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7201	When World War II began during his sophomore year at Oklahoma A&M, Jack joined the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees, 24th Battalion), serving in the South Pacific. Jack and his wife built and managed Deer Creek Grain Elevator and Custom Seed Cleaning in Rolling Fork for 30 years. He served on the 1965 Board of the Mississippi Soybean Association. He was also a draftsman and registered land surveyor, holding Mississippi's second license issued, an honor he earned in 1963 as a principal legislative lobbyist and writer for the law regulating the profession. He served as secretary and president of the Mississippi Association of Professional Surveyors. Referring to himself as "the village idiot," Jack was a man of many talents. He was a lifelong amateur radio operator (W5RQJ). He was a magician, a self-taught organist, and built and programmed personal computers before they were popular. He was an instrument-rated private pilot and flew sail planes. Photography remained a lifelong interest — with Lake Washington and flowers his favorite subjects. His skill restoring fading and crumbling pictures was also known throughout the Delta. For 55 years, Jack was an active communicant of Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church in Rolling Fork. He was a vestryman, junior warden, senior warden and Sunday school teacher, as well as a licensed lay reader and a lay Eucharistic minister. During 13 years as chair of the Companion Diocese Committee, he repeatedly visited Central America to assist medical, educational and communications missions. He learned Spanish to better cultivate friendships with the people he met. At the request of the Panamanian Tribunal Electorate, he was an official observer for the country's first democratic election. Jack was a Mason, attaining E.A. and F.C. degrees in October and November 1950, and M.M. in January 1951. He served as junior warden (1952), senior warden (1953), and worshipful master (1955) of Deer Creek Lodge No. 356 and was presented a 50-year certificate and pin.	Shults, Jack Dayle (I58575)
7202	While chopping in the woods with his brother, Seymour was caught by a falling tree. His skull was fractured and he passed away after a few hours, without regaining consciousness. He was a single man, 32 years of age and popular.	Scudder, Frank Seymour (I16958)
7203	While completing a Bachelor of Science in business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was a member of the Order of Gimgoul and served as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Inter-fraternity Council. Following his college graduation John was commissioned First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and served as a navigator in the Strategic Air Command. His love of flying continued years later when he obtained his pilot’s license, often using it for regional business trips. John’s outstanding leadership and dedication, and a strong work ethic, led to personal and professional success. After his discharge from the Air Force, he joined the Thomas E. Gray Insurance Agency in Tampa and later founded his own insurance agency, Boushall & Associates.	Boushall, John Heck Jr. (I58457)
7204	While Farrington was also the president of the Chevy Chase Savings Bank, his reputation in education was most noteworthy. Graduating from Harvard in 1894, Farrington received an MA in 1902 and a PhD in 1904 from Columbia University. He worked as a professor and researcher in the field of education for more than a decade, at Columbia University, Speyer School, University of Texas, and Yale University. According to The Washington Post, he was also “the author of numerous works, including books and treatises on French and German educational systems, education of aliens, a Bureau of Education pamphlet, and papers on secondary education.”	Farrington, Dr. Frederick Ernest (I1328)
7205	While her father was U.S. Consul in Tahiti, Mano met the future actor, Sterling Hayden. They fell in love and were engaged to be married. Later, after he had returned to the United States, he broke off the engagement. Mano always said that not marrying Sterling Hayden was one of the best things that happened to her.	Mersman, Marguerite (I931)
7206	While in his boyhood, Edward's family moved to Poughkeepsie. His preparatory course was passed at College Hill School, in Poughkeepsie, and in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts. He entered Yale and remained to the end of Junior year, in August, 1862. While in college he joined the Sigma Phi fraternity; was a member of the 'Technian Literary Society, and assistant librarian of the society library; a member of the Williams Art Association, and Class orator at the Biennial Celebration, and was elected one of the editors of Williams Quarterly, 1862-63. Edward left college to enter the army, and on 11 October 1862, was mustered into the United States service as captain of Company G, 150th New York Volunteers. He served with his regiment at Gettysburg, The regiment, "Dutchess County Regiment," was commanded by Colonel John H. Ketcham at Gettysburg. He later served with the Army of the Potomac, until the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps were transferred to General Sherman's command in Tennessee. During the Sherman campaigns, after this transfer, namely, the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea, Wickes was on the staff of Major-General A. S. Williams. After the close of the war, by order of the President, Captain Wickes was retained in the service for six months to muster out portions of the Fourteenth and Twentieth Army Corps. In March, 1865, Wickes was brevetted major of volunteers. At the end of the war, Edward returned to New York City, and was active and very successful in various financial projects. From 1869 to 1873 he was the New York representative of the Tredegar Iron Works of Virginia. Toward the close of 1873 he became vice-president and acting president of the Canada Southern Railway and its allied companies. In 1889, with Francis Lynde Stetson (Williams, 1867) and William B. Rankine (Union College), the work of utilizing the power of Niagara Falls was undertaken and a construction company was formed. Wickes was made vice-president of this company and still remains in this position, and first vice-president of the Niagara Falls Power Company, a successor company. Edward was also president of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railway Company, director in the Cataract Power and Conduit Company of Buffalo, New York, and the Tonawanda Power Company; also a governor of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce and the New England Society of New York. He was a member of the following clubs: Metropolitan, University, Suburban, Midday, and Chatworth.	Wickes, Edward Allen (I25176)
7207	While living in London, Mary had an affair with Percy Wyndham Lewis. She also joined the Women Social & Political Union. Using the pseudonym Bridget Maclagan she published two novels, The Mistress of Kingdoms (1912) and Collision (1913). One critic described the books as autobiographical with feminist undertones. On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Borden she set up a hospital unit in Dunkirk. She remained in France, running at her own expense a mobile hospital on the Western Front. While at the Somme she met and fell in love with Edward Louis Spears, a French liaison officer. Borden, who was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government, remained with the unit until 1918. In 1928, Mary published the novel Flamingo. According to one critic, the novel "is a love story which should live as long as any woman believes in love". She followed this with The Forbidden Zone, an account of her experiences during the First World War. A novel about a nurse on the Western Front, Sarah Gay, appeared in 1931. She continued working as a novelist and wrote the controversial The Techniques of Marriage (1933), Mary of Nazareth (1933), The King of the Jews (1935), and a collection of short-stories, Passport for a Girl (1939), an account of English attitudes to the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. During the Second World War ran a mobile field hospital in the Middle East and wrote about this in Journey Down a Blind Alley (1946). For the Record (1950) is about a secret agent and Martin Merriedew (1952) about a pacifist tried for treason. In the 1950s May often travelled to the United States, partly in order to visit her nephew Adlai Stevenson.	Borden, Mary (I56897)
7208	While residing in Roman county. North Carolina, Abner enlisted in May 1781 and served one year as a private in Captain Alexander Brevard's company, Colonel Dickson's (Dickerson) and Colonel Blount's North Carolina regiments, was in battle of Eutaw Springs, where he was slightly wounded by a gun shot. Left service April 18, 1782.	Scudder, Abner (I595)
7209	Whitman was associated with General Electric since receiving his M.S. in electrical engineering in 1940 from Princeton University. For a time after his war service as a naval officer, GE assigned him to San Francisco, but in 1960, he returned to Schenectady as marketing manager for GE's gas turbine department. In 1971 became a vice president. Under his leadership, gas turbines became a major source of profits for GE. He retired in 1976, only to be called to serve as chief of the Bureau of Power, Federal Power Commission in Washington, D.C. He was active in professional associations and a leader in community work.	Ridgway, Whitman Hawley (I26153)
7210	Wife Martha was widowed when she sold property she inherited from her father to Robert and Elizabeth Weston. Date of deed is incomplete but given as 165_.	Jacob, Thomas (I579)
7211	Wilbert enlisted in the Army 20 February 1943 in Tacoma, Washington.	Wornath, Wilbert Richard (I29080)
7212	Wilberta taught music in Windfall High School following her graduation from the Oxford College for Women in Miami, Ohio. She was an active member of the Windfall United Methodist Church and served as church organist for many years. She belonged to the Windfall Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star and had served as grand organist and held other offices in the Indiana Grand Chapter of Eastern Star. Wilberta also was member and past president of the Homemakers Extension Club. She had served as president of the Indiana Homemakers Association and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Windfall.	Breaks, DeLelia Wilberta (I36795)
7213	Wilbur attended Teacher's College for two years then took over his grandmother's farm where he established a successful poultry business, specializing in broiler raising.	Johns, Wilbur Wilcox (I2790)
7214	Wilbur is known as a manufacturer and inventor of typesetting machines, having invented the Monoline type-setting machines in Canada, the Intertype, which is manufactured in Brooklyn, and various devices which went into the perfection of the linotype machine.	Scudder, Wilbur Stephen (I18458)
7215	Wilbur moved to Indianapolis in 1919, later lived in South Charleston, West Virginia., and came to Muncie in 1934. He was an accountant for the Continental Baking Company prior to his retirement in 1950 and earlier was employed at American Express Company. He was a member of First Baptist Church, the Gleaners Class of the church, Owen Lodge 655, F&AM of Quincy, Ind., and Eastern Star, Quincy Chapter 298.	Scudder, Wilbur Carl (I9476)
7216	Wilbur served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.	Bennett, Wilbur Lee (I61021)
7217	Wilbur served in the U.S. Army during World War II.	Rogers, John Wilbur (I32806)
7218	Wilbur was a carpenter and contractor. He worked in Baltimore's shipyards during World War I.	Snitchler, Wilbur Thomas (I15653)
7219	Wilbur was a dairy farmer and also a member of the Ohio Valley Coon Hunters Association for nearly 35 years.	Scudder, Wilbur (I16731)
7220	Wilbur was a farmer.	Scudder, Wilbur Marlow (I13954)
7221	Wilbur was a lineman for the Long Island Lighting Company. He had served in World War I, being inducted16 September 1917, and discharged 17 May 1919. He was a sergeant in the quartermaster corps of the Army.	Sammis, Wilbur (I46361)
7222	Wilbur was an army veteran of World War II and had served as an anti-tank gunner in the 4th Division. He landed on Utah Beach on D-Day where he was wounded, captured by the Germans, and spent six months in a German prisoner of war camp. He received the Purple Heart, four Bronze Stars, and the Prisoner Of War Medal. He was a member of the Bear Creek Baptist Church at Friendship and also the Vevay Veterans of Foreign Wars. He and his wife owned the Siekerman General Store in Friendship, and from 1951 to 1971 he was employed with the Jefferson Proving Ground.	Scudder, Wilbur (I16322)
7223	Wilburt organized Duke University Medical Center in 1927, and remained its Director until he retired in 1960. He served in World War I, enlisting 21 June 1917, and released 4 March 1919.	Davison, Doctor Wilburt Cornell (I1236)
7224	Wilda was a school teacher.	Cline, Wilda Helen (I22444)
7225	Wiles grew up in Palmyra, New York, and summered at Sodus Point where he and his brother, Paul, learned to sail and race a 'Star' class sailboat on Sodus Bay. After high school, Wiles attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he earned his undergraduate degree in business and was active in the Lambda Chi fraternity. He stayed on at Penn's Wharton School to earn a Master's Degree in Business Administration. After marriage, the couple lived in Raleigh, North Carolina and Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Wiles was a university professor, prior to settling in Rochester in 1955. In Rochester, Wiles worked for Bausch and Lomb during the week and excelled at racing sailboats of all types with his family and friends on Lake Ontario and Sodus Bay on the weekends. In the evenings, he continued teaching business courses at the local academic institutions. After retiring from B&L, Wiles was a successful independent businessman owning and operating the Financial Business Service. He also served on the boards of the Rochester Yacht Club, the Sodus Bay Yacht Club and several other organizations including the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford and the Pittsford Republican Committee.	Converse, Wiles Elliott (I21081)
7226	Wilford was a miller by trade. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in 1833 and served two missions before being ordained an Apostle in 1839. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, he completed four additional missions, presided over the temple in St. George, Utah, and served six years as Church Historian. He was sustained as Church President on April 7, 1889. As President of the Church, he dedicated temples in Salt Lake City and Manti, Utah, oversaw the organization of the Genealogical Society, and reemphasized the value of historical record keeping. After much pondering and prayer, he received a revelation that the Latter-day Saints should cease the practice of plural marriage. In 1890, he wrote the Manifesto, testifying that the Church had ceased teaching the practice of plural marriage. In addition to being the Lord's mouthpiece for that revelation, President Woodruff also left a legacy that emphasized missionary and temple work.	Woodruff, Wilford (I43857)
7227	Wilford was of the Methodist faith and was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War era. He worked at U.S. Shoe Corp. in Vevay for six years and retired from MacKay Inc. in Florence, Ky., where he worked for 10 years as a copper plater. He also had worked previously for Alton Box Co. in Aurora for 19 years in operations. In his spare time he enjoyed gardening, fishing, tinkering and being Mr. Fix It Man.	Keith, Wilford Jr. (I16331)
7228	Wiliam was a farmer, residing on the family farm of 200 acres with his home being built by his grandfather. William was for six years commissioner of highways and served as the supervisor of the town of Oyster Bay.	Jones, William Hewlett (I44633)
7229	Will of John Morrell, husband of Phebe Alburtus. ·     Page 437. — In the name of God, Amen. I, John Merrell, of Newtown, in Queens County, blacksmith, being in sound mind. After all debts are paid, I leave to my wife Phebe £5 ayear, while she remains my widow. "I give her the east room, with the leanto, and a case of bottles and Teakettle, and my best bed, and a large copper kettle, and a Pot, etc ., and a Candle stand with two Candle sticks, and one-half dozen pillow s, and a Looking glass and a riding chair, and 6 bushels of wheat, " to be carried to the mill and brought home again," yearly, and milk and apples, and firewood brought to the door. After her death, I leave all the movables "to my two daughters' children." I leave to my daughter Phebe the best bed and furniture, and £200, and I leave to her daughter Phebe £10, and to her son John £5, and my wearing apparell to her sons. I leave to my grandson, John Albertson, £100, "by reason of the deficiency of his sight." I leave to my 4 grandchildren, Paul, Elizabeth, Phebe, and Mary Alburtis, £100. "I leave to my son John's son" £50, and my gun, sword, saddle and bridle. I leave all the rest to my son John, and I make him and my son-in-law, Paul Alburtis, executors. Dated October 24, 1767. Witnesses, Vernon Moore, Thomas Moore, Samuel Moore. Proved, November 4, 1768.	Morrell, John (I30102)
7230	Will of John Stuart (and Stewart), w. d. 1Oct 1755; w. p. 23 Nov 1756. Arch, vol A101 page 53. Reg. of Wills, Liber B,folios 124-128, and Rg4545, Sussex Co Probate, Delaware Public Archives, Dover,Delaware 19901. Mentions son John, daughters Levinah and Elizabeth “Betsy”.   Rg4545-Sussex County Probate John Stuart1755-1756, from Delaware Public Archives, Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware19901. And Arch, vol A101 page 53. Reg. of Wills, Liber B, folios 124-128,Sussex County, Will Books, Georgetown, Delaware. Notes [The will is written or transcribed under name John Stuart, but the Stewart spelling was used interchangeably throughout this life on many other records. For example, his children Mary and William Stewart, by wife Ann Robinson, were referred to as grandchildren in the will off William Robinson.] The transcription of John's will is: In the Name of God Amen the first day of October in the year of Our Lord 1755 I John Stuart of Sussex County on Delaware yeoman being Sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore Calling unto mind te mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to dye do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament: that is to Say principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that give it and for my body I recommend it to the Earth, to be buried in a Christian Like and Decent manner at the Discreation of my Executors nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner & form. Imprs I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Levinah STUART the upperhalf of the Tract of Land which I now Dwell upon beginning at a Corner marked Red Oak standing by a Valey proceeding Out of the mill pond and by a persimonhamock and Runing from Thence West Northwest to the head of the pattent which Igive to her and to her Heirs and Assigns and for want of Such to Fall to her Sister Elizabeth Stuart and my Grand Son William STEWART to them them there Heirs or assigns and I Likewise Give to my Daughter Levinah my negro man Ceasor. Item I Give to my well beloved Daughter Elizabeth STUART Else BettsySTUART all the Remainder part of my Tract of Land which I now Dwell upon together with all the Houses and Orchards and Grist Mill & half the SawMill to her and her Heirs lawfuly begotten of her Body forever, and for want of Such to Fall to my Two grand children Mary STUART and William STUART to them their Heirs & assigns forever. Item I give unto my wife Mary STUART and my two daughters all the Remainder of all my moveable Estate to be Equally divided amongst them three after my Just debts are paid, Except my negro man Limmarick which I give to my daughter Bettey STUART. Item I give unto my well beloved son John STUART one half of my Saw Mill and I likewise give unto my well beloved wife Mary STUART One third part of my plantation during her widowhood whom Ilikewise along with my beloved son John STUART constitute make and Ordain my only and sole Executors of this my last will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly Disallow revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testaments wills Legacies and Executors by me in any ways before this Time named willed & bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above written Signe Sealed Published pronounded John STUART (seal) and declared by the said John STUART as his last will and Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers Viz: Thomas OZBURN William STEVENSON Hannah EVENS I John STUART senr of the County of Sussex on Delaware do this Thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Sixake and publish this my Codicil to my Last will and Testament, in manner Following that is to say, I give to my Daughter Levina STUART the upper hald of the Tractof Land whereon I now Dwell upon, beginning at a Corner Red Oak standing at a valley proceeding out of the mill pond and by a persimon Hammock and Runing from Thence West Northwest to the head of the pattent, which I gave to her and to her Heirs or assigns, and for want of Such to fall to her Sister Elizabeth STUART which ought to have been Bettey STUART that being her right name and my Grandson William STUART, and I Likewise gave to my Daughter Levina STUART my negro man Ceasor, and I Likewise gave to my Daughter Levina STUART one Third part of all my moveable Estate after my Just debts are paid, I do hereby Order and Declare that my will is that my Daughter Betty STUART shall have one half of the said Land which I gave to my Daughter Levina STUART and that it shall be that part a Joyning to the said Betty STUARTs land which I gave to her, her Heirs Lawfully begotten of her body and for want of Such to fall to my Two Grand children Mary STUART and William STUART to them their Heirs and assigns forever, and also my negro man Ceasor, and one third part of my Moveable Estate which I gave my Daughter Levina STUART I now give to my Daughter Bettey STUARTand whereas in my Last will I have left my son John STUART Executor along with his Mother Mary STUART it is now my will, that my son in Law William STEVENSON shall be Executor along with my wife instead of my Son John STUART of this my Last Will and Testament, And Lastly it is my Desire that this present Codicil be annexed to and made part of my Last Will and Testament to all intents and purposed In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seal the day and year above written Signed Sealed Published Pronounced John STUART (Seal) anddeclared by John STUART as his last will and Testament in Presence of us Thomas Azburn Margret X Colter Senr (her mark) Jenet Stevensen Memorandum this 23rd day of November 1756 the above and within named Thomas Azburn Jenet Stevenson Margret Colter Senr and William Stevenson Four of the witnesses to the within will and above Codicil Subscribing appeared before me Jacob Kollock Regrappointed for the probate of wills and Granting Letters of Adminr for the County of Sussex on Delaware and Thomas Azburn being one of the people Called Quakers who for concience Sake could not take an oath did on their Oath and Solemn affirmation Severallly affirm and Declare that in their Sight presence and hearing the Testator John STUART did Sign Seal publish pronounce and declare the within and above written Codicil to be his Last will and Testament and that at the doing thereof the Testator was of a Sound and perfect disposing mind memory and Judgment and that they Each of them Together with Hannah Evans Subscribed the Same as Evidences at Request and in presence of the Testator Test Jacob Kollock Regr Rg4545-Sussex County Probate John Stuart 1755-1756, from Delaware Public Archives, Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware 19901.	Stewart, John (I4390)
7231	Will of [Rev.] Henry Scudder, Scudder Searches, volume IV, no. 3, (Summer 1992): 10–12. Will was made 12 February 1651; will proved at London, 31 May 1652. Henry graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1606. He began a life as a Puritan minister. He first served as vicar at Drayton, Oxfordshire. Then in 1633 he became the rector of St. Andrew parish at Collingbourne-Ducis, a village on the River Bourne, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, where he served the remainder of his life. During this time, he wrote a number of devotional works, one of which, "The Christian's Daily Walke in Holy Securitie and Peace," was used by churchgoers for close to 200 years. In June 1643, Henry was summoned to the Westminster assembly of divines. The following year in October, he preached before the House of Commons on a fast day at St. Margaret's Westminster. His sermon was printed by request of the Commons. When in June 1645 an order came from the Commons to pray for Oliver Cromwell's forces, Henry was one of the four preachers assigned to Aldgate. On 9 February 1648, his name was added to the committee for the scriptures. Henry died before the Restoration and was buried in his church at Collingbourne-Ducis. Later, his tomb was removed. His will, written 12 February 1651 and proved in London 31 May 1652, named his second wife Joyce; daughters Jane, Martha, Bridgett, and a deceased daughter, Elizabeth; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; and a brother, "Thomas Scudder, and all his sonnes and his daughter Elizabeth now in New England." The will also named "cousins Bridgett Giles and John Scudder and Elizabeth now in New England."	Scudder, Reverend Henry (I67)
7232	Will was a plumber.	Guy, Will Riley (I58251)
7233	Will was a railroad engineer.	Parker, William Sherman (I10882)
7234	Will, son of Moses by his second wife, Elizabeth Smith, grew up within sight of the sea, and its siren song won his heart. As a child he learned to read the water and weather like a book. He could look across Long Island Sound to Norwalk, Connecticut, see storm clouds piling up and know the storm would not cross to Huntington because the tide was wrong. He could chart the shifting, treacherous sandbars as the color of the water changed from turquoise to aqua around them. He knew and loved Long Island Sound and took pleasure in the sea. It was fortunate because the family business was coastal shipping. Everyone on Long Island had access to boats, and most were competent mariners, but Will Scudder and several uncles and cousins were professionals. Their boats visited every cove and inlet along the shore, stopped at every town, and maintained a regular schedule, usually weekly, to New York City and back again. As he traveled back and forth, Will became familiar with many people, as well as with the problems of navigation in the Sound. It was a background which would stand him in good stead as the American Revolution would tax his expertise to the utmost. When Will was twenty his father passed on, apparently after a long illness. His father Moses divided his estate meticulously with particular concern for his widow and son Jonathan. Will received his portion in cash. As there was considerable acreage available, the bequest indicates that Will had no interest in farming, preferring to stay with the family shipping business. Will was pensioned at the New York Agency for disability incurred while serving in the Revolutionary War. This disability, which occurred on 3 March 1778, was the loss of two fingers and the loss of use of both hands from being frozen in a snow storm when he went with his men in a boat to Long Island, by order of General Putnam, to take certain pieces of ordnance that had belonged to the enemy's shipping. The disability, however, did not prevent him from being commissioned Captain of the armed vessel "Ranger" by the Council of Appointment on Oct. 30, 1778. The "Public Papers of Governor George" contain several references to Captain Scudder. The Governor wrote to General Parsons and also to General Putnam, on 25 December 1778, in both cases referring to sufferings inflicted on both Whigs and Tories on Long Island by parties which had been permitted to land on the Island. He calls attention to the fact that commissions granted by New York State did not authorize landing. He then recommends Captain Scudder as a brave, honest man and one who holds the commission authorizing him to cruise on the Sound. Another letter in "Clinton Papers" from the Governor to General Wahington is without date but thought to have been written in February 1779. It was sent by a bearer, Dr. Anthony, and referred to a controversy between Dr. Anthony and Captain Scudder relating to a seizure on Long Island by Captain Scudder of property belonging to Dr. Anthony. Whether Captain Scudder thought that Dr. Anthony was siding with the enemy or whether his men simply had not enough provisions and he let them plunder to get them, is unknown. The printed Calendar of the Washington Papers published by the Library of Congress shows that among these papers is a letter from General Washington to General David Waterbury at Stamford, Conn. written 29 April 1781, dealing with the seizure of the boats of Captains William Scudder and Gilbert Deane. Also there is a letter from Gilbert Deane and William Scudder dated 14 May 1781, from Poundridge, New Jersey to General Washington. It runs as follows: "To George Washington, New Windsor. Intelligence obtained from Long Island; efforts to arrange for secret service; British regiments and ships; need of devising a mode of communication with New Windsor." Then on 29 June 29 1781 the Minutes of the Council of Appointment show that the commissions of William Smith Scudder and others were recalled by the Council because the Captains had landed on Long Island and allowed their men to plunder the inhabitants. The next record we have of Will is that he was a resident of Westchester county, New York in 1794. He later moved to Roxbury where he died. The old Scudder farm belonging to Captain William's descendants joined that of John Burroughs in Roxbury. Burroughs once said of them "The Scudders were an old family who must have come to these parts about 1790 or thereabouts. They came from Long Island and some of them are buried on my hill. The oldest grave of a Scudder is for one who died in 1801." In 1974, this old Scudder property was in the possession of the heirs of Mrs. Helen Gould Shepherd. One of Deacon Hotham's descendants tried to buy it back into the family, but the Shepherds had already made it into a golf course and weren't willing to part with it.	Scudder, Captain William Smith (I362)
7235	Willa taught physical education and coached at Sumner, Kearney, and Grand Island Senior High School, where she retired after 25 years. She started the Girls Athletic Association at Grand Island Senior High.	Scudder, Willa Virginia (I40950)
7236	Willard entered St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, in 1881, graduated from Trinity College in Hartford with honors, attended the Law School of Columbia College and after graduating in 1892, was admitted to the New York bar. He entered the office of Carter & Ledyard. However, his health prevented him from pratciing law, and in 1893, he was invited by Dr. Coit to return to St. Paul's for a rest and to help somewhat in the work of the School. He ended up remaining for over 40 years.	Scudder, Willard (I1200)
7237	Willard served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II and Korea.	Riley, Willard Parker Jr. (I61895)
7238	Willard was a tanker with the 753rd Tank Battalion and was killed on 18 July 1943 in Sicily. He was buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery in grave C-26-310 on 20 July 1943. After the war his remains were repatriated and buried in the New Warsaw Cemetery in Warsaw, Kentucky.	Scudder, Florian Willard (I10093)
7239	Willard was an American businessman who helped shape and name what eventually became the Rockwell International company. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1919, bought his own business which he transformed. While running the business that would become Rockwell-Standard, He was also a rising executive at another company, Equitable Meter and Manufacturing Company, where he became President in 1925. He later purchased this company and renamed it Rockwell Manufacturing Company. In 1966 Rockwell-Standard acquired a larger competitor, North American Aviation, becoming North American Rockwell Corporation, and in 1973 Rockwell's two companies, North American Rockwell and Rockwell Manufacturing Company, merged to become Rockwell International.	Rockwell, Willard Frederick (I56995)
7240	Willard was an engineer. While living in Chicago, he was a bridge inspector for the Illinois Central Railroad.	Thomas, Willard Alden (I40455)
7241	Willett was a building contractor.	Skillman, Willett Runyon (I30139)
7242	William and his devoted wife and family became intimately acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and family, with his brother, Hyrum and with Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, Orson and Parley Pratt and other leading men of the Church. He labored at his calling as a blacksmith, was a very useful man in the community, enjoyed the full confidence of the Priesthood and the people. In the year 1849 he had explored the country north of Salt Lake City, coming as far as what is now known as Brigham City. The following year of 1850, he was duly called by the authority of President Brigham Young to settle and be the first pioneer in the Indian Country we now dignify by the name of Brigham City. The name “Box Elder” was given to this particular country because of the large number of these trees growing by the water courses and creeks. So on the 31st day of April 1852, William Davis was duly set apart and ordained to the office of Bishop of Box Elder Ward of the Weber Stake of Zion by Lorin Farr, President. At the time Box Elder was first settled, it was regarded as dangerous Indian territory, but Bishop Davis followed William Penn’s advice of feeding the Indians instead of fighting them—a policy taught and impressed also by the wisdom of President Brigham Young, and by following this maxim Bishop Davis won the hearts of the red men and they were ever his friends. They used to call him “The Captain” and he was always able to get along with them except when they were on the warpath. During the last fourteen years of his life, Brother Davis suffered a terrible affliction in the loss of his sight. During this long period, the glory and beauty of God’s great outdoors were shut out from his enfeebled vision. With patience and resignation he endured this great affliction without murmuring. Escorted by his faithful wife, he attended religious services and rejoiced in hearing the testimony of Jesus. He had been a very active man; he had seen the community of Box Elder County and his beloved city “Brigham” grow and develop into a beautiful habitation. He had labored and performed his full share in helping to bring these things to pass and in teaching and instructing his family in the gospel and encouraging them in the line and path of duty. In the year 1877, President Brigham Young paid a visit to Brigham City, and held a two- day conference of the Stake on the 18sth and 19th days of August. A large bowery had been erected for the occasion on the city “Square” on Forrest Street. At this time Brother Davis had been blind for several years. It is a mark of the thoughtful kindness and consideration of President Young, in appreciation of the life work of “Father Davis”, that seeing his helpless condition, he led him personally upon the stand erected there and placed him in an armchair, and escorted “Grandma Davis” to the side of her husband in another armchair, which had been especially provided. President Young had been well acquainted with “Father Davis” in the old trying days of Kirtland, Missouri and Nauvoo, and honored him for his loyalty and sturdy faithfulness to the gospel. Immediately after this occasion, President Snow had two comfortable upholstered chairs made for Brother and Sister Davis, which were placed in the front row of the upstairs room of the Court House and occupied by these worthy people at the Sacrament meetings held there. Upon the occasion of the conference held in this city as referred to herein, no one dreamed it would be the last visit of the beloved leader. In the year 1883, a serious sickness prostrated William, his faithful wives and family administered lovingly to his comfort, but he appeared to be sinking—his life’s force was ebbing away. On the 21st day of November his son Oliver was impressed to call in the Elders that they might administer to his father. Elder Charles Kelly responded and suggested that Apostle Lorenzo Snow should also be called in. Brother Snow gladly complied and in a remarkable prayer, in behalf of “Father Davis” reviewed the life, labors, sacrifices, struggles with pain, as well as the record of this faithful man. Before leaving the house, he said to Brother Davis: “Brother William, I want you to take this message to the Spirit world—tell Charles Rich and Brother Brigham and all the others, we’ll soon be with them.” The following day, Father Davis departed this life to join his brethren in the better land.	Davis, William B. (I34241)
7243	William and his family moved to Cumberland County, New Jersey about 1807. He and his wife, Lydia, moved to settle in Cook County, Illinois during the 1840's, and he changed his surname from Cheesman to Chessman, believing it might help his trade as a merchant. He had also worked as a seaman, boot and shoe maker. He died of pneumonia in Lemont, Cook County, Illinois.	Chessman, William Willis (I62124)
7244	William and his family moved to Michigan about 1842, settling in Ingham county.	Angell, William (I24673)
7245	William and his family moved to Tucson in 1936.	Gookin, William Cleveland (I18339)
7246	William and Mildred moved to the Tucson area in 1937 when they completed college. He was a civil engineer and worked for the Bureau of Reclamation.	Gookin, William Scudder (I18342)
7247	William and Sara were married at Magnolia Hill, Sarah's mother's home. William was a lieutenant in the Civil War, Company E, 17th Infantry, Sam Benton Relief Rifles. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. Before the war, he was a newspaperman, publisher, and co-editor of the "Mississippi Times." During the war, he worked on the old "Appeal" in Memphis.	Tucker, William Anthony (I1421)
7248	William and Sarah (Calkins) Hough of New London, mentioned as parents of William Hough, b. Oct 13, 1657 who married Anne Lathrop in A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country, p. 48.	Hough, William (I65010)
7249	William and Sarah (Calkins) Hough of New London, mentioned as parents of William Hough, b. Oct 13, 1657 who married Anne Lathrop in A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country, p. 48.	Calkins, Sarah (I65011)
7250	William and Zella had five children.	Saline, William Daniel (I8598)