Sons of the Revolution in Washington D.C. 1920 - Members D-G
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1920

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D's - G's


John Adolph Bernard DAHLGREN -- Elected April, 5, 1897
Attorney-at-Law. Fendall Building, Washington, D.C.
Great-great-great-grandson of James REED (1724-1807); Colonel of the
Third New Hampshire Regiment; was promoted to Brigadier-General in the
U.S. Army August 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of Henry WISNER, of New York (1720-1790);
Delegate to the First Continental Congress, 1774.

Richard Graham DAVENPORT -- Elected February 19, 1891. Commodore, U.S. Navy (Retired). 1441 Hopkins Street, Washington, D.C. Great-grandson of Richard GRAHAM (1738-1796); Member of Committee of Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Virginia, and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of the Revolution. Great-great-grandson of George BRENT (1730-1779); Member, Committee of Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia. Great-great-grandson of Charles JONES (1705-1797); Commissioner of Revenue for Support of the War, and first Judge of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1777. Great-great-grandson of Samuel LOVE (Senior) (1718-1785); Member, Committee of Safety and Observation of Charles County, Maryland; also member, Maryland Convention, 1774.
John Fuller DAVIS -- Elected May 26, 1914 Major (Cavalry), U.S. Army. Fort Riley, Kansas Great-great-great-grandson of George MORGAN (1742-1810); First Lieutenant, First Volunteer Company, Philadelphia; Commissioned Colonel, January 8, 1777; Acted as Deputy Commissary General of WASHINGTON's Army at Valley Forge.
Edwin Willard DEMING -- Elected February 7, 1917. Artist. Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Solomon DEMING of Connecticut (1736- 1820); who served from April 19, 1775 to May 7, 1775, as Ensign in Lexington Alarms, Captain Moses SAUL's Company of Minute Men, Colonel John FELLOWS; Served again in same Company as Ensign from May 8, 1775 for eight months; Served again in same company as Ensign, and commissioned First Lieutenant in Captain Samuel WOLCOTT's 10th Company, May 6, 1776.
William Arthur DEXTER -- Elected October 30, 1918. Bank Teller. 5710 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Elias THOMAS (1746-1820), of Massachusetts; who served in the capacity of Private and Scout.
Charles Francis DIGGS -- Elected July 22, 1909. Attorney-at-Law. 320 Congress Street, Ottawa, Illinois Great-grandson of Joseph DIGGS; Surgeon, Maryland Marching Militia.
Edward Wilton DONN, Jr. -- Elected June 3, 1895. Architect. 1708 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D.C. Great-grandson of Samuel GARDNER (1761-1823); Private in the Essex County, New Jersey, Militia.
Orville Breckenridge DROWN -- Elected May 23, 1917. Insurance. 617 Southern Building, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Elijah OTIS (1749-1838), of New Hampshire; who served as Private under General STARK at the battle of Bennington.
Irving Hall DUNLAP -- Elected April 5, 1901. U.S. Fish Commission. 1728 "Q" Street, Washington, D.C. Great-grandson of Diarca ALLEN (1761-1850); Private, First Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Josiah STARR; May 22, 1777, to May 22, 1780.
Seely DUNN -- Elected September 30, 1920. merce Commission, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Israel HUTCHINSON, of Massachusetts; Served as Colonel, Twenty-seventh Continental Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel of MANSFIELD's Massachusetts Regiment, May 27, to December 31, 1776.
Harry Lyman DUNWOODY -- Elected December 3, 1915), of Pennsylvania; Private in the Seventh Class of the Eighth Company of Cumberland County Militia; Private in Captain Walter McKINNEY's Eighth Company, Fourth Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, 1781.
Clinton Goodloe EDGAR -- Elected April 10, 1900. Merchant. 520-532 Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, Mich. Great-great-grandson of Samuel GILL; Ensign, Fourth Virginia, February, 1776; First Lieutenant, November, 1776; Captain, January, 1777. Great-great grandson of Archibald WOODS (1749-1836); Captain in the Virginia Militia; served under Colonel RUSSELL, Colonel LEWIS, Colonel DONNELLY, and Colonel HENDERSON.
Milton Courtwright ELLIOTT -- September 30, 1920. Attorney-at-Law. 1818 "Q" Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Demsey BURGESS, of North Carolina; Commissioned Major of Minute Men (Pasquotank County) September 9, 1775; promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 22, 1776; Delegate to Provincial Congress of North Carolina August 21, 1775.
Lay Hampton EVERHART -- Elected March 2, 1915. Lieutenant-Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired). 58 Clairmont Avenue, Decatur, Ga. Great-great-grandson of Gray BYNUM (1737-1814); Member of Surry County, North Carolina House of Commons, 1779; participated in General Assembly that year. Great-great-grandson of Joseph BANNER; Private, North Carolina Troops.
Samuel Pannill FICKLEN -- Elected January 29, 1919. Insurance. 1823 Biltmore Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Colonel William LETCHER, of Virginia (1741- 1781); who served under General Nathaniel GREENE in the Carolinas.
Arthur FORAKER -- Elected November 15, 1915. Real Estate. The Connecticut, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of David PAINE (1737-1807); Private in Captain Eliphalet THORP's Company, Lieutenant Colonel John BROOK's Regiment.
Edward Norval FORTSON -- Elected April 14, 1915. Investments. 44 Cedar Street, New York, N.Y. Great-grandson of Robert TOOMBS (....-1815); Major, Virginia Militia, 1779- 1782.
Charles Leonard FRAILEY -- Elected January 10, 1916. Attorney-at-Law 1506 Twenty-first Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Seth FREEMAN (1750-1825) of Massachusetts; Master, privateer Success; promoted on September 30, 1782; Private Captain Benjamin PERRY's Company, Major WINSLOW's Regiment, also Captain FISH's Company, Colonel FREEMAN's Regiment.
David Washington GALL -- Elected March 21, 1917. Attorney-at-Law. 205 E. Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. Great-grandson of George GALL, Jr. (1766-1852), of Pennsylvania; enlisted January 10, 1781 at the age of 14; Served against the British through Dismal Swamp under Colonel John BOYER; discharged September 2, 1781, at the age of 15; Enlisted again and marched to Yorktown and was present at the surrender of the British.
Hampson GARY -- Elected May 7, 1905. U.S. Minister to Switzerland. U.S. Legation, Berne. Great-great-great-grandson of Joseph DICKSON (1745-1825); Member of House of Commons, North Carolina, 1775; Member of Committee of Safety, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1775; Captain in Colonel McDOWELL's Regiment, South Carolina Troops, 1780; participated in Battle of King's Mountain, as Major of "Lincoln County Men;" promoted to Colonel, 1781; retired at close of war, as Brigadier-General.
Theodore Nicholas GILL, Jr. -- Elected December 13, 1915. 1406 "G" Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Conrad T. WEDERSTRANDT (1736-1801), of Maryland; was commissioned Assistant Deputy Commissary of Purchases for the Army for the Country included in Queen Anne and Talbot Counties and below.
Frederick Worden Montrose GRAHAM -- Elected April 19, 1916. Real Estate. 1502 "H" Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Dr. Andrew GRAHAM (1728-1785), of Connecticut; who was one of the Committee of Safety in the perilous period of 1775; Served as surgeon in the American Army, and on being taken prisoner by the British was confined for several months in the old Middle Dutch Church in Nassau Street, New York City.
John Brady GRAYSON -- Elected October 2, 1900. Merchant. Warrenton, Va. Great-great-grandson of Spence GRAYSON (1732-1798); Chaplain of the Virginia Regiment, known as "Grayson's" Additional Continental Regiment," from May, 1777, to April, 1779.
Clarence Henning GREEN -- Elected March 21, 1917. Treasury Department. 3022 "Q" Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-great-grandson of Richard THURMAN (1743-1830), of Virginia; Private in Captain DOUTHAT's Company, Colonel HOLCOMBE's Regiment.
Frank Key GREEN -- Elected January 2, 1900. Marshal, U.S. Supreme Court. 2907 "Q" Street, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Uriah FORREST (1756-1805); Lieutenant and Lieutenant Colonel of the Maryland Line; afterwards appointed Major General of the Maryland Militia.
Thomas Edward GREEN -- Elected July 27, 1920. Director, Speakers' Bureau, American Red Cross. National Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Great-great-grandson of Joseph McCREARY, of Maryland (1742-....); Served in Third Company, Sixth Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, commanded by Captain John DUNCAN. Great-grandson of Andrew GREEN, of Virginia (1761-1837); Private in Captain CHAPMAN's Company of Colonel Joseph CROCKETT's Regiment; severely wounded in skirmish at Bear Grass Creek.
Edward Alonzo GREENE -- Elected February 17, 1920. Lieutenant-Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. Third Regiment, Second Provisional Brigade, Santo Domingo, D.R. Great-great-great-grandson of Philip GREENE; Chief Justice Court of Common Pleas, County of Kent, Rhode Island, through Revolutionary period, also associate justice of that Court (1759-1776); gave liberally of money and supplies to the maintenance of the Continental Army.
Frank Edward GUERNSEY -- Elected January 7, 1912. Attorney-at-Law. Dover, Maine. Great-great-grandson of Robert THOMPSON; Private in Captain William BOYES' Company, Colonel Daniel REYNOLDS' Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, November, 1781.

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