Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
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"a Colonel f. S. Stoddard was elected
II president of the Louisiana society of
a Sons of the American Revolution at
n New Orleans March s, being promoted
Il to that position from the office of vice
q president Colonel Stoddard was the
son of Levi Stoddard of Dummerston,
who was the son of Samuel Stoddard
who was the son of David Stoddard of
Chesterfield, n. H., who was the Rev
L dictionary ancestor through whom Col
onel Stoddard derives his title to the
proud distinction of becoming mem
Der of that noble ORDER 1.-The Sons of
the American Revolution. - The rec
ords show that David Stoddard was a
sergeant in a New Hampshire regi-
ment and participated in the battle of
Bennington under the redoubtable
General Stark He died in the ser
vice. Colonel Stoddard is also great
grandson of Captain John Wyman of
Dummerston Center, (Slab Hollow,
who was one of the men who disguised
as Mohawk Indians threw the tea
overheard in Boston harbor. He par
ticipated in the battle of Bunker Hill,
and afterwards joined the Continental
troops of Connecticut, and served
through the war with the rank of lieu
tenant. Colonel Stoddard's other two
greatgrandfathers Richmond and Cole,
were also officers in the Revolution
and from either of the four he could
have proved his title to membership
in the order. 1t is no wonder that he
himself is a sterling patriot Colonel
Stoddard has always been a man of
progress and has held many positions
of honor and trust. He is at present
president of the New Orleans Produce
Exchange, it being the third term
that he has been called upon to pre-
side over that important body. He
was a public educator by profession.
in which line he had already won dis
tinction, at the breaking out of the
Civil War, in which his inherent pat
riotism impelled him to take IA ac-
tive part He served with credit
through the war having been IA months
of the time prisoner of war in Camp
Ford prison near Tyler, Texas At the
close of the war he settled in New Or
leans and engaged in educational work.
He was for two years a superintendent
of education in the Freedman Blu
reau'' and on the reconstruction of the
state of Louisiana became the secre-
tary of the state superintendent and
state board of education and drafted
the law that established the first sys-
TEN of free public schools in the state
of Louisiana-and for Il years was
connected with the educational work
in that state as SUPERINTENDENT and
member of the state board of educa-
ton, and the state is more indebted
to him for its excellent school system
today than any other living man.
Since then he has been engaged in |
mercantile pursuits. in which he has |
held prominent rank, as his present
position as the president of the pro
duce exchange evidences. He was for
two years superintendent of mails in .
the New Orleans postoffice and for two /
years and half was assistant post /
master He is an enthusiastic Grand /
Army man, having for the past seven /
years been quartelmaster general of /
the department of Louisiana and Mis- /
sissippi. Colonel Stoddard has three
sons, all members of the Louisiana So
ciety of the Sons of the American
Revolution and all patriotic sons of a
patriotic father, and of patriotic an
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