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JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU.
MERVIN JEREMIAH MONNETTE.
ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE.
FRANKLIN WALTON MOORE. 1861-1909.
WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS.
* MOORE, FRANKLIN WALTON
Mining Engineer, Los Angeles
Great-great-grandson of WILLIAM TERRELL LEWIS, 17IS 1802. Sergeant of "The First Company of Albemarle Independents," Virginia. commanded by Captain charles lewis, Served against Lord Dimmmore: Member of the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1781. 1783, 1785 and 1788. Trom Surrey County. Great-grandson of JAMES MARTIN LEWIS, 1762-1530. Lientenant of North Carolina Troops at the Battle of King's Mountain,
Great-great-grandson of BENJAMIN HERNDON. Private of North Carolina Troops,
NICHOLS, WILLARD ATHERTON Civil Engineer, Redlands Cal. Soc. Col. Wars; Mass. Mayflower Soc .; Cal. Soc. Col. Gov .: Penn. War of 1812.
Great-great-grandson of Major General NATHANIEL FOLSOM, of New Hampshire Great-great-grandson of
Colonel NICHOLAS GILMAN of New Hampshire. Great-grandson of Sergeant JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN of New Hampshire. Great-grandson of Private ICHABOD NICHOLS of Massachusetts.
OK. ORA Merchant, Colton Great-grandson of Private NATHANIEL OAKES of Massachusetts.
POWELL, HARRY LAWRENCE JJr., Civil Engineer, Los Angeles Great great-great-grandson of Colonel JOHN THOMAS of South Carolina. Great-great-grandson of Colonel JOHN THOMAS, Jr., of South Carolina.
PRESCOTT, FRANK CLARKE Lawyer, Los Angeles Insigninm 2064
Mayflower, Conn .; Col. Wars, Cal .; Col. Gov .; Loyal Legion, Cal .; Spanish War; Carabao; Brig. General. N. G. Cal., Retired, Great great grandson of
Lieutenant AARON YOUNG of New Hampshire. Great-grandson of Private THOMAS CLARK of Rhode Island.
* Died July 21. 1909, on the Seere River, Honduras.
SCHENCK, ALEXANDER T. Civil Engineer, San Francisco Great-great-grandson of Private PETER VAN DORN of New Jersey.
STEWART RALPH WHINAAM Great-great-grandson of Captain JOHN A. HARDENBERG of New York.
TEED, FREEMAN GOLDING Lawyer, Los Angeles Great-great-grandson of Private WILLIAM TEED of New York.
Great-grandson of Private WILLIAM TEED, Jr., of New York.
VAN CULIN, TRABUE Commercial Traveler, Los Angeles Great-great-great-grandson of Private JOSHUA THOMPSON of New Jersey.
Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant ANDREW THOMPSON of New Jersey.
WALTON, CHARLES STRONG
Manager Electric Co., Los Angeles Insignium 3023 ('al. Soc. Col. Wars Great-great-great-grandsou of Captain JOIN WALTON of Massachusetts. Great-great-grandson of Captain JOHN WALTON of Massachusetts. Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Colonel HENRY WOODS of Massachusetts.
*WIGHT, STANLEY GRISWOLD Los Angeles
Grandson of Corporal SILAS MARSH of Massachusetts.
WILLSTT, CHARLES JOSEPH Lawyer, Pasadena Great grandson of Private CORNELIUS WILLASTT of New Jersey.
Great grandson of Lieutenant JAMES WHALLON of New Jersey.
*Died February 27, 1908, at Los Angeles.
RALPH WILLIAM STEWART.
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CHARLES STRONG WALTON.
DAVID RITTENHOUSE PORTER CORWIN.
WILLIS MILNOR DIXON.
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JOHN DAGGETT HOOKER.
ANDREW STEWART LOBINGIER.
PAUL WALTER MOORE.
HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAIR.
In Memoriam
Harry Woodville Latham, A. B. 1862-1896 William Spencer Merrill, A, B. 1873-1898 Major Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath, U. S. A. 1840-1898 Captain Charles Lee Collins, U. S. A. 1859-1899 Colonel William Anthony Elderkin, U. S. A. 1839-1900 John Richardson Hall. 1868-1902 Orrin Zeigler Hubbell. 1859-1903 Horace Atwell Brown. 1842-1903 Howard Bender. 1859-1904 Harry Edgerly Pratt. 1874-1904 Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin, A. M., B. D. 1839-1905 Lieutenant William Henry Masser, U. S. N. 1850-1905 Frederick Hastings Rindge, A. B. 1857-1905 Spencer Roane Thorpe. 1842-1905 William Athearn Hartwell. 1841-1907 Stanley Griswold Wight. 1825-1908 John Charles Fremont Hull. 1861-1909
Franklin Walton Moore. 1861-1909 Brigadier-General Edwin Byron Atwood, U. S. A. 1842-1909 Brigadier-General John Green Ballance, U. S. A. 1853-1910
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of the Revolution in the State of California 1911-1912 Los Angeles
Videant Consules, ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat.
Officers, Directors and Delegates to the General Society 1911-1912
President HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS.
Vice-President BRADNER WELLS LEE.
Secretary EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. Room 619 San Fernando Bldg., Los Angeles.
Assistant Secretary CAPT. FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT. JR.
Treasurer WILLIS MILNOR DIXON.
Registrar FREEMAN GOLDING TEED.
Ljistorian WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS.
Marshal MAJOR ANDREW JAMES COPP. JR.
Chaplain REV. BAKER PERKINS LEE.
Directors
HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS. WILLIS MILNOR DIXON. EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. BRADNER WELLS LEE.
FREEMAN GOLDING TEED.
Delegates to the General Society Term expiring April 19, 1912. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS. FRANK PUTNAM FLINT. JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY.
Alternate Delegates HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAIR. WILLIS MILNOR DIXON. DONNELL GEORGE FISHER.
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LEWIS PATRICK PHILLIPS SON OF JOHN PHILLIPS A SOLDIER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
HIE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, HONORS AS ONE OF ITS MOST CHERISHED MEMBERS, THE SON OF A VALIANT SOLDIER WHO SERVED THROUGH MANY CAMPAIGNS WITH THE CONTINENTAL TROOPS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
JOHN PHILLIPS WAS BORN 1759, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND HE DIED ON NOVEMBER 20, 1839, IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
A FEW YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIS CHILDREN, HE COMPILED A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF HIS LIFE, OF WHICH A MOST INTERESTING PART IS NOW RETAINED BY HIS SON.
THIS MEMOIR IS WRITTEN IN BEAUTIFULLY REGULAR AND DIS- TINCT CHARACTERS, AND HIS OBSERVATIONS UPON THE SOCIAL LIFE OF HIS ENVIRONMENT, AND THE PROFOUNDLY RELIGIOUS COURSE OF THOUGHT PERVADING HIS WRITINGS INDICATE AN INTEL- LECTUAL CULTURE OF A HIGH ORDER.
OF HIS EARLY LIFE HE SAYS:
"MY FATHER DYED IN MY INFANCY, LONG BEFORE MY REMEM- BRANCE; MY MOTHIER BEING POOR AND NOT FURNISHED WITH THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE GAVE ME UP TO THE DISCRESION OF MY UNCLES AND GRANDMOTHER BY FATHER'S SIDE. MY GRANDMOTHER TOOK SOME PAINS IN LEARNING ME MY CREED, THE LORD'S PRAYER ETC, AND WAS VERY CAUTIOUS IN NOT ALLOWING ME TO LYE, CURSE NOR SWEAR. IT PLEASED THE LORD TO PUT IT INTO THEIR HEARTS TO GIVE ME SOME SCHOOLING."
HIS FIRST ENLISTMENT WAS IN JULY 1775, AS A PRIVATE IN
CAPTAIN FORT'S COMPANY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COLONEL POWELL, AND HIS LAST ENLISTMENT WAS ON OCTOBER 10, 1778, IN THE COMPANY OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH WOOD, IN THE NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COLONEL PHILIP ALSTON, HE PARTICIPATED IN MANY TOURS AND SKIRMISHES, AND IN THE BATTLES OF BRIER CREEK, GEORGIA, MARCH 3, 1779; COWPENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 17, 1781, AND GUILFORD, NORTHI CAROLINA, MARCH 15, 1781, RECEIVING AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT THE CLOSE OF HIS SERVICES, WHEN HE RESUMED HIS STUDIES AND FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD HE TAUGHT SCHOOL.
HIS SECOND WIFE WAS POLLY THOMPSON, WHOM HE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 3, 1821, IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HIE LIVED THE LIFE OF A PLANTER, AND HERE, ON OCTOBER 2, 1831, WAS BORN HIS SON LEWIS PATRICK PHILLIPS, THE YOUNGEST OF HIIS THREE CHILDREN BY THIS MARRIAGE.
ON AUGUST 29, 1837, HE WAS GRANTED A PENSION BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR HIS SERVICES DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, BUT HE LIVED ONLY TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS THEREAFTER, DYING WHEN HIS YOUNG SON WAS BUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.
ON NOVEMBER 30, 1813, POLLY THOMPSON PHILLIPS, HIS WIDOW, RECEIVED A PENSION, AND SHE SURVIVED HIM UNTIL 1870, HER LIFE TERMINATING IN THE HOME OF HER SON IN SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
LEWIS PATRICK PHILLIPS RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT EDUCA- TION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN POWELL'S ACADEMY, OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR HE WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, AND LATER, HE WAS EXEMPT FROM MILITARY SERVICE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, BY REASON OF HIS BEING THE AGENT AT STALLING'S STATION, OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL RAIL ROAD COMPANY, WHICH POSI- TION HE HELD UNTIL, THE CLOSE OF THE WAR, ALTHOUGH HIS REPU- TATION AS AN ACCOUNTANT AND MANAGER INDUCED THE CONFEDER- ATE MILITARY COMMANDER IN HIS VICINITY TO CALL UPON HIM FOR ASSISTANCE, AND FOR A SHORT PERIOD HE ACTED AS CLERK FOR COLONEL RADCLIFF.
IN APRIL, 1865, HE WENT TO SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHERE HE CONDUCTED THE OPERATIONS OF A FARM UNTIL 1870, WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY COUNTY . CLERK OF MOULTRIE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH POSITION HE HELD FOR SIX YEARS.
IN 1876 ILE RETURNED SOUTH AND, LOCATING ON A FARM IN JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS, HE RAISED COTTON AND CORN DURING THE SUCCEEDING ELEVEN YEARS.
IN 1887 HE CAME TO CALIFORNIA AND MADE HOME IN DOWNEY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED.
IN 1891 HE WAS ELECTED JJUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR DOWNEY
TOWNSHIP, AND IN NOVEMBER, 1910, HE WAS RE-ELECTED FOR THE THIRD TERM OF FOUR YEARS, JUDGE PHILLIPS DURING HIS LONG LIFE HAS BEEN AN ADHERENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DEMO CRATIC PARTY, BUT THE AFFECTION OF HIS NEIGHBORS, THE GREAT REGARD OF HIS ASSOCIATES AND THE RESPECT FOR HIS CHARAC- TER AND ABILITIES, HAVE PLACED HIM ON THE JUDICIAL BENCH DURING FOUR ELECTIONS IN A DISTRICT HAVING A LARGE REPUB- LICAN MAJORITY.
HE HAS BEEN MARRIED FOUR TIMES AND HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH FOURTEEN CHILDREN, THOSE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION BEING MEMBERS OF HIS FIRESIDE.
HE CARRIES HIS SEVENTY-NINE YEARS WITH A VIGOR THAT PROMISES MANY DAYS OF HAPPY ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOVED ONES OF HIS CALIFORNIA HOME.
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INSTITUTED MAY 8, 1893
INCORPORATED MAY 15, 1893
ADMITTED TO THE UNION BY THE GENERAL SOCIETY, APRIL 19, 1894
FOUNDERS AND INCORPORATORS:
JAMES MONROE ALLEN
*LIEUTENANT CHARLES LEE COLLINS, U. S. A. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
*MAJOR WILLIAM.ANTHONY ELDERKIN, U. S. A. EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN
*JOHN MINER CAREY MARBLE
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HE SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN CALIFORNIA COMMENCES THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF ITS ESTABLISH- MENT, UNDER CONDITIONS MOST FAVORABLE FOR ITS PROSPERITY AND FUTURE USEFULNESS. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF 1912 WAS HELD IN OUR NEW HALL, WHICH HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE REMOVAL OF OUR LIBRARY, COLLECTIONS OF PICTURES, PORTRAITS AND OTHER SOUVENIRS. WE HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY FORTUNATE IN THIS REGARD, AS OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS ARE IN THE MOST RETIRED PART OF THE EIGHTH STORY OF ONE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE- PROOF BUILDINGS, LOCATED IN THE VERY HEART OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF LOS ANGELES. AT THE TIME OF THE ADDITION OF THE TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT TO THE SAN FERNANDO BUILDING, OUR PRESENT COMMODIOUS AND SPACIOUS ROOM WAS ESPECIALLY DE- SIGNED FOR US, AND THE OWNER VERY GENEROUSLY GAVE US A LEASE FOR THREE YEARS UPON THE SAME TERMS WE HAD HELD OUR INFERIOR QUARTERS ON THE SIXTH FLOOR. WITH THE INSTAL- LATION OF THE LATEST SYSTEM OF ADJUSTABLE BOOK -SHELVING, CONVENIENT DESKS AND OTHER APPLIANCES, OUR SOCIETY HALL PRESENTS ALL THE FACILITIES OF A PRIVATE CLUB FOR STUDY AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS.
A NOTABLE REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE SO- CIETY AMONG OUR MEMBERS SINCE FEBRUARY 22, 1911, AND THE PROMPT RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR THE PAYMENT OF DUES, WHICH IN MANY CASES HAD BEEN DELINQUENT SINCE THE YEAR 1907, HAVE WARRANTED THE ISSUE OF THIS REGISTER.
THE LAST REGISTER, CONTAINING THE COMPLETE ANCESTRAL RECORDS OF ALL OUR MEMBERS, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SPRING OF 1907. IN THE SUMMER OF 1910, A REGISTER WAS ISSUED, BUT THAT VOLUME CONTAINED ONLY THE NAMES OF GENTLEMEN WHO HLAD BEEN ADMITTED SINCE MARCH, 1907; MEMBERS WHO HAD PROVED- UNDER ADDITIONAL ANCESTORS, AND ANCESTRAL, RECORDS OF ONLY THOSE WHO HAD DIED.
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS THE NAMES, AVOCATIONS AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE OF ALL OUR PRESENT MEMBERS, AND AN ACCOUNT
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OF THE ANCESTRAL MILITARY SERVICES CONFERRING ELIGIBILITY, WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVED UPON OUR RECORDS AND WHICH, HERE. TOFORE, HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED BY THIS SOCIETY. THE MOST CAREFUL SCRUTINY HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS POR MEMBERSHIP AND OP SUPPLEMENTAL PAPERS. AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL RECORDS, CITED IN EVERY CASE, HAVE VERIFIED THE ALLEGATIONS OP SERVICES.
A STATEMENT OF OUR INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP AND CASUAL TIES MAY BE OF INTEREST.
PROM FEBRUARY 22, 1998, TO APRIL 11, 1909, ONLY FOUR APPLI GANTS WERE ELECTED: SINCE THAT TIME DOWN TO THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION, TWENTY SIX GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN MITTED.
WE LOST BY DEATH, ONE IN 190S; THREE IN 1909; TWO IN 1910; POUR IN DIE ONE IN DIE, AND, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 1911. TWO WERE DROPPED PROM MEMBERSHIP BY REASON OP NON PAY- MENT OF THEIR DUES SINCE 1909.
THOSE OF OUR SOCIETY WHO HAVE DEPARTED FROM US SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF OUR REGISTER OF 1910; WHO NEVER AGAIN WILL BE SEEN AT OUR GATHERINGS AND WHO HAVE LEFT ONLY IMAGES AND PRECIOUS THOUGHIT'S
Deposited mpon the silent shore Of memory,
WERE GEORGE WASHINGTON PEACHY, JAMES LOCHRY PAUL, WIL LIAM NORTHROPE COWLES, JOHN DAGGETT HOOKER, DAVID RITTEN HOUSE PORTER CORWIN AND JOHN MINOR CAREY MARBLE.
GEORGE WASHINGTON PEACHY, BORN MAY IS, 1529, IN MASON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, AUGUST 21, 1910, EN GAARVANZA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WAS DISTINGUISHED AS BEING THE ONLY MEMBER OF OUR ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WAS A SON OF A SOLDIER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.
HE CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE ARGONAUTS AND AFTER A LONG, USEFUL AND HONORABLE LIFE, DURING WHICH HE WAS PLACED IN POSITIONS OF TRUST AND RESPONSIBILITY BY THE REGARD OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS, HE GENTLY FELL ASLEEP
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
A BEAUTIFUL AND MOST APPECTING SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY THIS SOCIETY AT HIS OBSEOUTES, WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY A LARGE DELEGATION FROM THE SOCIETY OF PIONEERS OF LOS A\ GELES COUNTY.
MR. PEACHY WAS ONE OF THE EARLY MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY. HAVING BEEN ELECTED AS NUMBER 32, THE YEAR FOLLOWING OUR ORGANIZATION, AND HE CONTINUED A ZEALOUS AND ENTHUSIASTIC ADHERENT TO THE END.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A RATHER EXTENDED ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND THE MILITARY SERVICES OF HIS FATHER DURING THE REVOLUTION WAS PUBLISHED BY THIS SOCIETY, AND HIS NAME AND EXCEPTIONAL HISSTORY ARE PERPETUATED UPON THE RECORDS OF OPR GENERAL SOCIETY
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JAMES LOCHRY PAUL WAS BORN MARCH 7, 1840, IN WESTMORE- LAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND HE DIED APRIL, 5, 1911, IN HES BEAUTIFUL HOME AT HIS ORANGE RANCH IN UPLAND, SAN BER. NARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
HE WAS A PATRIOTIC AND VALIANT SOLDIER OF THE UNION ARMY DURING THE ENTIRE CIVIL WAR, ENLISTING AT PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, IN AUGUST, 1861, AND AFTER HAVING SERVED FOR AN ENBROKEN PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS, ON AUGUST 21, 1866, HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE RANK OF FIRST SERGEANT. "FOR GALLANT AND LONG CONTINUED SERVICES IN THE WAR FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION, GOVERNOR GEARY OF PENNSYLVANIA, COMMES. SIONED HIM TO RANK AS A BREVET LIEUTENANT COLONEL, RECHT- ING IN THE COMMISSION, THE NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES IN WHICH HE PARTICIPATED, VIZ: SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, WILLIAMS. BURG, FAIR OAKS, ORCHARDS, SEVEN DAYS BATTLES, CHANCELLORS- VILLE, GETTYSBURG, WAPPING HEIGHTS, AUBURN MILLS, NINE RUN, PETERSBURG AND THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE CONFED. ERATE ARMY AT APPOMATTOX."
IN HIS APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THIS SOCIETY, NO. VEMBER 11, 1895, MR. PAUL WROTE AS FOLLOWS, VIZ:
"I CLAIM NO GREATER HONOR THAN THAT OF HAVING FAITH- FULLY SERVED MY COUNTRY AS AN ENLISTED MAN. *
* * 1 DESIRE MY MEMBERSHIP TO DESCEND TO MY SON EARL WHEELER PAUL."
WILLIAM NORTHROPE COWLES, DYING AT PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 17, 1911, WAS A NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA, BORN DECEMBER 25, 1861, AT ORWELL. BY REASON OF A DELICATE CONSTITUTION, HIS EARLY LIFE WAS A CONTINUAL STRUGGLE AGAINST ILLNESS, BUT, COMING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEN BET SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, THE MILDNESS OF HER SUMMERS AND WINTERS AND THE HEALTH- RE- STORING PROPERTIES OF HER OCEAN BREEZES, GAVE TO HIM THAT VIGOROUS FORCE OF MIND AND BODY WHICH CARRIED HIM SO SUC. CESSFULLY THROUGH THE BATTLES OF HIS LIFE.
IDENTIFIED WITH THE. COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROSPERITY OF THE MODERN SANTA BARBARA, IN HIS LATER YEARS HE WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE HE ENGAGED IN VARIOUS PUBLIC AND PRI- VATE UTILITIES, WHEREBY HE ACQUIRED A COMFORTABLE ESTATE WHICH PERMITTED HIM TO RETIRE FROM ACTIVE BUSINESS LIFE, AND HE RETURNED TO HIS NATAL STATE TO DIE AND BE PLACED BY THE SIDE OF HIS FATHER AND MOTHER.
WHILE LIVING AT SAN FRANCISCO, FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE TURKISH CONSUL, HE WAS CREATED A CHEVALIER OF THE ORDER OF MEDJIDIE BY THE SULTAN OF TURKEY. HE WAS ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THIS SOCIETY ONN DECEMBER 21. 1899, AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF. COLONIAL WARS.
THE DEATH AT LOS ANGELES ON MAY 21, 1911, OF JOHN DAGGETT HOOKER, HAS BEEN A PERSONAL AFFLICTION TO A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS. JOINING THIS SOCIETY IN MAY, 1891, HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH US IN ALL OUR WORK AND, ALTHOUGH REFUSING
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TO ACCEPT ANY OFFICE, HE WAS, AT ALL TIMES, MOST GENEROUS IN HIS PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THIS SOCIETY.
BORN AT HINSDALE, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ON MAY 10. 188, HIS LIFE IN THE MERCANTILE WORLD WAS ONE OF SUCCESS, AND HE LEFT A GREAT ESTATE FOR THE PROVISION OF THE WIDOW AND DAUGHTER, AND OTHERS WHOM HE HELD IN HIS AFFECTIONS.
MR. HOOKER DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS TIME, DURING HIS LATER YEARS, SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN ASTRONOMY. HIS MUNIFICENT DONATION OF THE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, AND ERECTION UPON MOUNT WILSON, NEAR LOS ANGELES, OF A REFLECTING TELESCOPE OF ONE HUNDRED INCHES IN DIAMETER, WILL BE AN ENDURING MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY, AND A PERPETUATION, THROUGH ALL TIME, OF HIS NAME UPON THE ROLL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME FAMOUS IN THE INVES- TIGATIONS OF THE OLDEST OF THE SCIENCES.
HE WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OF WHICH HE WAS CHOSEN FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT AND, BY REPEATED ELECTIONS, HE HELD THAT OFFICE UP TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH.
BORN JULY 18, 1838, AT FALLSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYL- VANIA, THE CAREER OF DAVID RETTENHOUSE PORTER CORWIN, TO THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT FOM ACTIVE PURSUITS, WAS MOST STRENUOUS THROUGHOUT THE SEVERAL MILITARY, CIVIC, SOCIAL AND COMMERCIAL PHASES OF HIS LIFE. HIS FATHER DYING IN 1839, THE WIDOW AND CHILDREN MOVED TO PITTSBURG, WHERE DAVID COMPLETED HIS LITERARY EDUCATION IN 1856. ENTERING THE SERVICE OF A FORWARDING FIRM, HE BECAME AN EXPERT IN THE DETAILS OF WATER AND RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION, AND UPON IHIS ENLISTMENT INTO THE AMY OF THE OHIO IN 1862, HE WAS IM- MEDIATELY DETAILED FOR DUTY AT CHATTANOOGA IN THE TRANS- PORTATION DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL DISCHARGED BY REASON OF ILLNESS IN 1864. RETURNING TO PITTSBURG, IN 1865 HE WAS ELECTED SECRETARY OF THE CITIZENS PASSENGER RAIL- WAY COMPANY, AND HIS SUCCEEDING EXPERIENCES WERE THOSE OF TREASURER AND SECRETARY OF THE PITTSBURG AND CHARLESTON RAILWAY COMPANY; SECRETARY AND MEMBER OF THE PENNSYL- VANIA FISH COMMISSION; TREASURER OF THE PITTSBURG MERCAN- TILE LIBRARY; TREASURER OF THE SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHEAT MOUNTAIN, WEST VIRGINIA; SECRETARY OF THE SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF WEST PENNSYLVANIA; SECRETARY OF THE ART AS- SOCIATION OF PITTSBURG; MEMBER OF MANY BOARDS AND PRESI- DENT OF THE PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK OF ALLEGHENY.
IN 1891 HE CAME TO LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE REMAINED A FEW YEARS, THE WINTERS OF HIS LATER LIFE WERE PASSED IN FLORIDA SEEKING THE RECOVERY OF THAT HEALTH WHICH HAD LEFT HIM. NEVER TO RETURN, AND ON OCTOBER 29, 1911, HE DIED AT PITTS- BURG, CHILDLESS, BUT LEAVING A WIDOW, HIS COMPANION FROM EARLY MANHOOD THROUGHOUT HIS LONG LIFE.
HE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THIS SOCIETY ON MAY 29, 1911.
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AND HE BELONGED TO THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS AND THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812.
JOHN MINER CAREY MARBLE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON APRIL, 29, 1912, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BUT A FEW DAYS AFTER HIS RE- TURN, WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER, FROM AN EXTENDED TOUR INN AFRICA, ASIA AND EUROPE.
BORN IN LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 27. 1833, IN 1847, WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER HE WENT TO PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND COMMENCED HIS BUSINESS CAREER, WHICH EVENTUALLY PLACED HIM AMONG THE NOTED FINANCIERS OF OHIO AND CALIFORNIA.
IN HIS MODEST STATEMENT, MADE FOR THE RECORDS OF THIS SOCIETY, HE EMBRACES THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF HIS MILITARY SERVICES IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR, BY THE FOLLOWING WORDS, VIZ:
"I ENLISTED IN THE STATE SERVICE AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY A, 133RD REGIMENT, OHIO NATIONAL GUARDS; PROMOTED FIRST TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF THE BATTALION AND, UPON THE BAT- TALION BECOMING A REGIMENT, WAS MADE ITS COLONEL.
LATER I WAS MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES SERVICE AS COLONEL OF THE 15IST OHIO REGIMENT, UNITED STATES INFANTRY."
HE IS SILENT AS TO ANY SERVICES PERFORMED, BUT THE RECORDS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT DISCLOSE THAT HE REMAINED IN ACTIVE DUTY UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR, AND THAT HE WAS A ZEALOUS, VALIANT AND TRUSTED OFFICER IN MANY TOURS RE. QUIRING DISCRETION, MILITARY SKILL AND FORESIGHT.
AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR HE SETTLED AT DELPHOS, OHIO, WHERE HE ORGANIZED THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF WHICH HE BECAME PRESIDENT. LATER HE TRANSFERRED HIS HOME TO VAN WERT, OHIO, AND ASSISTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CEN- TRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND HE WAS A MATERIAL FACTOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CINCINNATI, JACKSON AND MACKINAC RAILROAD, IN 1888 HE CAME TO LOS ANGELES AND EN- TERED INTO VARIOUS BUSINESS OPERATIONS WHICH PLACED HIM IN THE FRONT RANK OF THE STRONG FINANCIAL MEN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE ORGANIZED THE NATIONAL BANK OF CALIFORNIA IN 1889, OF WHICH HE WAS PRESIDENT DURING THE FIRST SEV- ENTEEN YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE LOS ANGELES STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, WHICH HAS DEVELOPED INTO THE MOST EXTENSIVE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS ONE OF THE INCORPORATORS OF THE HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE MARBLE BOND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY.
HE WAS A ZEALOUS PARTICIPANT IN ALL WORKS OF CHARITY AND BENEVOLENCE; A STRENUOUS ADVOCATE FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PROHIBITION PARTY AND A LEADER IN THE COUNCILS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND INCORPORATORS OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, OF WHOM ONLY
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THREE NOW SURVIVE. HE WAS A COMPANION OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION, A FREE AND ACCEPTED MASON, AND A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA CLUB AND THE CHAMBER OF COM. MERCE.
T THE LAST (SEVENTH) TRIENNIAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY, APRIL 18 AND 19, 1911, AT WASHING. TON, MATTERS OF MATERIAL IMPORTANCE WERE PRE- SENTED FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES RELATING TO THE REVOLUTION, PRESENTED AN EXTENDED REPORT GIVING A HISTORY OF THE EFFORTS MADE, FROM THE INCEPTION OF THIS MOVEMENT BY OUR CALIFORNIA SOCIETY, JUNE 17, 1594, DOWN TO THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS ON MARCH 4, 1911, TO SECURE EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION. IN THIS REPORT WERE SET FORTH THE PARTICULARS OF SOME OF THE FAC- TORS WHICH CONDUCED TO PREVENT AN ENACTMENT OF THE LAW DESIRED, AND THE COMMITTEE WAS CONTINUED, WITH INSTRUC- TIONS TO PRESENT THE MATTER TO THE PRESENT CONGRESS IN SUCH MANNER AS MIGHT BE THOUGHT TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
A BILL DIRECTING THE PUBLICATION OF THESE ARCHIVES LAS ALREADY PASSED THE SENATE AND IS NOW PENDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND OUR COMMITTEE IS MOVING ALL THE FORCES IN ITS POWER TO SECURE THE ENACTMENT OF THIS LAW, WHICH WILL GIVE TO THE COUNTRY THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION WHICH IS NOW BURIED IN THE CEL- LARS AND VAULTS OF THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN WASH- INGTON.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION WAS PROPOSED, WHICH WOULD INCREASE VERY NUMEROUSLY THE OFFICES OF THE GEN. ERAL SOCIETY, BUT THIS SOCIETY, AT ITS LAST ANNUAL MEETING, UNANIMOUSLY REFUSED TO RATIFY THE SAME, AND OUR SECRE- TARY HAS CERTIFIED OUR ACTION TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY.
AT ANNAPOLIS, WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, WAS ERECTED AND DEDICATED BY OUR GENERAL SOCIETY A MOST BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF FRANCE, WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR US IN OUR GREAT CONTEST FOR LIBERTY AS WELL AS JUSTICE, AND WHOSE GRAVES CONSECRATED THOSE GROUNDS. THE EVENT WAS MADE MEMOR- ABLE BY THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; M. JUSSERAND, THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR; LIEUTENANT-COM- MANDER D'AZY OF THE PRENCH NAVY; THE COUNT DE CHAMBRUN. A DESCENDANT OF LAFAYETTE; MISS FOWLER, DESCENDED FROM THE COUNT DE GRASSE; THE SECRETARIES OF THE ARMY AND NAVY; MAJOR-GENERAL WOOD; ADMIRAL WAINWRIGHT AND OTHERS, REP- RESENTATIVES OF THE IHIGHEST OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY. THIS MONUMENT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE IN THIS COUNTRY ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE PRIVATE SOLDIER AND SAILOR OF THE FRENCH ARMY AND NAVY.
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