Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-06
Services 10 Be Held
Here Tomorrow for
Comdr. Williamson
Native Of Georgetown
Was Stricken During
Vacation at Cape May

1t. Comdr. Samuel Stanhope Will
hanson, who died Friday after an
emergency operation in a Philadel-
phia hospital. will be buried in the
family plot of the Oak Hill Gene
terry tomorrow.
Descendant of an old Georgetown
family, Comdr. Williamson was an
examiner in the Internal Revenue
Bureau until his retirement two
years ago. He was 70 years old.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. The Rev. Bernard Braskamp
of the Gunton Temple Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. Samuel M. Croft
and the Rev. Luther Hess Waring,
chaplain and past chaplain, respec-
lively, OF the Sons of the American
Revolution, will ofdciate.
Comdr. Williamson, who lived at
2153 California street NV, was va
cationing with Mrs. Williamson in
Cape May, N. j., when he was taken
i'll and rushed to the THEOLOGICAL Hos
pital in Philadelphia, where he died.
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Born in Georgetown, Comdr. Will
Hanson was the great-great-grand-
son of the Rev. Samuel Balch, first
Presbyterian minister in Washington
and founder of the West Street Pres
byterian Church. DR.. Balch's old
home at 1902 N street NV. was
marked recently with bronze
plaque by the Daughters of the
American Revolution and his grave
in Oak Hill Cemetery has been the
scene of several memorial services by
the Sons of the American Revolution.
Comdr. Williamson was educated
in Washingtons public schools and
was member of the first gradu-
ating class from the old Central
High School, He and Gen. Will
liam Horton were classmates at
Central, brother officers in the high
school cadets and remained close
friends until Gen. Horizons death.
After his graduation from high
school. Comdr. Williamson went to
Duluth. Mimi, where he was en-
gagged in the real estate business
for several years. When he re-
turned to Washington, he married
Miss Mary Berry, a former class
mate and also a member of proml-
nent Georgetown family. The Will
liamsons were to have celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
next June.
At the outbreak of the World
War. Comdr. Williamson offered his
services and was commissioned lieu
tenant commander in charge OF
training personnel. Later, he
worked with the Coast Guard in
transport duty. After the war, he
was appointed an Internal Revenue
Bureau examiner
Prominent in S. A. r.
Prominent in the Sons of the
American Revolution, he served for
several years as registrar of the
District of Columbia Society and
was elected president in 1882. He
was chairman of the committee that
handled the 40th anniversary of the
society in 1880 and at the time of
his death was chairman of the COM
mittee arranging the societys 5Oth
anniversary.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
two daughters. Mrs. Morley Girls
void of Reno, New. and Miss Louise
Williamson of Washington.
Active pallbearers will be from
the ranks of the younger members
of the Sons of the American Revo-
luton, with Francis M. Hoffheins as
chairman. Honorary pallbearers
will be Chalmers Seymour McCon-
nell, president of the Sons of the
American Revolution here, and the
following past presidents: Selden M.
Ely, DR.. George Tully Vaughan,
Kenneth S. Wales, Col. Alonzo Gray,
Robert c. Tracy, Gen. Amos A. Fries,
DR.. Clifton P. Clark and Col. Charles
Y. Latimer.