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Sons 
 
 of the 
 
 Revolution 
 
 In the 
 
 State of Illinois 
 1908 
 

 
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 AntJior 
 
OFFICERS FOR 1908. 
 
 rrt'sidout. 
 WALTER FKAZER BROWN. 
 
 First Vice-President. 
 RALPH ISRAEL 
 
 Second Vice-President. 
 SAMT'EL BALCH KIX(i. 
 
 Third Vice-President. 
 SCOTT JORDAN. 
 
 Treasurer, 
 NELSON JOHN LUDINGTON. 
 
 Secretary, 
 LOriS ANDREAV BOWMAN. 
 
 Registrar. 
 FREDERICK DICKINSON. 
 
 Chaplain. 
 REV. GEORGE DE MING WRIGHT. 
 
 Historian. 
 FRANKLIN WYMAN. 
 
 Board of Managers, 
 
 FR.VNCIS WAYLAND SHEPARDSON. 
 
 .TOIIN WHIPPLE HILL. 
 
 WILLIAM BENEZET BOGERT. 
 
 LA BARON LORING AISTIN. 
 
 .lOHN CROCKER FOOTE. 
 
 HARRISON KELLEY. 
 
 ALBERT LEROY MILLER. 
 
 ROBERT PATTERSON BENEDICT. 
 
LI8T OF PRESIDENTS AND SECRE- 
 TARIES or THE ILLINOIS SO- 
 CIETY SINCE ITS ORGAN- 
 IZATION. 
 
 Presidents. 
 
 18'J4. Kev. Walter Delafield, D. D. 
 
 1895. Rev. Walter Delafield, D. D. 
 
 189G. Heury Walbridge Dudley. 
 
 1897. Geu. George Mayhew Moulton. 
 
 1898. Horace Kent Teuuey. 
 
 1899. George MulhoUaiid Lyon. 
 19(X). Edward Paysou Bailey. 
 
 1901. Judge Albert Craue Barnes. 
 
 1902. Le Baron Loriug Austin. 
 
 1903. George Lyon Douglass. 
 
 1904. Frederick Dickinson. 
 190.5. Harrison Kelley. 
 
 1906. Wm. Benezet Bogert. 
 
 1907. John Whipple Hill. 
 
 1908. Walter Frazer Brown. 
 
 Secretaries. 
 
 1894. Robert Patterson Benedict. 
 
 1895. Robert Patterson Benedict. 
 1890. Frank Kimball Root. 
 
 1897. Frank Kiml)all Root. 
 
 1898. Frank Kimball Root. 
 
 1899. Frank Kimball Root. 
 
 1900. Wm. Sydnor Gilbreath. 
 
 1901. Walter Frazer Brown. 
 
 1902. U. H. Struble, Jr. 
 
 1903. U. H. Struble, Jr. 
 
 1904. U. H. Struble, Jr. 
 
 1905. Louis Andrew Bowman. 
 
 1906. Samuel Balch King. 
 
 1907. Samuel Balch King. 
 
 1908. Louis -Vndrew Bowman. 
 
EXTRACTS FR03I CONSTITUTION. 
 
 The Society of the Sons of the ReA- 
 olutiou was instituted in the State of 
 New York, on the hirthday of Wash- 
 in.iiton, February 22. ISTd. and reor- 
 iranized on tlie present l)asis l>eceinl)er 
 4, 1883. 
 
 Following New York, similar socie- 
 ties were formed in several states, and 
 finally a national organization was per- 
 fected in March. 18!)(), under the name 
 of " The General Society of the Sous 
 of the ReA-olution." with headquarters 
 in New Y'ork City. The General Sci-i- 
 ety embraces the various State organi- 
 zations, and the o1>.iects, government, 
 work and reciuirements for all the soci- 
 eties are the same. The society is now- 
 well established by State organizations 
 in most of the Eastern and many of 
 the Western States, and is rapidly 
 growing. 
 
 The necessity for and the purposes 
 of the Sons of the Revolution are thus 
 stated in the Constitution of the Gen- 
 eral Society : 
 
 "It has become evident from the de- 
 cline of proper celebration of such Na- 
 tional holitlays as the Fourth of July. 
 Washington's Birthday and the like, 
 that proper interest in the events and 
 men of the War of the Revolution is 
 less than in the earlier days of the 
 Republic." It attributes this failing in- 
 terest " not so much to lapse of time 
 as to the neglect on the part of de- 
 scendants of Revolutionary heroes to 
 
perform tlieir duty of keeping- before 
 the i)ulilic uiiiul the memory of the 
 services of their ancestors, and of the 
 times in wlaich they lived, and of the 
 principles for which they contended." 
 The ol).iects of the society are stated, 
 as follows, in the preamble to the con- 
 stitution : ■• Ti) pt'rpetuate the mem- 
 ory of men who. in military, naval or 
 ciA'il service, by their acts or counsel, 
 achieved American Independence; to 
 promote and assist in the proper cele- 
 bration of the anniversaries of Wash- 
 ington's Birthday, the battles of Lex- 
 ington and Bunker Hill, the Fourth of 
 July, the Capitulations of Saratoga find 
 Yorktown, the formal Evacuatitm of 
 New York l>y the British Army, on the 
 od of December, 1873, as a relinquish- 
 ment of territorial sovereignty, and 
 other prominent events related to or 
 connected with the War of the Revo- 
 lution; to collect and secure for preser- 
 vation the manuscript rolls, records and 
 other documents and memorials relat- 
 ing to that war; to inspire among the 
 members and their descendants the pa- 
 triotic spirit of their forefathers; to 
 inculcate in the community in general 
 sentiments of Nationality and respect 
 for the principles for which the pa- 
 triots of the Revolution contended; to 
 assist in the commemorative celebra- 
 tion of other great historical events of 
 National importance, and to promote 
 social intercourse and the feeling of 
 fellowship among its members." 
 
OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 Tresideut — John Lee Carroll. Maryland. 
 
 Secretary — James Mortimer Moutj^om- 
 ery. New York City. 
 
 Treasurer — Richard McCall Cadwalader, 
 I'hiladelphia. 
 
 In thirty-two states this Society now 
 has a membership of between 6.000 and 
 T.(KK». With a foreign population com- 
 ing into our country at the rate of over 
 one million each year, and having their 
 hundreds of organizations, 
 
 COME AND JOIN US. 
 
 Let us in Illinois lielp to swell the 
 membership of our splendid Society of 
 pure AMERICANS. 
 
 Write to the REGISTRAR 
 
 26 Bryant Ave., 
 
 Chicago. 
 
 Give him the full name of your Rev- 
 olutionary Ancestor and the State he 
 enlisted from. The Registrar will look 
 up the official records, and make out 
 an application for you. 
 
 Membership Fee. $3.00. Annual Dues, 
 residents of Cook County. $4.00; out- 
 side of Cook County. $2.00. Life Mem- 
 bership, $50.00. 
 
 Society Button free to new members. 
 Insignia, Twelve Dollars. 
 
ANNIVERSARIES. 
 
 January 17. 1781. 
 
 Battle of Cowpous. 
 
 Febriiai-y 22. 1782. 
 
 Washiiiiiton'8 Birthday. 
 
 April 111. 1775, 
 
 Battle of Lexiuittou. 
 
 May 10. 1775. 
 
 Surremler of Fort Tieoiulero.iia. 
 
 June 14. 1777, 
 
 Adoption of the American Flag. 
 
 June 17. 1775. 
 
 Battle of Bunker Hill. 
 
 June 28. 1776, 
 
 Fort Moultrie. 
 
 July 4, 177(5, 
 
 Declaration of Independence. 
 
 August 16, 1777. 
 
 Battle of Bennington. 
 
 October 7, 1780, 
 
 Battle of King's Mountain. 
 
 October 17. 1777, 
 
 Surrender of Burgoyne. 
 
 October 19, 1781, 
 
 Surrender of Lord Coruwallis, 
 Yorktown Day. 
 
 NoYeml)er 25, 1788, 
 
 Evacuation of New York. 
 
 December 16, 1778, 
 
 The Boston Tea -Party. 
 December 26, 1776, 
 
 Battle of Trenton. 
 
MEMBERSHIP LIST. 
 
 Society of the Sons of the Revolution 
 in the State of Illinois. 
 
 Atkinson. Cliaiies Thompson, cave A. O. 
 Brown & Co.. Railway Excliange 
 Buildin.u:. Chicaiio. 
 
 Atkinson, Frank Holway, .Tr., Asst. 
 I'avniaster U. S. Navy. Wasliin;itt>n. 
 D. ■ C. 
 
 Adams, William Porter, l-ir. W. Wash- 
 ington St., Chicago. 
 
 Austin, Loring Le Baron, 2.V'(; N. Ash- 
 laud Ave.. Chicago. 
 
 Austin, Le Baron Loring. loo Adams 
 St., Chicago. 
 
 Allen. Edmund Albert. 1001 Chamber of 
 Commerce Bldg., Chicago. 
 
 Benedict. Robert I'aterson, 10 Wabash 
 Av.., Chicago. 
 
 Buehler, Edward Handy, 134 Lake St., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Barnes, Judge Albert Crane, 204 East 
 50th St. 
 
 Bogert. William Benezet, Postal Tele- 
 graph Bldg.. Chicago. 
 
 Brown, Walter Frazer, loG Wabash Av., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Brown, James Edgar, 108 La Salle St.. 
 Chicago. 
 
 Bailey, Edward Payson, 2400 South 
 Park Ave., Chicago. 
 
 Bull. Follet Wilkison. 5.j Market St., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Baker, Frederick Kessler, Everett, 
 Washington. 
 
 Broughton. John Wheat, 017 I'ostal Tel- 
 egraph Bldg., Chicago. 
 
 Butts, Lucas, Peoria. HI. 
 
 Bowman, Louis Andrew, loo La Salle 
 St.. Chicago. 
 
 Beal. Daniel S., Verona. 111. 
 
 Birdsall, William Young, 80 Madison St., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Blanchard, Lewis Harvey, 1012 Hart- 
 ford Bldg., Chicago. 
 
 Cromwell, Charles, 200 Adams St.. Chi- 
 cago. 
 
 Coflfeen, Milo Lester, 205 La Salle St.. 
 Chicago. 
 
Coffeeu. Wiiliam. 100 La Salle St., Clii- 
 
 caiio. 
 Chattifld-Taylor, IIol)art C, 99 Pearson 
 
 St., Chicag-o. 
 CaiKlee. Henry Safford. 017 Ohio Levee, 
 
 Cairo, 111. 
 Caldwell, Andrew Stites, Carbondale, 
 
 111. 
 Clinjiinan. Charles William, 221 Adams 
 
 St., Chica.uo. 
 Clark, Dr. William Gilmore, Lakota 
 
 Hotel, Chicago. 
 Case. John Edward, Lexington Hotel, 
 
 Chicago. 
 Croxton, Hugh AVorthington, 2122 Clar- 
 endon Ave., Chicago. 
 Castle, Howard Percy. p]lgin. 111. 
 Dudley, Henry Walb'ridge, 7 Lake St., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Davis, Warren Johnson, Racine, AVis. 
 Dickinson, Frederick, 20 Bryant Ave.. 
 
 Chicago. 
 Dickinson, John Rali)h, 1329 Railway 
 
 Exchange Bldg.. Chicago. 
 Day, AA'illiam Penniman, Peoria, 111. 
 Dudley. Raymond Carleton, 720 Old 
 
 Colonv Bldg., Chicago. 
 Douiilass," George Lyon, 184 La Salle 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Douglass. John AVatkinson, Jr., Evans- 
 ton, 111. 
 Dudley, Lawrence Howard, 38 Twenty- 
 ninth PL, Chicago. 
 Elwell, Edward Harmon, 315 Dearliorn 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Ellis, Orange AA'arner, 31 Washington 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Edmunds, Harrv Alilford, 329 East 41st 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Flovd-Jones, Thomas. 103 East 12.")th 
 
 "St., New York City. N. Y. 
 Foote, John Crocker, Belvidere, 111. 
 Farwell. (iranger. Lake Forest, 111. 
 Fuller, Charles Clark. 002 W. Crockett 
 
 St.. Seattle, AVash. 
 Gilhreath, AAMlliam Sydnor, 308 South 
 
 Aleridian St.. Indianaj>olis. Ind. 
 Gadsden. Thomas, 240 La Salle St., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Grover, Oliver Dennett, 1022 Fine Arts 
 
 Bldg., Chicago. 
 
(ireen. Rev. Thomas Edward. (i()4 ("aide 
 Bldti-., Chicago. 
 
 riaii'aiis, William Luciau. 1427 Wyominu- 
 St.. El I'aso. Texas. 
 
 Hill. John Whipple, 4Ui?> Forrestville 
 Ave.. Chieaiio. 
 
 Mall. Samuel Edwards. 205 Pleasant 
 St.. Milwaukee. Wis. 
 
 Ilinman. Benjamin I'earce. Jr.. 4o Bor- 
 den Block. Chica.ut). 
 
 Hamlin. Georiie Atwell. :U()() Calumet 
 Ave.. Chicau'o. 
 
 Hadley. Edwin Marshall. 720 Old Colony 
 ony Bldy.. Chicago. 
 
 Ilinsdell. Arthur Bemis. 442 Du Page 
 St.. Elgin. HI. 
 
 Iladlev. James Marshall. Ann Arbor. 
 Mich. 
 
 Hart. Hastings Hornell. 70 Dearborn 
 St., Chicago. 
 
 Harrison. Carter Henry, 20.j Shiller St.. 
 Chicago. 
 
 Hammond, Percy Hunter, care Chi- 
 cago Evening Post. Chicago. 
 
 Hnrll)Ut. Harry Rogers, l.'iol B"'irst Na- 
 tional Bank Bldg.. Chicago. 
 
 Hubbard. Charles Fayette, 1200. 72 Mad- 
 ison St.. Chicago. 
 
 Hand. Horace Alonzo. Ldiig Island 
 City, N. Y. 
 
 Isham. Ralnh. 11 Ritchie I'lace. Chicago 
 
 lllsley. William Augustus, OOS Seward 
 Ave.. Evanston. 111. 
 
 Jordan. Scott. 3040 Kenmore Ave., Chi- 
 cago. 
 
 James. Le Roy Dow. 110 La Salle Ave.. 
 Chicago. 
 
 Kelley. James William Dominick. lOO 
 Washington St., Chicago. 
 
 Kelley. Harrison. 00 Randolph St.. Chi- 
 cago. 
 
 Kilbourne. Frederick Hamilton. .">20 
 Tribune Bldg., Chicago. 
 
 Kinii-. Samuel Balch. Io20 First National 
 Bank Bldu.. Chicago. 
 
 King. John. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 
 
 Lyons. Harry. I'alais (Jrinaldi. Nice. 
 France. 
 
 Little. Rev. Arthur Wilde. Evanston. 111. 
 
 Ludington, Nelson John. 1.".0:', Sheridan 
 Road. Chicago'. 
 
Lamb. Charles Allison, 242r» Sheridan 
 Road, Chicago. 
 
 Lothrop, Frederick Loriug, 414. 135 Ad- 
 ams St., Chicago. 
 
 Lucas, Frank Benson, Peoria, 111. 
 
 Lowe. John Williamson, Union Club, 
 Chicago. 
 
 Leland. Frank Gardner, Areola, 111. 
 
 La Bach. Paul Mayer, 802 La Salle St. 
 Station. Chicago. 
 
 May, Stephen Douglas, 90 Randolph 
 St.. Chicago. 
 
 Moulton. Gen. George Mayhew, 2110 Cal- 
 umet Ave., Chicago. 
 
 Moulton. Arthur Garland, 2110 Calumet 
 AA'e.. Chicago. 
 
 Moore, George Henry. 2131 Orrington 
 Ave.. Evanston. 111. 
 
 Martin, Edward I'ayson, 86 East Ohio 
 St., Chicauo. 
 
 Moulton. William Cleveland, 440 North 
 State St., Chicago. 
 
 Moulton. Ilarrv Waterman, care W. C. 
 Moulton. 440 North State St., Chi- 
 cago. 
 
 Miller, Lieut. Edward Young, The Pro- 
 vincial Government, Province of 
 Talawan, I'uerto Princesa, Philip- 
 pine Islands. 
 
 Meloy, Harry Brownlee, 3G Buena Ter- 
 race, Chicago. 
 
 Meloy. Robert Bingham. 1.124 Tril)une 
 Bldg., Chicago. 
 
 MacHarg, William Storrs. 3227 Bea- 
 con St.. Chicago. 
 
 MacHarg, William Briggs, 3227 Bea- 
 con St.. Chicago. 
 
 Maynard. George Sanger, 2.37 Fifth Av., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Miller, Albert Leroy, U. S. Subtrea- 
 surj', Chicago. 
 
 Morrill, Donald Littlefleld, 100 Wash- 
 ington St., Chicago. 
 
 Manson. William Frederick. 1200 Cham- 
 l)er of Commerce, Chicago. 
 
 Noyes, William Stacy, 170 E. ri3d St., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Morgan, Rev. Charles Lincoln, Elgin, 
 111. 
 
 Nelson, Elnathau Kemper, Paris, 111. 
 
Nevers, Edward, 082 Washington Blvd., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Orr, Samuel Culbertson, Lake Forest. 
 
 111. 
 Phillips, William Butterworth, 2S8 
 
 Greenwood St.. Evauston, 111. 
 Proctor, Charles Storrs. Peoria, 111. 
 Proctor, David (iould. Peoria. 111. 
 Patrick. Lewis Seaman, Marinette, Wis. 
 Pierce, William Edward, care Armour 
 
 & Co.. Union Stock Yards. Chicago. 
 Postle, David Elmer. Elgin. 111. 
 Root. Frank Kimball, 158 Harrison St., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Root. Walter Russell. Kenilworth, 111. 
 Root. William Azariah, 5200 Cornell 
 
 Ave.. Chicago. 
 Ravmond, Isaac Stuart, Sidney. 111. 
 Richards, Guy Aubrey, 919, 315 Dear- 
 born St., Chicago. 
 Rich. Herbert Givens, Manhattan Bldg., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Seeley, Frank Rhees, 22 South Water 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Schultz. Maxwell William. Decatur. 111. 
 Skinner, George Rockwell, 186 Market 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Smith. Franklin Pratt, 100 Lake St., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Shepley, Andrew Clifton, Canton, 111. 
 Stebbiiis. George Lyman, 36 Board of 
 
 Trade Bldg., Chicago. 
 Stitt. Frank Briggs. El Paso. 111. 
 Slocum. Edward Mark, 485 Fifth Ave., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Shepardson. Francis Wayland, 5592 
 
 Kimbark Ave.. Chicago. 
 Smith, F'rank Waldo. Corn Exchange 
 
 National Bank. Chicago. 
 Stevens. Chester Ninde, 4740 Lake Ave.. 
 
 Chicago. 
 Teuuey. Horace Kent, 205 La Salle St.. 
 
 Chicago. 
 Terwilliger, Irving, Belvidere. 111. 
 Terry. Dr. Charles Stone, 3159 Maiden 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Wyman, Walter Channing. Union 
 
 League Club. Chicago. 
 Wheeler, Gen. Harris Ansel, 315 Dear- 
 born St., Chicago. 
 
Warreu, Charles Dura. 185 Van Bureu 
 
 St., Chicago. 
 Wright. Rev. George De Miug, St. 
 
 Luke's Hospital. Chicago. 
 Wyman. Franklin. 100 Washington St.. 
 
 Chicago. 
 Wood. Di-. Casey Albert. Chicago Sav- 
 ings Bank Bldg.. Chicago. 
 Wallace, John James. Champaign. 111. 
 Wallace. Joseph Davis. Champaign. 111. 
 Wallace. Fred Lamot. .">14 Chamber of 
 
 Commerce Bldg.. St. Louis. Mo. 
 Wells. Frederick Latimer. Wheaton, 111. 
 Wyman. Henry Lake. Naval Academy. 
 
 Annapolis. Md. 
 Woodward. Washington Irving. 6fi7 
 
 Pine Grove Ave.. Chicago. 
 Wright. Frank Daniel, 55 McVicker 
 
 Bldg., Chicago. 
 
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