QUERIES

12284. FINNEY.-Wanted gen & Rev. rec of ances of Jonathan Finney whose mother was Miranda Sacket of Cape Cod, Mass. He mar Mary, dau of John Richards, wanted also his gen. Their s Haman Finney was b 8 Oct 1809 in Essex Co., N. Y.

(a) WILEY.-Wanted parentage with Rev. rec of ances of Thomas Wiley who mar Mary Birney. Their s Thomas was b 10 Dec. 1816 in Guilford Co., N. C.

(b) SHOEMAKER.-Wanted parentage & date of birth of Conrad Shoemaker who mar Jane Witt & removed from N. C. to Boone Co., Ind. & d abt 1840.

(c) WHITE.-Wanted parentage of John A. White & of his w Mary Herron of Loudoun Co., Va. whose dau Susan L. White was b 5 May 1813.-P. S.

12285. MOORE - Rawlings - KEITH.- Wanted infor including Col. & Rev. recs of Col. Wm. Moore of Va. & Md. He lived to be 104 yrs old. Mar Nancy Chapel or Chapelle. Their s Barton mar Priscilla Rawlins of Hagerstown, Md. & removed to Ky. bef 1810. Wanted also gen of Priscilla Rawlins, dau of John of Md. who mar Mary Hays.-V. M. H.

12286. WONN-WANN-STUTSON.-Wanted parentage of Bethia Wonn b 17 June 1811 in Balto., Md. & mar in Balto. 2nd Oct 1831 Dr. Jennet Stutson who had been previously mar to Sidney Swornstadt in 1820, & their one child Edward was b 20 July 1830. Dr. Jennet Stutson was b 7 Sept 1801-3-5 in Scituate, Mass.-B. S. S.

12287. POWELL.-Wanted parentage & Rev. rec of ances of Wm. H. Powell who d in Franklin Co., Va. 1832. He mar for his 2nd w Sarah Roe Newbill of Va, b 1780 & d in Bara

boo, Wis. 1862. Their chil were Mary Catharine b 1817 mar P. A. Bassett, d Baraboo, Wis. 26 Nov 1893; Nathaniel Josephus b 1817; John mar Harriet Dudley; Sarah Ann Martha b 1825 d 1884 mar Thos. T. English of Franklin Co., Va.-A. B. G.

12288. HENDERSON.-Wanted dates of b, m & d of Thos. son of Sam'l & Eliz. Williams Henderson of Granville Co., N. C. who was Sheriff of that Co. aft 1745. Also maiden n of w with her gen & names of their children Thomas rep Rockingham Co., N. C. in the State Senate in 1796 & may have d there. Wanted also parentage of Eliz. Henderson b Anderson Dist. S. C. 1 May 1808 mar abt 1829 James Findley Martin b Anderson Dist. S. C. 8 Sept 1808; & of her sis Jane Henderson b 23 Feb 1822 in Newberry Dist, S. C. mar Arthur P. Carmichael b Newberry Dist, S. C. 18 Dec 1814. Both sis removed to Ill. 18351840.

(a) WELLS.-Wanted dates of b & d & maiden n of wife of Ashbel Wells of Hartford, Ct. His s Ashbel b abt 1758. He served as a clerk in George Washington's Army, Commissary Dept.-H. N. R.

12289. REESE-GUYER.-Wanted parentage of Williamson Guyer b 15 Nov 1787 & also of his w Jane Reese b 10 Nov 1797. They were mar in Harris Co., Ky. 1 July 1817 by Rev. John Pace.-A. S. L.

12290. WILLIS.-Wanted list of chil with dates of birth of Capt Jonathan Willis & his w Judith Packard of Brookfield, Mass. Jonathan with his sons Azariah, Caleb & Joseph served in Rev.-S. H. M.

12291. CONKEY-MCCON KEY.-Wanted maiden n of wife & ances of both John Conkey or McConkey who lived in N. Y. City. Their s George lived in Glen Falls, N. Y. & d there

12305. HARPER-THOMAS.-John Harper b 1759 d 1817 mar Ann Thomas 12 Aug 1822. He was a Rev. sol & a native of Harper's Ferry, Md. Wanted parentage & bro & sis

of each.-M. O. D.

12306. ADAMS.-Who was Nancy Adams? An author says that she had bro John Adams, Sr., also states that Nancy Adams mar Chas. Lewis. Virginian 1804 & lived in Louisville, Ky. 1814-1815 pioneering with her husband & fam to Boone Co., Ind. Is the above included in any Adams genealogy?-H. R. P.

12307. WINTON.-Wanted given names of f & bros & sis of Samuel Winton of Titusville, Pa. who mar Margaret Coyle, also Rev. rec of father. He had a bro in N. Car. who also fought in Rev.-R. W.

12308. CAIN.-Wanted gen & Rev. rec of f of Dorothy Cain b in Penn abt 1820 (mother's name Cable) who mar Ephriam Deniney. They moved to Coshocton Co., O. & their chil were born there.-E. J.

ANSWERS

11846. STOCKHAM. Write to Edward V. Stockham. Perryman, Maryland, a direct desc., he may be able to assist you.-Mrs. Chas. F. Adams, 1218 Fillmore St., Topeka, Kansas.

12002. BLANTON. According to a letter written by Harrison Blanton, the Rev. soldier who served as a substitute for his bro. John, was Richard Blanton whose wife was Sarah Combs not Sneed. The parents of this Richard were Richard Blanton and his w (prob Joanna) Sneed. This elder Richard was a bro of Thos. Blanton whose father was the Richard who died 1734 in Spotsylvania Co., Va.-Mrs. W. H. Whitley, 525 Vine St., Paris, Ky.

12064. RUCKER. Sallie Rucker who mar Wm. M. Gaines Oct 1804, was the dau of Angus and Jane Allen Rucker. Angus Rucker served as 1st Lieut. in Capt. John Nicholas' Co. Ist Va. State Reg't, commissioned 24 June 1777. Commissioned Capt., same Reg't 3 July 1779, according to infor rec'd from the War Dept. Angus d in Madison Co., 1836. Can give further infor if desired. Would like to corres concerning parentage of Wm Rucker who d in Madison Co., Va. 1820, also of Dewet Rucker who d 1853, aged 77 years, in Greenbrier Co., W. Va.-Mrs. W. W. Johnson, Jamestown, Ohio.

12093. TROXELL.-Write to Dr. George Allen Troxell, Medfield State Hospital, Harding, Mass. He may be able to give the desired information.—Mrs. E. F. Roseburk, 106 N. 4th St., Sturgis, Mich.

12099. RUNYAN.-Write to Mr. D. D. Runyan, Scranton, Penna. He has Runyan data

and may be able to assist you.-Miss L. L. Runyon, 123 South St., Warrensburg, Mo.

CONNELL.-Solomon Connell b abt 1780 in Ireland, had bro John and sis Eliz. and Nancy. Came to this country when abt 1 yr old and d in Charlestown now Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. Va. 1851. He mar Sally Magruder, dau of James in 1808 and had chil Mary, Jane Harriett, John, David A., James M., Eliz., Sarah and Samuel. Sally Magruder Connell d in Fulton Co., Ill. 1863. I have in my possession an agreement signed by Solomon Connell and Wm. and Josiah Crawford and mentioned in the agreement were Daniel, Wm., Josiah, and John Crawford, James Coker who mar Christianna Crawford, James Hanlon who mar Anna Crawford. These were chil of John Crawford and the paper was dated 1829 in Brooke Co., Va. Another paper mentions Eliza Connell and her chil Alex., Wm., Jane, Martha and Tirza. She was ment. as a widow so do not know her husband's name. Paper dated 1826/7.-Mrs. Winifred D. Brown, Ipava, Ill.

12148. LUDGWIG.-Write to Miss Margaret E. Kling, 396 Third Ave., Troy, N. Y. She has just completed a Genealogical History of John Ludgwig and His Descendants from 1775 to 1924.-Mrs. Asenath A. F. Smith, Blodgett Mills, N. Y.

12100a. BOGLE.-Rebecca Bogle was prob. dau of Wm. Bogle & Rebecca Peden (of John, of Sam'l Peden who took land in the Manor of Masque, York Co., Pa. 1741). See "The Pedens of America," which gives an interesting acct of this fam. Wm. Bogle was a son of Malcolm. Wm. is first mentioned when in 1764 when on Mar 1st Thos. Armor sold a tract of 150 a of land in Shrewsbury Twp, York Co., Pa. to Wm. Bogle of Shrewsbury Twp. See Deed Book "B" p 470 Recorder's Office, York, Pa. 20 Jan 1771 Wm. Bogle of Hopewell Twp. York Co. sold this tract to John Blaser. Malcolm Bogle, Straban Twp (nr Gettysburg) made his will 7 May 1798 and it was prob 12 Feb 1800. Execs. sons Alex. (from recs in Pa. Arch. Alex. d unmar.) & Wm. Bogle. Wife Eliz. sons Alex. & Wm. Bogle, son-in-law John McNairy; son-in-law John Ewing & Jean his wife; son Joseph & Eliz. his wife. Will found in Will Book "K" p 70 Register's Office at York. It was prob after Malcolm's death that Wm. moved to Wash. Co., Pa. Later he removed to Perry Co., O. where he spent the rest of his life and he is buried there. Rebecca prob mar David Crawford in Wash. Co., Pa. instead of Wash. Co., N. Y.-Mrs. Edith B. Baker, The Wayfarers' Travel Agency, 10 Rue Gaillon, Paris, France.

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'HE regular meeting of the National Board of Management, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, was held in the Board Room on Monday, April 27, 1925. The meeting was called to order promptly at ten o'clock by the President General, Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook.

The Chaplain General read a passage of scripture and led in prayer, followed by the Lord's Prayer in unison.

The roll was called by the Recording Secretary General, those present being as follows:

National Officers: Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Fitts, Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Boothe, Mrs. Schuyler, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Gillentine, Mrs. Magna, Mrs. Kitt, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Spence, Miss Gilbert, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Hemley, Mrs. Dickson, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Seydel, Mrs. Goode, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Brosseau, Mrs. Stansfield, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Shumway, Mrs. DeBolt, Mrs. Whitman.

State Regents and State Vice-Regents: Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Pinney, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Mannhart, Mrs. Bissell, Mrs. Cann, Mrs. Beavers, Mrs. Strawn, Mrs. Talmadge, Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Munger, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Lowell, Mrs. Garrison, Miss Gordon, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Jameson, Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Botts, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Banks, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Backus, Mrs. Hickam, Mrs. Heron, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Burney, Miss Richardson, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Farnham, Mrs. Schick, Mrs. Conway, Mrs. Hess, Mrs. Holt.

Mrs. Holt, in response to the roll call, stated that she was no longer State Regent for the Orient, but represented the Philippines. The President General referred to the amendments to the By-Laws, as amended at the 34th Congress, which provided for a State Regent for each foreign country, which would entitle both China and France to a State Regent, and explained that it would be necessary for the members of the Chapters in each country to come together and resolve themselves into a state conference and elect their State Regent, sending in the name of the person elected to be confirmed by the National Board of Manage

ment.

An invitation was extended to Mrs. Dickerson, from China, and to Miss Ida H. Johnson, from the Paris Chapter, to attend the Board Meeting.

Informal Talk by President General

To the Members of the National Board of Management:

This is a very happy coming together. After being is session for six days and nights in our Thirty-fourth Continental Congress, we are meeting this morning as a large and devoted family. I extend to each of you a hearty welcome to this Board. Inevitably, those of us who have ourselves seen years of service upon it, miss the faces of many old-time associates who have given valuable and wonderful service as members of it. I have in mind Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, of Connecticut, who not only served as State Regent for thirteen years, but also served three years as Vice-President General; also Miss Alice Louise McDuffee, who has been with us a long time as State Regent and Vice-President General from Michigan. Then there is Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, who has given many years of brilliant service, both as State Regent and as Vice-President General from Wyoming. We miss, too, Mrs. Howard H. McCall, who served as State Regent of Georgia and also as Vice-President General; likewise Miss Annie Wallace, former State Regent of New Hampshire and Vice-President General, and Mrs. Everest G. Sewell, former State Regent of Florida and Vice-President General. Each has given surpassing service and made an enviable record for her state and for herself in the work she has accomplished for her Society and through it for the Republic.

In this time of greeting and of felicitation, no one will, I feel sure, misunderstand me when I say, "I wonder how we are ever to get along without them?" Their absence from this council table represents the element of change that is one of the principles of democracy which societies and nations train up new leaders to become the successors of those who have borne the brunt of service.

We regret also to lose the retiring State Regents, happy though we may be in welcoming

their successors. We shall expect from each incoming State Regent the same marvelous work that has been given by her predecessor.

I have a strong conviction, members of the Board, a feeling that I believe it would be a good thing to take back to your state that these women by their service and their experience are in a position still to serve us in an advisory unofficial capacity, and that it may often be a most wise and helpful thing to profit by their wisdom in the questions and problems which constantly confront us concerning which they have already gone along the way. The American Indians, you know, have a very sage proverb, "The old braves for the council-fire and the young braves for the war path." Let us profit by its wisdom, since we are standing today on the wise, firm foundations builded by the earlier members of our Society.

I have not a word of advice to offer you this morning, but I do feel that you can tell me much that will be very helpful, indeed, and I expect each member of this Board before she goes home to visit with me. If you have any suggestions as to our work, if you can in any way help in planning the work for the coming year, it is a part of your duty as a National Officer or as a Vice-President General or a State Regent to confer with me and give me the benefit of your suggestions. Will you do it? Now, we all have differences of opinion. That is a good thing. Sometimes these differences are vital factors in the growth of an organization, but we must remember that there are gracious ways of expressing differences of opinion and that in holding opinions one of the earliest things to be learned is a wholesome respect for the other person's point of view.

One of the great benefits to be derived from coming together in a Board meeting is that we do consider questions from many angles. It is a mighty small woman, and she has no place on this Board or any other, if she cannot talk over a question, consider it from many viewpoints and then try to think out what is the very best course for her to pursue for the welfare of her Chapter, her state, and her Society. Members of this Board, I feel so close to each one of you that I wish to express my interest in your problems and my desire to help each one of you if you wish it, therefore this heartto-heart talk.

One thing which impressed me very strongly in connection with our wonderful Congress was that nothing could have been better for our Society than the honest, well-bred, politely worded differences of opinion which were discussed on the floor of the Congress. It means much to have people engaged in intelligent thinking. It was a good thing to bring up

every amendment that came up on the floor of the Congress, whether it was adopted or whether it failed. It is a wonderful thing to have people interested enough to have a definite opinion whether they agree with you or not.

Another thing which has impressed me as the result of this Congress is that there was too much thought of state and localities and not enough of the National Society.

Very keenly do I feel that our National Society is first. It is before state, it is before Chapter, it is before locality. As you return to your homes, and many of you are far, far away from them, I trust you will come to an even fuller realization of it.

Isn't it a wonderful thing to have had such a remarkable representation as at this Congress, with every state from the great Southwest represented by its State Regent or State ViceRegent, as well as Washington (which was well represented by a National Officer) and Oregon, Utah, and Nevada?

The truism that affects a state or a Chapter affects the National Society and cannot be changed, nor would we change it if we could.

Now that all the amendments have been definitely acted upon for better or for worse-and there is no one who more strongly believes in the wise rule of the majority than I do-I am going to express one regret, and that is that the amendment to raise the dues one dollar, so as to include the subscription to the Magazine, failed. I believe that if every member of our Society were to receive a copy of our Magazine every month it would prove to be the greatest piece of patriotic education we have ever undertaken. If the thousands of Daughters who now decry the Magazine, who even claim that they do not wish to be bothered with it (can you imagine it!), were to receive copies of the Magazine, they would at least turn over the pages, they would absorb something from the illustrations, and, in spite of themselves, learn a little of what was in the Magazine, just as all of us do from the inscriptions underneath the magazine pictures in the "Geographic." Had you realized that with our enlarged subscription list we would have had the largest circulation of any magazine of this class next to the "Geographic?" No mention, perhaps, was even made of this fact, and so thousands upon thousands of Daughters who spend one dollar for the movies and never blink an eyelash have lost the opportunity to learn of vastly important National projects, from what might have been made a truly national organ of your Society.

In this connection, let me impress upon you that any disappointment of mine with regard to the amendment affecting the Magazine is