The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-29
T0NEEI HERE.
The Third Annual Meeting 81 che
West Virginia sOsisty Of
THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
10 30 Hsla Ia WhssiinE Next uonday- "A
Banlust Al ne DisLprs 70 10 Ons Of the
Fsatarss- Omsers u me Society VIII bs
Elsetsa-Tas PrSiss,sa Fort Ilsnry Tab
let ana Celebration Of ne last tlattlo Of
ths llsVolatiOn.


The third annual meeting Of the Sons
Of the Revolution in West Virginia viii
be held In this city Monday, April 9th.
beginning Il p. m. Since thelast meet
Ing 4 number Of new members has been
admitted and great many moro are
working upon their. papers and hope To
submit them ere long Only llncal de-
scendants OF an ancestor who took part
In the revolutionary war arc eligible to
membership In thIs society.
10 quote from a recent speech az the
Hon. Edward II. stiles, OF Kansas City:
eve live In an age of so called societies,
associations and clubs some OF these
charitable. some literary. some social. IN
their entire hlsmry, in their almost end
less catalogue, II seems to me that the
soelety Of the Sons OF the Revolution Is
in all It's bearings one OF the nobleSt. the
most bcuehcient and far reaching Of
them all It's avowed purpose "a To rec
klndle, keep alive and quicken to more
healthy glow the flreV of our ancient
patriotism; that patriotism which IN
splrcd our revolutionary fathers and
made It possible for them under the
Providence at God to bring forth and
hand down to uN the heritage OF popular
government. and which II Is certain we
can successfully retain only BY q due ap-
DrscIatiOn OF their services and like In
splFatI0n on the part Of ourselves"
Many, even among the members im-
aglnc that the society Is merely an h0E-
oTary one. that when one IS admitted TO
membership he has done his full duty.
This ID far from correct and the society
would be Of lhtIs value were all the
members OF this opinion. To rlnearth
IInwritten history OF the past, to mark
the bartleReldS OF the revolution. to en-
courage patriotism In the public schools.
whence will come the future patriots of
this country: such are a few Of the OBJ
feet the promoters oG the society hope
to see accomplished.
The West Virginia Society OF the
Sons OF the Revolution was organized a.
4 meeting held in Wheeling, at the Nc
Lure. April 70, 1894. Since then the so
ciety mas grown slowly but steadily in
membership. The lineRl descent clause
in the qualifications for membership ex-
clude many perHnns who couid trace
collateral descent from a revolutionary
ancestor.
The proof Of an ancsstor's service in
tho Continental army Is difficult to OBJ
tain In this state and Virginia. TOR the
reason that the Virginia revolutionary
records are very meSgre and Il = dintcut
10 flnd anything. The records consist
mainly Of land bounty warrants which
were issued by the state 10 soldiers who
had served three years or mare.
After the business meeting OF the West
virginia society, Including the election
OF ofFiccrs, there will be a banquet at the
Mcclure. In the evening.
The society has had under eonsidera:
tIon the erection OF q tablet on the site OF
Fort Henry, In this city. on Main street.
between Tenth and Eleventh streets II
was proposed that 4 ceiebr1 don De heldot
the revolutionary battle OF Fort Henry.
which WIS the last OF the WaE iot mae
pendenee. II Is hoped the society Will be
able to erect this tablet and hold the eele-
bFafton. taE E.t.