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nine.
Edward RutIedae.

years OF age. ana dled at the age OF
eighty nine
Edward RutIedse.
Dr. John Rutledge was a native of
Ireland and emigrated to South Caro-
lima about the year 1888. His son
John. whose name is attached to the
Declaration of independence, was born
in Charleston, S. c.. in 1749. He
commenced the study of law With an
elder brother. who stood high at the
en1inence as bold. discreet. and able
advocate. He was among the first
selected members to the Continental
Congress in 1774. The Revolution
found him on the side ot liberty, and
during the years it lasted Rutledge.
with voice. and pen, and sword, re-
the disastrous battle of Long Island
in 1776. Howe, thinking the Ameri-
cans were awed. offered to treat with
the "rebels.' not doubling but that
they would submit to whatever terms
he would propose. Edward Rutledge
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams,
were the committee sent to wait upon
him.
AS sound, judicious statesman he
ranked high, and as a soldier his cour-
age was unquestionabe He died jan
uary %. 1900.
James Smith.
| James Smith was born in Ireland
thence with his father to America
when nine years of age. They settled
on the Susquehanna River. nearly OPP
posite Columbia. Young Smith was
very fond Of mathematics, and became
an expert surveyor. He also studied
and practised law in Lancaster. At
the time of the Revolution he was a
resident of York, and extensively en-
Gagged in iron works The first step
taken in Pennsylvania relative to the
existing expressions was an assem-
bling of convention of delegates from
each County in order to ascertain the
course proposed by the people of
Massachusetts,. where the Revolution
airy storm had ALREADY "a ..Ea commenced.
In the spring of l775 he was ap-
poined to organize camp Of forty
five hundred troops to be raised in
Pennsylvania. He prepared, and with
the sanction of Congress. published an
address to the volunteer and yeomen
military of PENNSYLVANIA urging them
to rally round the standard of liberty
AS soon as he took his seat in Con-
tinental Congress. he Immediately en-
I rolled his name with the apostles of
liberty upon the chart of freedom
Being now aged. he declined re- cleo
tion to Congress, but his constituents
insisted. and so he continued at his
post with nabated ZEAL He died July
II. 1906.
John Nixon.
One Of the boldest spirits in offer
ing resistance to British oppression
and in sustaining the great struggle
which that resistance brought on was
John Nixon of Philadelphia. He was
one of the most prominent members of
the Sons of ST Patrick, that great
Irish American society which fur
nished powerful aid to Washington
both on the field and in q financial way
during the Revolution. John Nixon s
grandparents came to Philadelphia at
the close of the seventeenth century
from Wexford, Ireland. His father,
Richard, engaged in the shipping busi-
ness. and was a member of the City
Council for a number of years. The
subject of our sketch succeeded to his
fathers business.
In 1865 he signed, the Incorporation
agreement agans, The Stamp Act. and
from that time onward was foremost
in every patriotic movement against
} 1865 he was chosen one of the COM
mittee that was appointed at the town
meeting of May %, 1774, to reply to
the citizens of Boston, and month
later he was made a member of the
Committee of Correspondence. He was
a. deputy to the Conventions Of the
Province in 1774-5. In April, 1875
the Associators we're organized, and
he was made Lieutenant- Colonel of
the Third Battalion, known as the
silk Stockings" He was a member
of the Committee Of Public Safety
from it's organization to the time Of its
dissolution, and presided at meetings
when the Chairman was absent 1r
May. 1916, he was placed in charge
Of the defense of the Delaware at For
Island, and in July he took command
Of the guard Of the city.
81 On July 5 the Declaration of indie