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A Suggestion
To ASSIST AND MAKE MORE PERMANENT DURING THE SECOND QUARTER CENTURY OF ITS EXISTENCE THE WORK OF THIS SOCIETY
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Provide specifically for us in your will-or, if your will is already drawn, execute this form of codicil and attach to your will.
CODICIL TO WILL
I, of do hereby make and publish this, as and for a codicil to, my Last Will of date on or about. , 19 ......; that is to say:
Form No. I FORM OF BEQUEST OF MONEY
I give and bequeath to the Society, Sons of the Revolution, in the District of Columbia, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, and having its principal office in Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $ , free from all inheritance tax thereon.
Form No. 2 FORM OF BEQUEST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OTHER THAN MONEY
I give and bequeath to the Society, Sons of the Revolution, in the District of Columbia, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, and having its principal office in Washington, District of Columbia, free from all inheritance tax thereon, the following described personal property, to wit: (here in- sert description of property, books, manuscripts, etc.).
Form No. 3 FORM OF DEVISE OF REAL PROPERTY
I give and devise to the Society, Sons of the Revolution, in the District of Columbia, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, and having its principal office in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, free from all inheritance tax thereon, all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the
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County of. State of. and particularly described as follows: (here insert legal description of property).
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I hereby re-publish and confirm my said Last Will in all respects, save only in so far as the same, or any part thereof, or of any prior codicil thereto, may be revoked, altered by, or inconsistent with, this codicil.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, .. , have
hereunto set my hand this. day of. , 19 ..
The foregoing codicil was on the date hereof signed, published and declared
by the said ., the testator therein named, as and for a codicil to his last will, all in the presence of both of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto on the date aforesaid, subscribed our respective names as witnesses hereto.
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N. B .- (Codicil should both be signed and declared to be such by testator in the presence of the witnesses, (both of whom must be present at such signing and declaration), who, at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, must subscribe their respective names thereto, adding their several ad- dresses).
Honor, justice, and humanity call upon us to hold and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children; but it is our duty to leave liberty to them. -John Dickinson.
HENRY LOWRY EMILIUS JOHNSON SURGEON PAST PRESIDENT (1911-12)
BORN NOVEMBER 11, 1858-DIED DECEMBER 21. 1915
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NECROLOGY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1915-1920
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June 27, 1894.
WILLIAM KEARNEY CARR. October 7, 1915.
Great-great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (1740-1779) ; Major, North Carolina Militia, who died of wounds re- ceived at battle of Stony Ferry 1779.
THOMAS STOWELL PHELPS, JR.
April, 1892.
November 3, 1915.
Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy (Retired).
Great-great-grandson of Thomas Nixon (1736-1800) ; Captain 1774; Lieutenant Colonel of Minute-men 1775; Lieutenant Colonel Sixth Massachusetts Regiment 1775; Colonel, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment 1776; served until the close of the war.
HENRY LOWRY EMILIUS JOHNSON.
November 5, 1898.
December 21, 1915.
Physician.
Great-great-grandson of Theophilus. Goodyear (1731- 1793) ; Private in Regiment commanded by Colonel Wil- liam Douglas, 1776; Corporal, Sixth Regiment, Connecticut Line, under same Colonel; 1777-1780, participated in battle of White Plains.
Dr. Henry L. E. Johnson was born in Washington, D. C., Novem- ber 11, 1858, and was the son of Henry L. and Emily E. J. Johnson. He was also a nephew of Charles Goodyear, who invented the pro- cess for vulcanizing India rubber. He received his degree in medicine from Columbian (now George Washington) University, in 1882.
He was professor of surgical gynecology at Columbian University from 1889 to 1906, and professor of the Washington Post-Graduate School of Medicine, subsequent to 1897; was consulting gynecologist of Providence Hospital, the Woman's Clinic, and the Government Hospital for the Insane.
Dr. Johnson was a member of the American Public Health Asso- ciation; the American Therapeutic Society; governor of the Society of the Colonial Wars; President of the American Colonization So-
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ciety ; member of the Society of Descendants of Colonial Governors; charter member of the University Club, and he also belonged to the Aero Club of America.
He was author of many medical monographs and was patentee of a safety aeroplane, a ship and aeroplane compass, and an inclinometer.
Dr. Johnson represented the United States at the International Congress of Hygiene in Berlin in 1907; at the International Sanitary Conference of American Republics in Mexico City in 1907; at the International Medical Congress in Budapest in 1909; was vice-presi- dent of the first, second, third, and fourth Pan-American Medical Congresses ; vice-president of the first, second, and third International Sanitary Conventions of the American Republics; a member of the executive committee of the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden, Germany in 1911; trustee of the American Medical Asso- ciation from 1898 to 1909, and vice-president of it in 1910 and 1911. He was also a former president of the Medical Association of the District of Columbia and of the Clinical-Pathological Society of the District.
Dr. Johnson died suddenly at his home, 1821 Jefferson Street, Washington, on the night of December 21, 1915.
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CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY.
January 12, 1892.
February 13, 1916.
Office of Adjutant General of the Army, War Department.
Great-grandson of Roswell Post (1753-1827) ; Soldier with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, and with Stark at Ben- nington ; Private, Captain Simeon Wright's Company, Col- onel Warren's Regiment, 1779; Sergeant in the same Com- pany, 1779-1780; Clerk in Captain Blanchard's Company, Colonel Allen's Regiment, 1780; Member of Board of Se- lectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780; Clerk in Colonel Lee's Regiment, 1781; Member of Board of Selectmen of Rut- land, Vermont, 1782.
JAMES ANTHONY SAMPLE.
November 30, 1891. June 9, 1916.
Cashier, United States Treasury.
Great-grandson of Joseph DeFrees (1753-1826) ; Ship's Carpenter on privateer ; three times prisoner and twice on prison ship "Jersey."
James Anthony Sample was the great-grandson of Robert DeFrees, a ship's carpenter on a privateer who was three times a prisoner of war, and twice was confined on the prisonship "Jersey," in New York harbor.
JAMES ANTHONY SAMPLE GENERAL TREASURER, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION (1914-1916)
BORN OCTOBER 6, 1844-DIED JUNE 9, 1916
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Mr. Sample was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1844, and came to Washington when he was about eighteen years old. He was a per- sonal friend of President Lincoln, through whose influence he was appointed to the Treasury Department, where he successively held the offices of teller, assistant cashier, and then that of cashier. He was an expert in finance, and a man of marked ability, being considered one of the very best men in the department. Notwithstanding changes of administrations he remained undisturbed in his responsible position for many years.
He was President of the City Savings Bank of Washington, D. C., when that institution was merged with the District National Bank, and at the time of his death he was a director in the latter organiza- tion. He was a Trustee of All Souls' Unitarian Church.
Mr. Sample was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Columbia from 1901 until his death, and was Grand Master of Masons in the District of Columbia, in 1890. He was a member of the High Priest of Washington Chapter No. 2, and a member of Washington Commandery No. 1 ; also a member of B. B. French Lodge No. 15, of which he was a Past Master. Mr. Sample served for 25 years as a member of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia. In 1914 at the Triennial Convention of the General Society, he was unanimously elected General Treasurer, which office he held at the time of his death.
Mr. Sample's death was sudden. It occurred at the annual ban- quet of the National Rifles' Veterans' Association, in Washington, D. C. He had just responded to a toast in which he had paid a glow- ing tribute to the American Flag. As he resumed his seat, and while in the act of reaching for a glass of water, he was seen to fall sud- denly forward. Friends and fellow members went to his assistance and endeavored to revive him, but within a few moments he was dead. Those present who had listened with such enthusiasm to his tribute to "Old Glory," could hardly realize that his end had come.
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FAYETTE WASHINGTON ROE.
November 11, 1890. September 28, 1916.
Captain, U. S. Army (Retired).
Great-grandson of John Roe (1754-1831) ; Minute-man, New York Line and Quartermaster, First Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Colonel William Floyd.
CHARLES WILLIAM WHIPPLE.
June 25, 1892.
October 18, 1916.
Major, U. S. Army (Retired).
Great-grandson of David Whipple (1759-1842) ; Private Captain Whipple's Company, Fifth Massachusetts, Colonel
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Putnam's Regiment, from January 1, 1777, to December 31, 1779.
Great-great-grandson of John Blunt (-1798) ; a mem- ber of the New Hampshire Legislature, 1778-81.
DAVIS CARNEAL ANDERSON.
November 21, 1890.
Stock-broker. November 9, 1916.
Grandson of Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) ; Captain, Fifth Virginia Regiment; Major First Virginia Militia; Lieutenant-Colonel Continental Army; Brigadier- General, Virginia Militia, Aide-de-Camp to Lafayette ; origi- nal member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
JESSE HOUCK RAMSBURGH.
April 17, 1916. January 2, 1917.
Physician.
Great-great-grandson of John Ramsburgh, Sr. (1741- 1807) ; who was made a member of the Committee to raise $1,333, Frederick County's apportionment of $10,000, which the Provincial Convention appointed to be raised for the purchase of "Arms and Ammunition" for the War of 1776.
Great-great-grandson of Peter Stille (1748-1803) ; First Lieutenant, Middle District, First Battalion of Frederick County, Maryland, Captain John Stoner's Company.
Great-great-grandson of John Houck, who took the Pa- triot's Oath at the March Court, 1778, in Frederick County, Maryland.
Great-great-great-grandson of Christian Orndorff (1726- 1796) ; First Lieutenant, Second Maryland Battalion Flying Camp, 1776; Captain First Maryland, 1778, and served to close of war.
GEORGE DEWEY.
December 20, 1916. January 16, 1917.
Admiral of the Navy.
Great-grandson of William Dewey (1746-1813) ; Cor- poral in Captain Worthy Waters' Company, Hebron Con- necticut Militia "Lexington Alarm."
GENERAL ORDER No. 258
Navy Department, Washington, January 17, 1917.
It is with feelings of genuine grief that the Secretary of the Navy announces the death at 5:56 p. m., yesterday at his residence in Wash- ington of The Admiral of the Navy.
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GEORGE DEWEY THE ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY
BORN DECEMBER 25, 1837-DIED JANUARY 16, 1917
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The career of George Dewey "ran in full current to the end." Vermont was his mother State, and there was always in his character something of the granite of his native hills. Dewey was under fire with Farragut in the Mississippi River, and bore himself gallantly throughout the War between the States.
The battle in Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, made him the foremost naval officer since Farragut and victor of the first American sea-fight with a foreign foe since the War of 1812.
"Gentlemen, a higher power than we has won this battle today," the Commodore said to his captains at the conclusion of the battle when it had been learned that the victory, one of the most decisive in our history, had been won without the loss of a single American sea- man. In peace; in war ; in sickness ; in health ; in victory and in con- flict, and in every relation of life Admiral Dewey invariably exhibited the virtues of the patriot and the Christian.
His whole life, 62 years of which were spent in the Navy, was full of honorable achievement, and his service in peace has been hardly less distinguished than his laurels in war. As President of the General Board of the Navy since its inception, he has played a leading part in making the nation ready for war on the seas. The same statesman- like qualities which he exhibited in handling the international situa- tion at Manila after the battle of May 1, 1898, he has shown as the head of this board of naval experts.
In recognition of his victory in Manila Bay, the then Commodore was advanced one grade to that of rear admiral, and in addition re- ceived the thanks of Congress. Later by special act of Congress he was promoted to be The Admiral of the Navy, a rank never held by an American Naval officer previously, although two, Porter and Far- ragut, were rewarded with the rank of full Admiral. He was placed by Congress on the active list until such time as he might see fit to apply for retirement. But his active spirit could not rest. He never folded his hands. He chose to die on the bridge, even until the Pilot came aboard his life-craft who should take him across the bar. He died one of the foremost figures of modern times.
On the day of the funeral the flag will be displayed at half-mast at all navy yards and stations and on board all ships in commission, and nineteen minute guns will be fired at noon from each navy yard and from the senior ship present afloat.
The Navy Department will be draped, and all officers of the Navy and Marine Corps will wear the badge of mourning with the uniform for thirty days.
The Navy Department by executive order will be closed on Satur- day, January 20, 1917.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Secretary of the Navy.
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SAMUEL SCOVILLE PASCHAL.
March 2, 1915. January 17, 1917.
Grandson of George Paschal (1760-1832) ; Private, Captain John Hughes' (Fifth) South Carolina Troops of Colonel Anthony Walton White's Regiment of Continental Dragoons.
DAVID RITTENHOUSE.
March 28, 1891. January 29, 1917.
Paying Teller, Riggs National Bank.
Great-great-grandson of John Bull (1730-1824) ; Com- missioner to treat with Indians at Easton, Pennsylvania, 1777; Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania, 1779; in com- mand Second Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia, after General Irwin's capture; Delegate to Provincial Conference, Janu- ary and July, 1775; Member of Convention, 1776; also member of Pennsylvania Board of War.
GREEN CLAY GOODLOE.
March 29, 1890.
February 3, 1917.
Brigadier-General, U. S. Marine Corps ( Retired).
Great-grandson of Green Clay (1757-1826) ; Delegate to the Virginia Convention, 1778.
Great-great-grandson of James Speed (1739-1811) ; Lieutenant in Cocke's Militia Regiment.
Great-great-grandson of Thomas Lewis (1747-1809) ; First Lieutenant, Eleventh Virginia Regiment, 1778.
Green Clay Goodloe, son of General David Short Goodloe and Sally Ann Clay Smith Goodloe, was born at Castle Union, Madison County, Kentucky, January 31, 1845 on the plantation of his grand- father, Colonel John Speed Smith. He was a great-grandson of Gen- eral Green Clay, for whom he was named, an officer in the Revolu- tionary War and a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1789. He was also on the maternal side a great-great-grandson of James Speed a Lieutenant in Cocke's Militia Regiment ; another great-great grandsire was Thomas Lewis, a Lieutenant in the Continental Army, 11th Infantry (1778).
When the Civil War became imminent the Goodloe family in Kentucky, threw their powerful influence on the side of the Union. No one thing did more to hold that State then wavering true to her allegiance to the Federal Union.
Green Clay Goodloe, then a boy of 16 was a marker in the Lexing- ton Chasseurs; and carried the United States Flag the last time it ap-
GREEN CLAY GOODLOE
BRIGADIER-GENERAL, U. S. MARINE CORPS (RETIRED) PAST PRESIDENT (1898-99)
BORN JANUARY 31, 1845-DIED FEBRUARY 3, 1917
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peared in a parade of the Old Kentucky State Guard. Later in that year he joined the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment and was mus- tered into the Federal service October 16, 1862, joining it at War- trace, Tennessee, as it stood in line of battle. In all, he was in ten cavalry battles and skirmishes during the Civil War. For his gallant conduct at the Battle of Lebanon, Tennessee, General Dumont rec- ommended his promotion to First Lieutenant. Surgeon Adams supplies us the details: "Clay Goodloe kept in line with Colonel Smith and was grazed on the third joint of the second finger by a bullet. * * * * He is a gallant and noble boy, yet beardless, but had the courage of a veteran."
Later he served with Company I of the 23d Kentucky Infantry Volunteers from which regiment he was detailed as aide-de-camp on the staff of his Uncle, General Green Clay Smith. At the cavalry battle of Little Harpeth, Forrest's men completely surrounded and cut him off. The official report says "Lieutenant Clay Goodloe of General Smith's staff in returning from delivering an order found him- self surrounded by rebels and had to run the gauntlet. After empty- ing his holster pistols, he laid flat on his horse, relying upon his spurs and his 'Lexington.' They brought him safely home, but he had a bullet-hole through his pants to remind him of the amiable intentions of his Southern brethren."
In September 1863 Green Clay Goodloe resigned his commission in the Volunteers to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. In January, 1865 he left West Point to study law at the Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
On April 21, 1869 he accepted appointment as a Second Lieuten- ant, U. S. Marine Corps, served at various shore stations and at sea on board the U. S. S. Wachusetts and the U. S. S. Michigan; pro- moted First Lieutenant January 12, 1876; appointed Major and Paymaster U. S. Marine Corps March 17, 1877, promoted to Colonel and Paymaster March 3, 1899. On January 31, 1909 he was placed on the retired list with the advance rank of Brigadier-General, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired).
General Goodloe was a member of the Virginia Society of the Order of the Cincinnati; The Loyal Legion (commander in 1913- 1914) ; the Grand Army of the Republic, Kit Carson Post, and the Army of the Cumberland. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia for twenty-seven years serv- ing as its President for the year 1899.
General Goodloe's first wife was Betty Buckner Beck, daughter of United States Senator James Burnie Beck, of Kentucky. He is sur- vived by his second wife, who was Marian Campbell Johnson, and one son, Green Clay Goodloe, Jr.
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MARK BRICKELL KERR.
April 14, 1890. March 15, 1917.
Great-great-grandson of Matthias Brickell (1710-1780) ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hertford County Militia of North Carolina.
GEORGE HERBERT BEAMAN.
April 2, 1894. May 5, 1917.
Attorney-at-Law.
Great-grandson of Joseph Beaman (1733-1813) ; Pri- vate, Captain Benjamin Houghton's Company, Massachu- setts Troops.
WALTER AUDUBON MCCLURG.
June 5, 1893. June 15, 1917. Medical Director, U. S. Navy (Retired).
Great-great-grandson of Alexander Russell (1755-1836) ; Lieutenant, Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Troops, com- manded by Colonel Irvine.
SAMUEL WALTER WOODWARD.
November 7, 1899. August 2, 1917.
Merchant.
Great-grandson of Samuel Woodward (1750-1815) ; Private, Captain Henry Hunt's Company, Colonel Jones' Regiment, 1777; Private, Captain Benjamin Plummer's Company, Colonel Jones' Regiment, 1779.
DUNCAN CLINCH PHILLIPS.
March 26, 1910. September 13, 1917.
Retired Manufacturer.
Grandson of John Phillips (1751-1831) ; Private in Cap- tain William Tucker's Company, Colonel Isaac Smith's Regiment, New Jersey Militia, 1775; commissioned Ensign in Captain Joseph Stout's Company, Second Battalion, New Jersey Continental Line, 1777; commissioned Captain in Colonel Joseph Phillips' Regiment, New Jersey Militia, and served as such until close of the war.
RICHARD DICKINSON JEWETT.
February 26, 1891. October 26, 1917.
Attorney-at-Law.
Great-grandson of David H. Jewett; Surgeon in Conti- nental Army.
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January 29, 1909.
FREDERICK RODGERS. November 3, 1917.
Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy (Retired). Great-grandson of John Rodgers; Captain Company No. 5, Hartford County Militia, Maryland ; later Colonel.
ALAN OGILVIE CLEPHANE.
December 9, 1915.
January 13, 1918.
Attorney-at-Law.
Great-grandson of Thomas Painter (1760-1848) ; Pri- vate, Captain Robert Brown's Company; also served under Captain James Prentice; afterwards served on many vessels and was captured by H. M. Ship of War, "Albicore."
Great-grandson of Augustus Collins (1743-1813) ; Pri- vate, Lexington Alarm, 1775; Ensign, Second Company General Wooster's First Connecticut Regiment; Second Lieutenant, Captain Hand's Guilford Company, Colonel Talcott's Regiment, 1776; Captain, Third Company, Col- onel Thaddeus Cook's Regiment, Second Battalion of State Regiments, Generals Spencer and Wooster, 1776; appoint- ed Captain by the General Assembly of a Battalion raised for the defense of the State of Connecticut, 1777; Major, Twenty-eighth Regiment, 1782.
FREDERIC MAY.
March 4, 1895.
January 14, 1918.
Broker.
Great-grandson of John May (1748-1812) ; Member of Boston "Tea Party" 1773; Colonel, First or Boston Regi- ment, Massachusetts Militia ; Major under Count de Roch- ambeau in Rhode Island.
MARCUS ALEXANDER JORDAN.
December 11, 1915.
March 27, 1918.
Real Estate.
Great-great-grandson of Captain John Martin (1748- 1813) ; who served in the Continental Army to the end of the war.
Great-grandson of John Archer Elmore (1762-1834) ; who served as a lad in the Revolution with his brother Thomas.
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. JOHN FLOYD WAGGAMAN.
June 4, 1894. Real Estate. May 18, 1918.
Great-grandson of John Tyler (1747-) ; father of President Tyler ; First Lieutenant, Third Virginia Infantry.
AARON WARD.
November 22, 1893. July 5, 1918. Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy ( Retired).
Great-grandson of Elkanah Watson (1758-1842) ; Pri- vate' in the "Providence, Rhode Island Company" under Colonel Nightingale, 1775.
LYMAN WALTER VERE KENNON.
September 17, 1894. September 9, 1918. Brigadier-General, U. S. Army.
Great-grandson of Asaph Hall; First Lieutenant Fourth Connecticut Infantry, 1775; Member of Connecticut Legis- lature and of the Constitutional Convention.
JOHN SIDNEY WEBB.
December 3, 1889. October 3, 1918.
Attorne-at-Law.
(CHARTER MEMBER).
Great-grandson of John Webb (1759-) ; Captain Second Regiment of Connecticut Dragoons.
Great-grandson of John Randall (-1825) ; Colonel and Quartermaster-General of Maryland Troops.
GEORGE XAVIER McLANAHAN.
March 3, 1909. October 29, 1918.
Attorney-at-Law.
Great-great-great-grandson of James Potter (1729- 1789) ; Colonel Pennsylvania Militia, 1775; Brigadier-Gen- eral, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major General, 1782.
EBEN DODGE APPLETON.
January 12, 1892. December 4, 1918.
Great-grandson of Robert Dodge (1743-1823) ; Lieu- tenant, Captain, Major and Colonel of Massachusetts Troops.
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JAMES HENRY HAYDEN.
November 22, 1893.
Attorney-at-Law. December 19, 1918.
Great-great-grandson of Lemuel Harrison (1739-1807) ; of Litchfield and New Milford, Connecticut; Lieutenant in Colonel Meade's Military Oragnization, 1780.
IRA BROADWELL CONKLING.
March 15, 1912.
March 2, 1919.
Clerk, Interstate Commerce Commission.
Great-grandson of Joseph Lindsley (1735-1822) ; Major of Eastern Battalion of Morris County, New Jersey Troops. Great-grandson of Stephen Conklin (1721-1791) ; Pri- vate, Morris County, New Jersey Militia.
PIERRE CHRISTIE STEVENS.
January 26, 1891.
April 20, 1919.
Major, U. S. Army (Retired).
Great-great-grandson of Comfort Sage (-1799) ; Lieutenant-Colonel of Connecticut State Troops com- manded by Colonel James Wadsworth, which served at Boston from December, 1775, to February, 1776; Colonel of Third Battalion, under Brigadier-General James Wads- worth, which was raised in June, 1776, to reinforce General Washington at New York; engaged in the Battle of Long Island.
FRANCIS WARFIELD HERRICK CLAY.
October 24, 1916.
May 10, 1919.
Assistant Commissioner of Patents.
Great-grandson of Major General Green Clay (1757- 1826) ; who was a subordinate officer, in the engagements with the British and Indians in the West from 1776 to 1783, elected by the soldiers. He was a delegate from Ken- tucky County, to the Virginia Convention of 1778; voted there in 1788 for ratification of the Constitution of the U. S.
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