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To that convention we owe the present Constitution, which Gladstone called, "the greatest work that the heart and mind of man ever pro- duced at a single time."
When all had been completed, and the delegates were signing, Benjamin Franklin arose and calling attention to a picture behind the president's chair, which showed an horizon pierced by fiery beams, exclaimed in a moment of mental elevation, "Mr. President : many times during the debate upon this Constitution I have looked at the picture behind your chair and have been unable to determine whether it typifies the rising or the setting sun. I now know it is the rising sun; and it will never set upon our country."
Washington was appropriately chosen the first president of the new government. By his wisdom and the able men he called around him, the public credit was speedily restored, business revived, and the country entered upon an era of prosperity such as it had never known.
In reviewing Washington's life Lecky, the celebrated English his- torian, says :
"In civil as in military life he was pre-eminent among his con- temporaries for the clearness and soundness of his judgment, for his perfect moderation and self control, for the quiet dignity and the in- domitable firmness with which he pursued every path which he had deliberately chosen. Of all the great men in history he was the most invariably judicious, and there is scarcely a rash word or action re- corded of him."
Washington was not only a soldier and a statesman, but a man of great moral courage. He was the richest man in the United States. Wealth is usually timid; but he joined the colonists immediately after the Battle of Bunker Hill when it was not known whether it would be a mere insurrection, easily put down by the power of the British Empire, or not. He knew that defeated revolutionists are called traitors; and that his fate would be hanging in chains upon Tyburn Hill, confiscation of his property, and the beggary of his wife, whom he dearly loved. All these he cast into the balance without an instant's hesitation.
Washington was a thoroughly unselfish man. No man can be a true patriot if he be not unselfish. Washington was a patriot of the highest type. At the zenith of his reputation, at the height of his power, in spite of the entreaties of a nation, he retired to private life, because of his conviction that no man should serve more than two
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terms as president. It is easy to convince one's self that one is needed by the country; that the people have a right to rule, and should have what they want. These are the flattering unctions which selfish am- bition lays to its heart. Washington was above these. He did that which he thought best for his country, ignoring or forgetting his own glory and ambition.
But before he left, he felt that he had a message for the people over whose destinies he had so long presided, and whom he so truly loved. He therefore wrote and delivered his farewell address, which Sir Archibald Alison, another great Englishman, characterized as an unequalled production of uninspired wisdom.
When this statue shall be unveiled, I want you to look at the face particularly. I have not seen it, but I have seen a replica. I want you above all to notice the face. You will find intellect of the high- est order-no man could be what he was without high intellect. I want you to notice the expression of patience-long-enduring patience. The willingness to bear as long as patience was a virtue. But you will find associated with it the strength to act when the time for action comes. Above all you will find perfect goodness and the repose that comes with all great and good characters. It is the possession of these traits which makes us call him "Father."
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
By Thomas A. Perkins, Secretary, and Edmund D. Shortlidge, Historian.
AMES.
Pelham Warren Ames, born in Lowell, Mass., April 22, 1839, was the son of Margaret Stevenson Bradford and Seth Ames, judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, grandson of Fisher Ames and a descendant of Gamaliel Bradford, colonel of the 14th Massachusetts regiment in the Revolutionary war.
He graduated at Harvard college in 1859 and was private tutor in a family in Georgia till the spring of 1861, when he returned home and was appointed acting assistant paymaster in the U. S. Navy. Served on U. S. S. "Connecticut" and was ordered to report for duty on U. S. S. "Saginaw" at Mare Island, California, and sailed from New York January 1, 1862. He served on the "Saginaw" on the Pacific Coast till the fall of 1865, when he was detached and ordered home. Before leaving he married Augusta, daughter of [William Hooper, in San Francisco, October 18, 1865, and they started for Boston on the "Constitution." They remained in Boston till 1872, when they returned to San Francisco. He was secretary of Sutro Tunnel Co. till 1888, when he became assistant secretary of Spring Valley Water Co., then was its secretary till he resigned in 1906, went East and visited Europe twice and returned to San Francisco. He served on the Board of Education in San Francisco. He was a lawyer but never practiced. He was a member of the military order of Loyal Legion, Naval Order U. S. A., Order of Naval Veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Col- onial Governors, Bohemian, University and Harvard Clubs, and was president of the California Society Sons of American Revolution and vice-President General of the National Society S. A. R. in 1907.
He had seven children of whom two sons, Worthington and Alden of San Francisco, and two daughters, Mrs. Thos. H. Robbins, Jr., and Mrs. Robert W. Wood, survive. He died in San Francisco, May 9, 1915. His wife died about a year before his death.
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AVIS.
John James Avis, born August 8, 1869, at Charleston, W. Va., the son of Mary O'Neill and Captain John Avis, was descended from Peter Haines, a private in the Virginia Line.
He married Amanda Heusch in San Francisco, December 10, 1903, and is survived by her, three children, Marjorie V., John James and Josephine, three sisters and two brothers.
He left Charleston in 1893 for Galveston, Texas, later coming to San Francisco. At the time of his death he was secretary-treasurer of the Charles C. Moore Co.
He was a member of the Union League and Southern Clubs.
He died in San Francisco April 20, 1917.
BASSETT.
Harry Kendall Bassett, son of Martha Chase and Edward Bassett, and great-grandson of Joshua Bassett, Jr., private and artificer in Connecticut Line, was born in Berlin, Wisconsin, November 15, 1878.
He was educated in the public schools, and Oshkosh Normal School, Wisconsin, took the degree of A. B. at Teachers' College, Columbia University in 1907, and M. A. at University of Wisconsin in 1910. He was engaged in educational work in Illinois, New York, and was assistant professor of English at University of Wisconsin. He came to California and was assistant director of Congresses at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1914-1916 and again took up edu- cational work in California.
He married Hester Adeline Brown in Berlin, Wisconsin, December 29, 1903, and had four children, Kendall T. Philip D., Hester A. and Jeanne Bassett.
He died suddenly in Berkeley June 28, 1917, survived by a wife and four children now living at Antigo, (Wisconsin.
BIGELOW.
Charles E. Bigelow was born in Boston, Mass., July 18, 1847, the son of Ruth H. Hathaway and Joshua Richardson Bigelow, and great- grandson of John Richardson, a soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill .:
He died in Ojai Valley, California, July 28, 1915, survived by his wife, Elizabeth Tallant Bigelow.
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BRAGG.
Robert Bragg, born in Boston, Mass., August 21, 1827, was the son of Mary Kenney and John Bragg, Jr. He was descended from John Bragg, who served as a seaman from Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
He was married October 31, 1845, to Mary Jane, daughter of Mary Pierce and John Sewell Philbrook and is survived by two sons and four daughters, residing in San Francisco.
He was a member of California Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., and City Guards, S. F. V. C.
He died in San Francisco February 15, 1915.
BRYANT.
Edgar Reeve Bryant was born in Gilroy, Calif., May 6, 1866, the son of Henrietta Reeve and Berryman Bryant, and a descendant of Rev. Henry Woolsey, a private in N. Y. Militia, and Isaac Shaw Waggoner of N. J. Militia.
He received his early education in California. Took the degree of Ph.B. at the University of the Pacific in 1889 and the honorary de- grees of A.M. from the same university in 1904. He received the de- gree of M.D. from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., afterwards taking post graduate work in London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin. He married Betty, daughter of Lucile Gephardt and William De Witt Tisdale, in San Jose, Calif., May 3, 1899. He was a vestry- man and senior warden in St. Luke's P. E. Church, San Francisco, Professor of Surgery in the Hahnemann Medical College, San Fran- cisco, a Knight Templar, Scottish Rite Mason, member of the Mystic Shrine, California Pioneers and Bohemian Club.
He died in San Francisco December 3, 1905, and is survived by a wife, son and brother, Calhoun Bryant, of San Francisco.
BURT.
John Peck Burt, born in Franklinville, N. Y., October 7, 1838, was the son of Phoebe Lawton and James Burt. He was descended from David Burt, First Lieutenant Lexington Alarm, in General Gates, army.
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He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., class of 1860. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army and was honorably dis- charged in 1862 for disability.
He married Genevieve Stanislaus Scott, daughter of Ann Lee and William Scott, April 22, 1887, in San Diego, Calif.
He was a member of G. A. R., Knights Templar and Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
He died in San Diego February 22, 1915. Two children survive him.
CHANDLER.
John Gordon Chandler, Brigadier General U. S. A., retired, was born in Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1830, was descended from John Chandler, Jr., a private in Captain John Parker's Company at the Battle of Lexington Common.
He was cadet U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., Septem- ber, 1848, commissioned brevet 2nd Lieutenant Third Artillery July 1853; 2nd Lieutenant December, 1853, 1st Lieutenant May, 1856; Cap- tain Q. M., May 17, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel Q. M. U. S. V., January 1, 1863 to August, 1865; appointed Major, Q. M. U. S. A., January 18, 1867; Lieutenant Colonel A. Q. M., General U. S. A., Dec. 11, 1892. Retired December 31, 1894, appointed Brigadier General U. S. A. and retired April 23, 1894.
He married Louise Carnegie, daughter of Colonel J. D. Stevenson of San Francisco, Calif.
He was a member of the Loyal Legion.
He died in Los Angeles June 20, 1915. A son, Logan B., of Los Angeles, survives him.
CLARK.
Alvah Kittredge Clark, born in Honolulu, T. H., November 22, 1831, son of Mary Kittredge and Ephraim Wesson Clark, was de- scended from Edward Clark, private, regiment of Col. Hubbard, Mas- sachusetts Militia.
His father was a prominent missionary, teacher and preacher. He was educated in Honolulu and Boston.
He was married in Honolulu in 1857 to Harriett Merrill Hutchin- son. They had two children who survive him. His second wife was Mrs. Rebecca Bonny of Oakland, Calif., who with a daughter survive him.
He died in Oakland, Calif., March 22, 1913.
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CROWELL.
Frederick William Crowell, born June 30, 1871, in San Jose, Calif., was the son of Amelia Ann Taylor and Charles H. Crowell, and was descended from Henry Campbell, a private in Captain Daniel Run- nell's Co., New Hampshire Militia.
For ten years he was a clerk in the Royal Insurance Company.
He was a member of Oriental Lodge F. & A. M., California Bodies A. & A. Scottish Rite and Pyramid No. 1, A. O. E. Sciots.
He died in San Francisco March 21, 1916.
CUSHING.
Frank Worthy Cushing was born in Aurora, Ill., November 9, 1843, the son of Hannah Townsend and Daniel Cushing and descended from Lieutenant Daniel Cushing, N. Y. Militia.
He was married in Astoria, Oregon, July 3, 1882, to Venice Frankie, daughter of Jane Alice White and David James White.
He served in the Union Army from May 24, 1861, to June 18, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He served two years as clerk in Chicago Post Office, four years as Deputy Postmaster, Oakland, and over thirty years in the U. S. Customs department of San Francisco.
He was Past Master California Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., by affilia- tion, Past High Priest Oakland Chapter No. 36, R. A. M., and Past Commander Oakland Commandery No. 11, K. T. He was a member of the Board of Managers and Marshal of the California Society S. A. R.
He died in Oakland March 12, 1894.
CUTLER.
Alfred Dennis Cutler was born in Lexington, Mass., February 22, 1848, the son of Maria Cutler and Leonard Cutler and great-grandson of Ammi Cutler, who was a private in the American Revolution from Massachusetts.
He graduated from the Lexington high school in 1864, served as a private in the Civil War in the 6th Massachusetts regiment from May 17 to October 27, 1864.
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Married Emma Isadora, daughter of Nathaniel Pierce, of Lexing- ton, May 22, 1870. He came to San Francisco, where he was engaged in business about forty years, part of the time with Cutting Packing Company. He was also engaged in banking and other enterprises.
He was a colonel in the National Guard of California, Commander of Geo. H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., Police Commissioner, president and treasurer of California Society S. A. R. and Vice-President-General of the National Society, S. A. R., a member of Simon W. Robinson Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, Lexington, Commercial and Union League Clubs, San Francisco.
He was a resident of San Francisco and died in Burlingame, July 8, 1917, survived by his wife, Emma T., a daughter, Mrs. Abbie C. Dyer of San Francisco, and two sons, Pierce of Burlingame, and Leonard of San Francisco.
DAVIS.
Horace Davis, born March 16, 1831 in Worcester, Mass., was the son of Eliza Bancroft and John Davis, Governor of Massachusetts. He was descended from Isaac Davis, a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Militia.
He attended Williams College one year, graduating from Harvard College in 1849, and attended Harvard Law School and came to Cali- fornia in 1852.
He married Lavina S., daughter of Frederic W. Macondray, in San Francisco March 6, 1862. He was married a second time in 1875 in San Francisco to Edith Sawyer, daughter of Thomas Starr King, and is survived by a son, Norris King Davis, of Hillsborough, Calif., and a Brother, Andrew M. Davis of Cambridge, Mass.
He was Congressman 1877 to 1881, President of the University of California, 1887-1890, president of the Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. University and a trustee of California School of Mechanical Arts. He received the honorary degree of LL.D., University of the Pacific, 1889, Harvard University 1911, and University of California, 1912.
He was a member of the following clubs: University, Chit-Chat, Unitarian, Commonwealth, Harvard and Faculty. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences, American Historical Society, and the Beta Kappa Fraternity.
He left a large estate and gave large bequests to educational insti- tutions and Unitarian Societies.
He died in San Francisco July 12, 1916.
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DOZIER.
John Dudley Dozier was born in Rio Vista, Solano County, Cal., November 22, 1874, the son of Mary Dudley and Dr. Leonard Frank- lin Dozier and a descendant of John Dozier, a Captain of South Caro- lina Militia in 1776. He was educated at Oak Mound School, Napa; Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy and the University of California, and was agricultural manager of Alameda Sugar Company from 1895 until 1917. He was a member of Mt. Shasta Lodge No. 281, Free and Accepted Masons, and Redding Lodge of Elks.
He married Myrtle Esther Fuller in Anderson, Shasta County, May 29, 1900, by whom he had two sons, William Fuller and John Dudley Dozier, Jr.
He died in Hayward, Cal., August 14, 1917, and is survived by his wife and two sons of Hayward, and two brothers, William E. of Susanville, and Thomas B. Dozier of San Francisco.
DRAPER
Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, born in New York City March 12, 1855, was the son of Elizabeth Morgan and Theodore Sedgwick Draper. He was a descendant of Samuel Powel, Mayor of Philadelphia from October 3, 1775, to April 13, 1789.
He received his education in New York City, Germany, England, France and Switzerland. In 1873 he received the degree of Civil Engineer from Royal Polytechnic, Munich, and the degree of Mining Engineer in 1875 from Royal School of Mines, Saxony.
In 1884 he married Jeane Louise Kelsey at Rochester, N. Y., and is survived by one son and two daughters.
In 1876 he had charge of the Mining Exhibit at the Centennial Ex- hibition. Later he lived in Colorado, California and Oregon, and re- turned to New York City about 1907.
He was a volunteer in the German Army during the Franco-Prus- sian war. He was Captain Assistant Inspector General, Colorado Na- tional Guard, later Colonel and Inspector General and saw service in Ute Indian outbreak. In 1898 was a Captain of U. S. Volunteers.
He was a member of Corps Vitruria, Munich; Corps Montania, Freiburg; Society Colonial Wars; American Society Mechanical Engi- neers and other societies.
He died in New York City, November 8, 1915.
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EASTIN.
William Boardman Eastin was born in Albermarle, Va., September 29, 1838, the son of Sarah Rothwell and Rev. Stephen Eastin and grandson of William Eastin, a soldier in the Virginia Line Continental Army.
He enlisted in the 2nd company Richmond Howitzers, Virginia Ar- tillery May 15, 1861; was captured October 19, 1864 at Strasburg, Va., and released May 15, 1865 at Point Lookout, Maryland.
He was the first secretary of Sons of Revolutionary Sires in 1876 in San Francisco, and also the first secretary of the California Society S. A. R. 1890-1892.
He died at Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, Richmond, Va., July 8, 1913.
ELLERY.
George Wanton Ellery, born in Newport, R. I., October 19, 1858, was the son of Mary Ann Beard and George Wanton Ellery. He was descended from William Ellery, a senator in the Connecticut Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
He was married to Ethel, daughter of John R. Watson, in Sacra- mento, California, August 21, 1881, and is survived by a son, John Watson Ellery of San Francisco, and two daughters, Mrs. Stanley Run- yon of Courtland and Mrs. Charles Jennings of Alameda.
He was a member of Olympic, Union League and Yacht Clubs of San Francisco.
He died in Oakland September 5, 1915.
FIELD.
Putnam Field, born in Leverett, Mass., November 10, 1836, was the son of Roda C. Putnam and Moses Field and a descendent of Moses Field, a private in Massachusetts Militia.
He married Kate M., daughter of Mary Whitney and William Burt in Scriba, N. Y., November 16, 1869. One son, William P., of Havana, Cuba, survives him.
His second wife was Anna M. daughter of Henry McGaffney. One son, Herbert D., of San Diego, survives him.
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From 1854 to 1860 he was a printer in Winsted, Conn. April 17, 1861 enlisted as private Tenth Regiment N. Y. Volunteers and rose to rank of Captain, participating in many battles, including Battle of Gettysburg and was discharged July 19, 1865.
He was a member of Massachusetts and New England Societies, G. A. R. and The Loyal Legion.
He died in San Diego March 31, 1915.
GOODMAN.
Theodore Henry Goodman, born in Mount Morris, N. Y., July 12, 1830, was the son of Harriet Peck and Josiah Moody Goodman and was descended from Major Noah Goodman of the Continental Army, Massachusetts Line.
In 1850 he began his railroad career as telegraph operator with the Vermont and Massachusetts R. R. In 1859 went to Mississippi, then New Orleans, and came to California on the steamer Golden Age, after crossing the Isthmus. He was the first general passenger agent of the C. P. R. R., later becoming G. P. A. of the S. P. R. R., which position he held until his retirement in 1905.
He was appointed 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 1st California Cav- alry Volunteers September 5, 1861, transferred to 2nd Cavalry Volun- teers September 10, 1861, promoted Captain May 21, 1862, and resigned January 31, 1863, on account of having lost the vision in one eye.
He was a member of Loyal Legion, G. H. Thomas Post, G. A. R .; a thirty-third degree Scottish Rite Mason.
He died in San Francisco June 11, 1914.
GRANGER.
Samuel Granger, born in Windham, Maine, September 20, 1835, the son of Polly Pray and George Granger, was descended from James Pray, a private in Capt. William Knight's company, Massachusetts Militia.
He was married in Sacramento, Calif., January 7, 1862, to Adelaide J. Combs, and is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs. M. L. Elliott of San Francisco, and Mrs. F. C. Stokes of Grass Valley.
He died in Grass Valley, Calif., December 8, 1915.
He was in business in Grass Valley for fifty years, and a Mason and Knight Templar.
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HALL.
Charles Lander Hall was born in Nice, France, April 1, 1866, the son of Mary Abby Dale and Charles Olmsted Hall, and great-grandson of Timothy Hall, M. D., a private in Wadsworth's Brigade, Con- necticut.
He graduated from the University of Montpelier, France, in 1886, and was a noted hunter and explorer in Borneo, Sumatra, Africa, Si- beria, Alaska and the Arctic region; of late years he was a rancher near Sacramento, Calif.
He was a member of the Bohemian Club, Society of Colonial Wars, Order of the Medjidie of Turkey, Order of Christ of Portugal, Order of the Lion and the Sun of Persia and Order of the Crown of Italy. He was commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the Exposition at St. Louis in 1904.
He died in Sacramento February 2, 1917, survived by a brother, Maurice A. Hall of San Francisco.
HALSTED.
Eminel Potter Halsted, born August 18, 1873 at Watsonville, Cali- fornia, was the son of Mary E. Brown and James Lafayette Halsted, and was descended from Joseph Halsted, a private in the Continental Line from Connecticut.
He graduated from the Dental Department University of California in 1895.
He was married February 27, 1902, to Clara Simmons Brown.
He was a member of California Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
He died December 9, 1916.
He left a widow, a son, Eminel P. Jr., two brothers, William A. of San Francisco and John B. of Sebastopol, and a sister, Mrs. D. W. Gro- ver of Santa Cruz.
He was a Mason and a member of the Olympic Club.
HEWES.
David Hewes was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, May 16, 1822. The son of Ruth Tapley and Joel Hewes, grandson of Joseph Tapley, private Lexington Alarm, and great-grandson of Gilbert Tapley, Lieu- tenant Lexington Alarm.
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He graduated from Philip's Academy, Massachusetts, in 1847, and was a student at Yale College, class of 1852. He worked to earn money to educate himself, came to San Francisco in 1850, and in February of the same year, opened a store in Sacramento, returning to San Francisco in 1853, where he was engaged in grading the sand lots with a "steam paddy" until 1869.
He also lived in Oakland and Los Angeles. He bought a large ranch in Orange, Cal., in 1881 and planted vines and fruit trees.
He married Mrs. Matilda C. Gray, daughter of James French, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June 30, 1875, she died January 3, 1887. He married Anna M. Lathrop, daughter of Dyer Lathrop, in San Fran- cisco, June 11, 1889. She died August 3, 1892.
He spent several years in Europe and was interested in education, church work, and had a Hewes Genealogy published.
He died in Orange, Cal., July 23, 1915, and left a large estate. Mills College and Lane Hospital are among his beneficiaries.
HICKMAN.
Ernest Claudius Hickman, born August 8, 1861 at Battle Creek, Mich., was the son of Margaret Miller and John E. Hickman and was descended from Isaac Hickman, a Lieutenant in New Jersey Militia.
He was married January 23, 1906, to Mrs. Katherine Lonnsbury in San Diego, Calif.
He was a broker and capitalist and was a member of Lodge No. 35, F. & A. M., Knight Templar, Scottish Rite Mason, thirty-second de- gree; Knight of the Court of Honor, Al Bahr Temple Mystic Shrine, and the Cuyamaca Club.
He is survived by a wife, four brothers, I. G., Wilbur M., Henry H. and Frank P., and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Allwardt and Mrs. G. V. Hoardt.
He died May 1, 1917 in San Diego.
HOWLAND.
Carver Howland, born in Providence, R. I., October 10, 1850, was the son of Emily Langley and John Andrews Howland, and great- grandson of Zephaniah Andrews, a Captain of the Providence Alarm Co., 1778.
He was retired Major in the U. S. A. February 2, 1902.
He died December 29, 1912.
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HUME.
William Robert Hume, born August 13, 1877, at Oakland, Calif., was the son of Annie Raymond and George W. Hume, and great-grand- son of John Hume, a private in Massachusetts Militia.
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