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Great-great-grandson of William Potts (1721-1783); Private in Continental Army; appointed a member of the Committee of Observation for the City and County of Burlington, February 14, 1775, of which William Tall- man was Chairman.
JOHN ADOLPH BERNARD DAHLGREN. April, 5 1897. Attorney-at-Law. Fendall Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of James Reed (1724- 1807); Colonel of the Third New Hampshire Regiment; was promoted to Brigadier-General in the U. S. Army, August, 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of Henry Wisner, of New York (1720-1790); Delegate to the First Continental Congress, 1774.
RICHARD GRAHAM DAVENPORT. February 19, 1891.
Commodore, U. S. Navy (Retired). 1441 Hopkins Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Richard Graham (1738-1796); Mem- ber of Committee of Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Virginia, and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of the Revolution.
Great-great-grandson of George Brent (1703-1779); Member, Committee of Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia.
Great-great-grandson of Charles Jones (1705-1797); Commissioner of Revenue for Support of the War, and first Judge of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1777.
Great-great-grandson of Samuel Love (Senior) (1718- 1785); Member, Committee of Safety and Observation of Charles County, Maryland; also member, Maryland Convention, 1774.
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JOHN FULLER DAVIS. May 26, 1914.
Major (Cavalry), U. S. Army. Fort Riley, Kansas.
Great-great-great-grandson of George Morgan (1742- 1810); First Lieutenant, First Volunteer Company, Philadelphia; Commissioned Colonel, January 8, 1777; Acted as Deputy Commissary General of Washington's Army at Valley Forge.
EDWIN WILLARD DEMING. February 7, 1917.
Artist. Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Solomon Deming, of Connecticut (1736-1820); who served from April 19, 1775 to May 7, 1775, as Ensign in Lexington Alarms, Cap- tain Moses Saul's Company of Minute Men, Colonel John Fellows; Served again in same Company as Ensign from May 8, 1775 for eight months; Served again in same company as Ensign, and commissioned First Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Wolcott's 10th Company, May 6, 1776.
WILLIAM ARTHUR DEXTER. October 30, 1918.
Bank Teller. 5710 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Elias Thomas (1746-1820), of Massachusetts; who served in the capacity of Private and Scout.
CHARLES FRANCIS DIGGS July 22, 1909.
Attorney-at-Law. 320 Congress Street, Ottawa, Illinois
Great-grandson of Joseph Diggs; Surgeon, Maryland Marching Militia.
EDWARD WILTON DONN, JR. June 3, 1895.
Architect. 1708 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Samuel Gardner (1761-1823); Pri- vate in the Essex County, New Jersey, Militia.
ORVILLE BRECKENRIDGE DROWN. May 23, 1917.
Insurance. 617 Southern Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Elijah Otis (1749-1838), of New Hampshire; who served as Private under General Stark at the battle of Bennington.
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ELECTED April 5, 1901.
IRVING HALL DUNLAP.
U. S. Fish Commission. 1728 "Q" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Diarca Allen (1761-1850); Private, First Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Josiah Starr; May 22, 1777, to May 22, 1780.
SEELY DUNN September 30, 1920.
Assistant Director, Bureau of Statistics. Interstate Com- merce Commission, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Israel Hutchinson, of Massa- chusetts; Served as Colonel, Twenty-seventh Continental Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel of Mansfield's Massachu- setts Regiment, May 27 to December 31, 1776.
HARRY LYMAN DUNWOODY. December 3, 1915.
(Transferred from New York Society)
Investments. Copley Courts, Seventeenth and Church Streets, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of James Dunwoody (1745-1815), of Pennsylvania; Private in the Seventh Class of the Eighth Company of Cumberland County Militia; Private in Captain Walter Mckinney's Eighth Company, Fourth Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, 1781.
CLINTON GOODLOE EDGAR. April 10, 1900.
Merchant. 520-532 Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, Mich.
Great-great-grandson of Samuel Gill; Ensign, Fourth Virginia, February, 1776; First Lieutenant, November, 1776; Captain, January, 1777.
Great-great grandson of Archibald Woods (1749-1836); Captain in the Virginia Militia; served under Colonel Russell, Colonel Lewis, Colonel Donnelly, and Colonel Henderson.
MILTON COURTWRIGHT ELLIOTT September 30, 1920.
Attorney-at-Law. 1818 "Q" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Demsey Burgess, of North Carolina; Commissioned Major of Minute Men (Pasquo- tank County) September 9, 1775; promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 22, 1776; Delegate to Provincial Congress of North Carolina August 21, 1775.
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LAY HAMPTON EVERHART.
March 2, 1915.
Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy (Retired). 58 Clair- mont Avenue, Decatur, Ga.
Great-great-grandson of Gray Bynum (1737-1814); Member of Surry County, North Carolina House of Commons, 1779; participated in General Assembly that year.
Great-great-grandson of Joseph Banner; Private, North Carolina Troops.
SAMUEL PANNILL FICKLEN. January 29, 1919.
Insurance. 1823 Biltmore Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Colonel William Letcher, of Virginia (1741-1781); who served under General Nathaniel Greene in the Carolinas.
ARTHUR FORAKER. November 15, 1915.
Real Estate. The Connecticut, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of David Paine (1737-1807); Private in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's Company, Lieu- tenant Colonel John Brook's Regiment.
EDWARD NORVAL FORTSON. April 14, 1915.
Investments. 44 Cedar Street, New York, N. Y.
Great-grandson of Robert Toombs ( ....- 1815); Major, Virginia Militia, 1779-1782.
CHARLES LEONARD FRAILEY. January 10, 1916.
Attorney-at-Law 1506 Twenty-first Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Seth Freeman (1750-1825) of Massachusetts; Master, privateer Success; promoted on September 30, 1782; Private Captain Benjamin Perry's Company, Major Winslow's Regiment, also Captain Fish's Company, Colonel Freeman's Regiment:
DAVID WASHINGTON GALL. March 21, 1917.
Attorney-at-Law. 205 E. Capitol Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of George Gall, Jr. (1766-1852), of Pennsylvania; enlisted January 10, 1781 at the age of 14; Served against the British through Dismal Swamp under Colonel John Boyer; discharged September 2, 1781, at the age of 15; Enlisted again and marched to Yorktown and was present at the surrender of the British.
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ELECTED May 7, 1905.
HAMPSON GARY.
U. S. Minister to Switzerland. U. S. Legation, Berne.
Great-great-great-grandson of Joseph Dickson (1745- 1825); Member of House of Commons, North Carolina, 1775; Member of Committee of Safety, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1775; Captain in Colonel McDowell's Regiment, South Carolina Troops, 1780; participated in Battle of King's Mountain, as Major of "Lincoln County Men;" promoted to Colonel, 1781; retired at close of war, as Brigadier-General.
THEODORE NICHOLAS GILL, JR. December 13, 1915.
1406 "G" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Conrad T. Wederstrandt 1736- 1801), of Maryland; was commissioned Assistant Deputy Commissary of Purchases for the Army for the Country included in Queen Anne and Talbot Counties and below.
FREDERICK WORDEN MONTROSE GRAHAM. April 19, 1916.
Real Estate. 1502 "H" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Dr. Andrew Graham (1728- 1785), of Connecticut; who was one of the Committee of Safety in the perilous period of 1775; Served as sur- geon in the American Army, and on being taken prisoner by the British was confined for several months in the old Middle Dutch Church in Nassau Street, New York City.
JOHN BRADY GRAYSON. October 2, 1900.
Merchant. Warrenton, Va.
Great-great-grandson of Spence Grayson (1732-1798); Chaplain of the Virginia Regiment, known as "Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment," from May, 1777, to April, 1779.
CLARENCE HENNING GREEN. March 21, 1917.
Treasury Department. 3022 "Q" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Richard Thurman (1743- 1830), of Virginia; Private in Captain Douthat's Com- pany, Colonel Holcombe's Regiment.
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FRANK KEY GREEN.
January 2, 1900.
Marshal, U. S. Supreme Court. 2907 "Q" Street, Wash- ington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Uriah Forrest (1756-1805); Lieutenant and Lieutenant Colonel of the Maryland Line; afterwards appointed Major General of the Maryland Militia.
THOMAS EDWARD GREEN. July 27, 1920.
Director, Speakers' Bureau, American Red Cross. National Headquarters, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Joseph McCreary, of Mary- land (1742 -.... ); Served in Third Company, Sixth Bat- talion, Lancaster County Militia, commanded by Captain John Duncan.
Great-grandson of Andrew Green, of Virginia (1761- 1837); Private in Captain Chapman's Company of Colonel Joseph Crockett's Regiment; severely wounded in skirmish at Bear Grass Creek.
EDWARD ALONZO GREENE. February 17, 1920.
Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps. Third Regiment, Second Provisional Brigade, Santo Domingo, D. R.
Great-great-great-grandson of Philip Greene; Chief Justice Court of Common Pleas, County of Kent, Rhode Island, through Revolutionary period, also associate jus- tice of that Court (1759-1776); gave liberally of money and supplies to the maintenance of the Continental Army.
FRANK EDWARD GUERNSEY. January 7, 1912.
Attorney-at-Law. Dover, Maine.
Great-great-grandson of Robert Thompson; Private in Captain William Boyes' Company, Colonel Daniel Rey- nolds' Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, November, 1781.
FRANK WARREN HACKETT. November 1, 1890. Attorney-at-Law. Kellogg Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Jeremiah Hackett (1750-1797); Ensign, Colonel Henry Gerrish's Regiment, New Hamp- shire Militia.
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WILLIAM ANDERSON HALL. February 15, 1912.
(By transfer from Ohio Society)
The Thornton, Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
Grandson of Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826); Brigadier-General, Virginia Militia; Aide-de-Camp to General Lafayette; an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
WILLIAM CARVEL HALL September 30, 1920.
First Lieutenant U. S. Marine Corps. Marine Detachment, U. S. S. New York, care Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Great-great-grandson of Josias Carvel Hall (1746-1814); Colonel, Second Battalion, Maryland Flying Camp. Commanded Fourth Battalion of Regulars March 27, 1777; Participated in battles of Trenton and German- town.
Great-great-great-grandson of Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827); Captain Pennsylvania Militia; Served as Lieutenant at the battle of Trenton; Commanded a company at battles of Princeton and Germantown; Served at Whitemarsh and Valley Forge 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of William Smith (1728- 1814); Member, Committee of Observation, Baltimore County, Maryland, November 1774-September 1775; Member, Continental Congress, February-December 1777; Member, Navy Board, Middle District May 9- July 17, 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of Robert Gamble (1754- 1810); First Lieutenant, Twelfth Virginia Company, September 14, 1776; Captain, March 7, 1778; Regiment designated Eighth Virginia Company September 14, 1778. Served to close of war.
WILLIAM FELTON HAM. December 13, 1915
President, Washington Railway & Electric Company. Wardman Park Inn, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Elisha Stetson (1759-1848), of Massachusetts; who served as private from May 1, 1776 to April 3, 1778; and as Corporal to March 30, 1781.
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WILLIAM CURRY HARLLEE. December 13, 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps. Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of David Stuart (1725-1783), of South Carolina; who fought throughout the Revolu- tionary War under General Marion.
ROBERT NEWTON HARPER. March 29, 1916.
President, District National Bank. Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of William Harper (1761-1829); who served as private in the Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Line.
REUBEN AUGUSTUS HEATON. March 21, 1917.
1332 Nineteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Samuel McNeill (1753-1817), of Pennsylvania; who served as private in Captain Longs- streth's Company, and was wounded in the battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777. He took part in the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779 and was commissioned Brigade Quartermaster in General Edward Hand's Brigade, General Sullivan's Division. He served seven years in the Revolutionary Army.
GEORGE HELLEN. April 5, 1901. 1724 Twenty-first Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of John Hellen (1743 -.... ); First Lieutenant, First Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp.
JAMES MALCOLM HENRY. June 11, 1890.
2021 "I" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of John Henry (1743 -.... ), of Penn- sylvania; Captain, First Continental Artillery.
Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest (1736- ... ); Member of Committee of Safety and Observation for St. Mary County, Maryland, 1774; and First Judge in St. Mary County, Maryland.
Great-great-grandson of David Crauford (1738-1801); Signer of the Declaration of Freedom of Maryland, July 25, 1775; Commissioner of Revenue for the Sup-
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port of the War; Member of the Committee of Safety and Observation; Delegate to Provincial Convention, 1774-75; and first Judge of Prince George County, Mary- land.
SAMUEL HERRICK June 15, 1920.
Attorney-at-Law. 3512 Macomb Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Captain Rufus Herrick (1734-1811); Fourth New York Continental Line Regi- ment June 28, 1775; served at Ticonderoga eighteen months; thence to the Southward to the end of the War; retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Great-great-grandson of Samuel Herrick (1757-1824); private, Fourth New York Continental Regiment July, 1775.
Great-great-grandson of William Jackman ( .... ); First Sergeant, New Hampshire Continental Forces. Participated in several Revolutionary battles including Fort Ticonderoga.
JOHN JAMES HIGGINS, JR. March 20, 1909.
Insurance. Woodward Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Zadock Magruder (1729- 1811); Colonel, Upper Battalion, Frederick, Maryland.
CHARLES SANDERSON HILL.
April 19, 1916.
Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps. Commanding Marine Detachment, Camaguey, Cuba.
Great-great-grandson of Walter Russell (1737-1782); who served as a Minute Man in Captain John Parker's Company, 1775; later as Captain in the Massachusetts Militia.
Great-great-grandson of Thomas Richardson, private in Captain Jonathan Stickney's Company, Colonel Bridge's Regiment of Massachusetts Minutemen which marched on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He enlisted and served as Sergeant at Lexington and Bunker Hill and participated in the siege of Boston.
GOUVERNEUR HOES.
January 29, 1919.
First Lieutenant, U. S. Army. The Dupont, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Major James Monroe (1758- 1831); who served as Lieutenant in the Third Virginia
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Regiment under Colonel Hugh Mercer. During 1777-78 he served as a volunteer aide to Lord Sterling with the rank of Major and took part in the battles of Brandy- wine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He was recom- mended by General Washington for a commission in the State troops of Virginia.
RICHMOND CRANSTON HOLCOMB. June 15, 1920. Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy (Medical Corps). U. S. S. Relief, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
Great-great-grandson of Robert Hemsted; Sergeant in Captain Stanton's Company of Militia in the Eighth Connecticut Regiment.
Great-great-great-grandson of Joshua Hempstead (1724-1806); participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill; enlisted when over fifty years old; same company and regiment as his son, Benjamin Hempstead.
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
December 3, 1889.
(Charter Member)
1826 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Mark Hopkins; Colonel, First Massachusetts Infantry.
Great-grandson of David Rossiter; Lieutenant-Colonel, Second Massachusetts Infantry.
NEVIL MONROE HOPKINS. December 18, 1892. 2128 Bancroft Place, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Ralph Cross (1738- 1810); of Newburyport, Massachusetts; Captain of In- fantry; afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel of Johnson's Regiment; commanded a regiment at the surrender of Burgoyne; with others, he built the frigates Hancock, Boston, and Proctor.
ALFRED BYRNE HORNER. June 26, 1893.
Warrenton, Va.
Great-grandson of William Edmonds (1734-1816); Colonel, First Battalion Virginia Militia, 1778.
BEALE RICHARDSON HOWARD. January 16, 1918.
1410 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Vincent Richardson, of Mary- land; who assisted in establishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of Ensign in Captain John Taylor's Company.
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Great-great-grandson of John Beale Bordley Howard (1743-1799), of Maryland; First Lieutenant Continental Army, Eighth Battalion Harford County Militia.
FREDERIC LOUIS HUIDEKOPER. January 29, 1909. Attorney-at-Law, and Military Historian. 1614 Eighteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Judge Edward Shippen (1703-1781); President of the Committee of "Inspection and Observation" at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Great-great-great-grandson of Andrew Colhoon ( ....- 1794); Second Lieutenant in Wilson's Sixth Battalion, Pennsylvania Troops.
Great-great-great-grandson of Evan Evans (1732- 1794); Colonel of the Elk Battalion, formerly Fourth Battalion, May, 1777; Colonel, Second Battalion, April, 1778; commanded the Militia of Chester County, Penn- sylvania, at the Battle of Brandywine; member of the Supreme Executive Council, 1785; also of the Chester County Associators, 1774; member of the Committee of Observation of Chester County, 1774; Delegate to Pro- vincial Congress, Philadelphia, 1776; and member of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1780.
THOMAS LEVI HUME. June 21, 1906.
Broker. 1412 "G" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of William Hansborough ( ....- 1816); Private, Second Virginia Regiment, 1775, under Colonel William Fontaine; engaged in battle of Great Bridge.
BENJAMIN GRUBB HUMPHREYS September 30, 1920.
Member of Congress. Greenville, Miss.
Great-grandson of Ralph Humphreys (1735-1789); who served during the War of the Revolution with the Vir- ginia Militia.
GAILLARD HUNT.
January 1, 1890. Department of State. 1711 DeSales Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Robert R. Livingston (1746- 1813), of New York; Member of the Second Continental Congress, and one of the Committee of Five which drew up the Declaration of Independence; administered oath of office to George Washington, first President under the Constitution, April 30, 1789.
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CLAIR AUBREY HUSTON.
March 2, 1904.
Artist. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Wash- ington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Michael Leib (1759-1822); Sur- geon in Colonel Benjamin G. Eyre's Second Battalion of Pennsylvania Militia.
JOHN HAROLD HYDE. December 13, 1915. Timber Dealer and Inventor. 2312 "M" Street, Tacoma,
Wash.
Great-grandson of Felix Powel (1762-1851); served as private in the Revolutionary War in Captain Gideon Brownson's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Continen- tal Regiment; transferred to Captain Buell's Company in the First Connecticut Regiment; from which he was transferred to Captain Clift's Light Infantry Company of Colonel Butler's Regiment.
THOMAS HYDE, IV. January 7, 1920.
Farmer. Sandy Spring, Md.
Great-great-great-grandson of Thomas Hyde, of Severn, Maryland; commissioner of supervisors for the emission of bills of credit for the support of the Government and for carrying on the war; Was commissioned Captain in the Flying Camp of 1776, and later Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Battalion of which Josias Carvel Hall was Colonel. Participated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
RICHARD WASHBURN HYNSON. February 17, 1920.
Investments. 741 Fifteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Colonel William Rich- ardson, Fourth Maryland Flying Camp, 1775; Fifth Maryland Regiment, 1886; Resigned in 1779.
RALPH JENKINS. May 1, 1898.
Physician. 1732 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Moses Hatfield; Cap- tain, Company of Minute Men, 1775; Major, Drake's Regiment, New York Militia, 1776; Colonel, New York Militia, 1780-81.
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THOMAS LLOYD JENKINS.
ELECTED March 29, 1916.
Patents. 2232 "H" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of John Chapman, who enlisted as private in Captain William Price's Company (Chester County, Pennsylvania) Militia of Col. John Haunam's Regiment.
HENRY ABERT JOHNSON. November 7, 1917. American Consul. Dundee, Scotland.
Great-great-grandson of Colonel Timothy Matlack (1730-1829); who took an active part in pre-Revolutionary movements as one of the "Fighting Quakers;" commanded a Battalion of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Revolution- ary Army; delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress; master of the rolls; secretary to the Continental Congress for some time in Philadelphia; commanded the Fifth Rifle Battalion with Lieutenant-Colonel Clymer and Major Lawrence Herbert, etc.
THEODORE CARLTON JOHNSON. November 20, 1913.
Treasury Department. 2033 "H" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Conrad Theodore Weder- strandt (1736-1801); Assistant Deputy of Purchases, Queen Anne, Talbot County and below, Maryland, September 10, 1779.
ELDRIDGE ELMORE JORDAN. December 13, 1915.
Banker, Real Estate Trust Company. Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Captain John Martin (1748- 1813), of South Carolina; who served in the Continental Army to the end of the war.
Great-grandson of John Archer Elmore (1762-1834), of South Carolina; who served as a lad in the Revolution with his brother Thomas.
JOSEPH ISADORE KEEFER. October 2, 1900.
Claim Agent. 607 Louisiana Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of George Wilson (1745-1779); Lieu- tenant-Colonel, Virginia State Line.
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ARTHUR KEITH. March 4, 1895.
Geologist. U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Thomas Crane (1726- 1804), of Massachusetts; Delegate to Second Provincial Congress at Cambridge, February, 1775; Representative in General Convention during the five years of the Revolution.
Great-great-grandson of Jacob Richardson (1742- 1817), of Massachusetts; Lieutenant in Massachusetts Regiment and assisted in the capture of Burgoyne.
JACOB MILLER KENYON. May 27, 1915.
Attorney-at-Law. Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Corbin Griffin; Hospital Sur- geon, February 29, 1776, to May 31, 1777; also Volunteer Hospital Surgeon, Yorktown, Virginia, 1781.
Great-great-grandson of David Seely, private April 8, 1776, Captain Jeremiah Parmalee's Company, Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment (Continental) Connecticut; Corporal January 10, 1777, Captain Eli Catlin's Company, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley's Fifth Regiment "Connec- ticut Line."
CHARLES EVERETT KERN. November 25, 1903.
Manager of Bureau of Corporate and Financial Infor- mation. 1328 Harvard Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Yost Harbaugh (1741-1831); Captain, York County, Pennsylvania Associators, 1776; Captain, Seventh Company, Second Battalion, York County Associators, commanded by Colonel William Rankin, April 5, 1778.
ROYALL OGDEN KLOEBER. March 31, 1920.
Assistant Director of Finance, U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Rollins (Raw- lins), Jr., who served with Fourth Regiment of Militia in New Hampshire.
Great-great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Rol- lins (Rawlins), served as a corporal in Captain Everts Company, Colonel Bedel's Regiment New Hampshire State Troops.
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WILLIAM HARRISON LAMB. March 31, 1920.
Journalist. National Press Club, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of James Lamb, Private in Cap- tain David Stephenson's Company, Eighth Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel Abraham Bowman. On account of his activities against the mother country was disowned by his relatives in Scotland. JOHN JAY LANE. June 27, 1894. 2099 East 96th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Great-grandson of John Wilson (1716-1812), of Penn- sylvania; Private, Captain Robinson's Company, Wayne's Battalion, during the Revolution.
CHARLES FORD LANGWORTHY. May 7, 1902.
Assistant Chief of Division, Department of Agriculture. 1604 Seventeenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Joel Wheeler; Private, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam.
CHARLES WILLIAM LA PORTE October 2, 1900.
Senator, 18th Senatorial District. Peoria, Illinois
Great-great-grandson of Richard Dorsey; Third Lieu- tenant of Richardson's Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp; Lieutenant Fourth Continental Dragoon; Captain Independent Company of Maryland; captured by British at Valley Forge; wounded at Camden.
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