Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23

an appropriation for bust of Paul Jones,
to be placed in Continental Memorial Hall.
She thinks that the finding of his body
and the dedication of the hall occurring
almost on the same day is quite colncl-
dence and then as he was the first admiral
of our navy and so proud to- float from
his little ship the Ranger the first American
flag, after it had been established by Con-
greSS June H. 1TT, I'VE, as Daughters OF
the American Revolution, should honor this
our full brother to the flag" she declares
The congress paid Mrs. Winston the honor
of stopping the regular order of business
for the moment to permit consideration of
the resolution, and cordially indorsed the
sentiment, but laid the resolution aside for
further action.
Mrs Mary S. Lockwood of Washington
and Mrs. Julia X. Hogg of Pennsylvania
have both been made honorary vice presl-
I nous consent Mrs. Lockwood, who is q
Well-known resident of Washington, Is
credited with finding the founders or the
Daug hters of the American Revolution she
is one of the four founders of, the organlZa-
ton and her ready pen did yeoman! service
in the early and struggling years OF the
society. lit was in her home, me
Strathmore Arms, that the society had
BIRTH and she has been actively associated
with it ever since, being for number OF
years editor of the D. "A r, Magazine:
Mrs. Julia X. Hogg of pennsylvania IS
the author of the resolution which turned
and which caused the division into two So
ceties, each claiming priority of~orsanlza-
ton.
The complimentary musicale given to the
Daughters of the American Revolution by
Miss Lille D'Angelo Bergh at the Willard
Thursday afternoon, was one of the most
enjoyable entertainments conducted In con-
nection with the annual D. A r. conven-
ton here last week. The program was
pleasingly presented by Miss Bergh, who
n T,r1d
Johannes Miersch. late court volinist at
Berlin and Athens. In the reception which
followed Miss Bergh was assisted by many
of the officers of the d. A. r. and she was
congratulated by Mrs Fairbanks and other
prominent social leaders who were present
Mrs. Sara Thomson Kinney, daughter of
Charles Steele Thomson, M. D., and Susan
Colt Belcher Thomson, was born, educated
and married in New Haven, Conn. On the
paternaI side, Mrs. Kinney counts among
her forbears Gov. William Bradford, Elder
Brewster and John Hopkins, all of May
flower fame; also John Steele. who was
one of several men to follow the lead OF
the Rev. Thomas Hooker of Newtown,
Mass, through the wilderness to the Con-
necticut river, where, in $685. they founded
what is now known as the city OF Hart
ford.
Anthony Thompson of Kent. England,
was another ancestor. He came to this
country in 1887 with John Davenport, The
oDhilus Eaton and other citizens of Lon
don. and was among the founders of the
city of New Haven.
On her mothers side. Mrs. Kinney de-
sends from Col. William Belcher, a SOL
der of the war of 1872, and from Capt.
William Belcher of the revolutionary army.
Sara E. Thomson married John Cod
dington Kinney in 1867. Maj. Kinney de-
scended from good fighting stock, his
grandfather being Capt. Nathaniel
Fitz- Randolph of the revolutionary army.
who was twice made prisoner by the
British. was four times wounded and
was finally killed at the battle of Spring
field New Jersey, June, 1880. In 1778
the New Jersey legislature voted him a
sword for special service.
Mrs. Kinney was elected in November,
1895 to the state regency of the Connec-
ticut Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion and each successive year since that
time she has been unanimously chosen
to succeed herself in the office. She has
been honored with appointments by three
Connecticut governors, first as commits
sioner to the Atlanta exposition next as
special commissioner to officially rep
resent the state of Connecticut at the
Paris exposition. and third as president
Of a state commission to have charge of