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Tudor Place, 31st and "Q" Streets, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Richard Kennon, Lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment, Virginia Troops, Continental Army.
Great-great-great-grandson of John Parke Custis of Virginia; stepson and Aide-de-Camp to General Wash- ington.
RAYMOND EMERICK PETERSON. January 10, 1916.
Court Appraiser. 1499 Irving Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Benjamin Peterson (1756-1830) of New York; who served with Albany County Militia.
EDWIN TAYLOR POLLOCK. April 23, 1919.
Captain, U. S. Navy. Navy War College, Newport, R. I.
Great-great-grandson of Captain Othniel Taylor (1719- 1788); member of the Committee of Safety of Charle- mont, Massachusetts. Had six sons in the Revolutionary War.
Great-grandson of Enos Taylor (1751-1831); Private, Captain Samuel Taylor's (his brother's) company, Colo- nel Porter's Regiment. Enlisted July, 1777.
Great-grandson of Abel Warner (1763-1837); served three months in the Continental Army.
Great-great-grandson of Captain Elijah Warner (1738- 1819); First Lieutenant, Captain Josiah Lock's Company, Tenth Regiment of Massachusetts Militia; Captain, May 23, 1783; of Militia Company of Hardwick.
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Great-great-grandson of Sylvanus Cook (1738-1814); Private, Captain Ebenezer Washburn's Company, Colo- nel Thomas Lothrop's Regiment; Private, Captain Noah Nichols' Company, of Artillery Officers, General Knox's Artillery Brigade; Private, Captain Nichols' Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers.
DAVID DIXON PORTER. May 27, 1915.
Colonel, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector, U. S. Marine Corps. 2113 "O" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of David Porter (1754-1808); Captain, Continental Privateer Service; commanded sev- eral armed vessels, among them the sloop Delight of six guns, fitted out in Maryland, and the ship Aurora, of ten guns, belonging to the State of Massachusetts; escaped from the prison-ship Jersey; actively engaged as a privateersman until the end of the war, when he was commissioned by Washington a Sailing Master in the new Navy; in 1779 commanded the ship General Putnam on the Penobscot expedition fitted out at Boston.
Great-great-grandson of Captain Alexander Porter (1727 -.... ); though too old to bear arms, "was present at the Boston Tea Party, moulded bullets for the battle of Bunker Hill, and set an example of resistance to the British crown."
Great-great-grandson of William Anderson (1763- 1829); of Chester, Pennsylvania; First Lieutenant, Eighth Pennsylvania, January, 1777; wounded at Brandywine; Colonel, 1779; at Valley Forge, German- town, and Yorktown.
LESTER AMOS PRATT. December 9, 1919.
Accountant, Compensation Board, Navy Department. Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of William Pratt ( ....- 1845) of Rhode Island; senior sergeant and later promoted to Lieu- tenant in Colonel Israel Angell's Rhode Island Regiment of General Varnum's Brigade.
PHILIP MAXWELL PRESCOTT. April 2, 1894.
Clergyman. Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Jeremiah Prescott (1741-1817); of Espan, New Hampshire, who signed the Association List, 1776; Lieutenant, Colonel Stephen Evans' Regi- ment; Captain, Colonel Thomas Stickney's Regiment; Colonel, State Militia.
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RUSSELL BENJAMIN PUTNAM. October 24, 1916.
Major, Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Marine Corps. First Provisional Brigade Marines, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Great-great-grandson of Caleb Putnam (1763 -.... ); Private in Captain Bartholomew Woodbury's Company, Colonel Lerned's Regiment, Massachusetts troops.
JOHN VAN PELT QUACKENBUSH. December 3, 1895.
Merchant. 1541 Adams Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Great-great-grandson of Nicholas Quackenbush (1734- 1813) of New York; Major and Assistant Deputy Quarter- master, Continental Army.
IRVING WALLACE RAND. November 6, 1893.
Colonel (Medical Corps), U. S. Army. Camp Travis, Tex.
Great-great-grandson of Ephraim Rand; Private, Captain Shortridge's Company, Colonel Enoch Poor's Regiment, New Hampshire Troops, enlisted July 7, 1775.
WILLIAM STEWART REYBURN. March 2, 1915.
2200 Kalorama Road, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Joseph Crain (1738-1789); First Lieutenant, Captain Richard McQueen's Com- pany, Colonel Timothy Green's Battalion, Lancaster County, 1776; Captain, Second Company, Sixth Bat- talion, Colonel John Rogers.
GEORGE RICHARDS. May 22, 1912.
Brigadier General, The Paymaster, U. S. Marine Corps. Headquarters, Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Thomas Rogers; Private, Captain William Peeble's Company of the Second Bat- talion, Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, commanded by Colonel Daniel Brodhead; captured at the battle of Long Island, September 4, 1776, and died in captivity on the prison-ship Jersey.
EDWARD FISK RIGGS. October 2, 1900.
Insurance. 815 Fifteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Moses Riggs (1760 -.... ); Private, Humphrey's Company, Connecticut Line, 1777.
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JOHN BOURSIQUOT ROSE.
ELECTED May 27, 1915.
Colonel, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army. Office of Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Joseph Blackwell (1750-1823); signer of the "Westmoreland Protest;" Second Lieuten- ant, Tenth Virginia (Continental) Regiment; First Lieu- tenant, Sixth Virginia; Captain in 1781; Major, Subsis- tence Department, Virginia Line.
HORACE DODGE ROUZER. March 17, 1920.
Lieutenant Commander (Civil Engineer) U. S. Navy. 3519 Porter Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Peter Shorer (1755-1795) of Maryland; first lieutenant in Captain Jacob Ambrose's Company Flying Camp.
ELMER GARDNER RUNYAN, May 16, 1893. Chemist. 419 Tenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of James Gardner (1760-1838); Private, Captain Vandyke's Company, Colonel Thompson's Regi- ment, New Jersey Militia.
BENJAMIN REEVES RUSSELL. April 5, 1907.
(By transfer from Pennsylvania Society)
Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired). Kensington, Md.
Great-grandson of John Russell (1759-1836); Private in Captain Woodbury's Company, Colonel Greaton's Regi- ment.
CARY ROCHESTER SAGE September 30, 1920. U. S. Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Private Daniel Sage (1756- 1852), Connecticut Line; Served with Arnold in Quebec Expedition and endured much suffering in retreat from Canada, and he also served in the Burgoyne campaign; Enlisted 1775 under Captain Wright and served in the Canadian Campaign, Connecticut Line. Enlisted 1776 under Captain Wheeler, Massachusetts Line, was at Ticonderoga; enlisted under Captain Waters in the New York Line to defend the Hudson River.
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FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS.
ELECTED May 13, 1890.
Attorney-at-Law. Kellogg Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Ephraim French (1751-1834); Ser- geant William Barrow's Company, Colonel Isaac Wyman's New Hampshire Regiment.
JOSEPH PRENTICE SANGER. November 15, 1892. Major-General, U. S. Army (Retired). 1302 Eighteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Richard Sanger (1706-1786); Member of Massachusetts Committee on Safety; also a member of Provincial Congress.
Great-grandson of Eli Butler (1740-1802); Captain in Sheldon's Regiment of Light Horse.
WILLIAM HENRY SAUNDERS September 30, 1920.
Real Estate. 1457 Fairmont Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Henry Saunders (Sanders) of North Carolina. Musician in Captain Brevard's Company of Colonel Abraham Shepard's (Tenth) Regiment of the Continental Line (North Carolina Troops). Service of eighteen months from 1782.
GUY TYRELL SCOTT. February 7, 1917.
Major (Artillery Corps), U. S. Army (Retired). President Continental Trust Company, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Joseph Whitaker ( ....- 1805); Private in the Company of Captain James Foster's Fif- teenth Virginia Regiment. Enlisted June 16, 1777.
ROBERT PRESTON SHEALY. January 7, 1920.
Attorney-at-Law. 11 East Melrose Street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Great-great-grandson of Christopher Shealy, private in Captain Michael Halm's Company, Pennsylvania Militia. Participated in the Battle of Brandywine.
HENRY HARRISON SHEETS. February 7, 1917.
Drawer 746, National Association for Universal Military Training, Chicago, Ill.
Great-great-great-grandson of Major General Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818); appointed Colonel in Continental
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Army, 1776; made Major General February, 1777 and remained in active service until close of war,
Great-great-grandson of John Lawrence (1751-1799); First Lieutenant, Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion, 1776; Captain, 12th October, 1776.
Great-great-grandson of Archibald Cary (1720-1786); President of House of Burgesses at beginning of Revolu- tion; Member of Virginia Convention, 1776; Chairman of Committee of the Whole of Convention, reported the resolution instructing the Virginia delegates in Congress to propose Independence.
THOMAS ROCHESTER SHEPARD. July 27, 1920. (By transfer from the Washington Society) Attorney-at-Law. 1339 Fourteenth Street, Wash- ington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Nathaniel Rochester; member of Pro- vincial Convention of North Carolina; Major of North Carolina Militia; participated in battle of Moore's Creek; Paymaster, Sixth Regiment, North Carolina Line; Com- missary General, North Carolina.
FRENCH CAMERON SIMPSON. March 31, 1920.
The Fairfax, Alexandria, Va.
Great-great-grandson of Richard Cross (1750-1800); who enlisted September 6, 1777; Corporal in Captain John Winston's Company, First and Tenth Virginia Regiments, commanded by Colonel William Davies.
Great-great-grandson of Ebenezer Bacon (1752-1817), who served as a private in Captain Nye's Company, Massachusetts Regiment, stationed at Elizabeth Island.
GEORGE ROBBINS SIMPSON. March 20, 1918.
The Fairfax, Alexandria, Va.
Great-great-grandson of Richard Cross (1750-1800); who enlisted September 6, 1777; Corporal in Captain John Winston's Company, First and Tenth Virginia Regiments commanded by Colonel William Davies.
Great-great-grandson of Ebenezer Bacon (1752-1817); who enlisted January 25, 1776 and served as a Private in Captain Nye's Company, Massachusetts Regiment sta- tioned at Elizabeth Island.
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CLINTON GOLD SMITH. January 7, 1920.
U. S. Forest Service. 2804 Fourteenth Street, Washing- ton, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Stephen Dodge; ap- pointed Ensign and later promoted Lieutenant in the Continental Army, November 19, 1776.
WILBUR LEE SMITH.
July 27, 1920.
Captain, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army. 103 The Onta- rio, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of John Bell of Virginia; revolu- tionary ensign, receiving grant of sixty-six and two- thirds acres of land in Amherst County, Virginia, for services rendered
WILLIAM WALKER SMITH. December 13, 1915.
Secretary, American Legation, Berne. Switzerland.
Great-great-grandson of Levi Smith (1761-1828) of Massachusetts; fifer in Captain Reuben Dickinson's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment; Fifer in Cap- tain John Thompson's Company, Colonel Lenard's Regi- ment; fifer in Captain Samuel Cook's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment; fifer in Captain Abner Pomeroy Company, Colonel Ezra Wood's Regiment; Fife Major in Captain John Harlow's Company, Colonel Ezra Wood's Regiment; fifer, Captain Elijah Dwight's Company, Colonel Elisha Porter's Regiment.
Great-great-grandson of David Walker of Newcastle County, Delaware (1752-1810); Private, Captain Dean's Company, Colonel Samuel Patterson's Regiment, Dela- ware Troops, August 13, 1776.
Great-great-grandson of Jeremiah Van Deventer of New Jersey (1741-1806) of Somerset County, New Jersey; Pri- vate, Somerset County, New Jersey, Militia.
Great-great-great-grandson of Martin Smith of Mas- sachusetts (1730-1780), of Amherst, Massachusetts; Pri- vate Captain Reuben Dickinson's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment, Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. Private, Captain James Hendricks's Company, Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 13, 1776.
WILLIAM TAYLOR SNYDER. January 10, 1917.
Clergyman. 1317 Nineteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Benjamin Ogle (1746-1809); who was a Major of the Maryland Militia in 1775-1776.
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HUGH MACLELLAN SOUTHGATE.
March 6, 1914.
Engineer. Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Great-great-great-great-grandson of Hugh Mclellan (1710-1787); Chairman, Committee on Purchases, 1775, Gorham, Maine, contributed funds to the cause of Amer- ican Independence, 1775-1781.
Great-great-great-grandson of Joseph Mclellan (1733- 1820); Member, Committee Inspection and Safety, 1775; Private, Captain Hart Williams' Company, Colonel Ed- mund Phinney's (Massachusetts) Regiment, 1775, after- wards Eighteenth Continental Regiment, 1776; Private, Captain Josiah Jenkins' Company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Regiment (Twelfth Massachusetts), 1777-1779; Commissary, Baggaduce Expedition; Second Lieutenant, Captain Joseph Pride's Company, Colonel Joseph Prime's Regiment, 1780-1781; First Lieutenant, Captain Joseph Reed's Company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Regiment, 1781.
Great-great-grandson of Levi Hooper (1742-1806); Lieutenant in (Walpole) New Hampshire Militia, 1776; Lieutenant in Colonel Benjamin Bellow's Regiment (New Hampshire), 1777-1778; one of Committee to Gen- eral Assembly, 1777; Captain at Newbury, Vermont, 1780.
Great-great-grandson of Jacob Foster (1732-1798); Chaplain, Colonel James Scanlon's New Hampshire Regiment, 1775; Chaplain, Colonel Edmund Spinney's New Hampshire Regiment, 1776.
MARTIN ROBINSON SPEELMAN July 27, 1920.
Government Printing Office. 153 Rhode Island Avenue, N. E., Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of William Peirson; private Essex County, New Jersey, Militia.
HENRY BENNING SPENCER. September 26, 1917.
President, Fruit Growers' Express Company. 2012 Massa- chusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Captain Richard P. White (1758-1814); Captain in the Virginia Convention Guards. JOHN KEIM STAUFFER. June 4, 1900.
(By transfer from Pennsylvania Society)
Journalist. University Club, Washington, D. C. 521 Court Street, Reading, Pa.
Great-great-great-great-grandson of Archibald Cary (1720-1786); Lieutenant, Spottsylvania County, Virginia
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Minute-Men, September 12, 1775; Colonel, Virginia Militia; an ardent patriot and leading member of all the Revolutionary Conventions of Virginia; President, Vir- ginia Committee of Safety, 1776; reported resolutions, in convention, instructing Virginia Delegates in Congress to declare for independence; Speaker, Virginia State Senate, 1776-1778.
Great-great-grandson of John Keim (the younger) (1749-1819); Private, Captain Peter Nagle's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Lutz's Fourth Battalion, Colonel Joseph Hiester's Regiment, Berks County, Penn- sylvania Militia, 1777; Captain, Colonel Jacob Weaver's Fifth Battalion, Berks County, Pennsylvania Militia, 1778.
FRANKLIN STEELE, JR. March 6, 1890.
1326 Eighteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of Samuel Chase (1741-1811 of Mary- land; Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
FRANKLIN TOPPING STEELE. January 7, 1920.
Captain, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector, U. S. Marine Corps. Headquarters, Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Chase (1741- 1811). Member General Assembly of Maryland, 1774; Delegate to First Congress, 1776; represented Maryland in the General Congress. One of the Signers of the Dec- laration of Independence.
JOHN TRUESDALE STEWART. November 7, 1919.
Civil Engineer. 2223 Knapp Street, St. Paul, Minn.
Great-great-grandson of Robert McTeear (1741-1811); Captain, Eighth Company, Fourth Battalion, Cumber- land County, Pennsylvania, Militia.
HERMAN OSMAN STICKNEY. November 5, 1894.
Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy, Board of Inspection. 514 Shel- don Building, San Francisco, Calif.
Great-great-grandson of Abram Stickney (1733-1803) of Massachusetts; Lieutenant, Captain Joseph B. Var- num's Company, Colonel McIntosh's Regiment, 1778.
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JOHN PATTEN STORY, JR. December 13, 1915.
Real Estate. 1112 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Elisha Story (1743-1805) of Massachusetts; who was surgeon in Colonel Little's Regi- ment at Bunker Hill. Was one of the "Sons of Liberty" who disguised as Indians threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor. He led a party of men to a spot in Boston Common and while he held a gun at the sentinel's head, two men dragged a field piece from the ground, said field piece being one of those placed near Bunker Hill Monument.
JOHN KENNEDY STOUT. March 29, 1905. Special Agent, U. S. Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Seth Miner (1742 -.... ); Orderly Sergeant to Colonel Jedediah Huntington at the siege of Boston; Ensign of the First Company, Twentieth Regiment, Connecticut Militia.
REEVES TRENCHARD STRICKLAND. May 3, 1905.
Attorney-at-Law. Evans Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of George Trenchard, Jr .; Cap- tain, First Battalion, Salem County, New Jersey; Cap- tain, Salem Light Horse; Chairman, Committee of Safe- ty, Salem County, New Jersey.
JAY HALE SYPHER. March 2, 1915.
Commander, U. S. Navy. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.
Great-grandson of Abraham Sypher (1755-1841); Pri- vate in Captain Edward Parker's Company, Second Battalion, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel Thomas Hockley.
FRANK STONE TAINTER. May 6, 1903.
Civil Engineer. 60 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
Great-grandson of Benjamin Tainter (1753-1844) of Massachusetts; Private, Captain Seth Morse's Company of Minute Men, 1775; Captain Nathan Fisher's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Regiment, from July 20 to De- cember 31, 1778; Captain Timothy Brigham's Company, 1779.
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WALTER WALLACE TALCOTT. May 27, 1915.
Engineer. 2115 "P" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Elizur Talcott (1740- .. ); Colonel of Sixth Regiment, Connecticut Militia. Great-great-grandson of Asa Gage (1756 -.... ); Private in Captain Timothy Eaton's Company, Colonel John- son's Regiment, Massachusetts Minute Men, April 19, 1775; served six days; also Private with Captain Na- thaniel Gage's Company, Gerish's Regiment of Guards, December 19, 1777, to April, 1778.
WILLIAM HENRY TAYLOE. December 13, 1915.
Passenger Traffic Manager, Southern Railway. Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Benjamin Ogle (1746-1809); who was a Major of the Maryland Militia in 1775-1776.
LLOYD WEBB TAYLOR.
March 31, 1920.
Engineer. Superintendent of Wise County Highway, Decatur, Texas.
Great-great-grandson of Samuel B. Webb (1753-1807) of Connecticut, who entered service as Lieutenant, wounded at Bunker Hill, Aide to General Putnam, Aide to General Washington, by act of Congress was made Brigadier Gen- eral. Was one of original sixteen signers of the Order of the Cincinnati of Connecticut.
CARMI ALDERMAN THOMPSON. September 30, 1920.
Attorney-at-Law. Perry Payne Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
Great-great-grandson of John Thomson (1750-1826); Captain of Virginia (Hanover County) State Militia.
GEORGE CYRUS THORPE. February 7, 1917.
Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps. Army General Staff College, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Gideon Walker (1738-1793); in Colonel Mead's Regiment of Militia and Captain Clag- horn's Company, May, 1777; Captain John Smith's Company in Colonel Warren's Regiment of Vermont Militia, November, 1778; in Captain Samuel Williams' Company, in Colonel Gideon Warren's Regiment of Militia, May, 1780; an Ensign in Captain Samuel Wil- liams' Company, in Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Regiment, October and November, 1870.
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Great-great-grandson of Daniel Marsh (1750-1808) of Vermont; in Captain Joshua Hozen's Company of Colo- nel Wood's Regiment, that marched with Lieutenant William Bramble to Dresden in the alarm of Newberry, when Colonel Thomas Johnson was carried away captive.
CHARLES TROWBRIDGE TITTMANN. December 13, 1915.
Attorney-at-Law. 901 Evans Building, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Abraham Whipple (1753- 1805); June, 1772, commanded two ships provided by the Province of Rhode Island, and manned by volunteers; these two ships took and burned the British Revenue Schooner Gaspe in Narragansett Bay. This was the first popular uprising in this country against British armed vessels. In June, 1775, as Commodore of two armed vessels fitted out by the State of Rhode Island he cap- tured the British Sloop of War Rose. In this engage- ment Whipple fired the first shot of the Revolution to be fired on the water. During his service he commanded the armed vessels Columbus and Providence.
Great-great-great-grandson of Ebenezer Sproat (1733- 1819); Captain of Cotton's Massachusetts Regiment, April, 1775; Major Third Continental Infantry, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, 1777; Lieutenant Colonel commandant Twelfth Massa- chusetts, September, 1778; Colonel, 1783.
JOHN VAN RENSSELAER. February 19, 1892.
Physician. . The Rochambeau, Washington, D. C.
Great-grandson of James Van Rennsselaer (1747-1827) of New York; Major, Aide-de-Camp to General Richard Montgomery and General Philip Schuyler.
JOHN VAN SCHAICK, JR. March 14, 1906.
Clergyman. 1417 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Lawrence Lawyer (1758- 1848); Sergeant, Fifteenth Regiment, Albany County, York Militia, Colonel Peter Vroman, Commander.
Great-grandson of Koert Van Schaick; Matross in Captain Barnes, Smocke Artillery Company, Middle Brigade; in battles of Quinton's Bridge, Hancock's Bridge, Three Rivers, Connecticut Farms, Van Neste's Mills, Long Island, Trenton, Assunpink, Princeton, Germantown, Springfield, Monmouth.
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LOUIS JOSEPH VAN SCHAICK.
ELECTED March 6, 1914.
Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. Army. Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Great-great-great-grandson of Lawrence Lawyer (1758- 1848); Sergeant, Fifteenth Regiment, Albany County, New York Militia, Colonel Peter Vroman, Commander.
GEORGE PETER VAN WYCK. April 14, 1915.
1601 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of Richard Van Wyck (1729- 1810); Chairman Vigilance Committee, Hopewell, N. Y., and Civil Magistrate, 1775; Major in Colonel Abraham Brinkerhoff's (Second) Regiment, Dutchess County, New York Militia, 1775.
Great-grandson of Cornelius R. Van Wyck (1758-1791); Civil Magistrate; one of the signers of the Revolutionary Pledge; Captain and Quartermaster in Colonel Abraham Brinkerhoff's (Second) Regiment, Dutchess County, New York Militia, 1780.
HERBERT LEE VAN WYCK. November 15, 1915.
Advertising Designer. 1826 Grace Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Great-grandson of Theodorus Van Wyck (1757-1823); a Lieutenant of Militia. His sword is in Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh, N. Y. He was a presiden- tial elector of James Monroe, also a Magistrate.
FLOYD PIERPONT WAGGAMAN. February 15, 1912.
Real Estate. 1833 Corcoran Street, Washington, D. C. Great-grandson of John Tyler (1747 -.... ); father of President Tyler; First Lieutenant, Third Virginia In- fantry.
ALLAN ELLIOTT WALKER. May 27, 1915.
Real Estate. 1338 "G" Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of William Willcocks (1751-1826); Second Lieutenant in Colonel John Lasher's Battalion, New York Independent Companies, January 29, 1776; Captain, June 24, 1776; Aide-de-Camp to Major General Lord Stirling, April 13, 1777; commissioned Major of Infantry, 1779.
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WILLIAM HENRY WALKER.
March 6, 1914.
Real Estate. 729 Fifteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-grandson of William Willcocks (1751-1826); Second Lieutenant in Colonel John Lasher's Battalion, New York Independent Companies, January 29, 1776; Captain, June 24, 1776; Aide-de-Camp to Major General Lord Stirling, April 13, 1777; commissioned Major of Infantry, 1779.
WILLIAM MILLER WALLACE. May 6, 1895. Brigadier-General, U. S. Army (Retired). Gate Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.
Great-great-grandson of William Brooke (1746-1829); Captain, Fourth Company, Third Battalion, Pennsyl- vania Militia, 1777; Major, Fourth Battalion, 1779; Major, Sixth Battalion, 1780; one of the Commissioners of Chester County to seize personal effects of traitors.
Great-great-great-grandson of Matthew Brooke (1719- 1806); Member of the Provincial Conference of Penn- sylvania, 1776, who also sent two cannon to the Council of Safety of Pennsylvania.
LITTLETON WALLER TAZEWELL WALLER. September 30, 1920. Major, U. S. Marine Corps. Headquarters, Washington, D. C.
Great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Waller (1716- 1786) of Williamsburg, Virginia; Clerk of Council; Member of the House of Burgesses (1745-1758); Member of the Convention 1775-76. Judge of the General Court (1779-1786).
Great-great-grandson of Henry Tazewell (1753-1799); Member House of Burgesses of Virginia 1775; in Conven- tion of 1776; on the Committee that reported upon Dec- laration of Rights and the Constitution; Member of Legislature until 1775 when elected to Supreme Bench, of Virginia.
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