The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-04
IONS or SIGNERS OFDECL LARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Descendants OF tho signcrs Of the Dec
laration OF independence are. for the first
tima IN history making pilgrimage this
year 10 old independence Hall. where Sun
day, the Fourth OF July. tncy will meet
IN the historic chamber wherein their fore
fathers adopted tho Declaration OF Inde
pendencc July I, lI16. And just Their
patriot ancestors on that day OF day.
proceeded from their hail 10 attead special
+ services az CHRIST church. smmediaie!y al
ter adopting the Declaration. SO viii these
pilgrims Solcmnly tread the same way.
\ from the cradle OF liberty 10 The same
ancient house OF worship. where special
services Will again be held In commemora-
tion OF those OF 1873 years before The
progEiam has been 2lirran1ged by W!lliam
secretary ot Tine Descendants OF Sign
The blood OF the sigaers f!ows today
In the veins OF many men OF attainment.
Who these ere is shown by an extensive
Tuap fTaasns of pesg5s erGateH e9G%pea led by M Mn
10 tn,s new patriotic society.
Jefferson S Descendants.
Thomas Jefferson. author of u.e 81.
cred instrument, is survived by no de-
scendant having his surname. His only
childrcn living TO marriageable age Were
tnrec daughters from whom are descend
g ed number OF Virginia Randolpns
Eppses, Ande;sors. Burllcs, Ruflins and
NcikfehaUcs, also the Massachusetts Cool
,dges. Teifersons las, surviving grand
dnushtcr, Mrs. Septima Randolph Meikle-
ham, died in Washington in the autumn
was Thomas jefferson Randolph % Edge
I'M, Va. who wrote an able work on
the currency and died in l'55. aged
eishtythreec. The next genera ton also
brought forth an author who died about
ten years ago.
A noted living great grandson Of JET
ferson is Thomas jefferson Coolidge. tho
wealthy Boston manufacturer and former
president OF The Santa Fee road. VINO .as
minister to Paris durlns, ClcYeland'S last
ADMINISTRATION. and who mas since been 4
member OF the joint high commission for
adjusting ont disputes with Canada
Distinguished Adamses Of Present
John Adamss most distinguished de-
scendants have borne his surname First
there was his san. John Quincy Adams,
the president; then his grandson. Charles
Francis Adams who was reprcso .Itative
who came near being the .hrd OF his
tamiiy-in direct linc-tu receive "a nom
nation 'for~ the presidency.
And now I'm the fourth generation, we
have the three brothers. General Charles
Francis Adams, Union veteran and his
torian; Henry Adams. author and former
eGitor of the North American Review:
and Brooks Adams attorney and author
Their elder brother. John Quincy. was a
legislator and candidate 70. governor of
In this distinguished family there is also
the coincidence OF husband and Wife be
ing both descendants oil "signers.' The
present Charles Francis Adams married
Miss Mary Ogden, a great t-Sranddaughter
OF John Wtthcrspoon, the New Jersey
slSner whose statute was unNcl!eG Il lew
weeks ago in Washington.
The Harrisons.
The blood Of Benjamin Harrison. the
signer, has been as prolific OF attainment
ns that of the Adams family, for from his
blood: In direct line sprang also TWO
Henry Harrison. and his great grandson,
Benjamin Harrison 2d. The present head
Of the family, which produced President
Benjamin Harrison is the latter's eldest
son. Russell Benjamin Harrison, great
great-grandson OF the signer. who served
ms n colonel throughout the Spanish
American war. and afterwards for five
years, In Porto Rico and Cuba, and VINO
after trying his luck as a Journalist. cleo.
trlc. civil and mining engineer, Is no"
practicing law in Indianapolis.
Ben. Franklin S Progeny.
Among Benjamin Franislin's descend
ants Is Rear Admiral Richard Vain
wright L. S. n. who was the executive
officer of the Maine wheu she was blown
up In Havana harbor, and who was ad-
vanced ten numbers for eminent and
conspicuous conduct during the naval
battle of Santiago, wherein he command
ed the Gloucester. His mother was
laughter of Benjamin Frnnklin,s only
daughter. Sarah, wife of Richard Bachc,
master general Their son. Benjamin
Franklin Bache. accompanied his grand
father, Benjamin Franklin. to Paris, and
Rfter receiving his education in France
publish the General Advertiser. after
ward the Aurora, which violently op-
posed the administration OF both Wash
ington and Adams His brother, the
distinguished scientist. Alexander Dallas
Bache. was superintendent of the United
States coast survey during the civil war
and one Of the incorporators of the
Smithsonian Institution The aforemen-
toned brother, Benjamin F. had two
sorss-Franklin, professor OF chemistry In
the Jefferson Medical college, Phiadcl-
phia, and the late BrigadIer General Hart
man Bache, engineer corps. u 5 A, who
built the Delaware brcakwater, The we'll
known correspondent and magazine writ
er. Rene Bache. Is also q direct descend
snt OF Franklin,
Posterity of Charles Carroll.
A distinguished Ereat-grandson OF
Maryland signer. Charles Carroll OF Car
rollton, is John Lee Carroll who. IN the
seventy ninth year Of his age, lives upon
his estate. Doughoregan Manor. at Eli
colt City, Md. He was governor of