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PAINE, WALDO GRANT (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Spokane, WA State No. 40 Nat'l No. 7915

Admitted:

 August 7th, 1899  
Born: June 14th, 1863 St. Paul, Minnesota
Marriage:   Louisa N.
Died:    
Children:  

William M. Paine
Alan G. Paine
Helen R. Paine
     
Son of Parker and Roselle E. (Grant) Paine; grandson of Randolph and Nancy Grant; great-grandson of Gustavus Grant.

Grandson of William Paine.
Gustavus Grant1 private in Capt. Roswell Grant's Company, Col. Moseley's Regiment, Connecticut troops, who were ordered to the Hudson soon after the Battle of Monmouth, June 28th, 1778, and stationed at different points; Fort Clinton, West Point, etc. Pensioned.
William Paine2 private in Capt. John Slaughter's Eighth Virginia Regiment, Col. Abraham Bowman, commander. Enlisted when 17 years of age, January 2nd, 1777. Served three years. Was in the battles of White Plains, Cherry Valley and Brandywine.
Source:
1 - Adjutant General's Office, Connecticut.
  • U. S. Pension Bureau. 2
  • Free Will Baptist Register, published 1848.

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PALMER, ARTHUR H.
Hoquiam, WA State No. 326 Nat'l No. 22201
Admitted: 1911  
Dropped: 1914  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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PAYNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Sedro-Woolley, WA State No. 446 Nat'l No. 26921

Admitted:

 February 13th, 1915  
Born: December 31st, 1873 Fremont, Illinois
Died:    
     
Son of Arthur Abbott and Emma Estelle Payne; grandson of Thomas Hubbard and Susannah Newcomb (Smith) Payne; great-grandson of Elisha and Esther (Douglas) Payne; great2-grandson of Abraham Payne.
Abraham Payne His name appears in a list of revolutionists in a "Roll of Honor" in the Amenia, New York, Town Records, in 1775. In 1776 was a member of a company of Minute Men at Cornwall, Connecticut. In 1778 and 1779 he represented Cornwall in the Legislature of the State of Connecticut. In 1781 and 1782 he represented Amenia, New York, in the New York State Assembly.
Source:
  • Payne Family Records.
  • Cornwall, Connecticut, Land Records.
  • Amenia, New York, Town Records.
  • Gold's History of Cornwall.

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PERROW, WILLIAM GARNETT

Traffic Manager, National Grocery Co.
Seattle, WA State No. 434 Nat'l No. 26909
Admitted: January 9th, 1915  
Born: November 18th, 1882 Nelson County, Virginia
Marriage:   Katrina S.
Died:    
     
Son of Charles H. and Sue (Graham) Perrow; grandson of Spottswood Garland and Elizabeth (Heath) Perrow; great-grandson of Charles and Eleanor (Teas) Perrow; great2-grandson of William Teas.
William Teas private in Regiment of Dragoons. under William Washington. In battles of Cowpens, Guil­ford Court House and Utah Springs. Wounded three times.
Source:
  • U. S. Pension Bureau.

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PETERS, JOHN R. (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Seattle, WA State No. 41 Nat'l No. 7916

Admitted:

1895  
Dropped: 1899  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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PETTIT, BENJAMIN WALSH
Seattle, WA State No. 143 Nat'l No. 12443

Admitted:

March 16th, 1900  
Born: February 26th, 1867 Rock Island, Illinois
Died:    
     
Son of William Beall and Emily Louisa (Colby) Pettit; grandson of Henry McEwan and Jane Mary Ann (Beall) Pettit; great-grandson of William Murdock and Frances (McClerry) Beall; great2-grandson of Elisha Beall.
Elisha Beall First Lieutenant, later Captain, of First Battalion, Maryland Flying Camp, Gen. Rizen Beall's Brigade, serving until the close of the war. Mustered out in 1783. He saw service in the campaign of Long Island and New Jersey.
Source:
  • McSherry's History of Maryland.
  • Saffell's Reviews of the Revolution.

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PHELPS, BYRON (1LT - Union Army)

1884-1887 Mayor of Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA State No. 314 Nat'l No. 20989

Admitted:

 November 15th, 1909  
Born: March 4th, 1842 Forest, Illinois
Marriage: abt 1866 Henrietta Skinner
Died:    
Children:  

Charles R. Phelps (1868-?)
Hattie Ella Phelps (1869-?)
Henry Phelps (1873-?)
Carl Phelps (1874-1967)

Civil War Service Record
Enlisted as a Quartermaster Sergeant on 07 August 1861
Enlisted in Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 24 August 1861.
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 17 February 1864 effective 20 April 1864
Transferred on 25 August 1864 from company K to company A
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 29 March 1865 effective 10 May 1865
Resigned Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 20 May 1865
 
     
Son of Orin and Elizabeth H. (Jones) Phelps; grandson of Sewall and Catherine (Wright) Phelps; great-grandson of Dr. Moses and Deborah (Munn) Phelps; great2-grandson of Capt. John Phelps.
Capt. John Phelps1 Captain in Colonial Wars, and the War of the Revolution. 
Moses Phelps2 private in Capt. Burr's Company, Col. Bailey's Regiment of Massachusetts troops, and was at Valley Forge.
Source:
1 - Phelps Family in America.
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. XII, page 287. 2
  • Massachusetts Revolutionary Records, Vol. X, Vol. XXXI, Vol. LXXI.
  • Phelps Family in America.

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PHELPS, FREDERICK EVANS

Book keeper
Seattle, WA State No. 460 Nat'l No. 27235

Admitted:

 March 17th, 1915  
Born: November 3rd, 1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Marriage:   Bessie Lloyd
Died:    
     
Son of Benjamin Franklin and Kate (Cowden) Phelps; grandson of Cyrus Clinton and Eliza (McOmber) Phelps; great-grandson of William and Eliza (Brown) Phelps; great2-grandson of Capt. Elisha Phelps.

Grandson of Thomas C. and Catherine (Culp) Cowden; great-grandson of William and Abigail (Mit­chell) Cowden; great2-grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Couch) Cowden, Sr.; great3-grandson of Samuel Cowden.
Elisha Phelps1 Corporal in Continental Army and enlisted for the full term of war.
Samuel Cowden2 private, enlisted at Morristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Source:
1 - Phelps Family in America, by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps.
2 - Lives of the Eminent Dead, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, by M. Ange.

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PHELPS, JOHN ELISHA
Port Orchard, WA State No. 392 Nat'l No. 25917

Admitted:

 April 21st, 1914  
Born: April 6th, 1839 Springfield, Missouri
Died:    
     
Son of Gov. John Smith and Mary (Whitney) Phelps; grandson of Elisha and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; great-grandson of Major General Noah Phelps.
Major General Noah Phelps Captain, Lieutenant and Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolutionary War. In April, 1775, it was known that supplies of cannon were in the hands of the enemy at Fort Ticonderoga. Capt. Phelps planned and carried out the daring project of inspecting the fort. He entered in disguise and gained the needed information and upon his report the following day the fort was surprised and captured. He served in the northern frontier in the commissary department until 1776. Enlisted in Capt. Ward's Connecticut State Troops as Captain. In May, 1776, he raised a regiment in Simsbury, Connecticut, at his own expense and joined Washington's Army. Was in the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, and in camp at Morristown. At the end of this enlistment Capt. Phelps reentered the army as Lieutenant Colonel in the Eighteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia. Was promoted to Colonel in 1779. Served in the defense of New Haven to repel the invasion of Tryon, and later in the battle for defense of sea coast and the frontier, until the 1st of March, 1780.
Source:
  • Phelps Family, pages 72 and 968.
  • Appleton's Encyclopedia of American Biography.
  • Phelps Family in the History of Old Windsor.

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PHELPS, MOSES A.
Spokane, WA State No. 197 Nat'l No. 15047
Admitted: February 6th, 1904  
Born: December 11th, 1859 Wendell, Massachusetts
Died:    
     
Son of William Harrison and Mary (Needham) Phelps; grandson of Dexter and Lois (Clark) Phelps; great-grandson of Moses Phelps.
Moses Phelps private in Continental Army, Massachusetts Troops, in Capt. Ephraim Burr's Fourth Company, Col. John Bailey's Regiment. Was encamped at Valley Forge.
Source:
1 - Massachusetts Revolutionary Records.
 

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PHILIPS, JOSEPH LEON
Ellensburg, WA State No. 374 Nat'l No. 24024

Admitted:

October 21st, 1913  
Born: June 15th, 1888 Upper Marion, Pennsylvania
Died:    
     
Son of William Edgar and Hannah Alice (Rapp) Philips; grandson of Joseph Eastburn and Rachel Anna (Philips) Rapp; great-grandson of Joseph Hallowell and Margaretta (Suplee) Rapp; great2-grandson of Peter and Hannah (Eastburn) Suplee; great3-grandson of Capt. Benjamin Eastburn.

Great3-grandson of Peter Suplee.

Grandson of Joseph and Rachel Anna (Philips) Rapp; great-grandson of Jesse Evans and Eleanor Beitler (Lewis) Philips; great2-grandson of Owen and Rachel (Evans) Philips; great3-grandson of Lieut. Josiah Philips.

Grandson of Josiah Eastburn and Rachel Anna (Philips) Rapp; great-grandson of Jesse Evans and Eleanor Beitler (Lewis) Philips; great2-grandson of Moses and Ann (Beitler) Lewis; great3-grandson John Beitler.
Benjamin Eastburn1 Captain of the Seventh Company, Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Militia.
Peter Suplee2 private in Capt. Wilson Peale's Company, Philadelphia Militia, September 12th, 1777. He lived in the vicinity of Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Did personal service for George Washington. Died in camp at Valley Forge January 24th, 1778.
Josiah Philips3 Lieutenant of the Seventh Battalion, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia. Taken captive in the Jersies and held in confinement in the prison ship at New York.
John Beitler4 private in Berk's County, Fifth Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia.
Source:
  • The Philips Family Record, 1876. 1
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Records.
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Associates and Militia, 1775-1783. 2
  • The Suplee Family History.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Records.
  • The Philips Family Record, 1876. 3
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Records.
  • Beitler [Beidler] Family History by Rev. A. J. Fretz. 4
  • Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Sons of the American Revolution Records.

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PHILLIPS, PAUL BISSELL
Seattle, WA State No. 436 Nat'l No. 26911

Admitted:

January 9th, 1915  
Born: January 9th, 1879 College Springs, Iowa
Died:    
     
Son of William Irving and Mary Dana (Bissell) Phillips; grandson of William Nelson and Lucy J. (Taylor) Phillips; great-grandson of Josiah Gale and Huldah (Pike) Phillips; great2-grandson of Ebenezer Phillips.
Ebenezer Phillips private in Revolution. Fought beside General Warren in Battle of Bunker Hill. Pen­sioned.
Source:
  • Phillips Genealogies, by Albert M. Phillips, Auburn, Massachusetts, page 107.

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PIERCE, HENRY JOSHUA
Seattle, WA State No. 327 Nat'l No. 8795

Admitted:

May 12th, 1896 Transferred from New York Society
Born: August 29th, 1857 Bath, Maine
Died:    
     
Son of Henry M. and Mary Quimby (Page) Pierce; grandson of Joshua and Keziah (Stockbridge) Page; great-grandson of Joseph Stockbridge.
Joseph Stockbridge private in Capt. Thomas Hearsey's Company, Col. Lovell's Regiment, Massachusetts Troops. Also in company commanded by Lieut. Lincoln, same regiment. Reenlisted several times afterwards. Corporal in Capt. Thomas Bradford's Company, Col. Bailey's Regiment, Continental Army, Second Massachusetts Regiment, January, 1780, to December 31st, 1780.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. XV, page 41

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PIKE, ROBINSON DRAKE
Seattle, WA State No. 329 Nat'l No. 22204

Admitted:

 November 19th, 1910  
Born: May 24th, 1889 Bayfield, Wisconsin
Died:    
     
Son of Robinson D. and Eva (Johnson) Pike; grandson of Hiram E. and Lucinda (McArthur) Johnson; great-grandson of Jonathan and Susan (Burwell) Johnson; great2-grandson of Windsor Johnson.
Windsor Johnson private in Capt. Forman's Company, First Regiment, New Jersey Continentals. Enlisted 1780. Discharged 1783. Also under Capt. Holmes, Col1. Matthias Ogden's First New Jersey. Served most of the time as a Pony Scout. Pensioned.
Source:
  • U. S. Bureau of Pensions.

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PORTER, DAVID B.
Seattle, WA State No. 181 Nat'l No. 15031

Admitted:

1903  
Resigned: 1907  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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POST, FRANK TRUMAN
Spokane, WA State No. 91 Nat'l No. 8916

Admitted:

 September 22nd, 1896  
Born: April 18th, 1862 Potsdam, New York
Died:    
     
Son of John Fobes and Harriet Lillie Post; grand­son of Oliver and Clarissa (Fobes) Post; great-grandson of Oliver Post.

Great-grandson of John Fobes; great2-grandson of Edward Fobes.
Oliver Post1 private in Capt. Jonathan Stearns Company, Col. Dickinson's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia. Marched on Ticonderoga, July 9th, to August 12th, 1777.
John Fobes2 private in Capt. Daniel Pomeroy's Company, Danieldson's Brigade, Massachusetts Militia. Served under Gen. Stark in Northern Department in Capt. Joshua L. Woodbridge's Company, Col. Nathan Tyler's Regiment, 1779, in Rhode Island; later in Capt. Ebenezer Sheldon's Company, Seth Murray's Regiment, 1780.
Edward Fobes3 private in Capt. Benjamin Bonney's Company, Col. Elisha Porter's Massachusetts Regiment, Hampshire County. Served at New London, Connecticut, in Continental Army, 1780. In Capt. Daniel Lunt's Company, Tenth Regiment, Massachusetts Line, 1781, to the close of the war.
Source:
1 - Massachusetts War Records.
2 - Sons of Revolution, New York Society.
3 - Sons of Revolution, New York Society.

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PRATT, LEROY
Tacoma, WA State No. 289 Nat'l No. 20564

Admitted:

 1909  
Resigned: 1914  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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PRESTON, CHARLES LIBERTY
Seattle, WA State No. 186 Nat'l No. 15036

Admitted:

1903  
Dropped: 1906  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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PRICKETT, JULES LYLE
Spokane, WA State No. 107 Nat'l No. 9857

Admitted:

 March 19th, 1897  
Born: April 13th, 1853 Edwardsville, Illinois
Died:    
     
Son of John A. and Elizabeth M. (Barnsbach) Prickett; grandson of Jacob and Martha (Harris)
Prickett; great-grandson of George and Lydia (Hempstead) Harris; great2-grandson of Joshua Hempstead.
Joshua Hempstead private, in Lexington Alarm. Was also High Sheriff and brought the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill to New London, Connecticut. He was under command of Capt. John Dickson, Third Regiment, Connecticut Militia.
Source:
  • Lexington Alarm List.

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