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The intensity of that fighting, and of the part of it borne by Major Sandburg's battalion, may be inferred from the concluding lines of his report, dated Septem- ber 30, 1918, to his commanding officer. The extract reads: "Unable to give casualty list. Number of men present: Company E, 53, the balance missing in action;
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Company G, 24; Company F, 9; Company H, 10; Company B, 17 men. Rush rations, water and ammuni- tion." So that in the five companies there were left , only 113 effectives out of a total strength of more than one thousand. The report referred to comes into local record in rather an unusual manner. It was written at 2 A. M., September 30, 1918, and given by Major Sandburg to his orderly, Private Laverne Lindstrom, for instant delivery to the battalion headquarters. Pri- vate Lindstrom "became lost in the darkness, and after wandering around all night was impressed into service in the morning with an Australian outfit, and went over the top with them. He did not find E Company until evening, and the message was then too old to deliver." The orderly carried it for a long while as a souvenir and eventually it was brought to Jamestown by the Rev. E. E. Ryden, after a visit to one of the demobilization centers, where he met Lindstrom.
After a rest period of only three days, the Twenty- seventh Division was called to relieve the Thirtieth Division, and on October 5, 1918, Major. Sandburg's command was therefore again at the front, this time in the St. Souplet sector. And it was in the subse- quent fighting near that place that Major Sandburg particularly distinguished himself, and gained the coveted Distinguished Service Cross. The fighting was heavy, and for a time almost incessant. On Octo- ber 15th, Major Sandburg was gassed, but held to his post, and on the 17th was severely wounded by shell- fire, also again gassed, notwithstanding which he con- tinued to command his battalion during the stress of the fighting, and would not leave the field until ordered to do so by his superior officer. The official citation by General Pershing, recommending that he be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, states:
For exceptional bravery in action, near St. Souplet, France, October 17. Although severely wounded, Major Sandburg continued with his command until ordered from the field by the regimental commander.
The following is the text of a citation received from the commander of the French Armies of the East, Marshal Petain:
Gen. Headquarters of the French Armies of the East Staff. Personal Bureau Decorations,
Order No. 17,999 "D" (extract).
With the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in France the Mar- shal of France, Commander-in-Chief of the French Armies of the East, cites in the order of Army Corps: Mr. Sandburg, Charles A., Captain Company "E" of the 108th American Infantry Regiment.
Although severely wounded he continued to advance with his unit until he received the order to withdraw from the fight.
At General Headquarters, May 26. 1919. THE MARSHAL OF FRANCE.
Commander of the French Armies of the East. PETAIN.
For original extract The Lieut. Colonel, Chief of Personnel Bureau.
Major Sandburg passed through several evacuation hospitals, and eventually reached a British hospital in England, later being transferred to the American Gen- eral Hospital, at Tottenham, England. When con- valescent he was sent to Winchester, England, and organized an American casual battalion of officers and men who had been wounded, and sailed for France, arriving December 5, 1018. He would have returned
to the front had it been necessary, but with the sign- ing of the Armistice came the end of the emergency, through which Major Sandburg probably thinks him- self fortunate to have passed without permanent injury. He had some miraculous escapes; on more than one occasion a shell exploded in his immediate vicinity, killed persons at his side, and on October 15, 1918, one high explosive shell killed men and prisoners all around him, but he escaped without a scratch. He was formally commissioned a major of the United States army on February 19, 1919, and on the last day of that month sailed for New York, arriving on March 5, 1919. He participated in the parade of the Twenty- seventh Division at New York City, on March 24, 1919, and on the 3Ist of the same month was dis- charged from the service. Major Sandburg was a fine soldier and a popular officer. His honors have been many. One citation reads: "For extreme hero- ism," and his possession of the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre indicates that he gave his country and its allies worthy service.
Entering again into civilian occupations, Major Sand- burg probably will reestablish himself in the shoe busi- ness in Jamestown. Whatever he does, he will prob- ably succeed, for his entire life has been one of activity and industry. As a soldier, he is, of course, esteemed in Chautauqua county, but as a citizen he is also well regarded. Politically he is a Republican; religiously he is a member of the First Baptist Church of James- town; and he belongs to many fraternal and patriotic organizations, including Jamestown and Buffalo Ma- sonic bodies, lodge, chapter, consistory and shrine; Spanish-American War Veterans' Association; Vet- erans of Foreign Wars; American Legion, also the Norden Club.
Of his generation there were seven children, three of whom survive, namely, his sisters, Mrs. Frank A. Johnson and Mrs. John O'Neal, and himself. The deceased children of Lewis and Nellie (Pearson) Sandburg were: Ernest, Amelia, Minnie and Mrs. Oscar F. Johnson.
Major Charles A. Sandburg married, at Jamestown, June 18, 1900, Ella Mary Peterson, a daughter of Al- bert W. and Ida C. (Carlson) Peterson, of that place. They have two children: Allene May, born September 6, 1904: and Lewis Albert, born June 21, 1914.
LABAN HAZELTINE, M. D .- The life of Dr. Laban Hazeltine, of Jamestown, early obtained a pro- fessional bias, although until his fourteenth year there was little to indicate a later medical career, save only the fact that he was a grandson of Dr. Laban Hazel- tine, whose practice began in the city of Jamestown, with almost the first settlement of that now prosper- ous city. It was in 1811 that the elder Dr. Laban Hazeltine began practice in Jamestown, and sixty- nine years later another Dr. Laban Hazeltine arose, who has, in the forty years which have since inter- vened, attained eminence as a physician, surgeon, and citizen. When fourteen years of age the first promise of a future professional career appeared, and in a drug store in Warren, Pennsylvania, the seed was sown, which, in time, produced the medical graduate and successful practitioner.
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Dr. Laban Hazeltine, son of Richard Flagler and Hannah Jane (Sherman) Hazeltine, was born in War- ren, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1852. He attended the district school in early boyhood, and slender as were the advantages offered, he widened an interest and determination to acquire knowledge that marked him for future advancement. He advanced from the dis- trict school to Warren High School, thence to a boy's position in a Warren drug store, his first start toward a profession. For eleven years he remained in the drug business, becoming thoroughly experienced in pharmacy through a course at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and in the practical side as prescription and drug clerk. These were eleven busy years, for in addition to his studies in pharmacy, and the acquiring of practical business methods and principles, he com- pleted a course at Pierce's Business College in Phila- delphia.
This was the young man's equipment, when, at the age of twenty-five, he began the consummation of a well formed and well considered plan to become a physician. He entered The College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, in the autumn of 1877, and was graduated M. D., class of 1880, president of his class. His college years were years of determined, persistent effort, and no man could have accomplished more, for in addition to his regular class work, which was so faithfully performed that he was sixth in stand- ing, he took special courses at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, and served as interne at Baltimore City Hos- pital.
With his newly acquired diploma, Dr. Hazeltine determined to again establish the name of Dr. Laban Hazeltine in the city of Jamestown, New York, and there, in 1880, he began practice. Forty years have passed since that event, and Dr. Hazeltine is still in practice, rich in experience and the regard of his fel- lowmen, and eminent in his profession. For many years Dr. Hazeltine specialized in surgery, winning high reputation, but in 1910 he met with severe injury in an automobile accident, and has since acted only as office practitioner and consultant, his well appreciated skill in surgery causing his advice and aid to be much sought after by his brethren of the profession. He is a member of the Chautauqua County Medical Society; Jamestown Medical Society; New York State Medical Society; and the American Medical Association, keep- ing always in close touch with the work of these organ- izations and with all advance in treatment, theory, instrument or operation. He is one of the strong men of his profession and has won his high standing through forty years of honorable, enlightened life and practice.
Outside his profession perhaps the chief interest of Mr. Hazeltine's public life has been in his deep inter- est in the New York National Guard, his active inter- est extending over a quarter of a century, 1885-1910. He was surgeon, ranking as first lieutenant in the Thir- teenth Separate Company, now Company E, of James- town, but once the Fenton Guards. He is still car- ried on the company roll as a reserve officer, and his interest in the "boys" is more than passing. Company E one time dropped to the last place for efficiency in a list of one hundred and fifty-four companies of
the Guard, but Dr. Hazeltine's appointment as in- spector of riffe practice wrought a mighty change, and during his inspiring leadership Company E rose to first place in marksmanship and morale. The change took years to effect, but Dr. Hazeltine was himself an expert rifleman; he loved the Guard, and he was ambitious that Company E should excel. His spirit finally imbued the whole company, and the morale then established and the high record made at the ranges bore fruit when "the boys" went "overseas," to fight hitherto invincible foes. Dr. Hazeltine owns many medals won in the United States and State com- petitive rifle shooting contests, and under his leading, Company E won many brigade, regimental and class prizes offered both by the United States and State governments for superior marksmanship.
In fraternity, Dr. Hazeltine is affiliated with James- town Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Western Sun Chapter, No. 67, Royal Arch Masons; and James- town Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a charter member and first exalted ruler of that body. In politics he is a Republican, and with his family attends the First Presbyterian Church. He is a man of progress and public spirit, willing and ready to aid in movements that promise the public good.
Dr. Hazeltine married (first) at Warren, Pennsyl- vania, April 20, 1876, Stella J. Mann, who died in Jamestown, November 26, 1898, leaving two children: 1. Mabel B., wife of Frank J. Tener, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a brother of Ex-Governor Tener, of that State, they the parents of a son, Richard. 2. Edward L., of further mention. Dr. Hazeltine mar- ried (second) December 21, 1906, Gertrude Joubert, of Jamestown, who passed away November 27, 1919.
Edward L. Hazeltine, son of Dr. Laban and Stella J. (Mann) Hazeltine, was born in Jamestown, New York, January 22, 1886, and there attended the public schools, finishing with graduation from high school, class of 1904. After finishing high school he "roughed it" amid the mountain regions of Arizona and Colorado for a year, then entered the medical department of the University of Denver, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1909, the fourth Dr. Hazeltine in his family to practice medicine. After graduation he spent two years as interne at the Denver General Hospital, then returned to Jamestown, and in 1910 became associated with his father, Dr. Laban Hazeltine, in the practice of medicine and surgery. He has won the confidence of the public to an unusual degree, and is well estab- lished in the regard of his clientele. His practice was interrupted during the World War, when he gave about two and a half years to the service of his coun- try, attaining a captain's rank. In 1916 he entered Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, completed the prescribed course of training, and the day after the United States declared war against Germany he volun- teered for service in the Medical Corps of the United States army. He was commissioned first lieutenant in 1917, and shortly afterward was advanced to the rank of captain. Eight months of his two and a half years' service was in the Medical Research Hospital, at Hazelhurst field, Long Island, and in September, 1019, he was honorably discharged from the service. He then returned to Jamestown, and resumed prac-
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tice in his specialties, mental and nervous diseases and diseases of the chest.
Dr. Edward L. Hazeltine married, November 15, 19II, Katherine Marr, of Washington, D. C.
LOUIE CHARLES STRONG-As a people the Americans are rather disposed to self-complacency, and if we may believe our observers in foreign lands not at all prone to underrate their own achievements; traits not perhaps the most commendable in the world. And yet, when we regard the little short of a miracle through which a vast, uncharted wilderness has been turned in little better than a century or two into the present mighty empire, there seems not a little excuse for a certain amount of satisfaction with what has been done, for truly it would be a difficult thing to over- state so huge a matter. Nowhere than in Western New York and Chautauqua county are the results of this transformation more strikingly seen, if we will but use the eye of fancy to call up to view those gloomy wastes, vague and dim, before the advent of the Hol- land Land Company, stretching no man knew whither, the dwelling place of savage tribes, and to witness with the eye of flesh, the bustling cities, the prosper- ous farms, the churches, schools, and universities, symbols every one of civilization, wealth and culture. This work is the work of many. Thousands of heroes have put their shoulders to the wheel and have fallen at the task unremembered by us, the beneficiaries of their efforts; it is the work of the rank and file of our people from whom none shall take the credit. It is for this reason that we honor a host of staunch old New England families, many of whose sons have come West, and generation after generation have striven to further the great work of all our hands in the various communities in which they have located, whose mem- bers have been typical of that ideal, crude, perhaps, even a little grotesque, but honest, open-hearted, kindly, with level eye and unfearful spirit, which we delight to think of as the true American. The name of such families is legion if we consider the country or that section of it comprised within the boundaries of a single State, but perhaps if we turn our attention to a more restricted neighborhood, Chautauqua county and Jamestown especially, it will be appropriate to pick out and call by name certain such as have there de- served high regard and honor. There is to-day no more worthy son of a grand old New England family than he whose name is the caption of this article, Louie Charles Strong.
That the Strongs of Ireland, Scotland and England are of a different origin, respectively, would seem to be manifest from the variety of their family crests. The crest of the Strongs of Ireland is a lion rampant asure, supporting a pillar argent; of those of Scot- land, a cluster of grapes stalked and leaved; while those of England have three from which to choose. Which belongs to the Strongs of America, Benjamin W. Dwight, the historian of the Strong family, says is a matter of doubt. The Strong family of England was originally of the County of Shropshire. One of the family married an heiress of Griffith, in the County of Caernarvon, Wales, and took up his residence there in 1545.
(I) Richard Strong, of this branch of the family, was born in Caernarvon, Wales, in 1561. In 1590 he removed to Taunton, Somersetshire, England, where he died in 1613, leaving a son John and a daughter Eleanor. The name is said to have been originally McStrachan, passing through the various forms of Strachan, Strachn, becoming finally Strong.
(II) John Strong, son of Richard Strong, was born in Taunton, England, in 1605. He removed to Lon- don, and afterward to Plymouth. Having a deeply religious mind, he was in the fullest sympathy with the Puritans, and when in 1630 a company of one hun- dred and forty were sailing for the new world, he accompanied them, sailing in the ship "Mary and John," landing after a passage of seventy days at Nan- tasket (Hull), Massachusetts, on Sunday, May 30, same year. They prospected for a location for several days, finally deciding upon a spot he called Dorches- ter, after the English home of many of the settlers. John Strong was accompanied by his sister Eleanor, who was several years his junior, he being then twenty- five years old. She married Walter Deane, a tanner of Taunton, Massachusetts, previously of Taunton, England, and they are the ancestors of a numerous family. In 1635 John Strong left Dorchester, settled at Hingham, and took the freeman's oath at Boston, March 9, 1639. He tarried but a short time at Hing- ham, for on December 4, 1636, he is found an inhabi- tant and proprietor of Taunton, Massachusetts, where he was that year made a freeman, and deputy to the General Court in 1641-43-44. He removed to Windsor, Connecticut, and in 1659 to Northampton, Massachu- chusetts, "of which town he was one of the first and most active founders. Here he lived forty years, be- coming a leading man in town and church affairs. He was a prosperous tanner and a large landowner. From the church records of Northampton we quote: "After solemn and extraordinary seeking to God for his direc- tion and blessing, the Church chose John Strong rul- ing elder, and William Holton deacon."
John Strong married (first) in England, a wife (name unknown) who died on the voyage or shortly after landing, she was the mother of two children. He married (second) Abigail Ford, of Dorchester, with whom he lived fifty-eight years. She was the mother of sixteen children, and died July 6, 1688, aged eighty years. Elder John Strong died April 14, 1699, aged ninety-four years. At his death he had one hundred and sixty descendants-eighteen children, fifteen hav- ing families; one hundred and fourteen grandchildren, and thirty-one great-grandchildren. Children of Elder John and Abigail (Ford) Strong: Thomas; Jediah, (of whom further); Josiah; Return, died at the age eighty- five years; Elder Ebenezer, died at the age of eighty- six years; Abigail; Elizabeth, died at the age of eighty-nine years; Experience: Samuel, died at the age of ninety years; Joseph, twin with Samuel; Mary, died at the age of eighty-four years; Sarah, died at the age of seventy-seven years; Hannah; Hester; Thankful; Jerijah, died at the age of eighty-eight years. The oldest and youngest children were thirty-nine years apart in age, the eldest born in England in 1626 and the youngest in Connecticut in 1665. Abigail, wife of Elder Jones, could not have been more than
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sixteen at the time of her marriage in 1630, at which time Elder Jones was twenty-five. Two sons and a daughter died young. The daughters all married, one of them twice. The sons all married, and from these fifteen children sprang nearly all the Strong families of the United States.
(III) Jediah Strong, son of Elder John and Abi- gail (Ford) Strong, was born May 7, 1637, and died in 1733. He married (first) Freedom, surname unknown; (second) Abigail Stebbins; (third) Mrs. Mary Hart Lee.
(IV) Jediah (2) Strong, son of Jediah (1) Strong, was born August 7, 1667. He married Abiah Ingersoll.
(V) Lieutenant Jediah (3) Strong, son of Jediah (2) and Abiah (Ingersoll) Strong, was born January 15, 1700. He married Elizabeth Webster.
(VI) Solomon Strong, son of Lieutenant Jediah (3) and Elizabeth (Webster) Strong, was born October 6, 1730. He married (first) Mary White, and (second) Mary (Willson) Hutchinson.
(VII) Solomon (2) Strong, son of Solomon (1) Strong, was born January 19, 1763. He married Ruth Tracy.
(VIII) Allan Tracy Strong, son of Solomon (2) and Ruth (Tracy) Strong, was born December 16, 1765. Married Mary Hart.
(IX) James Allan Strong, son of Allan Tracy and Mary (Hart) Strong, was born August 1, 1823, at Hartford, Vermont. He married Lorraine L. Ran- dall, who was born May 11, 1823, at Hartford, Ver- mont, and among whose children was Charles M. Strong.
(X) Charles M. Strong, son of James Allan and Lorraine L. (Randall) Strong, was born in Hartford, Vermont, and was married in Putney, Vermont. He was a farmer and owned a large general store and wholesale produce business, in which occupation he continued for many years, in Hyde Park, Vermont. He was also the first selectman for the town of Hyde Park, which office he held for several terms. He married Hattie Deming, a daughter of Joseph Alonzo and Mary C. (Cushing) Deming. Among their chil- dren was Louie Charles, of whom further.
(XI) Louie Charles Strong, son of Charles M. and Hattie (Deming) Strong, was born in Hyde Park, Vermont, September 15, 1873. He received his early education in the public schools of his native city, and later attended the Lamoielle Central Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. After laying aside his text books, Mr. Strong accepted a position in his father's store as clerk and manager, and there remained for some time, later becoming associated with Adamson's and Richardson's, for whom he acted as salesman and manager. In 1906 he started in business for himself, becoming a business broker with offices in the Gokey building, where he continued for some time. Later Mr. Strong became interested in the real estate, stocks and bonds business, in which he continues at the present time. Mr. Strong is also a successful agriculturist, and has three fine farms, all in Chautauqua county, on which he spends as much of his spare time as possible. Politically, Mr Strong is a staunch Republican, but never cared for office. Fraternally, he is a member of Union Grange, is a
New York State Granger, and a member of the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks and the Kiwanis Club.
On August 1, 1912, at Brocton, New York, Mr. Strong was united in marriage with Elsie Ray Kinney, a daughter of Charles and Sarah J. (Wood) Kinney, of whom further.
(The Cushing Line).
Few families in the country have been more cele- brated than the Cushings, and probably no other has furnished more prominent men. The derivation of the name is somewhat uncertain. The present form is used by all the American descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638, and was prob- ably the established orthography for several genera- tions before that, as the English and Irish branches use the same spelling. Before the sixteenth century the patronymic was like most proper names written in a variety of ways. In various deeds, wills and charters still extant in Norfolk, England, referring to the direct lineal ancestors of Matthew Cushing we find, Cushyng, Cushin, Cushyn, Cusshyn, Cussheyn, Cusseyn, Cussyn, Cusyn and Cosyn. Before the fourteenth century it was spelled Cusyn, Cosyn, or Cosseyn. After that time the name was always spelled with a "u" and gen- erally with "sh" as Cussheyn, Cusshyn. The final "g" does not appear until 1500, when we find Cushyng, though Cushyn and Cushin are still frequent spelling. There are two theories in connection with the origin of the name. The first is that the patronymic is de- rived from the Anglo-Saxon designation of Cousin (Cosseyn or Cusseyn). The second theory asserts that the name arose in connection with the land title of Cossey. Thus in the Domesday book of William the Conqueror, we find that "the ancient village of Tokethorpe (later Flockthorpe) lying in the Forehoe hundred" was in several parts "two of which belonged to Cossey." The same manor of Flockthorpe was pos- sessed by the Cushings for several generations there- after.
The original arms of the Cushing family were un- doubtedly "gules, an eagle displayed argent." This device was later complicated by quartering, on the occasion of marriage with an heiress, which probably took place not far from 1500. In the Heraldic Visita- tion of the County of Norfolk, England, which oc- curred in the year 1563, the Cushing arms are de- scribed: "Gules, an eagle displayed argent, quarter- ing gules, three right hands torn from the wrists, a canton chequery or and azure." The form advocated by the late H. G. Somerby, of England, as the result of several years research in the records and deeds of Norfolk county, is substantially the same as this. The Somerby form has a crest: "Two lions' gambs erased sable supporting a ducal coronet or, from which hangs a human heart or." The motto underneath the escutcheon reads: Virtute et numine (By valor and divine aid). It may be remarked that the arms just described are substantially the same as those found on the tombstone of Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Cushing in the Granary burying ground in Boston, which are dated 1788. These are also given in the Gore Roll, and are especially worthy of note as being
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