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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01076 1762
Register Of The Society
Sons of the Revolution in the
State of California -
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Fifteenth Year 1907
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CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
INSTITUTED MAY 8, 1893 INCORPORATED MAY 15, 1893
FOUNDERS AND INCORPORATORS
JAMES MONROE ALLEN
*LIEUT. CHARLES LEE COLLINS, U. S. A.
HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
*MAJ. WILLIAM ANTHONY ELDERKIN, U. S. A. EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN
JOHN MINER CAREY MARBLE 1
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FOREWORD
THE LAST PUBLICATION OF THIS SOCIETY WAS THE DECENNIAL REGISTER OF MAY 8, 1903, AND, DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS, IT WAS NOT THOUGHT BEST, BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TO INCUR THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER VOLUME UNTIL AN INCREASED MEMBER- SIIIP WOULD CONTRIBUTE AN INTEREST TO ITS GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL DETAILS. SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS SOCIETY, WE HAVE ADMITTED ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE GENTLEMEN TO MEM- BERSHIP, OF WHOM WE HAVE LOST FOURTEEN BY DEATH; FIFTEEN BY RESIGNATION AND FOURTEEN DROPPED FROM THE ROLL FOR NON- PAYMENT OF DUES; OUR PRESENT MEMBERSHIP BEING SIXTY-TWO.
THE DEATH OF REV. ALEXANDER MOSS MERWIN, FREDERICK HASTINGS RINDGE AND SPENCER ROANE THORPE CAME TO US ALL AS A PERSONAL AFFLICTION. TIIE ASSOCIATION OF MOST OF US WITH THESE LOST ONES HAD BEEN SO INTIMATE, THAT WE HAD LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THEIR LOVABLE TRAITS, AND THE MEMORIALS ADOPTED BY THE SOCIETY, ARE THIE UNANIMOUS TESTIMONY OF OUR MEMBERS TO THEIR SWEETNESS OF CHARACTER WHICH HAD EN- DEARED THEM TO US ALL.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF. OUR REGISTER OF 1902, OUR LIBRARY HAS BEEN INCREASED BY MANY VALUABLE WORKS. WE ARE IN- DEBTED TO HON. WILLIAM M. OLIN, SECRETARY OF THE COMMON- WEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, FOR A SET OF THE OFFICIAL LISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AND SENATOR FRANK P. FLINT HAS ADDED TO OUR SHIELVES, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS RICH IN HISTORY RELATING TO THE REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH.
OUR MOST VALUED POSSESSION IS THE LIFE-SIZE PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON PEACHY, WHOSE FATHER, BENJAMIN PEACHY, FOUGHT IN THE BATTLES OF TRENTON, PRINCETON, ELIZABETHTOWN, MONMOUTH, AT THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, AND ENDURED THE PRIVA- TIONS OF THE BITTER WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE. IN PRESENTING THE SOCIETY WITH THIS PORTRAIT, MR. PEACHY SENT THE FOLLOW- ING COMMUNICATION:
"LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 12, 1905.
TO THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION,
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
GENTLEMEN:
ABOUT THE YEAR 1887, AN OIL PORTRAIT OF MYSELF WAS PAINTED BY THE ARTIST JENKS, AND IT IS CONSIDERED AN EXCELLENT LIKE- NESS OF ME, BY ALL OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I AM NOT AWARE THAT THERE IS NOW LIVING A SON OF A SOL- DIER OF THE REVOLUTION, OTHER THAN MYSELF, CONNECTED WITH
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ANY STATE SOCIETY, AND MY VERY GREAT REGARD FOR THE MEM- BERS OF OUR SOCIETY, AND MOST HEARTY ENDORSEMENT OF ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR ORDER, INDUCE ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS PORTRAIT WILL BE A POSSESSION VALUED BY YOU.
WITH THE FULL CONCURRENCE OF MY WIFE, WHO INDICATES HIER ASSENT HEREON, I HEREBY PRESENT THIS PORTRAIT TO THE SOCIETY. GEO. W. PEACHY, SR.
I CORDIALLY CONSENT TO THUIS GIFT. MRS. F. A. PEACHY."
BORN MAY 18, 1829, MR. PEACHY CARRIES HIS SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS WITH VIGOR AND CHEERFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HAPPY YESTERDAYS.
AT OUR LAST ANNUAL DINNER, FEBRUARY 8, 1907, MR. PEACHY WAS OUR HONORED GUEST, AND HIS CORDIAL GREETINGS AND HEARTY WISHES FOR THE PERSONAL WELFARE OF OUR MEMBERS, AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE TAKES SO GREAT AN INTEREST, WILL ALWAYS BE A PLEASANT RECOLLECTION TO THE GENTLEMEN WHO WERE SO FORTUNATE IN MEETING HIM.
THE MATERIAL GROWTH OF THE SOCIETY, AND THE EVIDENT NECESSITY FOR QUARTERS LARGER THAN THE PRESENT SOCIETY HALL, WHICH HAS BECOME CONGESTED WITH OUR GROWING LIBRARY AND THE NECESSARY APPLIANCES, INDUCED THE THOUGHT THAT THE TIME IS RIPE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A LOT AND ERECT A SOCIETY BUILDING, AND AT THE DINNER OF FEBRUARY 8, 1907, THE PRESIDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN APPOINTED, AND I AM GRATIFIED TO BE ABLE TO STATE THAT SEVERAL GENTLEMEN HAVE INTIMATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE LIBERALLY FOR THE CONSUM- MATION OF THIS OBJECT.
WE CANNOT EXPECT, AT THIS TIME, TO RIVAL THE MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, AND PENNSYLVANIA IN THIS REGARD, BUT WE MAY HOPE THAT BY CONCERTED EFFORT, AND PERHAPS BY A LITTLE PERSONAL SACRIFICE, WE MAY, AT AN EARLY DAY SEE OUR SPLENDID LIBRARY, PICTURES AND SOUVENIRS HOUSED UNDER OUR OWN ROOF-TREE AND SAFELY PRESERVED FOR THE GENERATION WHICH SHALL CARRY ON THE WORK OF THIS SOCIETY.
LOS ANGELES, MARCH 8, 1907.
Holaridge Ogro Collins.
PRESIDENT.
Officers
irectors and
elegates 1907
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Officers
President HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS,
Vice- President FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT.
Secretary DONNELL GEORGE FISHER, 553 Spring Street, Los Angeles
Treasurer BRADNER WELLS LEE.
Registrar EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN, 2331 Thompson Street, Los Angeles
istorian WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS.
Marsbal CAPTAIN JOSIAH ALONZO OSGOOD.
Cbaplain REV. BAKER PERKINS LEE.
Board of Directors
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HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN,
DONNELL GEORGE FISHER, BRADNER WELLS LEE, FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT.
Delegates to the General Society GEN. JOHN GREEN BALLANCE, U. S. A., HOLDRIDGE O. COLLINS, HON. FRANK PUTNAM FLINT, JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM NORTHROPE COWLES.
Alternate Delegates
HON. JAMES MONROE ALLEN, CHARLES BEACH BOOTHE, JOHN RANDOLPH HAYNES, HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS, HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAIR.
Pholl of Members
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Mostra queBimur Jpsi.
Membership Roll
Admitted 1893 5.
ALLEN, JAMES MONROE, N. Y. Soc. S. R. Great-grandson of Private ADAM LINK
Lawyer, San Francisco
1893
9.
ATWOOD, EDWIN BYRON, Loyal Legion Great-grandson of Private JOHN ATWOOD
Colonel, U. S. Army
1904
89. BAILEY, JAMES MURRAY,
Mining Engineer, San Francisco
Great-grandson of Captain JONATHAN WHITCOMB
1900
76.
BALLANCE, JOHN GREEN, Insignium 2798 West Point Alumni Assn. Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-grandson of Private CHARLES BALLANCE Grandson of Corporal WILLIS BALLANCE
Brig. Gen. U. S. V. Colonel, U. S. Army
Admitted 1901
78.
BEARDSLEY, MOSS WHITE,
Great-great-grandson of Colonel NEHEMIAH BEARDSLEY
Mechanical Engineer, Crown King, Arizona
1904
90.
BELL, HORACE, Grandson of Lieutenant JEREMIAHI WRIGHT
Lawyer, Berkeley
1894
14.
BENTON, ARTHUR BURNETT, Architect, Los Angeles
Great-grandson of Private ZADOCK BENTON Great-grandson of Corporal DAVID CHANDLER Great-grandson of Sergeant SETH HULL
1895
55.
BERRY, MARK TRAFTON, Loyal Legion; G. A. R. Great-grandson of Private THOMAS BERRY
Alameda
1891
22.
BLAKE, EDWARD MEADOR, Great-great-grandson of Captain JOSIAH WHEELER
Banker, Naco, Arizona
1895
54.
BOOTHIE, CHARLES BEACH, Great-grandson of Captain DAVID NICHOLS
Merchant, Los Angeles
1901
81.
BOUTON, EDWARD, Loyal Legion; G. A. R. Grandson of Captain DANIEL BOUTON
Rancher, Los Angeles
1895 63.
BREWER, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-grandson of Private RODERICK MORRISON Great-great-grandson of Private JARED CHITTENDEN
Clergyman, San Mateo
Admitted 1895
44. BURNETT, FRANK WILBUR Great-grandson of Captain JOIIN BURNETT
Lawyer, Los Angeles
1906 95.
BYINGTON, CHARLES SPERRY, Great-grandson of Private JUSTUS BYINGTON
Pasadena
1894
18.
CLARK, ELI P., Great-grandson of Lieutenant AARON BENEDICT
Prest. Santa Monica Electric Ry. Co. Los Angeles
1905
93.
COLE, NATHAN, Jr. Great-grandson of Private NATHAN COLE
Real Estate, Los Angeles
Lawyer, Los Angeles
1893 1. COLLINS, HOLDRIDGE OZRO, Insignium 644 N. Y. Soc. S. R .; N. Y. Soc. Col. Wars; Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Col. Governors; Penn. Soc. War 1812; Vet. Corps I. N. G. Great-great-great-grandson of Private GIDEON HICKOX Great-great-great-grandson of Captain JOHANNES WESTBROOK Great-great-great-grandson of "Associator" and Private HARMANUS VAN INWEGEN Great-great-grandson of " Associator" JAN VAN VLIET Great-great-grandson of " Associator" THOMAS DECKER Great-great-grandson of Captain IRA BEEBE Great-great-grandson of Captain THOMAS ABBE (3d) Great-great-grandson of "Associator" WILLIAM CUDDEBACK Great-grandson of "Associator" and Private BENJAMIN CUDDEBACK Great-great-grandson of "Associator" JACOB VAN ETTEN Great-grandson of " Associator" ANTHONY VAN ETTEN Great-grandson of Sergeant WALTER WOOSTER Great-grandson of Private ELIPHALET COLLINS
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Admitted 1906
102.
COPP, ANDREW JAMES, Jr., Captain N. G. C. Great-great-grandson of Sergeant DAVID COPP
Lawyer, Los Angeles
1901
79. CORWIN, DAVID RITTENHOUSE PORTER, C'al. Soc. Col. Wars; Penn. Soc. War 1812 Great-grandson of "Associator" and Private JOSHUA CORWIN
Los Angeles
1903 85. COWLES, WILLIAM NORTHROPE, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars. Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant SAMUEL WADSWORTHI Great-great-grandson of Teamster GURDON WADSWORTH Great-great-grandson of Private SYLVANUS DUNHAM Great-great-grandson of Private JOHN COWLE
Philadelphia, Pa.
1904
91.
DIXON, WILLIS MILNOR, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-grandson of Captain ISRAEL CONVERSE Great-grandson of Lieutenant JERATIIMEL COMINGS
Banker, Los Angeles
Great-great-grandson of Major AMOS WALBRIDGE
1904 87. EASTMAN, CHARLES SEELEY, Lumberman, Los Angeles
Great-great-grandson of Captain JOHN WISNER Great-grandson of Captain JOHN WISNER, Jr. Great-grandson of Private CONSIDER CHASE Great-grandson of Private TILTON EASTMAN
1900 74. FISHER, DONNELL GEORGE, Captain N. G. C. Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant JOSEPH DODDS, Jr. Great-great-grandson of Private BERZHAHA FISHER
Agt. Chicago & G. W. R. R., Los Angeles
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Admitted
1895
62. FLINT, FRANK PUTNAM, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-great-grandson of Private JOSEPH WELLMAN
U. S. Senator, Los Angeles
1895
46.
GOODRICH, BEN, Confed. Vet. Assn. Grandson of Lieutenant JOHN GOODRICH
Lawyer, Tombstone, Arizona
1893 6,
HARDEN, EDWARD THOMAS, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-grandson of Captain WILLIAM MAXWELL Great-grandson of Colonel WILLIAM HARDEN Great-grandson of Colonel JOHN BAKER
Los Angeles
1895
51.
HARTWELL, WILLIAM ATIIEARN, G. A. R. Grandson of Ensign SETHI WALKER
Real Estate, Los Angeles
1895
45.
HAYNES, JOIIN RANDOLPH, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-grandson of Private ABIEL FELLOWS
Physician, Los Angeles -
1894
23. HOOKER, JOHN DAGGETT,
Manufacturer, Los Angeles
Grandson of Private SETH HOOKER
1894
24.
JONES, JOHNSTONE, Confed. Vet. Assn. Great-grandson of Captain CADWALLADER JONES
Lawyer, Los Angeles
1899
73.
. KENYON, BREWSTER COX, Great-grandson of Corporal JOSEPH KENYON
Rancher, Long Beach
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Admitted 1905
94.
KEYES, CHARLES GEORGE,
Great-great-grandson of Sergeant DANIEL KEYES
Clerk Sup. Court, Los Angeles
1898
69.
KING, FRANK WILLIAM, Great-grandson of Private PELEG ROSE
Merchant, Los Angeles
1906
96.
LEE, BAKER PERKINS, Great-great-grandson of RICHARD HENRY LEE
Clergyman, Los Angeles
1894
25.
LEE, BRADNER WELLS, Insignium 1627 Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Cal. Com. Foreign Wars Great-grandson of Captain THOMAS LEE
Lawyer, Los Angeles
1906
99.
LOBINGIER, ANDREW STEWART, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-grandson of CHRISTOPHER LOBINGIER, Jr. Great-grandson of Captain PETER AUKENY
Surgeon, Los Angeles
1893
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MARBLE, JOHN MINER CAREY, Penn. Soc. S. R .; Loyal Legion; G. A. R. Great-grandson of Private JOHN CAREY, Sr.
Banker, Los Angeles
1906
98.
MeKAIN, FRANK LESLIE, Great-great-great-grandson of CHARLES THOMSON
Salesman, Los Angeles
1897
Merchant, Los Angeles
68. MeLAIN, GEORGE PERSELL, Great-grandson of Lieutenant WALTER GRAHAM Great-grandson of Lieutenant THOMAS HUSSEY LUCKETT
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Admitted 1907
103. MITCHELL, LEBBEUS HORATIO, Officer of the Turkish Order of Medjidieh Grandson of Lieutenant ROTHEUS MITCHELL
Geologist and Engineer, Los Angeles
1894 36. MONTGOMERY, JAMES MORTIMER, Insignium 2 N. Y. Soc. S. R .; N. J. Soc. Cincinnati Great-grcat-great-grandson of Colonel WILLIAM HENRY
Merchant, New York City
Great-great-grandson of Commissary GEORGE HENRY Great-great-grandson of Colonel WILLIAM MALCOLM
1902 83. MOORE, FRANKLIN WALTON
Mining Engineer, Los Angeles
Great-great-grandson of BENJAMIN HERNDON Great-great-grandson of Sergeant WILLIAM TERRELL LEWIS, Jr. Great-grandson of Lieutenant JAMES MARTIN LEWIS
1907
103.
MOORE, PAUL WALTER, Great-great-grandson of Captain ANDREW GRAFF
Journalist, Redlands -
1895
41.
NICHOLS, HENRY ATHERTON, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Mass. Mayflower Soc. Great-great-grcat-grandson of Major General NATHANIEL FOLSOM Great-great-great-grandson of Private JEREMIAH INGRAHAM
Banker, Cambridge Massachusetts
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Great-great-great-grandson of Colonel NICHOLAS GILMAN
Great-great-grandson of Sergeant JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN Great-grandson of Lieutenant NATHANIEL GILMAN Great-great-grandson of Private SETHI WILLIAMS
Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant DANIEL CONEY
Admitted 1895 42. NICHOLS, WILLARD ATHERTON, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Mass. Mayflower Soc. Grcal-great-grandson of Major General NATHANIEL FOLSOM Great-great-grandson of Colonel NICHOLAS GILMAN Great-grandson of Sergeant JJOHN TAYLOR GILMAN
Civil Engineer, Redlands
1894
16. OSGOOD, JOSIAH ALONZO, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Loyal Legion; G. A. R. Great-grandson of Private BENJAMIN OSGOOD
Civil Engineer, Los Angeles
1902 84. PARKHURST, DANIEL BURLEIGH, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-grandson of Private and Privateer HUGH PARKHURST
Physician, Amherst, Mass.
1893
10.
PARRIS, WILLIS,
Agt. Pac. Coast Stp. Co. Los Angeles
Great-grandson of Lieutenant SAMUEL PARRIS
1895
39.
PATTON, GEORGE SMITHI, Great-great-grandson of Brigadier-General HUGH MERCER
Lawyer, San Gabriel
1895
59.
PAUL, JAMES LOCHRY, Great-grandson of Lieutenant Colonel ARCHIBALD LOCHRY
Banker, Ontario
1894
32.
PEACHY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Son of Private BENJAMIN PEACHY
Los Angeles
1906
101.
POWELL, WILLIAM THOMAS, Great-great-great-grandson of Colonel JOHN THOMAS Great-great-grandson of Colonel JOHN THOMAS, Jr.
Salesman, Los Angeles
Lawyer, Los Angeles
Admitted 1893 7. PRESCOTT, FRANK CLARKE, Insignium 2064 Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Conn. Mayflower Soc .; Col. Governors; Brig. Gen. ret. N. G. C. Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant AARON YOUNG Great-grandson of Private THOMAS CLARK
1903
S6. PRESCOTT, FRANK CLARKE, Jr., Captain N. G. C. Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant AARON YOUNG Great-great-grandson of Private THOMAS CLARK
Supt. Tel. Co. Los Angeles
1904 92. *RINDGE, FREDERICK HASTINGS, Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-grandson of Private SAMUEL BAKER Great-great-grandson of Captain DANIEL HARRINGTON Great-grandson of Drummer and Private LEVI HARRINGTON
Manufacturer, Los Angeles
1895
6.1. ROGERS, CHARLES WILLIAM, Rancher, Los Angeles
Great-grandson of Captain JOHN STOUT Grandson of Private DANIEL STOUT
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1906
100. SANBORN, KINGSBURY,
Civil Engineer, Riverside
Great-great-grandson of Private JEDUTHAN KINGSBURY Great-great-grandson of SIMON SANBORN
1893 11. SHARPE, ALFRED CLARENCE, Soc. Army Santiago de Cuba; Penn. Soc. War 1812 Great-grandson of Sergeant HUGH THOMPSON
Colonel, U. S. Army
1894 34. SINCLAIR, HENRY HARBINSON,
Viee-Prest. Edison Co., Pasadena
Great-great-grandson of Captain RICHARD SINCLAIR Great-grandson of Private JOSHUA SINCLAIR
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Admitted 1906
97.
SISSON, GUY DESMOND Great-great-grandson of Private JOIIN SISSON
Salesman, Los Angeles
1895 53.
WADSWORTH, THOMAS SEYMOUR, Great-grandson of Captain THOMAS YOUNG SEYMOUR
Real Estate, Los Angeles
1904 SS.
WALTON, CHARLES STRONG Insignium 3023 Cal. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-great-grandson of Captain JOHN WALTON Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Colonel HENRY WOODS
Corporations' Auditor, Los Angeles
1907
104.
WATERS, WILLIAM GARDNER, Department Commander G. A. R., California and Nevada Great-grandson of Captain ISAAC GARDNER
Stock-man, Santa Barbara
In Memoriam
Alexander Moss mertin
Frederick hastings findge
Spencer Roane Thorpe
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Alexander Moss Merwin
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Alexander Moss Merwin
Born September 3, 1839, in Norwalk, Connecticut. Died February 2, 1905, in Pasadena, California.
Descended in the seventh generation from Governor Joseph Treat of Connecticut, and in the fourth generation from Joseph Platt Cooke, Col- onel of the Sixteenth Regiment of Connecticut troops in the War of the Revolution, Alexander Moss Merwin, from his early youth until he passed to the eternal hereafter, was identified with the best thought for the conservation of an honest and enlightened government in the civil and religious affairs of a people whose independence his ancestors had helped to achieve, and his name ranks high in the roll of the leading Captains of the Church Militant.
Motherless at three years of age, until his tenth year his home was with relatives in New Haven and New York. Entering Williams College, lie was graduated in 1863 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and the same year he matriculated in Princeton Theological Seminary, from which in 1866 he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. In subsequent years the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by Williams and Yale Colleges.
In his early years he was connected with the American Sunday School Union and the Bible Society, and during the War of the Rebellion he was Acting Chaplain at the hospitals of Alexandria and Fortress Monroe and agent in the Shenandoah Valley, of the Sanitary and Christian Com- missions.
Under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board, he went to Chile as a missionary, where, under his supervision, was organized the first Protes- tant Chilean Church in that republic, at Santiago, and he was the first pastor of Chilean Protestants at Valparaiso. He remained in Chile nine- teen years, carrying on the work of pastor, editor and superintendent of schools until 1885, when he returned to the United States.
In 1886 he came to Southern California, from which period until his death he was engaged in missionary labors for the Mexicans, and through his efforts, Presbyterian congregations were organized, and church edifices
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erected at Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Alhambra, South Pasadena, Lamanda Park and Azusa, and a Girl's Home and School was established and placed upon an enduring basis in Los Angeles.
Elected a member of the California Society Sons of the Revolution in May, 1894, his name was borne upon its rolls to the time of his death as one of the most zealous advocates of its institution.
A charter member of the California Society of Colonial Wars, he was chosen its Chaplain and retained in that office at every annual election.
In the affectionate intercourse of our members he became endeared to us all, and we mourn with his afflicted family, the loss of this gentle Chris- tian, who will not be forgotten.
H. O. C
Frederick hastings Rindge
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Frederick Hastings Rindge
Born December 21, 1857, in Cambridge, Massachusetts Died August 29, 1905, in Yreka, California
A trustee of great wealth, and inheriting the blood of ancestors distin- guished in both the Colonial era and that great Revolution against the despotism of England, Frederick Hastings Rindge has departed from us, leaving as his richest legacy a bright record on the pages of his time among those whose lives have been devoted to the maintenance of good government, the integrity of a nation founded upon eternal principles of liberty and justice and the establishment and perpetuity of secular and religious institutions devoted to the training of those to whom shall fall the guardianship of the welfare of this land.
Educated at Harvard University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, his studies did not cease with the close of his college career, and his intellectual activities ended only with his life. He achieved a recognized position in the scientific walks of Ethnology and Archacology, as well as in the lighter and more popular fields of literature, and he gave us a most pleasing, graphic and instructive description of the life as we live it on the Pacific Coast, in his "Happy Days in Southern California." With the strongest attachment for the place of his nativity, he acquired for his new home in this land, a love and enthusiasm, which, in a great measure, became factors in the direction of his later years.
The complete story of his private benefactions and sympathetic chari- ties to the suffering and needy will never be known this side the gates of Paradise, but his munificent gifts to Cambridge, and his establishment and endowment of educational, charitable and religious institutions will remain for all time a part of the history of the cities of his nativity and adoption. With reverential gratitude for the sacrifices made by his ancestors in the winning of this land, and pride in their valor which helped to achieve its independence and found a government which he believed the happiest upon earth, he sought admission to the Societies of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Revolution, that his children and his
children's children might read therein the record of those whose blood they inherited.
His interest in this Society was unfailing in all its proceedings, and he gave his adherence and firm support to all the principles of our Order.
The loss of such a citizen cannot but be felt and mourned throughout the entire scenes of his activities, and as a testimonial of our affection and appreciation of his gentle life, we spread this memorial upon our records, and direct that a copy be transmitted to his family.
H. O. C,
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Spencer Roane Thorpe
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Spencer Roane Thorpe
Born January 20, 1842, in Louisville, Kentucky Died September 2, 1905, in Moor Park, California
A descendant of Patrick Henry, the whole life of Spencer Roane Thorpe was a marked exemplification of the principles which characterized his great ancestor. In early youth he entered St. Joseph's College at Bards- town, Kentucky, where he remained until the spring of 1861. A South- erner by birth and ancestry, all his affections and sympathies went out to the people of his home, and in April, 1861, when but nineteen years old, he left his College and joined the Confederate Army, enlisting in the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment of Infantry, from which he was trans- ferred to the First Kentucky Infantry. He participated in the battle of Drainsville, Virginia, on December 20, 1861, where he was wounded, and he served with his Regiment until June, 1862, when it was disbanded at Richmond, Virginia.
Returning to Kentucky, he joined Morgan's forces with which he fought at Cynthiana on July 16, 1862, and where he again received a serious wound. He served under Morgan in the raid through Indiana, holding at that time the rank of First Lieutenant, and being in. command of a battalion of four companies serving as the advance guard.
At Corydon, on July 9, 1863, he was so seriously wounded that he was left as dead upon the field. Taken prisoner, his recovery was slow, and when able to be moved, he was sent to the military prison at Johnson's Island, in November, where he was retained until his exchange in Octo- ber 1864, when he rejoined his Regiment, then commanded by General Basil W. Duke. His final service in the Confederate.Army was with the rank of Captain when his command accompanied the Confederate Govern- ment from Charlotte, North Carolina to Washington, Georgia, where, being captured, he was paroled.
Upon the establishment of peace he settled in Louisiana, and being ad- mitted to the bar by the Supreme Court, he achieved a competence in the practice of his profession.
He came to California in 1883, settling in San Francisco, but in 1886 he made a new home for his family in Los Angeles. In May, 1893, he was admitted to membership in the California Society Sons of the Revolution and in 1897 he became its Vice-President, holding that office by successive elections to the time of his death.
A charter member of the California Society of Colonial Wars, he was Deputy-Governor-General from the date of its organization and its Lieu- tenant-Governor from 1896.
His amiable disposition and hearty support of the principles of this Society, had endeared him to all its members, and in his death we mourn the loss, not only of a zealous associate, but a sympathetic friend, a gentle- man and a strenuous advocate in both his private and public life, for all that conduces to honesty and probity in the management of State and municipal affairs. To the afflicted widow and children we extend our most profound sympathy.
H. O. C.
Ancestors
Ancestors and Descendants
ABBE, THOMAS (3d) 1731-1811
Private in the company commanded by Major Nathaniel Terry and Captain John Simons, which marched from Enfield, Connecticut, for the relief of Boston in the "Lexington Alarm," April, 1775. Served six days.
"So drum and doctrine rudely blent, The casements rattled strange accord; No mortal knew what either meant; 'Twas double-drag and Holy Word, Thus saith the drum and thus the Lord. The Captain raised so wild a rout, He drummed the congregation out."
First Lieutenant of Captain John Harmon's Company in Colonel John Douglas' Regiment and Adjutant of Colonel John Chester's Regiment, Connecticut troops, from June to December, 1776. Commissioned Captain, January 1, 1777, in the Third Regiment, "Connecticut Line," and was retired November 15, 1778, by rearrangement of officers.
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