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Mary Heard Chew *1889 12 11 Washington, DC, USA Not to be confused with a similarly named person US SSN 221-50-9510, born 1889-11-25 died 1972-08 New Castle Co. DE Find-A-Grave gives interment at New Fernwood Cemetery, South Kingstown, RI, USA. (From JJC 10003) Middle name was probably Heard, her grandmother's family name. Middle name confirmed as Heard in an acknowledgment by the Rhode Island Historical Society of her bequest in 1977 of the William Davis Miller papers. Interred at New Fernwood Cemetery, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. Drove an ambulance for the British Red Cross in France during World War I. 11634 |
Robert Smith Chew *1848 10 10 Washington DC, 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 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 |
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Elizabeth (Betsey) French 1783-1842 10052 <84:7 |
George French 10085 |
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Anne Brayne Benger 10086 >12522:78 |
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Elizabeth Ringold Smith *1815 03 24 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 |
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Hester Belt 10096 >1731:79 |
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Covington Mackall 1796-1876 10054 <73:7 |
Leonard Covington Mackall 10121 <76:8 >138:24 |
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Catherine Beall 10122 <76:8 >125:27 |
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Mary Emott (Minnie) Cady *1862 09 14 Brooklyn NY, 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 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 |
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Lois Polly Cleveland 10152 <67:8 >56:9 |
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Sarah C. Howard 1794/1800-1880/1873 10056 <61:7 |
James Howard 10179 >33:9 |
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Sally Chapline 10180 >44:7 |
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Mary Denison Heard *1821 08 01 Killingly, Windham Co., CT, USA 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 |
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Susanna Burnham 10210 >897:77 |
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Katherine/Cata Kimball 1788-1885 10058 |
Jeremiah Kimball 10239 >51:6 |
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Lois Choate 10240 >899:78 |
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Gardiner Hubbard Bell *1889 05 07 Boston, MA, USA nephew of Alexander Graham Bell (From JJC 10003) Mary's first husband, married around 1912, died two years later of a ruptured appendix on a train to Boston. Find-A-Grave reports interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC, USA. 11649 <8:3 m. 1910 06 22 Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD, USA | |||
William (Billy) Davis Miller +1959 07 MA, USA (From JJC 10003) Became Mary's second husband sometime after 1917. Lived at Deepwell, in Wakefield, RI. Lived in Wakefield, RI, but died in Massachusetts per Rhode Island Historical Society, citing an obituary in the Providence Journal on 1959-07-07. 11647 |
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