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SANDER, HENRY KNOX
Seattle, WA State No. 490 Nat'l No. 27890

Admitted:

 January 29th, 1916  
Born: May 2nd, 1892  
Died:   Seattle, Washington
     
Son of Fred Everett and Elen Bryant (Hall) Sander; grandson of Henry Knox and Elizabeth Barnes (Bryant) Hall; great-grandson of George and Cynthia (Collier) Hall; great2-grandson of James Hall.
James Hall Sergeant in Col. Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery in 1776. Appointed Second Lieutenant December 20th, 1776, and served in that capacity until September, 1777, when he was commissioned First Lieutenant in Capt. Winthrop Sergeant's Company, Col. Crane's Battalion, Continental troops. He was commissioned Captain Lieutenant in Third Massachusetts Regiment of Artillery April 12th, 1780. In 1782 he was in charge of an ordnance foundry at Salisbury, Connecticut, and in 1783 was regimental pay master. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. VII, page 85.

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SANKEY, EBEN BLACHLEY
Seattle, WA State No. 168 Nat'l No. 14018

Admitted:

 November 19th, 1901  
Born: July 1st, 1837 Newcastle, Pennsylvania
Died:    
     
Son of Ezekiel and Sarah (Jones) Sankey; grandson of Ezekiel and Jane (Doe) Sankey; great-grandson of William Sankey.
William Sankey private in the Frontier Rangers, 1778 to 1783. Served in Capt. Robert Samuel's Company, Col. Alexander Brown's Eighth Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia in 1782.
Source:
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. XXIII, pages 277, 454.

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SAUNDERS, ROBERT CHANCELLOR
Seattle, WA State No. 259 Nat'l No. 16287
Admitted: February 16th, 1904 Transferred from Minnesota Society
Born: December 24th, 1864 Campbell County, Virginia
Died:    
     
Son of Robert Chancellor and Coryetta (Davis) Saunders; grandson of John Andrew Gardner and Mary Jane (Terrell) Davis; great-grandson of Richard and Lucy (Carr) Terrell; great2-grandson of Dabney and Martha (Jefferson) Carr.
Dabney Carr member of House of Burgesses of Virginia in 1772 and 1773. Introduced in the session of 1772 a measure providing for a Correspondence Committee between the Legislatures of the different colonies. Measure introduced March 12th, 1773, and by resolution of the House, he was placed on the Standing Committee of Correspondence and Enquiry.
Source:
  • Howe's History of Virginia, page 358.
  • Randolph's Life of Thomas Jefferson, page 46.

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SEXTON, JOSEPH F.
Spokane, WA State No. 219 Nat'l No. 16769

Admitted:

March 10th, 1905  
Born: December 22nd, 1843 Saybrook, Ohio
Died:    
     
Son of William C. and Orline (Hotchkiss) Sexton; grandson of Ezra Sexton.
Ezra Sexton private, January 1st, 1776, in Connecticut Line, under Capt. Abial Pease and Col. Douglas. Private and later Sergeant in 1780, under Capt. Convers and Col. Wells. Pensioned.
Source:
  • U. S. Pension Bureau.

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SHEAFE, CHARLES MINOT SR.
Seattle, WA State No. 93 Nat'l No. 8918

Admitted:

 1896  
Dropped: 1905  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SHEAFE, CHARLES MINOT JR.
Seattle, WA State No. 138 Nat'l No. 12468

Admitted:

 1900  
Resigned: 1910  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SHEAFE, HARRY J.
Seattle, WA State No. 124 Nat'l No. 9874

Admitted:

 1899  
Dropped: 1905  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SHEAFE, JAMES SMITH
Seattle, WA State No. 145 Nat'l No. 12445

Admitted:

 1900  
Dropped: 1905  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SHEPARD, THOMAS ROCHESTER (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Seattle, WA State No. 46 Nat'l No. 7922

Admitted:

 1895  
Resigned: 1906  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SHERWOOD, EDWARD M.
Tacoma, WA State No. 253 Nat'l No. 18603

Admitted:

 1907  
Dropped: 1910  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SHIELDS, JOE McGAREY
Spokane, WA State No. 358 Nat'l No. 24008

Admitted:

 April 19th, 1913  
Born: July 19th, 1891 Spokane, Washington
Died:    
     
Son of William Harry and Mary A (McGarey) Shields; grandson of John Marshall and Isabella (Wilson) Shields; great-grandson of James and Margaret (Getty) Shields; great2-grandson of John Shields.
John Shields Corporal in Capt. John Alexander's Company of the Seventh Pennsylvania Regulars.
Source:
  • War Department, Washington, D. C., No. 1593-927.
  • History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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SHIELDS, WILLIAM HARRY
Spokane, WA State No. 350 Nat'l No. 22225

Admitted:

 February 22nd, 1912  
Born: August 8th, 1865 Mahoning Township, Pennsylvania
Died:    
     
Son of John Marshall and Isabella (Wilson) Shields; grandson of James and Margaret (Getty) Shields; great-grandson of John Shields.
John Shields Corporal in Capt. John Alexander's Company of the Seventh Pennsylvania Regulars.
Source:
  • War Department, Washington, D. C., No. 1593-927.
  • History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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SHIPLEY, FRANK C.
Seattle, WA State No. 202 Nat'l No. 16752

Admitted:

 April 1, 1904  
Born: July 21st, 1856 Lowell, Massachusetts
Died:    
     
Son of Samuel D. and Evelyn A. (Chamberlain) Shipley; grandson of Moses, Jr., and Mary (Stevens) Chamberlain; great-grandson of Timothy L. and Sarah (Smith) Stevens; great2-granson of Nathaniel Stevens.

Great2-grandson of Abiel Smith.

Great-grandson of Moses Chamberlain.
Nathaniel Stevens1 private in Capt. Stephen Clark's Company, from Brentwood, New Hampshire, November 22nd, 1775.
Abiel Smith2 private in Massachusetts troops, served in Rhode Island and near Boston in 1777, 1778 and 1780.
Moses Chamberlain3 private in Massachusetts troops from July 5th, 1780, to 1781.
Source:
1 - New Hampshire Rolls, Vol. IV, page 692.
2 - Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Secretary of State's Office, Massachusetts.
3 - Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Secretary of State's Office, Massachusetts.

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SHIPPEN, JOSEPH (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Seattle, WA State No. 47 Nat'l No. 7922

Admitted:

 1895  
Resigned: 1915  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SLOCUM, RALPH LEE
Seattle, WA State No. 443 Nat'l No. 26919
Admitted: January 19th, 1915  
Born: January 27th, 1868 Northfield, Minnesota
Died:    
     
Son of Eleazer and Elizabeth Slocum; grandson of Eleazer and Sarah (Harvey) Slocum; great-grandson of Capt. Edward Slocum; great2-grandson of Ebenezer Slocum.
Ebenezer Slocum1 Lieutenant in Second Company of Tiverton Soldiers, 1775-1776, and Captain in a Rhode Island Regiment, 1781.
Edward Slocum2 First Lieutenant, First Continental Battalion and received Captain's commission May 26th, 1778.
Source:
  • Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647-1800, pages 319, 366.

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SMELSER, GUY WEATHERLY
Seattle, WA State No. 283 Nat'l No. 20558

Admitted:

January 4th, 1909  
Born: December 19th, 1883 Sioux City, Iowa
Died:    
     
Son of Tobias C. and Huldah (Weatherly) Smelser; grandson of Ephraim and Dorothy (Snyder) Smelser; great-grandson of John and Susanna (Fluck) Snyder; great2-grandson of John and Dorothy (Potts) Fluck.
John Fluck private. Enlisted August 10th, 1775. Rockhill, Pennsylvania, Company, Capt. Kachline, Third Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel John Wilkenson.
Source:
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIV, pages 169, 174.

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SMILEY, CHARLES FRANKLIN
Seattle, WA State No. 417 Nat'l No. 26542

Admitted:

October 20th, 1914  
Born: October 29th, 1863 Marysville, California
Died:    
     
Son of Johnson Foster and Sarah Ann (Richardson) Smiley; grandson of Israel and Sarah (Wells)
Richardson; great-grandson of Andrew Richardson.
Andrew Richardson private. Enlisted from Townsend, Massachusetts, when 15 years of age on April 25th, 1775, in Capt. Henry Farwell's First Company, Col. William Prescott's Tenth Regiment. Was in Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17th, 1775.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. XIII, page 226.

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SMILEY, WILLIAM HUDSON
Spokane, WA State No. 341 Nat'l No. 22216

Admitted:

October 4th, 1911  
Born: June 9th, 1867 Marysville, California
Died:    
     
Son of Johnson Foster and Sarah Ann (Richardson) Smiley; grandson of Israel and Sarah (Wells)
Richardson; great-grandson of Andrew Richardson.
Andrew Richardson private. Enlisted from Townsend, Massachusetts, when 15 years of age on April 25th, 1775, in Capt. Henry Farwell's First Company, Col. William Prescott's Tenth Regiment. Was in Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17th, 1775.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. XIII, page 226.

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SMITH, BENJAMIN W.
Seattle, WA State No. 76 Nat'l No. 8901

Admitted:

 1896  
Dropped: 1899  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SMITH, CLARENCE AUSTIN (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Seattle, WA State No. 48 Nat'l No. 7923

Admitted:

 August 7th, 1889  
Born: January 24th, 1861 Derby, Connecticut
Died:    
     
Son of Ell Stone and Eliza (Holbrook) Smith; grandson of William and Julia (Stone) Smith; great-grandson of Samuel and Lucy (Hall) Smith; great2-grandson of Lieut. John and Mary (Ford) Smith; great3­grandson of Ephraim Smith.

Grandson of Erasmus and Betsy (Smith) Holbrook; great-grandson of Robert and Hannah (Hoar) Smith, Jr.; great2-grandson of Joseph and Mary (Hitchcock) Hoar, Jr.; great3-grandson of Deacon Joseph Hoar.

Great3-grandson of Noah Hitchcock Sr.

Great-grandson of Robert and Margaret (McWhortel) Smith; great2-grandson of James Smith, Sr.
Lieut. John Smith1 private, Connecticut troops, commanded by Col. Charles Webb, Capt. Isaac Bastruck's Company, July, 1775. Later served three years in Second Regiment, Connecticut troops, Capt. Bett's Company, February, 1777, to March, 1780. Mustered out as a Lieutenant. He was present at Tryon's Raid of Danbury, Connecticut. Was captured and taken prisoner to New York.
Ephraim Smith2 private in Fifth Regiment, Sixth Company, Connecticut troops, Col. Waterbury. Enlisted May 12th, 1775. Later private in Capt. Johnson's Company, Col. Douglas' Battalion of Connecticut troops in 1776. In battles of Long Island and White Plains.
Joseph Hoar, Jr.3 Ensign and Lieutenant. Was one of a Committee of Safety from Brimfield, Massachusetts. Was Lieutenant in Gates' Northern Army, in 1777.
Deacon Joseph Hoar4 of Brimfield, Hampden, County, Massachusetts, chosen July 1st, 1774, with four others on a Committee of Grievances to correspond with other committees regarding the oppression of the British. He, with other voters of the town, signed an agreement pledging themselves to refrain from the purchase of goods from Great Britain on account of the unjust taxation.
Noah Hitchcock, Sr.5 private from Brimfield, Massachusetts.
James Smith, Sr.6 second member of Board of Selectmen of Palmer, Massachusetts, which issued the warrant for a town meeting which resulted in the "Palmer Declaration of Independence" on June 17th, 1776.
Source:
1 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 492.
2 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 68, 407.
3 - Brimfield, Massachusetts, Town Records, pages 311, 321, 341, 343, 417.
4 - Brimfield, Massachusetts, Town Records, page 321.
5 - History of Brimfield, Massachusetts, page 320.
6 - History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple.

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SMITH, EDWARD LINCOLN
New York City, NY State No. 210 Nat'l No. 16760

Admitted:

 January 12th, 1905  
Born: April 6th, 1865 Montpelier, Vermont
Died:    
     
Son of Carlos L. and Catherine (Chapin) Smith; grandson of Joseph, Jr., and Catherine (Holden) Chapin; great-grandson of Joseph Chapin, Sr.

Great-grandson of Joseph Smith, Sr.

Great-grandson of William, Jr., and Hannah (Parker) Holden; great2-grandson of William Holden, Sr.
Joseph Chapin, Sr.1 private in Connecticut Regiment. Enlisted at Springfield, Massachusetts, June 17th, 1777. Served six months as artificer or armourer under Capt. Spring and was stationed at the Springfield Armory. Was drafted at East Windsor, Connecticut, September, 1781, and served two months as private under Capt. Amasa Loomis in the Connecticut Militia. Pensioned.
Joseph Smith, Sr.2 organized a company of volunteers in Cabot, Washington County, Vermont, but was taken sick and died two weeks before they left for the scene of action.
William Holden, Sr.3 a soldier in the Revolution. He was present at Stillwater and Saratoga, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne.
 
Source:
1 - U. S. Pension Bureau.
2 - Childs' Washington County Gazetteer, Part I, page 310.
3 - Men of Vermont, Part II, page 68.

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SMITH, EVERETT (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Seattle, WA State No. 49 Nat'l No. 7924

Admitted:

 August 7th, 1899  
Born: April 9th, 1862 Derby, Connecticut
Died:    
     
Son of Ell Stone and Eliza (Holbrook) Smith; grandson of William and Julia (Stone) Smith; great-grandson of Samuel and Lucy (Hall) Smith; great2-grandson of Lieut. John and Mary (Ford) Smith; great3-grandson of Ephraim Smith.

Grandson of Erasmus and Betsy (Smith) Holbrook; great-grandson of Robert and Hannah (Hoar) Smith, Jr.; great2-grandson of Joseph and Mary (Hitchcock) Hoar, Jr.; great3-grandson of Deacon Joseph Hoar.

Great3-grandson of Noah Hitchcock Sr.

Great-grandson of Robert and Margaret (McWhortel) Smith; great2-grandson of James Smith, Sr.
Lieut. John Smith1 private, Connecticut troops, commanded by Col. Charles Webb, Capt. Isaac Bastruck's Company, July, 1775. Later served three years in Second Regiment, Connecticut troops, Capt. Bett's Company, February, 1777, to March, 1780. Mustered out as a Lieutenant. He was present at Tryon's Raid of Danbury, Connecticut. Was captured and taken prisoner to New York.
Ephraim Smith2 private in Fifth Regiment, Sixth Company, Connecticut troops, Col. Waterbury. Enlisted May 12th, 1775. Later private in Capt. Johnson's Company, Col. Douglas' Battalion of Connecticut troops in 1776. In battles of Long Island and White Plains.
Joseph Hoar, Jr.3 Ensign and Lieutenant. Was one of a Committee of Safety from Brimfield, Massachusetts. Was Lieutenant in Gates' Northern Army, in 1777.
Deacon Joseph Hoar4 of Brimfield, Hampden, County, Massachusetts, chosen July 1st, 1774, with four others on a Committee of Grievances to correspond with other committees regarding the oppression of the British. He, with other voters of the town, signed an agreement pledging themselves to refrain from the purchase of goods from Great Britain on account of the unjust taxation.
Noah Hitchcock, Sr.5 private from Brimfield, Massachusetts.
James Smith, Sr.6 second member of Board of Selectmen of Palmer, Massachusetts, which issued the warrant for a town meeting which resulted in the "Palmer Declaration of Independence" on June 17th, 1776.
Source:
1 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 492.
2 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 68, 407.
3 - Brimfield, Massachusetts, Town Records, pages 311, 321, 341, 343, 417.
4 - Brimfield, Massachusetts, Town Records, page 321.
5 - History of Brimfield, Massachusetts, page 320.
6 - History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple.

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SMITH, WEBSTER R.
Point Townsend, WA State No. 131 Nat'l No. 12431

Admitted:

 1899  
Dropped: ---  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SOULE, THOMAS CLEMENT
Hoquiam, WA State No. 428 Nat'l No. 26903
Admitted: December 12th, 1914  
Born: December 2nd, 1874 Fort Madison, Iowa
Died:    
     
Son of Joseph Thomas and Frances Schuyler (Fensley) Soule; grandson of Thomas and Sarah Currier (Follansbee) Soule; great-grandson of James and Keziah (Currier) Follansbee; great2-grandson of Daniel Currier.
Daniel Currier private of Amesbury, Massachusetts. In Lexington Alarm April 19th, 1775, Capt. Timothy Barnard's Company of Minute Men. Enlisted November 10th, 1777, in Capt. Oliver Titcomb's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment of Guards. His name appears on pay roll under above mentioned officers in a regiment raised for guarding prisoners after the surrender of Burgoyne's army in 1778.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Archives, Vol. XI, page 244; Vol. XXIII, pages 130, 148.

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SOUTHARD, FRANK STUART
Seattle, WA State No. 85 Nat'l No. 8910

Admitted:

 1896  
Resigned: 1911  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SPEED, GOODWIN
Seattle, WA State No. 160 Nat'l No. 14010

Admitted:

 1901  
Dropped: 1906  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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SPRING, ELLIOT BEEBE
Olympia, WA State No. 491 Nat'l No. 27891

Admitted:

January 29th, 1916  
Born: August 6th, 1891 Bayonne, New Jersey
Died:    
     
Son of Edward Walton and Zilpha Isadora (Beebe) Spring; grandson of Lucius L. and Martha C. (Parsons) Spring; great-grandson of Rev. Gardiner and Susan (Barney) Spring; great2-grandson of Rev. Samuel Spring.

Great2-grandson of Hanover Barney.

Grandson of Ira Lovejoy and Zilpha Isadora (Hartt) Beebe; great-grandson of Roderick and Jane Eliza (Lovejoy) Beebe; great2-grandson of Roderick and Harriet (Son) Beebe; great3-grandson of Roderick Beebe.
Rev. Samuel Spring1 D. D., Chaplain of Col. John Fellows' Massachusetts Continental Regiment May, 1775. Chaplain to the Army in Canada, November, 1775, to June, 1776, in the Expedition to Quebec, under Gen. Arnold and Col. Burr. A bronze tablet erected on the Commons at Newburyport, Massachusetts, tells of his services. He was pastor of the North Church for 40 years.
Hanover Barney2 a member of Governor's Second Company of Guards, organized March 2nd, 1775, under Capt. Benedict Arnold.
Roderick Beebe3 enlisted in June, 1775, for six months as private in Capt. Baldwin's Company, Col. Elmore's Regiment, New York troops. He reenlisted for six months in the Company of Capt. Roswell Beebe, his brother, same Regiment. Reenlisted June, 1776, and was elected Sergeant under Capt. Seth Marvin and Col. Samuel Drake, who were under the immediate command of Gen. Washington. He enlisted again March, 1777, as Captain under Gen. Philip Schuyler and was in the Battle of White Plains.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. 14, page 771. 1
  • Life and Times of Gardiner Spring, page 24.
  • Record of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, by the Adjutant General's Office of Hartford, 1889, page 18. 2
  • Histories of New Haven, by Atwood, page 42 and page 649.
3 - U. S. Bureau of Pensions.

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STALLCUP, EVAN SHELBY
Tacoma, WA State No. 355 Nat'l No. 24005

Admitted:

March 8th, 1912  
Born: August 30th, 1888 Denver, Colorado
Died: