Shawnee County
Societies and Fraternal Organizations
History of the Kansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
1901 Membership Roster, Topeka Chapter
The Kansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was organized in Topeka March 31, 1892, when
the following officers were elected:
President, Avery Washburn,
Vice-President, Dr. J. L. Furber.
Secretary. Judge Franklin Greorge Adams.
Treasurer, George Dennison Hale.
Registrar, T. E. Bowman
At a subsequent meeting, April 18, Judge Adams and
Edward Wilder were appointed delegates to attend the
annual meeting of the National Society in New York,
April 30 and May 1, 1892. Both were present and Judge
Adams subsequently made an interesting report.
Among the early members of the Society are found
the names of Avery Washburn, Judge F. G Adams,
George D. Hale, Thomas E. Bowman, Allen Holcraft,
William T. Scott. Isaac Hogue, Jonathan D. Norton,
William C. Webb, D. C. Tillotson, Thomas S. Lyon, Dr.
J. L. Furber, Thomas C. Vail, D. G. Kelsey, D C. Nellis,
Dr. William Smith, N. F. Handy, H. W. Curtis, T. W.
Harrison, D. W. Nellis, D. O. Crane, R. I. Lee, F. M.
Grover, F. H. Retton, H. J. Adams, Charles S. Gleed, and
others.
On October 17, 1894, the President and Secretary were
instructed to aid in the organization of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, if such an organization seemed
practicable, and the advisability of organizing other
patriotic societies was discussed.
Mr. Avery Washburn held the office of President until
the second annual meeting (practically three years), January 21, 1895, when the following officers were elected:
President, George D. Hale, Topeka.
Vice-Presidents, Wm. T. Scott, Holton; F. H. Betton,
Pomeroy; Connelley McFadden, Chanute; E. A Berry, Waterville; Richard O. Eltlng, Kansada.
Secretary, Henry J. Adams, Topeka.
Treasurer, A. K. Rodgers, Topeka.
Registrar, Thomas E. Bowman, Topeka.
Historian, Dr. J. L. Furber, Topeka.
At the next meeting in April, Mr. Rodgers resigned,
and Jonathan D. Norton was elected Treasurer in his
place, an office he has filed until this date.
Secretary H. J. Adams, having moved to California,
resigned his office April 15, 1896, and Luther M. Nellis
was elected in his place and remained in office until January, 1901.
Some other changes in officers were made during these
years. Dr. Furber haying removed to Oklahoma, William E. Connelley was made Historian in his place, and
Gustavus F. Kimball was elected Registrar in place of
the lamented Judge F. G. Adams. George D. Hale was
regularly reelected President until January, 1901, when
he declined to serve longer. Mr. Hale had made an efficient officer, always watchful and untiring, and much of
the later as well as of the earlier success of the Society
was due to his efforts.
1901 Roster of Members, Topeka Chapter
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Adams, H. J. | Matthews, C. H. | |
Bates, A. H. | Meade, J. M. | |
Boughton, Homer | Morton, Judge J. T. | |
Bowman, H. C. | Mullin, A. B. | |
Brier, John | Mullin, Moses | |
Brier, J. M. | McClintock, J. D. | |
Chase, Harold T. | McClintock, L. B. | |
Connelley, Wm. E. | McFarland, J. M. | |
Crane, D. O. | Nellis, D. C. | |
Crane, G. W. | Nellis, D. W. | |
Dick, Dr. G. | Nellis, Luther M. | |
Eastman, Philip | Norton, David W. | |
Eldridge, J. L. | Norton, Colonel J. D. | |
Faulkner, Dr. C. E. | Norton, J. H. | |
Foster, F. H. | Nortan, W. S. | |
Gage, N. L. | Pierce, Robert | |
Grover, F. M. | Rodgers, A. K. | |
Hale, George D. | Rodgers, T. P. | |
Handy, N. F. | Rust, H. G. | |
Harrison, T. W. | Skinner, C. D. | |
Hogeboom, Dr. G. W | Smith, Dr. Wm. | |
Huntoon, A. J. | Thompson, R. S. | |
Huntoon, Joel | Vail, T. C. | |
Kelsey, D. E. | Washburn, Avery | |
Kimball, F. M. | Washburn, A. D. | |
Kimball, G. F. | Washburn, F. M. | |
Lee, R. I. | Washburn, H. M. | |
Lewis, F. A. | Webb, Charles J. | |
Lovewell, J. T. | Wilder, Edward | |
Lyon, Thomas S. | |
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