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INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOCIETY HAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEEN LESS RAPID THAN DURING SOME PREVIOUS PERIODS. THIS CORRESPONDS WITH
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THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OTHER STATE SOCIETIES, EXTREME ACTIVITY IN ENROLL- MENT BEING ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY SOME REACTION. THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY IS MORE THAN HOLDING ITS OWN, BUT RENEWED EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO INCREASE OUR MEMBERSHIP. THE CONFERENCE ROOM RECENTLY ADDED TO HEAD- QUARTERS MAKES FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITY IN SECURING MEMBERS.
BY AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION, LOCAL CHAPTERS OF THE SOCIETY MAY NOW BE FORMED ANYWHERE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT IN CALIFORNIA, AS IN SEVERAL OF THE OTHER STATES, SUCH LOCAL CHAPTERS WILL BE ORGANIZED AND FUNCTION TO THE PROMOTION OF THE GENERAL GOOD.
THE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF OUR ORGANIZATION REQUIRE MUCH CAREFUL COMMITTEE WORK. THE EXPENSE OF MAILING NOTICES OF ENTERTAINMENTS IS NOW CONSIDERABLE, SO THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE COST MODERATE TO MEMBERS ATTENDING DINNERS. OUR ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE WILL SOON ARRANGE FOR A REGULAR WEEKLY OR MONTHLY CLUB DINNER, WHICH WILL REQUIRE NO SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ADDITION TO OUR OCCASIONAL MORE FORMAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
THE GENERAL CONDITION OF OUR SOCIETY IS GRATIFYING. THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ARE CO-OPERATING WITH THE UTMOST HARMONY. ATTENDANCE AT DIRECTORS' MEETINGS IS PHENOMENAL. THE TREASURY SHOWS A CREDIT BALANCE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT SO FINE A BODY OF GENTLEMEN SHOULD HAVE ASSOCIATED TOGETHIER IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND CONTINUOUSLY MANIFEST SO GREAT LOYALTY AND ENTHUSIASM FOR ITS WELFARE IS UNIMPEACHABLE EVI- DENCE OF ITS VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NATION. WE HOLD FAST IN THIS TIME OF SHIFTING IDEALS AND VAGUE UNTRIED MIRAGES OF GOVERNMENTAL PANACEAS, TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FOREFATHERS, WHO, TO A LIVING FAITH IN GOD AND IN HUMANITY, JOINED THAT STURDY COMMON SENSE, WITHOUT WHICH THE FINEST IDEALS REMAIN FUTILE AND THE MOST GLOWING ALTRUISM IS AS VANITY.
I HAVE THE HONOR TO REMAIN, GENTLEMEN OF THE SOCIETY.
VERY FAITHFULLY YOURS,
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Know ye the land of the cedar and vine,
Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine;
Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume,
Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom;
Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit. And the voice of the Mocking-bird never is mute; Where the tints of the earth and the hues of the sky In color though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean is deepest in die?
It is a goodly sight to see What heaven hath done for this delicious land What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree, What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand.
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PRECESSION
T THE ANNUAL MEETING IN JANUARY, 1926, IT WAS CONSIDERED ADVISABLE TO ISSUE A PUBLICATION SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO OUR YEAR BOOK OF 1912, CONTAIN- ING A ROSTER OF ALL OUR MEMBERS ELECTED SINCE 1915, WITH AN ABSTRACT QF THE SERVICES OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND SUCH ITEMS RELATING TO THE FUNDA- MENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OUR ORGANIZATION, AND OUR ACTIVITIES, AS MIGHT BE THOUGHT NECESSARY FOR THE INFORMATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY US DURING THE LATER YEARS.
A COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION WAS APPOINTED TO PREPARE THE COPY FOR THE PRINTER, WITH THE SANCTION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF ASSISTANTS AND THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES.
AT A MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE, AFTER A STUDIOUS CONSIDERATION AND SUMMARY OF STATEMENTS BY EXPERTS, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT AN EDITION OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN, IN QUANTITY SUFFICIENT FOR OUR ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP AND EXCHANGES, WOULD COST ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS PER VOLUME.
SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS SOCIETY, IT HAS BEEN A GENERAL PRACTICE, -- ALMOST AN UNWRITTEN LAW, -- THAT ALL OUR PUBLICATIONS SHALL BE DISTRIB- UTED WITHOUT CHARGE, AS WE HAVE REPRESENTED TO ALL APPLICANTS THAT THEY WILL BE CALLED UPON FOR THE PAYMENT TO THE SOCIETY OF NO AMOUNTS WHATSOEVER OTHER THAN THEIR ANNUAL DUES.
THE COST FOR A NECESSARY EDITION OF TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VOL- UMES AT FOUR DOLLARS PER VOLUME, AMOUNTING TO $5000.00 WOULD BE A DRAIN UPON OUR TREASURY ALTOGETHER TOO EXTENSIVE, AND THEREFORE THE COM- MITTEE RESOLVED TO PRESENT THE MATTER TO ALL OUR MEMBERS FOR CON- SIDERATION.
A STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT WAS SENT TO EACH MEMBER, not in the nature of a demand for a subscription, BUT WITH A request THAT HE WOULD INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD DESIRE A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BOOK AT A PRICE TO HIM OF THE COST OF PUBLICATION, NOT TO EXCEED FOUR DOLLARS.
FROM NEARLY TWELVE HUNDRED MEMBERS, WE RECEIVED ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MANY REJECTIONS, AND THEREFORE THE COMMITTEE RESOLVED THAT THE PUBLICATION OF A YEAR BOOK AS CONTEMPLATED AT THE SAID ANNUAL MEETING WAS IMPRACTICABLE AND THEY SO REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BY WHOM THE ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS APPROVED.
HOWEVER, AS NOTHING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY SINCE 1924, MR. BENTON, OUR PRESIDENT, REALIZED THAT A STATEMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS IS GENERALLY DESIRED, AND THIS VOLUME HAS BEEN PREPARED, AND IT WILL BE GRATUITOUSLY DISTRIBUTED.
WE HAVE RECEIVED AS MEMBERS TO THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION, 1586 GENTLEMEN.
OUR CASUALTIES BY DEATH, RESIGNATION AND DISMISSION HAVE BEEN 443, AND OUR RECORDS DISCLOSE THAT OUR PRESENT MEMBERSHIP COMPRISES 1143 GENTLEMEN, ZEALOUS IN OUR WORK AND LOYAL IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ACTIV- ITIES OF OUR SOCIETY.
IN THE REGISTER OF 1924, THE NAME OF THE LAST MEMBER ADMITTED AT THAT DATE IS SYDNEY CLARENCE PETERSON, NO. 1387.
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COL. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS 1893-1907 ; 1911-1912 - 17 YEARS GEN. FRANK ( 'LARKE PRESCOTT 1908-1910 -- 2 YEARS
BRADNER WELLS LEE 1913-1911 .2 YEARS
ARTHUR JAY WATERS
1915-1916 -- 2 YEARS
ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE
1917-1918 - 2 YEARS
JAMES BLACK GIST 1919- 1 YEAR
WILLIS MILNOR DIXON
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FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
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President ARTHUR B. BENTON
Vice-Presidents DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT NATHAN WILSON STOWELL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLEDSOE
Secretary LEWIS AUGUSTUS WINSTON
Treasurer EDWARD BOUTON
Registrar JOHN EMERSON MARBLE
Librarian WILLIS MILNOR DIXON
Historian HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
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THE OFFICERS AND C'OL. HOLDRIDGE O. COLLINS JUDGE GUY RICHARDS C'RUMP JOHN BARNES MILLER DR. (('APT.) EDWARD M. PALLETTE FRANK MONROE PORTER HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON GENERAL CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE
Delegates to the General Society
COL. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS GEN. FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT JAMES BLACK GIST WILLIS MILNOR DIXON GEN. CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY DR. SAMUEL OUTWATER GARNETT ALFRED JOSLIN MADISON MARINE GEN. GEORGE RICHARDS MAJ. THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM BERTRAND STEVENS
Delegates tu National Council WILLIS MILNOR DIXON
Treasurer of the Grueral Society GENERAL GEORGE RICHARDS, U. S. M. C.
Assistant Treasurer HON. BENJAMIN F. BLEDSOE
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JUDGE GRANT JACKSON
JUDGE GRANT JACKSON
Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages: Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. April 2, 1925
GRANT JACKSON WAS A NATIVE SON OF CALIFORNIA, BORN IN PETALUMA JUNE 13, 1869.
HIS FATHER, WILLIAM JACKSON HAD BEEN A VALIANT OFFICER DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION AS A MAJOR OF THE UNION ARMY, AND, INFLUENCED BY HIS AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION FOR THE GREAT CAPTAIN UNDER WHOM HE HAD SERVED, HE GAVE TO HIS SON THE NAME OF GRANT.
MAJOR WILLIAM JACKSON WAS BORN IN NEWPORT, TENNESSEE, JUNE 5. 1822. IN HIS EARLY YEARS HE SETTLED IN MISSOURI WHERE HIS ABILITIES RAPIDLY PLACED HIM AS AN INFLUENTIAL FACTOR IN ALL LOCAL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE, AND HE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE MISSOURI CONSTITU- TIONAL CONVENTION.
SOON AFTER THE END OF THE REBELLION HE MIGRATED TO CALIFORNIA AND ESTABLISHED A NEW HOME FOR HIS FAMILY IN SONOMA COUNTY. A FEW YEARS LATER HE MOVED TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE AND RESIDED AT SAN LUIS OBISPO AND LOMPOC, AT WHICH PLACES HIS SON GRANT COMMENCED IHS LITERARY EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IN RIGHIT OF ANCESTORS WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR COLONIES, GRANT JACKSON, ON MAY 31, 1917, WAS ELECTED A MEMBER No. 402 OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
HE WAS THE FOURTH GENERATION IN DESCENT FROM JOSEPH JACKSON, WHOSE PATRIOTIC DEEDS HAVE RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION IN THE RECORDS OF EARLY TENNESSEE. HIS CAMPAIGNS DURING THE REVOLUTION EMBRACED THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE COLONIES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IN WHAT IS NOW THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN END OF TENNESSEE. HE PARTICIPATED IN MANY ACTIONS AGAINST THE INDIAN ATTACKS AND OUTRAGES WHICH WERE INCITED AND FOSTERED BY THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES AND TROOPS. HE WAS AN INSTIGATOR AND SIGNER OF THAT REMARKABLE DOCUMENT ENTERED INTO BY SETTLERS ON THE CUMBERLAND, MAY 1, 1780, WHICH RECITES "THAT AS THIS SETTLEMENT IS IN ITS INFANCY, UNKNOWN TO GOVERNMENT AND NOT INCLUDED WITHIN ANY COUNTY WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA, THE STATE TO WHICHI IT BELONGS, WE FIND OURSELVES CONSTRAINED FROM NECESSITY TO ADOPT THE TEMPORARY METHOD OF RESTRAINING THE LICENTIOUS AND SUPPLYING BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THE BLESSINGS FLOWING FROM A JUST AND EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT," AND DECLARING THAT THE EMBODYING OF A MILITIA WAS DEMANDED FOR DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST THE HOSTILE ATTEMPTS OF THE ENEMY.
JUDGE GRANT'S ANCESTOR, WILLIAM TRUITT, AT THE AGE OF TWENTY YEARS, ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1780, ENLISTED IN THE VIRGINIA CONTINENTAL ARMY AND ON FEBRUARY 12, 1782, HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FOR 36 POUNDS, BALANCE DUE HIM FOR SERVICES IN THE "VIRGINIA STATE LINE ON CONTINENTAL ESTAB- LISHMENT." ON FEBRUARY 21, 1783, A WARRANT WAS ISSUED TO HIM FOR 3 POUNDS, 2 SHILLINGS AND 2 PENCE FOR INTEREST DUE ON THE CERTIFICATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1782. IN 1783 HE WAS IN NASHBOROUGH, TENNESSEE, WHERE
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HIE ORGANIZED A MILITARY COMPANY OF WHICH HE WAS COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN. AND WITH WHICH, IN SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS, HE SAVED THE SETTLEMENT FROM DEVASTATION BY THE INDIANS.
ROBERT JACKSON, THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF GRANT, ON APRIL 13, 1813. ENLISTED IN CAPTAIN RAMSEY'S COMPANY OF THE FIRST RIFLE REGIMENT OF VIRGINIA, DURING THE WAR OF 1812. HE DIED JUNE 12, 1815, WHILE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, AT MOBILE BAY. HIS CHILDREN WERE GRANTED A PENSION BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, UNDER THE ACT OF APRIL 16, 1816. THOUGH NOT RELATED, HE ENJOYED THE PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP AND INTEREST OF ANDREW JACKSON, WITH WHOM HIS SERVICES WERE ASSOCIATED DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
ADOPTING THE LEGAL PROFESSION FOR HIS LIFE'S WORK, IMMEDIATELY AFTER REACHING MANHOOD'S AGE, GRANT JACKSON WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR BY THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, AND HE RAPIDLY ACHIEVED A BRILLIANT SUCCESS DURING HIS EARLY PRACTICE IN SANTA BARBARA.
IN JULY, 1913, HE WAS APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND IN 1915 HE WAS ELECTED IN SUCCESSION FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS, RETIRING IN 1921.
IHIS AMENDMENTS TO COURT RULES, WHICH HE SUCCEEDED IN HAVING ADOPTED, AND HIS REMARKABLE EFFICIENCY DEMONSTRATED MOST EMPHATICALLY THAT IT COULD NOT BE SAID OF HIM,
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HE REFORMED THE PROCEDURE OF THE BENCH, PREPARED A NEW SYSTEM OF COURT BLANKS AND HE INSTITUTED A NEW LINE OF CONDUCT WHEREBY LITIGATION WAS SHORN OF IRRELATIVE INTERJECTIONS AND TRIALS OF SUITS WERE MORE SPEEDILY OBTAINED. IN ALL HIS DEALINGS, WHETHER LEGAL OR SOCIAL, TRUTH, THE SIGNET OF ZERUBBABEL, WAS HIS OWN GUIDE AND HIS DEMAND FROM OTHERS.
HIE WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY LOYAL TO THE MASONIC ORDER, FROM WHICH HE RECEIVED MANY HONORS. HE WAS PAST MASTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LODGE, A KNIGHT TEMPLAR, AND A MEMBER OF THE SHRINE, THE CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, AND THE UNION LEAGUE, JONATHAN, CITY, SCRIBES, CORTEZ. AND ELKS CLUBS.
HIS LOVE FOR HIS NATIVE STATE ABSORBED MUCH OF HIS ATTENTION AND HIE WAS A STRENUOUS FACTOR IN THE WORK OF RESTORING THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND THE MISSION BUILDINGS FROM THEIR DILAPIDATION.
THE HISTORIC VALUE OF HIS LIBRARY OF VOLUMES AND OLD MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO THE PACIFIC COAST, HAD NO RIVAL AMONG PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, AND HIS HEART THROBBED IN UNISON WITH THE POET WHO WROTE:
Sunrise and roses and bird songs, And climates to suit every taste: Two hours' ride from the snow-sports To the heat of the wide desert waste.
Swimming and motoring and tramping Every week of the year, Hunting and fishing and camping, Never tornadoes to fear.
Canyons and valleys and foothills, Deserts, the mountains and sea, Most wonderful State of the Union, That's why California's for me.
BUT ABOVE ALL AND PREDOMINANTLY WAS AN INVINCIBLE PATRIOTISM FOR OUR COUNTRY AND REVERENCE FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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THIS SOUL, HIS HEART AND HIS BRAIN THROBBED IN UNISON WITH THAT GLORIOUS, IMPERISHABLE, NOBLE AND SOLEMN DECLARATION OF PATRIOTISM BY HOMER:
Είς οιωνός άριστος αμύνεσθαι περί πάτρης,
THE FAREWELL ADDRESS WAS THE BIBLE FOR HIS POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND THE ADMONITIONS IN THAT LOVING DOCUMENT WERE THE SHIBBOLETH WHICH GUIDED HIM WITH SAFETY THROUGH ALL THE PERILS OF AN INTENSELY ACTIVE AND INFLUENTIAL CAREER. IN DISCUSSING THE PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO OUR COUNTRY SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE GREAT WAR, FREQUENTLY CAME FROM HIS LIPS: "AGAINST THE INSIDIOUS WILES OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE, I CONJURE YOU TO BELIEVE ME, FELLOW CITIZENS, THE JEALOUSY OF A FREE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE CONSTANTLY AWAKE. 'TIS OUR TRUE POLICY TO STEER CLEAR OF PERMANENT ALLIANCES WITH ANY PORTION OF THE FOREIGN WORLD"; AND HIS DIFFIDENCE AND ANTIPATIIY TO PUBLIC DISTINCTION GAVE HIM A RANK AMONG THOSE WHOM WASHINGTON DESCRIBED: "THE NAME OF AMERICAN WHICH BELONGS TO YOU, IN YOUR NATIONAL CAPACITY, MUST ALWAYS EXALT THE JUST PRIDE OF PATRIOTISM, MORE THAN ANY APPELLATION DERIVED FROM LOCAL DISCRIMI- NATIONS."
Roi ne puis, Prince ne daigne, American je suis.
TRULY MAY IT BE SAID OF GRANT JACKSON, HIS SUCCESS IN HIS PROFESSIONAL AND MATERIAL ACTIVITIES IS A BRILLIANT EXEMPLAR FOR THE YOUTH STRUGGLING FOR THE HIGHER LIGHT, FOR HIS YEARS WERE NOT FILLED WITH CARE AND TROUBLE IN WHICH AGE OUTSTEPS THE MARCH OF TIME.
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FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
May 8, 1926
TO THE MEMORY OF FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL WHO, DURING AN EXACTING CAREER OF MOST USEFUL ACTIVITIES, WAS CALLED TO THAT GREAT UNKNOWN, ETERNAL HEREAFTER, THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION INSCRIBES A RECORD OF THOSE CHARACTERISTIC ENDOWMENTS WHICH MADE HIM AN INFLUENTIAL FACTOR IN ALL THE PROGRESSIVE WORK OF THE SOCIETY.
THROUGH MANY LINES OF GENERATION, BACK TO THE EARLIEST PURITANS OF MASSACHUSETTS HE INHERITED THOSE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE BEEN SIG- NALIZED IN HISTORY AND SONG AND WHICH SEEM TO BE INHERENT IN THEIR DESCENDANTS.
HIS DYNAMIC ENERGY AND MAGNETISM GAVE HIM THE ASCENDENCY IN THE CONDUCT OF CIVIL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ENGROSSED HIS INTEREST, AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR HIS SUPERVISION AND AUTOCRATIC DECISIONS WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEFEAT OF ALL OBSTRUCTIVE IMPEDIMENTS AND GAVE TO US A NOBLE STRUCTURE FOR THE HOUSING OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY.
HIE WAS PRESIDENT OF THIS SOCIETY AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION: GOVERNOR OF THE CALIFORNIA, AND HIS- TORIAN OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS: PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE: VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY AND AN INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF SEVERAL HISTORICAL, GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES. IN THESE, AS WELL AS AMONG ALL OTHERS WITH WHOM HE CAME IN CONTACT, THE VIGOR AND INTEN- SITY OF HIS TEMPER GAVE HIM AN ASCENDENCY, AND HIS PERSEVERANCE IN ALL CAUSES WHICH HE THOUGHT GOOD, SELDOM MET WITH DISCOMFITURE.
A WISE COUNCILLOR HAS DEFARTED FROM US, BUT, FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF WHICH HE WAS AN EXEMPLAR, OUR FUTURE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH UNWARPED JUDGMENT.
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JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY
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JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY June 11, 1926
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE TWELVE GENTLEMEN WHO INCORPORATED THE NEW YORK SOCIETY.
FROM 1886 TO 1893 HE WAS SECRETARY, AND DURING THAT PERIOD HE ACHIEVED FOR THAT SOCIETY ITS ASTONISHING SUCCESS AND PREDOMINANCE IN THE ORDER.
HE WAS ELECTED SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY UPON ITS ORGANI- ZATION IN 1890, WHICH OFFICE HIE RETAINED BY REPEATED ELECTIONS UNTIL 1911, WHEN HE WAS HONORED BY BEING MADE GENERAL VICE-PRESIDENT. IN 1914 HE WAS ELECTED GENERAL PRESIDENT, AND ALL WERE SO APPRECIATIVE OF HIS ABILITIES AND SERVICES THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A LIFE'S TENURE OF THAT DISTINGUISHED POSITION, A COUNTERPART TO GOVERNOR CARROLL, BUT IN 1923 HIE DECLINED THE OFFICE AND RETIRED FROM ALL OFFICIAL ACTION.
HIS MATURE LIFE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL AND MATERIAL ACTIVITIES OF NEW YORK CITY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI AND SEVERAL OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE AND INFLUENTIAL CLUBS OF THE CITY. HE WAS A LEADER IN THE ACTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE PURCHASE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FRAUNCES' TAVERN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE HAVING CHARGE OF ALL OPERATIONS FOR ITS PRESERVATION. HE INSTITUTED THE MEANS FOR THE ERECTION OF A MONUMENT TO NATHAN HALE, AND HIS DAUGHTER PULLED THE CORD WHICH UNVEILED THAT BEAUTIFUL STATUE TO THE GREAT ASSEMBLY WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
HIS AMBITION FOR A GENERAL PROMULGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS SOCIETY, WITH A DEMAND FOR THE CO-OPERATION OF ALL PATRIOTIC AMERICANS, INDUCED HIS ATTENTION TO THE PACIFIC COAST, AND THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OWES ITS EARLY FOUNDATION TO HIS SUGGESTION IN THIS BEHALF AND HIS ASSIDUOUS AND UNWEARIED ADVICE AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE.
OUR OBLIGATIONS TO HIM WERE SO AMENABLE THAT WE FELT HE SHOULD NOT FIND HIS GOOD TURNS SHUFFLED OFF WITH SUCH UNCURRENT PAY AS THANKS AND EVER THANKS, AND WE ELECTED HIM AN HONORARY LIFE MEMBER OF OUR SOCIETY, FREE FROM ALL DUES AND ASSESSMENTS, AND HE REPRESENTED US, TO THE HOUR OF HIS DEATH, AS DELEGATE TO THE GENERAL SOCIETY.
HE WAS OUR FRIEND, WHOSE ADOPTION HAD BEEN TRIED, AND WE OF THIS SOCIETY, WHO KNEW HIM INTIMATELY, HAD GRAPPLED HIM TO OUR SOULS WITH HOOPS OF STEEL.
A LOVING MEMORY OF HIM WILL PERVADE OUR MINDS AND HEARTS SO LONG AS LIFE SHALL BE TO US.
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MEMBERS AND THEIR ANCESTORS
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1541 ALBERT ADCOCK
Private Michael Wether LONG BEACH, C'AL.
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HORACE CRANE ANDREWS Private Bernice Crane
LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
1560 WALTER FRENCH ARMS Los ANGELES, CAL. Colonel Joseph Stebbins
1574 WILLIAM DELANO ARMSTRONG. LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
Captain Eliakim Smith
1 1525 EDWIN VINCENT ASKEY Captain Thomas Askey
LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
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HORACE PERKINS BABSON Los ANGELES, CAL.
Private Daniel Perkins
1396 THOMAS BALL LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
Captain Leroy Edwards
ALHAMBRA, C'AL.
1489 GEORGE FLETCHER BARKER. Major Daniel Fletcher Captain Benjamin Markley
1431 SAMUEL BAYLEY. Private Joshua Bayley, Sr.
SANTA BARBARA, C'AL.
1534 MILLARD JULIAN BECKETT LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Humphrey D. Beckett
1532 JAMES HENRY BEGGS LOS ANGELES, C'AL. Captain Thomas Beggs
1470 GEORGE HENRY BENT Captain David Bent, Jr.
PASADENA, CAL.
1567 BERTRAM JOSEPH BISHOP LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Richard Bishop
1494 ANDREW HICKENLOOPER BLACKMORE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Brigadier General Joseph Otis Sergeant John Dawson Private Andrew Hickenlooper I. Private Benjamin MeCall Private Polycarp Smith
1526 CHARLES FOSTER BOULDIN Private Richard Bouldin
Los ANGELES, C'AL.
1416 FRANK RYON BRAY. LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
Colonel Joseph Dickson
1485 WILLIAM ORVILLE BRICE. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Samuel Brice
1585 ELMER LE ROY BIGGS. General Benjamin Biggs
LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
1425 GLENN THORNTON BROCKERMAN VENICE, C'AL.
Private David Corwin
1483 AUSTIN GOULID BROWN LA JOLLA, C'AL. Private Josiah Howes
1451 FREDERICK LEONARD BROWN Private Josiah Howes
LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
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1452 FREDERICK WALTON BROWN Los ANGELES, CAL. Private Josiah Howes
14468 DAVID SEBASTIAN BURROUGHS RIVERSIDE, CAL. Private Joshua Bordman
1527 GEORGE WINSLOW BUTLER HONDURAS, SOUTH AMERICA Private Elisha Stoddard, Jr.
1445 L. DEAN CADY. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Colonel Nathan Gallup Private Thomas Thompson Captain Joseph Gallup
1528 HARRISON CASSELL. . Colonel Gideon Warren
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1529 WILLIAM LEMON CHITTY LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Matthias Lemon
1478 CLAUDE HENRY CHURCH YOSEMITE, CAL.
Private Zebulon Corwell
PASADENA, CAL.
1496 RALPH CLAPP Private William Clapp Private Ephraim Cushman Private Gideon Dickinson
1430 HARRY WELROSE COFFIN LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Samuel Teague
1456 SCHUYLER COLE. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private John Townsend, Jr.
1505 HENRY HALSEY CONGER SAN MATEO, CAL. Jacob Ford, Sr .-- Member New Jersey State Assembly.
1457 REV. DAVID RANSOM C'OVELL. SOUTH PASADENA, CAL. Sergt. Maj. David Ransom
1550 JESSE GRANT CRAMER PASADENA, CAL.
Private Noah Grant
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EGERTON CRISPIN LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Samuel Gordon
1415 LELAND WICKWARE DAKE. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Sgt. Immanuel (Manuel) Dake
1509 ALLEN GEORGE DAVENPORT LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private James Nesbitt Private Thomas Davenport
1406 ALEXANDER DAVIDSON Captain Joseph Guild
PASADENA, CAL.
1554 KENNETH SAMUEL DAVIS. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Henry Straight
1398 MARTIN BENJAMIN DAVIS LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Ezra Davis
1469 PHILAP SCOTT DAVIS. GLENDALE, CAL. Lieut. Col. Richard Davis
1521 EDMOND HASKELL DE MAR SAN DIMAS, CAL. Private Benjamin Esterbrooks (Estabrook) Private John Simonds
1569 JOHN GILBERT DE MUTH Private Gottlieb De Muth
VENICE, CAL.
1581 REV. CHARLES EPHRAIM DEUEL SANTA BARBARA, CAL. Lieutenant Jacob Bockee
1.197 CLARENCE DUDLEY DICKEY, JR. HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Sergeant William Ashley Nehemiah Howe, member of the Board of War at the Dorset Convention, 1775.
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1440 LINDSAY KEARNS DICKEY
Los ANGELES, CAL. Sergeant William Ashley
1461 JONATHAN SHERMAN DODGE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Jonathan Dodge
1434 JAMES DOUGHTY . Private Thomas Nichol
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1453 THOMAS JEFFERSON DOUGLASS Private James Douglass
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1414 WILLIAM CLARENCE DRAPER.
LOS ANGELES, CAL. Private Henry Sanders (Saunders)
1420 VERN DUMAS. Private Daniel MeKinney Private Samuel Coleman
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1520 FRANCIS PERLEY DUNCKLEE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Silas Hoadley
1421 FRANCIS JAMES DYSART. ONTARIO, CAL.
Captain James Dysart
1555 WARREN CLIFFORD EARLE PASADENA, CAL.
Private Asa Priest
1493
MORRIS ROGERS EBERSOLE Private John George
HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
1552 ('LAUDE BURTON EDINGTON Jonathan Edington
CULVER CITY, CAL.
1460 DOUGLAS LYMAN EDMONDS LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain John Maxwell
1394
HENRY KNOX ELDER Los ANGELES, CAL.
Captain Robert Knox
1481 GEORGE GILBERT ENTZ. HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Captain William Warren Gilbert
1561 WILLIAM HULL FAIRBANKS LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Corporal Oliver Fairbanks Lieutenant Asa Wilder Private Reuben Wilder
1577 JOHN WESTLEY FAIRCHILD PASADENA, ('AL.
Private Stephen Fairchild
1490 THOMAS MANCHESTER FARRAND LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private William Farrand
1504 EARL JUDSON FELLOWS. Los ANGELES, CAL. Private Beriah Howard
1516 FRED FORD LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain William Pearce
1515 WILLIAM HOWLAND FORD LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain William Pearce
151.4 ROBERT ALPHEUS FULLER COMPTON, CAL.
Captain Gideon Hotchkiss
1548 WILLARD WOODBURY GARDNER. LOS ANGELES, CAL. Corporal Job Trask
1482 GEORGE WOOD GARRARD Governor James Garrard Colonel Cornelius Ludlow Colonel James Chambers
FRONTENAC, MINNESOTA
1514 DONALD BULE GARSTANG
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Thomas Dodd
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1540 WILLIAM BLAIR GIBBENS Major Henry Peyton Private George Leach Captain Direk Pennybacker
OCEAN PARK, CAL.
1502 WILLIAM HENRY GORDON Private Josiah Treat Deming
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1397 HENRY MATHER GREENE PASADENA, CAL.
Hon. Samuel Ward
1413 THORNTON HUNTINGTON HAMLIN
PASADENA, C'AL.
2nd Lieut. Ebenezer Wright
1507 BYRON CALVIN HANNA. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Lieutenant Benjamin Miles, Jr.
1462 NICHOLAS MCCARTY HARRISON. PASADENA, CAL. Benjamin Harrison, Signer of Declaration
CHARLES HENRY HASKINS. David Thurston ('aptain James Barber
LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
1491 ALBERT GARDENHOUR HAVERMALE. Private Shermon Smith
GLENDALE, CAL.
1464 HOBART HENRY HAWKINS. Private Jeremiah Vose
WASHINGTON, D. C.
1536 HORACE CALDWELL HEAD SANTA ANA, CAL.
Captain Benjamin Head
1393
HARCOURT HERVEY LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private William King
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1484 JOHN FAY HINCKLEY Private Adino Hinckley Sergeant Alpheus Nichols Private Jonathan Rice
1498 CHARLES SPENCER HOLCOMBE. SANTA MONICA, CAL.
Private Abner Holcomb
1503
WALTER WARING HOPKINSON HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Francis Hopkinson-Signer of Declaration of Independence.
1477 HORACE GREELEY HOSFORD GLENDALE, CAL. Private William Hosford, Sr.
1522 PERCY CUNNINGHAM HOSMER LOS ANGELES, CAL. Private John Hosmer, IV. Sergeant Thomas Ditson, Jr. Private Ichabod Roby Private Isaac Wilson
1563 SETH EDWIN PRESTON HOWARD LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
Private Ebenezer Howard
1579 HENRY CLIFFORD HUNTINGTON GLENDALE, CAL.
Private Silas Huntington
14.42 DAVID DUNHAM IRVING LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
Private Jedediah Mills
1488 CARYL FREDERICK JAMES. LONG BEACH, C'AL.
Quartermaster Amos James
1409 VAN BUREN JARVIS. Private William Tibbetts Captain John Snow
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1395 CARL FRANCIS JOHNSON Sergeant Elihn Johnson Private William Johnson
PASADENA, C'AL.
1557 1570 SAMUEL CALDWELL HAVER Private Jasper Marsh
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
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1444 GARNETT ALFRED JOSLIN.
NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
Private James Higgins
1480 KARL DENNIS KENYON Sergeant Eliphaz Alvord
LA JOLLA, CAL.
1584 VIERLING KERSEY LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Thomas West
1537 WILLIAM DE WITT LACEY PASADENA, CAL.
Colonel Samuel Whiting
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1428 WILLIAM ELLIS LADY Private John Weikert Private George Weikert
1419 LEWIS WAYLAND LANSING. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain Silas Husted
1403 *CHARLES LARROWE. HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Corporal Silas Wheeler
1441 STEWART LAUGHLIN . LOS ANGELES, CAL. Private James McComb
1495 ALFRED BARNARD LAWRENCE
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Rufus Barnard
1543 RALPH WALDO LAWTON
Private Jonathan Haskell
1463 JOHN LINDSEY LAYNE. LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO
Private William (Layne) Lane
1559 ALLAN LANGDON LEONARD LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Sergeant Sylvanus Brown
1426 SAMUEL ALEXANDER LEWIS Captain David Olmstead
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1542 ROBERT LINTON Los ANGELES, CAL.
1st Lieut. Ebenezer Upham
1455 JAMES IRVIN LONG. LOS ANGELES, CAL. Private Ludwig Long
1476 EDMUND JOSEPH LONGYEAR ALTADENA, CAL.
Private Johannes Longyear Private Peter Stevens Private William Paine Captain Reuben Spencer
1558 HUGH SEARS LOWTHER SAN GABRIEL, CAL.
Colonel William Lowther
1533 EDWIN DARIUS LUTHER HUNTINGTON PARK, CAL.
Private Theophilus Luther
1580 KENNETH GULICK MCCLURG SANTA MONICA, CAL. Private James Gulick
1427 *JOHN EDWARD MCELFATRICK LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private John Bomberger, Sr.
1471 EDWIN THOMAS MCFADDEN . SANTA ANA, C'AL.
Private Thomas MeClurkin
1474 GEORGE BRUNDAGE MCLAIN Los ANGELES, CAL.
Ist Lieut. Thomas Hussey Luckett 2nd Lieut. Walter Graham
1388 JAMES BIRTLEY MCNAIR
CHICAGO, ILL. Private David Ferguson
1400 JOSEPH ROBERT MANNING Private Jacob Manning
EAGLE ROCK, CAL.
* Deceased.
155
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1566 EMERSON JOSEPH MARKS Lieutenant Elisha Ilawley
SANTA ANA, CAL.
1499
COTTON MATHER SANTA ANA, CAL.
Private Benjamin Cleveland
1435 GEORGE CHASE MATTISON LOS ANGELES, C'AL. Lt. Joseph Mattison
1535 CHARLES BINGLEY MESSENGER
Los ANGELES, CAL.
Private Benoni Messenger Private Abel Pond
1447 MILLARD MORELAND MIER LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Henry Loncks (Laux)
1410 BASIL DUKE MILLER CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Colonel Abraham Buford
1454 RAYMOND VICTOR MILLER VENICE, CAL.
Private John Seider (Syder)
1432 DANIEL BARLOW MINER LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain Bethuel Treat
1411 WALTER KELLEY MITCHELL. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private James Mitchell
1500
GEORGE EDWARD MORRISON Quartermaster Noah Waldron
NEEDLES, CAL.
1437 WILLIAM HAYMIE NEBLETT
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Corporal Julius Hite
1433 JOHN WINTHROP NEWTON. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Sergeant Hezekiah Newton, Jr.
1538 JOHN HOWARD OGLE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Martin Randleman
1549 LEWIS WINN OSBORNE. Los ANGELES, CAL.
Private Joshua Brewster
1575
HARRY GRIFFIN PALMER. COMPTON, CAL.
Ensign George Custer
1424 ROY CLIFFORD SMITH PARK HONOLULU, T. H. Private Amariah (Amaarisah) (Amarizah) Park (e) 1st Lieut. Abraham Schuyler
1473 DANIEL SPENCER PARKES HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward W. Heston Private David Parkes Private Daniel Spencer
1512 JOHN ERASTUS PARSONS LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Benjamin Parsons Private Rev. Silas Parsons Private Jesse Tenney
1578 VERNON GERMAIN PARSONS GLENDALE, CAL.
Private Roger Filer Lientenant Enoch Hall Private Nathaniel Hall Private Samuel Eggleston Private Amos Holcomb
1492 STEWART II. PATTON. Private Aaron Mudge
SOUTH PASADENA, CAL.
1417 HENRY CLEMENS PEARSON Sergeant Theodore Pearson Lieutenant Silas Holcomb Private Sanmiel Stillman
PASADENA, CAL.
1562 WILLIAM LEVI PHILMAPS OCEAN PARK, CAL.
Solomon Murray
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1586 FRANK WHEELER PLANE Ebenezer Wellington
Los ANGELES, CAL.
1466 FRANK MONROE PORTER . Sergeant Moses Porter Sergeant Josiah Monroe (Munroe)
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1573 HENRY MARTYN PORTER LOS ANGELES, CAL. Private John Waugh
1564 THOMAS JACKSON PORTER Private John Waugh
BRAZIL
1418 JEREMIAH HARRISON POWELL LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private John Crooke
1530 GEORGE COFFIN POWER. VENTURA, CAL.
Private Thomas Power Private Uriah Coffin
1583 ROBERT BENAIR PRETTYMAN LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Benjamin Prettyman
1479 DANIEL LELAND RANSOM LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Jacob Jenks Private Jonathan Ransom
PASADENA, CAL.
1402 JAMES ROSS REED Captain Joseph Reed (Ferryman) Private Thomas Cooper
1459 *WILLARD FLOWER RHODES LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private George Flower Private Roger Crowe
1517 PARAN FLINT RICE Captain Daniel Dorsey
PASADENA, CAL.
1571 GEN. GEORGE RICHARDS, U. S. M. C. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Private Thomas Rogers
1531 RALPH ROLLAND RICHEY . LONG BEACH, CAL.
Ranger John Ritchie (Richey)
1511 GEORGE WILLIAM ROCHESTER.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Colonel Nathaniel Rochester
1405 GEORGE WASHINGTON ROSE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private William Rose
1408 WILLIAM HENRY ROSE SAWTELLE, CAL.
Private William Rose
1436 OTTO S. RUSSELL. Private Jeffrey Russell
SANTA ANA, CAL.
1508 WARREN LESLIE RUTLEDGE. LOS ANGELES, CAL. Gov. John Rutledge of So. Carolina.
1501 PHILIP SAVARY. Private Isaac Savary
HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
1518 LANSING GLENN LYTLE SAYRE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Benjamin Sayre Private Thomas Huddleston Private James Kenney Captain John Lytle Private John Lytle
1446 WISNER GILLETTE SCOTT Lieut. Col. Henry Wisner
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1519 TYLER SCOVILLE. Private Daniel Lamb Private Josiah Burgess
PASADENA, CAL.
* Deceased.
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1401 ROLLAND PERRY SEELEY LOS ANGELES, C'AL. Captain Nathan Seeley (Scaly-Seelye)
1475 HARTLEY SHAW GLENDALE, C'AL.
Private Barrett Phelps Private Eliezur (Elizar) Loveland
1546 DONALD EVERETT SHELMIDINE HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Private Amos Galusha
1545 HENRY LANCY SHERMAN PASADENA, CAL.
Colonel William Bond
·1429 ARTHUR WELLS SINCLAIR PASADENA, C'AL.
Captain Richard Sinkler (Sinclair-Sineler)
1412 RICHARD JOSEPH SMITH TEJUNGA, CAL.
Private Richard Smith
1399 CHESTER CAMPBELL SMITHER . LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Lieutenant Thomas Gardner
1472 WILLIAM HENRY SNYDER. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Sergeant Thomas Bates
1572 SILSBY MORSE SPALDING Captain John Camp
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1487 FRANK HAMILTON SPEARMAN
HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
Corporal John Spearman
1556 CARL BALE SPENCER. BEVERLY HILLS, CAL.
Colonel Oliver Spencer
1390 FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS SPENCER LOS ANGELES, CAL. . Private Thomas Spencer
1524 RICHARD STILWELL, JR. HUNTINGTON PARK, CAL.
Captain Richard Stillwell
1389 GEORGE VINTON STODDARD LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain Ralph Stoddard
1553 HARRY SPENCER STUFF LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Corporal James Enos
1513 JESSE WILSON TEEL Private John Teel
HAWTHORNE, CAL.
1568 DAVID DUNHAM THORNTON Colonel Samuel Potter
HOLLYWOOD, CAL.
1547 CLARENCE GAINES TOLAND Los ANGELES, CAL.
Lieut. Col. George Wilson
1582 ERVING PALMER TUCKER. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Colonel James Babcock Sergeant Simon Babcock
1510 FREDERICK WHITMAN TWOGOOD Private Phineas AAllen
RIVERSIDE, CAL.
1486 RAR GIRD VAN CLEVE LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Captain William Van Cleve
1422
ROBERT LEFFLER VAN ZANDT, SR. LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Lieutenant Casper Dull
1506 OLIVER CROMWELL VODREY. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO
Private Robert Jackman
1465 SILVANUS HARGITT VOSS Private Daniel Haight
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1423 DONALD DANFORTH WAGGONER LOS ANGELES, ('AL. Captain Jonathan Danforth
1439 JOHN ALLAN WARE. KINGMAN, ARIZONA
Private Sampson Piersol
15.81
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1576 LUTHER COLMAN WATKEYS Private Zebulon Richardson LOS ANGELES, C'AL.
1565 CHARLES LE MOYNE WEEKS Los ANGELES, CAL.
William Mitchell
1467 WILLIAM ROGERS HOLDEN WELDON SOUTH PASADENA, CAL.
Captain William Humphrey
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1448 EUGENE WESTON Sergeant William MeNee (later written Nay). Private Jacob Copeland Private Timothy Weston
1401 CHARLES MELVIN WHEELER LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Private Amos Tuttle
1449 -CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE, JR. LAGUNA BEACH, CAL. Lieutenant John Hall Private Benjamin Whipple Dr. William Burnet, Surgeon General of the army in the Eastern department. Hon. Stephen Ward, member of Provincial Congress.
1392 LOUIS LIBBY WHITE. HUNTINGTON PARK, CAL.
Captain Joseph Boardman
1438 NATHAN DAVIS WHITMAN SOUTH PASADENA, CAL.
Private Hugh Orr, Sr.
1539 LUKE HARRISON WILLIAMS LOS ANGELES, CAL.
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Captain Amos Stanton
1443 EDWARD STRONG WILSON
Colonel Adonijah Strong Rev. Nathaniel Sherman
PASADENA, CAL. !
1407 KENNETH BROWN WILSON
Private James Wilson
1458 FREDERICK STANLEY WOOD SOUTH PASADENA, CAL.
Private Simon Loomis
1523 ROBERT CECIL WYGANT Private John MelIenry Private Henry MeHenry
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
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