The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-18
DECORATED THE GRAVES.
Memory of Revolutionary Heroes Hon
ored Yesterday Afternoon

Memory of Revolutionary Heroes Hon
ored Yesterday Afternoon.
The ceremony of decorating the
graves of the Revolutionary heores in
Grove street cemetery, which is held
on each Bunker Hill day by the David
Humphreys branch of the Sons of the
American Revolution, occurred yester-
day afternoon at o'clock. This year
the observance was much simpler than
customary. There was no parade.
About 100 members of the order as
sembled at the graves of David
Humphreys at the above named hour,
where a very simple service was con-
Quoted by the Rev. Or. e. S. Lines of
st. Paul's church. After prayer DR..
Lines spoke very few words relative
to the day and the reason for the cell
ebration. One verse of America" was
sung by all present, and prayer
ended the service. A wreath was then
placed on each of the 100 or more
graves as a mark of respect and honor.
The graves decorated were those
of the following: Under General
Arnold: Hezekiah Augur, Elijah
Austin, Jonathan Austin, Samuel Bar
ney, Hanover Barney Thaddeus Beech
er, Major Nathan Beers, paymanster
in the Revolutionary war; Amos Doo-
little, Daniel Bishop, Pierpont Ed
wards, Nathaniel Fitch, Ezra Ford,
Stephen Herrick, James Hillhouse,
Ebenezer Higgins, William Lyon, JON
athan Mix, Joshua Newhall William
Moves, Nathan Cakes, jeremiah Parm-
lee, Captain Jonas Prentice, Gold Sher-
man, Jabez Smith, Captain Elias Still
we'll, John Townsend, taken prisoner at
Tryon's invasion of New Haven, July
5, 1873; Abraham futile.
Stephen Alling, Captain David At
water, Lieutenant Israel Bishop, navy;
Samuel Bishop, Thomas Bills, Captain
Phineus Bradley, Jabez Brown, John
Guilford, Henry Daggett, President
Naphtati Daggett of Yale college, Rev.
James Dana, David Dorman, Nathan
D. Miner, Rev. Timothy Dwight, Benja-
min English, killed in New Haven in
vasion, July 5, 1779; Jonathan Fitch,
Elijah Forbes, Isaac Gilbert, John Gill
bert, Amos Gilbert, Joseph Gorham
Samuel Gorham, Samuel Hicks, Caleb
Hotchkiss, killed at New Haven at the
invasion; John Hotchkiss, Joshua
Hotchkiss, Lieutenant Hotchkiss, Sam
uel Hull, Lieutenant Colonel David
Humphreys, confidential friend of
General Washington. lived in Washing
ton family at Mount Vernon for two
years, selected by Washington to car
ry flags of Corvallis army captured
at Yorktown in 1778 to congress, and
was commissioned lieutenant colonel on
this occasion, later United States min
lister to Spain; Asa Huntington, Levi
Ives, Peter Johnson, David Judson,
Azel Kimberly, Ezra Stiles, William
Mansfield, Samuel r. Marshal, Miles
McCleave, Marcus Merrirnan, James
Merriman, John Miles, Caleb Miller,
John Mix, Lieutenant Timothy Mix,
Timothy Mix, jr., Aenas Munson, Will
liam Munson, Joel Northrop, Jonathan
Osborn, Elijah Osborn, Martin Parrott,
Ebenezer Peck, John Peck Captain
David Phipps. navy; Captain Jonas
Prentice with Arnold, James Prescott,
Hezekiah Sabin, John Scott, Roger
Sherman, John Smith, Laban Smith,
William Storer, Augur Thompson, Eli
jah Thompson, Isaac Townsend, Cap
tain John Trowbridge, Noah Webster,
served at White Plains, private; wrote
the dictionary; Captain William Wise.
fife major at Peekskill in 1777; David
Wooster, Lieutenant Colonel Eli My
gait, President Ezra Stiles of Yale col
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