The Portland daily press., 1893-02-23

until MS uosstH.
His expensive style of living and the
failure OF some OF his business ventures
to realize his expectations, and it is said
also the losses of, his wife at the card
| table caused Gen. Knox to be financially
embarrassed in the latter DAYS of his
life.
General Knox died n 1906 at the age.
of Sc, wears. A small chicken. bone which
\ he had swallowed accidentally, caused a
\ fatal inflamm alton of the stomach. He
was buried with military honors and an
eulogy was pronounced by Hon. Samuel
\ Thatcher. His estate proved; insolvent,
his liabilities being $4,000 more than
his assets. Mrs. Knox survived her hus-
band Is years, being obliged to pass her
widowhood in the strictest economy. A
| daughter, Mrs. Holmes, continued to &C.
cupy the old mansion until her death in
1851. Piece by piece the land around it
was sold and in 1854 the heirs disposed
mansion was finally demolished in 1872.
At the conclusion Of Mr., Williamson's
paper the usual votes of thanks were
passed.
Mr.. Edward A. Butler of Rockland,
| thought that the national government
should erect a monument to General
Knox. and upon his motiona resolution
was passed that the matter should be
brought to the attention of the Maine
delegation in Congress-
The Business Meeting.
Previous to the dinner the business
meeting of the society was held. The
officers flast year were reelected, with
the addition of Hon. Joseph Williamson
as one of the vice-presidents.
Secretary Burrage read his annual re-
port, which was as follows:
The board Of managers of the Maine
| Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution have held six meetings dur
ing the year, viz: April 18th, June 25th,
and Feb. 18th, 1888. At the annual
! meeting of the society, Feb. 22d, 1892,
the names of three new members were
added to the roll, and at the meetings of
the board of managers forty additional
names have been added, making the
whole number of names on the roll one
hundred and eleven. During the year
two members have died, Mr.. Luther
Farrar Pingree of South Portland who
died April 18th, 1892, and Mr.. Percy
Clements Smith of South Litchfield, who
died May 18th, 1892. Our present mem
bership, therefore, is one hundred and.
nine.
. AT the annual meeting Of the National
Society, Sons Of the American Revolu-5
ton, held in New York April 30th, 1892,
the Maine Society was represented by it's
president, Mr.. John 3. Dewitt. At this
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confer with q committee of the Sons of
| the Revolution with reference to a union
| of the two societies. Such committee
unsupported by the Sons of the Revolu-
| tipn, and the secretary recently received
from Gen. Horace Porter, presidentsgeI-
eEal of the Sons of the American Revolt,
ton, notice Of q meeting of the National
| Society in New York ON Thursday,
February 10Th, at the rooms of the New
York Chamber of Commerce. The pres
| ident of our society is a member of the
| national society, ex oficio, as is also the
| first vice president. As the first vice
president, Mr.. BuInham, was not able to
attend, DR.. Charles E. Banks was invited
by the board of managers to take his
place, but was una9Jlato 60 The secre-
targ was chosen adslegate at large, and
Colonel Frederick N. Dow was elected a.
ucloSdlt I1o dlSO was HUI buiC W ets-
tend, and accordingly the society was
represented at this meeting only by its
president and secretary.
The report of the secretary then goes
on to- describe the abortiye attempt to
| unite the two societies, and then con-
| tinues:
The result of this attempt at union
was a great disappointment to your rep
rescntatives, doubtless also to the other
members of this society; but we have
tile satisfaction of knowing that The
Sens of the American Revolution, Mstlie
Interest of union, manifested generous
| and self-sacrificing spirit througholItEal
| the negotiations of the day, and did all
that could be expected of reasonable
and patriotic men,. 3sgzg
Il On account of the proposed union,
Nritlhits change OF constitution, etc., the
publication of the new register of our
own members has. sbeen necessarily de-
ferred. The work of preparing. the reg
liEfefS however, has been carried forward
Ishy one Of our members, Mr., Edwin s.
| Drake, who has the. manuscript we'll ad-
vanced, and there Will be no further de-
| lay. A copy af the register will be sent
| to each member of the society as soon as
| published
| There are still in all Of our cities and
towns descendants of Revolutionary
sires whose names are not on our rolls.
Many are searching for the proofs of
Revolutionary ancestry. Our members
| can be helpful to such persons, and also
can do the society a service by enlisting
the interest of others in perpetuating the
memory and the spirit of the men who
achieved American independence.
| BY request of the secretary, Mr.. z. r.
Harmon Of Portland, has prepared and
| printed list of names of soldiers who
| performed service in the Revolution as
| shown by the books of record belonging
Ito the old firm of Bradford &c Harn1on.
Mr.. Harmon can furnish the descendants
of these soldiers with such proofs of ser
vice as to enable them to apply for mem
.beTship in this society. He also ex-
/ presses his readiness to perform further
service of this kind Mr.. Harmon in
many ways has given valuable assistance
| iu securing proofsAof Revolutionary SER
vice, and for this labor of love is entitled
! to the hearty thanks of the Maine Socie-
| ty of the Sons of the American Revolti-
| ton.
| / have received from February 10th,