Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-22
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Meeting of the District Society Last Even
ing-A Large Membership.

Meeting of the District Society Last Even.
ing-A Large Membership.
The District Of Columbia Society Of Sons Of
the American Revolution held a meeting al
Willard Hall Monday evening to celebrate the an.
niversary Of the battles Of Lexington and Con-
cord, the initial conflicts Of the revolutionary
war. MIR. Henry Wise Garrett read selections
from Howell's description of Lexington, Mr..
Sites read Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride. "
and Mr.. Hough read Emerson's verses on the
Concord fight
The following delegates and alternates were
national society at Hartford, Conn, on April 80:
Gen. A. W. Greedy. Col. Marshall Mcdonald,
Gen. Marcus J. Wright, Mr.. Francis E. Grice.
Prof. W. d. Cabell Capt. W. NJ. Meredith. DR..
F. o. st. CLAIR. Mr.. Richard Fl. Spencer, Gen.
F. @. Butterfeld. Col j. Edwards Clarke, DR..
j. E. Bracket. Mr.. John r. Graham.
The society unanimously resolved that the
name Of Rear Admiral John l.. Worden, the
senior honorary vice president Of this society,
be placed upon its list of honorary members as
testimonial of admiration Of his bravery, Of
our appreciation of his services to our country
and of personal esteem
Seeretay Rusk. whose grandfather, Samuel
Rusk, was a soldier in the rev olutionary war,
was also elected an honorary member.
The registrar, DIR. G.. Brown Goode, an
nounced that 800 members are enrolled in the
District Of Columbia society. which is. next to
Connecticut, the largest of the twenty-eight
state societies in the national organization.
The following are the recently elected mem
bers: Rev. T. g. Addison. d. D.; Rev Daniel
ID. Addison, Frank l.. Ayerill, DR.. Elroy NJ.
Avery, DIR. Frank Baker, William ID. Baldwin,
Commander A. s. Barker, U. s. NJ. William H.
Bayly. DIR. Marcus Benjamin, Pay Inspector L.
G. Billings. U. s. N; Henry F. Blount
F. r. Blount, Dallas, Tex; Judge
Samuel NJ. Breckenridge Of st. Louis. Mo-;
Newton NJ. Brooks. Alexander Brown, Nor
wood, Va; Lieut.. b. A. Byrne. U. 8. A. Albert
Carhart, Gen. E. c. Darlington. Peyton r.
Darlington, Hiram G. Chandler. Potsdam,
n. Y; John P. Charlton, PhiladeIphia;
Commander c. NJ. Chester, U. s. N; Rev.
John Chester, DID,: Rev. t. S. Childs, D. D.;
Rev. Samuel d. Clayton. William N. Clayton,
Rev. ]. n. Culbertson, Richard Dana, Senator
John W. Daniel, Theodore Davenport, Theo-
dore Davenport, IT.; Commander F.W. Dickins.
Z. s. N; Prof George Doolittle. Rev. ]. Owen
Dorsey, Gen. c. W. Field, DeVin Finckel, C.
W. Fisher, Abial A. Forbush. Col. G. W. Gist,
John A. Graves. A. J. Green, Maj. G. r. Green
leaf U. s. A; Charles P. Grice, Philadelphia;
Francis Grice, Philadelphia; E. P. Halstead
Russell B. Harrison, Helena, Mont; J. b.
Halves. United States consul, Reichenberg, Bo-
hemia; Very Rev. A. F. Hewitt, DID,, esp. I;
Col. E. NJ. Heyl. U.S.A.; VIM. E. Horton. Capt
A. E. Hunt, Pittsburg, Pa; S. A. jackson, Abing-
Gov. Thos. Goode Jones of Alabama, Admiral
]. E. Jouett, u s. N; s. p. Keller, David
kimball, George W. Knox, William s. Knox.
Hon. E. s. Lacey. DIR. ID. S. Lamb, p. F. Larner,
A. p. Leidy, Col c. NJ. Leoser of New York
city, F. E. Leuph, Hon. G.. b. Loring, Capt. L.
NJ. McDougall, U. s. A.; Hon. J. V. McDufie,
NJ. c.; II. b. Mexican, Hon. c. c. Maclay Of
Upton, No.. A. b. Magoun. R. H. Marcellus,
C. W. Marsh, johnson City, Tenn; James May
nard, Capt W. u. Meredith, II. G.. Ogden, DIR.
A. C. Peale, Peter Frsnasco Pescud, New Or
leans; Col: J. L. Peyton, stauuton, Va; G. T.
Phillips, W. E. Amin, Hon. p. b. Plumb. Hon.
p. s. Post, NJ. c.; p. s. Post
ir., Charles Porterfeld, Charlestown,
W. Va; Hon. Estes GRathbone, Col. J.
Sumner Rogers, Orchard Lake, Mich; Hon.
G: G. Round, Manassas, Va; A. G. Sargent,
VIM. G. Sargent, H. C. Sayles, Hon. G.. H.
Shields, Howard Sill, H. NJ. Skillman, Lexing-
ton. Ky; Thomas Skillman, Lexington. Ky.;
Frank b. Smith, r. A. Smith, Armat Stoddart,
VI. c. Summers, W. N. Toier. r. s. Trapier. r.
B. Tuley, Medical Inspector W. X. Van Rey-
pen. L. S. N: Hon. ]. H. Walker, NJ. c.. Major
W. H. Webster, Prof. Otis c. Wight, E. b.
Wight, Lloyd b. Wight, c. NJ. Wilcox, o. B.
Wilcox. jr., DIR. A. G. Wilkinson, George L.
Wilkinson, Rev. z. Z. Woodman, G.. 8. P.