The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
CARPET TN. STEWART
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4 PATRIO7,S CHILDREN.
Here Are Indeed Genuine Daughters OF the
Revolution.

HoSEsDALE. Pa. June l1.-Mrs- Katherine
Bowden. aged 81. of Stroudsburg. Monroe
county, Mrs. Ihebe Gainford. aged 81. OF
MatamOras. Pike county. and Mrs. Lucinda J.
Valentine. aged 16. now at tho home of Mrs.
Bowden. in stroudsburg. are sisters. and three
genuine daughters OF the Revolution" Three
years ago there We're six sisters in this re-
markablp family-Mrs. Ann Wells of Milford.
Miss S9lle Rockwell of str9udsburg. and Mrs.
Eliza Moore Of l9nkers. y; \. Since that time
Wells at the ago Of and f Mrs. Moore at the
! age Of 80. A brother. Lewis Rockwell: died
hess were G chidren Of JabeS Rockwell a
s2ld the var war VIE no died IN
II, nt s. -idgep3rt. Conn. in regiment recruit
ed under the direction Of Benedict Arnold. He.
nnI wos Nv, Wo, 'lnded in that engagement, SUB:
scGucnty iii. reSiment was sont South and
served under 'th ha afa LaSetff S
te.riGie ordeal Of, he winter at Valley Forge;
Until sss yh @ s pewasa
horn. relic Of yAseS Forge Thiss h has t an
interesting history 'n. n.es 81 q me
had resnlt"d in the Us 3 of the powder horns
Of many Of tho soldt pinS Gn a 1He he Hasy
Forge the camp butchers n saved the horns.
and there VA, much strife ~ nHn oEns nStsin
n pos s." OF Of thsse There were 50 many
app!eapts that no satisfactory diHi laws cGs an
Washington was riding, by tho CAMP the
situation was explained to him, anu ne
tie coveted horns Could be distributes among
the, men, Washington took a piece q P PaI%
and said that the ten soldiers who guessed the
Eeares; to the number he had set down shcS' "a
yucsses were made. The number was 17Ta
Jabez Rockwell was one Of the ten who wernA
ITO He made Al powder del i horn from it and
carried it until the he's end Of the var And it re-
ago. when it was placed in a collection OF Val
Icy Forge relies near philadelphia;; ~
toga. Monmouth. and Yorktown. whore he was
battle 9f Monmouth a c9mrade Of RockwelHs
was badly wounded. and Rockwell bore him
Wounded mans, name was Ezekiel, Hamilton.
He lived but a short time. Before he died he
kD ali his pSsesSH
nnd a letter; all OF which he charged Rockwell
:Saa WHO IL SeG in Kew fS York ks STATE xe f fhd
opIroTtuHity came some time aiterwqrt' fs-
10 WHICH, o Ha@ nit a fs sn 'fI yad iS wa ;1
charged from the service and by him Rockwell
SySr Mfw hMyn osid mf Es asd
M WIDOW Sp and ia f Five @ddS
their acquaintance. The daughter. whose
",r I@c&wel stopped at their house .ho .4r
RI she o pG afr Mss EG and
when sht grew up she married Jabcz Isock-
wells son John,
When Lafayette returned to America in 1874
JabeZ Rockwell and three other Revolutionary
veterans Grams walked from MILFORD to Ny York 20
nearly seventy Ave miles.
They arrived in the city on tho second day.
snys ono Of the Veterans descendnntS %hn
@ct-ors and trassl Stained .'S They won't '
Motel where Lafayette was Iuartorcd. Tho
clerk az the hotel was an ot1cious ypnaG man.
Ihe 9ld soldiers asked him to show them tnr
Offensive and naughty manner that thry g.ui
not be permitted to loin such company. to-
explained to him that they had madn Il twl
days journey on foot for tho purpose II -H.lH;
the General and could not he dlsnpIuihici
HE clerk ordered them. TO leave tho ho'',.
Then Iabez Rockwell strai ghtencd upan' @1!i:
Young man. We have travelled II f.pt Two
DAYS to see Con. Lafayette We iouso. w.,
der him before YOU were born. W" az" 10"
under the Same roof with him. ri! 4 + -
necessary to have another fight to seo hln.W
arr ready" ,
ner, But said h". the Mayor and tho '...
gresSional Committee to rurciy" IHlIyrit' ara
now with him. aud he won't SEQ you H." s'n'
tncir names in. however. and q" h4l,
OF Inc regiments 70 which Ia"
belonged. Henry Clay was "r", w.
Congress ional Cummitto". and when IH'ay,''"
EARNED that thu veterans %rf' #....-
O. -" him. lac requested the great h.'.. '.'. ITO
I" 60 aud escort them 10 him, wi0i"N 40
Jahr2 Rockwell was u darksuniHr I'.1 ~,
hut h" cast his vote Tor lay for J -. ' %.
lSii III recognition OF his cOurtrsi 70. "hd
Eis comrades ~ tho LAFAYETTE r'r"li,or
When, three years ago. tn" six dnAEI'"r. y
this Ecvplutonary veteran wvr" MI !t'ihI' TO
youngest 70. Il WAS unduuitrllg the ~ r. re-
tluH IL the country and II il not Ike 9. hr.
liner" = now another instance, ~ IHFc' VA