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GARLAND, HUGH ALFRED
Seattle, WA State No. 211 Nat'l No. 16453

Admitted:

1904  
Resigned: 1913  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
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GAY, JOEL R.
Seattle, WA State No. 213 Nat'l No. 16763

Admitted:

1905  
Dropped: 1912  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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GEARY, EDWARD HAMILTON
Seattle, WA State No. 162 Nat'l No. 14012

Admitted:

1901  
Dropped: 1910  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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GEARY, HARRY LOGAN
Seattle, WA State No. 161 Nat'l No. 14011

Admitted:

 November 13th, 1901  
Born: April 18th, 1877 U. S. Army Post, Angel Island, California
Died:    
     
Son of William L. and Agnes E. (Johnson) Geary; grandson of Henry and Rebecca (Taggart) Johnson; great-grandson of Joseph and Abigail (Smith) Taggart; great2-grandson of Robert and Mary (Israel) Taggart; great3-grandson of Joseph Israel.
Joseph Israel Captain of Company in the Second Regiment, Newcastle County, Delaware, Militia. Served at various times from May 22nd, 1779, to December 2nd, 1780.
Source:
  • U. S. Bureau of Pensions. U. S. War Department.

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GERRISH, LESLIE FLOYD
Spokane, WA State No. 312 Nat'l No. 20987

Admitted:

 November 4th, 1909  
Born: December 10th, 1851 Lee, Maine
Died:    
     
Son of Nathaniel and Carolina (Getchell) Gerrish; grandson of George and Esther (Woodbury) Gerrish; great-grandson of Nathaniel and Sarah (Marriner) Gerrish; great'-grandson of Charles Gerrish.
Charles Gerrish Major in Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. VI, page 336.

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GERWICK, JOHN GUY
Olympia, WA State No. 484 Nat'l No. 27884
Admitted: December 21, 1915  
Born: October 18, 1878 Zanesville, Ohio
Died:    
     
Son of John Clifford and Mary Magee (Tuttle) Gerwick; grandson of Benjamin and Catherine L. (Trout) Tuttle; great-grandson of Solomon Tuttle.
Solomon Tuttle entered service in Vermont, May, 1775, in Capt. Peleg Sunderland's Company. He was at the taking of Ticonderoga by Col. Ethan Allen. Re-enlisted upon expiration of his first enlistment, and served in the campaign about Lake Champlain, wintering in Montreal. Re-enlisted the second time and served three years as a Minute Man. Was taken prisoner by a party of Indians in Canada, held one year and then turned over to the British, who held him prisoner for another nine months.
Source:
  • Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. II, page 390.

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GLASS, COURTNEY THOMAS
Seattle, WA State No. 225 Nat'l No. 17119

Admitted:

December 26th, 1905 Transferred from Minnesota Society
Born: September 8th, 1879 Luverne, Minnesota
Died:    
     
Son of William H. and Martha (Adams) Glass; grandson of Kimble and Elvina (Smith) Adams; great-grandson of David and Triphena (Sherman) Smith; great2-grandson of Phineas Smith.
Phineas Smith private in Capt. Daniel Smith's Company, Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Vermont troops. Also in Capt. Parmlee Allen's and Capt. Enoch Eastman's Company under Major Ebenezer Allen and Col. Ira Allen, 1780-1781.
Source:
Vermont Revolutionary Rolls, pages 157, 323, 452.

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GLAZIER, CHARLES E.
Seattle, WA State No. 403 Nat'l No. 26528

Admitted:

 July 1, 1914  
Born: August 27th, 1846 Hector, New York
Died:    
     
Son of James T. and Margaret Glazier; grandson of Walker and Cornelia Glazier; great-grandson of Oliver Glazier.
Oliver Glazier private in Capt. David Moore's Company, Col. John Jacob's Regiment of Light Infantry, Rhode Island troops. Enlisted when 17 years of age, at Lancaster, R. I. Marched to camp July, 1780, under command of Capt. Thomas Pritchard. Also served six months from town of Sterling in Continental Army, 1780. Discharged December 3rd, 1780.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. VI, page 488.

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GLEASON, CHARLES S. (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Seattle, WA State No. 24 Nat'l No. 7899

Admitted:

 May 4th, 1899  
Born: September 20th, 1861 Windsor, Ohio
Died:    
     
Son of Edwin D. and Maria C. (Stoughton) Gleason; grandson of Owen and Charlotte (Smith) Stoughton; great-grandson of George and Polly (Bent) Smith.

Great-grandson of Shem and Flora (Gillette) Stoughton.

Great-grandson of Oliver Stoughton.

Great-grandson of George and Polly (Bent) Smith; great2-grandson of Silas Bent.

Great2-grandson of Lieut. Jonathan Gillett.

Grandson of E. John and Elvira (Hunter) Gleason; great-grandson of Samuel and Hannah (Blair) Hunter; great2-grandson of Robert Hunter.

Great-grandson of Robert and Hannah (Howard) Blair 3rd, great2-grandson of Robert Blair 2nd.
George Smith1 private in Capt. Ralph Earl's Massachusetts troops under Col. Keys. Pensioned.
Shem Stoughton2 private in Capt. Marsh's Company, Col. Belen's Connecticut troops. Enlisted at East Windsor, Connecticut.
Oliver Stoughton3 private in Capt. Amasa Loomis' East Windsor Company that marched on the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775.
Silas Bent4 private in Capt. Eustis' Company which marched on the Lexington Alarm from Rutland, Massachusetts. Ensign in Capt. Adam Wheeler's Company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment, at Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1776 was First Lieutenant in Capt. Thomas Barnes' Fifth Company, Col. Nixon's Fourth Regiment of Continental Infantry, and part of time in the recruiting service.
Jonathan Gillett5 Second Lieutenant in Capt. Rowlee's Sixth Company, Col. Huntington's Eighth Connecticut Regiment. Regiment reorganized as Seventeenth Continental under Col. Huntington, and Jonathan Gillett was commissioned First Lieutenant. In Battle of Long Island he was taken prisoner near Greenwood Cemetery, and taken to New York and released in February, 1778. Died December 9th, 1778, at age of 49.
Robert Hunter6 Lieutenant in Capt. Spear's Company of Minute Men, which marched from Palmer, Massachusetts in response to the Lexington Alarm.
Robert Blair7 active throughout the war in providing arms, powder, lead, blankets, etc., for the troops. Member of Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, of Blandford, Mass.
Source:
1 - U. S. Bureau of Pensions. Massachusetts Archives.
2 - U. S. Bureau of Pensions. Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 652-659.
3 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 9.
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. I, page 977. 4
  • Massachusetts Archives.
  • Heitman's Historical Register.
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 88, 101. 5
  • Public Records of the State of Connecticut, Vol. II, page 59.
  • Heitman's Historical Register.
6 - History of the Town of Palmer by J. H. Temple, pages 167, 176, 324.
7 - Town Records of Blandford, Massachusetts. Gibb's History of Blandford, 1850.

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GOBLE, GEORGE HARVEY
Spokane, WA State No. 337 Nat'l No. 22212

Admitted:

 October 4th, 1911  
Born: October 26th, 1854 Baldwinsville, New York
Died:    
     
Son of Milton and Catherine (Lasher) Goble; grandson of George Wisner and Elizabeth Halleck (Corwin) Goble; great-grandson of Peter and Jemima (Young) Corwin; great2-grandson of Silas Corwin.
Silas Corwin private in Second Regiment, New York Line, First Company, Capt. Ricker. Died in service October 24th, 1777.
Source:
  • New York Assembly Papers, page 186. New York State Archives, Albany, 1887.

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GOW, A. MURDOCK
New Orleans, LA State No. 62 Transferred to Maryland Society and later back to Washington Society under new number.
  State No. 313 Nat'l No. 7937
Admitted: November 9th, 1895  
Born: October 6th, 1874 Borough of Washington, Pennsylvania
Died:    
     
Son of John L. and Emilie (Harding) Gow; grandson of Richard and Rachel Leet (Wilson) Harding; great-grandson of Hugh and Rachel (Leet) Wilson; great2-grandson of Isaac Leet.

Great2-grandson of James Wilson.
Isaac Leet1 Deputy Sheriff of Ohio County, Virginia, 1776, and commissioner to ascertain boundary lines of Yohogany and Ohio counties, 1778. Same year nominated as Gentleman Justice. Capt. William Leet and Major Daniel Leet, of the Virginia line, were his sons.
James Wilson2 Lieutenant of Fourth Company, Capt. Mabia Evans, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Troops, First Battalion, Lieut. Col. David Phillips and Major John Small.
Source:
  • History of the Pan Handle, West Virginia. 1
  • Crumrine's History of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  • Ohio County, West Virginia Records
  • Washington County, Pennsylvania, Records.

  • Crumrine's History of Washington County, Pennsylvania. 2

  • Pennsylvania Archives, 17831786, pages 287-288.

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GOW, HARDING M.
Seattle, WA State No. 69 Nat'l No. 7944

Admitted:

1896  
Dropped: 1909  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
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GOWEY, FRANK McDONALD (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Chiksan, Korea State No. 25 Nat'l No. 6762

Admitted:

August 4th, 1892  
Born: January 4th, 1869 Woodstock, Ohio
Died:    
     
Son of John Franklin and Clara (McDonald) Gowey; grandson of Hartland D. and Eliza A. (Willey) Gowey; great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and Maria (Strong) Willey; great2-grandson of Eatham Allen and Mary (Brockway) Willey; great3-grandson of Abraham Willey.
Abraham Willey private in Capt. John Willey's (his brother) Company of Col. Joseph Spencer's Regiment at the Lexington Alarm for Relief of Boston.
Source:
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution.

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GRAFTON, ARTHUR E.
Tacoma, WA State No. 268 Nat'l No. 18618

Admitted:

December 4th, 1907  
Born: June 3rd, 1871 Augusta, Maine
Died:    
     
Son of Lorenzo W. and Ellen M. (Landers) Grafton; grandson of Leonard and Almira (Abbott) Landers; great-grandson of John and Alice (Walker) Abbott; great2-grandson of Timothy Walker.
Timothy Walker private in Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Line. Enlisted for three years. Pensioned.
Source:
  • U. S. Bureau of Pensions. Revolutionary Records of Maine.

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GRAVES, ARNOLD LANDON
Spokane, WA State No. 457 Nat'l No. 27232

Admitted:

March 17th, 1915  
Born: December 17th, 1893 Spokane, Washington
Died:    
     
Son of Frank Hyde and Esther Maude (Ferris) Graves; grandson of Hiram Gano and Julia Esther (Holton) Ferris; great-grandson of Stephen Gano and Eunice (Beebe) Ferris; great2-grandson of Israel Ferris.
Israel Ferris private in Capt. Abraham Mead's Com­pany, Connecticut Militia, Col. John Mead's Regiment.
Source:
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 489.

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GRAVES, CARROLL STEPHEN
Annapolis, MD State No. 243 Nat'l No. 17818

Admitted:

 May 14th, 1906  
Born: September 25th, 1883 Carthage, Illinois
Died:    
     
Son of Frank Hyde and Esther Maude (Ferris) Graves; grandson of Hiram Gano and Julia Esther (Holton) Ferris; great-grandson of Isaac and Phebe (Arnold) Holton; great2-grandson of Seth Arnold.

Great-grandson of Stephen Gano and Eunice (Beebe) Ferris; great2-grandson of Israel and Ruth (Mead) Ferris; great3-grandson of Jonathan Mead.
Seth Arnold1 was in Capt. Abraham Tyler's Company of Connecticut troops that marched to Boston in the Lexington Alarm. Also private in Capt. Samuel Gale's Company, Col. Samuel H. Parsons' Regiment, May 19th, 1775. Discharged December 19th, 1775. Sergeant in Capt. Cornelius Higgins' Company, Col. William Douglas' Regiment, Fifth Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, 1776. Served under Washington at New York in Battle of Long Island and the retreat, and Battle of White Plains. Discharged December 25th, 1776.
Jonathan Mead2 private in the Ninth Company, Capt. Ebenezer Husted, Sixth New York Regiment, Col. David Sutherland.
Source:
1 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution.
2 - New York Revolutionary Rolls, page 249

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GREEN, AUGUSTIN deY
Tacoma, WA State No. 269 Nat'l No. 18619

Admitted:

1907  
Dropped: 1912  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
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GREENE, SAMUEL
Seattle, WA State No. 354 Nat'l No. 24004

Admitted:

 June 18th, 1912  
Born: December 9th, 1835 Boston, Massachusetts
Died:    
     
Son of David and Mary (Evarts) Greene; grandson of Jeremiah and Mehitabel (Sherman) Evarts; great-grandson of Roger and Rebecca (Prescott) Sherman.
Roger Sherman in 1774 was a delegate to a General Congress. On the Committee selected to draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of those who signed it July 4th, 1776. Member of General Convention that approved Federal Constitution.
Source:
  • Life of Roger Sherman. Prescott Memorial.

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GREENE, ROGER SHERMAN
Seattle, WA State No. 461 Nat'l No. 27236

Admitted:

 March 17th, 1915  
Born: December 14th, 1840 Roxbury (now in Boston), Massachusetts
Died:    
     
Son of Rev. David and Mary (Evarts) Greene; grandson of Jeremiah and Mehitabel (Sherman) Evarts; great-grandson of Roger and Rebecca (Prescott) Sherman; great2-grandson of Benjamin and Rebecca (Minot) Prescott; great3-grandson of Rev. Benjamin Prescott.

Grandson of Thomas Greene.
Rev. Benjamin Prescott1 was a writer of leaflets and periodicals in defense of the rights of the people.
Roger Sherman2 member Continental Congress from 1774 to 1793. Member of Committee that drafted and reported the Declaration of Independence, and a signer thereof and of the Articles of Confederation and Constitution.
Thomas Greene3 soldier in expedition sent from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 1778 to prevent the landing of the British, under Lord Howe.
Source:
1 -
2 - Life of Roger Sherman. Prescott Memorial.
3 -

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GREGG, HARRY W.
Fort Omaha, Omaha, NE State No. 157 Nat'l No. 14007
Admitted: September 17th, 1901  
Born: October 8th, 1876 Randolph, Massachusetts
Died:    
     
Son of William W. and Lena Anna (King) Gregg; grandson of Seth Turner and Joanna Wales (Burrell) King; great-grandson of John and Sarah Wales (Turner) King; great2-grandson of Seth and Abigail
(Wales) Turner Jr.; great3-grandson of Seth Turner, Sr.
Seth Turner, Sr.1 Captain of a Company in the Massachusetts Line, and after the Revolution commanded Company of Massachusetts Militia.
Seth Turner, Jr.2 served through three campaigns. Orderly Sergeant after evacuation of Boston, and had charge of his company, then stationed in Old South Church.
Source:
1 - Genealogy of the Descendants of Sir Humphrey Turner, page 58.
2 - Force's American Archives, Fourth Series, Vol. II, page 829.

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GREGORY, JOHN C.
Bothell, WA State No. 398 Nat'l No. 25923

Admitted:

July 1st, 1914  
Born: May 7th, 1862 Pepin, Wisconsin
Died:    
     
Son of Joshua and Mary E. (Harvey) Gregory; grandson of John and Eliza (Culver) Gregory; great- grandson of George and Amy (Roberts) Gregory; great2-grandson of Stephen Roberts.
Stephen Roberts, private in Capt. Joseph Walker's Company, Ninth Connecticut Regiment, Col. Samuel B. Webb. Enlisted April 15th, 1778. Was appointed Corporal September 21st, 1782. Pensioned.
Source:
Connecticut Men in the Revolution. Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C.

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GRIGGS, HERBERT STANTON
Tacoma, WA State No. 81 Nat'l No. 8906

Admitted:

February 22nd, 1896  
Born: February 27th, 1861 St. Paul, Minnesota
Died:    
     
Son of Chauncey W. and Martha Ann (Gallup) Griggs; grandson of Chauncey and Hearty (Dimock) Griggs; great-grandson of Stephen and Elizabeth (Lathrop) Griggs; great2-grandson of Ichabod Griggs.
Ichabod Griggs Ensign in the Connecticut Militia.
Source:
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 23, 47.
  • Waldo's Early History of Tolland, Connecticut.

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GRIGGS, EVERETT GALLUP
Tacoma, WA State No. 86 Nat'l No. 8911

Admitted:

May 9th, 1896  
Born: December 27th, 1868 Chaska, Minnesota
Died:    
     
Son of Chauncey W. and Martha Ann (Gallup) Griggs; grandson of Chauncey and Hearty (Dimock) Griggs; great-grandson of Stephen and Elizabeth (Lathrop) Griggs; great2-grandson of Ichabod Griggs.
Ichabod Griggs Ensign in the Connecticut Militia.
Source:
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 23, 47.
  • Waldo's Early History of Tolland, Connecticut.

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GRISWOLD, EDWIN VIETS
Seattle, WA State No. 346 Nat'l No. 22221

Admitted:

 January 19th, 1912  
Born: October 27th, 1879 Worthington, Ohio
Died:    
     
Son of Worthington F. and Fondelia Ruth Gris­wold; grandson of George H. and Mila (Thompson) Griswold; great-grandson of Ezra and Ruth (Roberts) Griswold; great2-grandson of Lemuel Roberts
Lemuel Roberts Captain in the Eighteenth Connecticut Militia, which marched from Simsbury, Connecticut, to Relief of Boston, in Lexington Alarm, 1775. The Eighteenth Regiment, Connecticut, assisted in guarding the Burgoyne prisoners as they passed through Connecticut on their way South.
Source:
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution. Connecticut Historical Society Collections.

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GUPTAIL, MARK EDWIN,
North Yakima, WA State No. 509 Nat'l No. 28559

Admitted:

 March 18th, 1916  
Born: January 15th, 1871 Hanover Township, Illinois
Died:    
     
Son of George Franklin and Jane Estelle (Longley) Guptail; grandson of John and Phoebe (Fuller) Guptail; great-grandson of Benjamin Fuller.
See Edward Hurd Johnson.
Source:
 

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GUY, GEORGE OMAR
Seattle, WA State No. 421 Nat'l No. 26546

Admitted:

 December 12th, 1914  
Born: April 23rd, 1846 Guilford, New York
Died:    
     
Son of George and Rebecca Brown (Keith) Guy; grandson of Timothy and Elizabeth (Phelps) Guy, Jr.;
great-grandson of Timothy Guy.
Timothy Guy private, Captain John Thompson's Company. Private and Corporal in Lieut. Col. Cornelius Van Veghten's Regiment, Third Regiment of Levies, Saratoga District, New York.
Source:
  • New York in the Revolution. New York Adjutant General's Office.

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