MILITARY: General Society of the War of 1812, Officers, Constitution, Veterans Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja jbanja@msn.com Proofread by Brenda Paullo Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ The CONSTITUTION and REGISTER of MEMBERSHIP of the GENERAL SOCIETY of the WAR of 1812 to December 1, 1895. Insignia of the Society of the War of 1812. [picture] Organized September 14, 1814. Re-organized January 9,1854. Instituted in Joint-Convention at Philadelphia, Pa., April 14, 1894. Philadelphia, Pa., 1895. Published by the Secretary-General, by Order of The Society. Dewey & Eakins, Makers, Philadelphia. 3 General Society of the War of 1812 Officers of The General Society of the War of 1812 1894-96. President-General, JOHN CADWALADER, (of Pennsylvania Society). Vice-Presidents-General, JOHN BIDDLE PORTER, (of Pennsylvania Society). Commander FELIX McCURLEY, U. S. N., (of Maryland Society). WILLIAM LITHGOW WILLEY, S. D., (of Massachusetts Society). Colonel GEORGE BLISS SANFORD, U. S. A., (of Connecticut Society). ORLANDO W. ALDRICH. Ph.D., LL.D., (of Ohio Society). CHARLES PAGE BRYAN, (of Illinois Society). Secretary-General, Captain HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U. S. A., (of Pennsylvania Society). (Address: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.) Assistant Secretary-General, CHARLES FREDERICK BACON PHILBROOK, (of Massachusetts Society). (Address: P. O. Box 36, Station A, Boston, Mass.) Treasurer-General, SATTERLEE SWARTWOUT, (of Connecticut Society). (Address: 8 Park Place, Stamford, Conn.) Assistant Treasurer-General, BERNARD VAN HORNE SCHULTZ, (of Ohio Society). (Address: P. O. Box 117, Zanesville, Ohio). Registrar-General, ALBERT KIMBERLY HADEL, M.D., (of Maryland Society). (Address: 1143 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md). Surgeon-General, GEORGE HORACE BURGIN, M.D., (of Pennsylvania Society). Judge-Advocate-General, CHARLES HENRY MURRAY, (of Pennsylvania Society). Chaplain-General, Reverend ALEXANDER HAMILTON, (of Connecticut Society). Executive Committee, Captain WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE HOFF, U. S. N., Chairman, (of Pennsylvania Society). JAMES EDWARD CARR, Jr., (of Maryland Society). FRANKLIN THOMASON BEATTY, M.D., (of Massachusetts Society). AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD, (of Connecticut Society). HARRY PARKER WARD, (of Ohio Society). CHARLES CROMWELL, (of Illinois Society). 5 General Society of the War of 1812 Constitution. Preamble. WHEREAS, In the Providence of God, victory having crowned the forces of the United States of America, in upholding the principles of the Nation against Great Britain in the conflict known as the War of 1812; we, the survivors and descendants of those who participated in that contest, have joined together to perpetuate its memories and victories, to collect and secure for preservation, rolls, records, books and other documents relating to that period; to encourage research and publication of historical data, including memorials of patriots of that era in our National history; to care for and, when necessary, assist in burying actual veterans of that struggle; to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and foster true patriotism and love of country. ARTICLE I. NAME. This Society shall be known as the "General Society of the War of 1812." ARTICLE II. ORGANIZATION. The General Society shall be composed of State Societies, which shall meet annually, on the day appointed therefor in their respective by-laws, and oftener if they shall deem it necessary. The State Societies shall choose annually such officers for their own government and in such manner as shall be set forth in their respective by-laws, and shall transmit annually to the General Society a list of the officers so chosen for the year and such other information as may be of interest to the Society at large. Each State Society shall conform in the number and character of its officials to those of the General Society, and shall regulate all matters respecting its own affairs, and shall judge of the qualifications of members therein. Provided always, That the action of such State Society be, in all cases, in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. 6 General Society of the War of 1812 ARTICLE III. OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The officers of the General Society shall consist of a President General, a Vice-President General for each State Society represented, a Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General, a Treasurer General and Assistant Treasurer General, a Registrar General, a Surgeon General, a Judge Advocate General and a Chaplain General. They shall be chosen by ballot at the regular meeting of the Society, by and from members in good standing, and shall serve until the next regular meeting or until their successors are duly chosen. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the officers of the General Society and a delegate from each State Society, to be chosen by ballot at the regular meeting of the General Society, upon selection by the respective State delegation hereinafter provided for. It shall be the duty of said Committee, nine (9) members of which shall constitute a quorum, to supervise the affairs of the General Society, as well as the admission of State Societies, and transact such other business as may come before it. The said Committee shall meet in the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, once in every six (6) months, during the time intervening between the meetings, and subject to the approval of, the General Society. ARTICLE IV. MEETINGS. The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held every second year, on or about the nineteenth day of June, being the anniversary of the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain, and special meetings may be held upon the order of the President General, or upon the request of two (2) State Societies. Such meetings shall consist of the officers of the General Society, the delegate from each State of the Executive Committee, and a representation not exceeding five (5) additional delegates from each State Society; which representation from each State shall be entitled to five (5) votes. The expenses of all such meetings shall be borne by the State Societies. At each meeting of the General Society, the time and place of which shall have been determined upon at the preceding meeting of the Society, the circular letters and other communications sent by the State Societies, shall be considered, and where questions in dispute may be referred to it, the General Society shall have power to act thereon. 7 General Society of the War of 1812 ARTICLE V. FORMATION OF STATE SOCIETIES. The General Society shall be located in the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. The Executive Committee thereof shall have the right at any of its meetings to warrant, constitute and recognize one State Society in any State or Territory of the United States, whenever ten (10) or more persons, who are already members or are eligible to membership in this Society, and residing in said State or Territory, shall apply for authority to organize such Society, or where such Society may already be formed and is approved by this Society. The style and title of each State Society shall be as follows: "The Society of the War of 1812, in the State of "________ ". The members of each such State Society shall, be borne upon the membership roll of the General Society. ARTICLE VI. MEMBERSHIP. Any male person above the age of twenty-one (21) years, who participated in, or who is a lineal descendant of one who served during the War of 1812, in the army, navy, revenue-marine or privateer service of the United States, offering proof thereof satisfactory to the State Society to which he may make application for membership, and who is of good moral character and reputation, may become a member of this Society when approved of by said State Society, under such regulations as it may make for passing upon applications for membership. In case of the failure of lineal descendants of an actual participant in the War on behalf of the United States, one collateral descendant, who is deemed worthy, may be admitted to represent the said participant. Every application for membership shall be made in writing, upon such form as may be set forth by this Society for that purpose, which application shall be made in duplicate, and one copy thereof filed in the archives of the General Society. ARTICLE VII. TRANSMISSION OF LISTS OF MEMBERS AND DUES PROM STATE SOCIETIES. The Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the Secretary of the General Society a list of the members thereof, together with a list of 8 General Society of the War of 1812 those from whom said members derive claim to membership, and thereafter, upon the admission of additional members, the Secretary thereof shall transmit to the General Society such similar information respecting said members. Each State Society shall pay into the treasury of this Society an entrance fee of ten dollars, and remit annually thereafter the sum of twenty-five cents for each and every member in good standing on the rolls of such State Society, so reported on January first of each year. ARTICLE VIII. INSIGNIA. The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge of gold, pendant from a ribbon. Said badge shall be in the form of a Maltese cross (emblematic of faith in the justice of our cause), between four (4) golden eagles (symbolizing the four sections-north, south, east and west of our common country), and resting upon an anchor of gold (representative of the American navy, by which so many glorious victories of the War of 1812 were achieved). The arms of the cross to be enameled in scarlet, with a white border, and to bear the insignia, in gold, of the four (4) arms of service (infantry, cavalry, artillery and naval), and in the centre thereof, a medallion of dark-blue enamel, with the figures 1812 thereon in gold, surrounded by a band of black enamel, bearing eighteen (18) stars in gold, representing the number of States of the Union during the period of conflict. The anchor and cross to be suspended from the ribbon by a ring of gold. The ribbon shall be of watered silk, dark-blue in the centre, with white and black stripes on the sides successively, and edged with scarlet; the entire ribbon to be one and one-half inches in width and the same dimensions in displayed length. The insignia shall be worn on the left breast by the members of the Society at all general meetings, on all occasions of ceremony, or when they shall assemble for any stated purpose or celebration. On all other occasions, other than those specified above, members may wear a rosette of the prescribed ribbon and pattern, in the upper buttonhole of the left lapel of the coat, which rosettes, like the insignia, shall be procured and issued by the Secretary of the Society, and by whom a record of all such issues to members will be kept. The insignia shall never be worn as an article of jewelry or ornament, and should be returned to the Society on the resignation or expulsion of a member; but otherwise, it shall be deemed an heirloom. 9 General Society of the War of 1812 The custodian of the insignia shall be the Secretary General, and he shall issue the same to members of the State Societies under such rules as may be formulated, by the General Society. ARTICLE IX. SEAL. The seal of the Society shall be two and one-half inches in diameter, and shall consist of a rising sun, bearing on its face a representation of the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British fleet, while above the sun and its rays, rises, displayed, the Star Spangled Banner of our country, with the motto of the Society, "For our Country's Rights," in small Roman capital letters overhead. The design described to be surrounded by wreaths of oak and laurel (emblematic of the valor and victory of our soldiers and sailors), with trophies of cannon, musket, sword and anchor on each side of and below said design. The whole to be encircled with a waving ribbon, one-fourth of an inch wide, bearing in plain Roman capital letters, the legend, "The General Society of the War of 1812." The Secretary General shall be the custodian of the seal, which shall be used only for the purposes designated by the Society. ARTICLE X. CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP. Each member of the Society shall be entitled to a certificate of membership, which shall be signed by the President, Secretary and Registrar of the State Society to which he may belong, as well as by the President General, Secretary General and Registrar General of the General Society, and to which the seal of the Society shall be affixed. The form shall be as follows: GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812. Be it known that ________________ has been duly admitted a member of this Society in right of the services of his ancestor,____________ (from whom he is_____ degree in descent), in the War of 1812 for American Independence. 10 General Society of the War of 1812 Dated at the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, this _____day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand _____ hundred and_____ and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and _____. _____________________ President General. _______________President of the Society. Attest: Seal } _____________________ Secretary General. of the } Society } _____________________ Secretary of the Society. _____________________ Registrar General. ______________ Registrar of the Society. ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS. No alteration or amendment shall be made to this Constitution until a written resolution to that effect be offered at a meeting of this Society, considered and approved by two-thirds of the State Societies, and at the next or some subsequent meeting of the General Society, be ratified by the votes of the majority of the officers and delegates present. 11 General Society of the War of 1812 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. (To be ratified by the State Societies and approved finally at next meeting of the General Society, June 19, 1896.) To amend Article II by striking out the words "number and," in the ninth line. To amend Article IV by striking out the second paragraph, beginning with the words "such meetings" and ending with the words "borne by the State Societies," and substituting therefor the following: "Such meetings shall consist of the officers of the General Society, each of whom shall be entitled to one vote and a representation not exceeding five (5) delegates from each State Society, (one of whom shall be the delegate to the Executive Committee of the General Society), which representation from each State Society shall be entitled to five (5) votes." To amend Article VI by adding at the end of the second paragraph, the words, "Provided always, That such representation shall be limited to the descendant of either a brother or sister of the participant in the war, in right of whose services application for membership is made." To amend Article VIII by adding after the words "period of conflict" in the twelfth line, the following: "The reverse of said insignia to bear in the centre of the cross, a wreath of oak leaves in gold, one-half inch in diameter and in conformity with the design submitted to the General Society." To amend Article IX by substituting for the first paragraph, the following: "The seal of the Society shall be two and one-half inches in diameter and shall consist of an eagle displayed, in the centre of the seal, holding in his talons the American flag of the period (of fifteen stars), with rays of a rising sun above, and wreaths of oak and laurel (emblematic of the valor and victory of our soldiers and sailors), with trophies of cannon, musket, sword and anchor, below. The motto of the Society, 'For our Country's Rights,' to be placed above the sun's rays in small Roman capital letters, and the whole to be encircled with a ribbon one-fourth of an inch wide, bearing in plain Roman capital letters, the legend, 'General Society of the War of 1812. Founded 1814.' The seal to be in conformity with the design submitted to the General Society." 13 General Society of the War of 1812 Register of Membership. VETERANS. *ALLEN, GEORGE R., aged 101 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Norwood, N. Y. Private. Served 1 year, 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Robinson, New York Militia. In battles of Ogdensburg, New York, 1812, and Lundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. *Died March 15, 1894. *AMES, DAVID H., aged years, 7 months. (Penna. Society.) Jerseyville, Ill. Corporal. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Hovey; Regimental Commander, Colonel Thomas B. Benedict, New York Militia. In battle at Ogdensburg, New York, 1812. *Died December 1, 1893. 14 General Society of the War of 1812 AMICK, JACOB, aged 102 years, 11 months. (Penna. Society.) High View, Va. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain F. I. Marston, Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, Colonel Taylor, Commanding. At bombardment of Fort McHenry, Maryland, 1814. BLAIR, DAVID, aged 98 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) Charity P. O., Gallia, Co., Ohio. Corporal. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Samuel Meulah, Ohio Militia. (Youngest of four brothers who served. ) BROWN, HOSEA, aged 103 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Grant's Pass, Josephine Co., Oregon. Private. Served 20 days in New York Militia, 1814. Company Commander, Captain E. Burgess. BUFFINGTON, STEPHEN, aged 101 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) Swansea Centre, Mass. Private. Served 1 month. Company Commander, Captain John Hood, Massachusetts Militia. Stationed at Fort Phoenix, Fair Haven, Mass. BURROUGHS, WILLIAM, aged 102 years, 10 months. (Penna. Society.) Mountainberg, Ark. Sergeant. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Stevens Griffith. Guarded Indian warriors. *CLEVELAND, MOSES, aged 94 years, 8 months. (Penna. Society.) Dubuque, Iowa. Orderly and Private in Company "B," Seventh Regiment, Vermont Militia. Served 3 months under his father, Colonel Augustine Cleveland. At battle of Plattsburg, New York, 1814. *Died March 5, 1894. 15 General Society of the War of 1812 COFFMAN, JOSEPH, aged 93 years, 2 months. (Penna. and Md. Societies.) Millsap, Parker Co., Texas. Drummer. Served 4 years. Company Commander, Captain W. Sumpter, Seventh Regiment, United States Light Infantry. In battle at New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1815. *COON, HEZEKIAH, aged 96 years. (Penna. Society.) Boonesboro, Boone Co., Iowa. Private. Served 8 months. Company Commander, Captain Lemuel Potter. Regimental Commander, Colonel Daniel Wright. *Died ___, 1893. CURL, JARROT, aged 99 years, months. (Penna. and Md. Societies.) Whitfield, Hickman Co., Tenn. Sergeant. Served 7 months. Second Regiment Mounted Volunteers, Colonel Thomas Williamson, Commanding. In battles at New Orleans, Louisiana, December 23, 1814, and January 8, 1815. *CYPHER JOHN, aged 97 years, 8 months. (Penna. Society.) Farmer's Creek, Lapeer Co., Mich. Private. Served 3 months. Company Commander, Captain Joseph Petre, Michigan Volunteers. *Died March 12, 1894. *DALLY, ABRAM, aged 97 years, 8 months. (Penna. Society.) Brooklyn, N. Y. Adjutant. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Andrew Brennan. Eleventh Regiment Heavy Artillery. Stationed at Fort Gansevoort, New York. In battle at Lundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. *Died February 15, 1893. DROMLLLARD, JOSEPH, aged 99 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Gallipolis, Ohio. Fife-Major. Served 2 years. Company Commander, Captain Chum. Regimental Commander, Colonel Robert Safford, Ohio Volunteers. Brigade Commander, General Edward W. Tupper, 1812. 16 General Society of the War of 1812 *FERGUSON, JARED, aged 101 years, 8 months. (Penna. Society.) Decorah, Iowa. Sergeant. Served 1 year, 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Jesse Ives, Thirty-seventh Regiment, United States Infantry; Lieutenant, Solomon Dewey. Served at Fort Hale. *Died October 2, 1895. FRANKLIN, ANDREW McKEE, aged 104 years. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) Burlington, Kansas. Served 3 years. Private and Ensign in Captain Martin Armstrong's Company in the First Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel David Sutton, Commanding); Ohio Militia; 1812-13. Ensign in same Company in the Second Regiment of Infantry, (Colonel John Ferguson, Commanding); Ohio Militia; 1813. In battle at Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 2, 1813, (Major George Croghan, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, Commanding); also at Lundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. *FRITZ, MICHAEL, aged 95 years 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Friedensburg, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Private. Served from September 2, 1814, to March 5, 1815, in Captain Peter Snyder's Company, Second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Adam Ritscher, Commanding), First Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia. *Died November 26, 1892. GARDENHIER, GEORGE W., aged 97 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Meigs Post Office, Tenn. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commanders, Captain John Childs and Lieutenant Paul Childs. GILMORE, WILLLAM, aged 96 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Montezuma, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Bassett. Regimental Commander, Colonel Bloom. Corps Commander, General McClure, New York Militia. 17 General Society of the War of 1812 *GOODWIN, WELLS, aged 100 years. (Penna. Society.) Newberry Centre, Vt. Private. Served in New York Militia. Wounded at battle of Lundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. *Died November, 1894. HAINES, WILLIAM JACK, aged 107 years. (Penna. Society.) Memorial Home, St. Louis, Mo. Private. Served in Captain Gregory's Company, Tennessee Militia. Participated in battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1815. HENDRON, JOEL, 101 years 2 months; (Penna. Society.) Spring Water, Livingston Co., N. Y. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Chester Barrow, New York Militia. *HIGGINS, SAUL C., aged 100 years, 9 months. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) West Gorham, Maine. Private. Served 44 days. Company Commander, Captain Barnabas Higgins, Maine Militia. *Died February 17, 1895. HOOPER, JAMES, aged 92 years, 3 months. (Penna. and Md. Societies), 1211 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. Coxswain. Served 3 years on United States Schooner "Comet," Captain Boyle, United States Navy. Cruising in Chesapeake Bay,watching British fleet. KLOCK, ABRAHAM, aged 94 years, 4 months. (Penna. Society.) Brier Hill, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Private. Company Commander, Captain Jacob Failing, New YorkMilitia. 18 General Society of the War of 1812 *LOOMIS, ROBERT, aged 93 years. (Penna. Society.) Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio. Sergeant. Served 2 years. Company Commander, Captain Jared Ingersoll. Regimental Commander, Colonel Ethan Allen. In battle at Fort Erie, Canada, 1814. *Died November 1, 1892. *LOVETT, ERASTUS, aged 104 years. (Penna. Society.) Rome, Bradford Co., Pa. Private. Served in Pennsylvania Militia. *Died December, 1891. LUMBERSON, JOHN. (Md. Society.) 421 Hanover St. Baltimore, Md. Enlisted September 1, 1813, as Musician in Captain M. M. Payne's Company N, First Battalion, Corps of Artillery. (Re-enlisted October 13, 1819, in Company E, U.S. Artillery Corps. Re-enlisted September 9, 1824. Re-enlisted August 13, 1829. Sergeant, September 29, 1829. Again re-enlisted in same battery August 13, 1834, and served until August 13, 1837.) *McCOY, DAVID, 104 years, 11 months. (Penna. Society.) Redlands, San Bernardino Co., Cal. Corporal. Served 2 years. Company Commander, Captain Thomas McGilton. Regimental Commander, Colonel Williams. Corps Commander, General William Henry Harrison. In battle of the Thames, Canada, 1813. (Saw Tecumseh slain.) *Died March 25, 1895. MICKLEY, DANIEL, aged 99 years, 9 months. (Penna. Society.) Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa. Sergeant. Served 30 days. Company Commander, Captain Miller, Pennsylvania Militia. First Company fired on by the British in the attack on Baltimore, Maryland, 1814. 19 General Society of the War of 1812 MILLER, CHARLES, aged 100 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) Boonville, Oneida Co., N. Y. Private. Company Commander, Captain Whitmore, New York Militia. In battle at Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1813. MOORE, MICHAEL, aged 95 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Lieutenant United States Army. 20 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Musician. Served through the war in Captain John Sproul's Company, Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. MORRIS, HENRY, aged 96 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Port Chester, N. Y. Drummer. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Brett, New York Militia. Served in Block House in the Narrows, New York Harbor, New York. MURRAY, JOHN, aged 93 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Boothy, Maine. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain William M. Reed, Maine Militia. *NYE, CORNELIUS, aged 98 years, 4 months. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) Fairfield, Somerset Co., Maine. Musician. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Ansel Tobey, Maine Militia. *Died September 11, 1895. *ORSBURN, DAVID, aged 101 years. (Penna. Society.) Tupper's Plains, Ohio. Drummer. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain William Hull; Regimental Commander, Colonel Dobbins; Corps Commander, Major General Jacob Brown, United States Army. *Died___, 1894. 20 General Society of the War of 1812 OSGOOD, JANNA, aged 101 years 2 months. (Penna. Society.) Dundee, Yates Co., N. Y. Private. Served x year. Company Commander, Captain Levi Dunnie, New York Militia. *PACKARD, SAMUEL, aged 91 years. (Penna. Society.) Rockland, Maine. Drummer. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Samuel Tolman, Maine Militia. *Died September 27, 1893. PARKS, DAVIS, aged 106 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) Fowler, Clinton Co., Mich. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Roswell Lyster, New York Militia. *PEAVEY, JOHN W., aged 96 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Braintree, Vt. Private. Company Commander, Captain Nathaniel Gilman, New Hampshire Militia. Served at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, guarding United States stores. *Died June 19, 1893. PHILBROOK, ALFRED SPOONER, aged 93 years. (Mass. Society.) P. O. Box 36, Station A., Boston, Mass. A Volunteer, who, too young to enlist, was present with the Company in which his father, Benjamin, served, at Fort McClary, New Hampshire, 1812. Subsequently a Private in the Vermont Militia, 1815. Son of Benjamin (Philbrick) Philbrook, Private in Captain Robert McNeil's Company of Artillery of the Battalion of Detached New Hampshire Militia, under command of Major Timothy Upham, U. S. A., and subsequently of Major John Bassett; assigned to Fort McClary, New Hampshire, (Lieutenant Colonel John Darrington, U. S. A., Commandant); for the defense of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the Navy Yard; 1812. 21 General Society of the War of 1812 *PHILLIPS, HENRY, aged 101 years. (Penna. Society.) Versailles, Cattskill Co., N. Y. Private. Company Commander, Captain Pollard, Independent Indian Company. In action six (6) times on Canadian border; Major General Peter B. Porter, Commanding, 1813-1814. *Died ___, 1894. PIERCE, DYER, aged 104 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Belvidere, Boone Co., Ill. Ensign. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Abraham Smith. Served on Canadian frontier. PITKIN, JOHN, aged 101 years, 5 months. (Penna. Society.) Mount Vernon, Ohio. Private. Served 3 years. Company Commander, Captain G. Spencer, Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry. *POOR, BENJAMIN, aged 97 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Raymond, N. H. Musician. Served in Captain Samuel Shackford's Company, New Hampshire Militia, 1812-1815. *Died March 30, 1893. *RAY, LEONARD, aged 97 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Baltic, Texas. Private. Served 2 years, 7 months. Company Commander, Captain Winslow, Twenty- fourth Regiment United States Infantry, Major Frank Armstrong, Commanding. *Died___, 1894. *RICHARDS, ISAAC, aged 99 years, 9 months. (Penna. Society.) East Machias, Maine. Private. Served three years. Company Commander, Captain James H. Winslow, Maine Militia. *Died June 11, 1893. 22 General Society of the War of 1812 *ROOT, ANON, aged 102 years. (Penna. Society.) Whitewater, Wis. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Briggs. *Died October, 1894. *SCRUTON, MILES, aged 100 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Merrill, N. H. Private. Served 1 month. Company Commander, Captain William Cousins, New Hampshire Militia. *Died ___, 1894. *SEVEY, IRA, aged 96 years, 5 months. (Penna. Society.) Mt. Vernon, Kennebec Co., Maine. Private. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Bailey; Regimental Commander, Colonel Wool; Brigade Commander, General Wade Hampton; 1813-14. *Died March 25, 1895. SEXTON, ISAIAH B., aged 90 years, 8 months. (Penna. Society.) Sparta, Kent Co., Mich. Waterboy. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Moses Waters, New York Militia. *SIMPSON, PRESLEY, aged 97 years. (Penna. Society.) Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky. Private. Served 3 months. Company Commander, Captain John De Bell; Regimental Commander, Colonel A. T. Mason; Douglass Brigade, Virginia Militia. In battle at Fort McHenry, Maryland, 1814. *Died December 21, 1893. SMART, EDWARD, aged 97 years, 10 months. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) North Dixmont, Maine. Sergeant. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain J. Dow; Lieutenant, James Field; Ensign, Nathaniel Muncy; Massachusetts (or Province of Maine) Militia; 1813-14. 23 General Society of the War of 1812 SMITH, ELEAZER, aged 97 years, 7 months. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) Alexandria, Grafton Co., N. H. Private. Served 1 year in the Sixth Company (Captain Joshua Meriam, Commanding), of the Third Regiment of Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sise, Commandant); "Western Brigade," Detached New Hampshire Militia, (Brigadier General Montgomery, Commanding); stationed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the defense of the sea-board; 1814. *SPARROW, HARVEY, aged 100 years, 9 months. (Penna. Society.) Orleans, Barnstable Co., Mass. Private. Served 8 months. Company Commander, Captain Moses Higgins, Massachusetts Militia. *Died June 6, 1893. *SPINNEY, THOMAS, aged 93 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) Bay Point, Sagadahoc Co., Maine. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Richard Hagan; Regimental Commander, Colonel Andrew Reed; Corps Commander, General William King, Maine Militia. *Died November 5, 1894. *STOUGHT, JACOB, aged 104 years. (Penna. Society.) Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., Ala. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain John McLean, Alabama Volunteers. *Died ___, 1894. STURTEVANT, THOMAS M., aged 95 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) Madison, Morris Co., N. J. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain George Ashbridge, New York Militia. *TAYLOR, JORDAN, aged 100 years. (Penna. Society.) Buckingham Court House, Va. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain George Booker; Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor's Brigade, Virginia Militia. *Died ___, 1894. 24 General Society of the War of 1812 TINTO, FREDERICK, aged 100 years, 4 months. (Penna. Society.) Alder Creek, Oneida Co., N. Y. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Rudolf Root, New York Militia. In battle at Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1813. TOWNLEY, JAMES, aged 93 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) Chili, Coshocton Co., Ohio. Drummer. Served 3 years. Company Commander, Captain Martin ; Regimental Commander, Colonel Phillips, Pennsylvania Volunteers. *Died ___, 1894. *WILLIAMS, DAVID J., aged 99 years. (Penna. Society.) Saratoga, N. Y. Private. Served in New York Militia. *Died January, 1894. *WOOD, JABIN, aged 99 years, 10 months. (Penna. Society.) So. Richland, Oswego Co., N. Y. Private. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Alvin Smith. In battle at Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1813. *Died ___, 1894. YANCEY, WILLIAM, aged 94 years, 5 months. (Penna. Society.) Daphne, Ala. Drummer. Served 4 years. Company Commander, Captain Gilbert C. Russell; Regimental Commander, Colonel Purdy. (His father served in same Company.) YOUNG, NATHANIEL, aged 102 years, 1 month. (Penna. Society.) Linneaus, Aroostook Co., Maine. Musician. Served 1 year. Company Commander, Captain Bailey, Maine Total Veteran Membership, 65 Deceased, 32 Veteran Membership, December 1, 1895, 33 25 General Society of the War of 1812 SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 27 General Society of the War of 1812 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA From its Organization, January 9, 1854. Presidents, JOEL B. SUTHERLAND, Jan. 9, 1854, to Nov. 24, 1861. Veteran of 1812. PETER HAY, July 4, 1862, to Nov. 15, 1879. Veteran of 1812. JOHN D. HESTER, July 5, 1880, to Nov. 5, 1880. Veteran of 1812. THOMAS B. DARRACH, Jan. 8, 1881, to Nov. 26, 1884. Veteran of 1812. JOHN STALLMAN, Jan. 8, 1885, to Nov. 10, 1890. Veteran of 1812. JOHN CADWALADER, Jan. 8, 1891,_____ Secretaries, HIRAM AYRES, 1854 to 1860. Veteran of 1812. JOHN H.FRICK, 1860 to 1872. JOHN B.SPRINGER, 1872 to 1877. THOMAS B. DARRACH, 1877 to 1880. Veteran of 1812. *PETER STUART HAY, 1880 to 1894. CAPTAIN HENRY H.BELLAS,U.S.A., 1894 to 1895. +JAMES VARNUM PETER TURNER, 1895---- Treasurers, JAMES BENNERS, 1857 to 1880. Veteran of 1812. ALEXANDER B. THOMPSON, 1880 to 1886. PETER STUART HAY, 1891 to 1893. HENRY MARTYN HOYT, 1893 to 1894. ADAM ARBUCKLE STULL, 1894---- *Served as Assistant Secretary from February 22, 1876. +Served as Assistant Secretary from February 19, 1894. (29) General Society of the War of 1812 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812, IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Organized January 9, 1854. Re-organized January 3, 1891. Incorporated November 19, 1892. 1895. President, JOHN CADWALADER. Vice-Presidents, JOHN BIDDLE PORTER, APPLETON MORGAN, LL. D., Brigadier General ADOLPHUS W. GREELY, U. S. A. Captain WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE HOFF, U. S. N. Captain HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U. S. A. Secretary, JAMES VARNUM PETER TURNER. (Address: 517 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.) Assistant Secretary, HENRY DOUGLAS HUGHES. Registrar, EDWARD RUTLEDGE SHUBRICK. Treasurer, ADAM ARBUCKLE STULL. Historian, CYRUS KINGSBURY REMINGTON. Chaplain, REV. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN. Executive Committee, GEORGE HORACE BURGIN, M. D., Chairman. CHARLES HENRY MURRAY, WILLIAM CHETWOOD SPENCER, REYNOLD WEBB WILCOX, M.D., LL.D., BEVERLEY RANDOLPH KEIM, DAVID McKNIGHT HOBART, FRANCIS MARK BROOKE, CHARLES WILLIAMS, RUSSELL DUANE. Delegates to the General Society, APPLETON MORGAN, LL.D., GEORGE HORACE BURGIN, M. D. HENRY CAREY BAIRD, CHARLES WILLIAMS, JAMES WATTS MERCUR.