Genealogical Record: Robert Smith (Rob) Chew

Self Parents Grandparents GGParents GGGParents
Robert Smith (Rob) Chew
Captain, USN (SC)

*1887 03 04 Washington DC, USA
+1985 12 26 Jamestown, Newport, RI, USA

US SSN 038-24-0256

(From JJC 10003) "At least one of his children was born in Guantanamo, I think it was Bobby."

(From BC 15310) Beatrice and Mary were both born at Guantanamo.

(From SJC 15305) "My mother, Mary Cady Chew [11644], was born at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A couple of years ago [as of 2003] during a driving tour of Conanicut Island, my Aunt Beechie told me Uncle Bobby was born in Jamestown at the Pollock's house. She pointed it out as we drove by in Shoreby Hills."

Wedding reported in New York Times 1921-06-05 on p. 22

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Robert Smith Chew

*1848 10 10 Washington DC, USA
+1923 01 13 USA

Listed in 1900 Census, Washington Co., D.C., Roll 159 Book 1, Page 193a, Line 73; living at 1912 H Street, employed as a bank clerk.

(From JJC 10003) Started as a clerk at the Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C. Eventually became head of the credit department. Bought a 'cottage' in Jamestown, R.I. where his wife and children spent their summers growing up.

Listed in 1880 Census of Washington, see ERS 10044.

10021 <53:5

Robert Smith Chew
Civil servant

*1811 11 04 VA, USA
+1873 08 03 Washington, DC, USA

[portrait from painting of signing of Alaskan treaty]

Brief biography listed in Appleton's 1886 Encyclopedia, is mentioned elsewhere for his roles as aide to Seward (was present at signing of Alaskan treaty in 1867, painted by Emanuel Leutze, an excerpt of which is shown above) and wartime special messenger for Lincoln.

1834 07: Joined State Department (according to sworn testimony, p. 117 of Congressional Globe, 40th Congress, 2nd Session at memory.loc.gov)

1844 03 02: Is mentioned in National Intelligencer as an Assistant Marshal on horseback at the funeral for the late Secretary of State, the Hon. Abel P. Upshur, killed when a gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded during a demonstration.

1861 04 06: Carried a famous message (which survives, and can be viewed at memory.loc.gov) from Lincoln to Governor Pickens at Charleston.

1866 07: Promoted to Chief Clerk of the State Department.

1868 04 04: Testified before Senate in impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson (memory.loc.gov).

1880: widow listed in Washington, DC, USA census.

Should investigate Seward papers at U of Rochester.

Library of Congress has some correspondence with Hamilton Fish as part of the latter's archives (LC mm 78020602).

According to family lore, when his brother was captured in the Civil War, RSC negotiated his release into house arrest at RSC's home.

10043 <71:6

Robert Smith Chew
1779 09 26-1826 11 02
10051 <84:7
John Chew
10067 <86:8 >61:21
Elizabeth Smith
10068 <86:8 >52:21
Elizabeth (Betsey) French
1783-1842
10052 <84:7
George French
10085
Anne Brayne Benger
10086 >12522:78
Elizabeth Ringold Smith

*1815 03 24 Washington, DC, USA?
+1899 02 23 Washington, DC, USA

Listed in 1880 Census of Washington, DC, USA as widowed, living with sons Robert, John and Walter, sister Louisa and servants Kittie Walker, Caroline Green and Elenora Buckner.

A portrait of her, painted by Charles Bird King, is in the online collection of the Smithsonian, their object #DC990444

Some sources spell her middle name Ringgold.

JJC 10005 had her birth year as 1818.

Buried at Chapel Hill, Lot 538, Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC.

10044 <71:6

Richard Smith
1786-1864
10053 <73:7
Walter Smith
10095 >164:26
Hester Belt
10096 >1731:79
Covington Mackall
1796-1876
10054 <73:7
Leonard Covington Mackall
10121 <76:8 >138:24
Catherine Beall
10122 <76:8 >125:27
Mary Emott (Minnie) Cady

*1862 09 14 Brooklyn NY, USA
+1943 01 05 Norfolk, VA, USA

LDS: R8LZ-3P. Findagrave.com: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC, USA; Chapel Hill Lot 538.

10034 <53:5

Howard Cleveland Cady
Lawyer, lived in New York and Washington

*1822 10 02 Killingly, Windham Co., CT, USA
+1889 03 23 Washington, DC, USA

1847: Howard C Cady listed as a lawyer at 16 Willow Street in Old Brooklyn Heights in Brooklyn City Directory (and the previous year "near Cranberry").

1849: Howard Cady listed as a lawyer at 41 Joralemon Street in Old Brooklyn Heights in Brooklyn City Directory.

1880: Listed in Washington, DC, USA Census, E.D. 39+40, FHL Film 1254122; Nat'l Arch. Film T9-0122; Page 362C.

LDS: R8LX-XV.

10045 <59:6

James Hervey Cady
1780 05 20-1832 09
10055 <61:7
David Cady
10151 <67:8 >24:5
Lois Polly Cleveland
10152 <67:8 >56:9
Sarah C. Howard
1794/1800-1880/1873
10056 <61:7
James Howard
10179 >33:9
Sally Chapline
10180 >44:7
Mary Denison Heard

*1821 08 01 Killingly, Windham Co., CT, USA
+1883 10 13

Possibly born 1821, in NYC, and named Mary Dennison Heard?

LDS: R8LX-Z2.

10046 <59:6

William Heard
1789-1875
10057
John Heard
10209 >25:5
Susanna Burnham
10210 >897:77
Katherine/Cata Kimball
1788-1885
10058
Jeremiah Kimball
10239 >51:6
Lois Choate
10240 >899:78

 

SpouseChildrenChildren-in-LawGrandchildren
Beatrice Hale (Bee) Pollock

*1901 06 01 NY, USA
+1966 12 31 VA, USA

Spelling corrected from Pollack by SCJ 15305.

Buried at Cedar Cemetery, Jamestown, RI, USA.

11642 <1:1


m. 1921 06 04 St. Mathew's Episcopal, Jamestown, RI, USA
Beatrice (Beechie) Chew

*1922 04 18
+2020 07 20 Houston, TX, USA

(From JJC 10003) Oldest of three children. Has two sons, one likely named Edward, Jr.

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Edward (Hutch) Hutcheson
1920 03 11-1986 02 17

From JJC 10003. Houston native, naval officer at time of marriage during WWII. Returned to Houston after the war and became a lawyer. Summered in Jamestown RI.

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Joe Hutcheson

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Polly Hutcheson

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Ike Kampmann
1918 10 02-2006 01 05

From JJC 10003. Princeton grad, Army career, lawyer, San Antonio native, Beechie's second husband following Hutch's death.

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Mary Cady (Mahie) Chew

*1923 05 16 Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
+1987 02 19 Orange Park. FL, USA

(From JJC 10003) Second of three children, died shortly after the memorial service for her father, which took place in the summer of 1986.

(From SCJ 15305) "My mother [...] was [...] born at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She died in Orange Park, FL and was cremated. [...] They [she and her husband] are both ensconced in an alcove at the Jacksonville Memorial Cemetery in Orange Park, FL."

US SSN 038-16-9529, if she was actually born 1923 05 16. If so, she died 1987 02 in Florida.

1923 05 16 is correct per conversation with her sister Beechie 2013-12-20, who also gave her date of death.

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Stephen Clark Jones
1919 10 05-1992 01

US SSN 039-01-9934 (whence date of death)

(From SCJ 15305) "He died in Orange Park, FL and was cremated also. They [he and his wife are] both ensconced in an alcove at the Jacksonville Memorial Cemetery in Orange Park, FL."

11645

Patricia Elizabeth Jones

15308

Stephen Clark Jones

15305

Mary Miller (Molly) Jones

15306

Robert Smith (Bob, Bobby) Chew
Captain, USN

*1925 08 15 Chew residence (nextdoor to Pollocks), Jamestown, RI, USA
+2005 12 13 Houston, TX, USA

(From JJC 10003) Went to Naval Academy during WWII, became naval aviator. Was shot down off the coast of Vietnam, was rescued and returned safely to his Carrier. Eventually became a captain, and was commandant of a Naval Airfield at his last posting. Is a year younger than JJC (who was born in late 1923).

(From SJC 15305) "A couple of years ago [as of 2003] during a driving tour of Conanicut Island, my Aunt Beechie told me Uncle Bobby was born in Jamestown at the Pollock's house. She pointed it out as we drove by in Shoreby Hills. [... He] lived with [his uncle JJC 10005 and aunt JKL 10004] for a short period during one of his tours at the Pentagon." "[H]e was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1948 and attended the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School and graduated in Class 30." "Initial indications are an aneurism may have been the cause [of his death]."

Mentioned in United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 by Roy A. Grossnick: "[1969] 13 June - Lieutenant Commanders Randall K. Billings and Rober S. Chew, Jr., of Patuxent River, MD piloting an F-4A Phantom II and an F-8D Crusader aircraft, made the first fully automatic carrier landings with production equipment on board Midway off the California coast. The landings, made 'hands off' with both flight controls and throttles operated automatically by signals from the ship, highlighted almost 10 years of research and development and followed by almost 6 years the first such carrier landings made with test equipment."

Obituary in Houston Chronicle, 2005-12-18: "CAPTAIN ROBERT SMITH CHEW, JR. (USN RET), died on December 13, 2005. He was born on Ausust 15, 1925 in Jamestown, Rhode Island to Captain Robert Smith Chew, Sr, USN (ret) and Beatrice Pollock Chew.
He attended the St Alban's School in Washington, DC and graduated from the Admiral Farragut Academy before attending the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, from which he graduated in 1948.
He was receded in death by his first wife, Elinor Jones Chew, his second wife, Patricia Rose Chew; and his sister, Mary Chew Jones. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn H. chew; his son, Robert Smith Chew III of Springfield, Massachusetts; his sister, Beatrice Chew Kampmann.
Burial is at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, TX.

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Elinor Jones

From JJC 10003. Native of Jamestown, RI. RSC's first wife. Died of cancer.

15316

Robert (Rusty) Smith Chew

15317 >2:1

Patricia Rose

From JJC 10003. RSC's second wife, formerly Eleanor's nurse.

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Evelyn H.

From JJC 10003. RSC's third wife, married when RSC was in his 70s. Has relatives (a daughter?) in Toronto.

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