Photos of William Irving Colby and Helen Florence Colby

Jeffrey Gorman from New England Family and Genealogy Group sent me these two photos of William Irving Colby 1852-1906 from Warner NH, and his daughter Helen Florence Colby from Battle Creek MI. I was able to locate the line from Town Records, American Ancestors, on Ronald Colby's site Colby Family and Others.

Professor William Irving Colby was born on 29 OCT 1852 in Warner, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He is the son of Barnard S. Colby and Maria Francis Harriman. Barnard, son Barnard S. Colby and Deborah Dowling d. of Timothy Dowling and Betsey Collins. Barnard SR was s. of Nathan Colby and Sarah Barnard, d.of Thomas Barnard (s. Nathaniel Barnard and Elizabeth Martin) and Judith Jones. Nathan was s. Jacob Colby and Sarah Merrill. Jacob was s. of Zaccheus Colby (s. of Jacob Colby and Hannah Hunt) and Mary Eastman d. of Roger Eastman and Hannah Kimball. Jacob Colby s. of Thomas Colby and Hannah Rowell. Thomas Colby son of Anthony Colby 
William I Colby married Carrie Eva Fiske on 12 APR 1875 in Warner, New Hampshire. Carrie was daughter of Daniel Fiske and Georgina Woodbury, d. of Ezekiel Woodbury s. of James Woodbury and Judith Worthen and Mehitable Grant d. of Isaac Grant and Tamara Hadley. Georgina married George S Mckean in July 19 1866.
William and Carrie divorced on 14 SEP 1898 in Oakland, Alameda County, California. Children were: Helen Frances Colby and Bertha May Colby.
Professor Colby taught language and was expert linguist. 
From Omaha Excelsior, 7 May 1898

Helen Francis Colby Helen married Fenmore Daniel Beagle
Helen attended Pratt Institute in Brookline New York 
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 68 page 35 DAR ID Number: 67102 Born in Battle Creek, Mich. Wife of Fenmore Daniel Beagle.
Descendant of Asa Harriman. Daughter of W. Irving Colby (1852-1906) and Carrie Eva Fiske (b. 1857), his wife, m. 1875. Granddaughter of Barnard S. Colby (1825-1908) and Maria Frances Harriman (1835-90), his wife, m. 1852. Gr-granddaughter of David E. Harriman (1793-1861) and Polly Burnap (1795-1885), his wife, m. 1822. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Asa Harriman, Jr. (1766-94), and Sarah Evans, his wife, m. 1786. Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Asa Harriman and Joanna Beal (1792-1825), his wife, m. 1760. Asa Harriman (1742-1819) enlisted as private in Capt. Eliphalet Safford's company, Col. Samuel Gerrishes' regiment, which marched on the alarm of 1775. He was born in Rowley, Mass.; died in Raymond, N. H. 

Original photo for sale on eBay by antqplsur. Identified on the reverse in old ink: "Bertha May Colby. Age 6 months."
Bertha May Colby (1880-1937) second daughter of William Colby and Carrie Fiske married Walter Francis Kingsley (1871-1963) of Providence, Rhode Island, (son of Albert E. Kingsley, son of Jedediah Kingsley and Elizabeth F. Cole) and Mary E. Himes (d. of Sylvester Himes and Mary Anna Browning) Announcement of marriage in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York · Page 16 Wednesday, June 6, 1900.

Walter F Kingsley was private secretary to Robert Rodman, a cotton manufacturer of North Kingstown, and for two years thereafter was a draughtsman in the employ of Charles Rodman, son of Robert Rodman. For two years he was so engaged, in 1892 becoming a decorator with the Anthony Cowell Company, realizing in this association an ambition that had long been dear to him. Until 1903 he remained with the Anthony Cowell Company, then, after a brief period in the same capacity with A. E. Mylod & Son, of Providence, established, in 1904, in independent business. His activity in the beginning was on a small scale, but his work became widely popular and commissions came to him rapidly. His thorough practical experience was supplemented by a course in the Rhode Island School of Design, and he has passed several summers in European countries in study. His studio is in the Hoppin-Homestead building in Providence. He is an able master of his difficult art, taking the greatest pleasure in his work, and is not only an authority on period style but has developed in color treatment an originality always effective and pleasing that is distinctively his own. His standing in his profession is such that he is able to select that work which offers the fairest field for his efforts, and his creations have beautified many residences and buildings throughout the region.

Mr. Kingsley had five years of military experience in the Rhode Island National Guard, enlisting in 1908 as a private in Company A, First Light Infantry Regiment, soon afterward becoming quartermaster officer on the staff of the colonel of the regiment, from which office he resigned in 1913. He is a member of the Providence Central Club. A leader in a profession that is essentially one of study, Mr. Kingsley has carried his studious habits into his recreations. He is a lover of music, a capable performer on the organ, and is an interested student of criminology and psychic research. He is devoted to the best in literature as in music and finds his greatest pleasures in the hours spent with his favorite authors and composers. From American Biography Volume 6

William appeared in the census in 1900 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. He died from acute cardiac debilitation; respiratory paralysis on 5 JUN 1906 at New York City, New York County, New York. BDSU, June 20, 1906 Obituaries
PROF. W. IRVING COLBY
The many friends of Prof. W. Irving COLBY will be shocked to learn of his sudden death at the Flower Hospital, Manhattan, on June 5. Prof. COLBY had been visiting in Providence, and while there did not enjoy the best of health.
Desiring to consult a specialist he came to New York accompanied by his son-in-law. Before reaching the city, Prof. Colby's condition became so serious that on arriving at the Grand Central Station, an ambulance was summoned and he was taken to the hospital where he died a few hours later. The immediate cause of his death was acute indigestion. Prof. Colby was well known in nearly all the large cities of this country as an instructor in the German language, which he began teaching in 1883. He was especially well known in Brooklyn, where he had during the past twelve years taught many classes, his pupils numbering over two thousand. He was author of several German textbooks, among which were "Der Lehrer" and "Der Leitstern" Prof. Colby was a member of Kismet Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Brooklyn, and of Central City Commandery, No. 25, K. T. of Syracuse. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. FD BEAGLE, of Albany, and Mrs. Walter F. KINGSLEY, of Providence, R.I., and by three grandchildren. The interment took place at Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, on June 8. W. Irving Colby was a man of lovable nature, noble impulses and high aims, from boyhood he could be thoroughly depended upon. He lived for his friends and his family. He had a kind word for every one and few men were as free from selfishness as was he. Always thoughtful of others, he delighted in doing kind deeds, and his life was one delightful service. He had hosts of loyal friends who will never cease to mourn the sudden departure of the strong, gracious, noble spirit that lived and breathed in Will Irving Colby. He was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. He has Ancestral File Number 27KK-W9. He was also known as Irving William Colby.

Marriage of Georgina Fiske and George S Mckean

William I Colby appeared in The San Francisco Call newspaper on 15 SEP 1898 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California W. I. COLBY DIVORCED.
A Separation Granted on the Ground of Desertion.
OAKLAND, Sept. 14.— Judge Hall today granted a divorce to W. I. Colby, the German teacher, from Carrie E. Colby on the ground of desertion. Colby testified at the hearing this morning that he had been married in 1875. and that suddenly about a year ago his wife refused to live with him any longer, the cause of which he had been unable to learn. He intimated, however, that a certain Instructor who had rooms in the house was resnonslble for the wife's actions.
Professor Colby has purchased a ticket for New York, and will depart thither next week.

DADA Ladies of Chicago Daughters of the Revoltion, Mayflower Descendants of Elder Brewster and Roger Williams & Abolitionists

From Chicago Tribune March 1900

Mrs. Amelia Weed Hopkins Dada. DAR #14781 Lineage Book, Volume 15 Daughters of the American Revolution
Born in Pennsylvania. Wife of George Salmon Dada.
Descendant of Benjamin Weed and of Samuel Weed, of Connecticut; John Vredenburgh, Judge William John Vredenburgh, William John Vredenburgh, of New York, William Riddle, of Pennsylvania. Daughter of Harvey Howard Hamilton and Eva Josephine Hopkins, his wife. Granddaughter of John Richards Hopkins and Amelia M. Weed, his wife; James Wallace Hamilton and Elizabeth Bard Kurtz, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Walter Weed and Cornelia Vredenburgh, his wife; Rev. Daniel Campbell Hopkins and Martha Prentiss Richards, his wife; James Wallace Hamilton and Elenor Riddle, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Judge William John Vredenburgh and Elizabeth Townsend, his wife; Smith Weed and Mary Skelding, his wife; John Richards and Martha Prentiss, his wife; Samuel Hopkins and Elizabeth Houston (1754-1847), his wife (m. 1778); William Riddle and Martha McCorkle, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Vredenburgh and Maryetje Van Wagenen, his wife; Benjamin Weed and Hannah Waterbury, his wife; Capt. John Prentiss and Sarah Christopher, his wife; William Houston and Nancy Hinman, his wife; Piatt Townsend and Maria Hubbard, his wife (m. 1760). Smith Weed, (1755-1839), volunteered in Tryon's invasion and was at the battle of Danbury, where he was wounded. He served in the Commissary during the Revolution. He was born at Stamford, Conn., and died at Albany, N. Y. His father was a member of the Committee of Safety and at the age of eighty was taken prisoner at Danbury.
William John Vredenburgh, (1760-1813), enlisted at seventeen in Capt. Peter Van Rensalaer's company, Col. James Livingston's regiment. He was born at New York City, and died at Skaneateles.

John Vredenburgh, (1730-94), served in the company of Grenadiers, 1775-6. Platt Townsend, (1733-1816), was examining surgeon for the army and navy. He was born and died on Long Island. Samuel Hopkins served in Capt. Hutchins company, 1777. He was taken prisoner and made his escape. He died in Salem, Washington county, N. Y. William Riddle served as a soldier, 1776-8, in Capt. James Gibson's company, Cumberland county militia. He received a grant of land at Port Royal, Pa., where he died. MRS. OLIVIA PAMELIA WELLS DADA DAR #33695 Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Volume 34 Daughters of the American Revolution Born in Prattsburg, New York. Wife of Samuel N. Dada.

Descendant of Capt. Joseph Wells, Henry Wells, Elijah Taylor and Lieut. James Hulbert. Daughter of Ira Wells and Pamelia Taylor, his wife. Granddaughter of Henry Wells and Rebecca Collins, his wife; Elijah Taylor and Rachel Hulbert, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Joseph Wells and Thankful, his wife; James Hulbert and Eleanor Pomeroy, his wife. Joseph Wells, (1726-1817), commanded a company in the Cambridge regiment of New York militia. He was born in Hebron, Conn.; died in Cambridge, N. Y. Henry Wells, (1763-1829), served as a private in the Albany county militia. He was born in Cambridge, N. Y.; died in Wayne county.
Elijah Taylor, (1763-1841), enlisted in Capt. Job Alvord's company, 1780 in a regiment raised in Hampshire county. He was born in South Hadley, Mass.; died in Wayne Co., N. Y. James Hulbert, (1735-1824), served as lieutenant 1777 in Col. Elisha Porter's regiment which marched to Saratoga. He was born in Northampton, Mass., where he died.
Howard Harvey Hamilton of Chicago Ill., b. in McAllesterville Pa. May 7, 1850, learned the trade of typesetting and telegraphing, employed with P. r. r. co. as telegrapher many years, went to the Pa. and N. Y. r. r., was dept. supt. of telegraph in Sayre Pa., removed to Chicago 1885 (m. Oct. 1, 1874 Eva J. Hopkins, dau. of John Richard Hopkins, a pioneer abolitionist and underground r. r. to freedom man, son of Rev. Daniel*, Samuel*, David1 and James1, chief of pilgrims 1620, desc. of Elder William Brewster, she had 2 daus. viz.: Evelina Weed Hamilton and Amelia Weed Hopkins Hamilton, m. G. S. Dade); son of James Wallace Hamilton of Mifflintown Pa., b. in Juniata co. Pa. Dec. 15, 1822, held lieut. commission in civil war signed by Gov. Curtain Penn, was sheriff of Juniata co. (m. 1849 Elizabeth Bard Kurtz, b. Jan. 5, 1823, dau. of David Kurtz, b. Jan. 30, 1798, d. 1873, farmer, was one of 14 sons, had 5 sisters, m. Margaret Bard of Reading Pa., dau. of George Bard of Lancaster Pa., b. there Oct. 11, 1773, d. May 27, 1856, took oath of allegiance May 22, 1777, m. Elizabeth Swope, dau. of John Swope, b. 1747, son John, son of Yost Swope, coat of arms, son of George Philip and Margaret [Kitzmiller] Bard); son of James W. Hamilton of Port Royal Pa., b. in Edinburgh Scotland, soldier in rev. war, was sheriff, received a grant of land for services, served as highlander in war of 1812 (m. Eleanor Riddle, dau. of Capt. William Riddle 177678 of Port Royal and Martha McCardle, dau. of James McCardle of Germantown 1809, they had son stolen by the Indians and made a chief. From American Ancestry: Embracing lineages from the whole of the United States. 1888[-1898. Ed. by Frank Munsell

DAR: Two Real Daughters Annie Knight Gregory & Caroline Hassam Randall Christmas 1940

Caroline Phoebe Hassam Randall

From Springfield Republican December 22. 1940

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 15

From When the cry "To Arms!" was heard in the days of the American Revolution, Richard Knight, a lad of but eleven summers, bravely stepped into ranks, as drummer boy, in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmer. (Photo below)

He appears as drummer and fifer in Captain Thomas Bull's company and as a private in the company of Captain Walter Finney of the above-named regiment; having been transferred to Captain Bull's company in October, 1778.

When Richard Knight entered the army he enlisted for the entire period of conflict, and was one of the youngest and bravest soldiers in the annals of the war. Having safely passed through the first great struggle of our country, he stands again in the forefront of the second conflict in 1812. His name now appears as captain in the First (Kennedy's) Regiment of Pennsylvania militia, and continues on the roll until December 5, 1814.

To-day this hero stands before the world as a man who always met the enemy bravely, and who helped to solve some of the most momentous problems of our Government.

Richard Knight was married three times, and at his death, January, 1850, in his eighty-third year, left a family of five— three sons and two daughters. Annie Knight, whose picture appears in this number, was born in Liverpool, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1843, and is therefore the youngest "original" Daughter in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. On November 25, 1863, at Selins Grove, Pennsylvania, she was married to Mr. B. F. Gregory, of the First National Bank, of that place. Two sons have blest this union. The older, Harry Knight Gregory, born December 4, 1865, is now one of the most prominent lawyers in the New Castle, Pennsylvania, bar, and Forrest Ever Gregory, born April 27, 1868, now in business in Williamsport, Penn

Winners of the Garrard Good Citenship Award John Malcomb Miller Chapter, DAR Honorees 1954

Sunday, January 31, 1954 Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky)

Old South Chapter Daughters of the Revolution Laura Wentworth Fowler at Wolfe Tavern to explore Auld Newbury 1900

Old South Chapter (Boston, Massachusetts).—The Daughters of the American Revolution seek historic facts not only in the dusty tomes of the library, but by pilgrimages to places where Revolutionary history was made. This chapter, Mrs. Laura Wentworth Fowler, regent, enjoyed three "outings" this year. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 17 1900. The affections of the members of the Old South Chapter cling to the name "Old South;" so it was fitting that they should accept.an invitation from the Old South Historical Society through its energetic president, Mr. Joseph Parker Warren, to join it in its annual historic pilgrimage, which this year was to Newburyport and "Auld Newbury." Newburyport has its memories of Louisburg and the Plains of Abraham. See Captain William Davenport & His Company 1759 Newbury MA
A bomb-shell from Louisburg adorns a street corner, while the "Wolfe Tavern" was the rendezvous of rebellious spirits in the days of the stamp act. A bell, cast by Paul Revere, rang out a merry welcome from the Old South Church, where, in 1775, was formed the first volunteer company organized for service in the continental army. Under the pulpit lie the remains of the Rev. George Whitefield, and a cenotaph in the church bears witness to his many virtues and great eloquence.

The town sent out many privateers during the Revolutionary war. William Davenport's son Anthony Davenport was among them and furnished supplies for the troops at Lexington and Bunker Hill. A little find on the Davenport family from the Boston Post old newspaper.

Also the infamous  Nathaniel Tracy fitted out a great fleet, consisting of 24 cruisers, with 340 guns and 2,800 men. He also contributed $160,000 to the cause of liberty. His fine old mansion is now the public library and museum. The old Dalton house, now the home of the Dalton club, retains its fire-places with their exquisite carvings and Corinthian pillars reaching to the ceiling. In a frame upon the wall is a sample of wall paper similar to that seen in the Quincy house. 

On the label it is stated that it had "been used to adorn the room in which Mary Dalton was married to Leonard White."
By trolley the party, numbering six hundred, were taken through High street, where dwelt Caleb Cushing, Lord Timothy Dexter and other notables, to "Auld Newbury," six miles away, where the inner man, who cannot thrive upon tradition, was refreshed. On return to Newburyport, the birthplace of William Lloyd Garrison, the office of Theophilus Parsons (where Robert Treat Paine and John Quincy Adams were apprentices), and the First Religious Society, a church of pure colonial build, were visited, and then a steamer conveyed the party fifteen miles up the river to Haverhill. From that point, the return to Boston was quickly made by special train.

The three field-days of the Old South Chapter for 1900 will ever be remembered as days of unalloyed pleasure.

The Chapter is entertained by the Daughters in turn, and this season many have received at the "Wolfe Tavern," a hostelry of some historic note, although modern in its present appointments.

     Wolfe Tavern: It dates from 1762, and its first owner and proprietor, Captain William Davenport, raised a company of Newbury men at the time of the French and English War and were present with them when General Wolfe was killed on the Plains of Abraham. After Captain Davenport returned to Newbury he opened a tavern and with a natural enthusiasm for his General he named it the "Wolfe Tavern," and from the cross beam of a lofty pole he suspended a sign bearing the head and bust of General Wolfe surrounded by an elaborately carved and gilded wreath, all the work of his own hands. During the Revolution this sign barely escaped destruction as some thought it "an insult to the inhabitants of this truly republican town." 

Sign is now at the Museum of Old Newbury (formerly the Ould Newbury Historical Society) in Newburyport, Massachusetts Wolfe Tavern History Page

Subsequently the original sign was destroyed by the great fire of 1811, and in front of the present tavern a new sign bearing the portrait of General Wolfe, painted by Moses Cole, a French refugee, was suspended where it now swings. 
By reason of her absence from Newburyport during the winter season, the very capable and gracious Regent, Miss Edith Russell Wills, who has been Regent of the Chapter since its inception, resigned and the Vice-Regent, Mrs. Lawrence Brown, was unanimously elected to succeed her. As Mrs. Brown ably fills the office every indication promises a successful future for the Chapter. From Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 15
 

78 High Street Newburyport  Land bought in 1807 by Anthony Davenport and the house built soon afterward, passing in 1838 to his daughter, Mrs. Samuel T. DeFord (Catherine Greenleaf Davenport m1st Damuel DeFord, 2nd Augustus Pearson). It remained in this family until 1871 when bought by John A. Greeley, John Balch Greely and Frances Dunn Cobb and brother to Adolphus. Anthony Davenport, Sr was a famous privateer See Naval records of the American Revolution: 1775-1788*

Photo and information from Family Findings
No woman is better known in Boston’s musical and club circles than Laura Wentworth Fowler, daughter of Amasa Wentworth and Susan (Nowell) Wentworth, born in Somersworth, New Hampshire June 11, 1837. She is a descendant of Elder William Wentworth, from whom Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth, and Governors Benning and John, Wentworth also descended. Four of her ancestors fought at Bunker Hill, which admits her to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

She early displayed rare musical ability, and at the age of eleven began to play the organ in church. Graduating from Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1860, where she taught music during her course, she took charge of the musical department of Lagrange Female College, Tennessee, but returned North in a year on account of the war, and became teacher of mathematics, languages, and music in the Concord (N.H.) High School.
During her second year here, she was called to the musical department of Monticello seminary, Illinois, remaining four years. Returning East she took charge of the departments of music and painting in Elmira College, New York, which she directed successfully until her marriage, six years later, with William Fowler, a gallant officer of the Union army during the war, who died November 26, 1874. Subsequently she taught eight years in Kentucky. Mrs. Fowler has superior literary as well as musical abilities, and is a prominent member of the N.E.W.P.A. She is a life member of the Bostonian Society, being the first woman admitted; a member of the New Hampshire’s Daughters, director of the Massachusetts Federation of Woman’s Clubs, and vice-president of the General Federation of Clubs of America. She is also connected with a score of other clubs and organizations, among which her favorite is the Abbot Academy Club, of which she is president and founder. Mrs. Fowler is endowed with a charming personality, and her chief characteristics are tact, will, energy, and enthusiasm.

Article published in the October 2, 1953 Newburyport Daily News.
 

Margaret Willis Bottome

Margaret Bottome From Bay State Monthly Magazine 1907

'There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act.'   

Margaret McDonald wife of Methodist minister, Frank Bottome was born Dec. 29, 1827, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 14, 1906, New York City, daughter of William and Mary (Willis) McDonald. Her father held a municipal position in Brooklyn, N. Y., and there she passed her early years, being educated at Prof. Greenleaf's School, Brooklyn Heights. She accompanied her father in his weekly visits to the almshouse and prison, and influenced by these impressions she developed strong religious and charitable sentiments.

She began to visit systematically the sick and poor of the Brooklyn districts and after her marriage to the Rev. Frank Bottome in 1850 she engaged with still greater devotion in her benevolent work. In 1876 she commenced giving Bible talks in New York homes to society women, and this work was continued for over twenty-five years.

On Jan. 13, 1886, with nine other earnest women she organized the first "ten" of the order of the King's Daughters, the name being suggested by Mrs. William Irving, a well-known New York educator. Mrs. Bottome was elected president of the order and still remains at its head. The idea of the organization in tens was taken from Edward Everett Hale's story, "Ten Times One is Ten," as was the motto: "Look up and not down; look out and not in; look forward and not back, and lend a hand." The badge is a small silver Maltese cross with the initials of the watchword "In His Name." In 1887, after urgent request, membership was opened to men and boys, and the incorporated name now is the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons. The original circle stands in the relation of an advisory board to all other circles and is called the central council, but each circle is free to conduct its own affairs provided it keep in view the development of Christian life and activities. The order is nondenominational. Its growth has been marvelous, the membership now (1005) numbering over 500.000. In 1896 Mrs. Bottome was elected president of the women's branch of the International Medical Mission. She is associate editor of the " Ladies' Home Journal," having regularly contributed since 1889 a department article called " Heart to Heart Talks with the King's Daughters," and she also writes for various other periodicals, mainly religious publications. She is the author of Crumbs from the King's Table," "A Sunshine Trip to the Orient," "Death and Life," " Seven Questions After Easter" and "The Guest Chamber." a collection of articles originally published in " The Silver Cross" magazine, the official organ of the King's Daughters. From The National Cyclopedia of American Biography

American columnist and religious organizer, founder of the Christian spiritual development and service organization now known as the International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons. She attended school in Brooklyn and in 1850 married the Reverend Frank Bottome. Her long-standing practice of giving informal talks on the Bible culminated in January 1886 when she and nine other women organized themselves into a permanent study group for self-improvement and Christian service to others, taking the name King’s Daughters. Each of the 10 women organized a group of 10, as did those, and so on. (The idea for this pattern stemmed from Edward Everett Hale’s novel Ten Times One Is Ten.) In 1887 men were admitted to the organization, which accordingly became the Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons, and within 20 years membership had grown to an estimated half million in the United States and Canada; by that time the word international had been added to the name. Bottome was annually elected president of the order. From 1888 she contributed regularly to the order’s magazine, Silver Cross, and from 1889 to 1905 she wrote a column in the Ladies’ Home Journal for members. In 1896 she was chosen president of the Medical Missionary Society. Among her published works were Our Lord’s Seven Questions After Easter (1889), Crumbs from the King’s Table (1894), A Sunshine Trip: Glimpses of the Orient (1897), and Death and Life (1897).

 

Website N.S.U.D of 1812 Founding and Organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Revolution by Flora Adams Darling 

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From A History of Long Island Willis McDonald who is engaged in the book and job printing business controlling an extensive trade is a representative of a family of Scotch origin His paternal grandfather a native of Scotland was the founder of the family in the new world He located in New York city and Captain William McDonald the father was born at the family home on Pearl and Beekman streets in New York For many years he was engaged in the cooperage business on Furman street Brooklyn He held the office of United States gauger and weigher for several years and was an alderman in the city of Brooklyn First ward His political support was given the Whig party He was a very prominent member of the old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal church in which he served as a trustee and class leader for many years He also held membership in the Masonic fraternity and was the captain of the old Sprague Company that belonged to the City Guard the first military organization of Brooklyn That command was called out for service in the Mexican war but peace was declared before the troops reached the field Captain McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Mary Willis He died in 1852 and his wife long surviving him passed away in May 1880 at the age of seventy five years In their family were eight children Edgar is cashier of the Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn and has been connected with the bank since 1863 Fletcher lives in the west Mrs Margaret Bottome resides in New York city Mrs Thomas H Pearne in Cincinnati Ohio Mrs RM Moore in Elizabeth New Jersey and Mrs William J Tate in Brooklyn Willis McDonald born in Brooklyn.

Willis McDonald was born in Brooklyn and acquired his education in the public schools, and at the early age of twelve years began earning 'his own livelihood, securing a position in the New York and Liverpool shipping house of John Trippett & Brother, with which he was connected until 1857, when he went to N orwalk, Connecticut, and learned the car— penter’s trade. He followed that pursuit until after the inauguration of the_Civil _war, when, in'August, 1862, prompted by an uncontrollable spirit of patriotism, he enlisted in Company F, of the Seventeenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers. He joined the service as a private, but after two months was promoted to the rank of corporal; later became sergeant, and served until the close of the war. He was in the Army of the Potomac for- a year and a half, under Burnside, Hooker and Meade, participating in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His regiment was afterward transferred to the Department of the South, occupying Morris Island, Folly Island, Jacksonville and St. Augustine, being thus engaged until the close of the war, when he was mustered out, on the 315t of July, 1865. He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville, but otherwise escaped uninjured, and was ever found at his post of duty as a brave and loyal soldier, faithfully defending the cause represented by the old flag.
After his return from the war Mr. McDonald, in September, 1865, accepted the position of bookkeeper in a manufacturing house in New York city. "In 1871, however, he engaged in the printing business, his present establishment being located at Nos. 39-41 Gold street, New York, where he carries on an extensive book and job printing trade. in his establishment is of an excellent character, and this has insured him a liberal and continuous patronage. He is a man of well-known reliability in industrial and commercial circles, and the most envious could not grudge him his success so honorably has it been won and wortholy has it been used.
Mr. McDonald is one of the active members of U. S. Grant Post, became one of its organizers, and‘ served as its commander in 1891. He has put forth. every effort possible to advance its interests, and its growth is attributable in no small degree to his, efforts. He was one of the thirteen members 'of Post No. 327, which formed a guard of honor at Mount McGregor immediately after the death of General Grant, and he continued to perform that duty for the two weeks in which the remains lay instate at Mount 'McGregor, at Albany and'New York. He is a member of the Seventh Regiment Veterans’ Association, and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In 1879 he became one of the stewards of the. Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal‘ church, and long filled that office._ He was recording steward for several years and is one of the trustees, and has been a class—leader and a teacher of av Bible class in the Sunday-school for twenty-four years. He takes a deep and abiding interest. in the; work of the church, and is a broad—minded man, who believes in supporting. all interests that tend to, uplift humanity. Of pleasant address and kindly manner, reliable in business and trustworthy in all‘ life’s relations, he- is a popular resident of Brooklyn: and is highly regarded in the business circles of New York.

Louise Kerwen Capron Thiers Daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Seth Capron

The History of Kenosha would be incomplete were there failure to make reference to Madame Louise K. Thiers, now in her one hundred and second year. Although she makes her home with her daughter in Milwaukee, she was long a resident of Kenosha and her memory compasses the greatest period of the city ’s growth and development. She was born in Oneida county, New York, October 2, 1814, a daughter of Seth and Eunice (Mann) Capron. (pictures below) The father was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and Madame Thiers is perhaps today the only one living in America who can claim to be the child of one of the members of the Continental army.

Dr. Capron was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, September 23, 1762, and was a great-grandson of Banfield Capron, the founder of the family in the new world. When a youth of about fourteen Banfield Capron with three schoolmates, boys about his own age, decided to leave England and come to America. They concealed themselves in the hold of a vessel which was about to sail and which weighed anchor at Cheter, in Cheshire county, a seaport on the north of England, in the year 1674. The boys carried with them food for a few days.
After the vessel was out about four days the boys were discovered but after some parley were allowed to continue on the voyage. Banfield Capron resided in the colony of Massachusetts until 1752, when he passed away at the venerable age of ninety-two years, leaving a family of six sons and six daughters.The line of descent is traced down through Jonathan and Elisha Capron to Dr. Seth Capron, who at the time of the outbreak of hostilities with the mother country was too young to be drafted and too short of stature to pass inspection at muster. In 1781, at the time of his country ’s greatest peril, it is known that he managed, by elevating himself upon his toes, to pass the mustering office and so enlisted at the age of nineteen. He first served as a private and afterward became corporal under command of Captain David Holbrook and Colonel William Shepard. He participated in the siege of Newport as a member of the Light Infantry Corps under General Lafayette and it was there that a cannon ball, aimed at the General, grazed the top of his head. He took part in the battle of White Plains and was then transferred to West Point under Washington. where he served during the remainder of the war, being appointed coxswain of the barge of the commander-in-chief, whom he accompanied through the parting scene when he left the army, landing him at Elizabethtown Point, where he was the last man to receive General Washington ’s handclasp and benediction.

 

                                                    
(Above images Eunice Mann and Seth Capron) Dr. Capron then returned to his native town of Attleboro, where his father, Elisha Capron, owned a good farm, but about that time he was induced to sell his farm, taking his pay in Continental money which a few days later proved worthless, the government being declared bankrupt. Dr. Capron then began the study of medicine under Dr. Bazeleel Mann, an eminent physician and man of letters who served his country during the Revolutionary war, his fellow citizens placing him upon the committees of safety, correspondence and judiciary, services which the country at that period demanded of its best citizens. Dr. Mann was the great-grandson of William Mann, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who was a grandson of Sir Charles Mann, of Kent county, England, knighted in 1625_ for loyalty to his king by Charles I.

At the period when Dr. Capron began the study of medicine there were but two medical schools in the country, one at Harvard, just established, and the other at New Haven, organized in 1784, but by reason of the dangers and expenses of traveling these were by no means well attended. The medical student prepared for practice by becoming apprenticed to some noted member of the profession and had to prepare the medicines and in many ways assist his preceptor, gaining his knowledge from personal experience rather than from books, for in those days few physicians boasted a library of fifty volumes. The physician was compelled to compound his own drugs, makes his own tinctures and put up his own prescriptions, and the physician, next to the minister, was the most important resident of a community. In that period no water was given to fever patients, and Madame Thiers well remembers, when about eight years of age, pleading for water when in a raging fever. The nurse handed her the pitcher and the child satisfied her burning thirst. Her brother, overhearing what was going on, rushed into the room exclaiming “You will kill her!” But it was too late. The water probably did its restorative work and the child was soon well again.

Horace Capron Louise's Brother

                                                       
Having passed through the period of preliminary preparation, Dr. Capron began the practice of medicine in Cumberland, Rhode Island, in 1789. He married Eunice Mann, daughter of Dr. Bazeleel Mann, and in 1806 removed to Oneida county, New York, traveling across the country in his own carriage with his wife and four young sons—a long and tedious journey of five hundred miles. He located at Whitesboro, now a part of the city of Utica, which was then a small village, its population composed of a few families of rare culture and refinement. There by diligent attention to his profession Dr. Capron secured a handsome competence.
He also became greatly interested in manufacturing, believing that the establishment of manufactories upon a permanent basis was essential to the independence and prosperity of the country. It is said he built the first cotton mill and afterward the first woolen mill in the United States and thus laid the foundation for the present industrial development of the country along manufacturing lines. Associated with him were Dewitt Clinton, Elisha Jenkins and Francis Bloodgood, of Albany, New York, names that figure prominently on history’s pages.
In 1814, when their youngest son was between ten and eleven years of age, when the father was fifty-two and the mother fifty, there came a daughter into the family whom they called Louise Kirwan. Dr. Capron was quite independent and advanced in his views and freely discussed the subjects which the ministry of that period was constantly keeping before the people—questions of original sin, foreordination and freedom of the will. He took exception to the old-time doctrines, but the wise counsel and loving words which always fell from his lips made him the idol of his sons from youth to old age. The mother, too, was a woman of strong intellect and through a long life commanded the respect and love of all who knew her. When the family first located in Oneida county the Indians lived in their wigwams and roamed in the forests on the banks of the Mohawk. Madame.
Thiers well remembers seeing the red men in that district, sometimes in war paint and feathers. There were no stoves in those days but large, cavernous fireplaces which took up half the side of a room, sending half the smoke into the room and half the heat up the chimney. The cooking was done in pots and kettles hung on cranes over the fire, while large brick ovens were built in beside the fireplace in the kitchen, in which the baking for the family was done on Saturdays, beans, meat, bread and pies being prepared for the Sunday meals, for no work could be done on the Sabbath—not even a bed made from six o’clock Saturday until six o’clock Sunday night. The Sabbath became a day of torture to the children, for no privileges were allowed them on that day.
Dr. Capron removed to Walden, Orange county, New York, in 1823. The trip was made in a canal boat from Utica to Albany on the Erie canal, just completed. It was thought to be a wonderful advance in the mode of travel-—so comfortable, for if one got tired of the boat, one could go ashore and walk on the bank or towpath. Dr. Capron continued to reside in Walden until his death, which occurred September 4, 1834, after an eventful life of seventy-two years. In a periodical of that day it was said of him: “He was a man of great integrity and moral worth, uncommon ardor, industry and enterprise. Few have led more active lives and few have accomplished more. His highly persuasive manner, the honesty and goodness of his purposes and the uniform correctness of his example gave him a wonderful influence over the villagers. Obedience followed his will as if he had been invested with absolute power. The village will long mourn for him as for a father.”

It was in such a household that Madame Louise K. Thiers was reared, spending her girlhood in Orange county, New York, where she gave her hand in marriage to David Bodine Thiers, a merchant (picture above). They afterward removed to Laurel, Maryland, traveling on the canal boat ‘Pumpkin Seed from Utica to Albany and from the latter city to Newburg on one of the first steamers on the Hudson river. There were no wharves and passengers had to embark in rowboats, thus going ashore.
In the year 1850 Mr. and Mrs. Thiers came to the west, traveling mostly by rail. Coming to this county, they settled on a farm about forty miles west of Kenosha and after living thereon for four years they established their home in Kenosha and here Mr. Thiers engaged in business until his death. Mrs. Thiers has three sons and a daughter living: E. C., who is president of the N. R. Allen’s Sons Company; Louis M., retired; Herbert, who is living in Chicago; and Mrs. Charles Quarles, of Milwaukee, with whom Mrs. Thiers has made her home for many years.

The mother is now in her 102nd year (March 18, 1888 Photo above) and seems to enjoy the best of health. In spirit and interests she seems thirty years younger and, what is still more remarkable, she not only remembers all of the past but keeps posted on present-day affairs. She is extremely active in mind and bodv. She is 3 great believer in right living and attributes her health to the fact that she has followed nature ’s laws. Her kindly spirit and many admirable characteristics have won her the love of all and Kenosha is proud to claim this venerable lady as one who for many years was numbered among its citizens, becoming identified with the county in pioneer times and witnessing its growth through all the intervening stages of development to its present condition of progress and prosperity.

• Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
• Dexheimer, Florence Chambers, 1866-1925 / Sketches of Wisconsin pioneer women
• Franklin Evening Star 1924 
• The Brainerd Daily Dispatch 1926
• The Fort Wayne News 1917 
• Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 20
• Corsicana Daily Sun October 1925
• The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 35
• The Decatur Herald 1925 
• Find A Grave
• The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County, Wisconsin; a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, by Frank H. Lyman 1916
• Connecting Capron Cousins
• Daughters of the American revolution By Mrs. Rose Moss Scott
• The Real Daughters of the American Revolution
• Mortuary Notice Friday, September 25, 1835 Commercial Advertiser (New York, New York) 
• Genealogy of the Descendants of Banfield Capron, from A.D. 1660 to A.D. 1859By Frederic Augustus Holden
• 19 Daughters Thursday, April 17, 1924 Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska)
• In My Footsteps: Trip 115: Attleboro, Massachusetts 
• Entire Capron family linked to Attleboro's history