Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-08
EFFERSOWS DESCENDANTS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE nv Z. S.

ipni, W. |'hhs?lNhn!h and Virginia
lian1oiph Taylor was for vars -
IihctIsIhr attorney at the Nir.m,riu
!'tr. ,nut CAV" Z III to enter In. ;,.ts-
,nhnE charges in West Virginia and
'lreIiia. Edmund Randolph wns an
H1gtd IN teaching for III" Err,,.r M,
- ms ne. but Inter abandoned II to
axe up farming. ~
Frnmincnt In BD;h Hortb md .,,,,,
Of th- descendants o. Jefferson hs'
Una the couh!cs of EirrIul, ~,
tooiidEcs. OF Boston. tho Melki.ba,r.
% Jew YORK. ana h B~ankheads n a ve
Drcf prominent for GENERATIONS linn
hoinas Jefferson Coolidge w.s mir.
iS'"r 10 France un Ter President liar.
iispn. lssS-a3. AMI was a r~.cor nizs1
leader In all public AFFAIRS I'm Ninsan
cnus't's. Jefferson ltandolph Coolidge
hi'a'n"d u high place rs f%nnnc!.r ana
SlEhailIed MS Interest and attach
'hcht 70 his NirEininn unccs,ry by No
coming the purchase som. twenty.
I'VE years ago Of III. old ~"ruCkahoc
'Hla''. on james RIVER. the original
Stht OF his branch OF thn Nnuaninhs
In order IL preserve. car. Cur and
ahoih the graveyard ground included
IN IA" Monticello g~rav.yari. and ia
''"chNOr 10 IN avery practical way
af"t"ct ana pe~rp"tuatc the reputation
ana ihnnc OF Thomas Jefferson" IN.
descendants formed an int"rfauilly ae
n0Station In 1914 unicr the inspir,-
ton and at IN. invitation of colunc!
JthrrSon X. Eeau. L. \. \. This or.
SahiIation has continued to grow. and
now numbers Among it's members
some s"vcnty-fvc rcsantHtiv az
the various families. Ia carrying out
ito objects. II has raised the neccs-
sary funIs to put the graveyard In
repair n also has gathered com
plctc datA on tho history q. the fam
hy. Including IA complete family tree
and card cutaioE o. all descendants
10 date. Considerable rcsrarch work
has been done by members Of tho as
soc!ation. conspicuously b: Mrs. Jun,
H. H.. Randall. Mra. John Speed Nor
Taylor.
The total number OF descendants
runs well over 300. AMI tn" "xistIacr
az III" organization is serving tho
valuable pr OF arousing family
interest, bringing about unity Of ac-
tloh IN pcrp-tuiting the name an
n % jefferson ana his fore
hears and in promoting friendly and
social intercourse aInOng the men and
women who descend from him.
Wnr-SrryIrc Ilrcur,.
Any account OF the organization and
activities Of the Monticello Nssocia-
ton OF tn" descendants of Thomas
Jefferson would Ia" incomplete with
those who took part in tho great
world war. From every section those
OF military age looked Il the nag. and
Ia" others dill their finn ehare In
war work AT home.
The ItoIi ar Honor.
All on the honor roll" OF the
descendants are volunteers. Some
were privatcs. Othcrs over draft age.
hui, all did their hit" ana went into
The nghi FOR tn" liberty of man ~
which cause their great ancestor was
the foremost advocate.
Lieutenant Edward &. Anderson
Captain George Wayne Anderson
.Jr.
Otwny Bailey. Jr.
William Il. Roll.
Lieutenant Thomas Belts.
Carl Block. chaplain.
Captain William Chason.
Major Julian Lowell Coolidge.
Lieutenant Joseph Randolph Cool
idEe.
Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge.
Lieutenant sidney Coolidge.
Lieutenant Edmund Coolidge.
Lieutenant Z. Jefferson Coolidge.
Lieutenant Amory Coolidge.
Arthur Beverley Eppcs.
Thomas Jefferson Eppcs.
Major Archibald n. HUBBARD.
Colonel jefferson Randolph Kcan
medical corps.
Lieutenant william %Sylvanus Nor
ris.
Scrrcant-Major Burton II. Ran
dolph Randall.
Lieutenant John Hnaar Randolph
Captain william Mann Randolph,
surgeon.
Gcorgc Scott shnckelford, amin
lance corps.
L.icutcnan,-Commandcr william
TAYLOR Smith.
Captain Francis wnylcs Shine.
surgeon.
Ensign Jane. Jackson Storrow.
Captain Allen NJ. summer
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, ~.
legal advisory board.
'TA-.- L.. -,
Captain George wayne anderson,
Jr. Of Richmond. Va. aon Of George
Wayne and Maggie Rurth" .Nnd"r-
SON. born January 90. 1880. graduated
degree Of bachelor OF arts. He was
awarded the Rhodes scholarship from
Virginia To oxford for that wear. hut
was prevented from awaiting himself
of his privilcC" because OF the war.
lie was commissioned captain Of field
Artillery. IEichticth Division. Camp
Loo. Headquarters company CThrec
Hundred and T~hrtccnth), and sailed
for France May. 1918. on October
10. lalS. he was made adiutant OF tn"
Second Battalion. Three Hundred and
Thirteenth Field Artillery. and vas
killed in action November |. nj L.
Grand Care Farm while directing
tho fire az his battalion upon machine
gun nests in N~rdovannr.
Captain Hamilton Coolidge. Of
Fourth Aero Squadron. First Pursuit
'fTbUp. ~. y, y. - ~ vas "a son p'
I. Itandolph Coolidge, Jr.. ana Mary
iiill Coolidge. of Rrookliuc. Mass. lie
was commissioned first lieutenant on
September 80. 1912. ana assigned 10
tho Third Aviation Instruction cen
ter at Issoudun. ON June &c. 1918. II"
Joined his friend. Quentin Roosevelt.
the Nineiy-fourth Squadron. First
Iurauit Groun. AT the front Mt Tolul".
France. ON october -. while lead
ing u protective patrol over Grand
Pre-. captain Coolidge was struck hy
Hn;iairCraft gum and instantly XIII
ed. II" was AN ace having brought
down twelve planes or balloons. lie
was awarded the croiX dc Gucrr"
with palm. " citation hy General
rrrshing and h DISTINGUISHED Ser
vice Cross.
Captain Alien NJ, sumner was com-
misioncl in the United States Marine
Corps In 1907 and served in ihat
branch until 1914. H. was married
in 100? {" Mary Randolph Morris,
daughter of John <. Morris and Pa;tic
ktan Morris. and resided on Il farm
in King George County until the war.
He was commissioned Il captain in
active service in March. 1917. ana
upon reaching France was given
command OF the Eighty frs; Com
many. Sixth Machinc-Gun battalion.
Fourth Battery. United states Ma
rincs. He fell gloriously in battle
near Nierzy on July 10. 1918. at the
beginning Of tho great allied counter
offensive Tie Il ci,"d a citation FOR