The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. II, 1899Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. II, 1899
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
=Williams, Hon. George Fred=, 209 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
=Willis, John R.=, 1164 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H.
=Wilson, Hon. Thomas=, St. Paul, Minn.; care of Chicago, St. Paul,
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=Wilson, William Power=, Exchange Building, 53 State Street, Boston,
Mass.
=Winters, Lawrence=, 350 West 120th Street, New York City.
=Woods, John J.=, 54 Federal Street, Newburyport, Mass.
=Woods, Robert J.=, treasurer University Settlement, 6 Rollins Street,
Boston, Mass.
=Woods, William S.=, City Solicitor, Taunton, Mass.
=Wright, John B.=, editor of _The Gazette_, Haverhill, Mass.
=Wynne, Peter=, 301 East 105th Street, New York City.
THE DEAD OF THE SOCIETY.
“Memory, gray old warder, throw open thy portals in welcome
Wide to the dead—our dead”—they loved us well in their lifetime.
Col. Jeremiah W. Coveney.
Born in Cambridge, Mass., 1840; during the Civil War enlisted in 28th
Massachusetts Regiment; was successively commissioned Lieutenant,
Captain, Major, and Lieutenant-Colonel; seriously wounded in 1864, while
Brigade Inspector of the Second Brigade, First Division, Second Corps;
member of the Massachusetts Legislature; surveyor of the port of Boston;
private secretary to Governor Russell; postmaster of Boston; admitted to
the Society March 29, 1897; died in Cambridge, Mass., April 29, 1897.
Rear-Admiral Richard Worsam Meade, U. S. N.
Born in New York City, 1837; appointed Midshipman Oct. 2, 1850; first
sea service in sloop-of-war _Preble_, 1851; warrant as Master and
commission as Lieutenant, 1858; Lieutenant-Commander, 1862; was a
Commander in 1870; commissioned Captain in 1880; became a Commodore in
1892, and Rear-Admiral in 1894; admitted to the Society at its
organization, Jan. 20, 1897, and chosen President-General of the same,
being the first to hold the office; died in Washington, D. C., May 4,
1897.
Henry V. Donovan, M. D.
Born in Lawrence, Mass., 1868; graduated from Harvard University; was
elected to the school board of Lawrence, and rendered excellent service;
admitted to the Society May 25, 1897; died in Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 4,
1897.
Gen. John Cochrane.
Descendant of an officer who served under Washington; President of the
N. Y. Society of the Cincinnati; from 1857 to 1861 was a Congressman
from New York City; was commissioned Colonel of the First U. S.
Chasseurs, June 11, 1861; Brigadier-General of Volunteers, July 17,
1862; in 1864 was nominated at Cleveland, O., for Vice-President of the
United States; had previously been Attorney-General of New York state;
admitted to the Society on its organization, Jan. 20, 1897; died in New
York City, Oct. 7, 1897.
Mr. Laurence J. Smith.
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