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TALCOTT, GEORGE NOYES SR.
Olympia, WA State No. 504 Nat'l No. 28554

Admitted:

March 18th, 1916  
Born: December 28th, 1858 Pittsfield, Illinois
Died:    
     
Son of Lucius Lord and Harriet (Noyes) grandson of George Lord and Sarah (McQuig) great-grandson of Elizur and Dorothy (Lord) great2-grandson of Col. Elizur Talcott.
Col. Elizur Talcott Colonel of the Sixth Regiment of the Continental Militia. Enlisted at Glastonbury, Connecticut. He was chairman of the town meeting that demanded the repeal of the Boston Port Bill. He served with the Connecticut forces in Long Island and New York City.
Source:
  • Heitman's Register, Revised 1914 Edition, page 31.

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TALCOTT, G. NOYES, JR.
Olympia, WA State No. 505 Nat'l No. 28555

Admitted:

March 18th, 1916  
Born: October 9th, 1892 Olympia, Washington
Died:    
     
Son of George Noyes and Addie Jane Talcott; grandson of Lucius Lord and Harriet (Noyes); great-grandson of George Lord and Sarah (McQuig) great2-grandson of Elizur and Dorothy (Lord) great3-grandson of Col. Elizur Talcott.
Col. Elizur Talcott Colonel of the Sixth Regiment of the Continental Militia. Enlisted at Glastonbury, Connecticut. He was chairman of the town meeting that demanded the repeal of the Boston Port Bill. He served with the Connecticut forces in Long Island and New York City.
Source:
  • Heitman's Register, Revised 1914 Edition, page 31.

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TAYLOR, EDWARD RANDALL
Seattle, WA State No. 112 Nat'l No. 9862
Admitted: December 8th, 1897  
Born: September 15th, 1854 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died:    
     
Son of Zalman and Lydia Moore (Blydenburgh) Taylor; grandson of Eleazar Taylor, great-grandson of
Zalman Taylor.
Eleazar Taylor1 enlisted May 16th, 1775, in Capt. Doolittle's Company, Col. Waterbury's Regiment, Connecticut troops. Discharged in 1775. Reenlisted the following June in Capt. Benedict's Company.
Zalman Taylor2 enlisted May 16th, 1775, in Capt. Doolittle's Company, Col. Waterbury's Regiment, Connecticut troops. Discharged in 1775. Reenlisted the following June in Capt. Benedict's Company.
Source:
1 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution.
2 - Connecticut Men in the Revolution.

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TAYLOR, ELMER JOSHUA
--- State No. 304 Nat'l No. 16506

Admitted:

1903  
Dropped: 1912  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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THOMAS, JOHN MELVIN
Spokane, WA State No. 198 Nat'l No. 15048

Admitted:

February 6th, 1904  
Born: February 15th, 1851 Albany, New York
Died:    
     
Son of John Thomas and Sarah Ann (Parsons) Thomas, Jr.; grandson of Stephen and Hannah
(Thorne) Parsons, Jr.; great-grandson of James and Deborah (Green) Thorne; great2-grandson of Thomas Greene.
Thomas Greene Second Lieutenant of Benjamin Adams' Company. Enlisted August 11th, 1777. Discharged November 30th, 1777. Reenlisted October 12th, 1779, as Second Lieutenant of Capt. Cummings' Company, Gen. Jacob Gerrick's Regiment. Was in Battle of White Plains.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, V 01. VI, page 836.
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors.

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THOMAS, PERCY F.
Seattle, WA State No. 435 Nat'l No. 26910

Admitted:

January 9th, 1915  
Born: January 8th, 1879 Cassopolis, Michigan
Died:    
     
Son of Stanton B. and Maria (Folsom) Thomas; grandson of Nathan M. and Pamela S. (Brown) Thomas; great-grandson of Thomas and Sally (Parker) Brown; great2-grandson of Nathaniel Boman Brown.
Nathaniel Boman Brown Minute man. Sergeant in Lexington Alarm and commissioned Lieutenant March, 1776. Served in Northern Campaign, 1776 to 1777: and belonged to Second Lunenberg Company, Eighth Worcester County, Capt. Joseph Bellows and Co1. Abijah Stearns. Was in Battle of Bennington, where
he lead his company as the Captain; was killed at the beginning of the engagement.
Source:
  • Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. XLIII; page 216; Vol. XII, page 150; Vol. XX, page 125; Vol. LV, File I.
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors.

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THOMAS, JOSEPH S
Tacoma, WA State No. 331 Nat'l No. 22206

Admitted:

January 26th, 1911  
Born: October 24th, 1860 Cadiz, Ohio
Died:    
     
Son of Joseph S. and Martha Bennet (Olmsted) Thomas; grandson of John and - (Bennet) Olmsted; great-grandson of David Olmsted.
 
David Olmsted was one of the colonists who helped to give the alarm before the Battle of Lexington. He was Captain in Col. Roger Enos' Regiment, Connecticut Militia. Also Captain in Col. Beebe's Regiment, 1780. Saw service along the west coast. Captain in Connecticut Provincial Regiment, 1781.
Source:
  • Olmsted Genealogy.
  • Connecticut Men in the Revolution.
  • Adjutant General's Office, Hartford, 1889.

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THOMPSON, REV. ARTHUR NEWTON (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Tacoma, WA State No. 60 and 310 Nat'l No. 2420

Admitted:

1895  
Demitted: 1899 Transferred to Oregon society
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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THOMPSON, HENRY RICE
Seattle, WA State No. 212 Nat'l No. 16762

Admitted:

1905  
Resigned: 1911  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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THOMPSON, MAURICE W.
Seattle, WA State No. 216 Nat'l No. 16766

Admitted:

1905  
Dropped: 1908  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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THOMPSON, WILL H.
Seattle, WA State No. 113 Nat'l No. 9863

Admitted:

December 8th, 1897  
Born: March 10th, 1848 Calhoun, Georgia
Died:    
     
Son of Mathew Grigg and Diantha (Jaeger) Grigg; grandson of Wilson and Mary (Grigg) Thompson; great-grandson of Mathew Grigg.
Mathew Grigg private, three years in the Virginia troops under Capt. Mountjay and Col. Buford. Pensioned.
Source:
  • U. S. Pension Bureau.

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THORNTON, CHARLES W
Nome, AK State No. 70 Nat'l No. 7945
Admitted: February 15th, 1896  
Born: March 25th, 1869 Le Sueur, Minnesota
Died:    
     
Son of Wesley Coats and Rachel (Livingston) Thornton; grandson of Abraham and Louisa (Smith) Livingston; great-grandson of Abraham Livingston.
Abraham Livingston commissioned Captain December 18th, 1776. In Col. James Livingston's Regiment of Additional Continentals from New York. Appointed Captain November 2nd, 1781, in Regiment of Levies, for the further defense of the State, Lieut. Cot Willet.
Source:
  • New York Archives, Vol. I, pages 233, 234, 258.

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TILTON, GEORGE E
Seattle, WA State No. 265 Nat'l No. 18615

Admitted:

June 3rd, 1907  
Born: March 20th, 1870 Cass County, Iowa
Died:    
     
Son of Smilie and Mary Elizabeth (Bancroft) Tilton; grandson of James Madison and Catherine Augusta (Chapin) Bancroft; great-grandson of James and Fannie (Kendall) Bancroft; great2-grandson of James
and Lucy (Whitney) Bancroft.
 
James Bancroft Sr. private and Sergeant in the New Hampshire Troops, Capt. John Mellin's Company, June 28th, 1777, to July 11th, 1777. Also private in Capt. James Lewis' Company in Col. Enoch Hale's Regiment, in 1778.
Source:
  • New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, V 01. II, pages 108, 541.

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TODD, ALEXANDER B.
Tacoma, WA State No. 72 Nat'l No. 7947

Admitted:

1896  
Dropped: 1900  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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TOLMAN, WARREN W.  (Washington State Society Charter Member)
Spokane, WA State No. 51 Nat'l No. 7335
Admitted: 1895  
Dropped: 1899  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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TOTTEN, JOSEPH PHELPS
Seattle, WA State No. 425 Nat'l No. 26550

Admitted:

December 12th, 1914  
Born: November 12th, 1886 Kalkaska, Michigan
Died:    
     
Son of William D. and Edith M. Totten; grandson of Joseph and Nancy Smith (Morrell) Totten; great-grandson of Joseph and Rebecca (Stover) Totten; great2-grandson of Jacob Brinkerhoff and Lydia (Vander Burgh) Totten; great3-grandson of Samuel Totten.
Samuel Totten1 private in the Continental Army, First Company, Capt. Thomas Hotteling, Eleventh Regiment, Col. Anthony Van Burgen, Albany County, New York, Militia.
Jacob Totten2 private in the Continental Army, First Company, Capt. Thomas Hotteling, Eleventh Regiment, Col. Anthony Van Burgen, Albany County, New York, Militia.
Source:
  • New York Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, page 490. 1, 2
  • "New York in the Revolution" [1898], pages 119, 261, 270, 490.
  • Archives of American Revolution, page 302.

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TOTTEN, WILLIAM D.
Seattle, WA State No. 238 Nat'l No. 17813

Admitted:

January 5th, 1906  
Born: October 17th, 1858 Vernon, New York
Died:    
     
Son of Joseph and Nancy Smith (Morrell) Totten; grandson of Joseph and Rebecca (Stover) Totten; great-grandson of Jacob Brinkerhoff and Lydia (Vander Burgh) Totten; great2-grandson of Samuel Totten.
Samuel Totten1 private in the Continental Army, First Company, Capt. Thomas Hotteling, Eleventh Regiment, Col. Anthony Van Burgen, Albany County, New York, Militia.
Jacob Totten2 private in the Continental Army, First Company, Capt. Thomas Hotteling, Eleventh Regiment, Col. Anthony Van Burgen, Albany County, New York, Militia.
Source:
  • New York Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, page 490. 1, 2
  • "New York in the Revolution" [1898], pages 119, 261, 270, 490.
  • Archives of American Revolution, page 302.

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TRACY, ROGER SHERMAN
Portland, OR State No. 290 Nat'l No. 20565

Admitted:

January 4th, 1909  
Born: December 8th, 1884 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died:    
     
Son of Charles Walker and Mary Elizabeth (Durkee) Tracy; grandson of Ebenezer Carter and Martha Sherman (Evarts) Tracy; great-grandson of Jeremiah and Mehitable (Sherman) Evarts; great2-grandson of Roger Sherman.
Roger Sherman was a statesman, member of Continental Congress in 1774 and until the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. One of a committee appointed to draft, and a signer of the following: Addresses to the King, Declaration of Independence, Articles of the Confederation, Constitution of the United States. Served in numerous committees in Congress, particularly in 1776, when he was a member of the committees appointed to give instructions for the operation of the army, to establish regulations and restrictions of the trade of the United States, to regulate the currency of the country, and provide for the expenses of the Government.
Source:
  •  Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence [1829], by C. A. Goodrich.

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TRUMBULL, JAMES B.
Seattle, WA State No. 237 Nat'l No. 17812

Admitted:

1906  
Dropped: 1914  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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TRUNKEY, HARVEY D.
Spokane, WA State No. 297 Nat'l No. 25072

Admitted:

April 5th, 1909  
Born: April 26th, 1875 Helena, Arkansas
Died:    
     
Son of Frank and Eliza (Power) Trunkey; grandson of Dyas and Rebecca (Wright) Power; great-grandson of James and Levica (Campbell) Power; great2-grandson of Matthew and Mary (Shelby) Campbell;

great3-grandson of Evan Shelby.

Evan Shelby1 appointed by Gov. Patrick Henry as Major in the Virginia Army in 1776 and afterwards Colonel Commandant of Fincastle County, and in 1779 was appointed Brigadier General by Gov. Caswell of North Carolina.
Matthew Campbell2 private in First Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line, from December 15th, 1778, to June, 1781.
Source:
  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIII, page 31. 1, 2

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TURNER, ERASTUS J.
Seattle, WA State No. 305 Nat'l No. 20980

Admitted:

June 21st, 1909  
Born: December 26th, 1846 Lockport, Pennsylvania
Died:    
     
Son of Joshua L. and Laura Ann Turner; grandson of Joshua Turner.
Joshua Turner private in Capt. Lyman's Company, Col. William R. Lee's Regiment, Continental Troops. Enlisted August 8th, 1777, to serve three years, and was discharged August 18th, 1780.
Source:
  • Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington, D. C.

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TURNER, HORACE AMOS
Seattle, WA State No. 178 Nat'l No. 15028

Admitted:

1903  
Dropped: 1909  
Born:    
Died:    
     
 
 
Source:
 

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TURNER, LEANDER T.
Seattle, WA State No. 144 Nat'l No. 12444
Admitted: March 16th, 1900  
Born: February 1st, 1864 Village of French Camp, San Joaquin, California
Died:    
     
Son of Garrison and Elizabeth Jane (Starr) Turner; grandson of Samuel Fletcher and Talitha Carrie (Belknap) Starr; great-grandson of Jesse and Jane (Garlinghouse) Belknap; great2-grandson of Jonas and Esther (Parker) Belknap; great3-grandson of Samuel Belknap, Jr.
Jonas Belknap1 private soldier in Massachusetts troops. Enlisted in Capt. John Cowls' Company, Col. Benjamin Woodbridge's Regiment, May 3rd, 1775, to October, 1775. Reenlisted November, 1776. Served at various times until discharged June 10th, 1783. Served 10 months in 1780 as Corporal and member of the Light Infantry Company of Col. Brooks' Regiment, and was later Sergeant of this company. Received honorary badge.
Samuel Belknap2 private in Capt. Cowl's Company, Col. Woodbridge's Regiment, enlisting May 3rd, 1775.
Source:
1 - Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, pages 906, 907, 918.
2 - Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. I, page 918.

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TUTTLE, FREDERICK
Tacoma, WA State No. 343 Nat'l No. 22218

Admitted:

October 4th, 1911  
Born: August 5th, 1871 Salinas City, California
Died:    
     
Son of Hiram and Kara Aziek (Johnson) grandson of Daniel and Mary Ann (Pardoe) great-grandson of Hiram and Annie (Dille) great2-grandson of Daniel Tuttle.
Daniel Tuttle private. Enlisted January 20th, 1777, in Morris County, New Jersey, Militia. In Capt. Nodiah Wade's Third Company, Fourth Battalion, Second Infantry, New Jersey Continental Line, under Col. Ephraim Martin. In Battle of Ash Swamp, New Jersey. Sick in hospital at Rockaway, New Jersey, June, 1777, to January, 1778. Rejoined his Company September 1st, 1778. Was transferred to Col. Mathias Ogden's First Battalion, Second Established Infantry, New Jersey Continental Line, Lieut. Eden Burrowe's Company, and served in an expedition against the Six Nations (Indians) in Western Pennsylvania and New York. Took part in the Virginia campaign in 1781, Siege of York, and at the surrender of Cornwallis. Discharged November 3rd, 1783. Received two badges of merit for six years of valuable service.
Source:
  • Adjutant General's Office, State of New Jersey.

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