  motion  was 
put  to  vote  and  carried  and  became  a  law 
by  the  affixing  of  the  President's  signa- 
ture. This  should  cause  us  to  realize 
what  an  important  part  P.  L.  plays  in  the 
settlement  of  all  questions  affecting  or- 
ganizations. 

Question.  A.  K.  L.  writes  about  a 
matter  which  has  caused  widespread  dis- 
cussion in  her  State.  Action  was  taken  at 
a  meeting  where  A.  K.  L.  was  presiding 
that  has  been  severely  criticized.  She  is 
anxious  to  close  this  discussion  and  asks 
how  this  may  be  done. 

Answer.  There  is  only  one  way  of 
closing  the  discussion.  Admit  that  the 
proceedings  referred  to  were  conducted 
in  an  irregular  manner.  Through  ig- 
norance you  allowed  action  to  be  taken 
in  an  illegal  manner.  To  refuse  to  ac- 
knowledge your  mistake  will  only  pro- 
long this  discussion.  A  mistake  ac- 
knowledged is  half  atoned. 

R.  F.  asks  this  pertinent  question. 
What  constitutes  the  session  of  our  Chap- 
ter? 

Answer.  A  session  is  that  period  of 
time  over  which  a  series  of  meetings  ex- 
tend and  is  usually  outlined  by  the  By- 
Laws.  The  adopting  of  a  program  also 
outlines  a  session.  If  no  session  is  out- 
lined in  your  By-Laws  and  no  program 
is  adopted,  then  the  time  covered  by  your 


duly  appointed  Standing  Committees 
would  constitute  your  session  and  their 
reports  would  close  your  session. 

Question.  W.  D.  asks  us  to  explain 
the  following  involved  situation.  The 
By-Laws  of  a  Chapter  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  all  committees  by  the 
Chapter.  During  the  summer  months  it 
was  found  necessary  to  provide  a  new 
meeting  place  for  the  Chapter  and  the 
Regent  appointed  a  Committee  to  look 
for  a  place  to  report  to  the  Board  of 
Management.  The  Chairman  of  this 
Committee  was  unable  to  serve  and  the 
Committee  met  and  elected  another 
Chairman.  What  standing  has  this  Com- 
mittee and  can  it  report  ? 

Answer.  During  the  summer  months 
your  Board  of  Management  must  repre- 
sent the  executive  of  your  Chapter  un- 
less regular  meetings  of  the  latter  are 
held.  Therefore,  it  is  devolved  upon 
your  Board  of  Management  to  appoint 
this  Committee.  If,  however,  for  any 
reason  it  was  impossible  to  call  the  Board 
of  Management  together,  the  Regent  had 
power  to  appoint  the  Committee  as  an 
emergency  measure. 

The  Committee  had  no  authority  to 
elect  a  new  Chairman  but  should  have  re- 
ferred the  matter  to  the  Regent.  Under 
the  circumstances  the  only  course  to  pur- 
sue is  to  have  the  action  taken  by  the 
Regent  formally  ratified  by  the  Chapter 
and  amend  By-Laws  to  meet  such  a  con- 
tingency in  the  future. 

All  communications  sent  to  this  de- 
partment will  be  answered  on  this  page. 
Inquirers  will  be  referred  to  by  the  in- 
itials they  send.  No  names,  places  or 
states  will  be  mentioned. 


(Mrs.  Trow,  whose  address  is  350  West  55th  Street,  New  York  City,  has  consented  to 
answer  questions  of  a  parliamentary  nature  through  the  magazine.  This  new  feature  will  be 
of  great  interest  and  value. — Editor. 


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VERMONT 

From  the  Election  of  Thomas  Chittenden  Through  the  War  of  1  8 1  2 

By  Mrs.  W.  R.  White. 


We  are  all  begining  to  feel  that  in  the 
past  too  much  stress  has  been  laid  on  our 
war  history  and  war  heroes  so  we  agree 
with  grandfather,  who  closes  his  "His- 
tory of  Vermont"  with  these  words : 
Some  day  we  will  sing  Vermont's  praises, 
Leaving  out  all  this  blood-shed  and  strife 
And  talk  of  our  Artists  and  Authors, 
Our  peaceful  and  home-loving  life. 

And  after  all,  is  not  the  foundation 
laid  by  our  pioneers  in  their  pursuit  of 
the  home-loving  life,  our  greatest  his- 
tory? Their  stand  for  independence 
against  the  encroachments  of  the  sur- 
rounding states  was  in  protection  of  the 
home,  in  fact  the  whole  political  history 
of  our  little  state  from  the  election  of 
Governor  Chittenden  down  to  the  pres- 
ent day  revolves  about  the  home.  At 
that  memorable  convention  called  at 
Windsor  on  July  2,  1777,  for  the  purpose 
of  the  formation  and  adoption  of  a  state 
constitution,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that 
before  the  convention  proceeded  to  busi- 
ness it  listened  to  a  sermon  by  the  Rev. 
Aaron  Hutchinson  of  Pomfret.  (I  won- 
der how  our  legislature  would  enjoy  that 
today!)  Shortly  after  the  proceedings 
of  the  Convention  began  and  while  the 
draft  of  the  Constitution  was  under  dis- 
cussion, an  urgent  message  came  from 
Seth  Warner  announcing  the  capture  of 
Ticonderoga  and  the  attack  at  Hubbard- 
ton.  This  news  so  alarmed  the  members, 
many  of  whose  families  were  in  the  line 
of  march  of  the  enemies,  that  the  Con- 
vention was  on  the  point  of  being  broken 
up.  But  just  then  a  furious  thunder 
storm  burst  over  them,  and  compelled 
them  to  remain  in  their  places,  during 
which  interval  they  hurriedly  completed 
the  reading  of  the  constitution  and  unan- 
imously adopted  it.  This  mode  of  adopt- 
ing the  Constitution  of  Vermont  was,  of 
course,  open  to  criticism;  but  it  is  said 


that  as  a  practical  measure  it  was  prob- 
ably the  best  that  could  be  done  and 
therefore   commendable. 

The  first  election  under  the  Constitu- 
tion was  held  in  Bennington,  March  12, 
1778,  when  Thomas  Chittenden  was 
elected  the  first  governor  of  Vermont; 
and  we  find  that  he  was  annually  re- 
elected for  eighteen  years  with  one  ex- 
ception— a  just  tribute  to  his  wisdom, 
courage  and  devotion  to  the  public  in- 
terests. He  was  a  pioneer  in  a  very 
broad  sense  of  the  word.  Four  years 
before  his  election  he  had  moved  from 
Connecticut  to  Williston,  Vt.,  where  he 
had  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  for 
a  farm  when  there  were  only  a  few  fam- 
ilies north  of  Rutland.  There  he  built  a 
log  house  and  was  just  getting  well  estab- 
lished when  the  war  of  the  Revolution 
commenced,  and  he  was  obliged  to  re- 
move his  family  to  a  place  of  safety  so 
they  came  south  to  Arlington,  guided 
only  by  blazed  trees ;  and  there  remained 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  living  on  a 
corner  opposite  the  house  occupied  by 
Ethan  Allen,  until  they  finally  returned 
to  their  home  in  Williston. 

Governor  Chittenden  is  said  to  have 
been  tall,  athletic,  possessed  of  great  com- 
mon sense  and  remarkable  tact,  a  man  of 
simple  habits.  For  several  years  after 
he  became  Governor  he  continued  to  live 
in  his  log  house.  During  the  first  year 
of  his  administration  new  trouble  arose 
with  the  neighboring  states.  At  this  time 
our  state  was  an  independent  Republic, 
exercising  all  the  functions  of  a  free 
state,  issuing  its  own  money,  etc.  There- 
fore, desiring  to  come  under  its  protec- 
tion, sixteen  towns  on  the  Connecticut 
river  applied  for  permission  to  unite 
themselves  with  Vermont.  Against  the 
better  judgment  of  our  leading  men  a 
vote  was  finally  obtained  to  receive  them, 


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312     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


but  the  Governor  of  New  Hampshire  in- 
terfered, claimed  the  towns  and  wrote  to 
Gov.  Chittenden  protesting  against  this 
action.  Consequently  the  Vermont  As- 
sembly of  1779  voted  to  renounce  all  con- 
nection with  the  towns  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

Afterward  the  General  Assembly  of 
N.  H.  laid  claim  to  the  whole  tract  of 
land  contained  in  Vermont ;  New  York 
repeated  her  claim  and  both  New  Hamp- 
shire and  New  York  appealed  to  Con- 
gress. Immediately  after  this,  as  if  Ver- 
mont had  not  trouble  enough  with  her 
neighbors,  Massachusetts  also  laid  claim 
to  a  part  of  the  territory.  There  were 
now  four  different  claims  to  our  little 
state  before  Congress ;  and  it  was  evi- 
dent by  her  evasions  in  settling  the  dis- 
pute that  the  union  and  affection  of  New 
Hampshire,  New  York  and  Massachu- 
setts were  considered  by  that  body  of 
more  importance  to  be  preserved  than 
the  existence  of  Vermont.  But  the  peo- 
ple of  our  state  denied  that  Congress  had 
any  right  to  interfere  in  the  internal  pol- 
icy and  government  of  Vermont  and 
again  declared  that  this  state  existed  in- 
dependently of  the  thirteen  United 
States,  and  that  they  would  defend  them- 
selves and  maintain  their  rights.  The 
fact  that  this  position  was  honorably  sus- 
tained for  so  many  years  fully  shows 
that  our  fore-fathers,  including  our  first 
Governor  were  men  of  no  ordinary  en- 
ergy, talent  and  perseverance,  proving  as 
they  did  equal  to  everv  trying  situation. 

Perhaps  a  few  words  should  be  said 
right  here  in  regard  to  the  famous  Holdi- 
mand  Correspondence,  so-called  because 
it  was  carried  on  under  the  management 
of  Gen.  Holdimand  of  the  British  army 
for  nearly  three  years  in  which  he  en- 
deavored to  persuade  Vermont,  because 
of  the  treatment  she  had  received  from 
the  United  States,  to  abandon  the  Ameri- 
can cause  and  declare  herself  a  British 
province.  The  correspondence  on  the 
part  of  Vermont  consisted  in  answers  and 
proposals  which  were  intended  to  give 
the  British  strong  hopes  of  ultimate  suc- 
cess without  coming  to  any  definite  agree- 


ment. Gov.  Hiland  Hall  in  his  history 
says:  The  men  of  Vermont  had  no  idea 
of  becoming  a  British  province,  but  under 
the  circumstances  deemed  it  proper  to  re- 
sort to  strategem  always  practised  and 
considered  justifiable  in  war.  By  this 
strategy  an  army  of  10,000  were  kept 
back  and  a  state  saved. 

By  1789  New  York  had  given  up  all 
hope  of  subduing  Vermont ;  an  agreement 
was  entered  into  whereby  for  $30,000.00 
she  would  surrender  all  claims  to  land  in 
Vermont ;  and  the  controversy  which  had 
been  waged  with  great  animosity  for 
twenty-six  years  was  finally  settled.  As 
soon  as  a  reconciliation  had  been  effected 
with  New  York,  the  legislature  of  Ver- 
mont called  a  convention  to  meet  in  Ben- 
nington to  consider  the  desirability  of 
joining  the  Union.  The  people  were  con- 
scious of  their  own  power  and  no  longer 
considered  a  union  with  the  United  States 
a  necessity ;  but  after  a  three-days'  de- 
bate, they  resolved  to  make  application  to 
Congress   and   this   time   were   admitted 


State  Line  House,  built  in  1783  for  Col. 
Matthres,  a  local  inn-keeper,  of  bricks  imported 
from  Holland.  It  is  practically  intact  except 
for  the  small  doors  cut  in  each  end  of  the  base- 
ment portion  and  is  still  in  an  excellent  state 
of  preservation.  The  front  hall,  running 
through  the  center  of  the  house,  marks  the 
boundary  line  between  Vermont  and  New 
York;  and  the  farm  is  in  two  states,  three 
counties  (Bennington,  Washington  and  Rens- 
selaer) and  four  towns  (Bennington,  Hoosick, 
Shaftsbury  and  White  Creek). 


VERMONT 


313 


without  a  dissenting  voice,  March  4, 
1791.  What  a  satisfaction  this  must 
have  been  to  her  faithful  Governor,  and 
what  a  pity  that  neither  Ethan  Allen  nor 
Seth  Warner  lived  to  see  that  day ! 

It  is  most  interesting  to  read  of  the 
laws  of  our  state  passed  in  1779.  The 
burglar  was  branded  on  the  forehead 
with  a  hot  iron  with  a  capital  B,  or  one 
ear  was  nailed  to  a  post  and  cut  off;  or 
fifteen  stripes  given  on  his  naked  body. 
The  counterfeiter  was  branded  with  a 
capital  C  and  was  committed  to  the  work- 
house for  life,  his  estate  having  been  for- 
feited. The  thief  was  obliged  to  restore 
three  fold  the  value  stolen.  Stocks  were 
set  in  public  places  in  every  town,  and  the 
liar,  profane  man,  and  drunkard  were 
confined  therein,  exposed  to  full  view. 
A  Quaker  in  Monkton  was  condemned  to 
stand  in  pillory  for  getting  his  hay  in  on 
Sunday.  His  wife  staid  near  him  all  the 
time,  knitting.  Perhaps  she  had  helped 
or  at  least  encouraged  him  to  get  in  the 
hay. 

The  legislature  of  Vermont,  as  that  of 
other  states  in  those  days,  sanctioned  the 
raising  of  money  for  charitable  purposes 
by  means  of  the  lottery ;  and  at  least  one 
petition  was  presented  for  the  use  of  a 
lottery  to  build  a  church !  In  general, 
politics  in  Vermont  ran  smoothly  owing 
to  the  sincere  attachment  of  the  people 
to  Gov.  Chittenden  who  occupied  the  ex- 
ecutive  chair   until    1797    when   he   re- 


signed on  account  of  ill  health  and  died 
soon  after,  aged  sixty-eight  years,  hav- 
ing piloted  our  little  state  through  the 
storm  and  after  fourteen  years'  struggle 
guided  her  into  the  desired  haven  of 
statehood  under  the   Stars  and   Stripes. 

Judge  Isaac  Tichenor4  was  elected  to 
succeed  Gov.  Chittenden  and  re-elected 
with  the  exception  of  one  term  until 
1809  During  the  first  year  of  his  ad- 
ministration the  subject  of  establishing 
banks  in  Vermont  came  before  the  legis- 
lature and  petitions  were  sent  from  Bur- 
lington and  Windsor  to'  obtain  charters  ; 
but  banking  business  was  so  little  un- 
derstood by  the  members  of  the  legisla- 
ture that  they  were  afraid  of  venturing 
without  due  consideration  so  the  sub- 
ject was  referred  to  the  next  session  for 
eight  successive  years  until  finally  in 
1806  a  state  bank  was  founded  in  Mid- 
dlebury.  The  law  makers  of  that  day 
evidently  believed  in  the  importance  of 
the  second  thought. 

In  the  second  year  of  Gov.  Tichenor's 
administration — 1799 — the  whole  nation 
was  shocked  by  the  death  of  Washing- 
ton. Wall  paper  commemorative  of  the 
event  was  made  and  the  paper  on  the  up- 
per hall  in  the  Governor's  house  is  still 
covered  with  it,  the  design  being  a  fune- 
ral urn,  and  the  name  being  on  each 
yard.  Many  other  relics  are  found  in 
that  wonderful  old  home. 

The   high    four-poster,   in   the   Gover- 


The  Governor  Tichenor  House. 


314     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AM  ERIC  AX  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

nor's     own     room,     the     warming     pan,  tion  into  a  second  war  with  Great  Brit- 

eradle,    spinning    wheel,    the    first    piano  ain  called  the  War  of  1812.     After  war 

ever  brought  to  Bennington,  the  wonder-  had  been  declared  by  the  United  States, 

ful  oil  portraits,  are  the  most  prominent.  President  Madison  issued  an  order   for 

The  limits  of  this  paper  do  not  allow  100,000  militia  to  be  ready  for  action  if 

me    to    dwell    on    the    homes,    churches,  neede(j.     Vermont's   portion   was   3,000, 

schools  and  colleges  of  our  state  during  and  Goy    Jonas  Galusha>  who  had  seen 

this  period,  of  the  circulating  libraries,  .             ,      ^   ,,,        ,  „        . 

1           '                             T  fc>1           .    .  service  at  the  Battle  of  Bennington,  lm- 

the  early  newspapers,  etc.     In  the  capitol  ,.   ,  .     .          ,        ,                  .        ,  ' 

, ,    J     ,.       .  '           ,,        ...  mediately  issued  orders  to  raise  the  de- 
at   Montpeher   is   an   old   printing   press  .             J 
1   •       1  I     u     +i      a    4-     ^„  „  :«  +i,^  ™„  sired    apportionment.       1  he    general    as- 
claimed  to  be  the  first  press  in  the  con-  [  l            .....        & 

tinent  north  of  Mexico.  Think  of  the  sembly  passed  the  following  resolve : 
maple  sugar  and  butter  industries  back  "We  pledge  ourselves  to  each  other 
in  1791,  our  shipping  on  Lake  Cham-  and  to  our  government  that  with  our  in- 
plain  and  the  Connecticut  river.  Ver-  dividual  exertions,  our  example  and  in- 
mont  built  and  launched  a  steam-boat  on  fluence,  we  will  support  our  government 
Lake  Champlain  in  1808,  the  year  after  and  country  in  the  present  contest  and 
Fulton  launched  the  Clermont  on  the  rely  on  the  great  Arbiter  of  events  for 
Hudson.5  a  favorable  result."  So  well  did  the  peo- 
But  the  peaceful,  home-loving  pur-  pie  of  Vermont  keep  this  pledge  that  the 
suits  of  this  period  were  overshadowed  Federal  government  gave  thanks  "for 
by  the  war  cloud  that  was  gathering  and  the  brave  and  patriotic  citizens  of  Ver- 
which  finally  plunged  the  American  na-  mont." 

Notes 

1  Vermont  was  called  The  New  Hampshire  Grants  in  the  Dorset  Convention  of  Sept. 
25,  1776;  but  the  Westminister  Convention  of  Jan.  15,  1777,  in  its  declaration  of  inde- 
pendence, while  it  spoke  of  it  by  that  name,  declared  that  the  state  was  "hereafter  to  be 
called  by  the  name  of  New  Connecticut." 

The  Windsor  Convention,  which  met  in  June,  1777,  passed  a  resolution  that  it  should 
"hereafter  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Vermont,"  giving  in  the  preamble  as  the 
reason  for  the  change  that  "a  district  of  land  on  the  Susquehanna  river  had  been  named 
and  was  known  by  that  name,  and  that  it  would  be  inconvenient  for  two  districts  to  bear 
the  same  name." 

2  The  railroad  station  at  Arlington  stands  on  the  site  of  Gov.  Chittenden's  home ;  and 
it  is  said  that  the  view  on  the  state  seal  is  taken  from  that  site. 

3  Vermont  did  not  confine  its  independence  to  the  Revolutionary  period.  At  a  recent 
auction  in  New  York  two  stamps  were  sold  for  $1,730,  which  were  issued  in  Brattleboro, 
by  the  postmaster  in  1846,  one  year  before  the  U.  S.  Government  issued  its  first  postage  stamps. 

4Isaac  Tichenor,  born,  Newark,  N.  J.,  February  8,  1754,  a  graduate  of  Princeton,  was 
appointed  Deputy  Commissary-General  of  purchases  for  the  Northern  Department  and  in 
that  capacity  was  sent  to  Bennington  in  August,  1777.  On  arriving  in  Bennington  during 
the  battle,  he  stopped  at  the  tavern  kept  by  Capt.  Elijah  Dewey  and  ordered  dinner.  Mrs. 
Dewey,  who  had  spent  the  day  preparing  large  kettles  of  boiling  meat,  so  as  to  have  food 
ready  for  the  men  on  their  return,  promptly  refused  to  give  the  stranger  a  meal.  He 
pointed  to  a  kettle  and  asked  why,  in  the  midst  of  such  plenty,  she  would  not  let  him  have  some- 
thing to  eat.  Mrs.  Dewey's  eyes  flashed  as  she  answered  :  "That  meat  is  for  the  men  who  have 
gone  to  fight  for  their  country,  where  you  ought  to  be."  Tichenor  explained  that  he  was  out 
on  public  service,  getting  supplies  for  the  patriots  and  was  given  his  dinner.  Tichenor  wore  the 
wig,  queue,  cocked-hat  and  great  cloak  of  the  Revolutionary  period  up  to  the  time  of  his  death 
in  December  11,  1838.  He  was  married  but  had  no  children,  and  upon  his  death  his  house  was 
given  his  niece,  Catherine  Tichenor,  who  became  the  first  wife  of  George  Lyman.  The  nails 
used  in  building  this  house  were  cut  in  Bennington  from  hoops  taken  from  imported  liquor 
casks. 

5  The  first  steel  square,  so  common  now  in  the  carpenter's  trade,  was  the  invention  of  a 
poor  blacksmith,  Silas  Hawes,  of  South  Shaftsbury,  Vt,  soon  after  the  close  of  the  war  of 
1812.  Near  his  shop  was  one  belonging  to  Stephen  Whipple,  in  which  was  a  trip-hammer 
operated  by  water.  For  a  long  time  the  squares  were  turned  out  on  Mr.  Hawes'  anvil,  under 
the  trip-hammer  of  Mr.  Whipple. 


October  1  7,  1  777,  and  Some  of  the  Incidents  Connected  Therewith 


"The  Seventh  of  October, 
The  morning  being  clear, 
Brave  Gates  unto  his  men  did  say : 
''My  boys,  be  of  good  cheer, 

When  as  a  child  I  was  obliged  to  "take 
notes"  of  the  sermons  I  heard,  it  was  my 
custom  to  take  down  the  anecdotes  and 
illustration  only ;  for  those  were  all  that 
appealed  to  my  mind.  Glancing  over 
some  of  those  "Notes"  in  later  years,  I 
find  that  one  can  readily  follow  the 
whole  trend  of  thought  in  the  sermon 
from  those  illustrations.  It  occurred  to 
me,  therefore,  that  while  there  could  be 
nothing  new  written  about  the  Surrender 
of  Burgoyne,  a  sketch,  grouping  together 
some  of  the  anecdotes  to  be  found  in 
various  books,  and  illustrated  by  photo- 
graphs of  the  scenes  through  which  the 
army  marched,  might  serve  to  recall  to 
the  mind  some  of  the  many  benefits  re- 
sulting to  all  Americans  from  that  act, 
the  one  hundred  and  thirty-ninth  anni- 
versary of  which  occurs  so  near  to  the 
issuance  of  this  magazine.  Owing  to  the 
courtesy  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Fitzpatrick  of  the 
Division  of  Manuscripts  in  the  Library 
of  Congress  copies  of  the  correspondence 
between  Burgoyne  and  Gates  have  been 
secured ;  which  represent  Burgoyne  in  a 
little  different  light  than  the  common  ac- 
ceptance of  his  character. 

The  valleys  of  the  Hudson  and  the 
Mohawk  have  been  the  pathway  for 
armies  in  times  of  war  and  the  routes  of 
commerce  in  times  of  peace  since  the  be- 
ginning of  civilization  on  the  continent. 
Frontenac,  the  ablest  of  the  French  Com- 
manders, a  century  before  Burgoyne's 
time,  planned  to  move  against  the  colony 
of  New  York  by  the  same  route  followed 
by  the  British  in  1777.  His  design  was 
to  lead  his  army  through  fhe  valley  of 
Lake  Champlain  and  the  Upper  Hudson 
to  Albany ;  seize  vessels  at  that  point  to 
pass  down  the  river  and  there  act  with 
the  French  ships  of  war  which  were  to 


For  Burgoyne  is  advancing, 

And  we  will  never  fly, 

But  to  maintain  our  chartered  rights, 

We'll  fight  until  we  die." 

meet  him  in  the  harbor  of  New  York 
City.  He  saw  that  by  gaining  control  of 
the  course  and  outlet  of  the  Hudson,  the 
French  would  command  the  gateway  into 
the  interior,  divide  the  British  colonies ; 
and  New  England,  thus  cut  off,  would 
eventually  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 
French.  It  was  the  design  of  the  British 
Government  in  the  campaign  of  1777  to 
capture  the  center  and  stronghold  of  this 
commanding  system — the  confluence  of 
the  Mohawk  and  Hudson  Rivers.  Bur- 
goyne was  to  force  his  way  from  Quebec 
through  the  valley  of  the  Hudson ;  an- 
other army  under  St.  Leger  was  to  push 
through  the  Mohawk  Valley ;  General 
Howe  with  the  fleet  under  his  command, 
would  sail  up  the  Hudson,  and  all  three 
would  meet  at  Albany,  "The  Ancient 
Place  of  Treaty." 

The  feasibility  of  such  a  plan  had  not 
escaped  the  attention  of  the  Americans. 
Again  and  again  had  St.  Clair,  Schuyler, 
even  Washington,  himself,  urged  imme- 
diate preparation  against  such  a  possible 
attack.  But  the  Continental  Congress, 
like  many  of  its  successors,  occupied  it- 
self with  debate,  thought  the  generals 
too  pessimistic  and  overzealous  for  the 
increase  of  the  army  at  the  expense  of 
other  branches  of  the  Government. 
Therefore  when  on  the  first  of  July  Bur- 
goyne with  7000  trained  veterans  beside 
Canadians  and  Indians  began  his  march 
up  Lake  Champlain,  with  the  Hessians 
under  Riedesdel  on  the  east  bank  and  the 
main  body  on  the  western  shore  ;  reached 
on  the  fifth,  Ticonderoga  and  intrenched 
themselves  at  Mount  Defiance,  there  was 
nothing  for  St.  Clair  with  his  2500  Con- 
tinentals and  900  militia,  barefooted, 
ragged,  without  proper  arms,  lacking  in 
everything   necessary    for    adequate    de- 


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fense,  but  to  retreat,  which  he  proceeded 
to  do  under  shadow  of  night. 

Although  there  was  a  full  moon  at  the 
time,  their  flight  seems  to  have  been  un- 
detected until  some  miscreant  set  fire  to 
a  house  and  its  flame,  flashing  up,  re- 
vealed the  situation.  The  British  imme- 
diately pursued ;  overtook  the  rear  guard 
at  Hubbardton,  who  under  Seth  Warner 
fought  valiantly  although  hopelessly,  and 
the  main  army  reduced  to  1500  Conti- 
nentals (all  the  militia  having  sullenly  re- 
turned home)  struggled  for  a  week 
through  the  forest  and  then  arrived,  ex- 
hausted and  forlorn  at  Fort  Edward, 
where  General  Schuyler  was  in  com- 
mand with  barely  one  thousand  men. 

With  the  fall  of  Ticonderoga,  all  hope 
of  the  patriot  cause  fell  in  Europe.  Ed- 
mund Burke,  noted  for  his  friendly  atti- 
tude, said  "The  Americans  have  done 
much  but  it  is  now  evident  that  they  can- 
not look  standing  armies  in  the  face." 
Even  in  America,  all  confidence  seemed 
gone ;  Washington  wrote  to  Putnam  "As 
matters  are  going  Burgoyne  will  have 
little  difficulty  in  penetrating  to  Albany." 
The- Generals  were  blamed  for  what  was 
really  the  lack  of  "preparedness"  in  the 
army ;  and  the  cause  seemed  hopeless. 
Then  Washington  uttered  a  manifesto : 
"We  should  never  despair;  our  situation 
has  before  been  unpromising  and  has 
changed  for  the  better;  so  I  trust  it  will 
be  again."  At  the  same  time,  he  sent 
Benedict  Arnold,  an  accomplished  officer 
who  was  familiar  with  the  country  to 
Schuyler  and  ordered  all  the  boats  to  be 
ready  at  Fishkill  for  any  part  of  his  own 
army  he  might  wish  to  detach. 

After  camping  a  fortnight  at  the  head 
of  Lake  Champlain,  Burgoyne  gave  the 
order  to  advance  and  slowly  forced  his 
way  through  the  wilderness  which 
Schuyler  had  made  as  difficult  as  pos- 
sible, marching  only  about  a  mile  a  day. 
So  sure  were  the  British  of  success  that 
the  wives  of  the  officers  accompanied  the 
camp.  The  officers  themselves,  with 
their  proverbial  inability  to  understand 
the  Americans,  began  to  bet,  not  on 
whether  they  should  reach  Albany,  but  in 


how  many  days  it  would  take  them. 
July  30,  Burgoyne  reached  Fort  Edward 
and  issued  a  proclamation  stating  that 
God  would  forgive  him  if  he  incited  the 
Indians  to  scalp  and  torture  the  hard- 
ened enemies  of  Great  Britain,  even  the 
women  and  children.  The  roads  were 
crowded  with  fugitives ;  the  tories  placed 
signs  in  their  hats,  before  their  doors, 
upon  the  horns  of  their  cattle ;  every- 
where was  alarm,  retreat,  submission. 
Then,  to  these  fleeing  farmers  came  the 
news  of  the  murder  of  Jane  McCrea. 
It  spread  like  wild-fire  and  became  the 
rallying  cry  for  the  fugitives.  Many  a 
man  stopped  in  his  flight,  sent  his  wife 
and  children  on  to  a  place  of  safety  while 
he  returned  to  avenge  her  death  and  pre- 
vent a  similar  occurrence  in  his  own 
household.  This  seems  to  have  been  the 
first  occurrence  which  began  the  resis- 
tance. But  the  farmers  were  unarmed, 
and  while  a  scythe  might  do  deadly  work 
at  short  range,  some  way  must  be  found 
to  provide  amunition.  The  quick  wit  of 
the  Yankee  discovered  a  way.  By  Au- 
gust 6,  Burgoyne  had  advanced  to  the 
Hudson,  where  he  received  the  glad  news 
that  St.  Leger  was  within  sight  of  Fort 
Stanwix  without  the  loss  of  a  man,  and 
wrote  Howe  that  he  would  be  in  Albany 
on  August  22,  and  expected  to  meet  him 
there.  In  order  to  proceed  more  rapidly 
he  issued  another  proclamation,  offering 
arms  to  all  friendly  inhabitants  that  they 
might  assist  in  the  work  of  the  army. 
Large  numbers  flocked  to  his  camp  daily, 
and  received  their  arms ;  and  in  the  con- 
fusion and  crowd,  it  was  apparently  un- 
noticed— at  any  rate  it  caused  no  alarm 
— that  a  number  of  those  who  received 
arms  neglected  to  take  the  prescribed 
oath. 

On  August  seventh  St.  Leger,  who 
had  written  Burgoyne  that  with  his  In- 
dian allies  he  would  be  able  to  -sweep 
down  the  valley  of  the  Mohawk  and 
place  himself  in  the  rear  of  the  Ameri- 
can Army  found  that  the  Palatines  upon 
whom  he  relied  for  aid,  were  marching 
against  him  under  Nicholas  Herkimer. 
They  had  become  much  attached  to  the 


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317 


British 
crown  un- 
der the 
wise  policy 
of  Sir  Wil- 
liam John- 
son ;  but 
amidst  the 
trials  and 
perils  o  f 
border  life 
had  i  m  - 
bibed  the 
same  polit- 
ical con- 
victions 
which  ani- 
mated the 
Colonists 
in  all  other 
parts  of 
the  coun- 
t  r  y,  and 
under  their 
General 
fought  for 
five  doubt- 
ful, des- 
perate hours  in  one  of  the  most  deadly 
battles  of  the  army.  Their  desperate 
valor  in  the  fight  at  Oriskany  caused  the 
confident  hope  of  St.  Leger  to  die  out ; 
and  when  the  following  day  Benedict 
Arnold  reached  the  fort,  the  Indians  fled 
in  terror,  St.  Leger's  entire  force  seemed 
to  melt  away  and  the  Mohawk  expedi- 
tion upon  wThose  success  Burgoyne  had 
relied  to  so  great  an  extent,  became  an 
utter  failure. 

Thanks  to  the  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  under  its  efficient  and 
enthusiastic  Chairman  of  Historic  Spots, 
Mrs.  Delight  Keller,  the  line  of  march  of 
that  faithful  band,  and  the  influence  it 
had  in  aiding  the  Colonists,  have  been  set 
forth  and  permanent  markers  placed  on 
fourteen  of  the  principal  land-marks  in 
the  forty  miles.  A  graphic  account  of 
this  work  may  be  found  in  the  magazine 
for  December,  1913,  and  the  story  of  the 
influence  of  St.  Leger's  defeat  on  the 
fortunes  of  Burgoyne, 


Three 
days  after 
the  Battle 
o  f  Oris- 
kany, and 
before  h  e 
had  heard 
of  it,  Bur- 
g  o  y  n  e 
found  that 
largely 
owing  t  o 
the  prodi- 
gality with 
which  h  e 
had  been 
furnishing 
all  who  ap- 
plied with 
arms  and 
amunition, 
his  supply 
was  run- 
ning low. 
Having 
heard  that 
there  was 
a  large 
amount  at  Bennington,  and  believing  that 
because  Vermont  had  been  refused  ad- 
mittance into  the  United  States,  and  had 
resisted  New  York's  demands,  she  would 
be  friendly  to  him  Burgoyne  sent  an  ex- 
pedition under  Baum  to  Bennington, 
which  was  followed  by  another  under 
Breyman. 

Again  the  ignorance  of  the  English  is 
exemplified.  The  woods  were  filled  with 
spies — alert  frontiersmen,  skilled  in  all 
the  arts  of  their  trade,  who  kept  Schuy- 
ler informed  of  every  action,  and  appar- 
ently every  thought  of  Burgoyne  as  soon 
as  it  happened,  while  days  elapsed  before 
Burgoyne  would  hear  of  the  deeds  of 
his  own  allies.  In  the  cemetery  at  Sara- 
toga stands  a  tomb  on  which  is  this  in- 
scription "In  Memory  of  Alexander 
Bryan  who  died  April  9,  1825,  aged  92 
years.  The  first  permanent  settler  and 
the  first  to  keep  a  public  house  here  for 
visitors.     An  unpaid  patriot,  who  alone 


Herkimer. 


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0M  Henry  Bridge  over  the  IValloomsac.     The 

farthest  point  reached  by  Sheriff  Ten  Eyck  of 

N.  Y.,  when  he  tried  to  dispossess  James 

Breakcnridge  from  his  farm. 

at  great  peril,  gave  the  first  and  only 
information  of 
Burgoyne's  intend- 
ed  advance  on 
Stillwater  w  h  ic  h 
led  to  timely  prep- 
arations for  the 
Battle  of  Septem- 
ber 19,  followed  by 
the  memorable  vic- 
tory of  October  17, 
1777." 

Another  spy  for 
General  Schuyler, 
Moses  Harris,  re- 
lates h  i  s  experi- 
ences at  length  in 
his  application  for 
a  pension. 

Vermont  had 
been  preparing  for  weeks  for  just  such 
an  attack.  The  Council  of  Safety  had 
issued  a  call  to  all  officers  of  the  mili- 
tia to  send  on  all  the  men  they  could 
possibly  raise.  Ira  Allen  wrote  to  New 
Hampshire  for  assistance  "against  a 
large  scout  of  the  enemy  disposed  to 
take  a  tour  to  Bennington."  His  appeal 
was  received  at  Exeter  while  the  General 
Court  was  in  session  and  Speaker  Lang- 
don  responded:  I  have  three  thousand 
dollars  in  hard  money.  I  will  pledge  my 
plate  for  three  thousand  more.  I  have 
seventy  hogsheads  of  Tobago  rum  which 
shall  be  sold  for  the  most  it  will  bring. 
These  are  at  the  service  of  the  state. 
If  we  succeed  in  defending  our  firesides 


Catamount  Tavern,  named  from  a  stuffed  cata- 
mount mounted  above  the  sign  board,  facing 
and  grinning  defiance  to  the  State  of  New 
York.  Here  met  the  Council  of  Safety  1772- 
78.  First  State  House  of  Vermont,  built  1769; 
headquarters  of  Stark  prior  to  the  Battle  of 
Bennington. 


and  our  homes,  I  may  be  remunerated,  if 
not,  the  property  will  be  of  no  value  to 
me."  John  Stark,  adopted  son  of  the  St. 
Francis  tribe  of  Indians,  Captain  in  the 
French  and  English  war,  who  had  served 
at  Bunker  Hill,  but  had  left  the  service 
because  Congress  had  promoted  younger 
men  over  him,  was  elected  Brigadier 
General  and  given  full  authority.  At 
once  fifteen  hundred  men  enlisted  under 
the  banner  of  their  beloved  commander. 
Ebenezer,  father  of  Daniel  Webster 
raised  a  company  of  fifty-four  men;  and 
all  marched  across  the  border  under 
Stark,  who  had  also  gathered  together 
kettles,  bullets,  a  chaplain,  a  doctor,  and 
rum  "as  there  is 
none  of  that  arti- 
cle in  them  parts 
where  we  are  go- 
ing." 

When  the  news 
of  Baum's  advance 
reached  Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts,  a 
company  of  patri- 
ots was  enrolled, 
"every  man  in  his 
haste  getting  t  o 
Bennington  as  best 
he  could."  Parson 
Allen  started  in  his 
sulky,  "conserving 
his  forces  for  com- 
bat." 


Stark  Paper  Mill,  North  Bennington,  Vt.    The 
caps  over  the  windows  and  doors  are  made 
from  the  old  mill  stones  used  to  grind  corn 
night  and  day  to  feed  Stark's  army. 


OCTOBER  17,  \777 


319 


Bennington  Battlefield.     Baum's  entrenchments 

on  heights.     Canadian  Rangers  and  German 

Grenadiers  in  huts  at  foot  of  hill. 

On  August  eleventh  Banm  had  reached 
Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  where  a  preliminary- 
skirmish  took  place  (which  was  immedi- 
ately reported  to  Stark  by  Eleazer  Edger- 
ton  and  Isaac  Clark)  and  from  where  he 
wrote  Burgoyne  that  from  fifteen  to 
eighteen  hundred  men  had  assembled  in 
Bennington,  "but  are  supposed  to  leave 
it  on  our  approach."  On  the  fourteenth 
he  encamped  on  a  hill  behind  the  Wal- 
loomsac,  and  the  rain  pouring  in  torrents 
on  the  fifteenth,  spent  the  time  construct- 
ing intrenchments.  Before  daylight  on 
the  morning  of  the  sixteenth,  Parson 
Allen  went  to  the  headquarters  of  Gen- 
eral Stark  whose  camp  was  about  two 
miles  distant,  hidden  by  a  hill  and  said: 
"We,  the  men  of  Berkshire,  have  fre- 
quently been  called  upon  to  fight,  but 
have  never  been  led  against  the  enemy. 
We  have  now  resolved,  if  you  will  not 
let  us  fight,  never  to  turn  out  again." 
Stark  asked  him  if  he  wished  to  fight  at 
once,  in  the  dark  and  in  the  rain.  "No," 
admitted  Allen,  "not  just  now."  "Very 
well,"  answered  Stark,  "if  the  Lord  shall 
once  more  give  us  sunshine,  and  I   do 


not    give    you    fighting    enough,    I    will 
never  ask  you  to  come  out  again." 

How  the  battle  was  fought  and  appar- 
ently won  by  Stark  and  his  men ;  and 
how  after  they  had  become  scattered  the 
reinforcements  under  Breyman  came  up 
and  was  only  prevented  from  turning  the 
defeat  into  a  victory  by  the  timely  ad- 
vance of  Seth  Warner  and  his  Green 
Mountain  Boys,  is  well-known  to  every 
reader  of  history.  Parson  Allen,  after 
having  climbed  a  stump  and  exhorted  the 
enemy  to  lay  down  their  arms,  and  be- 
ing replied  to  by  shots,  got  down  and  got 
his  gun.  Leonard  Robinson  saw  a  man 
fall  every  time  he  fired  his  gun  and  said 


1  he  House  where  Col.   Baum   died. 
August   17,   1777. 


General  John  Stark 
"I  prayed  the  Lord  to  have  mercy  on  his 
soul  and  then  I  took  care  of  his  body." 
John  Fay,  as  he  raised  his  musket,  ex- 
claimed: "I  feel  that  I  am  fighting  in  a 
good  cause."  As  he  spoke,  he  was  hit 
by  a  bullet  and  fell  dead.  After  the 
fight  was  over  the  news  was  brought  to 
the  landlord  of  "The  Catamount,"  where 
all  during  the  conflict  the  Council  of 
Safety  had  been  sitting  and  sending  ap- 
peals for  help  to  the  surrounding  towns. 
The  messenger  told  him  that  he  had  been 
unfortunate  in  one  of  his  sons.  "What!" 
demanded  the  father,  "Did  he  desert  his 
post?      Did    he    run    from   his    charge?" 


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Battle  Monument,  Bennington,  Vt.    Cannon    in 

Foreground  were  captured  by  Stark  from 

Baum,  August  16,  1777. 

"No,  sir;  he  is  among  the  slain.  He  fell, 
contending  mightily  in  the  cause." 

"Then  I  am  satisfied,"  replied  the  ven- 
erable man  whose  five  sons  had  been  on 
the  battlefield.  "Bring  him  in  !  Lay  him 
before  me,  that  at  my  leisure  I  may  be- 
hold the  darling  of  my  soul." 

They  brought  the  body  all  besmeared 
with  dirt  and  gore  and  laid  it  before  the 
father,  who  with  his  own  hands  pre- 
pared his  body  for  the  grave  "with  a 
complacency  I  have  never  felt  before" ; 
and  he  thanked  God  in  a  firm  voice  that 
he  had  a  son  who  was  willing  to  give  his 
life  for  his  country. 

In  the  meantime  on  the  battlefield  the 
dead  and  wounded  were  being  cared  for. 
Colonel  Baum,  mortally  wounded,  was 
taken  to  a  house  near  by  and  guarded 
throughout  the  night  by  Captain  Robin- 
son who  "watched  gently  as  a  woman 
until  he  died."  Some  of  the  Hessian 
prisoners  were  buried  in  the  churchyard ; 
but  Daniel  Harmon,  with  his  own  hands, 


buried  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  men  in 
two  large  excavations,  in  order  that  no 
pestilence  might  breed  to  add  its  terror 
to  the  inhabitants. 

Ten  days  after  the  battle  Paul  Revere 
with  a  company  of  men  escorted  the 
prisoners  to  Boston,  where  they  were 
kept  throughout  the  war.  One  of  the 
boots  of  a  Hessian  under  Baum  is  still 
preserved  as  a  trophy.  It  weighs  six 
pounds,  and  undoubtedly  prevented  its 
owner  from  escaping  capture. 

The  news  of  the  Battle  of  Bennington 
was  quickly  carried  to  Congress.  That 
body  who  even  then  was  debating  on  the 
proper  terms  to  convey  a  censure  to 
General  Stark  for  assuming  command, 
immediately  changed  the  motion  into  one 
of  praise ;  and  a  little  light  broke  through 
the  general  gloom. 

While  New  England  and  New  York 
had  cut  off  the  two  side  movements  of 
Burgoyne,  Washington  sent  Virginia  to 


Marker  at  Bennington  Monu)>ient  Ground. 


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join  them  in  the  front,  choosing  his  es- 
pecial favorites,  the  rifle  corps  of  Daniel 
Morgan.  Just  at  this  juncture  General 
Schuyler  was  replaced  hy  General  Gates 
who,  on  September  12,  advanced  to 
Bemis'  Heights,  which  Kosciuszko  had 
fortified  and  awaited  Burgoyne's  ap- 
proach. He,  whose  dream  of  easy  vic- 
tory and  rapid  promotion  had  been  rude- 
ly shattered,  had  just  learned  that  Howe 
was  not  on  his  way  to  meet  him  but  was 
on  the  Delaware.  Not  until  after  the 
war  was  over  was  the  reason  for  this  ac- 
tion ascertained.  By  one  of  those  strange 
coincidences  which  can  only  be  account- 
ed for  by  a  belief  in  a  God  of  Battles, 
the  orders  which  had  been  prepared  for 
Howe  were  never  delivered,  and  Bur- 
goyne  was  left  in  a  dense  forest,  so  close 
to  the  Americans  that  he  could  hear  their 
drum-beats,  to  fight  a  way  through  or 
perish.  Advancing  by  three  columns  he 
met  the  forces  under  Gates  and  the  battle 
waged  until  nightfall.  Both  sides 
claimed  the  victory — but  Burgoyne's 
march  was  delayed.  This  battle  also  ex- 
erted a  great  moral  influence  upon  our 
troops.  Up  to  that  time  the  Colonists 
had  been  trained  in  the  belief  that  British 
soldiers  were  irresistible ;  to  hold  them 
superior  to  all  others  in  arms  had  been 
American  Patriotism.  The  Battle  of 
Bemis'  Heights  was  a  fair  and  open  con- 
test, and  in  strategy,  steadiness  and  valor 
the  Continental  troops  proved  themselves 
equal    to    the   men    against    whom    they 


Old  Harmon  Tavern,  built  about  1770,  kept  by 
Daniel  Harmon.     Here  Stark  took  breakfast 
on  his  way  to  Bennington. 


Last  flag-staff  on  site  of  Bennington  Battlefield. 

fought.  From  that  day  the  American 
soldier  felt  himself  to  be  the  equal  of  any 
who  could  be  brought  against  him  ;  and 
he  knczv  that  he  was  animated  by  higher 
and  nobler  purposes  than  those  which 
moved  his  opponents. 

Having  repaired  the  damage  to  his 
troops  as  far  as  possible  Burgoyne  made 
a  second  attempt  on  the  morning  of  the 
Seventh  of  October  only  to  be  met  with 
such  a  furious  onslaught  that  his  men 
fled  wildly.  Reforming  and  again  ad- 
vancing they  were  again  attacked  and  in 
less  than  an  hour  after  the  action  began 
Burgoyne  abandoned  his  guns  and  or- 
dered a  retreat  to  his  camp.  Scarcely 
were  they  within  their  redoubts  when 
Benedict  Arnold,  to  whom  the  jealous 
Gates  had  refused  a  command,  rushed  in 
like  a  madman,  first  to  one  company, 
then  to  another,  and  led  them  against  the 
camp.  A  soldier  in  Col.  Latimer's  regi- 
ment said  that  Arnold  came  up  to  them, 
dashing  along,  leaving  his  aide  far  be- 
hind and  said  "Whose  regiment  is  this?" 
On  being  told,  he  said  "Ah,  my  old  Nor- 
wich   and    New    London    friends,    God 


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bless  you,  I  am  glad  to  see  you.  (Arnold 
himself  was  born  in  Norwich.)  Come 
on,  boys,  if  the  day  is  long  enough,  we'll 
have  them  all  in  hell  before  night."  So 
successfully  did  this  attack  result  that 
before  the  day  dawned  the  Americans 
occupied  the  camp,  and  Burgoyne,  with 
the  remainder  of  his  army,  marched  to- 
wards Saratoga.  Again  he  was  too  late ; 
and  not  hearing  from  Clinton,  with  no 
chance  of  escape,  he  sent  on  the  night  of 
October  13,  the  following  note: 

Lieut,  general  Buryoyne  is  desirous  of  send- 
ing a  field  officer  with  a  message  to  M  genl 
Gates  upon  a  matter  of  high  moment  to  both 
armies.  The  It.  genl.  requests  to  be  informed 
at  what  hour  genl.  Gates  will  receive  him  to- 
morrow morning. 

To  this  the  following  reply  was  sent : 

Major  general  Gates  will  receive  a  field 
officer  from  lieut  genl  Burgoyne  at  the  ad- 
vanced post  of  the  army  of  the  United  States 
at  ten  o'clock  tomorrow  morning  from  whence 
he  will  be  conducted  to  head  quarters. 

Camp  at  Saratoga,  9  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Promptly  at  the  appointed  time  Major 
Kingston  appeared,  was  blindfolded  and 
taken  to  headquarters,  where  he  delivered 
the  following  message : 

I  am  directed  to  represent  to  you  from 
general  Burgoyne  that  after  having  fought 
you  twice,  he  has  waited  some  days  in  his 
present  position  determined  to  try  a  third  con- 
flict against  any  force  you  could  bring  to  at- 
tack him. 

He  is  apprized  of  the  superiority  of  your 
numbers  and  the  disposition  of  your  troops  to 
impede  his  supplies  and  render  his  retreat  a 
scene  of  carnage  on  both  sides.  In  this  situa- 
tion he  is  impelled  by  humanity  and  thinks 
himself  justified  by  established  principles  and 
precedents  of  state  and  of  war  to  spare  the 
lives  of  brave  men  upon  honourable  terms. 
Should  major  general  Gates  be  inclined  to 
treat  upon  that  idea,  general  Burgoyne  would 
prefer  a  cessation  of  arms  during  the  truce 
necessary  to  communicate  the  preliminary 
terms  by  which  in  any  extremity  he  and  his 
army  mean  to  abide. 

To  this  General  Gates  submitted  a 
proposition,  which  was  sent  to  Burgoyne, 
and  returned  with  his  replies  written  on 
the  side. 

1.  General  Burgoyne's  army  being  exceed- 
ingly reduced  by  repeated  defeats,  by  deser- 
tion, sickness,  etc.,  their  provisions  exhausted, 


their  military  stores,  tents,  and  baggage  taken 
or  destroyed,  their  retreat  cut  off  and  their 
camp  invested,  they  can  only  be  allowed  to 
surrender  prisoners  of  war. 

Reply  Lieut,  general  Burgoyne's  army  how- 
ever reduced  will  never  admit  that  their  re- 
treat is  cut  off  while  they  have  arms  in  their 
hands. 

2.  The  officers  and  soldiers  may  keep  the 
baggage  belonging  to  them,  the  generals  of 
the  united  states  never  permit  individuals  to 
be  pillaged. 

3.  The  troops  under  his  excellency  general 
Burgoyne  will  be  conducted  by  the  most  con- 
venient route  to  New  England,  marching  by 
easy  marches  and  sufficiently  provided  for  by 
the  way. 

Reply  This  article  is  answered  by  general 
Burgoyne's  first  proposal  which  is  here  an- 
nexed. 

4.  The  officers  will  be  admitted  on  parole, 
may  wear  their  side  arms,  and  will  be  treated 
with  the  liberality  customary  in  Europe,  so 
long  as  they  by  proper  behaviour  continue  to 
deserve  it ;  but  those  who  are  apprehended 
having  broke  their  parole  (as  some  British 
officers  have  done)  must  expect  to  be  confined. 

Reply.  There  being  no  officer  in  this  army 
under,  or  capable  of  being  under,  the  descrip- 
tion of  breaking  parole,  this  article  needs  no 
answer. 

5.  All  public  stores,  artillery,  arms,  amuni- 
tion,  carriages,  horses,  etc.  must  be  delivered 
to  commissioners   appointed   to   receive   them. 

Reply.  All  public  stores  may  be  delivered 
arms  excepted. 

6.  These  terms  being  agreed  to  and  signed, 
the  troops  under  his  excellency  general  Bur- 
goyne's command  may  be  drawn  up  in  their 
encampments  when  they  will  be  ordered  to 
ground  their  arms  and  may  thereupon  be 
marched  to  the  river  side  to  be  passed  over  in 
their  way  towards  Bennington. 

Reply.  This  article  inadmissable  in  any  ex- 
tremity ;  sooner  than  this  army  will  consent  to 
ground  their  arms  in  their  encampment,  they 
will  rush  on  the  enemy,  determined  to  take  no 
quarter. 

J.  Burgoyne. 

At  the  same  time  the  following  mes- 
sage was  delivered  to  Colonel  Wilkinson 
(who  acted  for  Gates  throughout)  by 
Major  Kingston : 

If  general  Gates  does  not  mean  to  recede 
from  the  first  and  sixth  articles  of  his  pro- 
posal, the  treaty  to  end  and  hostilities  imme- 
diately to  commence.  Oct.  14,  1777. 

The  annexed  answers  being  given  to  major 
general  Gates'  proposals,  it  remains  for  lieut. 


OCTOBER  17,  1777 


general  Burgoyne  and  the  army  under  his  com- 
mand to  state  the  following  preliminary  arti- 
cles on  their  part. 

1.  The  troops  to  march  out  of  their  camp 
with  the  honors  of  war  and  the  artillery  of  the 
entrenchments  which  will  be  left  as  here  after 
may  be  regulated. 

(This  was  agreed  to  and  the  place  as- 
signed was  the  old  Fort  Hardy,  where 
the  arms  and  artillery  should  be  left.) 

The  other  articles  called  for  a  free 
passage  to  some  port,  and  was  agreed  to 
for  the  port  of  Boston ;  for  exchanges, 
which  Avas  agreed  to ;  that  all  officers  re- 
tain their  baggage,  Burgoyne  "giving  his 
honour  that  there  are  no  public  stores 
secreted  therein,''  which  was  agreed  to ; 
that  upon  the  march  the  officers  and  men 
should  not  be  sep- 
arated, each  being 
in  his  own  com- 
mand ;  agreed  to 
"as  far  as  circum- 
stances will  ad- 
mit." various  corps 
of  sailors,  artifi- 
cers, camp  follow- 
ers, to  be  treated  as 
British  subjects, 
agreed  to;  all 
Canadians  to  be 
permitted  to  re- 
turn home,  agreed 
to ;  "passports  to  be  immediately  grant- 
ed for  three  officers  to  carry  news  to 
Sir  William  Howe,  Sir  Guy  Carleton 
and  to  Great  Britain  by  the  way  of 
New  York  and  the  public  faith  to  be 
engaged  that  these  dispatches  are  not  to 
be  opened,"  agreed  to ;  and  "these  to  be 
considered  only  as  preliminaries  for 
forming  a  treaty  and  two  officers  from 
each  army  to  be  appointed  to  draw  up 
the  formal  document."  To  this  last  pro- 
posal Gates  replied : 

This  capitulation  to  be  finished  by  two 
this  day ;  the  troops  march  from  their 
entrenchments  at  five  and  be  in  readi- 
ness to  move  towards  Boston  tomorrow 
morning  (October  16). 

That  night  a  courier  was  sent  to  say 
that  Burgoyne  objected  to  the  word 
"capitulation,"  wishing  the  treaty  to  be 


Surrender  of  Burgoyne, 

1777.     Painting  by  John 

tnnda  of  the  Capitol, 


called  a  "Treaty  of  Convention,"  which 
was  agreed  to. 

Early  the  morning  of  the  sixteenth 
Burgoyne  sent  a  messenger  to  state  that 
he  had  heard  that  a  considerable  force 
of  the  men  under  Gates'  command  had 
been  detached,  and  asked  permission  to 
allow  two  of  his  officers  to  inspect  the 
army  and  report  to  him.  This  remark- 
able offer  was  indignantly  refused,  al- 
though Gates  denied  the  truth  of  the 
statement ;  and  added  that  he  must  have 
an  immediate  reply  to  his  proposals  or 
fighting  would  begin  at  once.  Burgoyne 
asked  for  time  to  consult  his  council,  but 
that  evening  the  treaty  was  signed  and 
exchanged,  and  at  eleven  the  next  morn- 
ing  the  troops 
inarched  t  o  Fort 
Hardy  where,  with 
only  Morgan 
Lewis  and  Col. 
Wilkinson  acting 
for  the  Americans, 
they  laid  down 
their  arms.  Some 
did  it  stolidly ; 
others  wept  and 
knocked  off  the 
butts  of  their  guns 
and  drummers  beat 
in  their  drum- 
heads, before  laying  them  down. 

A  little  later,  Burgoyne,  dressed  as  if 
for  a  full  dress  parade,  rode  to  head- 
quarters, where  he  was  met  by  Gates  in 
an  old  uniform  with  a  blue  coat  hastily 
donned  to  cover  the  rags  beneath,  and 
they  dined  together,  the  dinner  consist- 
ing of  meat,  bread,  potatoes  and  rum. 
Then  as  the  English  soldiers,  without  ar- 
tillery or  arms,  approached  on  their  way 
to  the  river,  the  two  generals  stepped  out 
in  front  of  the  tent ;  and  in  full  view  of 
the  two  armies,  Burgoyne  drew  his 
sword,  bowed  and  presented  it  to  Gen- 
eral Gates,  who  in  turn  bowed,  received 
the  sword,  and  returned  it  to  him.  This 
scene,  painted  by  an  eye-witness,  John 
Trumbull,  is  one  of  the  four  historical 
paintings  by  Trumbull  which  hangs  in 
the  Rotunda  of  the  Capitol  at  Washing- 


Saratoga,  October  17, 
Trumbull,  in  the  Ro- 
IVashington,  D.  C. 


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ton,  and  while  not  a  work  of  art  is  said 
to  be  a  faithful  reproduction  of  the  fea- 
tures of  the  different  personages. 

To  those  who  might  think  that  Gates 
yielded  more  than  he  should  have  done, 
it  should  be  remembered  that  he  had  re- 
ceived by  courier  a  message  from  Put- 
nam that  Clinton  had  sailed  into  New- 
burgh  Bay,  the  river  forts  being  demol- 
ished, and  told  to  "expect  the  worst." 
He  yielded  all  he  could,  therefore,  to 
hasten  the  negotiations,  Burgoyne  heard 
of  Clinton's  arrival  on  the  fifteenth,  and 
was  strongly  tempted  to  retract,  but  his 
fellow  officers,  feeling  it  would  be  dis- 
honorable and  Gates'  sharp  reply  to  his 
last  objection,  compelled  him  to  sign  the 
treaty  as  agreed  upon. 

In  the  meantime,  Congress  was  waiting 
anxiously  to  hear  the  result,  which  meant 
final  victory  or  probable  defeat  of  the 
Union.  On  the  twenty-first  they  had  re- 
ceived from  Washington  and  also  from 
Putnam  a  copy  of  a  letter  of  October  15, 
from  Governor  Clinton,  at  Kingston, 
giving  the  intelligence  that  at  eight 
o'clock  that  evening  a  capitulation  was 
signed  whereby  Burgoyne  and  all  his 
army  surrendered  themselves  prisoners 
of  war,  but  no  official  confirmation  came. 
Finally,  on  October  31,  Wilkinson  ap- 
peared bearing  a  letter  from  Gates,  bring- 
ing the  news  of  the  surrender,  and  asking 
permission  to  arrange  his  papers  and  ap- 
pear before  them  the  next  day.  General 
Gates,  jealous  of  Washington,  had  writ- 
ten to  Congress  merely,  reporting  as  fol- 
lows : 

Camp  at  Saratoga,   18th.  Octbr.   1777 
Sir 

I  have  the  Satisfaction  to  present  your  Ex- 
cellency with  The  Convention  of  Saratoga  By 
which  His  Excellency  Lieutenant  General 
Burgoyne  has  Surrendered  Himself  and  his 
whole  army  into  my  Hands ;  and  they  are  now 
upon  Their  March  to  Boston.  This  Signal 
and  Important  Event,  is  the  more  Glorious,  as 
it  was  effected  with  so  little  loss  to  the 
Army  of  the  United  States. 

This  Letter  will  be  presented  to  Your  Ex- 
cellency by  my  Adjutant  General,  Colonel  Wil- 
kinson, to  whom  I  must  beg  leave  to  refer 
your  Excellency  for  The  particulars  that 
brought  this  Great  Business  to  so  happy,  and 
Fortunate   a   Conclusion — I   desire  to   be  per- 


mitted to  recommend  This  Gallant  Officer  in 
the  warmest  manner  to  Congress,  and  entreat 
that  he  may  be  continued  in  His  present  place 
with  the  Brevet  of  a  Brigadier  General.  The 
Honorable  Congress  will  believe  me  when  I 
assure  them  that  from  beginning  of  This  war, 
I  have  not  met  with  a  more  promising  Mili- 
tary Genius  than  Colonel  Wilkinson,  and 
whose  Services  have  been  of  the  Greatest  Ben- 
efit to  this  Army. 

I  am,  Sir, 

Your  Excellency 
most  Obedient 
Humble  Servant 
His  Excellency  Horatio    Gates 

John  Hancock  Esq. 

The  story  goes  that  Wilkinson  was  so 
elated  at  the  nature  of  his  despatches 
that  he  imbibed  too  freely,  and  was  de- 
layed thereby.  It  goes  on  to  state  that 
while  the  brevet  asked  for  was  given, 
that  when  the  "Elegant  sword"  cus- 
tomarily bestowed  upon  the  bearers  of 
good  news,  was  recommended,  old  John 
Witherspoon  arose  and  in  his  broad 
Scotch  dialect,  with  a  twinkle  of  the  eye, 
sugggested  as  a  substitute  a  pair  of  spurs. 
Be  that  as  it  may,  the  sword  was  never 
voted. 

The  effect  of  this  surrender  can  hardly 
be  over-estimated.  As  George  William 
Curtis  says,  "From  that  time  American 
Independence  was  assured.  It  was  the 
surrender  of  Burgoyne  that  determined 
the  French  Alliance ;  and  it  was  the 
French  Alliance  that  secured  the  final  tri- 
umph four  years  later."  But  as  another 
writer  states:  "In  rejoicing  in  the  victory 
one  should  not  forget  the  cost  of  that 
triumph,  the  infinite  suffering,  the  tor- 
ture of  men.  the  heartbreak  of  women, 
the  terror  of  little  children  that  had  to 
be  endured  before  the  victory  which  we 
enjoy." 

While  General  Gates  had  promised  to 
the  soldiers  of  Burgoyne's  army  free 
passage  to  England,  provided  they  did 
not  take  up  arms  again  against  the  United 
States,  this  provision  was  repudiated  by 
Congress,  acting,  it  is  said,  under  pres- 
sure from  France,  who  did  not  care  to 
have  so  many  men  freed  to  fight  against 
their  land.  And  the  men  were  quartered 
first  in  Mass.  and  then  in  Va,  until  the 
close  of  the  Revolution, 


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"If  ever  the  time  comes  when  women  shall  come  together  simply  and  purely  for  the 
benefit  of  mankind  it  will  be  a  power  such  as  the  world  has  never  before  known." — Matthew 

Arnold. 

(Owing  to  the  number  of  chapter  reports  awaiting  publication  the  Editor  has  been  obliged 
to  omit  a  great  many  interesting  descriptions  of  social  affairs,  or  matters  of  local  interest. 
The  desire  of  the  individual  chapter  or  its  members  has  to  be  sacrificed  for  the  good  of  the 
whole.  If  the  chapter  historian  will  remember  that  there  are  over  fifteen  hundred  chapters 
in  existence;  that  this  Department  is  not  established  for  the  purpose  of  publishing  an  annual 
report — that  should  be  sent  to  the  State  Regent — but  to  record  work  which  may  be  of  value 
for  other  chapters  :  and  that  all  reports  should  be  written  on  only  one  side  of  the  paper,  and 
if  possible  be  typewritten,  it  will  greatly  facilitate  matters.  The  reports  are  arranged 
alphabetically  according  to  states  and  alphabetically  according  to  chapters  in  the  states.) 


Colonel  Arthur  Erwin  Chapter  (De 
Land,  Florida)  has  just  completed  its 
sixth  year  of  profitable  and  pleasant 
work.  Besides  our  regular  monthly  meet- 
ings of  study  and  social  intercourse,  we 
have  assisted  in  making  bandages,  etc., 
for  the  Red  Cross  and  have  done  other 
charitable  work.  St.  Distaff's  Day  was 
observed  by  sewing  and  sending  little 
garments  to  the  Children's  Home  Society 
in  Jacksonville,  Fla.  The  usual  patriotic 
Thanksgiving  Day  services  were  held  at 
the  John  B.  Stetson  University  conducted 
by  the  president,  Dr.  Hurley ;  and  on 
December  16  we  gave  the  play  "Ye  Girls 
of  1776/'  which  was  a  great  success. — 
Bertha  A.  Fuller,  Historian. 


Philip  Perry  Chapter  (Titusville, 
Florida)  organized  only  a  little  over  a 
year  ago,  has  in  a  small  way  tried  to  fol- 
low the  plan  of  work  mapped  out  by  the 
state.  Our  Flag  Committee  has  placed 
flags,  with  the  salute,  in  each  room  of  the 
school ;  special  services  are  arranged  in 
the  different  churches  each  year  in  com- 
memoration of  Washington's  birthday, 
and  we  are  looking  up  historical  spots  in 
the  hopes  of  reporting  on  that  subject 
next  year. 

Mrs.  S.  T.  Overstreet,  Historian. 


Alliance  Chapter  (Urbana  a  n  d 
Champaign,  111.)  has  done  much  this 
year  to  impress  upon  the  mind  of  the 
general  public  that  the  Daughters  prac- 
tise as  well  as  preach  Patriotism.     The 


programs  for  the  monthly  meetings  have 
been  faithfully  adhered  to,  although  it 
necessitated  much  research  and  study ; 
financial  assistance  tendered  several 
Southern  schools ;  books  presented  the 
public  libraries  of  both  Urbana  and 
Champaign,  a  valuable  collection  of  books 
loaned  the  latter  library  and  cash  prizes 
offered  the  pupil  having  the  highest  mark 
in  history  in  each  of  the  schools. 

Alliance  Chapter  has  also  taken  a 
stand  in  the  peace  movement  and  has  rep- 
resentatives on  the  National  Peace  Com- 
mission Board  ;  yet  we  would  not  rest  on 
our  laurels  but  persevere  and  with  un- 
flagging energy  and  zeal  uphold  in  spirit 
and  in  deed  the  principles  to  which  every 
Daughter  stands  pledged. — Annetta  A. 
Hill,  Historian. 


Martha  Board  Chapter  (Augusta, 
111.)  has  opened  a  Free  Township  Li- 
brary in  the  Town  Hall  and  have  col- 
lected nearly  1,000  volumes.  The  library 
has  been  greatly  appreciated,  and  at  the 
April  election  we  secured  a  one  mill  tax 
for  its  support.  In  May,  Mrs.  F.  M. 
King,  mother  of  one  of  our  members, 
presented  the  Chapter  with  a  site  in  mem- 
ory of  her  late  husband,  and  we  hope 
soon  to  erect  a  building  of  our  own. — 
Amy  Swanson,  Historian. 


Walter  Burdick  Chapter  (Marshall, 
111.)  began  its  last  year  by  holding  me- 
morial services  over  the  graves  of  two 
Revolutionary     soldiers.       Through    the 


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Bronze  tablet  marking  site  of  toll  gate  near  Plainwell,  Mick.,  on   Old  Plank  Road  through 
Allegan  County.     The  door  was  the  front  door  used  in  the  toll  house 


persistent  efforts  of  the  Chapter,  the  Lib- 
erty Bell  was  stopped  at  Marshall  on  its 
return  from  California,  being  the  third 
town,  only,  east  of  St.  Louis,  to  be  so 
honored.  We  had  a  municipal  Christmas 
Eve  in  the  streets ;  Washington's  Birth- 
day exercises  were  held  in  the  public 
schools  and  cash  prizes  awarded  for  the 
first  and  second  best  essays  on  patriotic 
subjects.  Copies  of  the  Code  of  the 
American  Flag  were  placed  in  each  room 
of  the  city  schools,  and  we  are  now  es- 
tablishing a  Public  Library  to  support 
which  a  two  mill  tax  was  voted  in  the 
spring  election.  Mrs.  Truman  Booth 
was  elected  regent  for  the  coming  year. 
(Mrs.  Edwin)  Ada  Madison  Jennings, 

Historian. 


Hannah  Mcintosh  Cady  Chapter 
(Allegan,  Mich.)  during  the  two-year 
regency  of  Mrs.  Robert  Turner  has  car- 
ried out  a  number  of  special  enterprises 
in  addition  to  the  regular  work  of  con- 
tributing to  the  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  Fund,  Mountain  Schools,  etc.  With 
the  co-operation  of  our  Mayor,  council 
and  business  men,  we  celebrated  July 
4th  in  a  most  sane  and  delightful  way. 
A  large  number   of   people  gathered  to 


enjoy  various  forms  of  entertainment 
and  at  noon  had  luncheon  on  the  Court 
House  lawn.  It  is  the  custom  of  the 
Chapter  to  place  a  wreath,  tied  with  D. 
A.  R.  ribbon,  on  the  soldiers'  monument 
and  on  the  graves  of  our  departed  mem- 
bers each  Memorial  Day. 

On  May  24th,  1916,  we  unveiled  tab- 
lets at  Allegan  and  Plainwell,  marking 
the  location  of  toll  gates  on  the  old  plank 
road  of  Allegan  County.  In  the  morn- 
ing the  Chapter  went  to  Plainwell  where 
a  large  number  gathered  to  witness  the 
unveiling,  which  was  done  by  children  of 
the  Regent  and  other  Daughters,  and  to 
listen  to  a  fine  address  by  a  man  who  for 
fifty  years  has  been  pastor  of  one  of 
Plainwell's  churches. 

In  the  afternoon  the  Daughters  and 
their  friends  met  at  the  beautiful  horse- 
shoe bend  of  Kalamazoo  river,  which  is 
where  the  Allegan  toll  gate  stood.  Here 
an  able  address  was  given  by  Dr.  Bills, 
one  of  the  Chapter's  most  helpful 
friends.  A  special  sacredness  is  attached 
to  this  address,  for  within  two  weeks  Dr. 
Bills  was  welcomed  at  the  gate  whose  toll 
is  Faith  and  a  Pure  Life.  The  program 
was  closed  by  the  presentation  of  a  flag 
to  the  Boy  Scouts. —  (Mrs.  Newton  C.) 
Carrie  Pennell  Evans,  Registrar. 


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At  large  (Minnesota).  The  chapter 
members  in  Minnesota  are  not  the  only 
Daughters  in  the  state  who  are  interested 
in  patriotic  work.  A  letter  was  received 
recently  by  the  Village  Clerk  of  Gibbon, 
Minnesota,  from  the  State  Treasurer 
thanking  him  for  a  generous  donation  to 
the  National  Guard  Fund  from  the  vil- 
lage, and  mentioning  especially  with  ap- 
preciation Miss  Marie  Flower,  who  had 
charge  of  the  parade  on  Fourth  of  July, 
and  of  the  soliciting  of  funds  and  to 
whose  work  the  size  of  the  donation  was 
undoubtedly  due. 


Catherine  Schuyler  Chapter  (Alle- 
gany County,  New  York),  with  a  mem- 
bership of  206,  meets  monthly  each  year, 
beginning  in  May  and  closing  with  the 
October  session. 

While  the  social  and  entertainment 
features  of  these  gatherings  held  in 
the  different  towns  continue  to  be  most 
enjoyable,  the  Chapter  takes  a  special  in- 
terest in  its  philanthropic,  patriotic  and 
county  improvement  work,  practically  us- 
ing all  its  surplus  funds  for  these  pur- 
poses. At  a  recent  meeting,  the  regent. 
Miss  Annie  Hatch,  gave  a  report  of 
moneys  aggregating  $868.75  so  dis- 
bursed. Several  scholarships  have  also 
been  purchased  for  the  benefit  of  stu- 
dents in  The  Martha  Berry  School  of 
Georgia. 

The  Chapter,  as  a  body,  is  alive,  pro- 
gressive and  bound  to  prove  a  telling  fac- 
tor in  Allegany  County.  —  Frances 
Allen  Pollard,  Historian. 


Schoharie  Chapter  (Schoharie,  New 
York)  has  eighty-seven  descendants  of 
Revolutionary  ancestors  on  its  roll.  The 
principal  work  of  the  past  year  has  been 
the  task  of  Chapter  "Home  Making," 
namely,  that  in  the  direction  of  the 
building  up  of  a  Free  Library.  It  is  the 
hope  and  intention  of  the  Daughters 
interested  in  this  work  to  make  access- 
ible to  the  people  of  Schoharie  that 
which  has  hitherto  been  unknown  in  this 
community,  free  access  to  books,  fiction. 


biography,  history,  reference  and  travel 
and  reading  tables  where  the  popular 
magazines  may  be  found.  In  the  old 
Colonial  House  built  in  1800  and  pre- 
sented to  the  Chapter  by  the  heirs  of 
Joseph  M.  Lasell  and  recently  occupied 
as  the  home  of  the  Chapter,  two  spacious 
rooms  have  been  set  aside  for  library 
purposes.  The  reading  room  is  open  to 
the  public  from  two  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon until  9  o'clock  in  the  evening  Tues- 
days and  Saturdays. 

A  work  of  this  kind  must  of  necessity 
be  a  process  of  building  up  and  must 
wait  for  the  procuring  of  the  required 
funds.  However,  the  members  of  the 
Chapter  Family  upon  whom  this  part  of 
the  "Home  Making"  has  devolved  have 
in  a  few  short  months  established  a  real 
Free  Library  containing  fifteen  hundred 
volumes,  the  work  of  indexing  these  hav- 
ing been  done  by  an  expert  in  this  line  of 
work  from  the  New  York  State  Library. 
The  funds  thus  far  secured  have  been 
obtained  by  means  of  musicales,  concerts 
dances,  card-parties  and  public  generos- 
ity. The  Daughters'  intention  is  to  ex- 
tend and  enlarge  this  library  to  meet  the 
needs  of  Schoharie's  students,  book- 
lovers  and  any  to  whom  the  book  shelf 
holds  anything  of  interest  or  entertain- 
ment. 
Harriet  Kniskern  Deitz,  Historian. 


Tuscarora  Chapter  (Binghamton, 
N.  Y.)  celebrated  its  twentieth  birthday 
and  Chapter  Day,  Oct.  12th,  with  a  re- 
ception at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Edwin  A. 
Link,  at  which  Mrs.  Benjamin  F. 
Spraker,  State  Regent,  was  the  guest  of 
honor.  Mrs.  Spraker  spoke  of  the  need 
of  Americanizing  of  the  foreigners  in  our 
midst,  telling  us  what  many  other  Chap- 
ters are  doing  along  that  line.  With  this 
in  mind,  the  principal  of  the  High  School 
at  our  request  secured  from  Albany  ed- 
ucational slides  with  lectures,  the  lec- 
tures being  read  by  the  night  school 
teachers,  each  lecture  being  given  in  four 
different  schools.  Our  large  foreign 
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lectures.  On  Feby.  22d  was  given  an 
illustrated  lecture  on  "The  Youth  of 
Washington,"  which  was  obtained  from 
Memorial  Continental  Hall.  This  lecture 
was  also  given  in  the  Public  Library 
and  at  two  grade  schools.  A  beautiful 
flag  was  purchased  for  the  auditorium  of 
the  new  High  School,  and  presented  by 
the  Regent,  Miss  Frances  Cruger  Ford, 
at  the  dedication  of  the  building.  Prizes 
were  given  as  usual  to  pupils  of  the  High 
School,  having  the  highest  average  in 
American  History,  the  prizes  being  two 
books  —  "Romance  of  Conquest,"  by 
Griffis,  and  "The  Old  New  York  Fron- 
tier," by  Halsey.  Four  thousand  flag 
codes  were  purchased  and  distributed  to 
all  the  grade  schools.  As  in  the  past  two 
years,  fifty  dollars  was  sent  to  Maryville 
College  to  fulfil  our  pledge.  The  subject 
of  the  programme  for  the  year  was 
"Some  Great  Men  of  the  Revolution." 
Ancestry  papers  were  also  read.  The 
Chapter  celebrated  Washington's  Birth- 
day at  the  Lady  Jane  Grey  School  by 
giving  a  play,  "The  Women  Who  Did," 
written  by  Dr.  Mary  Wolcott  Green,  Re- 
gent of  Staten  Island  Chapter,  the  parts 
all  being  taken  by  members  of  the  Chap- 
ter.— Minnie  E.  Woodbridge,  Historian. 


Wyoming  Valley  Chapter  (Wilkes- 
barre,  Penna.)  celebrated  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  its  organization  by 
giving  a  reception  at  Hotel  Sterling,  Sat- 
urday, April  29,  1916.  Scranton  City 
Chapter,  Dial  Rock  Chapter  and  the  Co- 
lonial Dames  sent  representatives.  The 
room  was  decorated  with  national  colors 
and  among  the  decorations  was  a  sword 
that  had  been  used  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution.  Mrs.  Martha  Hoyt  Corss, 
acting  Regent,  made  the  opening  address 
and  graciously  welcomed  those  present. 
Miss  Emma  Crowell,  State  Regent,  gave 
an  account  of  the  work  done  in  Pennsyl- 
vania by  the  D.  A.  R.,  and  Miss  Overton, 
Honorary  State  Regent  talked  of  the 
Flag.  Mrs.  Annette  C.  Line  Wells  gave 
a  history  of  the  Chapter  from  the  time 
of  its  organization  to  the  present  and 
spoke  of  the  work  of  the  late  regent,  Mrs. 


Katherine  Searle  McCartney,  who 
served  for  twenty-three  successive  and 
successful  years.  The  last  fort  marked, 
Fort  Wilkes-Barre,  at  a  cost  of  $4,000, 
was  completed  just  before  her  death. 

Following  the  program  tea  was  served, 
and  all  agreed  that  the  anniversary  was 
both  pleasant  and  profitable. — Annette 
C.  Line  Wells,  Secretary. 


Northampton  County  Chapter 
(Northampton  Co.,  Va.)  unveiled  May 
24,  1916,  a  marker  to  the  memory  of 
Surgeon  John  Tankard,  of  Revolution- 
ary fame.  Dr.  Tankard  was  the  son  of 
Stephen  and  Hannah  Tankard  and  was 
of  Royal  lineage.  He  was  born  in  1752; 
entered  William  and  Mary  College.  Ya., 
and  was  one  of  twenty-seven  students  of 
that  institution  to  enlist  at  the  beginning 
of  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  continued 
to  serve  until  the  surrender  of  Corn- 
wallis  rendered  it  no  longer  a  necessity. 
He  was   Surgeon  under   Matthew   Pope 


The  Misses  Grace  Roberts  and  Annie  Tankard, 
great  grandchildren  of  Surgeon  Tankard,  un- 
veiling   the   marker  and   tablet   erected  in    his 
memory 

and  became  Director  General  of  Virginia 
Hospitals  under  Marquis  de  LaFayette. 
He  was  at  Vineyard,  near  Williamsburg 
during  the  siege  of  Yorktown  and  wit- 
nessed the  surrender  of  Cornwallis.  At 
the  close  of  the   Revolution   he  took   a 


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post  graduate  medical  course  in  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,'  and  practised  his  pro- 
fession with  skill  and  distinction  in 
Northampton  Co.  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  making  his  old  birth-place,  "Tank- 
ard's Rest,"  his  home  and  living  there 
until  his  death  in  1836. 

Dr,  Tankard's  grave  is  the  only  one 
of  a  Rev.  soldier  ever  marked  on  the 
Eastern  shore  of  Virginia  ;  but  the  chap- 
ter are  planning  to  mark  others  as  soon 
as  they  can  be  located.  The  marker  is  a 
marble  shaft,  surmounted  by  a  bronze 
tablet  with  a  plate  attached  facing  the 
head  of  the  grave.  On  the  marker  is  in- 
scribed: "Surgeon  John  Tankard.  Vir- 
ginia Militia,  Revolutionary  War."'  The 
tablet  bears  the  inscription :  "A  Soldier 
of  the  Revolution"  ;  and  on  the  plate  is 
engraved  "Northampton  County  Chap- 
ter, May  24,  1916."  Although  it  was  a 
stormy  day  between  three  and  five  hun- 
dred people  assembled  at  Tankard's  Rest 
to  witness  the  ceremonies  which  were 
conducted  by  Mrs.  Wm.  Bullitt  Fitzhugh, 
regent  of  the  chapter  and  herself  a  great 
grand-daughter  of  the  hero.  Through 
the  courtesy  of  General  Leonard  Wood. 
U.  S.  A.,  a  bugler  and  cornetist  were  sent 
from  Fortress,  and  they  called  the  As- 
sembly together  and  sounded  "Taps"  at 
the  close.  The  principal  addresses  were 
given  bv  Hon.  Lvon  G.  Tvler,  President 
of  William  and  Mary  College,  and  Hon. 
Wm.  Bullitt  Fitzhugh ;  and  one  of  the 
most    interesting    ceremonies    was    the 


inarch  of  school-children  singing  and 
strewing  flowers  over  the  grave. — Mrs. 
Wm.  Bullitt  Fitzhugh,  Regent. 


Buford  Chapter  (Huntington,  West 
Va.)  celebrated  its  sixth  birthday,  June 
10,  1916,  at  the  home  of  its  historian, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Roberts,  who,  by  request, 
brought  out  some  old  relics,  among  them 
a  pair  of  socks  knit  by  her  great  grand- 
mother, who,  as  a  child,  saw  Washing- 
ton and  Lafayette  and  heard  Liberty  Bell 
peal  the  joyous  tiding  on  July  4,  1776. 

During  the  past  year  the  chapter  suc- 
ceeded in  having  the  new  city  boulevard 
named  Washington  in  honor  of  the  fact 
that  George  Washington  surveyed  the 
vicinity  in  Colonial  times.  The  West 
Va.  Flag  Law  has  been  placed  in  the  City 
Hall,  County  Court  House,  Government 
Buildings,  Carnegie  Library  and  several 
of  the  public  school  buildings ;  and  the 
Flag  Rules  and  Salute  will  be  placed  in 
all  the  schools  this  year. — Maude  An- 
nette Allen  Roberts,  Historian. 


Wisconsin.  Word  has  just  been  re- 
ceived of  the  celebration  May  22,  1916, 
of  the  Golden  Wedding,  at  Brodhead, 
Wisconsin,  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  O.  Kim- 
berley.  Mrs.  Kimberley  (Ada  P.  Mur- 
doch) is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Mr 
and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Murdoch,  of  Winchester 
N.  H.,  is  a  Charter  Member  of  the  D. 
A.  R.,  her  National  number  being  9,  and 
has  been  Honorary  State  Regent  of  Wis- 
consin for  twenty  years. 


CORRECTION. 

Through  an  inadvertence  the  name  of  Mrs.  Mabel  W.  Slocum,  Historian  of  the  Ganc- 
wanges  Cl.apter,  was  omitted  in  the  August  issue  in  giving  her  report.  The  statement  was 
also  made  that  the  name  Ganowanges  was  to  be  found  in  "Hiawatha."  It  was  ir  the  poem  of 
a  local  chronicler. 

"About  once  in  so  often,  some  correspondent,  claiming  to  be  a  regular  reader,  writes  to 
inquire  abort  so—e  mntter  which  has  already  been  carefully  explained  in  the  magazine. 
Then  tie  Eiitor  feels  as  if  no  one  reallv  reads  the  pages  which  are  prepared  w'th  so  much  care. 
But  she  promptly  changes  her  mird  when  she  makes  a  mistake  of  any  k'nd  in  those  pages ! 
W'th  the  unerring  precision  of  the  Rontgen  rav  the  eyes  of  our  alert  readers  instantly  per- 
ceive the  mistake.  Often  they  take  valuable  time  to  write  the  Editor  a  friendly  letter  and 
tell  her  about  it — a  service  which  is  sincerely  appreciated."  The  above  quotation  from 
Woman's  Work  is  another  proof  that  the  whole  world  really  is  kin. 


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Memorial  Continental  Hall,  November,  1904. 


How  few  of  the  Daughters  who  viewed  with  so  much  pride  the  above  picture,  the  first 
one  taken  of  the  Hall,  dreamed  that  within  twelve  years  the  building  would  be  completed 
and  the  final  payment  of  the  debt  on  it  being  urged.  Yet  here  it  is,  and  such  a  small  debt 
in  comparison  with  all  that  has  been  given  ! 

1012  West  Main  Street,  Kalamazoo,  Michigan. 
Dear  Fellow-Member  : — 

A  plan  for  the  Final  Payment  of  the  Debt  on  Memorial  Continental  Hall  was  approved 
at  a  Spring  meeting  of  the  National  Board  of  Management.  Since  the  debt  was  reduced  to 
Twenty-five  Thousand  Dollars,  during  our  last  Congress,  we  are  anxious  to  find  One  Thou- 
sand Women  who  will  each  be  responsible  for  Twenty-five  Dollars.  This  is  a  business 
proposition  to  stop  interest.  Do  you  realize  that  the  interest  on  Twenty-five  Thousand  Dol- 
lars for  Six  months  would  do  much  to  strengthen  some  of  the  great  work  of  our  National 
Committee?     Shall  we  stop  that  interest  now? 

A  list  of  the  contributors,  with  the  names  of  the  Chapters  to  which  they  belong  will 
appear  in  the  Magazine.  The  total  sums  contributed  by  each  State  will  be  announced  at 
our  next  Congress.  Pledges  should  be  sent  to  me,  so  that  I  may  know  how  the  campaign  is 
progressing,  while  drafts  or  checks  should  be  made  payable  to  the  Treasurer  General  and 
sent  to  her  direct,  care  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C.  Please  have  your 
money  in  her  hands  before  December  first.  • 

_  There  is  a  peculiar  home  feeling  which  comes  from  living  in  an  unincumbered  abode. 
This  feeling  of  joyous  ownership  in  our  National  Home  of  Patriotism  is  that  for  which  we 
are  striving.  Many  of  you  who  would  esteem  it  a  privilege  to  give,  at  this  time,  are  not 
known  to  me.     Will  you  volunteer? 

Loyally, 

Alice  Louise  McDuffee, 

Chairman, 
For  the  Final  Payment  of  the  Debt  on  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 


Mrs.  Henry  McCleary,  Chairman  National  Old  Trails  Road  Department. 


National  Old  Trails  Road  Department 

Mrs.  Henry  McCleary,  whose  National  number  Is  51639,  was  born  in  Winchester,  Ohio, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  E.  (Allen)  Johnson,  and  descendant  of  Capt.  John  Baldwin, 
of  Berkeley  Co.,  Va.,  who  received  bounty  land  in  Ohio  in  recognition  of  his  services  in  the 
Eighth  Va.  Regiment,  during  the  Revolution,  and  lived  there  during  the  latter  part  of  his 
life.  There  the  young  maiden,  Ada  L.  Johnson,  married  Henry  McCleary  and  moved  to  the 
far  West,  living  in  the  town  of  McCleary,  named  for  her  husband.  She  was  State  Regent 
of  the  Daughters  in  Washington  during  the  years  1913-1915,  and  at  the  expiration  of  her 
term  was  appointed  by  the  President  General,  Chairman  of  the  National  Old  Roads  Depart- 
ment, in  recognition  of  the  work  she  had  already  inaugurated  in  her  state.  As  chairman 
she  appeared  before  the  Committee  on  Good  Roads  of  the  U.  S.  Congress,  and  her  knowl- 
edge of  the  situation  and  clear,  concise  way  of  expressing  herself  as  well  as  her  practical 
ideas  won  her  the  respectful  attention  of  all  the  members. — Editor. 


Perhaps  no  other  department  of  our 
great  Society  more  heartily  approved  the 
action  of  the  last  Continental  Congress 
in  voting  to  send  the  magazine  to  each 
Daughter  of  the  American  Revolution 
than  the  National  Old  Trails  Road  Com- 
mittee. This  furnishes  us  with  the 
means  of  reaching  the  entire  membership 
with  our  plans  and  gives  us  publicity  so 
long  desired.  The  daily  requests  from 
all  sections  of  our  country  for  informa- 
tion and  literature  in  regard  to  our  work, 


which  we  have  been  unable  to  supply,  we 
now  hope  to  meet  through  this  depart- 
ment. Great  as  the  work  is  which  has 
already  been  done  in  creating  a  sentiment 
in  behalf  of  national  legislation  for  our 
proposed  ocean-to-ocean  highway  and  in 
marking  it  with  signs,  tablets  and  monu- 
ments, we  confidently  expect  increased 
effort  and  enthusiasm  with  this  means 
for  a  wider  knowledge  of  the  aims  of  this 
committee.  We  hope  that  soon  each 
Daughter  will  know  the  history  of  "The 


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Boston  Post  Road,  Washington  Road, 
Braddock  Road,  the  Cumberland  Road, 
Boone's  Lick  Road,  the  Santa  Fe  Trail, 
the  El  Camino  Rial  and  the  Oregon 
Trail."  We  are  having  maps  of  our  pro- 
posed highway  printed  and  expect  soon  to 
send  them  to  each  state  chairman  and  ac- 
tive member  of  our  committee.  We  are 
asking  the  co-operation  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution  and  of  State 
Historical  Societies  in  our  efforts  for 
national  legislation.  We  believe  no  other 
work  of  our  Society  has  created  greater 
interest  in  the  early  history  of  our  whole 
country  than  the  work  of  this  committee. 
Not  alone  in  the  states  through  which  the 
proposed  National  Old  Trails  Roads 
Highway  passes  but  in  every  state  in  our 
land,  the  Daughters  are  searching  out  and 
marking  the  pioneer  trails.  In  this  way 
many  interesting  facts  in  the  history  of 
our  country  are  being  brought  to  light 
which  otherwi:  might  never  have  been 
preserved.  The  story  of  the  trails  is  the 
story  of  the  pioneer,  the  history  of  the 
development  and  civilization  of  a  conti- 
nent, of  the  growth  of  a  great  people  and 
a  world  power  from  a  few  struggling  col- 
onies on  the  Atlantic  Coast.  We  erect 
monuments  to  commemorate  the  achieve- 
ments of  war  and  to  mark  battle  fields. 
Why  should  we  not,  as  a  patriotic  society, 
use  our  utmost  endeavors  to  have  a  Na- 
tional Highway  in  honor  of  the  pioneers 
who  led  the  way  across  this  great  con- 
tinent and  by  peaceful  conquest  added 
vast  territory  to  our  domain  ?    There  are 


other  reasons  to  be  urged  in  behalf  of  our 
highway.  This  is  a  practical  age  and 
highways  are  not  builded  alone  for  patri- 
otic sentiment,  however  worthy  it  may 
be.  Compare  your  maps  with  our  pro- 
posed road  and  note  how  thickly  most  of 
the  country  is  settled.  Make  this  a  great 
National  Highway — over  it  children  will 
attend  school,  rural  free  delivery  of  mail 
will  reach  thousands  of  homes,  farmers 
will  market  their  products,  motorists  will 
traverse  it  and  will  learn  to  know  our 
country  better,  will  be  entranced  by  its 
natural  beauties  and  amazed  at  its  re- 
sources awaiting  development  and  it  will 
become  a  wonderful  factor  in  the  com- 
mercial, social  and  educational  life  of  our 
land.  Since  this  committee  was  appoint- 
ed, an  additional  reason  for  building 
great  highways  has  been  brought  forcibly 
to  our  attention  by  the  dreadful  war  in 
the  old  world  and  the  inestimable  value 
of  good  roads  in  the  matter  of  national 
preparedness.  All  the  foreign  powers 
involved  in  this  awful  struggle  have  been 
greatly  aided  by  transporting  troops  and 
munitions  of  war  over  good  roads,  when 
railroad  bridges  were  burned,  tracks  torn 
up  or  trains  loaded  with  the  wounded. 

We  ask  the  interest  and  support  of 
every  Daughter  in  an  effort  to  build  this 
road — as  a  means  of  national  defense,  a 
memorial  to  the  worthy  pioneers  and  a 
practical  lesson  in  patriotism,  a  monu- 
ment that  not  only  honors  the  dead  but 
serves  the  living. — Ada  L.  McCleary, 
Chairman. 


"The  National  Songster" 


A  few  weeks  ago,  at  a  sale  in  New  York  of  rare  books,  autographs  and  views,  a  buyer 

acquired  a  copy  of  "The  National  Songster ;  or,  a  collection  of  most  admired  patriotic  songs 

on  the  brilliant  victories  achieved  by  the  naval  and  military  heroes  of  the  United  States  over 

-mal  and  superior  forces  of  the  British."    The  little  book  bore  the  further  note  on  cover  and 

t.tle  page: 

"From  the  best  American  authors.     First  Hagers-town  Edition.     Hagers-town :  Printed 
by  John  Gruber  and  Daniel  May :  1814." 

are 

in  book 

newspaper.    The  song,  called  in  the  book,  "Defence  of  Fort  McHenry/" according  To  the  book" 

was  "written  by  an  American  gentleman  who  was  compelled  to  witness  the  bombardment  of 

Fort  McHenry  on  board  of  a  flag  vessel,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Patapsco."    It  is  further  noted 

in  connection  with  the  verses  that  they  are  "to  be  sung  to  the  tune  of  Anacreon  in  Heaven  " 


pul 


WHAT  THE   DAUGHTERS   ARE  DOING 
IN   OTHER   SOCIETIES 


THE  COTERIE  CLUB 
Honorary  Directorate 


Mrs.     Charles     Clemence     Abbott,     Keene, 
N.  H. 

Mrs.    Delos    A.    Blodgett,    Grand    Rapids, 
Mich. 

Miss    Mabel    T.    Boardman,     Washington, 
D.  C. 

Mrs.  William  Butterworth,  Moline,  111. 

Mrs.  Richard  Clark,  Mobile,  Ala. ; 

Mrs.    Anthony    Wayne    Cook,    Cooksburg, 
Penna. 

Mrs.  Wm.  Howard  Crosby,  Racine,  Wis. 

Mrs.  Josephus  Daniels,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Julius  J.  Estey,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Mrs.  James   Fairman   Fielder,  Jersey  City, 
N.J. 

Mrs.  Parks  Fisher,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 
Mrs.  Rhett  Goode,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Mrs.  J.  Borden  Harriman,  New  York  City, 

N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Robert  Lansing,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mrs.  Eliza  Ferry  Leary,  Seattle,  Wash. 


Mrs.  Ernest  Lester,  Olympia,  Wash. 

Mrs.  John  T.  Manson,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Airs.   Charles   Lee   Miller,    Salt   Lake    City, 
Utah. 

Miss  Anne  Morgan,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.   Thomas   Jefferson   Smith,   Richmond, 
Ky. 

Mrs.  Winfield  H.  Smith,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Mrs.  William  Gumming  Story,   New  York 
City,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  John  F.  Swift,  Berkeley,  Calif. 

Mrs.  George  C.  Squires,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Miss    Marv   Van    Buren   Vanderpoel,    New 
York  City,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Wm.  Bayard  Van  Rensselaer,  Albany, 
N.  Y. 

Mrs.  William  W.  Walks,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Mrs.  Frank  Wheaton,  Denver,  Colo. 

Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman,  New  York  City. 
N.  Y. 


Within  the  past  year  a  new  club  has 
been  started  whose  aims  are  so  radically 
different  from  those  of  most  clubs,  and 
whose  honorary  directorate  includes  the 
names  of  so  many  prominent  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  that  it  is  be- 
lieved that  some  account  of  it  will  be  in- 
teresting and  helpful  to  the  readers  of 
the  magazine. 

The  Coterie  Club  is  organized  not  only 
to  provide  superior  accommodations  in 
its  club  house,  which  may  be  reserved  by 
individual  members  or  a  group  of  mem- 
bers for  giving  social  entertainments,  but 
also  to  provide  and  furnish  to  its  mem- 
bers any  and  all  kinds  of  service. 

Realizing  that  many  a  woman  to  whom 
a  visit  to  New  York  would  be  a  delight 


and  help,  is  deterred  by  the  fear  of  lone- 
liness, or  lack  of  knowledge  as  to  where 
to  go  and  how  to  obtain  desired  service, 
the  Club  agrees  to  procure  for  a  member 
or  any  of  her  family  having  occasion  to 
visit  New  York:  Hotel  accommodations, 
furnished  or  unfurnished  rooms  or  apart- 
ments within  the  City  of  New  York ; 
special  automobile  and  taxicab  service ; 
boxes  or  seats  for  operatic  and  theatrical 
performances.  It  arranges  trips  by  land 
or  water  to  near-by  resorts  and  all  details 
for  private  parties  given  at  the  club  house 
or  at  any  of  the  leading  hotels.  It  pro- 
vides ballroom,  dining-room  and  lounging 
rooms  in  the  club  house  for  afternoon  or 
evening  entertainments ;  private  card 
rooms ;  private  rooms  for  social  appoint- 


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'The  Coterie  Club,  No.  40  West  58th  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
This  building,  twenty-live  feet  in  width  and  five  stories  in  height,  is  beautifully  decorated, 
furnished  and  equipped;  has  elevator  service  to  all  floors  and  is  most  admirably  adapted 
tor  cub  purposes.  It  is  conveniently  located  within  500  feet  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  bus  line, 
and  the  elevated  and  surface  cars  on  Sixth  Avenue,  and  only  one  block  from  the  Inter- 
borough  Dual  Subway,  which  runs  to  every  section  of  the  city 


THE  COTERIE  CLUB 


335 


Ballroom  in  Coterie  Club 


ments ;  services  of  experienced  social 
secretaries,  chaperons,  shoppers  and 
guides  to  all  places  of  interest.  It  also 
furnishes  introductions  to  reputable  law- 
yers, physicians  or  other  professional 
men,  and  names  and  addresses  of  dealers 
where  goods  of  any  description  may  be 
purchased  most  advantageously ;  and  in 
every  possible  way  it  aims  to  give  to  its 
members,  and  especially  its  non-resident 
members,  the  personal  assistance  of  a 
friend. 

Acting  upon  the  belief  that  the  rich  or 
moderately  well-to-do  need  help  in  Social 
Service  as  much  as  the  poor,  the  Club 
is  formed  to  supply  that  need.  It  will 
accept  no  fees  or  commissions  from  any 
individual  or  house  with  which  its  mem- 
bers may  transact  business ;  its  aim  is 
merely  to  relieve  members  of  the  diffi- 
culty and  annoyance  incidental  to  pro- 
curing satisfactory  and  reliable  service 
themselves.     Because  of  the  volume  of 


business  it  will  control  it  hopes  to  secure 
for  its  members  a  saving  in  cost ;  but  its 
principal  object  will  be  reliability. 

While  in  order  to  benefit  as  many  as 
possible,  the  dues,  especially  those  for 
non-resident  members,  are  merely  nom- 
inal, the  greatest  care  is  exercised  in  the 
matter  of  admission  to  the  Club ;  and  an 
invitation  from  a  member  who  is  willing 
to  become  sponsor  is  necessary  for  each 
applicant.  Owing  to  the  large  number 
of  Daughters  on  the  Honorary  Directo- 
rate, the  officers  have  yielded  to  the  re- 
quest of  Mrs.  Story,  President  General, 
that  every  Daughter  who  desired  might 
have  the  privileges  of  membership — and 
have  agreed  that  any  Daughter  of  the 
American  Revolution  who  applies  will 
be  treated  as  if  invited. 

All  communications  should  be  ad- 
dressed to  The  Coterie  Club,  40  West 
58th  Street,  New  York  City. 


336     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


lews  of  the  Interior  of  the  Coterie  Club 


Book  Reviews 


A   HISTORY   OF   OLD    KINDERHOOK,  by  Edward  A.  Collier,  D.D.,  with  100  illus- 
trations and  3  maps.     Published  by  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.     Price,  $5.00. 


As  the  latest  accessions  to  the  D.  A.  R.  Li- 
brary relating  to  New  England  were  reviewed 
in  the  August  issue  and  those  relating  to  Vir- 
ginia in  the  October  issue,  the  allotted  space 
this  month  will  be  given  to  New  York.  First 
is  the  History  of  Old  Kinderhook,  its  story  of 
the  earh-  settlers,  their  traditions  and  their 
descendants,  over  which  Dr.  Collier  spent 
seven  years  of  painstaking  search.  No  known 
available  source  of  information  has  been  neg- 
lected ;  old  Dutch  records  have  been  copied ; 
and  sometimes  one  short  paragraph  means 
months  of  constant  search  in  order  to  obtain 
the  correct  information.  It  was  in  Kinder- 
hook  that  a  portion  of  Burgoyne's  army  was 


encamped  after  its  capture  ;  and  it  is  said  that 
many  of  his  German  soldiers  deserted  and 
made  their  homes  there.  Many  a  prominent 
Tory  came  from  Kinderhook,  also ;  and  at 
least  one  family — Andries  Kittle  and  wife 
Catherine — were  divided,  the  wife  siding  with 
the  Colonists  and  the  husband  with  the  Brit- 
ish. Kinderhook  was  the  home  of  many  noted 
men  and  of  one  President  of  the  United 
States,  Martin  Van  Buren  ;  the  story  of  Van 
Buren's  return  to  his  native  town  is  most  in- 
teresting. An  unusual  amount  of  interesting 
data  concerning  the  town  and  its  inhabitants 
has  been  collected  and  related  in  such  a  way 
as  to  be  extremely  readable  to  any  student  of 
history. 


A  WALLOON  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA— Lock  wood  de  Forest  and  his  Forbears,  1500- 
1848,  by  Airs.  Emily  Johnston  de  Forest.  Published  by  Houghton  Mifflin  Company,  Bos- 
ton and  New  York.    Price,  $5.00. 


This  work  of  two  volumes  is  really  a  his- 
tory, although  a  good  deal  of  genealogy  is 
condensed  and  placed  in  the  Appendix.  The 
most  valuable  portion  of  the  book,  however, 
if  one  can  make  comparisons,  is  the  reproduc- 
tion of  a  rare  old  manuscript  found  in  the 
British  Museum,  being  an  account  of  a  voyage 
to  Guiana  in  1623  by  Jesse  de  Forest.  A 
transcription  of  the  original  French  is  given 
on  the  left  hand  page  and  the  English  trans- 
lation on  the  right.  It  is  of  value,  historically, 
aside  from  its  interest  as  a  curiosity.  It  fur- 
nishes corroborative  evidence  in  regard  to  the 
date  of  the  earliest  settlement  of  New  Amster- 
dam and  tells  of  Jesse  de  Forest's  desire  to 
take  to  Virginia  certain  colonists  whom  he 
had  enrolled,  and  that  plan  having  proved  in- 
advisable, of  his  offering  to  conduct  them  to 


the  West  Indies  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Dutch  West  India  Company.  The  first  vol- 
ume of  this  work  is  devoted  entirely  to  the 
ancestors  of  Lockwood  de  Forest,  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  Revolutionary  patriot,  Nehemiah 
de  Forest,  father  of  Lockwood,  being  espe- 
cially worthy  of  note.  An  interesting  feature 
of  the  second  volume  is  the  Revolutionary 
War  Records  of  all  men  by  name  of  de  For- 
est ;  and  among  them  we  note  an  account  of 
The  Four  Revolutionary  Brothers,  Samuel, 
fifer,  in  Capt.  Samuel  Blackburn's  Co.  of  Vol- 
unteers;  Abel,  private  in  Lieut.  Curtis'  Co.  of 
Conn.  Militia ;  Mills,  private  in  Capt.  Joseph 
Birdsey's  Co.,  and  Gideon,  who  served  in  the 
same  company.  The  work  shows  much  care- 
ful research  and  is  a  valuable  addition  to  the 
literature  of  the  time. 


A  SURVEY  OF  THE  SCOVILS  OR  SCOVILLS  IN  ENGLAND  AND  AMERICA, 

by    Homer    Worthington    Brainard,    150    Warrenton    Ave.,    Hartford,    Conn.      Price,    $6.50. 

This    work    of    nearly    600    pages,     130    of      entire  country.     All  of  them  were  not  sympa- 


which  are  devoted  to  the  family  in  England, 
and  64  to  the  index,  is  a  very  comprehensive 
account  of  the  descendants,  so  far  as  known, 
of  John  Scovil,  of  Waterbury,  Haddam  and 
Farmington,  Conn.  Very  little  indeed  of  its 
contents  has  been  previously  printed,  and  as 
many  of  the  Scovill  descendants  were  Revolu- 
tionary soldiers,  it  will  prove  invaluable  to  the 
family,  which  is  now  scattered  throughout  the 


thizers  of  the  Colonists,  however ;  and  the 
account  of  the  Loyalists  will  also  prove  of 
great  value  to  all  genealogists  as  well  as  to 
the  descendants  of  John  Scovill.  The  ab- 
stracts of  Scovel  wills  in  England,  the  list  of 
descendants  of  Arthur  Scovell,  of  Boston, 
Middletown  and  Lyme,  and  the  65  pages  of 
index,  all  add  to  the  value  of  the  work. 


FORD   GENEALOGY,   a   record   of  the  descendants  of  Martin-Mathew  Ford,  of  Brad- 
ford,   Mass.,    by    Eliakim    Reed    Ford,    Oneonta,  N.  Y.     Price,  $5.00. 


This  work  of  230  pages  contains  much   in- 
teresting material  in  regard  to  the  Ford  Fam- 


ily that  has  never  before  been  published ;  and 
while  dealing  mostly  with  the  descendants   of 


338     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

Martin    Matthew    Ford,    who    bought    land    in  Valley,  July  18,  1778,  is  reprinted;  and  one  of 

Bradford,   Mass.,  as  early  as   1688,  it  gives  a  jjjs   commissions    reproduced.     The   book   will 

sketch    of    the    other   Ford    families    of    New  r        .  ,  ,      ,        f    ., 

sr.cia.ii    ui    uic    ui  C1  .  prove   of   value   to    descendants    of   the   name 

England  and  also  of  New  Jersey.     An  inter-  l'  UN 

esting  letter  of  Jacob  Ford's,  written  at  Cherry  and  others. 

A  GENEALOGY  OF  THE  VAN  PELT  FAMILY,  compiled  by  Mrs.  Effie  M.  Smith. 
City  National  Bank  Building,  Omaha,  Nebraska.     Price,  $5.00  in  cloth  and  $7.50  in  leather. 

This  book  of  250  pages,  10  of  which  are  de-  home    at   Woodrow,    Staten    Island,    in    1717; 

voted  to  an  index  will  prove  of  great  value  to  and  in  this  house  Bishop  Asbury  preached  the 

all  descendants  of  the  family  which  landed  in  first   Methodist  sermon  preached   in   America, 

New  York  from  the  ship  Rosetree,  in  March,  and  for  many  years  it  was  a  center  to  which, 

1663.     The  first  Van  Pelt  home  was  built  at  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  Methodists  loved 

New  Utrecht,  Long  Island,  in  1664,  from  stone  to  make  pilgrimages. 

used   as   ballast   on   the    ship;    it   contained   a  Another    descendant,    Jacob    Van    Pelt,    ran 

great  fire-place  in  the  living-room,  faced  with  awav  from  home  and  eniisted  in  the  American 

old  Dutch  tile;  and  in  the  triangle  in  front  of  army  during  the  Revolutionary  war.    After  the 

the   house   was   a    sun-dial   and   on   the    stone  struggle  was  over  he  married  in  Pennsylvania, 

carriage-steps  was  carved  "Van  Pelt  Manor."  Sarah   Ryan,   moved   to   Loudon   County,   Va, 

This  house  with  all  its  original  features  is  still  where   they   lived    some   years   and   then    emi- 

in  the   possession  of   members   of   the   family.  grated    to    Kentucky    and    two    years    later    to 

One  of  the  descendants  of  this  family   built  a  Hillsboro,  Ohio. 


Important  Notice  to  Readers 


Please  note  the  change  of  addresses  in  the  present  number.  The  Chairman  of  the  Maga- 
zine Committee,  to  whom,  by  order  of  the  National  Board,  all  subscriptions  should  be  sent, 
lives  no  longer  at  237  West  End  Avenue. 

The  Editor  and  Genealogical  Editor,  to  whom  all  communications  in  regard  to  the  lit- 
erary part  of  the  magazine  should  be  sent,  lives  no  longer  at  Kendall  Green.  Letters  s^nt 
to  either  of  the  old  addresses  are  subject  to  delay  and  liable  to  be  lost  in  the  mails.  The 
following  notice,  published  in  the  last  Bulletin  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  anplies  so 
strongly  to  senders  of  Queries  for  publication  in  this  magazine,  that  it  is  hereby  reprinted : 

"SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

Many  correspondents  fail  to  sign  their  names.  Some  do  not  give  post-office  address. 
Persons  living  in  large  cities  fail  to  furnish  the  street  address;  and  some  give  as  the  post- 
office  address  the  name  of  an  office  that  has  been  discontinued  for  years.  The  department 
is  unable  to  handle  correspondence  unless  the  signature  is  legible  and  the  post-office  address 
given  in  full,  with  street  number  or  rural  route  number,  as  the  case  mav  be.  Corresoondents 
are  therefore  earnestly  requested  to  see  that  the  complete  address  is  given  in  all  communi- 
cations addressed  to  this  department." 

Do  v-u  know  where  and  when  the  only  battle  was  fought  between  the  Navy  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Indians? 

Do  vou  know  the  name  of  the  discoverer  of  oxygen,  and  where  he  is  buried? 

Do  vou  know  the  name  of  tue  woman  that  edited  the  first  dailv  newspaper  in  the  world, 
and  where  and  when  it  was  published? 

Do  you  know  -1-ere  the  grave  of  the  Revolutionarv  soldier  is  placed,  that  is  the  farthest 
west  of  any  markeJ? 

Answers  to  all  these  o.uestiors  and  many  others  can  be  found  in  the  October  and  Novem- 
ber issues  of  the  magazine.  If  Chapters  would  take  pains  to  get  up  a  set  of  questions  like 
that  and  give  to  a  school  to  answer,  offering  a  small  prize  for  the  best  answer,  it  would  be 
a  great  incentive  to  learn  more  about  U.  S.  Historv. 


ANCESTRAL  HOME  OF  CHARLES  E.  HUGHES 


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Olde  Ulster,  Ancestral  Home  of  Charles  E.  Hughes 


Ulster  County,  New  York,  is  teeming  with 
records  of  the  early  settlers,  and  it  has  been 
my  great  privilege  and  pleasure  to  roam  this 
summer  through  experiences  replete  with 
thrills  of  early  historic  days.  This  one  par- 
ticular evening,  July  4,  1916,  I  was  the  guest 
of  Dr.  C.  0.  Sahler  and  his  wife,  both  mem- 
bers of  our  grand  patriotic  organizations, 
Mrs.  Sahler  being  one  of  own  chapter  mem- 
bers, in  a  ride  of  most  wonderful  contrasts. 
We  motored  first  to  the  well-kept  cemetery 
and  visited  the  sepulchre  of  one  of  Kingston's 
leading  wealthy  citizens.  This  $500,000  rest- 
ing place  is  a  dream  of  beauty  and  of  marble 
and  of  flagstone;  its  pergola  of  exquisite  de- 
sign standing  on  a  knoll  surrounded  by  ma- 
jestic pines  and  wonderful  pink  roses.  A 
small  American  flag  marking  a  Grand  Army 
Post  was  a  mute  tribute  to  this  day  of  Ameri- 
can Independence.  We  motored  on  into  the 
country,  far  from  the  busy  haunts  of  man,  un- 
til we  came  to  an  old  farm  house  overrun  by 
weeds,  the  remains  of  the  original  house  con- 
sisting of  some  burned  stones.  We  crawled 
on  foot  slowly  and  carefully  through  a  field 
of  high  grass  and  weeds,  climbed  through  a 
barbed  wire  fence  into  an  ancient  family  bury- 
ing ground  overgrown  with  bushes  higher 
than  our  heads,  tangled  bushes  and  vines  un- 
der foot,  and  stood  with  bated  breath  beside 
a  red  cedar  post  dressed  down  to  its  solid  red 
heart,  the  solitary  marking  of  the  last  resting 
place  of  a  man  who  was  one  of  the  three  first 
settlers  of  this  county,  a  man  who  gave  of  his 
very  best  and  who  for  186  years  has  slept  in 
an  unmarked  grave,  this  heart  of  red  cedar 
through  all  these  years  the  silent  token  of  the 
great  red  heart  of  the  man  who  gave  so  much 
for  American  Liberty.  No  line  of  inscription, 
no  graven  word  to  tell  whose  ashes  it  guards 
or  what  the  man  lying  there  did  for  the  land 
he  loved  or  the  people  he  led — 186  years  of 
storm  and  frost  have  beaten  in  vain  upon  that 
cedar  heart.  It  is  still  sound  and  true ;  it  is 
still  undecayed,  and  will  last  down  the  ages, 
but  it  is  forgotten  excepting  by  one  true 
patriot  who  hopes  some  day  to  see  a  more 
fitting  memorial  erected  in  token  of  gratitude 
to  the  man  who  was  a  leader  of  the  people  in 
their  fight  against  privilege. 

History  lives  again  in  the.  hearts  of  the 
people  who  care  for  the  deeds  of  our  first_  set- 
tlers,  and  no  more  patriotic  work  exists  than 
the  reclaiming  of  family  burying  grounds 
that  are  lost  to  the  eyes  of  the  passer-by  be- 
cause overgrown  with  weeds  and  the  ruthless 
hand  of  time.  One  other  ride  I  enjoyed  with 
the  Doctor  and  his  wife  was  to  visit  one  of 
these    reclaimed    places    of    rest.      On    a    cliff 


overlooking  the  Hudson,  God's  vineyard  of 
sleep  was  a  dream  to  behold,  though  I  saw  it 
not  in  its  lost  condition,  I  can  picture  the  de- 
struction by  this  day's  experience.  It  is  a  large 
plot,  surrounded  by  a  gray  stone  fence  with  a 
large  maple  tree  growing  in  each  corner,  the 
stones  replaced  and  mended,  grass  carefully 
tended  after  the  old  stumps  and  stones  had 
been  turned  out.  I  read  many  of  the  inscrip- 
tions on  the  headstones,  some  are  effaced  by 
time  and  winds  and  Si.orms,  some  of  lengthy 
verse,  but  standing  beautifully  forth  on  the 
hillside  sleeping,  lulled  by  the  trees  and  the 
sounds  of  the  voices  of  the  waters,  awaiting 
the  judgment  day.  As  I  sat  on  the  stone 
fence  gazing  down  over  the  tree  tops  of  the 
apple  orchard  sloping  to  the  river,  across 
which  stood  the  majestic  homes  of  New  York 
millionaires,  I  thought  what  a  wonderful  love 
existed  in  the  heart  of  the  man  who  had  en- 
gineered this  work  and  given  these  names 
again  to  humanity.  The  cost  was  only  $500, 
and  was  loyally  contributed  by  the  descendants 
of  these  dead,  Dr.  Sahler  heading  the  list  with 
his  check  and  Justice  Hughes  being  among  the 
contributors,  as  his  ancestors,  the  Connellys, 
rest  here. 

One  afternoon  we  stopped  at  a  parsonage  in 
the  Wawarsing  Valley  and  examined  the 
church  records  of  that  old  church,  records 
dating  from  1741  of  baptisms  and  marriages, 
written  in  Dutch  in  a  clear  type,  wonderful 
records  with  nothing  but  names  now  recording 
the  finished  stories  and  romances  of  these 
lives  who  built  up  our  dear  America,  lives  who 
lived  and  loved  as  we  do,  and  naught  remains 
but  lines  bearing  this  testimony  upon  parch- 
ment kept  in  a  little  iron  trunk.  I  did  so 
want  to  bring  them  with  me  and  place  them  in 
Continental  Hall.  For  a  Virginian  this  visit 
to  Olde  Ulster  with  its  opportunity  to  see 
and  know  these  really  sacred  things  with  peo- 
ple Avho  care  for  them  was  uplifting  and  un- 
folding of  greater  love  for  our  wonderful  his- 
tory that  we  cherish  so  closely  in  our  hearts, 
because  of  its  high  ideals  that  it  brings  to  our 
perception. 

Many  of  us  know  Kingston  historically, 
and  some  of  us  have  personal  knowledge  of 
the  splendid  work  done  by  the  Wiltwyck  Chap- 
ter of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lutionj_and  to  hundreds  of  us  Kingston  is 
more  than  a  name  because  of  that  great 
worker,  Miss  Isabella  For sy the,  who  added 
so  much  to  the  great  records  wre  have  ac- 
complished. I  have  been  a  guest  of  the  chap- 
ter in  its  wonderful  chapter  house  of  Revo- 
lutionary fame,  but  in  my  numerous  visits 
here   I  have  never  come  nearer  the  heart  of 


340    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

Revolutionary    days    and    Colonial    days    than  American  history  around  Olde  Ulster, 
this  visit,   when   I   have   roamed   around  with  Margaret  V.  McCabe, 

the  Sahlers  and  gathered  up  broken  and  for-  Regent  Thomas  Marshall  Chapter, 

gotten    links    that    marked    the    progress    of  Washington,  D.  C. 


Lawrence  Family  Cemetery,  Long  Island,  TV.  Y. 

DUTHIE,  Jane,  d  Nov.  5,  1811,  aged  76  years. 

HARTMAN,  Edmund  L.,  d  Nov.  1858,  aged  33  years;  Lewis,  b  1768,  d  Oct.  29,  1839; 
Mary,  wife  of  Lewis  Hartman  and  daughter  of  John  Lawrence,  b  Nov.  20,  1781,  d  Jan. 
20,  1863;   William  P.,  son  of  Lewis  Hartman,  d  1829,  aged  18  yrs. 

LAWRENCE,  Abraham  Rikcr,  b  Dec.  18,  1780,  d  Aug.  3,  1863;  Agnes,  wife  of  Na- 
thaniel Lawrence  and  daughter  of  Martin  Rapalye,  b  June  20,  1779,  d  Nov.  1,  1858;  Gen. 
Albert  G.,  b  Apr.  14,  1836,  d  June  18,  1887;  Amy,  wife  of  Richard  Lawrence,  b  May  13, 
1713,  d  Oct.  4,  1781;  Andrew,  d  Apr.  18,  1806,  aged  30  yrs.;  Andrciv,  b  1813,  d  July  30, 
1881;  Anna,  wife  of  Win.  Lawrence,  d  May  18,  1770,  aged  37  yrs.;  Charles  IV.,  son  of 
John  L.  Lawrence,  b  Jan.  8,  1827,  d  Oct.  8,  1885;  Cornelia  Beach,  wife  of  Isaac  Lawrence, 
b  Apr.  22,  1777,  d  Sept.  12,  1837;  Col.  Daniel,  d  Nov.  7,  1807,  aged  68  yrs.;  Eliza,  wife 
of  Abraham  R.  Lawrence  and  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Julia  Miner,  b  Nov.  3,  1838,  d  June  30, 
1915;  Eliza  Rcmscn,  wife  of  John  T.  Lawrence,  d  July  1,  1822,  aged  39  yrs.;  Elizabeth,  b 
1741,  d  1822,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Fish;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Lawrence,  d  1771; 
Eve,  wife  of  Daniel  Lawrence,  d  Oct.  11,  1809,  aged  59  yrs.  7  mos. ;  Hannah  Maria,  wife 
of  Thomas  Lawrence,  and  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathan  Woodhull,  d  Apr.  30,  1822,  aged  35 
years.;  Isaac,  b  Feb.  8,  1768,  d  July  12,  1841 ;  Jan e  P.,  b  Aug.  6,  1785,  d  Feb.  22,  1814;  John, 
b  Sept.  9,  1695,  d  May  7,  1765;  John,  b  Dec,  1755,  d  Dec.  19,  1844;  John,  d  Nov.  1,  1795, 
aged  26  yrs.,  10  mos.;  John,  d  Aug.  29,  1817,  aged  59  vrs. ;  John  L.,  b  Oct.  2,  1785,  d  July 
24,  1849;  John  T.,  b  Aug.  18,  1780,  d  Oct.  25,  1823,  aged  43  yrs.;  John  IF.,  b  Jan.  8,  1827, 
d  Oct.  8,  1885;  Jonathan,  b  Oct.  4,  1737,  d  Sept.  4,  1812;  Jonathan,  Jr.,  b  Nov.  19,  1807, 
d  Apr.  26,  1835;  Joseph,  b  May  5,  1783,  d  Apr.  28,  1817;  Judith,  wife  of  Jonathan  Law- 
rence and  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Fish,  d  Sept.  28,  1767,  aged  17  yrs.;  Judith,  d  May  13, 
1828,  aged  24  yrs.;  Margaret,  b  Jan.  13,  1771,  d  aged  80  yrs.  11  mos.;  Margaret,  b  Jan.  16, 
1771,  d  1851;  Mary,  b  1741,  d  1751;  Marv,  wife  of  John  Lawrence,  b  1750,  d  May  13,  1829; 
Mary,  wife  of  Joseph  Lawrence,  b  Apr.  28,  1793,  d  Apr.  28,  1879;  Mary,  daughter  of  Wm. 
and  Mary  Lawrence,  d  Nov.  21,  1793,  aged  12  yrs.;  Mary,  wife  of  Wm.  Lawrence,  d  Apr. 
2,  1806,  aged  62  yrs.;  Mary  J.,  daughter  of  John  L.  Lawrence,  b  Sept.  28,  1828,  d  Nov.  5, 
1837;  Nathaniel,  b  July  11,  1761,  d  July  5,  1797;  Nathaniel,  d  Sept.  8,  1858,  in  61st  yr. ; 
Patience,  wife  of  John  Lawrence,  b  Mav  12,  1701,  d  Oct.  24,  1772;  Peter  M.,  d  Nov.  25, 
1819,  aged  25  yrs.;  Richard,  d  Sept.  21,  1816,  aged  51  yrs.;  Richard,  d  Aug.  12,  1836, 
aged  29  yrs.;  Richard  M.,  b  Jan.  12,  1778,  d  July  4,  1856;  Richard  M.,  b  June  1,  1825,  d 
June,    1843;   Samuel,   b    Sept.  27,    1735,   d   Aug.  22,  1810;  Sarah,  wife  of  Richard  Lawrence. 


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341 


b  Sept.  20,  1765,  d  May  30,  1838;  Sarah  Augusta,  wife  of  John  L.  Lawrence  and  daughter 
of  Gen.  John  Smith,  b  May  19,  1794,  d  Nov.  1,  1877;  Sarah  Augusta,  b  Jan.  26,  1820,  d 
Jan.  27,  1866;  Thomas,  b  Nov.  21,  1733,  d  Dec.  3,  1817;  Thomas,  d  Apr.  10,  1825,  aged  35 
yrs.;  William,  b  July  27,  1729,  d  Jan.  13,  1794;  William,  b  Feb.  11,  1783,  d  Aug.  16,  1804; 
William,  b  Feb.  26,  1792,  d  Dec.  8,  1864;  William  Beach,  son  of  Isaac  Lawrence,  b  Oct.  23, 
1800,  d  Mch.  26,  1881  ;  William  Rcmscn,  son  of  John  T.  Lawrence,  d  Dec.  17,  1815;  William 
T.,  b  May  7,  1788,  d  Oct.  5,  1859. 

SACKETT,  Amy  Lcvcrich,  daughter  of  John  Sackett,  b  Jan.,  1804,  d  July  30,  1834; 
Anna,  wife  of  Wm.  Sackett,  d  Apr.  1798,  aged  66  yrs. ;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Sackett,  d 
May  27,  1836,  aged  71  yrs.;  Elizabeth  Gibbs,  daughter  of  John  Sackett,  b  Dec.  18,  1799,  d 
Dec.  22,  1830;  Elizabeth  G.,  d  1799,  aged  1  yr. ;  Gertrude,  d  Aug.,  1856,  aged  32  yrs.;  Ger- 
trude Meserole,  wife  of  Wm.  Sackett,  d  Jan.  28,  1841,  aged  52  yrs. ;  John,  d  May  12,  1819, 
aged  64  yrs.  9  mos. ;  Magdalena,  d  Mch.  15,  1850,  aged  25  yrs.;  Nathan  L.,  d  Mch.  26, 
1797,  aged  32  yrs. ;  Patience  Lawrence,  daughter  of  John  Sackett,  b  July  2,  1793,  d  June 
2,  1828;  William,  b  Dec.  29,  1727;  O.  S.,  d  Apr.  28,  1802;  William,  d  Feb.  4,  1849,  aged 
64  yrs. 

SUYDAM,  Hcnrv,  b  1779,  d  Apr.  8,  1868;  Jane  Lawrence,  wife  of  Henry  Suydam,  d 
Dec.  20,  1838,  aged  55  yrs. 

VAN  SINDEREN,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Adrian  and  Maria  Van  Sinderen,  d  Aug.  20, 
1804,  aged  4  yrs. ;  Maria,  wife  of  Adrian  Van  Sinderen  and  daughter  of  Thomas  Law- 
rence, b  Aug.  15,  1773,  d  Aug.  20,  1818;  William  Lawrence,  son  of  Adrian  and  Maria  Van 
Sinderen,  d  Nov.   16,   1807,  aged  3  yrs.  2  mos.  11  days. 

WELLS,  Eliza,  wife  of  John  Wells  and  daughter  of  Thomas  Lawrence,  b  Sept.,  16, 
1775,  d  Oct.  17,  1812. 


The  Lawrence  Family  cemetery,  situated 
within  half  a  mile  of  the  old  Lawrence  home- 
stead which  was  built  by  Thomas  Lawrence 
who  came  to  Newtown  in  1656,  is  now  a  part 
of  Long  Island  City  and  is  the  only  piece  of 
land  in  that  locality  belonging  to  the  family. 
It  contains  the  names  of  more  celebrated  pa- 
triots, soldiers  and  statesmen,  all  of  the  same 
family,  than  can  be  found  in  any  similar  place 
in  the  United  States. 

Within  the  enclosure  will  be  found  the 
grave  of  Major  Jonathan  Lawrence,  born  Oct. 
4,  1737,  died  Sept.  4,  1812.  He  was  one  of 
nine  brothers,  all  Revolutionary  patriots,  a 
member  of  the  provincial  Congress  of  1776,  of 
the  convention  which  framed  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  State  of  New  York,  an  active  and 


valued  officer  in  the  army  and  one  who  per- 
formed many  important  •  services  for  his 
country. 

Other  graves  are  those  of  John  Lawrence, 
an  officer  in  the  Revolution  and  a  Supervisor 
of  the  Old  Town  of  Newtown;  of  Lieut.  Na- 
thaniel Lawrence,  who  after  the-«war  was  a 
member  of  the  convention  which  ratified  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States ;  of  Capt. 
Thomas  Lawrence,  who  commanded  a  war 
vessel  in  the  War  of  1812;  of  Capt.  Richard 
Lawrence,  who  was  captured  by  the  British 
and  died  from  illness  contracted  while  in 
prison;  of  William  T.  Lawrence,  a  Judge  of 
the  County  Court  and  member  of  the  United 
States  Congress ;  of  Samuel  Lawrence,  whose 
sufferings  in  the  war  affected  his  intellect  for 


342    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

the  rest  of  his  life ;  of  Col.  Daniel  Lawrence ;  occasionally,  by  different  branches  of  the  fam- 

of  John  L.  Lawrence,  charge  d'affaires  at  the  ily,  the  last  one  being  within  two  years. 

Court  of  Sweden  1814  to  1816,  State  Senator,  The  cemetery  has  recently  been  put  in  fine 

first  President  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Board,  condition,    its    front   of    massive    stone    pillars 

Treasurer    of    Columbia    College    and    Comp-  and    the    iron    entrance    gates    repaired,    the 

troller  of  the  City  of  New  York ;  of  William  brush  and  weeds  cleared  out,  grass  sown  and 

Beach  Lawrence,  charge  d'affaires  at  the  Court  flowers  planted,  and  presents  a  most  attractive 

of  St.  James  in  1828  and  later  Lieutenant  Gov-  appearance.     A  movement  is  on   foot  to  pur- 

ernor  of  Rhode  Island  ;  of  Capt.  Andrew  Law-  chase  the  surrounding  property  and  convert  it 

rence,  U.  S.  N. ;  of  Gen.  Albert  Gallatin  Law-  into  a  park,  keeping  the  cemetery  intact ;  and 

rence,  U.  S.  A. ;  of  Magistrate  John  Lawrence,  the    officials    of    the    borough    are    strongly    in 

whose  nine   sons   were   ardent   and   active   pa-  favor  of  the  plan  thereby  saving  the  historic 

triots    in     the    Revolution,    and    many    other  place  for  future  generations, 

graves   of  men  who  held   military  and   State  (Mrs.  George  G.)  Mary  Lawrence  Martin, 

offices  and  who  served  their  country  well.  Regent,  Emily  Nelson  Chapter, 

Interments  are  still  made  in  this  cemetery,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Current  Events 

LAFAYETTE. 


In  accordance  with  the  order  of  the  Continental  Congress  of  1910,  made  at  the  request 
of  Mrs.  George  M.  Sternberg,  then  Chairman  of  the  Franco-American  Committee,  the 
birthday  of  Lafayette  was  observed  by  the  placing  of  a  wreath  at  the  foot  of  his  statue  in 
Lafayette  Square.  This  wreath,  as  seen  in  the  accompanying  picture,  was  composed  entirely 
of  white  asters.  Its  size  and  colonial  shape  attracted  notice  from  many  a  passer-by  and  was 
favorably  commented  upon  in  the  newspapers  of  the  day. 

In  the  evening  a  joint  celebration  of  all  the  patriotic  societies  was  held  at  Hotel 
Lafayette,  to  commemorate  the  159th  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  this  distinguished  patriot. 
Dr.  Bullock,  of  the  Order  of  Washington,  presided;  addresses  were  given  by  Representatives 
Jacob  E.  Meeker,  Richard  Wayne  Parker  and  Joseph  G.  Cannon,  and  several  other  distin- 
guished men;  musical  selections  were  rendered,  and  Miss  Bertha  Frances  Wolfe,  Regent  of 
Wendell  Wolfe  Chapter,  recited  James  Whitcomb  Riley's  poem,  "The  Name  of  Old  Glory." 
She  held  in  her  hands  a  silken  flag  which  she  addressed  while  reciting,  and  as  she  closed 
with  the  words : 

"As  I  float  at  the  steeple  or  flap  at  the  mast, 
Or  droop  o'er  the  sod  where  the  long  grasses  nod, 
My  name  is  as  old  as  the  glory  of  God, 
So  I  came  by  the  name  of  Old  Glory," 
the  audience  showed  its  appreciation  by  most  enthusiastic  applause. 

Among  the  prominent  personages  were  Viscount  Dejean,  Counselor  of  the  French 
Embassy;  Mrs.  G.  M.  Brumbaugh,  State  Regent,  D.  A.  R.,  for  the  District;  Thomas  Camp- 
bell Washington,  descendant  of  John  Augustine  Washington  :  C.  C.  Calhoun,  President  of 
the  Southern  Society,  and  many  other  noted  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. 

SONS  OF  THE  REVOLUTION  UNVEIL  A  TABLET  AT  ALLENTOWN,  PENNA. 

The  Pennsylvania  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  unveiled  June  10,  1916,  under 
most  brilliant  auspices,  a  tablet  in  Zion  Reformed  Church,  Allentown,  Penna.  The  tablet 
commemorates  the  fact  that  this  church,  in  1777  and  78,  was  used  as  a  hospital  for  the 
Continental  Army  at  the  time  that  the  city  of  Philadelphia  was  occupied  by  the  British. 
During  the  same  period  the  Liberty  Bell  and  eight  bells  from  Christ  Church  were  hidden 
under  the  floor  of  the  pulpit. 

The  Sons  own  eighteen  beautiful  flags,  which  were  carried  to  the  altar  rail  where  the 
bearers  lined  up,  and  at  the  command  of  the  cantain  of  the  color  guard  dipped  the  colors 
and  then  entered  the  choir  stalls  where  thev  held  the  flags  during  the  exercises.  While  the 
seats  of  honor  were  assigned  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  choice  seats  were  also  given  the 
Liberty  Bell  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  and  its  Regent,  Mrs.  F.  O.  Ritter.  The  tablet  was  unveiled 
by  Miss  Caroline  Young,  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Abraham  Bloomer,  pastor  of  the  church 
during  the  Revolution;  and  President  Cadwallader,  in  an  address  teeming  with  patriotism, 
presented  the  tablet  on  which  is  inscribed  : 

"In  memory  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Continental  Armv  who  suffered  and  died  in  Zion 
Church  used  as  a  Military  Hospital,  Sept.  1777-April,  1778,  this  tablet  is  erected  by  the 
Pennsylvania  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution." 


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ARRIAGE   l\ECORD   CXCHANGE 

Through  the  National  Committee  on  Historical  Research 
Mrs.  Willard  S.  Augsbury,  Historian  General,  Chairman 

Marriages  in  Shaftsbury,  Vermont,  copied  by  Mrs.  A.  G.  Draper. 

(The  marriages  include  all  prior  to  1801  recorded  in  the  town  records.     When  place  of 
residence  or  marriage  is  not  given,  it  is  in  Shaftsbury.    B.  M.  D.) 

Andrew,  Caleb  and  Ruonsiler  Matteson,  May  29,  1797. 

Barber,  Oliver  and  Chloe  Trumble,  December  22,  1796. 

Barker,  Jairus  and  Abigail  Newel,  by  Nathan  Leonard,  J.  P.,  Nov.  27,  1782. 

Bates,  Thomas  and  Zilpha  Staples,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Sept.  13,  1799. 

Bennett,  Daniel  and  Lucy  Gore,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Jan.  7,  1799. 

Bennett,  John  and  Lucy  Bennett,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Dec.  6,  1798. 

Bottum,  Ebenezer  and  Lucretia  Damet,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Nov.  27,  1792. 

Bottum,  Ebenezer  and  Lucretia  Damet,  Nov.  27,  1792. 

Bowen,  Isaac  and  Olive  Harris  by  Amos  Huntington,  J.  P.,  Jan.  10,  1799. 

Briggs,  Joseph  and  Charlotte  Matteson,  October  3,  1790. 

Buck,  Marthew  of  Arlington  and  Freelove  Hadlock,  Oct.  27,  1799. 

Caswell,  Benjamin  and  Lydia  Briggs,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Jan.  26,  1800. 

Chace,  Nathan  and  Rachel  Butler,  by  Amos  Huntington,  J.  P.,  Aug.  10,  1797. 

Clark,  Salmon  and  Sally  Bennet,  October  17,  1790. 

Cole,   Benjamin   and  Prudence  Hard,  of  Arlington,   at  Arlington,  by   Thomas   Chittenden, 

Govr.,  Dec.  3,  1778. 
Cole,  Bethuel  and  Loice  Bennet,  by  Ebenezer  Cole,  Esq.,  Aug.  25,  1775. 
Collins,  Alexander  and  Rhoda  Clemmons,  Sept.  7,  1792. 
Corey,  David  and  Damaras  Aylsworth,  August  12,  1784. 
Denio,   Ebenezer  and   Hannah   Sanders,   of   Bennington,   by   Amos   Huntington,   J.   P.,   Oct. 

26,  1800. 
Draper,  James,  Jr.,  and  Ruth  Pierce   (no  date  nor  place,  recorded  Apr.  11,  1789,  evidently 

long  after  the  marriage). 
Draper,  Jonathan  and  Trypheny  Cole,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Nov.  16,  1800. 
Draper,  Nathan  and  Elizabeth  Allen,  of  Little  White  Creek,  N.  Y.,  at  Shaftsbury,  by  Peter 

Wright,  J.  P.,  June  23,  1782. 
Dwinell,  Henry  and  Lylils  Briggs,  April  22,  1796. 
Dyre,  Daniel,  of  Bennington,  and  Susannah  Olin  (date  omitted). 
Fish,  David  and  Susanna  Drinkwater,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Dec.  6,  1799. 
Fisk,  Jeremiah,   Tr.,  and  Elizabeth  Green,  of  Rensleurwick,  by  Timothy  Green,  Elder,  Feb. 

18,  1790. 
Galusha,  David  and  Charity  Lathrop,  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  at  Norwich,  by  Elisha  Lathrop,  Jr., 

J.  P.,  Jan.  31,  1773. 
Galusha,  David  and  Rhoda  Galusha,  by  Jeremiah  Clark,  J.  P.,  Nov.  21,  1779. 
Galusha,  Jacob  and  Parthania  Hard,  of  Arlington,  Feb.  13,  1765. 
Glass,  James,  of  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  and  Rachel  Warren,  Sept.  10,  1797. 
Glasure,  Napthala,  of  Manchester,  and  Welthan  Smith,  by  Francis  Matteson,  J.  P.,  Apr.  1, 

1799. 
Gunnagal,  Dan  M.  and  Anna  Briggs,  Apr.  4,  1796. 
Haward,  Otis,  of  Jamaica  and  Polly  Millington,  Jan.  3,  1799. 
Herrington,  Levy  and  Zilpha  Bates,  Mch.  10,  1789. 
Herrington,  Phinehas  and  Mercy  Green,  Nov.  22,  1799. 

Huling,  Alexander,  2nd.,  and  Lydia  Layne,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Dec.  21,  1800. 
Huntington,  Elias  and  Aurellia  Galusha,  Jan.  4,  1798. 
Huntington,  Henry  and  Clohe  Stanley,  June  16,  1791. 
Huntington,  John  and  Olive  Clark,  Dec.  25,  1788. 
Huntington,    Samuel   and   Bethiah  Doggett,   of   Plainfield,    Conn.,    at    Plainfield,    bv    Tames 

Bradford,  J.  P.,  Jan.  24,  1780. 
Janes,  Elisha  and  Bethiah  Huntington  by  Jacob  Galusha,  Jan.  19,  1800. 
Jenkins,  Joshua,  of  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  and  Remember  Bowen,  June  29,  1800. 
Johnson,  Freeborn  and  Dinah  Matteson,  Jan.  17,  1790. 
Lathrop,  Anson  and  Sarah  Martin,  May  21,  1797. 
Love,  Jonathan  and  Nancy  Colegrove,  Oct.  28,  1798. 
Luther,  Samuel  and  Dimis  Ransom,  of  Arlington,  at  Arlington,  bv  Russel   Catlin,  Priest, 

Oct.  13,  1793. 

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Lyon,  Abial,  of  New  Springfield,  N.  S.,  and  Susanna  Matteson,  Mch.  7,  1790. 

Mason,  Royal  and  Sarah  Dwinells,  Dec.  4,  1796. 

Matteson,  Abraham  3rd.  and  Betsy  Woodard,  by  Amos  Huntington,  J.  P.,  Dec.  4,  1800. 

Matteson,  Asa  and  Barbary  Matteson,  Oct.  3,  1790. 

Matteson,  Asahel  and  Mary  Andrew,  of  Arlington,  at  Arlington,  Dec.  2,  1794. 

Matteson,  Isaiah  and  Charlotte  Harpending,  Aug.  30,  1801. 

Millington,  David  and  Lydia  Dyer,  Aug.  17,  1798. 

Millington,  Gamaliel  and  Elizabeth  White,  by  Ebenezer  Harris,  J.  P.,  Dec.  9,  1800. 

Millington,  Jonathan  and  Susanna  Buck,  Jan.  28,  1798. 

Munro,  Joshua  and  Hannah  Willoby,  by  Gideon  Olin,  J.  P.,  Dec.  13,  1789. 

Niles,  Samuel  and  Lydia  Farnum,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Dec.  12,  1800. 

Olin,  Henry  and  Lois  Richardson,  of  Adams,  Mass.,  at  Adams,  Mch.  20,  1788. 

Olin,  John  H.  and  Anna  Bowen,  by  Ebenezer  Harris,  J.  P.,  Jan.  9,  1799. 

Olin,  Jonathan,  Jr.,  and  Penelope  Herrington,  Dec.  14,  1786. 

Olin,   Stephen  and  Penelope  Grady,  April  6,   1789. 

Orton,  Ichabod  and  Naomi  Hard,  of  Arlington,  at  Arlington,  May  7,  1784. 

Outman,  John,  of  Arlington,  and  Hannah  Stoddard,  May  2,  1799. 

Parker,  Thomas  and  Mary  House,  June  3,  1800. 

Potter,  Case  and  Nancy  Olin,  Nov.  8,  1798. 

Prine   (Prince?),  Peter,  of  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  and  Polly  Stevens,  Mch.  25,  1799. 

Puffer,  Timothy  and  Elizabeth  Cady,  Nov.  25,  1779. 

Robinson,  Absolom  and  Polly  Fuller,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Feb.  26,  1800. 

Robinson,  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Webster,  July  11,  1799. 

Ross,  John  and  Lucy  Manning,  Nov.  1,  1795. 

Smith,  John  and  Ellis  Abbee,  by  Nathan  Leonard,  J.  P.,  May  31,  1784. 

Smith,  Phillip  and  Lydia  Timans,  Nov.  2,  1797. 

Standley,  John,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Dimis,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Nov.  26,  1800. 

Starkweather,  Asa  and  Grace  Gibbons,  both  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  at  Norwich,  by  Elisha 
Lathrop,  J.  P.,  July  8,  1773. 

Stone,  Carder  and  Susanna  Motley,  Nov.  11,  1787. 

Sturdevant,  James  and  Sarah  WTieat,  of  Bennington,  at  Bennington,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Min- 
ister, Nov.  16,  1800. 

Sutherland,  John  and  Mary  Martin,  Jan.  22,  1793. 

Taft,  James,  of  Hertford,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  Anna  Slater,  bv  Amos  Huntington, 
J.  P.,  Feb.  26,  1800. 

Wait,  Benjamin  and  Mercy  Mattison,  Feb.  3,  1796. 

Wait,  William  and  Roan  Case,  by  Francis  Matteson,  J.  P.,  Mch.  3,  1799. 

Waldo,  Gershom  and  Martha  Waldo,  Dec.  20,  1789. 

Walker,  John  and  Anna  Woodward,  by  Ebenezer  Harris,  J.  P.,  Feb.  28,  1799. 

Wall,  Henry  and  Eunice  Sumner,  May  13,  1789. 

Waters,  Amos  and  Rhoda  Alger,  of  Pownal,  at  Pownal,  by  Samuel  Robinson,  Jr.,  J.  P., 
Apr.  2,  1780. 

Watson,  Simson  and  Olive  Stratton,  by  Jacob  Galusha,  J.  P.,  Dec.  11,  1800. 

West  (Wist?),  Daniel  and  Sarah  Whitford,  Feb.  3,  1789. 

Whipple,  Elijah  and  Mercy  Wait,  Dec.  22,  1799. 

Whipple,  Oliver,  of  Petersburgh,  N.  Y.,  and  Pollv  Hatch,  Tulv  7,  1796. 

Whitford,  William  and  Elizabeth  Luther,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Dec.  24,  1800. 

Whitman,  Gideon  and  Lucina  Bewel,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Jan.  5,  1800. 

Whitman,  Jacob  and  Sarah  Spencer,  July  11,  1795. 

Whitman,  Thomas,  of  Canada,  and  Mary  Austin,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  Nov.  23,   1800. 

Willoughby,  Ebenezer  and  Annah  Hard,  of  Arlington,  at  Arlington,  by  Bliss  Willoughby, 
J.  P.,  June  29,  1775. 

Wilson,  Joseph  and  Rebeckah  Fuller,  by  Amos  Huntington,  J.  P.,  Feb.  4,  1800. 

(The  above  marriages  are  all  that  are  recorded  as  having  taken  place  before  Jan.  1,  1801. 

The  following  marriages  are  also  found  recorded  in  the  first  fifteen  pages  of  Book  I  of 
Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths ;  but  as  they  Avere  not  always  recorded  chronologically,  I 
am  not  sure  that  they  are  all  that  took  place  before  1803.  The  two  lists  include  all  that 
are  to  be  found  on  the  first  fifteen  pages.) 

Ames,  Barnabas,  of  Shoreham,  and  Letitia  Powers,  Mch.  10,  1801. 

Andrus,  Jeremiah  and  Mehitable  Warren,  Mch.   12,   1801. 

Bacon,  Joseph,  of  Arlington,  and  Diana  Matteson,  Dec.  1,  1801. 

Bates,  Caleb  and  Rachel  Millington,  Nov.  19,  1801. 

Blood,  Moses  and  Anna  Cole,  March  1,  1801. 

Carpenter,  Gideon  and  Olive  Whitford,  Jan.  18,  1801. 

Culver,  Datus  and  Clarissa  Millington,  Feb.  23,  1802. 

Downer,  John  and  Mary  Harvey,  of  Bennington,  Feb.  21,  1802. 

Drinkwater,  James  and  Sarah  Allen,  Jan.  22,  1801. 

Galusha,  Amos  and  Elizabeth  Spencer,  by  Caleb  Blood,  Minister,  May,  3,  1802. 

Hawley,  Crandal  and  Elizabeth  Matteson,  April  23,  1801. 


346    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

Jenks,  Obadiah  and  Clara  Wooden,  Feb.  21,  1802. 

Matteson,  Job  and  Melinda  Glasier,  of  Glastonbury,  Vt.,  May  28,  1801. 

Millington,  Solomon  and  Olive  Rockwell,  Jan.  7,  1802. 

Nichols,  Peter,  of  Petersburgh,  N.  Y.,  and  Eunice  Stone,  June  21,  1801. 

Odel,  Daniel,  of  Arlington,  and  Sarah  Harris,  Nov.  14,  1802. 

Rice,  Abner  and  Elizabeth  Bracket,  of  Manchester,  Jan.  22,  1801. 

Robinson,  Nathan  and  Mary  Brown,  Feb.  21,  1802. 

Sage,  Joel  and  Saloma  Stone,  May  11,  1801. 

Smith,  Isaac  and  Rachel  Draper,  Nov.  22,  1801. 

Spencer,  Asahel  and  Clarissa  Cole,  Aug.  30,  1801. 

Stone,  Nathan,  Jr.,  and  Freelove  Manchester,  of  Arlington,  Jan.  5,  1802. 

Tavlor,  Samuel,  of  Manchester,  and  Catharine  Avlsworth,  Feb.  18,  1801. 

Trumble  (Trumbull?),  John,  Jr.,  and  Priscilla  McCoy,  Apr.  27,  1802. 

Watson,  Benjamin  and  Cintha  Crane,  Mch.  3,  1801. 

Wheat,  James,  of  Bennington,  and  Lillis  Salisbury,  Sept.  27,  1801. 

Wright,  Joseph  and  Lydia  Spencer,  June  28,  1801. 


SELECTMEN   OF   SHAFTSBURY,   VT.,   DURING   THE   REVOLUTION. 

The  first  mention  of  any  selectmen  in  the  town  records  is  dated  April,  1765;  the  next 
Jan.  16,  1767;  the  third  is  Mch.  22,  1777.  From  that  time  until  Nov.,  1783,  the  following 
men  acted  as  Selectmen :  John  Abbot,  Isaac  Andrus,  John  Burnam,  Jeremiah  Clark,  Parker 
Cole,  Joseph  Coon,  Cyprian  Downer,  Reuben  Ellis,  Bigalow  Lawrence,  Thomas  Matteson, 
Gideon  Olin,  Gideon  Seegar,  Charles  Spencer,  Abiathar  Waldo,  Bliss  Willoughby  and  Ebe- 
nezer  Wright.  Jeremiah  Bingham  acted  as  Surveyor,  and  Jeremiah  Clark,  John  Millington 
and  Abiathar  Waldo  were  Committee  on  Roads,  one  of  which  was  to  begin  at  the  west  line 
of  Shaftsbury  about  thirty  rods  southeast  of  Gabriel  Dutcher's  dwelling  house,  where  the 
"Walloomscot"  (Wallomsac)  meets  said  road.  Jeremiah  Clark,  Samuel  Robinson  and  Peter 
Wright,  of  Shaftsbury,  and  James  Bradford,  of  Plainfield,  Conn.,  are  mentioned  as  Justices 
of  the  Peace  during  the  same  period.  Descendants  of  any  of  the  above  are  eligible  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  provided  the  other  requirements  are 
complied  with. 


But  the  Colonial  timepieces  kept  tick- 
ing, ticking  to  the  pressure  of  the  Eng- 
lish government,  the  giant  wheels  play- 
ing calmly  till  1777,  when  there  was  a 
strange  stir  and  buzz  within  the  case. 
But  the  sixtieth  minute  came  and  the 
clock  struck.  The  world  heard :  The 
murder  of  Jane  McCrea,  one ;  the  Battle 
of  Oriskany,  two ;  the  Battle  of  Benning- 
ton, three ;  the  Battle  of  Bemis'  Heights, 
four;  the  Battle  of  Stillwater,  five;  the 
surrender  of  Burgoyne,  six ;  and  then  it 
was  sunrise  of  the  new  day,  of  which  we 
have  yet  seen  only  the  glorious  forenoon. 

(Paraphrased  from  Thomas  Starr 
King's  "Sunrise  in  America.") 


General    Burgoyne's    Camp    Kettle,    Captured 
October  17.  1777. 


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2439  (2)  Harmon.  Mrs.  Laura  A.  Mad- 
den, author  of  "The  Harmons  in  the  Revolu- 
tion," 512  West  156  St.  New  York  City  writes 
that  as  the  Rev.  records  from  S.  C.  are 
meagre  and  not  easily  obtained  she  has  copied 
the  record  of  four — the  only  ones  of  that 
name  who  served  in  the  Rev.  from  that  state, 
so  far  as  she  knows,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Daughters.  They  are :  Henry  Harman,  pri- 
vate, July  1,  1775,  from  Va.  aged  30;  served 
in  Col.  Thompson's  reg't.  of  Rangers ;  Henry 
Harmon,  private,  on  Capt.  Kershaw's  pay-roll 
for  20  days,  Oct.  1775,  Third  Co.  of  Rangers. 

Thomas  Harmon,  rec'd.  Feb.  22,  1776,  twelve 
pounds,  from  Colony  treasurer,  expenses  from 
Ga. 

John  Harmon,  mariner,  one  of  the  Ameri- 
can prisoners  at  Plymouth  in  1782. 

She  also  states  that  in  a  record  kept  by  Col. 
Isaac  Hayne,  Jacob  Harmon  m  Barbara  Beech, 
Sept.  3,  1758.  Many  more  of  the  name  served 
from  Va.  and  N.  C. 

2505  (3)  Gray  Major  John  Gray  came  to 
Todd  Ky.  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  the 
first  record  being  in  1809.  although  he  seems 
to  have  been  in  the  county  some  time  before 
that.  He  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land  about 
two  miles  from  Guthrie  (which  is  on  the 
State  line)  on  the  road  from  Gallatin,  Tenn 
to  Clarksville.  He  built  a  tavern  and  large 
stables  at  one  time  owning  150  horses,  and  for 
many  years  conducted  a  stage  line ;  was  a 
prominent  man  of  affairs,  and  owned  hundreds 
of   acres    of    land.      Elkton    is    built    on    land 


which  he  gave  for  the  town.  He  has  many 
relations  in  the  county;  and  one  of  his  de- 
scendants still  lives  in  his  old  home.  Ruth 
Collins  Canhy,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

3693  Boyd.  The  following  information 
found  in  a  Bible  in  the  possession  of  Phinehas 
Latham  of  Hyde  and  Beaufort  Counties,  N.  C. 
published  in  1760  may  be  of  assistance.  Sarah 
Boyd,  dau.  of  Zachariah  Barrow  and  Ann  his 
wife  and  wife  of  Wm.  Boyd  died  Sept.  15, 
1843,  aged  82  years.  Then  follows  more  recent 
Boys  records ;  and  there  is  also  recorded  the 
following  Barrow  data.  Zachariah  Barrow  b 
July  17,  1734  O.  S.  and  d  May  31,  1796.  Zach- 
ariah Barrow  and  Ann  his  wife  were  m  Jan. 
1,  1761.  Sarah  Barrow,  b  Dec.  23,  1761 ;  Mary 
b  Sept.  10,  1763;  John,  b  1766,  d  1784;  Becca 
b  Aug.  30,  1768;  Bexer,  b  Apr.  28,  1770,  d 
Oct.  26,  1802;  Elizabeth,  b  Tan.  3,  1774;  Ann, 
b  1777,  d  1795;  Prussia,  b  Nov.  10,  1778;  Rus- 
sia, b  same  day  and  d  Nov.  7,  1784;  Eunice,  b 
Jan.  16,  1782,  d  Sept.  17,  1806;  Lois,  b  Nov.  11, 
1784.  The  above  was  kindly  sent  by  Mrs.  IV. 
H.  Whitley,  Paris,  Ky. 

4004  (3)  Woods.  Samuel  Woods  of  Al- 
bemarle Co.  Ya.  who  had  a  dau.  Barbara  who 
m  George  Martin,  a  dau  Jane,  who  m  Joseph 
Montgomery,  etc.  is  not  the  Samuel  Woods 
who  served  as  Lieut,  under  Col.  James  Wood 
and  who  applied  for  a  pension  from  Mercer 
Co.  Ky.  in  1823.  Woods'  History  of  Albe- 
marle Co.  Va.  states  that  Samuel  was  one  of 
the  original  purchasers  of  land  in  Charlottes- 
ville in  1763  and  that  he  died  in   1784.     The 


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Lieut.  Samuel  was  the  son  of  Michael  and 
Anne  Woods,  was  born  in  1738,  and  died  in 
1826.  He  married  Margaret  and  had  a  son 
Samuel  Jr.  and  a  brother  David  as  well  as 
numerous  other  brothers  and  sisters.  David  m 
for  a  second  wife  Mary  McAfee  ab  1779 
2786,  m  her  nephew  in  law,  Samuel  Woods 
who  after  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  in 
Jr  and  had  two  sons  before  his  death  in 
1802.  Lieut.  Samuel  gave  the  bulk  of  his 
property  to  his  son  Samuel  in  1791;  and  in 
1819  when  he  applied  for  a  pension  was  living 
with  his  grandson  James  Harvey  Woods  b 
Sept.  12,  1792  who  m  Sarah  E.  Dedman  of 
Versailles,  Ky.  in  1818  had  twelve  ch.  and 
d  in  1860.  James  Harvey  Woods  was  one 
of  the  sons  of  Samuel  Jr.  and  Mary  (McAfee) 
(Woods)  Woods.  Lieut.  Samuel  deposed 
that  his  wife  Margaret  and  he  were  old  and 
feeble  and  that  all  his  children  were  dead; 
that  he  had  already  rec'd.  as  Bounty  land, 
400  acres  on  the  Shawnee  river  in  Mercer 
Co.  Ky.  but  had  given  that  in  1791  to  his  son 
Samuel  Jr.  About  1734  Michael  Woods  and 
wife  Anne  moved  to  that  part  of  Goochland 
Co.  Va.  which  is  now  Albemarle  Co.  but 
some  years  later  moved  to  Botetourt  Co. 
where  Samuel  purchased  a  farm  in  that  part 
of  the  county  which  is  now  Montgomery  Co. 
on  the  south  fork  of  the  James  river.  In 
the  French  and  Indian  War  Michael  and  his 
son  Samuel  were  in  the  Albemarle  Co.  Mili- 
tia.— Mrs.  Flora  Blaine  Wood,  State  Center, 
la. 

4286.  Lewis-Adams.  Attention  has  been 
called  to  a  statement  in  this  query  which 
is  a  manifest  absurdity  on  the  face  of  it. 
Col.  Wm.  Lewis,  b  1724,  m  Ann  Montgomery. 
So  much  is  correct ;  but  L.  A.  goes  on  to 
state  that  "The  Irvin  Book"  says  his  grand- 
daughter, Judith,  m  Micajah  Clark.  Judith 
Adams  m  Micajah  Clark  in  1736,  and  of 
course  could  not  have  been  the  grand-daugh- 
ter of  a  man  born  in  1724.  The  Gen.  Ed. 
has  examined  several  genealogies  of  the  Irvin 
and  Irwin  families  that  are  in  the  Library  of 
Congress ;  but  in  none  of  them  can  she  find 
the  above  statement.  She  thinks,  therefore, 
that  there  must  have  been  some  mistake  in 
copying  the  statement.  Judith  Adams  who  m 
Micajah  Clark  was  the  dau.  of  Robert  Adams 
who  came  to  Va.  settling  on  the  James  river 
(son  of  Wm.  and  grandson  of  Robert  of 
1620,  the  emigrant)  and  his  wife  Mourning. 
Judith's  sister  Mary  m  Achilles  Moorman ; 
and  her  sister  Elizabeth  was  the  second  wife 
of  Thomas  Moorman.  (Woods'  Hist,  of  Al- 
bemarle Co.  Va.  pp  180,  286). — Gen  Ed. 

4427(4).  Edwards.  There  were  two  men 
by  name  of  William  Edwards  who  are  men- 
tioned among  the  Rev.  Soldiers  from  Va. 
published  in  the  N.  Y.  Historical  Society  Col- 


lections, mentioned  in  Ans.  to  4723(2)  in  this 
issue.  One,  Wm.  Edwards  Jr.  (pp  602-4)  had 
gray  eyes,  brown  hair  dark  complexion ;  was 
a  planter  from  Northumberland  Co.  Va.  where 
he  was  born  19  years  before.  The  other, 
called  Wm.  Edwards  Sen.  was  25  yrs.  of 
age,  also  a  planter  from  Northumberland  Co. 
Va.  was  6  ft.  1  in.  tall ;  brown  hair,  grey 
eyes  and  a  fair  complexion. — Gen.  Ed. 

4553.  Hale.  Jerusha  Hale,  b  Mch.  27, 
1776  was  the  daughter  of  Hezekiah  Hale  and 
his  first  wife  Jerusha  Parsons.  Hezekiah  was 
b  May  4,  1737  in  Middletown,  Conn,  and  was 
the  son  of  Joseph  Hale,  who  died  in  1779,  and 
descendant  of  Samuel  Hale,  the  emigrant. 
Hezekiah  m  (1)  Sept.  6,  1764  at  Middlefield, 
Conn.  Jerusha  Parsons  who  d  Mch.  30,  1776; 
he  m  (2)  Aug.  31,  1777,  Rachel  Bevins,  who 
d  Aug.  29,  1782  at  Middletown;  he  m  (3) 
Oct.  29,  1783,  Annie  Blake,  of  Watertown. 
I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  Rev.  service, 
military  or  civil  for  Hezekiah  Hale. — /.  M. 
Warner,  1414  Rock  St.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

4579(2).  Hall- S wetland.  Salome  Hall  m 
Joseph  Swetland  Sept.  27,  1786,  not  1785,  ac- 
cording to  the  Vital  Records  of  Kent,  Conn. 
Mrs.  Nellie  A.  Cresncr,  Plymouth,  Ind.  To 
this  the  Gen.  Ed.  would  add  that  there  is 
nothing  in  the  Hall,  Tiffany  or  Swetland 
Genealogies  in  the  Library  of  Congress  that 
throws  any  light  on  this  query. 

4581(4).  Peck.  According  to  the  Peck  Gen. 
Stephen  N.  Peck,  b  Solon,  N.  Y.  May  13, 
1814,  m  Belinda  T.  Thompson  and  d  at  New 
Market,  C.  W.  May  4,  1865.  He  was  the 
son  of  Stephen  Northrup  Peck  and  Lydia 
Phillips,  his  first  wife.  Stephen  Sr.  was  b 
at  Stanford,  N.  Y.  in  1778;  moved  to  Solon 
in  1804  where  he  died  in  1874.  (C.  W.  stands 
for  Canada  West,  which  is  now  the  Province 
of  Ontario. — Gen.  Ed.) 

4638.  Marston.  In  the  Marston  Genealogy, 
the  statement  is  made :  Capt.  Levi  Marston, 
son  of  Jasper,  grandson  of  John,  and  de- 
scendant of  Wm.  the  Emigrant,  was  b  Fal- 
mouth, Maine,  July  22,  1763;  m  Olive  Lord 
in  1786  and  settled  in  North  Yarmouth,  Maine 
on  a  farm  where  he  died  Jan.  11,  1852.  He 
had  four  ch. :  David,  b  Aug.  16,  1787,  Eunice, 
b  Nov.  17,  1788,  m  in  1819,  Wm.  Stinchfield ; 
Charlotte,  b  Oct.  4,  1790,  d  Nov.  16,  1862; 
Olive  F.,  b  June  7,  1795,  m  Mark  Allen.— Miss 
Laura  Marie  Marston.  Raymond,  N.  H.  R.  R. 
No.    1. 

4664.  S.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers.  See  Answer 
to  4723  (2)  in  this  issue. 

4664  (3)  Millen.  Some  years  ago  an  uncle 
of  mine  living  in  Elkton  gave  me  a  History 
of  Todd  and  Christian  Counties,  Ky.  and  in 
that  I  find  that  a  James  Millen  is  mentioned 
as  having  taken  land  a  few  miles  from  Elkton 
as  early  as  1809.  The  older  members  of  the 
family    married    and    left    many    descendants 


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still  living  in  or  near  Elkton. — Ruth  Collins 
Canby,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

4691.  Hammond.  There  is  a  William  and 
a  Paul  Hammond  in  every  generation  of  the 
Hammond  Family  down  from  1634.  There  is 
a  Hammond  Genealogy  which  is  quite  com- 
plete published  by  Roland  Hammond  of  Cam- 
pello,  Mass.  which  will  probably  contain  ev- 
erything desired. — Mrs.  John  F.  Ross,  Box 
1214,  Amarillo,  Texas. 

To  this  the  Gen.  Ed.  would  add  that  ac- 
cording to  the  Hammond  Genealogy,  by  F.  S. 
Hammond,  Vol.  II,  p  706,  the  Wra.  Hammond 
who  served  from  Tolland,  in  Capt.  Grant's 
Co.  (For  official  proof  see  Conn.  Men  in  the 
Rev.  p.  528,  where  the  name  is  spelled  Ham- 
mon)  was  bapt.  in  Windham,  Conn.  Sept.  19, 
1735,  and  d  in  Norwich,  Vt.  Oct.  18,  1793.  He 
m  Sarah  Hutchins  (or  Hutchinson)  who  was 
b  Wether sfield,  Conn.  1735  and  d  Norwich, 
Vt.  Dec.  9,  1820.  They  had:  Elijah,  b  Tol- 
land, Conn.  Jan.  20,  1760,  m  Lydia  Hutchin- 
son, and  d  Hebron,  N.  H.  1846,  a  Rev.  Sol- 
dier ;  Titus,  b  Tolland,  Conn.  Feb.  27,  1761,  m 
(1)  Lucy  Mudge,  and  d  in  Yates  Co.  N.  Y. 
a  Rev.  pensioner;  Rebecca,  b  Dec.  29,  1763, 
m  (1)  Joseph  Brown,  and  (2)  Mr.  Brooks, 
and  d.s.p. ;   and   Sarah  b  Norwich,  Vt.   April 

25,  1765,  m  Martin  Brown  and  d  Yates  Co. 
N.  Y.  William's  brother,  Eleazer  Hammond 
(1733-1837)  who  m  Mehitable  Button,  was 
also  a  Rev.  soldier,  according  to  the  Ham- 
mond Gen. 

4705.  Magie.  Phebe  Magie  (Magee)  was 
a  dau  of  John  Magie  b  Sept.  30,  1733,  d  Sept. 

26,  1781,  and  his  wife,  Phebe  Ogden,  b  Aug. 
25,  1734,  d  July  1798.  Phebe  (Ogden)  Magie 
was  a  descendant  of  John  Ogden,  the  Pilgrim. 
— Mrs.  Henry  B.  Howell,  158  Magnolia  Ave. 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

4714.  Boone.  Rachel  Boone,  dau  of  James 
Boone  (1709-1785)  and  his  wife,  Mary  Faulk 
(1714-1756)  whom  he  m  May  5,  1736,  m  in  1758 
William  Wilcoxen  and  their  son,  Samuel 
(1760-1825)  m  in  1788  Anna  Jordon  (1765- 
1853)  and  had  son,  Elijah  (1790-1870)  who  m 
in  1811  Charlotte  Celeway,  and  their  dau 
Zerelda  (1812-1874)  m  in  1830  Moses  A.  John- 
son (1807-1851).— Mrs.  Almcda  B.  Harpel, 
1013  Twenty-first  St.,  Des  Moines,  la.  Ac- 
cording to  Query  3872  the  Moses  A.  Johnson 
who  m  Zerelda  Wilcoxen  was  of  Northern 
parentage  and  nothing  is  said  to  indicate  that 
he  ever  left  New  England  and  New  York. 
It  might  be  well  for  4714  to  correspond  with 
both  parties. — Gen.  Ed. 

4715  (4).  Gilman.  While  the  statement 
made  in  the  Sept.  issue  that  Bartholomew 
Gilman,  b  Exeter,  Nov.  9,  1772,  was  the  son 
of  Josiah  and  Sarah  (Gilman)  Gilman,  is 
correct  according  to  Bell's  History  of  Exeter, 
which  has  a  list  of  births  and  deaths  taken 
from  the. town  records,  I  find  that  in  the  Gil- 


man Genealogy  by  Arthur  Gilman  Bar- 
tholomew is  said  to  have  m  July  12,  1821,  Mrs. 
Eliza  Wiggins,  of  Wolfboro,  N.  H.,  and  d 
Sept.  9,  1853.  There  is  another  Bartholomew 
Gilman  mentioned  in  the  Genealogy,  son  of 
Treworthy  and  Eliz.  (Bartlett)  Gilman,  whose 
birth  date  is  not  given,  who  is  claimed  in  the 
Genealogy  (on  back  page  in  Additions  and 
Corrections)  to  be  the  one  who  m  Eliz.  Fisher 
and  to  have  moved  to  Ohio.  There  is  noth- 
ing in  the  History  of  Newport,  N.  H.  which 
throws  any  light  on  this  subject.  The  Vital 
records  of  Dedham,  Mass.  give  the  birth  of 
an  Eliz.  Fisher,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Sibil 
(Draper)  Fisher  as  May  1,  1774.  Sibil  was 
the  dau  of  Ebenezer  and  Sibbel  (Avery)  Dra- 
per was  b  Sept.  10,  1750  and  m  Daniel  Fisher 
May  23,  1770.  If  J.  A.  B.  writes  The  De- 
partment of  Vital  Statistics,  Concord,  X.  H. 
she  can,  for  a  nominal  fee,  obtain  all  infor- 
mation  desired. — Gen.  Ed. 

4716.  Abbott.  According  to  the  Abbott 
Genealogy,  revised  edition,  pp  90-92,  Jemima 
Abbott,  Mch.  23,  1729,  d  near  Bridgeport, 
Harrison  Co.  Va.  (now  West  Va.).  She  m 
in  Windham,  Conn.  Mch.  14,  1750-1  Dr.  John 
Waldo,  a  Rev.  soldier ;  moved  with  him  to 
Albany  Co.  N.  Y.  in  1762  and  then  ab  1795 
with  their  son,  John,  also  a  Rev.  soldier,  to 
Va.  (now  West  Va.)  She  was  the  dau  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Phipps)  Abbott.  John 
lived  in  Stow,  Mass.  from  1722  to  25,  in 
W'indham,  Conn,  until  1727,  in  Franklin  (then 
West  Farms),  Conn,  until  1728.  He  is  then 
lost  sight  of  in  New  England  but  is  believed 
to  be  the  same  one  who  with  a  wife  Elizabeth 
appears  in  Georgetown,  S.  C.  ab  1730  where 
he  lived  until  1737  or  8  when  he  moved  to 
N.  C.  and  in  1751  sold  all  his  property  in 
Georgetown.  Owing  to  the  destruction  of 
records  it  is  impossible  to  tell  whether  he  had 
any  more  children  in  the  south  or  not.  He 
is  believed  to  be  the  John  Abbott  whose 
estate  was  administered  by  Winnefred  in  1782 
in  Camden,  S.  C.  There  was  another  John 
Abbott  in  Camden,  S.  C.  with  a  wife  Eliza- 
beth about  the  same  time ;  but  he  lived  until 
1802.  Sixteen  pages  of  the  first  deed  book  at 
Wilmington,  N.  C.  were  cut  out  during  the 
Rev.  and  among  the  twenty  records  of  deeds 
destroyed  was  one  of  John  Abbott  to  Neil 
McNeil  which  might  have  thrown  some  light 
on  this  perplexing  question.  Much  time  and 
expense  was  spent  by  the  compiler  of  the 
genealogy,  but  it  seems  hopeless  to  expect  to 
obtain   definite    information. — Gen.   Ed. 

4723  (2).  N.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers.  There 
are  other  records  of  N.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers ; 
and  if  names  are  sent  I  will  make  search  for 
a  small  remuneration.  Mrs.  M.  T.  Norris, 
421  N.  Blount  St.  Raleigh,  N.  C.  To  this  the 
Gen.  Ed.  would  add  that  many  soldiers  who 
served   in  the  Rev.   from   N.   C.   and   received 


350    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


pensions  for  their  services  are  not  recorded 
in  N.  C.  Archives.  The  New  York  Historical 
Society  has  just  published  three  volumes  of 
its  Collections  for  the  years  1914,  1915  and 
1916.  One  volume  contains  the  proceedings 
of  a  Board  of  General  Officers  of  the  British 
Army  at  New  York,  appointed  by  Sir  Henry 
Clinton,  Aug.  7,  1781,  to  consider  the  expendi- 
ture of  public  money;  and  among  other  items 
it  incldues  a  return  of  the  men,  women  and 
children  in  the  British  regiments,  victualled  in 
N.  Y.,  in  the  Civil  Department,  and  in  For- 
eign regiments  with  a  Muster  Roll  of  Assist- 
ants, covering  those  who  were  in  Brooklyn 
and  adjacent  places;  also  a  list  of  vessels 
with  names  of  masters,  etc.  The  other  two 
volumes  are  filled  with  lists,  heretofore  un- 
published, of  Rev.  soldiers  serving  from  Ar- 
tillery, Canadian  regiment,  Conn.  Line,  Cont. 
Infantry,  and  troops  from  Maryland,  Mass. 
(including  a  list  of  Minute  Men  from  Dun- 
stable) N.  H.,  N.  J.,  N.  Y.,  N.  C,  (only 
four  pages  of  them)  Penna.,  R.  I.,  S.  C.  (ten 
pages)  and  Virginia.  As  all  the  volumes  are 
carefully  indexed,  the  work  will  be  of  great 
value  to  thousands  of  searchers. — Gen.  Ed. 

4726.  Heywood.  In  the  Lee  Genealogy  by 
Wm.  Lee,  p  155  a  Jonas  Heywood  is  given 
as  a  member  of  a  Committee  of  Correspond- 
ence under  date  of  April  26,  1775.  Together 
with  Ephraim  Wood  Jr.  James  Barret  Jr., 
Joseph  Hosmer  and  Samuel  Whitney  the  com- 
mittee was  formed ;  met  daily  and  acted  in 
a  legislative,  executive  and  judicial  capacity. 
All  suspicious  persons  were  brought  before 
it  for  trial  and,  if  found  guilty,  were  con- 
demned. The  account  in  the  Lee  Genealogy 
was  their  decision  in  the  case  of  Dr.  John 
Lee,  of  Concord,  and  they  recommended  that 
he  be  confined  to  his  farm,  etc. — Mrs.  E.  J. 
Kling,  416  W.  Maple  St.,  Nevada,  Mo. 

4737.  Custis-Dandridge-Calvert.  Martha 
Dandridge,  dau  of  Col.  John  and  Frances 
(Jones)  Dandridge  was  b  June  2,  1731,  d  May 
22,  1802,  m  Col.  Daniel  Parke  Custis  in  1749. 
They  were  the  parents  of :  Daniel  Parke, 
1751-1754;  Frances  Parke,  1753-1757;  Martha 
Parke,  1757-1773;  John  Parke,  b  1755,  d  Nov. 
5,  1781  of  Camp  fever  contracted  at  Yorktown 
while  serving  on  Washington's  staff.  He  m 
Feb.  3,  1774,  Eleanor,  dau  of  Benedict  Cal- 
vert of  Mt.  Airy,  Pr.  Geo.  Co.  Md.  son  of 
the  fifth  Lord  Baltimore,  and  left  four  ch. 
Eliz.  Parke,  b  Aug.  21,  1776,  m  Thomas  Law; 
Martha  Parke,  b  Dec.  31,  1777,  m  Thomas 
Peters;  Eleanor  Parke,  b  Mch.  21,  1779,  m 
Lawce  Lewis,  and  d  1852;  Geo.  W.  Parke, 
b  Apr.  30,  1781,  d  1857,  m  in  1806  Mary  Lee 
Fitzhugh,  dau  of  Col.  Wm.  and  Ann  (Ran- 
dolph) Fitzhugh  of  Fairfax  Co.  Va.  and  had 
an  only  child,  Mary  Anne  Randolph  who  m 
Robert    E.   Lee.      The   above   is    taken    from 


William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly  for  July, 
1896.— Mrs.  Walter  Matthews,  417  Transyl- 
vania Park,  Lexington,  Ky. 

4741.  Willis  -  Brommerley  -  Pixley  -  Scott. 
William  Willis  m  Bersheba  Bromley,  and  d 
Oct.  9,  1774,  aged  49  years.  He  was  a  patriot, 
and  lived  in  several  places  in  N.  J.  He  had : 
Wm.,  b  Alch.  27,  1754,  through  whom  several 
have  joined  the  D.  A.  R. ;  Bethuel,  b  Apr.  9, 
1757;  Joseph,  b  Feb.  12,  1761;  Russell,  b 
Nov.  22,  1762;  John,  b  Oct.  22,  1765;  Lewis, 
b  Dec.  30,  1767;  Anthony,  b  May  15,  1769; 
Welthy,  b  Sept.  18,  1772,  m  James  Carroll; 
Nancy,  b  Sept.  9,  1774  (according  to  a  Bible 
record,  not  1772)  Bathsheba  (or  Bersheba) 
was  b  in  Preston,  Conn,  in  1733  was  baptized 
Bersheba,  but  in  later  life  was  known  as 
Bathsheba;  died  in  1819;  married  in  1752  Wm. 
Willis  who  was  b  Jan.  9,  1725.  She  d  at 
Lee,  Mass.  All  their  seven  sons  were  in  the 
Rev.  The  youngest,  Anthony,  at  thirteen 
years  of  age  was  a  drummer  boy  and  water 
carrier  for  Gen.  Washington,  according  to 
tradition.  Have  tried  in  vain  to  find  some 
official  proof  of  this  service. — Mrs.  Theodore 
H.  Ellis,  610  Springfield  Ave.  Summit,  N.  J. 

4747  (3).  Breed.  In  the  History  of  Ston- 
ington,  Conn,  by  Wheeler  no  service  either 
civil  or  military  is  credited  to  Amos  Breed. 
Capt.  John  Breed,  Gershom  Breed  and  Jabez 
Breed  served  in  a  military  capacity;  and  a 
John  Breed,  Jr.  was  appointed  on  a  commit- 
tee to  receive  goods  and  apprize  them.  (The 
goods  mentioned  were  soldiers'  clothing  to 
outfit  the  soldiers  from  Stonington.)  Amos 
Breed  was  the  son  of  John  Breed  b  Jan.  26, 
1700  who  m  Mary  Prentice  a  dau.  of  Samuel 
and  Esther  (Hammond)  Prentice.  She  was 
born  Apr.  12,  1708,  and  m  John  Breed  Oct. 
14,  1725.  They  were  descendants  of  Allen 
Breed  of  Lynn,  Mass.  in  1630.— Mrs.  E.  J. 
Kling,  Nevada,  Mo. 

4753.  (2).  Stockton.  According  to  Dr. 
Stockton,  the  author  of  the  new  Stockton 
Genealogy,  the  Virginia  Stocktons  are  not 
related  to  the  Signer.  He  states  that  Davis 
or  David  Stockton  emigrated  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  in  the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth 
cenutry,  settling  first  in  Lancaster  Co.  Va. 
removing  later  to  Goochland  (now  Albemarle) 
Cc.  where  in  1739,  he  entered  much  land  on 
Rockfish  and  Stockton's  Creeks  near  the  junc- 
tion of  the  two  into  Medium's  River.  He  d 
in  1760  leaving  ch. :  Richard,  Samuel,  William, 
Thomas  and  Hannah  and  a  widow,  Sarah,  who 
m  (2)  Samuel  Arnold.  Richard  m  Agnes, 
and  d  in  1769,  leaving  Thomas,  John,  Rob- 
ert,«David,  Richard,  Nancy  who  m  Mr.  Shields 
in  1761;  Jemima  who  m  Mr.  Sharp;  Margaret 
who  m  John  Pulliam ;  Sarah  who  m  Mr.  Ross ; 
Winneford  who  m  Richard  Randals ;  a  dau 
who  m  Mr.  Wilkey ;  Eliz.  who  m  Mr.  Lock- 
hart;  and  Deborah  who  m  Robert  McMahan. 


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—Ellen  M.  Clark,  1470  Wesley  Ave.  St.  Paul, 
Minn. 

4813.  Buttrick.  Although  one  could  hardly 
say  that  "the  first  shot  fired  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war"  was  at  Concord,  as  earlier  in  the 
same  day  an  encounter  had  taken  place  at 
Lexington,  where  eight  men  were  killed,  and 
nine  wounded  on  the  American  side,  and  sev- 
eral of  the  British  soldiers  were  wounded,  to 
Major  John  Buttrick  belongs  the  honor  of 
giving  to  his  troops  the  first  order  ever  given 
to  American  rebels  to  fire  upon  the  soldiers 
of  their  king.  The  bronze  statue  of  the  Min- 
ute Man  by  Daniel  C.  French,  dedicated  by 
the  town  on  the  centennial  anniversary  of 
the  fight,  stands  on  the  spot  where  this  "all- 
irrevocable  order"  was  given,  the  site  hav- 
ing been  given  by  Stedman  Buttrick,  a  lineal 
descendant  of  the  emigrant  William,  from 
whom  he  had  received  the  land  through  the 
generations.  The  house  is  still  standing  in 
which  Major  John  lived  duirng  the  Revolu- 
tion. It  is  said  to  have  been  built  in  1712 
by  his  ancestor,  Jonathan  Buttrick.  At  the 
east  of  it  is  the  lawn  where  the  militia  and 
minute  men  were  formed,  preparatory  to  their 
march  to  the  bridge ;  near  by  a  stone  in  the 
wall,  within  a  little  inclosure  marks  the  grave 
of  the  two  British  soldiers  who  fell  and  were 
buried  by  the  side  of  the  road,  and  in  the 
burying-ground  on  the  hill  is  a  stone  setting 
forth  the  estimable  character  and  distinguished 
services  of  Major  John  Buttrick.  He  was 
born  July  20,  1731.  married  Tune  24,  1760 
Abigail  Jones  and  d  May  16,  1791.  In  "The 
Story  of  Concord,  as  told  by  Concord  writers," 
edited  by  Josephine  L.  Swayne,  and  pub.  in 
Boston,  1906,  by  the  E.  F.  Worcester  Press 
is  a  letter  written  to  his  grandson  in  1825  by 
Amos  Barrett,  who,  a  youth  of  23  yrs.  fought 
as  a  private  in  Capt.  David  Brown's  com- 
pany. 

Although  too  long  to  be  re-published  in  its 
entirety,  it  gives  a  most  graphic  description  of 
the  encounter.  "We  at  Concord  heard  that 
they  (the  British  troops)  was  acoming.  The 
bell  rong  at  three  o'clock  for  alarum.  As  I 
was  then  a  Minit  man,  I  was  soon  in  town 
and  found  my  Capt.  and  the  rest  of  my  Com- 
pany at  the  post.  It  wasn't  Long  before  thair 
was  other  minit  Companeys.  One  Company 
I  believe,  of  Minnit  men  was  Raised  in  a  most 
every  town  to  stand  at  a  minit's  warning.  Be- 
fore Sunrise  thair  was,  I  believe,  150  of  us 
and  more  of  all  that  was  thair."  (It  may 
not  be  known  to  all  the  readers  of  the  maga- 
zine that  the  word  "Minute  man"  is  said  to 
have  been  coined  in  Concord  and  used  first 
Jan.  9,  1775  when  the  town  voted  to  pay 
each  minute  man  a  certain  rate  per  diem  for 
ten  months.  The  officers  of  the  Minute  men 
were  Abijah  Pierce  of  Lincoln,  Col.,  John  But- 
trick, of  Concord,  Major  David  Brown 


and  Charles  Niles  of  Concord  and  Isaac  Davis 
of  Acton,  Captains,  etc.  Joseph  Hosmer,  act- 
ing as  adjutant,  formed  the  soldiers  as  they 
arrived  singly  or  in  squads  on  the  field  near 
Major  Buttrick's  residence — the  minute  com- 
panies on  the  right  and  the  militia  on  the 
left,  facing  the  town.) 

"We  thought  we  wood  go  and  meet  the 
British.  We  marched  Down  towards  Lexing- 
ton about  a  mild  or  a  mild  half  and  we  see 
them  acomming.  We  halted  and  Staid  until 
they  got  within  about  100  rods,  then  we  was 
ordered  to  the  about  fall  and  marched  before 
them  with  our  Droms  and  fifes  agoing,  and 
all  so  the  British.  We  had  grand  Musick." 
(The  White  Cockade,  an  old  Jacobite  tune, 
intensely  disliked  by  the  Hanoverian  soldiers, 
was  the  tune  played.)  "When  we  was  on  the 
hill  by  the  Bridge  thair  was  about  80  or  90 
British  come  to  the  Bridge  and  there  made 
a  halt — after  awhile  they  began  to  tair  the 
plank  of  the  Bridge.  Major  Buttrick  said  if 
we  wair  all  of  his  mind  he  wood  drive  them 
away  from  the  Bridge,  they  should  not  tair 
that  up.  We  all  said  we  wood  go.  We  then 
wasn't  Loded.  We  wair  all  ordered  to  Load 
and  had  Stricked  orders  not  to  fire  till  they 
fired  first,  then  to  fire  as  fast  as  we  could. 
We  then  marched  on,  Capt.  Davis'  minit  Com- 
pany marched  first,  then  Capt.  Allen's  minit 
Company.  The  wone  that  I  was  in  next.  We 
marched  2  Deep  .  .  .  Capt.  Davis  had  got, 
I  Believe,  within  15  Rods  of  the  British  when 
they  fired  3  guns,  one  after  the  other.  I  see 
the  balls  strike  in  the  River  on  the  Right  of 
me.  As  soon  as  they  fired  them,  they  fired 
on  us.  Their  balls  whistled  well.  We  then 
was  all  ordered  to  fire  that  could  fire  and 
not  Kill  our  own  men.  It  is  Stringe  that  their 
wasn't  no  more  killed.  But  they  fired  to  high. 
Capt.  Davis  was  killed  and  Mr.  Osmore  (Hos- 
mer) and  a  number  wounded.  We  Soon  Drove 
them  from  the  Bridge.  When  I  got  over  their 
was  2  Lay  Dead  and  another  allmost  Dead. 
We  did  not  follow  them.  Their  was  8  or 
10  that  was  wounded,  and  a  Running  and 
Hobbling  aBout,  Lucking  back  to  see  if  we 
was  after  them." 

Ezra  Ripley  in  his  History  of  the  Fight 
states  that  John  Buttrick  Jr.  and  Luther 
Blanchard  were  the  fifers  who  led  the  "grand 
Musick."  He  says  :  When  the  Americans  ar- 
rived within  ten  or  fifteen  rods  of  the  bridge, 
and  were  rapidly  moving  forward,  one  of 
the  regulars,  a  sharp-shooter,  stepped  from 
the  ranks  and  discharged  his  musket,  mani- 
festly aimed  at  Major  Buttrick  or  Col.  Rob- 
inson. .  .  .  This  gun  was  immediately  fol- 
lowed by  a  volley  which  killed  Capt.  Isaac 
Davis  and  Private  Abner  Hosmer  of  Acton. 
Major  Buttrick  instantly  jumped  from  the 
ground  and  partly  turning  to  his  men  ex- 
claimed :  "Fire,  fellowr  soldiers,  for  God's  sake, 


352    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Fire!"  Major  Buttrick's  order  ran  along  the 
line  of  militia  and  minute  men,  the  word 
"Fire,  Fire,"  came  from  a  hundred  lips  and 
a  general  discharge  instantly  followed  from 
the  Americans.  They  fired  as  they  stood  and 
over  each  other's  heads. 

In  honor  of  April  19,  1775,  the  artillery  of 
Concord  were  presented  with  two  cannon  cap- 
tured from  the  British,  on  which  was  placed 
the  following  inscription :  "The  legislature  of 
Massachusetts  consecrate  the  name  of  Major 
John  Buttrick  and  Capt.  Isaac  Davis,  whose 
valour  and  example  excited  their  fellow  cit- 
izens to  a  successful  resistance  of  a  superior 
number  of  British  troops  at  Concord  Bridge 
the  19th.  of  April,  1775,  which  was  the  be- 
ginning of  a  contest  in  arms  that  ended  in 
American  Independence." — Gen.   Ed. 

4843.  Brewster-Pierce.  There  was  an 
Anna  Brewster,  according  to  the  Brewster 
Genealogy,  so  carefully  compiled  by  Mrs. 
Emma  C.  Brewster  Jones,  who  m  Palmer 
Pierce.  She  was  b  July  15,  1779  and  was 
the  dau  of  Asher  Brewster  who  m  Feb.  5, 
1772,  Eliz.  Prentice  of  Stonington,  Conn.  They 


had :  Eliz.  b  Aug.  31,  1773,  who  m  1800,  Azel 
Pierce;  Prentice,  b  Mch.  27,  1775;  d.  unm. ; 
Eunice,  b  1777  m  1797  John  Brown  and  d.s.p. ; 
Anna,  and  Cynthe,  b  Aug.  31,  1784,  m  Mr. 
Swan.  Asher  was  the  son  of  Simon  and  Anne 
(Andrus)  Brewster,  a  descendant  of  the  May- 
flower Pilgrim,  Wm.  Brewster,  and  was  b 
July  22,  1745.  The  Genealogy  gives  nothing 
further,  but  in  Conn.  Men  in  the  Rev.  p  556 
the  name  of  Asher  Brewster  is  found  in  Capt. 
H.  Edgerton's  Co.  of  Norwich.  "A  return 
of  men  detached  from  the  2nd  Regt.  of  Light 
Horse  in  the  State  of  Conn,  to  serve  in  the 
Continental  Army  until  the  15th.  of  January 
next,  agreable  to  orders  from  Lieutenant-Col. 
Seymour,  Commandant."  As  Simon  lived  in 
Norwich  and  Griswold,  Conn,  this  is  prob- 
ably his  son,  Asher,  whose  service  is  given. 
There  is  no  Asher  Brewster  given  in  the  Cen- 
sus of  1790,  but  in  the  town  of  Norwich, 
Vt.,  resided  at  that  time  Asa  Brewster  (evi- 
dently a  misprint  for  Asher)  whose  family 
corresponds  with  the  one  given  above.  In 
the  same  Census  Palmer  Pierce  is  given  as  a 
resident   of    Royalton,   Vt. — Gen.   Ed. 


QUERIES 


4813.  Buttrick.  Our  family  takes  the 
magazine.  I  am  now  72  years  old ;  but  when 
a  lad  attending  school,  in  my  father's  library 
was  a  book  entitled  Daring  Deeds  of  Amer- 
ican Heroes  from  which  I  copy  a  bit  of  fam- 
ily history  and  if  you  have  anything  regarding 
the  same,'  or  know  if  there  is  any  truth  in 
the  statement,  I  would  be  glad  to  know  about 
it.  I  copy :  Wm.  Buttrick  .  .  .  settled  in 
Concord,  Mass.  in  the  fall  of  1635  on  a 
farm  overlooking  the  river  near  where  the 
North  Bridge  now  stands,  and  embracing  the 
spot  where  the  minute  men  stood  when  they 
received  the  first  shot  fired  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  Major  John  Buttrick  who  led 
the  company  of  Minute  men  at  Concord 
Bridge,  was  Wm.'s  great  grandson  and  the 
old  farm  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  But- 
trick familv.  Is  there  any  official  proof  of 
this?     O.  H.  B. 

4814.  Williams.  Thomas  Williams  took 
up  land  in  Armstrong  Co.  Pa.  Tradition 
says  he  came  from  Conn.  Is  he  the  Thomas 
Williams  who  served  in  Wyoming  Valley  in 
1776?     Ancestry  desired. 

(2)  Nichols  (Nickels)  John  Nickels  m 
Eliz.  Palmer  ab  1812  in  Orange  Co.  N.  Y. 
Were  either  descended  from  Rev.  ancestry? 
As  there  were  no  Nickels  who  served  from 
N.  Y.  during  the  Rev.  did  John  belong  to 
the  Mass.  family?     B.  J.  S. 

4815.  Passmore-King.  Who  were  the  pa- 
rents of  Susan  Passmore  who  m  Michael 
King,  and  lived  in  Penna.  during  or  about 
the  time  of  the  Revolution?     M.  K. 


4816.  Lumpkin.  Wm.  Lumpkin,  High  Sher- 
iff of  Oglethorpe  Co.  Ga.  m  Eliz.  Ragan,  and 
had  a  brother,  Wilson  Lumpkin  who  was  Gov. 
of  Ga.  Their  father,  John  Lumpkin  m  Lucy 
or  Eliz.  Hopson,  and  was  the  son  of  George 
and  Eliz.  (Cody)  Lumpkin.  George  and  John 
Lumpkin  moved  from  Pittsylvania  Co.  Va.  in 
1783  to  what  is  now  Oglethorpe  Co.  Ga.  Has 
anyone  joined  the  D.  A.  R.  on  this  line? 

(2)  Jameson.  David  Jameson,  a  physi- 
cian of  Macon,  Ga.  m  Miss  Mims  and  was 
the  son  of  a  planter  in  Washington  Co.  Ga. 
They  were  of  the  Ya.  family  of  Jamesons. 
Ancestry  with  all  gen.  data,  and  official  proof 
of  Rev.  service,  if  any,  desired  on  either 
the  Jameson   or   Mims   side. 

(3).  Anderson-Foster- Mottley.  Richard 
Anderson  and  his  wife,  Jane  Foster,  of  Pitt- 
sylvania or  Amelia  Co.  Ya.  had  a  son,  Frank, 
who  m  Sallie  Mottley  and  moved  to  Tenn. 
There  were  six  men  by  name  of  Richard  An- 
derson who  served  in  the  Rev.  from  Ya.  Of- 
ficial proof  desired  of  this  one,  together  with 
all  gen.  data.    H.  C.  A. 

4817.  Turner-Bryan.  Eliz.  Turner  m 
Daniel  Boone  Bryan.  Wanted,  date  of  mar- 
riage, and  official  proof  of  service,  if  any, 
of  Daniel  Boone  Bryan.    He  was  called  Lieut- 

(2).  Callaway-Dowden.  Wanted,  date  of 
m  of  Betsy  Callaway  and  Clement  Dowden. 
She  was  dau  of  Standes  and  Jemima  (Boone) 
Calloway;  and  Jemima  was  the  dau  of  Dan- 
iel Boone. 

*     4818.       We^liams-Duke.       Duke     Williams 
who  lived  in  Halifax  Dist.  N.  C.  and  later  in 


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353 


Maury  Co.  Tenn.  m  Mary  Martha  Long,  gr. 
dau  of  Col.  Nicholas  Long.  Ancestry  of  each. 
with  all  gen.  data  desired.     M.  IT.  G. 

4819.  Hancock-Ramey.  Wanted,  names  of 
descendants  of  John  Ramey,  Rev.  soldier  from 
Va.  who  enlisted  Feb.  10,  1778,  and  also  John 
Hancock,  who  enlisted  in  1780  from  Va. 
M.  F.  M. 

4820.  Castner-Leight.  Eliz.  Castner,  b 
1813,  m  (1)  her  cousin,  Mr.  Castner,  m  (2) 
John  Leight,  and  lived  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Ancestry  with  all  gen.  data,  and  Rev.  record, 
if  any,  desired. 

(2).  Perrin.  Was  John  Perrin  who  emi- 
grated to  Northern  Ohio  or  Southern  Mich, 
ab  1835  and  m  Lucy  Camp,  a  descendant  of 
the  Perrin  ment.  in  Query  4512  in  the  June 
issue?     M.  P.  H. 

4821.  Ingersoll.  Isaac  Ingersoll,  b  in  1773 
or  4,  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  son  of 
Richard  and  Zipporah  (Smith)  Ingersoll,  who 
lived  in  Willington  (where  the  gr.  father  of 
Robert  G.  Ingersoll  was  born)  moved  bet. 
1769  and  1774  to  Petersham,  Mass.  where  he 
owned  a  flour  and  feed  mill,  and  from  which 
town  Ebenezer,  his  son,  enlisted  in  the  Rev. 
Are  the  church  records  of  Petersham  extant? 
If  so,  is  there  any  record  of  the  birth  or  bap- 
tism of  Isaac?     P.  A.  S. 

4822.  Dinkins.  Joshua  Dinkins  was  living 
in  Richland  Co.,  S.  C,  in  1790,  and  had  seven 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Was  he  a  Rev. 
soldier?  What  was  the  name  of  his  wife? 
Wm.  Dinkins  of  Claremont  (now  Sumter) 
Co.  S.  C.  had  three  sons  and  four  daughters. 
Wanted  his  Rev.  record,  name  of  wife,  and 
names  of  children. 

(2).  Baber.  Were  Wm.  and  James  Baber 
of  Pittsylvania  Co.  Va.  Rev.  soldiers?  If  so, 
names  of  wives  and  children  desired. 

(3).  House.  Reuben  House  of  Richland 
Co.  S.  C.  in  1790  had  one  son.  What  was  the 
name  of  his  wife,  and  who  were  his  parents? 
Where  and  when  was  he  born? 

(4).  Lewis.  Henry  Lewis  received  grants 
of  land  from  1786  to  1800  in  St.  George,  Burke 
and  Jefferson  counties,  Ga.  Give  names  of 
wife  and  children. 

(5).  Buchanan.  John  Buchanan  of  Au- 
gusta Co.  Va.  made  his  will  in  1776  leaving 
property  to  wife  Margaret,  and  ten  ch.  as 
follows :  Wm.,  Patrick,  Robert,  John,  James, 
Alexander,  David,  Mary,  Katherine  and  Mar- 
tha who  m  John  Buchanan.  (Martha  may 
have  been  his  daughter  in  law.)  The  exrs. 
Patrick  and  James  qualified  April  20,  1790. 
What  became  of  John  Jr.  the  fourth  son? 
Did  he  move  to  N.  C.  and  from  there  to  Ga. 
in  1773?  Want  names  of  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren.    /.  M.  D. 

4823.  Ellis.  John  Henry  Ellis  was  b  June 
7,  1832  in  or  near  Johnstown,  Pa.  probably; 
lost  his   father  when  he  was  ab  two  yrs.  old, 


and  was  bound  out  to  a  Dr.  Phithian  or  Tith- 
ian.  His  mother  m  (2)  Mr.  Snow,  and  m 
(3)  Mr.  Black.  John  Henry  m  Oct.  2,  1851 
Harriett  Patterson  and  they  resided  at  Johns- 
town for  several  yrs.  afterwards  moving  to  la. 
All  gen  data  ab  his   ancestry   desired. 

(2).  Patterson-Fleming.  Harriett  Patter- 
son, ment.  above  was  the  dau  of  Alexander, 
b  June  23,  1798  and  Jane,  b  May  25,  1799. 
Jane  was  the  dau  of  Samuel  and  Jane  Fleming 
and  had  beside  Harriett:  Ann  m  Mr.  King: 
Nancy,  m  Mr.  Reggar ;  Thomas  who  m  and 
remained  in  Penna. ;  Mary  who  m  Mr.  Camp- 
bell ;  Pomilla  who  m  Mr.  Sellars ;  John  who 
d.  unm. ;  Samuel.  All  the  above  except  Thomas 
moved  to  la.  in  later  life.  All  gen.  and 
Rev.  data  on  both  Patterson  and  Fleming 
side  desired. 

(3)  William  son-Evans.  Hiram  William- 
son m  in  Phila.  Sarah  Evans  whose  ances- 
tors came  from  Wales,  and  had  seven  ch. 
as  follows :  Eli,  who  had  Nancy,  Thomas, 
Caroline,  Permilla ;  Jonathan  who  m  Mary  A. 
Nuzum  and  had  Hiram,  Sarah  Ann  and  Es- 
ther Robinson ;  Wm.  who  lived  in  Indiana 
Co.  Penna.  and  had  Hiram,  John,  Charles, 
Louisa,  Jess,  Silas  and  Hiram ;  Sarah  who 
m  Samuel  Bleakney  and  had  John,  Clark,  Lu- 
anda, Lewis,  Pauline  and  Franklin ;  Joshua 
who  d  unm.  and  Alary  (Polly)  who  m  Mr. 
McHenry.  Hiram  and  Sarah  Williamson  lived 
in  Darby,  and  later  in  Indiana  Co.  Penna. 
Wanted,  Rev.  service  or  any  gen.  data  on 
either  the   Williamson   or   Evans   lines. 

(4).  Taylor.  Richard,  father  of  Pres. 
Zachary  Taylor,  is  said  to  have  had"  a  son 
who  ran  away  and  m  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
later  moving  to  Ohio.  What  was  the  name 
of  this  son?  Any  information  ab  the  family 
desired.    /.  K. 

4824.  McAlister.  Is  there  any  record  of 
James  McAlister  being  with  Washington  when 
he  crossed  the  Delaware? 

(2).  McDonald.  Was  there  at  any  time 
an  Alexander  McDonald  or  MacDonald  who 
served   on   Washington's   staff? 

(3).  Gillow.  Where  can  I  find  further 
information  regarding  Francis  Gillow,  men- 
tioned in  Pierce's  Register,  Nos.  45399  and 
46229?    M.  B.  M. 

4825.  Smith-Bright.  Margaret  Smith, 
whose  mother's  maiden  name  was  Phoebe 
Dunbar,  was  b  in  1753  in  Va.  m  in  1773  James 
Bright,  emigrated  to  Ky.  in  1785  or  6.  Mar- 
garet had  a  sister  who  m  Mr.  French,  an- 
other who  was  called  "Aunt  Polly  Dingus," 
a  brother,  Capt.  John  Smith  and  a  half  broth- 
er, Wm.  Anderson.  James  Bright  was  b  ab 
1751;  and  both  the  Smith  and  Bright  fam- 
ilies lived  in  Giles  or  Montgomery  Co.  An- 
cestry with  all  gen.  data  of  these  families,  de- 
sired.    F.   C.  R. 

4826.  Chase.     Thomas  Chase,  b  ab  1785  d 


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1837.  Was  he  the  son  of  Levi  and  Temper- 
ance (Crocker)  Chase  of  Mass.?  Thomas 
came  to  Steuben  Co.  N.  Y.  from  Pompey, 
Onondaga  Co.  N.  Y.  and  to  that  place  from 
Mass.  Ancestry  and  all  gen  data  desired. 
B.  I.  O. 

4827.  Sebrell-Boggess.  Owen  Sebress  or 
Seperal  was  b  Mch.  14,  1794  and  was  the  son 
of  Frederick  and  Catherina  Seperal.  Other 
sons  were:  Frederick,  John  and  George. 
Frederick  Sr.  was  a  German  lad  who  emi- 
grated to  this  country  just  before  the  Rev. 
enlisted  July  19,  1776  in  the  German  Bat- 
talion and  was  mustered  out  in  Dec.  1780. 
What  became  of  him  bet  1780  and  1794?  Date 
of  marriage  and  surname  of  Catherina  de- 
sired. Owen  m  ab  1821  in  Va.  or  Penna. 
Amelia  Boggess  dau  of  Nimrod  and  a  Miss 
Porter,  "a  cousin  of  the  admiral."  What  was 
her  Christian  name,  and  who  were  her  pa- 
rents ? 

(2).  Estes-Hughes-French.  Lucy  Hughes 
m  James  French  Dec.  14,  1820  in  Mason  Co. 
Va.  (now  West  Va.)  She  was  the  dau  of 
Reuben  and  Eliz.  (Estes)  Hughes.  Eliz.  was 
the  dau  of  Joel  Estes,  a  Rev.  soldier,  who 
m  Miss  Tharpe.  What  was  her  Christian 
name  and  when  were  they  married?  Who 
were  the  parents  of  Reuben  Hughes?  When 
he  was  fourteen  they  moved  from  Bedford 
Co.  Va.  to  Putnam  Co.  (now  West  Va.) 
James  French  b  Rockingham  Co.  Va.  May 
9,  1800  was  the  son  of  Robert  and  Catherine 
and  had  brothers  Wm.  and  John  and  a  sis- 
ter Nancy  who  m  Mr.  Corbin.  His  mother 
dying  when  he  was  young  he  was  adopted  by 
his  grandmother  and  taken  to  Mason  Co. 
Ancestry  and  all  gen.  data  of  these  families 
desired.    V.  M.  O. 

4828.  Deloxg-Kerrick.  Eleanor  DeLong 
m  Frederick  Kerrick  in  Pike  Co.  Penna.  and 
had  a  son  John  DeLong  Kerrick.  Ancestry 
with  all  gen.  data,  and  Rev.  record,  if  any, 
desired?     C.  A.  S. 

4829.  Little.  Micajah  Little  lived  in  Mar- 
tin Co.  N.  C.  in  1784.  Whom  did  he  marry? 
Where  and  when  did  he  die,  and  what  were 
the  names  of  his  children. 

(2).  Nash.  Phineas  Nash  m  Phoebe 
Ligon  in  1823,  and  lived  in  Prince  Edward 
Co.  Va.  Who  were  his  parents  and  did  his 
father  serve  in  the  Revolution?  Names  of 
brothers  and  sisters  also  desired.     T.  A. 

4830.  Williams-Dawson.  Isaac  Williams, 
b  July  16,  1737  in  Penna.  d.  Sept.  25,  1825  in 
Ohio,  was  with  Col.  Ebenezer  Zane.  What 
was  the  name  of  his  wife?  He  had  a  dau 
Sicha  who  m  Mr.  Dawson?  Did  she  have 
brothers  and  sisters? 

(2).  Rogers.  Matthew  Rogers  lived  in 
Culpeper  Co.  Va.  in  1745,  moved  to  Hamp- 
shire Co.  and  had  Matthew,  b  1764  or  5 1 
James,  b  1766;  Wm.,  b  Mch.  6,   1768  who  d 


1850  in  Ohio  and  perhaps  others.  What  were 
the  names  of  all  the  children  and  also  of  the 
wife  or  wives  of  Matthew  Senior?     C.  B.  S. 

4831.  Whitaker.  Jeremiah  Whitaker,  ac- 
cording to  Bible  records,  was  b  Sept.  1,  1754 
m  Feb.  19,  1778,  Sarah  Keen,  b  June  17, 
1757,  and  had  Priscilla,  b  Jan.  10,  1779;  Jere- 
miah, b  Nov.  23,  1780;  John,  b  Mch.  30,  1783; 
Henry  and  Sarah  (twins)  b  Mch.  13,  1785; 
Wm.,  b  July  18,  1787;  David,  b  Jan.  17, 
1790;  Hannah,  b  Apr.  8,  1792;  Lydia,  b  Sept. 
28,  1794;  Nancy,  b  Sept.  12,  1797;  Thomas, 
b  June  6,  1800 ;  Mariah,  b  Mch.  2,  1803.  Lydia 
m  Joel  Sparks,  my  ancestor  who  was  b  in 
Salem  Co.  N.  J.  Aug.  31,  1794  m  Feb.  28, 
1820  and  d  July  11,  1871  at  Elwood,  la. 
Lydia  d  in   1853.      E.  S.  J. 

4832.  Jones.  Wm.  Jones  m  Mary  E.  Trav- 
is ;  Mary  Jones  m  Mr.  Gibbs  and  Thomas 
Jones,  lived  in  Va.  Who  were  their  parents, 
and  was  there  Rev.  ancestry?     II'.  M. 

4833.  Simpson.  Who  were  the  parents  of 
John  Neal  Simpson  (who  m  Judith  Lowe  and 
had  James  Barksdale  b  Wilkes  Co.  Ga.  1805, 
m  in  Lincoln  Co.  Ga.  Caroline  Prather,  b 
there  1814)  Easter,  (who  m  Mr.  Booker)  and 
Tabitha,  b  Culpeper  Co.  Va.  July  1780  m  Jon- 
athan Fouche  (b  Loudon  Co.  Va.  1771)  and 
had  an  only  son,  Simpson  Fouche  b  Wilkes 
Co.  Ga.  1806  m  in  Washington  Co.  Ga.  Oct. 
10,  1832  Sarah  Ball  who  was  b  in  Savannah, 
Ga.  Any  information  regarding  them,  espe- 
cially Rev.  service,  desired.    P.  S.  M. 

4834.  Tribble.  George  Tribble,  b  Jan.  15, 
1794  in  Spottsylvania  Co.  Va.  m  near  Fred- 
ericksburg, Jan.  7,  1815,  Peggy  Collins,  b  Nov. 
3,  1797.  His  brother,  Wm.  Tribble  m  Peggy's 
sister,  Patsy  Collins  at  the  same  place  Aug. 
15,  1815.  Another  brother,  George  Tribble 
became  a  Baptist  minister  moved  to  Ky.  ab 
1823  and  to  Mo.  ab  1829.  Who  was  the  father 
of   these  men? 

(2).  Collins.  The  brothers  and  sisters  of 
Peggy  and  Patsy  (Collins)  Tribble,  ment. 
above  were  Elsie  and  Betsey  who  m  brothers 
by  name  of  Eads;  Sally  who  m  a  Dillard; 
Polly  who  m  a  Southard;  Augustus  (or  Lewis 
Augustus)  and  John,  perhaps  others.  Who 
was  their  father?  Will  someone  living  in 
Va.  give  me  the  name  of  someone  by  name 
of  Tribble  or  Collins  who  may  be  able  to  help 
me?     W.J.R. 

4835.  Fuller-Hammond.  Paul,  son  of  Wm. 
ind  Eliz.  (Shepherd)  Hammond  m  at  Pitts- 
town,  N.  Y.  Mary  Fuller  in  1780,  who  was 
b  at  Easton,  Mass.  Dec.  14,  1763  and  d  at 
Concord,  Penna.  July  9,  1843.  To  what 
branch  of  the  Fullers  did  this  Mary  belong, 
and  did  her  father  have  Rev.  service? 
/.   F.   R. 

4836.  West.  Who  were  the  parents  of 
John  West,  a  Rev.  soldier  of  Craven  Co.  N.  C. 
and  what  was  the  name  of  his  wife?    /.  M.  H. 


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4837.  Cordell-Adams.  George  E.  Cordell 
m  Cathrine  Basie  in  Dec.  1763  and  had  seven- 
teen ch.  some  of  whom  were :  Eliz.  (the  third 
ch.)  who  m  Samuel  Funk  and  had  nineteen 
ch. ;  Martin  who  m  ( 1 )  Ruth  Hazlewood,  m 
(2)  Rosana  Hoff  and  m  (3)  Martha  Combs; 
Pressley  who  m  (1)  Keziah  Wilson  and  (2) 
Amelia  Conner ;  Nancy  who  m  John  Boyce ; 
Lucy  who  m  Robert  Adams ;  Collin  who  m 
Mary  Musgrove ;  \Ym.  who  m  Elizabeth 
Morar ;  Alexander  who  m  Diana  Wilson  and 
several  who  d.  y.  Did  George  E.  Cordell 
serve  in  the  Rev.  war?  Was  this  Robert 
Adams  the  one  who  was  in  Col.  John  Lynch's 
reg't.  in  1780?     L.  M.  D. 

4838.  Ellison-Holmes.  Samuel  Ellison 
lived  in  1762  in  N.  J.  Ancestry  with  all  gen. 
data,  and  Rev.  service,  if  any,  desired. 

(2).  Adams-Turpin.  James  Adams  m 
Mrs.  Turpin  ab  1763  and  lived  in  Delaware. 
Did  he  or  his  wife's  father  have  Rev.  service 
of  any  kind?    M.  J.  A.  C. 

4839.  Howard-McCracken.  John  Howard, 
b  Del.  Dec.  1,  1780  (probably  in  Kent  Co.) 
m  May  30,  1802  Martha  McCracken  of  Scotch 
parentage  who  was  b  Mch.  17,  1777.  They 
lived  for  a  time  near  Carmichael,  Greene  Co. 
Penna.  then  moved  into  Monongolia  Co.  West 
Va.  part  of  which  later  became  Preston  Co. 
where  both  are  buried.  Ancestry  of  each  de- 
sired, with  all  gen.  data,  and  Rev.  service,  if 
any.    A.  L.  P.  S. 

4840.  Wise.  Joel  Wise  once  lived  in  Ogle- 
thorpe Co.  Ga.  and  had  five  ch.  Isaac,  John 
(b  1796  m  Nancy  Herren  in  1821)  Riley, 
Polly  and  Emma.  Ancestry  and  Rev.  service 
desired. 

(2).  Baird.  James  Baird  (1798-1827)  m 
Rebecca  Jackson  in  Wilkes  Co.  Ga.  Ances- 
try of  James  and   Rev.   service,  if  any. 

(3).  Charlton.  Arthur  M.  (or  James  M.) 
Charlton,  b  1782,  m  Frances  and  lived  for  a 
long  time  in  Wilkes  Co.  Ga.  Can  anyone 
tell  me  the  maiden  name  of  Frances?  Was 
there  Rev.  service  in  this  line?  Would  like 
to  correspond  with  anyone  descended  from 
this  family.     E.  A.  C. 

4841.  Moore.  Zedekiah  Moore  and  wife, 
Henrietta  B.,  had  John,  Wm.,  James  Everson, 
Calvin,  Rufus,  George  and  Sarah.  Zedekiah 
Moore  and  wife  are  buried  at  Westbury, 
N.  Y.  Wanted,  full  name  of  wife,  Henri- 
etta, date  of  marriage,  also  names  of  parents 
of  Zedekiah  with  all  gen.  data,  and  Rev.  serv- 
ice, if  any.    M.  A. 

4842.  Kirkpatrick  -  Gilliam.  Major 
Thomas  Kirkpatrick  of  S.  C.  had  a  dau  who 
m  Isaac  Gilliam.  Can  anyone  tell  me  the 
dates  of  his  birth,  marriage  and  death,  and 
names  of  his  wife  and  children. 

(2).  Gilliam.  Thomas  Gilliam  of  Va.  was 
the  father  of  Charles,  Thomas  Jr.  Wm.,  James, 
John  and  Isaac.     Wanted,  dates  of  his  birth, 


death  and  marriage  and  name  of  wife,  also 
Rev.  service,  if  any. 

(3).  McCorklk.  Robert  McCorkle  of  Va. 
m  Miss  Forest,  and  their  dau  Mary  m  John 
Morrison.  Dates  of  his  birth,  marriage  and 
death,  names  of  all  ch.,  and  Rev.  service,  if 
any,  desired. 

(4)  Morrison.  James  Morrison  of  Penna. 
and  later  of  Va.  had  two  sons  John  and 
Nathaniel.  Wanted,  all  gen.  data,  name  of 
first  wife  and  Rev.  record.     E.  R.  M. 

4843.  Kimball-Pierce.  Eunice  Kimball  m 
Palmer  Pierce  of  Norwich,  Vt.  Nov.  20,  1783. 
Ancestry  desired,  with  Rev.  service,  if  any. 

(2).  Brewster-Pierce.  Anna  Brewster  m 
Palmer  Pierce,  Jr.,  of  Norwich,  Vt.  Sept.  21, 
1810.  Ancestry  with  all  gen.  data,  and  Rev. 
service,  if  any,  desired. 

(3).  Fish-Pierce.  Eunice  Fish  m  Tim- 
othy Pierce  Jr.  Aug.  8,  1754  in  Plainfield, 
Conn.  Did  her  father  serve  in  the  Revolu- 
tion?    N.  P.  P. 

4844.  Bowne-Saltar-Lincoln.  Sarah,  dau 
of  John  and  Lydia  (Holmes)  Bowne,  of  Mid- 
dletown,  N.  J.  m  Richard  Saltar;  and  their 
dau  m  Mordecai  Lincoln.  I  am  familiar  with 
much  that  is  in  print  concerning  the  Bowne- 
Lincoln  lines  but  seek  information  from  pri- 
vate records  touching  birth,  marriage,  death 
dates,  and  also  places  of  residence  of  Sarah 
and  Hannah ;  also  data  relative  to  the  ch. 
of  Hannah   (Saltar)   Lincoln.     M.  J.  R. 

4845.  Walker.  John  Walker,  b  Dec.  7, 
1766,  in  Hanover  Co.  Va.  moved  to  Ga.  when 
quite  a  lad,  settling  in  Wilkes  Co.,  m  Feb. 
11,  1790  Martha  Smith  who  was  b  Nov.  17, 
1770.  They  had:  Wm.,  b  Jan.  3,  1791;  John 
Smith,  b  May  12,  1793;  Taylor,  b  Nov.  14, 
1795;  James,  b  Aug.  5,  1798;  Nancy,  b  Feb. 
24,  1801;  George,  b  Mch.  12,  1803;  Richard 
G.,  b  May  13,  1805;  Robert,  b  Oct.  10,  1807; 
Sophia,  b  Aug.  13,  1810;  Martha,  b  Apr.  13, 
1813.  Ancestry  and  any  data  concerning  the 
family  of  John  Walker  desired.    L.  L.  M. 

4846.  Williams.  Charles  Williams,  son  of 
Elisha,  m  (1)  Betsey  Wyman  and  had  a  dau. 
m  (2)  Sylvia  Chamberlain  (who  is  buried 
beside  him  in  Salem  Cemetery,  N.  Y.)  and 
had:  George,  Nathan,  Elisha,  Henry,  Willis, 
Charles,  Mary,  Phebe  and  Fannie.  Charles 
also  had  a  sister  who  m  Giles  Torrey  and 
settled  in  Williamstown,  Mass.  and  another 
who  m  Mr.  Worthy  and  lived  in  North  Adams, 
Mass.  Elisha  Williams,  the  father  of  Charles, 
is  said  to  have  served  in  the  Rev.  Official  proof 
of  service  desired. 

(2).  Cook-Baker.  Daniel  Cook,  son  of 
Benjamin  (sometimes  called  Benjia)  m  Waity 
Baker  and  d  in  Granville,  N.  Y.  Their  ch. 
were:  Hiram,  Andrew,  Daniel,  Marie,  Jane, 
Sarah  and  I  think  two  others.  Allen  Cook 
of  Middletown,  Yt.  was  a  cousin  of  Benjamin. 
Wanted,  ancestry  with  all  gen.  data  and  Rev. 


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service,  if  any,  of  both  Benjamin  and  Waity. 
E.  C.  F. 

4847.  Laws-Osteen.  In  a  codicil  to  the 
will  of  George  Laws  of  Clearmont  Co.  S.  C. 
(probated  Mch.  3,  1829)  he  mentions  his  niece, 
Sarah  Newman  Osteen.  Who  were  the  ances- 
tors of  Sarah  and  also  of  George  Laws?  The 
latter  was  b  Country  Antrim,  Ire.  and  came 
to  S.  C.  when  a  young  man.  His  wife's  name 
was  Ann  Lards.  Their  ch.  were:  Wm., 
James,  b  Nov.  10,  1781,  m  Sarah  Washburn; 
Isaiah,  b  Apr.  23,  1784,  m  Margaret  Wash- 
burn, sister  of  Sarah;  George  Jr.,  who  was  b 
Mch.  12,  1798  and  m  Martha  McDonald; 
Henry,  m  Miss  Murphy;  Jared,  who  m  Ann 
McDonald,  sister  of  Martha;  Robert,  m  Han- 
nah Norwood;  John;  Nancy,  m  Mr.  Brown 
and  David.  Whom  did  Wm.,  John  and  David 
marry?  Is  there  Rev.  service  for  George 
Laws  ? 

(2).  Washburn  -  Jones.  Gabriel  Wash- 
burn m  Priscilla  Jones  and  lived  in  S.  C.  He 
is  thought  to  have  emigrated  from  N.  Y. 
Two  of  their  ch.  Sarah,  b  July  3,  1783  and 
Margaret,  b  July  28,  1788  m  James  and  Isaiah 
Law.  (The  sons  of  George  Laws  dropped  the 
"s"  and  the  family  are  now  known  as  Law.) 
Ancestry  of  Gabriel  and  Priscilla  with  all 
gen.  data  desired. 

(3).  Hardin-Clay.  David  Clay,  b  Duplin 
Co.  N.  C.  ab  1756  served  seven  yrs.  in  Rev. 
and  d  in  Wilkinson  Co.  Ga.  Aug.  1818.  He 
m  Eve  Hardin  of  Warren  Co.  Ga.  Sept.  26, 
1792.  She  was  b  in  1772;  and  applied  for  a 
pension  '  while  residing  in  Wilkinson  Co.  July 
14,  1852.  Her  claim  was  allowed.  Ancestry 
with  all  data  desired  of  Eve. 

(4).  Co  bb-  Massengale  (Massingill). 
Marv  Massengale  whose  mother  was  Tabitha 
Cobb  was  b  June  27,  1798,  m  1817  Wm.  Mur- 
ray Christian  of  Gochland  Co.  Va.  Name  of 
her  father,  with  all  data,  desired.  Also  wanted 
ancestry  of  Tabitha  Cobb.  She  had  a  sister, 
Patience,  who  m  Wm.  Baker  and  moved  to 
Louisiana.  These  families  are  said  to  have 
resided  in  East  Tenn.    L.  E.  J. 

4848.  White.  Edward  White  a  Rev.  soldier 
of  Somerset  Co.  N.  J.,  lived  in  later  years 
in  Brownsville,  Fayette  Co.,  Penna.  Names 
of   his  wife  and   children  desired.      M.    C.   T. 

4849.  Parsons.  James  Parsons,  b  ab  1780 
had  brothers  Enoch  and  Silas.    James  m  Char- 


ity Essex  and  had  Ambrose,  Helious,  Silas, 
Margaret,  b  1815,  Martha,  Nealy  and  Ann. 
Margaret  was  b  in  Green  Co.  Ky.  the  family 
soon  afterwards  moving  to  Monroe  Co.  Ind. 
James  d  in  1864  and  Charity  ab  1840.  What 
was  the  name  of  the  father  of  James.  Ac- 
cording to  tradition  his  name  was  James  also ; 
and  he  was  with  Braddock  and  Washington 
in  Western  Penna.  in  1758.  Is  there  any 
mention  of  this  line  in  the  Parsons  Geneal- 
ogy ? 

(2).  Harding.  Among  the  various  books 
in  the  D.  A.  R.  Library  on  Wyoming,  Penna  , 
is  there  mention  made  of  Capt.  Stephen  Hard- 
ing, b  Warwick,  R.  I.  in  1723  d  Oct.  11, 
1789,  or  of  his  son  Stephen  b  at  Colchester, 
Conn.  1749,  d  Exeter,  Penna.  1816,  or  of  David, 
son  of  Stephen  Tr.  b  1767  at  Colchester,  Conn. 
d  Ripley  Co.  Ind.  1S37? 

(3).  Sumner.  David  Harding  Jr.  son  of 
the  David  ment.  above,  b  Apr.  1,  1793,  d  Mch. 
20,  1846  and  m  Eunice  Sumner  Nov.  15,  1812. 
Eunice  is  said  to  have  been  aunt  or  cousin 
of  Charles  Sumner,  former  Senator  from 
Mass.  Is  there  a  history  of  this  branch  of 
the  Sumner  family?     O.  T.  C. 

4850.  Carrincton.  Will  you  tell  me  where 
official  proof  of  the  following  service  may 
be  found.  Riverus  Carrington,  b  June  13, 
1757,  d  May  23,  1823,  served  as  a  private 
from  May  8  to  Dec.  20,  1775  in  the  fifth  com- 
pany of  the  first  regiment,  Gen.  Wooster. 
This  company  served  at  the  siege  of  Boston 
under  Capt.  Caleb  Trowbridge.     M.  M. 

4851.  Tibbals- Wilson.  Harriet  Tibbals,  b 
1807  in  Milford,  Conn,  m  Edwin  Wilson  (b 
1807)  in  1826.  Her  mother,  Mrs.  Eunice 
Tibbals  d  in  1858  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich,  and 
before  her  death  said  that  her  father  was 
in  the  Rev.  Wanted,  maiden  name  and  name 
of  husband  of  Mrs.  Eunice  Tibbals. 

(2).  Sheerer.  Azoe  Sheerer,  b  1805, 
Hiram,  b  1806,  Lewis,  b  1807,  m  Miss  Bates 
in  Pompey,  N.  Y.  ab  1828,  Wm.,  b  1808 
and  Persis,  b  1816,  brothers  and  sisters,  are 
said  to  be  descendants  of  a  Rev.  soldier. 
Wanted,  name  and  dates. 

(3).  Harsh.  Henry  Harsh  b  near  Eliza- 
beth, Allegheny  Co.  Penna.  m  Catherine  and 
moved  from  Penna.  to  Warren,  Ohio  in  1802 
taking  their  sons  Jacob,  Henry  and  John 
with  them.  Ancestry,  with  all  gen.  data,  and 
Rev.  service,  if  any,  desired.     S.   JJ\  M. 


"Politeness  is  like  an  air  cushion, 
wonderfully." 


There  may  be  nothing  in  it,  but  it  eases  the  jolts 


OFFICIAL 

The  National  Society  of  the 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 

Headquarters  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Seventeenth  and  D  Streets,  N.  W., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Rational  poarb  of  ^Management 
1916=1917 

President  General 

MRS.  WILLIAM  CUMMING  STORY. 
322  West  106th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice-Presidents  General 
(Term  of  office  expires  1917.) 

Mrs.  Edmund  P.  Moody,  Mrs.  John  Lee  Dinwiddie, 

1106  Jackson  St.,  Wilmington,   Del.  Fowler,  Ind. 

Mrs.  Rhett  Goode,  Mrs.  John  F.  Swift, 

60  St.  Emanuel  St.,  Mobile,  Ala.  2715  Benvenue  Ave.,  Berkeley,  Calif. 

Mrs.  Kent  Hamilton,  Mrs.  Samuel  McKnight  Green, 

2317  Scottwood  Ave.,  Toledo,  Ohio.  3815  Magnolia  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Mrs.  William  Haimes  Smith,  Mrs.  William  H.  Thompson, 

The  Snuggery,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  E.  Maxwell  St.,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Charles  Spalding  Thomas,  Mrs.  Sheppard  W.  Foster, 

123  E.  16th  Ave.,  Denver,  Colo.  711  Peachtree  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Davis,     St.  Peter,  Minn. 

(Term  of  office  expires  1918) 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Maupin,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.  Wood, 

42  N.  Court  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.  135  S.  2nd  Ave.,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ferry  Leary,  1551  10th  Ave.  N.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1919) 
Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  Mrs.  Harold  R.  Howell, 

Waterford,  Conn.  630  41st  St.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 

Mrs.  William  G.  Spencer,  Mrs.  C.  Hamilton  Tebault, 

1709  Broad  St.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  623  N  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Mrs.  William  Butterworth,  Mrs.  Alvin  V.  Lane, 

Hillcrest,  Moline,  111.  2505  Maple  Ave.,  Dallas,  Texas 

Mrs.  George  W.  Gedney,  50  Montclair  Ave.,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Chaplain    General 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood, 
The  Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Recording    Secretary    General  Corresponding    Secretary    General 

Mrs.  William  C.  Boyle,  Mrs.  Delos  A.  Blodgett, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

Organizing   Secretary   General  Registrar  General 

Mrs.  William  A.  Smoot,  Miss  Grace  M.  Pierce, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

Treasurer  General  Historian  General 

Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Ransdell,  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Augsbury, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

Director  General  in  Charge  of  Report  to  Smithsonian  Institution 

Mrs.  Edward  Orton,  Jr. 
788  East  Broad  Street,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Librarian   General  Curator  General 

Mrs.  George  M.  Sternberg,  Miss  Catherine  Britten  Barlow, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

357 


358    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

State    Regents    and    State    Vice-Regents — 1916-17 

ALABAMA    Mrs.  John  Lewis  Cobbs,  124  Mobile  St.,  Montgomery. 

Mrs.  William  Gray,  Dadeville. 
ALASKA    Mrs.  Thomas  F.  M.  Boyle,  Valdez. 

ARIZONA    Mrs.  Harry  L.  Chandler,  Mesa. 

Mrs.  George  F.  Freeman,  641  N.  Park  Ave.,  Tucson. 

ARKANSAS    Miss  Stella  Pickett  Hardy,  Batesville. 

Mrs.  Samuel  P.  Davis,  523  E.  Capitol  Ave.,  Little  Rock. 

CALIFORNIA    Mrs.  John  C.  Lynch,  1845  University  Ave.,  Berkeley. 

Mrs.  Cassius  C.  Cottle,  1408  Victoria  Park,  Los  Angeles. 

COLORADO    Mrs.  Gerald  L.  Schuyler,  1244  Detroit  St.,  Denver. 

Miss  Katharine  Story  McElroy,  Route  1,  Box  1,  Greeley. 

CONNECTICUT    Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  East  Meadows,  Litchfield. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bissell,  Southington. 
DELAWARE    Mrs.  George  C.  Hall,  706  West  Street,  Wilmington. 

Miss  Eleanor  E.  Todd,  Newark. 
DIST.  OF  COLUMBIA. Mrs.  Gaius  M.  Brumbaugh,  905  Mass..  Ave.,  Washington. 

Mrs.  Vida  K.  Clementson,  160S  17th  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington. 
FLORIDA    Mrs.  M.  W.  Carruth,  412  W.  Lafayette  St.,  Tampa. 

Mrs.  Anna  L.  Forde,  Orlando. 
GEORGIA    Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall,  301  Ponce  de  Leon  Ave.,  Atlanta. 

Mrs.  Charles  C.  Holt,  115  Culver  St.,  Macon. 

HAWAII    Mrs.  William  Alanson  Bryan,  1013  Punahou  St.,  Honolulu. 

IDAHO   Mrs.  Charles  W.  Pursell,  1515  Ada  St.,  Boise. 

Mrs.  Ward  Stone,  1410  Albany  St.,  Caldwell. 
ILLINOIS    Mrs.  Frank  W.  Bahnsen,  723  20th  St.,  Rock  Island. 

Mrs.  John  Hamilton  Hanley,  724  Broadway,  Monmouth. 
INDIANA    Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck,  3522  Central  Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

Miss  Emma  A.  Donnell,  Greensburg. 
IOWA    Mrs.  Dixie  Cornell  Gebhardt,  1205  Second  St.,  Knoxville. 

Mrs.  Cate  Gilbert  Wells,  Hickory  Hill,  Burlington. 
KANSAS    Mrs.  George  Thacher  Guernsey,  "Ridgewood,"  Independence. 

Mrs.  L.  L.  Kiene,  501  Lincoln  St.,  Topeka. 
KENTUCKY Mrs.  Eli  G.  Boone,  1409  Broadway,  Paducah. 

Miss  Jeanie  D.  Blackburn,  718  Upper  11th  St.,  Bowling  Green. 
LOUISIANA   Mrs.  Taliaferro  Alexander,  853  Cotton  St.,  Shreveport. 

Mrs.  George  H.  Mills,  418  Milan  St.,  Shreveport. 
MAINE  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Steele,  Farmington. 

Mrs.  Wilford  G.  Chapman,  482  Cumberland  Ave.,  Portland. 
MARYLAND    Mrs.  Arthur  Lee  Bosley,  1406  Mt.  Royal  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

Mrs.  Weems  Ridout,  200  Duke  of  Gloucester  St.,  Annapolis. 
MASSACHUSETTS    ..Mrs.  Frank  D.  Ellison,  44  Clark  St.,  Belmont. 

Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway,  25  Bellevue  Ave.,  Melrose. 
MICHIGAN Mrs.  William  H.  Wait,  1706  Cambridge  Rd.,  Ann  Arbor. 

Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  1012  W.  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo. 
MINNESOTA  Mrs.  George  C.  Squires,  698  Oakland  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

Mrs.  William  J.  Morehart,  104  Pleasant  St.,  Mankato. 
MISSISSIPPI    Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Franklin,  1018  3rd  Ave.,  N.,  Columbus. 

Mrs.  Charlton  H.  Alexander,  850  N.  Jefferson  St.,  Jackson. 
MISSOURI    Mrs.  William  R.  Painter,  603  N.  Main  St.,  Carrollton. 

Mrs.  Arch  McGregor,  577  St.  Louis  St.,  Springfield. 
MONTANA    Mrs.  Edward  A.  Morley,  15  South  Benton  Ave.,  Helena. 

Mrs.  Charles  A.  Blackburn,  804  West  Silver  St.,  Butte. 
NEBRASKA   Mrs.  Charles  H.  Aull,  1926  S.  33rd  St.,  Omaha. 

Mrs.  Ellet  G.  Drake,  606  N.  6th  St.,  Beatrice. 
NEVADA    ,Mrs.  Charles  S.  Sprague,  Goldfield. 


OFFICIAL  359 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE..  .Miss  Annie  Wallace,  Rochester. 

Mrs.  Will  Bernard  Howe,  35  South  St.,  Concord. 
NEW  JERSEY Mrs.  William  Dusenberry  Sherrerd,  Highland  Ave.,  Haddonfield. 

Mrs.  James  Fairman  Fielder,  139  Gifford  Ave.,  Jersey  City  Heights. 
NEW  MEXICO Mrs.  Singleton  M.  Ashenfelter,  702  Bayard  St.,  Silver  City. 

Mrs.  William  H.  Pope,  Santa  Fe. 
NEW  YORK Mrs.  Benjamin  F.  Spraker,  Palatine  Bridge. 

Mrs.  David  B.  Page,  157  W.  3rd  St.,  Oswego. 
NORTH  CAROLINA.  .Miss  Lida  Tunstall  Rodman,  Washington. 

Mrs.  Theodore  S.  Morrison,  287  Pearson  Drive,  Asheville. 

NORTH  DAKOTA Mrs.  George  M.  Young,  Valley  City. 

OHIO  Mrs.  Austin  C.  Brant,  848  N.  Market  St.,  Canton. 

Mrs.  Edward  Lansing  Harris,  11503  Mayfield  Ave.,  Cleveland. 
OKLAHOMA   Mrs.  Walter  D.  Elrod,  400  N.  Grand  Ave.,  Okmulgee. 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Parker,  1424  West  Broadway,  Enid. 

OREGON   Mrs.  Isaac  Lee  Patterson,  Eola  Rd.,  Salem. 

Miss  Maria  Ruth  Guppy,  1158  High  St.,  Eugene. 
PENNSYLVANIA   ....Miss    Emma  L.  Crowell,  Oak  Lane,  Philadelphia. 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  Hotel  Schenley,  Pittsburgh. 
RHODE  ISLAND Mrs.  Charles  E.  Longley,  87  Walcott  St.,  Pawtucket. 

Miss  Florence  G.  Bullock,  74  Harris  Ave.,  Woonsocket. 
SOUTH   CAROLINA.. Mrs.  Fred  H.  H.  Calhoun,  Clemson  College 

Mrs.  Hugh  L.  McColl,  Bennettsville. 
SOUTH    DAKOTA Mrs.  Edward  Baldwin  Keator,  907  Park  St.,  Watertown 

Mrs.  E.  St.  Claire  Snyder,  617  2nd  St.,  Watertown. 
TENNESSEE    Mrs.  Thomas  Polk,  583  E.  Main  St.,  Jackson. 

Mrs.  Edward  M.  Grant,  Morristown. 
TEXAS   Mrs.  James  Lowry  Smith,  1101  Taylor  St.,  Amarillo. 

Mrs.  John  J.  Stevens,  311  Martin  St.,  San  Antonio. 

UTAH  Mrs.  Lee  Charles  Miller,  943  East  1st  South  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

"Mrs.  Lucius  E.  Hall,  78  East  1st  North  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 
VERMONT   Mrs.  Edward  S.  Marsh,  Brandon. 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Pember,  Wells. 
VIRGINIA      Miss  Alethea  Serpell,  108  Duke  St.,  Norfolk. 

Mrs.  John  A.  Alexander,  1310  N.  Augusta  St.,  Staunton. 
WASHINGTON    Mrs.  Edmund  Bowden,  1534  18th  Ave.,  Seattle. 

Mrs.  James  S.  McKee,  Hoquiam. 
WEST  VIRGINIA Mrs.  Parks  Fisher,  186  Willey  St.,  Morgantown. 

Mrs.  Linn  Brannon,  236  Center  Ave..  Weston. 

WISCONSIN    Mrs.  John  P.  Hume,  539  Terrace  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

"Mrs.  John  G.  Rexford,  210  Sinclair  St.,  Janesville. 
WVnMTNf  Miss  Grace  Raymond  Hebard,  Grand  St.,  Laramie. 

Mrs  e  Richard  Shipp,  443  Beech  St.,  Casper. 

m?TKMT  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Lobingier,  care  Judge  Lobingier,  Shanghai,  China. 

UK1£jiNi   Mrs.  Caroline  E.  McWilliams  Holt,  Iloilo,  P.  I. 

Honorary  Officers  Elected  for  Life 

Honorary  Presidents  General 

Mrs.  John  W.  Foster,  

Mrs.  Daniel  Manning,  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott. 

Honorary  President  Presiding 

Mrs.  Mary  V.  E.  Cabell. 
Honorary  Vice-Presidents  General 

Mrs.  A.  Howard  Clark,  1895.  Mrs.  Sara  T.  Kinney,  1910. 

Mrs.  Augusta  Danforth  Geer,  1896.  Mrs.  J.  Morgan  Smith,  1911. 

Mrs.  Mildred  S.  Mathes,  1899.  Mrs.  Theodore  C.  Bates,  1913. 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  1905.  Mrs.  E.  Gaylord  Putnam,  1913. 

Mrs.  William  Lindsay,  1906.  Mrs.  Wallace  Delafield,  1914. 

Mrs.  Helen  M.  Boynton,  1906.  Mrs.  Drayton  W.  Bushnell,  1914. 

Mrs.  John  Newman  Carey,  1916. 


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Handsome  enough  for  formal  occasions 

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The  pierced  Colonial  pattern  and  beauty  of  line  which  dis- 
tinguish every  piece  of  Klever  Kraft  Silver  have  never  before 
been  obtainable  in  silver  at  such  moderate  prices!  Klever 
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damp  cloth. 

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Large  Casseroles  $4.00    and  $4.50, 

(Shown  above  $4.00) 
Ramekins  and  individual  Casseroles 
35c  to  90c.      (Shown  above  50c.) 

Individual  Baker 65c 

Custard  Cups    ....  .     50c 


Dessert  Saucers  and  Comports  $1.00 

Sherbet  Cups 75c 

Mustard  Jars 50c 

Flower  Vase3  (Shown  above) 

Two  styles   ....     $1  00  each 
Candlesticks    ....     $1.50  each 


These  prices  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  Prices  include  both  the  silver 
receiver  and  eartnenware  or  glass  container  of  the  best  quality. 

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The  Crimes  We  Commit 
Against  Our  Stomachs 


By 
Arthur  True  Buswell,  M.  D. 


Eugene  Christian 


A  MAN'S  success  in 
life  depends  more  on  the 
co-operation  of  his  stom- 
ach than  on  any  other  fac- 
tor. Just  as  an  "army 
moves  on  its  stomach"  so 
does  the  individual.  Sci- 
entists tell  us  that  90%  of 
all  sickness  is  traceable  to 


the  digestive  tract. 

Physical  efficiency  is  the  backbone  of 
mental  efficiency.  Unless  our  stomachs 
are  effectively  performing  their  functions 
in  the  way  Nature  intended,  we  can't  be 
physically  fit.  And  unless  we're  physi- 
cally fit,  we  can't  be  thoroughly  successful. 

As  Dr.  Orison  Swett  Harden,  the  noted 
writer  says,  "the  brain  gets  an  immense 
amount  of  credit  which  really  should  go 
to  the  stomach."  And  it's  true — keep  the 
digestive  system  in  shape  and  brain  vital- 
ity is  assured. 

Of  course,  there  are  successful  men 
who  have  weak  digestions,  but  they  are 
exceptions  to  the  rule.  They  succeed  in 
spite  of  their  physical  condition.  Ten 
times  the  success  would  undoubtedly  be 
theirs  if  they  had  the  backing  of  a  strong 
physique  and  a  perfect  stomach.  There 
are  a  thousand  men  who  owe  their  suc- 
cess in  life  to  a  good  digestion  to  every 
one  who  succeeded  in  spite  of  a  poor  di- 
gestion and  the  many  ills  it  leads  to. 

The  cause  of  practically  all  stomach 
disorders — and  remember,  stomach  dis- 
orders lead  to  90%  of  all  sickness — is 
wrong  eating. 

Food  is  the  fuel  of  the  human  system, 
yet  some  of  the  combinations  of  food  we 
put  into  our  systems  are  as  dangerous  as 
dynamite,  soggy  wood  and  a  little  coal 
would  be  in  a  furnace — and  just  about 
as  effective.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  the 
average  life  of  man  today  is  but  39  years 
— and  that  diseases  of  the  stomach,  liver 


and  kidneys  have  increased  103%  during 
the  past  few  years ! 

The  trouble  is  that  no  one  has,  until  recently, 
given  anj-  study  to  the  question  of  food  and  its 
relation  to  the  human  body.  Very  often  one 
good  harmless  food  when  eaten  in  combination 
with  other  harmless  foods  creates  a  chemical 
reaction  in  the  stomach  and  literally  explodes, 
giving  off  dangerous  toxics  which  enter  the 
blood  and  slowly  poison  our  entire  system, 
sapping  our  vitality  and  depleting  our  efficiency 
in  the  meantime. 

And  yet  just  as  wrong  food  selections  and 
combinations  will  destroy  our  health  and  effi- 
ciency, so  will  the  right  foods  create  and  main- 
tain bodily  vigor  and  mental  energy.  And  by 
right  foods  we  do  not  mean  freak  foods — just 
good,  every  day  foods  properly  combined.  In 
fact,  to  follow  Corrective  Eating  it  isn't  even 
necessary  to  upset  your  table. 

Not  long  ago  I  had  a  talk  with  Eugene  Chris- 
tian, the  noted  food  scientist,  and  he  told  me  of. 
some  of  his  experiences  in  the  treatment  of 
disease  through  food.  Incidentally  Eugene 
Christian  has  personally  treated  over  23,000 
people  for  almost  every  non-organic  ailment 
known  with  almost  unvaried  success.  An  en- 
viable record  when  one  considers  that  people 
nearly  always  ^o  to  him  after  every  other 
known  method  has  failed. 

One  case  which  interested  me  greatly  was 
that  of  a  young  business  man  whose  efficiency 
had  been  practically  wrecked  through  stomach 
acidity,  fermentation  and  constipation  result- 
ing in  physical  sluggishness  which  was  nat- 
urally reflected  in  his  ability  to  use  his  mind. 
He  was  twenty  pounds  underweight  when  he 
first  went  to  see  Christian  and  was  so  nervous 
he  couldn't  sleep.  Stomach  and  intestinal  gases 
were  so  severe  that  they  caused  irregular  heart 
action  and  often  fits  of  great  mental  depression. 
As  Christian  describes  it,  he  was  not  50%  effi- 
cient either  mentally  or  physically.  Yet  in  a 
few  days,  by  following  Christian's  suggestions 
as  to  food,  his  constipation  had  completely 
gone  although  he  had  formerly  been  in  the 
habit  of  taking  large  daily  doses  of  a  strong 
cathartic.  In  five  weeks  every  abnormal  symp- 
tom had  disappeared — his  weight  having  in- 
creased 6  lbs.  In  addition  to  this  he  acquired 
a  store  of  physical  and  mental  energy  so  great 
in  comparison  with  his  former  self  as  to  almost 
belie  the  fact  that  it  was  the  same  man. 

Another  instance  of  what  proper  food  com- 
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comfort  was  rheumatism.  This  man  s  greatest 
pleasure  in  life  was  eating.  Though  convinced 
of  the  necessity,  he  hesitated  for  months  to  go 
under  treatment  believing  he  would  be  deprived 
of  the  pleasures  of  the  table.  He  finally,  how- 
ever, decided  to  try  it  out.  Not  only  did  he 
begin  losing  weight  at  once,  quickly  regaining 
his  normal  figure,  all  signs  of  rheumatism  dis- 
appearing, but  he  found  the  new  diet  far  more 
delicious  to  the  taste  and  afforded  a  much 
keener  quality  of  enjoyment  than  his  old 
method  of  eating  and  wrote  Christian  a  letter 
to  that  effect. 

But  perhaps  the  most  interesting  case  that 
Christian  told  me  of  was  that  of  a  multi- 
millionaire— a  man  70  years  old  who  had  been 
traveling  with  his  doctor  for  several  years  in  a 
search  for  health.  He  was  extremely  emaciated, 
had  chronic  constipation,  lumbago  and  rheuma- 
tism. For  over  twenty  years  he  had  suffered 
with  stomach  and  intestinal  trouble  which  in 
reality  was  superaciduous  secretions  in  the 
stomach.  The  first  menus  given  him  were  de- 
signed to  remove  the  causes  of  acidity,  which 
was  accomplished  in  about  thirty  days.  And 
after  this  was  done  he  seemed  to  undergo  a 
complete  rejuvenation.  His  eyesight,  hearing, 
taste  and  all  of  his  mental  faculties  became 
keener  and  more  alert.  He  had  had  not  organic 
trouble — but  he  was  starving  to  death  from 
malnutrition  and  decomposition — all  caused  by 
the  wrong  selection  and  combination  of  foods. 
After  six  months'  treatment  this  man  was  as 
well  and  strong  as  he  had  ever  been  in  his  life. 

These  instances  of  the  efficacy  of  right  eating 
I  have  simply  chosen  at  random  from  perhaps 
a  dozen  Eugene  Christian  told  me  of,  every  one 
of  which  was  fully  as  interesting  and  they  ap- 
plied to  as  many  different  ailments.  Surely 
this  man  Christian  is  doing  a  great  work. 

I  know  of  several  instances  where  rich  men 
and  women  have  been  so  pleased  with  what  he 
has  done  for  them  that  they  have  sent  him 
checks  for  $500  or  $1000  in  addition  to  the 
amount  of  the  bill  when  paying  him. 

There  have  been  so  many  inquiries  from  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  from  people  seekmg 
the  benefit  of  Eugene  Christian's  advice  and 


whose  cases  he  is  unable  to  handle  personally 
that  he  has  written  a  little  course  of  lessons 
which  tells  you  exactly  what  to  eat  for  health, 
strength  and  efficiency.  This  courie  is  pub- 
lished by  The  Corrective  Eating  Society  of 
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mental  energy  you  are  seeking  the  day  you  re- 
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will  either  return  them  within  that  time  or  re- 
mit $3.00,  the  small  fee  asked. 

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the  lessons  on  free  examination  without  money 
in  advance  is  because  they  want  to  remove  every 
obstacle  to  putting  this  knowledge  in  the  hands 
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Street  Scene  of  the  Colonial  Village,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin Frontispiece 

Milwaukee,  Past  and  Present.     Cora  Hinckley  Atwell,  Marcia  B.  Ferguson 363 

Two  Saint  Memin  Portraits  Discovered  in  Oregon 3/2 

State  Conferences:     Iowa,  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Vermont 374 

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Milwaukee — Past  and  Present 

A  Collaboration  of  two  articles  by  Cora  Hinckley  Atwell  and  Marcia  B.  Ferguson 


In  the  old  world  almost  every  city  of 
importance  can  point  to  the  original  lord- 
ly castle  or  picturesque  old  monastery,  or 
to  the  exact  spot  where  the  feudal  hall 
once  raised  its  bastion  to  protect  the 
country  from  the  neighboring  robber 
barons.  In  America,  among  the  early 
founded  Eastern  States,  the  same  scheme 
prevails,  though  in  a  much  simpler  de- 
gree. Here  the  castle  is  represented  by 
the  rude  block  house,  and  the  ancient 
monastery  by  the  ruder  chapel  of  the 
early  missionary.  But  in  contrast  to  these 
coast  cities,  is  a  still  larger  proportion 
of  our  western  cities,  which  had  no  other 
beginning  than  a  humble  dwelling, 
around  which  a  solitary  woodsman 
cleared  a  small  space  to  plant  his  scanty 
stores  of  grain,  or  where  an  adventurous 
trader  of  the  early  days  spread  out  his 
wares  to  barter  with  the  Indian. 

To  this  last  class  Milwaukee  belongs, 
and  its  peaceful  beginning  is  an  epitome 
of  its  whole  subsequent  history.  It  can 
point  to  no  ruin  of  fort  or  castle ;  no  bat- 
tles ever  raged  within  its  borders;  only 
the  occasional  chronicler  knows  who 
built  the  first  church,  and  an  ordinary 
business  block  covers  the  spot  where  the 
first  settler  built  his  house.  The  history 
of  the  city,  therefore,  can  be  but  a  record 


of  the  peaceful  conquest  of  the  soil,  only 
occasionally  disturbed  by  little  internal 
discussions  or  financial  convulsions ;  a 
beneficient  record,  but  not  of  such  a 
character  as  to  excite  the  lively  interest 
and  sympathy  of  an  outside  world. 

On  the  fourteenth  day  of  June,  1818, 
a  large  Michili-mackinaw  Bateau  entered 
the  Milwaukee  river,  and  as  it  approached 
the  shore,  it  was  hailed  by  numerous  red 
men  of  the  forest,  who  were  the  only 
inhabitants  of  eastern  Wisconsin,  and 
who  recognized  in  this  little  craft  two 
French  Canadian  traders  who  were  des- 
tined to  be  the  first  white  settlers  of  this 
region.  These  men  were  Jacques  Vieau 
and  his  son-in-law,  Solomon  Juneau. 
Vieau  had  visited  the  country  bordering 
on  the  Milwaukee  river  the  summer  pre- 
ceding and  erected  a  log  trading  house 
on  the  back  of  the  Menominee  river. 
But  no  white  settlement  had  ever  been 
made  here,  although  several  fur  traders 
had  occasionally  visited  this  place  which 
was  then  an  independent  point  for  Indian 
commerce;  and  the  Indian  settlement  of 
"Millioki"  was  quite  well  known 
throughout  the  Northwest.  For  a  few 
years  after  his  father-in-law's  departure, 
Mr.  Juneau  lived  in  the  log  cabin  above 
referred  to,  and  in  1822  he  built  9  store 


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for  himself  on  the  eastern  side  of  the 
Milwaukee  river.  From  the  time  Juneau 
landed  here  in  1818  up  to  the  settle- 
ments of  1833,  his  was  the  only  white 
family  residing  in  Milwaukee. 

The  natural  attractions  of  the  place  in 
an  early  day  were  not  easily  discernible. 
The  streams  which  emptied  into  the  bay 
at  this  point  were  sluggish ;  their  mouths 
obstructed  by  wide  sand  bars,  and  the 
whole  Menominee  Valley  was  an  unin- 
viting swamp,  alternately  covered  with 
water,  reeds  and  tamarack.  But  her  lo- 
cation has  proved  to  be  admirable  and  is 
not  equalled  by  any  city  on  the  great 
chain  of  lakes.  She  has  a  bay  susceptible 
of  being  made  into  a  harbor  of  unlimited 
dock  room;  is  nearer  the  inexhaustible 
iron  and  copper  mines  of  the  north  than 
any  other  large  city ;  nearer  the  pine  and 
hard  wood  forests;  nearer  coal  (by 
water)  ;  nearer  the  vast  fields  of  Dakota, 
and  in  the  latitude  whose  character  and 
climate  predispose  the  greatest  amount 
of  life  and  strength. 

The  land  north  and  east  of  the  Mil- 
waukee river  was  ceded  to  the  United 
States  Government  by  the  Menominee 
Indians  in  February,  1831 ;  and  that 
south  and  west  of  the  river  by  the  Pot- 
tawatomies  in  February,  1833,  and  the 
treaty  ratified  the  year  following.  When 
in  1836,  according  to  a  Chicago  made 
treaty,  the  Indians  moved,  many  new  set- 
tlers came  in.  Among  them  were  Albert 
Fowler,  Rodney  Currier,  Andrew  Lan- 
sing, Quartus  Carley,  Col.  George  H. 
Walker,  Byron  Kilbourne,  Horace  Chase, 
Samuel  Brown  and  Richard  M.  Sweet, 
all  of  whose  names  appear  every  week 
in  the  early  Milwaukee  newspapers. 

The  first  election  for  the  town  offices 
was  held  in  1835,  although  the  town  was 
not  incorporated  until  February  27,  1837. 
These  men  of  '35  seem  to  have  brought 
all  their  eastern  customs  with  them,  and 
to  have  elected  a  full  ticket.  There  was, 
probably,  not  a  mile  of  fence  in  the 
county,  yet  tey  elected  three  fence- 
viewers  and  a  pound  master ! 

A  memorable  year  for  Milwaukee  was 
1836.    The  tide  of  immigration  had  now 


commenced  to  flow  into  the  embryo  city;) 
speculation  was  rife;  every  man's  pocket 
was  full  of  money;  lots  were  rapidly 
selling  at  far  advanced  prices;  buildings 
went  up  like  magic.  No  western  city 
had  ever  had  such  a  birth.  Some  sixty 
buildings  were  erected;  streets  were 
graded ;  ferries  established ;  officers  of 
the  law  appointed;  a  court  house  and  jail 
erected ;  all  in  five  months — and  the  pop- 
ulation did  not  exceed  seven  hundred. 

But  with  the  close  of  navigation  in 
1837  came  a  reaction  from  the  boom  of 
'36.  The  speculators  and  capitalists  had 
departed  for  their  homes  in  the  East  and 
South.  A  great  financial  embarrassment 
convulsed  the  whole  country,  putting  an 
end  to  all  improvements,  particularly  in 
the  West,  leaving  Milwaukee  hard  and 
fast  for  a  season  upon  the  rocks  of  com- 
mercial bankruptcy  and  despair.  Lots 
and  lands  for  which  fabulous  prices  had 
been  paid  in  '36  were  of  no  commercial 
value  now  whatever.  But  this  period  of 
depression  was  short-lived,  and  before 
many  months  had  passed  Milwaukee 
commenced  its  second  and  more  rational 
period  of  growth  and  development. 

The  Court  House  which  was  erected  in 
1836  was  given  as  a  present  to  the  coun- 
ty by  Solomon  Juneau.  His  death  which 
took  place  November  14,  1856,  marks  the 
close  of  the  real  infancy  of  the  city 
Always  her  firm  friend  when  friendship 
was  worth  something,  he  was  ever  Mil 
waukee's  generous-hearted  protector.  In 
the  fall  of  1856  he  set  out  to  transact  his 
usual  settlements  with  the  Northern  Wis- 
consin Indians,  but,  becoming  fatigued 
by  the  journey  and  exposure,  he  died  ir 
Schwano  after  a  short  illness.  He  was 
conscious  up  to  the  last,  and  his  greatesl 
regret  was  that  he  must  die  away  frorr 
Milwaukee. 

No  man  on  the  American  continent  ha: 
ever  been  more  loved  and  respected  by 
the  Indians  than  Solomon  Juneau.  Wher 
the  enterprise  and  speculation  of  tht 
white  man  demanded  extortion  from  the 
Indians  and  when  others  pushed  then 
aside,  Solomon  Juneau  stood  their  friend 
and   they  never   forgot  it.     A   splendk 


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365 


Log-house  and  mural  of  The  Colonial  Village.     (Plate  73) 


statue  of  the  founder  of  the  city,  done  in 
bronze,  stands  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
Michigan,  on  that  beautiful  strip  of  land 
now  known  as  Juneau  Park. 


The  growth  and  prosperity  of  Milwau- 
kee was  steady  and  assured;  and  when 
the  National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  was  organized, 
we  find  among  its  charter  members,  four 
Milwaukee  women — Mrs.  W.  L.  Mason, 
Mrs.  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Mrs.  Fannie 
Whittemore  Littell  and  Mrs.  Matthew 
Carpenter — Mrs.  Mason  bearing  the  Na- 
tional number  of  thirty.  In  1892  Mrs. 
James  S.  Peck  was  appointed  State  Re- 
gent for  Wisconsin,  entered  upon  her 
work  with  great  enthusiasm ;  and  finally, 
after  surmounting  many  obstacles,  as- 
sisted in  the  organization  of  the  Milwau- 
kee   Chapter    in    February,    1893,    with 


seventeen  members.  This  chapter  grew 
slowly,  stretching  out  a  little  here  and 
there  until  in  March,  1896,  it  ventured 
on  a  Loan  Exhibit  at  the  Atheneum,  of 
books,  autographs,  letters  and  news- 
papers, beautiful  old  silver,  antique  and 
valuable  jewelry,  rare  old  brocades  and 
miniatures,  an  original  badge  of  the 
Order  of  the  Cincinnati,  samplers  and 
many  other  valuable  heirlooms. 

In  the  large  room  upstairs,  draped 
with  American  flags,  was  a  kitchen  of 
Mayflower  days,  with  fire-place  and 
crane,  shining  andirons,  spinning  wheels, 
low  wooden  cradle,  pewter  and  old  china 
dishes.  There  were  two  Chippendale 
chairs  used  in  the  first  Continental  Con- 
gress; cabinets,  drop-head  tables,  cande- 
labra, quaint  wall  decorations  and  all  the 
exquisite  trifles  of  a  Colonial  house  that 
go  to  make  up  an  interesting  exhibit. 

In  the  center  were  large  glass   show 


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Clap-board  House  and  mural  of  The  Colonial  Village.     {Plate  72) 


cases  in  which  were  four  ball  dresses 
over  one  hundred  years  old — also  a  suit 
of  a  Colonial  gentleman,  the  coat  of  pink 
corded  silk,  the  vest  of  white  silk  with  a 
pattern  of  rose  buds ;  a  huge  white  satin 
bonnet  with  nodding  plumes ;  a  handker- 
chief spun  and  woven  by  Mercy  Wight 
in  1740.  In  another  part  of  the  room 
were  muskets,  pistols,  flint-locks,  Revo- 
lutionary hats,  snuff-boxes,  shell  combs, 
samplers  worked  by  careful  fingers  over 
two  hundred  years  ago — there  was  an 
endless  variety  of  everything  having  to 
do  with  Revolutionary  times,  which  made 
the  loan  exhibit  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting and  instructive  entertainments 
ever  given  in  Milwaukee.  At  the  closing 
evening  about  one  thousand  persons  were 
present,  many  of  the  chapter  dressing  in 
Colonial  costume  which  added  greatly  to 
the  attraction  of  the  entertainment. 
From  that  time  one  of  the  most  im- 


portant and  valuable  works  of  the  Mil- 
waukee Chapter  has  been  the  gathering 
of  data  on  early  Wisconsin  history  and  of 
relics  of  many  kinds,  some  of  which  are 
kept  at  the  Atheneum.  Two  years  ago 
about  three  hundred  relics  were  turned 
over  to  the  Milwaukee  Public  Museum. 
A  year  ago  when  a  convention  was  held 
in  Milwaukee  of  Superintendents  of 
Museums  they  greatly  praised  our  collec- 
tion, and  said  it  was  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  country.  One  piece  of  china  es- 
pecially, is  very  valuable,  being  a  genuine 
Lowestoft  cup  and  saucer  made  on  ihe 
east  coast  of  England,  between  1762  and 
1789,  showing  the  carefully  pencilled 
rose  design  so  characteristic  of  English 
Lowestoft.  We  were  told  by  these  gen- 
tlemen that  there  were  not  more  than  six 
or  seven  pieces  of  this  ware  extant  at  the 
present  time. 

We  will  close  this  article  with  a  very 


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367 


Workshop  of  The  Colonial  Village— {Plate  709) 


brief  description  of  one  of  the  most 
unique  exhibits  in  our  city — the  Colonial 
Village  in  our  Public  Museum,  to  which 
the  chapter  has  contributed  so  freely. 

As  the  first  of  a  series  of  large,  his- 
torical and  ethnological  groups  now  be- 
ing built  in  the  Milwaukee  Public  Mu- 
seum, "The  Colonial  Village"  was  com- 
pleted some  two  years  ago. 

The  accompanying  illustrations  will 
convey  something  of  the  quaint  charm 
of  this  lovely  village  which  conjures  up 
for  the  beholder,  in  a  manner  never  be- 
fore attempted,  a  living  picture  of  New 
England  life  shortly  before  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  has  been  pronounced  by  fore- 


most  American   Antiquarians,   "the   fin- 
est Colonial  exhibit  in  the  country." 

Upon  entering  the  village  we  behold  on 
the  one  side  of  the  street  a  log  house  and 
workshop  (plate  73),  and  on  the  other  a 
two-story,  clap-board  house  of  the  over- 
hang type  (plate  72).  These  buildings, 
which  are  constructed  in  actual  size,  are 
flanked  by  cleverly  painted  murals,  with 
long  stretches  of  sun-flooded  landscape, 
typically  rugged  and  hilly.  The  fresh 
verdure  and  blossoming  fruit  trees  tell 
us  it  is  a  day  in  early  summer.  Here  is 
the  garrison  house,  with  its  stockade, 
now  somewhat  out  of  repair,  for  the 
Iroquois,  whose  military  organization  so 
nearly  resembled  that  of  the  Romans,  no 


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Bed-room  of  The  Colonial   Ullage — (Plate  704) 


longer  harassed  the  inhabitants  of  the 
village  but  were  moving  westward  where 
they  later  became  the  allies  of  the  Eng- 
lish in  the  Revolution. 

There,  too,  is  the  village  meeting  house 
with  its  elm-shaded  church-yard,  the  inn 
(frontispiece),  before  the  door  of  which 
stands  the  host  exchanging  greetings  with 
the  wearied  travelers  as  the  stage  coach 
tarries  while  the  driver  draws  water  at 
the  well-sweep  to  refresh  his  thirsty 
horses.  Farther  up  the  street,  we  find 
John  Smith  in  the  stocks  undergoing,  as 
the  quaint  sign  sets  forth,  "Ye  punish- 
ment for  drinke." 

Let  us  now  look  in  at  the  windows  of 
the  old  log  house  (plate  710).  Here  we 
behold  the  good  wife  kneading  bread  and 
exchanging  a  cheery  word  with  her  hus- 
band who  has  come  up  from  the  field. 
The  little  daughter  rocks  the  cradle  while 
she  studies  her  letters  from  a  horn-book, 


and  in  the  deep,  stone  fireplace  the  kettle 
sings  on  the  crane  over  the  glowing  logs. 
The  table,  inviting  in  homespun  cloth  and 
shimmering  pewter,  stands  ready  for  the 
mid-day  meal.  Adjoining  the  kitchen  is 
the  workshop  (plate  709),  holding  many 
primitive  tools  and  implements ;  and  here 
the  grandfather,  so  like  Giles  Corey  of 
the  Salem  Farms,  in  his  vigorous  old 
age,  labors  at  his  bench. 

The  diamond-paned  windows  of  the 
clap-board  house  stand  ajar  to  admit  the 
balmy  air,  and  we  are  sure  that  our  ears 
detect  the  whirr  of  the  busy  spinning 
wheel,  and  the  thwack,  thwack  of  the 
loom  at  which  an  elderly  woman  is  weav- 
ing one  of  those  beautiful  blue  and  white 
coverlets  so  highly  prized  by  the  good 
dame  of  that  period  (plate  70.) 

In  the  bedroom  (plate  704),  the  grand- 
mother quiets  the  baby  as  she  sits  busily 
knitting  at  the  window;  while  in  the  at- 


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Pewter  dresser  in  kitchen  of  The  Colonial  Village 


tic  the  father  of  the  household,  with 
pierced  lantern  in  hand,  rummages  among 
the  bunches  of  dried  herbs  and  seed  corn 
in  search  of  tansy  and  fennel. 

The  Milwaukee  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  has 


contributed  a  number  of  valuable  articles, 
sixty-one  being  of  pewter,  which  com- 
bined with  the  museum's  extensive  col- 
lection, form  the  interior  furnishings  of 
"The  Colonial  Village." 


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wo  Saint  Memin  Portraits  Discovered  in  Oregon 


Through  the  efforts  of  Mrs.  Isaac  Lee 
Patterson,  State  Regent  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution  in  Ore- 
gon, two  beautiful  portraits  made  by- 
Saint  Memin  were  discovered  in  Port- 
land, Oregon,  and  copies  of  them  sent 
for  the  readers  of  this  magazine  to  ad- 
mire. "The  portraits  are  life  size  and 
done   on  a   pale  pink   paper  with   what 


Mrs.  Ann  (Woodson)  Pope 


seems  to  be  some  sort  of  a  crayon," 
writes  Mrs.  Patterson.  Those  who  have 
read  the  articles  on  the  Saint  Memin  Por- 
traits written  by  Miss  Natalie  Sumner 
Lincoln,  will  remember  that  in  the  May 
issue  she  stated  that  by  means  of  a  physi- 
onotrace  the  life-size  outline  of  the  head 
and  shoulders  of  the  sitter  was  drawn, 
and  finished  by  hand  in  crayon.  She  also 
stated  that  while 
some  families 
have  preserved 
copies  of  the 
small  engrav- 
ings, twelve  of 
which  were  giv- 
en w  i  t  h  each 
portrait,  the 
larger  portraits 
are  still  more 
rare,  and  cites 
the  Corcoran 
Gallery  of  Art, 
which  owns  118 
of  the  smaller 
engravings  yet 
has  only  one 
life-size  profile 
likeness. 

Mr.  Percy 
Pope  Dabney,  to 
whom  these  por- 
traits have  come 
by  descent  is 
the  great  grand- 
son of  the  sit- 
ters, William 
Pope,  and  his 
wife,  Ann 
Woodson.  H  e 
has  sent  a  short 
sketch  of  their 
lives,  from 
which  we  quote 
the  following: 

"William  Pope 
familiarly 
known  as  Capt. 
Pope,   was  born 


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in  Louisa  Coun- 
ty, Virginia,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1762, 
and  died  at  his 
plantation  home, 
Mon  tp  el  i  er, 
Powhatan  Coun- 
ty, Virginia, 
July  19,  1852. 
He  was  promi- 
nent as  a  lawyer 
and  was  Com- 
monwealth's at- 
torney for  Pow- 
hatan for  many 
years.  He 
served  as  pri- 
vate in  the  Rev- 
olutionary war 
and  also  in  the 
War  of  1812. 
He  was  an  inti- 
mate friend  of 
William  Wirt 
and  in  Ken- 
nedy's Life  of 
Wirt,  there  are 
given  copies  of 
correspondence 
between  William 
Pope  and  Wil- 
liam Wirt.  Mrs. 
Ann  Pope  was 
the  daughter  of 
Charles  Wood- 
son, Jr.,  and  his 
wife,  Ann  (nee 
Trother),  was 
born  June  14, 
1774,  died  Oc- 
tober 28,  1823,  and  was  buried  at  Mont- 
pelier,  Powhatan  County.  They  had  only 
one  child,  Lucy  Ann  Pope,  born  May  21, 
1793,  who  married  Robert  Kelso  Dabney 
January  24,  1827,  died  March  21,  1834, 
and  was  buried  at  Montpelier,  leaving 
two  children :  William  Pope  Dabney  and 
Professor  Robert  Dabney,  of  Sewanee, 
Tennessee. 


Capt.  William  Pope 

"William  Pope  Dabney,  born  at  Mont- 
pelier July  17,  1829,  graduated  at  Hamp- 
den Sidney  College  and  the  University 
of  Virginia  ;  married  December  31,  1856, 
Leila  Madison,  daughter  of  Ambrose 
Madison,  and  grand-niece  of  President 
Madison,  and  died  March  5,  1894,  leav- 
ing eight  children,  among  whom  was 
Percy  Pope  Dabney." 


State  Conferences 


IOWA 


A  most  successful  State  Conference 
was  held  at  Waterloo,  October  17,  18 
and  19.  Mrs.  Drayton  W.  Bushnell, 
Honorary  Vice  President  General,  and 
Mrs.  Harold  R.  Howell,  Vice  President 
General  were  in  attendance.  The  Stand- 
ing Rules  were  amended,  and  the  date 


of  the  Conference  changed  to  March. 
Mrs.  Dixie  Cornell  Gebhardt,  State 
Regent,  and  Mrs.  Cate  Gilbert  Wells, 
State  Vice  Regent,  were  unanimously 
chosen  for  the  coming  year,  to  be  con- 
firmed at  the  Twenty-Sixth  Continental 
Congress. 


MASSACHUSETTS 


The  State  Conference  was  held 
in  Pittsfield,  October  24  and  25, 
with  headquarters  at  the  Maplewood 
Hotel.  A  banquet  of  Sons  and  Daugh- 
ters, at  which  the  President-General 
N.  S.  S.  A.  R.  was  the  guest  of  honor, 
was  held  at  seven  on  the  evening  of 
Tuesday ;  and  Wednesday,  after  a  busi- 
ness session  of  the  Board  of  Manage- 
ment, cars  were  taken  for  Bennington, 
where  lunch  was  enjoyed  and  a  visit  to 


the  various  points  of  historic  interest. 
The  State  Regent  presided  and  ad- 
dresses were  given  by  Dr.  John  Mason 
Tyler  on  "Grand-daughters  of  the 
Revolution,"  Mrs.  George  Maynard 
Minor,  and  Mr.  Frank  E.  Woodward, 
President  Mass.  S.  A.  R.,  on  Washing- 
ton and  Lafayette.  Of  the  ninety-two 
chapters  in  the  state,  a  large  number 
were  represented. 


NEW  YORK 


The  State  Conference  will  meet  in 
Albany,  November  9  and  10,  1916.  A 
Welcoming  Address  will  be  given  by 
the  Honorary  President-General,  Mrs. 
Daniel  Manning,  and  other  prominent 
speakers  will  be :  The  President-Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  William  dimming  Story, 
the  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Benjamin  F. 
Spraker,  Hon.  Charles  Seymour  Whit- 
man,   Governor   of   the    state    of   New 


York,  and  Dr.  John  Hustin  Finley, 
President  of  the  University  of  the  state 
of  New  York.  A  reception  will  be 
given  the  Daughters  by  the  Governor 
and  wife  in  the  Executive  Mansion ; 
and  a  tea  by  the  hostess  chapter  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Samuel  Lyman  Mun- 
son.  Election  of  officers,  reports,  etc., 
will  take  up  the  hours  devoted  to  busi- 
ness. 


VERMONT 


The  State  Conference  was  held  at 
the  State  Capitol,  Montpelier.  Fine 
weather  and  an  unusually  large  attend- 
ance marked  the  gathering.  Among 
other  resolutions  passed,  were  appro- 
priations of  $250  for  a  scholarship  at 
Norwich  University  to  be  continued 
for  three  years ;  and  a  sufficient  sum 
to  furnish  a  second  inner  rail  (from  the 
second  to  the  third  floor)  for  Memorial 


Continental  Hall.  It  was  also  recom- 
mended that  the  chapters  aid  in  the 
restoration  of  the  Old  Constitution 
House  at  Windsor,  Vt,  and  the  plan 
for  such  restoration  received  the  en- 
dorsement of  the  Conference.  The 
State  Regent  and  State  Vice-Regent 
were  re-elected  for  the  coming  year, 
subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Twenty- 
Sixth  Continental  Congress. 


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Mrs.  Benjamin  F.  Spraker,  State  Regent  for         Mrs.  Edward  S.  Marsh,  State  Regent  for 
New  York.  Vermont. 


Mrs.    Frank    D.    Ellison,    State    Regent    for         Mrs.  Frank  W.  Bahnsen,  State  Regent  for 
Massach  usetts.  Illinois. 


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Mrs.  John  C.  Lynch,  State  Regent  of 
California. 

The  report  of  the  State  Conference 
of  California,  held  at  Pasadena,  on  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1916;  of  the  State  Conference 
of  Illinois,  held  at  Ottawa,  on  March 
29  and  30,  1916;  of  the  State  Confer- 
ence of  Oregon,  held  at  Portland,  on 
March  10  and  11,  1916,  were  received 
too  late  for  publication.  We  have  for- 
tunately been  able  to  secure  pictures  of 
the  Daughters  chosen  at  that  time  for 
the  office  of  State  Regent  for  the  cur- 
rent   year    in    their    respective    states. 


Mrs.   Isaac   Lee  Patterson,   State   Regent  of 
Oregon. 

The  report  of  the  State  Conference  of 
Colorado,  held  at  Boulder,  March  15  and 
16,  1916,  was  also  delayed  in  its  re- 
ceipt; but  we  hope  at  the  proper  time 
to  give  our  readers  accounts  of  the 
Conference  of  these  states  for  the  com- 
ing year. 

It  is  rumored  that  Michigan,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Virginia  and  Wisconsin  have  held 
Conferences  during  the  past  month  ;  but 
no  word  has  come  to  headquarters  con- 
cerning any  of  them. 


VISIT  OF  THE  NATIONAL  BOARD  TO  MONTICELLO 


Promptly  on  the  morning  of  October  7,  1916, 
a  number  of  the  members  of  the  National 
Board,  and  Committee  Chairmen,  headed  by 
the  President-General,  the  State  Regent  and 
Vice-President-General  from  Virginia,  seated 
in  the  special  car  provided  for  their  use,  em- 
barked on  the  trip  to  Monticello,  the  former 
home  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  for  the  purchase 
of  which  a  bill  has  been  introduced  into  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States,  and  endorsed 
by  the  members  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Conti- 
nental Congress. 

Passing  Montpelier,  the  former  home  of 
President  Madison,  the  train  stopped  long 
enough  to  give  each  Daughter  a  fleeting  view 
of  that  beautiful  estate ;  and  on  their  arrival 
at  Charlottesville,  the  party  was  met  by  a 
delegation   from  the  Albemarle   Chapter   who 


escorted  them  to  their  destination  some  two 
miles  away.  There  luncheon  was  served  and 
a  telegram  read  from  Hon.  Jefferson  Levy, 
owner  of  the  estate,  appointing  the  President- 
General  as  hostess  of  the  occasion,  in  his  ab- 
sence. 

After  a  most  interesting  and  instructive  ex- 
amination of  the  house  and  grounds,  the  party 
were  taken  to  the  University  of  Virginia, 
where  in  the  house  of  one  of  the  professors, 
a  delightful  tea  was  served  by  the  chapter; 
and  they  returned  more  enthusiastic  than  before 
in  their  desire  to  have  Monticello  purchased 
by  the  Government  and  given  to  the  National 
Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  to  guard,  protect  and  keep  in  its 
present  state  of  preservation  for  all  time  to 
come. 


Historic  Donegal  Church 


By  Anna  Eloisc  Pugh 


Prior  to  the  year  1714  there  came  to 
America  a  little  band  of  Scotch-Irish  em- 
igrants, who  sought  religious  liberty  in  a 
new  land. 

The  tide  of  emigration  followed  the 
eastern  side  of  the  Susquehanna  river, 
and  reached  the  valley  of  the  Chicquesa- 
lunga,  now  in  Lancaster  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  this  sturdy  praying  band 
organized  in  the  year  1714 — Donegal 
Presbyterian  Church. 

These  sturdy  pioneers  established  and 
constituted  the  congregation.  They  suf- 
fered many  hardships,  for  our  country 
was  still  a  wilderness ;  but  they  were 
stout  of  heart  and  surmounted  every  diffi- 
culty with  wisdom.  The  congregation 
grew  as  the  years  rolled  on,  and  a  larger 
church  became  a  necessity. 

In  the  year  1740  the  present  church 
was  built,  and  remodeled  in  1851.  Be- 
fore the  remodeling  of  the  church  the 
exterior  was  not  plastered,  the  windows 
and  doors  were  arched  and  the  aisles  of 
the  church  were  paved  with  bricks.    The 


four  large  pillars  which  supported  the 
ceiling  were  removed,  likewise  the  very 
high  box  pews. —  (Ziegler's  History.) 

The  first  pastor  of  Donegal  Church 
was  Rev.  James  Anderson,  born  in  Scot- 
land 1678.  He  was  called  to  Donegal 
from  New  York,  where  he  had  a  charge 
and  was  installed  in  August,  1727.  An- 
derson died  in  1740.  "He  left  to  his 
family  a  large  estate,  including  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Marietta,  Pa.,  and  the  ferry, 
known  as  'Anderson's  Ferry,'  now  called 
'Kelsey's  Ferry,'  and  still  used  by  steam- 
boat between  Marietta  and  Accomac." — 
(Webster's  Hist.) 

The  congregation  of  Donegal  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  country's  struggle 
for  independence,  and  early  during  the 
Revolutionary  War,  the  congregation 
surrounded  the  large  white  oak  tree, 
plainly  seen  in  the  picture,  which  still 
stands  near  the  east  end  of  the  old 
church,  and  pledged  allegiance  to  the  Col- 
onies against  Great  Britain. 

This  tree  is  known  as  the  "Witness 


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Interior  of  Donegal  Presbyterian  Church,  Donegal,  Penna. 


Tree"  and  a  beautiful  memorial  to  the 
"Flying  Camp"  has  been  erected  near  it 
by  the  "Witness  Tree"  Chapter,  D.  A.  R. 

Donegal  Church  is  still  open  for  serv- 
ice and  many  descendants  of  the  sturdy 
pioneers  still  kneel  in  its  sanctuary. 
Donegal  has  given  to  the  world  eminent 
men  and  women,  foremost  among  them 
our  lamented  President,  Wm.  McKinley, 
who  was  a  direct  descendant  of  James 
Stephenson,  a  pioneer. 

Andrew  Galbraith,  who  was  an  elder 
of  the  church,  took  a  prominent  part  in 
public  affairs.  "He  was  a  member  of  the 
Colonial  Assembly  from  1731  to  1738." 


—  (Penna.  Archives,  Vol.  IV,  page  769.) 
Arthur  Patterson,  also  an  elder,  "Un- 
der Colonial  Government  was  a  collector 
and  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Assembly 
from  1743  to  1754."— (Perma.  Archives, 
Vol.  IX,  page  776.) 

The  quaint,  silent  graveyard  contains 

many   slabs  bearing  names  well  known 

in  the  nation's  history.     The  numerous 

rough-pointed  stones  mark  the  graves  of 

our  Revolutionary   soldiers  who  fought 

and  died  so  that  we  might  have  liberty. 

"One  generation  passeth  away, 

And  another  generation  cometh; 

But  the  earth  abideth  forever." 


THE  FAMILY  OF  HENRY  WOLCOTT 

One  of  the  First  Settlers  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  Compiled  by  Chandler  Wolcott, 
99  Park  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.    Price,  $10.00. 


Only  two  hundred  copies  of  this  valuable 
book  were  published  and  the  Librarian-General 
feels  correspondingly  grateful  to  the  talented 
author  of  "Pioneer  Mothers  of  America,"  Miss 
Mary  Wolcott  Green,  and  her  sisters  for  the 
gift  of  this  work  in  memory  of  their  mother, 
Marion  (Wolcott)  Green,  a  descendant  of 
Henry  Wolcott  of  Windsor. 

This  book  of  455  pages,  50  of  which  are 
devoted  to  a  comprehensive  index,  is  the  only 
attempt  that  has  been  made  to  compile  a  gene- 
alogy of  the  Wolcott  family.    More  than  thirty 


years  ago  the  Wolcott  Memorial  was  printed, 
but  that  did  not  purport  to  be  a  genealogy.  It 
was  only  a  Memorial  of  Henry  Wolcott  and 
some  of  his  descendants.  The  greatest  care 
has  been  taken  to  make  this  record  as  com- 
plete as  possible;  and  there  is  an  appendix  of 
forty  pages  which  gives  the  various  families 
of  Wolcott  throughout  the  country  whose  re- 
lationship to  Henry  of  Windsor  have  not  yet 
been  proven,  and  their  lines  as  far  back  as  they 
can  be  traced.  It  will  prove  of  the  greatest  as- 
sistance to  all  interested  in  the  study  of  the 
Wolcott  Family  and  its  various  ramifications. 


Committee  to  Prevent  Desecration  of  the  Flag 

In  response  to  the  request  of  the  editor  for  a  picture  and  sketch  the  following,  probably 
her  last  official  letter,  dated  September  25,  1916,  was  received : 

Mv  dear  Mrs.  Draper  :> — 

After  much  tribulation  and  worn,',  I  have  written  an  account  of  the  work  of  the  "Com- 
mittee to  Prevent  Desecration  of  the  Flag,"  which  you  will  probably  say  is  entirely  too  long 

and  you  are  at  liberty  to  shorten  it  to  suit  yourself — but  I  didn't  see  what  I  should  leave  off. 
I  wanted  all  to  know  the  whole  truth  so  far  as  I  did. 

I  just  left  the  Hospital  two  days  ago,  much  against  my  physician's  wishes.  I  am  far 
from  well.    I  thank  you  for  your  kindness  to  me. 

Sincerely,  your  friend,   (Mrs.  Geo.  B.)  Alice  O.  Macfarlane. 
"I  have  no  late  or  good  picture  of  myself,  and  am  not  able  to  have  one  made  now." 


Mrs.  George  B.  Macfarlane,  6176 
Berlin  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Chairman 
of    National    Committee    "To  .  prevent 

DESECRATION     OF    THE    FLAG,"    is    a    most 

ardent  and  loyal  D.  A.  R.,  and  a  thor- 
ough American,  with  nine  generations 
of  true  Americans  behind  her — begin- 
ning in  1618  at  Hampton,  Va.,  and 
again  in  1651  in  Essex,  Va.,  and  with 
other  ancestors  who  came  to  Virginia  in 
the  first  century  of  its  settlement.  All 
of  her  ancestors,  Colonial,  Revolutionary 
and  1812  were  Virginians.  She  organ- 
ized the  Col umbic  ii  Chapter  D.  A.  R.  at 
Columbia,  Mo.,  in  1903,  and  was  Chapter 
Regent  nine  years,  retiring  as  Honorary 
Chapter  Regent.  Columbia  is  the  seat  of 
the  Missouri  University  and  of  several 
other  fine  schools  to  which  the  Colum- 
bian Chapter  has  been  a  leader  and 
teacher  in  Patriotic  Education. 

Mrs.  Macfarlane  was  State  Regent 
of  Missouri  D.  A.  R.  in  1912-1914.  In 
her  two  years'  term,  she  organized  36 
new  D.  A.  R.  Chapters  in  her  State, 
and  1,250  new  members  were  added  to 
its  D.  A.  R.  membership.  She  was 
elected  Honorary  State  Regent  for 
Life,  at  the  15th  Missouri  State  Con- 
ference, held  in  Springfield,  Mo.,  Oct. 
1914. 

In  September,  1914,  she  was  ap- 
pointed Chairman,  National  Committee 
"To  Prevent  Desecration  of  the  Flag," 


by  our  President-General,  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Cumming  Story.  At  that  time, 
35  States,  Porto  Rico,  Alaska  and  Ha- 
waiian and  Philippine  Islands  had 
State  laws  to  protect  our  Flag — of  that 
number  only  one  State  (Louisiana) 
was  a  Southern  State.  It  has  been 
Mrs.  Macfarlane's  most  earnest  desire 
that  all  the  other  States  shall  enact 
good  Flag  laws,  and  she  has  worked 
unceasingly  toward  that  end.  Much 
progress  has  been  made,  and  she  is 
hopeful  of  complete  success  before  the 
Twenty  -  sixth  Continental  Congress 
meets  next  April.  In  February,  1915, 
West  Virginia  enacted  a  State  Flag 
Law;  Alabama  followed  in  August, 
1915;  South  Carolina  did  the  same  in 
February,  1916;  Mississippi  and  Vir- 
ginia followed  their  example  in  March 
and  April,  1916,  respectively.  The 
Committee  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
has  a  Flag  Bill  before  the  United  States 
Congress,  which  does  all  legislating  for 
the  District.  This  bill  passed  the 
House,  and  is  now  pending  in  the 
United  States  Senate,  and  the  Commit- 
tee is  very  hopeful  that  it  will  be 
passed  there  when  Congress  again 
convenes  in  December,  prox. 

The  Flag  Committees  of  the  other 
States  are  busy,  and  promise  to  have 
Flag  Bills  up  before  their  Legislatures 
this  next  winter,  and  to  work  faithfully 


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for  their  passage,  with  strong  hopes 
that  the  unusual  wave  of  patriotism 
which  has  recently  swept  over  our 
Country,  as  a  result  of  the  outrages  per- 
petrated by  our  semi-civilized  neigh- 
bor on  our  Southern  border,  and  the 
many  evidences  of  disloyalty  by  some 
of  the  foreigners  within  our  gates  may 
arouse  the  several  General  Assemblies 
to  the  urgent  need  of  stringent  laws  to 
protect  the  emblem  of  our  Country. 

We  still  hope,  and  are  working  for 
a  Federal  Law  to  Protect  our  Flag 
which  will  be  uniform  in  its  require- 
ments for  our  whole  country ;  or  to  get 
the  United  States  Congress  to  copy- 
right our  Flag  and  Shield  and  other 
insignia  of  our  Government  and  forbid 
their  use  for  advertising  and  other  de- 
grading uses  by  thoughtless  and  ir- 
reverent people. 

The  only  Federal  legislation  we 
have,  with  regard  to  the  Flag,  forbids 
the  registration  of  any  trademark 
which  consists  of,  or  comprises  the 
Flag,  Coat  of  Arms,  or  other  insignia 
of  our  Government,  or  any  simulation 
thereof;  or  of  any  State  or  Municipal- 
ity, or  of  any  foreign  nation,  etc. 

The  insulting  practice  of  breweries 
and  liquor  firms  using  the  pictures  of 
Washington,  Jefferson,  Franklin  and 
other  great  patriots,  with  garbled  ex- 
tracts from  their  writings  to  advertise 
their  commodities  has  not  been  forbid- 
den by  any  law,  State  or  Federal. 
Neither  has  the  misuse  of  our  Flag  for 
clothing  for  clowns,  ballet  dancers,  rep- 
resentation of  Uncle  Sam  and  Colum- 
bia, or  the  Goddess  of  Liberty  really 
been  included  in  or  forbidden  by  any 
State  Flag  law.  We  must  try  to  per- 
suade such  desecrators  to  give  up  the 
pernicious  practice. 

The  "United  States  Shield,"  which 
represents  the  majesty  of  the  United 
States  Government,  was  left  out  of  all 
of  our  State  Flag  laws;  and  although 
the  heraldic  meaning  of  the  word 
"Shield"  really  includes  it  in  "Flag, 
Standard,  Color  or  Ensign,"  attorneys 


are  taking  advantage  of  its  omission 
from  the  Flag  laws,  and  encourage 
their  clients  to  desecrate  our  Shield  by 
using  it  for  trademarks  and  advertising 
purposes.  The  State  Chairmen  are 
urged  to  make  test  cases  in  the  State 
Courts  and  settle  this  point.  Other- 
wise, we  must  have  our  State  Flag  laws 
revised  and  amended  to  include  the 
"U.  S.  Shield  or  other  insignia,  or 
any  simulation  thereof,"  which,  it  is 
thought,    will   cover   the   whole   ground. 

Flag  Day,  June  14th,  is  almost 
universally  observed,  and  is  the  occa- 
sion for  a  great  display  of  patriotism 
throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of 
our  land,  and  our  other  patriotic 
anniversaries  are  more  generally  ob- 
served than  ever  before. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  Flag  Committee 
will  continue  to  be  alert,  aggressive 
and  inventive  with  plans  and  exercises 
for  patriotic  celebrations,  and  efforts 
to  make  patriots  of  our  children  and 
citizens. 

From  the  Army  and  Navy  usages, 
and  other  sources,  Mrs.  Macfarlane  has 
gleaned  the  following  Code  or  Rules 
for  Flag  Etiquette,  which  she  com- 
mends to  the  consideration  of  all 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion: 

1.  The  Flag  should  not  be  hoisted  before 
sunrise,  nor  allowed  to  remain  up  after  sunset. 

It  should  not  be  displayed  upon  stormy 
days,  nor  left  out  over  night. 

2.  When  the  Flag  is  displayed  at  half  staff, 
for  mourning,  it  is  to  be  lowered  to  that  posi- 
tion from  the  top  of  the  staff.  It  is  after- 
wards hoisted  to  the  top  before  it  is  finally 
lowered. 

3.  When  the  Flag  is  formally  raised,  all 
present  during  the  ceremony  should  stand  at 
attention,  with  hand  raised  to  the  forehead 
ready  for  the  salute. 

4.  The  correct  salute  to  the  Flag,  as  re- 
quired by  the  regulations  of  the  United  States 
Army,  is :  Standing  at  attention,  raise  the 
right  hand  to  the  forehead  over  the  right  eye, 
palm  downward,  fingers  extended  and  close 
together,  arm  at  an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees. 
Move  hand  outward  about  a  foot,  with  a 
quick  motion,  then  drop  to  the  side. 


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5.  When  the  colors  are  passing  on  parade, 
or  in  review,  the  spectator  should,  if  a  man 
or  hoy,  and  if  walking,  halt;  if  sitting,  rise, 
stand  at  attention,  and  uncover. 

6.  Whenever  possihle,  the  Flag  should  be 
flown  from  a  staff  or  mast,  but  should  not  be 
fastened  to  the  side  of  a  building,  platform  or 
scaffolding. 

7.  When  flags  are  used  in  unveiling  a  statue 
or  monument,  they  should  not  be  allowed  to 
fall  to  the  ground,  but  should  be  carried  aloft 
to  wave  out,  forming  a  distinctive  feature 
during  the  remainder  of  the  ceremony. 

8.  When  the  Flag  is  used  out  of  doors,  it 
should  always  be  allowed  to  fly  in  the  breeze. 
When  clusters  and  draping  of  colors  are  de- 
sired, bunting  or  cloth  should  be  used,  but 
never  the  Flag. 

9.  When  our  National  Flag  and  State  or 
other  flags  fly  together,  or  are  used  in  decorat- 
ing together,  our  National  Flag  should  be  on 
the  right. 

10.  Fur  indoor  decorations,  the  Flag  can 
only  be  used  as  a  drapery ;  it  cannot  be  used 
to  cover  a  bench  or  table,  desk  or  box  and 
where  anything  can  be  set  or  placed  upon  the 
Flag. 

For  indoor  decorations,  the  Flag  may  be 
caught  up  in  many  artistic  fashions,  and  used 
with  bunting,  garlands,  plants  and  flowers,  but 
should  never  be  placed  below  a  person  sitting. 

11.  When  used  on  a  bier  or  casket  at  a 
funeral,  the  stars  should  be  placed  at  the 
head. 

In  no  case  should  the  Flag  be  allowed  to 
touch  the  ground. 

12.  The  Flag  must  not  be  marred  by  adver- 
tisements, nor  desecrated  on  the  stage. 


13.  It  is  an  unwritten  law  in  the  Navy  that 
the  Flag  is  never  to  be  washed ;  it  is  always 
to  be  considered  immaculate. 

14.  When  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  is 
played,  all  present  should  rise  and  stand  at  at- 
tention until  the  ending.  The  playing  of  it 
as  a  part  of  a  medley  should  be  prohibited, 
and  it  should  not  be  played  as  an  exit  march. 

15.  The  only  Federal  legislation  with  re- 
gard to  the  Flag,  forbids  the  registration  of 
any  trademark  which  consists  of  or  comprises 
the  Flag  or  Coat  of  Arms,  or  other  insignia 
of  the  United  States,  or  any  simulation  thereof, 
or  of  any  States  or  Municipality,  or  of  any 
foreign  nation,  etc. 

16.  The  Flag  Salute  adopted  by  the 
N.  S.  D.  A.  R.,  and  by  our  Military  Schools, 
the  Boy  Scouts  and  other  organizations,  and 
which  should  be  taught  in  all  of  our  Public 
Schools,  is:  "I  PLEDGE  ALLEGIANCE 
TO  MY  FLAG,  AND  TO  THE  REPUBLIC 
FOR  WHICH  IT  STANDS :  ONE  NATION 
INDIVISIBLE,  with  Liberty  and  Justice  to 
all." 

17.  Our  children  should  be  taught  to  care- 
fully handle  and  guard  their  little  flags  from 
rough  and  disrespectful  treatment,  and  not  be 
permitted  to  carelessly  toss  them  about  in  pa- 
rades and  processions,  nor  throw  them  away 
should  a  stick  become  broken  or  should  the 
child  tire  of  holding  it. 

18.  OUR  MOST  IMPORTANT  HOLI- 
DAYS (when  the  Flag  should  be  displayed  at 
full  staff)   ARE: 

Lincoln's  Birthday,  February  12;  Washing- 
ton's Birthday,  February  22;  Memorial  Day, 
May  30 ;  Flag  Day,  June  14 ;  Independence 
Day,  July  4;  Star  Spangled  Banner  Day,  Sep- 
tember 14,  and  your  own  State  Day. 


Mrs.  Alice  O'Rear  Macfarlane,  widow  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  of  Missouri,  George 
B.  Macfarlane,  entered  into  Rest  Eternal,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  11,  1916.  Her  body 
lay  in  state  from  10  a.m.  to  1  p.m.,  October  12,  and  was  then  taken  to  Mexico,  Mo.,  for 
interment. 


The  National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  records  with 
sorrow  the  death  within  the  past  month  of  two  of  its  former  National  Officers : 
H.  C.  Chamberlain,  Vice-President  General,  1905-1909;  Mrs.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  Chap- 
lain General,  1890-1892,  1903-1907.    An  account  of  the  life  and  services  of  each  will 
appear  in  the  Book  of  Remembrance  to  be  issued  in  January. 


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"If  ever  the  time  comes  when  women  shall  come  together  simply  and  purely  for  the 
benefit  of  mankind  it  will  be  a  power  such  as  the  world  has  never  before  known." — Matthew 
Arnold. 

(Owing  to  the  number  of  chapter  reports  awaiting  publication  the  Editor  has  been  obliged 
to  omit  a  great  many  interesting  descriptions  of  social  affairs,  or  matters  of  local  interest. 
The  desire  of  the  individual  chapter  or  its  members  has  to  be  sacrificed  for  the  good  of  the 
whole.  If  the  chapter  historian  will  remember  that  there  are  over  fifteen  hundred  chapters 
in  existence;  that  this  Department  is  not  established  for  the  purpose  of  publishing  an  annual 
report — that  should  be  sent  to  the  State  Regent — but  to  record  work  which  may  be  of  value 
for  other  chapters ;  and  that  all  reports  should  be  written  on  only  one  side  of  the  paper,  and 
if  possible  be  typewritten,  it  will  greatly  facilitate  matters.  The  reports  are  arranged 
alphabetically  according  to  states  and  alphabetically  according  to  chapters  in  the  states.) 


Tamalpais  Chapter  (San  Francisco, 
Cal.)  opened  its  new  year  after  the  sum- 
mer vacation  with  Miss  Florence  Per- 
kins, as  Regent.  This  chapter  is  an  out- 
growth of  Valentine  Holt  Chapter, 
C.  A.  R.,  and  it  has  taken  much  pains  to 
reform  the  children's  society  and  start  it 
anew.  The  chapter  has  also  spent  a  great 
deal  of  energy  in  assisting  needy  chil- 
dren ;  numerous  articles  of  clothing  have 
been  distributed ;  medical  attendance, 
and  eye-glasses  furnished  one  child,  and 
a  summer  vacation  to  another.  Plans 
are  now  being  completed  for  a  doll  show, 
to  be  given  early  in  the  fall.  Each  child 
is  to  dress  a  doll,  and  friends  of  the  chap- 
ter will  also  be  asked  to  contribute ;  and 
at  Christmas  time  these  will  be  given  to 
the  poor  children  in  the  community. 

— Adele  E.  Kellogg,  Historian. 


Augusta  Chapter  (Augusta,  Ga.)  has 
had  a  varied  and  interesting  year  of 
work.  Meadow  Garden  is  maintained  by 
the  chapter.  When  we  remember  that 
it  was  here  that  Washington,  Lafayette, 
and  other  notable  personages  were  enter- 
tained by  our  own  George  Walton,  one 
of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  from 
Georgia,  the  enormity  of  the  undertak- 
ing is  realized.  But  we  try  to  keep  the 
historical  house  in  repair;  and  while  at 
times  we  wonder  how  we  can,  at  this 
time  comes  the  feeling  of  joy  that  we 
have  been  entrusted  with  such  a  priceless 
treasure.  It  has  been  our  pleasure  to 
entertain  here  many  conventions  outside 


of  our  own  organization.  At  these  func- 
tions,  Mrs.  Harriet  Gould  Jefferies,  our 
efficient  Registrar,  would  always  loan  her 
beautiful  Revolutionary  and  Colonial 
silver.  Those  who  have  been  thus  enter- 
tained will  learn  with  regret  that  this 
silver,  together  with  Mrs.  Jefferies' 
home,  her  valuable  paintings  and  fur- 
nishings, were  lost  in  our  dreadful  fire 
of  March  22.  Eleven  other  members  of 
our  chapter  lost  their  homes. 

We  have  heard  that  there  are  in  ex- 
istence two  vases,  once  the  property  of 
George  Walton.  The  owner  is  willing 
to  dispose  of  them,  and  the  chapter  will 
furnish  the  address  to  any  one  desiring 
to  purchase. 

Several  meetings  have  been  held  re- 
cently to  sew  for  the  soldiers  at  the 
Georgia  Mobilization  Camp  at  Macon ; 
we  took  part  in  the  campaign  for  early 
closing  of  shops,  etc.,  during  the  sum- 
mer months,  and  for  a  safe  and  sane 
Christmas ;  and  endeavor  not  only  to 
create  an  interest  in  our  particular  line 
of  work,  but  to  co-operate  with  other 
organizations  for  the  betterment  of  the 
city  and  community. 
Mrs.  James  R.  Littleton,  Cor.  Sec. 


Polly  Sumner  Chapter  (Quincy,  111.) 
beside  enjoying  an  interesting  study  of 
Revolutionary  topics,  has  reached  out  a 
helping  hand  in  several  directions.  At 
a  garden  fete,  held  at  Quincy 's  beautiful 
Historical  House,  we  were  well  repre- 
sented both  in  the  fine  exhibit  of  an- 


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tiques  and  on  the  musical  program — 
thus  helping  to  make  it  a  unique  success. 
Flay  Day  Picnic  was  held  in  South 
Park,  the  place  of  assembly  being  marked 
by  our  handsome  Chapter  Flag — sus- 
pended from  a  tree.  Not  only  were  the 
usual  picnic  features  well  arranged,  but 
the  committee  surprised  us  with  a  pro- 
gram of  twenty-two  questions  from  Flag 
Lore,  the  one  answering  the  largest 
number  correctly  being  presented  with  a 
large  silk  flag. 

s  — Gertrude  S.  Pease,  Secretary. 


John  Paul  Chapter  (Madison,  Ind.) 
has  given  for  several  years  a  prize  to 
the  pupil  in  the  Grammar  School  having 
the  highest  standing  in  the  study  of 
United  States  History  and  Good  Citizen- 
ship. Pupils  contesting  for  the  prize 
met  in  debate,  the  subjects  chosen  being 
relevant  to  the  above  mentioned  topics ; 
and  an  invitation  extended  to  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution  to  be 
present.  These  occasions  have  proved 
a  source  of  great  benefit  to  both  debaters 
and  listeners. 

This  being  Indiana's  Centennial  year 
much  attention  has  been  given  to  His- 
torical Research.  Copies  of  the  first 
deed  made  in  1811,  first  will  made  in 
the  same  year  and  marriage  records  of 
Jefferson  Co.,  Ind.,  have  been  made  and 
preserved ;  and  papers  written  on  the 
lives  of  the  founders  of  Madison,  its 
earliest  business  enterprises,  first  schools 
and  churches.  In  connection  with  our 
Centennial  work  a  marker  has  been 
placed  on  the  old  State  Road  of  Indiana, 
called  the  Michigan  Road,  which  began 
on  the  north  bank  of  the  Ohio  River  at 
Madison,  and  ran  north  the  entire  length 
of  the  state  to  Michigan  City.  A  large 
boulder  at  the  intersection  of  West 
street  and  the  Michigan  road  was  un- 
veiled and  presented  to  the  city  of  Madi- 
son by  the  John  Paul  Chapter,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1916. 

— Mrs.  Henrietta  Griggs  Rogfrs, 

Historian. 


John  Stanton  Chapter  (Garner, 
Iowa)  has  closed  its  third  year.  Wash- 
ington's Birthday  was  observed  with  an 
old-fashioned  dinner;  and  Decoration 
Day  was  devoted  to  unveiling  two  beau- 
tiful tablets  which  were  mounted  on  a 
gray  granite  boulder  and  placed  on  the 
lawn  of  the  Public  Library.  One  was 
a  "Maine  Memorial,"  and  the  other  was 
presented  to  the  town  of  Stanton  as  a 
lasting  memorial  to  the  efforts  of  the 
chapter  and  a  lesson  of  patriotism  to 
coming  generations. 

Our  Flag  Committee  has  distributed 
over  200  sets  of  Flag  literature  in  the 
public  and  country  schools  of  our  county. 
The  Program  Committee  has  issued  at- 
tractive year  books,  giving  a  membership 
list,  National  Number  of  each  member 
as  well  as  her  Revolutionary  ancestor  or 
ancestors,  and  state  from  which  they 
served. 

— Mrs.  J.  E.  Fraser,  Regent. 


Okomanpado  Chapter  (Estherville, 
Iowa)  entertained  January  12,  1916,  one 
thousand  children  with  the  picture  play, 
"The  Colonial  Girl,"  at  the  Grand  The- 
ater. America  was  sung  by  the  audi- 
ence, and  General  Washington's  Fare- 
well Address  was  also  read.  As  the  story 
progressed  the  constant  applause  gave 
evidence  that  patriotism  was  alive  in  the 
breasts  of  the  pupils,  great  and  small, 
causing  us  to  feel  our  efforts  were  ap- 
preciated. 

As  has  been  our  custom  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  prizes  of  three  and  five  dol- 
lars were  given  for  the  best  patriotic 
essay  written  by  pupils  in  the  seventh 
and  eighth  grade  public  schools ;  and  our 
charities  have  also  not  been  neglected. 

The  Colonial  Tea  and  Ball,  February 
22,  is  a  permanent  and  looked-for  social 
event  in  our  city.  This  year,  thanks  to 
the  untiring  efforts  of  our  regent,  Mrs. 
F.  H.  Rhodes,  who  spares  neither  time 
nor  strength  where  the  interest  of  our 
chapter  is  concerned,  it  was  even  better 
than  previous  years.  Ten  tea  tables, 
presided  over  by  Daughters  in  old-time 
gowns,  were  placed  around  the  artisti- 


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Reading  from  left  to  right — Betsy  Ross,  Martha  Washington,  George  Washington 


cally  decorated  banquet  hall,  where  tea, 
sandwiches,  jam  and  hatchet  cookies 
were  served.  Twelve  couples  of  children 
in  Colonial  costumes  danced  the  minuet 
and  Virginia  reel,  to  the  delight  of  the 
large  company.  In  the  evening  eighty 
couples  were  in  the  Grand  March,  and 
eight  couples  of  young  people  in  costume 
danced  the  Oxford  Minuet.  Other  old- 
fashioned  dances  were  indulged  in  by  the 
older  people,  and  caused  much  merri- 
ment. 

Our  chapter  chose  for  its  name  Oko- 
manpado,  the  old  Indian  name  for  the 
beautiful  body  of  water  situated  on  the 
north  line  of  Emmet  Co.  The  name 
means  "the  nesting  place  of  the  blue 
herron,"  which  abounded  there  in  an 
early  day.  June  14  we  visited  the  spot 
and  enjoyed  a  sumptuous  picnic  dinner 
in  the  former  pioneer  cottage,  now  a 
club  house,  situated  on  the  shore  of  the 
lake. 

— Mrs.  Callie  B.  Letchford, 

Historian. 


Day  parade.  Each  organization  was  rep- 
resented by  a  float,  and  that  of  our  chap- 
ter was  considered  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive of  any  in  the  parade. 

It  represented  the  birth  of  the  Amer- 
ican Flag,  and  Betsy  Ross,  George  and 
Martha  Washington  were  the  persons 
represented.  Our  chapter,  organized 
December  10,  1915,  is  the  youngest  ex- 
cept one  in  the  state,  and  has  an  enthu- 
siastic membership,  with  a  number  of 
additional  members  in  prospect. 

— Jennie  Stewart,  Historian. 


Dana  Chapter  (Columbus,  Kansas) 
joined  with  other  women's  organizations 
of  Columbus  in  the  annual  Old  Settlers' 


Louisa  St.  Clair  Chapter  (Detroit, 
Mich.),  the  oldest  chapter  in  the  state, 
has  completed  a  successful  year,  closing 
with  a  membership  of  428.  A  note- 
worthy feature  was  the  Dolly  Madison 
Tea  Party,  given  on  March  4,  to  raise 
funds  for  the  committees,  which  was  a 
great  success  socially  as  well  as  finan- 
cially. An  excellent  program,  including 
"Mrs.  Murray's  Dinner  Party,"  a  Revo- 
lutionary play  in  costume,  and  a  Mother 
Goose  Quadrille,  was  much  enjoyed.  An 
Heirloom  Exhibit  brought  forth  many 
rare  treasures  and  proved  very  interest- 
ing. 


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The  chairmen  of  the  various  commit- 
tees speedily  availed  themselves  of  the 


Grave  of  Judge  James  IVitherell 

new  treasury  funds.  A  party  was  given 
for  the  women  of  the  Settlement  Clubs ; 
an  order  was  placed  for  a  lantern,  to  be 
used  for  stereopticon  lectures  on  patri- 
otic subj  ects ;  one  hundred  framed  flag 
codes  were  presented  to  the  schools ;  and 
three  bronze  markers  for  the  graves  of 
Revolutionary  patriots  were  purchased. 
On  Flag  Day  chapter  members  carrying 
banners  assembled  to  witness  the  unveil- 
ing of  these  markers.    The  ritual  service 


was  read  and  biographic  sketches  of  the 
patriots  were  given — John  Trumbull,  au- 
thor of  McFingal ;  Judge  James  Withe- 
rell  and  Col.  John  Francis  Ham- 
tramck.  On  July  Fourth  representatives 
of  the  Children  of  the  Republic  Clubs 
were  taken  over  to  Belle  Isle,  where  they 
participated  in  the  celebration  of  Amer- 
icanization Day  by  carrying  their  silk 
flag  to  the  platform  and  reciting  in  uni- 
son the  Flag  Ritual,  the  Flag  Salute,  and 
the  Ephebic  Oath. 

— Lena  Harris  Doty,  Regent. 


Belvidere  Chapter  ( Greenville,  Miss.) 
has  just  completed  its  most  successful 
and  effective  year.  We  have  donated 
suitable  reading  matter,  including  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion Magazine,  to  our  Public  Library ; 
have  responded  through  our  historian, 
Mrs.  Clifton  Hood,  to  the  request  of  the 
State  Normal  College  for  legendary  lore 
anent  the  early  Indians  in  our  locality ; 
have  stimulated  a  reverence  for  our  flag 
and  successfully  petitioned  city  and 
county  officials  that  the  flag  be  displayed 
on  proper  anniversaries  and  events.  On 
the  last  Fourth  of  July  the  school  chil- 
dren met  at  the  home  of  the  regent,  re- 
ceived flags  and  marched  to  the  Court 
House  grounds  to  participate  in  a  patri- 
otic celebration. 

-  -Martha  M.  Moore,  Regent. 


Elijah  Grove  Chapter,  (Stromsburg, 
Nebraska)   dedicated  on  June  20,  1916, 
the  first  marker  to  be  placed  on  the  Over- 
land Trail,  one  of  the  historic  old  emi- 
grant   roads    crossing    the    state.     The 
marker  is  of  red  Minnesota  granite,  five 
feet  high,  two   feet  wide  and  one   foot 
thick,  rough  hewn,  all  but  the  face,  which 
is  polished  and  bears  this  inscription: 
Overland  Trail 
Erected  by  Elijah  Gove  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 

1916,  Stromsburg,  Nebraska. 
Its  erection  was  due  entirely  to  the  ef- 
forts of  Elijah  Gove  Chapter,  which  is 
only  a  little  over  two  years  old ;  and  as 
we  were  assured  that  we  are  the  first 


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OVERLAND  TH  AIL 

ERECTED  BY  1 
ELIJAH  COVE 

CHAPTER 
DAUCHTERS 

or  THE 

american 
revolution 

*tAomsburc  *1*' 


-     . 


^      V-  iff 


chapter  in  the  state  to  erect  a  marker 
without  outside  help,  we  feel  that  the 
day  was  indeed  a  red  letter  day  for  the 
chapter. 

A  reception  had  been  held  on  the  eve- 
ning of  the  nineteenth  in  honor  of  the 
State  Regent,  and  a  luncheon  on  the 
twentieth,  that  all  possible  might  become 
desirous  of  joining  the  society.  Promptly 
at  2  p.  m.  the  exercises  of  the  day  began 
in  the  presence  of  several  hundred  people, 
with  a  dedicatory  prayer.  The  regent, 
Miss  Chattie  Coleman,  introduced  the 
speakers  of  the  day,  Mrs.  Charles  Her- 
bert Aull,  state  regent,  and  Chief  Justice 
Morrissy,  both  of  whom  delivered  stir- 
ring patriotic  addresses.  The  marker, 
which  had  been  carefully  veiled  with  a 
beautiful  American  flag,  the  gift  of  Mrs. 
Charles  Oliver  Norton  and  family,  for 
whose  ancestor  the  chapter  had  been 
named,  was  then  unveiled  by  two  little 
children  of  the  chapter,  and  Mrs.  J.  G. 
Green,  vice-regent,  presented  it  to  the 
State  Historical  Society,  stating  that  her 
own  father,  while  still  a  young  man,  had 
passed  over  this  trail  to  the  land  of  prom- 
ise, and  had  never  returned,  but  is  sleep- 


ing somewhere  in  the  golden  West.  The 
vice-president  of  the  Historical  Society 
in  accepting  the  marker  gave  a  history 
of  the  old  trails  in  the  state ;  and  the  re- 
gent while  thanking  all  who  had  contrib- 
uted to  the  success  of  the  day  called  upon 
the  people  of  the  community  to  see  that 
the  marker  was  preserved  for  all  time, 
she  having  already  appealed  to  the  county 
authorities  to  give  it  the  same  care  as 
other  public  property.  After  the  singing 
of  America  by  the  audience,  the  benedic- 
tion was  pronounced. 

— Ada  M.  Coleman,  Historian. 


Elizabeth  Sherman  Reese  Chapter 
(Lancaster,  Ohio)  feels  justly  proud  of 
this  past  year's  work  under  its  regent, 
Miss  Mary  White  Pearce.  At  our  April 
meeting,  Dr.  William  F.  Pierce,  presi- 
dent of  Kenyon  College,  gave  a  splen- 
did talk  on  preparedness,  and  Professor 
C.  C.  Miller,  superintendent  of  our  Fair- 
field Co.  schools,  gave  a  delightful  dis- 
course on  "Blennerhasset." 

It  has  been  the  custom  of  this  chap- 
ter since  presenting  each  of  the  six 
schools  of  our  city  with  a  flag — to  each 
year  give  a  flag  to  some  district  school. 
This  year  the  flag  was  to  go  to  the  school 
whose  pupil  should  win  the  champion- 
ship in  our  county  spelling  contest.  Miss 
Bess  Swinehart,  of  the  Kirlin  district 
school,  won  the  contest.  A  6  x  10  flag 
was  presented  this  school  by  our  chap- 
ter. It  is  interesting  to  note  that  Miss 
Swinehart  also  received  the  one  hun- 
dred mark  in  the  Ohio  state  spelling  con- 
test. 

The  crowning  achievement  of  the 
chapter's  work  for  the  year  was  the  fur- 
nishing of  the  two  charity  wards  in  the 
Lancaster  Municipal  Hospital  at  a  cost 
of  $800.  Half  of  this  sum  was  gener- 
ously donated  the  chapter  for  this  work 
by  the  daughters  and  grandchildren  of 
our  beloved  Elizabeth  Sherman  Reese, 
for  whom  our  chapter  is  named.  Our 
chapter  has  pledged  itself  for  this  year 
to  do  sewing,  both  for  the  Red  Cross 
and  our  hospital. 

— Mrs.  M.  E.  S.  Peters,  Historian. 


Book  Reviews 


BLUE  BOOK  OF  SCHUYLER  COUNTY,  PENNSYLVANIA 

Who  Was  Who,  and  Why,  by  Mrs.  Ella  Zerbey  Elliott,  504  West  Norwegian  St, 
Pottsville,  Penn.     Price,  $3.75. 


This  work  of  over  450  pages  is  crammed 
full  to  overflowing  with  interesting  bits  of 
historical  and  genealogical  lore.  The  absence 
of  an  index  is  atoned  for  in  part  by  the  Table 
of  Contents,  but  it  is  a  great  pity  that  the 
information  gathered,  evidently  with  so  much 
care,  should  be  so  difficult  of  access.  If  any 
Daughter  wishes  to  perform  a  public  service, 
and  has  time  but  no  money  to  give,  she  could 
not  well  perform  a  better  one  than  by  making 
an  index  and  presenting  it  to  the  Librarian- 
General. 

The  History  of  the  Palatines  who  emigrated 
to  New  York  on  account  of  the  terrible  per- 
secutions they  had  suffered  for  religion's  sake, 
their  settlement  in  New  York,  the  shameful 
way  in  which  they  were  treated,  their  pur- 
chasing land  of  the  Indians  and  settling  in 
Schoharie,  N.  Y.,  their  dispossession  again, 
and  finally  their  settlement  in  Pennsylvania  in 
1723  at  the  invitation  of  Sir  William  Keith, 
is  clearly,  concisely  but  graphically  set  forth. 
One  can  see  the  little  band  of  twenty-three 
families,  "guided  by  friendly  Indians"  through 
the  unbroken  forests,  set  out  for  a  new  El- 
dorado, in  the  backwoods  of  Pennsylvania, 
their  destination  being  the  Tulpewihaki,  "the 
land  of  the  turtle's  song."  "With  heroic  faith 
and  pathetic  determination  they  performed  an 
act  of  endurance  and  fortitude  that  has  no 
parallel  and  forms  one  of  the  most  romantic 
and  tragic  epochs  in  the  early  history  of  the 
United  States." 


As  one  reads  the  tale  of  their  adventures,  so 
simply  told,  one  feels  anew  the  force  of  the 
old  adage :  "Unto  whomsoever  much  is  given, 
of  him  shall  much  be  required,"  and  realizes 
the  duty  of  every  American  man,  woman  or 
child  to  guard  sacredly  the  precious  privileges 
that  cost  our  forefathers  so  much  to  obtain 
for  us. 

The  Palatines  finally  settled  along  the  banks 
of  the  Tulpehocken  River  in  what  was  then 
Chester  County,  later  Lancaster,  then  Berks, 
and  for  the  past  one  hundred  years  has  been 
Schuylkill  County.  It  is  said  that  twelve 
horses  belonging  to  the  immigrants,  not  liking 
the  new  location,  returned  to  Schoharie,  the 
journey  occupying  almost  a  year.  Trouble  fol- 
lowed the  Palatines  to  this  new  country,  and 
their  petition  to  be  allowed  to  remain,  given 
in  full,  is  very  interesting — as  in  a  different 
way  are  the  tales  of  how  "Old  Dress  Scared 
the  Indians,"  "How  George  Washington  Spoke 
Pennsylvania  German,"  etc. 

Thirty  pages  are  devoted  to  the  part  Schuyl- 
kill County  took  in  the  Revolution,  closing 
with  the  account  of  George  Washington, 
speaking  Pennsylvania  German,  and  how  he 
secured  the  services  of  a  brave  soldier,  Philip 
Schwartz,  by  it ;  and  sixty  pages  treating  of 
The  Early  Settlers  closes  the  historical  part 
of  the  book.  Part  II  comprises  the  Genealogi- 
cal Records  of  the  Zerbeys  (Sevier)  and  their 
numerous  connections  in  other  parts  of  the 
country. 


THE  AMERICAN  FAMILY  OF  REVEREND  OBADIAH  HOLMES. 
By  Col.  J.  T.  Holmes,  Brunson  Boulevard,  Chambers,  Ohio.    Price,  $2.00. 


This  work  of  247  pages,  sixteen  of  which  is 
devoted  to  an  index,  makes  no  claim  to  be  a 
complete  genealogy  of  the  Holmes  family — 
although  no  extended  genealogy  of  this  branch 
of  the  family  or  any  part  of  it  has  ever  been 
published — but  rather  an  outline  of  the  mass  of 
material,  some  75,000  manuscript  pages,  bear- 
ing on  the  subject  which  has  been  collected  by 
the  author. 

The  account  of  the  martyrdom  of  the  dis- 
tinguished divine  is  so  simply  but  vividly 
portrayed  that  one  can  see  him  standing  stead- 
fast in  the  presence  of  his  torturers,  and  can 
well  believe  his  later  statement  that  he  did 
not  suffer  pain  while  the  punishment  was  be- 
ing inflicted,  but  was  sustained  by  the  firm 
conviction  that  this  was  the  one  thing  needful 


to  arouse  the  colonists  and  make  them  de- 
mand hereafter  religious  freedom  and  the 
separation  of  civil  and  religious  law. 

Only  the  line  of  Jonathan,  the  second  child 
of  Obadiah  and  Katherine  (Hyde)  Holmes  is 
given  in  this  volume,  and  this  line  only 
through  the  first  child,  Obadiah,  who  was  born 
at  Gravesend,  L.  L,  July  17,  1766,  moved  to 
East  Jersey  where  he  became  Sheriff  of  Mon- 
mouth County,  and  had  several  children.  His 
second  son,  Joseph,  who  died  July  25,  1777,  in 
his  seventy-ninth  year,  and  whose  funeral  oc- 
curred the  day  that  Jane  McCrea  was  mur- 
dered by  the  Indians  at  Fort  Edward,  "the 
year  of  the  three  bloody  sevens,"  is  the  only 
one  of  Obadiah's  children  whose  descendants 
are  given   in  this  volume.     Two   of   Joseph's 


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sons,  Jonathan  and  John,  were  officers  of  the 
New  Jersey  troops  during  the  Revolution. 
Jonathan's  will  was  admitted  to  probate  the 
same  day  as  that  of  his  father.  Another  son, 
Joseph  was  also  active  and  influential  on  the 
side  of  the  Colonists.  Obadiah,  the  oldest  son 
of  Joseph,  to  grow  to  maturity,  like  his  cousin, 
"Virginia  John  Lincoln,"  emigrated  from  New 


Jersey  to  Rockingham  County,  Virginia,  and 
settled  at  Mecklenburg,  now  Shepardstown, 
and  later  in  1785  to  the  Pan  Handle  of  Vir- 
ginia where  he  died  in  1794.  His  widow  found 
a  home  with  her  son  Jacob  to  whom  the  U.  S. 
Government  had  given  land  in  Jefferson 
County,  Ohio,  for  his  services  as  a  spy  during 
tbe  Revolution. 


THE  SAMPSON  FAMILY 


By  Lilla  Briggs  Sampson,  published  by  Williams 

This  book  of  238  pages,  sixteen  of  which  is 
devoted  to  an  index,  without  which  a  gene- 
alogy is  as  sounding  brass  and  tinkling  cymbal, 
deals  especially  with  the  Sampsons  of  Ireland, 
and  the  descendants  of  John  Sampson,  the 
Scotch-Irishman  whose  will,  proven  1800,  is 
to  be  found  at  Greensburg,  Pennsylvania,  Vol. 
I.  The  author  cites  the  following  quotation 
from  the  historian,  Egle,  as  her  inspiration, 
and  her  reason  for  not  including  the  Sampson 
Families  of  New  England. 

"While  the  descendants  of  the  Puritans  and 
of  the  Dutch  of  New  York  have  carefully  pre- 
served their  family  memorials,  there  has  not 
been  until  recently  any  effort  made  by  Penn- 
sylvanians,  especially  those  of  the  Scotch-Irish, 
toward  the  compilation  of  family  genealogies. 


and  Wilkins  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.  Price,  $5.00. 

In  our  own  locality  few  have  been  prepared. 
Yet  we  are  glad  to  learn  our  families  are  look- 
ing up  the  records  of  their  ancestry  for  per- 
manent preservation.  This  is  a  duty  we  all 
owe  to  the  memory  of  a  revered  and  pious 
ancestry — and  even  though  the  records  may  be 
meagre,  there  is  no  one  who  cannot  assist  in 
the  performance  of  this  noble  work,  nor  is  it 
too  late  to  begin.  Those  to  come  after  us  will 
honor  the  labors  thus  bestowed  even  if  we  do 
not  receive,  while  living,  the  reward  for  well 
doing." 

One  chapter  is  devoted  to  the  Sampsons  of 
Virginia,  and  as  references  are  freely  given 
the  book  may  well  be  considered  one  of  those 
whose  value  is  not  ephemeral,  but  will  grow 
as  time  goes  on. 


Parliamentary  Puzzles  Solved 


Cora  Welles  Trow 


Many  of  the  questions  received  by  this 
department  would  not  be  sent  in  if  the 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Na- 
tional Society  were  carefully  read.  Chap- 
ters are  required  to  frame  their  By-Laws 
in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of 
the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Na- 
tional Society  and  when  a  situation  arises 
it  would  be  well  to  see  if  it  is  met  by 
them. 

M.  R.  McK.  Question.  At  the  an- 
nual election  of  my  Chapter  a  Regent  and 
Treasurer  were  elected,  both  of  whom 
refused  to  serve.  Our  By-Laws  state 
that  in  the  event  of  the  resignation  or 
death  of  the  Regent  the  Vice-Regent  be- 
comes the  Regent.  The  Chapter  held  a 
special  election  and  filled  these  offices. 
Was  that  correct? 


Answer.  If  the  ladies  elected  as  Re- 
gent and  Treasurer  knew  that  they  were 
to  be  candidates  and  made  no  objection, 
they  acted  in  bad  faith  toward  the  Chap- 
ter. If  they  did  not  know,  they  were  not 
eligible  for  election  because  the  consent 
of  a  candidate  to  serve  must  be  obtained 
before  she  may  be  placed  as  an  official 
nominee. 

Your  By-Laws  cover  the  situation 
when  things  are  properly  conducted  as, 
no  doubt,  they  provided  for  the  Board 
of  Management's  filling  a  vacancy  which 
would  cover  the  case  of  the  Treasurer 
and  the  above  provision  for  Vice-Re- 
gent becoming  Regent  covers  that  point. 
I  therefore  infer  that  the  ladies  were 
elected  without  their  knowledge  or  con- 
sent and  in  that  case  a  special  election 
was  proper, 


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EPAKTMENT 


Mrs,  Amos  G.  Draper,  Editor,  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

1.  Any  one  is  allowed  the  privilege  of  sending  queries  to  this  department,  provided  they 
pertain  to  the  Revolutionary  period,  or  that  following.  Questions  pertaining  to  the  Colonial 
period  must  be  excluded  for  want  of  space;  also  all  queries  in  regard  to  the  requirements  of 
other  societies. 

2.  Queries  will  be  inserted  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  received.  It  will,  necessarily, 
be  some  months  between  the  sending  and  printing  of  a  query. 

3.  Answers  or  partial  answers  are  earnestly  desired;  and  full  credit  will  be  given  to 
the  sender  of  the  answer,  by  the  Genealogical  Editor.  She  is  not  responsible  for  any  state- 
ments, however,  except  for  those  given  over  her  own  signature. 

4.  Write  on  one  side  of  the  paper  only.  Especial  care  should  be  taken  to  write  names 
and  dates  plainly. 

5.  Each  separate  query  must  be  accompanied  by  a  two-cent  stamp.  Do  not  use  postal 
cards  or  self-addressed  envelopes. 

6.  All  Letters  to  be  forwarded  to  contributors  must  be  unsealed,  and  sent  in  blank, 
stamped  envelopes,  accompanied  by  the  number  of  the  query  and  its  signature. 

7.  In  answering  queries  please  give  the  date  of  the  magazine,  the  number  of  the  query, 
and  its  signature. 

8.  It  is  impossible  for  the  Genealogical  Editor,  as  such,  to  send  personal  replies  to  queries. 
They  must  take  their  turn  and  be  answered  through  the  columns  of  the  magazine. 

ANSWERS 


4246.  Hieronymous.  According  to  the  Bush 
Genealogy  by  A.  C.  Quisenberry,  Mrs.  Julia 
Tevis,  a  dau.  of  Pendleton  Hieronymous,  was 
b  Dec.  5,  1799  in  Clark  Co.  Ky.  Her  grand- 
father Hieronymous  was  a  native  of  Austria 
who  settled  in  Va.  prior  to  the  Rev.  and  was 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Clark  Co.  Ky. 
Although  an  Austrian  the  name  shows  that 
he  was  of  Latin  descent ;  and  he  is  said  to 
have  been  highly  educated  and  spoke  all  the 
European  languages.  When  Mrs.  Tevis  was 
quite  young  her  father,  Pendleton  Hierony- 
mous and  his  wife,  who  was  a  dau  of  Ambrose 
Bush,  moved  to  Winchester,  Va.,  subsequently 
moving  to  Georgetown,  D.  C,  where  the  daugh- 
ter finished  her  education  under  the  best 
masters.  She  saw  the  burning  of  the  Capitol 
by  the  British  in  1814;  met  in  Georgetown 
and  Washington  the  most  distinguished  men 
of  the  times  and  in  1824  m  Rev.  John  Tevis, 
a  native  of  Ky.  and  a  minister  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  In  1825  she  founded  in  Shelby- 
ville,  Ky.  the  Science  Hill  Academy  for  Young 
Women  which  became  one  of  the  most  famous 
schools  in  the  country,  and  continued  to  direct 
this  school  until  her  death  in  1883.  She  wrote 
a  valuable  autobiography,  "Sixty  Years  in  a 
School  Room"  which  is  very  interesting  in 
connection  with  Clark  Co.  as  well  as  with  the 
Bush  Family.  She  educated  more  than  three 
thousand  young  women;  and  some  of  her  first 
graduates  attended  the  semi-centennial,  bring- 
ing their  grandchildren  with  them.  A.  N. 
Toole,  809  N.  Fourth  St.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

4702.    Van  kirk.      Samuel    Van    Kirk   emi- 


grated from  N.  J.  to  Allegheny  Co.  Penna. 
shortly  after  the  Revolution  settling  in  Eliza- 
beth twp.  He  served  throughout  the  Rev.  war, 
carried  the  colors  at  the  Battle  of  Long  Is- 
land, and  was  present  at  Yorktown.  His  wife 
was  Mary  Price  of  N.  J.  Both  of  them  d  in 
1834,  leaving  a  dau  Ruth  who  m  Joseph  Scott 
a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812.  (Hist.  Alle- 
gheny Co.  Penna.  p  368,  pub  by  A.  Warner, 
Chicago,  111.  1889.)  According  to  the  Gene- 
alogy of  the  McGinnis- Scott  Families  and 
other  authorities  Samuel  Van  Kirk,  born  near 
Trenton,  N.  J.  Dec.  15,  1757,  died  in  Eliza- 
beth, Penna,  Jan.  9,  1836.  He  m  Mary  Price 
who  d  Jan.  28,  1836  aged  74  yrs.  They  had 
eleven  ch. :  Sara,  who  m  Joshua  Wilson ;  Eliz. 
who  m  Daniel  Budd ;  John,  who  m  Eliz. 
Luker ;  Wm.,  who  m  Mary  Devore ;  Thomas 
who  m  Susan  LaFevra ;  Ruth  who  m  Joseph 
Scott ;  Samuel  who  d  unm ;  Joseph  who  m 
Mary  Lee ;  Susan  who  m  Albert  Means ;  Mary 
who  m  James  Scott  and  Isaac  who  d  unm. 
Joseph  and  James  Scott,  brothers,  were 
soldiers  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  sons  of  James 
Scott  Sen.  who  was  b  in  Ireland  bet.  1752  and 
5,  settled  in  the  "Falls  of  Yough"  near  Eliza- 
beth bef.  1789,  m  in  1781  Mary  Pearson  who 
was  b  in  Westmoreland  Co.  Penna.  He  was 
a  frontier  soldier  and  d  in  1825  in  Elizabeth 
having  had  eight  ch. :  John,  who  d  1815  ;  James, 
Zaccheus,  Kennedy  who  d  in  1809 ;  Joseph, 
Sarah  who  m  Joseph  Weddle ;  Margaret  who 
m  John  Peirce ;  and  Hannah  who  m  James 
Guffey.  Gen.  Ed. 
4709.     Hurlbut.     Jehiel  Hurlbut,   his  wife, 


389 


390    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Sybil  Martindale,  and  his  parents,  Jehiel  and 
Eunice  (Bacon)  Hurlbut  with  others  of  the 
family  moved  from  East  Hartland,  Conn,  (to 
which  place  they  had  moved  from  Granby, 
Conn,  after  the  Revolution)  to  Ohio,  settling 
in  or  near  Hartford.  Jehiel  Sr.  was  a  Rev. 
soldier,  having  served  as  a  private  in  Capt. 
Hezekiah  Holcomb's  Co.  of  the  18th.  reg't. 
Conn.  Militia  in  1776  at  New  York  (Conn. 
Men  in  the  Rev.  p  472.)  His  ch.  were:  Eunice 
who  m  a  Gangyard  and  d  in  1858,  Meloda, 
who  m  a  Long  and  d  1861 ;  Jehiel  Jr.  The 
latter  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and 
while  in  service  contracted  fever  and  came 
home  to  die  in  1813.  His  father  who  had 
nursed  him  during  his  illness  was  stricken  at 
the  grave  during  the  burial  services,  and  died 
the  same  day;  and  the  young  widow,  Sybil, 
followed  her  husband  within  a  month.  The 
poor,  old  grandmother  was  left  in  what  was 
almost  a  wilderness  with  the  five  little  children 
to  bring  up ;  and  nobly  did  she  perform  her 
task.  A  short  sketch  of  her  life  is  given  on 
p  305  of  "Pioneer  Women  of  the  Western  Re- 
serve" but  one  wonders  why  no  chapter  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  is 
named  for  this  patriotic  pioneer?     Gen.  Ed. 

4715.  Warren-Briscoe.  James  Warren,  b 
1775  in  Spottsylvania  Co.  Va.  d  May  22,  1819 
in  Mercer  Co.  Ky.  and  is  buried  on  the  Briscoe 
farm  at  Lost  Creek  in  said  county,  with  his 
tomb  well  marked.  He  m  Feb.  25,  1802  in 
Mercer  Co.  Phoebe  Briscoe.  There  were  two 
pioneers  in  Mercer  Co.  by  name  of  Briscoe, 
brothers;  one  of  them  being  Parmenas.  It  is 
supposed  that  Phoebe  was  the  dau  of  Par- 
menas, who  with  his  brother  came  from  the 
Valley  of  Va.  and  were  kin  to  the  Hites  and 
Bowmans.  James  Warren  was  the  son  of 
Capt.  Wm.  Warren,  b  1740  Spottsylvania  Co. 
Va.  and  d  Sept.  3,  1819,  in  Lincoln  (now 
Boyle)  Co.  Ky.  He  m  ab  1762  Ann  Wilcox 
in  Va.  and  in  1776  came  to  Ky.  (See  Pre- 
emption Book,  Fayette  Co.  Ky.)  and  was 
granted  1000  acres  of  land  on  a  branch  of 
Dick's  river  "about  a  mile  from  Knob  Lick.'' 
Nov.  16,  1779.  He  at  once  built  a  fort  or  sta- 
tion upon  it,  was  made  a  captain  in  the  Ky. 
Militia  according  to  family  tradition,  and  in 
1782  brought  his  family  from  Va.  on  horse- 
back through  the  wilderness.  His  ch.  were  Wm., 
1771-1825,  m  (1)  Lucretia  Taylor,  m  (2)  and 
(3)  names  unknown ;  John,  1776-1824,  m  Judith 
Boswell ;  Thomas  B. ;  Mary,  m  in  1808,  Fouche 
Tavlor ;  Eliz.  m  1802,  James  Kennedy ;  Samuel, 
1782-1839,  d  unm. ;  Letitia,  1763-1838,  m  Col. 
Baker  Ewing;  Frances,  m  1792,  Richard 
Burch;  Wifinifred,  1769-1825,  m  1791  Col. 
Young  Ewing;  James,  1775-1819,  m  Phoebe 
Briscoe;  and  perhaps  Susan,  m  1798  Benjamin 
Baker.  The  last  is  not  mentioned  in  his  will 
but  he  had  by  tradition  a  dau  Susan.  In  Will 
Book  G,  p  41,  Lincoln  Co.  Ky.  is  recorded  his 


will,  dated  May  17,  1817  and  probated  Oct.  11, 
1819.  It  mentions  his  wife  and  all  the  above 
ch.  except  Susan.  In  John  Filson's  Map  of 
Ky.  made  the  year  after  the  Revolution  from 
notes  taken  during  the  war  his  fort  is  men- 
tioned, and  is  clear  evidence  of  his  having 
served  his  country  during  the  Revolution  to 
all  those  who  have  studied  Western  history. 
He  is  called  "Captain  Warren"  in  the  will  of 
Willis  Green,  second  clerk  of  Lincoln  Co.  and 
in  other  papers  in  my  possession.  Capt.  Wil- 
liam Warren  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Warren 
b  ab  1715-20  in  Spottsylvania  Co.  Va.  and  d 
Berkeley  Parish,  same  Co.  in  1780.  His  will 
is  in  Spotts.  Will  Book  E  p  364  dated  Sept. 
3,  1779  and  probated  Oct.  19,  1780.  Capt.  Wm. 
was  an  executor  and  when  the  news  came  to 
him  in  Ky.  of  his  father's  death  he  returned 
to  Va.  and  helped  to  wind  up  the  estate,  sold 
his  farm,  returned  to  Ky.  Samuel's  ch.  as 
named  in  his  will  were  :  Wm.,  Samuel ;  James  ; 
John;  Letitia,  m  a  Humphries;  Eliz.  m  John 
Rash;  Rebecca  m  a  Shackelford;  and  Ann 
(Wilcox)  Warren  whom  he  calls  daughter  in 
his  will.  His  wife,  name  unknown,  predeceased 
him.  Samuel  was  the  son  of  Wm.  and  Eliza- 
beth Warren  of  Spottsylvania  Co.  grandson 
of  John  R.  Warren  and  wife  Rachel  (Sar- 
geant)  Warren  of  Essex  Co.  Va.  gr.  grandson 
of  Thomas  Warren  of  Surry  Co.  Va.  and  his 
wife  Susan ;  and  gr.  gr.  grandson  of  Sir  Ed- 
ward Warren  of  Poynton,  Cheshire,  1563-1609 
by  his  third  wife,  Susan  Booth.  As  for  the  kin- 
ship with  Dr.  Joseph  Warren  of  Bunker  Hill 
fame,  it  is  genuine  but  not  close  and  the  con- 
necting links  are  in  England.  Lncicn  Beckner, 
Attorney  at  law,  Winchester,  Ky. 

4768.  (2)  Whiteside.  John  Whiteside, 
son  of  William  and  Eliz.  (Stockton)  White- 
side served  as  a  captain  in  the  Orange  Co. 
(N.  C.)  Militia.  See  Colonial  and  State 
Records  of  N.  C.  Vol.  XXII,  p  103.  Wm. 
WTiiteside,  his  father,  moved  from  Va.  to 
Tryon  Co.  N.  C.  where  he  d  Dec,  1777,  leav- 
ing a  will  in  which  he  mentioned  his  wife, 
Eliz.  nine  sons,  Davis,  Robert,  James,  John, 
Wm.,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Adam,  Francis ;  and 
four  daughters,  Margaret  wife  of  Wm.  Mon- 
roe ;  Anne,  wife  of  Col.  Richard  Singleton ; 
Betsy,  wife  of  Davis  Stockton,  and  Sally,  wife 
of  Lewis  Nowland.  Airs.  Penelope  J.  Allen, 
Tate  Spring  Hotel,  Tate  Spring,  Tenn.  To 
this  statement  Mrs.  John  E.  Helms,  of  Morris- 
town,  Tenn.,  adds  that  Wm.  W'hiteside  and 
Betsey  Stockton,  his  wife  had  thirteen  chil- 
dren of  whom  John  was  the  fourth.  He  m 
Judith  Tolly  and  they  had :  Wm.,  Sally,  Joel, 
Samuel,  Easter,  and  one  other.  Sally  m  a  first 
cousin,  another  John  Whiteside,  son  of  Davis, 
the  oldest  son  of  Wm.  and  Elizabeth  (Stock- 
ton) Whiteside.  John,  the  son  of  Wm.  moved 
to  Indiana  and  d  there  at  Whiteside   Station. 

4772.     Gallup-Kinne.     There  was  an  Isaac 


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Gallup  of  Groton,  Conn,  who  was  Captain  in 
1776  and  1777;  and  there  was  also  a  William 
Gallup  who  marched  as  sergeant  from  Volun- 
town,  Conn,  on  the  Lexington  Alarm.  He  was 
living  in  Windham  Co.  Conn,  in  1832  and  was 
a  Rev.  pensioner.  For  full  particulars  of  his 
service  write  the  Commissioner  of  Pensions, 
Washington,  D.  C.  I  find  no  mention  of  a 
Thomas  Kinne  under  any  of  the  spellings  of 
the  name  in  Conn.  Men  in  the  Rev.  but  in 
Pierce's  Register,  to  be  found  in  the  Seven- 
teenth Report  of  the  D.  A.  R.  to  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  mention  is  made  of  a 
Thomas  Kinney  who  was  in  Ebenezer  Hunt- 

I  ington's  Conn.  Regiment.  As  E.  D.  P.  gives  no 
dates  it  is  impossible  to  state  whether  any  of 
these  references  pertain  to  the  men  she  is 
seeking.  Gen.  Ed.  Mrs.  Calvin  Easterly,  R. 
F.  D.  No.  1,  Covina,  Calif.,  writes  that  accord- 
ing to  the  Genealogy  of  the  Gallup  Family, 
Wm  b  at  Voluntown,  now  Sterling,  Conn,  was 
the  son  of  Capt.  Isaac  Gallup  and  his  wife 
Margaret,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Margaret 
Gallup  of  Stonington,  Conn.  They  were  m 
Mch.  29,  1749  at  Stonington,  Conn.  Wm.  m 
Amy,  dau  of  Benjamin  and  Amy  (Kinne) 
Gallup  of  Voluntown.  Benjamin  was  the 
brother    of    Margaret,    wife    of    Capt.    Isaac 

j  Gallup.  Wm.  d  Jan.  23,  1842  and  his  wife  d 
Mch.  5,  1847.  Capt.  Isaac  Gallup  was  captain 
of  the  militia,  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  town 
and  church,  and  represented  the  town  of 
Voluntown  in  the  legislature  in  1768,  71,  72, 
73,  80,  81,  82,  &  88.  Wm.  was  the  brother  of 
Benadam  Gallup,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  East- 
erly. E.  D.  P.  states  that  Wm.  Gallup  was  the 
son  of  Isaac  and  Amy  (Kinne)  Gallup;  but 
according  to  the  Gallup  Genealogy  the  only 
Amy  Kinne  who  married  into  the  Gallup 
family,  married  Benjamin,  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Margaret  Gallup.  She  was  m  at  Volun- 
town Jan.  20,  1763,  and  was  the  mother  of 
Amy  Gallup  who  m  William.  There  is  no 
record  in  the  Genealogy  of  any  Isaac  Gallup 
marrying  an  Amy. 

4782  &  (2)  Cobb.  There  was  a  John 
Cobb  who  marched  in  the  Lexington  Alarm 
from  Plainfield,  Conn,  in  Capt  Andrew 
Backus'  company;  and  in  1818  was  a  Rev. 
pensioner  residing  in  Vt.  No  mention  is  made 
of  Gideon  Cobb  in  Conn.  Men  in  the  Rev. 
Gen.  Ed.  To  the  above  Mrs.  L.  E.  Weaver, 
165  Alexander  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  adds 
that  John  Cobb  who  m  Mary,  dau  of  Joseph 
Fuller  in  1782  marched  in  the  Lexington  Alarm 
being  one  of  the  first  men  to  answer  the  call 
of  Lexington.  He  served  throughout  the  war 
and  for  his  services  received  a  grant  of  land 
in  1803  in  Western  N.  Y.  but  moved  from 
there  to  Orwell,  Vt.  where  he  d  in  1815. 
Gideon,  the  youngest  son  of  John  Cobb,  was 
b  in  Pawlet,  Vt.  1791.  His  descendants  settled 
in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


4783.  Farneyhough.  No  one  by  the  name 
of  Farneyhough  is  mentioned  in  any  list  of 
Va.  Rev.  soldiers  accessible  to  the  Gen.  Editor, 
but  there  was  a  William  Farney  whose  name  is 
given  in  the  Eighth  Report  of  the  State  Li- 
brarian of  Va.  Possibly  the  "hough"  was 
dropped  earlier  than  E.  S.  W.  realized.  Gen. 
Ed. 

4786.  Knowlton.  Ezekiel  Knowlton  who 
m  Susannah  Morgan  had  no  Rev.  service  as 
he  d  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.  (to  which  place  he 
had  removed  from  Manchester,  Mass.)  March 
14,  1774.  His  widow  d  Mch.  17,  1794.  Of  the 
sons  of  Ezekiel  and  Susanna — Ezekiel,  Luke, 
William  and  Thomas — Ezekiel  served  as  Capt. 
of  Militia  from  Templeton,  Mass.  to  which 
place  he  had  moved,  Thomas  was  a  Capt.  and 
served  at  the  evacuation  of  N.  Y.,  William 
served  at  Winter's  Hill  in  1775  and  also  at  the 
Lexington  Alarm,  according  to  the  Knowlton 
Genealogy,  and  Luke  was  a  Tory.  Mrs.  Wm. 
Marland,  24  Woodland  Road,  Maiden,  Mass. 
Information  has  also  been  received  from  Mrs. 
Lewis  F.  Metcalf,  10  Pleasant  St.,  Whitins- 
ville,  Mass.,  who  states  that  Wm.  Knowlton 
who  m  Hannah  Hastings  was  sergeant  and 
Lieutenant  in  the  Revolution  (See  Mass. 
Soldiers  and  Sailors)  that  he  was  born  in 
Shrewsbury,  Mass.  April  29,  1741,  and  died 
there  Sept.  13,  1820.  His  ch.  were:  Hannah, 
b  1765,  m  Capt.  Thomas  Harrington;  Asa,  b 
1767,  m  Olive  Waite;  Susannah,  b  1771,  m 
John  S.  Whitney;  Artemas,  b  1774,  m  (1) 
Huldah  Lyon,  m  (2)  Rhoda  Smith;  Wm.,  b 
1777,  m  Clorinda  Smith;  Seth,  b  1781,  m 
Relief  Howe;  and  Joseph,  b  1785  m  Chloe 
Forbush. 

4786  (2)  &  (3)  Green-King.  Samuel 
Green  who  m  Hannah  Kinney  Feb.  20,  1779 
was  the  son  of  Samuel  Green  who  m  Zerviah 
Dana  of  Ashford,  Conn,  for  his  first  wife 
Jan.  28,  1753  and  had:  Samuel,  b  Nov.  1757, 
and  Elijah,  b  May  3,  1760.  Zerviah  d  June 
28,  1797,  aged  65  yrs.  and  Samuel  m  (2)  Mrs. 
Fisk  of  Sturbridge.  Samuel  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Green,  and  grandson  of  Samuel,  the 
founder  and  first  Captain  in  the  town  of  Lei- 
cester, Mass.  He  was  member  of  the  town's 
Committee  of  Safety  in  1775,  and  was  the  one 
appointed  to  notify  the  Minute  Men  which  he 
did  April  19.  When  his  young  son  Elijah 
enlisted  he  followed  him  to  Roxbury,  Mass. 
and  remained  there  until  December  of  that 
year  when  the  boy  died  in  camp  of  fever.  He 
represented  the  town  in  General  Court  in  1777, 
and  was  Selectman  at  various  times  from  1770 
to  1798,  notably  in  1776-7,  1780,  and  1782-6. 
He  died  Feb.  20,  1811  aged  84  years,  in  Lan- 
caster, where  he  had  lived  his  entire  life.  John 
King  who  m  the  dau  of  Samuel  Green,  Jr. 
was  b  Sept.  29,  1776  and  was  the  son  of  Henry 
and  Prudence  (Dudley)  King,  who  were  m 
in  Sutton,  June  18,  1772.    Henry  called  "Capt. 


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Henry"  in  the  record  of  his  death,  was  b  May 
9,  1748  in  Sutton,  Mass.  and  was  the  son  of 
Henry,  a  Colonial  Captain,  who  d  in  Sutton 
Feb.  6,  1782,  aged  74  yrs.  and  his  wife  Abigail, 
who  d  there  Nov.  16,  1759,  in  her  52nd  yr. 
Henry  Jr.  emigrated  from  Sutton  to  Leicester 
and  had:  Tamar,  b  1774;  John,  b  1776;  Henry, 
b  1779;  Charles  and  Charlotte,  twins,  b  1783. 
He  was  Sergeant  at  the  Lexington  Alarm ;  was 
delegate  from  Leicester  to  the  General  Court 
in  1779;  and  Selectman  in  1779,  1791-4,  and 
1798.  He  d  Jan.  2,.  1822,  aged  74  yrs.  and  his 
wife  Prudence  d  Jan.  14,  1802,  both  of  them 
in  Leicester.  Prudence  was  b  May  4,  1747,  in 
Sutton,  and  was  the  dau  of  Jonathan  Dudley 
who  d  Nov.  23,  1789  aged  81  yrs.  and  his  wife 
Hannah  Putnam  who  d  May  21,  1803,  aged 
83  yrs.  They  were  m  Aug.  18,  1736,  in  Sutton, 
where  they  died.  The  above  information  is 
taken  from  the  Vital  Records  of  Sutton  and 
Leicester,  Mass.,  and  from  Washburn's  His- 
tory of  Leicester.  He  states  that  Henry  King 
was  Captain  and  that  he  commanded  a  com- 
pany in  the  Lexington  Alarm,  but  gives  no 
proof.     Gen.  Ed. 

4791.  Hoyt-KimbALL.  Information  in  re- 
gard to  one  of  the  Rev.  soldiers  buried  in  Nor- 
walk,  Ohio,  has  been  received  from  Mrs.  Nellie 
A.  Crcssncr,  401  N.  Plum  St.,  Plymouth,  Ind., 
a  descendant  of  Agur  Hoyt,  and  his  father 
Comfort  Hoyt,  both  Rev.  soldiers.  Agur 
Hoyt,  son  of  Capt.  Comfort  and  Anna 
(Beach)  Hoyt  was  b  in  Danbury,  Conn.  June 
30,  1761,  and  d  in  Norwalk,  Ohio,  Nov  30, 
1836.  He  m  in  Danbury,  Conn.  Dec.  11,  1783, 
Lois  Boughton,  dau.  of  Sergt.  Miles  and  Mary 
(Benedict)  Boughton.  She  was  b  Apr.  5, 
1766  and  d  Aug.  28,  1808.  They  had:  Betsey, 
b  Nov.  3,  1786,  m  David  Wood;  Amelia,  b 
Nov.  27,  1789,  m  Zerah  Barnum ;  Polly,  b 
Aug.  15,  1792,  m  Amos  Harris ;  Philo,  b  Sept. 
30,  1794,  m  Catherine  Frederick;  Agur  Beach, 
b  Nov.  11,  1802,  m  Melinda  Hack;  and  Eli 
Boughton,  b  Aug.  28,  1808  and  d  unm.  Agur 
Hoyt  m  (2)  in  Kingston,  Penna,  May  9,  1809, 
the  widow  Sarah  Grubb,  dau  of  Wm.  and 
Judith  (Reed)  Gallup.  He  was  also  a  Rev. 
soldier.  Their  ch.  were :  Wm.  Reed,  b  Nov. 
6,  1814,  m  Eliz.  Morse,  dau  of  Israel  Peck ; 
and  Samuel  Grubb,  b  May  19,  1821,  d  Mch.  6, 
1839.  Sarah  (Gallup)  Hoyt  was  b  Mch.  4, 
1772,  and  Mrs.  Cressner  has  a  bar  also  on  the 
record  of  Wm.  Gallup.  Agur  Hoyt's  name 
appears  on  the  pay  roll  of  those  who  rode 
horses.  He  was  a  member  of  Capt.  James 
Clarke's  Co.  in  the  16th.  reg't.  commanded  by 
Col.  Nehemiah  Beardsley  on  an  expedition  to 
Fairfield,  Conn.  July  16,  1779.  (Conn.  Hist. 
Society  Coll.  Vol.  VIII,  p  194.) 

Miss  Susan  B.  Meech,  Groton,  Conn., 
answers  the  appeal  in  regard  to  Moses  Kim- 
ball. He  was  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(Clark)    Kimball,  b  May  6,  1741,  in  Preston, 


Conn,  d  Dec.  21,  1835  in  Norwalk,  Ohio  (after 
an  illness  of  one  day.)  He  went  from  Pres- 
ton, Conn,  to  Norwalk,  Ohio  by  water,  leav- 
ing May  11,  1835,  and  arriving  at  the  home 
of  his  grandson,  Moses  Kimball,  May  25.  He 
wrote  a  long  letter  Oct.  14,  1835  to  a  friend, 
John  Harkness  of  Preston,  describing  his 
journey  and  the  new  home  which  pleased  him 
very  well.  He  was  exceedingly  active  for  a 
man  of  his  years.  He  served  in  the  Rev.  war 
as  a  private  in  1781  and  82,  in  Capt.  Hunger- 
ford's  co.  under  Col.  McClellan.  He  also 
served  from  Oct.  to  Nov.  1782  in  Capt. 
Preston's  co.  In  addition  to  this  family  tra- 
dition states  that  he  served  previously  to  this — 
that  he  was  in  some  fort  when  a  battle  was 
going  on  and  was  lowered  from  a  parapet  to 
bring  water  to  the  soldiers  who  were  desperate 
for  the  lack  of  it.  He  accomplished  the  duty 
bravely  though  but  a  lad.  Reference,  Conn. 
Men  in  the  Rev.  pp  580,  587;  Kimball  Gene- 
alogy, p  135 ;  Kimball  Family  News,  May, 
1900,  p  75 ;  D.  A.  R.  Nat.  Nos.  4207,  4208,  4209. 
I  am  grateful  to  C.  W.  S.  for  bringing  this 
search  for  unmarked  soldiers'  graves  to  public 
notice,  for  it  is  a  pleasure  to  me  to  know  just 
where  my  ancestor  is  buried  and  that  he  has  a 
stone  still  standing  to  mark  the  spot. 

4802  (2)  Woods.  (Wood.)  In  the  Li- 
brary of  the  Ohio  State  Archaeological  and 
Historical  Society  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  is  a 
two-volume  history  of  the  Ohio  Falls  Cities 
and  their  Counties,  published  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  by  L.  A.  Williams  and  Co.  in  1882.  On 
p  423,  Vol.  2,  under  the  history  of  Wood  town- 
ship, Clark  Co.  Ind.  mention  is  made  of  George 
Wood  who  was  among  the  first  to  settle  in 
that  twp.  "Wood  emigrated  north  in  1802  and 
settled  near  Charlestown  where  he  resided 
until  1807.  He  then  removed  to  the  Muddy 
Fork  Valley,  and  settled  for  life  one  and  a 
half  miles  below  wher«e  New  Providence  was 
afterwards  located.  George  Wood  was  a 
native  of  S.  C. ;  he  died  ten  or  twelve  years 
after  removing  to  this  twp."  As  you  will 
note  the  name  is  Wood,  not  Woods,  but  the 
page  and  volume  are  the  same  asked  by  F. 
B.  W.  Miss  Minnie  L.  Bushfteld,  Assistant 
Librarian,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

4804.  Duncan.  Dr.  Samuel  Duncan,  son 
of  John  Duncan,  was  a  surgeon  in  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  was  b  in  1745  at  Topsham,  Me.  He 
m  Hannah  Donnell  of  Bath,  Me.  whose  father, 
Benjamin  Donnell,  was  also  a  Rev.  soldier, 
and  died  there  in  1784,  being  buried  in  the  old 
burying  ground.  His  ch.  were :  Hannah,  who 
m  Jonathan  Crooker,  Samuel  Eaton,  who  m 
Sarah  Webb,  Lydia  who  m  Timothy  W.  Wal- 
dron,  M.  D.,  who  grew  to  maturity,  and  Phi- 
lena,  the  first-born,  who  d.  in  infancy.  His 
gravestone  is  a  large  flat  slab,  and  on  it  is 
inscribed :  "In  memory  of  Mr.  Samuel  Duncan, 
Physician,    who    departed    this    life    June    30, 


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1784.  Aetatis  Suae  39."  followed  by  poetic 
effusions  after  the  manner  of  that  time. 
I  visited  his  tomb  five  years  ago  and  found  it 
in  good  condition.  My  daughter  is  the  great 
great  grand-daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Duncan 
through  her  father,  and  has  obtained  recogni- 
tion in  the  D.  A.  R.  on  his  service.  Mrs.  F.  C. 
Duncan,  634  South  Pleasant  St.,  Princeton, 
111. 

4S06.  In  Wheeler's  History  of  Stonington, 
Conn,  mention  is  made  of  Azariah  Babcock 
as  one  of  the  Rev.  soldiers  who  served  from 
that  town.  Nothing  further  on  record.  Mrs. 
E.  J.  Kling,  Nevada,  Mo.  To  this  the  Gen. 
Ed.  would  add  that  in  Conn.  Men  in  the  Rev. 
Asariah  Babcock  of  Stonington  is  given  as  a 
private  in  Capt.  Eldridge's  company  in  the 
Conn.  Line,  serving  from  1777  to  1778,  when 
he  was  honorably  discharged. 

4807  &  (2)  Dewey.  The  Dewey  Pub- 
lishing Co.  of  Westfield,  Mass.  issued  in  1898 
a  book  entitled  "Life  of  George  Dewey  and 
Dewey  Family  History."  From  that  I  find 
that  David  Dewey  b  Jan.  3,  1721  at  Stoning- 
ton, Conn,  lived  in  the  eastern  part  of  North 
Stonington   and   married   at   Stonington    Sept. 


28,  1741,  Deborah,  dau  of  Christopher  Tracy 
of  Preston,  Conn.  She  joined  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Stonington  Aug.  2,  1741. 
No  Rev.  service  is  given  to  him  in  the  book, 
but  their  ch.  are  given  as  follows :  David, 
Lydia,  David,  Deborah,  Theodi,  Esther,  Jabez, 
Sarah,  Naomi,  Christopher  and  Lucy.  David 
was  the  son  of  Jabez  Dewey  and  great,  great 
grandson  of  Thomas  Dewey,  who  came  to 
America  before  1633  on  the  ship  Lion  or 
Lyon.  The  son  David,  b  Feb.  9,  1746,  at 
Stonington,  m  Jan.  12,  1768,  Sarah  Witter  or 
Wilier  of  Hopkinton,  R.  I.  and  they  had: 
Solomon,  b  1769;  David,  1771;  Jabish,  1773; 
Theda  Cole,  1775;  Hanah,  1777;  and  Fanny, 
1779.    E.  M.  Dewey,  Bennington,  Vt. 

4809.  Camp.  A  Phineas  Camp,  probably 
son  of  Phineas  and  Rebecca  (Clark)  Camp  of 
Milford,  Conn,  was  in  Woodbury,  Conn,  in 
1765,  where  he  married  June  27  of  that  year 
Charity  Mallory.  The  births  of  three  ch.  are 
given  in  Cothren's  Hist,  of  Woodbury,  Conn. 
Thomas,  b  Sept.  14,  1767;  Nathan,  b  Aug.  29, 
1769;  and  Phebe,  b  Oct.  7,  1771.  Cothren  has 
it  that  Phineas  d  Jan.  16,  1778.  No  mention 
is  made  of  a  dau.  Deborah.  George  C.  Bryant, 
Ansonia,  Conn, 


QUERIES 


4852.  Engle.  Philip  Engle,  a  Rev.  soldier 
served  under  Gen  Gates.  I  have  a  complete 
line  of  descent  from  him,  but  lack  dates.  Can 
anyone  give  me  the  dates  of  his  birth,  death, 
marriage,  and  names  of  his  children  with  all 
gen.  data  concerning  them  ?     C.  V.  E. 

4853.  Jones.  Abraham  Jones  with  wife 
Ruth  lived  in  Swedesboro,  Salem  Co.  N.  J., 
where  the  family  settled  in  1727  or  earlier. 
They  had  at  least  three  boys,  Wm.,  b  1785, 
Meredith,  b  1786;  and  Abraham,  b  1789.  In- 
formation desired  of  the  parentage,  birth, 
marriage  and  death  of  this  man.  Church, 
county  and  state  records  have  been  searched 
but  with  little  success.     C.  M.  J. 

4854.  Cordell.  George  E.  Cordell  m 
Cathrine  Basie  in  Dec.  1763  lived  in  Va.  during 
the  Rev.  and  d  at  the  age  of  84  yrs.  His  wid. 
dying  at  age  of  88  yrs.  They  had  seventeen 
ch. :  Elizabeth,  1773-1853,  m  Samuel  Funk,  July 
9,  1791  ;  Sallie,  1776,  m  Wm.  Stephenstein  and 
had  9  ch.;  Martin,  1777-1825,  m  (1)  Rosana 
Huff,  m  (2)  Martha  Combs;  Pressley,  1779- 
1849,  m  (1)  Keziah  Wilson  by  whom  he  had 
twelve  ch.,  m  (2)  Amelia  Conner;  Nancy,  b 
1780,  m  John  Boyce  and  had  15  ch.  after  wh. 
nothing  more  is  known;  Lucy,  b  1783,  m 
Robert  Adams  and  had  14  ch.  of  whom 
nothing  more  is  known;  Collin,  1784-1809,  m 
May  Musgrove;  Wm.,  b  1788  m  Eliz.  Moran 
and  d  in  Cincinnati,  leaving  4  ch. ;  Linda,  1790- 
1807;  Alexander,  b  1792  m  Diana  Wilson  and 


had  12  ch. ;  and  seven  others  who  d.  inf. 
Has  anyone  joined  the  D.  A.  R.  on  the  service 
of  George  E.  Cordell?    L.  M.  D. 

4855.  Butler.  Parnel  Butler  m  David 
Humphreyville,  b  1716.  Who  were  her  parents? 
When  and  where  was  she  born,  married  and 
died?  Any  information  in  resrard  to  her  de- 
sired.    C.  H.  P. 

4856.  Wood.  Stephen  Wood,  b  Norwich, 
Conn.  Apr.  14,  1749,  came  with  his  parents  to 
Bennington,  Vt.  in  1761,  and  probably  enlistee1 
from  there  in  the  Rev.  He  m  Hannah  Storrs 
who  d  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  Sept.  6,  1830  aged 
73  yrs.  Their  ch.  were :  Ann,  Amy,  Jerusha, 
Philly,  Isaac,  Stephen  Jr.  and  perhaps  others. 
Rev.  service  desired.  Has  anyone  entered  the 
D.  A.  R.  through  this  service?    E.  A.  C. 

4857.  Keyes.  Did  Thaddeus  Keyes  of  Le- 
Roy,  N.  Y.,  who  had  a  wife  Polly,  have  Rev. 
ancestry? 

(2)  Beckwith-Button-Perkins.  Daniel 
Beckwith,  b  ab  1845  is  the  son  of  Jabish  Beck- 
with  who  m  Polly  Button.  Jabish  is  the  son 
of  Daniel  Beckwith  who  m  Lucy  Perkins.  Is 
there  Rev.  ancestry  on  either  of  these  lines? 

(3)  Palmer.  Abigail  Palmer  m  Jonathan 
Knapp  in  1775.  Is  she  a  descendant  of  a  Rev. 
patriot?    C.  M.  K.  P. 

4858.  Sutton.  Nathan  Sutton,  b  Dec.  4, 
1767  in   Morris   Co.    N.   J.   m   Sarah,   dau.   of 


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Benjamin  Coleman,  and  lived  in  Oxford, 
N.  J.  Ancestry,  with  all  gen.  data  desired  of 
Nathan  Sutton. 

(2)  Phillips.  Peter  Phillips  of  Kinder- 
hook,  N.  Y.  where  he  was  bapt.  in  1751,  is 
supposed  to  have  had  a  son  Abraham,  b  Feb. 
18,  1771  who  m  Esther  Wilson  in  1796  and  had 
a  son,  Peter  b  1797  who  m  Catherine  Green. 
All  information  of  Peter  Phillips  Sen.  desired. 

(3)  Green.  Can  anyone  give  me  the  an- 
cestry of  Catherine  Green  who  m  Peter 
Phillips? 

(4)  Wilson.  Ancestry  desired  of  Esther 
Wilson  who  m  Abraham  Phillips,  ment.  above. 

(5)  Simons.  (Simonds.)  Benjamin  Simons 
or  Simonds  owned  property  in  Plymouth, 
Chenango  Co.  N.  Y.  in  1838.  His  will,  pro- 
bated in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  mentions  wife 
Martha,  and  ch. :  Adolphus,  Benjamin,  Anson, 
Fanny  and  Nooney.  (1790-1845.)  Ancestry, 
with  all  gen.  data  and  Rev.  service,  if  any, 
desired. 

(6)  Welch.  Deborah  Welch,  who  m  the 
above  Nooney  Simons  was  brought  up  by  her 
grandmother  Owen,  her  mother  Deborah 
(Owen)  Welch  having  died  when  she  was  a 
child.  Ancestry  of  Deborah  on  both  sides 
desired.     S.  W.M. 

4859.  Walton.  Martha  Walton  b  Apr.  21, 
1768  in  Cumberland  Co.  Va.  m  Aug.  27,  1782 
Dr.  George  Christian  of  Goochland  Co.  Va. 
and  had :  Mary  Ann,  Edward  Leak,  Charles 
Hunt,  Wm.  Murray,  Nancy  Walton,  John 
Hughes,  George  Asbury,  Thomas  Coke  and 
Martha  Malinda.  Martha  (Walton)  Chris- 
tian's sister,  Judith  b  Feb.  19,  1770  in  Cumber- 
land Co.  m  there  Apr.  12,  1787,  Capt.  Tilman 
Walton,  b  Jan.  9,  1760,  son  of  Wm.  and  Eliza- 
beth Walton,  and  rec'd  a  pension  Mch.  10, 
1843,  while  a  resident  of  Burke  Co.  N.  C.  on 
account  of  her  husband's  service  in  the  Rev. 
Their  ch.  were:  Nancy  Mursey,  Wm.  Onell, 
Judith  Cox,  Edward  Marshall,  Thomas  Madi- 
son, Josiah  Wesley  and  George  Sidney.  Martha 
and  Judith  were  daughters  of  Edward  Walton 
and  his  wife  Nancy.  Was  Edward  a  Rev. 
patriot?  What  was  the  maiden  name  of 
Nancy,  wife  of  Edward  Walton? 

(2)  Joxes-Hardin.  John  L.  Jones  Jr.  of 
Morgan  Dist.  Wilkes  Co.  N.  C.  was  b  Dec. 
8,  1776  and  m  Lucy  dau.  of  Dr.  John  and  Mary 
(Hardin)  Taliaferro.  Was  he  the  son  of  John 
L.  Jones  who  was  living  in  Morgan  Dist. 
Wilkes  Co.  N.  C.  in  1790,  according  to  the 
Census  with  four  males  under  16  and  two 
females  in  his  family?  John  Taliaferro 
(Toliver)  was  living  in  the  same  District  with 
3  females  in  his  family  in  1790.  Was  his  wife 
Mary  Hardin  dau.  of  Henry  Hardin  who  was 
also  living  there  with  1  male  under  16  yrs. 
and  3  females  in  his  family  in  1790? 

(3)  Hatchkr.  Jesse  Hatcher  who  d  in 
Jefferson  Co.  Ga.  in  1815  left  a  wife,  Mahaney 


and  sons :  Isham,  Solomon  and  James  M. 
Where  and  when  was  he  born  ?  What  was  his 
wife's  maiden  name?  Where  and  when  were 
they  married?  Did  Jesse  serve  in  the  Revolu- 
tion?   L.  E.  J. 

4860.  Mansker-Campbell.  Who  were  the 
parents  of  James  Elliot  Mansker  of  Penna. 
who  m  Mary  Campbell  and  settled  in  Ala.  ? 
Mary's  brothers  were  Samuel  and  David  Camp- 
bell. Is  there  any  Rev.  record  on  the  Mansker 
side?  Did  Mary's  father  serve  in  the  Revolu- 
tion? 

(2)  Cooper.  Mr.  Cooper  m  Mary  Curie 
and  lived  in  or  near  Norfolk,  Va.  They  had 
three  ch.  George,  Susan  and  Ann.  Correspon- 
dence desired  with  anyone  possessing  data  re- 
garding this  family.     L.  R.  C. 

4861.  Brackett.  Capt.  John  Brackett  a 
Rev.  soldier,  was  sent  with  private  dispatches 
from  our  government  to  France  and  was  lost 
at  sea.  He  enlisted  from  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
is  said  to  have  been  given  a  Bounty  Warrant 
for  his  Rev.  services.  Information  desired  of 
him  and  his  family.    M.  L.  IV. 

4X()2.  Scott.  Wm.  Scott  was  living  in  Rich- 
land Dist.  S.  C.  in  1806  when  he  made  his  will 
leaving  his  property  to  his  wife  and  children : 
Wm.  Jr.,  Samuel,  Eliz.,  Sarah  Mary  and 
Hester.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was  French. 
What  was  her  Christian  name?  Wm.  Jr.  died 
unm.  in  1820  leaving  a  fortune  to  his  sisters, 
nieces  and  nephews.  Samuel  Scott  m  (1) 
Miss  Fox,  ab  1797;  m  (2)  Jane  Ross  in  1808. 
By  his  (1)  wife  he  had:  Joseph,  Wm.,  John, 
Samuel  and  Sarah ;  by  his  (2)  wife  he  had : 
Mary  Eliz.,  Jane  Margaret,  and  James  Ross. 
The  above  ch.  m  as  follows : 

Samuel  Scott  m  (1)  ab  1797  Miss  Fox  and 
had  :  Joseph  who  m  Martha  Ballard  ;  Wm.,  who 
d  unm. ;  John  who-  m  his  cousin,  Ann  Carter ; 
Samuel ;  and  Sarah  who  m  Mr.  McNary. 
Samuel  m  (2)  in  1808  Jane  Ross  and  had: 
Mary  Eliz.  who  m  Dr.  James  B.  Davis  of  Fair- 
field Co.  S.  C. ;  Jane  Margaret  who  m  James 
H.  Adams ;  and  James  Ross.  Were  either 
William  or  Samuel  Rev.   soldiers? 

(2)  Fox.  Information  desired  of  the  Fox 
brothers,  twins,  Elijah  and  Elisha.  They  had 
a  sister  who  m  Samuel  Scott,  mentioned  above 
ab  1797  and  another  who  m  Mr.  Carter  and 
had  a  dau.  Ann  who  m  her  cousin,  John  Scott. 
Wish  given  names  of  these  sisters  with  all 
gen.  data  of  them  and  their  brothers,  also 
parentage,   with   Rev.   service,   if  any. 

(3)  Dudley.  Did  Margaret  Dudley  m 
Wm.  Scott?  Any  information  in  regard  to 
this  possible  marriage  will  be  appreciated. 

(3)  Scott.  Samuel,  Thomas  and  William 
Scott,  brothers,  served  in  the  Rev.  all  of  them 
being  in  the  battle  of  King's  Mountain.  What 
became  of  William  after  the  war?  Whom  did 
he  marry?  Would  like  to  correspond  with  any 
descendants  of  this  family.     E.  L.  D. 


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4863.  Randall-Oram.  Did  Benjamin  Ran- 
dall or  his  son,  Timothy  Randall  of  or  near 
Durham,  N.  H.  serve  in  the  Rev.  war?  Benja- 
min was  b  in  New  Castle,  N.  H.  Feb.  7,  1749 
and  was  the  founder  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
Church,  m  Joanna  Oram,  dau.  of  Robt.  of 
Kittery,  Me.  in  1771.  Was  Robert  Oram  in 
the  war  also?    A.  F.  H. 

4864.  McMaster.  James  McMaster  en- 
listed with  Penna.  troops  in  the  Revolution. 
Where  and  when  was  he  born  ?  What  was  the 
maiden  name  of  his  wife,  and  where  was  he 
buried?  Is  there  a  McMaster  Genealogy?  If 
so,  where  can  it  be  obtained?    L.  H.  H. 

4865.  Campbell.  Charles  Campbell  d  Oct. 
3,  1814  from  wounds  received  in  service  during 
the  War  of  1812,  at  Sackett  Harbor.  He  was 
a  private  in  Capt.  Miller's  Co.  30th  N.  Y.  In- 
fantry. He  m  Hannah  or  Anna  Swart  who  was 
b  Schoharie  Co.  N.  Y.  Sept.  6,  1775,  d  Auburn, 
N.  Y.  Nov.  27,  1832.  Their  ch.  were:  Maria, 
b  Mch.  1,  1793;  m  Mr.  Haines;  Elizabeth,  b 
April  11,  1796,  m  Mr.  Nashold ;  Hannah,  b 
Dec.  19,  1800  m  a  Domonic;  Catherine,  b  Dec. 
9,  1797,  m  a  Springstead;  Laney,  b  May  11, 
1802,  m  a  Schell ;  Wm,  b  May  17,  1804,  lived 
in  Knox,  N.  Y.  John,  b  Aug.  27,  1795,  Phoebe, 
b  Feb.  20,  1812;  Peter,  b  Mch.  8,  1808  and  Eve, 
b  June  11,  1810.  The  last  three  are  mentioned 
in  his  pension  papers  Aug.  14,  1820.  When 
was  Charles  Campbell  born  and  what  were  the 
names  of  his  parents?  According  to  tradition 
his  father's  name  was  Archibald,  and  served 
in  the  Revolution  from  or  near  New  Berne, 
N.  Y.  Can  this  be  proved?  If  so,  which  of 
the  four  Archibald  Campbells  who  served 
from  N.  Y.  was  his  father?     O.  M.  M. 

4866.  Marsh-Spring.  Hannah  Spring  m 
Capt.  Elisha  Marsh  in  Walpole,  N.  H.  in  1770. 
They  had  seven  ch. :  Elisha,  Josiah,  Lorin, 
Susan,  Luther,  Deborah,  Levi  and  Hannah. 
Who  was  Hannah  Spring's  father  and  did  he 
have  Rev.  service?    M.  M.  R. 

4867.  Spurgin-Martin.  Wanted  informa- 
tion of  the  Spurgin  family  of  N.  C.  and  also 
of  the  Peter  Martin  family  of  Ky.  and  Va. 
C.  M.  B. 

4868.  Clark-Hall.  John  B.  Clark,  b  June 
13,  1773,  m  Mary  (Polly)  Hall  and  d  in  Ful- 
ton Co.  Ky.  Jan.  31,  1852.  Mary  had  d  June 
21,  1826.  They  had :  Sarah,  b  Jan.  25,  1795  in 
Shelby  Co.  m  Elijah  Maddox ;  Prudence,  b 
Dec.  28,  1794,  m  Wilson  Maddox;  Asa  W.  b 
Jan.  15,  1797,  m  Lavinia  Winn  Snead  in  Shelby 
Co.  Dec.  15,  1818;  Spicy  (1799-1801);  Levi, 
b  Dec.  30,  1801,  m  Keziah  Jones ;  Cynthia,  b 
Apr.  1,  1805,  m  Andrew  Shuck ;  Israel,  b  Aug. 
13,  1807,  m  Sarah  Owen;  Eliza,  b  Apr.  15, 
1810,  m  Sam  Richardson.  Ancestry  of  either 
John  B.  Clark  or  his  wife,  with  all  gen.  data, 
and  Rev.  service,  if  any,  greatlv  desired. 
/.  A.  C. 

4869.  Purefoy-Searles.       An     old     Welsh 


Baptist  Hymn  Book,  with  one  line  in  Welsh 
and  one  in  English,  was  taken  from  the  house 
of  Henry  Purefoy  Whitehurst  of  Newbern, 
Craven  Co.  N.  C.  ab  1862.  It  contained  the 
records  of  the  Purefoy,  and  Searles  families, 
as  well  as  others;  and  information  that  may 
lead  to  its  location  will  be  greatly  appreciated. 
A.  G.  B. 

4870.  Williams-Flournoy.  Elizabeth  Wil- 
liams m  Jean  Jacques  Flournoy.  Who  was  her 
father?  Did  he  serve  in  the  Rev.  war?  C.  G.  E. 

4871.  Hinckley.  (Hinkley.)  Josiah 
Hinckley  or  Hinkley  b  Brunswick,  Me.  Feb. 
18,  1742  d  at  Georgetown,  Me.  July  1,  1811; 
m  Keziah  Hutchins  of  Kittery,  Me.  What 
was  his  Rev.  service? 

(2)  Kilgore-Hastings.  Samuel  Kilgore, 
b  Apr.  17,  1777,  d  Nov.  8,  1829,  m  in  1801, 
Sarah  Hastings  (b  Dec.  20,  1779,  d  Jan.  1, 
1862.)  One  son,  Samuel,  was  b  Newry,  Me. 
Dec.  29,  1806  and  d  at  Smithfield,  Me.  Dec.  31, 
1899.  The  father  moved  from  Oxford  Co.  to 
Mercer,  Me.  in  1811.  Did  the  parents  of  either 
serve  in  any  capacity  during  the  Rev.  war? 
E.  S.  K. 

4872.  Smith-Jennings.  Wanted,  names 
of  the  parents  of  Eliz.  Smith  who  m  Jeremiah 
Jennings  of  Fairfield,  Conn.  She  d  1819.  Was 
her  father  in  the  Rev.  war?    E.  IV.  K. 

4873.  Dennis.  Information  desired  of 
Thomas  Dennis  of  R.  I.  who  served  in  the 
Revolution.  Also  is  there  a  genealogy  of  the 
Dennis  family  of  Rhode  Island?    L.  C. 

4874.  Lindley-Blair.  Was  Jonathan  Lind- 
ley  who  m  Nancy  Blair  and  moved  from  S.  C. 
to  Ga.  a  Rev.  soldier?  Who  were  the  ancestors 
of  either  Jonathan  or  his  wife? 

(2)  Boone.  Will  someone  give  me  the 
names  of  Daniel  Boone's  brothers  and  sisters 
and  to  whom  they  were  married?  Also  give 
me  the  same  information  regarding  Daniel 
Boone's  children? 

(3)  Scott.  Wm.  Scott,  said  to  be  a  de- 
scendant of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  was  a  Rev. 
soldier,  of  N.  C.  m  Margaret  Henderson  and 
moved  to  Walton  Co.  Ga.  Ancestry  of  each 
desired.    L.  F.  L. 

4875.  Clark-Reynolds.  Joseph  Clark  b 
1777  d  Sept.  21,  1804.  He  m  Mary  Reynolds 
Oct.  8,  1789  and  was  buried  in  Clark  Co.  Va. 
Who  were  his  parents,  and  was  there  Rev. 
service  in  this  line? 

(2)  Keiser.  Who  were  the  parents  of 
Daniel  Keiser  who  m  Mary  Koiner?  He  was 
b  Sept.  3,  1782  and  is  thought  to  have  come 
from  Page  Co.  Va.  Is  there  Rev.  service  in 
this  line?     E.  P.  H. 

4876.  Woody.  Austin  Woody  was  living  in 
Pittsylvania  Co.  Va.  in  1782  and  was  a  Rev. 
soldier.  Wanted,  names  of  his  wife  and  ch.  if 
any,  with  all  gen.  data.  He  is  thought  to  have 
lived  in  Fluvanna  Co.  at  one  time. 

(2)  King.  Josiah  King  of  Stafford  Co. 
Va.  m   Martha  Fristoe  Dec.    12,   1751   and   is 


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said  to  have  fought  at  Valley  Forge.  Wanted 
official  proof  of  service,  and  names  of  ch.  and 
to  whom  married. 

(3)  King-Corn  well.  Wm.  Suddeth  King 
m  Catherine  Cornwell  or  Conwell  and  served 
in  the  Rev.  either  under  his  full  name  or  under 
the  name  of  \Ym.  King  or  Suddeth  King.  He 
lived  in  Prince  William  Co.  Va.  and  had  four- 
teen ch.  and  I  have  the  names  of  thirteen  of 
them.  Can  anyone  give  me  the  date  of  his 
marriage  and  name  of  father  of  Catherine 
who  was  said  to  have  been  a  Rev.  soldier  from 
Md.  What  relation  was  William  Suddeth 
King  to  Stephen  King  whose  will  was  probated 
in  Prince  William  Co.  Va.  in  1814,  in  which 
he  mentions  his  wife  Priscilla,  ch.  Benjamin, 
Ephraim,  Alfred,  Stephen,  John,  Theodosia, 
Delia,  Katherine  and  Priscilla,  also  his  mother, 
and  the  land  in  the  western  county  he  received 
for  his  Rev.  services.  There  was  another 
Stephen  King  in  the  same  locality  who  m  Jane 
Pomeroy  and  had:  Mountjoy  who  m  Mary 
Barrett ;  Wm.,  John,  Nancy,  Jane,  Mariah, 
Drusilla ;  Zelunia.  This  latter  Stephen  King 
moved  to  Cow  Creek,  Wood  Co.  West  Va.  and 
is  said  to  have  had  a  brother  Edmund  who 
went  to  Halifax  Co.  Va.  from  Prince  Wm.  Co. 
G.  K.  F. 

4877.  Campbell.  Robert  Campbell  b  1763 
near  Baltimore,  d  in  Beaver  Co.  Pa.  in  1850, 
m  Catherine  Smith  (1767-1853)  and  had: 
Henry,  John,  Robert,  Sarah,  Jacob,  Samuel, 
Mary,  Isaac,  Margaret,  Joseph,  William.  The 
father  is  said  to  have  fought  in  the  Rev. 
Official  proof  of  service  desired. 

(2)  Gover.  Josiah  Gover  b  1800  was  the 
son  of  Samuel  Gover  b  1750,  d  Ala.  1860,  and 
his  wife  Tabitha,  b  1766.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  Rev.  soldier.     Can  this  be  proved? 

(3)  Pope.  Hopson  and  John  Collins  Pope 
were  sons  of  Josiah  Pope  and  his  wife 
Frances  Compton  who  were  m  in  Oglethorpe 
Co.  Ga.  in  1808.  Wanted  parents  of  either  or 
Rev.  service.    /.  H.  L. 

4878.  Edmonds  Thomas  Edmonds  was  a 
Captain  in  the  Rev.  When  and  where  was  he 
born  and  who  were  his  descendants?     5.  /.  R. 

4879.  Towles.  Did  John  Towles,  the  father 
of  Lt.  Col.  Oliver  Towles  serve  in  the  Rev. 
war?  If  so,  in  what  capacity?  Any  informa- 
tion ab  him,  his  wife — Margaret  Daniels — their 
dau.  Lucy,  or  her  husband  Thomas  Eastland, 
desired.  Thomas  lived  in  or  near  Old  Ninety- 
Six  District.    Was  he  a  Rev.  soldier?    /.  E. 


4880.  Weedon.  (Weeden.)  Thomas  Weeden 
or  Weedon  came  from  Exeter  or  North  Kings- 
ton, R.  I.  where  he  was  b  in  1730,  to  Hartland 
Vt  where  he  d  Jan.  11,  1824.  He  m  Molly, 
1733- Nov.  25,  1815.  They  were  the  parents  of 
Samuel  Weeden  who  m  Lucy  Warren.  Both 
father  and  son  are  said  to  have  served  in  the 
Rev.  the  father  as  ensign,  the  son  as  private. 
Official  proof  desired.     C.  J.  C. 

4881.  Eaton.  Ancestry  desired  of  Joseph 
Eaton  and  wife  Lucy  who  lived  in  Plaintield, 
Conn,  in  1781  and  had  a  dau.  Hannah,  who 
was  b  July  31,  1754,  and  other  ch.  names  un- 
known. Was  he  the  Joseph  who  served  in  the 
Rev.  war? 

(2)  Samuel  Eaton,  m  Millicent  Wheeler 
Apr.  18,  1748  at  Watertown,  Mass.  and  lived 
in  Sudbury,  Mass.  where  the  following  ch. 
were  born:  Eliz.,  Luce,  Uriah,  Nabby,  Milli- 
cent, Samuel,  Abel,  Rebecca,  Juduthan.  Whom 
did  Nabby  marry?  Did  this  Samuel  serve  in 
the  Revolution?     C.  A.  S. 

4882.  Sxeed-Blanton.  Susan  Sneed,  b  1771 
d  1847,  m  Carter  Blanton  Nov.  7,  1788  and  lived 
in  Ky.  near  Frankfort.  Who  were  her  parents 
and  did  they  render  Rev.  service?    M.  L. 

4883.  Doane-Brown.  Edward  Doane,  b 
Dec.  25,  1770,  d  Monterey,  N.  Y.  July  14,  1845, 
m  at  Wellneet,  Mass.  Jan.  17,  1797,  Sarah 
Brown,  who  was  b  July  6,  1773  d  Mch.  28, 
1860.  Who  were  her  parents  and  did  they 
render  Rev.  service?     R.  C.  B. 

4884.  Shelton-Robertson.  Abraham  Shel- 
ton  Sen.  m  Chloe  Robertson  and  lived  in 
Pittsylvania  Co.  Va.  Where  and  when  was  he 
born?  Who  were  Chloe's  parents?  Is  there 
Rev.  service  in  either  line?  Crispin  Shelton 
Sen.  m  Lettice.  What  was  her  maiden  name? 
Any  information  about  either  of  these  families 
will  be  greatly  appreciated.     IV.  C.  M. 

4885.  Sh  ankle.  Abraham  and  Jacob 
Shankle  emigrated  to  this  country,  Abraham 
settling  in  Va.  and  Jacob  in  N.  J.  Tradition 
states  that  both  served  under  Washington. 
Official  proof  desired.     IV.  H.  AT. 

4886.  McDaniel.  Wanted  official  proof  of 
service  of  Spencer  McDaniel,  possibly  spelled 
McDonald,  who  was  b  Va.  moved  to  Ky.  ab. 
1790  and  d  ab.  1840.  He  was  buried  near  Green 
River  Knob  in  Pulaski  Co.  Ky.  and  it  is  be- 
lieved that  he  came  to  Ky.  from  Campbell 
Co.  Va.  and  that  he  served  in  the  Revolution. 
F.  IV.  McD. 


"I  have  gon,  and  rid,  and  wrote,  and  sought  and  search'd  with  my  own  and  friends'  eyes, 
to  make  what  Discoveries  I  could  therein.  ...  I  stand  ready  with  a  pencil  in  one  hand  and 
a  spunge  in  the  other,  to  add,  alter,  insert,  expunge,  enlarge  and  delete,  according  to  better 
information.  And  if  these  my  pains  shall  be  found  worthy  to  passe  a  second  Impression,  my 
faults  I  will  confess  with  shame,  and  amend  with  thankfulnesse,  to  such  as  will  contribute 
clearer  Intelligence  unto  me." 


OFFICIAL 

The  National  Society  of  the 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 

Headquarters  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Seventeenth  and  D  Streets,  N.  W., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

JJattonal  Poarb  of  JWanagement 
1916=1917 

President  General 

MRS.  WILLIAM  CUMMING  STORY. 
322  West  106th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice-Presidents  General 
(Term  of  office  expires  1917.) 

Mrs.  Edmund  P.  Moody,  Mrs.  John  Lee  Dinwiddie, 

1106  Jackson  St.,  Wilmington,  Del.  Fowler,  Ind. 

Mrs.  Rhett  Goode,  Mrs.  John  K  Swift, 

60  St.  Emanuel  St.,  Mobile,  Ala.  2715  Benvenue  Ave.,  Berkeley,  Calif. 

Mrs.  Kent  Hamilton,  Mrs.  Samuel  McKnight  Green, 

2317  Scottwood  Ave.,  Toledo,  Ohio.  3815  Magnolia  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Mrs.  William  Haimes  Smith,  Mrs.  William  H.  Thompson, 

The  Snuggery,  Parkepsburg,  W.  Va.  E.  Maxwell  St.,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Charles  Spalding  Thomas,  Mrs.  Sheppard  W.  Foster, 

123  E.  16th  Ave.,  Denver,  Colo.  711  Peachtree  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Davis,    St.  Peter,  Minn. 

(Term  of  office  expires  1918) 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Maupin,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.  Wood, 

42  N.  Court  St.,  Portsmouth,  Va.  135  S.  2nd  Ave.,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ferry  Leary,  1551   10th  Ave.  N.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1919) 
Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  Mrs.  Harold  R.  Howell, 

Water  ford,  Conn.  630  41st  St.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 

Mrs.  William  G.  Spencer,  Mrs.  C.  Hamilton  Tebault, 

1709  Broad  St.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  623  N  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Mrs.  William  Butterworth,  Mrs.  Alvin  V.  Lane, 

Hillcrest,  Moline,  III.  2505  Maple  Ave.,  Dallas,  Texas 

Mrs.  George  W.  Gedney,  50  Montclair  Ave.,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Chaplain    General 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood, 
The  Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Recording   Secretary    General  Corresponding    Secretary    General 

Mrs.  William  C.  Boyle,  Mrs.  Delos  A.  Blodgett, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

Organizing   Secretary   General  Registrar  General 

Mrs.  William  A.  Smoot,  Miss  Grace  M.  Pierce, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

Treasurer  General  Historian  General 

Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Ransdell,  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Augsbury, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

Director  General  in  Charge  of  Report  to  Smithsonian  Institution 

Mrs.  Edward  Orton,  Jr. 
788  East  Broad  Street,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Librarian   General  Curator  General 

Mrs.  George  M.  Sternberg,  Miss  Catherine  Brittin  Barlow, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Memorial  Continental  Hall 

397 


398     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

State   Regents    and    State    Vice-Regents — 1916-17 

ALABAMA    Mrs.  John  Lewis  Cobbs,  124  Mobile  St.,  Montgomery. 

Mrs.  William  Gray,  Dadeviile. 
ALASKA    Mrs.  Thomas  F.  M.  Boyle,  Valdez. 

ARIZONA    Mrs.  Harry  L.  Chandler,  Mesa. 

Mrs.  George  F.  Freeman,  641  N.  Park  Ave.,  Tucson. 

ARKANSAS    Miss  Stella  Pickett  Hardy,  Batesville. 

Mrs.  Samuel  P.  Davis,  523  E.  Capitol  Ave.,  Little  Rock. 

CALIFORNIA    Mrs.  John  C.  Lynch,  1845  University  Ave.,  Berkeley. 

Mrs.  Cassius  C.  Cottle,  1408  Victoria  Park,  Los  Angeles. 

COLORADO    Mrs.  Gerald  L.  Schuyler,  1244  Detroit  St.,  Denver. 

Miss  Katharine  Story  McElroy,  Route  1,  Box  1,  Greeley. 
CONNECTICUT    Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  East  Meadows,  Litchfield. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bissell,  Southington. 
DELAWARE    Mrs.  George  C.  Hall,  706  West  Street,  Wilmington. 

Miss  Eleanor  E.  Todd,  Newark. 

DIST.  OF  COLUMBIA. Mrs.  Gaius  M.  Brumbaugh,  905  Mass..  Ave.,  Washington. 

Mrs.  Vida  K.  Clementson,  160S  17th  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington. 
FLORIDA    Mrs.  M.  W.  Carruth,  412  W.  Lafayette  St.,  Tampa. 

Mrs.  Anna  L.  Forde,  Orlando. 
GEORGIA    Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall,  301  Ponce  de  Leon  Ave.,  Atlanta. 

Mrs.  Charles  C.  Holt,  115  Culver  St.,  Macon. 

HAWAII    Mrs.  William  Alanson  Bryan,  1013  Punahou  St.,  Honolulu. 

IDAHO   Mrs.  Charles  W.  Pursell,  1515  Ada  St.,  Boise. 

Mrs.  Ward  Stone,  1410  Albany  St.,  Caldwell. 

ILLINOIS    Mrs.  Frank  W.  Bahnsen,  723  20th  St.,  Rock  Island. 

Mrs.  John  Hamilton  Hanley,  724  Broadway,  Monmouth. 
INDIANA    Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck,  3522  Central  Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

Miss  Emma  A.  Donnell,  Greensburg. 
IOWA    Mrs.  Dixie  Cornell  Gebhardt,  1205  Second  St.,  Knoxville. 

Mrs.  Cate  Gilbert  Wells,  Hickory  Hill,  Burlington. 

KANSAS    Mrs.  George  Thacher  Guernsey,  "Ridgewood,"  Independence. 

Mrs.  L.  L.  Kiene,  501  Lincoln  St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY Mrs.  Eli  G.  Boone,  1409  Broadway,  Paducah. 

Miss  Jeanie  D.  Blackburn,  718  Upper  11th  St.,  Bowling  Green. 

LOUISIANA    Mrs.  Taliaferro  Alexander,  853  Cotton  St.,  Shreveport. 

Mrs.  George  H.  Mills,  418  Milan  St.,  Shreveport. 
MATNE   Mrs.  Charles  W.  Steele,  Farmington. 

Mrs.  Wilford  G.  Chapman,  482  Cumberland  Ave.,  Portland. 
MARYLAND    Mrs.  Arthur  Lee  Bosley,  1406  Mt.  Royal  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

Mrs.  Weems  Ridout,  200  Duke  of  Gloucester  St.,  Annapolis. 
MASSACHUSETTS    ..Mrs.  Frank  D.  Ellison,  44  Clark  St.,  Belmont. 

Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway,  25  Bellevue  Ave.,  Melrose. 
MICHIGAN Mrs.  William  H.  Wait,  1706  Cambridge  Rd.,  Ann  Arbor. 

Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  1012  W.  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo. 
MINNESOTA  Mrs.  George  C.  Squires.  698  Oakland  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

Mrs.  William  J.  Morehart,  104  Pleasant  St.,  Mankato. 
MISSISSIPPI    Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Franklin,  1018  3rd  Ave.,  N.,  Columbus. 

Mrs.  Charlton  H.  Alexander,  850  N.  Jefferson  St.,  Jackson. 

MISSOURI    Mrs.  William  R.  Painter,  603  N.  Main  St.,  Carrollton. 

Mrs.  Arch  McGregor,  577  St.  Louis  St.,  Springfield. 
MONTANA    Mrs.  Edward  A.  Morley,  15  South  Benton  Ave.,  Helena. 

Mrs.  Charles  A.  Blackburn,  804  West  Silver  St.,  Butte. 
NEBRASKA   Mrs.  Charles  H.  Aull.  1926  S.  33rd  St.,  Omaha. 

Mrs.  Ellet  G.  Drake.  606  N.  6th  St.,  Beatrice. 
NEVADA    Mrs.  Charles  S.   Sprague,  Goldfield. 


OFFICIAL  399 

NEW   HAMPSHIRE..  .Miss  Annie  Wallace,  Rochester. 

Mrs.  Will  Bernard  Howe,  35  South  St.,  Concord. 
NEW  JERSEY Mrs.  William  Dusenberry  Sherrerd,  Highland  Ave.,  Haddonfield. 

Mrs.  James  Fairman  Fielder,  139  Gifford  Ave.,  Jersey  City  Heights. 
NEW  MEXICO Mrs.  Singleton  M.  Ashenfelter,  702  Bayard  St.,  Silver  City. 

Mrs.  William  H.  Pope,  Santa  Fe. 
NEW  YORK Mrs.  Benjamin  F.  Spraker,  Palatine  Bridge. 

Mrs.  David  B.  Page,  157  W.  3rd  St.,  Oswego. 
NORTH  CAROLINA.. Miss  Lida  Tunstall  Rodman,  Washington. 

Mrs.  Theodore  S.  Morrison,  287  Pearson  Drive,  Asheville. 
NORTH  DAKOTA. . .  .Mrs.  George  M.  Young,  Valley  City. 
OHIO  Mrs.  Austin  C.  Brant,  848  N.  Market  St.,  Canton. 

Mrs.  Edward  Lansing  Harris,  6719  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland. 
OKLAHOMA   Mrs.  Walter  D.  Elrod,  400  N.  Grand  Ave.,  Okmulgee. 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Parker,  1424  West  Broadway,  Enid. 
OREGON   Mrs.  Isaac  Lee  Patterson,  Eola  Rd.,  Salem. 

Miss  Maria  Ruth  Guppy,  1158  High  St.,  Eugene. 
PENNSYLVANIA  ....Miss   Emma  L.  Crowell,  Oak  Lane,  Philadelphia. 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  Hotel  Schenley,  Pittsburgh. 
RHODE  ISLAND Mrs.  Charles  E.  Longley,  87  Walcott  St.,  Pawtucket. 

Miss  Florence  G.  Bullock,  74  Harris  Ave.,  Woonsocket. 
SOUTH   CAROLINA.. Mrs.  Fred  H.  H.  Calhoun,  Clemson  College 

Mrs.  Hugh  L.  McColl,  Bennettsville. 
SOUTH    DAKOTA Mrs.  Edward  Baldwin  Keator,  907  Park  St.,  Watertown 

Mrs.  E.  St.  Claire  Snyder,  617  2nd  St.,  Watertown. 
TENNESSEE    Mrs.  Thomas  Polk,  583  E.  Main  St.,  Jackson. 

Mrs.  Edward  M.  Grant,  Morristown. 
TEXAS   Mrs.  James  Lowry  Smith,  1101  Taylor  St.,  Amarillo. 

Mrs.  John  J.  Stevens,  311  Martin  St.,  San  Antonio. 
UTAH Mrs.  Lee  Charles  Miller,  943  East  1st  South  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

Mrs.  Lucius  E.  Hall,  78  East  1st  North  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 
VERMONT   Mrs.  Edward  S.  Marsh,  Brandon. 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Pember,  Wells. 
VIRGINIA    Miss  Alethea  Serpell,  108  Duke  St.,  Norfolk. 

Mrs.  John  A.  Alexander,  1310  N.  Augusta  St.,  Staunton. 
WASHINGTON    Mrs.  Edmund  Bowden,  1534  18th  Ave.,  Seattle. 

Mrs.  James  S.  McKee,  Hoquiam. 
WEST  VIRGINIA Mrs.  Parks  Fisher,  186  Willey  St.,  Morgantown. 

Mrs.  Linn  Brannon,  236  Center  Ave..  Weston. 
WISCONSIN    Mrs.  John  P.  Hume,  539  Terrace  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

Mrs.  John  G.  Rexford,  210  Sinclair  St.,  Janesville. 
WYOMING  Miss  Grace  Raymond  Hebard,  Grand  St.,  Laramie. 

Mrs.  E.  Richard  Shipp,  443  Beech  St.,  Casper. 
ORIENT  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Lobingier,  care  Judge  Lobingier,  Shanghai,  China. 

'"Mrs.  Caroline  E.  McWilliams  Holt,  Jloilo,  P.  I. 

Honorary  Officers  Elected  for  Life 

Honorary  Presidents  General 

Mrs.  John  W.  Foster,  

Mrs.  Daniel  Manning,  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott. 

Honorary  President  Presiding 

Mrs.  Mary  V.  E.  Cabell. 
Honorary  Vice-Presidents  General 

Mrs.  A.  Howard  Clark,  1895.  Mrs.  Sara  T.  Kinney,  1910. 

Mrs.  Augusta  Danforth  Geer,  1896.  Mrs.  J.  Morgan  Smith,  1911. 

Mrs.  Mildred  S.  Mathes,  1899.  Mrs.  Theodore  C.  Bates,  1913. 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  1905.  Mrs.  E.  Gaylord  Putnam,  1913. 

Mrs.  William  Lindsay,  1906.  Mrs.  Wallace  Delafield,  1914. 

Mrs.  Helen  M.  Boynton,  1906.  Mrs.  Drayton  W.  Bushnell,  1914. 

Mrs.  John  Newman  Carey,  1916. 


National  Board  of  Management 

Regular  Meeting,  Friday,  October  6,  1916 


The  regular  meeting  of  the  National  Board 
of  .Management  was  called  to  order  by  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  William  dimming 
Story,  in  the  Board  Room  of  Memorial  Con- 
tinental Hall,  Friday,  October  6,  1916,  at 
10:10  a.  m. 

The  following  prayer  was  offered  by  the 
Chaplain   General,  Mrs.   Lockwood : 

Father  of  the  Universe;  Father  of  the 
Nations  of  the  Earth;  Father  of  the  peo- 
ple; to  Thee  we  lift  our  hearts  in  thanks 
today  for  Thy  loving  care,  which  has 
brought  us  together  in  the  line  of  duty. 
May  courtesy  and  kindness  harmonize  all 
our  deliberations.  Help  us  to  remember 
that  all  our  work  and  all  our  aspirations 
when  followed  strictly  in  the  paths  Thou 
hast  laid  down  will  be  crowned  with  Thy 
blessing.  We  feel  that  all  our  aspirations 
for  the  high  standing  and  effective  work 
of  this  great  organization  when  followed 
strictly  in  the  paths  Thou  hast  laid  down 
will  be  crowned  with  Thy  blessing  and 
truth  and  justice  will  prevail  and  the  good 
work  of  this  Society  keep  pace  with  the 
years  that  have  gone  by  wherein  merit 
and  renown  redound  to  its  glory.  Help 
us  in  living  up  to  our  Constitution  day 
by  day  and  to  the  tenets  of  our  work, 
whereby  patriotism  and  love  of  country 
shall  grow  stronger  day  by  day.  To  this 
end  let  us  pray. 

The  members  of  the  Board  then  joined  in 
the   Lord's   Prayer. 

The  roll  was  called  by  the  Recording  Sec- 
retary General  and  the  following  members 
answered  to  their  names:  Active  Officers: 
Mesdames  Story,  Moody,  Smith,  Foster, 
Wood,  Leary,  Butterworth,  Howell,  Lock- 
wood,  Boyle,  Miss  Pierce,  Mesdames  Augs- 
bury,  Sternberg,  Miss  Barlow.  State  Regents, 
Mesdames  Brumbaugh,  Bahnsen,  Guernsey, 
Boone,  Bosley,  Ellison,  Wait,  Franklin, 
Brant,  Miss  Crowell,  Mrs.  Longley,  Miss 
Serpell,  Mrs.  Hume.  State  J 'ice  Regents, 
Misses    Todd,   Donnell,   Mrs.    Page. 

The  President  General  called  attention  to 
the  invitation  to  visit  Monticello,  and  asked 
those  who  intended  to  go  to  give  their  names 
to  the  Recording  Secretary  General  that  their 
hostess  might  know  the  number  to  provide 
for ;  the  members  were  to  be  entertained  at 
luncheon  at  Monticello,  and  they  were  later 
to  be  taken  by  the  Albemarle  Chapter  to  the 
University  of  Virginia  and  be  entertained  at 
tea. 

The  President  General  read  her  report  as 
follows  : 


Report  of  President  General. 

My  dear  Fellow  Members : 

After  the  long  interval  since  our  last  meet- 
ing I  long  to  address  you  at  length,  but  we 
all  must  keep  in  mind  the  fact  that  we  cannot 
indulge  our  desire  to  write  long  reports  ex- 
cept at  great  expense,  for  now  that  the 
Magazine  is  sent  to  each  one  of  our  mem- 
bers the  cost  of  printing  ninety-four  thou- 
sand copies  of  a  report  is  very  great  and 
we  must  sacrifice  our  desire,  to  the  interests 
of  the  Society,  and  save  the  expense  that  is 
entailed  by  a  long  report.  I  wish  to  empha- 
size this  fact  for  it  is  possible  to  condense, 
to  be  clear  and  concise,  and  it  is  now  our 
duty  to  do  so.  The  Magazine  is  flooded  by 
requests  for  space.  We  have  an  exceptionally 
able  editor.  We  have  brilliant  contributions. 
Let  us  save  as  much  space  as  possible  by  con- 
densing our  reports. 

We  have  sustained  a  great  loss  in  the  death 
of  several  of  our  valued  members.  Mrs.  Lewis 
K.  Torbet,  Regent  of  the  General  Henry  Dear- 
born Chapter  of  Chicago;  Mrs.  William  H. 
Alexander,  State  Treasurer  of  New  York; 
Mrs.  Abigail  Treat  Stone  Holt,  a  member  of 
the  Eve  Lear  Chapter  of  New  Haven,  have 
left  us,  and  our  hearts  are  heavy  in  the 
knowledge  that  they   have   gone. 

Early  in  the  summer  a  Bill  was  introduced 
in  the  U.  S.  Senate  and  House  of  Represen- 
tatives, and  it  is  now  in  the  Committee  on 
Public  Buildings  and  Grounds,  which  petitions 
Congress  to  purchase  Monticello,  the  home  of 
the  author  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, in  order  that  it  may  forever  belong  to 
our  Government  and  be  preserved  for  our 
people,  and  we  have  asked  that  this  priceless 
relic  be  given  into  the  custody  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution.  I  earnestly 
bespeak  your  personal  effort  to  induce  your 
Representatives  to  vote  favorably  on  this  Bill. 

The  charge  made  by  the  company  employed 
for  the  investigation  of  the  business  methods 
of  this  Society  was  presented  and  appeared 
to  the  members  of  the  Finance  Committee 
excessive.  A  settlement  was  finally  agreed  on 
for  $1,648.08,  when  I  was  requested  to  con- 
sult Attorneys  Perkins  and  Train  who  suc- 
ceeded in  settling  for  $1,190.95,  thus  saving 
the  Society  some  $457.15. 

In  accordance  with  a  request  from  the  ex- 
State  Regent  of  the  District,  Mrs.  F.  F. 
Greenawalt,  representing  the  Society,  permis- 
sion was  granted  to  place  flowers  on  the  base 
of  the  pedestal  of  the  monument  to  Lafayette 
in  Lafayette  Square  on  the  morning  of   Sep- 


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tember  Sixth,  the  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 
Lafayette.  The  commemoration  of  this  day, 
which  was  widely  observed  all  over  the  coun- 
try, demonstrates  the  sentiment  that  our  peo- 
ple feel  for  the  great  men  of  history,  and 
emphasizes  the  value  of  the  project  that  I 
have  submitted  to  the  members  of  our  Na- 
tional Board,  every  member  of  which,  who 
having  responded  to  this  proposition,  has  en- 
thusiastically favored  this  movement.  The 
project  is  to  memoralize  the  great  men  of 
America  by  placing  in  such  cities  and  towns 
as  may  desire  to  co-operate  with  this  move- 
ment, statues  of  the  Patriots,  Washington, 
Jefferson  and  others  illustrious  in  our  coun- 
try's annals. 

As  nearly  everyone  is  aware,  America  is 
more  deficient  in  monuments  and  other  forms 
of  enduring  mementoes  of  its  national  heroes 
than  any  other  country.  Throughout  Great 
Britain  and  the  Continent,  in  every  town  or 
city  of  any  importance  may  be  found  a 
Statue,  or  other  memorial  in  bronze  or  stone, 
to  the  leaders  in  various  periods  of  that  coun- 
try's history — thereby  keeping  alive  the  mem- 
ory of  their  great  men  and  acting  as  a  con- 
stant reminder  of  the  services  they  rendered. 
The  unfortunate  backwardness  of  sculptural 
art  in  America,  added  to  the  extremely  ma- 
terial form  of  civilization  which  prevails  here, 
has  caused  us  sometimes  to  forget  what  is 
due  in  the  way  of  public  memorials  to  our 
great  men  from  the  immortal  Father  of  His 
Country  down.  In  no  other  land  is  there 
such  a  REAL  NECESSITY  for  a  plentitude 
of  such  memorials  because  in  no  other  land 
is  there  anything  like  the  constant  influx  of 
immigrants,  nearly  all  of  whom  are  densely 
ignorant  of  the  struggles,  heroism,  personal 
appearance,  or  even  historical  incidents  in  the 
lives  of  the  men  who  founded  the  nation 
of  which  they  are  potential  citizens — and  they 
see  very  little  indeed  in  the  shape  of  me- 
morial sculpture  to  arouse  their  interest,  or 
to  provoke  their  curiosity,  in  the  personal 
histories  (which,  after  all,  form  the  history 
of  our  country)  of  the  brave  men  who  risked 
their  homes,  their  lives,  and  their  honor  to 
found  a  nation  where  liberty  should  take  the 
place  of  oppression,  where  worth  should  sup- 
plant the  privilege  of  birth.  Now,  to  the 
end  that  our  beloved  land  shall  not  continue 
to  lag  too  far  behind  the  older  countries  in 
this  form  of  manifestation  of  its  high  regard 
for  its  heroes,  and  also  for  the  greater  glory 
of  our  Society,  I  propose  that  a  movement 
be  inaugurated  at  once  for  the  erection  of 
statues  to  George  Washington,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  in  such  cities  and  towns  as  may 
wish  to  co-operate  with  us  in  this  patriotic 
and  artistic  uplift. 

The  practical  side  of  such  a  movement  has 


been  worked  out  in  detail.  Neither  the  Na- 
tional Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution  nor  its  individual  members 
will  be  financially  liable  in  any  way — all  nec- 
essary funds  for  the  project's  completion  be- 
ing assured  (in  the  opinion  of  your  Presi- 
dent General  and  Committee)  by  an  active 
press  campaign,  and  a  public  appeal  to  the 
City  Councils  and  residents  of  the  various 
communities  that  offer  their  co-operation  in 
this  much  needed  work.  On  the  base  of  every 
monument  would  be  engraved  acknowledgment 
of  the  credit  due  to  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  for  mothering  the  move- 
ment, etc. 

As  the  report  of  the  Conference  held  in 
Seattle,  Washington,  has  been  fully  given  in 
the  November  number  of  the  Magazine,  I 
will  not  report  here,  but  I  wish  to  express 
my  great  satisfaction  in  this  most  admirable 
meeting,  and  also  wish  to  say  that  I  deeply 
regret  my  inability  to  accept  the  cordial  in- 
vitations I  have  received  to  a  number  of  the 
State  Conferences  which  are  to  be  held  this 
autumn. 

With    the    heartfelt    hope    that    this    season 
may   be   the   period   of   the    Society's    greatest 
accomplishments  and  progress,  I  am, 
Faithfully  yours, 
Daisy    Allen    Story, 
President  General,  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

In  connection  with  her  report  the  President 
General  read  the  proposition  outlined  by  the 
American  Publicity  Corporation.  The  accept- 
ance of  the  report  of  the  President  General 
with  approval  of  project  suggested  was  moved 
by  Mrs.  Augsbury  and  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Page.  Airs.  Guernsey  moved  that  motion  to 
accept  the  report  of  the  President  General 
zvith  approval  of  the  project  suggested,  be 
amended  by  voting  separately  on  the  adoption 
of  the  report  and  suggestion  of  approval, 
which  was  seconded  by  Miss  Crowell  and 
carried.  After  acceptance  of  report,  Mrs. 
Guernsey  moved  that  the  approval  of  the  pro- 
ject suggested  in  the  report  be  expressed  and 
the  motion  to  approve  the  project  was  carried. 

Mrs.  Boyle  then  read  her  report  as  follows  : 

Report  of  Recording  Secretary  General. 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management: 
Since  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agement on  June  22  last  the  routine  work  of 
the  office  of  the  Recording  Secretary  Gen- 
eral has  gone  forward  as  usual  during  the 
summer  months. 

The  minutes  of  the  June  Board  meeting 
have  been  prepared  and  turned  over  to  the 
editor  of  the  Magazine  and  proof  read.  Copies 
of    the    rulings    of    this    meeting    have    been 


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sent  to  all  offices,  and  the  notification  cards 
to  the  new  members  admitted  by  the  Board 
were  promptly  mailed.  The  official  notices, 
letters  of  sympathy,  regret,  and  condolence 
in  connection  with  the  meeting  have  been 
duly  sent  out. 

Notices  of  appointments  on  committees 
have  been  mailed  and  the  acceptances  and 
regrets  entered  and  filed.  The  copy  for  the 
Committee  List  has  been  sent  to  the  printer 
and  the  proof  read.  A  list  of  her  Committee 
is  being  sent  each  National  Chairman. 

The  notices  to  members  of  the  Board  of 
the  October  Board  meeting,  as  well  as  the 
notices  for  the  meeting  cf  Memorial  Con- 
tinental Hall  Committee,  were  sent  out  as 
soon  as  the  date  was  fixed  in  order  that  the 
members  might  have  as  much  time  as  possible 
to  arrange  their  dates  for  the  autumn. 

One  thousand  and  eighty-two  certificates 
signed  by  the  President  General  have  been 
issued   and  mailed. 

In  accordance  with  the  permission  granted 
by  the  Board  in  June,  the  amendments  to  the 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  adopted  since  1914 
were  printed  on  an  extra  page  and  pasted  at 
the  back  of  10,000  constitutions  and  turned 
over  to  the  office  of  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary General  for  distribution. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

(Mrs.  Wm.  C.)  Abbie  Wiliams  R.  Boyle, 

Recording  Secretary  General. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Sternberg,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Bosley,  and  carried,  that  the  report  of  the 
Recording  Secretary  General   be   accepted. 

Miss  Barlow  requested  that  time  be  al- 
lowed for  the  Chairman  of  Art  Critics  to 
say  a  few  words  following  her  report  and 
desired  to  know  when  her  report  might  be 
given  in  order  that  Mr.  Brown  could  be  in- 
formed of  the  time  to  appear.  The  regular 
order  of  the  day  being  called  for,  the  Presi- 
dent General  informed  Miss  Barlow  that  her 
report  would  probably  come  about  four  o'clock 
and  Mr.  Brown  might  be  requested  to  appear 
at  that  time. 

In  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Smoot,  the  Re- 
cording Secretary  General  read  her  report  as 
follows : 

Report  of  Organizing  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 
I  wish  to  present  the  name  of  Mrs.  Charles 
Sumner  Lobingier  for  confirmation  as  State 
Regent  of  the  Orient,  the  report  of  her  elec- 
tion not  having  been  received  in  time  for 
her  to   be   confirmed   by    Congress. 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation  as   Organizing  Regents: 


Airs.  Julia  Gunter  Rowan,  Jacksonville, 
Ala.;  Mrs.  Viola  Chambers  Frisbee,  Lindsay, 
Cal. ;  Mrs.  Ida  Belle  Winter,  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  Mrs.  Nettie  Smith  Whitfield,  Pensa- 
cola,  Fla. ;  Mrs.  Anna  W.  Lytle  Tannahill, 
Lewiston,  Ida. ;  Mrs.  Mary  Weatherby  Pat- 
ton,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Mrs.  Abbie  Isabelle 
Carlcton,  Somerville,  Mass. ;  Mrs.  Luella 
Reynolds  Spencer,  North  Platte,  Neb. ;  Mrs. 
Mary  Sutton  Pierce,  Naples,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Har- 
riet W.  Smith,  Newark,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Lclia 
Foster  Livermore,  Newark  Valley,  N.  Y.; 
Miss  Fannie  Decker  Palen,  Rockland,  N.  Y. ; 
Miss  Catherine  Rebecca  Carson,  Henderson- 
ville,  N.  C. ;  Mrs.  Hannah  Jane  Blair,  Monroe, 
N.  C. ;  Miss  Fanny  Harnit,  Maumee,  Ohio ; 
Mrs.  Cora  Rogers  Maxwell  Pierce,  North 
East,  Penna. ;  Mrs.  Elisabeth  Anderson 
McKellar,  Sewanee,  Tenn. ;  Miss  Emma  Ro- 
sena  Arnold,  Burlington,  Wash.;  Miss  Mary 
Ethel  Strong,  Mabton,  Wash. ;  Mrs.  Jessa- 
mine  Bailey    Castelloe,   Prescott,    Wis. 

The  National  Board  is  asked  to  authorize 
chapters  at  the  following  places :  McRoberts 
and  Whitesburg,  Ky.,  and  New  Bedford, 
Mass. 

The  following  Organizing  Regencies  have 
expired  by  time  limitation :  Mrs.  Lelia  Lee 
Lusk,  Guntersville,  Ala. ;  Mrs.  Grace  Locke 
Davis,  Redlands,  Cal. ;  Mrs.  Minnie  Moore 
Willson,  Kissimmee,  Fla.;  Mrs.  Frances 
Brooks  Pittman,  Commerce,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  M. 
Louise  Kitchen  Liston,  Carlinville,  111. ;  Mrs. 
Emma  M.  Pace,  Mt.  Vernon,  111.;  Mrs.  Bes- 
sie Spencer  Wood,  Batesville,  Miss.;  Mrs. 
Jennie  Mershon  Hilt,  Buckner,  Mo.;  Mrs.  Al- 
bertise  Coon  Reppy,  Hillsboro,  Mo.;  Miss 
Henrietta  Worsham,  Seventy-six,  Mo.;  Miss 
Jessica  May  Kellogg,  Red  Cloud,  Neb. ;  Mrs. 
Clara  King  Jones,  Wayne,  Neb. ;  Mrs.  Elvira 
Pillsbury  Carter,  Boscawen,  N.  Y. 

The  reappointment  of  the  following  Or- 
ganizing Regents  have  been  requested  by  their 
respective  State  Regents :  Mrs.  Emma  M. 
Pace,  Mount  Vernon,  111.;  Mrs.  Bessie  Spen- 
cer Wood,  Batesville,  Miss.;  Mrs.  Albertise 
Coon  Reppy,  Hillsboro,  Mo. ;  Miss  Emma 
Buckner,  Paris,  Mo. ;  Miss  Jessie  May  Kel- 
logg, Red  Cloud,  Neb. ;  Mrs.  Clara  King  Jones, 
Wayne,   Neb. 

Miss  Ruth  E.  Shepard,  who  was  confirmed 
Organizing  Regent  at  Spokane,  Wash.,  April 
24,  1916,  wishes  to  have  the  location  of  the 
chapter  changed  to  Newport,  Wash. 

The  resignation  of  Mrs.  Annette  Thayer 
Walker  as  Organizing  Regent  at  Martinsburg, 
W.  Va.,  has  been  received. 

The  following  chapters  wish  to  be  officially 
disbanded:  Anne  Kennedy  at  Oxford,  Miss.; 
Washington  Irving,  at  Chandler,  Okla. 

The  following  chapters  have  reported  their 
organization  since  the  June  22nd  Board  meet- 
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22,  1916;  Ocklawaha  at  Eustis,  Fla.,  July  31, 
1916;    Belleville    at    Belleville,    111.,    Aug.     1, 

1916;  Hazard  at  Hazard,  Ky.,  March  21, 
1916;  Gov.  William  Paca  at  Bel  Air,  Md., 
Sept.  13,  1916;  Capper  Country  at  Houghton 
Co.,  Mich.,  Sept.  9,  1916;  Norbonic  at  Nor- 
borne,  Mo.,  June  30,  1916;  Lone  Oak  at 
Latta,  S.  C,  June  22,  1916;  Walhalla  at  Wal- 
halla,  S.  C,  July  7,  1916;  Admiral  d'Estaing, 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  22,  1916;  Richard  Hen- 
derson, at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  22,  1916; 
Wheeling  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  May  14,  1916; 
Erskine-Perry-Sears  at  Racine,  Wis.,  June 
22,    1916. 

Commissions  Issued  :  Organizing  Regents, 
21;  State  and  State  Vice  Regents,  36;  Vice- 
Presidents  General,  11.  Re-election  cards  is- 
sued to  State  and  State  Vice  Regents,  56. 
Permits :  Regents  and  ex-Regents  bars.  19 ; 
National  and  ex-National  officers  insignia,  7 ; 
Charter  Members  insignia,  4.  Charters,  5 ; 
nine  Regents  Lists  issued,  six  to  Chairmen 
of    Committees,    and    three    to    offices. 

Admitted  membership  June  22,  1916 — 
124,789. 

Actual    membership    June    22,    1916 — 93,173. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Betty    Carter    Smoot, 
Organizing    Secretary    General. 

Mrs.  Brant  requested  permission  for  the 
appointment  of  Miss  Dorothy  McArthur,  of 
Circleville,  as  Organizing  Regent,  and  au- 
thorization for  the  organization  of  chapters 
at  Lorain  and  Warren,  Ohio,  and  it  was 
moved  by  Mrs.  Boone,  seconded  by  Miss 
Serpell,  and  carried,  that  the  report  of  the 
Organizing  Secretary  General,  with  the  addi- 
tion of  the  recommendations  from  State  Re- 
gent of  Ohio   be  accepted. 

Miss  Crowell  announced  that  Pennsylvania 
had  again  been  called  on  to  mourn  the  death 
of  a  Regent,  Mrs.  David  Sprague  Stetson, 
Regent  of  Independence  Hall  Chapter,  who 
died  July  31. 

Miss  Pierce,  having  been  called  out  of  the 
Board  Room  in  connection  with  the  work  of 
her  office,  her  report  was  read  by  the  Re- 
cording  Secretary  General  as   follows : 

Report   of   Registrar   General. 

Madam    President    General,    Members    of    the 

Board  of  Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  1,243  applications 
presented  to  the  Board  and  620  supplemental 
papers  verified ;  permits  issued  for  insignia, 
502 ;  ancestral  bars,  313,  and  recognition  pins, 
413.  Papers  examined  and  not  yet  verified, 
original  555;  supplemental  1.13S.  Supple- 
mental papers  received  prior  to  January  1, 
1915,  for  which  additional  informtaion  has 
been    requested    but    not    yet    received,    295 ; 


papers  (returned  unverified,  original  48;  sup- 
plemental 277 ;  164  application  papers  were 
copied  at  25c  each,  $41.00.  New  records  ver- 
ified, 476. 

Two  applications  for  Real  Daughters  pre- 
sented. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Grace    M.    Pierce, 
Registrar    General. 

Mrs.  Longley  requested  that  the  Board  ad- 
mit her  daughter  as  a  member,  her  papers 
lacking  the  signature,  which  would  be  sup- 
plied as  soon  as  possible,  and  on  motion  of 
Mrs.  Augsbury,  seconded  by  Miss  Barlow,  it 
was  carried,  that  the  request  of  the  State  Re- 
gent of  Rhode  Island  with  regard  to  the  ap- 
plication papers  of  her  daughter  be  granted, 
and  the  motion  of  Mrs.  Longley,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Brant,  was  also  carried,  that  the  name 
of  Rosalind  Longley  Stembergcr  be  added 
to  the  list  of  new  Life  Members  accepted  to- 
day. The  motion  of  Miss  Barlow,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Augsbury,  that  the  report  of  the 
Registrar  General  be  accepted,  was  then  car- 
ried, and  the  Recording  Secretary  General 
was  empowered  to  cast  the  ballot. 

Miss  Serpell  brought  to  the  Board  the  case 
of  a  former  member  of  a  chapter  who  had 
resigned  but  who  now  desired  reinstatement 
and  was  prepared  to  pay  all  back  dues,  but 
that  she  had  been  informed  that  her  paper 
was  not  correct.  The  President  General 
ruled  that  she  should  interpret  the  word  "re- 
instatement" to  mean  the  replacing  of  the 
name  in  membership,  and  that  when  a  woman 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Society  admitted 
after  having  met  all  the  requirements  and 
has  acted  as  a  member  of  the  Society  and 
has  not  been  expelled,  but  is  simply  dropped 
for  not  paying  her  dues,  and  then  returns, 
she  had  the  right  of  reinstatement.  There 
being  no  exception  taken  to  this  ruling,  the 
President  General  authorized  the  State  Re- 
gent of  Virginia  to  take  the  message  to  her 
member  that  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  she 
was  entitled  to  reinstatement  upon  the  pay- 
-ment  of   the  back   dues. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  an- 
nounced that  she  had  cast  the  ballot  for  1,243 
members. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Treasurer  General 
her  report  was  read  by  the  Recording  Sec- 
retary General. 

Report  of  Treasurer  General. 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 
I  am  unavoidably  detained  at  my  Louisiana 
home,  and  regret  my  inability  to  attend  the 
October  meeting  of  the  National  Board  of 
Management.     From  my  report,  which  is  sub- 


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mitted  herewith,  you  will  see  that  the  balance  invest   whenever    the    fund    reached   $1,000.00. 

in  the  Current  Fund  is  $14,858.04.  This   amount   is    invested   in   the   5   per   cent. 

By    order    of    Congress    the    Emily    Nelson  Land  Notes  of  the  Society. 
Ritchie    McLean    Historical    Fund,    $1,517.79, 

was   transferred   to   the   Permanent   Fund,   to  The    report    to    the   June    Board    showed   a 

take  up  Land  Notes.  balance  in  the  Permanent  Fund  of  $10,163.54. 

The   sum   of  $1,130.00   from   the   Philippine  It  was   stated   in   that    report   that    from   this 

Scholarship  Endowment   Fund  has   also   been  amount  Land  Notes  would  be  taken  up.     In 

transferred     to     the     Permanent     Fund,     the  accordance    therewith,    the    second    trust    of 

Board   having   granted   the   Chairman   of   this  $1,300.00  and  $5,000.00  of  the  first  trust  on  the 

Fund  and  the  Treasurer  General  authority  to  recently  acquired  land,  has  been  paid. 

REPORT  OF  RECEIPTS  AND  DISBURSEMENTS,  JUNE   1  TO   SEPTEMBER 

30,   1916. 

CURRENT   FUND. 

Balance  in  Bank  at  last  report,  May  31,  1916 $31,101.70 

Receipts. 

Annual  dues  $11,899,  initiation  fees  $1,771,  certificate  $4.,  D.  A.  R. 
Report  to  Smithsonian  Institution  $25.35,  die  of  Insignia  .55, 
directory  $2.47,  duplicate  papers  and  lists  $55.60,  exchange 
$2.15,  hand  books  $24.05,  index  of  books  in  library  $2.92,  in- 
terest $198.37,  lineage  books  $213.35,  magazine,  sale  single 
copies  $17.32,  proceedings  $6.15,  ribbon  $3.85,  rosettes  $1.95, 
sale  of  waste  paper  $4.71,  slot  machine  $1.85,  stationery  $2.70 
statute  books  $22.50,  telephone  $16.79,  use  of  slides  $3.,  re- 
fund, House  Committee  Twenty-fifth  Congress  $62.97,  audi- 
torium events:  George  Washingon  University  $100,  Wash- 
ington College  of  Law  $100,  Memorial  Service,  Chinese 
Minister  $100,  Total  receipts 14,642.60 


$45,744.30 
Disbursements. 

Refunds:    Annual  dues  $623,  initiation  fees  $60 $683.00 

President  General:  clerical  service  $360,  postage  $76.26,  telegrams 
and  telephones  $35.10,  letter  heads  $3.75,  rent  of  typewriter 
$10.50,  mileage  N.  S.  D.  A.  R.  Conference,  Washington 
$116.20 601.81 

Organizing  Secretary  General:  clerical  service  $780,  postage  $15., 
engrossing  $33.95,  expressage  .27,  perforator  $2.,  sharpen- 
ing  erasers    .20 831.42 

Recording  Secretary  General:  clerical  service  $700,  postage  $2.50, 
expressage  .35,  telegrams  .86,  dater  and  stamps  $2.95,  cards 
$14.93,  2300  Officers'  lists  $19.75 741.34 

Certificate:  clerical  service  $300,  postage  and  expressage  $61.08, 

3500    certificates    $298.67,    engrossing    $211.70 871.45 

Corresponding  Secretary  General:  clerical  service  $300,  postage 
$45.,  50,000  application  blanks  and  expressage  $601.41,  trans- 
fer cards  $5.60,  record  book  $4.25,  wrappers  for  blanks  $10. .  966.26 

Registrar  General;  clerical  service  $2,513.76,  postals  $50.,  record 
book  $6.25,  cards  $7.75,  binding  records  $76.75,  adjusting  type- 
writer .65    2,655.16 

Treasurer  General:  clerical  service  $2,548,  bill  books  and  "Guides" 
$34.35,  cards  $18.13,  telegrams  .88,  sharpening  erasers  and 
repairing    typewriter    $1.20 2,602.56 

Historian  General:  clerical  service  $700.  binding  Lineage  Books 

$1.80,   sharpening  eraser  and  expressage  .39 702.19 

Director  General,  Charge  of  Report  to  Smithsonian  Institution: 

preparing  index  to  18th  D.  A.  R.  Report  $40.,  postage  $40..  .  80.00 

Librarian  General:  clerical  service  $340,  postage  $3.91,  dater  $2., 
accessions  $39.25,  binding  40  volumes  $39.20,  express  and 
drayage  .74,  cards  and  pamphlet  boxes  $3.75,  clerical  service, 
Genealogical  Research  Department  $300 728.85 

Curator  General:  clerical  service  $300,  dater  and  pad  $2.35,  post- 
age .50  302.85 


NATIONAL    BOARD    MINUTES  405 

General  Office:  clerical  service  $300,  messenger  $88.60,  postage 
$1.13,  overdue  postage  $5.,  stamped  envelopes  $420.86,  sup- 
plies $193.21,  blank  book  $1.60,  cards  $6.07,  dater  $6.,  tele- 
grams $2.42,  drayage  and  expressage  $2.13,  repairing  bicycle 
$5.15,  dies  of  the  Insignia  .40,  binding  magazines  $5.25, 
flowers  Mrs.  Donald  McLean  $25.,  insuring  President  Gen- 
eral's badge  $5.,  Parliamentarian's  expense  to  Board  Meet- 
ing $20.20,  professional  service  in  re  Contract  for  official 
pins  $25.,  paying  taxes  under  protest  $25.,  press  article  $75., 
settlement  of  Harvey  S.  Chase  bill  $125,  consideration  of 
purchase  of  additional  Land  $100,  expense  of  lawyer  in  con- 
nection with  foregoing  $33.52;  Committees:  clerical  service 
$300 — Conservation  of  the  Home,  printing  $4. — Finance, 
postage  .90 — International  Bureau  of  Slides,  postage,  expres- 
sage and  telegram  $5.1-1 — Legislation  in  U.  S..  Congress,  post- 
age .36 — Liquidation  and  Endowment  Fund,  postage,  expres- 
sage and  engrossing  $5.66 — Patriotic  Education,  telegrams 
$1.05,  Special  Cup,  Naval  Academy  $43. — Twenty-second  of 
February,  taxicab  and  messenger  $3.40 — Welfare  of  Women 
and    Children,    printing    $15 1,850.05 

Expense  Continental  Hall:  superintendent  $400,  watchman  $240, 
guide  $200,  telephone  operator  and  assistant  guide  $120, 
cleaners  $740,  electric  current  $82.20,  water  rent  $19.82,  ice 
$17.64,  towel  service  $14.,  soap  and  disinfectants  $37.75,  paper 
cups  $8.,  hardware  $2.25,  paints,  oils,  etc.,  $14.01,  electric 
fixtures  and  making  connections  $15.61,  repairing  elevator 
$10.80,  inspecting  elevator  $1.25,  insurance  premium  on  fur- 
nishings  $83.33    2,006.66 

Printing  and  Duplicating  Machine:  printer  $72.,  supplies  $4.20.  . .  .  76.20 

Magazine:  Chairman — clerical  service  $447.94,  postage  $49.40, 
telegrams  $2.38,  repairing  typewriter  $1.50,  supplies  for  ad- 
dressing machine  $7.43,  mileage  N.  S.  D.  A.  R.  Conference, 
Washington  $116.20,  Editor— salary  $400,  postage  $38.62, 
cards  and  envelopes  $14.55,  binding  magazines  $13.50 — Ex- 
pense "Notes  and  Queries"  $120,  Secretary — postage  $10.,  Ad- 
vertising Manager  $1,100,  printing  and  mailing  July  number 
$871.55,  printing  and  mailing  August  number  $685.92,  print- 
ing and  mailing  September  number  $796.09,  printing  and 
mailing  October  number  $7,522.90,  cuts  May,  June  and  July 
$134.64,  old  magazines  $7.20,  expressage,  freight  and  dray- 
age $19.21,  2,000  copies  Remembrance  Book,  postage,  mail- 
ing  and   addressing   $135.29 12,494.32 

Real  Daughters:  support  June,  July,  August  and  September....        1,288.00 

State  Regents  postage:  Arkansas  $10.,  Florida  $10.,  Louisiana  $5., 
Michigan  $10.,  Minnesota  $15.,  New  York  $10.,  Ohio  $10., 
Oklahoma  $5.,  South  Carolina  $14.99,  South  Dakota  $5.,  Ten- 
nessee $10.,  West  Virginia  $15.    (1915) 119.99 

Stationery,  National  Officers  and  General  Office:  President  Gen- 
eral $7.80,  Recording  Secretary  General  $4.50,  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  General  $6.25,  Librarian  General  .75,  Historian 
General  .75,  Director  General,  Charge  of  Report  to  Smith- 
sonian   Institution  $7.55,   General   Office  $10.75 38.35 

Stationery,  State  Regents:  Alabama  $11.30,  Arkansas  $7.,  Con- 
necticut $8.25,  Georgia  $10.30,  Illinois  $9.10,  Kentucky  $11.10, 
Louisiana  $4.15,  Maryland  $11.30,  Massachusetts  $15.65,  Min- 
nesota $3.75,  Mississippi  $11.10,  New  Hampshire  $8.35,  New 
Jersey  $3.,  New  York  $10.80,  South  Carolina  $3.50,  Ten- 
nessee $11.10,  Virginia  $11.10,  West  Virginia  $7.65,  Wis- 
consin $5.80 164.30 

D.  A.  R.  Report  to  Smithsonian  Institution:  postage 3.00 

Lineage:  postage,  express,  freight  and  drayage  $23.49,   telegram 

.78    24.27 

Ribbon :  4  bolts  D.  A.  R.  Ribbon 12.00 

Statute  Books:   expressage  and  drayage.  : 36.89 

Spoons — for   Real    Daughter 2.40 

Telephone :   service  and  toll 272.78 

Auditing  Accounts:  audits   May,   June   and   July 150.00 

Furniture:    tvpewriter,    Editor,    Magazine    $57.25,    electric    stove 

$3.50    60.75 

Twenty-fifth  Congress:  Committees,  Credential,  telegrams  $2.13, 
freight  and  drayage  voting  machine  $13.47 — House,  postage 


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and  telegrams  $7.26,  cards,  crayons  and  checks  $11.55 — Page, 
book  .15 — Program,  5,000  programs  $335.,  postage  and  tele- 
grams $3.35 — Reception,  postage  $4 376.91 

Auditorium  Events:  George  Washington  University,  labor,  cur- 
rent and  ice  $37.75,  refund  $9.75 — Memorial  service  to  Min- 
ister of  China,  labftr  and  current  $16.50,  refund  $31. — Wash- 
ington College  of  Law,  labor,  current  and  ice  $24.75,  re- 
fund $22.75 142.50 

Total   Disbursements 


Balance,  Current  Fund  September  30,  1916 

Franco-American  Fund:  as  at  last  report  May  31,  1916 

Patriot's  Memorial  D.  A.  R.  School  Fund:  as  at  last  report  May  31,  1916. .  . . 

American  International  College  D.  A.  R.  Building  Fund:  balance  at  last 
report  $1,046.50.  Receipts:  Chapters — Charity  Cook  .75,  Coldwater 
$1.10,  Marquette  $1.10,  Sarah  Caswell  Angell  .45 — Michigan 


On  deposit  National   Metropolitan  Bank  September  30,   1916. 
Petty  Cash  Fund 


PHILIPPINE     SCHOLARSHIP     FUND.* 

Cash   Balance  at  last  report   May  31,   1916 

Receipts:  California,  Mrs.  Wallace  M.  Alexander  at  large  $2.,  Mrs.  Caroline 
S.  Wood  at  large  $1.,  Michigan — Chapters:  Charity  Cook  .75,  Coldwater 
$1.10,  Marquette  $1.10,  Rebecca  Dewey  $5.,  Sarah  Caswell  Angell  .45— 
Ohio:  Mrs.  Thomas  Kite,  State  Chairman,  Philippine  Scholarship  Com- 
mittee $10. — Tennessee:  Mrs.  A.  M.  Shook,  Philippine  Scholarship 
Committee  $7. — Philippine  Islands  Chapter  $500. — Interest  on  Second 
Mortgage    Investment    $30 


Disbursements. 

Transfer,  invested  in  Permanent  Fund,  5  per  cent , 

Cash  balance  National  Metropolitan  Bank  September  30,  1916. 


Cash  balance  in  National  Metropolitan  Bank . .        $543.03 

Investment:  6  per  cent.  Second  Mortgage,  Norfolk,  Ya 1,000.00 

Investment:  Permanent   Fund,  5  per  cent 1,130.00 


$30,886.26 

$14,858.04 
219.19 
701.05 


1,049.90 

$16,828.18 

$500.00 


$1,114.63 


558.40 
$1,673.03 

1,130.00 
$543.03 


Total  Philippine  Scholarship  Fund $2,673.03 


PATRIOTIC  EDUCATION. 

Receipts. 

Connecticut:  Chapters  —  Green  Woods  $50.,  Mr.  E.  B. 
Bronson,  Green  Woods  Chapter  $50.,  Judea  $10.,  Lady  Fen- 
wick  $25.,  Miss  Emily  Wheeler,  Mary  Floyd  Tallmadge 
Chapter  $50.,  Sibbil  Dwight  Kent  $50.,  District  of  Colum- 
bia: Monticello  $25.,  Wendell  Wolfe  $15.,  Georgia:  Chapters 
— George  Walton  $5.,  Piedmont-Continental  $25.,  Michigan: 
Chapters — Hannah  Mcintosh  Cady  $5.,  Mrs.  William  L. 
Oliver,  thru  Hannah  Mcintosh  Cady  Chapter  $5.,  Pennsyl- 
vania: Chapters — Donegal  $5.,  Germantown  $30.,  Tennessee: 
Chapters — Adam  Dale  $50.,  Chickamauga  $20.,  Col.  Hardy 
Murfree  $7.65,  Jackson-Madison  $3.,  John  Carter  $3.30,  Old 
Glory  $4.35.,  Wisconsin:  Chapter — Waukesha-Continental 
$25 

Disbursements. 

George  Washington  University  D.  C.  $15.,  Berry  School,  Ga. 
$45.,  Mineral  Bluff  School,  Ga.  $25.,  Hindman  W.  C.  T.  U. 
Settlement  School,  Ky.  $10.,  Maryville  College,  Tenn.  $255, 
Tennessee  D.  A.  R.  School  $88.30,  Mountain  Missions,  Va. 
$25 


$463.30 


463.30 


NATIONAL    BOARD    MINUTES  407 

PRESERVATION   OF    HISTORIC    SPOTS. 

Receipts. 

District  of  Columbia:  Chapters — District  of  Columbia  Daugh- 
ters $42.,  Col.  John  Donelson  $18.,  Columbia  $18.,  Constitu- 
tion $18.,  Elizabeth  Jackson  $18.,  Independence  Bell  $18., 
John  Hall  $18.,  John  Lindsay  $18.,  Little  John  Boyden  $18., 
Livingston  Manor  $18.,  Louisa  Adams  $18.,  Lucy  Holcombe 
$18.,  Marcia  Burns  $18.,  Margaret  Whetten  $18.,  Mary  Bart- 
lett  $18.,  Mary  Desha  $18.,  Mary  Washington  $18.,  Martha 
Washington  $18.,  'Monticello  $18.,  Our  Flag  $18.,  Patriot's 
Memorial  $18.,  Richard  Arnold  $18.,  Sarah  Franklin  $18., 
Virginia:  Chapters — Fairfax  County  $18.,  Falls  Church  $18., 
Old  Dominion  $18 $492.00 

Disbursements. 

Erecting   iron   fences    for   milestones 420.00 

Balance,   Historic    Spots    $72.00 

EMILY  NELSON  RITCHIE  MCLEAN  HISTORICAL  FUND. 

Cash  balance  at  last  report   May  31,   1916 $1,512.75 

Receipts. 

Interest    5.04 

$1,517.79 
Disbursements. 

Transfer   invested   in    Permanent   Fund,    5   per   cent 1,517.79 

Investment. 

Permanent   Fund  Land   Notes,  5  per  cent •. $1,517.79 

COMMISSION   FOR  RELIEF  IN  BELGIUM. 

Receipts. 

Daughters    of    the    American    Revolution    thru    the    Commission 

for  Relief  in  Belgium $148,615.99 

Disbursements. 

COMMISSION    FOR  RELIEF  IN  BELGIUM.  $148,615.99 

RED  CROSS. 

Receipts. 

Alabama:  29  memberships  thru  Mrs.  Rhett  Goode,  V.  P.  G.  $29., 
Connecticut:  Chapters — Judea  $25.,  Lady  Femvick  $15.,  Mis- 
souri: Chapter — Cornelia  Greene  for  Belgians  $5 $74.00 

Disbursements. 

American  Red  Cross   74.00 

PERMANENT   FUND. 

Balance  in  Bank  at  last  report,  May  31,  1916 $10,163.54 

Receipts. 

Charter   Fees  $47.,   Life   Membership   Fees  $125 $172.00 

Continental  Hall  Contributions.     Alabama:  Mobile  Chapter  $25., 

Arkansas:  Hot  Springs  of  Arkansas  Chapter  $20.,  California: 

Mrs.  Alvin  M.  Hostetter  .25,  Colorado:  Fort  Morgan  Chapter 


408    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

$5.,  Connecticut:  Anne  Brewster  Fanning  Chapter,  Bond 
$5.,  Mr.  George  S.  Godard  &  Bros.,  Desk,  Museum  $78.,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia:  Chapters — Katherine  Montgomery  $10., 
Mary  Washington,  Library  Stacks  $142.75;  Florida:  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Carruth,  State  Regent,  $10.;  Illinois:  Rockford  Chap- 
ter, Penny-a-day,  $3-66;  Iowa:  Miss  Alice  M.  McDonald,  at 
large,  through  Mrs.  Margaret  M.  Berry,  Maj.  Wm.  Overton 
Callis  Chapter,  D.  C,  Sale  of  Lace  Collar,  $34.83;  Kansas: 
Mrs.  George  T.  Guernsey,  State  Regent,  Plate,  Museum  Case, 
$3.;  Kentucky:  Frankfort  Chapter  $1.;  Michigan:  Chapters — 
Charity  Cook  $6.75,  Charity  Cook,  Museum  case  $.75,  Cold- 
water  $4.05,  Coldwater,  Museum  case  $1.10,  Marquette  $9.90, 
Marquette,  Museum  case  $1.10,  Sarah  Caswell  Angell  $9.90, 
Sarah  Caswell  Angell,  Museum  case  $.45;  Missouri:  Chap- 
ters— Cornelia  Greene  Certificates,  $14.50,  King's  Highway 
$5.;  New  Jersey:  Maj.  Joseph  Bloomfield  Chapter  $5.;  New 
York:  Chapters — Corp.  Josiah  Griswold  $10.,  Knickerbocker 
$25.,  Mary  Weed  Marvin  $2.50,  Mrs.  James  H.  Aldrich  of  New 
York  City  Chapter,  Museum  case,  $175.80,  Shenandoah  $10.; 
Ohio :  Chapters — Canton  $87.,  Joseph  Spencer  $5. ;  Tennessee : 
Jackson-Madison  Chapter  $10.;  Texas:  Jane  Douglas  Chapter 
$10.;  Virginia:  Beverly  Manor  Chapter  $10.;  Wisconsin: 
Chapters — Kenosha   $15.,    Plymouth   $5 762.29 

Christmas  Offering:  Mrs.  Marie  Harris  Smith,  Chicago  Chapter, 
111.,  $1.;  Member  at  large,  Ind.  $1.;  Col.  Dummer  Sewell  Chap- 
ter, Maine  $1.;  Member  at  large,  Md.  $1 4.00 

Silver  Chain  Contributions:  Chapters — Tomochichi,  Ga.  $1.,  Em- 
poria Kans.  $2.,  Jemima  Johnson  Ky.  $3.,  Col.  Dummer  Sewell 
Me.  $3.25,  Old  Blake  House  Mass.  $.50,  Abigail  Stearns  N.  H. 
$2.,  Tawasentha  N.  Y.  $1.50 13.25 

Contributions  to  Final  Payment  of  Debt,  Memorial  Continental 
Hall:  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Thomas,  Vice  President  General  Colo. 
$25.,  Mrs.  Kate  G.  Hollack,  Colorado  Chapter  Colo.  $25.,  Mrs. 
Ann  B.  L.  Elliott,  Caesar  Rodney  Chapter  Del.  $25.,  Mrs. 
Eugene  du  Pont,  Caesar  Rodney  Chapter  Del.  $25.,  Mrs. 
George  H.  Hall,  John  Pettigrew  Chapter  Del.  $25.,  Mrs. 
Lena  A.  Rathbun,  Mary  Washington  Chapter  D.  C.  $25.,  Mrs. 
Larz  Anderson,  Susan  Riviere  Hetzel  Chapter  D.  C.  $25., 
Miss  Mabel  T.  Boardman,  at  large  D.  C.  $25.,  Mrs.  Henrietta 
S.  Christopher,  Jacksonville  Chapter  Fla.  $10.,  Mrs.  Fanny  A. 
Talcott,  Rockford  Chapter  111.  $25.,  Fort  Harrison  Chapter 
Ind.  $25.,  Mrs.  George  T.  Guernsey,  State  Regent  Kans.,  $25., 
Mrs.  James  G.  Dunning,  Chairman  Patriotic  Education  Com- 
mittee Mass.  $25.,  Mrs.  William  DeYongh  Field,  Paul  Revere 
Chapter  Mass.  $25.10,  Mrs.  Kate  M.  Howard,  St.  Louis  Chap- 
ter Mo.  $25.,  Mrs.  F.  H.  Ludington,  St.  Louis  Chapter  Mo. 
$25.,  Rumford  Chapter  N.  H.  $25.,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Putnam,  Hon- 
orary Vice  President  General  N.  J.  $25.,  Mrs.  William  D. 
Sherrerd,  State  Regent,  N.  J.  $25.,  Boudinot  Chapter  N.  J. 
$25.,  Mrs.  Minnie  A.  M.  Tatem,  Haddonfield  Chapter  N.  J. 
$25.,  Mrs.  Ruth  R.  Brown,  Buffalo  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25.,  Mrs. 
Pauline  A.  Abbott,  Jamestown  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25.,  Jane  Mc- 
Crea  Chapter  N.  Y.  $10.,  Johnstown  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25.50, 
Mrs.  Catharine  C.  Conde,  Le  Ray  de  Chaumont  Chapter 
N.  Y.  $25.,  Mahwenawasigh  Chapter  N.  Y.  $75.,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth F.  Eaton,  Manhattan  Chapter  N.  Y.  $50.,  Mrs.  James  H. 
Parker,  Mary  Washington  Colonial  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25.,  Mrs. 
Mary  F.  deV.  Stump,  New  York  City  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25., 
Mrs.  Harry  Payne  Whitney,  New  York  City  Chapter  N.  Y. 
$25.,  Oneida  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25.,  Onwentsia  Chapter  N.  Y. 
$25.,  Ticonderoga  Chapter  N.  Y.  $25.,  Mrs.  Kent  Hamilton, 
Vice  President  General  Ohio  $25.,  Mrs.  Austin  C.  Brant,  State 
Regent  and  Miss  Eleanor  Garde,  State  Secretary  Ohio  $25., 
Mrs.  Sarah  V.  Wheeler,  Cuyahoga-Portage  Chapter  Ohio 
$25.,  Mrs.  Eva  C.  Rutter,  Quemahoning  Chapter  Pa.  $25., 
Mrs.  Margaret  W.  Baxter,  Bonny  Kate  Chapter  Tenn.  $25., 
Alamo  Chapter  Tex.  $25.,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Burleson,  Thankful 
Hubbard  Chapter  Tex.  $10.,  Mrs.  Edward  S.  Marsh,  State 
Regent  Vt.  $25.,  Mt.  Vernon  Chapter  Va.  $25.,  Mrs.  Z.  G.  Sim- 
mons, Kenosha  Chapter  Wis.  $25 1,130.60 

Contributions  to  Land;    Colorado:   Chapters — Fort  Alorgan  $3., 


NATIONAL    BOARD    MINUTES  409 

Gunnison  Valley  $1.70,  Mount  Garfield  $2.85,  Zebulon  Pike 

$8.50;    Connecticut:    Anne    Brewster    Fanning    Chapter    $5., 

Mrs.  John  T.  Manson,  Eve  Lear  Chapter,  $700.;  District  of 

Columbia :  Katherine  Montgomery  Chapter  $5.,  Mrs.  H.  E.  C. 

Bryant,  Maj.  Wm.  Overton  Callis  Chapter  $1.25;  Maryland: 

Miss  Margaret  B.  Field,  At  large  $5.;  Michigan:  Chapters — ■ 

Charity  Cook  $.75,  Coldwater  $1.10,   Marquette  $1.10,  Sarah 

Caswell  Angell  $.45;  Minnesota:  Minneapolis  Chapter  $11.23; 

Missouri:  Cornelia  Greene  Chapter  $3.75;  Ohio:  Chapters — 

Delaware    City   $2.50,    Hetuck   $5.,    Molly    Chittenden   $2.50, 

Nabby  Lee  Ames  $2.50,   Nathaniel  Massie  $2.50,  Taliaferro 

$2.50;    Pennsylvania:   Wayne   Chapter  $3.75;    Rhode   Island: 

Flint  Lock  and  Powder  Horn  Chapter  $6.15;  Tennessee:  Jack- 
son-Madison Chapter  $3.75;  Washington:  Washington  Chap- 
ters $18.75,  Mrs.   E.  A.  Shore,   Rainier  Chapter  $2.50,   Mrs. 

H.  A.  Reynolds,  Seattle  Chapter  $1.25 804.33 

Liquidation  and  Endowment  Fund 5.00 

Commissions:     Luncheon     Nordhoff    Guild    $44.42,     Recognition 

Pins  $56.50   100.92 

Interest  on  Bank  Balances   47.82 


Total  Receipts   $3,040.21 

Transfer  for  investment: 

Emily  Nelson  Ritchie  McLean  Historical  Fund 1,517.79 

Philippine  Scholarship  Endowment  Fund 1,130.00 


$15,851.54 


Disbursements. 

Interest,  Bills  Payable,  Building $625.00 

Bills  Payable,  Land  6,300.00 

Interest,  Bills  Payable,  Land 987.30 

Balance — First  Payment,  Additional  Land 1,116.82 

Examination  of  title,  preparing  and  recording  deed  and  notes,  etc.  128.29 

Taxes    285.82 

Insurance  on  Building   1,200.00 

Table,  Museum,  Connecticut   78.00 

Steel  Stacks,  Library,  D.  C 142.75 

Plate,  Case,  Museum,  Kansas 3.00 

Plate,  corner  cupboard,  Room,  Mass 2.00 

Plate,  Mahogany  Doors,  Michigan  3.50 

Memory  Book,  Michigan   20.00 

Memory  Book,  Missouri   20.00 


Total  Disbursements  $10,912.48 


Balance  on  hand  September  30,  1916 $4,939.06 


Balance,  American  Security  &  Trust  Co.  Bank,  Sept.  30,  1916 $4939.06 

Permanent  Investment,  Chicago  and  Alton  Bonds 2,314.84 


Total  Permanent  Fund,  Cash  and  Investment $7,253.90 

Respectfully  submitted, 

OLIVE  POWELL-RANSDELL, 

Treasurer  General,  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 


*Note. — The  Philippine  Scholarship  Fund  appearing  on  page  208  of  the  September 
Magazine  should  read  as  follows: 

PHILIPPINE  SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

Cash  balance  at  last  report,  March  31,  1916 $936.63 

Receipts. 

m 

District   of   Columbia:   Army   and    Navy    Chapter   $10.;    Illinois: 
Mrs.  Samuel  W.  Earle,  State  Chairman  Philippine  Scholarshio 


410    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

Fund,  $100.;  Louisiana:  Spirit  of  76  Chapter  $1.,  Mrs.  H.  T. 
Bunn,  Spirit  of  76  Chapter  $1.,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Hart,  Spirit  of  76 
Chapter  $1.;  Pennsylvania:  Chapters — Fort  Antes,  in  memory 
of  Jean  Staples  $50.,  Gettysburg  $5.,  Phoebe  Bayard  $10 $178.00  178.00 

Cash  in  National  Metropolitan  Bank  May  31,  1916 $1,114.63 

Cash  balance  in  National  Metropolitan  Bank $1,114.63     ===== 

Investment:  6%  Second  Mortgage,  Norfolk,  Va 1.000.00 

Total  Philippine  Scholarship  Fund   $2,114.63 


This  was  received  as  read. 

The  report  of  the  Director  General  in 
Charge  of  the  Report  to  the  Smithsonian  In- 
stitution being  called  for,  Mrs.  Brant  stated 
that  Mrs.  Orton  was  not  at  all  well  and  re- 
gretted exceedingly  she  could  not  be  present, 
but  there  was  a  report. 

Report  of  Director  General  in  Charge  of 
Report   to    Smithsonian    Institution 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board,   N.   S.,  D.  A.   R. : 

Ladies :  I  have  the  honor  to  report  that 
the  Eighteenth  Report  to  the  Smithsonian 
Institution  was  issued  by  the  Government 
Printing  Office  the  third  week  in  September 
and  is  now  ready  for  distribution. 

The  work  reported  by  the  State  Regents 
and  chapters  reflects  great  credit  upon  our 
society.  The  volume  also  contains  a  list  of 
graves  of  3,000  soldiers  of  the  Revolution, 
together  with  their  services.  These  have  been 
located  by  the  chapters  and  have  not  been 
previously  reported.  As  usual,  there  are  many 
beautiful  illustrations  in  the  volume. 

Blanks  for  the  Nineteenth  Report,  to  the 
number  of  1,632,  have  been  sent  to  State  and 
Chapter  Regents,  and  upon  their  return,  filled 
out,  will  be  embodied  in  the  next  report  to  the 
Smithsonian    Institution. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
Mary    Anderson    Orton, 
Director  General  in  Charge  of  the  Report  to 
the  Smithsonian  Institution. 

Mrs.  Augsbury  then  read  her  report. 


Report  of  Historian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board   of   Management : 

Upon  returning  to  my  office  after  the  va- 
cation period,  I  am  happy  to  report  that  the 
work  is  progressing  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 
Five  hundred  records,  representing  oneTialf 
the  material  for  volume  43  of  the  Lineage 
Book,  have  been  sent  to  the  printer;  the  re- 
mainder will  be  sent  during  the  current  month. 

Having  been  authorized  by  the  Board  to  ar- 


range for  a  larger  edition  than  heretofore 
published  of  the  forthcoming  volumes,  I  have 
through  Mrs.  Johnston  been  in  correspondence 
with  the  Telegraph  Printing  Company  which 
has  published  the  entire  set  of  books.  A 
scale  of  prices  has  been  submitted,  propor- 
tioned to  the  size  of  the  edition.  Referring 
to  the  latter,  I  would  state  that  only  three 
volumes  are  left  of  volume  40,  published  last 
year.  I  would  therefore  recommend  1,500 
copies  of  volume  43  to  be  ordered. 

Early  in  August  it  became  my  sad  duty  to 
represent  the  National  Board  at  the  funeral 
of  Mrs.  William  H.  Alexander,  State  Treas- 
urer of  New  York,  D.  A.  R.  Her  death, 
which  was  the  result  of  a  fall  down  the 
stairs  at  her  home  in  Johnstown,  New  York, 
deprives  our  Society  of  one  of  its  most  tal- 
ented and  useful  members.  She  will  be  sin- 
cerely mourned  by  a  large  number  of  Daugh- 
ters  from  many  states. 

List  of  gifts  to  the  National  Committee 
on  Historical  Research  and  Preservation  of 
Records. 

Two  hundred  marriage  records,  Springfield, 
Mo.,  presented  by  Rachel  Donelson  Chapter; 
Henry  County,  Mo.,  records  six  hundred  mar- 
riage bonds,  Commonwealth  of  Rives  (now 
Henry  Co.),  Mo.,  1835-45.  Copied  by  Henry 
County  Chapter,  Windsor,  Mo.  Legible  mar- 
riage records  performed  by  Rev.  Thomas  Ro- 
mine  (Romeyn)  Caughnawaga  (now  Fonda) 
Reformed  Church,  Tryon  (now  Montgom- 
ery) Co.,  New  York;  presented  by  Mrs.  Alice 
H.  Putnam,  Historian  Caughnawaga  Chapter. 
Pamphlet,  historical  sketch  of  Reformed 
Dutch  Church  at  Caughnawaga  (now  Fonda), 
New  York,  with  program  of  150th  anniver- 
sary celebration.  Press  clipping,  Revolution- 
ary graves  on  D.  A.  R.  lot,  Frankfort,  Ky., 
from  Mrs.  Roberta  H^„  Atkins,  Historian, 
Lexington  Chapter.  Thirty-eight  marriages 
performed  by  Rev.  Joy  Handy,  1830-37,  cop- 
ied from  his  Bible,  now  in  Free  Library,  Fre- 
donia,  N.  Y.  Will  of  James  Bryant,  County 
of  Powhatan,  Va.,  1783.  Will  of  James 
Bryant,  Jr.,  County  of  Powhatan,  Va.,  1807, 
donated  by  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Kclsey,  Historian 
Webb    City    Chapter,    Mo. 

Illustrated  program  of  unveiling  ceremonies 
by    Gen.    Nathaniel    Woodhull    Chapter,    New 


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York  City,  from  Mrs.  C.  A.  J.  Queck-Bcrncr, 
Regent.  Blue  print  map  of  Braddock  Fields, 
from  Mrs.  Effie  W.  Teemcr,  Lorain,  Ohio. 
Historian's  report,  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Cooke, 
Wayne  Chapter,  Hawley,  Pa.  Program,  Lit- 
tle Falls  Historical  Pageant  and  lift  lock 
(barge  canal)  celebration,  from  Miss  Clara 
L.  H.  Rawdon,  Regent,  Astenrogen  Chapter. 
Historian's  report,  Colonial  Daughters  Chap- 
ter, Dryden,  Maine.  Press  clippings  from 
Miss  Mary  I.  Stille,  State  Historian,  Penna. 
Original  paper,  "Heroic  Women  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,"  by  Mrs.  Harriet  T.  K.  Gar- 
lick,  Historian  Mary  Silliman  Chapter,  Bridge- 
port, Conn.  Book,  "Maine  in  History  and 
Romance,"  compiled  by  Maine  Federation  of 
Clubs,  presented  by  Mrs.  E.  C.  Carll,  His- 
torian Koussinoc  Chapter,  Augusta,  Maine. 

Respectfully    submitted, 

Mary  E.  Augsbury, 
Historian  General,  N.   S.,  D.  A.   R. 

Mrs.  Augsbury  presented  to  the  Society 
and  the  Librarian  General  the  handsome  vol- 
ume, "Maine  in  History  and  Romance,"  got- 
ten out  by  the  Maine  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs  and  presented  by  that  Federation 
through  Mrs.  E.  C.  Carll,  Historian  of  the 
chapter  at  Augusta,  Maine,  with  the  request 
that  the  book  be  kept  in  the  Maine  Room.  The 
President  General  accepted  the  book  with 
expressions  of  appreciation  and  stated  that 
disposition  of  it  would  be  made,  if  possible, 
in  accordance  with  the  request  of  the  donor. 
Inasmuch  as  the  recommendation  in  the  re- 
port of  the  Historian  General  was  along  the 
lines  of  previously  granted  authorization  by 
the  Board,  the  motion  of  Mrs.  Leary,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Wait,  that  the  report  of  the  His- 
torian General  be  accepted  with  the  recom- 
mendation, was  put  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Sternberg  presented  her  report,  read- 
ing  only   the    summary. 

Report  of  Librarian   General. 

Madam   President    General    and    Members   of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 
I  have  the  honor   to   report  the   following 
accessions  to  the  library: 

Books. 

History  of  Jefferson  County,  New  York. 
By  Franklin  S.  Hough.  Albany,  1854.  Pre- 
sented  by   Mrs.    Sanders   Johnston. 

Pioneers,  preachers  and  people  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi Valley.  By  William  H.  Milburn,  New 
York,    1854. 

History  of  Wayne  County,  Ohio.  By  Ben 
Douglass,  Indianapolis,   1878. 

History  of  Daviess  County,  Kentucky.  Chi- 
cago, Interstate   Publishing  Company. 


Bibliographer's  manual  of  American  history. 
By  Thomas  L.  Bradford.  5  volumes,  Phila- 
delphia, Stan  V.  Henckels,   1907-1911. 

Narva — 1915  Year  Book  of  Park  College, 
Missouri.  Presented  by  Mrs.  George  A.  Law- 
rence. 

A  Brief  Account  of  the  Life  at  Charlottes- 
ville of  Thomas  William  Lamont  and  of  his 
Family.  By  Thomas  Lamont.  133  p.  O.  New 
York.  Duffield  and  Company,  New  York, 
1915.     Presented  by  the  author. 

A  sketch  of  the  Cotton  Smith  Family  of 
Sharon,  Connecticut,  with  genealogical  notes. 
By  Bayard  Tuckerman.  73  p.  O.  Boston,  1915. 
Presented  by  the  author. 

Michael  Bacon,  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  1640, 
and  his  descendants.  By  Thomas  W.  Baldwin. 
Cambridge,    1915. 

History  of  New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire, 
1735-1914.  Compiled  by  Charles  H.  Chandler 
and  Sarah  F.  Lee.     New  Ipswich,   1914. 

History  and  Genealogy  of  the  Governor 
John  Webster  family  of  Connecticut.  By  Wm. 
Holcombe  Webster  and  M.  K.  Webster.  Roch- 
ester, 1915. 

Tappan-Toppan  genealogy.  Ancestors  and 
descendants  of  Abraham  Top[an  of  Neiv- 
biiry,  Massachusetts,  1606-1672.  By  Daniel 
Langdon  Tappan.  Privately  printed  by  com- 
piler.    Arlington,    Massachusetts,    1915. 

Colonial  Men  and  Times  containing  Journal 
of  Colonel  Daniel  Trabue,  Huguenots  geneal- 
ogy with  brief  sketches  of  the  allied  families. 
Edited  by  Lillie  Du  Puy  Van  C.  Harper. 
Philadelphia,  1916. 

Vital  records  of  Becket,  Granville  and 
Kingston,  Massachusetts,  to  the  year  1850. 
3    volumes.      Boston,    1903,    1911,    1914. 

A  History  of  Old  Kinderhook,  New  York, 
from  aboriginal  days  to  the  present  time.  By 
Edward  A.  Collier,  D.D.,  New  York,  1914. 

Baker  Ancestry.  The  Ancestry  of  Samuel 
Baker  of  Pleasant  Valley,  Steuben  County, 
New  York,  with  some  of  his  descendents. 
Compiled  by  Frank  Baker.  Chicago,  1914. 
Presented  by  the  author's  daughters. 

A  Survey  of  the  Scovils  or  Scovills  in  Eng- 
land and  America.  By  Homer  Worthington 
Brainard.     Hartford,   1915. 

Major  Abraham  Kirkpatrick  and  his  De- 
scendants. Compiled  by  Kirk  Q.  Bigham. 
Pittsburgh.  J.  P.  Durbin,  1911.  Presented 
by   the   compiler. 

Genealogy  of  the  Fishback  Family  in  Amer- 
ica, 1714-1914.  Compiled  by  Willis  Miller 
Kemper,   New   York,    1914. 

Bryant  Family  History.  Ancestry  and  De- 
scendants of  David  Bryant  (1756)  of  Spring- 
field, New  Jersey,  Washington  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, Knox  County,  Ohio  and  Wolf  Lake, 
Noble   County,   Indiana.      Compiled    by    Clara 


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Vaile  Braiden.  Chicago,  1913.  Privately 
printed.     Presented  by  the  compiler. 

History  of  Wayne  County,  Indiana.  By 
Andrew  W.  Young.     Cincinnati,   1872. 

A  Geographic  Dictionary  of  Nczv  Jersey. 
By  Henry  Gannett.      Washington,   1894. 

A  Geographic  Dictionary  of  Massachusetts. 
By  Henry  Gannett.  Washington,  1894.  The 
last  two  presented  by  Mrs.  Sanders  Johnston. 

Strange.  Biographical  and  Historical 
Sketches  of  the  Strangcs  of  America  and 
Across     the     Sea.  By    Alexander     Taylor 

Strange,   1911. 

The  Googins  Family  in  America.  By 
Charlotte  H.  Googins  Stevens.    Portland,  1914. 

Genealogy  of  the  1  'an  Pelt  Family.  By 
Erne    M.    Smith.      Chicago,    1913. 

The  Sampson  Family.  By  Lilla  Briggs 
Sampson.      Baltimore,   1914. 

A  Walloon  Family  in  America.  Lockwood 
Dc  Forrest  and  his  Forbears,  1500-1848.  Two 
volumes.  By  Mrs.  Robert  W.  de  Forest, 
Boston,   1914. 

Catalogue  of  Manuscripts  and  Relics  in 
Washington's  Headquarters,  Newburgh,  New 
York.  With  historical  sketch.  Compiled  by 
E.  M.  Ruttenber.  Newburgh,  1890.  Pre- 
sented by  Randal  Kent. 

Ford  genealogy.  Being  an  account  of  some 
of  the  Fords  zvho  were  early  settlers  in  New 
England;  more  particularly  a  record  of  the 
descendants  of  Martin-Mathezu  Ford  of  Es- 
sex County,  Massachusetts.  By  Eliakim  Reed 
Ford.      Oneonta,    1914. 

Genealogical  Frost  Record,  1635-1906.  By 
Charles  S.  Frost.     Presented  by  the  author. 

Heroes  of  the  Middle  West.  The  French. 
By  Mary  Hartwell  Catherwood.  Boston,  1898. 
Presented  by  "Nathaniel  Prentice"  Chapter, 
D.   A.    R. 

General  Timothy  Rugglcs,  1711-1795.  By 
Henry    Stoddard    Ruggles.      n.   p.    1897. 

Reminiscences  of  the  early  settlement  and 
early  settlers  of  McNairy  County,  Tennessee 
By   Marcus  J.   Wright.      Washington,    1882. 

Vital  records  of  Rehoboth,  1642-1896.  By 
James  N.  Arnold.  Providence,  1897.  The 
last  three  books  received  from  the  Library 
of   Congress. 

The  American  Family  of  Reverend  Obadiah 
Holmes.  By  Colonel  J.  T.  Holmes.  Columbus, 
Ohio,  1915. 

The  Battles  in  the  Jerseys  and  the  Signifi- 
cance of  Each.  By  William  G.  Armstrong. 
Published  by  the  New  Jersey  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  1916.  Presented  by  the 
author. 

Maxwell  History  and  Genealogy.  By  Flor- 
ence Wilson  Houston,  Laura  Cowan  Blaine 
and   Ella  Dunn   Mellette.      Indianapolis,    1916. 

The  McClure  Family.  By  James  Alex- 
ander   McClure.      Petersburg,    Virginia,    1914. 

From    Mrs.    William    Butterworth    the    fol- 


lowing seven  volumes  have  been  received  in 
memory  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Charles  H. 
Deere : 

History  of  Illinois.  By  Henry  Brown. 
New  York,  1884. 

Gazetteer  of  Illinois.  By  J.  M.  Peck. 
Philadelphia,   1837. 

History  of  Cook  County,  Illinois.  By  A.  T. 
Andreas.   Chicago,    1884. 

History  of  La  Salle  County,  Illinois.  Two 
volumes.  Chicago,  Inter- State  Publishing 
Company,    1886. 

History  of  McDonough  County,  Illinois. 
By  S.  J.  Clarke,  Springfield,  1878. 

Good  old  times  in  McLean  County,  Illinois. 
By  E.   Dius.      Bloomington,    1874. 

Proceedings  of  the  20th  Annual  State  Con- 
ference of  the  D.  A.  R.  Ottawa,  Illinois, 
March  29-30,  1916.  Presented  by  the  Il- 
linois  "Daughters." 

Genealogy  of  the  Eliot  Family.  Compiled 
by  William  H.  Eliot,  Jr.  Revised  and  en- 
larged by  William  S.  Porter.  New  Haven, 
1854.     Presented  by  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Greer. 

Transactions  of  the  Illinois  Historical  So- 
ceity  for  1915.  Springfield,  1916.  Presented 
by  Illinois    State   Historical    Society. 

Historical  Collections  relating  to  the  town 
of  Salisbury,  Litchfield  County,  Connecticut. 
Arranged  and  published  by  The  Salisbury  As- 
sociation   Incorporated,    1916. 

The  Blue  Book  of  Schuylkill  County,  Penn- 
sylvania. Who  zvas  Who  and  Why.  By  Ella 
Zerbey    Elliott.      Pottsville,    1915. 

The  Letters  of  Richard  Henry  Lee.  Col- 
lected and  edited  by  James  Curtis  Ballagh. 
Two  volumes.  New  York,  The  Macmillan 
Company,  1914.  Presented  by  Miss  Virginia 
Miller,  great-great-granddaughter  of  Richard 
Henry    Lee. 

Early  records  of  the  city  and  county  of  Al- 
bany and  colony  of  Reussclaerzvyck.  Trans- 
lated from  original  Dutch  by  Jonathan  Pear- 
son. Revised  and  edited  by  A.  J.  F.  Van  Laer. 
Albany,   1916. 

United  States  Official  Postal  Guide,  July, 
1916.  Albany,  J.  B.  Lyon  Company,  1916. 
Presented  by  Miss  Lillian  Norton. 

Pennsylvania  Archives.  Sez'cnth  Series. 
Five  volumes.  Harrisburg,  1914.  Presented 
by  Pennsylvania  State  Library.  These  vol- 
umes constitute  the  index  of  the  Sixth  Series. 

The  Montgomery  Family  Magazine.  Edited 
and  published  by  William  M.  Clemens.  Vol- 
ume  1.     New  York,   1915. 

Genealogy.  A  journal  of  American  an- 
cestry. Edited  by  Lyman  H.  Weeks.  New 
York,  William   M.   Clemens,   1912-1915. 

The  Norris  Family  of  Maryland.  By 
Thomas  M.  Myers,  New  York,   1916. 

Brief  History  of  Winthrop,  Maine,  from 
1764   to    October,   1855.      By   David   Thurston. 


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Portland,  185S.  Presented  by  "Patience  Stan- 
ley"   Chapter,   D.   A.    R. 

Publications  of  the  American  Jewish  His- 
torical Society.  Number  24.  Baltimore,  1916. 
Presented  by  the  Society. 

Index  to  Historic  Shepherdstown.  Com- 
piled for  the  library  of  Memorial  Continental 
Hall,  "in  loving  memory  of  the  author, 
Danske  Dandridge,"  by  Anna  L.  Chapline 
Phillips.      1916.      Typewritten. 

Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical 
Society.  Volumes  47-49.  New  York,  1914- 
1916. 

Records  of  the  Columbia  Historical  Society. 
Washington,  D.  C.     Volume  19.      1916. 

William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly  His- 
torical Magazine.  Volume  24.  Richmond, 
1915-1916. 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Mag- 
azine.     Volume  48.      New  York,   1916. 

The  Mayflower  Descendant.  Volume  17. 
Boston,    1915. 

South  Carolina  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Magazine.    Volume  16.     Baltimore,  1915. 

Register  and  manual,  1916.  State  of  Con- 
necticut.    Hartford,  1916. 

Official  Program  of  Unveiling  of  Lafayette 
Monument  at  Lafayette  Park,  Fall  River, 
Massachusetts.  September  4,  1916.  Presented 
by  "Quequechan"  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  through 
Mrs.   Bradford   Davol. 

History  of  the  National  Capital  from  its 
foundation  through  the  period  of  the  organic 
act.  By  Wilhelmus  Bogart  Bryan.  Volume 
1.  1790-1814.  New  York.  The  Macmillan 
Company,  1914.  Presented  by  "Wendel  Wolfe" 
Chapter. 

Some  Emigrants  to  Virginia.  By  W.  G. 
Stanard.  Richmond,  Bell  Book  Company, 
1915.    Presented  by  Mrs.  Van  Rancke. 

The  Western  Reserve  of  Ohio  and  Some 
of  its  Pioneers,  Places  and  Women's  Clubs. 
By  Mrs.  William  G.  Rose.  Two  volumes. 
Cleveland,  1915,  1915.  Presented  by  the  au- 
thor. 

Edmond  Hawes,  of  Yarmouth,  Massachu- 
setts, an  emigrant  to  America  in  1635,  his  an- 
cestors and  some  of  his  descendants.  By 
James  William  Hawes. 

The  following  volumes,  written  by  Indiana 
authors  for  the  case  in  the  Indiana  Room 
were  presented  by  Fort  Harrison  Chapter. 

History  of  Terre  Haute,  1816-1840.  By 
Blackford  Condit,   New  York,   1902. 

Socialists  at  Work.  By  Robert  Hunter. 
New  York,  1912. 

The  Mystery  of  Madeline  Le  Blanc.  By 
Max  Ehrmann.     Cambridge,  1900. 

The  Poems  of  Max  Ehrmann.  New  York, 
1910. 

The  Wife  of  Marobius.  By  Max  Ehrmann. 
New  York,   1911. 

Jesus  a  Passion  Play.  By  Max  Ehrmann. 
New    York,    1915. 


Poverty.  By  Robert  Hunter.  New  York, 
Macmillan    Company,    1912. 

Handbook  History  of  the  Town  of  York, 
Maine,  from  early  times  to  the  present.  By 
Edward  C.  Moody.  Augusta,  Kennebec  Jour- 
nal Company,  n.  d.  Presented  by  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Truesdell,  Regent  "Old  York"  Chapter,  D. 
A.   R. 

Wolcott  genealogy.  The  Family  of  Henry 
Wolcott  of  Windsor.  By  Chandler  Wolcott. 
Rochester,  New  York,  1912.  Presented  by 
Aliss  Mary  Wolcott  Green,  Marion  Euphemia 
Green  and  Virginia  Green  Freese  in  honor  of 
their  mother  Marion  Wolcott  Green. 

National  Year  Book,  1916,  Society  S.  A.  R. 
Washington,  1916.     Presented  by  the  Society. 

Pamphlets. 

Descriptive  catalogue  of  the  Washington 
Relics  in  the  United  States  National  Museum. 
By  Theodore  T.  Belote.  Washington,  1915. 
Two  copies,  one  presented  by  Mr.  S.  C.  Stuntz 
&  one  by  Mr.   W.   De  C.   Ravenel. 

Johnson  Genealogy.  Ancestors  and  De- 
scendants of  Elisha  Johnson  of  Freedom, 
Waldo  County,  Maine.  By  George  D.  John- 
son.    Leavenworth,   1915. 

Genealogy  of  the  Darby  Family.  George 
Darby,  1726-1788,  of  Montgomery  County, 
Maryland.  Edited  by  R.  C.  Darby.  Atlanta, 
n.  d.  2  copies.     Presented  by  the  editor. 

Official  bulletin  of  the  National  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  for 
June,  1916.    Presented  by  the  Society. 

A  Gazetteer  of  Delaware.  By  Henry  Gan- 
nett. Washington,  1904.  Presented  by  Mr. 
George  Otis  Smith,  Director  of  the  United 
States  Geological   Survey. 

The  Cranford  Family  of  Oakham,  Massa- 
chusetts. By  General  William  Crawford. 
Oakham  Historical  Society,  1912.  Presented 
by  Henry  P.  Wright. 

Tombstone  Inscriptions  in  the  old  Presby- 
terian Burying  Ground  at  Greenwich,  New 
Jersey,  with  historical  sketch,  compiled  by 
Frank  D.  Andrews.  Vinelands,  1915.  Pre- 
sented by  the  compiler. 

Ancestry  of  Henry  L.  and  John  C.  An- 
drews, Woburn,  Massachusetts.  Woburn, 
1914.     Presented  by  Henry  L.  Andrews. 

The  Relation  of  New  Hampshire  Men  to  the 
Siege  of  Boston.  By  W.  F.  Whitcher,  Con- 
cord,   1904. 

Smith  College  Studies  in  History.  Con- 
tents :  Woman's  suffrage  in  New  Jersey,  1790- 
1807,  by  Edward  R.  Turner,  and  The  Chero- 
kee negotiations  of  1822-1823,  by  Annie 
Heloise  Abel.  The  last  two  presented  by 
Mrs.  Amos  G.  Draper. 

Pomeroy  Pamphlet  Number  Two.  Sandus- 
ky,  1916.     Presented  by  A.  A.  Pomeroy. 

Harris  Family  of  Virginia  from  1611  to 
1914.    Data  gathered  and  printed  for  Thomas 


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Henry  Harris.  Presented  by  Thomas  Henry 
Harris. 

Indiana  Local  History.  A  guide  to  its 
study,  with  some  bibliographical  notes.  By  Lo- 
gan Esarey,  1916.  Presented  by  Indiana  Uni- 
versity. 

A  Geographic  Dictionary  of  Rhode  Island. 
By   Henry   Gannett.      Washington,    1914. 

A  Geographic  Dictionary  of  Connecticut. 
By  Henry  Gannett.  Washington,  1914.  The 
last  two  presented  by  Mrs.  Sanders  Johnston. 

Biography  of  Deacon  Benjamin  Judson  of 
Woodbury,  Connecticut,  with  names  of  his 
descendants.  By  F.  E.  Weeks.  Norwalk, 
Connecticut,   1914. 

History  of  the  Rowland  Family,  with  names 
of  the  descendants  of  Aaron  and  Levi  Row- 
land, Mrs.  Esther  King  and  Mrs.  Nancy  Wood. 
By  Dr.  F.  E.  Weeks,  1910.  The  last  two 
published  and  presented  by  the   author. 

Sketch  of  the  ceremonies  at  the  unveiling 
of  the  marker  erected  by  the  "Udolpha  Mil- 
ler" Chapter  D.  A.  R.  at  the  grave  of  Lieu- 
tenant William  Baylis,  the  only  Revolution- 
ary soldier  buried  in  Henry  County,  Missouri. 
Presented  by  the  Chapter  Historian,  Mrs. 
Charles    Rutherford. 

Peace  Through  National  Defense.  By  Anne 
Rogers  Minor.      Presented  by  the  author. 

Remembrance  Book  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  Magazine.  Wash- 
ington,   1916. 

A  collection  of  over  '  6,000  names,  "De- 
scendants of  Balthascr  and  Susanna  Phillipina 
Locsch."  With  Supplemental  List.  Compiled 
by  William  W.  Lesh.    Washington,  1914,  1916. 

Northrup  Genealogy,  1637-1914.  History  of 
the  ancestors  and  descendants  of  William 
Northrup,  an  early  settler  in  town  of  Mason- 
ville,  New  York.  Compiled  by  George  Clark 
Northrup.  Elizabeth,  n.  d.  Presented  by  the 
author. 

A  Brief  Sketch  of  my  Ancestors.  By  Carrie 
Corbett  Brown.  Typewritten  sketch  of  the 
Corbett,  Gresham,  Vaughn,  Livingston,  Scott 
and  other  families.     Presented  by  the  author. 

History  of  the  National  Society  of  Daugh- 
ters of  Founders  and  Patriots  of  America  for 
year  ending  May  13,  1916.  Presented  by  the 
Society. 

Flag  Day  number,  July,  1916,  of  The  Mid- 
western. 2  copies.  One  presented  by  Mrs. 
Dixie  Gebhardt  and  one  by  Mrs.  Amos  G. 
Draper. 

The  Waiters  Family.  By  Dennis  Alonzo 
Watters.  Portland,  Oregon,  1915.  Presented 
by  the  author. 

"Coryell's  Ferry"  {now  New  Hope,  Bucks 
County,  Pennsylvania)  in  the  Revolution.  By 
Oliver  Randolph  Parry.  1915.  Two  copies. 
Presented  by  Mrs.   J.   P.   Marshall. 

The  Bell  Family  in  America.  New  York, 
1913. 


The  Bells  in  the  Revolution.  Record  of 
American  Soldiers  and  Sailors  of  1776  of  the 
name   of    Bell.      New   York,    1916. 

Early  Marriage  Records  of  the  Black  Fam- 
ily in  the  United  States.  Edited  by  William 
M.   Clemens.     New  York,   1916. 

The  Darling  Family  in  America.  Early  set- 
tlers prior  to  1800.     New  York,  1913. 

Early  marriage  records  of  the  Fox  Family 
in  the  United  States.  Edited  by  William  M. 
Clemens.     New  York,   1916. 

The  Hamilton  Family  in  America.  New 
York,    1913. 

Early  marriage  records  of  the  Hopkins 
Family  in  the  United  States.  Edited  by  Wil- 
liam M.   Clemens,  New  York,   1916. 

Early  marriage  records  of  the  Lamb  Fam- 
ily in   the   United  States.     New  York,   1916. 

Early  marriage  records  of  the  Mills  Fam- 
ily in  the  United  States.  Edited  by  William 
M.  Clemens.     New  York,  1916. 

The  Penn  Family  of  Virginia.  A  chronolog- 
ical  record.      New  York,   1915. 

Early  marriage  records  of  the  Weaver  Fam- 
ily in  the  United  States.  Edited  by  William 
M.  Clemens.     New  York,  1916. 

The  first  three  numbers  of  the  Campbell 
Family,  Lincoln  Family,  Miller  Family,  Mitch- 
ell Family  and  Turner  Family  Magazines,  pub- 
lished by  William   M.   Clemens. 

A  record  of  the  Descendants  of  Alfred  Mar- 
tin, late  of  Floyd,  Ontario  County,  New  York. 
By  Angeline  E.  Hicks.     Rome,  1916. 

West  Virginia  in  Song  and  Story.  By  Mrs. 
Parks  Fisher  and  Mrs.  Delia  A.  McCulloch. 
Presented   by   Mrs.   Fisher. 

Address  in  memory  of  John  W.  Alexander 
by  John  G.  Agar.  New  York,  1916.  Pre- 
sented  by  Memorial   Committee. 

Cemetery  inscriptions  in  the  old  cemeteries 
of  Troy,  New  York.  Transcribed  under  the 
supervision  of  the  "Philip  Schuyler"  Chap- 
ter D.  A.  R.  Published  in  The  Troy  Record 
of  June  19th  and  July  7th,  1916,  and  copy 
presented  by  the  "Philip  Schuyler"  Chapter, 
D.  A.  R. 

A  list  of  books  relating  to  the  history  of 
the  State  of  New  York.    Albany,  1916. 

From  Mrs.  Robert  Molyneux,  Chairman  On- 
ondaga County,  New  York  Genealogical  Re- 
search Committee,  were  received  copies  of 
the  inscriptions  in  the  Smith  Bridge  Ceme- 
tery, Eaton,  New  York,  and  records  of  the 
Franklin   and  Lewis   Families   of   Virginia. 

Annual  Report  of  The  Connecticut  His- 
torical Society.  May,  1916.  Presented  by 
Connecticut    State   Library. 

Connecticut  Houses.  A  list  of  manuscript 
histories  of  early  Connecticut  homes  presented 
to  the  Connecticut  State  Library  by  the  Con- 
necticut Society,  Colonial  Dames  of  America. 
Compiled    by    Mrs.    Elford    Parry    Townsend. 


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Hartford,  1916.  Presented  by  Connecticut 
State  Library. 

Directory  of  the  officers,  chapters  and  com- 
mittees of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  of  Massachusetts.  1916-1917. 
Boston,  1916.  Presented  by  Airs.  Frank  D. 
Ellison. 

History  of  land  titles  in  the  vicinity  of 
Ouakcrtozvn,  New  Jersey.  By  Mary  C.  Vail. 
Flemington.  H.  E.  Deals,  1915.  Presented 
by  Mr.  Hiram  E.  Deats. 

Maar  family  records.  Compiled  by  Charles 
Maar,  A.  M.,  Albany,  1913.  Presented  by 
the  author,  together  with  two  historical  news- 
paper articles. 

The  early  history  of  Berlin,  Connecticut. 
By  Emily  S.  Brandege.  Presented  by  the 
author. 

Index  to  Foote's  Historical  Sketches  of 
J'irginia.  First  and  second  series.  Compiled 
for  the  library  by  Miss  Grace  M.  Pierce. 
Typewritten. 

From  Mrs.  Anne  Boehman  Hyde  were  re- 
ceived two  interesting  newspaper  articles, 
"The  early  books  of  Tennessee,"  and  "Old 
times  in  Tennessee." 

Periodicals. 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Maga- 
zine     August 

Genealogical  Magazine    June 

Kentucky    State    Historical    Society    Register, 

Sept. 

Mayflower  Descendant   Jan.,  April 

National  Genealogical  Society  Quarterly, 

July,  Oct. 
Nezv   England    Historical   and    Genealogical 

Register    July 

Nezv    York    Genealogical    and    Biographical 

Record    July 

Nezv  York  Public  Library  Bulletin June 

Newport  Historical  Society  Bulletin July 

Presbyterian  Historical  Society  Journal  .Sept. 
Somerset    County,    New    Jersey,    Historical 

Quarterly    July 

South    Carolina   Historical    and    Genealogical 

Magazine    April,    July 

Vermonter,  The   Vol.  21,  No.  5 

Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography, 

July 
William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly  Histor- 
ical Magazine    July 

The  above  list  includes  102  books,  59 
pamphlets  and  18  periodicals ;  49  books  were 
presented,  15  purchased  and  38  received  in 
exchange.  There  were  43  pamphlets  present- 
ed.   16  received   in   exchange. 

During  the  summer  months  the  work  in  the 
library  was  carried  on  in  a  satisfactory  man- 
ner and  without  interruption.  A  number  of 
valuable  books,  historical  and  genealogical, 
have  been  received,  among  them  seven  im- 
portant   works    relating   to    Illinois,    presented 


by  Mrs.  William  Butterworth  in  memory  of 
her  mother,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Deere,  and  the 
new  Wolcott  genealogy,  presented  in  honor  of 
their  mother  by  the  three  daughters  of  Mrs. 
Marion  Wolcott  Green,  who  has  been  Chap- 
lain of  the  "Staten  Island"  Chapter  ever  since 
its  formation. 

Many  of  the  accessions  were  secured 
through  the  medium  of  the  reviews  in  our 
Magazine  for  which  thanks  are  due  to  the 
editor. 

Indexes  to  two  valuble  historical  works, 
Foote's  Sketches  of  Virginia,  First  and  Sec- 
ond Series,  and  Dandridge's  Historic  Shep- 
herdstown,  have  been  compiled  for  and  pre- 
sented to  the  library,  the  first  by  Miss  Grace 
M.  Pierce,  Registrar  General  N.  S.  D.  A.  R., 
the  second  by  Mrs.  Anna  L.  C.  Phillips,  Regent 
"Pack  Horse  Ford"  Chapter. 

The  two  book  stacks  presented  by  the  "Mary 
Washington"  Chapter,  the  latest  of  its  many 
gifts,  have  been  installed  and  are  rapidly  be- 
ing filled. 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  report  that  a  check 
for  $8.00,  representing  ten  per  cent,  of  the 
rentals  received  for  the  illustrated  lecture 
on  Memorial  Continental  Hall  owned  by  Mrs. 
Samuel  A.  Ammon  and  Miss  Eliza  Olver 
Denniston,  has  been  sent  by  them  to  the 
Treasurer  General,  with  the  expressed  stipu- 
lation that  it  is,  with  any  others  from  that 
source,  to  be  used  for  the  purchase  of  books 
for  the  library. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

(Mrs.  George  M.)    M.  L.   Sternberg, 

Librarian  General,  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

Since  closing  this  report  two  valuable  gifts, 
The  Vanderpoel  Genealogy  and  The  Ryerson 
Genealogy,  have  been  received  from  friends 
of  the  Society,  George  B.  Vanderpoel  and 
Edward  L.  Ryerson. 

During  the  reading  of  this  report  Mrs. 
Moody,  Vice-President  General  from  Dela- 
ware, occupied  the  chair  during  the  absence 
from  the  room  of  the  President  General. 

The  acceptance  of  the  report  of  the  Li- 
brarian General  and  that  it  be  published  in 
the  Magazine  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Augsbury, 
seconded  by  Miss   Barlow   and  carried. 

Miss  Serpell  announced  that  the  day  before 
the  different  chapters  in  the  State  of  Vir- 
ginia subscribed  $100  to  be  used  for  the  Vir- 
ginia  shelf. 

Miss  Pierce  asked  that  State  Regents  re- 
quest their  organizing  regents  to  get  their 
papers  into  the  Registrar  General's  office  as 
early  as  possible  and  not  wait  to  send  them 
all  at  one  time;  that  there  were  a  number  of 
chapters  to  be  organized  which  would  mean 
additional  delegates  in  the  state  conferences 
and  the  office  of  the  Registrar  General  was 
working  desperately  to  get  the  papers  in  to  the 


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Board,  and  it  would  very  much  facilitate  mat- 
ters if  the  papers  could  be  sent  in  one  after 
another  just  as  fast  as  it  was  possible. 

At  1  p.  m.  Mrs.  Sternberg  moved  that  we 
take  a  recess  for  luncheon.  This  was  sec- 
onded by   Mrs.  Augsbury   and  carried. 

The  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order 
by  the  President  General  at  2:45.  The  an- 
nouncement of  trains  for  the  visit  to  Monti- 
cello  was  made,  and  the  list  of  the  members 
desiring  drawing  room  accommodations  on 
the  train  was  taken  and  turned  over  to  those 
making  the  arrangements. 

Mrs.  Clementson  read  her  report  as  Act- 
ing Chairman  of  Finance  Committee. 

Report  of  Finance  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 

Vouchers  have  been  approved  during  the 
months  of  June,  July,  August  and  September 
(1916)  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee to  the  amount  of  $180,283.39,  of  which 
amount  $148,615.99  was  for  Belgian  Relief. 

A  bill  for  $185.50  for  office  furniture  for  the 
Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee  has 
been  held  for  several  months  owing  to  the 
fact  that  no  definite  ruling  by  the  Board  for 
the  payment  of  same  seems  to  have  been 
made.  May  I  ask  the  Chair  to  invite  a 
motion  covering  the  payment  of  this  bill? 

Respectfully    submitted, 

Vida    K.    Clementson, 
Acting    Chairman,    Finance    Committee,   N.   S. 
D.  A.  R. 

On  motion  duly  seconded  the  acceptance  of 
this  report  was  carried  with  the  provision  that 
the  bill  be  paid. 

The  report  was  read  from  the  Treasurer 
General  of  total  deceased  234,  resigned  225, 
and  reinstated  31,  which  was  received  as  read, 
and  the  motion  of  Mrs.  Wood,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Foster,  that  the  members  (31)  be  re- 
instated was   carried. 

The  report  of  the  Auditing  Committee  was 
read  by  Mrs.  Greenawalt,  as  follows : 

Report  of  Auditing  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 
The  Auditing  Committee  has  the  honor  to 
report  that  we  have  met  and  carefully  exam- 
ined the  reports  of  the  National  Accounting 
Company,  auditors  for  the  National  Society, 
for  the  months  of  June,  July,  August  and 
September,  1916,  in  connection  with  the  re- 
port of  the  Treasurer  General  for  the  same 
months. 


We  are  happy  to  inform  you  that  the  totals 
of  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer-General  for 
this  period  agree  with  the  auditor's  record, 
as  also  do  the  balances  of  the  various  funds. 
The  petty  cash  fund,  stamped  envelopes  and 
other  minor  funds  have  been  examined  and 
checked  up  by  the  auditors,  and  found  to  cor- 
respond with  the  report  of  the  Treasurer 
General  as  presented. 

The  National  Accounting  Company,  ex- 
pert accountants  for  our  society,  in  submit- 
ting reports  to  your  Committee  for  these 
respective  months,  has  called  our  attention  to 
the  following. 

In  the  letter  submitting  the  report  of  the 
National  Accounting  Company  of  June,  1916, 
appears    the    following   paragraph : 

"We  examined  cancelled  checks  and  vouch- 
ers covering  payments  made  from  the  Cur- 
rent and  Permanent  Funds,  and  reconciled 
balances  as  shown  by  the  books  with  the  Bank 
Pass  Books.  We  did  not  see  Permanent 
Fund  Voucher  No.  591  in  favor  of  the  Amer- 
ican Security  &  Trust  Company,  amounting 
to  $5,021.10." 

From  the  letter  of  the  National  Accounting 
Company,  submitting  the  report  for  July,  1916, 
we  quote  the   following : 

"We  examined  cancelled  checks  and  vouch- 
ers covering  payments  made  from  the  Cur- 
rent and  Permanent  Funds,  and  reconciled 
balances  as  shown  by  the  books  with  the 
Bank  Pass  Books.  We  did  not  see  Per- 
manent Fund  Voucher  No.  597,  in  favor  of 
the  Library  Bureau,  amounting  to  $142.75. 
This,  we  understand,  had  been  forwarded  to 
the  President  General  for  approval." 

In  the  letter  accompanying  the  report  for 
August,  1916,  of  the  National  Accounting 
Company,  the  following  paragraph  appears : 

"The  voucher  in  favor  of  the  American 
Security  and  Trust  Company,  amounting  to 
$201.31,  paid  during  the  month  from  the  Per- 
manent Fund,  was  without  the  authorization 
of  the  President  General." 

We  also  submit  extracts  from  the  Sep- 
tember, 1916,  report  from  the  National  Ac- 
counting   Company    as    follows : 

"In  Schedule  2  are  listed  the  Current  Fund 
vouchers  which  we  did  not  see,  all  but  three 
of  which,  we  understand,  had  been  forwarded 
to  the  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee 
for  approval.  Numbers  4721,  4759  and  4760 
had  not  been  returned  by  the  Organizing  Sec- 
retary General. 

"Permanent  Fund  Voucher  No.  600  we  were 
informed  had  been  sent  to  the  President  Gen- 
eral for  approval,  and  had  not  yet  been  re- 
turned. 

"It  would  seem  advisable  that  in  the  ab- 
sence from  Washington  of  the  Chairman  of 
the  Finance  Committee,  someone  else  should 
be  designated  to  approve  vouchers  for  the 
current  expenses  of  the  Society,  in  order  that 
they  be  paid  promptly  and  entered  on  the 
records   in  the   month   in   which   incurred." 


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We  hereby  submit,  to  be  placed  on  file,  the 
reports  of  the  National  Accounting  Company, 
including  the  letters  in  full  from  the  expert 
accountant  of  said  company  from  which  these 
extracts  have  been   made. 

Upon  inquiry  by  your  Committee,  we  were 
advised  by  the  Treasurer  General  that  the 
voucher  No.  591  in  favor  of  the  American 
Security  and  Trust  Company  amounting  to 
$5,021.10  was  not  submitted  to  the  National 
Accounting  Company  because  of  the  fact  that 
it  did  not  carry  the  required  signature  of 
the  President  General. 

Your  Auditing  Committee  brought  the  mat- 
ter to  the  attention  of  the  President  Gen- 
eral that  the  National  Accounting  Company 
reported  to  this  Committee  that  this  Perma- 
nent Fund  Voucher  No.  591  and  other  checks 
from  the  Permanent  Fund  were  being  paid 
without  her  authorization. 

The  President  General  has  filed  with  your 
Auditing  Committee  the  following  letters, 
which  we  hereby  present : 

October  5th,    1916. 

"The  American  Security  and  Trust  Co., 

"Washington,   D.    C. 

"Dear  Sirs : 

_  "By  Article  VI  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  Na- 
tional Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution  it  is  provided  that  the  Treas- 
urer General  shall  have  charge  of  the  funds 
and  securities  of  the  National  Society,  shall 
deposit  the  same  in  a  banking  institution  in 
Washington  selected  by  the  National  Board 
of  Management  to  the  credit  of  the  Society 
and  to  'draw  thereon  by  check  when  so  di- 
rected by  the  Continental  Congress  or  by  the 
National  Board  of  Management.'  The  same 
By-Law  also  provides  that  the  account  shall 
be  audited  monthly  by  an  expert  accountant. 
The  expert  accountant  who  audited  the  ac- 
counts for  the  month  of  June,  1916,  advises 
the  Auditing  Committee  that  a  permanent 
fund  voucher  number  591  in  favor  of  the 
American  Security  and  Trust  Company  in 
the  amount  of  $5,021.10  was  drawn  by  the 
Treasurer  General  and  was  paid.  This  draft 
was  never  directed  either  by  the  Continental 
Congress  or  by  the  National  Board  of  Man- 
agement. The  accountant  who  examined  the 
accounts  for  the  month  of  July,  1916,  advises 
the  Auditing  Committee  that  in  August  a 
check  in  favor  of  the  American  Security  and 
Trust  Company  in  the  amount  of  $201.31 
was  drawn,  by  the  Treasurer  General  and  was 
paid.  This  draft  was  never  authorized  by 
me. 

"We  give  you  immediate  notice  of  these  facts 
that  you  may  take  such  steps  to  protect  your 


interests    as    you    ma}'   be    advised    are    neces- 
sary. 

"Yours    very    truly, 

(Signed)  "Daisy  Allen  Story, 

"President  General,  N.  S.  D.  A.  R." 

October    5th,    1916. 

"The   National    Metropolitan   Bank, 

"Washington,   D.   C. 

"Dear    Sirs : 

"By  the  By-Laws  of  the  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
(Article  VI)  it  is  provided  that  the  Treas- 
urer General  shall  draw  on  the  banking  in- 
stitution in  which  the  funds  of  the  Society  are 
deposited  by  check  'when  so  directed  by  the 
Continental  Congress  or  National  Board  of 
Management.'  The  Treasurer  General  has  no 
power  to  draw  except  when  so  directed  It 
has  recently  been  called  to  my  attention  that 
some  checks  have  been  drawn  on  and  appar- 
ently paid  by  you  when  no  direction  therefor 
had  been  given  either  by  the  Continental  Con- 
gress or  by  the  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment. In  order  that  you  may  hereafter  have 
notice  of  what  checks  the  Continental  Con- 
gress or  the  National  Board  of  Management 
has  directed  to  be  drawn  upon  you,  all  of 
those  in  which  such  directions  have  been  given 
will  be  in  the  future  as  they  have  been  in 
the  past,  countersigned  by  me,  by  reason  of 
my  occupying  the  position  of  President  Gen- 
eral of  the  Society  and  by  Article  III  of  the 
By-Laws  ex-officio  chairman  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management  and  of  the  Executive 
Committee  and  a  member  of  every  other 
committee  of  the  Society. 

"This  is  to  advise  you  that  any  checks  which 
may  hereafter  be  presented  for  the  Perma- 
nent Fund,  to  you  for  the  withdrawal  of 
funds  of  the  Society  from  you  are  without 
authorization  by  the  Continental  Congress  or 
National  Board  of  Management  unless  so 
countersigned  by  me  and  you  are  requested 
not  to  pay  the  same  unless  they  bear  my 
signature  countersigning  them.  If  you  will 
kindly  send  me  such  signature  blanks  as  you 
desire  from  me  I  will  fill  them  out  in  order 
that  you  may  have  them  on  file. 

"Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)  "Daisy  Allen  Story, 

"President  General,  N.  S.  D.  A.   R." 

Following  the  advice  of  the  Auditors  in 
the  report  submitted  for  September,  "that  in 
the  absence  from  Washington  of  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Finance  Committee,  someone  else 
should  be  designated  to  approve  vouchers  for 
the  current  expenses  of  the  Society,  in  order 
that  they  be  paid  promptly  and  entered  on 
the  records  in  the  month  in  which  incurred" 
we  respectfully  report  that  we  have  brought 
this  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  Presi- 
dent General  and  that  she  has  appointed  Mrs. 


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Vida    K.    Clementson,    State    Vice-Regent    of 
the  District  of   Columbia,   to  act  temporarily. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Frank  F.)   Maud  L.  Greenawalt, 

Chairman,  Auditing  Committee. 

After  some  discussion,  it  was  moved  by 
Miss  Serpell,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Augsbury,  and 
carried,  that  the  report  of  the  Auditing  Com- 
mittee be  accepted.  It  was  further  moved 
by  Mrs.  Leary  and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Page 
and  carried  that,  inasmuch  as  it  has  been 
customary,  during  this  and  prior  administra- 
tions, for  the  President  General  to  counter- 
sign all  checks  drazvn  from  the  Permanent 
Fund,  be  it  Resolved  that  hereafter  the  di- 
rection of  the  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment to  the  Treasurer  General  to  draw  on 
the  funds  of  the  Society  provided  for  by  Ar- 
ticle VI  of  the  By-Laivs  shall  be  evidenced 
by  the  countersignature  of  the  President  Gen- 
eral of  the  Society  upon  such  checks;  that  the 
President  General  be  directed  to  file  her  sig- 
nature with  the  bank  in  which  the  funds  of 
the  said  Society  are  kept,  and  that  such  bank 
be  instructed  to  pay  no  checks  signed  by  the 
Treasurer  General  unless  they  shall  bear  such 
countersignature. 

Miss  Barlow  read  her  report  as  Curator 
General  as   follows : 

Report  of  Curator  General. 

Madam  President  General,  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  progress  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Museum. 

Three  Wall  Cases  have  been  installed  and 
furnished  with  a  nucleus  of  articles  to  in- 
spire others  to  follow.  The  case  from  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  of  the 
State  of  Wisconsin,  in  memory  of  Mrs.  James 
Sindey  Peck,  Founder  and  first  State  Regent 
of  Wisconsin,  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Hoyt  Brown, 
the  second  State  Regent,  holds  china.  The 
case  from  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution of  the  State  of  Michigan,  holds  fans 
and  jewelry.  The  case  presented  by  Mrs. 
James  Herman  Aldrich,  of  New  York,  in 
memory  of  Mrs.  Donald  McLean,  holds  the 
crystals  and  glass.  These  cases  are  now  ready 
for  your  inspection. 

The  Keystone  Chapter  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
has  presented  a  morocco  covered  arm  chair 
for  the  use  of  the  Curator  General.  This 
chair  is  an  exact  reproduction  of  one  exhib- 
ited in  Independence  Hall,  which  was  used 
by  the  Secretary  during  the  sessions  of  the 
Continental  Congress  in  Philadelphia. 

Accessions  have  been  :  Certificate  of  birth 
and  christening  of  Peter  Fenner,  dated  June 
9th,  1814,  presented  by  Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Blod- 
gett,   of    Brockport,    N.   Y. 


Commission  of  Frederick  Fenner  as  a  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  Penna.  Militia,  dated  Aug.  3rd, 
1821,  presented  by  Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Blodgett, 
of  Brockport,  N.  Y. 

Copper  Coins,  one  cent,  dated  1797,  and 
one-half  cent,  dated  1804,  presented  by  Mrs. 
Louis  J.  Schroeder,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Two  Silver  Teaspoons,  owned  by  Daniel 
and  Elizabeth  Bennet,  presented  by  their  great- 
great-granddaughters,  Mary  Elizabeth  Barlow 
and  Catherine  Brittin  Barlow,  of  Washington, 
D.    C. 

Three  Decanters  of  Waterford,  Ireland,  cut 
glass,  with  mushroom  stoppers,  made  in  1770. 
Presented  by  Mrs.  James  Herman  Aldrich, 
of  New  York. 

One  Pair  Ruby  Bohemian  Glass  Decanters, 
presented  by  Mrs.  James  Herman  Aldrich, 
of  New  York. 

China  Saucer,  formerly  owned  by  Capt. 
Daniel  Brown,  of  Mass.,  which  matches  a  cup 
previously  presented  by  his  great-granddaugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Sanders  Johnston,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Letters  have  been  sent  to  the  members  of 
the  Revolutionary  Relics  Committee ;  also  let- 
ters have  been  sent  to  each  State  Regent,  in 
each  case  soliciting  continued  interest  in  the 
Museum. 

During  the  summer  the  electric  lights  have 
been  raised  to  make  them  uniform  through- 
out  the   room. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
Catherine  Brittin  Barlow, 

Curator   General. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Boone,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Page,  and  carried,  that  the  Curator  General's 
Report  be  accepted. 

Mrs.  Speight,  Chairman  of  Souvenir  Com- 
mittee, reported  briefly  on  the  work  she  was 
doing  to  dispose  of  the  25th  Anniversary 
Medals,  of  which  she  had  fifty  on  hand, 
some  being  out  in  several  of  the  states.  She 
urged  that  State  Regents  have  them  at  the 
State  Conferences  so  that  members  might 
have  the  opportunity  to  purchase. 

The  President  General  read  a  letter  from 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Danville,  Vir- 
ginia, enclosing  resolutions  endorsing  the 
project  of  the  purchase  of  Monticello. 

The  President  General  referred  to  the  ill- 
ness of  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Thomas,  Vice-Presi- 
dent General  from  Colorado,  and  on  motion 
of  Mrs.  Leary,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Smith,  it 
was  carried,  that  a  message  of  love  and  af- 
fection be  sent  Mrs.   Thomas. 

It  appearing  that  the  Organizing  Secretary 
General  was  not  well  enough  to  be  present 
at  the  Board  meeting,  on  motion  of  Miss 
Serpell,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Bosley,  it  was 
carried   that  we  send  a   message  of  sympathy 


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to  Mrs.  Smoot  and  the  hope  she  will  soon 
be  with  us. 

Mrs.  Brumbaugh  reported  that  Mrs.  Pealer 
had  lost  her  husband  within  the  week,  and,  on 
motion,  it  was  carried  that  a  letter  of  sym- 
pathy be  sent  her. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Moody,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Leary,  and  carried,  that  a  letter  of  sympathy 
be  sent  to  Airs.  George  C.  Hall,  State  Regent 
of  Delaware,  who  zvas  unable  to  meet  with 
the  National  Board  on  account  of  illness. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  read  the 
Supplemental  report  of  the  Registrar  General 
presenting  235  additional  applications  for  mem- 
bership, and  on  motion  of  Miss  Barlow,  sec- 
onded by  Mrs.  Augsbury,  it  was  carried  that 
the  supplemental  report  of  the  Registrar  Gen- 
eral be  accepted.  *  Mrs.  Boyle  announced 
that  she  cast  the  vote  for  the  235  additional 
members    in   the   last   list. 

The  following  supplemental  report  of  the 
Organizing  Secretary  General  was  also  read 
by  Mrs.  Boyle,  in  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Smoot. 

Supplemental     Report     of     Organizing 
Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management: 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation  as  Organizing  Regents : 

Mrs.  Mary  T.  Banks,  Tifton,  Ga. ;  Miss 
Mary  Frances  Lewis,  East  Walpole,  Mass.; 
Mrs.  Florence  Clark  Ball,  Osceola,  Neb. ; 
Mrs.  Ida  Pauline  Manucy  Neisler,  Kings 
Mountain,  N.  C. ;  Miss  Dorothy  ll'hitney 
McArthur,  Circleville,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Kate  El- 
lerbe  McClelland,  Clarendon,  Texas ;  Mrs. 
Arabella  Stuart  Ochiltree  Bancroft,  Orange, 
Texas ;  Mrs.  Ida  Johnson  Brodie,  Leesville, 
S.  C. ;  Mrs.  Eleanor  B.  McCoy,  Vancouver, 
Wash.;  Mrs.  Hcttie  L.  Palmer  Hyde,  Bar- 
baboo,  Wis. 

After  reinstatement  at  this  meeting  the  fol- 
lowing are  to  be  confirmed  Organizing 
Regents,  at  the  request  of  their  State  Regents : 

Mrs.  Mary  Phillips  Brownell,  Perry,  Fla., 
and  Mrs.  Eleanor  Cheney  Schnwele,  Boyd, 
Texas. 

The  National  Board  is  asked  to  authorize 
chapters  at  the  following  places :  *Marion 
and  Lorain,  Ohio. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

Betty    Carter    Smoot, 
Organising  Secretary  General. 

*Marion  authorized  at  June  Board  Meeting. 

The  acceptance  of  the  supplemental  report 
of  the  Organising  Secretary  General  was 
moved  by  Mrs.  Brant,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Smith, 
and  carried. 


Miss  Rogers,  Acting  Chairman  of  Building 
and  Grounds  Committee,  read  her  report  as 
follows : 

Report  of  Building  and  Grounds  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management: 

The  Building  and  Grounds  Committee  has 
the  honor  to  report  that,  carrying  out  the 
wish  of  the  President  General,  the  clerks  of 
the  National  Society  were  granted  a  half 
holiday  on  Saturday,  September  16th,  this 
being  the  day  following  the  close  of  the 
summer  schedule  which  was  from  June  15th 
to  September  15th. 

The  Committee  reports  that,  in  order  to 
have  the  new  cases  for  the  Museum  placed  in 
position,  it  was  necessary  to  raise  all  the 
electric  light  brackets.  This  work  has  been 
completed,  the  entire  expense  having  been 
kept  under  $20. 

The  Committee  reports  also  that  the  clerk 
to  the  Curator  General  of  the  Museum  was 
detailed  to  give  as  much  of  her  time  as  pos- 
sible in  the  office  of  the  Registrar  General 
as  the  temporary  clerk,  Mrs.  Edwards,  who 
had  been  employed  since  March  28th,  re- 
signed. 

The  Committee  reports  further  that,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  direction  of  the  June  Board, 
one  steel  stack  and  two  mahogany  filing  cases 
were  purchased  for  the  office  of  the  Regis- 
trar General  at  a  cost  of  $120. 

The  Committee  reports  that  on  Gen.  Lafay- 
ette's birthday,  September  6th,  Mrs.  Green- 
await,  who  was  at  that  time  Acting  Chair- 
man, arranged  to  have  a  floral  wreath  with 
the  D.  A.  R.  colors  placed  upon  his  statue 
in  the  park  in  Washington  named  for  him. 
This  was  in  accordance  with  a  ruling  of  the 
Congress  of  1910.     We  therefore  recommend  : 

That  the  expense  in  this  connection  be 
paid  out  of  the  Franco-American  Fund. 

An  urgent  request  having  been  received 
from  the  Registrar  General,  Miss  Pierce,  for 
an  additional  clerk  for  her  office,  as  the  work 
is  hampered  by  a  lack  of  sufficient  help,  we 
recommend : 

That  a  clerk  be  supplied  for  the  Registrar 
General's  office,  either  by  detail  from  the  pres- 
ent force  or  by  appointment,  and  that  the 
ruling  of  the  Board  of  January  20th,  1915, 
restricting  the  number  of  clerks  in  the  Regis- 
trar General's  office  to  nine,  be  rescinded,  and 
that  that  office  be  allowed  ten  clerks. 

The  Historian  General,  Mrs.  Augsbury,  ap- 
peared before  this  Committee,  stating  that, 
inasmuch  as  her  office  has  only  one  clerk, 
the  title  of  Chief  Clerk,  which  implies  that 
there  are  other  clerks  in  the  office,  is  a  mis- 
nomer and  should  be  removed,  the  salary  re- 


420    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


maining  $85  as  agreed  upon  at  the  June 
(April)  Board  meeting,  owing  to  the  fact 
that  a  second  clerk  is  no  longer  employed. 
The  Committee  therefore  recommends : 

That  Miss  Weedon  be  known  officially  as 
clerk  to  the  Historian   General. 

The  Building  and  Grounds  Committee  is 
much  perturbed  by  reason  of  the  enormous 
increase  in  the  cost  of  supplies,  especially  pa- 
per, large  quantities  of  which  are  necessarily 
used  in  all  the  offices.  Even  the  paper  towels, 
toilet  paper,  etc.,  have  almost  doubled  in  price. 
The  Committee  endorses  the  recommendation 
of  the  Treasurer  General,  made  in  her  last 
report  to  the  Board  at  the  June  meeting,  in 
the  interest  of  economy,  when  she,  the  Treas- 
urer General,  said,  "I  beg  that  this  Board  will 
consider  well  before  voting  any  expenditure." 

In  reference  to  the  motion  of  the  Treas- 
urer General  to  increase  the  salaries  of  all 
chief  clerks  to  $85  because  of  the  promotion 
of  the  Historian  General's  clerk,  the  Commit- 
tee feels  that  its  position  in  this  matter  has 
not  been  understood,  as  the  action  relating 
to  Miss  Weedon  was  in  the  interest  of  econ- 
omy, inasmuch  as  the  services  of  a  second 
clerk  were  dispensed  with,  thereby  making  a 
net  gain  of  $65  per  month  to  the  Society. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Readjust- 
ment of  Clerks'  Salaries,  recently  accepted, 
did  not  set  a  fixed  salary  for  chief  clerks, 
evidently  feeling  that  other  requirements  than 
merely  the  official  title  should  regulate  in- 
crease of  salaries.  With  this  view  the  Build- 
ing and  Grounds  Committee  concurs. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Dorinda   E.    Rogers, 

Acting   Chairman. 

Mrs.  Guernsey  moved  that  the  report  be 
accepted  and  the  recommendations  voted  on 
ad  seriatim.  This  was  duly  seconded  and 
carried.  On  motion  of  Mrs.  Brumbaugh,  sec- 
oned  by  Mrs.  Augsbury,  it  was  carried  that 
Recommendation  No.  1  be  approved.  On  mo- 
tion of  Mrs.  Ellison,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Brum- 
baugh, it  was  carried,  that  the  second  Recom- 
mendation of  the  report  of  the  Building  and 
Grounds  Committee  be  accepted.  Moved  by 
Miss  Barlow,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Bosley,  and 
carried,  that  the  third  recommendation  of 
Building  and  Grounds  Committee  be  accepted. 

Miss  Barlow  explained  that  Mr.  Brown  was 
not  able  to  wait  to  appear  before  the  Board 
with  his  suggestions  and  that  he  had  in- 
corporated them  in  a  letter,  which  she  read. 

After  some  further  elaboration  of  Mr. 
Brown's  ideas  by  Miss  Barlow,  the  Presi- 
dent General  stated  that  it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  consult  with  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee  as  to  what  room  in  the  basement 
might  be  made  available  for  the  screen.    With 


reference  to  the  model  of  the  frigate  Con- 
stitution, which  was  sadly  in  need  of  repair 
but  which  it  was  Miss  Barlow's  idea  might 
be  made  to  serve  a  good  purpose  by  present- 
ing it  to  some  naval  station  for  study,  the 
President  General  said  the  details  might  be 
looked  into  and  some  plan  presented  to  the 
Board  for  action  at  some  future  time. 

It  was  suggested  by  the  President  General 
that  a  letter  be  sent  to  the  Vice-President 
General  from  Minnesota,  Mrs.  Davis,  who 
was  regretful  that  she  could  not  meet  with 
the  Board  and  who  she  understood  had  to 
undergo  some  further  treatment  for  her  eyes. 
On  motion  of  Mrs.  Wait,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Page,  it  was  carried,  that  a  note  of  affection 
and  regret  at  her  absence  be  sent  our  Vice- 
President  General  from  Minnesota,  Mrs.  Da- 
vis. 

Miss  Finch,  Chairman  of  Magazine  Com- 
mittee, read  her  report  as  follows: 

Report  of  Magazine  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 
It  is  my  privilege  to  report  that,  owing  to 
the  vote  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Continental  Con- 
gress, the  circulation  of  our  Magazine  is  now 
some  93,000,  as  the  October  number  was  sent 
to  all  members  in  good  standing. 

Although  many  predicted  that  we  would 
probably  have  no  advertisements  until  the  first 
number  to  be  sent  to  all  the  members  had 
gone  out,  I  am  happy  to  state  that  the  money 
represented  in  the  advertising  department  of 
the  Magazine  for  October  in  gross  comes  to 
about  $2,800.00. 

Getting  the  mailing  list  ready  in  itself  is 
a  tremendous  task,  but  with  the  lack  of  co- 
operation of  some  of  the  Officers  in  the  Hall, 
it  was  almost  impossible  to  correctly  prepare 
the  list  to  be  handed  over  to  the  stencil  mak- 
ers. If  the  Belgian  Relief  Committee  list 
had  not  been  made,  it  would  have  cost  the 
Society  in  clerical  services  and  material  $1,- 
500.00  and  perhaps  $2,000.00  to  have  given 
me  the  names  and  addresses,  to  say  nothing 
of  the  time  the  work  would  have  taken. 
Having  the  list  made  for  the  Belgian  Flag 
Day  Campaign  enabled  me  to  get  the  list 
ready  without  that  expense  to  the  Society. 
Corrections,  including  new  members,  resigna- 
tions, deaths,  dropped  members  and  reinstate- 
ments, as  well  as  changes  of  address  were 
recorded  from  the  date  the  Belgian  list  was 
made.  But  with  this  list  and  changes  filled 
out  as  correctly  as  possible  comes  the  revela- 
tion that  hundreds  of  the  addresses  of  the 
members  on  file  here  at  Continental  Hall  are 
incorrect,  as  notices  have  been  coming  in  daily 
to  me  from  the  Post  Office  notifying  me  of 
that    fact,    also    a    great    marty    notifications 


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from  the  Post  OfRce  are  coming  in  to  the 
effect  that  people  are  "not  found."  Of  course, 
as  fast  as  the  changed  addresses  come  in 
from  the  Post  Office,  I  am  seeing  to  it  that 
the  corrections  are  made  in  the  stencils. 

Owing  to  the  increase  in  price  of  dyes, 
etc.,  since  the  war  began  the  blue  and  gold 
cover  used  on  the  Magazine,  while  not  an 
expensive  proposition  for  seven  or  eight  thou- 
sand copies  per  month,  I  found  would  be  a 
different  proposition  for  ninety-three  thousand 
copies  per  month.  Almost  simultaneously  with 
this  discovery,  I  ascertained  that  the  blue  and 
gold  cover  as  a  commercial  asset  would  be  a 
poor  one  inasmuch  as  the  back  cover  on 
magazines  nowadays  usually  contains  colored 
advertisements  and  the  colors  now  being  used 
are  blues,  browns,  reds,  greens  and  yellows. 
So,  both  -as  an  economical  measure  and  to 
make  the  cover  a  commercial  asset,  it  has 
had  to  be  changed.  The  new  cover  will  ap- 
pear on  the  November  issue  of  the  Magazine, 
and  I  herewith  show  you  the  design.  Posters 
have  been  made  of  the  cover,  which  it  is  pro- 
posed to  hang  in  book  stores  and  public  places, 
which  will  call  people's  attention  to  the  ex- 
istence of  the  Magazine. 

Respectfully    submitted, 
Florence    G.    Finch, 

Chairman. 

Miss  Finch  also  read  a  slip  from  the  edi- 
tor asking  that  the  authorization  given  to 
the  editor  in  regard  to  condensing  of  reports 
refer  not  only  to  the  reports  mentioned  but 
to  others  of  a  similar  nature,  the  President 
General  ruling  that  it  went  without  saying  that 
the  authorization  would  apply  to  all  the  re- 
ports. Moved  by  Miss  Donnell,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Page,  and  carried,  that  report  of  Maga- 
zine Committee  be  accepted.  After  some 
further  discussion  of  matters  in  connection 
with  the  first  issue  of  the  enlarged  edition, 
rates  for  advertising,  etc.,  a  rising  vote  of 
thanks  to  the  Chairman  of  Magazine  Com- 
mittee for  her  energetic  efforts  toward  the 
successful  launching  of  the  92,000  copies  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Boone,  sec- 
onded by  Mrs.  Wait  and  Mrs.  Longley  and 
carried  unanimously. 

Mrs.  Boyle  read  a  request  from  the  Or- 
ganizing Secretary  General  that  report  be 
made  of  the  organization  of  the  Charles 
Pinckncy  Chapter  of  Denmark,  S.  C.,  offic- 
ially organized  October  6,  1916,  and  on  mo- 
tion of  Mrs.  Longley,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Wait, 
it  was  carried  that  the  supplemental  report 
of  the  Organizing  Secretary  General,  concern- 
ing the  organization  of  the  Charles  Pinckncy 
Chapter,  at  Denmark,  S.  C,  be  added  to  her 
report. 

The    report    of    the    Corresponding    Secre- 


tary General  was  read  by  the  Recording  Sec- 
retary General  in  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Blod- 
gett,  Corresponding  Secretary  General,  and 
Mrs.  Maupin,  pro  tern. 

Report  of  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

Madam    President    General    and    Members    of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  for  the  past 
four  months  the  receipt  of  1,505  letters  in 
this  office  and  that  1,354  have  been  written. 

The  following  supplies  have  been  sent  out : 

Application  blanks,  13,696;  Leaflets,  "How 
to  Become  a  Member,"  1,338;  Miniature 
blanks,  1,184;  Leaflets  "General  Information," 
1,077;  Transfer  cards,  389. 

A  copy  of  the  amended  Constitution  has 
been  sent  to  the  National  Officers,  Vice-Pres- 
idents General,  State  Regents,  State  Vice- 
Regents  and  the  Regents  of  chapters,  number- 
ing 3,483  copies  in  all. 

As  usual  the  mail  for  the  building  has  been 
cared  for  and  the  clerical  work  of  the  Finance 
Committee  attended  to  in  this  office. 
Respectfully   submitted, 
(Mrs.  Delos  A.)    Daisy  P.  Blodgett, 
Corresponding  Secretary  General. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Sternberg,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Augsbury,  and  carried,  that  the  report 
of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  General  be 
accepted. 

Mrs.  Wait  stated  that  for  the  first  time 
Michigan  had  an  endowment  fund  given  to 
her,  which,  while  small,  the  state  desired  to 
hold,  and  hold  it  legally,  but  that  in  order  to 
do  so  they  must  be  incorporated ;  that  it  was 
found  while  many  chapters  had  been  author- 
ized to  incorporate  there  was  no  precedent 
for  the  incoporation  of  a  state,  and  she  there- 
fore moved  that  the  request  of  the  State  Ex- 
ecutive Board  of  Michigan  that  the  Michigan 
Society,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, be  permitted  to  incorporate,  be  granted. 
This  was  seconded  by  Mrs.  Longley  and  car- 
ried. 

Miss  Serpell  announced  that  a  message  had 
just  come  from  Mrs.  Maupin  stating  that  the 
boat  had  been  delayed  all  day  on  the  river 
and  she  had  just  arrived  and  would  be  present 
as  soon  as  possible  and  wanted  to  be  counted 
in  the  number  going  to  Monticello. 

Miss  Finch  appeared  again  before  the  Board 
to  reply  to  questions  that  had  been  asked 
about  the  rights  of  the  advertising  agent  un- 
der his  contract  with  the  Society  with  regard 
to  the  placing  of  advertising,  etc.,  and  read 
a  letter  from  Mr.  Thompson  regretting  that 
there  should  have  been  any  misunderstanding 
and  agreeing  to  waive  his  rights  to  some 
extent,  which  letter  it  was  desired  should  be 
filed  with  the  records  of  the  meeting. 


422     DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


The  matter  of  the  expulsion  by  a  New 
York  State  chapter  of  a  member  was  brought 
up  by  Mrs.  Wood  who  stated  that  the  lady 
in  question  had  previously  asked  for  a  trans- 
fer to  membership  at  large,  and  two  months 
after  receiving  the  letter  advising  her  that 
she  had  been  dismissed  from  the  chapter  was 
granted  this  transfer,  and  that  at  the  time 
this  notice  of  dismissal  was  sent  the  chapter 
had  only  ten  members.  A  motion  was  made 
by  Mrs.  Wood  declaring  the  expulsion  illegal, 
which  motion  was  seconded  by  Mrs.  Brum- 
baugh. The  President  General  stated  that 
the  action  was  unconstitutional  and  illegal 
inasmuch  as  the  organization  that  took  the 
action  did  not  exist,  and  ruled  that  if  a  chap- 
ter falls  below  the  required  number  for  ex- 
istence that  chapter  does  not  exist  and  there- 
fore it  has  no  power  to  expel  a  member  or 
do  anything  else.  Moved  by  Mrs.  Brum- 
baugh, seconded  by  Mrs.  Page,  and  carried, 
that  the  chair  be  sustained  in  the  ruling  re- 
garding the  New  York  chapter  matter. 

Mrs.  Sternberg  moved  that  the  Building 
and  Grounds  Committee  be  instructed  to  in- 
vestigate and  learn  if  it  is  practicable  to  in- 
stall an  electric  motor  power  for  our  ele- 
vator thereby  doing  away  with  the  water 
power;  the  Committee  to  report  the  result 
of  the  investigation  to  the  Board,  which  was 
seconded  by  Miss  Barlow  and  carried,  after 
Mrs.  Sternberg  had  explained  that  she  pre- 
sented the  motion  because  at  the  last  Con- 
gress great  complaint  was  made  in  the  audi- 
torium that  the  motive  power  of  the  elevator 
was  so  noisy. 

On  behalf  of  the  Treasurer  General,  who 
was  absent  and  could  not  present  the  motion, 
Mrs.  Brumbaugh  made  the  following  motion. 
That  beginning  with  the  month  of  October 
all  monies  received  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Magazine  Committee  for  advertisements,  sub- 
scriptions, single  copies,  or  from  any  other 
source  in  connection  with  the  Magazine  be 
turned  over  to  the  Treasurer  General  on  or 
before  the  last  day  of  each  month,  together 
with  an  itemized  statement :  which  was  sec- 
onded by  Mrs.  Wood.  The  President  General 
requested  that  the  Chairman  of  Magazine 
Committee  be  sent  for,  and  after  some  dis- 
cussion it  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Boyle,  sec- 
onded and  carried,  that  until  the  Treasurer 
General  herself  is  here  to  explain  that,  this 
motion  be  laid  upon  the  table.  It  appearing 
during  the  discussion  that  the  Chairman  of 
the  Magazine  Committee  had  paid  her  own 
expenses  for  bonding  for  some  time  past,  and 
that  the  National  Society  assumed  the  expense 
of  all  other  bonding,  it  was  moved  by  Mrs. 
Page,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Leary,  and  carried, 
that  all  expenses  for  bonds  that  the  Chairman 
of  the  Magazine  Committee  has  incurred  and 
will  incur  be  borne  by  the  National  Society. 


The  motion  was  presented  by  Mrs.  Leary 
and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Smith,  that  every  Com- 
mittee shall  meet  at  least  once  a  year,  and 
those  failing  to  do  so  are  dissolved.  This  was 
carried  with  the  understanding  that  it  was 
operative  only  in  case  the  chairman  failed  to 
call  a  meeting  of  her  committee. 

Mrs.  Maupin,  Vice-President  General  from 
Virginia,  here  reported  present  and  expressed 
her  regret  at  having  been  kept  from  the  meet- 
ing all  day  by  the  delayed  arrival  of  her 
boat. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  read  a 
letter  from  Mrs.  Cook,  Chairman  of  State  and 
Chapter  By-Laws,  requesting  a  ruling  in  the 
matter  of  the  rights  of  chapters,  etc.  At  the 
suggestion  of  the  President  General  a  mo- 
tion was  made  and  carried  that  we  refer  the 
question  in  regard  to  the  By-Laws  to  the 
Parliamentarian  who  acted  during  oar  Con- 
gress, Miss  Serpell,  mover,  and  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Maupin. 

It  appearing  from  another  letter  of  Mrs. 
Cook  that  the  Board  was  requested  to  instruct 
the  Recording  Secretary  General  to  furnish 
her  with  a  copy  of  the  verbatim  report  of 
certain  of  the  proceedings  of  one  of  the  Board 
meetings,  and  the  fact  being  brought  out  that 
only  members  of  the  Board  had  the  right  of 
access  (and  then  only  in  the  office  of  the 
Recording  Secretary  General)  to  these  ver- 
batim reports,  and  that  no  one  was  furnished 
a  copy  of  any  of  the  verbatim  reports,  which 
were  held  to  be  confidential  and  not  given 
publicity,  the  Chair  ruled  that  no  member  has 
a  right  to  copies  of  the  verbatim  report  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  Board,  nor  any  one 
but  members  of  the  Board  a  right  to  access 
to  these  reports,  and  then  only  in  the  office 
of  the  Recording  Secretary  General.  Moved 
by  Mrs.  Howell,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Wait,  and 
carried,  that  the  ruling  of  the  Chair  be  sus- 
tained. 

The  President  General  read  a  letter  from 
a  member  suggesting  that  the  National  So- 
ciety adopt  Martha  Washington's  birthday  as 
one  of  especial  commemoration  to  be  called 
possibly  Martha  Washington  Day,  and  on 
which  each  chapter  could  hold  a  special  meet- 
ing with  music,  recitations,  and  the  reading 
of  a  historical  paper.  Moved  by  Mrs.  Maupin, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Brumbaugh,  and  carried, 
that  some  observance  of  Martha  Washington's 
birthday  be  recommended  to  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution. 

A  letter  was  read  by  the  President  Gen- 
eral regarding  the  possession  of  an  old  six- 
pound  note  dated  March  25,  1776,  in  which 
the  writer  thought  the  National  Society  might 
be  interested.  This  was  referred  to  the  Cura- 
tor General  for  investigation. 

The    President    General    read    also    a    letter 


NATIONAL    BOARD    MINUTES 


423 


from  a  member  referring  to  a  visit  to  Christ 
Church  in  Alexandria  and  to  the  discovery  of 
the  fact  that  the  church  was  not  endowed, 
and  inquiring  whether  a  movement  might  not 
be  set  on  foot  for  the  purpose  of  paying  off 
the  debt  on  the  church  and  raising  an  endow- 
ment fund.  The  Recording  Secretary  General 
was  requested  to  write  the  member  that  while 
the  Board  was  interested  in  her  proposition 
it  would  be  necessary  for  the  Society  to  in- 
form itself  as  to  what  could  be  done,  and 
that  possibly  later  on  if  it  was  found  that  the 
Society  was  financially  in  a  position  to  assist 
it  would  be  glad  to  consider  the  proposition. 
The  announcement  was  made  that  the 
printed  Committee  Lists  would  be  sent  from 
New  York  and  be  ready  for  distribution  on 
the  next  day, 


The  President  General  referred  to  a  lengthy 
communication  from  the  Chairman  of  State 
and  Chapter  By-Laws  in  the  matter  of  com- 
mittee expenses  and  suggested  that  it  be  re- 
ferred to  the  Finance  Committee  with  power 
to  act.  It  was  therefore  moved  by  Mrs. 
Augsbury,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Maupin,  and  car- 
ried, that  the  communication  from  the  Chair- 
man of  Committee  on  State  and  Chapter  By- 
Laivs  be  referred  to   the  Finance  Committee. 

The  motions  as  passed  were  read,  and  there 
being  no  corrections,  were  approved  as  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting. 

On  motion,  adjournment  was  had  at  6:15 
p.  m. 

Respectfully   submitted, 
(Mrs.  Wm.  C.)  Abbie  Williams  R.  Boyle, 
Recording  Secretary   General. 


Number  of  Members  Admitted  from  Each  State 

OCTOBER  6,  1916 


Alabama,  17;  Arizona,  1;  Arkansas,  16; 
California,  49;  Colorado,  17;  Connecticut,  25; 
Delaware,  1 ;  District  of  Columbia,  17 ;  Florida, 
6;  Georgia,  72;  Idaho,  5;  Illinois,  78;  Indiana, 
63;  Iowa,  69;  Kansas,  40;  Kentucky,  36; 
Louisiana,  5  ;  Maine,  22 ;  Maryland,  10  ;  Massa- 
chusetts, 63 ;  Michigan,  45 ;  Minnesota,  12 
Mississippi,  15;  Missouri,  62;  Montana,  3 
Nebraska,  51 ;  Nevada,  1  ;  New  Hampshire,  37 


New  Jersey,  21 ;  New  Mexico,  3 ;  New  York, 
134;  North  Carolina,  33;  North  Dakota,  2; 
Ohio,  89;  Oklahoma,  13;  Oregon,  14;  Penn- 
sylvania, 67;  Rhode  Island,  4;  South  Carolina, 
57 ;  South  Dakota,  2 ;  Tennessee,  20 ;  Texas, 
38;  Utah,  2;  Vermont,  21;  Virginia,  8;  Wash- 
ington, 26;  West  Virginia,  41;  Wisconsin, 
42;  Wyoming,  1;  Philippine  Islands,  2. 
Total,   1,479. 


My  Dear  Fellow  Members : 

As  you  know,  the  vote  of  the  last  Congress  was 
to  send  the  magazine  to  every  member  in  good 
standing.  But  many  of  the  old  subscribers  and 
some  members  who  heretofore  have  not  been  sub- 
scribers have  continued  to  remit  their  yearly  re- 
newal or  sent  in  their  subscription,  as  the  case  might 
be,  and  the  Magazine  Committee  wishes  to  thank 
those  who  have  sent  in  remittances  and  to  say  that 
those  who  wish  to  send  in  their  subscriptions  will 
help  the  initial  cost  of  printing  and  mailing  such 
a  large  number  of  copies  monthly  very  much. 

All  members  are  most  earnestly  urged  to  secure 
advertisements,  and  given  below  is  a  schedule  of 
our  advertising  rates.  Whenever  a  member  is  in- 
strumental in  or  secures  an  advertisement  please 
notify  me  of  the  fact,  as  no  commission  is  paid  to 
our  advertising  representative  on  any  advertise- 
ment secured  by  members  of  the  Society. 

Faithfully  yours, 

Florence  G.  Finch, 

Chairman  of  Magazine  Committee. 

ONE  PAGE  (Sy2"  x  8")  224  LINES $250.00 

HALF  PAGE  (Sy2"  x  4"  or  2s/8"  x  8")  112  LINES 125.00 

QUARTER  PAGE  (Sy2"  x  2"  or  2s/&"  x  4")  56  LINES. . . .     62.50 

LESS  THAN  QUARTER  PAGE  AT  LINE  RATE 1.50 

Minimum  Advertisement  Accepted  1  inch  or  14  Lines. 

Preferred  Positions  Are  Subject  to  Quotation. 

Forms  Close  on  6th  of  Month  Preceding  Date  of  Issue. 

Terms :  3%  for  cash  within  10  days  of  date  of  billing,  which  is  the 

20th  day  of  month  preceding  date  of  issue. 


Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Magazine 


INDEX 


Volume  XLIX — July-December,  1916 


Burke,  Judge  Thomas,  Address  of 307 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.  H.  C,  Notice  of  death  381 

Commission  for  Relief  of  Belgium 110 

Conference,  N.  S.  D.  A.  R.,  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington   296 

Donegal,  Penna.  Sketch  of  A.  E.  Pagh 377 

Early  Days   Along  the   Potomac,  Evelyn 

M.  Etnig    "..246 

Edgefield,   South   Carolina,   Early  History 

of,  Sarah  R.  Collet 256 

Engraved  Portraits  of  American  Patriots, 

Natalie  Sumner  Lincoln 100,  249 

Fairfax   County  Committee  of   Safety,  5. 

C.  Stunts    239 

Flag  Day  Parades 112 

Fort  McHenry,  Description  of  Bombard- 
ment  of    254 

Hamlin,  Mrs.  Teunis  S.,  Notice  of  death.  381 
Lafayette's  Visit  to  Bradford,  New  Hamp- 
shire      165 

Lawrence  Family  Cemetery  Records,  Long 

Island,  New  York 340 

Macf arlane,  Mrs.  George  B 381 

McLean,  Mrs.  Donald,  Tribute  to 12 

Milwaukee  Past  and  Present 363 

National  Songster,  The 332 

October  17,  1777,  and  Some  Incidents  Con- 
nected   Therewith    315 

Olde  Ulster,  New  York;  Ancestral  Home 

of  Chas.  E.  Hughes 339 

Oregon  Trail,  Marking  of 304 

Our  Sea  Forces  of  the  Revolution,  Edgar 

S.  Maclay  85,  149,  227 

Parliamentary  Puzzles  Solved,  Cora  Welle$ 

Trow  162,  238,  310,  388 

Point  Pleasant  Reservation,  Maine,  Dedi- 
cation of  Indian  Memorial 163 

President    General,    Visit    of   to    State    of 

Washington    293 

Revolutionary  Heroine,  A 161 

Ringgold  Family,  Heirlooms  of,  owned  by 
John  Ross  Key 14 

Saint  Memin  Portraits  in  Oregon 372 

Stories  of  the  American  Revolution 105 

Sons  of  the  American   Revolution 112 

Sons  of  the  Revolution 342 


Vermont  from  election  of  Thomas  Chit- 
tenden, Mrs.  //'.  R.  White 311 

Washington,  Marking  spot  where  he  re- 
signed   his    commission 7 

What  Some  Women  Did,  Mrs.  Donald 
McLean   3 

When  My  Mother  Was  a  Little  Girl, 
Sophie  H.   Bushnell 262 

BOOK  REVIEWS 

American     Flag,     History     and 

Significance  of    22 

Bacon  Family 169 

Bells  in  the  Revolution 248 

Campbell  Family  Magazine 274 

Cary  Family    118 

Church  Genealogy   118 

Colonial  Men  and  Times 273 

De  Forest  Family 337 

Early     Marriage     Records,     by 
Wm.  M.  Clemens 

Hopkins  Family   120 

Lamb   Family    38 

Mills  Family    38 

Fishback    Genealogy    274 

Ford  Genealogy   337 

French   Policy   and   the  Ameri- 
can  Alliance    166 

Haviland  Genealogy   118 

Holmes  Family  387 

Johnson  Family 169 

Kinderhook,  N.  Y.,  History  of.  337 

Langdon  Family    119 

Leonard  Family   118 

Lincoln  Family  Magazine 274 

McClure  Family  273 

Maxwell  Genealogy 273 

Midwestern,   The    120 

Miller  Family  Magazine 274 

Mitchell  Family  Magazine 274 

Montgomery  Family  Magazine.  274 

Morrill   Kindred  in  America...  119 
National     Road    in    Maps    and 

Pictures    38 


425 


426    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


New  Hampshire  Men,  Relation 

of  to  Siege  of  Boston 168 

New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  History  of  167 

Norris  Family  166 

Partridge  Genealogy 119 

Patriotic  Marylander   120 

Perm  Family   248 

Sampson   Family    388 

Schuyler   County,   Penna.,   Blue 

Book  of    387 

Scovil  or  Scovill  Family 337 

*       Strange   Genealogy    274 

Turner  Family  Magazine 274 

Van  Pelt  Family 338 

Webster  Family   167 

Wolcott  Family    378 

Committee    Chairmen,   Open   Letters,    Re- 
ports of,  etc. 

Final  Payment  of  Debt  on  Hall 330 

Legislation        261 

Magazine 18,  222,  424 

National  Old  Trails  Road  Department.   331 
To  Prevent  Desecration  of  the  Flag. . . .  379 

Work  for  the  Immigrant 17 

Current  Events    11,   110,  342 

GENEALOGICAL  DEPARTMENT 

Answers. 

Abbott,  349;  Ackley,  287;  Adams,  40, 
348;  Adkinson,  42;  Allen,  280;  Anthony, 
282;    Atkinson 42 

Babcock,  393;  Bailv,  184;  Barkelev,  1S6; 
Bartlett,  186;  Bean,  282;  Blair,  42;  Blank- 
enship,  40 ;  Blunt,  43 ;  Boone,  126,  280,  349 ; 
Boyd,  347;  Branham,  185;  Breed,  350; 
Brewster,  352;  Briscoe,  390;  Brommerley, 
350;   Brown,   128;  Buttrick 351 

Calvert,  350;  Camp,  393;  Carter,  282; 
Chesebrough,  40;  Clark,  40,  192,  279; 
Clarke,  126;  Cobb,  391;  Cogswell,  128; 
Connabel,  41;  Cook,  123;  Covert,  181; 
Custis  350 

Dandridge,  350;  Darlington,  129;  Davis, 
279,  281;  Denny,  43;  Desaussure,  280; 
Dewey,  41,  393 ;  Douglas,  126 ;  Dunbar, 
127 ;  Duncan,  392 ;  Dunham,  40 128 

Edmondson,  123;  Edwards,  43,  348;  Ells- 
worth, 39;  Evans,  123  (2)  ;  Everts 124 

Farnevhough,  391 ;  Farrow,  181 ;  Fonda, 
184;  Ford,  40;  Freese,  42;  Fuller 280 

Gallup,  390;  Geiger,  183;  Gilman,  184, 
186,  349;  Graves,  282;  Grav,  347;  Green, 
42,  391 ;  Griggs,  281 ;  Groesbeck 184 

Hale,  348;  Hall,  282,  348;  Hamilton, 
186;  Hammond,  349;  Hampton,  282;  Har- 
mon, 347;  Hastings,  126;  Hayward,  127; 
Henry,  40;  Herring,  183;  Heywood,  350; 
Hieronvmous,  389 ;  Hood,  41;  Hovt,  392; 
Hurlbut,  389 ;  Huse 185 

Ingersoll,  127;  Irish 41 

Jackson,  282;  Jones,   125 280 


Kimball,  392;  King,  391;  Kinne,  390; 
Kirkpatrick,  42,  124;  Knowlton,  391; 
Knox,  28 281 

Lane,  279 ;  Lanham,  186 ;  Leland,  41 ; 
Lewis,  42,  348 ;  Lingo,  41 ;  Littler,  185 ; 
Loyd 40 

McClean,  185;  McConnell,  127;  Mc- 
Dowell         40 

Magie,  349;  Marston,  348;  Martin,  183, 
2S1;  Middleditch,  124;  Millen,  348;  More- 
head,  182;  Morgan,  39;  Morton,  281; 
Motley    1S2 

Norris,  280,  281;  N.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers...  340 
Oldham,    124.    182;   Olds,   41;    Olmstead 
(Olmsted),  282;  Osborne,  129;  Osgood..  282 

Park,  124;  Parker,  185;  Patsey  (Pattv, 
etc.),  43;  Peck,  348;  Pendleton,  39;  Phil- 
lips, 40;  Pierce,  352;  Pixley,  350;  Put- 
nam       128 

Reeder,  281 ;  Rush,  42 ;  Russell 280 

Scott,  350;  Short,  42;  Shute,  127;  Simp- 
son,  124;    S.   C.    Rev.    Soldiers,  281,  348; 

Stockton,    350;    Swetland 348 

Talcott,  287;  Tate,  282;  Telford,  184; 
Tenth  Pa.  Regt.,  42 ;  Thomas,  281 ;  Thurs- 
ton, 281;   Triplett,  43,    183;   Turner,   182; 

Tylee    282 

Vankirk    389 

Warren,  390 ;  Watson,  185 ;  Wavne,  41 ; 
Webster,  124,  181,  186;  Whitcomb,  128; 
Whiteside,  390;  Whitfield,  186;  Whiting, 
281;    Williams,   41;    Willis,    350;    Wilson, 

126;  Wood,  49;  Woods,  347 392 

Yager   (Yeager),  39;  Youngs 40 

Queries. 

Abbott,  135,  187;  Adams,  136,  189,  193, 
355  (2);  Algood,  191;  Allen,  130;  All- 
good,  191 ;  Ames,  282 ;  Anderson,  133,  136, 
189,  352;  Andrews,  45;  Anthony,  133,  284; 
Armitage,  284;  Atkins,  130;  Axtell 191 

Babcock,  286;  Baber,  43,  133,  353; 
Backus,  187;  Bailey,  47,  48;  Baird,  355; 
Baker,  192,  355;  Baldwin,  130;  Ballan- 
fant,  46;  Bangs,  134;  Barber,  283;  Barke- 
ley,  188;  Barnhill,  186;  Bartlett,  188;  Bast- 
able,  49;  Bates,  48;  Beach,  131;  Beam, 
287 ;  Bean,  48,  134  (2)  ;  Beaumont,  283 ; 
Beckwith,  393;  Beebe,  134;  Bell,  189; 
Bennett,  133,  188,  189,  191,  287;  Benson, 
285;  Benthal,  188;  Bickman,  130;  Bissell, 
46;  Blair,  132,  395;  Bland,  286;  Blanton, 
396 ;  Bleaknev,  49,  136 ;  Blood,  135 ;  Blunt, 
44 ;  Bodge,  49 ;  Bogart,  287 ;  Boggess,  354 ; 
Bogue,  49;  Booge,  49;  Boone,  186,  189, 
286,  395;  Booth,  47,  133;  Bostwick,  46; 
Boswell,  48,  284;  Bosworth,  134;  Bourbon 
Co.,  Ky.,  Rev.  Soldiers,  189;  Bowen,  48, 
189;  Bower  (Bowers),  133;  Bowne,  355; 
Boyd,  287;  Brackett,  394;  Bradford,  134; 
Bradley,  44,  48,  133;  Branham,  48;  Brant- 
ley, 188;  Breed,  191;  Brewster,  134,  355; 
Brian,  136;  Briggs,  192;  Bright,  134,  353; 
Brinton,  46;  Briscoe,  187;  Brommellv,  190; 
Brown,  46,  49,  130,  189,  191,  284,  285,  396; 
Bruington,  283;  Brvan,  352;  Buchanan, 
131,  353;    Buck,  46;"  Buckner,   132;   Bull, 


INDliX 


427 


188;  Bunnell  (Bunnil),  133;  Burritt,  129; 
Burroughs,  134;  Bushnell,  45;  Bussey,  284; 
Butler,  393;  Button,  135,  393;  Buttrick, 
35Z;   Butts   136 

Cain,  47 ;  Calhoun,  48 ;  Callaway,  352 ; 
Calvert,  190;  Camp,  287;  Campbell,  193, 
394,  395,  396;  Carleton,  192;  Carlton,  192; 
Carpenter,  49;  Carrington,  366;  Carter, 
136,  188,  189 ;  Castner,  353 ;  Caswell,  191 ; 
Charlton,  355 ;  Chase,  45,  283,  353 ;  Chevis, 
46;  Chick,  286;  Choate,  135;  Church,  132; 
Clark,  47,  48,  187,  283,  284,  395  (2)  ;  Clay, 
356 ;  Clements,  283 ;  Clough,  46 ;  Cobb,  285, 
356;  Cole,  132;  Collins,  46,  354;  Colton, 
186;  Combs,  48;  Conner,  133;  Cook,  131, 
134,  136,  355;  Cooper,  394;  Cordell,  355, 
393 ;  Cornwell,  396 ;  Cotner,  134 ;  Courte- 
nay,  130;  Cox,  49,  136;  Creekmore,  135; 
Cronemiller,  43;  Croom,  191;  Cross,  190; 
Culver,  134;  Cunningham,  131;  Curtis, 
187    190 

Dandridge,  190;  Daniel,  130,  191;  Dar- 
lington, 46;  Davis,  136,  188;  Dawson,  354; 
Day,  136 ;  Decker,  191 ;  De  La  Hunte,  43 ; 
De  Long,  188,  354;  Dennis,  395;  Dennv, 
44;  Denton,  190;  Dewey,  287;  Diamont, 
44;  Dickinson,  283;  Dimon,  44;  Dinkins, 
43,  131,  353;  Doane,  396;  Dobbins,  136; 
Dowden,  352;  Dozier,  285;  Dudley,  394; 
Duke,  353 ;  Duncan,  286 ;  Durfee 283 

Eaton,  396;  Eburn,  189;  Edmonds,  192, 
396 ;  Edwards,  47 ;  Elliott,  129 ;  Ellis,  353 ; 
Ellison,  355  ;  Engle,  393 ;  Estes,  354;  Evans, 
129,  353;  Everts 134 

Fairlamb,  134;  Farneyhough,  285;  Fer- 
guson, 132,  190;  Ferris,  285;  Fielder,  188; 
Fish,  355;  Fleck,  133;  Fleming,  353; 
Fletcher,  190;  Flick  (Flock),  133;  Flour- 
noy,  395;  Fonda,  47;  Foote,  284;  Forney, 
46 ;  Foster,  352 ;  Fowler,  47,  189 ;  Fox, 
394;  Freeman,  48,  134;  French,  354;  Ful- 
ler, 285,  354;  Funk 284 

Gaddis,  189;  Gallup,  284;  Gardner,  45, 
134,  190 ;  Garnett,  286  ;  Garrard,  286 ;  Gar- 
rett, 48,  132;  Geer,  43;  Geiger,  44;  Giles, 
132  ;  Gilliam,  355  ;  Gillow,  353  ;  Gilman,  46, 
187;  Gilmore,  134;  Glass,  191;  Gloyd,  130; 
Godard  (Goddard),  44;  Godfrey,  49;  Gor- 
don, 130 ;  Gouch,  45  ;  Gould,  45,  48 ;  Gover, 
396 ;  Graham,  134 ;  Gravatt,  135 ;  Graves, 
132;  Green,  44,  285,  287,  394;  Greene,  285; 
Griggs  (Grigs),  48;  Groesbeck,  47;  Gross, 
287 ;  Guinea  134 

Hagerty,  131;  Hailev,  190;  Hall,  132, 
286,  395;  Hamilton,  190;  Hammond,  134, 
354 ;  Hampton,  136,  283 ;  Hancock,  353 ; 
Haney,  193;  Hardin,  286,  356,  394;  Hard- 
ing, 356;  Harris,  131;  Harrison,  47,  134, 
190;  Harry,  134;  Harsh,  356;  Hart,  189; 
Haskins,  191,  193 ;  Hastings,  395  ;  Haswell, 
283;  Hatcher,  394;  Hawkins,  286;  Hay- 
den,  47;  Hays,  286;  Henby,  132;  Herren, 
193;  Herring,  43,  131.  133,  193;  Hevwood, 
189;  Hill,  46,  47,  187;  Hilliard,  49";  Hill- 
yard,  49  ;  Hinckley,  395  ;  Hinkley,  45,  395  ; 
Hisle,  191;  Hitchcock,  285;  Hiter,  283; 
Hoard,  135;  Holland,  131,  134;  Holmes, 
355;  Hopkins,  191;  Horn,  132;  Hosford, 
283;  House,  131,  353;  Howard,  355;  Hoyt, 


285;  Hubbell,  45;  Hughes,  354;  Hughy, 
282  ;  Hull,  285  ;  Humphreyville,  285  ;  Hunt- 
ington, 43  ;  Hurlburt,  136;  Huse,  136;  Hus- 
tead,    188;   Huston,   134;    Hyatt 188 

Ickes,  284;  Ingersoll,  192,  353;  Inman..  191 

Jackson,  132;  Jameson,  352;  Jefferds 
(Jeffords),  284;  Jennings,  193,  395;  John- 
son, 45,  286 ;  Jones,  49,  190,  191,  354,  356, 
393,  394;  Joslin,  191;  Judkins 192 

Keene,  48;  Keenie,  187;  Keiser,  395; 
Kerlin,  283  ;  Kerrick,  354 ;  Keves,  393 ;  Kil- 
bourn,  45  ;  Kilgore,  395  ;  Kimball,  285,  355  ; 
Kimberly,  49;  King,  46,  285,  286,  352,  395, 
396 ;  Kingslev,  192 ;  Kinney,  285  ;  Kinnie, 
284;  Kirkpatrick,  355;  Kline,  188;  Knowl- 
ton,  285;   Knox 129 

Lamb,  135;  Landfear,  46;  Lane,  286; 
Langworthy,  284;  Larn,  133;  Lathrop,  48; 
Lawrence,  189;  Laws,  356;  Leach,  46; 
Learn,  133;  Lee,  130,  188  (2)  ;  Leight,  353; 
Leonard,  284,  286;  Lern,  133;  Lewis,  43, 
131,  353;  Lincoln,  355;  Lindley,  395;  Little, 
47,  354;  Littler,  130;  Long,  48;  Lord,  43; 
Lowry,  189;  Lucas,  187;  Luce,  49;  Lump- 
kin, 352;  Lumsford  (Lunceford),  135; 
Lyon    283 

McAlister,  353 ;  McClean,  49 ;  McClellan 
(McClellen),  283;  McCorkle,  355;  Mc- 
Cracken,  355;  McDaniel,  396;  McDonald, 
287,  353;  McDowell,  285;  McElrov,  190; 
McKay,  189;  McKinney,  46;  McKnight, 
136;   McMaster,  395;  McReynolds ....".. .   133 

Macklin,  286;  Maddox,  283;  Magee 
(Magie),  136;  Mais,  191;  Mauley,  46; 
Manly,  48;  Manning,  132;  Mansker,  394; 
Marietta,  43;  Marsh,  46,  395;  Marston,  48; 
Martin,  47,  131,  132,  190,  287,  395;  Mar- 
tindale,  136;  Massengale  (Massingill),  356; 
Matthews,  45;  Mauldin,  46;  May,  43; 
Meredith,  134;  Merrill,  192;  Middleswart, 
187;  Millen,  131,  285;  Miller,  187,  286; 
Millin,  131,  285;  Minney,  287;  Mitchell, 
47,  135,  190;  Moberly  (Mobley),  46; 
Moody,  134;  Moore,  46,  188,  355;  Morey, 
284 ;  Morgan,  132 ;  Morrison,  355 ;  Mor- 
ton, 43;  Moss,  135;  Motley,  352;  Moxley, 
49 ;  Mudd,  130 ;  Muis 191 

Nance,  131;  Nash,  129,  189,  354;  Nelson, 
134;  Nichols  (Nickels),  133,  352;  Norris, 
49;  N.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers,  189;  Northrup, 
134;  Norton,  191 ;  Nutting 284 

Ohio  Falls,  History  of,  286;  Olmstead, 
283;  Oran,  394;  Ord,  45;  Osborne,  46; 
Osteen,  356;  Owen   (Owing) 192 

Palmer,  393;  Parham,  45;  Parker,  49, 
132 ;  Parsons,  356 ;  Passmore,  352 ;  Patsey 
(Patty,  Patsy,  etc.),  44;  Patterson,  47,  190, 
353;  Paul,  189;  Paull,  188;  Peak,  45; 
Pease,  190;  Peeples,  188;  Pence,  49;  Peo- 
ples (Peeples),  188;  Perkins,  393;  Perrin, 
353;  Phelps,  135;  Phillips,  192,  286,  394; 
Pierce,  47,  191,  355;  Pitson,  135;  Pixley, 
190;  Piatt,  47,  134;  Platts,  47;  Poindexter, 
283  ;  Pollard,  283 ;  Pope,  396 ;  Porter,  189 ; 
Potter,  285;  Preston,  49;  Pridgeon,  190; 
Pritchard,  188;  Pryor,  190;  Pulliam,  192; 
Purdy,  136;  Purefoy  395 


428    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Quick 191 

Ramey,  353;  Randall,  394;  Redd,  188; 
Reed,  135;  Reeder,  45,  285,  287;  Rerick, 
135  ;  Reynolds,  395  ;  Richardson,  188,  285  ; 
Roberts,  188,  189;  Robertson,  45,  396; 
Robins,  287;  Robinson,  132,  134,  287; 
Rogers,  354;  Roney,  136;  Russell 131 

Sabin,  133 ;  Saltar,  355 ;  Sampson,  192 ; 
Sanford,  136;  Sargent,  187;  Satterthwait, 
134;  Savage,  192;  Schumann,  129;  Scott, 
43,  131,  135,  190,  394  (2),  395;  Searles,  395 ; 
Sebrell,  354;  Selby,  286;  Sells,  188;  Seyle, 
192;  Seymour,  131;  Shaffer,  135;  Shankle, 
396;  Sharpe,  135;  Shawn  (Shaun,  Shaw- 
en),  285;  Sheads,  284;  Sheerer,  356;  Shel- 
by, 132;  Shelton,  45,  396;  Sherman,  284; 
Sherwood,  192;  Sills,  188;  Simons,  394; 
Simpson,  188,  354;  Singleton,  283;  Skin- 
ner, 131;  Slack  (Slaught),  189;  Smith,  129, 
131,  189,  191  (2),  353,  395;  Smoot,  287; 
Smyth,  287;  Sneed,  396;  Soper,  131; 
Southard,  133;  S.  C.  Rev.  Soldiers,  131; 
Spooner,  191 ;  Spring,  395 ;  Spurgin,  395 ; 
Squire,  131;  Stanley,  133,  191;  Starr,  187; 
Stebbins,  190;  Steele,  133,  284;  Stillman, 
43 ;  Stockton,  192,  283 ;  Stone,  48 ;  Stouffer, 
188 ;  Strohn,  192  ;  Strout,  187 ;  Sturges,  136, 
285;  Sublett,  189;  Sumner,  356;  Sutton, 
393;  Swearingen,  189;   Swiger 188 

Tate,  133;  Taylor,  191,  192,  353;  Tel- 
ford, 45  ;  Tenth  Pa.  Regt.,  44 ;  Thomas,  48, 
284,  285 ;  Thompson,  46,  134,  283 ;  Thorn- 
ton, 130,  285;  Thorp,  135;  Thrall,  131; 
Thurston,  45 ;  Tibbals,  356 ;  Timberlake, 
283;  Tinker,  132;  Tinkham,  284;  Togood 
(Toogood),  132;  Towles,  396;  Townsend, 
131 ;  Tracv,  287  ;  Travis,  191 ;  Tribble,  354; 
Trice,  283;  Triplett,  44;  Turman,  190; 
Turner,  136,  191  (2),  282,  352;  Turpin, 
355;    Tyler 136 

Underwood,  190;  Upton 47 

Vail,  287 ;  Van  Kirk.  135 ;  Vaughn,  135 ; 
Veeder,  47;  Vick,  132;  Victor,  283;  Vio- 
lette    189 

Wadsworth,  193;  Waggoner,  286;  Wal- 
ker, 46,  47,  188,  355 ;  Waller,  47 ;  Walton, 
394  ;  Ware,  46  ;  Warner,  135  ;  Warren,  187  ; 
Warwick,  192 ;  Washburn,  356 ;  Watson, 
48;  Wayne,  134;  Webb,  135,  193,  283; 
Webster,  136;  Weedon  (Weeden),  396; 
Welch,  394;  Wells,  46;  Welton,  135;  Wes- 
ner,  192;  West,  187,  354;  Weston,  47; 
Whitaker,  354;  White,  356;  Whitehead, 
191;  Whiteside,  283;  Whitfield,  130,  131, 
190;  Whiting,  45;  Whitney,  45;  Wilkins, 
192;  Williams,  47,  48,  352  (2),  354,  355, 
395;  Williamson,  49,  353;  Willis,  190,  286; 
Wilson,  44,  46,  48  (2),  190,  286,  356,  394; 
Winfield,  189 ;  Winn,  190 ;  Wise,  355  ;  Wit- 
ter, 287;  Womack,  193;  Wood,  393; 
Woods,  282,  286;  Woody,  395;  Wool....     44 

Yates,  47;  Yeoman,  46;  Young,  130 134 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

3ahnsen,  Mrs.  Frank  W 375 

Battle  Monument,  Bennington,  Vermont  320 
Bennington  Battlefield   319 


Bible,    originally    owned    by    John    and 
Susanna  Cotton   276 

Biddle,  Capt.  Nicholas 90 

Boulders    erected    by    Hannah    Webster 

Chapter    164 

By  Lady  Sterling  Chapter 279 

By  Philip  Livingston  Chapter 171 

Marking  end  of  Oregon  Trail 301 

Bronze  Tablet,  Hannah  Mcintosh  Cady 

Chapter    326 

Brown,  Timothy,  Monument  to 25 

Burgoyne's    Camp    Kettle 346 

Cabin,  Washington,  Iowa 25 

Carruth,  Mrs.  M.  W 20 

Catamount  Tavern  318 

Chair  used  by  Ann  Roan  Darby 263 

Chair  and  Desk,  Independence  Hall...   109 

Chapman's  Effort 159 

Colonial    Village,    Milwaukee,    Wiscon- 
sin     363,  372 

Cook,  Elijah  and  Charity,  Graves  of..  275 
Coterie     Club,     Exterior     and     Interior 

Views    334 

Court  House,  Edgefield,  South  Carolina  259 

Fairfax,  Virginia   272 

Davis,  Airs.  Charles  Russell 261 

Donegal  Church    377,  378 

Drum  used  at  Battle  of  New  York 263 

Elliott,  Mrs  Mary  P 107 

Ellis   Island   from  an  Aeroplane 17 

Ellison,   Mrs.   Frank  D 375 

Finch,  Miss  Florence  G 19 

First  Residence,  Edgefield,  South  Caro- 
lina      256 

Float,  Col.  Thomas  Reynolds  Chapter..   175 

Float,  Dana  Chapter  384 

Floating  Fort  used  in  Revolution 231 

Governor's  Mansion,  Olympia,  Washing- 
ton, Frontispiece,  opp 293 

Harmon  Tavern  321 

Henry  Bridge   318 

Herkimer,   Gen.   Nicholas 317 

House  where  Col.  Baum  died 319 

Independence  Hall  109 

Indians    at    Memorial    Exercises,    Point 

Pleasant,  Maine   163 

Jones,  John  Paul 148 

King's  Highway   247 

Lafayette,  Statue  of,  Washington,  D.  C.  343 
Last  Flag-staff,  Bennington  Battlefield..  321 
Lawrence     Familv      Cemetery,     Long 

Island,  New  York 340 

Lister,  Ernest   295 

Lister,  Mrs.  Ernest 303 

Lynch,  Mrs.  John  C 376 

McCleary,   Mrs.   Henry 331 

McLean,  Airs.  Donald 13 

Marker,  Bennington  Monument  Ground  320 
Elijah  Gove  Chapter  386 


INDEX 


429 


Marker  of  Oregon  Trail 305 

To  Lieut.  Wm.  Baylis 260 

To   Surgeon  Tankard 328 

Marsh,   Mrs.   Edward   S 375 

Mason,  George   241 

Massey,  Lieut.  Lee 244 

Memorial   Continental   Hall,   November, 

1904    330 

Memorial  to  Lieut.  Joseph  Boggs 267 

Memorial  Services  for  Yuan  Shih-Kai.   Ill 
Mims,    Matthew,    House    of,    Edgefield, 

S.   C 259 

National   Board   of   Management,    1916- 

1917,    Frontispiece,    opp 3 

Naval  Battle,  Ferrol,  Spain,  Frontis- 
piece, opp 85 

O'Brien,  Jeremiah,  Birthplace  of 94 

O'Brien's  Brook  91 

Patterson,  Mrs.  Isaac  Lee 376 

Pharmacopoeia,  First  American 243 

Powder   Boy    154 

President  General  at  Olympia,  Washing- 
ton    298 

President  General  at  Tumwater,  Wash- 
ington    304 

Randolph  engaging  the  Yarmouth 89 

Raymond      Tavern,      Bradford,      New 

Hampshire    165 

School    Children    at    Indian    Exercises, 

Point  Pleasant,  Me 164 

Senate  Chamber,  Annapolis,  Maryland  .  .       7 

Sikes,  David,  Memorial  to 193 

Silver  Tea  Set  used  by  Ringgold  Family  15 
Saint  Memin's  Engraved  Portraits : 
Armat,  Thomas,  253;  Breck,  Miss 
Hannah,  250;  Burgess,  Miss,  250; 
Burnet,  Jacob,  101 ;  Decatur,  Capt. 
Stephen,  253 ;  Delacroix,  Madame, 
101;  Herron,  Walter,  103;  Mrs. 
Walter,    103;    Johnston,    J.    C,    103, 

Peter,     101,    ,     101;     Law,     Eliza 

Custis,  250;  McEvers,  Charles,  103, 
Mrs.  Charles,  103 ;  McHenry,  James, 
253;Martin,  Eleanor,  253;  May,  Dr. 
Frederick,  253 ;  Pickering,  Timothy, 
101;  Pope,  Mrs.  Ann  Woodson,  372; 
Capt.  Wm.,  373 ;  Read,  Judge  Nathan, 
103 ;  Sherburne,  J.  Samuel,  101 ; 
Tucker,  St.  George,  253;  Unidentified  251 

Spraker,   Airs.   Benjamin   F 375 

Stark,  Gen.  John 319 

Stark    Paper    Mill,    North    Bennington, 

Vermont    318 

State   Line   House,   Vermont    and    New 

York     312 

Surrender  of  Burgoyne 323 

Tablets  erected  by  Algonquin  Chapter..     28 

by  Cabrillo  Chapter 23 

by  Peggy  Stewart  Tea  Party  Chapter       9 

by  Sachem  Sequoyah  Chapter 179 

Tichenor  House   313 

Turner,  Kerenhappuch  182 

Vase,  owned  by  Ringgold  Family 15 


Warship    used    in    Revolution,    Frontis- 
piece,  opp 227 

Washington  Hatchet  Farm,  Map  of....  246 

White,  Sergt.  John,  Memorial  to 173 

White,   Airs.    Sophronia   Holman 26 

Witherell,  Grave  of  Judge  James 385 

Wodeski,  Airs.  Josephine  V.  D 107 

Wood  Yard,  The 255 

MARRIAGE  RECORDS  EXCHANGE 

District    of    Columbia,    Alexandria 

County   121 

Alassachusetts,  Northbridge   194 

New  York,  Charleston  37 

Vermont,  Shaftsbury   344 

Vermont,  Wells    34 

Virginia,  Alexandria 277 

OFFICIAL 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT — 

Official  List  of: 50,  137,  195,  357,  397 

Regular  Meetings  of  : 53,  140,  198,  400 

REAL  DAUGHTERS 

Elliott,  Airs.  Alary  P 107 

Hatch,  Airs.  Sarah  E 16 

Sisson,  Airs.  Sarah  Silvester 16 

Wodeski,  Airs.  Josephine  V.  D 107 

REVOLUTIONARY  PATRIOTS 

Abbot,  John,  346;  Adam,  Robert,  239; 
Alexander,  Charles,  245;  Philip,  239;  Al- 
len, Parson,  318;  Andrus,  Isaac,  346; 
Avery,  Capt 5 

Bacon,  Hezekiah,  169,  John,  169  (2), 
Aloses,  169,  Timothy,  169;  Barrett,  Amos, 
351;  Baylis,  Wm.,  260;  Bingham,  Jere- 
miah, 346;  Boggs,  David,  267,  Joseph,  267; 
Bradford,  James,  346;  Branham,  Wm., 
185 ;  Brewster,  Asher,  352 ;  Broadwater, 
Charles,  239;  Brooks,  Simeon,  119; 
Brown,  Wm.,  242;  Bryan,  Alexander,  317; 
Buell,  Salmon,  181;  Burnam,  John,  346; 
Buttrick,  John 351 

Carlvle,  Tohn,  242;  Chittenden,  Thomas, 
311;  Church,  John,  119,  Philemon,  118, 
Samuel,  119,  Simeon,  118,  Timothy,  119; 
Clark,  Jeremiah,  346,  Nathan,  320;  Cock- 
burn,  Alartin,  239;  Cole,  Parker,  346; 
Cook,  Elijah  B.,  275;  Coon,  Joseph,  346; 
Cotton,  Ralph,  276;  Crockett,  Anthony, 
265 ;  Crossman,  Joseph,  16 ;  Custis,  John 
Parke  350 

Dade,    Townshend,     Jr.,     239;  Dalton, 

Tohn,  242 ;   de  Forest,   Abel,  337,  Gideon, 

337,    Mills,    337,    Nehemiah,    337,  Samuel, 

337;  Dewey,  Elijah,  320;  Downer,  Cyprian  346 

Eddins,  Wm.,  257;  Edwards,  Wm.,  43 
(2)  ;  Ellis,  Reuben 346 


430    DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Farrar,  Stephen,  168,  Timothy,  168;  Fav, 
John,  319,  Stephen,  319;  Fishback,  John, 
274,  Martin,  274;  Fonda,  Johannes  Hen- 
drick,  185;  Ford,  Jacob,  338;  Fox,  David.  263 

Gano,  John,  265;  Gilpin,  George,  239; 
Gunnell,  Henry 239 

Hammond,  Eleazer,  349,  Elijah,  349, 
Titus,  349,  Win.,  349;  Harris,  Moses,  318; 
Harrison,  Robert  Hanson,  242 ;  Hart- 
shorne,  Wm,  239;  Henry,  Patrick,  40; 
Heywood,  Jonas,  350;  Hickman,  Wm., 
265;  Holman,  Elisha,  26,  Jonathan,  26; 
Hood,  John,  41;  Hughes,  Hugh,  269; 
Huntley,  Isaiah   119 

Jackson,  Andrew,  31,  Hugh,  31,  Robert, 
31 ;  Johnson,  John  169 

King,  Thomas,  276;  Kirk,  James,  239; 
Kittle,  Catherine 337 

Langdon,  John,  119,  318;  Lawrence, 
Bigalow,  346,  John,  341,  Jonathan,  341, 
Richard,  341,  Samuel,  340;  Lewis,  Thom- 
as, 239 ;  Lockwood,  Joseph,  Jr 275 

McClean,  Samuel,  185 ;  Martin,  David, 
183 ;  Mason,  George,  239 ;  Massey,  Lee, 
242;  Matteson,  Thomas,  346;  Millington, 
John,  346;  Morrill,  Isaac 119 

Norris,  Benjamin  Bradford,  166,  Jacob.   166 
O'Brien,  Jeremiah,  94,  John,  93,  Morris, 
95;  Oldham,  Jesse,  182;  Olin,  Gideon....  346 

Payne,  Edward,  239,  William,  239 ;  Pen- 
dleton, Nathaniel,  39;  Pickering,  Timothy, 
102;  Pollard,  Thomas,  239;  Price,  Wm...  278 

Ramsay,  Wm.  239 ;  Robinson,  Leonard, 
319,  Samuel,  320;  Rumney,  Wm.,  239; 
Rush,  Benj  amin    42 

Scott,  James,  257;  Seegar,  Gideon,  346; 
Sherburne,  John  Samuel,  102 ;  Sherwood, 
Isaac,  275;  Silvester,  Joseph,  16;  Spencer, 
Charles,  346;  Stark,  Eliz.  (Cary),  119; 
Strange,  Amos,  B 274 

Tankard,  John,  329;  Telford,  Alexan- 
der, 184;  Tichenor,  Isaac,  313;  Tillman, 
Stephen,  258 ;  Trabue,  Daniel,  273,  Edward, 
273,  James,  273,  John,  273,  Wm.,  273; 
Triplett,  Thomas,  183,  239;  Tucker,  St. 
George,  250 ;  Turner,  Kerenhappuch,  182 ; 
Tutt,  Richard    258 

Van  Pelt,  Jacob 338 

Walbridge,  Henry,  320;  Waldo,  Abia- 
thar,  346  (2),  John,  349;  Warner,  Daniel, 
320;  Webster,  Ebenezer,  318,  Elijah,  181, 
lames,  181,  Levi,  186,  Michael,  181,  Reu- 
ben, 181,  Timothy,  181;  West,  John,  239; 
Whitcher,  Chase,  161;  White,  John,  173; 
Whitfield,  Wm.,  186  (2)  ;  Willis,  Wm., 
350;  Willoughbv,  Bliss,  346;  Woods,  Sam- 
uel, 348;  Wright,  Ebenezer,  346,  Peter....  346 


STATE  CONFERENCES 
Florida  


20 


Iowa   374 

Kansas    97 

Massachusetts    374 

Nebraska  98 

New  York    374 

Pennsylvania    21 

Vermont    374 

Wisconsin    99 

What  the  Daughters  are  Doing. . . .  14,  10S,  333 

WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 

California. 

Aurantia,    Riverside    170 

Cabrillo,  Los  Angeles  23 

Gaviota,  Long  Beach 170 

San  Antonio,  Ontario  and   Upland 113 

Tamalpais,    San   Francisco    382 

Tierra  Alta,  Los  Angeles 170 

Connecticut. 

Norwalk,    Norwalk 24 

District  of  Columbia. 
Sara  Franklin,   Washington 170 

Florida. 

Col.  Arthur  Erwin,  De  Land 325 

Everglades,  Miami  171 

Philip   Perry,   Titusville    325 

Georgia. 

Augusta,  Augusta  382 

Hannah  Clarke,  Quitman    24 

William  Marsh,   Lafayette 113 

Illinois. 

Alliance,  Urbana  and  Champaign 32S 

Martha  Board,  Augusta 325 

North  Shore,  Highland  Park 114 

Polly  Sumner,  Quincy 382 

Walter  Burdick,   Marshall 325 

Indiana. 

John    Paul,    Madison 383 

Mary  Penrose  Wayne,  Fort  Wayne....  264 
Rushville,   Rushville 171 


INDEX 


431 


Iowa. 

John  Stanton,  Garner 383 

Okamanpado,  Estherville 383 

Priscilla  Alden,  Carroll  and  Glidden...  265 

Washington,   Washington    25 

Kansas. 

Dana,  Columbus   384 

Oceanic  Hopkins,  Pittsburg 265 

Kentucky. 
Frankfort,  Frankfort   265 

Maine. 

Colonial   Daughters,   Farmington 25 

Frances   Dighton   Williams,   Bangor....     26 

Maryland. 

Baltimore,  Baltimore   27 

Janet  Montgomery,   Rockville 172 

Massachusetts. 

Abigail   Batcheller,   Whittinsville 27 

Boston  Tea  Party,  Boston 27 

General  Ebenezer  Learned,  Oxford 114 

Mercy  Warren,   Springfield 115 

Michigan. 

Algonquin,   St.  Joseph .  s 27 

Hannah  Mcintosh  Cady,  Allegan 326 

Louisa   St.   Clair,   Detroit 384 

Lucy  Wolcott   Barnum,   Adrian 172 

Menominee,  Menominee   29 

Philip  Livingston,  Howell 171 

Minnesota. 

Lake  City,  Lake  City 267 

Monument,   Minneapolis 29 

At  Large 327 

Mississippi. 
Belvidere,  Greenville 385 

Missouri. 

Elizabeth  Benton,   Kansas   City 267 

Gallatin,  Trenton   29 

Saint   Louis,   St.   Louis 268 

Sarah  Barton  Murphy,  Farmington....  172 


Nebraska. 

Bonneville,   Lexington    172 

Elijah  Gove,   Stromsburg   385 

New  Hampshire. 

Ellen  I.  Sanger,  Littleton 173 

Mercy   Hathaway   White,   Bradford....    173 

New  Jersey. 

Col.  Thomas  Reynolds,  Pemberton 175 

New  York. 

Catherine  Schuyler,  Allegany  County...  327 

Caughnawaga,  Fonda   175 

Cayuga,  Ithaca    175 

Ganowauges,  Richfield  Springs 176 

Ontario,  Pulaski   268 

Philip    Schuyler,   Troy 176 

Schoharie,  Schoharie   327 

Tuscarora,  Binghampton   327 

Ohio. 
Elizabeth   Sherman  Reese,  Lancaster...   386 

Fort  McArthur,   Kenton 177 

Muskingum,  Zanesville 30 

Nabby   Lee   Ames,   x\thens 268 

Western  Reserve,  Cleveland 177 

Oklahoma. 

Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  City 268 

Sachem  Sequoyah,  McAlester 178 

Oregon. 
Chemeketa,  Salem   30 

Pennsylvania. 

Moses  Van  Campen,  Berwick 269 

Pittsburgh,  Pittsburgh   178 

Tioga  Point,  Athens   116 

Tunkhannock,   Tunkhannock    270 

Warrior  Run,  Milton 270 

Wyoming  Valley,  Wilkesbarre 328 

South  Carolina. 
Andrew  Hamilton,  Abbeville 30 

South  Dakota. 
MacPherson,  Aberdeen   31 

Tennessee. 
Old  Glory,  Franklin 31 


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Texas. 

William  Scott,  Bryan 32,  180 

Vermont. 
Bennington,  Bennington 270 

Virginia. 

Fairfax    Count}-,   Fairfax 271 

Fort  Nelson,  Portsmouth 180 

Northampton     County,    Northampton 
County    328 


J  J 'est  Virginia. 

Buf ord,  Huntington    329 

John  J.  Waldo,  Salem 180 

West  Augusta,  Mannington 116 

Wisconsin. 

Jean  Nicolet,  De  Pere 116 

La  Crosse,  La  Crosse 32 

Milwaukee,  Milwaukee   33 


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The  Crimes  We  Commit 
Against  Our  Stomachs 


By 
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Eugene  Christian 


A  MAN'S  success  in 
life  depends  more  on  the 
co-operation  of  his  stom- 
ach than  on  any  other  fac- 
tor. Just  as  an  "army 
moves  on  its  stomach"  so 
does  the  individual.  Sci- 
entists tell  us  that  90%  of 
all  sickness  is  traceable  to 


the  digestive  tract. 

Physical  efficiency  is  the  backbone  of 
mental  efficiency.  Unless  our  stomachs 
are  effectively  performing  their  functions 
in  the  way  Nature  intended,  we  can't  be 
physically  fit.  And  unless  we're  physi- 
cally fit,  we  can't  be  thoroughly  successful. 

As  Dr.  Orison  Swett  Harden,  the  noted 
writer  says,  "the  brain  gets  an  immense 
amount  of  credit  which  really  should  go 
to  the  stomach."  And  it's  true — keep  the 
digestive  system  in  shape  and  brain  vital- 
ity is  assured. 

Of  course,  there  are  successful  men 
who  have  weak  digestions,  but  they  are 
exceptions  to  the  rule.  They  succeed  in 
spite  of  their  physical  condition.  Ten 
times  the  success  would  undoubtedly  be 
theirs  if  they  had  the  backing  of  a  strong 
physique  and  a  perfect  stomach.  There 
are  a  thousand  men  who  owe  their  suc- 
cess in  life  to  a  good  digestion  to  every 
one  who  succeeded  in  spite  of  a  poor  di- 
gestion and  the  many  ills  it  leads  to. 

The  cause  of  practically  all  stomach 
disorders — and  remember,  stomach  dis- 
orders lead  to  90%  of  all  sickness — is 
wrong  eating. 

Food  is  the  'fuel  of  the  human  system, 
yet  some  of  the  combinations  of  food  we 
put  into  our  systems  are  as  dangerous  as 
dynamite,  soggy  wood  and  a  little  coal 
would  be  in  a  furnace — and  just  about 
as  effective.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  the 
average  life  of  man  today  is  but  39  years 
— and  that  diseases  of  the  stomach,  liver 


and  kidneys  have  increased  103%  during 
the  past  few  years ! 

The  trouble  is  that  no  one  has,  until  recently, 
given  any  study  to  the  question  of  food  and  its 
relation  to  the  human  bod}'.  Very  often  one 
good  harmless  food  when  eaten  in  combination 
with  other  harmless  foods  creates  a  chemical 
reaction  in  the  stomach  and  literally  explodes, 
giving  off  dangerous  toxics  which  enter  the 
blood  and  slowly  poison  our  entire  system, 
sapping  our  vitality  and  depleting  our  efficiency 
in  the  meantime. 

And  yet  just  as  wrong  food  selections  and 
combinations  will  destroy  our  health  and  effi- 
ciency, so  will  the  right  foods  create  and  main- 
tain bodily  vigor  and  mental  energy.  And  by 
right  foods  we  do  not  mean  freak  foods — just 
good,  every  day  foods  properly  combined.  In 
fact,  to  follow  Corrective  Eating  it  isn't  even 
necessary  to  upset  your  table. 

Not  long  ago  I  had  a  talk  with  Eugene  Chris- 
tian, the  noted  food  scientist,  and  he  told  me  of 
some  of  his  experiences  in  the  treatment  of 
disease  through  food.  Incidentally  Eugene 
Christian  has  personally  treated  over  23,000 
people  for  almost  every  non-organic  ailment 
known  with  almost  unvaried  success.  An  en- 
viable record  when  one  considers  that  people 
nearly  always  go  to  him  after  every  other 
known  method  has  failed. 

One  case  which  interested  me  greatly  was 
that  of  a  young  business  man  whose  efficiency 
had  been  practically  wrecked  through  stomach 
acidity,  fermentation  and  constipation  result- 
ing in  physical  sluggishness  which  was  nat- 
urally reflected  in  his  ability  to  use  his  mind. 
He  was  twenty  pounds  underweight  when  he 
first  went  to  see  Christian  and  was  so  nervous 
he  couldn't  sleep.  Stomach  and  intestinal  gases 
were  so  severe  that  they  caused  irregular  heart 
action  and  often  fits  of  great  mental  depression. 
As  Christian  describes  it,  he  was  not  50%  effi- 
cient either  mentally  or  physically.  Yet  in  a 
few  days,  by  following  Christian's  suggestions 
as  to  food,  his  constipation  had  completely 
gone  although  he  had  formerly  been  in  the 
habit  of  taking  large  daily  doses  of  a  strong 
cathartic.  In  five  weeks  every  abnormal  symp- 
tom had  disappeared — his  weight  having  in- 
creased 6  lbs.  In  addition  to  this  he  acquired 
a  store  of  physical  and  mental  energy  so  great 
in  comparison  writh  his  former  self  as  to  almost 
belie  the  fact  that  it  was  the  same  man. 

Another  instance  of  what  proper  food  com- 
binations can  do  was  that  of  a  man  one  hun- 
dred pounds  overweight  whose  only  other  dis- 


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comfort  was  rheumatism.  This  man  s  greatest 
pleasure  in  life  was  eating.  Though  convinced 
of  the  necessity,  he  hesitated  for  months  to  go 
under  treatment  believing  he  would  be  deprived 
of  the  pleasures  of  the  table.  He  finally,  how- 
ever, decided  to  try  it  out.  Not  only  did  he 
begin  losing  weight  at  once,  quickly  regaining 
his  normal  figure,  all  signs  of  rheumatism  dis- 
appearing, but  he  found  the  new  diet  far  more 
delicious  to  the  taste  and  afforded  a  much 
keener  quality  of  enjoyment  than  his  old 
method  of  eating  and  wrote  Christian  a  letter 
to  that  effect. 

But  perhaps  the  most  interesting  case  that 
Christian  told  me  of  was  that  of  a  multi- 
millionaire— a  man  70  years  old  who  had  been 
traveling  with  his  doctor  for  several  years  in  a 
search  for  health.  He  was  extremely  emaciated, 
had  chronic  constipation,  lumbago  and  rheuma- 
tism. For  over  twenty  years  he  had  suffered 
with  stomach  and  intestinal  trouble  which  in 
reality  was  superaciduous  secretions  in  the 
stomach.  The  first  menus  given  him  were  de- 
signed to  remove  the  causes  of  acidity,  which 
was  accomplished  in  about  thirty  days.  And 
after  this  was  done  he  seemed  to  undergo  a 
complete  rejuvenation.  His  eyesight,  hearing, 
taste  and  all  of  his  mental  faculties  became 
keener  and  more  alert.  He  had  had  not  organic 
trouble — but  he  was  starving  to  death  from 
malnutrition  and  decomposition — all  caused  by 
the  wrong  selection  and  combination  of  foods. 
After  six  months'  treatment  this  man  was  as 
well  and  strong  as  he  had  ever  been  in  his  life. 

These  instances  of  the  efficacy  of  right  eating 
I  have  simply  chosen  at  random  from  perhaps 
a  dozen  Eugene  Christian  told  me  of,  every  one 
of  which  was  fully  as  interesting  and  they  ap- 
plied to  as  many  different  ailments.  Surely 
this  man  Christian  is  doing  a  great  work. 

I  know  of  several  instances  where  rich  men 
and  women  have  been  so  pleased  with  what  he 
has  done  for  them  that  they  have  sent  him 
checks  for  $500  or  $1000  in  addition  to  the 
amount  of  the  bill  when  paying  him. 

There  have  been  so  many  inquiries  from  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  from  people  seeking 
the  benefit  of  Eugene  Christian's  advice  and 


whose  cases  he  is  unable  to  handle  personally 
that  he  has  written  a  little  course  of  lessons 
which  tells  you  exactly  what  to  eat  for  health, 
strength  and  efficiency.  This  course  is  pub- 
lished by  The  Corrective  Eating  Society  of 
New  York. 

These  lessons,  there  are  24  of  them,  contain 
actual  menus  for  breakfast,  luncheon  and 
dinner,  curative  as  well  as  corrective,  covering 
every  condition  of  health  and  sickness  from 
infancy  to  old  age  and  for  all  occupations, 
climates  and  seasons. 

Reasons  are  given  for  every  recommendation 
based  upon  actual  results  secured  in  the  au- 
thor's many  years  of  practice  although  tech- 
nical terms  have  been  avoided.  Every  point 
is  explained  so  clearly  that  there  can  be  no 
possible  misunderstanding. 

With  these  lessons  at  hand  it  is  just  as 
though  you  were  in  personal  contact  with  the 
great  food  specialist  because  every  possible 
point  is  so  thoroughly  covered  that  you  can 
scarcely  think  of  a  question  which  isn't  an- 
swered. You  can  start  eating  the  very  things 
that  will  produce  the  increased  physical  and 
mental  energy  you  are  seeking  the  day  you  re- 
ceive the  lessons  and  you  will  find  that  you  se- 
cure results  with  the  first  meal. 

If  you  would  like  to  examine  these  24  Little 
Lessons  in  Corrective  Eating  simply  write  The 
Corrective  Eating  Society,  Department  7512, 
460  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York  City.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  enclose  any  money  with  your  re- 
quest. Merely  ask  them  to  send  the  lessons  on 
five  days'  trial  with  the  understanding  that  you 
will  either  return  them  within  that  time  or  re- 
mit $3.00,  the  small  fee  asked. 

The  reason  that  the  Society  is  willing  to  send 
the  lessons  on  free  examination  without  money 
in  advance  is  because  they  want  to  remove  every 
obstacle  to  putting  this  knowledge  in  the  hands 
of  the  many  interested  people  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible, knowing  full  well  that  a  test  of  some  of 
the  menus  in  the  lessons  themselves  are  more 
convincing  than  anything  that  can  possibly  be 
said  about  them. 


Please  clip  out  and  mail  the  following  form  instead  of 
writing  a  letter,  as  this  is  a  copy  of  the  official  blank 
adopted    by    the    Society    and    will    be  honored  at    once. 


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