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Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Iowa

The Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Iowa was organized April 19, 1890

   

BERGEN, Reverend John Tallmadge, D.D., Dubuque, Chaplain Iowa Society (1912), elected to the SAR 1911.
Great-great-grandson of Private John Brower. Served seven years in the Schuyler Regiment, Lansing Troop, and for this service received a pension in his old age. His father, Cornelius Brower, was a freeholder of Dutchess County, New York, and one of the signers of the Freemen’s Pledge.

 

 

BINGHAM, William Putnam, Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1894
Great-great-grandson of Brigadier-General Rufus Putnam, Massachusetts Continental Line, 1775-1783

BISSELL, Lester Clark, Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1897
Great-great-great- grandson of Jacob Wicker, Private in the Company of Captain Josiah White, Colonel Job Cushing's Regiment Massachusetts Militia, raised for three months to reinforce the Northern Army under General Gates; enlisted September 5th, 1777; discharged November 22d, 1777.

BREADY, John Ely, M.D., Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1890.
Great-grandson of Private John Ely, Colonel Parson’s 6th Connecticut Rifles.
Also, great-grandson of Captain Ezra Lee, in action at the battles of Monmouth, Trenton, and Brandywine.

BUSHNELL, George Lake Ward, Farley, elected to the SAR 1897
Great-grandson of Captain David Bushnell of Connecticut, Corps of Sappers and Miners, 1777-1783; appointed Captain-Lieutenant August 2, 1779; Full Captain June 8, 1781; present at siege of Yorktown; commanded the Corps in 1783. Member of the Cincinnati.

CADY, Monroe Marsh, Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1895.
Great-grandson of Corporal Noah Parsons, private in Captain John Allen’s Company, in General Pomeroy’s Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, “Lexington Alarm,” also Private in Capatin Jonathan Allen’s Company, Colonel John Fellow’s Regiment in 1775, also private in Jonathan Storm’s Company, Colonel Dickinson’s Regiment, in 1777 at Ticonderoga Alarm, Corporal in Captain Oliver Lyman’s Company, East Hoosac Alarm, 1777.

DEMING, Judson Keith, Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1893, insignia #1275.
Great-grandson of Captain David Judson, Continental Army. Second Lieutenant, 1777; First Lieutenant, 1778; Captain, 1781. Served throughout the War of the Revolution.
Also, great-great-grandson of Private Asahel Jerome, in Captain Robert Durkee’s Company, Connecticut Troops, from Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania; served at Brandywine and Germantown; died in the service, 1777.
Also, great-great-grandson of Private John Goodsell, in Captain Thomas Nash’s company, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Dimon commanding; at Fishkill, 1777; killed at Fairfield, July 7th, 1779.
Also, great-great-grandson of Second Lieutenant Oliver Atherton; Sergeant Lexington Alarm; Second Sergeant, May, 1775; Sergeant, October, 1775; and in 1777; Second Lieutenant 10th Company, 5th Hampshire County Regiment Massachusetts Militia, 1780.
Also, great-great-grandson of Private Ebenezer Drury, in Captain Artemus Ward’s Regiment, “Lexington Alarm,” 1775, and in Captain Nye’s Company, Colonel Sparhawk’s Regiment, 1778.
Also, great-great-great-grandson of Private Zerubabel Jerone, Private in Captain Hooker’s Company Connecticut Troops, 1776.

HAM, Charles Markle, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1896.
Great-great-grandson of Private Samuel Ham, New Hampshire Volunteers, Canadian Expedition, 1776; and Light Horse Volunteers, Rhode Island Campaign, 1778.

HAM, Clifford Dudley, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1894.
Great-great-grandson of Private Samuel Ham, New Hampshire Volunteers, Canadian Expedition, 1776; and Light Horse Volunteers, Rhode Island Campaign, 1778.

HATCH, George Parcher, Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1898
Great-grandson of Corporal David Allen; served as Private in Captain Isaiah Stetson's Company, 12th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Gamaliel Bradford; enlisted January 3, 1777, for three years; appointed Corporal, June, 1779; discharged January 3, 1780.

HEUSTIS, James Walters, M.D., Dubuque, elected to the SAR 1893, insignia #1502.
Great-grandson of Private Noah Herod, Captain Jonathan Sibley’s Company, Colonel Luke Drury’s Regiment Massachusetts Levies, 1781.

PARKER, Alonzo Jeffrey, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1894. Insignia #1762.
Great-grandson of Captain Nicholas N. Anthony, 3rd Regiment New York City Militia, Colonel Abraham P. Lott, 1775.

PARKER, Thomas William, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1894. Insignia #1670.
Great-grandson of Captain Nicholas N. Anthony, 3rd Regiment New York City Militia, Colonel Abraham P. Lott, 1775.

PETERSON, Charles Joseph, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1894.
Great-grandson of Private Jabez Rockwell, Connecticut Troops, 1777.
Also, great-great-grandson of Robert Buchanon who served five years in a New York Regiment.

ROBISON, Charles Seymour, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1895.
Great-grandson of Captain John Marshall, Ensign Second Battalion of Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, 1776; Second Lieutenant 3rd Pennsylvania, 1776; First Lieutenant, 1777; Captain-Lieutenant, 1779; Captain, 1779-1783.
Also, great-grandson of Captain John McConnell, lieutenant 5th Battalion Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Associators, 1776; Captain 8th Company, 6th Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777-78.

SMITH, Dwight Thomas, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1897.
Great-grandson of Ensign Jonas Walker; served in Captain Jason Duncan's Company, Colonel John Sargeant's Regiment Vermont Militia.

STAPLES, George Allen, M.D., Dubuque, elected to SAR 1895.
Great-grandson of Ichabod Phillips, Private in Captain John Williams' Company, Colonel Vose's Regiment Massachusetts troops; enlisted, 1780; served three years and was present at surrender of Cornwallis.

TORBERT, Horace Gates, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1895.
Great-great-great-grandson of Captain Adam Martin, Colonel Bigelow's Regiment Massachusetts Troops, 1775; Rhode Island in 1779-1780, on the Coast Defense.

TORBERT, Willard Horatio, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1899.
Great-grandson of Ensign Joshus Ransom, Ensign 8th Company, 6th Battalion Wadsworth's Brigade, Colonel John Chester, Captain John Isham, Jr., Connecticut Line, 1776. At battle of Long Island, 27th August, 1776, and at White Plains, 28th October, 1776.

TREDWAY, Alfred Worthington, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1895.
Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Elijah Worthington, in Captain Amos Jones' Company Connecticut State Troops, Lexington Alarm, 1775.
Also, great-grandson of Private Elijah Tredway, in Captain Amos Jones' Company Connecticut State Troops, Lexington Alarm, 1775.

WALKER, Alexander Campbell, Farley, elected to SAR 1896.
Grandson of Private Marshall Miller, Private in Captain Josiah Boyden's Company, Colonel William Williams' Regiment Vermont Militia; Bennington Expedition, August, 1777.

WALLER, John Albert Robert, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1910.
Great-great-grandson of Private Henry Cooper. Private in Captain William Laird’s Company, Ninth Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, Pennsylvania, 1781.

WEBSTER, Parker Stewart, Dubuque, elected to SAR 1894.
Great-grandson of Captain Daniel Stewart, 2nd Regiment Connecticut Line, 1779; engaged in Tyron's Invasion of Connecticut, July, 1779.

 
Sources:
~Register of the society of Sons of the revolution in the state of Iowa, 1897
~Register of the society of Sons of the revolution in the state of Iowa, 1900
~Register of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Iowa, 1912
~Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Dubuque County IAGenWeb
 

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