The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-04-24
S. A. R. ANNUAL
BANQUET WAS
Enjoyable
ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE
MEETING WAS THE READING OF
a SKETCH or THE LIFE OF
DOROTHY WALTON, WHOSE
GRAVE Is IN ST. MIcHAEL'S
CEMETERY.


at the San Carlos last Tuesday night.
Prior to the banquet the society met
in private dining room No. and held
its annual meeting, presided over by |
its president compatriOt, j. Hobart |
Cross. The minutes of the last annual !
and intervening meetings Of the board |
of managers were read by the secre- |
tary compatriot, r. z. L. Cresap. Fiji |
teen new members were added to the |
roll of compatriot, which makes a very
good showing for the past years WORK. |
These memberships extend all over
the state. In the matter of the grave
of Dorothy Walton in the old part OF
St Michael's cemetery the secretary
smoke of the expense Of from time to
time paying out for the clearance OF
rubbish or underground and i'm
pressed upon the minds Of the mem
bers their duty to make such repairs
that would be permanent and 1t was,
on motion, made a duty OF the society
to build a metallic covering and to
cover the ground space within the
walls with cement. The president and
secretary were made a committee OF
two to look after the work. After
several other matters OF vital Import
ance to the society, the election or Oh
fcers took place, resulting as follows:
dent, F. B. Bruce; secretary, r. p. L.
Cresap: registrar treasurer, 4. F. Bfng-
ham: chaplain, Rt Rev. Edwin G.
Weed, of Jacksonville; board of man
ayers. F. G. Renshaw, chairman, w. L.
Keyser and Col r. NJ. Cary. Dele
gate to the national congress was left
over to appointment by the president.
Compatroit VIM. NJ. Cory, of Quincy,
will be asked to go. The congress
meets this year at Toledo, y. Ine
secretary spoke in favor of having or
in trying to have the national congress
meet in this city next year, which, II
successful, will bring some Of the
greatest men of the country to the city
and it seems that if the Chamber OF
Commerce and Merchants Association
would lend a helping hand the scheme
could be successfully handled, but it
will have to be done quickly, as the
congress meets the last OF this month.
The congress has never met any fur
Their south than Louisville, KY, and
that some eighteen or twenty years
ago. After the regular routine Of busl-
ness, the meeting adjourned to the
dining rooms and partook of sump-
tuous feast, which was enjoyed by all
present. The orchestra played the
good old tune, "The Star Spangled
Banner" During it's rendition the
members all arose to their feet The
president then announced that the bal
ance of the evening would be turned
into a camp fire" and introduced
Mayor Frank Reilly, a guest, who
spoke on some of the great achieve
nnents of the revolutionary heroes and
Of the great document written by Thos.
Jefferson. Guest Rev. Royce was in.
troduced nexa, who spoke on the I'm
portance of preserving ideals and 10
mances of the past and the influence
they bore on the present. Guest ]. j
Sullivan, ST., was next introduced, anC
ne made a mastery effort on the rev
erence held by the people In the diff
ferent countries of the world OF illus
trious forefathers, of ancient Jew!
down to the present time. Compatrio
Renshaw made a very pleasing bu
short talk of the battle of Lexington
which the society here celebrates.
The secretary, Compatriot Cresap
was called upon to read pape
written by the president of the histor.
Tin condensed form Of Dorothy Wa
ton. wife of Geo. Walton, from Geol
gia, one OF the signers of the Declara
ton of independence, whose body lie
buried in old st. Michaels cemetery.
Compatriot Bingham made a shoT
address on some revolutionary topic
which we're listened to with entertain
ment and pleasure. The hour bein
late, a motion to adjourn was entel
tanned.
Admission to this society can be ha
on direct descent of q mole person VIII
served, in any capacity, in the revolt
tonary war.
Sketch of Dorothy Walton.
Pensacola, Fla, June =, 1909.
n II T,agon Cnnra+ovv tba E-l1rid
Society of the S. A. R., Pensacol
Florida.
Dear Sir and Compatriot: Referrin
to the grave of Mrs. Dorothy Walto
native Of Georgia, who died here
1882, aged Is years, and is buried
old st. MichaerS cemetery in this cit
l beg to say that her maiden nan
was Gambler or Cumber and she We
the daughter Of an English gentlema
to whom the crown had given lars
possessions in the colony of Georgia.
Some years before The revOlutional
war broke out Miss Cumber was ma
ried to George Walton, but when tn
war began her father insisted on h
going to England, but she positive
refused to leave her rebel husband al
followed him with true woman
heroism through the peTilous da
which followed. Soon after the siei
OF Savannah she was taken prison
by the British and sent to one of Il
West India Islands, where she RENAL
ed until an exchange Of prisoners W
effected. Reared as an English heireI
young. gifted and beautiful, her dey
ton 10 her adopted country should 81
her name an honorable place amO1
the heroines Of the revolutionary W
and this association can well afford
mark the grave Of this distinguish
woman.
George Walton, her husband, W
born in Prince Edward county, V
einia, in l740. and in early life
moved to Georgia, where his fine gil
and chivalric character soon plac