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For many years he was prominent socially, and as an orator and after-dinner speaker he was one of the best on the Coast.
In 1908 he published a book of his addresses under the title of "John Marshall and Other Addresses," which covers a wide field of subjects. He was president of the Geary Street Railroad for many years.
He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon college fraternity, Bohemian Club, Pacific Union Club, Union League Club, Burlin- game Country Club, Potter Country Club, Santa Barbara Club,
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California Lodge No. 1 F. & A. M. and Mark Hopkins Institute of Art.
He was president of the Bohemian Club and Mark Hopkins Insti- tute of Art, and a member of the Board of Managers of S. A. R. He died in San Francisco August 29, 1910.
He was never married. He leaves three brothers and two sisters- Edward C. of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Charles W., John M., Mrs. Nina Kent of San Francisco, and Mrs. Mary M. Owens of Augusta, Ga.
RAND.
Hall Burgin Rand, son of Mary and Tobias J. Rand, was born in Allentown, N. H., March 1, 1826. His grandfather, William Rand, was a sergeant in the N. H. Militia during the American Revolution.
He married Sarah Champlin in South Sutton, N. H., in May, 1850. She died Aug. 26, 1910.
He was a member of Oakland Lodge No. 188, F. & A. M., and had taken the higher degrees in Masonry in New Hampshire. He was a contractor and builder.
He died in San Francisco Nov. 21, 1911.
Two children survive him-David H. of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Marshall Damon of San Francisco.
REED.
William I. Reed was born in Amesbury, Mass., March 7th, 1830, and died in San Francisco Feb. 13th, 1911. He was the son of Eunice (Tibbetts) and Isaac Reed and grandson of Jacob Reed of Sudbury, Mass, a corporal in Col. Thomas Marshall's Mass. Regi- ment in the Revolutionary War.
He came to California July 23d, 1849, via Cape Horn, and was engaged in trade in the mining settlements for a short time.
In 1852 he settled in Humboldt County and engaged in stock- raising. He was the second sheriff of the county.
On March 14th, 1863, he was commissioned First Lieut. and Regi- mental Quartermaster of the 6th Cal. Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in December, 1866. During the time he was stationed at Benicia Barracks, Cal., he served in the field against the hostile Indians in Humboldt County. He entered the U. S. Regular Army as a commissioned officer in 1866, became Captain and was retired in 1889. He served on the frontier most of the time.
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He married Julia, daughter of Honora and Cornelius Connolly in Eureka, Cal., Jan. 8th, 1857.
He is survived by his widow, residing in Oxnard, Cal., and three children-Mrs. Alphonse M. Dufern of Oxnard, Mrs. Guy S. Leavitt of Rockport, Mass., and George C. Reed.
RICE.
Frank Sabinas Rice was born in McConnellsville, Ohio, July 21, 1850, and died in Bakersfield, Cal., May 17, 1910. He was the son of Mary (Bennett) and Sabinus Jason Rice, grandson of Mary A. (Barker) and John Bennett, great-grandson of Elizabeth (Dana) and Joseph Barker, and great-great-grandson of William Dana, cap- tain-lieutenant in a regiment of Massachusetts artillery, 1775. He learned the printer's trade in Springfield, O., graduated from West Point in 1874, entered the U. S. Army, was stationed at Fort War- ren, Mass., Key West, Fla., and Fort Mason, Cal. In 1891 he retired as first lieutenant of the artillery, on account of failing eyesight. He went to Bakersfield in 1892 and entered the employ of Kern County Land Company, and became its office superintendent and assistant manager. In 1902 he resigned and became vice president and man- ager of Producers Savings Bank and First National Bank of Bakers- field, positions he held at the time of his death.
During the Spanish-American War he was major of the California Volunteer Heavy Artillery at Cavite, Philippine Islands.
He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masons and Shrine of Al Malaikah Temple of Los Angeles, and the Elks of Bakersfield. His character is shown in the quotation from F. E. Borton's Masonic eulogy at Bakersfield. "As a banker and business man he was known to us as the soul of honor and integrity; as a citizen, he was a man of high ideals and had the spirit and courage to go forth and hold a lance in defense of them; as a brother man among men, he was characterized by faith, hope and by charity-a faith and hope grounded deep in his love for his fellowmen, his true, sure knowl- edge of the right, and a glowing optimism which taught him that all men at heart desire the right, and that in the end the right will triumph."
He was married June, 1877, to Alice, daughter of Christopher Thompson, of Springfield, Ohio. To them were born two daughters, Frances Alice, who died in 1894, and Ruth. A wife and daughter survive him.
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ROBINSON.
William Augustus Robinson was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., Aug. 16th, 1837, the son of Almira (Coolidge) and John Calvin Robinson, and grandson of Gideon Robinson, a private in Col. Stick- ney's Regiment of N. H. Militia in 1776.
In 1862 he enlisted in the famous "California Hundred," which was merged into the 2nd Mass. Cavalry after arriving in Washing- ton, D. C. He was mustered out in the fall of 1865, having been promoted to the rank of sergeant major, second lieutenant, first lieu- tenant and adjutant successively. On his return to San Francisco he entered the postal service of the Government and was inspector for many years.
He died in Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz Co., Cal., May 21, 1912. A widow and son, Calvin L., survive him.
SMITH.
Chester Stockton Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 29, 1871. He was the son of Jennie (Wilson) and Chester L. Smith, and a great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Manning, a private in the Revolutionary War in Latimer's Regiment of Connecticut Militia, and a lineal descendant of Governor Bradford of Massachusetts. He was educated at Rugby Academy, Philadelphia.
He was bookkeeper and salesman in Morristown, Pa., until he came to San Francisco in 1894, where he was engaged in insurance and other lines of business.
On the 10th of July, 1901, he married Alice Helen, daughter of Mary Holmes and Norton P. Chipman, Judge of the Appellate Court of California, by whom he had a daughter, Alice Chipman, and two sons, Chester Chipman and Norton Parker.
He died at Livermore, Cal., Nov. 21, 1912. A widow and three children survive him.
SOMMER.
Roy Oscar Sommer was born in Bedford, Pa., June 22, 1880, the son of Barbara Ellen (Hughes) and Christian F. Sommer, and great-great-great-grandson of Arthur St. Clair, an officer in the Revolutionary War and General of the U. S. Army, 1792-3.
His father, a native of Denmark, is in the quartermaster's de- partment of the U. S. Army.
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He attended St. Mary's Academy, Oakland, Cal., 1898-9. In 1900 he enlisted in Troop "G," 6th U. S. Cavalry, and was sent to the Philippine Islands, where he served until he was discharged, Jan. 3, 1903, with rank of sergeant. He entered the Constabulary Service of the U. S. Government in the Philippines, where he was killed in a typhoon. The following order was issued by the Bureau of Con- stabulary :
"General Orders) No. 83 )
Manila, Oct. 4, 1905.
Inspector, Roy O. Sommer, Constabulary of Samar, perished in the wreck of the coast guard cutter "Leyte" on the north coast of Samar, Sept. 26, 1905. He was re- turning to his station from the Province of Albay at the time of this unfortunate occurrence. Inspector Sommer en- tered the constabulary as a 3rd Lieutenant Jan. 22, 1903, and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant April 1st, 1904. Dur- ing his career in the Bureau he served in the Provinces of Ambos, Camarines, Albay, Mindoro and Samar. His un- timely death at the early age of 25 years is deeply regretted.
By direction of the Acting Chief,
Art. S. Guthrie, Executive Inspector."
He was unmarried and is survived by his father and mother, who reside in Chicago, Ill.
SUMNER.
Samuel B. Sumner was born in Fort Churchill, Nev., Nov. 26, 1863, the son of Katherine (Haley) of Dublin, Ireland, and Charles Allen Sumner, a native of Great Barrington, Mass. His great- grandfather, Hezekiah Sumner, was a soldier in Col. Nigglesworth's Regiment of Mass. during the Revolutionary War. His father was a member of Congress, official reporter for the Supreme Court of California, and a lawyer. Samuel B. attended St. Ignatius College, St. Augustine's College and the University of California, was ad- mitted to the bar, but never practiced. He was official court re- porter in the Superior Court in San Francisco for about 30 years.
He died May 17, 1911, in San Francisco. He was unmarried. His sisters, Mary P. Sumner, Mrs. Alaric C. Morgan, Mrs. Joseph Hawkley and Julia K. Sumner survive him. At the time of his death he was writing a history of the Sumner Family in America.
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VANDERCOOK.
Roberts Vandercook was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1826. He was the son of Betsy Roberts (Pickett) and Michael S. Vandercook. His grandfather, Simon Vandercook, was an ensign in Col. Peter Yates' Regiment, N. Y. Militia, 1778.
He came to California over the Santa Fe route in 1849. For a few years he was a miner, and afterwards as a contractor and builder, he acquired what property he thought he needed, retired from active business and made his headquarters at Pioneer Hall, San Francisco, and passed the remainder of his life in ease and comfort.
He was a member of the board of managers of this Society for many years, a member of Mission Lodge No. 169, F. & A. M., Ivy Chapter No. 27, O. E. S., and Veteran Volunteer Firemen.
He was one of the best known and most popular of the California pioneers, and was respected and beloved by all who knew him, both old and young.
He died in Oakland May 2nd, 1910. Two nephews survive him, R. O. and E. P. Vandercook. He was unmarried. His funeral was conducted by the Society of California Pioneers, and in accordance with his wishes he was buried in Bennington, Vt., the home of his boyhood.
WASHBURN.
Clarence Elroy Washburn was born June 4, 1866, on his grand- father's farm in East Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine. He was the son of Elizabeth Jane (Edwards) and Adoniram Judson Washburn, and great-grandson of Stephen Washburn, a soldier of the Massachusetts Militia in the Revolutionary War.
He was educated in the public and private schools in Boston, Mass., and Lewiston, Maine. His father, a pioneer of Colorado, in 1858 platted a town named Spring City, Kansas-Colorado then being a part of Kansas-at the site of what is now Manitou Springs, but returned East and enlisted in a Rhode Island regiment during the Civil War.
After his father moved to California in 1885, he worked in a printing office, and was with the Associated Press in San Francisco six years.
He reported six sessions of the Legislature at Sacramento, and was war correspondent for the Associated Press during the revolu-
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tion in Honolulu in 1893. Returning to California the same year, he became telegraph editor of one of the Los Angeles papers, a position he held for fourteen years.
In addition to his telegraph editorship, Washburn wrote occa- sional editorials, special articles and some verse. March 1st, 1894, he became Los Angeles correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle.
He was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Press Club, the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Pine Tree State Association in Los Angeles, the Southern California Academy of Sciences, and was a member of the Board of Managers of this Society in 1906.
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, as First Lieutenant he drilled the men of Troop K, Third Squadron, Gen. Johnston's First Southern California Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. In 1899 he was elected Captain of W. S. Rosecrans Camp No. 2, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., and was Division Commander in 1901.
June 2nd, 1899, he married Anna L., daughter of Theodore D. Cranz of San Francisco, a Mexican War Veteran and one of the San Francisco Vigilantes Committee.
He was a brilliant writer of prose and poetry, and wrote and published music. An editor of a Western publication said of him : "He wrote poetry that breathes of passion and is tinged with the finest of sentiment; verse that savagely, though with masterly pre- cision, rips up the foibles of his fellowmen, these are some of the doings of 'Cynicus'."
He died in Los Angeles the 25th of March, 1909.
He left a widow, mother and sister, Effie A. Washburn, of Los Angeles.
WESTON.
Jubal Weston, born in East Adams, Conn., Nov. 13, 1824, was the son of Clara (Mellen) and Jubal Weston, and grandson of Levi Weston, a corporal in a Massachusetts Regiment in the Revo- lutionary War.
He was engaged in the jewelry business in Boston in 1843. He came to San Francisco April 30th, 1849, via Cape Horn, and was engaged in mining for a year on the American River, and later in shipping. In 1854 he married Sarah Frances, daughter of Capt. William B. Richardson, U. S. N., and located in Monroeville, in Colusa County, Cal., conducted the hotel and ferry until 1868, when
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he bought a large ranch nearby, where he lived until his death, April 9, 1910.
He was a Mason, Knight Templar and member of the Mayflower Society. Four children survive him-Joshua F. of St. John, Cal., Hugh E. of San Francisco, Mrs. Althea Bowman of New York, and Mrs. Elsie M. Downen of Orland, Cal.
SONS OF REVOLUTIONARY SIRES
By Thomas A. Perkins.
All of the Secretary's records of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires and of the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution were destroyed by the great fire in San Francisco, April 18th, 1906.
Some of our members preserved copies of what had been printed by the Societies from time to time and the California Society now owns practically a complete record by gifts from its members.
The Society has an original copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires, printed in 1876, containing 46 pages. This gives the origin of the Society and is the earliest printed data relating to our Society, unless there is a copy of the daily "Alta California" of June 26, 1876, in which was published a letter to the editor, from a lady whose name is unknown, suggesting that "The Revolutionary Grandchildren" be represented in the City Cen- tennial Celebration, and copies of the same paper containing the calls of the meetings, at which the Society of Sons of Revolutionary Sires was organized.
Dr. James L. Cogswell, a pioneer of 1849, now residing in Berkeley, read the letter in the Alta, and the next day had a notice published in the Alta, requesting all descendants of Revolutionary heroes to meet in his office at 230 Kearny Street, San Francisco, for the pur- pose of forming an organization. Several men met at his office, and held a preliminary meeting, the first held, except the meeting of 1875, mentioned in the Register of California Society Sons of the American Revolution, published in 1901.
In the evening of October 22, 1875, Dr. Cogswell invited a number of men to meet in his office on Kearny Street, San Francisco, "to discuss the proposition of organizing a society of the descendants of the soldiers of the American Revolution."
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Major Edwin A. Sherman, one of those present-a pioneer, now residing in Oakland-suggested that when the proposed society was organized it should be national in character. They all agreed to the suggestion.
No written record of this first meeting exists.
Besides the Constitution and By-Laws and origin of the Society it contains historic council by-laws, rules of order, order of business, articles of incorporation, names of members, names of officers of the Society and of the Auxiliaries of the Society.
It is interesting to note that they provided for a Ladies' Auxiliary, which, without doubt, is the first time the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution were mentioned as an organization.
The Constitution and By-Laws and Historic Council were printed in the Register of the Society printed in 1901.
In the Register of 1901 we find it stated that at the second meet- ing "on July 1, 1876, the organization met at the Palace Hotel : the selection of permanent officers was deferred until after the celebration of July 4. James P. Dameron was elected treasurer, and W. S. Moses, marshal pro tem. Thirty members signed the roll and paid their initiation fee. It was resolved that signing the roll should constitute membership and was also to be taken as a pledge of honor that the signer was a regular descendant of an American Revolu- tionary patriot." For misrepresentation the person was to be dis- graced by expulsion.
Up to the time the book was published 99 had joined the Society in the order given in the list. A complete copy of the origin and the list of members follows :
"SONS OF REVOLUTIONARY SIRES.
ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY.
Among the local items in the Alta California of June 29th, 1876, there appeared a call for the descendants of revolutionary fathers, to meet at 212 Kearny street. That evening they assembled at 8 o'clock; when on motion of James P. Dameron, Esq., General A. M. Winn was called to the chair, and Dr. E. L. Willard chosen secre- tary. The chairman said he did not know who called the meeting, but supposed it was intended to celebrate the 4th of July. Mr. Dameron replied that he was one of those who called it, and their object was to join in celebrating the centennial anniversary.
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At the suggestion of the chairman those present were enrolled and recognized as members of an association for the purpose of celebrat- ing the hundredth anniversary of American Independence.
The chairman and secretary were directed to make the necessary arrangements. Joseph Sharon suggested that we might meet at the Palace Hotel on Saturday evening next, which was agreed to.
MEETING JULY 1ST.
The society met at the Palace Hotel; the same officers were in their places. Quite a number of new members were added to the list, and the society adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman.
MEETING JULY 4TH.
The society met at the Palace Hotel; several members were added to the list. The line was formed by Wm. S. Moses, Marshal. Thir- teen of them carried a shield, each representing one of the original thirteen states, and marched in line until dismissed by order of the grand marshal.
On returning to the Palace Hotel, Marshal Moses called the meet- ing to order, when James P. Dameron, Esq., delivered an address which was published in the Alta California of July 7th.
The society dates its organization from the 4th of July, 1876.
MEETING JULY 11TH.
The Chairman gave notice in the daily papers, and the society as- sembled at Dashaway Hall. The meeting was well attended, about fifty being present. The chairman called the meeting to order and delivered an address, giving his views at length.
On motion of 'Colonel Caleb T. Fay, the Chairman was chosen President, by acclamation, and the other officers were elected. They will appear in their proper place. The remarks of the Chairman and Secretary were published in the Alta of Sunday, July 16th, 1876. The Constitution and By-Laws were referred to the officers, and the society adjourned to meet at the call of the President.
MEETING AUGUST 2D.
The society met at the Palace Hotel. President A. M. Winn, in the chair, and Wm. B. Eastin, Secretary. The President read the following report, which, with the Constitution, By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation, was unanimously adopted.
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REPORT.
GENTLEMEN : In the Revolutionary war, as in all others, when a battle is fought or some great deed of patriotism is accomplished, the commander or leader, is recorded by name, while those of the rank and file are merely incidental. Perhaps their names are found on the Sergeant's roll, for the convenience of knowing whether they were present or absent; the roll wears out, the Sergeant is killed, or something else prevents the handing down of even the names of those who bared their breasts to storms of shot and shell, and lost their lives for their country's good.
A hundred years have passed since our grandfathers left their offices, fields and shops to win for posterity this glorious country ; they are called patriotic revolutionary fathers, without a seeming thought that they had some other name like Washington, of which their descendants are just as proud as if they were titled heroes embalmed in the hearts of their countrymen.
In the very nature of things it could not be otherwise, the news- papers could not herald all the men by name, and if they did so the generals and leading officers were all the great mass of the people wanted to know about. But the mother knew her son fought and was killed; the wife knew that her husband had gone to the bloody field and did not return; she told it to her children, they told the same story to theirs, and so the deeds of private soldiers and officers of inferior rank have been handed down from mouth to ear for one hundred years.
It is natural that we should be proud of such ancestry; it is right that we should collect tradition and make history speak of the glori- ous deeds, sealed with the seal of patriotic blood. It is for this purpose we have organized the "Sons of Revolutionary Sires."
Each of the members will tell us what they can about their an- cestral line, and we will write it down, perhaps to bring forth the oft-repeated traditional stories of individual patriotism. We will find the parent stock of revolutionary fame, and trace it down to the youngest of the line, making a record from which our descen- dants may start and follow up to the end of time.
Of our number, we now have enrolled some noble, well-preserved, venerable men; from whom we expect to get much valuable infor- mation.
J. P. H. Davison has passed his 87th year, General John Wilson his 87th, Samuel Graves his 82d, Samuel Stevens his 82d, Col. Jona-
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than D. Stevenson his 77th, Andrew Dunlap his 73d, Joseph Sum- ner his 71st, and Dr. P. W. Randall his 70th year. There are about thirty young men, like your President, between the ages of 50 and 70 years, who have seen much of the hardships of Western life, and heard from the lips of their fathers and grandfathers many revolu- tionary incidents worthy of a page in the history of that age that tried men's bodies as well as their souls.
Gentlemen, you have commenced a glorious work, you have formed an association that will spread throughout the land like the Good Templars and Grangers-organizations that owe their success, in a great measure, to their lady membership, where whole families unite and help each other in every good work. Your committee of officers have considered well the help needed in the progress of our labors; they have provided for a "Historic Council," to make his- tory of tradition; a ladies' auxiliary from which we expect valuable assistance, and a young men's auxiliary, that we may have them trained for the work we propose to commence, and will soon leave them for management and control. We have thought well of the subject-matter, and are directed to report a Constitution, By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation, which we now present for your con- sideration. Respectfully submitted.
A. M. WINN, President. CALEB T. FAY, 1st Vice-President. SAMUEL GRAVES, 2d Vice President. IRA C. ROOT, 3d Vice President. WM. B. EASTIN, Recording Secretary.
WM. H. MEAD, Financial Secretary. J. P. DAMERON, Treasurer. WM. S. MOSES, Marshal. AUGUSTUS C. TAYLOR, JAMES N. MAKINS, Ex. Com. J. S. IREDALE.
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LIST OF NAMES WITH AGES AND ANCESTOR.
MEMBERS. AGE. DEGREE. ANCESTORS.
1 A. M. Winn, 66; G. S. of Wm. Winn of Maryland.
2 Emory L. Willard, 56; G. S. of Abraham Willard, Massachu- setts.
3 Caleb T. Fay, 55; G. S. of Francis Fay, Mass.
4 Charles Siskron.
5 J. Doolittle, 20; G. G. S. of Col. Doolittle, Mass.
6 John P. J. Davison, 87; son of George W. Davison, Connecticut.
7 Joseph Sharon, 54; G. S. of Joseph Eaton, Pennsylvania.
8 Samuel Graves, 82; son of Recompense Graves, New Hampshire.
9 Dallas A. Kneass, 60; G. S. of John Hart, N. J.
10 R. R. Strain.
11 J. B. Worden, 41; G. S. of Isaac Graham, Surgeon, New York.
12 W. H. Mead, 42; G. G. S. of John Paulding.
13 W. B. Eastin, 37; G. S. of Capt. Wm. Eastin, Va.
14 Z. K. Hersum, 46; G. S. of - Danvers.
15 Thomas H. Greenough, 14; G. S. of Jonathan Greenough, Maine.
16 James P. Dameron, 42; G. G. S. of Joseph Dameron, North Car- olina.
17 John Turner, 66; G. S. of John Turner, Mass.
18 J. E. Clark, 51; G. S. of Ichabod Clark, N. J.
19. John Newman Finch, 43; G. S. of John Finch, New York.
20 Laurence V. Hogeboom.
Charles A. Seley, 26; G. G. S. of Abel Seley, Vermont. James L. Cogswell, 47; G. S. of Amos Cogswell, Connecticut.
21 22 23 Charles McQuesten, 34; G. S. of Daniel McQuesten, N. H.
24 L. B. Lyman, 47; G. S. of Ezekiel Lyman of Connecticut.
25 Alfred S. Iredale, 52; G. S. of Alexander Spotswood of Virginia.
26 P. W. Randle, M. D., 70; son of Josias Randle (aid to Wash- ington), Virginia.
Thomas M. Converse, 58; G. S. of William Porter, Connecticut. 27 28 H. H. Riker, 46; G. S. of Reuben Riker, N. H.
29 Wm. S. Moses, 49; G. S. of Benjamin Carpenter, Massachusetts.
30 Charles M. Blake, 57; G. S. of Lieut. John Blake, Massachusetts. Bradford B. Stevens, 61; G. S. of Hubbell Stevens, Massachusetts. 31 32 Uriah Wallace, 50; G. S. of Major Uriah Wallace, N. Y.
33 Charles D. Wallace, 49; G. S. of Major Uriah Wallace, N. Y.
34 James Hamilton, 54; G. S. of Dominicus Rumery, Massachusetts.
35 Joseph M. Paulding, 33; G. S. of John Paulding, N. Y.
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MEMBERS. AGE. DEGREE. ANCESTORS.
36 David W. Nixon, 63; G. S. of Col. John Nixon and Robert Morris.
37 Eben R. York, 57; son of W. R. York, Me.
38 John M. Robinson, 62; son of Capt. Noah Robinson, N. H.
39 J. M. Chichester, 67; G. S. of John Bowles, Maryland.
40 E. H. Peck, 25; G. G. S. of Joel Hunt, Conn.
41 Ira C. Root, 65; G. S. of Lieut. David Root, Connecticut.
42 George W. Stevens, 57; G. S. of Col. Jas. Stevens, New Hamp- shire.
43 Wm. F. Stevens, 46; G. S. of Col. James Stevens, New Hamp- shire.
44 Wm. F. Burbank, 16; G. G. S. of Capt. Silas Burbank, Maine.
45 Eugene K. Sykes, 14; G. G. S. of Jas. Knight, New York.
46 John F. York, 50; son of William R. York, Maine.
47 S. B. Leavitt, -; G. S. of Captain Nathaniel Leavitt, Maine.
48 Warren Holt, 63; G. S. of Samuel Holt, Mass.
49 A. M. Seabury, 48; G. G. S. of David Seabury, Connecticut.
50 H. T. Graves, 52; G. S. of Recompense Graves, New York.
51 A. B. Graves, 44; G. S. of Recompense Graves, New York.
52 Daniel E. Hayes, 38; G. G. S. of Gen. John Blake, Massachusetts.
53 Samuel M. Hunt, 41; G. S. of John Hunt, Massachusetts.
54 Asa R. Wells, -; G. S. of Joshua Wells.
55 Andrew Dunlap, 73; G. S. of A. Dunlap, N. J.
56 Charles Stevens, 82; G. S. of Tristram Stevens.
57 Phineas U. Blunt, 67; G. S. of Joel Estabrooks, Massachusetts.
58 George E. Schenck, 52; son of Captain Jacob Schenck, N. J.
59 Augustus C. Taylor, 67; son of Captain James Taylor, Vermont.
60 Josiah A. Baldwin, 48; G. G. S. of Captain Isaac Baldwin, Mas- sachusetts.
61 Joseph Sumner, 71; son of William Sumner, Connecticut.
62 Alfred W. Elwes, 46; G. G. S. of Col. Thomas, New Jersey.
63 J. M. Adams, 62; G. S. of Samuel Adams, Massachusetts.
64 J. MeHenry, 17; G. S. of Jesse McHenry, N. C.
65 Charles E. Blake, Sr., 52; G. S. of Ebenezer Blake, Massachu- setts.
J. A. J. Davis, 45; G. S. Lieut. McCord, Md.
J. B. F. Davis, 50; G. G. S. of Captain Isaac Davis, Massachu- setts.
66 67 68 James N. Makins, 48; G. S. of Samuel Makins, Massachusetts.
69 Col. J. D. Stevenson, 77; G. S. of Jonathan Drake, N. J.
70 L. H. Langdon, 59; G. S. of M. Langdon, N. Y.
71 Charles H. Pray, 55; G. S. of John Pray, Mass.
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MEMBERS. AGE. DEGREE. ANCESTORS.
72 George B. Tolman, M. D., 50; G. S. of Benjamin Tolman, Massa- chusetts.
73 John W. Johnson, 56; G. S. of Loyd Johnson, Maryland.
74 Amos Adams, 57; G. S. of Amos Adams, Mass.
75 Ezra S. Carr, 62; G. S. of Edward Carr, N. Y.
76 David Bush, 49; G. S. of David Bush, N. J.
77 Gen. John Wilson, 87; son of Wm. Wilson.
78 C. C. Williams, 34; G. G. S. of U. Rochambeau Williams.
79 Charles G. Noyes, 43; G. G. S. of Capt. John Sedgewick.
80 Maj. David Wilder, 39; G. G. S. of Maj. David Wilder, Massa- chusetts.
W. F. Norcross, 43; G. S. of Jacob Norcross.
81 82 Wm. H. Hale, 35; G. G. S. of Gideon Deming, Massachusetts.
83 L. H. Van Schaick, 40; G. G. S. of Col. C. Van Schaick.
84 F. K. Miller, 45; G. G. S. of R. Miller.
Charles H. Denison, 55; G. S. of Gilbert Denison, Connecticut. Josiah Earl, 54; G. S. of General Earl.
Hon. W. H. Barton, 50; G. S. of Elisha Barton, Mass. W. W. Bidlack, 43; G. S. of Benjamin Bidlack, Penn.
Wm. Shepard Dewey, 25; G. G. S. of Maj .- Gen. Wm. Shepard.
Capt. J. S. Marston, 72; son of Samuel Marston, N. H.
Frank B. Austin, 54; G. S. of Russel Austin, Mass.
Guy C. Earl, -; G. G. S. of General Earl.
93 94 Benj. F. Penniman, 70; S. of Amos Penniman, Mass. 95 Col. Daniel Norcross, 53; G. S. of Jacob Norcross. 96 97 C. H. Graves, 20; G. G. S. of Recompense Graves, N. Y. 98 L. S. Graves, 15; G. G. S. of Recompense Graves, N. Y.
99 H. A. Graves, 14; G. G. S. of Recompense Graves, N. Y.
Others have been elected, but signing the roll constitutes mem- bership, which they have not done.
85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 B. A. Bidlack, 38; G. S. of Benjamin Bidlack.
Col. A. S. Hubbard, -; G. G. S. of Elijah Ward of Connecticut.
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SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
SONS OF REVOLUTIONARY SIRES.
OFFICERS.
A. M. Winn, President.
Caleb T. Fay, First Vice President.
Samuel Graves, Second Vice President.
Ira C. Root, Third Vice President.
Wm. B. Eastin, Recording Secretary.
Wm. H. Mead, Financial Secretary.
James P. Dameron, Treasurer.
W. S. Moses, Marshal. Augustus C. Taylor, Alfred S. Iredale, and James N. Makin, Execu- tive Committee.
HISTORIC COUNCIL.
Amos Adams, President.
Joseph Sharon, 1st Vice President.
P. W. Randle, 2d Vice President.
Charles M. Blake, Recording Secretary.
Frank G. Randle, Financial Secretary.
AUXILIARIES OF THE SOCIETY.
LADIES' AUXILIARY.
Mrs. Maria D. Ayers, President.
Mrs. Sarah R. Long, First Vice President.
Mrs. Mary E. Woods, Second Vice President.
Miss Belle Johnson, Third Vice President.
Mrs. Ina. E. Small, Recording Secretary.
Miss Gertrude Seabury, Financial Secretary. Miss A. Dunlap, Treasurer,
Miss Mary Johnson, Marshal.
Mrs. E. O. H. Boullet, Mrs. A. Dunlap, Executive Committee.
Miss Julia Ayers.
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CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
YOUNG MEN'S AUXILIARY.
Will S. Dewey, President,
B. A. Bidlack, First Vice-President,
Col. A. S. Hubbard, Second Vice-President,
Charles A. Seley, Recording Secretary, W. H. Hale, Corresponding Secretary, Geo. T. Wright, Treasurer Thos. H. Greenough, Executive Committee."
Eugene K. Sykes,
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