NRLF 8 4 S17 ?as te d tfie WITH THE COMPLIMMNTS OF THE OHIO SOCIETY, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. JACKSON W. SPARROW, SKCRKTARY, 5O8 JOHNSTON BUILDING, CINCINNATI. OHIO, .oiiio ,1 rAi^ MEMORIAL TABLET ERECTED BY THE OHIO SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 190? ji)ear Booh OF bc Ohio Society OF THE Sons of the Devolution. FEBRUARY 22, 1909. COMPILED AND EDITED BY THE SECRETARY ASSISTED BY THE HISTORIAN" OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 1908-1911. GENERAL PRESIDENT. HON. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Md. GENERAL VICE-PRESIDENT. EDMUND WETMORE, 34 Pine St., New York, N. Y. SECOND GENERAL VICE-PRESIDENT. MAJOR WILSON G. HARVEY, Charleston, S. C. GENERAL SECRETARY. JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 102 Front St., New York, N. Y. ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY. PROF. WILLIAM LIBBEY, Princeton, N. J. GENERAL TREASURER. RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 133 S. 12th St., Phila., Pa. ASSISTANT GENERAL TREASURER. HENRY CADLE, Bethany, Mo. GENERAL CHAPLAIN. REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D. D., Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C.* GENERAL REGISTRAR. WALTER OILMAN PAGE, Fenway Studios, Boston, Mass. GENERAL HISTORIAN. WILLIAM GORDON McCABE, Richmond, Va Deceased June 10, 1909. 549.S74 OFFICERS OF THE Ohio Society Sons of the Revolution 1909-1910 PRESIDENT. HARRY BRENT MACKOY, Cincinnati, Ohio. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. GEORGE BURNET ORR, Cincinnati, Ohio. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. LEWIS NEWTON GATCH, Milford, Ohio. THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. GRIFFITH CHARLES LITTLE, Norwood, Ohio. FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT. JOHN GANO WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio. SECRETARY. JACKSON WOLCOTT SPARROW, Cincinnati, Ohio. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. JOHN EWING BLAINE, JR., Cincinnati, Ohio. TREASURER. ROBERT DEVALCOURT CARROLL, Cincinnati, Ohio. REGISTRAR. WILLIAM WALKER SMITH, Cincinnati, Ohio. HISTORIAN. ROBERT RALSTON JONES, Cincinnati, Ohio. CHAPLAIN. REV. DR. HENRY MELVILLE CURTIS, Cincinnati, Ohio. BOARD OF MANAGERS. CHARLES GEORGE COMEGYS, Cincinnati, Ohio. CHARLES LEONARD WOOD, Piqua, Ohio. GEORGE COOLIDGE SAFFARRANS, Fort Thomas, Ky. JAMES GODMAN RODGERS, Springfield, Ohio. CLARENCE NEWCOME GREER, Dayton, Ohio. ALEXANDER MILTON DOLPH, Cincinnati, Ohio. FREDERICK BELLINGER SHOEMAKER, Toledo, Ohio. ELBERT PIKE MARSHALL, Cincinnati, Ohio. DELEGATES TO MEETING OF GENERAL SOCIETY. JOHN EWING BLAINE, Cincinnati, Ohio. LAMBERT WOODHULL, Dayton, Ohio. JACKSON WOLCOTT SPARROW, Cincinnati, Ohio. GEORGE ELTWEED POMEROY, Toledo, Ohio. ALTERNATES. MICHAEL MYERS SHOEMAKER, Cincinnati, Ohio. JOHN GORDON BATTELLE, Columbus, Ohio. ALVIN MANSFIELD WOOLSON, Toledo, Ohio. DAVID BRENNEMAN MARTIN, Baltimore, Md. PAST OFFICERS. PRESIDENTS. JEPTHA GARRARD, 1893. OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN 1901 EDWARD L. ANDERSON, 1894. BENJAMIN RUSH COWEN 1902 FRANK JOHNSTON JONES, 1895. PHINEAS SANBORN CONNER 1903 GEORGE ELTWEED POMEROY, 1896. BRENT ARNOLD 1904 ACHILLES HENRY PUGH, 1897. HERBERT JENNEY 1905 EPHRAIM MORGAN WOOD, 1898. JOHN SANBORN CONNER 190G ASA SMITH BUSHNELL, 1899. JOHN EWING ELAINE 1907 CORNELIUS CADLE, 1900. WILLIAM R. WARNOCK, 1908. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENTS. GEORGE E. POMEROY, 1893-95 JOHN S. CONNER, 1902,1905 ASA SMITH BUSHNELL, 1896-98. BRENT ARNOLD 1903 CORNELIUS CADLE, 1899. HERBERT JENNEY 1904 OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN, 1900. JOHN EWING ELAINE, 1906 RALPH PETERS, 1901. WILLIAM R. WARNOCK, 1907 HARRY BRENT MACKOY, 1908. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENTS. ASA SMITH BUSHNELL, 1894-95. BRENT ARNOLD, 1901. PERIN LANGDON, 1896. JOHN EWING ELAINE, 1902. EPHRAIM MORGAN WOOD, 1897. JOHN URI LLOYD, 1903. CORNELIUS CADLE, 1898. JOHN SANBORN CONNER, 1904. OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN, 1899. WILLIAM R. WARNOCK, 1905-06 RALPH PETERS, 1900. HARRY BRENT MACKOY, 1907. GEORGE BURNET ORR, 1908. THIRD VICE-PRESIDENTS. CHRISTOPHER C. WAlTE,1894-95 WILLIAM R. WARNOCK, 1901,1904. EPHRAIM MORGAN WOOD, 1896. HERBERT JENNEY, 1902. CORNELIUS CADLE, 1897. RICHARD PRATT MARVIN, 1903. OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN, 1898. HARRY BRENT MACKOY, 1905-06. RALPH PETERS, 1899. GEORGE BURNET ORR, 1907. BRENT ARNOLD, 1900. LEWIS NEWTON GATCH, 1908. FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENTS. JOHN WHITTLESEY WALTON, 1895. HERBERT JENNEY, 1901. GUSTAVUS SCOTT FRANKLIN, 1896. PHINEAS SANBORN CONNER, 1902. OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN, 1897. NATHANIEL H. DAVIS, 1903 RALPH PETERS, 1898. GRIFFITH C. LITTLE, 1904, 1908. BRENT ARNOLD, 1899. GEORGE BURNET ORR, 1905. WILLIAM R. WARNOCK, 1900. WILLIAM WALKER SMITH, 1906. GEORGE KINSEY, 1907. SECRETARIES. ACHILLES HENRY PUGH, 1893-96. ALLEN COLLIER, 1899. JOHN WARD BAILEY, 1897-98. HARRY BRENT MACKOY, 1900-04. JACKSON WOLCOTT SPARROW, 1905-08. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. ARCHIBALD I. CARSON, 1897-98. HENRY THOMAS HUNT, 1901. ALLEN COLLIER, 1898. JACKSON W. SPARROW, 1902-04. GILBERT LANGDON BAILEY, 1899. GRIFFITH C. LITTLE, 1905-07 LEWIS NEWTON GATCH, 1900. JOHN EWING ELAINE, Jr., 1908. TREASURERS. RALPH PETERS, 1893-96. CHARLES DAVIES JONES, 1897-99. ROBERT DEVALCOURT CARROLL, 1899-1908. REGISTRARS. JOHN MARSHALL NEWTON, 1893-97. WILLIAM W. SMITH, JR., 1898-99. JOHN REMSEN BISHOP, 1900-01. BURTON P. HOLLISTER, 1902-03. LEWIS NEWTON GATCH, 1904-07. HENRY THOMAS HUNT, 1908. HISTORIANS. GUSTAVUS S. FRANKLIN, 1893-5. THOMAS H. NORTON, 1896-97. HERBERT JENNEY, 1898-99. ROBERT R. JONES, 1900-08. CHAPLAINS. DUDLEY W. RHODES, 1894-95, 1904,06. JOHN HUGH ELY, 1899-1901, 1903. HENRY M. CURTIS, 1896-97, 1902,05. GEORGE PAULL TORRENCE, 1907. FRANK WOODS BAKER, 1898. EDWARD MACK, 1908. BOARD OF MANAGERS. ANDERSON, CHARLES, 1895. ANDERSON, EDWARD L, 1893. ARMSTRONG, GEORGE, 1907. BAILEY, JOHN WARD, 1896. BALLARD, EDWARD M., 1907. BATTELLE, JOHN G., 1900, 1904. ELAINE, JOHN EWING, 1900-01. BOYLAN, JOSEPH E-, 1893-4-5. BULLOCK, JAMES W., 1898, 1903,05-06. BURKE, CLARENCE E., 1898. BURNET, EDWARD W., 1908. BURT, PITTS H., 1897. BUSHNELL, ASA SMITH, 1902. BUSHNELL, JOHN LUDLOW, 1908. CABLE, CORNELIUS, 1896. CARROLL, ROBERT BEV., 1899. CARSON, ARCHIBALD I., 1896, 1905. CARSON, WILLIAM, 1893. CHAPIN, HENRY E., 1898. CIST, CHARLES MORETON, 1908. COLLIER, ALLEN, 1902, 1906. COLLINS, JAMES A., JR., 1901. CONNER, JOHN S., 1898-1901, 1903. CORSON, HENRY CLAY, 1900. CO WEN, BENJAMIN R., 1899, 1901. CROWELL, JOHN S., 1906. CUSHING, WADE, 1896. DANDRIDGE, NATHANIEL P., 1902 DAVIS, NATHANIEL H., 1898. DOANE, WILLIAM H., 1896-97. DURRELL, JOSEPH H., 1904. ELDRIDGE, JOHN NELSON, 1893. FAIRCHILD, HARMON S., 1907. FORSYTH, ROBERT A., 1903. GARRARD, JEPTHA, 1894-6. GATCH, LEWIS NEWTON, 1901-2. GODLEY, SAMUEL S., 1908. GOODMAN, WILLIAM A. JR., 1897-8, 1905. GRAY, ADAM, 1902. GROESBECK, HERMAN J., 1895. GROESBECK, TELFORD, 1894,1905. HANNA, JOHN PARKER, 1907. HARGRAVE, EDWARD H., 1904-6 HARGRAVE, JULIUS B., 1902. HAYES, BIRCHARD A., 1904-5,1908. HICKENLOOPER, ANDREW, 1899. HINKLE, ANTHONY H., 1895. HOLLISTER, BURTON P., 1901. HOLLISTER, HOWARD C., 1908. KURD, ETHAN OSBORN, 1897. JENNEY, HERBERT, 1900. JOHNSTON, GEORGE W., 1900. JONES, FRANK J., 1894, 1896. KNIGHT, ALFRED, 1904. LANGDON, PERIN, 1894-95. LAWS, HARRY LANGDON, 1897. McCONNELL, ROBERT N., 1893. Board of Managers Continued. MARTIN, OSCAR T. t 1902-03. MARTIN, PAUL CURTIS, 1904. MARVIN, RICHARD PRATT, 1898. MERRELL, CHARLES G., 1903. MERRELL, GEORGE, 1894-6. MORGAN, ASA B., 1894-95, 1902. MORGAN, JOHN D., 1906. NEWTON, CHARLES H., 1906. NEFF, PETER RUDOLPH, 1899. NOYES, JOSEPH CHEEVER, 1904. ORR, GEORGE BURNET, 1904,1906. PATTERSON, FRANCIS, 1900. PATTERSON JOHN HENRY, 1897. PATTERSON, STEPHEN J., 1903. PECK, HIRAM D., 1902. PETERS, RALPH, 1905. POGUE, ROBERT WEST, 1905. POMEROY, GEORGE E., 1897. PUGH, ACHILLES HENRY, 189S. PUTNAM, DOUGLAS G., 1899, 1W:*. RESOR, ROBERT L., 1902-03 RHODES, THOMAS D., 1897-1901 RODGERvS, JAMES GODMAN, 1901. SEELY, WILLIAM W., 1896-97. SMITH, WILLIAM W., 1905, 1907. STEELE, FREDERIC L., 1900-01. TOWNSEND, THOMAS G., 1894-95. WAITE, CHRISTOPHER C, 1893-5. WARNOCK, WILLIAM R., 1899. WEIR, LEVI CANDEE, 1894. WITT, GEORGE CLINTON, 1907. WOOD, EPHRAIM MORGAN, 1899. WOODHULL, LAMBERT, 1904,06-08 WOOLSON, ALVIN M., 1907. WRIGHT, JOHN GANG, 1906-08. BY-LAWS. THE OHIO SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. SECTION I. This Society shall be known by the name, style and title of The Ohio Society of the Sons of the Revolution. SECTION II. Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good character, and a lineal descendant of one who, as a military, naval, or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States or of the Continental Congress, and remain ing always loyal to such authority, or a lineal descendant of one who signed the Declaration of Independence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental Congress, or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of American Independence by services rendered during the War of the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership in the Society. Provided, That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor in the "minute men" or "militia," it must be satisfactorily shown that such ancestor was actually called into the service of the State or United States, and per formed garrison or field duties; and Provided further, That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor as an "official," such service must have been performed in the civil service of the United States, or of one of the thirteen original States, and must have been sufficiently important in character to have ren dered the official specially liable to arrest and imprisonment, the same as a combatant, if captured by the enemy, as well as liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain. Service in the ordinary duties of a civil office, the perform ance of which did not particularly and effectively aid the American Cause, shall not constitute eligibility. In the construction of this article, the Volunteer Aides-de- Camp of General Officers in the Continental Service, who were duly announced as such and who actually served in the field during a campaign, shall be comprehended as having performed qualifying service. The civil officials and military forces of the State of Ver mont, during the War of the Revolution, shall also be com prehended in the same manner as if they had belonged to one of the thirteen original States. No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying service for membership in "The Sons of the Revolution" w r here such ancestor, after assisting in the cause of American Independence, shall have subsequently either adhered to the enemy, or failed to maintain an honorable record through out the War of the Revolution. No person shall be admitted unless he be eligible under one of the provisions of this article, nor unless he be of good moral character and be judged worthy of becoming a member. SECTION III. Members shall be elected as follows: Candidates shall send their applications properly attested and authenticated and proposed, and seconded by two members of the Society, to the Secretary, who will present same to the Board of Managers, and upon a favorable report from said Board, and upon payment of the initiation fee and annual dues, may thereupon become members of the Society. SECTION IV (As amended February 22, 1901.) The initiation fee shall be five (5) dollars, payable within thirty days after date of election; the annual dues for mem bers residing in Hamilton County, Ohio, and in Kenton and Campbell Counties, Kentucky, shall be five (5) dollars; for members residing elsewhere, the annual dues shall be three (3) dollars. The payment at one time of fifty (50) dollars shall constitute a life membership. The payment at one time of one hundred (100) dollars shall constitute a perpetual or endowed membership, and upon death of the member so paying, the membership shall be held by his eldest son, or such other lineal descendant from the ancestor whom he claims as he may nominate; in failure of such nomination having been made, the Society may decide which one of such lineal descendants shall hold the membership; Provided, al ways, that the Society reserves to itself the privilege of re jecting any nomination that may not be acceptable to it. All applications for life or endowed memberships shall be exempt from the payment of the initiation fee, and annual dues from the date of their admission; after admission, any member availing himself of a life or endowed membership shall be exempt from future annual dues only. SECTION V. All life, and endowed membership fees, as well as dona tions and legacies, unless otherwise specified by the donor, which shall hereafter be paid to the Society, shall remain forever to the use of the Society, the interest only to be used. SECTION VI. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in the city of Cincinnati, on the twenty-second day of February, at which a general election of officers, managers and delegates, by bal lot, shall take place, except when such date shall fall on Sun day, in which event the meeting shall be held on the fol lowing day. In such election a majority of the ballots given for any officer shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first 10 ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a further balloting shall take place, when a plurality of votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. SECTION VII. The following shall be the order of business at the annual meetings of the Society: 1. Prayer by the chaplain. 2. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 3. Reports of officers and committees. 4. Unfinished business. 5. New business. 6. Election of officers an appointment by the President of a judge and two tellers to count the votes and declare the result. SECTION VIII. At all meetings of the Society ten (10) members shall con stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION IX. Ayes and nayes shall be called at any meeting of the Society upon the demand of five members. SECTION X. (As amended February 22, 1905. ) The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Third Vice- President, Fourth Vice-President, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Historian, Chaplain, and Eight Mana gers, who shall be elected as herein provided for. SECTION XI. The President, or in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the order named, or in their absence a chairman pro tern- pore, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. 11 SECTION XII. (As amended February 22, 1905.) A, The Secretary shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation and By-Laws, and records of the Society other than those deposited with the Registrar. He shall notify all members of their election, and of such other mat ters as may be directed by the Society. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of the President, or Vice-President, give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accu rate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society; and shall give notice to the several officers of all votes, orders, resolutions, and proceedings of the Society affecting them, or appertaining to their respective duties. He shall be Secretary of the Board of Managers, and shall keep the records of their meetings in the regular minute book of the Society. B. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society, and in the absence of the Secretary shall act in his stead. SECTION XIII. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securi ties of the Society; and so often as those funds shall amount to one hundred (100) dollars, they shall be deposited in some bank or trust company in the city of Cincinnati, to the credit of "The Ohio Society of the Sons of the Revolution," and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums as may be ordered by the Society or by the Board of Managers. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the Society, when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. He shall give such security as shall be required by the Board of Managers. SECTION XIV. The Registrar shall keep a roll of members, and in his hands shall be lodged all the proofs of membership qualifica tion, and all the historical and other papers of which the Society may become possessed; and he, under the direction of the Board of Managers, shall make copies of such similar documents as the owners thereof are or may not be willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. SECTION XV. The Historian shall keep a detailed record, to be deposited with the, Registrar, of all the historical and commemorative celebrations of the Society; and he shall edit and prepare for publication such historical addresses, essays, papers, and other documents of an historical character, other than a register of members, as the Secretary may be required to publish ; and at every annual meeting, if there shall be a necrological list for the year then closing, he shall submit the same with carefully prepared biographies of the deceased members. SECTION XVI. The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a Christian denomination, and it shall be his duty to open all meetings of the Society with customary chaplaincy services, and perform such other duties as ordinarily appertain to such office. SECTION XVII. (As amended February 22, 1905.) The Board of Managers shall consist of nineteen, namely the President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Third Vice President, Fourth Vice President, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Historian and Chaplain, ex-officio, and eight other members; at least, five of whom shall not be residents of the city of Cincinnati, and all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting. In case of a vacancy in any of these offices the Board may fill the same until the next annual election. 13 They shall judge of the qualifications of the candidates for admission into the Society, and shall have power to elect the same to membership. They shall have charge of all special meetings of the Society, and shall, through the Secre tary, call special meetings at any time, upon the written request of five members of the Society, and at such other times as they see fit. They shall recommend plans for pro moting the objects of the Society, shall digest and prepare business, and shall authorize the disbursement and expendi ture of unappropriated money in the treasury for the pay ment of the current expenses of the Society. They shall generally superintend the interests of the Society, and exe cute all such duties as may be committed to them by the Society. At each annual meeting of the Society they shall make a general report. At all meetings of the Board of Managers five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION XVIII. The chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint annually three members thereof as a Committee on Appli cations, whose duty it shall be to pass upon the applications of candidates for admission to the Society, and report to the Board of Managers. SECTION XIX. The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any en rolled member of this Society who may, in the judgment of the Board, render himself unworthy to continue a member: Provided, That he shall have received at least thirty days notice of the complaint preferred against him, and of the time and place for hearing the same, and have been thereby afforded an opportunity to be heard. The Board of Managers shall also have the power to drop from the roll the name of any enrolled member of the Society who shall be at least two years in arrears in the payment of dues, and who, on notice to pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so within thirty days thereafter, and, upon being thus dropped, his membership shall cease and terminate, but he 14 may be restored to membership at any time by the Board of Managers on his application therefor, and upon his pay ment of all such arrears and of the annual dues from the date when he was dropped to the date of his restoration. SECTION XX. No person who may be enrolled as a member of this Society shall be permitted to continue in membership when the proofs of claim of qualification by descent are found to be defective and insufficient to substantiate such claim. SECTION XXI. It shall be a standing rule that, upon the decease of any member residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the Society, notice thereof and of the time and place of the funeral shall be given by the Secretary by publication, and it shall thereupon become the duty of the members, when practicable, to attend the obsequies. Any member upon being informed of the decease of a mem ber, resident as stated, shall make it his business to see that the Secretary is promptly notified of the fact. SECTION XXII. (As amended February 22, 1905.) Meetings of this Society shall be held on October nine teenth, the Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and on February twenty-second, Washington s birthday, the latter being the annual meeeting for the elec tion of officers. Should either of these dates fall on Sunday, then the meeting shall be held on the following day. In addition to the above, an out-of-door meeting may be held on or about June seventeenth in Commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and other meetings may be held at such time and place as may be deemed best by the Board of Managers, for each of which meetings a suitable program shall be arranged by the regular Committee on Entertain ment. 15 SECTION XXIII. When ten or more members of the Society in the State of Ohio, residing within any county of the State outside of Ham ilton County, Ohio, and Kenton and Campbell Counties, Kentucky, shall petition to the Board of Managers, it may authorize and empower such petitioners to form a local chap ter to be known as the Chapter of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Ohio. Such Chapter, when authorized, may adopt such local regulations and by-laws as to it may seem proper, provided that such regulations do not conflict in any particu lar with the Constitution of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, or with the Constitution and by-laws of the Society in the State of Ohio. Only members in good and regular standing in the Society in this State shall be eligible to membership in these Chapters. When any person ceases, through any cause, to be a member of the Society in the State of Ohio, his membership in a Chap ter shall also terminate. The officers of every Chapter shall be a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and any other offices it may desire, and an Executive Committee constituted in such manner as it may prescribe. Members of the State Society residing in adjoining coun ties shall be eligible to membership in the local Chapter nearest their place of residence. The Senior officer of every local Chapter may attend the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Ohio State Society, notice whereof shall be sent to him by the Secretary of the State Society. When an application for membership in this Society shall be made to the Board of Managers of this Society by any per son residing within a locality comprised in a local Chapter, such application shall be first submitted to the Executive Committee of such local Chapter, and a report thereon to the Board of Managers of the State Society shall accompany such application before action thereon. No local Chapter shall have power to involve the State Society in any pecuniary obligation. 16 The dues to the State Society of members of local Chapters shall be three (3) dollars per annum, as provided in Section IV ; but local Chapters shall have the power to tax their mem bers such a sum per annum, over and above the three dollars dues to the State Society, as is considered necessary to carry on the work of such local Chapters. SECTION XXIV. No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society shall be made unless such alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting, and shall be adopted by a majority of the members present at a subsequent meeting of the Society, at least one week s notice thereof having been given to each member. 17 THE SECRETARY S REPORT. Since the publication of the last year book of this Society in 1901, its affairs have gone forward smoothly and success fully. The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society, and 169th Anniversary of Washington s birthday, was held at the Hotel Alms, Cincinnati, on February 22nd, 1901. An address was delivered by Dr. N. P. Dandridge, on "Presentation of a Revolutionary Manuscript." Folio wing the usual custom, prizes were awarded in the prize essay contest, as follows: "The Continental Congress, 1775, to the Surrender of Corn- wallis; its organization and its direct control of the Diplo matic and Military Affairs of the Country during the Revo lution." The prize for this was won by Max B. May, of Cincinnati. The prizes for the best essay on "John Han cock, his connection with and his influence upon the Amer ican Revolution," were won by Caleb Davies, Jr., Cleveland, and Miss Alice Von Stein, Cincinnati. At this meeting, also, the Committee on the "Location of Fort Washington" reported that it was, in connection with similar Committees from other Societies, erecting a monu ment at the corner of Third and Ludlow streets, Cincinnati, the same being a block house in shape, and the site being the exact center of the site of the original fort. On April 21st, 1901, the Society celebrated its Seventh Commemorative Service of the Battle of Lexington, at St. Paul s Episcopal Cathedral, Cincinnati. The service was conducted by the Chaplain, Rev. Dr. John Hugh Ely. The Dean of the Cathedral, Very Rev. Charles H. Snedeker, delivered the address. On June 14th, Flag Day, the Fort Washington Monument was appropriately dedicated in the presence of a large gathering, including many members and officers of this Society. 18 The Society celebrated the 120th Anniversary of the Sur render of Cornwallis at Yorktown, at the Business Men s Club, Cincinnati, April 19, 1901. The speakers on this occa sion were the Rev. George A. Thayer, President of the Ohio Society, Sons of the American Revolution, who spoke on "Some Mischievous Members of Washington s Military Family," and Mr. Lewis N. Gatch, on "Burke and Beau- marchais, their influence upon and connection with the American Revolution." The Society celebrated the 170th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, and its Tenth Annual Meeting, with a dinner at the Business Men s Club, Cincinnati, on the after noon of February 22nd, 1902. In compliance with a former resolution of the Society, there were two tickets for officers and Board of Managers nominated. The speaker on that occasion was Mr. Telford Groesbeck, who spoke on "The American and other Revolutions," A resolution was passed that in the future, at the October meeting of each year, the Society should elect a Nominating Committee of five, who should select officers to be elected at the February meeting, which custom has been followed ever since. Announcements were made, of winners of prizes in essay contest, conducted during the year. The prize for the best essay on "France, Her Influence and aid in our Revolutionary Struggle," which was open to any person in the State of Ohio, was won by Mr. Max B. May, Cincinnati. The prizes for the topic "Benjamin Franklin, His connection with and influence upon the Amer ican Revolution," open to school children in the State, were won by Alfred Segal, Cincinnati, and Hugh Hagan, Spring field. The Society celebrated the Eighth Commemorative Service of the Battle of Lexington, on April 20th, 1902, at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati. The service was conducted by the Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Henry Melville Curtis, who delivered the address. The 121st Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, was observed by the Society with a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, on October 21, 1902. The speaker on this occasion was Mr. Jackson Wolcott Sparrow, who addressed the Society on "General Lafayette at York- town." The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday evening, February 23rd, 1903, celebrating the 171st Anniversary of Washington s Birthday. The speakers on this occasion were Hon. Howard C. Hollister on "The Shadows of the Revolu tion," and Rev. Dr. Charles F. Goss, on "The Changing Ideals of a Nation." The prizes awarded at this meeting in the Prize Essay Contest were as follows: "Burgoyne s Campaign won by Grace Carver Ransom, Toledo, Ohio, and of the essay "Paul Jones, His connection with and influence upon the American Revolution," prizes were won by Nathan T. Isaacs and Jean Olive Heck, both of Hughes High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. On April 19th, 1903, the Society observed its Ninth Com memorative Service of the Battle of Lexington, at Christ Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. Services were con ducted by the Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. John Hugh Ely. The Rector of Christ Church, the Rev. Frank H. Nelson, delivered the address. The 122nd Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at York town, was celebrated by the Society with a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 19th, 1903. The speaker was Mr. Robert Ralston Jones, on "Benedict Arnold and the Quebec Campaign of 1775." Impromptu remarks were made by Hon. William R. Warnock and Rev. Dr. Dudley Ward Rhodes. The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Society, celebrating the 172nd Anniversary of Washington s Birthday, was held at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 22nd, 1904. The speaker was the Hon. Rufus B. Smith, on "The Principles for which the Revolution was Fought." The winners in the Prize Essay Contest were announced as fol lows: On "Campaigns of the Revolution in the Ohio Valley and their effect on the growth of the United States," by Miss Juliette Sessions, Columbus, Ohio ;on "George Rogers Clark" by Louis Lurie and Miss Helen Smickler, both of Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 On April 17th, 1904, the Society observed its Tenth Annual Celebration of the Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, at the Episcopal Church of our Savior, Cincinnati, Ohio. The services were conducted by the Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. John Hugh Ely, and the Rector of the Church, the Rev. Dr. Dudley Ward Rhodes. The address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Rufus W. Clark, of Detroit, Michigan. The 123rd Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, was celebrated by the Society at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 19th, 1904. The speak ers of the evening were Mr. William Walker Smith, Jr., on "A Sketch of Events which resulted in the Surrender of Cornwallis;" Dr. Charles W. Dabney, President of the Uni versity of Cincinnati, on "A New Crisis;" and Hon. Charles F. Malsbary, on "Liberty and Education." The Society celebrated the 173rd Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, and its Thirteenth Annual Meeting, by a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 22, 1905. The speaker was the Rev. Francis Treadway Clayton, of Williamstown, Mass., on "Loyalists and Loyalism during the Revolution." The usual prizes for the best essays were awarded as follows : On "The Western Indians in the Revolution," to Wallace Notestein, Wooster, Ohio, and on "The Battle of Lexington," to Misses Florence E. Gilliam and Lulu Townsend Armstrong, both of Columbus, Ohio. At this meeting the By-Laws were changed, abandon ing the service commemorative of the Battle of Lexington, and substituting an outdoor meeting on or about June 17th, to celebrate the Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. On June 17th, 1905, the Society and its guests spent the day in Dayton, Ohio, celebrating the Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The day was spent visiting various points of interest, and closing with a dinner at the Dayton Club. The Society celebrated the 124th Anniversary of the Sur render of Cornwallis at Yorktown, by a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 19, 1905. Dr. Robert Watson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, as the speaker, addressed the Society on "The Master Work." 21 The Society observed the Fourteenth Annual Meeting and the 174th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington by a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on Feb ruary 22, 1906. A paper on "The Character of Washington," by Rev. John M. Mackey, who was absent on account of sickness, was read by General Benjamin Rush Cowen. Prizes were awarded in the Prize Essay Contest, as follows: On "Washington as a General," to Charles Lloyd Wyman, Painesville, Ohio, a student at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and on "The Boston Tea Party," to Misses Eloise Riddle, Columbus, Ohio, Vesta Seaman, Springfield, Ohio, Frank Gaven, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Miss Edith Lewis, Columbus, Ohio. On June 16th, the Society observed the Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, by an outing to Fort Ancient, about forty miles east of Cincinnati. A lunch was served and a most interesting time enjoyed. The Society celebrated the 125th Anniversary of the Sur render of Cornwallis at Yorktown by a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 19th, 1906. The speaker of the evening was Dr. Guy Potter Benton, President of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, who spoke on "The Lesson of Yorktown." The 175th Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, and Fifteenth Annual Meeting, was observed by the Society at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 22nd, 1907. Dr. William G. Frost, President of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, as the speaker of the evening, gave an address on "Revolutionary Descendants in our Southern Mountains." The Society celebrated the Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill by a trip to Marietta, Ohio, on June 16, 1907. The party was shown every courtesy by the Daughters of the American Revolution and Colonial Dames and Board of Trade, of Marietta. Every point of Colonial and Revolu tionary interest was visited, including a ride down the Ohio to Blennerhassett Island. In the evening a dinner was given at the Elk s Club, Marietta. Addresses were made by General William R. Warnock, Dr. Phineas S. Conner and Mr. Herbert Jenney. 22 On October 18th, 1907, the Society celebrated the 126th Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. The speaker was Dr. S. D. Fess, President of Antioch College, on "Some Reflections on the Day we Celebrate." The Society observed its Sixteenth Annual Meeting and 176th Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, on February 22nd, 1908, at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, by a dinner. Hon. E. O. Randall, Secretary of the Ohio Historical and Archeological Society, spoke on "Ancient Sires and Modern Sons." The Society observed the Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, on June 17th, 1908, by a trip to Lexington, Kentucky, visiting the numerous points of history, and a lunch at the Country Club. We were the guests during the day, of the Kentucky Society, Sons of the Revolution. On October 19th, 1908, the Society celebrated the 127th Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, by a dinner at the Queen City Club, Cincinnati, Ohio. On this occasion, members of the Society of Sons of the Revolution of Kentucky, were the guests. The speaker of the evening was Mr. Samuel M. Wilson, Secretary of the Kentucky Society, on "The Ohio Valley in the Revolution." In 1906, the Board of Managers decided, on account of a growing lack of responses and entries in the Prize Essay Contest, to discontinue the same. In its place, each year since, two hundred dollars has been sent to Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, to aid in the education of "descendants of Revolutionary Soldiers." This sum of money, we have been assured by President Frost, aids, very materially each year, twenty young people. The Society, in making this gift, has not limited it to either sex, but left it open to the School authorities to use as they saw best. This money was added to the Students Aid Fund, and used in some cases as gifts to the young people, and in other cases as loans. It can thus be readily seen what a great help to these young people, even $200.00 per year is. In 1902, a movement was started in the Society, looking toward the location and marking of all graves of Revolu tionary Soldiers buried in the State of Ohio, in-so-far as they 23 might be found. To this end, a Committee was appointed, whose report will be found elsewhere in this volume. The Society exerted considerable influence in connection with other Societies, to prevent the demolition of the Lytle House, in Cincinnati, Ohio. This was a very old and his torical place, and the city condemning the surrounding property for park purposes, it was planned to preserve this house, as a historical museum ; but the efforts of the Society were in vain, as the house has been torn down. In 1907, a movement was begun in Cincinnati, Ohio, to quicken interest in the history of the Ohio Valley. To this end, a conference was held in Cincinnati, to which this Society sent delegates. This movement was organized into The Ohio Valley Historical Association, of which the Society is a member. Considerable interest has been aroused by the movement to fittingly observe the Centennial of Lincoln s birth. In November, 1908, this Society was requested to send dele gates to a meeting in Cincinnati, to outline plans. On February 12, 1909, the day was celebrated with a large meeting in Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, and it is now pur posed to erect a suitable monument in Cincinnati. The membership at this time is well over two hundred, and growing rapidly. Interest in the Society is general. Its meetings are well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. There are, of course, many men in the State who are eligible to membership, and who lack but the incentive to affiliate, and that incentive can be supplied by present members in bringing to the attention of such men, the great benefits and pleasure of membership in The Ohio Society of the Sons of the Revolution. 24 K KOKT \\ AMI 1 1 N<;TOX MONI "M KNT I .K KCTKD I (Mil . BY TII K WAKS, COLON! A 1. I)A.\li:s. AMKKICAN HKVOI.rTlON. I>A CMII.DKKN" OK l HK AMI-:HH \N REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MARKING THE GRAVES OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. This Committee has been engaged for several years past in the work of identifying the Revolutionary soldiers of Hamilton County, Ohio, in verifying their military records and, so far as possible, locating their places of burial. The plan first proposed, was that of marking individual graves, but so many of these were found to lie in cemeteries which are now partially abandoned to neglect, if not worse, it was decided that a surer method of preserving at least the names of Revolutionary soldiers, would be to place them upon a bronze tablet. Space for this purpose has been allotted our Society in the new Memorial Building on Kim street, Cincinnati, by the Commissioners of Hamilton county. In pursuance of the present plan, the committee has ex amined about 250 names, of which 138 were those of Pen sioners, and the remaining 112 were of Revolutionary soldiers, not pensioners. The work is by no means closed; stray bits of information still keep coming in which furnish clues to the residence or burial of Revolutionary soldiers in this county. As this condition is likely to continue for some time to come, perhaps so long as an interest in the matter is maintained, it has been decided to arrange for the early installation of the bronze tablet with provision for the addition of such names as may hereafter be secured. A list of 182 names is herewith given, grouped in general, according to the states in which service was performed. 25 ; The conditions under which each name has been accepted, are : First : military service during the American Revolution which can be verified through at least one of the following sources of information: (a) Original documents; as commissions, muster rolls, discharge papers, etc. (b) Certificate of membership in the Military Order of the Cincinnati. (c) U. S. Pension Bureau. (d) Adjutant-General s Office, U. S. A. (e) Official state records. (f) Certificate from State officials; as Adjutant-General, Land Commissioner, State Custodians, Librarians, etc. Second : residence and burial in Hamilton county, Ohio, as established by contemporary records, wills, deeds, grave stones, statements of descendants or other evidence, satis factory to the committee. Family tradition, unsupported by authentic record of some kind, has not been accepted for military service. Of the 182 names thus far passed upon and accepted, 123 were those of U. S. Pensioners, and 59 were of Revolutionary soldiers not pensioners. 46 wills of Revolutionary soldiers have been found in the records of the Probate Court of Hamilton County; and 69 gravestones, carrying inscriptions, have been found in widely scattered graveyards. It may be here explained that in several cases, inscribed gravestones of the wives of soldiers were found, but the graves of Revolu tionary soldiers were marked only by rough limestone slabs. It is believed that the bodies of a number of soldiers originally buried in early Cincinnati cemeteries, now obliterated, were removed to modern cemeteries. Some of these have already been found, and it is believed that others will be discovered later on. The investigation of cemeteries in Hamilton county has played an important part in the work of the committee ; the cemeteries actually examined in search of gravestones, or where entirely obliterated, investigated in connection with such records as were obtainable, are tabulated below. The list in cludes private as \vell as public cemeteries in Hamilton county 26 Township. Number of cemeteries. Anderson 28 Cincinnati (old town) 12 Colerain ;^0 Columbia 17 Crosby 9 Delhi . . . . . . . 21 Green 22 Harrison 9 Miami 1 (j Mill Creek . , , , , 26 Spencer (j Springfield 26 Storrs 5 Sycamore 18 Symmes 6 Whitewater 11 Total.. Besides the above a number of cemeteries were examined which lie just beyond the county line in Dearborn county, Indiana, and in Butler, Warren and Clermont counties, Ohio. Some of these contain soldiers who at some time resided in Hamilton county, but who were buried outside the county; while the scope of our work, so far as the bronze tablet is concerned, is properly limited to Hamilton county, infor mation has been gathered relative to Revolutionary soldiers buried outside of the county. It need hardly be stated that not all the cemeteries visited contained bodies of Revolutionary soldiers. This could not, however, be determined in advance, for the investigation has shown that some bodies have been removed and re-in terred not less than twice since the time of original burial. The records of even the most modern cemeteries appear to be deficient in regard to the re-interments from older ceme teries now abandoned. A number of such re-interments have been found by means of a systematic search throughout the cemeteries themselves, and without regard to their records. The trips incidental to the examination of country grave yards, having been made largely on foot (more than 500 miles were thus traversed), afforded an opportunity for meeting the people of a neighborhood, and through such personal intercourse, accumulating information which could have been gained in no other way. 27 It is only proper, in this connection, to recall the useful and patriotic work performed by a deceased member of this Soci ety, Gen. Samuel F. Gary, and published in the year book of 1895 ; Gen. Gary was assisted in his work by the late General Brown, who was long connected with the Pension Bureau. The list prepared by Gen. Gary embraced 141 names; of these, 128 have been included in those placed upon the design for tablet; 10 were of persons buried outside of Hamilton county, and for 3 (not pensioners) no authentic record of service can now be found. Of names additional to those contained in year book of 1895, 54 have been thus far accepted as satisfactory after careful examination; and, as already intimated, other names are now being investigated, with a probability that, for a con siderable number, satisfactory evidence will be found as re gards both military record, and residence in Hamilton County. As originally formed, the committee included Mr. Herbert Jenneyj Dr. Andrew Carr Kemper, and the present Chairman. During the time the committee has been at work, various changes have been made in its membership ; one of the original members, Dr. Kemper, who evinced the greatest enthusiasm in the work, died in 1905. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Christopher Cary 1763-1837 Jonathan Emerson . . . .1755-1820 Jonathan Cilley 1763-1807 James Kenniston 1756-1837 John Crary 1748-1838 Andrew Norris 1762-1855 MASSACHUSETTS. Isaac Bates 1763-1831 Richard S. Holden 1762-1 S21 Nathaniel Clark 1757-1832 Matthew Jackson 1764-1823 John Cutter 1737-1793 John \V. Langdon 1759-1842 Seth Cutter 1760-1805 Isaac Lewis 1755-1837 Jesse Downs 1764-1826 Jacob Morgan 1760-1836 Duncan Dunn 1753-1834 Isaac Tibbetts 1759-1825 Reuben Gage 1766-1849 Peter Walker 1765-1838 Asa Gloyd 1757-1833 CONNECTICUT. William Brown 1759-1808 Edward Miller 17-56-1823 Ephraim Buell 1741-1821 Daniel Moss 1747-1843 Jason Bushnell 1763-1848 Osborn Parsons 1763-1827 William Finch 1759-1849 Abijah Phelps 1762-1833 Ebenezer W. Finney. . .1755-1822 Samuel Pierce 1759-1828 Asa Foster 1758-1827 Ezra Sherman 1765- Joel Green 1757- Barnabas Strong 1759-1821 Abner Hatch 1753-1819 Jonathan Waring 1764-1836 Eben Rice Hawley 1760- Benjamin Wood 1763-1834 Oliver Hays Levi Wood 1757-1835 Solomon Howard 1761-1834 28 NEW YORK. John Bartle 1743-1839 John Hudson 1768-1847 John Brasher 1764-1840 John Lafler 1750-1822 William Brewster 1762-1834 Alex. Lemon 1749-1824 Henry Gunsalus 1759-1839 David Sprong . ..1763-1842 Gershom Hubbell ..1766- John Andrew 1744-1816 Thomas Auten 1759-1847 David Black 1763-1832 John Bonham 1760-1821 Aaron Bonnel 1758-1837 Jacob Broadwell 1766-1836 William Brown 1737-1831 Jabez Bruen 1730-1814 John Carle 1760-1833 John Charlton 1759-1848 Joshua Davis 1760-1839 JehialDay 1758-1833 Henry Deats 1749-1823 Isaac Drake 1756-1832 Benjamin Engart Benjamin Flinn 1763-1837 Jonas Frazee 1759-1859 Gershom Gard 1736-1807 George Gwinnup Adrian Hageman 1747-1821 Luther Halsey 1758-1830 John Halstead 1754-1841 James Harmer 1753-1837 James Hillyer 1761-1846 Abner Johnson 1759-1832 Thomas Keelor 1764-1851 Oliver Kelly John Kerr Thomas Lacy James Lyon 1755-1841 Robert McCullough .... Alex. Martin . ..1758-1846 NEW JERSEY. 1816 John Meeker 1847 Gershom Norris 1832 John Parker . .1759-1835 .1745-1830 1761-1844 1821 David Pierson 1837 Jonathan Pitman .... 1836 John Riddle -1850 .1747-1834 .1761-1847 1831 Bethuel Riggs .1757-1835 1814 Henry Rogers 1833 John Rose . . .1752-1840 .1760-1837 1848 Joseph Ross 1839 John Schooly .1750-1834 .1761-1834 1833 Daniel Seward -1794 1823 Elisha Shepherd 1750-1834 1832 John Shipman 1842 William Slay back .... 1837 Abraham Smith .1760-1834 .1759-1836 .1761-1824 1859 Oliver Spencer 1807 Nicholas Stevens 1840 Hezekiah Stites 1821 Jedediah Sturgis 1830 Cornelius R. Sedam . . 1841 John Cleves Symmes . . 1837 Timothy Symmes .1736-1811 .1761-1838 .1761-1842 .1758-1838 .1759-1823 .1742-1814 1744-1797 1846 Price Thompson 1832 Henry Tucker 1851 John B. Turner 1827 John Van Cleve .1756-1842 .1760-1844 .1760-1832 -1791 1840 Abraham Voorhees . . . 1835 David E. Wade 1841 Amos Ward 1820 Miles Williams 1846 Israel Wood .1760-1830 .1763-1846 .1761-1837 .1762-1837 .1763- DELAWARE. John Ca vender -1837 Philip Coke SOUTH CAROLINA. Randall Douglass 1763-1844 NORTH CAROLINA. ..1753-1826 Richard Hankins MARYLAND. Adam Boss Jeremiah Burrows. Dennis Clark .... Francis Kelsimere -1833 ,1752-1836 1756-1832 1744-1826 Henry Loar William Pack Philip D. Smith... . Benjamin Williams 1749-1823 1758-1820 -1838 1759-1837 1758-1839 PENNSYLVANIA. Richard Allison 1758-1816 Peter Lynch 1754-1829 Richard Arnold 1746-1843 David McKnight 1760-1821 Christian Bickel 1753-1831 Moses Maddock 1752-1826 Abraham Covalt 1734-1791 John Matson -1804 William Delzell 1755-1837 Philip Mitchell -1832 Henry Dugan 1736-1833 Abra m Pierson Robert Elliot -1794 John Richardson 1756-1823 Thomas Ewing 1743-1823 Thomas Stacy -1837 James Gowdy 1758-1849 Benjamin Stites -1804 Michael Hahn 1757-1792 Patrick Sullivan 1747-1821 James Hathorn 1739-1835 John Williams 1754-1823 Frederick Horn 1756-1838 Thomas Williams 1754-1826 George Leiby 1753-1834 Henry Willyard 1749-1830 William Lemond 1754-1827 William Wilson 1757-1838 David Livingston 1737-1831 VIRGINIA. John Campbell 1750-1839 Cyrus McCracken -1782 Neniad Coleman 1746-1823 William Neves 1751-1838 Andrew Cox 1761-1852 Zephaniah Posey 1758-1826 William Grant 1751-1827 John Robinson 1756-1842 Anderson Hipsher 1763- Ballard Smith -1794 Abraham Larew 1755-1840 William Smith -1841 Samuel Limming -1834 Richard Sparr 1757-1836 Francis McCormick 1764-1836 SUPPLEMENTAL. Eleazer Baldwin Conn. Lucius Chapin Mass 1760-1842 John Jones Md 1764-1821 Daniel Davis N. Y 1753-1851 Cornelius Little N. J 1755-1834 Gilbert McCrea Penn 1758-1824 Oliver Martin N. J 1762-1829 John Mercer N. J -1806 Francis Nichols N. H 1765-1808 Samuel Pierson N. J. . . 1753-1839 Charles Stone 1757-1848 Cornelius Snyder N. Y 1762-1822 Harmanus Taulman N. Y 1731-1796 Jared Turrill Conn 1757-1833 In general, the names are arranged upon the design for tablet in groups, under the colony for which service was per formed. In their work of investigation, the committee has received cordial assistance from many persons, all of whom can not be here named ; in particular, however, thanks are due to the following : Hon. Wm. H. Taft, (when Secretary of War, 1908). The Trustees of the Memorial Building. The Commissioners of Hamilton County, Ohio. Mr. Harvey Hannaford, the architect of Memorial Hall. 30 The Adjutant-General, State of New Jersey, (R. Heber Breintnall). The Adjutant-General, State of Connecticut. Captain William Holden, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Messrs. James Brown Matson, Edward Wyllys Buell and Allen Collier, members of this Society. Mr. Martin Pinney, of Mt. Healthy, Ohio. Mr. Frank C. Stout, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Charles C. Cooper, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The thanks of the Committee are also due to Mr. Samuel Smith Godley, member of this Society, who furnished the design for the tablet. Proposals for the installation of the tablet were received from firms in Cincinnati, Cleveland and New York, and the work has been awarded to the lowest bidders, Paul E. Cabaret & Company, of New York, for the sum of $1,315.00. The conditions of the contract are that the work is to be com pleted in 1 2 weeks from the receipt of notification of approval of contract. As it is proposed to continue the investigation of military service, residence, etc., of Revolutionary Soldiers believed to have been buried in this county, this report is not a final one. Respectfully submitted, ROBT. RALSTON JONES, Chairman. HERBERT JENNY, GEO. B. ORR, J. GANO WRIGHT. 31 MEMBERSHIP ROLL. Accession Elected. No. 1904 ADAH, CHARLES FLAMEN, New York. 357 Fifth in descent from Nicholson Broughton. 1898 ALLEN, CHARLES HENRY, Jr., Cincinnati, O. 281 Third in descent from Benjamin Allyn. 1897 ALLEN, STUART ASHBY, Cincinnati, O. 268 Fourth in descent from John Ashby. 1893 ANDERSON, EDWARD LOWELL, Cincinnati, O. 2 Second in descent from Richard Clough Anderson. 1900 ARMSTRONG, FRANK NEWTON, Cincinnati, O. 324 Third in descent from Gideon Newton. Fourth in descent from Timothy Newton. Fourth in descent from Jacob Parker. 1900 ARMSTRONG, GEORGE, Cincinnati, O. 314 Third in descent from Jacob Parker. 1895 ARNOLD, BRENT, Cincinnati, O. 183 Third in descent from Roger Thompson. Third in descent from David Williams. 1895 AVERY, RALPH, Cincinnati, O. 194 Second in descent from Stephen Avery. Third in descent from Israel Morgan. 1894 BAILEY, GILBERT LANGDON, Chicago. 87 Fourth in descent from William Brown. Fourth in descent from John Langdon. Fourth in descent from John Ward. Fourth in descent from Lemuel Perin. Fifth in descent from Ephraim Wescott. 32 Accession Elected. No. 1895 BALDWIN, BERT LECOMPT, Cincinnati, O. 164 Third in descent from John Riddle. 1901 BALDWIN, WARD, Cincinnati, O. 325 Fourth in descent from Ar tern as Ward. 1897 BALLARD, EDWARD McCLURE, Cincinnati, O. 261 Fourth in descent from William Ballard. 1896 BARTLETT, BENJAMIN DeWOLFE, Cincinnati, O. 226 Third in descent from Arunah Judd. 1895 BATES, EDWARD MERRICK IJNLEY, Cincinnati, O.I 57 Third in descent from Jonathan Bates. Third in descent from Timothy Hoadley. 1896 BATTELLE, JOHN GORDON, Columbus, O. 213 Third in descent from Ebenezer Battelle. 1895 ELAINE, EPHRAIM ROBERT, Cincinnati, O. 191 Third in descent from Ephraim Blaine. 1895 BLAINE, JOHN EWING, Cincinnati, O. 185 Third in descent from Ephraim Blaine. 1900 BLAINE, JOHN EWING, Jr., Cincinnati, O. 321 Fourth in descent from Ephraim Blaine. Fourth in descent from Samuel Lyon. 1903 BOGGESS, JOHN SAMUEL, Washington, D. C. 354 Fourth in descent from Samuel Conaway. 1908 BROWN, HENRY ANDREW, Cincinnati, O. 387 Fourth in descent from Deliverance Brown. 1899 BROWN, MARK ATKINS, Cincinnati, O. 312 Fourth in descent from Thomas Brown. 33 Accession Elected. No. 1900 BUELL, EDWARD WYLLYSS, Cincinnati, O. 316 Fourth in descent from Daniel Hand. 1895 BULLOCK, JAMES WILSON, Cincinnati, O. 188 Fourth in descent from John White. 1906 BURGOYNE, CHARLES LYMAN, Cincinnati, O. 367 Fourth in descent from Joseph Kingsbury. 1896 BURKE, CLARENCE ELISHA, Ne^.y York. 239 Third in descent from Sylvanus Burke. 1894 BUSHNELL, JOHN LUDLOW, Springfield, O. 96 Third in descent from Jason Bushnell. Fourth in descent from Cornelius Ludlow. 1895 CADLE, CORNELIUS, Cincinnati, O. 116 Third in descent from John Fiske. 1893 CARROLL, LOUIS, Cincinnati, O. 20 Fourth in descent from Jacob Piatt. 1893 CARROLL, ROBERT DeVALCOURT, Cincinnati, O. 19 Fourth in descent from Jacob Piatt. 1893 CARSON, ARCHIBALD IRWIN, Cincinnati, O. 21 Third in descent from Abraham George Claypoole. 1897 CARY, SAMUEL FENTON, Jr., Cincinnati, O. 263 Third in descent from Roswell Fenton. 1898 CASTLE, CHARLES HENRY, Cincinnati, O. 113 Fourth in descent from Archibald Dick. Fourth in descent from William Evans. 1894 CIST, CHARLES MORETON, Cincinnati, O. 127 Third in descent from Charles Cist. 34 Accession Elected. No 1903 CLARK, CHARLES CRICHTON, Indianapolis, Ind. 345 Third in descent from Thomas Paxton. 1896 CLARK, JESSE REDMAN, Cincinnati, O. 244 Third in descent from Davis Wasgatt. 1906 COLE, ALFRED P., Cincinnati, O. 375 Third in descent from Ephraim Cole. 1893 COLLIER, ALLEN, Cincinnati, O. 29 Third in descent from Isaac Collier. Third in descent from Lemuel Gates. 1898 COMEGYS, CHARLES GEORGE, Cincinnati, O. 292 Third in descent from John Marim. 1897 CONNER, JOHN SANBORN, Cincinnati, O. 265 Third in descent from Joseph Conner. 1896 CORSON, HENRY CLAY, Akron, O. 214 Third in descent from Joseph Edwards. 1906 CO WEN, CLINTON, Cincinnati, O. 372 Second in descent from William Cowen. 1897 CRELLIN, LUCIUS BLAKESLEE, Arcanum, Darke County, O. 256 Third in descent from Aaron Taylor. 1896 CROWELL, JOHN STEPHEN, Springfield, O. 219 Third in descent from Aaron Crowell. 1894 CURTIS, HENRY MELVILLE, Cincinnati, O. 107 Fourth in descent from Samuel Coe. Third in descent from Felix Curtis. Fourth in descent from Joseph Hull. Fourth in descent from Stephen Curtis. 35 Accession Elected. No. 1894 GUSHING, WADE, Cincinnati, O. 52 Third in descent from Nathaniel Gushing. 1908 DEANE, CLINTON, Cincinnati, O. 388 Third in descent from Benjamin Davis. 1900 DIEHL, GEORGE PAXTON, Cincinnati, O. 315 Fourth in descent from Thomas Paxton. 1905 DISQUE, BRICE PURSHLL, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas. 362 Fifth in descent from Joseph Ross. 1895 DOANE, WILLIAM HOWARD, Cincinnati, O. 168 Second in descent from James Treat. 1895 DOLPH, ALEXANDER MILTON, Cincinnati, O. 171 Third in descent from Moses Dolph. 1898 DOMINI CK, GEORGE DeFOREST, Cincinnati, O. 296 Third in descent from George F. Dominick. 1907 DOUGLAS, GEORGE ANSON, Cincinnati, O. 380 Third in descent from Richard Douglas. 1908 DRURY, ALEXANDER GETCHELL, Cincinnati, O. 391 Fourth in descent from Obediah Williams. 1908 DRURY, ALEXANDER GREER, Cincinnati, O. 390 Third in descent from Obediah Williams. 1898 DURRELL, JOSEPH HUSTON, Cincinnati, O. 284 Third in descent from William Huston. 1908 FAHNESTOCK, GEORGE CURRY, Cincinnati, O. 385 Fourth in descent from Zebulon Parke. 1908 FAHNESTOCK, LESLIE MILLER, Cincinnati, O. 384 Fourth in descent from Zebulon Parke. 36 Accession Hlected. ^o. 1894 FELTON, SAMUEL MORSE, Chicago, 111. . 84 Third in descent from Charles Lippitt. Fourth in descent from John Low. Fourth in descent from Martin Seamans. 1896 FORAKER, JOSEPH BENSON, Jr., Cincinnati, O. 210 Fourth in descent from John James. 1896 FORSYTHE, ROBERT ALLEN, Cincinnati, O. 234 Third in descent from Samuel Blackley Webb. 1906 FOSTER, CORNELIUS MATHERS, Cincinnati, O. 374 Third in descent from James Mathers. 1897 GAITHER, ALFRED, Cincinnati, O. 250 Third in descent from John Gaither. 1893 GARRARD, JEPTHA, Cincinnati, O. 18 Third in descent from James Chambers. 1907 GATCH, HAYWARD DAVID, Milford, O. 377 Fourth in descent from Elisha Hutchinson. 1897 GATCH, LEWIS NEWTON, Cincinnati, O. 273 Fourth in descent from Elisha Hutchinson. 1898 GIBSON, PETER, New York City. 280 Third in descent from Peter Wickersham. 1898 GIFFIN, OTTO HANLON, St. Clairsville, O. 294 Fourth in descent from William Duvall. 1894 GODLEY, SAMUEL SMITH, Cincinnati, O. 54 Fourth in descent from Daniel Piatt. Fourth in descent from Philip Grandin. 1894 GOODMAN, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, Cincinnati, O. 64 Third in descent from Jacob Piatt. 37 Accession Elected. No, 1895 GRAY, ADAM, Cincinnati, O. 135 Third in descent from John Crary. 1898 GREEK, CLARENCE NEWCOMBE, Dayton, O. 291 Third in descent from John Grimes. 1893 GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH PRITCHARD, Cincinnati, O. 33 Third in descent from John Harmanus Wendell. 1896 GRIMES, EDWARD DAVIES, Dayton, O. 197 Third in descent from John Grimes. Third in descent from Charles Greene. 1894 GROESBECK, TELFORD, Cincinnati, O. 28 Third in descent from William Burnet. 1894 HALL, CHARLES GILBERT, Chicago, 111. 100 Fourth in descent from Joseph Shaylor. Third in descent from Silvanus Hall. 1894 HALL, WILLIAM ANDERSON, Cincinnati, O. 68 Second in descent from Richard dough Anderson. Fourth in descent from Elihu Hall. 1894 HANNA, JOHN PARKER, Cincinnati, O. 117 Fourth in descent from James Stephenson. 1894 HANNA, WILLIAM THOMPSON, Cincinnati, O. 119 Fourth in descent from James Stephenson. 1894 HARGRAVH, EDWARD HOLLISTER, Norwood, O. 80 Fourth in descent from Joshua Huddy. 1897 HAWLEY, GEORGE BURT, Cincinnati, O. 251 Third in descent from Amos Hawley. 38 Accession Elected. NO. 1894 HAYES, BIRCHARD AUSTIN, Toledo, O. 71 Third in descent from Roger Birchard. Fourth in descent from Daniel Austin. Fourth in descent from Elias Birchard. Fourth in descent from Isaac Cook, Jr. Fifth in descent from Isaac Cook, Sr. Fourth in descent from Israel Smith. Third in descent from Isaac Webb. Fourth in descent from Matthew Scott. Fifth in descent from William Thompson. Third in descent from Rutherford Hayes. 1896 HAYNES, GEORGE WHITE, Fremont, O. 203 Fourth in descent from John Palmer. 1896 HEYL, ASHTON BRYANT, Cincinnati, O. 205 Fourth in descent from David Heath. 1895 HODGSON, FRANK DAY, Chicago, 111. 133 Third in descent from Daniel Baker. Third in descent from Benjamin Crane. 1900 HOLLISTER, BURTON P., Cincinnati, O. 317 Third in descent from Elijah Strong Hollister. 1903 HOLLISTER, HOWARD CLARK, Cincinnati, O. 355 Third in descent from Elijah Strong Hollister. 1906 HOPKINS, WILLIAM HARVEY, Cincinnati, O. 376 Fourth in descent from Joshua Huddy. 1898 HOUGHTON, CHARLES D. MANSFIELD, Indianapolis, Ind. 288 Fifth in descent from Nehemiah Houghton, Sr. 1901 HOUGHTON, HENRY SPENCER, Wuhu, China. 329 Fifth in descent from Nehemiah Houghton, Sr. 39 Accession Elected. No. 1900 HUNT, HENRY THOMAS, Cincinnati, O. 323 Fourth in descent from George Nicholas. Fifth in descent from Robert Carter Nicholas. Fourth in descent from James Trotter. Fourth in descent from James Galloway, Sr. Fourth in descent from Thomas Townsley. Fifth in descent from John Smith. 1903 HUNTSMAN, FRANK, Cincinnati, O. 350 Third in descent from Jonathan Huntsman. 1894 KURD, ETHAN OSBORN, Plainville, O. 58 Third in descent from Nathan Hurd. Second in descent from Ethan Osborn. Third in descent from John Osborn. 1896 HUTTON, JAMES MORGAN, Cincinnati, O. 222 Fourth in descent from Jacob Morgan. 1896 JENNEY, HERBERT, Cincinnati, O. 223 Third in descent from Levy Jenney. Third in descent from Samuel Procter. 1894 JONES, FRANK JOHNSTON, Cincinnati, O. 94 Third in descent from Jonathan Jones. 1897 JONES, ROBERT RALSTON, Cincinnati, O. 262 Third in descent from John Chester. Third in descent from Robert Ralston. Fourth in descent from Jabez Huntington. Fourth in descent from Mathew Clarkson. Third in descent from Samuel Beach. Fourth in descent from Enoch Beach. 1895 JONES, SAMUEL FOSDICK, Denver, Colo. 160 Fourth in descent from Jonathan Jones. 40 Accession Elected. N 1894 JONES, WALTER ST. JOHN, Cincinnati, O. 93 Third in descent from Jonathan Jones. 1906 KALEY, ARTHUR NELSON, Massillon, O. 368 Fourth in descent from Sawtell H. Holden. 1908 KEMPER, EDWIN WILSON, Cincinnati, O. 386 Fifth in descent from John Hathaway. Fourth in descent from Charles Kemper. Fourth in descent from Moses Curtis. Third in descent from Joel Hart. 1896 KINSEY, BOYDEN, Cincinnati, O. 201 Sixth in descent from Jonathan Ingham. Fifth in descent from Samuel Kinsey. Fifth in descent from Cornelius Ludlow. Fourth in descent from James Montgomery. 1895 KINSEY, GEORGE, Cincinnati, O. 150 Fourth in descent from Samuel Kinsey. Fifth in descent from Jonathan Ingham. 1900 KNIGHT, ALFRED, Cincinnati, O. 313 Fourth in descent from Abraham Jones, Jr. 1898 LaBACH, JAMES OSCAR, Lexington, Ky. 297 Fifth in descent from Gerardus Ryker. 1898 LaBACH, PAUL MAYER, Lexington, Ky. 298 Fifth in descent from Gerardus Ryker. 1894 LAWS, HARRY LANGDON, Cincinnati, O. 89 Fourth in descent from John Langdon. 1906 LAYTON, SAMUEL HERRICK, Xenia, O. 366 Fourth in descent from Samuel Prentice. 41 Accession Elected. No. 1894 LINDLEY, CHARLES NEWTON, New York City. 65 Fourth in descent from William Bartlett. 1900 LITTLE, GRIFFITH CHARLES, Cincinnati, O. 322 Fourth in descent from John McKinney. P^ourth in descent from Rufus Cone. 1895 LLOYD, JOHN URI, Cincinnati, O. 162 Third in descent from Daniel Ashley. Fourth in descent from Samuel Ashley. Fourth in descent from James Coe. Fourth in descent from Josiah Gates, Jr. 1906 LOCKE, WILLIAM STANTON, Norwood, O. 369 Fourth in descent from Joshua Huddy. 1902 LOVFJOY, GEORGE M., Cincinnati, O. 342 Third in descent from John Lovejoy. 1895 LOWES, WILLIAM ELLIOTT, Baltimore, Md. 141 Third in descent from James Lowes. Third in descent from James Elliott. 1901 McGREW, SAMUEL J-, Springfield, O. 331 Fourth in descent from John Miller. 1903 McGRO ARTY, WILLIAM BUCKNERJacksonville,Fla.346 Fourth in descent from Nicholas Taliaferro. 1895 McKEE, EDWARD SYDNEY, Cincinnati, O. 186 Third in descent from John Mills. Third in descent from John McKee. Third in descent from William McClintock. 1906 MACK, EDWARD, Cincinnati, O. 370 Fifth in descent from Klisha Scovell. 42 Accession Elected. No. 1895 MACKOY, HARRY BRENT, Covington, Ky. 167 Fourth in descent from Hugh Brent. Fourth in descent from Ignatius Taylor. Fourth in descent from Rowland Chambers. Fifth in descent from Maurice Langhorne. 1902 MACREADY, JOHN HART, Cincinnati, O. 343 Fourth in descent from James Hart. 1903 MALSBARY, CHARLES FRANKLIN, Cincinnati, O. 352 Third in descent from Price Thompson. 1906 MARSH, FRANK EGGLESTON, Milwaukee, Wis. 373 Fourth in descent from John Conant. 1902 MARSHALL, ELBERT PIKE, Cincinnati, O. Third in descent from Thomas Alston. 1894 MARTIN, DAVID BRENNEMAN, Baltimore, Md. 108 Third in descent from David Martin. 1908 MARTIN, LOUIS HENRY, Cincinnati, O. 393 Fourth in descent from Ichabod Marshall. 1894 MARTIN, OSCAR THADDEUS, Springfield, O. 109 Third in descent from David Martin. 1898 MARTIN, PAUL CURTIS, Springfield, O. 295 Fourth in descent from David Martin. 1896 MATSON, JAMES BROWN, Home City, O. 208 Fourth in descent from John Matson. 1894 MERRELL, GEOP.GE, Cincinnati, O. 42 Third in descent from Joseph Poor. 1894 MILLER, FRANK HATHAWAY, Cincinnati, O. 83 Third in descent from Luke Miller. 43 Accession Elected. No. 1895 MILLER, GRIFFIN TAYLOR, Cincinnati, O. 145 Fourth in descent from Edward Thomas. 1894 MORGAN, ASA BUSHNELL, Cincinnati, O. 49 Third in descent from Jason Bushnell. 1905 MULFORD, REN, Jr., Norwood, O. 360 Fourth in descent from Robert Brown. 1893 NELSON, CARLTON TAYLOR, Columbus, O. 9 Third in descent from David Nelson, Sr. 1896 NEWTON, CHARLES HUMPHREY, Marietta, O. 232 Third in descent from Elias Newton. 1903 NORRIS, HENRY McCOY, Cincinnati, O. 353 Third in descent from Jonathan Norris 1896 NOYES, JOSEPH CHEEVER, Cincinnati, O. 224 Fourth in descent from Joseph Noyes. 1894 ORR, GEORGE BURNET, Cincinnati, O. 72 Third in descent from Jacob Piatt. 1901 ORR, JAMES POTTER, Cincinnati, O. 330 Fourth in descent from Robert Orr. 1894 OUTCALT, MILLER, Cincinnati, O. 62 Third in descent from William Brown. 1908 PATTEN, EDWARD AMBROSE, Madisonville, O. . 392 Fourth in descent from Roswell Miner. 1895 PATTERSON, JOHN HENRY, Dayton, O. 136 Second in descent from Robert Patterson. 1895 PATTERSON, STEPHEN JOHNSTON, Dayton, O. 138 Second in descent from Robert Patterson. 44 Accession Elected. No. 1907 PATTON, JOHN ELAINE, Buffalo, N. Y. 378 Fourth in descent from George Patton. 1895 PAXTON, THOMAS B ARBOUR, Cincinnati, O. 154 Second in descent from Thomas Paxton. 1901 PECK, ARTHUR MINOT, Cincinnati, O. 326 Fourth in descent from Eleazer Weld. Fourth in descent from John Peck. 1896 POGUE, ROBERT WEST, Cincinnati, O. 209 Sixth in descent from Hope Lathrop. 1893 POMEROY, GEORGE ELTWEED, Toledo, O. 6 Fourth in descent from Seth Pomeroy. 1907 POPE, ARTHUR LEWIS, Norwood, O. 382 Fourth in descent from Daniel Avery. 1893 PUGH, ACHILLES HENRY, Cincinnati, O. 3 Third in descent fromjohn Pugh. 1897 PUGH, ACHILLES HENRY, Jr., Cincinnati, O. 272 Fourth in descent from John Pugh. 1901 PUNSHON, THOMAS BROWN, Cincinnati, O. 328 Third in descent from John Langdon. Third in descent from William Brown. 1894 PUTNAM, DOUGLAS, Jr., Ashland, Ky. 69 Fifth in descent from Israel Putnam, Sr. Fourth in descent from Israel Putnam, Jr. 1895 PUTNAM, LOUIS REPPERT, Ashland, Ky. 152 Sixth in descent from Israel Putnam, Sr. Fifth in descent from Israel Putnam, Jr. 45 Accession Elected. No. 1893 RAWSON, EDWARD STEPHEN, New York. 39 Fourth in descent from Levi Rawson. Fifth in descent from Edward Rawson. Fourth in descent from Joseph Adams. 1894 REvSOR, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, Cincinnati, O. 60 Fourth in descent from William Burnet. 1902 REYNOLDS, CHARLES WAUGH, Covington, Ky. 335 Fourth in descent from Samuel Jackson. Fourth in descent from Joseph Reynolds. Fifth in descent from Thomas Reynolds. 1902 REYNOLDS, ORRIN A., Covington, Ky. 333 Fourth in descent from Thomas Reynolds. Third in descent from Joseph Reynolds. Third in descent from Samuel Jackson. 1902 REYNOLDS, ORRIN LYLE, Covington, Ky. 334 Fourth in descent from Samuel Jackson. Fourth in descent from Joseph Reynolds. Fifth in descent from Thomas Reynolds. 1893 RHODES, DUDLEY WARD, Cincinnati, O. 38 Fourth in descent from Artemas Ward. 1896 RHODES, THOMAS DANIEL, New York. 212 Fourth in descent from William Wheatley. Third in descent from Jacob Houseman. 1906 RICHARDSON, ROBERT EDWIN, Aliquippa, Pa. 365 Fourth in descent from William Chamberlin. 1898 RICKEY, SAMUEL WEBSTER, Cincinnati, O. 278 Fourth in descent from James Fleming. 46 Accession Elected. J\T O 1897 RODGERS, JAMES GODMAN, Springfield, O. 271 Third in descent from Richard Rodgers. Third in descent from Andrew Rodgers. 1902 RUSSELL, WILLIS W., New York. 341 Third in descent from Ashur Russell. 1895 SAFFARRANS,GEORGE COOLIDGE,Ft. Thomas,Ky.l46 Fourth in descent from Samuel Coolidge. 1894 SCHENCK, SCHUYLER CHARLES, Toledo, O. Ill Fourth in descent from Richard Failey. 1909 SCOTT, FRANCIS LOUIS, Cincinnati, O. 394 Fifth in descent from Ignatius Boone. Fifth in descent from Robert Good. 1903 SHILLITO, STEWART, Cincinnati, O. 347 Third in descent from William Sterrett. 1895 SHOEMAKER, FREDERICK BELLINGER,Toledo,0. 176 Third in descent from Hanyoost Shoemaker. Third in descent from Michael Myers. Fourth in descent from Henry Herter. 1894 SHOEMAKER, MICHAEL MYERS, Cincinnati, O. 76 Third in descent from Hanyoost Shoemaker. Fourth in descent from Henry Herter. Third in descent from Michael Myers. 1894 SHOUSE, WILLIAM HENRY, Cincinnati, O. 126 Second in descent from Richard Sparks. 1907 SLOCUM, CHARLES ELIHU, Defiance, O. 379 Second in descent from Joseph Slocum. 47 Accession Elected. No - 1909 SLOCUM, STEPHEN ELMER, Cincinnati, O. 395 Fourth in descent from Samuel Slocum. Fourth in descent from Albert Slingerland. Fourth in descent from Rynier Vanclen Bergh. Fourth in descent from Adam Conde (Condey). 1909 SMITH, GEORGE CLEMENT, Morrow, O. 397 Fourth in descent from Levi Smith. 1895 SMITH, WILLIAM WALKER, Cincinnati, O. 166 Fourth in descent from Levi Smith. Fifth in descent from Martin Smith. Fourth in descent from David Walker. Fourth in descent from Jeremiah Vanderventer. 1899 SPARROW, JACKSON WOLCOTT, Cincinnati, O. 304 Fourth in descent from Abner Hubbard. Fifth in descent from Nathaniel Hamlin. 1897 STEDMAN, CHARLES JAMES, Cincinnati, O. 270 Third in descent from John Huntington. 1895 STEELE, FREDERIC LINCOLN, Cincinnati, O. 179 Third in descent from Michael McClary. 1902 STITES, BENJAMIN HEZEKIAH, Cincinnati, O. 340 Third in descent from Hezekiah Stites. 1902 TAYLOR, WILLIAM JORDAN, Cincinnati, O. 336 Fifth in descent from Asa Haynes. 1893 TINGLEY, CLEM HENRY, Columbus, O. 17 Fourth in descent from Gustavus Scott. Fourth in descent from Samuel Love. Fifth in descent from Charles Jones. 1899 TORRENCE, GEORGE PAULL, Marion, Ind. 308 Third in descent from Joseph Torrence. 48 Accession Elected. No. 1899 WARD, WILLIAM SPENCER, Cincinnati, O. 303 Third in descent from William Ward. 1898 WARNOCK, WILLIAM R., Urbana, O. 290 Third in descent from Thomas Smith. Fourth in descent from John Reynolds. 1901 WATERMAN, SHERMAN JEWETT, Cincinnati, O. 332 Fourth in descent from Asa Waterman. 1904 WEBNER, FRANK ERASTUS, Cincinnati, O. 358 Fifth in descent from Silas Peck. 1904 WILTSEE, CLIFFORD ALBERT, Cincinnati, O. 356 Fourth in descent from James Lyon. 1905 WILTSEE, PERCY LEONARD, Cincinnati, O. 361 Fourth in descent from James Lyon. 1909 WINSLOW, HOWARD SYDENHAM, Cincinnati, O. 396 Third in descent from Stephen Jackson. 1894 WITT, GEORGE CLINTON, Cincinnati, O. 99 Third in descent from Samuel Gosling. 1894 WOOD, CHARLES LEONARD, Piqua, O. 66 Third in descent from Joshua Davis. Third in descent from Peter Robertson. Third in descent from Abijah Wood. Third in descent from Stephen Washer. 1895 WOOD, CHARLES MORGAN, Dayton, O. 182 Fifth in descent from William Shreve. Fourth in descent from Jacob Morgan. 1895 WOOD, EPHRAIM MORGAN, Dayton, O. 190 Third in descent from Jacob Morgan. 49 Accession Elected. No. 1898 WOOD, HARLEY KIRK, Piqua, O. 300 Third in descent from Abijah Wood. 1895 WOODHULL, LAMBERT, Dayton, O. 193 Third in descent from Benjamin Dennis. 1900 WOOLSON, ALVIN MANSFIELD, Toledo, O. 318 Third in descent from Nehemiah Batchellor. 1898 WRIGHT, JOHN GANG, Cincinnati, O. 277 Fourth in descent from John Gano. 1907 YEISER, HENRY CRAIG, Cincinnati, O. 383 Fourth in descent from David Jameson. 1894 YERGASON, HENRY CHRISTOPHER,Cincinnati, O.I 02 Third in descent from Jairus Smith, Jr. Fourth in descent from Ebenezer Bingham. 50 TlIK S\VOH1> OK (jKXKHAI. JojSKl H <"ir^T>KV RECORD OF ANCESTORS. REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF OHIO. ABBOTT, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1741-1778. Wyoming, Pa. Private in Capt. John Durkee s Company, Pennsylvania Troops, May 9, 1775 December 10th, 1775. In Battle at Wyoming, July 3, 1778. Killed by Indians, August, 1778. Reference: Certificate from State Librarian of Pennsylvania. Miner s History of Wyoming, pp. 239-40. Weaver s Ancient Windham Genealogy. Kulp s Families of the Valley. History of Luzerne Co., p. 198, Hinman s War of the Revolution, p. 156. ADAMS, DR. JOSEPH, Massachusetts. Mendon, Mass. Surgeon s Mate of Reads Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775. Surgeon s Mate, 15th Continental Infantry, January 1 to December 31, 1776. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, page 58. Rawson, Edward Stephen. ALLYN, BENJAMIN, Massachusetts. 1754-1840. Barnstable, Mass. Private in Capt. George Lewis Company, Col. Freeman s Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, September 6th, 1778. Served on alarms at Dartmouth, Bedford and Falmouth. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Allen, Charles Henry, Jr. ALSTON, THOMAS, New Jersey. 1753-1833. Served as Ensign of the First Regiment, Middlesex Co., N. J. Militia, Col. John Webster, during the Revolutionary War. The date of his commission was June 22nd, 1780. Reference: Certificate of the Adjutant General of the State of New Jersey. Marshall, Elbert Pike. 52 ANDERSON, RICHARD CLOUGH, Virginia. Kentucky. 1750-1826. Captain 5th Va. Regiment Continental Line; Major 1st Va. Regiment Conti nental Line; Major Sixth Va. Regiment Continental Line; Lieut-Col. 1st Va, Regiment Continental Line; Brigadier-Gen l. Va. Militia; Aide-de-Camp to Gen l. Lafayette; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. R-eference: Heitman s Historical Register. Certificate of membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. Anderson, Edward Lowell. Hall, William Anderson. ASHBY, JOHN, Virginia. 1755-1815. Fauquier Co., Va. Captain in 3rd Virginia Regiment, Continental Line from March 18, 1776 to October 30, 1777. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 68. E. A. Pollard s Southern His tory of the War, p. 396 et seq. Allen, Stuart Ashby. ASHLEY, DANIEL, New Hampshire. 1754-1810. 1st Lieut. Baldwin s Reg t. N. H. Militia. Member of Constitutional Conven tion, 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. New Hampshire State Archives. Lloyd, John Uri. ASHLEY, SAMUEL, New Hampshire. 1720-1792. Colonel of N. H. Regiment Militia. 1775. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Lloyd, John Uri. AUSTIN, DANIEL, Connecticut. 1720-1804. Private in Captain Seymour s Light Dragoons, Major Bull, Norwalk Alarm, July 8 to 19, 1779; Private in Captain Van Duersen s Company, State Guards, stationed at New Haven, Conn., February 21 to August 1, 1781. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 549, 575. Hayes, Birchard Austin. AVERY, DANIEL, Connecticut. 1740-1781. Was Ensign under Col. Ledyard and was killed on above date at Fort Griswold, in the Battle of Groton Heights, in Benedict Arnold s attack upon New Lon don, Conn. Reference: Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 577. Pope, Arthur Lewis. AVERY, STEPHEN, Connecticut. 1756-1828. Private in Fourth Connecticut Regiment, Col. Samuel Selden, until December 25, 1776. July 5, 1780, re-enlisted in same regiment, commanded by Col. Durkee. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 191, 405. A very, Ralph. 53 BAKER, DANIEL, New Jersey. 1753-1814. Westfield, N. J.; enrolled as Corporal 1st Battalion N. J. Continental Line, November 13, 1775; Private in 1st Regiment Essex Co., N. J., Militia; pro moted to Ensign and served through the war. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 448. Hodgson, Frank Day. BALLARD, WILLIAM, Virginia. 1732-1799. Culpepper Co., Va. Lieutenant of Artillery, Virginia Line, in service three years. Reference: Certified copy of warrant 160, Book 1, p. 28, Land Office Records, Richmond, Virginia. Ballard, Edward McClure. BARBER, STEPHEN, Connecticut. Hebron, Conn. Corporal Hebron Company, Lexington Alarm. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 13. BARLOW, AARON, Connecticut. 1750-1800. Of Redding, Fairfield Co., Conn. Private in 10th Company, 5th Regiment, Conn.; Ensign in Capt. Gray s Company, October, 1777. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 71, 576. BARTLETT, WILLIAM, Massachusetts. 1741-1794. First Naval Agent of the Port of Beverly, Mass., appointed by General George Washington at the Siege of Boston. Reference: Washington s Correspondence. Lindley, Charles Newton. BATCHELLOR, NEHEMIAH, Massachusetts. 1741-1822. Grafton, Mass. Private, Lexington Alarm, Capt. Win. Whitcomb s Company, Col. James Prescot s Regiment. Second Lieutenant, Capt. Silas Taylor s 3rd Company from Stowe, Mass., July 2nd, 1776. Second Lieutenant, Capt. May- nard s Company, 4th Middlesex Regiment, Col. Thatcher commanding, Decem ber 11, 1776. Second Lieutenant, Capt. Rob t. Cutting s Company, Col. Mclntosh s Regiment, Rhode Island Alarm, Lo veil s Brigade, August 1, 1778, to September 13, 1778. Reference: Massachusetts Revolutionary Records, Vol. 13, p. 168; Vol. 14, p. 150; Vol. 28, p. 118; Vol. 41, p. 107. Rhode Island Records, Vol. 1, p. 149. Woolson, Alvin Mansfield. BATES, JONATHAN, Massachusetts. 1757-1829. Hingham, Mass. Private in Capt. Cushing s Company, Col. Greaton s Regiment May 22, 1775; private, Capt. Cushing s Company, Col. Heath s Regiment, October 5, 1775; private, Capt. Cushing s Company, Col. Solomon Lovell s Regiment, December 4, 1776; private in Capt. Clark s Company, June 5, 1780. Reference: Certificate of Revolutionary War Service from Massachusetts Secre tary of State. Bates, Edward Merrick Lindley. 54 BATTELLE, EBENEZER, Massachusetts. 1754-1815. Ebenezer Battelle s name appears with rank of Captain, on the Lexington Alarm Roll, of his own Company, which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, from Dedham, Mass. His name appears on the paymaster s Abstract of Captain Battelle s Company of Col. Mclntosh s Regiment for service, rations, etc., in March, 1776, the service was taking possession of and fortifying Dor chester Heights, Mass. Capt. Battelle s name appears in an official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives of Mass., dated April 1, 1780, as having been chosen to the office of 2nd Major of the 1st Regiment of Militia of County Suffolk, Mass. Appointment concurred in by the Council April 1, 1780. Graduated from Harvard. Member of the "Ohio Company," and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. One of the first settlers of Ohio, at Marietta, in May, 1778. Reference: Commonwealth of Mass. Rev. War Records, Vol 2, p. 241; Vol. 17, p. 77; Vol. 226, p. 498. Battelle, John Gordon. BEACH, ENOCH, New Jersey. 1737-1814. Captain in the Eastern Battalion, Morris County, New Jersey Militia. Partici pated in the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey, June 23, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General, State of New Jersey. Jones, Robert Ralston. BEACH, SAMUEL, New Jersey. South Carolina. 1761-1793. Hanover, N. J. Private in Capt. Enoch Beach s Company, Eastern Battalion Morris County, New Jersey Militia. Participated in the engagements at Lyon s Farms and at Springfield, N. J., June 23, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General, State of New Jersey. Jones, Robert Ralston. BEDINGER, HENRY, Pennsylvania. West Virginia. 1758-1843. York, Pa. Private June 1775, Captain Hugh Stephenson s Company, 3rd Lieutenant, July 9, 1776; 2nd Lieutenant, llth Virginia, November 13, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, September 23, 1777; Captain, May 21, 1781; served to the end of the war. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Photograph of Commission. BENEFIELD, GEORGE, Pennsylvania. 1759-1832. He was a private in Captain James Patton s Company, 4th Battalion, Cumber land County, Pennsylvania Militia, Col. Samuel Culbertson, in service August 19, 1780. Reference: Penna. Archives, 3rd series, Vol. 23, p. 704. Labach, James Oscar. Labach, Paul Mayer. 55 BIGELOW, ASA, Connecticut. 1755-1830. Colchester, Conn. Sergeant in Captain Amos Jones Company, Connecticut Militia, Lexington Alarm, 1775; and Assistant Commissary to Col. Champion, Commissary General. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 7, 531. BILLINGS, JOHN, Connecticut. 1781. Private in Captain James Chapman s Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Line, Col. S. H. Parsons. Private in Connecticut Militia. Killed at Groton Heights, Sept. 6, 1781. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 75, 577. BILLINGS, SAMUEL, Connecticut. 1718-1781. Private in Capt. Samuel Ranson s Company, Wyoming, Conn. Militia, 1776. Private in Capt. James Eldridge s Company, 1st Reg t. Conn. Line, Col. Jedediah Huntington, 1777-1780. Private in Conn. Militia. Killed at Groton Heights, Sept. 6, 1781. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 75, 577. BINGHAM, EBENEZER, Connecticut. 1733-1811. Ensign in 4th Battalion Connecticut Troops, Nov., 1777. Ensign 1st Company, Alarm List in the 5th Regiment Conn. Militia, Aug., 1777. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 424. Connecticut State Records, Vol. 1, pp. 69, 364. Yergason, Henry Christopher. BIRCH ARD, ELI AS, Connecticut. 1730. Mansfield, Conn. Private in Captain Brewster s Company, Colonel Hunting- ton s Regiment; Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776; Captain Dana s Company, April 29, 1781. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 103, 566. Hayes, Birchard Austin. BIRCH ARD, ROGER, Connecticut. 1758 Suffield, Conn. Private 2nd Company, Capt. Storr s, 3rd Regiment, Col. Israel Putnam, Connecticut Line, May 12, 1775, to December 1, 1775. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 54, 58. Hayes, Birchard Austin. BISHOP, SHOTWELL, New Jersey. 1755-1827. Woodbridge, N. J. Private in Capt. Asher F. Randolph s Company, New Jersey Line; also in New Jersey Militia. Reference: Stryker s Official Record of N. J. Troops in the Revolution, p. 508. ELAINE, EPHRAIM, Pennsylvania. 1741-1804. Commissary 8th Pennsylvania Regt. Oct. 17, 1776. Commissary of Continental Troops, April 1, 1777. Deputy Commissary General of Purchases Aug. 1776. Commissary General of Purchases, 1780 to 1782. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 88. Elaine, Ephraim Robert. Elaine, John Ewing. Elaine, John Ewing, Jr. BLAKE, JOSIAH, Massachusetts. 1807. Rehoboth, Mass., was private in Capt. Phanuel Bishop s Company, Rehoboth, Mass., in the Lexington Alarm April 19, 1775; private in Capt. John Perry s Company, Col. Timothy Walker s Regiment, August 1, 1775; private in Capt. Loring Lincoln s Company, Lieut. -Col. Flagg s Regiment, Mass., Bennington Alarm, 1777; private in Capt. Josiah White s Company, Col. Cushing s Regi ment, September 5, 1777; discharged November 29, 1777. Reference: Certificate of Secretary of State, Mass. BOARDMAN, ELIJAH, Connecticut. Elijah Boardman was a participant in the Lexington Alarm. Private 3rd Company, 8th Regiment expedition against Quebec; taken prisoner, paroled or exchanged, 1776; Sergeant, Col. Sam. Webb s Regiment, 1777; Sergeant 2nd Regiment Conn. Line; Corp. Capt. Boardman s Company, 8th Regiment Militia, 1776; Ensign, Capt. Hewitt s Company, Col. Latimer s Regiment Militia, at Battle of Saratoga, 1777 ; Ensign Capt. Fitch s Company, Col. Well s Regiment Militia, 1780. Invalid pensioner. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 25, 92, 120, 246, 331, 452, 504, 615, 649. BOONE, IGNATIUS, Maryland. Enlisted January 27th, 1775, Capt. John Day Scott s 7th Company, Maryland Battalion, under Col. Smallwood. Private, January 10th, 1776; Sergeant, December 1st, 1777; discharged December 27th, 1779. Reference: Maryland Archives, Vol. 16, p. 305, also Vol. 18, pp. 16 and 81. Scott, Francis Louis. BRASHER, ABRAHAM, New York. 1734-1783. One of a committee of one hundred organized as a War committee of New York, 1775. Member of New York Provincial Congress, 1775 to 1777. Capt. of New York Militia in 1776. Lieut. -Col. of 1st New York Independent Bat talion, 1776. Member of Assembly under new Constitution, 1777-1783. Reference: New York in the Revolution, Vol. 1, pp. 3, 8, 14, 24, 40, 51, 62, 542. BRENT, HUGH, Virginia. 1739-1813. Stafford Co., Va. Captain of Militia from Prince William County, Va. Reference: Certified copies of Council Journal of Va. showing pay-roll of the Prince William Co. Militia. Mackoy, Harry Brent. 57 B RENT, WILLIAM, Virginia. 1742-1802. Captain of Militia from Prince William County, Va. Reference: Certified abstract from Council Journal of Virginia, showing pay-roll of the Prince William County Militia. BRIGGS, EDWARD, New York. 1741-1824. East Chester, N. Y. Member of Committee of Safety for West Chester, N.Y., 1776-7. Reference: Records of the Town of East Chester, N. Y. Year Book, New York Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1896. BROUGHTON, NICHOLSON, Massachusetts. 1724-1795. June 23rd, 1776, was commissioned Captain of the 21st Regiment, (Marine Regiment), under Col. John Glover. At Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 2nd, 1775, he was directed by Washington to execute the first Naval Commission three days later with a detachment of the army in the Schooner "Hannah," fitted out at the Continental expense, he sailed from Beverly "to defy the proud Navy of England," and on the 7th inst., he captured the British ship "Unity" laden with supplies for the army. He also received the second Naval Commission, October 16th, of the same year. On the 14th of February, 1777, Captain Broughton was commissioned by the Provincial Congress at Boston as Second Major of the 5th Regiment of Essex County Militia, under Col. John Glover. Reference: Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. 5, p. 54. New England Historical Genealogical Register, Vol. 37, p. 302. The Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 2. p. 589. Adae, Charles Flamen. BROWN, BENJAMIN, Massachusetts. Ohio. 1745-1821. Spencer, Mass.; at Concord fight, April 21, 1775, in Col. Barnard s Regiment; Second Lieutenant in Col. William Prescott s Regiment at Battle of Bunker Hill; was also at the capture of Gen l. Burgoyne s Army at Saratoga. Reference: Pension office certificate. BROWN, DELIVERANCE, New York. 1730-1821. Deliverance Brown served as a Sergeant receiving pay for military services in 1781, in a Company commanded by Capt. Gideon Seely, of W r est Chester County, N. Y., under command of Col. Joseph Benedict. He is also mentioned as performing military services as a private soldier in the year 1779, in Capt. Lawrence s Company, whose Regiment was commanded by Col. Thaddeus Crane. Reference: Page 124 of Manuscript Volume entitled "Volume Twenty, Military Returns, 1775"; p. 42 of Manuscript Volume, entitled "Treasurer s Certificates," Volume 9, also p. 52, Manuscript Volume, entitled "Treasurer s Certificates," Volume 6, all in custody of Regents of the State of New York. Also New York in the Revolution, pp. 48, 71, 145, 150, 207, 214, and 217. Brown, Henry Andrew. 58 BROWN, JOHN, Virginia. 1830. Captain in Col. Sampson Matthew s Regiment of Virginia Militia. Reference: Certificate from U. S. Commissioner of Pensions. BROWN, ROBERT, New Jersey. 1741-1797. Robert Brown served as a Captain in the First Battalion, Gloucester County, New Jersey Militia; commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the same organization, June 10, 1779; Lieutenant-Colonel of Colonel Nicholas Still well s Regiment of State Troops, October 9, 1779. Reference: Certificate, Adjutant General of New Jersey. Mulford, Ren, Jr. BROWN, THOMAS, Pennsylvania. 1796. Washington (now Fayette) Co., Pa. Private in a Company of Rangers, Penna. Militia, 1778-83. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Ser. Vol. 13, p. 24; 3rd Ser. Vol. 23, p. 199. Brown, Mark Atkins. BROWN, WILLIAM, Connecticut. 1759-1808. Stanford, Conn., Corporal and Sergeant in Capt. Comstock s Company, 8th Continental Line of Connecticut, April 9, 1779; made Corporal May 8, 1779; made Sergeant Aug. 1, 1780; was standard bearer of "forlorn hope" at storm ing of Stony Point, N. Y, ; was one of a small number decorated by Martha Washington with a white silk rosette, for special bravery. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 2. 32. Bailey, Gilbert Langdon. Outcalt, Miller. Punshon, Thomas Brown. BRYSON, JAMES, Pennsylvania. Kentucky. 1744-1813. Philadelphia; was First Lieutenant 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Philadelphia, "Associators," Col. Sharpe Delaney; in active service in 1777. Reference: Certified copy of Service from Dr. Wm. H. Egle, State Librarian, Pa. BUCHANON, ALEXANDER, New Jersey. 1752-1827. Was in the Revolutionary War from the beginning to the close. Taken prisoner during the Battle of Trenton. Escaped after being a prisoner several months. Was in the Battle of Bunker Hill and Brandywine. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 523. 59 BUCKNER, PHILIP, Virginia. 1747-1820. Captain Philip Buckner was a man of large means and during the entire term of the Revolutionary War, acted as a Commissary, advancing his own money. For these services he received numerous Land Office Treasury warrants in payment. Having received large grants of Kentucky land by virtue of these Treasury warrants, he removed his family to Kentucky in the year 1783. In Kentucky he represented the County of Bracken as its first Senator and repre sentative, serving from 1799 to 1810, a period of eleven years, during which time in 1799, the second Constitution of Kentucky was adopted in Frankfort, to which his name is appended. Reference: Records of Land Grant Office, Caroline County, Va. Collin s History of Kentucky, p. 772. Littel s History of Kentucky, Vol. 1, p. 37. McGroarty, William Buckner. BUDDEN, JAMES, New Jersey. Pennsylvania. 1744-1788. A founder of the Philadelphia City Troop, November, 1774; Lieutenant in the same, 1776 to 1781; honorary member of same, May 1st, 1787; subscriber to sustain the credit of the Colonies during the war. Reference: History of the Troop by Wm. H. Egle, State Librarian, Pa. BURKE, SYLVANUS, Massachusetts. Ohio. 1835. Private in Massachusetts Regiment, 1777-1780, under Capt. Day, Col. Alden s Reg t. Private in Capt. John Prays Company, Col. Joseph Vose, 1st Regiment, 1781 to close of war. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State, Massachusetts. Burke, Clarence EHsha. BURNET, DR. WILLIAM, New Jersey. 1730-1791. Newark, N. J., Member of Continental Congress, 1776; Physician and Surgeon General Eastern Department, April 11, 1777; Hospital Physician and Surgeon, October 6, 1780; Chief Physician and Surgeon, March 5, 1781, and served to close of war; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Groesbeck, Telford. Resor, Robert Livingston. BUSHNELL, JASON, Connecticut. Ohio. 1763-1847. Private in Capt. Charles Miel s Company, General Waterbury s State Brigade, raised for defense of sea coast; afterwards joined Washington at Tarrytown, and served to the close of the war. Reference: Pension Office certificate, Washington, D. C. Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 570. Bushnell, John Ludlow. Morgan, Asa Bushnell. 60 CALD WELL, JAMES, New Jersey. 1734-1781. Chaplain 3rd New Jersey, February 9th to November, 1776; served subse quently as an assistant to Deputy Quarter Master General; was shot by a sen tinel at Elizabethport, New Jersey, November 24th, 1781. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 113. New Jersey in the Revo lutionary War, p. 75. CARR, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1756-1812. Private in John Jameson s Company of Associators of Warwick Tp. Bucks County. Reference: Pa. Archives Vol. 45, 2nd series p. 163. CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM, New Jersey. Pennsylvania. 1736-1817. Lieutenant Col. William Chamberlin served in the 2nd Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, under Col. David Chambers; term of enlistment from 1777 to 1781. He participated in the Battles of Monmouth, and Germantown; on one occasion he captured a number of Hessians, who were spending the night at a country tavern. His horses and slaves were always at the disposal of the Continental Army, and rendered valuable aid at various times. Reference: Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution, Stryker, p. 536. Richardson, Robert Edwin. CHAMBERvS, JAMES, Pennsylvania. 1805. Chambersburg, Pa. Captain of Infantry at Siege of Boston, 1775; Colonel 1st Regiment Continental Troops, Pennsylvania Line, Sept. 1776; served as an officer, six years; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Certificate of membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. Heitman s Historical Register. Garrard, Jeptha. CHAMBERS, ROWLAND, New Jersey. 1745-1821. Somerset Co., N. J. Commanded a regiment of New Jersey Militia at the outbreak of the war, but from exposure in his first tour of duty become so badly crippled by rheumatism that he was unable to mount his horse and was compelled to resign his commission. He afterwards served as a private in Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck s Company, 1st Battalion, Somerset Co., N. J. Militia. Also rendered valuable assistance to the patriotic cause by large donations of money and supplies throughout the war. Reference: Mss. Autobiography of Gov. John Chambers, son of Rowland, written December 2nd, 1851. Certificate from Adjutant General s Office, N. J. Stryker s Official Record of N. J. Troops in the Revolution, p. 537. Mackoy, Harry Brent. CHAPIN, ELIAS, Connecticut. 1751-1839. Somers, Conn. Private under Captains Emory and Pease; under Colonels Israel Putnam and Gay ; and in the Cavalry under Capt. N. Loomis. Reference: Pension Office certificate. 61 CHAPIN, EZEKIEL, Massachusetts, 1759 Springfield, Mass. Enlisted as private in Capt. Chapin s Company, Col. Bliss Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, June 16th, 1778, for nine months. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. CHAPIN, JONATHAN, Massachusetts, 1711 Springfield, Mass. Second Lieutenant, Capt. Joshua Shaw s Company, 1st Hampshire County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, May 21, 1776. Enlisted August 14, 1777, in Capt. Daniel Winchester s Company, Col. Ruggles Wood- bridge s Regiment, Massachusetts Troops; 2nd Lieutenant of same; discharged November 29, 1777. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Soldier Chapins in Three Wars, by Chas. Wells Chapin, Springfield, 1895. CHESTER, JOHN, Connecticut. 1749-1809. Wethersfield, Conn. Captain, Lexington Alarm, 1775; promoted to Major, May, 1775; Lieutenant-Colonel, November, 1775 ; Colonel, June, 1776. Partic ipated in the Battles of Bunker Hill, Long Island, Trenton and White Plains. Original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 25, 50, 58. Heitman s Historical Register, p. 122. Hinman s Historical Collections of Connecticut, pp. 46, 159, et seq. Bancroft s U. S. History, p. 420. Hollister s History of Connecticut, vol. 2, pp. 180, 206, et seq. Frothingham s History of the Siege of Boston, pp 172, 189, et seq. Sewell s History of Bunker Hill, p. 7. Yale in the Revo lution, pp. 44, 242. Memoirs of Major General Heath, p. 60. Swett s History of Bunker Hill, pp. 27, 28, et seq. Jones, Robert Ralston. CHURCH, TIMOTHY, Vermont. 1823. Was 2nd Lieutenant in Brattleboro Co., Vt., John Sergeant, Captain; W T m. Williams, Col. 1st Regiment Cumberland Co., Vt. Militia, January 4th, 1776. Captain in same Regiment, August 18, 1778; Lieutenant-Colonel same Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding. Reference: New York State Archives, Vol. 15. State Archives Vol. 1, p. 277. Also certificate from N. Y. State Library. CHURCHILL, JOHN, Massachusetts, 1727 Corporal in Lexington Alarm; Abraham Hammatt s Company. Sergeant on Muster Roll of Captain Mayhew s Company, Col. Cotton s Mass. Regiment. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State, Massachusetts. Jenney, Herbert. CILLEY, JOSEPH, New Hampshire. 1734-1799. Nottingham, N. H. Captain at Siege of Boston; Major 2nd N. H. Regiment, May 20, 1775; Major 8th Continental, January 1, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st, N. H., March 8th, 1776, and Colonel of 1st N. H., February 22nd, 1776; retired January 1st, 1781. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 124. 62 CIST, CHARLES, St. Petersburg, Russia. Pennsylvania. 1738-1805. Commissioner to sign Continental Currency; private 3rd Company, Philadel phia, Pa., Militia. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, vol. 13, p. 615. Cist, Charles Moreton. CLARK, JEROME, Connecticut. New York. 1847. Enlisted as private at Lebanon, Conn., May 1775; at the siege of Boston in Col. John Durkee s Regiment, and Battle of Bunker Hill; January, 1776, en listed under Capt. Thomas Dyer and was taken into the Commissary Depart ment; in 1778, served as Lieutenant on the Privateer "Nancy" and was severely wounded. Reference: Pension Office Records. CLARKSON, MATHEW, Pennsylvania. 1733-1800. Philadelphia, Pa. Quartermaster, 1st Battalion, Philadelphia Associators, 1775. Marshall of the Court of Admiralty for Pennsylvania, April 28, 1779. Appointed to receive subscriptions to Continental loan by Pennsylvania Assembly, December 16, 1777. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 13, p. 556. Letter from State Librarian of Pennsylvania. Jones, Robert Ralston. CLAYPOOLE, ABRAHAM GEORGE, Pennsylvania. 1756-1827. Philadelphia, Pa. First Lieutenant Infantry Regiment, Col. John Patton, Jan uary 14, 1777; Captain in 3rd and llth Pennsylvania Regiments, commissions dated August 12, 1779, and March 22, 1781; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Certificate of the Society of the Cincinnati. Heitman s Historical Register. Photograph of Commissions. Carson, Archibald Irwin. COBURN, ASA, Massachusetts. 1741-1797. First Lieutenant of Danielson s Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; 1st Lieut. 5th Continental Infantry, January 1 to December 31, 1776. Capt. 7th Mass. Regt. Jan y. 1, 1777; served to June, 1783. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. COE, JAMES, Massachusetts. 1740-1794. Corporal in Capt. William Cooley s Company, Col. John Mosely s Regiment, October, 1776. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State, Massachusetts. Lloyd, John Uri. COE, SAMUEL, Connecticut. 1727-1791. Sergeant, 3rd Regt. of Continental Line, Col. Samuel \Yyllys; served three years. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 642. Curtis, Henry Melville. 63 COLE, EPHRAIM, Maryland and Ohio. 1753-1833. Ephraim Cole served as a private in Captain Jonathan Drown s Company of Col. William R. Lee s Regiment of Continental troops, Revolutionary War, enlisted November 16, 1777, for three years. Reference: Records and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. Also History of Adam s County, Ohio, by N. W. Evans, see pages 330, 338, 482 and 483. Cole, Alfred Peters. COLE, SAMUEL, New Jersey. Colestown, Gloucester Co., N. J. Sergeant in Capt. Samuel Hugg s Western Company of Artillery, New Jersey State Troops. Reference: Certified copy from Adj. Gen., State of New Jersey. COLLIER, ISAAC, Massachusetts. 1749-1817. Hingham, Mass. Served in Captain Samuel Stockbridge s Company of Col. Thomas Regiment in 1775; also in Capt. Haward Pierce s Company on an expedition in 1777 to Bristol, R. I. Reference: Plymouth Mass. Records. Collier, Allen. COLLINGS, JAMES, Maryland and Ohio. 1757-1805. James Collings was a private in Captain John Lynch s Company, 5th Maryland regiment, commanded by Col. Wm. Richardson. He served from January 18, 1777, until August 16, 1780. Reference: Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. History of Adams County, Ohio, by N. W. Evans, pages 179, 330 and 338. Cole, Alfred Peters. CON ANT, JOHN, Massachusetts. 1758 He served in the Revolutionary Army in Captain William Campbell s Company of Col. Learned s Regiment (Mass. Arch. Coat Rolls) and was afterwards Captain of Militia. He is No. 194 in the Conant Genealogy named below. Reference: The History and Genealogy of the Conant Family, by Frederick Odell Conant, M. A. Portland, Maine. Printed Portland, 1887. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 3, page 876. Marsh, Frank Eggleston. CON AWAY, SAMUEL, Maryland. 1748 Enlisted in July, 1776, in Capt. John Dean s Company under Col. Wm. Richard son. Enlisted January, 1777 in Capt. John Hawkins Company under Col. Wm. Richardson, later served two months in Capt. James Kent s Company under Col. Wm. Richardson. Residence at time of enlistment Queen Anne Co., Md. Reference: Certificate from the Bureau of Pensions. Boggess, John Samuel. 64 CONDE, (CONDEY) ADAM, New York. 1748-1824. He enlisted in the second Regiment, Albany County Militia, in the Rev olutionary War under Col. Abraham Wemple, in Company commanded by Capt. Jellis J. Fonda. Reference: "New York in the Revolution," 2nd Ed. Albany, 1898, page 98. Slocum, Stephen Elmer. CONE, RUFUS, Connecticut. 1737-1776. He enlisted in 8th Company of the 7th Regiment of Connecticut Continentals, under Col. Charles Webb, July 10th, 1775, and was discharged December 10th, 1775, the Company being commanded by Charles William G. Hubbell. In January, 1776, he enlisted in Capt. Jewett s Company of the 17th Continental Regiment, under Col. Huntington, and was at the Battle of Long Island, on August 27th, 1776 and was reported missing. The family never heard from him afterward. Reference: Connecticut men in the Revolution, pages 83 and 102. Little, Griffith Charles. CONNER, JOSEPH, Massachusetts. 1746 Newbury, Mass. Private in Capt. Jonathan Poor s Company, from Newbury, Mass., March 18, 1777. Served in Rhode Island under Major William Rogers, January 25, 1779. Under Capt. Hancock, July 14, 1780. At Camp Totoway, October 25th, 1780. Discharged December 3, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Conner, John Sanborn. COOK, ATWATER, New York. 1758 Atwater Cook, private in Capt. Brackett s Company, 5th Battalion, Wads- worth Brigade, New Haven Battalion raised June 1776 to re-enforce Washing ton s Army at New York, served in the City and on the Brooklyn front, being at the right of the line of works during the Battle of Long Island, August 27th, engaged in the retreat to New York, August 29th and 30th, stationed with Militia Brigade under Col. Douglas at Kips Bay, 34th street on the East River at time of enemy s attack on New York, September 15th, and forced to retreat hurriedly; at Battle of White Plains, October 28th. Term expired December 25, 1776. Reference: Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pages 407 and 408. COOK, ISAAC, (I) Connecticut. 1710-1790. Wallingford, Conn. Captain Militia, Lexington Alarm. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 24. Hayes, Birchard Austin. COOK, ISAAC, (II) Connecticut. 1739-1810. Wallingford, Conn. Captain 7th Company, 1st Regiment, Connecticut Con tinental Troops, May 1, 1775; Major 10th Connecticut Militia, January 10th, 1780; Lieutenant-Colonel, June, 1783. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 42, 435. Heitman s Historical Register, p. 133. Hayes, Birchard Austin. COOLIDGE, SAMUEL, Massachusetts. 1756-1800. Watertown, Mass. Was private in Capt. Lovell s Company, of Col. Hawes Mass. Regiment, from January 22, 1777, to February 16, 1778; private in Capt. Childs Company of Col. Greaton s Mass. Regiment, from February 16, 1778, to December 31, 1779; private in Capt. Josiah Williams Company of Col. Greaton s Regiment from January 1, 1780, to January 8, 1780. Reference: Mass. Revolutionary War Records, vol. 40, p. 186; vol. 3, part 1, p. 94; vol. 3, part 2, p. 31. Saffarrans, George Coolidge. COWEN, JOSEPH, Rhode Island. 1758-1843. Private in Capt. Windsor s Company, Rhode Island Militia, 1775. Private in Capt. May s Company, 1776. Private in Lieut. Arnold s Company, Gen l. Spencer s Regt. Private in Lieut. William s Company, Col. Crary s Reg t., Continental Line. Private in Capt. Windsor s Company, Colonel Peck s Regt., R. I. Militia, 1778. Private, Capt. Whipple s Company, 1779; in Capt. Wade s Company, Co!. Brown s Regt. 1780; and Sergeant under Capt. Windsor, 1781. Reference: Pension Office Certificate. COWEN, WILLIAM, Pennsylvania. 1755-1834. William Cowen enlisted in the Continental Army, February 26, 1777, from Bedford County, Pa., and served until August, 1780, part of the time under Capt. Adams, and Col. Davidson. In 1832 he applied for a pension which was allowed "for sixteen months and eighteen days actual service as private, sergeant and lieutenant in the Penn. Troops, Revolutionary War." Reference: Certificate of Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Cowen, Clinton. CRANE, BENJAMIN, New Jersey. 1761-1844. Cranford, New Jersey. Private and musician through the war in the Essex Co., N. J., Militia. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 480. Hodgson, Frank Day. CRARY, JOHN, Connecticut. Ohio. 1752 Plainfield, Conn. Private in Regiments of Col. Hazen, Vt, Chase, N. II., and John House.TVt. ; was in the Battle of Saratoga. Reference: Certificate of Pension. Gray, Adam. 66 CROWELL, AARON, New Jersey. 1750-1814. Private Minuteman, Essex Co., Militia. Reference: Certified Copy from Adj. Gen., New Jersey. Crowell, John Stephen. CULBERTSON, SAMUEL, Pennsylvania. 1714-1784, Colonel of 6th Associated Battalion, Cumberland Co., July 31, 1777. Colonel of 6th Battalion, Cumberland Co. Militia, May 14, 1778. Reference: Penn. Archives, 2nd Series, vol. 14, pp. 408, 433. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, Virginia. Ensign in the 7th Va., May 8th, 1776. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. CURTIS FELIX, Connecticut, New York. 1762-1828. Waterbury, Conn. Enlisted at age of fifteen in Col. Samuel Webb s Regiment, Conn. Continental Line, August 3, 1777; served in Parson s Brigade under Gen l. Putnam, also under Gov. Clinton in expedition against Long Island in 1778; in Varnum s Brigade marched to Rhode Island; in Battle August 29, 1778; at Battle of Springfield, N. J., June 23, 1780; discharged August 3, 1780. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 248, 642. Curtis, Henry Melville. CURTIS, MOSES, Massachusetts. 1720-1808. Curtis, Moses, Braintree, Private. Captain Elihu Adam s Company, commanded by Lieut. David Linfield, Col. Benjamin Lincoln s regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service four days. Curtis, Moses, Corporal, Capt. John King s Company, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge s Regiment, receipt for advance pay for one month dated Cambridge, June 22, 1775; also Capt. Ebenezer Goodale s Company, Col. David Well s Regiment, enlisted September 24, 1777; discharged October 18, 1777, service one month, one day travel included; Company marched to join Northern Army; reported dismissed 120 miles from home. Curtis, Moses, Private, Captain John Ellis Company, Col. Thomas Poor s reg iment, enlisted July 6,1778, discharged November 16, 1778, service four months, twenty-one days travel included ; enlistment eight months. Company raised to fortify passes of North River N. Y., roll sworn to at Medway. Also pay rolls for July, August and September, 1778, dated Fort Clinton. Also pay rolls for November, 1778, dated King s Ferry. Reference: "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War", page 267. Kemper, Edwin Wilson. CURTIS, vSTEPHEN, Connecticut. 1726-1794. Private in Capt. Smith s Compmy, 8th Regiment, Continental Line, Col. John Chandler; enlisted May 13, 1777 ; discharged May 13, 1780. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 232, 612. Curtis, Henry Melville. 67 GUSHING, NATHANIEL, Massachusetts. 1753 Pembrock, Mass. Second Lieutenant of Brewer s Massachusetts Regiment, July, to December, 1775; First Lieutenant, 6th Continental Infantry, January 1, 1776, to December 31, 1776; Capt. 1st Massachusetts, January 1, 1777; Bri gade Major, December 1, 1781, to April, 1782; Brevet Major to close of war. Original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Gushing, Wade. CUTLER, MANASSEH, Massachusetts. 1742-1823. Chaplain, llth Mass. Regiment, January, 1777, to June, 1779. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. DANIELS, JOHN, New Jersey. 1710 Was commissioned as Captain of the first Battalion Cumberland County, New Jersey, Militia, Sept. 15, 1777, and served during the War. He came to America under General Wolf and fought at the Battle of Quebec. Reference: Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, page 387. DAVENPORT, ABNER, Massachusetts. Maine. 1760-1831. Newton, Mass. Private in Capt. Abraham Pierce s Regt. of Guards at Cam bridge, Mass.; enlisted Jan. 13, 1778; discharged April 3, 1778; private in Capt. J. Fuller s Company, Col. Thatcher s Regiment, Mass., April 20, 1778; private in Col. Samuel Denny s 2nd Regiment, November 4, 1779; discharged December 3, 1779. Reference: Massachusetts Revolutionary War Records, vol. 38, p. 242; vol. 22, pp. 102-3; vol. 41, p. 112; vol. 24, p. 106. DAVIS, BENJAMIN, Massachusetts. 1814. Private in Captain William Hicks Company, Col. Pope s Regiment, Mass. Militia, 1777. Reference: Member Illinois Society, No. 108. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. Dean, Clinton. DAVIS, JOSHUA, New Hampshire. 1744-1840. Mason, N. H. Private at siege of Boston, 1775, under Col. Durkee: at Ticon- deroga, private under Capt . Daniel Emerson and Col. Wingate. Reference: Certificate of Pension. Wood, Charles Leonard. DAVIS, SAMUEL, Massachusetts. 1746-1798. Rutland, Mass. Corporal, Lexington Alarm, Captain David Bent s Company, Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk s Regiment; marched April 19, 1775, from Rut land, Mass., to Cambridge. Sergeant, Captain John Boynton s Company, Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk s Regiment (commanded by Major Jones Wilder); date of enlistment, September 27, 1777; date of discharge, October 18, 1777; service in Northern Department; First Lieutenant, 5th Company, Captain John Cunningham, 7th Worcester County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, Col. Grout commanding, commission dated June 22, 1780. Appointed a com mittee to recruit men, 1781. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. DAWES, WILLIAM, JR., Massachusetts. 1745-1799. William Dawes was a companion of Paul Revere on his famous ride. He served as 2nd Lieutenant in 10th Mass. Regiment, November, 1776, to May 25, 1778. Reference: See William Dawes and his ride with Paul Revere and Dawes genea logy by Henry W. Holland, Boston, 1878. Heitman s Historical Register. DAY, DAVID, New Jersey. Private in Capt. Andrew McMyer s Company, First Battalion, First Establish ment, New Jersey Continental Line, November 10, 1775 November, 1776. In the expedition to Canada and before Quebec, May and June, 1776. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General, State of New Jersey. DENNIS, BENJAMIN, New Jersey, 1783. Captain of the 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, Monmouth Co. Militia, New Jersey. Reference: Certified Copy of Commission. New Jersey in the Revolution p. 388. Woodhull, Lambert. DENNIS, JOHN, JR., New Jersey. 1726-1806. Delegate to Convention in Middlesex Co., N. J., to organize resistance July 15, 1774. Member of Committee of Correspondence of County to select delegates to Continental Congress. Delegate from Middlesex County, July 21, 1774, to Provincial Convention and elected Clerk of Convention, 1775. Delegate to Provincial Congress from Middlesex Co., and Chairman of Committee of Safety, July, 1775. Commissioner for emitting bills of Credit of New Jersey. Twice appointed Treasurer of Providence by Provincial Congress of New Jersey. Appointed on Committee to raise funds for Boston by Convention assembled to select delegates to Continental Congress. Reference: Memoir of Charles D. Destiler of New Brunswick, N. J., on John Dennis, Jr. ; Vol. x. Note. Archives of New Jersey 1st Series, pp. 422, 471. DICK, ARCHIBALD, Pennsylvania. 1782. Chester County, Penn. Ass t. Deputy Quarter Master General, Continental Army, July 1, 1779; Ass t. Commissioner of Purchases under Gen l. Frazier, April 5, 1780; Ass t. Forage Master for Chester County, Penn., April 5, 1780. Reference: Vol. 12, p. 306, Penn. Colonial Records. Vol. 3, 2nd Series, Penn. Archives, p. 701. Castle, Charles Henry. 69 DIMON, DANIEL, Connecticut. 1747-1808. pj< Fairfield, Conn. Ensign 4th Company, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, May, 1776. Reference: Colonial Records of Connecticut, Vol. 15, p. 341. DOLPH, MOSES, New York. 1756-1826. Private in Second Regiment, New York Line, in 1778-9. Reference: New York in the Revolution, vol. 1, p. 189. Dolph, Alexander Milton. DOMINICK, GEORGE F., New York. 1739-1832. Isle au Ree, France. Captain, 14th Company, 2nd Regiment of Foot, New York Militia, November 3, 1775. Reference: Calendar of N. Y. Historical Manuscripts, vol. 1. pp. 129-163. Dr. Beman s History of Trinity Church, N. Y., p. 361. Collection of Huguenot Society of America, vol. 1, p. 251. Dominick, George De Forrest. DOUGLAS, RICHARD, Connecticut. 1750-1816. Captain Richard Douglas of the Fifth Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army. He served throughout the entire War of the Revolution. Was in the Battles of Bunker Hill, White Plains, Trenton, Germantown and Brandywine. He wintered with the main Army at Valley Forge, and was present at the sur render of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown on the 19th day of October, 1781. Reference: "Connecticut Men in the Revolution", pages 18, 146, 349 and 403. "Hinman s Historical Register, officers Continental Army," 157. "Caulkins History of New London," 532. Douglas, George Anson. DUVALL, WILLIAM, Maryland. 1777. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Maryland Battalion, Flying Camp, June to December, 1776. First Lieutenant, 4th Maryland, December 10, 1776. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 162. Giffin, Otto Hanlon. EDWARDS, JOSEPH, New Jersey. 1759-1845. Private and Corporal in Captain Benjamin Weatherby s Company, Col. Oliver Spencer s New Jersey Regiment, 17771782. Reference: Pension Office Certificate. Corson, Henry Clay. ELLIOTT, JAMES, Pennsylvania. Ohio. York Co., Pa. Enlisted January 31, 1776, in Captain Frederick Vernon s Company, 5th Pennsylvania, Col. Wayne commanding. Sergeant, May 20, 1776. Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, York Co., Pa., Militia. First Lieu tenant, 2nd Company, April 5, 1778. Captain, 4th Battalion, York Co., Pa. Militia, June 17, 1779. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 14, pp. 500, 506. Lowes, William Elliott. 70 EMERSON, NEHEMIAH, Massachusetts. 1750-1834. Haverhill, Mass. Enlisted in December, 1775; appointed Captain 10th Massa chusetts, Sept. 16, 1782; served to close of war; was at Ticonderoga, Sara toga and Valley Forge. Original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Original Commission. ENSIGN, JOHN, Connecticut. 1723-1810. Captain of a Company from Canaan, Conn., Col. Mosely s Regiment, 1778. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 537. EVANS, PETER, Virginia. 1758-1814. Prince William Co., Va. Enlisted from Prince William Co. in Capt. Theo- dorick Eland s Company, Virginia Light Dragoons, 1776. Commissioned Lieutenant by Gov. Thomas Jefferson, August 3, 1779, in Captain Lee s Com pany. Commissioned Captain of Militia by Gov. Jefferson, May 1, 1780, under Col. Wheeden. Present at siege of Yorktown. Reference: Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. EVANS, WILLIAM, Pennsylvania. Chester Co., Pa. Colonel, 4th Battalion, Chester Co. Associators; commission dated May 17, 1777. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Ser., vol. 14, p. 81. Castle, Charles Henry. FAIRCHILD, ABIND, North Carolina and Kentucky. 1762-1849. Abind Fairchild enlisted as a soldier of the Revolutionary War from the State of North Carolina, on the following dates: October 10, 1778, for six months; April 10, 1779, for one year; July, 1780, for two weeks; September 1, 1780, for three months; March 3, 1781, for one and one-half months. He was en gaged in no battle. Reference: Certificate of service of said Fairchild as Revolutionary soldier fur nished by the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, D. C. FALLEY, RICHARD, JR., Massachusetts. 1740-1808. Westfield, Mass. Richard Falley, Jr., at sixteen years of age was a soldier in the French and Indian War; was captured at Fort Edward and adopted by an Indian chief, and was exchanged for sixteen gallons of rum, to a lady whose attention he had attracted, and by her returned to his parents at Westfield; he commanded a company in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Reference: New England Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 1886. Schenck, Charles Schuyler. FENTON, ROSWELL, Connecticut. Kentucky. 1750-1806. Mansfield, Conn. Private in 6th Company, 7th Regiment, Col. Charles Webb, July 12, 1775. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 82. Gary, Samuel Fenton, Jr. 71 FILMORE, NATHANIEL, Vermont. 1814. Lieutenant in^Captain Hutchins Company, Col. Herrick s Regiment, Vt. State Militia; Lieutenant in Captain Isaac Tichenor s Company, Col. Ebenezer Walbridge s Regiment of Vt. State Militia, 1781; also member of Council of Safety. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant and Inspector-General of Vermont. FISKE, JOHN, Massachusetts. 1741-1819. Private in the Company of Captain Simon Edgell, Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Cadle, Cornelius. FLEMING, JAMES, North Carolina. Ohio. 1762-1835. Rowan Co., N. C. Private in Capt. Hall s Company, Col. Davis Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Reference: Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. Richey, Samuel Webster. FOGG, PHINEAS, New Hampshire. 1738-1820. Private in Capt. Mason Brown s Company; Col. Jacob Gales Reg t. of N. H. Volunteers, 1778; also served in R. I., under Gen. John Sullivan. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of New Hampshire. FOSDICK, THOMAS, Connecticut. 1725 New London, Conn. Surgeon s mate at Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; also in 6th Conn. Regiment from May 20, 1775, to December, 1775. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 72. FOWLER, NOAH, SR-, Connecticut. 1750-1834. Guilford, Conn. Captain in the "Lexington Alarm," 1775, from Guilford, Conn.; Captain, July, 1779; Lieutenant-Colonel 28th Regiment, Conn., 1782. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 12, 441, 548, 561. FREELAND, JAMES, Massachusetts. 1743-1795. Sergeant throughout the war. Reference: Certificate from Massachusetts War Records. FREEMAN, JOHN, Virginia. 1756-1848. Culpepper Co., Va. Private in Capt. John Green s Company, 1st Va. Reg., served twelve months, re-enlisted in 1777 in Capt. Richard Taylor s Company, and Col. John Green s Regiment, 1st. Va., served three years. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. FRYE, JOSEPH, Massachusetts. 1722-1794. Fryeburg, Mass., Major-General, June 21, 1775. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. 72 GAITHER, JOHN, Maryland. 1st Lieutenant, 1st Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp, June, 1776. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Gaither, Alfred. GALL, GEORGE, Virginia. 1766-1832. He enlisted January, 1771, as private in Capt. James Buchanan s Company of Col. John Boyer s Regiment of Virginia Troops, and served for three months. In September, 1781, he enlisted again as private in Capt. Charles Campbell s Company (afterwards commanded by Capt. William Moore) of Col. Vance s Regiment of Virginia Troops, and served for three months. Took part in the Battle of Yorktown. Reference: Certificate from the Bureau of Pensions. GALLOWAY, JAMES, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1751-1838. Cumberland Co., Pa. Enlisted from Cumberland Co., 1776. Served in com panies of Capt. John W. Hatton, Capt. Thomas Thompson and Capt. Samuel Holiday, under Colonels Arthur Buchanan and Watts. Mustered out of service, February, 1778. Afterwards took part in Battle of Blue Licks and other engagements with British and Indians in Kentucky and Ohio under Col. Floyd. Applied for pension at age of eighty, September 5, 1832. Reference: U. S. Pension Records. Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners in Year Book of Ohio Society, Sons of Revolution, for 1897. Hunt, Henry Thomas. GANG, REV. JOHN, New York. 1804. Chaplain of 19th Continental Infantry, January 1, 1776; Chaplain 5th N. Y. Regiment, November 21, 1776, to May 27, 1777; Brigade Chaplain August 18, 1778, to May, 1780. Original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. W right, John Gano. GARTH, JOHN, Virginia. Kentucky. 1762-1835. Albemarle Co., Va. Private in Capt. Leak s Company, Col. Lindsey s Regi ment, Virginia Troops. Reference: Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. GATES, JOSIAH, Connecticut. 1723-1807. Private in Capt. Holmes Company, Col. Chapman s Regiment, Connecticut Troops, 1778. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 532. Lloyd, John Uri. GATES, LEMUEL, Massachusetts. Pennsylvania. 1758-1806. Lancaster, Mass. Fifer in Captain Abijah Wyman s Company in 1775; Gun ner in Captain John Bryant s Company of Artificers, March 4, 1777. Reference: Lancaster, Mass., Town Records. Collier, Allen. 73 GERRY, ELBRIDGE, Massachusetts. 1744-1814. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Vice-President of the United States at time of death. Reference: History of the United States. GILMORE, THOMAS, Ireland. Pennsylvania. 1757-1808. Lewistown, Pa. Private in Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March, 1 776. Reference: Certificate from State Librarian, Pa. Archives. GOFORTH, WILLIAM, New York. Captain 1st N. Y. Regiment, June 28, 1775; Major of Dubois N. Y. Regiment, June 26, 1776; resigned July 6, 1776. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. GOOD, ROBERT, Pennsylvania. 1735-1784-5. He was Captain of a Company in the 8th Battalion of Lancaster Co., Pennsyl vania, commanded by Col. Peter Grubb, and was ordered for the defense of Philadelphia, 1776. He was sub-Lieutenant of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Troops, from March, 1780, to March, 1781. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 13, p. 341. Also see Dr. W. H. Egles "Pennsylvania in the War of the American Revolution," Vol. 1, in which is given the muster roll of Capt. Robert Good s Company. See memorandum of his accounts as taken from Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. 6, p. 435. Also see Colonial Records, Vol. 12, pp. 395 and 775. Scott, Francis Louis. GOODWIN, NATHANIEL, Connecticut. 1727-1777. Litchfield, Conn. Private in Capt. John Skinner s Company, 5th Regiment, Connecticut Light Horse, Col. Elisha Sheldon commanding. Captain in Col. Charles Webb s Regiment, Connecticut Line, January 1, 1777. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 158. Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. GOODWIN, SOLOMON, Connecticut. New York. 1755-1835. Litchfield, Conn. Private in Capt. David Welch s Company, 1st Regiment, Connecticut Troops, under Major General Wooster. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General, State of Connecticut. GOSLING, SAMUEL, New Jersey. 1835. Private, Salem Co. N. J. Militia. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 609. Witt, George Clinton. G RANDIN, PHILIP, New Jersey. 1731-1791. Hunterdon, Co., N. J. Commissioner "to swear, or affirm, all officers (military) in the County of Hunterdon," April 10, 1771. Commissioned Major of 2nd Battalion of Foot Militia in the County of Hunterdon on same day. Reference: Certified extract from Liber A, Book of Commissions of New Jersey, pp. 78-79. Godley, Samuel Smith. 74 GREENE, CHARLES, Rhode Island. Ohio. 1753-1816. Captain of the Kentish Guards, April 30, 1778; private in Philip Trafton s Company, Col. Topham s Reg t., 1778 to 1779. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Rhode Island. Grimes, Edward Davies. GRIMES, JOHN, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1757-1836. Private in Company of Jas. McRight; Col. Bertram Gilbreth, Sept. 1777; Pri vate in Capt. Ambrose Crane s Company; Col. Hunter, July, 1778; Private in Capt. Guinn s Company, 1783. Reference: Certificate of Pension. Grimes, Edward Davies. Greer, Clarence Newcome. GUTHRIE, JOHN, Pennsylvania. Ensign in 8th Pa. Regiment, December 21, 1778; Second Lieutenant same Regiment, February, 1779. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. HALL, ELIHU, Maryland. 1723-1790. Cecil Co., Md. Lieutenant in Susquehanna Squadron, Maryland Troops; afterwards Major. Reference: Scharff s History of Maryland, vol. 2, p. 195. Hall, William Anderson. HALL, SILVANUS, Massachusetts. 1762 Enlisted in Capt. Samuel Bradford s Company at Kingston, Mass., January 1, 1776, in the 23rd Continental Infantry, commanded by Col. John Bailey. Re-enlisted March 12, 1777, for three years in Capt. Jos. Wadworth s Company 14th Mass. Reg t., Col. Gamaliel Bradford. Was at Battle of Stillwater, N. Y., September 19th, and October 7th, 1777, at Valley Forge. March 19, 1778, he was transferred to the Commander-in-Chief s Guard, otherwise known as Washington s Body Guard, and was present at the Battle of Monmouth, N. J., June 28, 1778. Discharged at Morristown, N. J., March 12, 1780. Reference: Washington s Orderly Book "The Commander in Chief s Guard," Dr. C. E- Godfrey, p. 176. Pension Department Records. Hall, Charles Gilbert. HAMLIN, NATHANIEL, Connecticut. 1732-1790. Sharon, Conn. First Lieutenant in Captain Roger s 3rd Company, 2nd Bat talion, Col. Gay commanding, Wadsworth s Brigade. Served at Long Island, August 27, 1776; in the retreat from New York, September 15, 1776, and at White Plains. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 395. Sparrow, Jackson Wolcott. 75 HAND, DANIEL, Connecticut. 1732-1816. Guilford, Conn. Captain in Col. Matthew Talcott s Regiment, Connecticut Troops, enlisted for service in New York expedition, March 22, 1776. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 388. Buell, Edward Wyllyss. HARDISON, BENJAMIN, Massachusetts. Maine. Private in Capt. Noyes Company, Col. Phinney s Reg t. Mass. Troops; taken prisoner and held captive in Canada until the close of the war. Reference: Massachusetts War Records. Certificate of service from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. HARRIS, EDWARD, Massachusetts. Kentucky. 1739-1825. Newburyport, Mass. Member of Committee of Safety and Correspondence appointed by town of Newburyport, September 23, 1774; Clerk of the Com mittee. Commanded a company of Massachusetts Troops in the Revolution. Reference: History of Newburyport, by Mrs. E. Vale Smith (1854), p. 81. The Johnstons of Salisbury, by Wm. Preston Johnston (New Orleans, 1897), p. 55. HART, JAMES, Virginia. Kentucky. Ohio. Private in the Virginia Line as evidenced by a record in the Virginia State Library, which is an enumeration of names of soldiers receiving final pay. His name is on the list. Reference: A certified copy of this record. Macready, John Hart. HART, JOEL, Connecticut. 1811. Joel Hart was a private in Capt. Noadiah Hooker s Company, from Farmington, near New Britain. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 382. Kemper, Edwin Wilson. HART, RUEBEN, Connecticut. 1729-1788. Southington, Conn. Ensign 3rd Company, 15th Reg t.; Captain May 23, 1778. Reference: Photograph of Commission as Captain. HATHAWAY, JOHN, Virginia. 1733-1786. Captain of a company of Fauquier County Virginia Militia, in the Continental Service from October 25th, 1779, to May 26th, 1783; and continued in the Civil Service, holding the office of Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Fauquier County, together with other offices of trust and honor until his death, April 19, 1786. Reference: Certified transcript from the Records of Fauquier County, Va. Kemper, Edwin Wilson. 76 HAWLEY, AMOS, Connecticut. New York. 1755-1825. Farmington, Conn. Private in Capt. Bidwell s Company, 15th Regiment, Connecticut Troops, Col. Fisher Gay commanding, Wadsworth s Brigade. Present at Washington s retreat from Long Island, August 22, 1776; wintered at Peekskill, 1776-7; participated in Battle of Saratoga; and present at sur render of Burgoyne, October 17, 1777. Reference: Original list of Officers and Privates of Company I, 15th Connecti cut Troops, in possession of Julius Gay, Farmington, Conn. Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 396. Hawley, George Burt. HAYES, RUTHERFORD, Connecticut. Vermont. 1756-1836. Branford, Conn. Ensign, South Company, Captain How, South Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy Church, of Cumberland County, New York. Reference: Documentary History of New York, edited by E. B. O Callahan, vol. 4, p. 1020. Hayes, Birchard Austin. HAYNES, ASA, New Jersey. 1739 June 29, 1781, Asa Haynes was appointed second Lieutenant in Capt. David Heacock s Company, belonging to the Duchess Co. Regiment of New York State Militia, commanded by Col. John Field. Reference: Page 230 of a manuscript volume entitled "Minutes of the Council of Appointment, 1777-86, vol. 1, in the custody of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, State Library. Taylor, William Jordan. HEATH, DAVID, New Jersey. 1736-1820. Private in Hunterdon Co., N. J. Militia. Reference: Certified copy of certificate from Adjutant-Gen l. of New Jersey. Heyl, Ashton Bryant. HERTER, HENRY, New York. 1732-1820. First Lieutenant of the 4th Company, Aug. 26th, 1775, under Col. Nicholas Herkimer; Captain under Col. Peter Bellinger, June 25th, 1778; was Captain in the French and Indian wars in 1757, and was captured and taken to Canada. Reference: New York in the Revolution, vol. 1, pp. 296-297. Shoemaker, Frederick Bellinger. Shoemaker, Michael Myers. HICKENLOOPER, ANDREW, Pennsylvania. 1739-1828. York Co., Penna. Private in Capt. Wm. Dodge s Company, Col. James Thompson s Battalion, York County, Pennsylvania Militia, in service on the Delaware, September, 1777. Reference: Certificate from State Librarian of Pennsylvania. 77 HICKS, ISAAC, Georgia. Captain in 3rd Georgia Regiment, July, 1776; taken prisoner at Briar Creek, March, 1779. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. HINKLE, PHILIP, Pennsylvania. 1739 Hinkletown, Pa. Private in Capt. Wm. McCalla s Company. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2d series, vol. 14, p. 158. HOADLEY, TIMOTHY, Connecticut. 1739-1816. Branford, Conn. Captain of a Company of Northford, Conn., Militia in Second Regiment. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 625. Bates, Edward Merrick Linley. HOBBEY, THOMAS, Connecticut. 1798. Lieutenant-Colonel of Col. Bradley s Continental Regiment; Major of 5th Connecticut Regiment. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 64, 66, 387, 393, 414. HOLDEN, SAWTELL H., Massachusetts. 1752-1850. Appears with rank of private on Lexington Alarm Roll of Capt. Henry Haskell s Company of Minutemen, Col. James Prescott s Reg t. which marched on the alarm of April 10, 1775, from Shirley. Length of service 10 days. Residence, Shirley. Reported returned home, April 27th, 1775. Appears with rank of private on Muster and Pay Roll of Capt. Aaron Jewell s Company, Col. Samuel Bullard s Regiment. Enlisted September 10, 1777. Time of discharge, November 29th, 1777. Time of service three months, including 11 days (220 miles) travel home. Company marched to Saratoga. Roll dated Littleton. Reference: Revolutionary War service, Secretary of State, Boston, Massachu setts, Archives, vol. 8, pp. 113, 114; vol. 12, p. 129; vol. 20, p. 96. Chandler s History of Shirley, Mass. History of Towanda, Pa. Kaley, Arthur Nelson. HOLLISTER, ELIJAH STRONG, Massachusetts. Vermont. 1763-1813. Private in Capt. Stoddard s Company, Col, Joseph Vose s Regiment, Massa chusetts Troops, July 1, 1780. Sergeant, Capt. Perry s Company, Col. Wil- lett s Regiment, New York Troops, 1781, stationed at Fort Plains, Mohawk Valley. Reference: Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. Hollister, Burton P. Hollister, Howard Clark. 78 HOUGHTON, NEHEMIAH, SR., New Hampshire. 1738-1789. Winchester, N. H. Captain in Col. Moses Nichols Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, 1780. Member of House of Representatives of the New Hampshire Assembly, 1778-1782. Reference: Certificate from State Librarian of Ohio. State Papers of New Hamp shire, (Published 1887) Vol. 16, pp. 152, 154. Houghton, Charles D. Mansfield. Houghton, Henry Spencer. HOUSEMAN, JACOB, Pennsylvania. One of the Associators of the Colony of Pennsylvania. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 13, p. 106. Rhodes, Thomas Daniel. HUBBARD, ABNER, Connecticut. Vermont. 1750-1834. Middletown, Conn. Enlisted in 3rd Connecticut Infantry, Col. Wyllyss, Jan. 1, 1777; Sergeant-Major, October 1, 1780, at Valley Forge. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp, 316, 639. Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. Sparrow, Jackson Wolcott. HUBBARD, NEHEMIAH, Connecticut. 1721-1811. Middletown, Conn. Lieut, and Paymaster, Connecticut State Regiment, July 31, 1776, to Jan., 1777; Quarter-Master in the Revolutionary Army, serving from 1778 to 1782; was Deputy Quarter-Master General, and an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Certificate from Ass t Adj t-General of Connecticut. HUDDY, JOSHUA, New Jersey. 1782. Captain in the Monmouth Co. New Jersey Militia; also Captain of a Company of Artillery, New Jersey State Troops by act of Legislature, September 24, 1777. Commanded the Block House at Toms River, March 24, 1782, was taken prisoner at the post, March 24th, 1782, and hanged by Tories, April 12, 1782, at Middletown Heights, New Jersey, in retaliation for the death of Philip White, a Colonel in the British Army. Reference : Heitman s Register of Officers, p. 232. Heath Memoirs, p. 335, United Service Journal for 1834, part 3rd. Hargrave, Edward Hollister. Hopkins, William Harvey. Locke, William Stanton. HULL, JOSEPH, Connecticut. 1777. Private in 8th Reg t., Continental Line, Capt. Smith s Company; also on the Rolls of those who marched to Boston in the Lexington Alarm. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 8, 234. Curtis, Henry Melville. 79 HUNT, OLIVER, New Jersey. 1756-1841. Cherry Hill, near Princeton, N. J. First entered the service in the New Jersey Troop as a Minuteman, March, 1777, and was honorably discharged in 1782. He served under Captains Guild, Clumm, Van Nestle and Bastedo, and in the commands of Col. Nathaniel Hunt, 2nd Regiment, Col. Phillips, Col. Isaac Smith (Essex) and in Col. Johnston s Battalion. He participated in the Battles of Long Island, Princeton, Monmouth and Springfield, and was placed on the Rolls of the Government in recognition of his services in the War of Independence. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 640. HUNTINGTON, JABEZ, Connecticut. 1719-1786. Norwich, Conn. Appointed by General Assembly of Connecticut, 2nd Major General of the Connecticut Militia, December, 1776. Appointed in May, 1777 Major General over all of the Militia in the State to fill vacancy caused by death of Major General Wooster. Present at New London, September, 1778. Resigned his command, 1779. Member of the Connecticut Committee of Safety. Reference : Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 429. Heitman s Historical Register, p. 235. Hinman s Historical Collections of Connecticut, pp. 131, 159, et seq. Yale in the Revolution, p. 187. New London Gazette, September 11, 1778. Jones, Robert Ralston. HUNTINGTON, JOHN, Connecticut, 1745-1851. Norwich, Conn. Private in Lexington Alarm. Private in 5th Company, Col. Spencer s Regiment, Connecticut Troops. Private in Capt. Richard s Com pany, 1st Connecticut Line. Sergeant in Capt. Parker s Company, Col. Com fort Sage s Regiment. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 23, 48, et seq. Huntington Gen ealogy, p. 136. Stedman, Charles James. HUNTSMAN, JONATHAN, Pennsylvania. 1813. He was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution, Captain Wm. W. Calla s, Plumstead, Bucks County, Associators, August 21, 1775. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 14, p. 157. Certificate from State Librarian, Pennsylvania. Huntsman, Frank. KURD, NATHAN, Connecticut, 1727-1800. Woodbury, Conn. Captain 8th Company, 1st Battalion, Wadsworth s Brigade, Colonel G. S. Selliman, Connecticut Militia. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant-General, State of Connecticut. Hurd, Ethan Osborn. 80 HUSTON, WILLIAM, Pennsylvania. 1755-1823. Cumberland Co., Penna. Captain in 2nd Battalion, Cumberland County Associators, September, 1776. Captain 6th Company, 6th Battalion, Cumber land County Militia, Col. Sam l. Culbertson commanding, July 31, 1777, and January, 1778. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd ser., vol. 14, pp. 388, 410, 435, vol. 15. Durrell, Joseph Huston. HUTCHINSON, ELISHA, Massachusetts. New Hampshire. 1751 Middletown, Mass. Private in the Dawes Company, Capt. Jeremiah Page, Commanding. Private in Capt. Ebenezer Francis Company, Col. Israel Hutchinson s Regiment. Quarter-Master Sergeant in Col. Mansfield s Reg iment, October 6, 1775. Participated at Lexington. Reference: Certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex Institute Collection, vol. 10, p. 28. Gatch, Hay ward David. Gatch, Lewis Newton. I NGHAM, JONATHAN, Pennsylvania. 1720-1799. Private in the Solebury Company of Associators, Bucks Co., Pa., Capt. John Cory ell. Reference: Penns} lvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 14, p. 159. Kinsey, Boyden. Kinsey, George. JACKSON, SAMUEL, Massachusetts. Served as a private in Captain Chambers Company, 6th Massachusetts Reg t. of foot, commanded by Col. Thomas Nixon. He enlisted July 7, 1780, to serve six months, and his name appears on the rolls from July to October, 1780. Served as a private in Capt. Wm. Story s Company, 8th Massachusetts Reg t., commanded by Col. Michael Jackson. He enlisted July 21, 1780, to serve six months, and his name appears on the rolls from July to September, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Record and Pension Office, War Department. Reynolds, Charles Waugh. Reynolds, Orrin A. Reynolds, Orrin Lyle. JACKSON, STEPHEN, New Jersey, 1744-1812. Was member of Committee of Observation in Morris County, N. J., 1775. Capt. of a Company of Morris Militia in 1777, and commanded a Company of Cavalry, scouting the following winter. He resigned owing to ill health. Reference: See Year Book of New York Society S. A. R., Theodore F. Jackson. Also see "Thomas Halsey and his descendants in America," p. 331. New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, pp. 396-643, and New York Society, 1888, Ernest Henry Jackson. Winslow, Howard Sydenham. 81 JAMES, JOHN, Connecticut. Ohio. Corporal in Lexington Alarm from Preston, New London Co., Conn., and in Capt. Barker s Company 6th Conn. Line; and Sergeant in Capt. Mott s Company raised for defense of New London harbor, 1776. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 20, 212, 617. Foraker, Joseph Benson, Jr. JAMESON, DAVID, Virginia. 1812. Enlisted in Capt. Matthew Arbuckle s Company, 12th Virginia Regiment, September 12th, 1775, and continued in the service until October 10th, 1778. Reference: Certificate of Register of the Land Office, State of Virginia, and Certi ficate of State Librarian, State of Virginia. Yeiser, Henry Craig. JENNEY, LEVI, Massachusetts. 1750-1806. Sergeant in Capt. Manasseh Kempton s Company, Col. Carpenter s Regt. for service in Rhode Island on the Alarm. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Jenney, Herbert. JOHN, JAMES, Virginia. Private in John Overton s Company, 10th Va. Regt., Col. Wm. Davis. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1777, to serve three years. Reference: Pension Office certificate. JOHNSON, ROBERT, Virginia. Kentucky. 1745-1815. Orange Co., Va. Member of the Virginia Assembly, 1782. His family were inmates of Bryant s Station, Ky., when Girty attacked that place, August 14, 1782, and his wife, Jemima Suggett Johnson, was one of the matrons who made the perilous venture of passing the Indian ambuscade to bring a supply of water from the spring outside the stockade. He took part in the expedi tion of General George Rogers Clark against the Shawanese, August, 1780; and commanded a company from Bryant s Station under Clark, in the march on Piqua, Ohio, in the fall of 1782. The services rendered by him were also of great importance in preserving the Western frontier from Indian and Eng lish attack; for them he received large grants of land in Kentucky, which are now in the possession of the family. Reference: Johnson Family, by Tom L. Johnson, pp. 2-8. JOHNSTON, ARCHIBALD, Connecticut. 1732-1789. Salisbury, Conn. Raised a company of Connecticut Volunteers, enrolled October 19, 1775, in the 1st Duchess Co., N. Y. Regiment. Commissioned Captain of Company under Col. Petrus Ten Broeck, in whose regiment he remained until 1778, when he was transferred to Colonel Morris Graham s regiment. Reference: Military Review, in custody of Regents of New York State University, vol. 26, pp, 194-5. The Johnstons of Salisbury, by Wm. Preston Johnston, (New Orleans, 1897), pp. 17-18. 82 JONES, ABRAHAM, Massachusetts. 1746 Mendon, Mass. Private in Lexington Alarm, Capt. Wm. Jennison s Company, April 19, 1775. Private in Capt. John Tyler s Company, Col. Joseph Read s Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, December 10, 1775. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Knight, Alfred. JONES, CHARLES, Maryland. Montgomery Co., Md. Member Committee of Arms and Ammunition, 1776-83. First Judge of Montgomery Co., Md., 1777. Reference: Force s American Archives, vol. 1, 4th series, p. 1175. Tingley, Clem Henry. JONES, JONATHAN, Pennsylvania. 1738-1782. Caernarvon Township, Berks Co., Pa. minuteman; Captain in the 1st Pa. Bat talion, Oct. 27, 1775; in the campaign against Quebec, Jan., 1776 to March, 1776; Major in 1776; Lieut. -Col. March 12, 1777; Commissioner under Test Laws in 1778; Member Pa. Assembly 1779-80. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Jones, Frank Johnston. Jones, Samuel Fosdick. Jones, Walter St. John. JUDD, ARUNAH, Massachusetts. New York. 1747 Private in Capt. John Addock s Company of Infantry, Col. Sam Brewer s Regt., Massachusetts. Reference: Pension Office certificate. Bartlett, Benjamin De Wolfe. KELLOGG, PHINEAS, Connecticut. 1756 New Hartford, Conn. Private in Capt. Russell s Company, Col. Huntington, Nov., 1775 to Nov., 1776; was at siege of Boston and at Battle of Long Island. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 25, 643. Certificate of Pension. KEMPER, CHARLES, Virginia. 1756-1841. 1777, served twenty days as a private in Virginia State troops, under Capt. Hezekiah Turner; August, 1777, served seven months as a private in Virginia Artillery, under Capt. Elias Edmonds. May, 1781, served four months as Sergeant and Ensign, under Capt. William Jennings, and Col. Elias Edmonds, Virginia Troops. 1777, he enlisted for three years, but could not stand the fatigue. Applied for pension, June, 1833. Reference: Official copy of record from Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Kemper, Edwin Wilson. 83 KINCAID, JAMES, Virginia. 1762-1840. Albemarle Co., Va. Private in Colonel (afterwards General) George Rogers Clark s Regiment. Ensign under Capt. Joseph Kincaid (his brother) at Battle of Blue Licks, August, 1782. Lieutenant under General Charles Scott. Reference: Original affidavit, a copy of which is on file with District of Columbia Society, Sons of Revolution. Year Book of latter Society for 1896, page 64. KINGSBURY, JOSEPH, Maine. 1732-1792. Joseph Kingsbury appears with rank of private on muster and Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Cutt s Company, Major Daniel Littlefield s detachment of York Co., Militia. Detached July 10, 1779. Discharged September 10, 1779. Time of service two months in Penobscot Expedition. Mileage allowed for 150 miles with 20 miles additional from Kittery to Wells. Appears with rank of private on muster and Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Prag- don s Company, Col. Joseph Prime s Regiment. Service began April 29, 1780. Discharged December 24, 1780, time of service eight months under Brig. Gen l. Wadsworth. Reference: Vol. 37, p. 109; vol. 35, p. 248, Military Archives, State House, Boston, Mass. Burgoyne, Charles Lyman. KINSEY, SAMUEL, Pennsylvania. 1734-1793. Buckingham Tp., Bucks Co., Pa. Was Lieutenant in Dean s Company, 7th Md. Regt; enlisted December 8th, 1776. Reference: Certificate from Commissioner of Land Office, Md. Kinsey, Boyden. Kinsey, George. KIRKWOOD, ROBERT, Delaware. 1791. Newark, Del. 1st Lieutenant, January 13, 1776; Major in Continental Army, Delaware Regiment. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Commission as 1st Lieutenant. LANGDON, JOHN, Massachusetts. 1728-1822. Wilbraham, Mass. A signer of the Non-consumption Pledge, 1774; Sergeant in Col. Danielson s Regt. of Massachusetts; Captain in Jackson s Continental Regt. of Massachusetts; served in old French wars. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 256. Bailey, Gilbert Langdon. Laws, Harry Langdon. Punshon, Thomas Brown. LANGHEAD, DAVID, Pennsylvania. 1755-1824. Lancaster Co., Pa. Third ^Lieutenant, Capt. Thomas Whiteside s Company, 2nd Battalion, Flying Camp, from Lancaster Co., Pa., May 19, 1776; at Battle of Long Island. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Ser., vol. 13, p. 306. Mss. Archives in possession of Editor of Pennsylvania Archives. 84 LANGHORNE, MAURICE, Virginia. 1791. Cumberland Co., Va. Served as a member of the Cumberland Co., Committee of Safety from February 18, 1775, to September 23, 1776. Reference: Certified copy from the original Mss. volume of the proceedings of the Cumberland Co., Va., Committee of Safety. The Cabells and their Kin, by Alexander Brown, p. 165. Mackoy, Harry Brent. LATHROP, HOPE, Connecticut. Commissioned to forward clothing for officers and soldiers in the Revolution ary army; Capt. in 4th Regt. of Light Horse. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 444. Pogue, Robert West. LELAND, JOSEPH, Massachusetts. 1757-1839. Grafton, Mass.; Private April 19, 1775, Lexington Alarm, in Captain Luke Drury s Company, Gen. A. Ward s Regt.; Corporal in same Company, Col. Jonathan Ward s Regt.; Lieut, in Col. Wesson s Regt., Jan. 1, 1777, Conti nental Army. Reference: Certificate from Massachusetts Secretary of State. LIPPITT, CHARLES, Rhode Island. 1754-1845. Lieut, in Richmond s Rhode Island State Regt., Nov. 1, 1775 to May, 1776. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Felton, Samuel Morse. LOVE, SAMUEL, Maryland. Member of Maryland Convention, 1774; member Maryland Convention, 1775; member Maryland Conventions (2), 1776; member Maryland Congress, 1776-83; member Committee of Observation and Safety, 1775-83. Reference: Force s American Archives, vol. 2, 4th series, p. 668; vol. 3, 4th series, p. 695. Tingley, Clem Henry. LOVEJOY, JOHN, Vermont. John Lovejoy was in Capt. Abner Seeley s Company in the service of the State of Vermont from the beginning of the campaign, 1781 to the 30th of June in said year inclusive. He was in a company under command of Captain Ebenezer Parkhurst, 1781. He was in Capt. Abner Seeley s Company in Col. Benj. Wait s Battalion in the service of the State of Vermont from the 1st of July to 30th day of November, 1781, inclusive. He was also on Capt. Timothy Bush s pay roll in Col. Joseph Marsh s Regiment, 1777. Engaged August 17th, was 20 days in service. Reference: See Certificate of Adjutant General, State of Vermont. Lovejoy, George Montgomery. 85 LOVELAND, JOSEPH, Connecticut. 1747-1813. Glastonbury, Conn. Private in Col. Jonathan Chase s Regt., N. H. Militia; at Ticonderoga, May 7, 1777. Reference: Certificate of service from Revolutionary War records of New Hamp shire. LOVETT, BENJAMIN, JR., Massachusetts. 1756-1804. Benjamin Lovett, Jr. appears with rank of private in Lexington Alarm roll in Capt. Larkin Thorndike s Company, which marched in the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Beverly to Concord. Residence Beverly. Length of service two and a half days, 1st Foot Company of Beverly. Reference: Record Index to the Rev. War Archives of Mass, vol. 20, p. 199. LOW, JOHN, Rhode Island. 1731 Warwick, R. I. Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Regiment, Kent Co., Rhode Island Militia. Reference: Rhode Island Colonial Records, vol. 7, pp. 242, 515, 605; vol. 8, pp. 6, 188. Felton, Samuel Morse. LOWES, JAMES, Ireland. Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1753-1810. Ballyclare, County Antrim, Ireland; was Ensign in 3rd Regt., Pa., Col. Thomas Craig, April 1, 1777, to October 31, 1777; Ist-Lieut. 3rd Regt., Pa., Aug. 3, 1783. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 10, p. 450; vol. 15, pp. 432, 518. Lowes, William Elliott. LUDLOW, CORNELIUS, New Jersey. 1728-1812. First Major, Eastern Battalion, Morris Co., N. J., Troops, Jan. 13, 1776; Major Col. Martin s Battalion, "Heard s" Brigade, June 14, 1776; Lieut. -Col., Eastern Battalion, Morris Co., May 23, 1777. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 360. Bushnell, John Ludlow. Kinsey, Boyden. LYON, JAMES, New Jersey. Ohio. 1755-1841. Soldier in Col. Jedadiah Baldwin s Regiment of Artificers and pensioned for three years actual service. Reference: See genealogy of the Lyon Family in "Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families," by J. Percy Crayon. United States Pension Office Records. Wiltsee, Clifford Albert. Wiltsee, Percy Leonard. 86 LYON, SAMUEL, Pennsylvania. Cumberland Co., Pa. Appointed Magistrate for Milford Township, May 22, 1770; reappointed, June 19, 1777, by Supreme Executive Council, who made appointments prior to formation of State Constitution. Commissioned Col. 4th Battalion, Cumberland Co. Militia, July 31, 1777; again commissioned, May 14, 1778. Appointed Commissioner of Purchases for Revolutionary Army for Cumberland Co., April 13, 1780; Assistant Commissioner of Pur chases, July, 1780. Reference: Pennsylvania Genealogies, by W. H. Egle, pp. 336-337. Elaine, John Ewing, Jr. McCLARY, MICHAEL, New Hampshire. 1753-1824. Second Lieut, of 1st New Hampshire Regt. from April 23 to Dec. 1775; 1st Lieut., 5th Continental Infantry, Jan. 1st, 1776; Captain of 3rd New Hampshire Regt. Nov. 8, 1776; retired Sept. 1st, 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Steele, Frederic Lincoln. McCLINTOCK, WILLIAM, Pennsylvania. Kentucky. 1743-1818. Chambersburg, Pa. Private in Capt. Andrew Wallace s Company, 8th Va., Regt., Col. James Wood. Joined May 17, 1778, discharged Feb. 16, 1779. Reference: Certificate of Pension. McKee, Edward Sydney. McDOWELL, JOSEPH, Virginia. North Carolina. 1756-1801. Quaker Meadows, Burke Co., N. C. ; Major in Burke Co. Regt. commanded by his brother, Col. Charles McDowell, in February, 1776; the same year served in Rutherford s campaign against the Cherokees; was on the Stone expedition in 1780; was in the victory at Ramsour s Mill in the spring of 1781; in 1782 he led an expedition against the Cherokees. Reference: Draper s King s Mountain; Lossing s History. McKee, JOHN, South Carolina. Private in Capt. John Buchanan s Company, 6th South Carolina Regt., Lieut. -Col. William Henderson. Reference: Certificate of Pension. McKee, Edward Sydney. McKINNEY, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1838. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, March 18, 1778; transferred to 5th Regiment, January 17, 1781; transferred to 3rd Regi ment, January 1, 1783. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Ser., vol. 10, pp. 461, 549 and 692. Certificate from State Librarian of Pennsylvania. Little, Griffith Charles. 87 MARIM, JOHN, Delaware. 1751-1815. Kent Co., Delaware. Lieutenant in Capt. Mathew Manlove s Company of Col. Sam l. Patterson s Regiment, Delaware Troops, July 27, 1776. Reference: Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. Comegys, Charles George. MARSH, EDMUND, Connecticut. New Hampshire. 1758-1845. East Haddan, Conn. Private in Capt. Holmes Company, Col. Throop, Sept. 1776; private in Capt. Willes Company, January, 1777; private in Capt. Smith s Company, Col. Ela, July, 1777. Reference: Certificate of Pension. MARSHALL, ICHABOD, Vermont. 1741-1792. Ichabod Marshall served as a Corporal and as a Sergeant in Capt. Zebediah Dewey s Company, Col. Gideon Warren s Regt. of Militia, also known as Warren s 15th Regt. Vermont Militia, Revolutionary War. He served four days and traveled sixteen days in March, 1780, and served fifteen days and traveled sixteen days in October, 1780. He served in the same Company and Regiment in the alarm of Castleton, June 10, 1781. Also in the alarm of Castleton, October 21, 1781, ten days. In the last service he held the rank of Sergeant. Reference: Proof in War Department, Adjutant General s Office, Washington, D. C. Adjutant General s Office, State of Vermont. Martin, Louis Henry. MARSHALL, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1746-1821. Ensign 2nd Battalion of Mile s Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, 1776; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Penn., 1776; 1st Lieut. 3rd Penn., 1777; Captain-Lieut. 3rd Penn., 1779; and Capt. 3rd Penn., 1779-1783. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. MARSHALL, NEWTON, JR., Massachusetts. Vermont. 1757-1833. Shrewsbury, Mass. Private in Massachusetts Regiments under Colonels Ward, Wood, Gushing, Bigelow and Drury. Reference: Certificate of Pension. MARTIN, DAVID, Pennsylvania. 1751 Lancaster County, Penn. Member Col. Klotz s Battalion of Flying Camp; was at Battle of Brandywine. Reference: Certificate from Pennsylvania State Librarian. Martin, David Brenneman. Martin, Oscar Thaddeus. Martin, Paul Curtis. 88 MATHERS, JAMES, New York. 1750-1811. Was with Washington during winter of Valley Forge. Was wounded at Battle of Trenton, in the shoulder, while guarding the stock. Was a private in 2nd New York Regt. of the line. Was a private in 1st Regular Ulster Co., N. Y. Reference: New York in the Revolution, pp. 35, 193. Foster, Cornelius Mathers. MATSON, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1804. 1st Lieut, in 1st Regt. Pennsylvania Line, Oct., 1776; Captain in same Regt. from January 16, 1777, to January 14, 1778. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 15, pp. 375, 415. Certified Copy of Pay Roll. Washington State papers, vol. 18, p. 138^; vol. 99, p. 183, Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. Matson, James Brown. MILLER, DAVID, Maryland. 1778 or 9. Prince George Co., Md. Private in Rawlings Regiment. Reference : Certificate of Service from muster rolls of Maryland Troops. MILLER, JOHN, Maryland. 1811. Private in 2nd Maryland Regiment; enlisted March 4, 1777; discharged as Sergeant, January 10, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Land Office, Maryland. McGrew, Samuel J. MILLER, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1738-1815. Lancaster County, Penn. Private in Captain Matthew Smith s Company, Col. William Thompson s Battalion of Riflemen of Pennsylvania; he was wounded and captured at Quebec, in Montgomery s assault, in 1775. Reference: Pennsylvania in the Revolution, vol. 1, p. 41. MILLER, LUKE, New Jersey. Private in Morris Co. Militia. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant-General of New Jersey. Miller, Frank Hathaway. MILLS, BENJAMIN, Connecticut. 1738-1829. Simsbury, Conn. Sergeant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; First Lieut. 4th Conn. Regt., 1775; Captain in Bradley s Battalion, Wadsworth s Brigade, 1776; Captain in Col. Beeb s Regiment, 1779. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 17, 61, 414, 417, 540, 548, 616. MILLS, JOHN, Virginia. Kentucky. 1800. Ensign in the 9th Va. Regiment, 1779; Lieutenant, 1781. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. McKee, Edward Sydney. 89 MINER, ROSWELL, Connecticut. 1753-1809. Served as private in Capt. Jonathan Birges Company, Col. Comfort Sage s Regt., 1776, 3rd Battalion, Wadsworth s Brigade. This Regiment raised June, 1776, to re-enforce Washington at New York, served in New York City and on Long Island; engaged at Battle of White Plains, Oct. 28. Term expired December 25th, 1776. Reference: Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War (Hartford, 1889), pp. 398, 400. Patten, Edward Ambrose. MONTGOMERY, JAMES, Pennsylvania. 1810. Lieutenant in one of the four Battalions raised in Pennsylvania; Captain, Aug. 31, 1775, of the armed boat "Ranger," Pennsylvania Navy, May 26, 1776; he was transferred to the "Chatham," and resigned Aug. 1, 1776, to enter Con tinental service under Col. Arthur St. Clair. Reference : Photographic Copy of Certificate of original membership of the Society of Cincinnati. Pennsylvania State Archives, 2nd series, vol. 1. pp. 229, 237, 333, 379. Kinsey, Boyden. MOODY, HUMPHREY, Massachusetts. Private in Capt. Timothy Johnson s 3rd Company from Haverhill, Mass. Feb. 17, 1778; Private in Capt. Cogswell s 2nd Company, Col. Wesson s Regi ment, to December, 1779. Reference : Certificate from Massachusetts Secretary of State. MORGAN, ISRAEL, Connecticut. 1757-1816. Sergeant in Capt. Richard Hewitt s Company, Col. Jonathan Latimer s Regi ment; assigned to General Continental Brigade in Arnold s Division from Aug. 24, 1777, to Nov. 7, 1777. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 504. Avery, Ralph. MORGAN, JACOB, Massachusetts. Ohio. 1760-1836. Private in 3rd Massachusetts Regiment, Col. Greaton; also in 2nd Massachu setts Regiment, Col. Sprout. Reference: Records of Pension Office. Hutton, James Morgan. Wood, Charles Morgan. Wood, Ephraim Morgan. MORGAN, JACOB, JR., Pennsylvania. 1742-1802. Major 1st Battalion Philadelphia Associators, 1775; Colonel of the same, 1777; Colonel of 3rd Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, 1780. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 13, pp. 582, 599. MORROW, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1760-1835. Private in Capt. William Blain s Company, Dec. 1776; Private and Sergeant under Capt. Bohannon, Col. Frederick Watt, April, 1778; Private in Capt. Wm. Blain s Company, 1779; Private in Capt. Wm. Black s Company, 1779. Reference: Certificate of Pension. MYERS, MICHAEL, New York. 1753-1814. Herkimer County, N. Y., Private in 3rd Battalion Tyron Co. Militia; wounded in Battle of Johnstown, Oct. 25, 1781. Reference: New York State Archives, vol. 1, p. 435. Shoemaker, Frederick Bellinger. Shoemaker, Michael Myers. NEFF, RUDOLPH, Pennsylvania. 1729-1809. Frankford, Pa. Capt. in Col. Rob t. Lewis Regiment of Foot from Philadel phia, attached to the Flying Camp, 1776. Reference: Pennsylvania in the Revolution, by Wm. H. Egle, vol. 1, p. 558. NELSON, DAVID, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1754-1829. Cumberland Co,, Pa. 1st Lieutenant 8th Company, 4th Battalion Militia, Penn., July 31, 1777 and May 14, 1778. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series. Nelson, Carlton Taylor. NEWELL, JAMES, New Jersey. 1 725- 1 79 1 . During the Revolutionary War, he served as Surgeon of the 2nd Regt. of N. J. Militia in Monmouth County. Among other services, the 2nd Regt. of Militia engaged in action at the Battle of Monmouth. Reference: N. J. Archives, Hist. Md. and Medical Men of N. J. Dr. L. F. Halsey, Phila., 1891. NEWTON, ELIAS, Connecticut. 1811. Fifer in 5th Company, Capt. Solomon Willis 2nd Connecticut Continental Regiment; Fifer in Capt. Clark s Company, 3rd Battalion, Wadsworth s Brig ade, Conn. State Troops. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 48, 399. Newton, Charles Humphrey. NEWTON, GIDEON, Massachusetts. 1760-1842. Hardwick, Mass. Private in Capt. Timothy Paige s Company at Bennington, August, 1777. In Capt. Thomas Whipple s Company, Col. Abijah Stearns commanding, guarding Convention Troops, March 30, 1778, to July 2, 1778. Served in Rhode Island, August, 1778, and from that time almost constantly until his discharge, April 10, 1780. Reference: Massachusetts Revolutionary \Var Archives, vol. 2, p. 50; vol. 22. p. 64; vol. 25, p. 164; vol. 27, p. 461/2- Armstrong, Frank Newton. 91 NEWTON, TIMOTHY, Massachusetts. 1728-1811. Hardwick, Mass. Enlisted in Capt. Samuel Billings Company, Col. Ebenezer Learned s Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, May 4, 1775. Appears on mus ter roll, August 1, 1775. Appears on return of same company, Oct. 7, 1775. Appears on muster roll of Capt. Edmund Hodge s Company, Col. Job Cushing s Regiment, for service at the North; also on muster roll of Captain John Craw ford s Company, same regiment. Reference: Massachusetts Revolutionary War Archives, vol. 14, p. 38; vol. 56, p. 13; vol. 19, p. 226; vol. 18, p. 25. Armstrong, Frank Newton. NICHOLAS, GEORGE, Virginia. 1755-1799. Hanover, Va. Captain, 2nd Virginia, October 3rd, 1775; Major, 10th Virginia, November 13th, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel, llth Virginia, September 26th, 1777; resigned, November 27th, 1777. Raised at his own expense the original company commanded by him, which helped to drive Dunmore from Virginia, and for which his heirs were reimbursed by Congress without their solicitation. Assisted in defense of Richmond against Arnold. Member of House of Dele gates and of Convention which ratified Constitution of United States. Reference: Heitman s Historica) Register, p. 309. Appleton s Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Hunt, Henry Thomas. NICHOLAS, ROBERT CARTER, Virginia. 1715-1780. Member of Committee of Correspondence appointed by House of Burgesses. Member of Assembly dissolved by Lord Dunmore, which afterwards assem bled at Raleigh Tavern. Member of Committee of Safety and Financier of that Committee. Chairman protem. of Committee which met in 1775 for adoption of State Constitution. Author of address to arouse the patriots. Judge of Chancery and Appeals, 1779-1780. Died at Hanover, Va., 1780. Reference: Appleton s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 4, p. 511. Bishop Meade s History of Virginia. Collins History of Kentucky. Ranck s History of Lexington, Ky. Hunt, Henry Thomas. NORMAN, THOMAS, Virginia. 1758-1838. Culpepper Co., Va. Private in Capt. Roberts Company, Col. Crockett s Regiment, Virginia Troops. Reference: U. S. Pension List for 1835, p. 514. Certificate from Bureau of Pen sions. NORRIS, JONATHAN, New Hampshire. 1749-1826. Jonathan Norris was, on September 20, 1776, an Ensign in Capt. Daniel Gor don s Company, Col. Thomas Tash s Regt. raised to re-enforce the Continental Army in New York. He was afterwards made 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Zebulon Oilman s Company, Col. Stephen Evan s Regt., and joined the Continental Army in New York, where he served from September 8 to October 29, 1777. Reference: Roster, p. 248-250, Bell s History of Exeter, N. H. Norris, Henry McCoy. NORTON, EBENEZER, JR., Connecticut. 1748-1795. Goshen, Conn. Private in Capt. Medad Hills Company of Minutemen, Dec. 1776; manufacturer of muskets for the Colony during the Revolution. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution. NORTON, EBENEZER, SR., Connecticut. 1715-1785. Goshen, Conn. Lieut. -Colonel of 17th Regt. Conn. Militia to December, 1776; Representative in the Colonial Legislature for 22 terms to 1779; agent of the Colony in collecting military supplies during Revolution. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution. NO YES, JOSEPH, Massachusetts. 1736-1826. Private in Lexington Alarm Roll from Newbury, Mass.; Corporal in Capt. Wm. Roger s Company, April, 1775; Corporal in same Company, October, 1775; Sergeant in Capt. Ezra Badlam s Company, 26th Regiment, 1776; Lieut. in Col. Wesson s Regiment from 1777 to 1779. Reference: Certificate from Massachusetts Secretary of State. Noyes, Joseph Cheever. OGDEN, ROBERT, New Jersey. 1716-1787. Surrogate for the County of Essex, N. J., one of the King s Counselors, and for several years Speaker of the House of Assembly; when the war began he sided with the cause of freedom; was member of the Committee of Vigilance of Elizabethtown, and served as Commissary during the war; he was the father of Gen l. Mathias Ogden and Col. Aaron Ogden, of Revolutionary fame. Reference: New Jersey Archives. ORR, ROBERT, Pennsylvania. 1745-1833. He was Captain of Volunteer Company of Associators, Pennsylvania, 1776. Reference: Pennsylvania in the Revolution, vol. 15, p. 684. Orr, James Potter. OSBORN, ETHAN, Connecticut. New Jersey. 1758-1858. Litchfield, Conn. Private 1776 in Captain B. Beebe s Company, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley s Regiment, Connecticut Militia, on special duty in Danbury, Conn.; re-enlisted, June, 1780, under Colonel Beebe, and discharged on ac count of ill health. Reference : Certified Copy of Pension. Kurd, Ethan Osborn. 93 OSBORN, JOHN, Connecticut. 1728-1814. Litchfield, Conn. Lieutenant in Captain Jairus Wilcox s Company, Regiment of Artificers, commanded by Jonathan Baldwin, Massachusetts, commissioned November 1, 1777; resigned, October 14, 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Certificate from Connecticut Adju tant-General. Hurd, Ethan Osborn. PALMER, JOHN, New Hampshire. New York. 1757-1843. Private for twenty-eight days; Ensign for six months and twenty-seven days; Sergeant for six months and nine days; served mostly under Captains Palmer and Haddock. Reference: New York Archives, vol. 1, p. 272. Certified Copy of Pension Cer tificate. Haynes, George White. PALMER, THOMAS, Pennsylvania. Commander of the private brig "Mercury," in 1781 20 men, 6 guns com missioned by the State of Pennsylvania. Reference: Certificate from Pennsylvania State Librarian. PARKE, ZEBULON, Pennsylvania. 1757-1846. Enlisted in January, 1776, for one year as private, 2nd Company (Captain Thomas Patterson commanding), 3rd Battalion, 1st Establishment, New Jersey Continental Line; served in the expedition to Canada and took part in the opera tions before Quebec in May and June, 1776; promoted Corporal, November 1st, 1776; discharged, January, 1777; re-entered, January 10, 1777, for three years as Corporal in same Company, took part in Battle of Brandywine, Del., September 11, 1777, the engagement at Crosswicks Bridge, N. J., June 23, 1778, Battle of Monmouth, N. J., June 28th, 1778; promoted Sergeant July 1, 1779, and served in Major General John Sullivan s expedition against the Nations in Western Pa., May 11, to November 5, 1779; took part in Battle of Chemung, N. Y., August 29, 1779; discharged at Elizabethtown, N. J., May 27, 1780, at expiration of term of service in the Revolutionary War. Reference: Certificate of Adjutant General of State of New Jersey. Fahnestock, George Curry. Fahnestock, Leslie Miller. PARKER, JACOB, New York. Haverstraw, N. Y. Private in Capt. John Gardiner s Company, Orange Co. Regiment, New York Militia, Col. Ann Hawkes Hay commanding, 1779. Reference: Certified abstract from a manuscript volume, entitled "Treasurer s Certificates," vol. 4, p. 31, in the custody of the Regents of the University of New York, in the New York State Library. Armstrong, Frank Newton. Armstrong, George. 94 PATTERSON, ROBERT, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1753-1827. Served under Col. George Rogers Clark in 1778, in the Illinois campaign; in 1779 in the Bowman expedition against old Chillicothe; in 1780, a Captain under Col. Clark in the Little Miami expedition; served under Col. Daniel Boone in the Battle of Blue Licks, 1782, and also in the second expedition of George Rogers Clark against the Miami Indians, September, 1782. His com mission as Captain, from Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia, dated 1781, is preserved in the family. Reference: Original Commission of Captain. Patterson, John Henry. Patterson, Stephen Johnston. PATTON, GEORGE, Virginia. 1757-1813. Falmouth, Va. Sergeant in Capt. Wm. Wallace s Company, Col. Fowler, 1777-1778. Reference: Pension Office Certificate. Patton, John Elaine. PAXTON, THOMAS, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1734-181-. Bedford Co., Pa. Captain, September 12, 1776, of Company of Rangers; Captain of Militia, 1st Battalion, Bedford Co., Pa., December 8, 1776; Lieu tenant-Colonel 2nd Battalion, December 10, 1777. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 14, p. 647. Clark, Charles Crichton. Diehl, George Paxton. Paxton, Thomas Barbour. PAYNE, EDWARD, Virginia. 1726-1806. Fairfax Co., Va. Member of Committee of Safety for Fairfax Co., Va. Com manded a company of Virginia Troops in the Revolution. Reference: American Archives, 4th ser., vol. 1, p. 602. The Payne Family, by Henry C. Payne, (New York, circ. 1897), p. 6. PECK, HIRAM, Massachusetts. 1764-1831. Private in Capt. Jonathan Sibley s Company, Col. Luke Drury s Regiment, from Aug. 9, 1781, to Nov. 21, 1781-2. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. 95 PECK, JOHN, Massachusetts. 1734-1812. John Peck served as a private soldier in the company of Captain Abijah Childs, . Lieut. -Colonel Wm. Bond s Regt. (37th). His name appears on muster roll dated Camp Prospect Hill, Sept. 9, 1775. Enlisted April 30th, 1775. John Peck also appears as a private on Muster and Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter s Company, Col. Thomas Carpenter s Regt., for service in Rhode Island, on the alarm of December 8, 1 776. Enlisted December 8, 1 776. Time of service, 16 days. Also appears as private in Capt. Jas. Hill s Company and Col. John Daggart s Regt. at Bristol, for three months, from December 28, 1776. Reference: Above are taken from Record Index to Revolutionary War Archives and certified to by Secretary of State of Massachusetts, March 13, 1896. Vol. 46, p 164; vol. 1, p. 156; vol. 53, p. 237. Peck, Arthur Minot. PECK, SILAS, Connecticut. 1724-1808. Enlisted as private, May 10, 1775. Discharged December 19, 1775, in 8th Company, Capt. Samuel Gale, 6th Regt. Col, Samuel Holden Parson s Conti nental Troops. Enlisted as private February 10th, 1777, for the war; discharged January 2nd, 1778. In Capt. EHsha Lee s Company, Col. John Durkee, 4th Regt. Conn. Line. Served in French War, and after treaty of peace in 1763, settled in Nova Scotia, afterwards returned to Lynn, Conn. Reference: Connecticut Records, pp. 73, 77. Webner, Frank Erastus. PENDLETON, NATHANIEL, Virginia. New York. 1746-1821. Ensign, 10th Continental Infantry, January 1st, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, llth Va., July 23, 1776; Captain, March 13, 1777; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776; exchanged October 18, 1780; transferred to 3rd Va. Reg iment, February, 1781; Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Greene to close of the war. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. PERIN, LEMUEL, Massachusetts. Indiana. 1749-1822. Rehoboth, Mass. On Lexington Alarm Roll, Capt. John Perry s Company; Corporal in Capt. Perry s Company, April 28, 1775, to August 1, 1775; Cor poral in Capt. Perry s Company, Oct. 6, 1775; Sergeant in Capt. Carpenter s Company, Dec. 8, 1776; Sergeant in Capt. Perry s Company, July 27, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Bailey, Gilbert Langdon. PERRY, JOHN, - - Ohio. 1752-1825. Cornet of 3rd Continental Dragoons, 1781; retained in Baylor s Regiment of Dragoons, Nov., 1782, to close of war. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. 96 PETERS, RICHARD, Pennsylvania. 1744-1828. Captain in Provisional Troop, 1775; Secretary of Continental Board of War, June 13, 1776; in November, 1777, a member of new Board of War; Secre tary of War of the United States, February, 1781; member of Congress, 1782; U. S. District Judge. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series. PEYTON, YELVERTON, Virginia. 1735-1794. Member of Committee of Stafford Co., Va., to prepare an address to inhabi tants of Stafford expressing sympathy with the people of Boston, Mass., and also member of the permanent committee of sixty-nine, by which act he became liable to conviction for treason. Reference: Force s Archives, vol. 1, p. 618. PI ATT, DANIEL, New Jersey. 1745-1780. New Brunswick, N. J. Captain, 1st New Jersey, December 16, 1775; Major, 1st New Jersey, April 16, 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 63. Godley, Samuel Smith. PIATT, JACOB, New Jersey. Kentucky. 1747-1834. Captain in 1st New Jersey Regiment, 1775; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Carroll, Louis. Carroll, Robert de Valcourt. Goodman, William Augustus, Jr. Orr, George Burnet. PIERCE, WILLARD, Connecticut. Vermont. 1760-1830. Willard Pierce enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, January 8, 1778, as private in Captain Moses Branch s Company, Col. Johnson s Regiment, Conn. Militia, at the age of sixteen, from Pomfret, Conn. Reference : Connecticut Roster, folio 527 ; also Pierce Genealogy, Newberry Library, Chicago. "Connecticut in the Revolution," p. 527. PINTARD, JOHN, New York. 1759-1845. New York City. Ran away from Princeton College and enlisted in Revolution ary Army in New Jersey. Served as deputy to Louis Pintard. Commissary for Prisoners in New York City, and filled the duties of the latter for several years. Reference: Life of John Pintard, by Walter Barrett (New York). Documents relating to John Pintard in N. Y. Historical Soc., which was founded by him. PLACE, WILLIAM, New York. William Place served as a private in Col. Johannes Johnson s Regt. in Capt. Cornelius Mastin s Company, Ulster County Militia. He also served in the Ulster County Rangers. Reference: The name of William Place appears on page 52, vol. 1, of Certificates of thelTreasurer, Albany, N. Y., as private in the above Regiment. Date of Pay Roll, May 28, 1780. 97 POMEROY, BENJAMIN, Connecticut. 1704-1784. Hebron, Conn. Chaplain, 3rd Connecticut Line, January 1, 1777, to July 1, 1778. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 168. POMEROY, ELIHU, Connecticut. 1755-1834. Hebron, Conn. Private in the Hebron Company, Connecticut Militia, Lexington Alarm. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 13. POMEROY, SETH, Massachusetts. New York. 1706-1777. Brigadier-General, June, 1775; also at the siege of Louisburg, 1745, and of Crown Point, 1755, in the French and Indian Wars. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Pomeroy, George Eltweed. POND, CHARLES, Connecticut. 1754 Ensign in 7th Regiment, 9th Company; 1st Lieutenant of 19th Continental Line; Captain of 6th Continental; Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 83, 104, 205, 376. POOR, JOSEPH, Massachusetts. 1737-1795. Rowley, Mass. Private in Captain Stephen Kent s Company, Essex County, Mass., July 14, 1775; Private in same Company, November 1, 1775; Private in Captain Moses Newell s Company, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, July 9, 1776; Lieutenant in Captain Gideon Foster s Company, 8th Essex County Regiment Volunteer Infantry, May 4, 1779. Reference Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Merrell, George. POSEY, ZEPHANIAH, Virginia. Indiana. 1752-1826. Served as a private in Capt. Charles Gallahun s Company, llth Va. Regt., commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan. He enlisted November 5, 1776, to serve three years, was transferred to Captain George Rice s Company, llth and 15th Va. Regt., commanded by Lieut. -Colonel John Cropper and Col. Daniel Morgan, about June, 1778, and to Capt. Philip Slaughter s Company, known as Lieut. James Wright s Company, 7th Va. Regt., commanded by Daniel Morgan, and was discharged, November, 1779. Was pensioned in Hamilton County, Ohio, June 23, 1819, under Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, as Sergeant in Virginia Continental Troops. Reference: U. S. Pension Certificate. POTTER, JOHN, Rhode Island. New Jersey. 1748-1826. Captain in Rhode Island Militia, appointed by Legislature of Rhode Island, June, 1779; served till close of war. Reference: History of Rhode Island, vol. 8, p. 565. 98 PRENTICE, SAMUEL, Connecticut. Sixth Conn. Regt., 1775; Major Samuel Prentice, of Stonington, Conn. May 20, 1775; discharged, December 10, 1775; re-entered service in 1776. Captain of 3rd Company of same Regiment, of which he was later Major. Lieutenant- Colonel, August 12th, 1776, in the 10th Continental. 6th Regiment saw ser vice about Boston, 1775, 10th Continental defended New York City. Was in Battle of Long Island, August 27th; at White Plains, August 28th. Lieuten ant-Colonel of 1st Conn. Regiment, 1777 and 1778; with Washington at Germantown, October 4, 1777. Wintered at Valley Forge. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 72, 73, 99, 127, 128, 145. Layton, Samuel Herrick. PROBASCO, HENRICK, New Jersey. Captain, 2nd Battalion, Somerset State Troops and Militia, New Jersey. In Battle of Monmouth (tradition). Reference: See Jerseymen in Revolutionary War, p. 405. Certificate from Adjutant-General, N. J. PROCTOR, SAMUEL, Massachusetts. 1755-1797. Ensign in the 12th Continental Infantry from Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1776; Private in Captain Henry Jenney s Company, Col. John Hathaway s Regiment; in Rhode Island on an alarm, August, 1780. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 337. Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Jenney, Herbert. PUGH, JOHN, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1747-1840. In Pennsylvania Militia, June 24th, 1775, for which he was disowned by Not tingham Meeting, Society of Friends, October 14, 1775; Captain, Penn. Regi ment Infantry, March 18, 1777; Private in Col. Evan Evan s 2nd Battalion Chester Co., Militia, 1780; served till close of war. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 337. Records, Nottingham Monthly Meeting of Friends. Pugh, Achilles Henry. Pugh, Achilles Henry, Jr. PUTNAM, ISRAEL, (1) Massachusetts. Connecticut. 1718-1790. Salem, Mass. Lieutenant-Colonel in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Colonel, 3rd Connecticut, May 1, 1775; Major-General, Continental Army, June 19, 1777; retired June 3, 1783. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 338. Putnam, Douglas, Jr. Putnam, Louis Reppert. PUTNAM, ISRAEL, (II) Massachusetts. Connecticut. Captain, 3rd Connecticut, May, 1, 1775; Major and Aide-de-Camp to General Putnam, July 22, 1775, to June 3, 1783. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 338. Putnam, Douglas, Jr. Putnam, Louis Reppert. RALSTON, ROBERT, Pennsylvania. 1761-1836. Philadelphia, Pa. Ensign in Capt. John McCalla s Company, 2nd Regiment of Foot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Militia, Col. Benj. G. Eyre commanding. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 13, pp. 700, 703-4; vol. 14, p. 4. Jones, Robert Ralston. RAWSON, EDWARD, Massachusetts. 1748 Mendon, Mass. Member Massachusetts Great and General Court; in 1776, a Commissioner to instruct as to Civil Government; January 6, 1778, Commis sioner to instruct Representatives; 1780, served in Revolutionary Army. Reference: Massachusetts State Records. Rawson, Edward Stephen. RAWSON, LEVI, Massachusetts. 1748 Mendon, Mass. Member of John Albee s Company of Minutemen of Men don, marched April 19, 1775; one of a committee to obtain provisions for Revolutionary Army, October 11, 1780; one of a committee to get recruits for Continental Army, appointed December 4, 1780. Reference: Massachusetts State Records. Rawson, Edward Stephen. READ, WILLIAM, New Hampshire. 1754-1834. Amherst, N. H. Corporal in Capt. A. Town s Company of 27th Regiment of Foot, Continental Army, May 2, 1775. Reference: Certificate of Secretary of State of Massachusetts. REYNOLDS, JOHN, Maryland. Captain, 1st Maryland Battalion, Flying Camp, June to December, 1776. Captain, 7th Maryland, December 10, 1776. Resigned, December 28, 1777. Served at Valley Forge, White Plains, Fort Schuyler and High Hills of the Santee. Reference: Saffel. Heitman s Historical Register, p. 344. Warnock, William R. REYNOLDS, JOSEPH, Massachusetts. Rank not stated, served in the 12th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Revolutionary War. He enlisted July 16, 1779, to serve nine months. Reference: Certificate from Record and Pension Office, War Department. Reynolds, Charles Waugh. Reynolds, Orrin A. Reynolds. Orrin Lyle. 100 REYNOLDS, THOMAS, Massachusetts. Served as private, 16th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Henry Jackson. He enlisted, December 5th, 1777, to serve three years; re-enlisted, December 4th, 1779; and his name last appears on the pay roll for Novem ber and December, 1780, without remark. Reference: Certificate from Record and Pension Office, War Department. Reynolds, Charles Waugh. Reynolds, Orrin A. Reynolds, Orrin Lyle. RIDDLE, JOHN, New Jersey. 1761-1847. Private in Captain William Logan s Company, 1st Battalion, Somerset County, New Jersey Militia, April, 1778. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant-General, State of New Jersey. Baldwin, Bert Lecompt. RILEY, (REILEY) JOHN, Maryland. Pennsylvania. 1751-1845. Private in Capt. Samuel Miller s Company, 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, 1776; transferred to Col. Daniel Morgan s Rifle Regiment, and served under Capt. Van Swearingen for about twelve months, and afterwards transferred to for mer Regiment, and served under Capt. Clark until discharged at Pittsburgh, August 11, 1779. Reference: Pension Certificate. ROBERTSON, PETER, England. New Hampshire. 1743-1807. Amherst, N. H. Private in Capt. Town s Company, Col. Stark s 1st New Hampshire Troops; had his right hand shot off by a cannon ball at Battle of Bunker Hill. Reference : Certificate from Secretary of State of New Hampshire. Wood, Charles Leonard. ROCHESTER, NATHANIEL, Virginia. North Carolina. Maryland. New York. 1752-1831. In 1775 was appointed a member of Committee of Safety for Orange County, N. C., whose business was to promote Revolutionary spirit among the people, procure arms, etc. In August, 1775, was appointed a Major of one of four Regiments of Continental Troops raised in N. C., and as such attacked and captured 500 troops raised among "Royalists" of N. C., for the British. In May, 1776, was appointed Commissary General (with rank of Col.) for the ten Regiments of N. C., and held that position until compelled to resign on account of ill health, brought on by exposure, hardships and over-exertion in the ser vice. City of Rochester, N. Y., named after him. Reference: See "Rochester and Western N. Y," by Henry O Reilly, page 407. Early History of the Rochester family. 101 RODGERS, RICHARD, Pennsylvania. 1733-1804. Cumberland Co., Pa. First Lieutenant, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion, Cumber land County Associators, July 31, 1777 May 14, 1778. In command of his company, January, 1778. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, vol. 14, pp. 384, 410; vol. 15, p. 591. Rodgers, James Godman. ROE, DANIEL, New York. 1740-1820. Brookhaven, N. Y. Captain in 2nd New York Regiment, Col. Clinton. Reference: Certified Copy of Pay Roll. ROGERS, ANDREW, Pennsylvania. 1746-1782. Lancaster Co., Penn. Was Ensign of the Liberty Company of Hanover Town ship, Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1775; 3rd Lieutenant in Capt. James Roger s Company, in Col. Timothy Green s Hanover Rifle Battalion of Lancaster Co., June 6, 1776, and was in the Battle of Long Island; also Corporal in Col. Butler s Battalion, Continental Line, 1778; held same position when the Company was paid off, April 1, 1781. Reference: Certificate of State Librarian. Penn. Archives, 2nd Ser., vol. 10, pp. 502, 508, 521; vol. 13, p. 322. Rodgers, James Godman. ROSS, JOSEPH, New Jersey. Ohio. 1750-1838. He entered the Revolutionary War at 28 years of age, and served three years. Enlisted from Essex County, New Jersey. He served in the Essex County Militia, under Capt. Jededial Swan, Capt. Benjamin Williams and Capt. John Scudder, and participated in the Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield. He was a United States Pensioner. Reference: Stryker s Official Register of Men of New Jersey, pp. 276, 740. Adjutant General s Record, State of New Jersey. Disque, Brice Pursell. RUSSELL, ASHUR, Connecticut. Ohio. 1740-1836. He was a soldier in Capt. Caleb Bull s Company, Col. S. B. Webb s 9th Conn. Regt, Continental Line. Reference: "Connecticut in the Revolution," p. 250. Russell, Willis W. RUSSELL, WILLIAM, Ohio. 1829. Private in Capt. Jacob Martin s Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Establishment, Continental Line of New Jersey. Private in the Somerset County, New Jersey, Militia. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General of New Jersey. 102 RYKER, GERARD US, New Jersey. Kentucky. 1740-1810. Closter, N. J. Ensign in Col. Theunis Dey s Bergen County Regiment, N. J. Militia; Ensign in Major Mauritius Goetschius Battalion, N. J. Troops. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General, State of N. J. Official Record of N. J. Troops in the Revolution. La Bach, James Oscar. La Bach, Paul Mayer. SACKETT, NATHANIEL, New York. 1737-1805. Fishkill, N. Y. Member Fishkill Committee of Safety, New York General Committee of Safety, and New York Provisional Congress. Acting Ord nance Officer of Troops operating on East Bank of Hudson River. Reference: Journal of New York Provisional Congress, vol. 1, pp. 804, 963; Cal endar of N. Y. Historical Manuscripts, vol. 1, pp. 67, 86, et seq.; vol. 2, p. 8. Archives of State of New York in Revolution, vol. 1, pp. 3, 133. American Archives, 5th Ser., vol. 3, pp. 213,229,467. Original Mss. letters on file at Washington s Headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y. SCHOOLY, JOHN, New Jersey. 1761-1834. Private in New Jersey Militia. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 746. SCOTT, GUSTAVUS, Maryland. Washington, D. C. 1750-1801. Somerset Co., Md. Member of Association of Freemen, 1774; Delegate to Maryland Convention, 1775; member of Maryland Convention (2), 1776; mem ber of Maryland Congress, 1776-83; member of Committee of Safety, 1776-83. Reference: American Archives. Force s Archives. Tingley, Clern Henry. SCOTT, MATTHEW, Pennsylvania. 1st Lieutenant in Miles Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March 15, 1776; taken prisoner at Long Island, August 27, 1776; exchanged, December 8, 1776; Capt. in Pennsylvania State Regiment, April 18, 1777; retired, July 1, 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Hayes, Birchard Austin. SCOUT, AARON, Pennsylvania. 1809. Philadelphia, Pa. Ensign of 7th Company, 4th Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia, in 1777; also Ensign in 6th Company, 1st Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia, and in actual service in 1780. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 13, pp. 783, 791. Certificate from Pennsylvania State Librarian. 103 SCOVELL, ELISHA, Connecticut. Pennsylvania. 1734-1799. Appointed a Lieutenant of the 7th Company, 24th Regiment of the Colony of jjgj Conn., by the General Assembly, October session, 1775. The 24th Regiment was organized from the inhabitants of Westmoreland, which was considered a part of Litchfield County. Reference: Col. Rec. 15, pp. 12, 153. Mack, Edward. SEAMANS, MARTIN, Rhode Island. Providence, R. I. Ensign, First Providence Company, Militia, 1776. Census Enumerator of Providence, December, 1776. Given an allowance for search ing a brig under Governor s orders, February, 1777. Committeeman to pre pare list of able-bodied inhabitants of Providence, March, 1777. Sheriff of Providence County, May, 1777. Reference: Rhode Island Colonial Records, vol. 7, p. 516; vol. 8, pp, 110, 138, 188, 230. Felton, Samuel Morse. SELDEN, SAMUEL, Connecticut. 1723-1776. Linn, Conn. Colonel, Connecticut State Regiment, June 20, 1776; wounded, taken prisoner, Sept. 15, 1776, and died in the Old Brick Church Prison House, New York City, October 11, 1776. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 392, 403, 433, 582. Heitman s Historical Register. SEWALL, THOMAS, Maine. 1750. Private in Capt. John Blount s Company, Col. Samuel McCobb s Regiment; enlisted June 29, 1779; discharged, September, 1779; served in expedition against Penobscot. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. SHAYLOR, JOSEPH, Connecticut. Ohio. 1816. Wallingford, Conn. Enlisted, June 20, 1776, as Ensign in Douglas State Regi ment; served till December 25, 1776; 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Connecticut, Janu ary 1, 1777; 1st Lieutenant, Nov. 15, 1778; transferred to 4th Connecticut, Jan. 1, 1781; to 1st Connecticut, Jan. 1, 1783; served till June 3, 1783. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Hall, Charles Gilbert. SHIELDS, JOHN, Maryland. Tennessee. 1755-1833. Frederick Co., Md. Captain in Col. Bruce s Battalion of Militia, Frederick Co., Md., December 28, 1776. Reference: Maryland Archives, vol. 12. p. 554. Certificate from Commissioner of the Land Office, Annapolis, Md. 104 SHOEMAKER, HANYOOST, New York. 1747. Mohawk, N. Y. Major of 4th Battalion, Tyron County Militia. Reference: New York Archives, vol. 1, pp. 296, 297. Shoemaker, Frederick Bellinger. Shoemaker, Michael Myers. SHREVE, WILLIAM, New Jersey. First Major of 1st Regiment, Burlington Co., N. J., Militia, Sept. 28, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel of same, March 15, 1777; Colonel of same, April 18, 1778. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General of New Jersey. Wood, Charles Morgan. SLINGERLAND, ALBERT, New York. 1732. He was enlisted in the 3rd Reg., Albany Co., Militia (Land Bounty Rights), in the Revolutionary War under Capt. John Vanderheyden and Capt. Vader. Reference: New York in the Revolution, 2nd Ed., Albany, 1898, p. 225. Slocum, Stephen Elmer. SLOCUM, ELEAZER, New York. 1744-1826. An enlisted man in the Albany County, New York Militia, 13th Regt. under Capt. Peter Van Vort, 1777. Reference: New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, 2nd edition, 1898, p. 234. Slocum, Charles Elihu. SLOCUM, JOSEPH, New York. 1766-1815. Enlisted with his father, Eleazer Slocum in Albany, New York, Militia, 13th Regt., Col. John McCrea. Also joint surety for muskets and ammunition for protection against the savage allies of the British in Northampton Town ship, now Fulton (then Albany) County, New York. Reference: New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Albany, 1898, 2nd edition, p. 124. Military papers of Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins, vol. 3, p. 301. Slocum, Charles Elihu. SLOCUM, SAMUEL, Rhode Island. Vermont. 1756-1827. Enlisted in Continental Army, and his name is found in Capt. Samuel Robin son s roll of those who were in the Battle of Bennington, Aug. 16th, 1777. Reference: Vermont Revolutionary Rolls, 1904, p. 27. Slocum, Stephen Elmer. SMITH, ELIJAH, SR., Vermont. Private under Capt. Timothy Bush, Capt. Bosham and Lieutenant Burton to assist in the defense of Stratford. Private in Capt. Thos. Barnsey s Company Col. Ira Allen s Regiment, Vermont Troops, October 21, 1781. Reference: Records in the Office of the Adjutant and Inspector General of the State of Vermont. 105 SMITH, ISRAEL, Connecticut. Vermont. New York. 1739. Brattleboro, Vt. Private in Captain Jonathan Kale s Company, Colonel Wool- cott s Regiment, January, February and March, 1776, at Boston; in Captain Calkin s Company, Colonel Lattimer s Regiment, under General Gates at Saratoga, August 24 to October 30, 1777; also Private in Captain Holmes Company, Colonel Chapman s Regiment, August 3 to September 14, 1778; also Private in Captain Morns Company, 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Line, April 19, 1781, to December 31, 1781; also in same Regiment until June, 1783. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 325, 369, 385, 505, 533. Hayes, Birchard Austin. SMITH, JAIRUS, Connecticut. 1803. Canterbury, Conn. Corporal, Captain Morgan s Company, Col. Storr, 1776; Private, Capt. Kingsbury s Company, Col. Ely, 1776-1777; Private, Capt. Bingham s Company, Col. Tyler, May, 1777; Private, Capt. Robinson s Company, Col. McClelland, 1778; Corporal, Capt. Wale s Company, under Col. Wells, 1780-81. Reference: Pension Certificate. Yergason, Henry Christopher. SMITH, JOHN, Maryland. Baltimore, Md. Chairman of Committee of Merchants to prohibit importa tion of European Goods, 1769. Member Committee of Correspondence. In 1774 a member of Committee of Government and for raising Minutemen. Appointed by Congress one of Committee to procure arms from abroad. Del egate to Convention to frame State Constitution, 1776. Father of Col. Samuel Smith, whose portrait adorns rotunda of Capitol at Washington. Reference: Appleton s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 5, p, 587. Hunt, Henry Thomas. SMITH, LEVI, Massachusetts. Ohio. 1761-1828. Amherst, Mass. Enlisted at age of 14; Fifer in Capt. R. Dickinson s Com pany, Colonel \Voodbridge s Regiment, Sept. 28, 1775; Fifer in Captain John Thompson s Company, Colonel Leonard s Regiment, May 8, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1777, Hampshire County Regiment; Fife-Major, Capt. Sam Cook s Company, Colonel Woodbridge s Regiment, August 11, 1777; Fifer, Captain Abner Pomeroy s Company, Colonel Ezra Wood s Regiment, June, 1778; Fife-Major, Captain James Harlow s Company, Colonel Ezra Wood s Regi ment, August 1, 1778; Fifer, Captain Elijah Dwight s Company, Colonel Elisha Porter s Regiment, July 21, 1779; Fifer, Captain Job Alvord s Company, Colonel S. Murray s Regiment, July 15, 1780; discharged, October 10, 1780. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts; also vol. 17, p. 28; vol. 18, p. 52; vol. 23, p. 168; vol. 42, p. 108; vol. 46, pp. 94, 108, 123, 135; vol. 56, p. 165, Mass. Records. Smith, George Clement. Smith, William Walker. 106 SMITH, MARTIN, Massachusetts. 1730-1780. Amherst, Mass. Private in Capt. Reuben Dickinson s Company, Col. Wood- bridge s Regiment, Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. Private in Capt. James Hendrick s Company, at Charlestown, Mass., January 13, 1776. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Smith, William Walker. SMITH, OLIVER, Connecticut. 1739-1811. Captain, August, 1775; Major, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Regiment, July, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel, 8th Regiment, October, 1776; Colonel, May, 1777. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 434, 450, 561, 681. SMITH, THOMAS, Maryland. Kentucky. First Lieutenant, Smallwood s Maryland Regiment, January 14, 1776. Capt. 4th Maryland Battalion, Flying Camp, June to December, 1776. Major, 5th Maryland, December 10, 1776. Resigned, March 12, 1778. Served at Valley Forge, White Plains, Fort Schuyler and High Hills of the Santee. Reference: Saffel. Heitman s Historical Register, p. 374. War nock, William R. SMITH, WILLIAM, Ohio. 1754-1825. Private for one year under Capt. Joseph Stedham, Colonel Hazlett s Delaware Troops. Reference: Pension Certificate. SMYTHE, THOMAS, Maryland. 1757-1807. Kent Co., Maryland. Appointed by Maryland Convention, Lieutenant in a Company of Light Infantry, January 14, 1776; Captain of Company of Flying Camp Militia from Maryland, July 9, 1776; promoted to Major, December 10, 1776. Reference: American Archives, 4th ser. vol. 4, p. 729; 5th ser., vol. 1, pp. 1346-7. Heitman s Historical Register, p. 374. McSherry s History of Maryland, p. 385. SPARKS, RICHARD, New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Mississippi. 1815. Sergeant in Capt. Thomas B. Bowen s Company, 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. Richard Butler, 1778. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 15, 2nd series, p. 484. Shouse, William Henry. SPENCER, OLIVER, New Jersey. Ohio. 1735-1811. Colonel in Regular Continental Army, January 15, 1777, served six years; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. SPRAGUE, EBENEZER, Rhode Island. Deputy from Johnstown, R. I., in the General Assembly, 1775-1779. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State, Rhode Island. 107 STARKWEATHER, JESSE, Connecticut. 1739-1825. Preston, Conn. Lieutenant, Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. Lieutenant in Capt. Warren s 5th Company, llth Regiment, Connecticut Militia, 1780. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 20, 462, 561. STARR, EZRA, Connecticut. 1753-1805. Dunbury, Conn. Lieutenant 3rd Regiment of Light Horse of Connecticut: promoted to Major, and commanded his Regiment until close of war. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 443, 563. STEPHENSON, JAMES, Virginia. 1813. Berkeley Co., Va. Captain and Paymaster of 13th Virginia Regiment, Decem her 16, 1777. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Hanna, William Thompson. Hanna, John Parker. STERRETT, WILLIAM, Maryland. 1763-1840. 1st Lieutenant, Smallwood s Maryland Regiment, January 14, 1776. Taken prisoner at Long Island, August 27th, exchanged November 8th, 1776. Capt. 1st Maryland, December 10th, 1776. Major, April 10, 1777, resigned Dec. 15, 1777. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 38. Shillito, Stewart. STEVENS, JONATHAN, Massachusetts. 1747-1834. Andover, Mass. Private in Capt. Poor s Company, of Col. James Fry s Regt., April 19, 1775; Private in Capt. Benjamin Farnham s Company of Col. James Fry s Regiment; Private in Capt. Samuel Johnston s Company, Col. Johnson s Regt., August 14, 1777; discharged November 30, 1777; served at Ticonderoga. Reference: Continental Roll, Col. James Fry s Regiment, Massachusetts Rev. Records, vol. 13, p. 14; vol. 20, pp. 102, 130. STEVENS, MOSES, Connecticut. 1725-1814. Lisbon, Conn. Captain of 4th Company, 20th Regiment of Connecticut Troops, May 23, 1776. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 554, 614. 108 STITES, HEZEKIAH, New Jersey. 1761-1842. Early in 1778 he enlisted as Sergeant with Captain Lane, in Col. Jacques Regiment, to guard the lines, to watch the movements of the Tories and Brit ish, to repel the incursions of marauding parties, which caused conflicts at Elizabethtown, at Connecticut Farms, June 6, 1780; at Springfield, when burned, June 23, 1780; at Woodruff Farms, on Staten Island, and in the at tempt to drive the marauders off that island. He settled at Columbia, in 1788, and was buried in the old graveyard at that place. His claim for pen sion, filed February 19, 1833, was duly allowed. Reference: See Records, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. See 1895 Regis ter, Ohio Sons of Revolution. Stites, Benjamin Hezekiah. STOCKTON, BENJAMIN BRAILEY, New Jersey. New York. 1829. Surgeon in Hospital Department from 1777 to 1781. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 384. STOCKTON, RICHARD, New Jersey. 1730-1781. Delegate to General Congress, 1776; signer of Declaration of Independence. Reference: Sanderson s Signers of Declaration of Independence. STODDARD, RALPH, Connecticut. 1723-1811. Captain in 8th Regiment, Connecticut State Militia; Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Smith. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 586, 618. STODDARD, VINE, Connecticut. 1749-1834. Ensign in Capt. Ralph Stoddard s Company, 8th Regiment, Connecticut State Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Smith, 1776. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 578, 618. STOWE, JABEZ, Connecticut. 1716 Second Lieutenant in company of Matrosses at Fort Trumbull, New London; one of the prisoners carried off by the British during Arnold s attack upon New London, Sept. 6, 1781. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 578, 629. Heitman s Historical Register. STROOBECKER, JOHN, Pennsylvania. 1755-1835. Bucks Co., Pa. First Lieutenant, Capt. George Willis Company, Major Huster s Battalion of Militia from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in service at Newtown, January 2, 1777. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 14, p. 264. 109 TALIAFERRO, NICHOLAS, Virginia. 1757 . Nicholas Taliaferro (Virginia). Ensign, 10th Virginia, August 15, 1777; Second Lieutenant, November 15, 1777; Regiment designated 6th Virginia, September 14, 1778; taken prisoner at Charleston, May 12, 1780, and exchanged. First Lieutenant, February 18, 1781, and served to close of war. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 391. McGroarty, William Buckner. TALLMAN, BENJAMIN, Pennsylvania. Virginia. Ohio. 1745-1820. Benjamin Tallman was a member of the 5th Battalion of the Militia of Berks County, Pennsylvania, under Capt. John Bishop and Col. Jacob Weaver. Between 1777-1778, he paid the fine for exemption. About 1780 he removed to Virginia, where he enlisted as a private in the 4th Troops of the 1st Partisan Legion, under Capt. Claudius de Bert and Col. Arrnand, Marquis de la Rou- birie, a portion of Amando Corps that was credited to Virginia. A list shows that Benjamin Tallman (Tollman) No. 39 in the list was entitled to one hundred acres of land from the U. S. for his services. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd series, edited by Wm. H. Egle, vol. 6, p. 314, and Prefatory Note on vol. 1, "State of Accounts of the County Lieutenants during the War of the Revolution, 1777-1789." Archives, 2nd series, vol. 11, pp. 140, 145, 146. A general return made July 1, 1782, and also in "Document 34, of Journal and documents of the House of Delegates of Virginia, 1833." TAYLOR, AARON, Connecticut. Pennsylvania. 1761-1828. Bolton, Conn. Private, 7th Regiment, Connecticut Troops, Col. Herman Swift commanding. Date of enlistment, July 8, 1780. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 227. Crellin, Lucius Blakeslee. TAYLOR, IGNATIUS, Maryland. 1742-1807. St. Mary s Co., Md. Captain of a Company of Militia from St. Mary s Co. at the beginning of the war. Promoted to Major. Reference: Certificate from Commissioner of the Land Office, Md. Archives of Maryland, vol. 12, pp. 403, 527. History of Western Maryland, by J. T. Scharf, vol. 1, p. 169. Mss. Autobiography of Gov. John Chambers, son- in-law of Major Taylor, written December 2, 1851. The Bowies and their Kindred, by W. W. Bowie, (Washington, 1899) p. 50. Mackoy, Harry Brent. TEETS, PETER, New Jersey. Private in Capt. William Helm s Company, 2nd Regiment, New Jersey Conti nental Line. Private in 1st Regiment, Continental Line. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant-General. Pension Office Certificate. 110 THATCHER, JOHN, Connecticut. 1739-1805. Captain of the "Washington," on Lake Champlain in General Waterbury s command, in Arnold s second expedition to invade Canada in the fall of was taken prisoner in the engagement off Valcour s Island, October 11, 1776, 1776; and afterwards exchanged. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 629. THAYER, ISAAC, Massachusetts. 1742-1827. Braintree, Mass. Ensign, July 1, 1775, Capt. John Porter s Company, Col. Sargent s Regiment; 1st Lieutenant, January 13, 1776, Capt. Ebenezer Thayer s Company; Captain, June 1, 1777, of Capt. Isaac Thayer s Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall s Regiment. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Osborne, Ernest Walter. THOMAS, EDWARD, New Jersey. 1736-1795. EHzabethtown, N. J. Was Lieutenant, 1st Regiment, Burlington, N. J. Capt. of same; Lieutenant-Colonel, February, 1776, of same; Colonel, July 16, 1776, of 1st Battalion; Colonel 1st Regiment, Essex Co., N. J. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, pp. 333, 336, 341, 414. Miller, Griffin Taylor. THOMPSON, PRICE, New Jersey. Ohio. 1756-1842. Enlisted December 18, 1776, for the war in Capt. Noadiah Wade s Company, 4th Battalion, Second Establishment, New Jersey Continental Line ; transferred to 1st Battalion, February 1, 1779; served in expedition against the six Nations in Western, Pa. and Western N. Y., May 11, to November 5, 1770; transferred to 1st Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line, January 1, 1781; private in Capt. John Holmes Company, same Regiment, and served in the Virginia Campaign, April to October, 1781; in Battle of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, October 19, 1781. Promoted Corporal, January 1, 1782, Capt. John Holmes Company; discharged at the close of the Revolutionary War. Reference: Record in the Office of the Adjutant-General of the State of New Jersey, and of the Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior. Malsbary, Charles Franklin. THOMPSON, ROGER, Virginia. 1700 . Captain of a Company of Minutemen from 1775 to 1776; stationed at Bur- well s Ferry, James River, July 2, 1776; ordered to North Carolina with his Company, June 4, 1776, with Capt. Nicholas Lewis. Reference: Journal of Virginia Committee of Safety. Arnold, Brent. Ill THOMPSON, THOMAS, New Jersey. Private in Essex County, New Jersey, Militia. Reference: New Jersey in the Revolution, p. 789. THOMPSON, WILLIAM, Ireland. Pennsylvania. 1781. Carlisle, Penn. Colonel of Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, June 25, 1775; Colonel of 1st Continental Infantry, January 1, 1776; Brigadier-General in Continental Army, March 1, 1776; taken prisoner at Three Rivers, June 8, 1776; exchanged October 25, 1780. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Hayes, Birchard Austin. TORRENCE, JOSEPH, Pennsylvania. 1751-1831. Fayette Co., Pa. Second Lieutenant, 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, March 2, 1777; promoted 1st Lieutenant, February 3, 1778; resigned, April 25, 1779. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 401. Torrence, George Paull. TOWER, PETER, Massachusetts. 1729-1814. Hingham, Mass. Private in Capt. P. Cushing s Company, Massachusetts Troops, November 29, 1776; in Capt. Job Cushing s Company from Dec. 28, 1776, to April, 1777; in Capt. Elias Whiton s Company, on guard in Cam bridge, Massachusetts, March, 1778. Reference: Massachusetts Archives, vol. 18, pp. 90 and 106; vol. 24, p. 153. Tower Genealogy (1893), p. 162. TOWER, STEPHEN, Massachusetts. 1755-1826. Hingham, Mass. Private in Captain Loring s Company, Massachusetts Troops, April 19, 1775; in Captain Lincoln s Company, May 15, 1775-January 1, 1776; in Captain Winslow s Company, August, 1776, to October, 1776, three months; in Captain Cushing s Company, December 18, 1776- April 1, 1777; in Captain Whiton s Company, March, 1778; in Captain Ward s Company, December, 1778. Reference: Massachusetts Archives, vol. 12, p. 181; vol. 18, p. 89; vol. 19, p. 106; vol. 24, pp. 11, 35, 37, 40 and 153; vol.36, p. 1 19 ;Tower Genealogy (1893), p. 259. TOWNSEND, DAVID, Massachusetts. 1753-1829. Surgeon of Brewer s Mass. Regiment, July 12,1775; Surgeon 6th Continental Infantry, January 1 to December 31, 1776. Hospital Surgeon, March, 1777. Hospital physician and surgeon, October 6, 1780, and served to close of war. Original member of Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 402. 112 TOWNSLEY, THOMAS, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1755-1841. Cumberland Co., Pa. Enlisted, December, 1776, from Sherman s Valley, Cumberland Co., Pa., in Capt. Thomas Clarke s Company, Col. Watts Regi ment. Re-enlisted, 1781, in Capt. John Nelson s Company. Granted pension on application of September 15, 1832, from Xenia, Ohio. Reference: U. S. Pension Records. Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners in Year Book of Ohio Society, Sons of Revolution, for 1897. Hunt, Henry Thomas. TREAT, JAMES, Connecticut. 1763-1852. Private in Capt. Josiah Baldwin s Company, Job Wright and Thomas France s Company; served as Coast Guard at Killingworth. Reference: Certificate of Pension. Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 661. Doane, William Howard. TRIMBLE, JAMES, Virginia. 1753-1804. Captain of a Company in Regiment commanded by Col. George Mathews. Reference: Certificate of County Clerk of Augusta County, Va. TROTTER, JAMES, Virginia. Kentucky. 1836. Augusta Co., Va. Served in Virginia Troops during the Revolution. After moving to Kentucky, performed efficient frontier service against British and Indians. Reference: Appleton s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 6, p. 182. Hunt, Henry Thomas. TYLER, JOHN, Connecticut. 1721-1804. Preston, Conn. Lieutenant-Colonel, 6th Connecticut, May 1 to Dec. 10, 1775; Lieutenant-Colonel, 10th Continental Infantry, Jan. 1, 1776; Colonel, August 12 to December 31, 1776; Brigadier-General, Connecticut Militia, 1777 and 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. VANDEN BERGH, RYNIER, New York. 1751 . He was enlisted in the 6th Regiment, Albany Co., Militia, in the Revolutionary War, under Col. Stephen John Schuyler. Reference: New York in the Revolution, 2nd edition, Albany, 1898, p. 109. Slocum, Stephen Elmer. VANDERVENTER, JEREMIAH, New Jersey. 1741-1806. Somerset Co., New Jersey. Private in Somerset County, New Jersey, Militia. Reference: Certificate from Adjutant General, State of New Jersey. Official Records of New Jersey Troops in the Revolution, p. 796. Smith, William Walker. 113 VANDEVEER, JOSEPH, New Jersey. 1761-1841. Joseph Vandeveer served as a private Minuteman, in the Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia; enlisted March 4, 1777, for one month as private, Captain John Schenck s Company 1st Regt. Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia; again enlisted in 1777 for one month, as private in same company; private, Capt. John Schenck s Company 1st Regt. Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia, Oct. 1777, and served with the Company and Regiment in Brig.-General David Forman s Brigade, New Jersey Detailed Militia; took part in the Battle of Germantown, Penn., October 4th, 1777; served atour of one month in winter of 1777, and another tour of one month in May, 1778, in Capt. John Schenck s Company, 1st Regt. Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia; served a tour of one month, June, 1778, as Private, Captain Samuel Carhart s Company, 1st Regt. Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia; enlisted in May, 1779, as Matross, Capt. Barnes Smock s Company of Artillery, Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia; enlisted in August, 1780, as Gunner on Gunboat, Commanded by Capt. Wm. Marriner; taken prisoner August 5, 1780, and confined in North Church, New York, until December 25, 1780, when exchanged. Enlisted in June, 1781, as Matross, Capt. Barnes Smock s Company of Artillery attached to the 1st Regt. Monmouth Co. N. J. Militia; served until the close of Revolutionary War. Reference: Certificate of Adjutant General of New Jersey. VAN HORNE, ISAAC, Pennsylvania. 1754-1834. Bucks Co., Pa. Ensign, January 8, 1776, in Col. Robert Magaw s Regiment, 5th Pennsylvania Battalion; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776; Captain-Lieutenant, July 1, 1779, same Regiment; Captain in 2nd Pennsylvania, June 10, 1781; retired, January 1, 1783; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Certificate, State Librarian, Pennsylvania. Heitman s Historical Reg ister. Photograph of Certificate of Order of the Society of the Cincinnati. VAUGHAN, REUBEN, Virginia. 1740-1808. Captain in the Virginia Militia from 1777 to close of War. Reference: Certified Copy of his Commission as Captain. WAGGENER, THOMAS, Virginia. 1762-1842. Culpepper Co., Va. Sergeant in Capt. Stanton s Company, Col. Thornton s Regiment, Virginia Line. Reference: Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. WALKER, DAVID, Delaware. 1752-1810. New Castle Co., Del. Private in Capt. Dean s Company, Col. Samuel Pat terson s Regiment, Delaware Troops, August 13, 1776. Reference: Certified Abstract from original diary of David Walker in the pos session of his descendants. Smith, William Walker. 114 WALLACE, JAMES, Pennsylvania. Bucks Co., Pa. Was a member of the Committee from Warwick Township, held at Philadelphia, July 15, 1774; a member of Bucks County Committee of Safety from December 15, 1774, to July 29, 1776; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Bucks Co., under the Constitution of 1776; and was a mem ber of the Company of Associators of Warwick Township, Bucks Co., organized August 21, 1775. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 14, series 2nd, p. 163. WARD, ARTEMAS, Massachusetts. 1727-1800. Shrewsbury, Mass. Chief Justice of Common Pleas Court for County of Wor cester, 1776. Major in expedition against Canada. Colonel, 1759. Com mission revoked by Royal Governor for his inflexible opposition to arbitrary power, 1776. Member of Executive Council, 1768. Colonel, Massachusetts Regiment, May 23, 1775. Major-General, Continental Army, June 17, 1775; resigned, April 23, 1776, but continued on duty until September 20, 1776. Member of Continental Congress, 1779. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register, p. 417. Records, Massachusetts Bay Congress. Records, Continental Congress. Baldwin, Ward. Rhodes, Dudley Ward. WARD, JOHN, Holland. New York. 1754-1840. Saratoga Co., N. Y. Private in Capt. Fink s Company, Col. Van Schaick s Regiment, N. Y., 1776; one of General Philip Schuyler s Life Guard, and dis charged at close of war. Was wounded in a skirmish with Tories who at tempted to capture General Schuyler at Albany, N. Y. Reference: Pension Office Certificate. Bailey, Gilbert Langdon. WARD, WILLIAM, Vermont. 1743-1819. Poultney, Vt. Ensign, 8th Company, 2nd Regiment, Vermont Militia. Mem ber of Poultney Committee of Safety. Reference: American Archives, 5th ser., vol. 1, p. 658. Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of Vermont, vol. 1, p. 260. Ward Genealogy, p. 84. Ward, William Spencer. WASGATT, DAVIS, Maine. 1751-1844. Phillipstown, Maine. Private in Capt. Joel Green s Company, Col. Wood s Regiment; enlisted, June 1, 1778; discharged, Jan. 31, 177 listed, July 25, 1780; discharged, Dec. 25, 1780; also served three years from Monson, N. H. Reference: Certificate of service from Secretary of State of Massachusetl Clark, Jesse Redman. 115 WASHER, STEPHEN, New Hampshire. 1735-1806. Stephen Washer marched to the defense of Ticonderoga under command of Major Abial Abbot, in Capt. Stephen Peabody s Company. Reference: History of Amherst, N. H., by Daniel F. Secomb, pp. 385, 386. Wood, Charles Leonard. WATERMAN, ASA, New York. Lieutenant-Colonel of 17th Regiment New York Militia, 1778, Col. William Bradford Whiting, commanding. Reference: See Archives of the State of New York. The Revolution, vol. 1, p. 273. Waterman, Sherman Jewett. WEBB, ISAAC, Virginia. 1758 . Ensign, 7th Virginia, September, 1776; 2nd Lieutenant, January 13, 1777; transferred to 5th Virginia, September 14, 1778; 1st Lieutenant, October 30, 1778. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Hayes, Birchard Austin. WEBB, SAMUEL BLACKLEY, Connecticut. 1753-1807. 1st Lieutenant in Capt. John Chester s Company, 2nd Regt. Connecticut Line, Col. Joseph Spencer, May 1, 1775; wounded at Bunker Hill; Major and Aide- de-Camp to General Putnam, July 22, 1775; Lieutenant-Colonel and Aide-de- Camp to General Washington, June 21, 1776; wounded at Trenton; Colonel of additional Continental Regiment, January 11, 1777; taken prisoner at Long Island, Dec. 10, 1777; exchanged, 1780. Transferred to 3rd Regiment Conn. Line. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 7, 9, 30, 38, 50, 58, 67, 74, 97, 126, 245, 301. Heitman s Historical Register. Forsyth, Robert Allen, Jr. WEIR, SAMUEL, Connecticut. 1765-1827. He enlisted as a private, March, 1781, (but had rendered previous service) in the Continental Army, under Captain Stanton, in the Connecticut Regiment of Light Dragoons. His discharge, signed by George Washington, is dated June 12th, 1783. Reference: Statement of Commissioner of Pensions in 1886. WELD, ELEAZER, Massachusetts. Col. Weld was appointed March 8, 1770, by the town of Roxbury, to wait upon the Royal Governor and request that he order the Kings troops withdrawn from Boston; was commissioned Colonel in Continental Army, April 23, 1777; was one of the Committee of inspection and public safety; was paymaster of the Continental Army, 1777-8, while Washington s Army occupied Cambridge; was on duty in Continental Army in 1780. Reference: The application for membership in the Hannah Winthrop Chapter No. 52, in Cambridge, Mass. Peck, Arthur Minot. 116 WENDELL, JOHN HARMANAS, New York. 1744-1832. Albany, N. Y. Lieutenant and Quartermaster of 2nd Battalion, Col. Myndert Roseboom, June 30, 1775, and served in it in the Canada Campaign when commanded by Col. Goose Van Schaick, as the 2nd N. Y. Regiment; promoted Captain of 7th Company, March 1, 1776; Captain in 1st N. Y. Regiment, November 21, 1776, Col. Van Schaick; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Griffith, Griffith Pritchard. WESTCOTT, EPHRAIM, Rhode Island. 1731-1795. Served as Deputy to the General Assembly from Coventry, R. I., from May 1776, to May, 1778, and from May, 1779, to May, 1781. Committeeman in 1776 to procure arms and accoutrements for his town, and delivered them in April, 1777; was appointed to advance bounty allowed soldiers of Coventry, and procure blankets for them. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Rhode Island. Bailey, Gilbert Langdon. WHEATLEY, WILLIAM, Pennsylvania. 1737-1814. Private in Capt. Jeremiah Talbot s Company, 7th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Line, Col. William Irvine, February 17, 1777. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 10, p. 625. Certificate from Pennsylvania State Librarian. Rhodes, Thomas Daniel. WHEELER, REV. JOSEPH, Massachusetts. 1735-1793. Concord, Mass. Private in Capt. Jos. Fairbank s Company, Provincial Regi ment of Foot, Col. Asa White commanding, April 19, 1775; in Capt. Sam 1. Stone s Company of Minutemen, Col. Wm. Prescott s Regiment; in Capt. Israel Harris Company, Berkshire County Militia, Col. Benj. Simonds Regi ment, October 12-31, 1780; in Capt. Thompson J. Skinner s Company, Berk shire County Militia, Col. Asa Barnes Regiment, November, 1781; Delegate from the town of Harvard, Worcester Co., to Salem Convention, October 7, 1774. Reference: Records on file at Boston, Mass. WHERRY, DAVID, Ireland. Pennsylvania. 1800. Ensign in 8th Pennsylvania Line, Commissioned Sept. 14, 1776; one of the Committee of Observation for the County of Chester, Dec. 20, 1774. Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 10, p. 651; vol. 14, p. 65. 117 WHITE, JOHN, Massachuestts. 1720-1800. Quartermaster of Nixon s Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; 2nd Lieut. -Quartermaster of 4th Continental Infantry, January to December, 1776; Quartermaster of 6th Massachusetts Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777; Brigade Quartermaster, July 30, 1777. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Bullock, James Wilson. WHITTLESEY, JOHN, Connecticut. 1741-1812. Private in Captain Tibbitt s Company, 1776; Ensign of the 10th Company of the 13th Regt. of Connecticut Troops. Reference: Photographic Copy of Original Commission as Ensign, WICKERSHAM, PETER, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 1756-1841. Washington Co., Pa. Private in Capt. Zadoch Wright s Company, Washing ton County, Pennsylvania, Troops. Reference: Certificate from Wm. H. Egle, State Librarian of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, vol. 14, p. 768. Gibson, Peter. WILLIAMS, DAVID, Virginia. 1750-1831. Lieutenant, 8th Regiment of Virginia Line, served through the war; 2nd Lieut., 12th Virginia Regiment; 1st Lieutenant, 12th Virginia Regiment. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. Arnold, Brent. WILLIAMS, MILES, New Jersey. Ohio. 1760-1837. In classified Militia, 1778; in battle of Connecticut Farms, June 6, 1780, and Springfield, June 23, 1780. While scouting on Staten Island, same year, was wounded and taken prisoner. Reference: Records of War Department. WILLIAMS, OBEDIAH, New Hampshire. 1752-1799. He was Surgeon of Col. Stark s Regiment at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and served in like capacity in the Continental Army until the close of the war. Reference: Roll of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775-7, by I. W. Ham mond, A. M. Published by authority of the Legislature known as State Papers of N. H. vol. 14, Revolutionary Rolls, vol. 1, Cin. Lib., vol. 14*, p. 974., 2 N. 53. Drury, Alexander Getchell. Drury, Alexander Greer. 118 WILSON, GEORGE, Scotland. Pennsylvania. 1729-1777. St. Andrews, Scotland. Lieutenant-Colonel, 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, July 20, 1776. He was a brother of Hon. James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Justice of the Supreme Court. Reference: Heitman s Historical Register. WILSON, JAMES, Virginia. 1763-1829. Caroline Co., Va. Private in Capt. Nicholas Long s Company, Col. Johnson s Regiment, Virginia Troops. Participated in the Battles of Camden, Guilford, C. H., Yorktown and Williamsburg. Reference: Certified abstract from Council Journal of Virginia for January 31, 1786. Certificate from Bureau of Pensions. WOOD, ABIJ AH, Massachusetts. New Hampshire. 1743-1819. Private at Battle of Lexington in Capt. Stephen Russell s Company, Colonel Green s Regiment, April 19, 1775; Private at Battle of Bennington under Captain Stephen Russell, Col. Samuel Bullard, General Warner s Brigade ; at surrender of Burgoyne, Oct. 17, 1777. Reference: Certificate from Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Revolutionary Archives, Boston, Mass., vol. 13, p. 79; vol. 22, p. 131. Wood, Charles Leonard. Wood, Harley Kirk. WYATT, LEMUEL, Rhode Island. Massachusetts. 1724-1807. Newport, R. I. Was driven from Newport, R. I., when the British occupied that town, and his valuable property destroyed by them; was appointed, Octo ber 26, 1778, by the General Assembly of R. I., as one of a Committee of Re lief to solicit funds for the aid of patriots and their families who had been driven from their homes by the British. Reference: Certified Copy of Colonial Records of Rhode Island, vol. 8, p. 474. WYLIE, JOHN, Connecticut. New York. 1751-1795. Voluntown, Conn. Sergeant, 6th Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Troops, Col. Samuel H. Parsons commanding, May 9, 1775 December 15, 1775. Ensign, Capt. David Cady s Company, Col. Chapman s Regiment, August 2, 1778 September, 1778. Reference: Connecticut in the Revolution, pp. 75, 533. 119 INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS. The application must be presented upon the forms issued by the Society. The records of the ancestor s military service should be given fully, but concisely. The Society does not accept Encyclopedias, Genealogical Works, or Town or County Histories, except such as contain Rosters, as author ities for proofs of service. In referring to printed works, the volume and page should be given. References to authorities, in manuscript must be accompanied by certified copies, and authentic family records must be submitted, if required. Every application must be signed by the applicant, and sworn to by him, and it must be endorsed by two members of the Society. When the applicant is not personally known to any member of the Society, whom he can ask to recommend his application, he must submit to the Secretary, when he files his papers, the names of two reputable citizens of the State to whom he refers by permission. When an applicant claims descent from more than one Rev olutionary ancestor, then "Supplementary" application must be made for each ancestor. Supplementary claims are to be treated in form and procedure precisely as original applications. No extra cost for filing supplemen tary claims. To begin to make search for proofs, the applicant must know the State the ancestor served from, and in writing officials simply ask for "the military service of A. B., said to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war," and they will inform you what rank they find, and any other data the records show. Also, give the name of town or county he served from, if you know. And correspond with the following officials and others, named in the various States, for certificates of military service, and the fees for same. MAINE. Write Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics, Augusta, Maine. Will make copies of services on file at the ordinary price for type-writing. 120 VERMONT. Write Adjutant-General, Montpelier. No charge for making research, but where name is found, the charge is $2.00 for furnishing certificate. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Write Secretary of State, Concord. No charge for making research, but where name is found, the charge is $3.00 for furnishing certificate. MASSACHUSETTS. Write Secretary of State, Boston. No charge for making research, but where name is found, the charge is $1.00 for furnishing certificate. RHODE ISLAND. Write Secretary of State, Providence. The charge for making research is $2.00, and where the name is found and a certificate furnished, $1.00 more, or $3.00 in all. CONNECTICUT. This State has published a very complete Roster, containing 27,000 names, which volume is in the Young Men s Mercantile and Public Libraries, Cincinnati, Ohio. NEW YORK. This State has published a Roster, containing 40,000 names, which volume is in the Young Men s Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Library of this Society. NEW JERSEY. This State has very complete records. Write Adjutant General, Trenton, N. J. Stryker s Official Record of N. J. Troops, is in the Young Men s Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. PENNSYLVANIA. Write State Librarian, Harrisburg, who will cause a search to be made to find the name, the fee for which will be $2.00, and if the name is found and a certificate furnished, $1.00 more, or $3.00 in all. The Young Men s Mercantile Library has the Pennsyl vania Archives, which contain Rosters of this State. DELAWARE. Write Secretary of State, Dover. The rate for office copies is two cents per line, and $1.00 for certificate. MARYLAND. Write Commissioner of the Land Office, Ann apolis, who will make research for name, for 25 cents, and 75 cents additional for furnishing Certificate. VIRGINIA. The Revolutionary records in this State are very meager, and it is difficult to find anything; they consist mainly of the records of Land Bounty Warrants, which were issued by the State to soldiers who served three years or more. Write Mr. W. G. Stanard, 314 West Cary St., Richmond, a gentleman highly recommended who has given considerable attention to tracing Virginia genealogies; he will make research of everything there is available at the State Capital, for which he charges $1.00, to be paid in advance. If he finds the name he will notify applicant, and will charge $1.50 more to furnish certificate of same. NORTH CAROLINA. The Revolutionary rolls of this State are irretrievably lost, and all that can be found is a list of the officers of the ten Continental Regiments from North Carolina, which were a very small part of the force North Carolina, from time to time, put in the field; and a few fragments of the roll of the rank and file of 121 those Regiments. The Secretary of Young Men s Mercantile Library Association has the list of the officers of the ten Regiments mentioned above, which can be consulted. SOUTH CAROLINA. There are no Rosters in existence of the Revolutionary soldiers from this State, so far as known. The State has nothing. The New York Historical Society, 170, 2d Avenue, New York City, has a few volumes containing some Rosters of officers and privates, but very meager. GEORGIA. Write Secretary, Georgia Historical Society, Savan nah, for information of Georgia soldiers. That Society has books and manuscripts which contain much useful information relating to the Revolutionary period. The fees should in all cases accompany the inquiry, and where no charge is made for research, if the name is not found, the money will be returned by the officials. 122 PENSIONS. The government passed no general pension laws until 1818, when it granted pensions to those who had served nine months or more in the Continental Army or Navy. In 1832, pensions were granted to all officers and soldiers, whether Continental, State or Militia, who had served in one or more terms, a period of two years. If the applicants have reason to believe their ancestors drew a pen sion under these Acts, they can procure a record of their military service by writing Chief of Record and Pension Office, War Depart ment, Washington, D. C. There is no cost for obtaining this data, and it takes about thirty days to receive a reply. The Ohio Society has access to Hammersley s Register, Saffell s Records of the Revolutionary War, and "Heitman s Historical Register of the Officers of the Continental Army" which last, contains the names of about ten thousand officers, mostly of the Continental Army, with very few names of officers of Militia or Minutemen. These volumes are accepted as "Official." The Cincinnati Public Library has complete lists of pensions to 1832 and 35. Congress, 1st session. Senate Documents, volumes 12-13-14. A list of pensioners in the State of Ohio comprising over 2,600 names was printed in the Year Book of this Society for 1897. A cer tificate of the War Department, Washington, D. C., must, however, accompany the application when this list is used. The same Year Book contains photographed copies of original pension lists for the State of Virginia in 1788 and 1791. The Secretary will be pleased to make an examination of these and other lists in his possession as well as of the foregoing volumes, for any one desiring information with a view to joining the Society. 123 NECROLOGY. NECROLOGY. The Society has lost from its membership, by death, the follow ing, whose obituaries have been printed in former Year Books. William Carson, M. D., July 9, 1893. Joseph Henry Patton, September 8, 1894. Christopher Bridge Marsh, November 26, 1894. Henry Waite Bigelow, March 12, 1895. Major Ephraim Cutler Dawes, May 23, 1895. Christopher Champlin Waite, February 21, 1896. Theodore Clement Heyl, M. D., March 21, 1896. Benjamin Franklin Strader, April 2, 1897. Lewis Dixon Mackoy, June 8, 1897. William Lewis Hunt, October 24, 1897. Thomas Davis Lovett, December 5, 1897. John Marshall Newton, December 9, 1897. Pierre Camblos Wilson, April 21, 1898. Capt. Alexander Macomb Wetherill, July 1, 1898. William Lindsly Mussey, M. D., September 8, 1898. Frederick Candee Weir, March 1, 1899. General Harry Clay Egbert, March 26, 1899. George Washington Rogers, August 11, 1899. Arthur Lloyd Fogg, October 14, 1899. Rev. Yelverton Peyton Morgan, D. D., October 16, 1899. Major John Alexander Logan, November 11, 1899. Anthony Octavius Russell, April 8, 1900. John Carrick Miller, September 27, 1900. General Samuel Fenton Cary, September 29, 1900. This list is continued among the obituaries of members deceased since the publication of the last Year Book in 1901 : 125 LYON EDMUND UTTER. 1873-1901. Lyon Edmund Utter was born in Cincinnati, December 4, 1873. His father was James Williams Utter, and his mother Miss Jennie E. Lyon, of Cold Springs, Ky. Mr. Utter was a young man of great promise. He held positions of trust and responsibility and received the love and admiration of a large circle of friends, who, with us, mourn his sudden death on January 25, 1901. Mr. Utter became a member of our Society by right of descent from John Riley, a Revolutionary soldier of Maryland, who, after the war, came to the western country, and died in Indiana in 1845. GUSTAVUS SCOTT FRANKLIN, M. D. 1837-1901. Gustavus Scott Franklin, M. D., was one of the charter members of our Society. He was born, at Chillicothe, Ohio, on the 22nd of November, 1837, being the third son of William B. Franklin and Miss Mary Ann Scott, his wife. Dr. Franklin came of that Huguenot stock which has everywhere in this country made its quiet but power ful influence felt. His father had been a law student with Francis vScott Key, and Dr. Franklin himself graduated with honor at the Medical School of Columbia College, New York, in 1862, and served in the United States navy from 1862 to 1868. On his retirement from the Navy, Dr. Franklin settled at Chillicothe and for many years was engaged in the practice of his profession. A gentleman of culture and refinement, he led a useful life, and was prominently connected with many benevolent and religious works. Gustavus Scott Franklin died February 6, 1901, at his home in Chillicothe, O., and in his death this Society loses a highly useful and respected member, while the community in which he lived will mourn the departure of one of its most valued citizens. His interest in patriotic societies was shown by the fact of his being a charter member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, having become a member by right of descent from three ancestors who took part in the struggle for Independence: Hon. Gustavus Scott, of Somerset County, Maryland ; Hon. Samuel Love, of Charles County, Maryland, and Judge Charles Jones, of Montgomery County, Maryland. 126 AUGUSTUS NATHANIEL SACKETT 1841-1901. Augustus Nathaniel Sackett was born in Monroe, Butler County, Ohio, September 19, 1841. He was the son of William A. Sackett and Mary Greenlee Rives. On his father s side he was a descend ant of that Rev. Samuel Sackett, an earnest and pious minister who labored in the then sparsely settled region of Eastern New York and Long Island for the spiritual and bodily welfare of his scattered flock. This Reverend Samuel Sackett was an earnest patriot, and encouraged his people to maintain their rights, while his son, Nathan iel Sackett, took an active part in the struggle for independence. This Nathaniel Sackett carried the news of the Battle of Lexington to the towns along the Hudson as far as Fishkill, and encouraged the people to rise in support of their fellow-colonists in New England. The mother of Mr. Sackett came of the Quaker family of Houghs, who accompanied William Penn to his colony in the new world. The early boyhood of Augustus Nathaniel Sackett was spent in Butler County, but the family having removed to Cincinnati, his education was carried on in the public schools of that city. He attended Woodward High School, and on completion of his studies there, engaged in active business, and so continued until a few years before his death. Augustus Nathaniel Sackett died at his home in Cincinnati, O., March 13, 1901. Mr. Sackett was universally beloved; his frank, manly bearing, uprightness, and conscientious performance of duty, endearing him to all those with whom he came in contact. He married, March 18, 1880, Miss Floris, daughter of James M. Armstrong, one of Cincinnati s oldest and most respected citizens. Mrs. Sackett still survives her husband. Augustus Nathaniel Sackett became a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution May, 13, 1898, by right of descent from Nathaniel Sackett, of Fishkill, N. Y., 1737-1805, a member of the Committee of Safety; of the New York General Committee of Safety; and of the New York Provisional Congress. He was also Acting Ordnance Officer of troops operating on the East bank of the Hudson River. 127 FRANCIS JEFFERSON PATTERSON. 1849-1901. Francis Jefferson Patterson was born June 15, 1849, on the "Rubicon" Farm, near Dayton, Ohio. He was the son of Honorable Jefferson Patterson and Miss Julia Johnston. He received his education in the schools of Dayton; was graduated from its High School in 1 869 ; thus preparing to enter Dartmouth, from which College he received his diploma. His youth prevented his entrance into the Union Army, towards which his inclination led him, and in which four of his brothers made records for long and honorable service. He did, however, serve in the militia of his state, as Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Fourth Regiment, O. N. G. After engaging for a short time in business in Chattanooga, Tenn., he returned to Dayton, Ohio, and engaged in business with his brother, Mr. John H. Patterson. Their business was a most successful one; but in 1885 the brothers purchased the patents under which the National Cash Register Company now manufactures. This business, by the sagacity and broad-minded policy then adopted and since carried out, has grown into its present enormous propor tions. Francis Jefferson Patterson enjoyed the heritage of a brave and patriotic ancestry. He came of a sturdy stock who helped to lay the foundation and build up the structure of this great common wealth. His great grandfather, Francis Patterson, served under General Forbes and Washington in the campaign against Fort Duquesne, in 1758. He was represented at the famous Battle of Kings Mountains by two great-greatuncles ; while his grandfather, Colonel Robert Patterson, served during the Revolution and the frontier wars, beginning at the age of seventeen ; in all some twenty- five years. Francis Jefferson Patterson died at his home in Dayton, Ohio, on the 4th of July, 1901, mourned not by his own family alone, but by the large circle of friends who knew his worth and admired him for his many estimable qualities; as well as by the hundreds of employees in his vast establishment, who appreciated his kind ness of heart and open-handed liberality. His widow, who was Miss Julia Shaw, daughter of Mr. George W. Shaw, of Dayton, Ohio, survives him, with three children. Francis Jefferson Patterson joined the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, April 12, 1895, by right of descent from Captain (after wards, Colonel) Robert Patterson, who, during the Revolution, served under General""George Rogers Clark in the Illinois Campaign of 1778 and 1779, and in the expeditions against hostile Indians in 1780 and 1782. 128 JOHN WILSON CHAMBERLIN. 1837-1901. John Wilson Chamberlin was born in Wyandot County, May 21, 1837, being the son of James Mills Chamberlin, of Ohio, and Roxanna Courtright, of Berwick, Penna. Receiving an excellent education, he was engaged in teaching school and mercantile pursuits, until his twenty-fifth year, when he entered the Union Army (August 12, 1862), as Captain in the 123d Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During the Civil War, he was in no less than eight severe engage ments, was taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison. While a prisoner there, he was appointed by the Confederate Authorities to examine into the condition of Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and other points where the Union prisoners were confined; and he also dis tributed the clothing and supplies furnished by the United States government, for the use of Union prisoners. He left the army at the close of the war with the rank of brevet major, and resumed mercantile pursuits. Later he became a banker and was for some years an officer of the Exchange Bank of Tiffin, O. He was the first president of the Ohio Bankers Association, and a Trustee of the Ohio Masonic Home. He was a member of the Ohio Cornmandery of the Loyal Legion. Major Chamberlin died at Tiffin, Ohio, August 11, 1901, his mem ory respected and his death mourned by the entire community. He was married twice, and by the second marriage, November 2, 1870, to Miss Livonia R. Buell, he had a son, John Chamberlin, who survives his father. Major Chamberlin became a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, January 14, 1898, by right of descent from Jor-n Abbott, of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, a member of Captain John Dur- kee s Company of Pennsylvania Troops, in 1775. John Abbott was a participant in the battle at Wyoming, Pa., July 3, 1778, and was killed by the Indians in August of the same year. COLUMBUS PEYTON BRENT. 1833-1901. Columbus Peyton Brent, M. D., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 23rd of November, 1833. He was the son of William Addison Brent, originally of Farquar County, Virginia, and Jennette Lewis, of Stratford, Conn. He was educated in the public schools of Cin cinnati, being graduated from Woodward College in 1851, and adopt ing the profession of medicine, he was graduated from the Miami Medical College in 1854. After graduation, Dr. Brent engaged in the practice of his pro fession at Cincinnati. 129 Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, Dr. Brent was com missioned Surgeon of the 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (September 27, 1861), and, after taking part in more than twenty general engage ments as a medical officer, was mustered out at the expiration of his time of service, January 1, 1864. During this service, Dr. Brent was Post Surgeon at Camp Dennison, O., was Brigade Surgeon and afterward Surgeon-in-Chief of the Second Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Second Division Hospital. During his civil career, Dr. Brent was a member of the medical staff at St. Luke s, St. John s, and Christ Hospitals. He was a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Society, and American Medical Association. He was also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, and the McMillan Lodge of Masons. He took a warm interest in educational matters and served as a member of the Cincinnati Board of Education. In 1857, Dr. Brent married Miss Annie H. Dale, who, with their two daughters, Miss Annie Dale Brent, and Mrs. Robert S. Finch, nee Laura Peyton Brent, survive him. Dr. Brent died August 21, 1901. He became a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution March 17, 1899, by right of descent from Captain William Brent, of Prince William County, Virginia, (1742-1802). JAMES HICKS. 1861-1901. James Hicks, the son of Charles Edwin Hicks, and Miss Jeannette Hazen, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 9, 1861. His early edu cation was obtained in the public schools of Cincinnati, at Chick- ering s private school in the same city, at St. Paul s School of Con cord, New Hampshire, and at Greylock, Mass. He then spent two years in traveling through Europe under the direction of his tutor, Mr. Andrew West, now Professor of Latin and Greek at Princeton University. On returning from his tour abroad, Mr. Hicks engaged in business, first, at Cincinnati, and later, at Piqua, O., where he erected large mills, and became president of the company known as the Cincinnati Corrugating Company. Mr. Hicks died in New York, December 24, 1901. His extensive travel, both in this and foreign countries, his charm ing personality, combined with his many generous and estimable qualities, made him a delightful companion to his large circle of friends, who, with this Society, mourn his death. 130 Mr. Hicks was married February 26, 1884, to Miss Augusta Isham Thomas, daughter of Elbridge Lawrence Thomas, who, with one son, Charles Edwin Hicks, still survives. James Hicks became a member of the Ohio Society, v Sons of the Revolution, March 11, 1898, by right of descent from Lieutenant Jesse Starkweather, of Preston, Conn., who served from the time of the Lexington Alarm to July 1, 1780; and also by right of descent from John Wylie, of Voluntown, Conn., an Ensign in the Revolution ary Army. CLIFFORD PERIN. 1861-1902. Clifford Perrin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 30th of Sep tember, 1861, being the son of Mr. Oliver Perin and Miss Mary J. Nelson, both of Cincinnati. He was educated in the schools of Cincinnati, and later attended the Institute of Technology of Boston, Mass. Owing to ill-health, combined with a natural love of adventure, Mr. Perin spent much of his life in travel. He had an enthusiastic fondness for hunting, fishing, yachting and outdoor sports in general. A residence in the far West, which extended over several years, gave ample opportunity for indulging in the pursuit of the large game now so nearly extinct. Mr. Perin married Miss Claggett, of Washington, D. C., who, with one daughter, survives our former fellow-member. Mr. Perm s death occurred May 26, 1902. Clifford Perin was admitted to membership in the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, May 4, 1894, by right of descent from Lemuel Perin, of Massachusetts and Indiana. This patriotic ancestor joined the continental forces at the first call, the "Lexington Alarm", and served honorably for some five years during the war which ensued. Afterwards, like many other Revolutionary soldiers, Lemuel Perin migrated to what was then the far West, settling first in Indiana, where he established a home and built up a prosperous business. JULIUS BOYLAN HARGRAVE. 1853-1902. Julius Boylan Hargrave was born July 25, 1853, in Cincinnati, O., where his father, Mr. Joseph Hargrave, had lived before him. His mother was Catherine Ferguson Perry, a daughter of Joshua Perry, also of this city. Cincinnati was then passing through the middle period of its existence. A half century before, it had been only an important 131 out-post; and even at the time of Mr. Hargrave s birth, the town, if we could now see it as it then was, would appear hardly more than an overgrown village. Mr. Hargrave grew into boyhood during the time of the Civil War, when severe and sudden changes shook this entire country; but ere even his boyhood had passed, the nation, emerging from those years of doubt and conflict, entered upon a new and more glorious life. We may be sure that this transition period left its impress upon Mr. Hargrave, an impress which deepened as his own life matured. The education of young Julius Hargrave was received in the public schools of Cincinnati, including the Hughes High School, then one of the pioneers of its kind in this state. He developed a decided faculty for business, being engaged in various important manufacturing enterprises, particularly in the line of chemicals. He was secretary of the Wm. S. Merrell Chemical Company, and later proprietor of the Hall Capsule Co. He was a director of the Apollo Club, member of the Queen City Club, and vice- president of the Cincinnati Tool Co. After a painful and lingering illness, Julius Boylan Hargrave died at his home on Price Hill, Cincinnati, on the 30th day of June, 1902. He had married May 21, 1879, Miss Caroline Babbitt, of Cincin nati, who, with four children, still survives. Mr. Hargrave was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, April 13, 1894, by right of descent from Captain Joshua Huddy, of Monmouth County, New Jersey; the defender of Huddy s Block-House at Toms River, New Jersey, in 1782, and such a staunch patriot that his life was taken, vindictively, in reprisal for the death of a Colonel in the British Army. JOHN WARD BAILEY. 1843-1902. John Ward Bailey was born in the little town of Cambridge, New York, on the 13th day of March, 1843, and died at the German water ing place known as Bad-Nanheim, on the 16th of August, 1902. Mr. Bailey s early life was passed in an historic atmosphere ; the battlefields of Ticonderoga, Lake George, Bennington, and Sara toga, bordering his native county on every side. There was even the flavor of unwritten romance in his own life, but so modest and so little inclined was he to recount his own ex ploits, that few except his most intimate friends, were at all ac quainted with facts which most men might have dwelt upon with pardonable pride. 132 He was a soldier in the great contest whose ending brought freedom to eight million of human beings ; grandson and great grand son of men who established the independence and autonomy of our country; and from a still earlier period in the history of our land a descendant of those sturdy colonists whose warfare wrested from the savage and the Latin, this vast continent, over which Anglo- Saxon dominion now extends. He was still in the prime of vigorous manhood, with the finger post of three score years yet to come ; surrounded by friends who ad mired his sterling traits and loved his genial spirit; with family, home, and fortune to render the future happy and peaceful ; and with the trials and perhaps baffled efforts of early life fading into that softened perspective which leaves no sting of sorrow or disappointment. John Ward Bailey was the only child of Gilbert Bailey and Ann Ward. His father, who was a lawyer and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, died in New York City, from the effects of malarial fever contracted while crossing the Isthmus of Panama on his return from California, during the gold excitement in the early fifties. Following this irreparable loss, the semi-orphaned lad pursued an uneventful boyhood in his native town, attending the common schools, until at the age of only fifteen, he began that best of all schooling, the teaching of others. This plan he followed during the summers terms, and every winter, added to his own store of knowledge by attending a semi-collegiate institution in Vermont (Burr and Burtons Seminary at Manchester). After this prepa ration, he began the study of medicine under one, Dr. Gray, of Cam bridge, his native town. Now came the outbreak of the great Civil War, when Mr. Bailey enlisted, serving in the hospital corps of the army up to the close of the long conflict ; and when the Union Troops entered the Con federate capital, John Ward Bailey was with our victorious army. He had barely reached his majority, after having given several years, the freshest and most vigorous of his life, to the cause of freedom and national unity, when he left the regular army, with which by this time he had become connected, and after first return ing to his mother s home in Cambridge, set out for Cincinnati, where, thereafter, the greatest portion of his life was spent. He was identified with various important business houses in Cincinnati up to the year 1898, his longest and latest connection of this kind being with the United States Baking Company, later the National Biscuit Company. Desiring to enjoy the remaining years of his life in travel and in the society of his friends, he now retired from the active cares of business. The sweetness and geniality of his nature can only be appre ciated by those who knew him most intimately; but his courtesy 133 extended to all with whom he came into contact; while firm in that course which he thought right and just, he was ever considerate of those who differed from him. In 1870, Mr. Bailey married Miss Clara Langdon, of Cincinnati, who survives him together with two sons, Dr. Gilbert Langdon, and Mr. Perin Langdon Bailey. Mr. Bailey had for many years been connected with the Epis copal Church. He was a prominent Mason, attaining to the thirty- second degree, Scottish Rite. He was an active member, and had served as an officer, both of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, and of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution. He was also a member of the Queen City Club, of Cincinnati, O. John Ward Bailey was admitted a member of this Society, Feb ruary 14, 1896, by right of descent from Ephraim Westcott, of Rhode Island, and from John Ward, of New York. The obligations which had been bequeathed to our friend by his ancestors of the struggling colonies and by patriotic sires of the Revolution, were cheerfully taken up and fulfilled amid that great est of all struggles, the Civil War; and thus in his own life, John Ward Bailey carried down and extended a triple endowment, liberty of conscience, self-rule of colony, and freedom for the whole nation. WALTER BRYANT PIERCE. 1874-1902. Walter Bryant Pierce was born July 16, 1874, at Bunker Hill, Indiana. He was the son of John Sabin Pierce, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and Eugenia Ayres, of Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Pierce spent his boyhood in Shepherdstown, and was educa ted at Baltimore, Maryland. In 1898 he removed to Cincinnati, O., where he engaged in business, being connected with The U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, as General Agent. With a business career full of promise just opening before him, Mr. Pierce died after a brief illness at Pasadena, California, whither he had gone for his health, September 15, 1902. He had married October 14, 1896, at Christ Church, Baltimore, Maryland, Miss Emily Gary Guest, daughter of J. Wesley Guest and Emily Ruth Mully, of Baltimore. Mrs. Pierce, with one child, Walter Bryant Pierce, survives our former associate. Mr. Pierce was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revo lution, February 8, 1901, by right of descent from Williard Pierce, a soldier in the Company of Captain Moses Branch, of the Connec ticut Militia, who had enlisted in the year 1778. Thomas Pierce, who was his emigrant ancestor, settled in Charlestown, Massachu setts Bay Colony, as early as 1633. 134 WILLIAM HOWARD NEFF. 1828-1902. William Howard Neff was the son of Peter Neff and Isabella Freeman, both of Baltimore, Maryland, in which city our former associate was born on the 29th of March, 1828. In the year 1835, his parents removed to Cincinnati, O., and thereafter for a period of sixty-seven years, Mr. Neff, except for brief periods, spent his life in the city, watching its growth and aiding in its physical and moral development. His early education was conducted at a school presided over by Miss Comstock (who later became Mrs. Bellamy Storer) and, when further advanced, he attended Woodward College while it was under the direction of Rev. Mr. Aydelott. In 1843 Mr. Neff entered the senior class of the Cincinnati Col lege. His mind had a decided mathematical bent and while con nected with the two institutions just alluded to, he had the ad vantage of instruction under two famous mathematicians, Dr. Joseph Ray and Professor afterwards General Ormsby M. Mitchell. In his sixteenth year, he graduated with the highest honors in a class of which Judge D. Thew Wright and General Wm. H. Lytle were members. Soon after his graduation, he was invited by Professor Mitchell, who was then organizing the Cincinnati Observatory, to continue his mathematical and astronomical studies under his (the Professor s) personal direction. However much his inclination prompted ac ceptance of the kindly offer, he declined in order to engage in active business with his father and brother, the firm having in 1848 the title of Peter Neff and Sons. On the death of his father in 1879, Mr. Neff retired from active business, after a period of thirty-five years spent in this manner. During this time, however, Mr. Neff had traveled extensively throughout the United States, and had identified himself with many religious, educational and charitable institutions. He had been a trustee in the Cincinnati College and a director in the Young Men s Mercantile Library, a member of the Young Men s Missionary Society, Young Men s Bible Society, Young Men s Christian Association, attending a meeting of that Association in Europe in 1859 as a delegate from the United States. Mr. Neff was appointed on the Board of State Charities in 1880, and served under successive gover nors up to the time of his death. Outside of his own state he was widely known in connection with the Association of Charities and Corrections. In quiet, earnest work of the above character, Mr. Neff has been equalled by few men of our time. He was early connected with the Presbyterian Church, and be came a Ruling Elder therein. 135 In 1850 Mr. Neff married Miss Lucy Wallace, daughter of Colonel Wallace, of Covington, Ky. Mrs. Neff died in 1890; but one son, Major Wallace Neff, M. D., and four daughters, Lucy, Isabel, Mary and Edith, survive their father, who died September 17, 1902. William Howard Neff was admitted to membership in the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, December 27, 1896, by right of descent from Aaron Scout, of Frankford, Pennsylvania, Ensign in the Sixth Company, First Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia; and from Rudolph Neff, Captain of a Company of Foot in Colonel Robert Lewis Regiment, part of the so-called "Flying Carnp". Some of us will recall with pleasure a delightful address on the Battle of Saratoga, given by Mr. Neff to this Society on the evening of October 19, 1898. The refined gentleness of manner, and fine old-school courtesy which particularly distinguished our former associate, made a last ing impression not only on the members of this Society, but else where, within the borders of his adopted State and in the larger world beyond. His life-work was largely that of helping his fellow men, of elevating them to a higher plane of moral, educational and religious advancement; and of him it might be writ as of Abou Ben Adam: "God best loves him who loves his fellow men." AARON MERCER BROWN. 1838-1902. Aaron Mercer Brown, born August 3, 1838, at Milford, Clermont County, Ohio, was the son of Thomas Mercer Brown and Salina Williams, both of Milford. He was educated in the schools at Mil- ford, Ohio, and entered the University of Pennsylvania, from the School of Medicine, of which he was graduated in the class of 1861. The year of his graduation witnessed the outbreak of the Civil War, and Doctor Brown entered the service as Assistant Surgeon of the 13th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, the designation of this regiment being afterwards changed to 22nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In November, 1864, he was made Surgeon of the 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but declined the appointment in order to accept that of Staff Surgeon, U. S. V., with rank of Major, this appointment com ing from President Lincoln. He was honorably mustered out in 1865. Doctor Brown s service included the engagements at Forts Henry and Donaldson, Shiloh, Jackson, Corinth, Vicksburg, Helena, and Little Rock. He was Medical Director of the Department of Arkan sas and Medical Inspector on the staff of General E. A. Carr. 136 On his retirement from the army, Doctor Brown engaged in the practice of his profession at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the year 1865. He died at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 3, 1902. He married, May 13, 1869, Miss Amelia Atkins (daughter of Mark Atkins and Miss M. R. McClain) who, with two sons, Dr. Frank Atkins Brown, and Mr. William Morris Brown, both members of this Society, survive our former member. Aaron Mercer Brown was admitted to membership in the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, December 15, 1899, by right of descent from Thomas Brown, of Washington (Fayette) County, Pennsylvania, a soldier engaged in the defense, often most hazardous, of the frontiers of Western Pennsylvania, from the years 1778 to 1783. He was known as a "Ranger of the Frontier". OTWAY CURRY MORROW. 1854-1903. Otway Curry Morrow, son of W. A. Morrow and Harriet L. Taylor, was born at Hillsboro, Ohio., March 28, 1854. He died at Hillsboro, May 18, 1903. He was educated in the public schools of Hillsboro, in which his standing was uniformly high, and when he left school, one of his teachers said of him that he had taught him all he could. On leaving school, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and for the last fifteen years of his life was Secretary and Treasurer of the McKeehan-Heistland Grocery Company, of Hillsboro. Mr. Morrow was a Knight Templar, and a member of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He was also ex-Exalted Ruler in the Elk Lodge of Hillsboro. On June 19, 1894, he married Miss Annie Jane Layden, who, with one son, Curry Laden Morrow, still survives. His life was a pure and unselfish one. When his body lay stilled in death, it was said of him by one who knew him well: "had a single flower been laid upon his grave for every act of kindness he had shown, Otway Morrow would now repose beneath a mountain of roses." No more loving tribute than this could be paid to any man. Otway Curry Morrow was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, by right of descent from John Morrow, of Chester, Pa., afterwards of Cumberland, Maryland, who was born November 27, 1760, served in Captain Wm. B lain s Maryland Company from 1776 to 1779, and died in Marion County, Indiana, August 24, 1835. 137 THOMAS FLETCHER McGREW. 1817-1903. Thomas Fletcher McGrew, son of John McGrew and Elizabeth Miller, was born at Steubenville, O., April 15, 1817, and died at Springfield, O., Nov. 3, 1903. He came of a good old Quaker family, and was educated in the common schools, but supplemented this early instruction by such wide and general reading that he became a man of very extended information. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, in Steubenville, O., March 3, 1842, continuing in practice for nine years. For eleven years, he was a member of the Board of Education of Steubenville, and for a large part of this time, the President of the Board. Mr. McGrew was an historical student of a high character; he was a most eloquent public speaker; and in political life was a Whig and later a Republican. In 1857 Mr. McGrew removed to Springfield and became the Cashier of the Mad River Branch of the State Bank of Ohio after wards the Mad River National Bank. He remained connected with this bank, first as Cashier and afterwards as President, during the remainder of his life a period of about forty-seven years. Mr. McGrew in his early life was a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He connected himself with the Presbyterian Church and was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church at Springfield for upwards of twenty years. Mr. McGrew married Miss Martha Dilworth Judkins, daughter of Anderson Judkins and Catherine Carr, at Smithfield, Ohio, April 8, 1841. The children of this marriage were William Anderson, Samuel Finley, Elizabeth, Thomas Fletcher, John Franklin, and Baldwin McGrew. Elizabeth died in infancy, and Mrs. McGrew died Decem ber 10, 1900; all the sons survived the father. Mr. McGrew was a man who commanded the respect of the entire community in which he lived, and his wise and prudent management of finance is attested by his long connection with one of the leading banking institutions of the state. He believed in the righteousness of just principles and would never compromise with wrong; yet, his manners were most courtly, and he was ever considerate of the feelings of others. He became a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, November 9, 1894, by right of descent from John Miller, his grand father, who was born in Maryland and served during the Revolu tionary War in the Second Maryland Regiment from March 4, 1777, to January 10, 1780. After the close of the war, this Revolutionary soldier came out to the new state of Ohio, and settled in Muskingum County, where he died in 1811. 138 WILLIAM WALLACE SEELY. 1838-1903. William Wallace Seely, son of John Holcroft Seely and Louisiana Coburn, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, near the town of Beverly, on the Muskingum River, on August 17, 1838, and died after a brief illness at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1903. His boyhood was passed in his native county, and after preparation at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, he entered Yale Col lege, whence he was graduated in the class of 1862. Having decided to enter the medical profession, he matriculated at the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, and received his degree of M. D. in 1864. Soon after this, Dr. Seely associated himself with Doctor Elnathan Williams, then the most celebrated oculist in the West. Two years later, Doctor Seely went to Vienna, where he made a special study of the eye and ear. On his return to America in 1867, he resumed practice at Cincinnati, where his courage and dexterity as an operator, combined as they were with a thoroughly scientific training, soon made him famous, first throughout his native state, and as time went by, through the country at large. For more than a third of a century, Doctor Seely was connected with his Alma Mater the Medical College of Ohio first as demonstrator of Anatomy, then Professor of Opthalmology, and later, Dean of the Faculty. Doctor Seely as a student had applied himself closely, and he ex pected to receive the undivided attention of his pupils. Thorough in his own work, he had little patience with superficialness in others ; and his own enthusiasm was so genuine that it acted as an inspira tion to men who were naturally less ambitious. He began and ended his career, a student, always endeavoring to keep abreast of the ever advancing lines of modern research. On April 28, 1870, Doctor Seely married Miss Helen Simpson, daughter of Michal Simpson, Esquire, of Boston. By this marriage there were three daughters, Elizabeth Davis now Mrs. Arthur Espy, Grace Ernestine, and Helen; all of these with Mrs. Seely still survive. Doctor Seely became connected with the Second Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, in 1870, and in 1883 was made a deacon; he was also a member of the Board of Trustees. Doctor Seely was a member of the Academy of Medicine, of the American Opthalmological Society, of the American Oeilontalogical Society, and was also a mem ber of several foreign scientific Societies. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, by right of descent from Roger Conant, the Governor of the Cape Ann Colony in 1625; also from John Conant, a soldier in King Philip s War. Doctor Seely s great grandfather, John Olney, took part in the siege of Louisburg, in 1758, and seven years after the close of the American Revolution, he removed from Nova Scotia to Marietta, Ohio, which 139 had then been in existence only two years. Doctor Seely became a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution in 1895, by right of descent from Asa Coburn, who was First Lieutenant in Danielson s Massachusetts Regiment, beginning May, 1775, and later as Captain in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, he served to the close of the war. Doctor Seely was a man of refined instincts and courteous manners, fond of social life and ever an entertaining companion by reason of his extensive travel and close habits of ob servation. In his death the medical profession has lost an eminent specialist, the community an upright and honorable citizen, and the patriotic societies a steadfast supporter. ASA SMITH BUSHNELL. 1834-1904. Asa Smith Bushnell, son of Daniel Bushnell and Harriet Smith, was born in Rome, N. Y., on the 16th of September, 1834, and died in Columbus, the Capital of the State of which he had been Governor, on the 15th of January, 1904. The years between these two extremes of life were filled with a succession of active duties for his state, for his country, and for the community in which he lived. His successful life makes a fitting answer to those carping pessi mists who argue that our race tends towards decadence, for his own career exhibited the traits of that hardy ancestry from which he sprang. Six generations back we find one who was a prominent soldier in King Philip s War, during the founding and early settle ment of the colonies; and only one generation intervened between the life of Mr. Bushnell and that of his Revolutionary Ancestor, Jason Bushnell, who, enlisting as a mere lad of seventeen, fought for the liberties of his country, and after they were assured, came out into the wilderness of the then far West, to take his part in building up the new state of Ohio. This old soldier lived to the ripe age of eighty-four, and we may well believe that to his grandson he told the story of the privations, sufferings, and dangers which marked the lives of those patriots whose memory it is the duty of this Society to perpetuate. In a short address made by Governor Bushnell to this Society a few years ago, he alluded to the fact of his own nearness to the soldiers of the Revolution. An uncle of Governor Bushnell took part in the War of 1812. In his own life, Mr. Bushnell carried out the family traditions, by fighting for our national existence during the Civil War, and by directing the military operations of the great state of Ohio during the late war with Spain. Thus from first to last the family took part in five important wars which have marked the history of this country. 140 After laying the foundations of a practical education in the Eleventh District School in the City of Cincinnati, young Bushnell removed to Springfield, in 1851, and engaged in active business. These business cares were bravely borne during more than half a cen tury, except while sacrificing all personal ambitions for the sake of his country. Building up the great manufacturing concern of The Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company, President of the First National Bank of Springfield, the head of an interurban railway company, Mr. Bushnell did not shirk political duties, and the people of the state wisely concluding that one who was master of his own fortunes might safely be entrusted with theirs in 1895 elected him Governor of a commonwealth whose population was about one- fourth greater than that of all the thirteen colonies for whose inde pendence his grandfather had fought. This circumstance is perhaps without parallel in the history of this country. Governor Bushnell assumed the guidance of his state with the same calm confidence which had marked his acceptance of other important trusts. On the 17th of September, 1857, Mr. Bushnell married Miss Ellen Ludlow, daughter of John Ludlow, Esq. The issue of this marriage was one son, John Ludlow Bushnell a member of this Society and two daughters, Fanny, who married Mr. J. F. McGrew, and Harriet, who became the wife of Mr. Henry C. Dimond. These with Mrs. Bushnell still survive. Governor Bushnell was the Senior Warden of Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield. He was a prominent Mason, having received the Masters Degree in 1 892 ; and two years later, the last and highest degree, the thirty-third of the Scottish Rite, was conferred upon him in the cathedral of the Order in Cincinnati. He was a com panion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, which has preserved his record as follows : "Mustered into service May 2, 1864, as Captain, Co. E. 152d Ohio Volunteer Infantry; served in the army of General Sigel at New Creek and Martinsburg, Va. ; with General Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley, marching 450 miles in twenty-five days, guarding supply trains for General Hunter s command, in his cam paigns up the valley and against Lynchburg, June and July, 1864; returned via White Sulphur Springs and Beverly to Cumberland, Md. ; service from that time until discharge, was guarding Cumber land and the B. & O. R. R. from Cumberland to Hancock; engage ments at White Sulphur Springs and Cumberland." Governor Bushnell became a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio in 1896. He became a member of this The Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, on March 9, 1894; was First Vice-President, 1896-1898, and President in 1899. Governor BushnelPs benefactions in his own city were princely. To the Masonic Home, the Pythian Home, the Odd Fellows Home, and the Young Men s Christian Association, he gave an aggregate of no less than thirty-six thousand dollars ; while for the temporary 141 relief of all the unfortunate, his gifts were exceedingly large, yet given so quietly that we shall never know how great they really were. While attending the inauguration ceremonies in January of this year, Governor Bushnell was stricken with cerebral hemorrhage, and died in Columbus early on the morning of January 15. In his proclamation of that date, Governor Herrick, in calling the attention of the state to ex-Governor Bushnell s death, says: "His ability as Governor of this state was exhibited not only in his splendid business administration, but during the Spanish- American War, his energy and activity in all the various details incident to placing the troops of our state in service, reflected honor upon the State and upon himself. * * * * His death is a great loss to our commonwealth, and he will be mourned by all regardless of party. Out of respect to his memory, it is hereby ordered that the flag over the Capitol, be displayed at half mast until after his obsequies." When the train bearing Governor Bushnell s remains arrived in his home city, the bells tolled a requiem, and cannon sounded the official salute of seventeen guns. His funeral cortege was an imposing one, but the honors then shown had been worthily won. He was a self-made man in the very best sense; his life of nearly seventy years was one of successful effort, but also one in which higher duties were never forgotten. In the beautiful Grecian mausoleum, whose classic outlines dignify the shady aisles of Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, the ashes of our former fellow member repose until the last trumpet shall sound and "mortal shall put on immortality." HENRY EMERSON. 1832-1904. Henry Emerson, son of Henry Emerson and Evilina Bembridge, was born at Cincinnati, O., on the 29th of December, 1832; he died at Cincinnati, on the 22d of February, 1904. Mr. Emerson received his early education in his native city. He served in the Navy for three years as Captain s Clerk under Captain Craven, of the Man-of-War "Congress", Flagship of the Medi terranean Fleet ; and was Captain of a Company of Home Guards during the Civil War. He was engaged for many years in the insurance business in Cincinnati. Mr. Emerson married Elanor Corry Caldwell, daughter of William B. Caldwell and Agnes Corry, and died leaving four children : William Caldwell, Nathaniel P., Dean, and Henry Truxton Emerson. His religious affiliations were with the Episcopal Church. Mr. Emerson became a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, June 14, 1894, by right of descent from Captain Nehe- miah Emerson, his grandfather. 142 Captain Nehemiah Emerson, of Haverhill, Mass., (1750-1834), enlisted in the Continental Army in December, 1775, and served to 1783; his commission as Captain in the 10th Mass. Regiment was dated Sept. 16, 1782. He was at Ticonderoga when the Conti nentals were obliged to fall back before the advancing army of General Burgoyne. CLARENCE STAHL RICE. 1877-1904. Clarence Stahl Rice, son of John Thomas Rice and Eliza Jane Martin, was born in Springfield, Ohio, December 2, 1877, and died in Springfield, March 21, 1904. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native city, and entering Wittenberg College was graduated therefrom in the class of 1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; he was one of the two first honor men of his class. After reading law for two years in the ofhce of Mr. Oscar Thad- deus Martin, in Springfield, Mr. Rice attended the Ohio State Uni versity for one year, from whence he was graduated in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. In June, 1904, he received from Wit tenberg College the degree of Master of Arts. In September fol lowing, he entered into a law partnership with Mr. W. G. Campbell, the firm title being Rice & Campbell, this partnership continuing until the death of Mr. Rice in the following year. Mr. Rice w r as naturally modest and retiring in disposition, cour teous, considerate of others, yet ever faithful to his own standards of right. His business associates think of him as a pure minded Christian gentleman, his fellow students and instructors as one filled with lofty ideals, with an earnest desire for the highest culti vation of mind and heart. His zeal for knowledge was unflagging and his brief career was full of bright promises of future success. His untimely death is mourned by an affectionate family connec tion, by the general community in which he lived, by his legal asso ciates, by his fellow alumni of two institutions of learning and by the church of which he was an active and useful member. Clarence Stahl Price was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, February 22, 1902, by right of descent from the Rev erend James Caldwell, the "fighting parson," who was born in Char lotte County, Virginia, April, 1 734, was a citizen of New Jersey and died in Elizabethport, New Jersey, November 24, 1781, from the effects of a shot received from a British sentinel. This Reverend James Caldwell had been Chaplain of the Third New Jersey Regi ment, and had served as a Deputy Quarter Master General. He took a prominent part in the Battle of Springfield. His wife was killed by some British soldiers while in her home, kneeling in prayer in the midst of her little family. 143 GENERAL ANDREW HICKENLOOPER. 1837-1904. Andrew Hickenlooper, youngest child of Andrew Hickenlooper, and Abigail Cox, was born in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio, on the 10th of August, 1837; he died in Cincinnati, O., on the 12th of May, 1904. His ancestry in this country is traced from Andrew Hickenlooper, a native of Holland, who emigrated to the colonies in the year 1693, to lend his sturdy aid in the settlement and development of the New World. From Hudson, the parents of Mr. Hickenlooper removed first to Circleville and later, in 1844, to Cincinnati; Andrew then being but seven years of age. From this time, except for gallant service during the civil war, his useful life was spent in the latter city. Educated at the College of St. Xavier and Woodward High School, be began his practical business career as a rodman in the City Engineer s Office of Cincinnati in 1853; but two years later, he became a partner of the late Colonel A. W. Gilbert, the firm carrying on a general business as Surveyors and Civil Engineers. Soon after the opening of the Civil War, Mr. Hickenlooper entered the service as Captain of the Cincinnati Battery of Light Artillery, known as "Hickenlooper s", organized under the authority of General Fremont; and it was under this general officer that Captain Hicken looper began active military service in the State of Missouri, then in a condition of revolt against the Union. From his entrance into the service, August 31, 1861, up to the time when he was honorably mustered out, August 31, 1865, his military experience was most arduous and varied. Beginning as Chief of Artillery of the Department of Missouri; with Grant on the Tennessee at the Battle of Shiloh amidst a hail of death, one might almost say amidst the flames of an inferno, he held the famous "Hornets Nest" against a combined attack from thirteen of the Confederate batteries pouring a concentrated fire upon his position, taking part in the Battles of luka and Corinth, and after many minor engagements leading up to its final surrender, among the victors who occupied the long besieged Vicksburg. So many were the engage ments in which General Hickenlooper took part, so varied were the duties which he performed, that their mere brief recital would almost burden this memorial of a patriot and a gallant soldier. Whether as a Chief of Artillery, Chief Engineer, Judge Advocate or Inspector-General; whether fighting guerrillas in Missouri, or leading an attack at Kenesaw Mountain, whether on the famous "March to the Sea" or engaged in the pacification of conquered territory, General Hickenlooper showed such marked ability that he received well-deserved recognition not from his generals alone, but from the great Lincoln himself. 144 When at last that vast army of Sherman s the greatest armed force ever assembled in one spot on this continent was marshalled for review in Washington, General Hickenlooper was one of that great throng of patriots, who, having preserved the integrity of our Nation, having risked their lives and shed their blood with unstinted measure, were now prepared to resume the peaceful voca tions of their former lives. When time s perspective shall have given the stirring scenes of the Civil War their true colorings and values of light and shadow, coming generations shall marvel more and more at the wonderful composite picture there presented. A country for a moment de fenseless, and shaken to its center by a sudden upheaval of its own component parts; only for a moment does this unhappy picture remain upon the scene; in the twinkling of an eye there springs to the support of threatened government a vast multitude of patriots unarmed save with the love of country, untutored in war yet with undaunted courage, prepared to render their last tribute of affection for that great republic which their fathers had established, if need be, to lay down their own lives that the nation might live. Then ensued a four years war, protracted and bloody beyond any previous knowledge of history. The conflict over, the sacred cause re-established beyond the reach of any future cavil, this vast army melted peacefully away; some to guide the plowshare to the furrow s end to greet the morning lark amid the fragrant fields some to make the anvil ring again; and others yet to take up patiently once more the cares of business and professional life. Of this great army, returning to the fireside and the home, was our late fellow-member Andrew Hickenlooper; and to his memory, as that of a representative sol dier of the Union, we bow our heads in silent and respectful appre ciation. General Hickenlooper returning to his native state, resumed the profession of civil engineering, at first as one of a firm Phillips & Hickenlooper but later as city Civil Engineer of Cincinnati; in the meantime he had served as United States Marshall of the Southern District of Ohio. In 1879, General Hickenlooper was elected Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Ohio, and in this capacity, performed his duties with the same intelligent fidelity that had marked his whole life. For many years he was at the head of what has now become one of the largest corporations in the State, The Cincinnati Gas Light & Coke Company, and to his business instinct and far reaching sagacity, the company largely owes its present success. Owing to declining health, General Hickenlooper retired from the active management of the company on April 10, 1903. In civil as in military life General Hickenlooper s career was markedly successful ; it has fallen to few men to take such promi- 145 nent part in that rapid development of our commonwealth, which marked the third of a century following the close of the Civil War. His life constitutes a lesson to the young; a pleasant memory alike to his fellow-comrades in the great war, and his contemporaries in the peaceful up-building of our great Nation. Mr. Hickenlooper was a Knight Templar and a member of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Masonry had been conferred upon him May 25, 1871. Ar.drrw Hiokenlooper was married on the 13th of February, 1867, to Maria Lloyd Smith, daughter of Adolphus H. Smith and Sarah Bates, of Cincinnati. From this union six children were born, of whom five still survive, together with his widow. General Hickenlooper was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, November 12, 1897, by right of descent from Andrew Hickenlooper, his great-grandfather, a native of Pennsyl vania (born 1737, died 1828). This Andrew Hickenlooper was a private in the company of Captain William Dodge, Col. James Thompson s Battalion of York County, Pennsylvania Militia; this company performed useful service on the River Delaware during the dark days of 1777, when for a time the glories of Bunker Hill and Boston were shadowed by the reverses of Long Island and the suffer ings of Valley Forge. SAMUEL BRIGGS. 1841-1904. Samuel Briggs, son of Isaac Varian Briggs and Elizabeth Barker, was born in the city of New York, April 12, 1841; he died at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, December 22, 1904. His early education was received in the old "Free Academy", now the University of New York. Mr. Briggs was for many years prominently connected with the railroads of the West; at first with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day ton Railroad at Toledo; in 1868 with the Atlantic & Great Western at Cleveland; then with the Great Western Despatch; and in 1882 he was Superintendent of the Valley Railroad, afterward absorbed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In 1884, he was made General Manager and Receiver of the Connotton Valley Railroad, now a part of the Wabash. He became Secretary and Treasurer of the Cleve land Transfer Company in 1898, and later was connected with the Hub Transfer Company. He was at one time connected with the Cleveland Board of Education, and was Secretary to Mayor Babcock. Mr. Briggs was a prominent club man; he was Secretary of the Union Club in Cleveland and had a wide reputation as an after 146 dinner speaker. He was also Secretary of the Northern Ohio Fair Association. In Masonic affairs, Mr. Briggs was one of the most prominent men in this country. He was admitted to Weber Chapter, Cleveland, in 1868; became a Knight Templar in Oriental Commandery in 1877, and was Eminent Commander of Holyrood Commandery. He found ed the order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and, for some years, was Imperial Potentate of the Shriners in the United States. He was made a thirty-second degree mason in 1873 and in 1885 received the highest degree possible in Masonry, that of the thirty-third de gree. On June 1, 1865, Mr. Briggs was married in Grace Church, Cleve land, to Ada L. Thomas, daughter of Beal Thomas and Mary Jane Chapman. One daughter (Mrs. Arthur Seaton), with his widow, survive. Samuel Briggs was admitted to membership in the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, December 15, 1899, by right of descent from Edward Briggs, of East Chester, N. Y., a member of the com mittee for West Chester in 1776 and 1777. In the death of Mr. Briggs, this society and the community at large, has lost a prominent and useful member. ANDREW CARR KEMPER, M. D. 1832-1905. Andrew Carr Kemper, son of David Rice Kemper and Sarah Hall Fulton, was born in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, July 11, 1832. He was a grandson of the Rev. James Kemper, a native of Farquier County, Virginia, who emigrated to the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River, and founded the First Presbyterian Church in the infant settlement then forming under the walls of Old Fort Wash ington at Cincinnati. These pioneer associations made a strong impression upon the mind of Doctor Kemper, who ever maintained a lively interest in all that pertained to the settlement and early history of Cincinnati. The education of Andrew C. Kemper was a broad and liberal one, including Woodward College, Miami University, Center College (Danville, Ky.), Ohio Medical College, University of Louisville, and the Rotundo Hospital, in Dublin, Ireland. Patriotic to the core, Doctor Kemper bore his part in the ( War, serving as Assistant Adjutant General under General Halleck, and also with General Burnside and General Hovey. In the year 1867, Doctor Kemper began a long and most usefu medical career in Cincinnati, during which he was connected with the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical So- 147 ciety, the American Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He took great interest in the Ohio Humane Society, of which he was president in 1882-1883. He was also actively inter ested in the Danville Theological Seminary. Doctor Kemper was a forcible speaker; this Society can recall with pleasure his animated addresses on various regular anniver saries. He wrote in connection with his profession; and also, as a pastime, poems of the War times in which he took part. In 1865, Doctor Kemper married Miss Louisa Alexander Ander son, daughter of James Anderson, Jr., Esq., of Louisville, Kentucky. Of the three children resulting from this marriage, two still survive with Mrs. Kemper; these are Caroline Rogers (now Mrs. Bulkley), and Lieutenant James Brown Kemper, U. S. A. Doctor Kemper died at the National Military Home, Dayton, Ohio, on August 15, 1905, and was buried from Christ Church in Cincinnati on August 18; the funeral was attended by members of this and various other organizations with which he was connected. Andrew Carr Kemper was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, on October 9, 1896, by right of descent from Captain John Hathaway, of Lancaster, and Farquier Counties, Virginia, who was appointed a Captain in the Virginia forces, October 25, 1779. JAMES VERNER GUTHRIE. 1840-1906. James Verner Guthrie, son of William Woodward Guthrie and Elizabeth Ivester, was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1840. He came to Cincinnati when quite young and, while yet a lad, went to Chicago and there entered the service of the Methodist Book Concern, remaining until the outbreak of the Civil War. On April 19, 1861, he enlisted as private in the Union Army; on August 1, of the same year, he became Captain in the 19th Illinois Infantry; he was commissioned Major of the same regiment, November 1 1 , 1862, and was mustered out, July 9, 1864, by reason of the expiration of service. He served under Grant in Missouri in 1862, and was in the 14th Army Corps until close of service; took part in the Battles of "Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, and all engagements of the Army of the Cumberland." He was wounded during the battles of Stone River and Missionary Ridge. At the close of the Civil War, Major Guthrie came to Cincinnati and for a time was bookkeeper for the Adams Express Company. He soon, however, became a bookkeeper in the Northern Bank of Kentucky, but eventually rose to be the Vice-President of that institution. Major Guthrie severed his relations with the Northern 148 Bank of Kentucky and became connected with the old Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati, first as Cashier and later as Vice- President of the Lafayette National Bank, filling the latter position until ill health forced his retirement from active duties. Major Guthrie s character evinced courage, application, and a diligence to acquire, in later life, that broad and general information which as a boy had been denied him. He was well versed in history, an expert in mathe matics, and had become recognized for his ability as a financier. He was beloved by his subordinates and respected by his associates generally. Major Guthrie married in Cincinnati, Oct. 27, 1869, Emma, daughter of Mr. J. Pitts Harrison. Of the children by this marriage, Verner Harrison Guthrie served during the Spanish War as a Lieu tenant in the 10th Ohio Volunteers, and died in 1905; Mr. Pitts Har rison Guthrie is the only child now living. Mrs. Guthrie died some years ago, and Major Guthrie married Miss Mary Harrison, who still survives. James Verner Guthrie was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, April 24, 1895, by right of descent from John Guthrie, of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who served through the Revolution as a Lieutenant in Colonel Broadhead s Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, took part in the Border Trouble of 1791, and, for gallant and meritorious conduct, was commissioned by Washington, Captain in the regular army of the United States. WILLIAM JUDKINS, M.D. 1847-1906. William Judkins, son of Dr. William Judkins and Mary Miller Palmer, was born in Cincinnati, September 7, 1847. As a boy, he attended the private school of Miss Steers, and afterwards, the pub lic schools of this city. At the age of twelve years, he entered the hardware store of the Tyler- Davidson Company, during which time he pursued his studies at night. Leaving commercial life, Mr. Judkins took the medical course at the Miami College from which he was graduated in 1873. He was Assistant to Professor Morton in Chemistry, and afterwards for thirty years lectured at the Cin cinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. He was a member of the Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Amer ican Medical Association and the Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons. Dr. Judkins, by inheritance, from his only brother, Dr. Charles P. Judkins, became a companion of the Loyal Legion in 1902. He was married February 10, 1880, by the late Bishop Kinsolv- ing, of Texas, to Kllen, daughter of John Roy Anderson, Esq. 149 Dr. Judkins died of apoplexy, June 23, 1906. Two daughters, Misses Edith and Ellen, and one son, William, survive their father. William Judkins was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, May 10, 1895, by right of descent from Lieutenant James Bryson, of the Second Battalion of Philadelphia Associators, 1777. Before the Revolution, Lieutenant Bryson was Assistant Postmaster General under Franklin, and after the war he had super vision of the early postal service throughout Virginia, Ohio, Ken tucky, and the Northwest Territory. Dr. Judkins was also de scended from Thomas Palmer, Commander of the brig "Mercury," commissioned by Pennsylvania for services during the war of the Revolution. RICHARD PRATT MARVIN. 1848-1906. Richard Pratt Marvin, son of Hon. Richard Pratt Marvin and Isabella Newland, was born in Jamestown, N. Y., May 30, 1848. His father, Judge Marvin, was one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and he was descended from old families like the Dudleys and Pratts, who helped to found the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut; one of these early ancestors, Lieutenant Pratt, served under Mason in the Pequot War. Mr. Marvin attended Rochester University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1870. He then studied law in Jamestown, but soon removed to Akron, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar in 1872. He became a partner of the late Judge E. P. Green, in the practice of law in Akron. In the year 1874, he was elected Mayor of Akron. In 1880, Mr. Marvin became Secretary of the B. F. Goodrich Com pany of Akron, and remained in the active management of that cor poration for more than twenty-seven years. Mr. Marvin was an active member of the Masonic Order, the Odd Fellows, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Sons of the Revolution. He was past Mas ter of Akron Lodge, past High Priest of Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, past Eminent Commander of Akron Commandery, Knight Templars, a Thirty-second Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. In 1892, Mr. Marvin married Jane, daughter of Hon. Lewis Miller. Mrs. Marvin died in 1898, and in 1900, he married Mrs. Grace Perkins Lohman, who now survives him,. Mr. Marvin had been in poor health for the past two years, and died at his home, Portage, Path Perkins Hill, on June 23, 1906, of a stroke of paralysis which occurred a few days before. The funeral services were held in the Church of our Savior in Akron, and the re mains of our late fellow member were interred in the beautiful ceme tery at Glendale. 150 Richard Pratt Marvin was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, January 10, 1896, by right of descent from Jabez Stow, of Saybrook, Connecticut, a Lieutenant in a company of Ma- trosses in Fort Trumbull at New London; Lieutenant Stow was a true patriot, a defender of New London against the British attack led by Arnold, and then being taken prisoner, suffered like many others, on the notorious Prison ship "Jersey", during which he and his men were plundered even to their clothing, blankets, and money. Mr. Marvin will be remembered by this Society, as one of the Board of Managers in 1898. REV. JOHN HUGH ELY. 1846-1906. John Hugh Ely, son of Seneca Wilson Ely and Mary Delano, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, July 21, 1846. He was a descendant, on his mother s side, of that John Garth who came from Surrey, England, to Albemarle County, Virginia, some time about the middle of the 18th century. Mr. Ely, at the age of sixteen, served as Corporal in Company B, Pearl St. Rifles, under Captain Avery, during the Kirby Smith Raid. In 1863, he served as Sergeant in the same company, by that time Company F, 7th Ohio National Guards. In 1864, he was sworn in for 100 days service in Co. F., 137th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After honorable discharge in Cincinnati, on September 7, 1864, he was appointed Master s Mate in United States Navy, and was ordered to duty on U.S. Gunboat "Chillicothe", serving until the close of the war. After honorable discharge, July 19, 1865, he became the private Secretary of his uncle, Brig. General John Ely. From 1866 to 1868, he was a clerk in the United States Treasurer s Office at Washington, resigning thence in order to study for the ministry. Mr. Ely was ordained Deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in June, 1871, and received the order of priesthood in June, 1872. He was rector of St. Mary s Church at Hillsboro, and Arch-deacon of the Diocese of Southern Ohio from 1875 to 1877. Since 1877, he resided in College Hill, and was in charge of St. Philip s Church from 1877 to 1879, when he founded the Church of the Holy Trinity in Hartwell. For nearly thirty years, Mr. Ely was rector of Grace Church in College Hill, and, for some years prior to his death, was regent of the Ohio Military Institute. During his long and useful service in the ministry, Mr. Ely was a member of several of the general conventions of the Episcopal Church, and for 15 years was Secretary of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. He was a trustee of Kenyon College, editor of the Southern Ohio Church Chronicle, chaplain of the First Regiment, Ohio National Guard, president 151 for five years of the College Hill School Board, and a director of the Young Men s Mercantile Library Association in this city. Mr. Ely was married in St. Marks, Philadelphia, January 2, 1873, to Mary Darwin Stanton, daughter of Erasmus Darwin and Mary Hooker Mr. Ely died at College Hill, at midnight, on the 18th of July, 1906. He is survived by the widow and three children, Mr. John S. Ely, Mrs. L. H. Marsland, of Philadelphia, and Miss Nannie Ely, of College Hill. Mr. Ely was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolu tion, Dec. 17, 1897, by right of descent from John Garth, of Albe- marle County, Virginia, who served as a private in the Virginia Troops during the War of the Revolution. Mr. Ely, as the Chaplain of this Society, was well known to its members. His useful work on the Board of Management will long be remembered by those who had the pleasure of serving with him. His life was one of unusual activity; he served his country by land and by sea; he was a soldier, a sailor, a churchman, an educator; and he lent his aid to perpetuate the memory of those whom this Society delights to honor. May we long cherish his memory, even as he honored the patriots of the Revolution. JOSEPH JEFFERSON McDOWELL. 1833-1906. Joseph Jefferson McDowell, son of Joseph Jefferson McDowell and vSarah Allen McCue, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, August 10, 1833. The first of the family to settle in the American colonies of Great Britain was Joseph McDowell; he was born in Londonderry, Ireland, of Scotch parentage, and came from thence to North Caro lina, some years prior to the war of the Revolution. General Joseph Jefferson McDowell, the father, was a member of Congress from the District including Highland County, Ohio, from 1842 to 1847. It was through him that Ulysses S. Grant received appointment to the Military Academy at West Point. Our late fellow member, as a boy, was a pupil in the Hillsboro Academy, then presided over by Prof. Isaac Sams. In 1853, being then at the age of twenty, Mr. McDowell came to Cincinnati and became a clerk in the old Commercial Bank; later, he was for a num ber of years teller in the same institution. He left the Commercial Bank to engage in business for himself in New York ; here he remained but a short time, returning to Cincin nati, where he became Business Manager for the Cincinnati Enquirer. He remained with the Enquirer for some thirty years, and, in fact, until within a few days of his death. He was, it is said, at one time connected with an early military organization of Cincinnati. 152 Major McDowell had a bright and cheerful disposition, he was a man of strict integrity and possessed a high sense of humor. He enjoyed club life, and for some years lived at the Queen City Club, of which he was a member. He suffered poor health for some time prior to his death, which occurred at the Bethesda Hospital in this city, August 6, 1906. Major McDowell was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, May 4, 1894, by right of descent from Joseph McDowell, of North Carolina, Colonel in the Burke County Regiment, who took part in many gallant engagements, among them, the Battle of the Cowpens against Tarleton, the Battle of Kings Mountain and ex peditions against the Cherokee Indians. Subsequent to the war he was a member of the North Carolina Legislature, and from 1793 to 1795, a member of Congress. In the latter part of his life, he was made General of the North Carolina Militia. JOHN DAVIS MORGAN. 1860-1906. John Davis Morgan, son of William Henry Morgan and Eliza Bushnell, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 8, 1860. His father was, for many years, the Superintendent of Public Schools in Cincinnati; his mother was the daughter of Mr. Daniel Bushnell, and sister of the Hon. Asa Bushnell, late Governor of Ohio. On his mother s side, Mr. Morgan was descended from the early colonial family of Leffingwells, who helped to build up the colony of Con necticut, and defend the then infant settlements from incursions of the Indians. The early education of Mr. Morgan was received in the public schools of Cincinnati, and he was graduated from the Hughes High School in the class of 1877. Soon after graduation, he went into the lumber business and, for some years prior to his death, was Secretary and Treasurer of the Enterprise Lumber Com pany of this city. Mr. Morgan was a member of the Business Men s Club and Avondale Club, also of the Hardwood Lumbermen s Asso ciation. On February 22, 1888, he was married to Ellen Caroline Hoyt, of Greencastle, Ind. ; Miss Hoyt was a daughter of Prof. Benjamin Thomas Hoyt, a noted educator of Indiana, and President of Asbury College, later De Pauw University. After his marriage, Mr. Morgan resided in Avondale; he was earnest in church work, and a Deacon in the Avondale Presbyterian Church. The lovable traits of his character were warmly appreciated by all who knew him, and per haps no one ever received more touching tributes of affection from those whose lives had been brightened by his kindness, than did our late fellow member. 153 Mr. Morgan died at his residence on Dakota Avenue in Avondale, Cincinnati, October 19, 1906. His widow and two daughters sur vive. John Davis Morgan was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, January 12, 1894, by right of descent from Jason Bushnell, of Connecticut, a private at the age of sixteen in the Con necticut State Troops, who took part in the defense of the seacoast, and, later, joining Washington s Army at Tarrytown, served until the close of the Revolution. CHARLES HUSTON KINCAID. 1855-1906. Charles Huston Kincaid, son of William Garnett Kincaid and Elizabeth Frances Banford, was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, May 18, 1855, his ancestors being among those who took part in the early settlement of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. He was graduated in 1879 from Centre College, Danville, Ky., where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. For the three years following his graduation from college, Mr. Kincaid was editor of the Anderson County News, at Lawrenceburg, Ky., and there acquired a love for newspaper work, which clung to him through his life. He was elected a county judge, and filled this office during part of the year 1879, and until the close of 1880. Judge Kincaid was a member of the Kentucky State Railroad Commission in 1881, and was on the editorial staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal until 1883, when he was appointed by Governor Knott as his private secretary. In the following year, 1884, Judge Kincaid was appointed to bring the remains of the fa mous sculptor, Joel Hart, from Italy to Frankfort, Ky. He was private secretary to United States Senator Williams in 1884 and 1885, and thereafter was the Washington correspondent of several important newspapers, among them the New York Journal, the Louisville Times, and the San Francisco Examiner. In 1887, Judge Kincaid was a Consular Agent in England, but re turned to this country in the following year. In 1888, he became clerk to the House Committee on Private Claims, and from 1893 to 1896, was connected with the United States Revenue Service. Dur ing the last ten years of his life Judge Kincaid was one of the staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer. His life brought him into contact with many men prominent in the law, politics and newspaper work, and he had thus a wide circle of friends. Judge Kincaid died at the City Hospital in Cincinnati, November 2, 1906. His remains were taken to the home of his mother in Danville, Ky., where the funeral services, attended by a large number of friends, took place on Novem ber 3rd. 154 Charles Huston Kincaid was admitted to the Ohio Society, v Sons of the Revolution, December 29, 1896, by right of descent from Lt. Colonel George Wilson, of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment; also from Thomas Waggoner, a Sergeant in Colonel Thornton s Virginia Regiment; from Lieutenant Peter Evans of Captain Charles Lee s Virginia Company; and from James Kincaid, a private and quarter master in the regiment of George Rogers Clark. SAMUEL FURMAN HUNT. 1844-1907. Samuel Furman Hunt, son of Dr. John Randolph Hunt and Aman da Baird, was born in Springdale, Ohio, October 22, 1844; he had an illustrious ancestry among those who helped to found and maintain the early English settlements in North America. After his prepara tory education was completed, he entered Miami University, re mained there nearly four years and then went to Union College, Schenectady, where he graduated. Four years later he received the degree of A. M., from Union College, and about the same time re ceived a diploma as of regular graduation from Miami University, and also the degree of Master of Arts. Mr. Hunt read law in the office of Judge Stanley Matthews, and was graduated from the Cin cinnati Law School in 1867. During the Civil War, he entered with patriotic zeal into the work of recruiting for the Eighty-third and other Ohio Regiments; in 1862 and again in 1865, he aided in the care of the sick and wounded soldiers at the front. In 1867, he started on an extended tour of Europe, the Holy Land, and Arabia. Mr. Hunt early entered politics; he was a member of the Ohio State Senate in 1870-71, and was President pro tern, of that body and Acting Lieutenant Governor. In the latter year, he was a can didate for the office of Lieutenant-Governor. In 1873, he was a member of the constitutional convention of Ohio. In 1878-79, he was Judge-Advocate-General of Ohio. While a member of the Legislature, he introduced the bill organizing the University of Cincinnati, and for some years was Chairman of the University Board. He was also for many years President of the Board of Trustees of Miami University. In 1892, Judge Hunt was President of the Ohio Bar Association; from 1890 to 1898, he was Judge of the Superior Court. He was connected with many organizations, among others: The Society of Colonial Wars, The Sailors and Soldiers of the Mexican War, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Ohio Archaeological and His torical Society, and the Delta- Kappa- Epsilon Fraternity. Judge Hunt was a jurist of fine ability, and his speeches were not only most eloquent, but evinced a close study of history. Among 155 his best known speeches were those at the unveiling of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Findlay,|O., at the Statue of Garfield, in Cincinnati, his eulogy on Lincoln at Dayton, the Memorial of Charles McMicken, Founder of Cincinnati University, and his address (1895) on the occasion of the Centennial of the Treaty of Greenville. Judge Hunt was an invalid for a number of years, but his mind rose clear above mere physical ailment. He died at his home "Barred Oaks", in Glendale, O., January 12, 1907. Samuel Furman Hunt was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, April 13, 1894, by right of descent from Oliver Hunt, of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, a "Minuteman", who served through the War of the Revolution, from 1778 until the time of his honorable discharge in 1782, during which time he took part in the Battles of Long Island, Princeton, Monmouth and Springfield. JAMES STARK WAYNE. 1833-1907. James Stark Wayne, son of Thomas Smythe Wayne and Eliza Caldwell Roe, was born in Savannah, Georgia, March 18, 1833, and was the grandson of Mr. Richard Wayne, of Savannah, whose wife was of the family of Smythes of Kent County, Maryland. Mr. Wayne s education was obtained in the schools of Savannah, but he did not take a collegiate course. He came to Cincinnati a little prior to the opening of the Civil War, and engaged in business, but later removed to Covington, Kentucky, where, for many years, he resided on Garrard Street. He gained a handsome fortune in tobacco and other lines of business; in December, 1892, he became interested in the formation of the Curry Woodenware Company, of Cincinnati, and, at the time of his death, was still President of the Company. During the latter part of his life, however, he left busi ness details to his associates, ten years ago, speaking of himself as a retired merchant. In the late nineties, he established his sum mer home at Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Mr. Wayne married Martha, daughter of Mr. John L. Avery, of Covington, Kentucky, by whom were two daughters. Of these, Miss Daisy, married Mr. John France, of Richmond, Va., near which city, she now resides; the other daughter, Miss Martha, married Mr. Cecil Walker, an English gentleman, who, with his wife now resides in Hobart. Tasmania. Mrs. Martha Avery Wayne died in 1882. On October 5, 1884, Mr. Wayne married Miss Lida Stewart, by whom was one son, Richard Wayne, a member of the Yale class of 1911, but now in Florida. Mrs. Lida Stewart Wayne died in June, 1900. Mr. Wayne, in November, 1901, married Miss Ellen Bongardt, who survives her husband, and is now a resident of Canada. 156 Mr. Wayne was a member of this Society, and also of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio. He died at Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday, March 31, 1907, and was buried in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island. James Stark Wayne was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, May 9, 1897, by right of descent from Major Thomas Smythe, a resident of Kent County, Maryland, who was born April 30, 1757. This Thomas Smythe was commissioned, successively, Lieutenant, Captain, and Major in the Battalion from the Eastern shore of Maryland; he performed valuable services during the War of the Revolution, and died in 1807. GEORGE STODDARD. 1843-1907. George Stoddard, son of Enoch Veni Stoddard and Mary Allen Smith, was born in New London, Connecticut, January 16, 1843; he was a descendant of Elder Brewster and others of the Company of the Mayflower, who landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, and back of them he had a long and honorable English ancestry. Mr. Stoddard was long connected with the firm of Allen & Com pany on Sycamore street, this city, and was considered an expert accountant. On the closing up of that Company s affairs, several years ago, he became interested in the real estate business in Wyo ming, where for many years he had resided. On September 18, 1867, Mr. Stoddard married Ida Luella, daugh ter of Mr. Elbridge Gerry Vinton. By this marriage there were four sons, of whom the eldest, Thomas Vinton, died in infancy. The other sons were Frederick Enoch, George Vinton, and James Henry Stoddard, all now living, but residing in other sections of the country. Mrs. Stoddard died some years ago, and his sons could no longer be near their father, but Mr. Stoddard continued his residence in Wyoming, surrounded by the friends he had known so long and so well. He was ever an ardent sportsman. The drum of the cock phea sant was music to his ears, the whirr of the wild duck made his pulse to quicken, the trout or bass, rising to enticing fly, seemed to him a finer thing than the rise of a few points in the stock market. His genial presence is sadly missed by those, who, like him, loved that sweet communion with nature, which only the forest or the prairie or the clattering mountain brook can give. In such retreat, the sordidness and selfish cares of business life drop away, and every man, as he lies wrapped in his blanket before the blazing camp-fire, gazing up to Polaris, the Constant, or noting the slow journey of the Ploughman across the starry heavens, must realize his own 157 littleness and the trifling part that man can play in the great drama of the universe. Mr. Stoddard was a craftsman of long standing, a Knight Tem plar, a 32d degree Mason, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He died at the Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati, April 6, 1907, in his 65th year. George Stoddard was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, February 14, 1896, by right of descent from Captain Ralph Stoddard, Ensign Veni Stoddard, and Colonel Oliver Smith, all soldiers of the Revolution from the State of Connecticut. CHARLES WESLEY COLE. 1843-1907. Charles Wesley Cole, son of Samuel Paul Cole and Mary East- lake, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, April 28, 1843; his parents, who were originally from New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, came as pio neers to the new State of Ohio, and here made their home. When their son was about three years old, the family moved into the coun try, six miles north of Hillsboro, and here Charles grew up. He attended the district schools as well as some special classes for higher branches of study; he also spent one year at Earlham College in Indiana. While yet in his teens, he taught for a number of terms in the district schools, and also in several private schools; after a lapse of more than forty years, after, indeed, their one time teacher had passed away, some of the scholars testified to his lofty ideals, his enthusiasm, and his fine mental qualities. In the year 1862, Mr. Cole entered the Ohio Wesley an University at Delaware, O., from which he was graduated in 1867. During his first year in college, a call was made for volunteers to man the for tifications about Washington, in order that the regular volunteers might be relieved for service at the front ; young Cole with a number of fellow students, and at least one of the college professors enlisted and, after performing valuable services, returned to college in the following autumn. After graduation, Mr. Cole was elected Superintendent of Schools, in Greenfield, Ohio, and there was engaged most successfully for about two years. For some time prior to the close of this engage ment, he had devoted his spare time to the study of law under the direction of Judge Sloane, of Hillsboro, and upon admission to the bar, he began the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, in 1870. From that time on, for the remainder of his life, some thirty-seven years, he maintained a law office in Cincinnati, but much of his time was occupied in the development of railroad and navigation 158 interests on the Cumberland River at Burnside, Ky. These inter ests, it may be said in passing, were brought to a highly successful conclusion. On November 26, 1871, Mr. Cole was married to Augusta Clark, who died on November 2, of the following year. In 1879, Mr. Cole was married to Rebecca F. Kinsey; there were two children by this marriage, a son, Joseph Kinsey, and a daughter, Mary A. Cole. Mr. Cole died at his late residence, Kinsey Place, Mount Auburn, June 9, 1907, being survived by his widow and her two children. Those who were intimate with Mr. Cole appreciated the geniality and humor which lay behind a somewhat reserved exterior. At his funeral, which took place on June 12, these kindly traits were touched upon, by one who knew him well. Charles Wesley Cole was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, September 14, 1893, by right of descent from Samuel Cole, of Colestown, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a Sergeant in Captain Huggs Company of New Jersey State Troops. RODNEY TELFAIR TRIMBLE. 1846-1908. Rodney Telfair Trimble, son of John A. Trimble and Lavinia Boys, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, October 13, 1846. His father was a descendant of that John Trimble, who, emigrating from Ire land, settled at an early day in Augusta County, Virginia; his mother was the daughter of Dr. William Boys, of Staunton, Virginia. Rod ney was educated in the public and private schools of Hillsboro, and also studied under the direction of his maternal uncle, Dr. Alex ander Boys, and his brother, Mr. Cyrus Trimble. He studied medicine with Dr. W. W. Shepherd, of Hillsboro, entered the Ohio Medical School in 1866, and the medical depart ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1867. He was gradu ated from the latter institution in 1868, and at once began the prac tice of medicine in Hillsboro. In July, 1871, Dr. Trimble located in New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, and there made his home for the remainder of his life. Loving his profession and his fellow men, he became widely known, not for his skill alone, but for his ready sympathy, his kindness of heart, and his many good works. He was a member of the Clinton and Highland County, and the Ohio State, Medical Associations. He took great interest in educational and civic affairs, and was an ardent supporter of the temperance movement. He was president of the U. S. Board of Examining Surgeons at Wilmington, Ohio; served for twenty-one years on the Board of Education of New Vienna, and was a member of the City 159 Council. Doctor Trimble was a member of the State Board of Char ities and Correction, for nineteen years a trustee of the Clinton County Children s Home, and for several years prior to his death, he devoted a great deal of time to the establishment of a State Hos pital for crippled children. He was connected with various frater nal orders, among them the Knights Templars, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. On December 15, 1897, Doctor Trimble was united in marriage to Miss Emma Smith, of New Vienna, who still survives; their life together was an ideal one. He died in New Vienna, January 3, 1908, mourned by a large circle of friends. Rodney Telfair Trimble was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, October 11, 1895, by right of descent from Captain James Trimble, his grandfather. This Captain James Trimble was born in Augusta County, Vrginia, in 1753, and served in Lord Dun- more s War, taking part in the Battle of Point Pleasant under Gen. Lewis in 1774. During the War of the Revolution, he commanded a company of Rangers used to defend the frontier against the North western Indians. He afterward removed to Kentucky, and, later, crossing over into Ohio, took up a tract of land on Clear Creek, in Highland County. Captain Trimble died in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1804, before this plan could be carried out, but his eldest son afterwards twice Governor of Ohio, brought the family to the land thus secured, and here they settled. BENJAMIN RUSH COWEN. 1831-1908. Benjamin Rush Cowen, son of Benjamin Sprague Cowen and Anne Wood, was born in Moorefield, Harrison County, Ohio, August 15, 1831. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812, a member of Congress (1841-3), a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1846-7, and presiding Judge of the Common Pleas Court in Har rison County from 1848 to 1852: an uncle, Esek Cowen, was Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of New York. In more remote generations, the ancestry of Benjamin Rush Cowen included settlers of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies. One of these, a certain John Cowen, who came from Scotland to Massachusetts, appears to have been restive under the authority of the English Kings a century before the colonies threw off the yoke of the mother coun try. This John Cowen was summoned to appear before the au thorities, to answer for disrespect to the king; it was charged that he said "that he scorned to be in subjection to an Englishman, and that there never was a King of England that was an Englishman, save one, crooked back Richard, a crooked rogue." 160 To those who believe in the effect of heredity, the fine Anglo- Saxon and Celtic ancestry of Benjamin Rush Cowen, contributed to those traits of sturdy honesty and independence, so marked in his own career. His boyhood was spent in St. Clairsville, where he was graduated from a classical academy which his father had been largely instru mental in founding. After this, he was apprenticed to the printer s trade, and, while so occupied, he employed his spare time in the study of medicine. At the age of seventeen, he was launched upon the career of journalism, as the editor and proprietor of a weekly news paper in St. Clairsville, known as the Belmont Chronicle. He early became interested in politics, was a delegate to the Republican Conventions of 1856 and 1860, and consistently adhered to that party from its very beginning under the leadership of General Fre mont, "The Pathfinder". He was also prominently connected with the State and National Republican Executive Committees. For a short time in 1857, he was engaged in the real estate business in Bellaire, but two years later, was elected Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives, the session beginning January 2, 1860; it was this Fifty-fourth General Assembly that had to deal with the Civil War, and the part taken therein by Benjamin Rush Cowen was characterized by his usual executive ability. In 1 86 1 , he was Engineer in Chief on the Governor s Staff, with the rank of Colonel. He enlisted for three months and in May, 1861, was commissioned First Lieutenant. (He was elected Secretary of State but resigned for more active duties.) In June, 1861, he was appointed a Paymaster with the rank of Major, and thus served in the Army of the Potomac in the Valley of Virginia, and in the Kanawha Valley, until granted leave of absence without pay, that he might become Adjutant-General of Ohio, in 1864; he filled this position until 1868. Up to 1865, inclusive, General Cowen had been breveted successively, Lieutenant- Colonel, Colonel, and Brigadier-General. It was while Adjutant- General of Ohio, that General Cowen performed such efficient ser vice as an organizer of the "100 days men". In the year 1867, General Cowen was a? candidate for the nomi nation of Governor of Ohio, but lost to General Hayes by only ten votes. Two years later, he was appointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the District including California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and in 1870, was transferred to the Southern District of Ohio. For six years beginning 1871, General Cowen was Assistant Secre tary of the Interior under the administration of General Grant; from 1872 to 1875, he acted as commissioner in various matters per taining to Indian affairs, the race troubles in the South and diffi culties with the Mormons. In the year 1880, General Cowen returned to the field of journal ism, which he had first entered as a youth of seventeen; he became editor of the Ohio State Journal, and so continued until his appomt- 161 ment, in 1884, as Clerk of the United States Circuit and District Courts. This position he filled in the most admirable manner up to the time of his death, in all some twenty-four years. On September 19, 1854, General Cowen was married to Ellen, daughter of Matthew Thoburn, and Jane Lyle, by whom he is still survived. Of the eight children of this marriage, only three now survive, James Lyle Cowen, Benjamin Sprague Cowen and Sidney Joseph Cowen. General Cowen s wide acquaintance brought him many friends, among them those most famous in the country s history during the past half century. His fund of reminiscence was most entertain ing, and always marked by the utmost simplicity and modesty; his literary ability was of a very high order, as evinced by his public lectures and addresses, and by the papers which he regularly contrib uted to literary clubs; he was a most companionable man, his greet ings to a friend showed the warmth of feeling which marked his kindly disposition ; yet he was firm and steadfast in what he believed was right, having once fixed upon a line of conduct, he adhered to it without vacillation. General Cowen was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church on Walnut Hills, and a trustee of that body. He was a thirty- second degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He was a Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. General Cowen was also a member of the Literary Club, the Society of Colo nial Wars in the State of Ohio, and the Sons of the Revolution; of the last body, he was once president. During the past year, General Cowen suffered from several at tacks of illness, which somewhat enfeebled him, but his strong will power still enabled him to rally where an ordinary man must have given up. General Cowen had a great desire to live until his eldest son, then returning from China, could reach his bedside; this was not to be, however, for he died on the afternoon of January 29, 1908. At his funeral, which took place two days later, the entire com munity testified to the love and respect in which it held him; dele gates were present from the various orders and societies of which General Cowen had been a member, besides a great number of friends, who knew him only through his simple kindliness of heart. Benjamin Rush Cowen was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, February 14, 1896, by right of descent from Joseph Cowen, his grandfather, of Washington County, New York, and also from Ebenezer Sprague, of Rhode Island, his great-grand father. 162 PERIN LANGDON. 1853-1908. Pei in Langdon, son of Solomon Langdon and Martha Perin, was born in Cincinnati, O., January 10, 1853; he was a descendant of some of the most prominent founders of Massachusetts and Con necticut, best known of whom was the Rev. Thomas Hooker, who led the Connecticut Colony from Dorchester to Hartford in 1635. Both the Langdon and Perin families were early settlers in Ohio. Mr Langdon received his education in the schools of Cincinnati, was associated in business with his father, Mr. Solomon Langdon, and succeeded his father in the management of the Langdon Bakeries, which, several years ago, became merged in the National Biscuit Company ; he was also closely identified with many other business organizations. No man perhaps in Cincinnati had a wider circle of friends and acquaintances than Perin Langdon. Upright and honorable in all his dealings, his business career was a most successful one, but financial success left his heart unspoiled, and those who have come within the charm of his friendship will long cherish pleasant re membrances of his cordial manner and genial good fellowship. Mr. Langdon was a director of the First National Bank of Cin cinnati, President of the Optimist Club, and a member of the Com mercial, Queen City and Picadilly Clubs. He was a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, by inheritance from his uncle, E. Bassett Langdon, Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who died in Cincinnati, O., May 30, 1867, from the effect of a wound received at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. He was also a member of the Societies of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Revolution. On October 14, 1884, Perin Langdon was married to Eleanor West, daughter of H. F. West, Esq.. of Cincinnati, O. After a painful illness, Mr. Langdon died at his residence on Ver- non Place, this city, April 1, 1908, being survived by his widow and three children Perin Langdon, Jr., and the Misses Bessie and Marjorie Langdon. His remains lie interred in Spring Grove Ceme tery. Perin Langdon was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, July 24, 1894, by right of descent from Lemuel Perin, of Rhehoboth, Mass., a private in the " Lexington Alarm" and in the War of the Revolution which quickly ensued. He was also descended from William Brown, a soldier of the Revolution from Connecticut, who afterwards settled in Columbia now a part of Cincinnati. 163 EDWARD WARREN BURNET. 1851-1908. Edward Warren Burnet, son of William Burnet and Susan M. Clark, was born in Cincinnati, O., July 28, 1851; he was a grandson of one of the most eminent pioneers of Cincinnati Jacob Burnet, jurist, legislator and historian. Mr. Burnet s great uncle, for whom his father was named, Dr. William Burnet, was also for a time one of the earliest settlers, coming here in 1789, when the population of Losantiville consisted of "eleven families and twenty-four bachelors ". Mr. Burnet was educated in the schools of Cincinnati. O., and of Elizabeth, New Jersey; he also attended the Military Institute of Dayton, Ohio. He was for many years engaged in the insurance business, and at the time of his death was Secretary of the National Life Insurance Company. Mr. Burnet was a member of the Business Mens and Avondale Clubs, of Cincinnati, the Order of the Knights of Pythias, and the Society of the Sons of the Revolution ; in religious belief, Mr. Burnet was a Presbyterian. On October 26, 1882, Edward Warren Burnet was married to Alice Anne Dana, to whom five children were born two sons and three daughters. Mr. Burnet died at his home in Avondale, Cincinnati, April 20, 1908, being survived by his widow and their children : Fanny Dana, Sue Clark, Fink Dana, Edward Clark and Alice Mary Burnet. Edward Warren Burnet was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, April 8, 1898, by right of descent from Dr. William Burnet, of Newark, N. J., a member of the Continental Congress in 1776-7, and afterwards Surgeon-General in the Continental Army. HARMON SCOTT FAIRCHILD. 1860-1908. Harmon Scott Fairchild, son of Ebenezer Fairchild and Elizabeth Hanna, was born in Johnson County, Kentucky, August 25, 1860. When about three years of age his parents brought him to Ohio, where the family settled at a point near Cincinnati. His early education was received in the common schools of Southern Ohio, and later he attended the Normal School at Lebanon, O. Mr. Fairchild began teaching school when but eighteen years of age, and for the most part thereafter made it his life work. In 1890, he passed the State examination at Columbus, receiving a "High School Life Certificate". In 1894, he graduated from the Law School at 164 the Ohio State University, and was admitted to the bar. Feeling, however, that the duties of an instructor offered more congenial employment for his talents, Mr. Fairchild, in 1900, resumed teaching and was elected instructor of higher mathematics in the High School at Springfield, O. ; this position he filled in a very able manner during the remainder of his life. Mr. Fairchild was an attendant of the High Street Methodist Church of Springfield. On May 3, 1884, Harmon Scott Fairchild was married to Alice E. Kennedy, whose home was near New Morefield, in Clark County, Ohio. Mr. Fairchild died in Springfield, Ohio, on the 17th of August, 1908, being survived by his widow and four children the Misses Florence, Emma, Ethel and Edith Fairchild. Living an unobtrusive, yet most useful life, Mr. Fairchild will long be held in grateful remembrance by his old pupils, as one de voted to his profession, content to expend his best energies in the moral and intellectual advancement of the young. No monument can be more lasting than the memorial of grateful hearts, the affection of those whose feet have been led along the paths of learning with patient yet zealous care. Harmon Scott Fairchild was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, February 23, 1903, by right of descent from Abind Fairchild, of Wilkes County, North Carolina, who, as a private, served nearly five years in the War of the American Revolution. HIRAM HARPER PECK. 1849-1908. Hiram Harper Peck, son of Hiram Hanson Peck and Cornelia Har mon, was born in Potsdam, New York, June 6, 1849. He received his education in the schools of Potsdam and in Hamilton College, Utica, New York. Mr. Peck came to the West in 1872, and for a time was engaged in business at Cynthiana, Kentucky, removing thence to Covington, Kentucky, where he was successively vice-president and president of the Northern Bank of Kentucky. From Covington, Mr. Peck removed to Avondale, this city, where he afterwards resided. In 1896, he was elected president of the Farmers and Shippers Tobacco Warehouse Company, of Cincinnati, and served in that capacity for several years; he was, likewise, a director in the Citizens National Bank of this city. Mr. Peck was possessed of unusual business ability, and leaves a most honorable record of his business life. He was a member of the Queen City Club, the Business Mens Club, the Society of Colonial Wars and the Ohio Society, Sons of 165 the Revolution; he will be remembered by his club friends as a most genial companion. On October 15, 1872, Hiram Harper Peck was married to Mary K. Peck, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, a sister of Judge H. D. Peck, of this city. Mr. Peck had been for some time past in poor health, resulting in part from the shock he received at the time of the great earth quake in Kingston, Jamaica, where he had a very narrow escape from death. After returning to the United States, he suffered a lingering illness which terminated in his death on the 18th of Oct., 1908. He is survived by his widow and two children, Mrs. John L. Lippleman and Miss Lucy Peck (now Mrs. Nelson Cramer). His remains were interred in the historic "Battle Grove Cemetery", at Cynthiana, Ky. Hiram Harper Peck was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, December 28, 1895, by right of descent from Hiram Peck, of Royalston, Mass., a private in the American Revolution, and the commander of a regiment in the War of 1812. PHINEAS SANBORN CONNER. 1839-1909. Phineas Sanborn Conner, son of Phineas Sanborn Conner and Eliza Sanborn, was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1839; his ancestry included the founders of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, men who took an active part in war and in civil life. When he was a child, but two years old, his parents removed to Camden County, North Carolina; and after a residence in that region of about three years, they came to Cincinnati, O. Young Conner was prepared for college in the schools of Cin cinnati, entered Dartmouth in 1855, and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1859. His medical education was received at the Medical College of Ohio (1858-9), and the Jefferson Medical College (1860-1), receiving the degree of M. D. from the latter in March, 1861. Both before and after graduation, Doctor Conner familiar ized himself with hospital practice; he was thus connected with the Hospital for the Insane at Hartford, Connecticut, and the hospitals in New York. In the opening year of the Civil War, he passed the examination of the Army Medical Board, and in November, 1861, was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, being assigned for duty at the Columbian Hospital, Washington, D. C. ; he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, April 16, 1862, brevet captain and major, March 13, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious service during the war". He resigned from the service 166 August 1, 1866, having served in Washington, in the Department of the Gulf, at Fort Columbus in New York Harbor and in the De partment of North Carolina. On his retirement from the army, Doctor Conner settled in Cin cinnati and was soon appointed to fill the chair of Surgery in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery ; a year later, he became Professor of Chemistry in the Medical College of Ohio, and succes sively filled the chairs of Surgical Anatomy, Anatomy and Surgery. In the year 1878, he was made Professor of Surgery in the Medical School of Dartmouth, retaining this chair for twenty-four years ; Dartmouth, his Alma Mater, honored him as she honored herself when she bestowed the degree of L.L. D., in 1884. Doctor Conner was closely identified with the hospitals of Cin cinnati; for more than 35 years he was on the staff of the Good Samar itan Hospital, and for 21 years was on the staff of the City Hospital, and after that was Professor Emeritus and for many years a Trustee. He was a member of city, county, state and national medical and surgical societies, having been President of the American Surgical Association, the American Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical Society. His reputation was a national one, and during the Spanish War, he was appointed one of the commission to investigate the food supply of the Army. Doctor Conner was both a skillful and a daring operator; he was among the first to perform operations involving parts so vital that success then seemed little short of a miracle. He maintained an active interest in his profession as long as he lived. Beyond the limits of his profession, Doctor Conner took a wide interest in the affairs of life and discussed them with a keen incisive- ness. In the discussion of history, ethics, and science he seemed equally at home. He was for some years a member of the Literary Club, and contributed to the writings of that institution. In liter ature his range was extended; and his attitude towards the great problems of life, while just almost to severity, was yet tempered with pity and tolerance. To those who were honored with his more intimate confidences, his personality was most charming; he could be grave, sarcastic or humorous as the mood impelled. Phineas Sanborn Conner was married in Cincinnati, December 17, 1873, to Julia E. Johnston, who died February 1, 1900. The children of this union were Edith Johnston, who became the wife of Doctor John S. Meserve; Helen Elizabeth, and an only son Phineas Sanborn Conner, who became a physician and died November 11, 1905. Doctor Conner was companion of the Loyal Legion, a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, and of the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution. 167 He was admitted to the Ohio Society, Sons of the Revolution, May 14, 1897, by right of descent from Joseph Conner, of Newbury, Mass., who performed long and faithful service as a private during the War of the American Revolution. Doctor Conner died suddenly at the residence of his son-in-law, Dr. John S. Meserve, in Norwood, Ohio, on the afternoon of March 26, 1909. His funeral, which was an impressive one, was marked by the large attendance of his associates in the medical fraternity, the patriotic societies with which he was connected, and by the gather ing of friends from every walk of life ; black-robed Sisters of Charity, men of affairs, and patients from all conditions of society alike paid their tribute to the kindliness, the skill, the devotion of the dead physician. 168 YD 12286 I UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY