Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-18
TRACE ANCESTRY To
DAYS OF REVOLUTION
Twelve Saleintes Among the
l6 Joining "SOns and
Daughters

Under ordinary circumstances the av-
erage citizen is not especially interest
ed in who or what was his great grand
father or his~great great grandfather
But since the Sons of the American rev
olution have been organized, and also
the Daughters of the American revolu
ton, many an American has suddenly
become aware of the fact that a family
tree was a handy thing to have about
the house, and forthwith began the
search of records to establish a tree
that extended back into revolutionary
times. For be it known, no one may be-
come Son or a Daughter of the Amer
lean revolution unless there is evidence
that relative Of theirs in those trouble
some days either served in the revolu.
tionary army or navy, in congress OF
state Legislatures or gave aid to the pa
triOtic cause. With proper credentials
showing such to be the case, one may
become a Daughter or Son of the Amer
lean revolution.
George NJ. Post is in receipt Of the
official bulletin of the National Society
|, of the Sons of the American revolution
which notes the fact that since May /
1916, of the l6 new members enrolled
from Oregon, u are from Salem. These
twelve, and their ancestral claims prop.
erly authenticated by revolutionary rec
ords on file in the archives Of the
Smi hsonian Institute of Washington
the as follows, in alphabetical order:
Ernest Blue. Great grandson of Mi
chael Blue, private, Capt. Hanse Van
Materes company, Virginia militia.
Reuben Patrick Boise, Jr. Great
grandson of Reuben Boise, private
minute man, Capt. John Ferguson IS
company, Col. Danielson S Massachu
setts regiment, and other service.
Benjamin Lloyd Beall. Great grand.
son of William Dent Beall, major Sec
ond Maryland regiment.
Samuel Alexander Bowman. Great
grandson of John Bowman, captain
New York militia.
James s. Cooper, Jr. Grest grandson
of Frederick Cooper, private York coun-
ty militia, corporal in Capt. McRee 4
company, North Carolina militia.
William +. Foster. Great grandson
of Orlando Root, corporal, Col. Elish
Porter's Massachusetts regiment.
Frank Stinson Gannett Grea grand
son of Michael Farley, major general
Massachusetts militia, member Of gen
eral court. .t,.,- ,'a
James Dana Hartwell. Great grand
son Of Richard Gale, Jr., private, Capt.
Elihu Lyman's company, Colonel Por-
ter s Massachusetts regiment.
John II. Lauterman. Great grandson
of Hosea Hamilton, adjutant, Col. Hen
ny Ludington s New York regiment.
Frank J.. Miller. Great grandson Of
Roger Miller, private Col. John Eel
lows Sth Massachusetts, regiment;
great grandson of Zebadiah Miller, pri-
vate, Col. Nathan Sparhawk $ Massa-
chusetts regiment.
Rollin X. Page. Great grandson of
Richard Henry Lee, signer of the dec
laration of independence. r.
George Morrison Post. Great grand
son of David Post, private militia. com
pany of Hebron, Cam, on Lexington
Alarm. d.
Augustus Jessup Strang. Great grand
son of Lemuel Perrin, sergeant Col
Abiel Mitchell's Massachusetts regi.
ment.
Frederic Delahaye Thielsen. Great
grandson of Greshorn Pope, captain
Connecticut Light Horse, under Major
Ebenezer Backus.
Fred Thomson. Great grandson of
Levi Thomson, sergeant, Capt. Dun
ning's company, Thirteenth regiment
Connecticut militia.
George William Weeks. Great grand
son of Jedediah Hyde, captain Connecti-
cut militia,